Prohibition Divide Splits Iowa Republicans At State Conference
Des Moines April 2 196 delegates gathered for a Republican state conference denouncing general prohibition while endorsing local option with strict regulation Ex Governor Kirkwood and others urged moderation and legal reform to allow communities to decide liquor sales The resolutions oppose state wide prohibition and call for remodifying laws to curb intemperance within a regulated framework
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Iowa
Des Mores
Republican Party
Collins
Keokuk
Kirkwood
A. B. Cummins
Des Moines
Committee On
Chicago
General Assembly
Democrats Propose License Bill For Local Prohibition
In the lower house the Democrats proposed a license bill to regulate liquor where prohibition is unpopular. Licenses would be issued by the district court with remonstrances possible, a $500 minimum fee, and $5,000 bonds. Violators face fines and imprisonment, with double convictions losing license eligibility. After four hours, the measure was laid over.
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Richman
Senate Panels Hear Antitrust Bill After Montana Case
Senate judiciary committee reports back the antitrust bill in substitute form and plans to take it up after the Montana election case is disposed of. The conference report on the urgency deficiency bill is agreed. The debate centers on irrigation funding limits and the Montana election dispute with mixed minority and majority positions.
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Washington
Edmunds
Judiciary Committee
Montana
House
Senate
Ibur F. Sanders
Thomas Power
Will
Hae A. Clark
Martin Maginole
Oar
Montana Senate Debate on Admissions and Territorial Canvass Authority
The debate centers on the validity of the Montana territorial canvassing board and the legitimacy of the senate’s admission actions. Critics argue the Silver Bow county votes were improperly handled and accuse territorial officials of overreach, while supporters defend the lawful credentials and oppose impinging on Idaho and Arizona statehood discussions.
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Ginniss
Jay
Maginnis
Montana
Territory
George
Iron Hall House
Republican House
Gray
Court House
Democratic House
Teller
Senate
Delaware
Territorial
Court of Competent Jurisdiction
Silver Bow
Committee On Privileges
Silver Bow County
Wilber
Wrathy Democratic Women Protest Wyoming Admission Bill
The women suffragists of Wrathy and Wasumnaros express strong opposition to the Wyoming admission bill. They call on Republicans to enact and enforce election laws to show the Democrats the cost of taxation without representation and to force a reaction from the party. They urge a stance that preserves religion and purity, fearing Democratic influence in elections.
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Wasumnaros
Wyoming
Htney de Sha
Kentucky
Oranlaate
Democratic Party
Antitrust Bill Declares Conspiracies in Trade Illegal
Washington reports that the antitrust bill as filed declares any combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade illegal and makes individuals who seek to monopolize trade guilty of a misdemeanor with fines up to 5000 dollars or imprisonment up to one year. It also forfeits property held under such contracts and allows threefold damages suits in federal court for those injured by prohibited acts.
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Washington
United States
Unhappy Czar reports amid unrest in Europe
Berlin and St Petersburg dispatches say an assassination attempt on the czar partially succeeded while peasants rise in Riazen with bloodshed. Gendarmes and Cossacks are deployed to quell disorder as agitation spreads to Finland and Poland and sympathy runs high for the students.
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Berlin
The
Chronicle
Telegraph
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Riazen
Finland
Poland
Corbett Seeks Quick Four Round Bout With Sullivan
Jim Corbett nicknamed the California wonder says he will meet John L. Sullivan for a four round glove fight within two weeks. He insists on arranging terms in a business office and notes his California Athletic Club duties require a prompt decision. Corbett spoke modestly, wary of seeming boastful.
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Sullivan
Corbett
Mexico and United States discuss pan American and debt notes
President Diaz reports on Pan American conference prospects and the Washington maritime congress. He notes U S apologies for a Costa Rica incident and Mexico’s protest over Apache prisoners near its borders. Diaz cites court decisions on Abra Weil frauds and states last debt installment paid with refunds possible. Mexico aims to boost railroads and postal telegraph services while retrenching expenses.
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United States
City
Congress
Diaz
Pan American Conference
New World and Maritime Congress
Washington
Mizner
Costa Rica
Lon Tiers
Los Angeles
Republic
Idaho Statehood Debate Highlights Mormon Desranchisment Clash
The Senate debated Idaho admission with fierce partisan lines. Perkins argued Idaho’s Mormon disfranchisement under the Edmunds law, while others warned against religious bans. Amendments proposed a new convention and voter oath, but were rejected. the bill moved toward passage as Democrats faced strong opposition.
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HOUSE
Idaho
Dorsey
Nebraska
Nsur
Dubois
Minority Report
Ilinois
Springer
Jack Mormon
Congress
Smith
Arizona
Committee On Territories
New Mexico
Wyoming
Fetch
Chipman
Perkins
New England Shoe and Leather Association
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of War
Colorado
Kansas
Mansur
Missouri
Latter Day Saints
Stewart
Vermont
Joseph
Buckalew
Pennsylvania
Oates
Alabama
McAdoo
New Jersey
Illinois
Dakota
Montana
Washington
Cleveland
Democratic Party
Henderson
Iowa
Mr. Henderson
Ater
Yeas
Naystas
Senate debate on Chinese exclusion bill and census issue
Hale asserts the bill aims to enforce exclusion policy by penalizing a treaty-based class in the United States. He warns reopening Chinese exclusion should avoid census theatrics, noting vast future influx if not enacted. Mitchell signals amendments for Monday as an executive session adjourns.
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Blair
Pettigrew
Liggulls
Iba Suimicel Hienhutier
Montana
Gray
Silver Bow
Wenl
Monty
Mile
Leadville
Puget
Stewart
Asterday
Wolcott
House
Senate
Ilale
Pacific Coast
United States
Census Committee
Hale
Mitchell
Democrats Refuse Vote to Test Quorum Rules
The text notes Democrats present refused to vote and aimed to make the issue a test case on quorum rules. The plan shifted from a salary suit in the court of claims to a present action. The bill passed 129 to 1 with Speaker Buckalew counting a quorum, then the house adjourned.
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Court of Claims
Buckalew
Clarkson on the Iowa Liquor Law in interview
Washington April 3 First Assistant lost master General Clarkson voiced views on Iowa s prohibition seven years trial showing support for amending the law to reflect local public opinion He said a state constabulary would be needed in hard to enforce areas and warned against experimental constitutional changes urging practical and repressive legislation to curb liquor traffic
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Clarkson
Iowa
Washington
Mississippi River
Republican Party
Temperance Cause Opens Pacific Coast Tour
President Phinney of the Non-Partisan Woman's Christian Temperance Union announces Miss Mary F. Lathrop Denver national organizer will travel the Pacific coast in early May to promote temperance work. No party questions will be in her addresses. Officials invite co operation and welcome from ministers and temperance supporters. Interested organizers may contact Miss Lathrop at 1920 Champa Street Denver or the general secretary Miss Duty in Cleveland.
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Cheverann
Phinney
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Mary F. Lathrop
Denver
Pacific Coast
Miss Lathrop
Lathrop
Champa Street
Colo
Duty
Cleveland
Union Pacific Funding Bill Heard By House Committee
Washington April 3 The house committee on Pacific railroads heard further statements by Morefield Story attorney for the Union Pacific and reviewed the pending bill to fund government debt on Pacific roads. Amendments proposed include abolition of the government guarantee of the bonds and cancellation of the mortgage on full payment. Adjustments resemble Central Pacific plan with half interest funded for ten years and reduced initial payments later higher ultimate payments.
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Union Pacific
Washington
House Committee On Pacific Railroads
Morefield Story
Adams
Story
Pacific
Central Pacific
Fractional Currency Proposal Divides House Panel
The house banking and currency committee debated issuing fractional currency for mail use. The postmaster general opposed the plan, favoring the English model of mailing slips redeemable by postmasters with stamps affixed to a card to deter reuse.
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Washinpton
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Mysterious $10,000 Missing From Express Wagon
In Chicago on Monday a driver and messenger for United States Express Co. delivered money to several banks and lost a $10,000 currency package. Officials say the messenger is honest, but police suspect an expert thief slipped it away as he entered a bank.
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Cmcaco
United States Express Company
Landslide and Wreck Stop Train Collision Near Garrison
A landslide in a cut south of Garrison New York this morning sent earth and rocks onto a freight train. Over a dozen cars and engines derailed, wreckage rising more than thirty feet. The engineer fireman and brakeman escaped serious injury. The Atlantic express followed but was signaled in time to avoid disaster.
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Garrison
N. Y
Atlantic Express
Sullivan and Jackson May Meet at Puritan Club
New York April 3. It is not improbable that the Sullivan and Jackson meeting may occur at the Puritan club. If reports are true the directors of the club are ready to offer a pool of 25 000 to host the gladiators in their building.
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Sullivan
Jackson
Puritan Club
Breakfast Reflections Give Quirky Mirth and Insight
A collection of witticisms and curiosities from a breakfast table, pairing puns with observations on politics weather and social habits. Humorous lines touch on ambition gratitude love fame and everyday life with a playful tone.
The Queen's Signature and George IVs Stamping Law
A royal anecdote about Queen Victoria's bold facsimile signature and George IV using a stamped autograph. The Iron Duke protests the lack of verbal assent, and the King resumes the required formality as documents are signed.
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England
George IV
George
Duke of
Welliton
Whisperphone fad collapses as townsfolk doubt its claims
A Birmingham man sold for two dollars a so called whisperphone promising easier telephone talk and even hearing a whisper a mile away. Most buyers found it a novelty that wore thin as skepticism grew, a reporter noting one man bragged of testing the device and joking he would borrow one from his wife when needed.
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Ansonia
Ct.) Sentinel
Birmingham
Wealthy New Yorker Forces Bank of England to Cash Notes
A rich New Yorker visiting the Bank of England demanded exchange of notes into American money. When identification was requested he resisted, threatening trouble. The cashier tried to calm him and suggested endorsing the notes, but the man insisted on cashing or sending the notes to probate. The notes were finally cashed as he departed triumphant.
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Bank of England
New Yorker
Thal
Gould
Mo -Chiengo News
Maverick Sale Yields Poor Turnout at Capitol Auction
The sale of round up mavericks at the capitol yesterday failed to attract bidders. A few animals sold for 5 and 6 dollars, while most brought only 1 dollar. Revenue will be small and critics of the stock tion bill in the last legislature are vindicated.
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