Senate and House Actions Reported and Notable Events
Senate discussed postal money order reform and tariff amendments while the House swore in Joseph E. Taylor for Ohio's Sixteenth District and passed a conference on the Agricultural Space bill. A federal-court jurisdiction change passed, shifting certain promissory-note cases to assignees and lowering minimum U S circuit court jurisdiction to 2000 dollars. News notes include a mixed commission on Venezuela and a post office appropriation adjustment for fast mail service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Hill
Post Office Committee
House
Joseph E. Taylor
Ohio
J. T. Updegraff
United States
Mr. Edmunds
Saas
Boratt
Xey
Sresame
J. T. Caine
Utah
Venezuela
Claims
D. W. Shek Ord
North
Cecaalleeh
Séwell
Military Affairs Committee
Secretary of War
Kansas
Moore
Congress
Union
Hampton Soldiers’ Home
Rail disaster near Lebanon hits three coaches
Nearby reports recount a broken rail throwing three Ohio and Mississippi trains coaches off track. One passenger E R Hoffman of Cincinnati died, seven were injured as investigators review the wreck.
President to call extra session after March to resolve revenue bills
A Washington dispatch reports the President will convene an extra session of Congress immediately after March 4 to settle revenue questions. Other items note Kansas politicians, party rules, and various political and foreign events including resignations, deaths, and disasters.
Exiled Louis Napoleon’s Widow Seeks Marseillais Castle Gift
The widow of Louis Napoleon writes to M Rouher asking if Marseillé castle gift would be accepted by the city to draft a deed. British Premier Grapstone, ill, leaves Finland for the South of France. Thomas Hye Gras and Michael Flick executed at Gabvary Shatcism for involvement in Malay murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Napoleon
Eugenie
M. Rouher
Marseillés
Mr. Grapstone
Finland
France
THOMAS Hye@Gras
Michael Flick
Gabvary
Napoleon
Frigid Northwest Weather and Tragic Incidents Reported
The 21st brought record cold across the Northwest with thermometers from ten to forty degrees below zero. Train service slowed. livestock losses expected. Artur Littie rushed to his Chicago home as his wife lay dying. Mail riders vanishings near Mackinaw. Tehuantepec battle in Mexico ends with Indian victory and heavy casualties. A St. Louis jewelry firm fails for 110000. A Southern Pacific train wreck near Tehachap passes with fatalities. The Mariposa sinks after collision off Long Island. one saved from six. A Hebrew swindler pockets 500 from Newhall House donors in Milwaukee. Cimbria and Sultan collide in fog. Cimbria presumed lost with 441 others. West Berkeley powder works explode, 50 Chinese killed. Senate talks National aid to schools. weather forecasts urged. Postage cut to two cents. naval appropriation bill under House debate.
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Artur Littie
Chicago
Louis Trempe
Sault Ste. Marie
Straits of
Mackinaw
Matamoros
Mex
Tehuantepec
M. Exsenstapt & Co
St. Louis
Southern Pacific
Tehachop’s Pass
Long Island
Milwaukee
Newhall House
London
Cimbria
Sultan
Érinda
West Berkley Station
Oakland
Cal
United States Senate
Mt. Blair
Voorhees
Indiana Board of Agriculture
Inal
Department of Agriculture
House
The Newhall House Arson Arrest of George Scheller
Milwaukee January 16 George Scheller proprietor of the Newhall House bar was arrested on arson charges after the hotel fire. He was taken to county jail amid claims by Linehan that the wood-room fire was intentional. Witnesses place him in the vicinity after three a m and questions about his alibi remain unresolved.
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Milwaukee
George Scheller
Newhall House
Hannifin
Jansen
Roth
Mason Street
Broadway
Scheller
Linehan
Newhall Houe
Wisconsin
North Point
Market Street
Charlies Scholes
Antisdel
Tice
Dudgeon
Will Sanderson
Edward Sanderson & Co
Tom Dunbar
Milwaukee Driving Park
Joe Henderer
Sholes
Four Hundred Die in Berditcheff Circus Fire
A fire at the Berditcheff circus in Russian Poland killed about four hundred people after fireworks ignited stage straw. Doors opened inward and were nailed shut, trapping spectators who fled to windows or perished from flames and smoke. Firefighters arrived late as ice blocked water and the wooden tent burned for hours. The victims included a police colonel and the Berdikhet Bourse vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berdikhet Bourse
Horror calcium-light blast at Milwaukee opera house
An explosion at the Grand Opera House during Lights o London injuries several stage hands and staff. Gustave Steuber and James Foster were severely hurt, with others damaged while the audience remained calm as rescuers and fire crews responded.
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Milwaukee
Grand Opera House
London
Cep Naer
Gustave Steuber
Richard Reed
James Foster
Calcium Light
Collier
Claudex
Charles Williams
Farrisinton
Iowa Supreme Court Declares Prohibitory Amendment Invalid
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled the Prohibitory Amendment adopted last June invalid. Koehler and Lang vs. Mill from Davenport argued the amendment was not in force due to Assembly record discrepancies. Judge Severs delivered the opinion, noting enrolled bills are not required for amendments and that journals suffice as evidence.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Severs
Koehler & Lang
Mill
Davenport
Hill
House of the
Eighteenth Assembly
House
Senate
Nineteenth Assembly
Hayes
Iowa
House of the Eighteenth Assembly
Judge Beck
Beck
Oskaloosa
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Iejae
Pemberton
Lawrence
Mass
Omaha
Lebanon
Ill
E. R. Hoffman
Cincinnati
New York
Joan H. Moore
D. B. Cuisito LM
California
Melrose
N. Y
Troy
Boston
Crandell
Kellingbeck
Winnard
Bennett
Potter & Co
Cakr
Larkinsville
Ala
Cisco
Tex
Ogden
Butte City
Nebraska
Chicago Times
Moorhead
Minn
Canada
Charles Shaw
Washington, D. C
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Corbett & McKeary
Reekfird Springs
Harvey Taylor
Kllew
Joan A. Martin
Republican National Committee
Dorsey
Illinois
Cullom
David Davis
W. C. Pendleton
Northern Virginia
Staunton
Plums
Washington
Territory
District of Columbia
Media
Melville
National Board of Trade
Lowell
National Railroad Commission
Georges F. Hoag
Massachusetts
George Scueller
Providence
K. I
General Burnside
Henry Kr
United States Express Company
Buffalo
Spencer
Halifax
England
John W. Shackleford
North Carolina
Tax Supreme Court of Iowa
Journal of the House
Evinn Potter
Palmer
Ilinois
Department of Commerce
Newbold
Machine Works
Norristown
Mexico
Dr. Hicks
Crane
Guitesu
Hazen
Raum
Brewster
Frederick E. Suaw
E. W. Doniphan
Star Route
W. Dorsey
The
Friends of Temperance
D@s'Moinés
Ted
Paris
Murcia
Spain
APAN
Union Steamship Company
Rat Portage
Manitoba
Egypt
C. Cooper, Harti & Co
Eng
Mara
Switzerland
Prince Jerome
GrorGn Darwin
Cambridge University
Robinstein
Kingston
Ont
Marwoop
Limerick
Canon Wilkinson
Truro
Benson
Canterbury
de Long
Irkutsk
Muiden
Holand
Vienna
Kherson
Russia
Dublin
Ireland
Lyons
Prince Kropotkine
Gautier
Bernard
Bordat
St. Peters Bund
Berditcheff
Russian Poland
Seymour
Farrington
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