Washington Letter: Congress Passes omnibus admission bill
In a rare move, Mr Springer's omnibus bill passed the House to admit North and South Dakota New Mexico Washington and Montana Territories as five new states. Utah Idaho face opposition while Congress hears about internal revenue measures and a Sabbath observance lobby. President Cleveland's diplomacy and society scenes plus debutantes and gowns frame a bustling Washington week.
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Cowles
Internal Revenue
Ben Butler
Washington, D. C
Springer
North
South Dakota
New Mexico
Washington
Montana
Sam
Congress
Senate
Illinois
McDonald
Minnesota
Utah
Idaho
Allison
Aldrich
North Carolina
Committee On Appropriations
Randall
Ways and Means
Mills
Farwell
Haymarket
J. Ellen Foster
Senate Committee
District of Columbia
Ward Burnett
Charlotte Smith
Mrs. Smith
Capitol
Charlotte
Cleveland
Diplomatic Corps
Miss Quay
Pennsylvania
Carter
Sandwich Islands
Baron von Seidlitz
Miss Roosevelt
New York
Seidlitz
Germany
Benjamin Franklin
M. W. Emory
William H. Emory
Franklin
Bache
Gen. Sheridan
Spoon
Harrison
Valentine Ward
California
Great Loss of Life as Bridge Disaster Claims Many
A deadly accident on the Green River bridge near Louisville occurred when contractors thrust heavy rails on a draw causing the Bowling Green packet General Dawes to pass and the draw to open. The structure failed, sending workers into thirty foot depths and likely twenty drownings. Rescue efforts saved about eighteen. Isaac Bell Jr. is noted in minor commentary.
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Kentucky
Isaac Bell, Jr
Netherlands
Sportsville
Louisville, St. Louis
Texas Road
Green River
Henderson
Bowling Green Packet
Dawes
Evansville
Ind
Corinne
Ex Minister Bell Dead in New York Hospital
Isaac Bell Jr former United States Minister to the Netherlands died at St Luke's Hospital New York City after months of illness He was born November 1846 in New York educated at Harvard and built a banking and wine importing career He later served as Minister Resident to the Netherlands under President Cleveland resigning in 188? due to health and suffered chronic Bright's disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
San Francisco
Wharton Barker
Philadelphia
Normandie
George Washington
Peter van Brugh Livingston
Harrison
Washington
Levi P. Morton
Blaine
Morse
Isaac Bell, Jr
Netherlands
St. Luke’s Hospial
New York City
Mr. Bell
Isaac Bell
New York
Young Bell
Harvard
Brown Brothers & Co
Cot
Charleston
Savannah
Bell
Bright
Legitime Forces Split as Gen Paul Defects to Hipployte
Capt Dabin of the brig Alice Bradshaw reports from New York that Legitime commander Gen Paul has deserted the main army of 3,000 and joined Hipployte near Port au Prince. The vessel left Aux Cayes January 1 and reached New York with the intelligence.
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Legitime
Dabin
Alice Bradshaw
Aux Cayes
New York
Paul
Hippolyte
Port-au-Prince
Standings Collar Highlight Mitigates Round-Point Threat
A playful notice notes the standing collar trend reduces round-point concerns, with all men urged to heed the fashion mitigation and give thanks for safer neckwear.
Trouble at Samoa: German Subjugation Sparks U S Protest
Article recounts outrages against Americans in Samoa and German interference led by Brandeis and Tamasese. It notes German plan to crown Tamasese, deport Malietoa, and Mataafa's opposition, with U S Admiral Kimbery instructed to protect American interests and press for treaty rights and Samoan independence.
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Germany
Washington
D. C
Samoa
Congress
San Francisco
United States
Trenton
Vandalia
Nipsic
Panama
Apia
Godefroy
Hamburg
Malietoa
Samoan Islands
Arthur Gordon
Victoria
Western Pacific
Great Britain
Samoan
America
England
Brandeis
Tamasese Brandeis
Tamasese
German Commercial and Plantation Society
Bremerhavenn
T—E
Lehr
Remerhaven
Australia
Neckar
Mataafa
Topa Mataafa
Whitney
Kimberly
Jealous husband fatally shoots wife nursing baby
Mrs. Sallie Preston aged nineteen of Germantown Pa is shot and killed by her husband while nursing their infant. Jealousy is cited as the motive in this domestic tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Preston
Germantown
A Delightful Country Its Assessed Valuation and Wheat Yield
Spehnial correspondence from Mandan Dak Jan 21 1889 extols Dakota Territory growth wealth and resources. Notes high assessed valuation 162 million dollars many banks newspapers and schools, vast timber, rivers, coal mines, artesian wells, and booming wheat crop of 1887 led by Red River valley. Describes western Dakota topography climate soil water and abundant free homesteads near Mandan and Black Hills as major settlement frontier.
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Mandan
Dak
Union
Dakota
Lake Superior
Montana
California
Emerson
Northern Pacific
Black Hills
Corm
Red River
Bayard Taylor
Nile
America
Missouri
Western
Minnesota
United States
Big Muddy
Merton County
Rhode Island
Delaware
Morton County
Sioux Falls
Deadwood
Moses
Folsom
One touch of a blizzard would make the plumbers grin
A witty line from the New York Morning Journal frames a blizzard as a rare, welcome irritant for plumbers. The quip suggests winter storms ease work by forcing repairs and creating busy demand for services.
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New York Morning Journal
Illinois lawmakers push measures as session opens briefly
Illinois Senate and House convened with less than a quorum, transacting no business. Bills introduced include divorce reform, city annexation, anti alcohol measures, property taxation and a memorial for Gettysburg and Mexican War veterans, plus appointments and various Senate and House actions.
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Senate
House
Baltlefield
Gettysburg
Illinois
Shelby M. Cullom
United States
Senate Chamber
Archie Ward
Henry Porter
Edward T. Shipman
John McFadden
W. E. Bell
Burm Kirkbridge
Perry Lewis
J. ¥. Robinson
Otto Neff
D.W. Sloan
Woman's Relief Corps
Court of Record
Miller
Committee
Appellate
Supreme Court
Northern Hospital
Elgin
Illinois University At
Urbana
Jefferson County Court House
Mount Vernon
Thomas D. McGrath
Hunter
Paddock
Dresine
Sloam
Cochran
Rice
Das
Ramey
Sullivan
Jonsdon
Smitsy
Keller
Willie
Will
Hunt
Craig
Dixon
Gregg
Parker
Blair Hunter
Knox
Cashennour
Reynolds and
McHligott
McCall and Jones
Willett
Lyman
Cook
Justices of the Ease
Lincoln
Douglas
The Reason Why Small Boy Invites Play
A playful exchange appears as two boys debate asking their mother for permission. One boy claims his mother is out looking for him, prompting a humorous moment of hesitation about who can authorize play.
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MR. Springer
Admiral Kimberly
Dakota Territory
Indiana
Illinois Law-Makers
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