Wyoming Admitted as State With Idaho Idaho Idaho Provisions
Senate action on a House admission bill clears Wyoming for statehood with one representative in the Fifty-first Congress and sections on public lands schools and a penitentiary. Idaho admission is postponed to Monday as the Senate handles parallel measures and a silver bill conference. House debates turn to election law and suffrage in the District of Columbia with sharp exchanges over black voters and home rule.
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Senate
Washington
Wyoming
House
White House
Morgan
Payne
Jay
Del
Platt
Conn
Jones
Ark
Idaho
Arizona
New Mexico
Yeas
United States of
Pastes
United States
WashHineton
Morrell
Sherman
Poverssy
McAdoo
N. J
McComas
Congress
South
Mr. Bland
Mr. McComas
District of Columbia
Thor
Bland
McConna
Peters
MY. Diaine
Ine Ivesigsut
WasuineTox
Reed Ia
Judiciary Committee
Size of Illinois Cities Latest Population Estimates
Illinois city populations are shown from diverse sources. Nineteen Illinois cities include Quincy 3200 Peoria 11000 Springfield 6125 Cairo 6975 Joliet 11500 Decatur 500, Chicago populated by directory estimates over 1,255,000. Nebraska and New Hampshire figures add Omaha 134,742 Lincoln 55,000 Manchester 43,000 Concord 17,000 Nashua 16,000 Dover 13,000. Chattanooga and surrounding area reach about 45,090 with noted discrepancies.
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Cubcasco
Illinois
Quincy
Peoria
Springfield
Easta Eatlte
Joliet
Cairo
Decatur
Cutcaco
Chicago
Lincounx
Neb
Cook
Omaha
Lincoln
Beatrice
Nebraska City
Cuattanooga
Tenn
Chattanooga
Suburbs
Concorn
N. H
Manchester
Gain
Concord
Nashua
Dover
English Syndicate Forms Roach Shipyard Company
A British capitalists syndicate forms Roach's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company to purchase John Roach assets in Chester Delaware River yards and Morgan works in New York. Capital set at £600,000 with £500,050 debentures. U S board includes John R Roach George E Weeks Henry Steers and W Rowland. National Bank of Scotland to act as bankers. Payment terms mix cash and ordinary shares.
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New York
John Roach
Chester
Delaware River
Morgan Iron Works
Ninth and Tenth Streets
Roach’s Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Great Britain
United States
John R. Roach
Chester Works
George E. Weeks
Henry Steers
Eleventh Ward Bank
W. Rowland
New York City
National Bank of Scotland
New Corporation
Noted Hoosier Lawyer Dead and Notable Incidents
United States Commissioner W G George longtime Northern Indiana lawyer and former South Bend mayor died suddenly at his home. Antol Griel survived a 100 foot fall from a fifth story window in Milwaukee with a dislocated hip. A Wyoming Canton fire destroyed the business district causing about 100000 dollars in losses with extensive damage.
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Louth Benn
Ind
United States
W. G. George
Indiana
South Bend
Grant
Unprecedented June Heat Sweeps Central Rivers Valley
A widespread heat wave hits the middle Mississippi valley and beyond from June 20 to 29. Temperatures reach record highs with many cities reporting 100 plus degrees and numerous sun strokes and deaths. The signal office notes high Gulf pressure and a stationary northwest low delaying rainfall.
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Wasarmaros
Middle
Mississippi Valley
Cairo
Springfield
Keokuk
St. Louis
Davenport
Ill
Gulf
United States
Mississippi
South Atlantic
Wilmington
ChicaGo
St. Bours
Monricetto
William Parr
Mansfield
John Denny
Ivesdale
Carirs
A. B. McBroom
William Church
Henry Cord
John Tode
Ixpraxarornis
Indl
Indianapolis
Nestaska Ciry
Neb
Fred Alberts
Death of Illinois House Speaker Miller in Colorado
Dispatch from Toulon Illinois reports Hon James A Miller Speaker of the Illinois House died at Manitou Colorado on a Friday after an illness. He left Chicago June 19 and hoped to return for the special session next month. Governor Fifer informed and a possible special election predicted to fill the vacancy.
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Miller
Ilinsin
Manitou
Col
Caicaco
Charles A. Partridge
Toulon
James A. Miller
Illinois House of Representatives
General Assembly
Fifer
Two Kentuckians Jump From Charleston Bridge
June 29 Joseph Russell of Ludlow Kentucky and Jack Tyrrell of Greenville Kentucky leaped from the railroad bridge at Charleston West Virginia 185 feet above water Friday morning. Tyrrell struck on his right side and suffered internal injuries. He was pulled from the water in serious condition and fears of death. Russell dived and landed on his feet uninjured, swimming to the boat. Russell won a purse of $200.
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Milwaukee
Antol Griel
Hansen’s
Griel
Cincinnati
Joseph Russell
Ludlow
Jack Tyrrell
Greenville
Charleston
W. Va
Tyrrell
Russell
General de Clouet Dead in Louisiana at 78
General Alexander de Clouet died at his plantation near St. Martinsville Louisiana aged 78. He served in the Legislature from 1837 nearly until the Civil War and helped frame Confederate constitutions as a secessionist leader. He was a Brigadier General in Confederate service.
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St. Marrinsvitnn
Alexander de Clouet
Louisiana
News in Brief From Across the Nation and Abroad
A roundup of short items notes seven day business failures totaling 202, a 9 week comparison, a 90 year old man’s 567 mile wheelbarrow trek, a Covington fire causing 10000 dollars in damage, crop losses in Pleasant County West Virginia, a farmer killed after being thrown from a hay wagon near Fort Wayne Indiana, San Francisco Chamber backing five million dollars monthly coinage, Harvard to receive a new gate, Count von Hatzfeldt awarded the black eagle, A B Johnson former editor of Decatur Illinois dies, Columbia the elephant killed after injury near Pittsburgh, Kansas wheat yields expected to beat six year average, Daughters of Veterans convention at Quincy Illinois, starvation reports from Japan, bandits warning a Havana railroad manager, and a White's Institute graduation in Wabash Indiana with Indian children enrolled.
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Hemingway
Covington
Pleasant County
W. Va
Henry &. Yergins
Fort Wayne
Ind
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
George Vonnell Myer
Boston
Harvard College
Emperor William
Count von Hatzfeldt
England
A. B. Johnson
Decatur
Republican
Kansas
National Association of Daughters of Veterans
Quincy
M. Estella McMillan
Massillon
Tokio
Japan
Havana
White's Institute
Wabash
West
Three Burned to Death in Hutchinson Gas Explosion
A gasoline stove accident in Hutchinson Kansas Friday killed William Hammell his wife and a young child. Mrs Hammell' s clothing caught fire during the attempt to rescue her and both parents died before help arrived. The child was badly burned. The Hammell family were prominent residents.
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Hercsinson
Kan
William Hammell
Masselbriek and Lutzka End in Copenhagen Tragedy
A bank clerk Masselbriek eloped with fiancée Lutzka from Oldham. They traveled to Copenhagen where money ran out and they died by their own hand. The case follows farmers in Michigan reporting wool thefts as low wool prices delay shearing.
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Trazic
London
Masselbriek
Oldham
Lutzka
Copenhagen
Commodity prices and market notes from Chicago and New York
Chicago and New York markets report wheat corn oats and barley with mixed pricing and steady-to-firmer tones. Cattle and hogs show modest activity. prices range for choice to common beef and pork products. A long feature recalls the widow Mary Livingstone, once a New York socialite, ending in poverty in Kansas City.
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Chicago
Astec
Bywlthoo
Iowa
Northwestern
Mess Park
LaRbo
BouTrer
New York
Caicaco
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Washinetox
Alexander C. Moore
West Virginia
Siam
George W. Fishback
Missouri
Buenos Ayres
Samuel H. Dennen
Belleville
Woolman J. Holloway
Stratford
Ont
Charles D. Josly
Michigan
Windsor
Nebraska
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Canton
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Arrance
Tly Tete
St. Loula
Louisville
San’s Bays
atGomeIn
Minyrarents
Minn
la Sallcy
Crpar Rapros
Izer
Vanpawid
Fayette County
Janesville
Wis
Auxapo
Galena
Creber
Olney
Til
Mike Crackle
Liver Springs
Rockrorp
Charles
Allen
Danxvittr
Grape Creek
Rankl
Peterson
Exar
Carl Zorn
Scranton
Charles Rowe
Headleys
United States Court
H. ¥. Bradbury
Trinity University
Vermont
General DE Clonet
Firgeny Bank Divide
Fidelity National Bank
ThisLank
Heath
Rochesten
N. Y
Mgr. MacManus
Geneva
Harrison Warner
McConnellsville
Hutchinson
Kalamazoo
Mich
Patrick Kane
Kaneas City
Chicago Evening Post
Mary Stone
Kansas City
Mary Livingstone
Belle of
New York Society
Samuel Dobson
Peekskill
Wesleyan University
Middletown
William
Livingstone
Paris
Brussels
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Teber
Plotete
Movida
San Francisco
Stone
Califfornia
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