Congress set for major short session with vast spending
Washington reports the last session of the fifty sixth congress will begin with a broad agenda aims at large expenditures an expanding policy while many bills face a tight timetable. The Hanna Payne Frye ship subsidy faces opposition and Bailey objects to the Iowa senate seat. The canteen ban is likely in the army bill and the president calls for unity and measured reforms.
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Hanna
Congressman Burton
Congress
Big Union Stock Yards Necklace
A brief note from the Big Union Stock Yards reports on a neckpiece incident or display. Further details are not provided in the fragment.
He Stole $45 000 City On an Enormous Scale
A report details a major theft involving a large sum of money, highlighting broad impact on city finances and security. The article emphasizes the scale of loss and ongoing investigation by authorities.
El Paso Nearing Big Stock Yards Bid With House of Diamonds Heist
A Juarez police chief captures a Spanish jeweler with $45,000 in diamonds after a Mexico City theft. El Paso pushes plans for Union Stock Yards led by Theodore Jones of Pueblo to rival Denver, with $100,000 investment and rail access via Santa Fe and other lines.
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New Mexico
Frank R Steele Pioneer Telegraph Worker Dies in San Francisco
Obituary traces Frank R Steele from Vicksburg messenger to El Paso and San Francisco Western Union manager. He faced yellow fever in 1878, stood at his post, later worked in Chicago St Louis strikes, and died suddenly aboard a ferry in Oakland.
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Destructive wreck near Jimulco Mexico kills twelve
A southbound passenger train and a double header freight crashed 25 miles south of Jimulco causing twelve deaths and twenty or more injuries. Mexican Central officials scramble to relay details as crews clear debris and hospitals receive the wounded despite early confusion.
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Mexico
Mexican Central Railway
United States
Ross
Reeves
Harveson
Supreme Court upholds Jim Crow car ruling in Kentucky
The U S Supreme Court affirmed a Kentucky ruling on the constitutionality of the Jim Crow law requiring railroads to carry a special car for negro passengers. It held the car must be carried on all passenger trains within the state and that white passengers may not be barred from that car.
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States Supreme Court Today
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Wabash Railway
Kentucky
State Supreme Court
Trains to Run Into San Antonio From San Marcos
San Antonio dispatch reports President Rouse of the Katy inspecting the San Marcos extension. Trains are expected to run into San Antonio by San Jacinto Day. The latest report says a thousand rebels surrendered in the Philippines to Captain Green of the Thirty-Third, a San Antonio native.
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Oscar Wilde Says Father Was Barrier To Catholicism
The Paris correspondent reports Wilde, ill and discouraged, saying his moral obliquity came from his father not allowing him to become a Catholic. He adds the artistic side of the church could have saved him.
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Pondent
the Chronicle
Oscar Wilde
Wilde
Marines Reach Cavite as Yosemite Officers Return
Admiral Remey reports a detachment of marines and Yosemite officers arriving at Cavite from Guam on the 26th. Restoration work at the base progresses favorably as the group continues duties related to the navy department.
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Guam
Russian Czar Reported Restful After Illness Recovery
LIVADIA Dec. 3 The Russian czar slept well last night and his appetite remains steady. Officials say his strength has increased since the illness, with no complications reported.
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Livadia
Metal Market News From New York and El Paso
Metal market rundown shows bar silver at 64.4 percent in New York trading. Mexican money quotations in El Paso today stand at 49.4 percent.
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