House in Deadlock Over River and Harbor Bill
The House spent two hours in a stalemate over the river and harbor bill with hints it may fail or be postponed. Conference reports on agricultural and Indian appropriation measures were approved or debated, and Moore v Funston and related election cases proceeded with seating Moore. The day saw adjournment planned for Monday and an evening session focused on private pension bills.
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Hatch
Senate
Moore
Funston
Second
Kansas
House
Representative Ward
Missouri
District of Columbia
Blair
Republican
New Hampshire
Department of Labor
Setetey
Moller
Dominion Coal Company
Nova Scotia
Congress
Committee On Agriculture
Hill
Committee On Immigration
United States
Secretaries of State
Treasury
Military Academy
Naval Academy
Post Office
New Mexico
Arizona
Committee On
Law
Conference Committee
National Bank
United States Treasury
Global brief notes mark riots thefts and political moves
Across cities, miners riot and burn coal tips. Worcester boot dealers assign debt of 200000 with assets about 240000. New York art colony suffers fire and water damage costing near 100000. Scranton post office robbed of stamps valued at 8500. Mobile official dies amid defalcation questions. Denver court convicts seven railroad men for delaying Manila trains. fines set. Trinidad strikers face trials as National Guard dispatched. Shanghai confirms Li Hung Chang stripped of high order over tensions with Japan. Texas convention closes after 1244 ballots with Burke leading Poindexter. local Dallas indignation over silver resolution.
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Edensburg
Penn
Barnesboro
Henry BE. Smith & Co
Worcester
Moss
Vandyke Studio
Ninth Avenue
New York
Scranton
Osthaas
John F. Hummersoll
Mobile
Aln
Hummercell
United States District Court
Denver
Col
Grand Junction Railroad
Manila
Hallett
American Railway Union
Trinidad
Miindias National Guard
Chicago
Hopkins
Pullman
Stockyarda
Shanghai
China
Li Hung Chang
Japan
Corsicana
Texas
Pallas
Burke
Poindexter
Abbot
Hardy
Dallas
China and Japan in turmoil over Corea and naval clash
Dispatches from Tianjin dated August 2 report China asserting hundreds of years of suzerainty over Corea, sending forces to subdue rebels, and vowing to protect empire rights under Viceroy Li Hung Chang. Japan is accused of invading and sinking a Chinese transport, provoking international condemnation. Thirteen Japanese were seized from a British steamer but returned, with apologies issued and punishments ordered. All Japanese residents have left Beijing.
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London
Tien-T'sin
China
Corea
Japan
Li Hung Chang
Zie
Tien-Tsin
Pekin
Fire and labor woes sweep multiple cities
Telegraphic items report a Detroit fire at Hunter Mile s Weeks lumber yard office destroying a block. Chicago lumber district fire causes 1 190 000 in loss and 2 200 workers displaced with four deaths. South Omaha packing houses shut by cattle and hog butcher strike with 10 000 hogs handled. little settlement progress. Honolulu advices note quiet republic setting with election in October and registration underway. Wyoming and Iowa conventions nominate state officers with pro free silver platforms. Pullman works to resume with 800 workers returning and 1 000 applications received, including 600 police guards. Florida Southern train wreck near Rochelle sinks. engineer and conductor injured.
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Russia
China
Japan
Great Britain
Corea
Idaho
Boine City
Congress
James Gunn
Boise
K. J. W. Ballentine
Bellevue
Chicago
Topeka
Kan
North Topeka
Shawnee County
Caspian Sea
New York
Antwerp
Nes
Coréan
Honolulu
San Francisco
South Omaha
Neb
Wyoming
W. A. Richards
F. W. Donner
W. Burdick
W. N. Owen
Thonry G. Hay
Supreme Court
Charles N. Potter
Misa Estelle Reel
Des Moines
H. W W. Dale
Polk
John W. Sitfield
Guthrie
L. W. White
Wayne
John Cloggett
Derri Gordo
Edward W. Mitchell
Premont
J. D. F. Smith
Cherokee
W. L. Parker
Oscola
Wickes
Pullman Company
Indianapolis
Indiana
United States
Florida Southern Railway
Rochelle
Rampaner
Carpenter
Strike Declared At Chicago Meeting Of ARU Committee
At a Chicago meeting the General Strike Committee of the American Railway Union decided to call off the great strike in Chicago. The Chicago and Eastern Union and the Santa Fe divisions will continue striking locally to press grievances and seek a favorable outcome.
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Chicago
General Strike Committee
American Railway Union
Chicago and Eastern Union
Santa Fe
The Quotation of Ivory and the Slave Trade
The ivory question is tied to slave trading wealth, with Congo as the primary source. Elephant numbers decline as about 75,000 are killed yearly, threatening Congo herds. he predicts faster depletion due to one calf every two to three years. The Edinburgh Review notes ivory as a slave trade product from Tippu Tib and urges halting arms sales to prevent trader temptations.
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Congo
Uganda
Nyasaland
London
Edinburgh Review
Detroit Builder Levi Elsay Recounts 11K Career Story
A Detroit builder and contractor Levi Elsay recalls early years, work on Cratiot avenue, and projects like Newberry & McMullan. He credits Woodward Ave merchant Northrup and Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with relieving a severe varicose vein illness after years of pain and multiple doctors.
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Awang
Cratiot
Tastness
Levi Elsay
Moran Street
Kleoy
Detroit
Huhne
Newberry & McMullan
Campin
Anorler
Evening News
Northrup
Woodward Avenue
of &x
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Schenectady
A Compromise on the Piazza After Dinner
In a post-dinner scene on the piazza a man speaks sweetly to a woman as she playfully asks what he thinks of her. She fears a harsh answer, and he calls her a mockery rather than hollow. The moment ends when the dining room lights go out.
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Detroit Free Press
Railroads’ $11 Billion Liabilities Highlight Wasteful Management
Latest reports show railroads bearing liabilities of 11 billion dollars, four times the US public debt in 1865. The figures underscore a view that despite vast value and utility, railroads are the most wasteful and poorly managed business concerns in the nation.
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United States
Vast and Curious Facts Gathered From World Lore
A collage of curiosities reports extreme cold in a fictional Ya kutch Enesia and 73 degrees below zero, then notes on electric plows in 1892, a 10 000 year Penn deed, Ariadne in Rome, animal vegetable traits, fashion mirrors, Spanish literacy, New York Indians, bird air sacs, London Bridge specs, and weather and antiquities finds in Tlaxiaco Mexico. It ends with quotes on money and labor and a Salmagundi Party in New York describing diverse entertainments and guest dishes.
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Yakutch
Enesia
America
Kansas Sorghum Experiment Station
Pennsylvania
Duke of York
William Penn
Vatican
Rome
Ariadne
Theseus
Indy
Spain
Lower Canada
New York
London Bridge
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Valley
Amusing Game and Wartime Echoes in a 19th Century Paper
A fragment discusses a syllable cutting game to form words, quotes Lincoln on wartime conduct, advertises Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters and Kidney remedies, praises Syrup of Fig for cleansing the system, extols Central Railroad routes to Boston and New York with a round trip fare, promotes Tetterine for skin ailments, and offers clerkship placements in Savannah Georgia.
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Boston
New York
East
Central Railroad
Desan Steamship
Central R. R
A Father’s Legacy Beyond Wealth and The Nursery Veil
A stern view of fathers obsessed with work, arguing that intellectual cultivation domestic love and virtuous habits are richer bequests than money. The piece extols home and order as lasting inheritances and notes a new English nursery device the patent veiled sheet to shield infants from flies while breathing remainsunimpeded.
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Halls OF Congress
MOUSE
Grent
Telegraphic News
William Eggert
Conrad Eggert
William Fesvert
Ivory
Layl
Detroit Keen
Hood
Liyar Fis, Bilic
Tlaxiaco
Oaxaca
Mexico
Taxisco
Guatemala
Tennyson
Vanderbilt
J'r
Lincoln
Kiiner
Binghamton
N. Y
California
J.T. Shuptrine
Savannah
Sivannah, Ga
Karl
Lowry Hardware CO
Atlanta
Georgia
U.S
Manly Machine CO
Ryes
Dalton, GA
Advanson
Col Hichmond
Anitangel Schofit
Neva
Macon.Ga
Royal Germetuer
J. W. Rice
Atlanta, Ga
Strle
Dr. Pierce
St. Vitus
Pierge
Ars Work
Chisage
W. Ki
Kangaros
L.douglas
Brockton
Mass
Mallary Bros. & CO
Macon
GEO. BR Halm
West 27Th St
Eminem
Good Questers
Hull Rooters
Catch On
Ome
Reon
New York City
Loos
Dani Count
Tame Arty
Mano
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