Union or Nothing: Annexation Favored by Congress Encounters Pushback
A Feb 7 dispatch from Washington and London reports growing sentiment in Congress for Hawaiian annexation, with supporters arguing it is the only solution and opponents wary of protectorate status. England favors noninterference while Germany hints at a protectorate in Samoa. New Zealand protests annexation.
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Congress
England
WastingTown
Froin
America
Hawaiian Islands
Germany
Benny
Feo
Imperial Force
Utawaii
Samoa
Tts One
CITIES UNDER WATER IN QUEENSLAND FLOODS
Incessant rain across Queensland floods vast areas. Part of Brisbane is submerged and residents retreat to higher ground. Bundamba Ipswich Bundamba and Goaina face demolition threats with homes wrecked and miners drowned. Railway and telegraph networks fail.
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Queensland
Irisbane
Bundaberg
Ipswich
Bundamba
Goaina
Clarkson Attacks Jackson Nomination in Iowa Paper
James S. Clarkson denounces President Harrison for appointing Judge Howell E. Jackson to the U S Supreme Court. In a letter in the Iowa State Register he calls the move party perfidy and a betrayal of public trust, linking it to hostility toward the South and alleged cruelty to African Americans.
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James 8
Clarkson
Jackson
Mim
Supreme Bench
Des Marves
Itlon
James S. Clarkson
Iowa State Register
Howell E. Jackson
Supreme Bench of
United States
Harrison
Supreme Court
Death of Mrs Whitney Wife of Navy Secretary Arouses Sympathy
Mrs William C Whitney died at 8 Sunday morning after a slow illness with Mr Whitney and a nurse present. She was the daughter of Henry B Payne and sister of Oliver Payne of Standard Oil and was known as a leading social hostess with distinguished grace and hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William C. Whitney
Whitney
Mos. Whitney
Henry B. Payne
Ohio
Oliver Payne
Standard Oil Company
Rusk orders 90 day quarantine for Canadian cattle
Secretary Rusk issued an order requiring all cattle imported from Canada into the United States to be held in quarantine for ninety days. Meat cattle must be entered at Buffalo New York designated as a quarantine station due to reports that Canadian cattle imported into Great Britain had pleuro pneumonia.
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WashineTon
Rusk
United States
Canada
Dominion of Canada
Buffalo
N. Y
Great Britain
Sherman Act Repeal Bill Fails in Senate Vote
The Senate refused to take up the Sherman act repeal bill with a 42 to 23 vote. Senator Lill opened with a speech to a near full chamber as the motion failed, ending the bill for this session. Also reported: coal operators in western Pennsylvania plan a combined trust of 100 mines with $15 million capital to fix prices and regulate car service.
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Senate
Washington
Lill
Pittsnancy
Western Pennsylvania
Combine
White Blood Shed At Humphrey Ranch Killing Four Cowboys
Four white men Ed Calkins Rodney Joyce John Bennett and R D Hathaway were killed at Humphrey's ranch near Pine Ridge by Two Sticks band. Police led by Joe Bush pursued suspects. In the clash Two Strikes and son and other Indians were killed or wounded.
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Pine Ridge
Rushville
Humphrey
Stucks
Ed Calkins
Rodney Joyce
John Bennett
R. D. Hathaway
Brown
Joe Bush
Twoticks
Courier
White River
White Clay Creek
Sitting Bear
Red Owl
Brant Horn
Indian Police
Joe Lush
No Water's Camp
Omaha
Agent Brown
Disney
Rosebud Agency
Secret Railroad Brotherhoods Set for Spring Strike
Easton reports say all eastern and western railway unions are secretly organizing for a spring strike. 8,000 to 10,000 employed by major roads join with others to form a 100,000 strong force. Centers include Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Scranton, Wilkes Barre, Chicago, and St. Louis as organizers rally members weekly.
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Easton
Bethlehem
Wilkesbarre
Pittston
Scranton
Phillipsburg
N. J
Switchmen’s Union
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Philadelphia & Reading
Delaware & Hudson
Delaware
Lackewana & Western
Pennsylvania
New York
Lake Erie & Western
Susquehanna & Ontario
New Jersey Central Roads
United States
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Altoona
Harrisburg
Erie
Cumberland
Baltimore, Md
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Denver
Col
Albany
N. Y
Fort Wayne
Ind
Toledo
Detroit
Jersey City
Anna Dickinson Sues for 126000 Over Danville Asylum Imprisonment
Anna Dickinson sues for 126000 damages against James Courtright George P Thompson Allen Legleston John S Heilman Henry Bryden Dr George Underwood of Pittstown and Dr James Oglesby of Danville for causing her confinement in the Danville insane asylum in 1891. Suit set for March.
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Scranton
Anna
Dickinson
Danvile Insane Asylum
James Courtright
George P. Thompson
Allen Legleston
John S. Heilman
Henry Bryden
George Underwood
Pittstown
James Oglesb
Danville
Flooded Chicago faces grave losses as basements flood
Chicago authorities report widespread inundation from street runoff and thawing snow. Basements fill with dirty water while factories, hotels, and schools struggle. 200 workers clear catch basins downtown as residents endure rising flood conditions and zero temperatures threaten further damage.
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Chiago
Tremont House
Burke
Street Department
Transportation Building
Transportation
Indiana Supreme Court Invalidates Firemen Pension Law
The Marion County Superior Court declares the 1591 firemen pension statute unconstitutional in a case involving London and Lancaster Insurance against the state auditor. The opinion, by Judge Bartholomew with two colleagues, finds the enacting clause insufficient to state the full bill's intent, dismissing the law on constitutional grounds. Also covered are four related cases now pending.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Superior Court
Marion County
London and Lancaster Insurance Company
Bartholomew
Taylor
Harper
Several Historic Notices Reported From Across the Nation
The items cover a range of incidents including the McGuarrahan bill reintroduced in Congress, hundreds of livestock deaths from a Kansas blizzard, a North Carolina family asphyxiation by coal gas, and a $5,000 county treasury deficit in Wisconsin. Several other events include a Copper Basin fire destroying a mining plant, a farmer found dead in Illinois, a record-setting cyclist, Lake Angeline mine planning an electric tramway, a large gold discovery near Oaxaca drawing prospectors, a Milwaukee girl’s death from scalding injuries, and coal shipments to Genoa. Additional notes mention a Paris Texas execution survivor, Romanian peasant weddings in Bucharest, a bank embezzlement sentence in Wilkes-Barre, a Nevada Missouri revolver incident, a senate nomination delay, and a Georgia woman’s suicide by train.
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McGuarrahan
Congress
Kansas
Andrew Berglund
New Bedford
N. C
Peter Beven
Woods County
Wis
Copper Basin
A. T
Peter McConnell
S[lillsboro
John & Joanson
America
Minneapolis
Lake Angeline
Michigan
Oaxaca
Mexico
Anna Finder
Milwaukee
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
Genoa
Italy
Henry Smith
Paris
Tex
Jackson
Mich
Ionia
Luzerne County
John Robinson
Nevada
Markets Show Mixed Wheat and Grain Movement Across Regions
Grain futures and cash markets in CxHicano and Toledo report firmer wheat with patent prices around 84.00, 4.1¢, and 3.00 for winter. Corn remains quiet to firm with No. 2 yellow around 44-46 and components like oats steady. pork and lard show varied but stable pressure. Regional notes list oats, rye, barley, and dairy prices with petroleum and refined products trading at stable to soft levels.
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Prises
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
New York
West
Western
Teledo, O
Live Stock Market Report From Chicago
Live Stock prices show moderate activity with no material change. Cattle quotations range from 4.40 to 6.20 for best grades. larger breaks for stockers, feeders, and cows. Hogs market slow with prices from 7.40 to 8.95 for various packing and heavy shipping loins.
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Texas
America Cup Victory Remembered by Yachting World
The article recaps the 1851 victory of the schooner America over Royal Yacht Squadron rivals. It notes the trophy’s origins, the ship’s build by George Steers in New York, and Com. John C. Stevens’ command. It highlights America’s bold race from last to first and British reactions, including Punch’s playful jabs.
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Lord Dunraven
Royal Yacht Squadron
America
New York
George Steers
Cowes
Isle of Wight
Benjamin F. Butler
John C. Stevens
London Punch
Illusionary Illness Backfires in Maine Speech Fault
A young speaker planned a staged illness to halt his Maine address. A friend feigned a fit while a bystander doctor exposed the ruse. Angered by the deception, the crowd beat the participants and dragged them down stairs to the street.
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Maine
Thirteen Marks on New Quarter Dollar Stir Superstition
The New York Sun notes the twenty five cent piece repeats the number thirteen in ten visible ways. Thirteen stars thirteen letters in the scroll thirteen feathers in each wing and more raise superstition about handling the coin. Pennsylvania leads in cigar making.
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New York Sun
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London
Fell
United States Senate
Senfeinh
Morgan
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Gray
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Cattery
Louisiana
Stewart
Vance
Neuman
Washtaren
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San Franesco
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Loxpox
Pall Mall Gazette
Marquis of Ripon
Wiliam F. Warrity
Iowa
Cities
Mr. Cleveland
the Navy
Steriting
E. C. Cook
Modern Woodmen
Lisspos
St. Thomas
Mossamedes
Lower Guinea
Todians
WNO
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Curiaco
William Drangel
Alice
Englewood
Graves
Denter
T. Thatcher Graves
Barnaby
Anna Dickinson Sues
Danville Insane Asylum
Baltimore & Ohio
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Wallace
Nez
Dunlap
Grimes
Noland
Beruixeron
Kan
Frank Lewis
A. P. Ingleman
William van Orman
Casper Crump
South Broadway
Chattanooga
Tenn
Pelham
Ala
G Derson
Wright
Washineron
Serate
Carroll D. Wright
Massachusetts
Telluride
Sam Wig
John Real
Ophir
John B. Ward
Jack Ward
Jack Vanscoy
Emerald Mine
Waterfall Basin
Auton
Henry Pilgrim
Wann
Rome
Banca Association of
Florence
Senate Judiciary Committee
Atlanta. Ga
Emma Allen
Yacht America
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