Silver Bill Battle in Senate Ends in Victory
In Washington the Senate opened with Senator Morrill praising the House for backing the president and pushing an emergency tariff revenue bill. The session saw votes on bond issues and free silver amendments, with the finance committee’s substitute ultimately passing amid partisan divisions and protests over charity appropriations in the District of Columbia.
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Senate
Vermont
Morrill
House
Barnum
Butler
N. C
Congress
Yeas
Allen
Gorman
Yous
Allison
Baker
Burrows
Caffery
Chandler
Davis
Elkins
Faulkner
Frye
Callinger
Gear
Gibson
Gray
Hale
Hawley
Hill
Hoar
Lindsay
Lodge
McBride
McMillan
Martin
Mitchell
Wis
Murphy
Nelson
Palmer
Platt
Proctor
Sherman
Thurston
Vilas
Wetmore
Arlen
Bacon
Bate
Berry
Blanchard
Brown
Call
Cameron
Cannon
Carter
Chilton
Clark
Cockrell
Daniel
George
Harris
Irby
Jones
Ark
Kyle
Mantle
Mills
Ore
Pasco
Peffer
Perkins
Pettigrew
Pritchard
Pugh
Roach
Shoup
Squire
Stewart
Teller
Tillman
Turpie
West
Voorhees
Walthall
Warren
White
Wilson
Finance Committee
Mr. Gorman
Tex
Hainer
Henderson
Washington
Dingley
Ways and Means
Crisp
District of Columbia
Board of Children’s Guardians
Episcopal
Young Women’s Christian Home
Hope and Help Missions
Committee of the Whole
Haller
Vatican
Inquisition
Spain
Nebraskaa
Farmers Alliance In Session in Washington Meeting
The National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union met at the National hotel in Washington with delegates from nearly every state. J F Willetts of Kansas serves as president and D P Duncan of South Carolina as secretary as discussions hint at aligning with silver interests in upcoming elections. Delegates report strong finances and cohesion while secrecy surrounds internal appointments and talks with the House banking committee.
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Washington
National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
National Hotel
J. F. Willetts
Kansas
Alliance
D. P. Duncan
South Carolina
House Committee On Banking and Currency
J. F. Willets
le Loucks
South Dakota
Mann Page
Virginia
White
New York
BE. M. Wardall
California
Tariff Bill in Senate Reported With Silver Amendment
The tariff bill cleared the finance committee and appeared in the Senate with a free silver amendment. Chairman Mori noted the change, while Mr. Quay failed twice to recommit for separate tariff and silver reports. A clash over proceeding with appropriation bills followed, influencing committee control.
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Wasavieros
Finance Committee
Senate
Mori
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Quay
Dubois iIda
Friends of the Appropriation Committee
Two New Ships Launched at Newport News
The warship Helena and the merchant steamer Grand Duchess were launched by the Newport News Shipbuilding company in a ceremony with honored guests from Washington and a large crowd. Representatives from Admiral Bance’s fleet attended along with Senators Carter and Mantle. The yard plans to build the battleships Kentucky and Kearsarge next.
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Warassip Helena
Newsworr
News
Southern
Cramps
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Washington
Admiral Bance
Great Fleet
Hampton Roads
Carter and
Mantle
Montana
Kentucky
Kearsarge
Cuban insurgent movement and battles reported in Havana area
Reports indicate Marcos Garcia the mayor of Siautos Espir itu has joined the insurgents. Maceo massing 12 000 men in Pinar del Rio and a new city government is said to be there. A Havana fortress commander was captured and accused of arming rebels as Marin leaves for the front.
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Maceo
Tampa
Jano di
Marcos Garcia
Siautos Espiritu
Campos
Pinar del Rio
Gnintz
Atarres Castle
Havana
Morro Castle
Macoo
Gomez
Marin
Suarez Valdes
Placetos
Santa Clara
Adela
San Augustina
Alta Maria
San Pablo
San Falipe
Zuzt
Markets Slump on Wheat Decline and Mixed Livestock Reads
Marketing report shows wheat February and May futures sliding with a net loss and limited support from major operators. South Omaha receipts total 1,900 head with firm to higher prices for steers and variable hog and sheep values, reflecting mixed demand across cattle, hogs, and lambs.
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Chicago
South Omaha
SouTh Oman
Happenings From Home and Abroad Recap
A concise page lists numerous incidents from Jan 30 including a Houston shooting death, spotted fever in New Birmingham Texas with five deaths, four horses culled for glanders in Fort Wayne, a disappearance linked to a 1894 case in Creighton Nebraska, and a sugar factory demand for beet contracts in Grand Island. Other items note a Missouri gubernatorial candidate, rail foreclosure, a Chicago dry goods firm closure, various murders, arsons, assassinations, bridge toll complaints, and multiple local accidents and crimes across Kansas Nebraska and New York areas.
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Mike Ryan
John Dalton
Houston
New Birmingham
Tex
Fort Wayne
Ind
Indianapolis
Maud Belle Bonstee
Creighton
Neb
Winisas City
Cincinnati
Grand Island
Masonic Building Association of
Offerman
John Hines
Milwaukee Street Railway
Fessenden & Navohour
Chicago
Fay Underwood
Kansas City
Sacramento
Anarry Hugh Kings
Thomas Dwyer
Washington County
Texas
Li. Gi
Cook
Harrington
Kan
John Kenyon
New York
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Visetor Robello
Paris
Ambitious Crime and Public Notices Amid Wide-Spread Events
A sprawling OCR of notices and incidents lists deaths from Brighth ton Lin and Richmond Ind, fraud and embezzlement cases in Louisville Kansas City and Chicago, arrests in Boston and Des Moines, a hanging in Salyersville New York and Philadelphia, plus civil suits and railway matters. It notes the liberty bell trip to Philadelphia, a Yale professor’s son confession, and a Missouri governor baptism. Additional items include taxidermy thefts, a gas piping project near Danville, and a February 3 legal requisition from Iowa.
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Oliver Hazard Prizer
Brighton
Lin
Martha Gates
Richmond
Ind
Belle of Nelson
Louisville
Kyan
Silas Woodson
Missouri
St. H
Verril
Yale
Peabody
Harry M. Fowler
Shepard d& Morse Lumber Company
Boston
Fred Giosing
Calmar
Salyersville
Blight Owney
Liberty Bell
Atlanta
Philadelphia
M.A. Coman
BK. BP. Dyer
Kanawha Oil Company
Pittsburg
Dyer
Herman Mueller
Schlitz Brewing Company
Kansas City
N.C. Dougherty
National Education Association
Buffalo
N. Y
G. Rossiter
Cincinnati
Venezuela
General Harrison Defies Gowdy and Other Political Notes
Summary of a broad set of items including General Harrison’s defiance to Gowdy’s stance, Judge Slack invalidating the trust clause in Millionaire Fair’s will, the steamer Last Chance seized for taxes, Rockford plumbers preparing for a state association event, and a series of accidents, crimes, and business moves across 1890s America. Figures include President Bacon of the B and O South Western and Rev. Peter Mathews in Nebraska, plus a lumber trust forming in San Francisco and North Platte River Valley railroad articles.
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Harrison
K. Gowdy
Tridiana State Central Committee
Slack
Millionaire Fair
Chamberlain
Rockford
State
Jones
Sheridan
O. T
H. Barr
Ontario
Mosslake
Louisiana
Sqcarokl
Alexander Isabel
Pleasant Point
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Baltimore and Ohio
Augusta Schwartz
Boston
Juan Fernandez Ishard
San Francisco
British Columbia
Peter Mathews
Numerous Local and National News Items Spark Reader Attention
Obituaries report James Culver dying at 106 in Martingville Indiana. Disappearance of J Britt Hartley, a Henry Arkansas farmer. Boxers Jack McAuliffe and Kid Jauvigne set for a ground bout in New York. A Burlington Iowa fire damages Andrew Smith’s home. Wichita governor Lewelling not seeking re election. National builders congress forms in Pittsburg. Fort Scott cashier James KR Cohan pleads guilty to embezzlement. Chicago pawn shop raid nets $2000 in diamonds. James McGuire converts at Washington league revival. Cripple Creek post office swamped with 35000 letters. Olney seeks $3000 consul salary at Cape Colony. Charles Tupper elected to Dominion House from Nova Scotia. Senator Foraker gravely ill in Cincinnati. Martines Campos hissed in Madrid. Kansas GOP convention set for Wichita March 10. George Nicholson of Picayune dies suddenly. Burling ton rail auditor appointment. George Smith injured in Pickering train accident. Harlow Wens celebrates 9th birthday at Elyria Ohio amid wage strike. American Wire Nail Works resumes with 800 workers. Santa Fe VP D B Robinson begins system tour. Harry Ludwick missing from Sedalia Missouri depot.
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James Culver
Martingville
Ind
J. Britt Hartley
Henry
Ars
Jack McAuliffe
Juavigne
New York City
Andrew Smith
Burlington
Hix
Lewelling
Wichita
Kan
House Smiths
Bridge Builders
Pittsburg
James KR. Cohan
Fort Scott
Kaw
Chicago
James McGuire
Cripple Creek
Olney
Cape Colony
Charles Tupper
Hineland
Nova Scotia
Dominion House of Commons
Foraker
Cincinnati
Martines Campos
Madrid
Kansas
George Nicholson
New Orleans
Picayune
R. J. Porter
Wealthy cattle man found dead at Wichita county ranch
Perry Oklahoma February 5 Wash Phillips a wealthy cattle man was found dead at his ranch 46 miles west of here in Woods county yesterday. Fred Beikler Sidney Fikler and Arnold Eikler brothers were arrested and confessed to the killing claiming self defense.
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Perry
O. T
Wash Phillips
Here
Woods County
Fred Beikler
Sidney Fikler
Arnold Eikler
Gigantic Pacific Lumber Trust Formed With 670 Million Capital
Port Townsend February 4 The Pacific coast sees its largest trust formed the Central Lumber company of California with capital over 70 million dollars. It unites all mills ship owners wholesalers and retailers from the western coast and British Columbia and will regulate freights prices and vessel cargo. The first order raises lumber prices by 2 per 1000 and the coast product of last year 600 million feet will yield over 1 million in extra profits. The trust plans to improve wages for workers and raise timber prices for producers.
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Pacific Coast
Port Townsend
Central Lumber Company of
California
United States
British Columbia
Central Lumber Company
Indians to Hold Powwow at Wounded Knee Conference
Judge Burns reports 7000 Pine Ridge Sioux meet February 10 at Red Dog camp on Wounded Knee creek to select five delegates for Washington. Red Cloud expected to head the delegation to present grievances over rations annuities and reservation boundaries. Delegation aims to leave for Washington about March 1 with government permission.
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Wounded Iknee
Deapwoop
Judge Burns
Pine Ridge Indian Agency
Pine Ridge Reservation
Red Dog
Wounded Knee Creek
Washington
Father
Red Cloud
Giles Found Guilty of Murder in Lincoln Trial
The jury in Lincoln Ohio returned a guilty verdict against Joseph L Giles of Scio Ohio for the murder of Louis McAfee on July 21 1895. Giles feigned insanity during the trial and claimed an Ohio asylum status while arguing his innocence. The jury sentenced him to 17 years in the penitentiary.
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Celeste Carleton
Will Carelton
New York City
Ed Nucker
Samuel Fairchild
Indian Mound
Pender
Holt
Edwin O. Hicks
Rochester
N.Y
Auburn
Hubert J. Lincoln
Knox College
Finois
St. Joseph
Richard J. Stumpff
William J. Keller
Hartford
Mich
Leo Arnold
Marshall Arnold
Benton, Mo
Willie Lambert
Nels Ss. Nohrbeck
Jewell, Jr
George Mead
Dubuque
Kansas
Texas Coal Company
Bovier
Louis Johnson
Sioux City
William Staples
Peoria
Creston
Willie Witts
Clinton
Lincoln
Lincoln, His
Joseph L. Giles
Scio
Louis McAfee
Ohio
Giles
House Panel Votes to Censure Ambassador Bayard
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted by party vote a resolution censuring Ambassador Bayard for speeches in Edinburg and Boston. It condemns the passages, argues such remarks undermine American influence abroad, and asserts Bayard deserves censure for them.
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House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Washington
Ambassador Bayard
Edinburg
Boston
Bayard
America
Holmes Case Before Pennsylvania Supreme Court
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard arguments in the H H Holmes murder case as he faces a death sentence. The defense challenged the verdict on grounds of law and evidence, while the court reserved its decision.
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Miss Yoke
Holmes
Arnold
Graham
Heart Cure Claims Relief From Forty Years Of Heart Trouble
Fort Wayne lod. reports in 1804 that a patient suffered from fainting spells, rapid palpitations, and shortness of breath. After two years of Dr Miles remedies including Heart Cure and Nervine, the writer says symptoms ceased, sleep returned, and daily duties resumed. book offered free by Dr Miles Medical Co Milburt Ind.
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Fort Wayne
Lod
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Milburt
Ind
Miles
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Kriend
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Chillicothe
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Minnister
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
David Fesseler
Fort Dodge
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Verne
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General Altgeld
Iowa
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Mexico
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Lord Dunraven
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Southern Pacific Company
Wasmincton
Cleveland Today
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Union Meat Market
Cal
Centran Pransacy
Dillon, Mont
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R. H. Pease
First Street
Portland
Oregon
Poindexter & UK
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M. T. Brand
Cities Square
Square
Blacktail Deer Creek Valley
the Dominion ~Company
Omaha Bldg
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