Senate Acts Favorably On Silver Bill and Cattle Provisions
Washington June 11 The Senate Finance Committee amended the house silver bill and rejected bullion payment certificates for public debts. It approved several pension bills, debated cattle transport restrictions, and passed a foreign export inspection measure. The Sundry Civil Appropriations bill was introduced, totaling 27.85 million with major items for the census, veterans, and public works.
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Senate Committee On Finance
House
Stanford
Committee On Finance
Eustis
Senate
Turpie
United States
Great Britaan
Great Britain
Secretary of Agriculture
Washinctox
Cannon
Lawmakers Consider Soldier Pension Measure In House
Washington June 11. Speaker appoints Mills Texas to rules and Turner Georgia to ways and means to fill vacancies after Carlisle Kentucky resignation. Conference report on senate dependent features debated with Morrill urging delay for printing. bill would distribute 35 million to poor soldiers. Debate over pension boosts and anti trust bill follows before adjournment.
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Washington
Mills
Texas
Committee On
Turner
Georgia
Ways and Means
Carlisle
Kentucky
Orrell
Kansas
Senate
Springer
Illinois
Morrill
Yoder
Ohio
Ilinois
Cannon
McComas
Maryland
Stewart
Vermont
House
Settlement seen in English German Africa talks
London June 11 reports say negotiations between England and Germany may yield a settlement. Germany would evacuate Witu and abandon claims behind Witu. A line could run across Victoria Nyanea to the Congo boundary, with disputed areas north of the line to be handed south of the boundary.
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Hugland
Germany
Africa
London
St. James
Peteres
Gesells Sagt
Berlin
Dependent Pension Bill Authorized for Civil War Veterans
Conferees report a bill granting invalid pensions to veterans with permanent disabilities from Civil War service. Qualifications require three months or more of service, honorable discharge, and disability preventing labor. Pension ranges from six to twelve dollars monthly, with widows at eight dollars and each child under sixteen at two dollars. Rank of service not considered.
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Washington
United States
Cyclone Strikes Dewitt County Illinois
A cyclone swept through Dewitt county around noon injuring five children, with two feared dead. A school near Birkbeck destroyed. At Wapella the depot and Methodist church wrecked. A man named House near Wapella fatally hurt. Widespread destruction of trees and telegraph poles reported.
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Klimeis
Broommeron
Ill
Dewitt County
Birkbeck
Wapella
Kemmler to Be Executed by Electric Chair
Syracuse report states Judge Walllace denied Kemmler's habeas corpus writ and ordered his transfer to Auburn prison for execution by electricity.
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Kemmler
Syracuse
N. Y
Walllace
Auburn Prison
Judge Sherwin Rules Against Prohibition in Original Package Case
Mason City Iowa June 11 Judge John C Sherwin issues a sweeping ruling in the original package injunction cases finding the beer owned by Minnesota citizens and shipped to Mason City agents sold by bottle to minors and habitual drunkards on the premises He holds the defendants as importers agents can operate the building for selling original packages to all but minors and intoxicated persons granting a temporary injunction against sales to the restricted groups Lawyers urge city council to impose a license on original package dealers citing enforceable measures by law.
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Mason City
John C. Sherwin
Minnesota
Settlement of East Africa Question Draws Harsh Press Critique
The Chronicle critiques the proposed settlement as the most abject British surrender since losing American colonies. It notes that only Egypt remains and compares the move to restoring Alsace Lorraine for peace. The Daily News cites the 94ames Gazette as showing Germany yielding two minor points for one major point. The piece portrays Britain as hypocritically conceding despite protests.
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Fugiand
Loxpon
the Chronicle
St. James Gasette
England
Egypt
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Europe
Daily News
Ames Gazette
Germany
Iturbide Sentence Garners Liberal Support in Mexico
Liberal papers back Iturbide's sentence while conservatives condemn it. Alvares Cortez, who led a small revolt in Guerrero, has been arrested and will be shot. Dickinson sheriff captures outlaw Bailey after a train robbery. five in the gang involved.追 The North Star seized by Victoria customs for alleged smuggling from Britain to Washington.
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Mexico
Iturbide
Alvares Cortez
Jurrero
Dickinson
N. D
Charles E. Bailey
Northern Pacific
New Salem
Black Hills
Victoria
B.C
Itte
Hrithehumbla
Washington
Crippled Suitor Wins Zealot of Zaldie in Old Village Tale
In a romance heavy with rustic imagery, Griggle Robinson, a lawyer-turned-crippled suitor, plots to win Zaldie Blodgitt under the watchful eye of Col. Blodgitt. Tricks, frail pride, and a dramatic confrontation test love against deception in a village tale of mistaken worth and social bravado.
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Col. Blodgitt
Zidie
Opie P
V. S
Zaldie
Luke Brizentine
Sol Matterson
Griggle
M. Robinson
Leaners and Railway Suit in Alabama Narratives
A legal dispute in northeast Alabama centers on Bou Haney and others claiming a railway company caused disturbance by leaning at a depot. The suit seeks $100 damages with witnesses summoned and a jury impaneled, as Col J W Weatherby’s filing frames the case and Judge delivers the charge to the jury.
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Col
J. W. Weatherby
Ben
Bee Haney
Pany
Hastog
D. Aoderson Scottfeld
No Known Motive In Rail Station House Case
A historic court ruling upholds a verdict awarding $100 after a railroad company moved a station-house corner without warning. The plaintiff, who habitually leaned at the northeast corner, fell when the structure shifted. The judge admonishes rail firms to post notices before removing station structures to prevent injuries.
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Hau Waa Jn
Defenee
cHanax
Bligit
Fragmented Reflections on Mania and Violence from a Historical Note
A garbled OCR style piece discusses personal crisis, mania, and the idea that some individuals in asylums may kill themselves or others. It recalls experiences in hospitals, a psychologist’s remark, and a nurse’s aging memory noting the difficulty of predicting deadly acts and the paradox of harmless appearances.
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Maine
Somita
Phystelen
Ople
Anatahe
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Mev
A. A. Minas
Alabama
Leaner
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Bou Haney
Manis
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