Senate passes anti polygamy bill amid sharp debate
In Washington on February 16 the Senate advanced the anti polygamy bill after lengthy discussion. Senators West Pendleton Sherman and Edmunds weighed its constitutional and political implications while amendments limited jury eligibility and party influence, and the measure was reported to the Senate. The day also saw pension and apportionment actions and related bills moving through committee and the House calendar.
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House Moves to Retire Trade Dollars and Tax Shifts
The banking and currency committee will report a bill to retire trade dollars by buying bullion from a dedicated fund. Senate nominations are sent to executive session. Judge Snell sets $1,000 bonds for defendants in straw bond cases. Fort Leavenworth barracks funding seeks $88,211. Ward Hunt resigns from the Supreme Court. successor to be nominated next week. Major Rochester endorsed as paymaster general after committee exonerates him in Hodge defalcation case. A Ways and Means member signals whiskey and tobacco tax cuts, hoping for a reduced whisky tax near 70 cents, with broader internal tax reductions to follow.
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Snowden urges bullion certificates to replace branch mints
Snowden before the house coinage committee proposes authorizing assay offices to issue bullion certificates for deposits of gold and silver.Depositors would receive certificates of $10 or more, entering general circulation, as a cheaper alternative to new branch mints. He also supports equalizing silver with gold, and the committee will study the idea.
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Indian labor shows twelvefold product gain under peace policy
The Indian affairs board reports twelvefold growth in soil products from Indian labor over twelve years since the peace policy began. They predict self support for semi civilized tribes soon, call for adherence to law homestead rights and education. Joseph E Sheffield founder of Shet Hold Scientific School dies in New Haven. He was linked to rail and mining ventures and was noted for wealth and philanthropy. 642000 postage stamps sold by the general post office in New York on St Valentine’s day.
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New York
Family tragedy shakes Rock Rapids jury in deadly patricide
Maggie Lanahan confessed she shot her father John Lanahan as he sat by a window. Anna and her lover Birch aided the crime by furnishing the pistol and staging the scene. The mother and Anna testified the motive was poverty and a desire to wed Birch, who had been driven from the home. The case draws intense public interest as all suspects remain in custody.
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Mrs Scoville Pleads For Garfield Forgiveness
A morning paper reports Mrs Scoville sent a long letter to Mrs Garfield stating Guiteau was not his master when he fired at President Garfield. She pleads mercy for the insane assailant and asks Mrs Garfield to forgive as Christ forgives. The president and family are praised for fortitude.
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Boiler explosion at Jewel's flour mills kills engineer and injures ferry pilot
New York on February 16 reports a boiler explosion at Jewel's flour mills Fulton street Brooklyn killing engineer Gilbert Stephens. Ferry Fulton pilot Gideon G. Baldwin suffers a broken leg from flying timber. miller Koln loses part of his scalp. Also, a levee break floods Helena Arkansas.
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Fires Hit Lynn Morocco Factory and Wm Ehrman Candy Plant
Firestorms in Lynn Massachusetts destroyed Kellys Morrocco manufactory and connected stores with $50000 loss, partly insured. In Louisville a morning blaze at Wm Ehrman Co candy factory caused $70000 stock damage plus $16000 carpet stock loss and $20000 building loss. New Orleans hosted the eighth annual Knights of Momas pageant with sixteen tableaux aboard street cars. London noted Pleister Bros Munich assets at £200000 amid fears of wider failures. A Texas lumberman warned 1,000,000,000 feet would be needed to finish railroads in that state. Mrs Elizabeth Gould Rapallo aged mother of Judge Rapallo died aged about ninety years. pallbearers were seven grandsons at Greenwood.
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Editor mixes up prose as foreman’s tobacco taints pages
An unlucky mix up at Storm Lake features a foreman who smokes and a writer editor whose pieces about cows and a city concert get swapped. The concert by local young women is praised, while a herd of short-horns is described flamboyantly, leaving the editor facing a storm of indignation and the foreman vowing to quit tobacco.
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Rough on Rate remedy advertised for health renewal
Advertisement from a druggists depot touts Rough on Rate as a cure all for urinary troubles and nerve weakness. It promises to clear rats mice roaches vermin and insects and claims benefits for impotence and sexual debility.
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