Senate Tariff Debates and Memorials Amid Floods and Fires
The week’s sessions discuss the Tariff bill with amendments on free list and steel duties while Senate committees planned a probe into telegraph costs. Eulogies for Updegraff and Hawk. memorials from Kansas. a free duty monument to Washington. Floods devastate Cincinnati and surrounding areas. numerous accidents and crimes reported across multiple states.
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Senate
Committee On Pensions
Washington
Updegraff
Hawk
House
Ohio
Illinois
Bingam
Congress
Legislature of
Kansas
George Washington
Philadelphia Society of the Cincinnati
Ways and Means Committee
Hale
Belford
Committee On Appropriations
Mississippi Valley
Military Academy
Major Hawk
Floods, Fires, and Crimes Dominate News Across Regions
Reports describe widespread flooding along the Ohio River with towns inundated and large property losses. A fire destroyed Hamline University’s main building near St Paul with no fatalities. Other items note a city marshal shot in Hartwell, Ga, a German worker's double suicide in St Louis, and a Pacific Springs stagecoach disaster.
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Prince Bismarck
United States
Hamline University
St. Paul
Minn
Methodist Episcopal Church Society
Henry Peck
Louisville
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Allegheny
Florida
William Dootey
Hartwell
Peron
American Agricultural Association
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cincinnati
Secretary of the Interior
Chicago
H. Gage
Polk Bayou
Batesville
Ark
Pacific Springs
Wy. T
Henry Deces
St. Louis
Bats
Tennessee
Legislatire of
Massachusetts
Cape
Noted Marriages and Deaths Across Nation Reported
Miss Alice Biatrnr, daughter of the ex Secretary of State, wed Col. John G. Coppinger at St Matthew’s Washington with the President and top officials in attendance. Nopawshe, longtime Osage chief, died of pneumonia. Miss Lorra Gatloway from Baltimore renounced Christianity for the Hebrew faith. Kansas Legislature to sue to break up Union and Kansas Pacific rails. Mary Brewster wed R. J. W. Koons of Philadelphia. Des Moines hosts Iowa Prohibition convention with strong turnout and a push for a Prohibitory Amendment.
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Alice Biatnr
John G. Coppinger
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Washington
Nopawshe
Lorra Gattoway
Baltimore
West Virginia
State Senate
Charles B. ShepGwick
Syracuse
N. Y
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Conkling
William H. Vanderbilt
General Grant
Jay Gould
Hall
Ely
Grace
Cooper
Wickham
Missouri
Minnesota
Frank James
Northfield
Crittenden
New Jersey
Garfield Hospital
United States
Oklahoma Payne
Fort Reno
Maine
House of Representatives
Yeas
General Sherman
Wiilliam E. Dopas
Dodge
CG. B. 8Locums
Nebraska
Lincoln
White County
Linoits
Chaiser W.jhelm
Coroner’s Jury Fail to Appear on the Ninth
Prominent individuals subpoenaed did not sit due to other business. Governor Newer of Washington Territory and Delegate Brents appeared before the Senate Committee on Territories in Washington on the ninth and argued for statehood for Washington Territory.
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New York
Washington Territory
Brents
Senate Committee On Territories
Washington
Ohio River floods threaten Cincinnati water supply
Alarm spread in Cincinnati as the Ohio River rose rapidly on the 11th submerging gas works and endangering water supply. Covington and Newport faced inundation with provisions and fuel delivered through second story windows as flood losses ran into millions.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Covington
Newport
Rondout
N. Y
Catskill
Cornell Steamboat Company
Marshall Jewas
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Russia
Republican National Committee
Criizens
Chihuahua
Sonora
Pueblo
Col
James Thompson
Micharl KavanaGu
Phoenix Park
Dublin
C. D. Scenacu
New York City
John Noonan
Easton
Wordsworth
Lonion
Madison
Kansas
United States Senate
Wisconsin
Franklin Institute of Philadelphia
Anti Monopolists Call National Convention in Chicago
The call invites delegates for a July 4 1933 Chicago convention to form a new party centered on restricting corporate power and promoting fair government. Directors and supporters across Illinois Indiana California Iowa Nebraska New York and other states list names including Edwin Lee Brown A Ss Bradley and G Dixon among officers and delegates. The movement targets public lands banking control taxation and direct presidential elections as part of a broad anti monopoly platform.
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C.gc Post
Briggs House
Cage
Chicago
United States
District of Columbia
America
Edwin Lee Brown
Illinois Anti- Monopoly League
A. Ss. Bradley
Ilinois Anti-Monopoly League
Indianapolis
Myron W. Reed
W. Hamilton
San Francisco
Central Anti
Robert Wilson Murphy
M. D
Alvin C. Turner
T. J. Boltz
Ottumwa
Iowa
P. P. Ingalls
Grand Island
Neb
O. T. B. Williams
Seward
Allen Root
Omaha
State Central Committee
J. B. Dan
H. R. Harris
Michigan City
Ind
J. Burrows
Melroy
State Farmers’ Alliance
P. Davis
Paoli
Kan
D. M. C. Clark
New York
State Farmers Alliance
W. J .Flemming
Age of Progress
Fort Worth
Tex
A. W. St. Johns
Carthage
S. 8 Alley
W. F. Dodge
Representatves
H. G. Armitage
W. J. Werhban
W. L. Cook
D. M. Ramey
Joshua Palmer
W. A. Town
Benjamin Young
B. F Dodd
A Stedwell
H. Berkley
J. R. Ratcliff
J. H. Stickle
Walcott Eats Quails in Public Betting Spree Ends
A public bout of bets on Walcott eating a brace of quails daily for thirty days began January 4 in Gabe's place with $250 to $350 stakes. Walcott persisted until January 21 when he stumbled, prompting hedge bets. A backer and coach steered him to a final easy win, while backers and birds expenses marred profits.
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Ireland
Cairo
Egypt
Santa Catarina
Agomecatla
Tlaxcala
Mexico
Davitt
Healy
Quin
Kilmainham
Reichstag
Central Africa
George A. Kirkpatrick
Royal Opera House
Toronto
Ont
Kenmure Castle
London
Glencolumbhill
Jupat P. Brengaman
Queen’s Counsel
Napoleon
France
Nizam
Hyderabad
India
Dowling
Dublin
Cox
Xeres
Spain
United States
Severn Tunnel
England
Bismarck
Reichstig
Montreal
Joseph Ducos & Co
Walcott
Case
Gabe
James Mottfat
Mr. Case
Mr. Moffat
W.S. Walcott
Messrs. Moffat
Currency Reform Conference Address Seeks U S Currency Reform
Washington February 9 reformers issue a country address outlining monied influence as a threat to liberty. They call for government issued currency legal tender, postal telegraph, anti monopoly rail rules, tax fairness, public domain retention, tighter voter purity, and civil service under public control citing renowned authorities to justify views.
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Washington
Cokionamas
Benjamin
Franklin
George Washington
Tone Bettéreon
Daniel Webster
John Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant
George Stevenson
the Duke of Wellington
Aristotie
Joseph Nimmo
Dry
Tragic double tragedy in St Louis court room
In a crowded Criminal Courtroom in St Louis on February 5 John Parker shot his wife Nellie and then killed himself. The incident occurred while Parker conferred with his attorney and witnesses, with Parker and his wife reportedly plotting the deaths. Earlier tales recount Parker’s violent temper and the couple’s troubled marriage ending in homicide.
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St. Louis
John Parker
Mike Peyton
Parker
Nellie
Knights and Ladies’ of Honor
Miss O'Neill
Johnny Parker
Fifth Street
Luess Avenue
Peyton
Policeman King
King
Moderer
Speculative gambling swindle robs poor via bogus board scheme
The piece notes popular speculative ventures on the Board of Trade attracting poor investors. It details bogus commission firms exposed by the Post Office and newspapers, describing how small contributions were pooled to promise profits, the manipulation by scam operators, and implied lax laws enabling such fraud.
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Board of Trade
Post Office Department
Mail
Express
Tom
Harry
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Pomeroy
Ironton
Portsmouth
Fremont
Parkersburg
W. Va
Henry Bowrn
Jersey City
Buffalo
Puget’s Sound
W. T
Taylorville
Ill
Rhuanp K. Fox
Boston
Cnada
Tuapperus P. Butter
City Water Department
Camden
N. J
P. Lorillard
Jobstown
Albuquerque
N. M
Milt Yarberry
New Orleans
Tom Whertns
Chattanooga
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