Wyoming Measures Move Ahead in Congress After Holidays
Washington dispatch reports Delegate Carey urging Wyoming's admission with Senator Platt to prepare a favorable committee report. Holman and Kilgore endorse admission as pending bills push for state lands, new districts, bonds rules changes, and a Cheyenne public building. Carey introduces Wyoming admission bill and other measures.
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Washington
Carey
Wyoming
Senate Committee On Territories
Senator Platt
Platt
Senate
United States
A. C. Campbell
Cheyenne
House
Warren
Secretary of the Interior
Kid glove finish as Gibbons knocks out Cushing in Stamford
In Stamford Connecticut this morning Mike Cushing and Austin Gibbons fought before about 300 spectators including John L Sullivan. Gibbons was in top condition while Cushing drank and faded. Cushing attempted fouls to end the bout but referee Dominick Mc Caffery stopped such moves. In the 24th round Gibbons knocked out Cushing.
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New York
Mike Cushing
Austin Gibbons
Stamford
Connecticu
John L. Sullivan
Gibbons
Cushing
Dominick McCaffery
Union Pacific Directors Approve Stock Subscription Offer
At a directors meeting of Union Pacific Railroad on December 18 Hostos, it was voted to grant each holder of 100 Union Pacific shares the right to subscribe for one block costing 1000 dollars. The block includes 1000 dollars of Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern consolidated mortgage bonds and four shares of Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern stock. The right is valued at about 196 dollars.
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Union Pacific Railway
Hostos
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Umh Northern Consolidated Mortgage
Utah Northern
Attorney General appoints rail suit aide
Washington December 18 Attorney General Miller names Charles H. Aldrich of Chicago as special assistant attorney in the Department of Justice. He will handle actions against subsidized railroad companies for failing to maintain separate telegraph lines and other compliance requirements.
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Washington
Miller
Charles HH. Aldrich
Chicago
Department of Justice
Maud Curran Arrested for Shoplifting in Kansas City
Miss Maud Curran, long associated with multiple charitable groups in Kansas City, was arrested last night for shoplifting. Police recovered goods valued at over $1,000 from her home, marking a shocking turn in her public service reputation.
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Kansas City
Maud Curran
Representative Payson Seeks 75000 for Salaries After Defalcation
Helping Thomsolves Washington December 16. Representative Payson introduced a bill to appropriate 75000 dollars to be immediately available to pay the salaries of congressmen lost by Silcott's defalcation.
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Thomsolves
Washington
Representa‘ve Payson
Congress
Silcott
Military Order of America Bill Introduced in Congress
Representative Wheeler of Alabama introduced a bill to incorporate the Military Order of America a fraternal non sectarian non political society of Civil War veterans. It provides a Washington memorial building housing a military naval museum and library and a monument to Grant with interment of his remains in the building court.
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Washington
Wheeler
Alabama
Military Order of America
Grant
Rail disaster near Denver leaves two killed and wreckage strewn
A Denver and Rio Grande collision four miles west of Walsenberg killed engineer William Glover and fireman Thomas Baker. The freight train split into three parts, with cattle and lumber cars piling up. Brakemen W H Erringer and D W Edmonson were injured and hospitalized in Pueblo.
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Colo
Walsenberg
Denver and Rio Grande Road
Here
Laveta
William Glover
Pueblo
Thomas Baker
W.H. Erringer
D. W. Edmonson
Emin Pasha Nearing Full Recovery After Shock
Electric flashes report Emin Pasha is entirely out of danger and rapidly improving. In Baltimore, during the Navassa rioters trial, Henry Jones confessed to killing Thomas L. Foster and said William Jones claimed responsibility for Mr. Foles’s death.
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Navassa
Baltimore
Henry Jones
Thomas L. Foster
William Jones
Mr. Foles
Married man fires on crowd at Lopez Island
In Port Townsend Washington a newlywed, Martin Phillips, fired a double barreled shotgun during a harassment incident at his Lopez Island home. Two young men, John Hall and John Graham, were fatally wounded as the crowd demanded to disperse.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Martin Phillips
Lopez Island
Phillips
John Hall
John Graham
Five children attacked by mad dog in Fort Recovery
Five children walking home from school were attacked by a vicious dog in Fort Recovery Ohio on Monday evening. All five developed hydrophobia symptoms and only slight hope remains for recovery.
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Fort Recovery
More arrests in Salt Lake grand jury probe
Salt Lake City Dec 18 several more arrests were made in connection with recent developments before the grand jury all gave bonds.
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Salt Lake
A Rough Road to Matrimony in Bukowina
A Bukowina woman, famed for beauty, faced a string of suitors as she neared twenty. One by one, fiancés died, went to war, were drafted, or proved unsuitable, until the tenth suitor revealed a wife and children in Bessarabia. Cornered by misfortune and despair, she died by poisoning herself before the planned wedding.
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Bukowina
Bessarabia
Unlucky Locomotive Met With Repeated Accidents
The Pennsylvania Railroad assigned engine 1815 to an engineer after initial trouble. The engine soon suffered multiple accidents including a crash at La Trobe bridge, leading many engineers to refuse further service with it.
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Pennsylvania Road
Latrobe Bridge
Fiendish Father Accused in Fatal House Tragedy
St Louis report of a 12 year old son named Charles Guenther accused of killing his father George A Guenther. The elder man allegedly tortured children with chains and nude confinement, while the son recounts years of cruelty that culminated in the fatal act. The other boy Emile is said to have beaten his father to death and may have been driven insane by abuse.
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St. Louis
George A. Guenther
Charles Guenther
Emile
Congress Considers Wide Range of Bills and Extensions
Washington December 18. Senate amendments to the house joint resolution for printing the agricultural report were agreed to. A recess from December 21 to January 6 was concurred. A resolution extending the International Marine conference to March 1892 passed. Numerous bills were introduced or referred, including tax, immigration, land, currency, and tariff measures. Delegates offered bills for Idaho, New Mexico, and Wyoming state admission, and listings for new public buildings were noted.
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House
Committee On Ways and Means
Committee On Rules
Silcott
United States
Treasury
Mexico
John C. Fremont
Internal Revenue Laws
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Spokane Falls
Idaho
New Mexico
Wyoming
San Diego
Stockton
San Frann Jose
Oakland
California
Rorado
Helena
Trement Montana
Tacoma
Seattle
Washin
Albuquerque
Salt City
Utah
Chey Anne
Legislative session notes from Los Angeles to Sacramento
The record lists 1064 introduced bills many duplicates and notes the deaths of James Laird Nebraska 58 Cox New York N W Nutting New York and R W Townsend Illinois. The house adjourned in memory of the deceased until Friday.
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Los Angeles
Sacramento
James Laird
Nebraska
Cox
New York
N. W. Nutting
R. W. Townsend
Illinois
Disappearance of Dr P B Nichols Prompts Canada Move
A sensation in Cotewater Michigan reports the disappearance of Dr P B Nichols once mayor and register of deeds. Accused of impoverishing families through his business methods, he is thought to have gone to Canada. Debts reportedly exceed 30000 dollars.
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Cotewater
Mic
PB. P. Nichols
England's Scandal Sparks Arrest Warrants in West End Case
Secret inquiry into the West End scandal leads to arrest warrants for Solicitor Arthur Newton Clerk Taylor and Interpreter Degala for conspiring to defeat justice Newton reportedly aided the Cleveland Street house owner in fleeing to America and reaching the United States
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West End
Arthur Newton
Taylor
Degala
Newton
Cleveleland Street
America
Sioux Visit Noble Seeks Boundary Resurvey and Aid
The Sioux leaders met with Secretary Noble and the Sioux commission to request a resurvey of a boundary line of their preservation, compensation for ponies taken by troops in 1886, more schools, and opportunities to employ Indians on the reservation when feasible.
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Washington
Noble
Sioux Commission
Indian Bureau
United States
Influenzea Epidemic Reported in New York and Boston
The Influenzea epidemic spreads with reports of several cases in New York on December 15 including a broker and a police captain among the ill. In Boston by December 18 there are about a dozen cases and expectations that the illness will become general.
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New York
Boston
Parnell Receives Public Rally and Defense Fund
In Liverpool, John Redmond leader Parnell was greeted by a public demonstration and urged Lancashire to support the Liberal Party in the forthcoming election. A banquet presented a check for 17500 pounds from the Liverpool tenants defense fund, which Parnell thanked donors for, reiterating the aim of home rule to boost Ireland's industry.
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Lancashire
Liberal Party
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Home Rule
Ireland
One Way To Do It.
A Detroit collector posed as a Chicago visitor to pressure a debt dodger. At Third Street Depot the collector aimed to force a fight to delay the debtor’s wedding and collect thirteen dollars, but the debtor paid and boarded his train, while the collector departed whistling.
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Free Press
Third Street
Chicago
Ian
The Prettiest Parisian Adrona
The description recalls Blanche P person once famed in Pavid, now mile Depoix. The piece contrasts the first woman’s youthful plumpness with the second’s slender, athletic build and dark hair, praising her distinct beauty and refined features in period prose.
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Blanche
le Mile
Depoix
Herorehead
Alugi Ke
Culver the Juror Sues The Herald in Libel Case
In Washington on December 19 a juror named Culver filed libel charges against The Herald. The incident followed a dramatic executive session in the Senate where a 20 year old man was found asleep in the gallery and escorted out. The episode caused brief chaos but yielded no new disclosures.
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Washington
Senate
Congressional actions and death notices in recess session
The House concurred a holiday recess from Saturday to January 6. A treasury review of California war-claims due to Indian disturbances was approved. A 1892 exposition proposal for Americas discovery anniversary passed. An amendment to tax bank notes was discussed. Senate addressed deaths of Representatives Laird Townshend Cox and adjourned after condolences.
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House
Stewart
Committee On Military Affairs
Treasury
California
George
United States
Mitchell
Pacific Railroad
Select Committee
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Senate
Laird
Townshend
Cox
Manerson
Cullom
Evarts
Senate Confirms Territorial and Land Office Appointments
The senate confirmed multiple appointments including governors and secretaries for Utah New Mexico and Alaska with Utah commissioners and territory surveyor generals in Washington Arizona and Wyoming. Registers of the land office named from Colorado Denver Lamar and Cheyenne to Seattle and beyond.
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Denver
Chas. D. Ford
Lamar
Colo
William P. Alexander
del Norte
Edward A. Champlin
Cheyenne
Wyo
Thomas M. Reed, Jr
Seattle
Washington Territory
House committee plans report on Silcott defalcation losses
A special house committee investigating the Silcott defalcation has agreed on a report proposing an appropriation to reimburse house members for losses. A separate bill would appoint the sergeant at arms as a disbursing officer to handle funds.
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House
Montana Muddie Token Into Court
The Montana legislature met with little drama as the Senate recessed for a 2 p.m. session and joined caucus to plan permanent leadership. Colonel W F Sanders, attorney for Republican members of the lower house, filed suit against State Auditor Kenney to compel payment of mileage and per diem, which were denied due to lack of appropriation. The action seems aimed at taking the broader issue to the courts.
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Heena
Dee
Senate
Kenney
W. F. Sanders
All American delegates tour New York and Brooklyn visits
American delegates traveled by carriage through New York City visiting Brooklyn and the chamber of commerce where President Smith spoke. General Sherman also addressed the gathering recalling a centennial pledge and urging focus on manufacturing and commerce for the nation.
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New York
Brooklyn
Chamber of Commerce
Smith
General Sherman
Heasil
Dom Pedro
Brazilian Changes In Rio Streets And Names
The Cyril from Brazil reports ongoing business despite the revolution. Citizens are tearing down symbols of the imperial party and removing royal names from streets to align with republican ideas.
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New York
Cyril
Brazilian Porta
Swindling Wyoming People Now Yoas
Frank Leslie's Newspaper Wave reports Charles W. Wilson swindled Neb raska and Wyoming residents by posing as their agent to obtain money for subscriptions and advertising. He is described as unknown to the publishers and without authority to act for them.
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Wyoming
Yoas
Frank Leslie
Wave
Charles W. Wilson
Nebraska
President hosts Sioux delegation in White House reception
In Walmisnoron on December 19 1890 President Harrison welcomed about fifty Sioux visitors in the east room with Mrs Harrison and officials present General Warner introduced John Grass of Standing Rock who joked this was not a scalping visit The president spoke through an interpreter praising farm settlement schooling and government support for Sioux children and promised to aid congress in necessary laws.
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Congress
Senate Organization Shifts After Party Walkout
In Herena on December 19 the senate completed its organization with officers elected. Seven Democrats abstained, a Republican test declared, and after electing a president pro tem a majority of Democrats left the chamber. The senate sent a committee to inform the Republican House organization is ready. A Republican from Silver Bow county sued for mileage and salary, aiming to push the contest into court.
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Herena
Senate
Chamber
House
Silver Bow County
District Court
Labor Wages Thefts Stir Italian Laborers In Plainfield
John Cameron a railroad contractor from Plainfield New Jersey was arrested on a charge of stealing about $10 000 in wages owed to Italian laborers on the Kinderpool and Hudson railroad project. The missing pay spurred threats to burn and loot the town by the workers as word spread.
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Hupsox
John Cameron
Plainfield
Kinderpool and Hudson Railroad
Sheriff’s Son Killed in Liquor Raid in Indian Territory
In Taucequan Cherokee Nation district on December 19 Sheriff Knight and his son confronted Jim Burgess John Hunter and Kee Newton who were allegedly transporting intoxicating liquor into the nation. A gunfight followed during which George Knight, the sheriff’s son, was killed.
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Taucequan
I. T
Sheriff Knight
Jim Burgess
John Hunter
Kee Newton
George Knight
Heiress Alice Jackians Abducted Case Returns Note
The court action to compel Charles Spink and John Taylor to produce heiress Alice Jackians reveals Spink's reply claiming he took custody at her request and sent her to Woodland Illinois to live with a family where she receives care and says she is happy.
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St. Louis
Charles Spink
John Taylor
Alice Jackians
Spink
Woodland
Ills
Sunset Cox and Bayard Visit the Wrong Neighbor
The Philadelphia Telegraph recounts a humorous incident involving Sunset Cox and Bayard at a social gathering. They misaddressed a neighbor, mistakenly visiting Senator Blank, only to be told they were at their own door. The two shared a light farewell and returned inside.
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Sunset Cox
Philadelphia Telegraph
Cox
Mr. Bayard
Senator Blank
New Yorker
Delaware Statesman
Mr. Cox
Ste
Navy Collision Sparks Talk of American Vessel Safety
An Americana Navy note discusses the Chicago man of war and a collision with a tigeboat and vacuopod destruction, arguing that future incidents could be faced without foreign interference. A recalled tale features a naval officer visiting a friend, where the child Harry greets him with curiosity and pride.
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Chicago
Washington
Harry
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