The New Tariff Bill and Sugar Duty Debate
Washington reports outline the majority and minority views on the tariff bill. The majority claims a plan to raise home production, protect industry, and fund government while proposing tax shifts and duties on imports inclining to sugar. The minority denounces unequal taxation and urges tax reduction to aid farmers and workers amid a shrinking foreign market.
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WashineTon
Ways and Means
House
Rg Pene
Low W
Senate
Taxation Controversy Hits Wool and Tobacco Duties
The report denounces the bill as taxing private business interests, arguing it worsens consumer burdens. It notes wool and woolens taxes would rise by about 5.55 million dollars annually while tobacco taxes totaling 8.86 million are canceled, with steep duties on blankets hats dress goods and cloths varying by quality.
Flood predicted by Shoshone medicine man Meat Axe
Denver reports Meat Axe, noted Shoshone healer, foresees a flood washing out whites on reservations as retribution for confinement. Runners spread warnings to the Crows, Cheyennes, and Sioux. Indians expected to rush to Wind River mountains. Meat Axe claims whites and mixed-bloods will drown.
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Denver
Meat Axe
Wind River Mountains
Latin stone masons dodge labor law pledge in Boston
Reported in Boston that stone masons and bricklayers arrange tactics to bypass the contract labor law. Masons from England pledge to enter contracts on arrival, while bricklayers sign three year no strike deals for a ten cent hourly advance. U S Express announces 10 percent salary cuts starting May 1 from president Thomas Platt downward.
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Boston
England
Irto
Amalgamated Building Trades Council
United States Express Company
Thomas Platt
Notable Banquet Honoring President Harrison in Washington
Washington April 16 delegates of the Pan American conference hosted a grand banquet at the Arlington hotel. President Harrison, the vice president, cabinet members, the Supreme Court, diplomats, and navy officers attended. Delegate Segarra of Peru proposed the toast "President of the United States." Harrison spoke of enduring peace and goodwill among American nations.
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Washington
Harrison
Arlington Hotel
Supreme Court
Navy Rs
Segarra
Peru
United States
The Vexed Silver Question in Congress
Washington reports a widening split between house and senate Republican caucus committees over silver. After failed joint sub committee talks the house panel backed a motion to revert to the Windom bill as amended by coinage. The plan is to report to caucus likely Monday night and push passage in both chambers.
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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 at Metropolitan church
The funeral for S. J. Randall in Washington featured a simple service at Metropolitan Presbyterian Church with vice president and cabinet members among attendees. A procession to the Pennsylvania Station followed, and burial is planned April 17 at Philadelphia Cemetery, PuIt Apeconia, after a Laurel Hill cemetery cortege led by civic and political delegations.
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Neral
S. J. Randall
Washington
Randall
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Avenue
Philadelphia
Puit Apeconia
Breach of Promise Case Against Sir George Elliot Progresses
London April 1. Miss Alice Hairs sues Sir George Elliot MP for breach of promise and seduction alleging two assaults and a marriage promise after seduction. The defendant calls black mail. the case has created a sensation as the trial proceeds. The Laramie City council has passed an iron clad ordinance against ambling.
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London
Sir George Elliot
House of Commons
Alice Hairs
Mise Haire
Sir George
Fendant
Laramie
Spokane Falls Excitement Over Homestead Case
A Spokane Falls case sparks turmoil as landowners report jumpers erecting shanties on property valued at 5 to 6 million dollars. Nobler decision to hear testimony by Secretary Noble prompts clashes and arrests for trespass in the disputed tract near the city center.
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St. Paul
A_ancer
Spokane Falls
Noble
Crowley
Boulder Presbytery Adopts Revision Amid Debate
The Boulder Presbytery met at the Lar amie City Presbyterian church on Tuesday and Wednesday. Rev J G Reid became moderator and Rev G W Barr clerk. The committee on revision reported in favor of revision and delegates were elected to the general assembly. Rev Dr Cowhick gave an address and Rev R E Field led the debate on revision. The report passed with two dissenting votes and will go to the general assembly for final action as the world moves.
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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
English Budget Surprises with Higher Expenditures
Goschen the chancellor of the exchequer presented the budget in the commons with expenses exceeding estimates by £11,600 and receipts over estimates by more than £3,000,000. Alcohol revenue reached £29,265,000 amid a surge in consumption at sea ports. The surplus total stood at £3,221,000 and national debt reduction hit £8,295,000 for the year.
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Loxton
Goschen
Commons
the Telegraph
Imperial
Friends of Temperance
Gorchen
Salt Lake Improvements Spark Busy Western City Growth
Salt Lake City buzzes with sewer work street railway extensions paving districts and new blocks and homes. Congress may fund a park from military reservation and Antelope Island could gain rail link via piles within two years. The progress follows a decisive military victory that reshaped Salt Lake from a quiet refuge into a dynamic regional hub.
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Salt Lake
Congress
Ogden's Mardi Gras Grandeur Draws 40000 Visitors
Ogden prepares a grand Mardi Gras from June to July with New Orleans Rex II leading the royal train. The New Orleans chamber of commerce and local clubs will be represented while railways run trains every forty minutes to Salt Lake. The amphitheater seats 10000 and dancing floor 1000 couples for a pageant billed as the grandest seen outside New Orleans. Reduced railroad rates are planned.
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Ogden
New Orleans
Rex II
Lem Sing On Bridge Without Papers At Frontier
Three Chinese men attempted crossing the border near Niagara Falls Ontario. Two carried Canadian customs certificates and were admitted. Lem Sing had no papers and was sent back to the American side. He remained on the bridge awaiting orders, with officials in Ottawa and Washington involved. Late tonight he briefly landed for the night and may be returned to the bridge tomorrow.
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Lem Sing
Nyagara Falls
Ont
United States
Lem
Ottawa
Washington
Immigrants Detained on Steamship Cachemere in New York
April 17 report says 1,403 French and Italian contract laborers found aboard the steamship Cachemere at Castle Garden. U.S. contract labor inspectors prepared to arrest all suspicious parties as most passengers were bound for Pittsburgh under contract.
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New York
Castle Garden
Cachemere
Pittsburg
United States
Senate brawl leaves Kaulbach and Sanford in heated clash
Ottawa April 17. In the senate Kaulbach and Sanford clashed over a pending divorce case. After the session Kaulbach grabbed Sanford in the hall and gave a violent shake. Sanford escaped and fled. Kaulbach vowed to press the dispute further tomorrow.
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Ottawa
Senate
Kaulbach
Sanford
Sioux Chiefs Call Pow Wow Over Lands In Severalty
Through the Indian rights society another large gathering is planned by Sioux leaders to reconsider final action on breaking up their lands. A meeting is set for Sunday near Bad River with John Grass Sitting Bull and other noted chiefs attending alongside other hostile bands. A sizable delegation traveled from Laramie to attend the Grand Army encampment in Denver.
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Picane
Indian Rights Society
Bad River
John Grass
Sitting Bull
Iron and Steel Prosperity Spurs Rail Project Boom
The Cheyenne area expects a steel rails surge as old lines renew and new construction expands. Pittsburg mills hold orders for 14 000 tons to the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and 10 000 tons to the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe with higher prices noted. The Union Pacific plans new depots at Green and Rock Springs as rail traffic grows.
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Pittsburg Mills
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe
Eastern Mills
Pittsburg
Chicago
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Green and
Rock Springs
Ressigale
Grand Army Leaders Visit Cheyenne For One Day
General Alger and party including Mrs Logan and Mrs Whittenmeyer arrive in Cheyenne Saturday 7 am to 2 pm. Governor Warren and city officials plan a public reception. Old soldiers and citizens urged to organize a brief, proper welcome at St James hotel and surrounding venues.
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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 changes between Bordeaux and Rawhide Buttes
The Post Office Department orders schedule changes for route 37103 between Bordeaux and Rawhide Buttes. From May 1 to October 11 departures from Bordeaux are Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 3:30 p m with a twelve and a half hour trip to Rawhide Buttes. From November 4 to April departures move to Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 3:30 p m with an eighteen and three fourths hour journey. Rawhide Buttes departures occur Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 3 p m arriving Bordeaux in eighteen and three fourths hours.
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Post-Office Department
Bordeaux
Rawhide Buttes
Salt Salt Deposit Found In Sevier County Utah
The Salt Lake Tribune reports a discovery of rock salt in Sevier County Utah. The salt is described as very pure and exposed in ledges up to forty feet high.
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Sevier County
Utah
Salt Lake
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Wyoming
the Grand Army
R. A. Alger
Mrs. Gen. Logan
Lawrence Street
Union Geyer
Thomas M. Fisher
N. J. O'Brien
Wyo
St. James
Colorado
Council of Administration
George W. Cook
St. James Hotel
Mizner
Seventeenth Infantry
Fort Russell
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