Senate Row Ends Near-Brawl Over Apportionment Law
Yesterday in the Senate a heated clash nearly turned to blows during debate on repealing the 1885 apportionment law. The bill passed with Democratic opposition. The article lists President McKinley’s cabinet picks including John Sherman Lyman J. Gage Russell Alger Joseph McKenna James A Gary John D Jong James Wilson Cornelius Bliss.
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James A.gary
Maryland
Navy
John D. Jong
Massachussetts
James Wilson
Iowa
Interior
Cornelius Xx. Bliss
New York
Merry World at Crump's theatre Delights Local Audience
The Crump's theatre showing Merry World drew a large crowd and high praise for its splendid presentation. The reviewer notes it as the best show of the season and suggests the house would be filled if it returned.
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Crump’s Theatre
Weyler Re called and Cuba policy shifts hinted
Madrid dispatch reports the Queen Regent signed the release of Julio Sanguilly amid a cabinet crisis. Weyler’s vow to arrest and expel American citizens prompts government unease and possible recall. Primo de Rivera may become Governor General of Cuba and Marin named Commander in Chief in Puerto Rico.
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Luspex
Madrid
Central News
Julio Sanguilly
Weyler
Primo de Rivera
Cuba
Marin
Porto Rico
Horse Shot and Akron Man Found In Unknown Locale
Wooster police report a horse hitched to a fence with six bullet wounds and a dazed man from Akron found west of Wooster. W. C. Smith could not explain the shooting or location, and he was returned home by relatives.
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Wooster
W. C. Smith
Akron
Ohio
Smith
Kansas Bribery Sensation Shocks State Senate
In Topeka on March 2 two Kansas State Senate members Senator Titus and Jumper declared they were offered 1000 dollars to back a bill on the Kansas City stock yards. Al Trouchie was placed under arrest amid the accusation and naming of the parties involved.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas State Senate
Titus
Jumper
Kansas City
al Trouchie
Banker Crook Sued Over Green Goods Debt
Alfred Haines, a farmer, sues John C. Evans to recover 1200 dollars advanced before the green goods deal with banker Evans and Crum. The case involves an 8000 dollar note held by Crum and Evans. The suit stems from a 5000 dollar green goods purchase.
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Manion
Alfred Haines
Evans
John W. Crum
John C. Evans
Crum
Haines
Murder in New Harmony Baffles Early Reports
Word reached Evansville that a fatal fight occurred in New Harmony last evening. George Baker and Nathan Moultrie, both farmers with families, quarrelled ending with Baker shooting Moultrie with a shotgun after Moultrie attacked him with a knife. Baker surrendered to authorities.
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Evansville
Ind
New Harmony
George Baker
Nathan Moultrie
Moultrie
Baker
A Bride's Troubles
Mrs. Mary Walia Rost returns to her sister in Liberty after marrying against her parents in Pittsburg. Her husband’s father refused to receive her and she fled with goods snipped to Cincinnati. Rost, a railroad brakeman in Ohio and Indiana, traced the goods and had them shipped back to Pittsburg.
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Liberty
Mary Walia Rost
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Rost
Windstorm and Flood Hit Evansville Area
An unusually strong wind caused property damage in Evansville Minnesota. Several farm houses on high foundations were blown into the river amid suspected undermining by water. Many corn bins were lost and John W. Spencer estimates his corn loss in the thousands. No lives were reported lost.
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Evansville
Mnd
John W. Spencer
Tippecanoe Club Sees Ohio Delegation Go to Washington
One hundred Tippecanoe Club members, Ohio’s largest Republican group, leave Cleveland for Washington in five special cars on the Valley and Baltimore and Ohio lines. Company F Fifth Regiment under Captain Zimmerman and Major Liebich also depart. Norwalk’s Company B joins. Major Liebich commands the battalion in the inaugural parade. Also, 50 veterans from McKinley’s Twenty-Third Ohio depart Cleveland for the capital.
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Cleveland
Ohto
Tippecanoe Club
Ohio
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio
Zimmerman
Liebich
Norwalk
McNinley
Twenty-Third
High School uartette at the ME church Friday night
Miss Goldie Culp is quite sick at her home on Jackson Street. WANTED Persons to accept rubber stamp of their own name for marking clothing and books with four stamps to cover mailing. H P May NARD 16 Arcade Cincinnati Ohio. Agents wanted for rubber stamps and electric belts.
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High School
Uartette
Goldie Culp
Jackson Street
H. P. Maynard
Arcade
Cincinnati
Ohio
Best Line of Black and Novelty Dresses in City
You can choose from a wide range of black and novelty dresses, waist silks, white goods with embroideries and laces, muslin underwear including gowns and skirts, and ready-made dress skirts. Prices are advertised as very low, with an invitation to inspect the line and save money.
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E. H. Kinney, C. A. Turpin
Proprietors
Columbus
Indiana
Chas. A. Turpin
Senate
Corbett-Fitzsimmons
McKinley
Secretary of State
John Sherman
Treasury
Lyman J. Gage
Ilinois
Russell A. Alger
Michigan
Joseph McKenna
California
Theatre
Dr. Kurem
Ernst StanLtiurn & Co
Columbus, Ind
Star
Polis Journal
Star & Courier Journal
Kansas
Oses
J. #. ARNOLD
Wash
Jos. H. Youngs
Maple Grove Grocery
T. G. Quick
Crook
Posey County
Washington St
Dunnington’s
Dunnington
Hi. L. Rost
Homas
Wall Paper
V. Hilger
The
White House
Friis Sonaistent
Reeves Pulley CO
Crump’s Theater
F.C. Ulrich
Franklin Sts
Dry Block
Steve Wood
Veno
Otto
Chamberlain
Denna
Q. J. Noblitt
SNS
Ferguson
LN City
Silverman
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