The New Tariff Bill and Sugar Duty Debate
Washington reports reveal the House receives both majority and minority tariff committee views. The majority argues for protection to expand home industry and reduce reliance on foreign goods, detailing revenue impacts, wool and sugar provisions, and agricultural protections, with a $400,000,000 revenue aim via tariffs. The minority counters that taxation should be lowered and fairness achieved, urging equal burden sharing and criticizing the proposed increases on agricultural products.
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WashineTon
Ways and Means
House
Rg Pene
Low W
Senate
Old World
Debate Over Tax Bill Presses Public Revenue Policies
A report criticizes the tax bill as shifting costs to consumers for private enterprises. It claims wool and woolen taxes rise to about 5.55 million dollars annually while tobacco taxes are repealed. It also details steep duties on blankets hats dress goods and cloths across grades.
Flood Predicted by Shoshone Medicine Man Meat Axe
Denver reports Meat Axe the Shoshone medicine man has foretold a flood to wash away the heartless pale faces as punishment for white confinement of Indians on reservations. Runners spread word to the Wind River region and to the Crow, Cheyenne, and Sioux groups. Indians expect a mass movement toward the mountains. Meat Axe says whites and halfbreeds will drown.
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Denver
Meat Axe
Wind River Mountains
Labor tensions in Boston as contract law workarounds emerge
In Boston on April 16, reports say stone masons dodge contract labor rules by bringing workers from England under pledges to sign contracts on arrival. Bricklayers allegedly sign an agreement not to strike for three years in exchange for a 10 cent hourly raise for an eight hour day. A meeting of the amalgamated building trades council will probe the issue tomorrow night while United States Express employees face a 10 percent salary cut starting May 1 from the president down to the lowest worker.
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Boston
England
Irto
Amalgamated Building Trades Council
United States Express Company
Thomas Platt
Notable Banquet Honors President Harrison in Washington
Washington April 16 delegates of the pan American conference hosted a grand dinner in the Arlington hotel for President Harrison. The occasion drew the vice president cabinet members supreme court officials diplomats and naval officers. Delegate Segarra of Peru toasted the President while Harrison expressed hope for enduring peace and good will among American nations.
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Washington
Harrison
Arlington Hotel
Supreme Court
Navy Rs
Segarra
Peru
United States
The Vexed Silver Question Sees House and Senate Split
Washington April 17 The house and senate republican caucus committees remain apart on the silver issue after a joint sub committee failed to agree. Walker of Massachusetts urged reverting to the Windom bill as reported by the coinage committee. The motion passed 10 to 0 and the next step is reporting to the house caucus likely Monday night. The house may pass the committee bill while the senate pursues its own and a conference committee will be formed.
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Washington
House
Senate
Republican Caucus
Walker
Massachusetts
Windom Bill As Reported By the Coinage Committee
House Republican Caucus
House Committee
Conference Committee
Funeral rites for S. J. Randall held in Washington
The funeral for S. J. Randall at Metropolitan Presbyterian Church featured a simple service attended by the vice president, cabinet members, and lawmakers. The procession to Laurel Hill and burial at Philadelphia cemetery followed, with delegations from G A R, Irish National League, and various civic groups present.
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Neral
S. J. Randall
Washington
Randall
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Avenue
Philadelphia
Puit Apeconia
Breach of Promise Case Involving Sir George Elliot
London reports an action for breach of promise and seduction brought by Miss Alice Hairs against Sir George Elliot, MP. She alleges two seductions and a marriage pledge, while the defendant calls it blackmail. the case stirs public interest as the trial proceeds. Laramie City Council enacts an iron clad ordinance againstambling.
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London
Sir George Elliot
House of Commons
Alice Hairs
Mise Haire
Sir George
Fendant
Laramie
Spokane Falls Excited Over Indian Homestead Case
A federal decision to hear testimony in the Noch homestead dispute near Spokane Falls provoked explosive action. Residents jumped plots and erected shanties worth several million dollars, with arrests for trespass as clashes over property rights intensified.
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St. Paul
A_ancer
Spokane Falls
Noble
Crowley
Boulder Presbytery Adopts Revision After Debate
The Boulder presbytery met at the Presbyterian church in Laramie City and adopted the committee on revision's report with two dissents after discussion. Rev. J. G. Reid became moderator and Rev. G. W. Barr clerk as delegates and alternates were elected for the general assembly. Rev. Dr. Cowhick spoke on revision and Rev. R. E. Field prepared to open the debate. The despatch notes the worldwide significance of freeing doctrine from early dogmas.
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Presbyterian Church
Laramie City
J.G. Reid
G. W. Barr
General Assembly
Dr. Cowhick
Tae Sus
Laramie
Committee On Revision
Boulder Presbytery
Goschen Budget Reveals Exceeding Expenses and Rising Beer Revenue
England reports in Loxton that Chancellor Goschen presented the budget with expenses exceeding estimates by £11,600, receipts over by £3,000,000, and gross revenue from alcohol at £29,265,000 amid a surge in rum consumption. He notes debt reduction totals and outlines future tax and duty changes including cuts on tea duty, currants, house tax exemptions for working rents, and higher spirits and beer duties for counties.
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Loxton
Goschen
Commons
the Telegraph
Imperial
Friends of Temperance
Gorchen
Salt Lake Improvements Progress After Gentle Victory
Salt Lake City rushes with municipal upgrades including sewer work street railways paving districts and new blocks and residences. Congress may fund a park on the military reservation while Antelope Island could gain a pile-supported railway linking to the mainland within years.
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Salt Lake
Congress
Ogden Mardi Gras Promises Grand Pageant and Large Crowds
Ogden prepares a grand Mardi Gras from June to July with royal Rex II from New Orleans. The New Orleans chamber of commerce and other groups will participate as Ogden expects about 40 000 visitors. Rail service will run trains to Salt Lake every forty minutes and the amphitheater will seat 10 000 with a dancing floor for 1 000 couples. Reduced rail rates are planned and the pageant aims to be the grandest seen outside New Orleans.
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Ogden
New Orleans
Rex II
Lem Sing on a Bridge After Frontier Crossing
Three Chinese men attempting to cross the Niagara frontier were sent back by customs officers. Two held Canadian certificates, Lem Sing had no papers and remained on the bridge overnight. Ottawa instructed repatriation, while Washington coordinated.
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Lem Sing
Nyagara Falls
Ont
United States
Lem
Ottawa
Washington
Immigrants on Steamship Cachemere Held for Contract Labor
In New York on April 17 inspectors found 1,403 French and Italian immigrants aboard the Cachemere at Castle Garden, many bound for Pittsburgh under contract. Authorities prepared to arrest all suspicious parties aboard.
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New York
Castle Garden
Cachemere
Pittsburg
United States
Lawmakers in Ottawa clash after bitter senate quarrel
In Ottawa the senate saw a sharp personal clash as Kaulbach and Sanford argued over a pending divorce case. After the session they confronted each other in the hall and Kaulbach seized Sanford delivering a violent shake before Sanford escaped. Kaulbach vowed to press the issue tomorrow.
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Ottawa
Senate
Kaulbach
Sanford
Sioux Chiefs Plan New Pow Wow Over Lands Split
Through the Indian rights society chiefs of the Sioux nation call a meeting next Sunday two to three miles up Bad River to reconsider final action on taking lands in severalty. Noted leaders John Grass Sitting Bull and other bands will attend while a larger delegation travels from Laramie to the Grand Army encampment in Denver.
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Picane
Indian Rights Society
Bad River
John Grass
Sitting Bull
Lawrence Street
Union Geyer
Thomas M. Fisher
N. J. O'Brien
Cheyenne
Wyo
St. James
Colorado
Wyoming
Council of Administration
George W. Cook
St. James Hotel
Mizner
Seventeenth Infantry
Fort Russell
Iron and Steel Prosperity Sparks Western Rail Expansion
The iron business shows strong activity with looming prosperity as rail renewal and big new construction rise. Pittsburg mills have orders for 14 000 tons of steel rails from the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and 10 000 tons from the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, with prices up to 39 34 per ton at Pittsburg and 35 30 at Chicago, marking a $7 rise in six months. The article notes Cheyenne’s iron fields near front and predicts blast furnaces and steel works soon. Union Pacific progress and new depots at Green and Rock Springs are reported, with Mr Ressigale receiving the depot plans.
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Pittsburg Mills
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe
Eastern Mills
Pittsburg
Chicago
Cheyenne
Grand Army Visit to Cheyenne Highlights Public Reception
General Alger and party, including Mrs Logan and Mrs Whittenmeyer, will arrive in Cheyenne Saturday 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. A public reception is planned. Citizens urged to organize an impromptu welcome through the board of trade and local committees as old soldiers recall campaigns and cheer the distinguished guests.
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Warren
Denver
T. M. Fisher
Alger
Cheyenne
Russell A. Alger
Grand Army of the Republic
John A. Logan
Whittenmeyer
Women's Relief Corps
Omaha
J. M. Thurston
Grand Opera House
Windsor Hotel
Cooper
Fisher
Reynolds
Board of Trade
Post Route Schedule Changes Between Bordeaux and Rawhide Buttes
The Post Office Department sets new schedule for route 37103 Bordeaux to Rawhide Buttes. From May 1 to Oct 11 departures are Monday Wednesday and Friday at 3:30 p.m. with a 12.5 hour trip to Rawhide Buttes. From Nov 4 to Apr go departures are Monday Wednesday and Friday at 3:30 p.m. with an 18.75 hour trip to Rawhide Buttes. Return trips from Rawhide Buttes are Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 3 p.m arriving Bordeaux in 18.75 hours.
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Post-Office Department
Bordeaux
Rawhide Buttes
Salt Salt Salt Discovery in Sevier County Utah
A salt reef reported in Sevier County Utah is described as very pure ore in ledges forty feet high according to the Salt Lake Tribune. The find suggests a significant natural resource deposit with potential economic value for mining and regional development. Local authorities and geologists note the exceptional purity of the rock salt discovered.
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Sevier County
Utah
Salt Lake
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Grand Army
Iron and Steel
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Tae Sun
Green and
Rock Springs
Ressigale
the Grand Army
R. A. Alger
Mrs. Gen. Logan
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