Two-Cent Fare Bill Dies Amid Rail Lobby Pressure
The Indiana House rejected the two-cent railroad fare bill as the railroads’ influence proved stronger. Chairman Ben Willoughby of the railroads committee reported for indefinite postponement, with a special-order motion debated and then set for next Wednesday night, while supporters argued for immediate passage based on petitions and expected traffic gains.
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Ben Willoughby
Railroads
Willoughby
Mr. East
Mr. Downey
Welgrock
Spooner
East
Indiana
Mr. Spooner
Hicks
Marion County
Far-off Alaska Letter Clears Murdered Hower Mystery
In Camberidge City reports reveal George Hower, once thought murdered in Chicago, is alive in Alaska and writes of good health. The letter questions why he disappeared and hints at a motive to spark a public sensation. Also, the Farley will case in Nosrvill e, alleging forgery and insanity, advances to trial with sensational evidence anticipated.
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George Hower
Cambridge City
Chicago
Alaska
Hower
Wie
Nosvrsville
Fed
Farley
R. R. Stephenson
Jane Farley
William Hawkins
James L. Evans
Gomez and Second in Command Cross the Military Line
Havana reports say insurgent army under Gen. Maximo Gomez has split into small corps and Gomez is retreating before Gen Weyler. Dispatches claim Gomez with 4000 men recrossed the line in Puerto Principe province and move east toward its capital. Galixto Garcia cited near Puerto Principe retreating toward same point.
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Havana
Maximo Gomez
Gomez
Weyler
Diego de Avila
Puerto Principe
Jacaro
Morea
Galixto Garcia
Death warrants issued for Jackson and Walling in Pearl Bryan murder
Sheriff Plummer received the warrants directing executions to occur between sunrise and sunset on March 20. Judge Helm ordered a death watch with one guard on duty at all times. The plan favors simultaneous executions, avoiding separate confessions.
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Crncixxatt
Plummer
Jackson
Walling
Pearl Bryan
Republicans Prepare Caucus Bill on Benevolent Institutions
The caucus bill for Republican control of benevolent institutions has been prepared and will be introduced in the house today or tomorrow.
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House
Judge grants writ in Tasigi embezzlement case at Tombs
New York news reports Judge Addison Brown issues a writ of habeas corpus for Turkish consul general Joseph Tasigi who is jailed in the Tombs on charges of embezzling 200000 dollars tied to Massachusetts estate trusteeships. Writ is returnable tomorrow at 2 p.m. before Judge Brown.
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New York
Addison Brown
United States District Court
Joseph Tasigi
Boston
Tombs
Massachusetts
Brown
United States
On Trial for Murder in Hill-Taylor Case
The Hill-Taylor murder trial opened this morning with jury selection underway. The crowded courtroom held about fifty witnesses on each side as prosecutors and defense prepare for a likely protracted proceeding.
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Broombeap
Hill-Taylor
Transvaal seeks damages from England over raid
In a Pretoria telegram the Transvaal bills indemnity to England for material and moral damage after the Jameson raid. The first head asks 677 pounds 3 shillings 8 pence. the second seeks 1,000,000 for moral and intellectual injury. Private claims are excluded.
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Pretoria
Transvaal
Chamberlain
Pingree substitutes peach-blow potato as state flower
The house committee on state affairs in Laysixe Michigan recommended a bill replacing the apple blossom with the Pingree peach-blow potato as the official state flower. The substitute, met with laughter, was sent to the committee on railroads where Pingree reform legislation will also be handled.
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Laysixe
Mich
House Committee On State Affairs
Committee On Railroads
McCord Cleared in Local Paternity Suit
In Martinsaints on February 18 a widow Mrs Williams had sued attorney F M McCord for paternity. The case concluded with McCord acquitted as evidence showed he was the victim of malice from enemies seeking to settle old scores.
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Martinsaints
F. M. McCord
Williams
McCord
Mr. McCord
Jurors Acquit Bluford James in Purchase-Vote Case at Martinsville
In Martinsville circuit court the jury acquitted Bluford James who sued Sherman Kivett for $300 claiming he bought a vote in the November election. A similar charge against UWuitt Nutter was dismissed. John Wanamaker urged a fire sale of a Pennsylvan ia legislators job lot damaged in the capitol fire reported by the Buffalo Times.
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Martinsville
Bluford James
Sherman Kivett
James
Kivett
Alonzo Cross
Uwuitt Nutter
John Wanamaker
Pennsylvania
Buffalo Times
Arbuckle elopement case and stock exchange chatter in Toledo and New York
The Toledo case centers on Mrs. Mary Arbuckle alleging her husband John Arbuckle deserted her years ago and identifying Charles Barton as her former companion. Perjury accusations fly as Barton and John Miller are jailed. the daughter seeks the real Arbuckle. Separately, stock exchange talks push for $150,000 annual stock quotation rights from Western Union, sparking fear of shifting business to Consolidated. references to Morse, Little, and Morgan frame a historical finance debate.
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Feo
Arbuckle
Toledo
Mary Arbuckle
John
Henry Hathnan
Lulu Arbuckle
Hottman
Barton
Miller
Western Union and
Wall Street Sear
Stock Exchange
Western Union Telegraph Company
Gould
Sage
Consolidated
Scylla
Charybdis
Lucket-shop
Western Union
Morse
Telegraph
Wall Street
Jacob Little
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
New York Press
Restoring McKinley Tariff Rates on Coal and Coke
Republican members of the ways and means committee advanced the tariff bill by restoring McKinley rates for coal and coke. Bituminous and shale coal would be 75 cents per ton, with coal passing a half inch screen at 30 cents. coke moves from 15 to 20 cents per ton ad valorem. The changes respond to broad demand as tobacco schedule talks continue.
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Ways and Means Committee
Ad Valorem
Peculiar Cure For Illness Mentioned In Dispatch
A Michigan family used cats hides to treat a bowel inflammation in a child after a neighbor suggested it. Twenty nine black cats were killed and their pelts applied, with the child now recovering. A Chicago Chronicle dispatch notes the odd remedy amid other items.
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Mamie Filnson
Grant Ledge
Mich
The
Chicago Chronicle
From Wealth to Poverty Suicide of George W Adams at Caicaso
George W Adams, once a wealthy Chicago board of trade figure known for a legendary market corner, died by self inflicted gunshot after writing I die hungry on a will card. Once a financier, three months out of work, he had suffered dramatic losses and disappeared from the money world.
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Caicaso
George W. Adis
Adams
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Lie
Maturwly 4 Puzeie Englishman Sparks Laughter
A Chicago Test fragment shows a man laughing against a building after being identified as English. The scene features Nell and others reacting to the humor. The dialogue hints at past jokes and private recognition amid the merriment.
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Nell
Itv
Chicago
Gingham Query and Street Wit Across City Crowd
Bridget asks for gingham at a shop while the clerk mentions domestic woods in the basement. A cab fare provokes a humorous exchange about charging the legal rate. The page includes stray chatter on trends, work loads, and summer boarders amid city life notes.
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Bridget
Gade
Bridget McCarthy
Snakes and Optients Highlight Town Topics
A playful Town Topics snippet invites readers to a Boston Toy event featuring a professor's hat trick with snakes. The quirky line hints at curious studies in optient Allusians and a local fascination with unusual spectacles.
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Mamma
Waldo
Boston
Biscuit Plans Mentioned In Yonkers Statesman Dialog
A fragment from the Yonkers Statesman records a dialog where Willie-T and pop discuss biscuits for supper. The exchange notes a mother directing Bridget to fetch coal to bake biscuits, capturing domestic routine.
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Willie
Wille
Bridget
Yonkers Statesman
Hat in the Balcony Turns Heads at London Play
In a London note the spectator keeps her hat between viewer and stage. A commentator remarks the woman appears uncertain in age and wears a hat due to gray hair. Two hands rose as two pins fell, the hat came off revealing brown hair.
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London Society
No Bone of Contention Brooklyn Life Quip
The Brooklyn Life column jokes about Mrs Slimhvaist keeping a skeleton in her closet. The quip notes it does not affect her style and suggests she uses it as a prop to fit dresses.
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Brooklyn
Witty quips and domestic jests in late nineteenth century papers
Humorous snippets from Chicago Tribune Yonkers Town Topics and Boston Transcript reveal light gossip and social quips. References include Mreddy Vane praising rain to wear a twenty dollar mackintosh and Mrs Digby’s newly added furnace drawing light dialogue on everyday life and manners.
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Chicago Tribune
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