House Debates Fees Bill Amid Cleveland Slur Attack
Washington March 6 The House wrangled over four hours about salaries for U S marshals and related reforms to abolish the fee system for attorneys and marshals. A sensational attack on President Cleveland by Rep Hartman loomed over the debate, denouncing western states as havens of evil influences and quoting Cleveland at a New York Presbyterian home mission event.
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Washinatox
House
United States
Cleveland
Hartian
Presbyterian Home Mission
New York
Hartman
Mr. Cleveland
Republic
House of Congress
Congress
Union of States
Hale's Plea in Senate Over Spain Policy
In Wasminton on March 10 the Spanish Cuban controversy dominates Senate action. Hale speaks against the resolution and U S interference while warning of militarism and possible war. Debate features objections to foreign minister documents and Dupont contest discussions.
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Wasminton
Senate
Hale
United States
Hide
Spain
de Leine
Sherman, Morgan and Lodge
Davis
Minn
Messrs. Mitchell
Morgan and
Teller
Dupont
Turpie
Ind
Abolish the Fee System Dominates House Action
In Wasaixutos March 7 the house passed the legislative appropriation bill and adopted an amendment to abolish the fee system in the marshals. The body then tackled the post office appropriation totaling 91 943 757. A bill to end cash pensions payments for veterans was also approved to protect against pension mishandling.
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Wasaixutos
House
United States
Bill to abolish divorce colonies in Oklahoma Territory
In Washington on March 11 the House passed a bill requiring one year of continuous residency in a territory before obtaining a divorce, aiming at Oklahoma where 90 days are enough. The measure, moved by Rep. Gillette of Massachusetts, seeks to curb what critics call divorce colonies amid sensational reports and scandal.
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Washincton
Gillette
Rep
Mass
Oklahoma Territory
Political realignment shifts power in state senate
Report describes a volatile senatorial fight with Rosel Weissinger’s removal altering balance. Republicans hold 68 seats to Democrats 67 with two Populists possible, and Blackburn’s nomination looms. Dunlap Kauffman contest could unseat the Democrat as Worthington weighs quorum.
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Acter mi Hiei
Rosel Weissinger Wes V7
Louisville
Dr. Hunter
Blackburn
Dunlap Kauffman
Kauffman
Worthington
Brockway Gets Ten Years in Counterfeiting Case
In Trenton N J March the Brockway counterfeiting gang leader William E Brockway was sentenced by Judge Green to 10 years in the state penitentiary and a $1000 fine. Abbie Smith landlady of Hoboken House received four years and a $250 fine. William Wagner, mercy of the jury, got one year in Snake Hill and $100 fine. Brockway, a 45 year forger, is 74 and reputedly a church member.
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Trenton
N.d
March
Brockway
Pang
Green
United States District Court
William E. Brockway
Abbie Smith
Hoboken
William Wagner
Snake Hill Penitentiary
Grover
New Suit Filed Against Butte and Boston Mining Co
Edward Perkins sues the Butte and Boston Mining Co for 872815 dollars in a Montana district court. The suit covers all prior claims except those separately provided for. A receiver will be sought as part of a reorganization plan forming a new company to buy the property at sheriff sale or mortgage foreclosure.
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Butts
Mont
Butte and Boston Mining Company
Edward ©. Perkins
United States District Court of Montana
Sherif
Markets by Telegraph Chicago Grain and Provisions
Government report day curbs activity in speculative markets with quiet trading. Wheat prices fall while corn and oats hold, provisions rise then close with gains and ribs priced higher. Cash quotes for various wheat corn and oats futures and May July contracts noted along with lard bids.
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Chicago
Ile
South Oanaha Live Stock Prices and Hog Receipts
Market report for South Oanaha shows cattle categories with prices for native beef steers western Texas cows and heifers canners and calves. Hog receipts total around 5200 with bid ranges from 2.50 to 3.85 per unit and mixed lots and light weights noted.
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Uattle
Texas
Happenings From Home and Abroad Epochs of March Readers
A collage of brief notes from March covering a railroad death in Hutchinson Kansas a failed will contest in Leavenworth a possible sparring partnership for Maher in New York state temperance news from Kansas Oxford University refuses women BA honors St Paul ice supply deal to Detroit unions in Kansas City election outcomes in Seattle and St Louis plus indictments and obituaries including Mrs A Gatfindre and Judge John Ibbons. Milwaukee St Paul and Chicago railroad earnings rise.
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John Veneman
St. Louis
St. Joseph
A. Gatfindre
Detroit
Kansas City
Seattle
Colonel Otis
Los Angeles
Cal
Ericsson
New London
Arkansas
McKinley
Iowa
Allison
Rebecca Hendry
Lawrence
Kan
Freal Keyes
Kakimazoo
Mich
Sedalia
College of ‘Physicians S and Surgeons
Keokuk
John Ibbons
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Kansas
John P. St. John
Prohibition
Bankhead
Alabama
United States
May Pugh
James P. Din
Rockford
United States Land Office
Omaha
Lincoln
Bod. Moyer
First National Bank of
Brisk Washington Dispatches Cover Smallpox Cuba and Political Shakeups
A Washington dispatch notes smallpox added to Cuba horrors while Republican congressional campaign committees elect officers. Reports include Klisworth College coach injured, Lake Winnebago fishing suspended, ex Senator Gear acquitted in Columbus, Vatican rumors denied, and various state political and social items from across the country.
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Washington
Cuba
OC. W. Lyon
Klisworth College
Towa
Lake Winnebago
Columbus
Gear
Vatican
Iinois Wesleyan University
Bloonington
Austin
Tex
Rood
McKinley
Allison
de, Brown
San Francisco
St. John Boyle
Louisville
Frankfort
H. A. Reddick
Cape Girardeau
Dwight Moody
Kentucky
George Deming
West Liberty
Charles Holmes
Wisbon Kalianubhi
Stringtown
Clevesant
Genera Wesley Merritt
Masonic Fraternity of
Concord
Mich
Dpr
Sutherland
Chicago
First Presbyterian Church
Burlington
Créston
Hepburn
Varied 1890s items mix political, crime and sports notes
A jumble of short items reports candidates, convictions, fires, arrests, and sports plans. George Tirnban seeks a supreme court judgeship. a fire destroys Rahway property. Postmaster Dave Sanders faces arson sentencing. Newport and Terre Haute incidents noted. Congressmen and consuls discussed. Milwaukee cyclists eyed for 1890s wheels league. Cape Town post moves. St Louis board of health boarding house inspections. Harvard coach to England. oil discovery near Marion Indiana. Budint sale and format unclear.
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George Tirnban
Vinton
Church of the Holy Comforcer
Rahway
Dave Sanders
Sardis
Ala
Ark
H.C. Wilmeth
Terre Tite
Ind
Kansas City
Tarsney
Consad
General Williams
Havana
iIt
Milwaukee
League of American Wheelsment
J. H. Mulligan
Kentucky
Cape Town
South Africa
Board of Health of
St. Louis
Watson
Harvard
England
van Buren
Marion
Jnd
Grants 10 year franchise tie Lake Telephone
Anon and Charles Roymn pleaded guilty to burglary in Bedford Indiana and were sentenced to three years each Li Hung Chang left Beijing to attend the coronation of the czar in Moscow.
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Las
Notable 19th Century Mosaics of Death and Duty Across Cities
A compilation of brief notices lists marriages in Varna and New Mallory post offices, appointments, and civic actions. It notes New York police patrolling asphalt streets with bike support, wage increases at American ire Nail in Ander son, a fire attempt by I M Laughlin of Fort Madison, a Sioux City Odd Fellows celebration, and deaths of Rev. Todd Holton Admiral Weyler and others. It also mentions a 64 day South Carolina legislature adjournment, a Wisconsin penitentiary robbery discovery, and various obituaries and public notices.
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William Meyers
Scarborough
Varna
A. Postoftins
New Mallory
David
New York City
American Ire Nail Company
Anderson
Ind
I. M. Laughlin
Fort Madison
Keithsburg
Hallowe
Odd Fellows
Sioux City
Howard Dodge
Oakley, Kan
A. B. Brown
Salinua
Dr Todd
Holton
Kun
Mary Ann Favor
Burlington
Luke Havens
Knights of Pythias of
Mansas
LO OW
Kansas City
Walker
Brooklyn
Weyler
Abyssinia
Todtnibos
Black Forest
South Carolina
Wisconsin
Various 1900s News Bits From Across The Nation
A collage of brief items: Alfred Austin vacationing at Nice Europe. Debs addresses a St Louis trades union meeting. Iowa Masonic school of instruction set for Boone May 5 to June. Boone County bonds authorized. jailbreak by Shelton Blair and Howard in Hagerstown Maryland. Salem Missouri jail fire destroys facility with four inmates. Richard Lanigan dies after streetcar crash near St Louis. Lincoln Center Kan Masonic hall destroyed with $15,000 damage. Riverside California Southern California Olive Oil Company organized with 960 acre orchard plans. San Jose California Commercial and Savings Bank closes. steamer Manhu sett Bank strikes rock near Havana Massachusetts. Ballington Booth begins reform efforts. race tensions feared in Fulton Kentucky. Guetzkow Bros sash and door factory burns. block of Pinsburg houses burns displacing ten families. Sherman County Goodland bank taken by bank examiner. Queen Victoria and suite visit Nice. Holmes death warrant read. George Bootz 16 shoots father after accusation. US Supreme Court upholds Wilson tariff on diamonds.
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Alfred Austin
Lanseata
Nice
Eugene V. Debs
Trades and Tabor Union
St. Lonis
Masonic Grand Lodge
Iowa
Boone
Boone County
Shelton
Blair
Howard
Hagerstown
Salem
Richard Lanigan
St. Louis
Masonic Halk
Lincoln Center
Kan
Southern California Olive Oil Company
Riverside
Cal
Tis
Commmercial and Savings Bank
San Jose
Manhausett Bank
Havana
Mass
Ballington Booth
Bia
Fulton
Guetzkow Bros
Milwaukee
Pinsburg
Sherman County
Goodland
Nanisin
Xaminer
Queen Victoria
Munderer Holmes
Cgeorge Bootz
New York
Dennis
United States Supreme Court
Varied 1909 News Items Stir British Court to War and Tragedy
Dr Jameson and others arraigned in Bow Street London as exams adjourn for a week. Colorado passenger rate war may spread to eastern business while a new cabinet takes office. Bertha Paradis found strangled in San Francisco. Nebraska warden Lehdigh in serious condition. Barney McGinn's second murder trial opens in Omaha. Turbulent Spain protests continue in major cities. King Menelik threatens Massowah. Immigration war between Southern Pacific and rivals to spread through Europe. Huntington agents active. Funeral services for W H McVicker held in Chicago. Missouri Pacific stockholders renew old board. no US senator race in Kentucky. European scientists report 3X rays value. Rev Brown defended by Hualamazoo church in San Francisco immorality trial. UK Secretary Ridley refuses reopen Florence Marybrick case. Lodge criticizes de Lome in Senate. Monadnock sails to San Francisco harbor. Cincinnati warehouse fire. 200000 loss. 75 escape. Temperance and free silver conference in Pittsburgh. Texas Live Stock meeting draws southern and western cattlemen to Fort Worth.
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Dr. Jameson
Transvillel
Bow Street Scourt
London
Eixtanination
Colorado
Vuath
Bertha Paradis
San Francisco
Warden Lehdigh
Nebraska
Barney McGinn
Edward McKenna
Omaha
Spain
Massowahi
Menelik
Southern Pacific
Europe
Huntington
WH. McVicker
Chicago
Missouri Pacific
United States
Kentucky
C. O. Brown
Ridley
Florence Marybrick
Senate
Lodge
de Lome
Monadnock
Milhelovitch
Death at Cronan Farm Raises Alarm in Martinsport
In Martinsport Missouri on March 11 coroner Rhodes found the body of elderly farmer Trish Cronan in a bed at the Cronan farm. The room reeked from advanced decomposition while Mrs Cronan, described as subject to fits of insanity, continued her chores nearby.
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Martinsport
Rhodes
Pat Cronan
Trish
Political speculation on party growth and money question
The speaker discusses possible new members joining from dissatisfied factions amid party dissensions over silver coinage. Accessions depend on party conventions, with Populists unlikely to back a candidate lacking a firm silver plank. The speaker favors Governor Holcomb of Nebraska as a strong acceptable candidate.
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Holcomb
Nebraska
Rev Brown Scores A Point In Immorality Trial
In San Francisco on March 7 the trial of Rev Dr Brown continues with Deacon Vasconzellos denying any evidence of improper familiarity with women in church or public. Deacon Williams moves to formalize the unanimous sentiment that Brown has not engaged in such conduct.
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San Francisco
Dr. Brown
Vasconzellos
Wiliams
Deacon Willizans
Leadville Rioters Burn Spanish Flag Amid Celebration
In Leadville last night a large crowd gathered outside the Herail-Democrat office during Trish day festivities. They recovered a flag of Spain from a merchant stock, kindled it, and burned it as Americans sang. The act followed news of the Spanish flag burning.
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Stara and Stripes
Marveh
Trish
Herall-Democrat
Spain
America
Colmmbia
Mayor Sutro Furious Over Seizure of Letters to Congress
San Francisco reports Mayor Sutro angrily denounced the seizure by authorities of his letters to congressmen in Washington warning of Huntington backed funding bill schemes. He faulted not the stoppage but the lack of postmaster notice and said lost time hindered efforts to influence lawmakers.
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San Francisco
Sutro
Spus
Washington
Huntington
Coneices
Funeral for Archbishop Kenrick Set Next Wednesday
Archbishops Kenrick funeral plans confirmed in St Louis with Pontifical Requiem by Archbishop Kain and sermon by Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia. Body to lie in state at the old cathedral on Walnut Street before the service.
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Van
St. Louis
Kenrick
Kain
Ryan
Philadelphia
Walnut Street
Dr Miles Heart Cure Restores Health, Louisville Testimony
Mr George L Smith of the Geo L Smith Mantel Co Louisville writes of severe heart trouble for about a year. After using Dr Miles Heart Cure pain and palpitations ceased and he safely returned to business. Free Book on Heart and Nerves offered by Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
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Geo. L. Smith
Geo. L. Smith Mantel Co
Louisville
Julius C. Voght
Dr. Miles
Time Schedule Reading for Northern Pacific Train
Time schedule notes a nightly departure for St Paul Chicago and all Eastern Southern and Canadian points from the Northern Pacific Depot at 10 80 p m.
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St. Paul
Chicago
Northern Pacific Depot
Spokane
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
Montana Union Depot
Caicago
Northern Pacific
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