Senate Opens With Chinese Bill Debate And Minor Actions
Washington notes show the Senate resuming the Chinese bill with Hoar opposing its passage. The session saw bills on Denver port delivery and trade dollar exchange, plus several resolutions and committee reports. The House adjourned after tabled election contest actions and discussions on Indian funding and federal salaries.
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Washington
Denver
House
Lamar
King
Sth
Louisiana
Secretary of the Interior
Sioux City
Union Pacific Railway
Page
California
Hazelton
Wis
Congress
Bancus Wins Special Senate Seat in New York Election
Strange Elections in New York report a special election to fill Senator Wagner's vacancy. Bancus, a Democrat, defeats Stanford by about a thousand votes as Republicans shift to the Democrats in three counties while one normally Democratic county swings Republican. Saratoga, usually Republican, downgrades its support, yielding a Democratic majority of 655 and a Stanford defeat.
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New York
Wagner
Bancus Democrat
Stanford
Saratoga
Apaches Kill Mormon Family in Arizona Raid
Thomas Matherson of St George Utah reports that his wife, daughter, and two Mormon men were killed by Tonto Apaches near Colorado Chiquita in the San Francisco mountains. Matherson was away hunting when the raid occurred and the Indians fled toward Tonto bay afterward.
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Denver
the Tribune
Thomas Matherson
St. George
Utah
Arizona
Colorado
Chiquita
San Francisco Mountains
Matherson
Tonto Bay
Executions Planned For Indian Scouts Dead Shot Dandy Jim Skippy
Fort Grant dispatch notes final preparations for the execution of Indian scouts Dead Shot Dandy Jim and Skippy. Prisoners, interviewed via interpreter, said tomorrow would be their last day on earth and appeared reconciled to their fate. London reports Davitt election void resolution passes house 208 to 20.
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San Francisco
Fort Grant
Dandy Jim
Skippy
London
Davitt
Queen Victoria Targeted in Windsor Shooting Attempt
A man fired at Queen Victoria at Windsor station but missed. Rod erick MacLean, described as poorly dressed, was seized and imprisoned. The queen arrived safely at Windsor Castle, and the incident sparked a near-lynch mood among Eton scholars with authorities reporting lunacy as the motive.
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Press Association
Victoria
Windsor
Roderick MacLean
Helena of Waldeck
Prince Leopold
Buckingham Palace
John Brown
MacLean
High Street
Ponsonby
Gladstone
South Sea
Mason court martial concludes trial with verdict anticipated
The Mason court martial plans to finish the trial tomorrow as a guard shot a prisoner during custody. Debts show February decrease of 9,783,511 with treasury cash 252,617,648 and various certificates in circulation. Army officers back compulsory retirement at 62 and Congress committees signal favorable action. Executive session confirms Conkling and Sargent nominations and adjourns sine die.
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Mason Court
Marrial
Teller
Sargent
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Washington
Senate
Conkling
Robinson
Paris Bill Seeks Change in Exile Law for Foreigners
Condensed telegrams report Paris introduces a resolution to modify the law on expelling foreigners. Other items note taxability of private banker deposits in Chicago, dynamite found in Limerick customs, Vidal resigns in Montevideo with Sanatos named successor, and Bishop Lynch funeral in Charleston.
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Chicago
Tulley
Dublin
Limerick
Forster
London
Montevideo
Vidal
Republic
Sanatos
Charleston
D. C
Lynch
Waters Devastate Delta Districts With Levee Breaks
Private letters from Riverton Mississippi describe a levee breach spawning widespread flooding. Assets lost, people drowning including Heyne of Frank & Reinach, with women and children evacuated to Memphis aboard the steamer Plowboy. Across Bolivar county levees fail, river rose, and towns like Rosedale flood.
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Riverton
Miss
Vicksburg
Heyne
Frank & Reinach
Bradshaw
Duncan’s
Terrine
Wright
Judge Mills’ Place
Albany
Granville
Bolivar
Wade
Clay
Badger
Concordia
Bolivar County
Washington
Issaquena
Sadget
Rosedale
Ledger
Lake Bulah
Williams’ Bayou
Sharkeyville
Presidential Nominations Include Logan to Chile Post
President nominates Cornelius A. Logan of Illinois as minister plenipotentiary to Chile and John B. Weaver of North Carolina as United States consul to Bahia Chicago. A rumor centers on Mrs. Scoville writing a letter about Conkling’s nomination for supreme judge, with a former partner alleging strong statements linking Conkling to Garfield’s assassination.
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Cornelius A. Logan
Illinois
United States
Chile
John B. Weaver
North Carolin
Bahia
Chicago
Geo. Scoville
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Roscoe Conkling
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Goodhue Co
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Marshall, Mich
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