Pension Bills and Officer Retort in Alaska Politics
The Capital reports on James of New York backing Frank Sperry for Alaska Chief Justice, while VanderSlice’s pension nomination stalls. Hewitt’s bill gains White House support as Secretary Folger endorses administrative changes. Captain Perkins defies orders, and notes flag a shift in pension policy favoring more veterans. A crime in Detroit ends with a murder, and Travers completes a grueling walk from Columbus to Baltimore for $100. The wheat outlook remains hopeful, African M E Conference districts are set, and other brief dispatches fill the page.
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Alaska
Washing Toy
James
New York
Frank Sperry
Alaska Territory
Sperry
Folger
Washington
Vanderslice
Senate Committee On Pensions
Vandersiice
Philadelphia
Mr. Vanderslice
Congress
Morey
Ohio
George H. Perkins
Hartford
Chandler
Torpedo Service
Hewitt
House
Ways and Means Committee
Frank Hurd
Robert J. Dyer
Shady Hill
Tenn
Troy W. Williams
Decaturville
Interior Department
SMALLPOX FEARS AND VARIED NOTES ACROSS CITIES
A New York telegram reports steerage passengers from the smallpox infected Polaria headed to Chicago, with Health Commissioner DeWolf casting doubt on the claim and urging stronger national port supervision to prevent a winter outbreak. The item sits among tales of romance, immigration, Sino restrictions, industry reorganizations, and local labor reveals across Trenton Washington and Fall River.
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Cainaco
New York
Polaria
Hamburg
Chicago
Pr DeWolf
London
Congress
National Board of Health
FT Doubs
Assassination of E A Cameron in Alabama timber camp
E A Cameron son of John D Cameron respected citizen living at Shorters was assassinated last night in a log camp. He worked for his father in the timber business and was fired upon and riddled with buckshot during the attack near New Orleans in May 97.
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Detroit
Mich
William Bailey
John Hickey
Thomas E. Britton
Charley Parker
Shalby Street
Britton
Considine
Bailey
Canada
New Orleans
the Times Democrat
Howard, Ala
E. A. Cameron
John D. Cameron
Shorters
Cameron
Wallace Wins Contested House Seat In Washington
The Wallace-McKinsey contest was decided with Wallace being declared entitled to the seat by 156 yeas to 108 nays. Wallace took the oath of office after the vote, ensuring his position in the House.
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McKinsey
Washington
Thelouse
Wallace-McKinsey
Jonathan HE. Wallace
Wallace
Banking Panics Spread Across Cities Amid Bank Failures
A sweeping wave of bank closures and suspensions shocks markets from Hot Springs Arkansas to Pittsburgh and New York. Reports show Hot Springs National Bank closed after a run sparked by absence of President Bruce, liabilities 40000 dollars, while Arkansas National Bank faces runs but remains solvent. In Pittsburgh, Penn Bank turmoil continues with 300000 dollars drawn since Friday, deposits down, directors promising an audit. Across New York and Phildelphia, deposits shrink and hearings on fraud unfold involving Grant Ward and Marine Bank officials.
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Hot Springs
Rock
Ark
Hot Springs National Bank
Andrew Bruon
Arkansas National Bank
Riddie
D. A. Stewart
East End
Association of Banks
Riddle
D. Wilson & Co
Inge & Mahone
Mahone
Philadeetna
Schuylkill
Jum
New York
J. E. Simmons
Grant & Co
The
Stock Exchange
Metropolitan Bank
United States
Thomas Evans
Cornelius P. Timpson
John B. Dickson
General Grant
Ward
John D. Fish
Conkling
Associated Press
Fish
Root
Ferdinand Ward
Ludlow Street
Bank Examiner Scuba
James D. Fish
Marine Bank
Grant & Ward
Quarter Century Celebration for Bishop Bedell Planned
In Cleveland a diocesan committee planned a centennial style observance for Bishop Bedell with a morning service and an evening reception or banquet in October. The Toledo meeting included Rev. Bolles Bodine Alessia J. H. Devereux Mather and Cleveland leaders. Meanwhile reports from St Louis mention Wells H. Blodgett associate John D. St Maur who swindled $15 000 to $20 000 via false vouchers against the Wabash Railroad. no fault to the railroad yet, and St Maur is under shadowing detectives. In Broostseros Hi the stock writer James B. Hiatt faces a bigamy charge after a prior Decatur acquittal, then a Pontiac arrest and escape, with possible Canada flight. Hiatt is noted as a leading stock writer.
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Bedell
Cleveland
Ohio
Toledo
Dra. Bolles
Bodine
Gambier
Alessia
J. H. Devere
St. Louis
John D. St. Maur
Wells H. Blodgett
Wabash Railroad
St Maur
St. Maur
Wabash Road
St. Paul
Broostseros
James B. Hliatt
Decatur
Ill
Pontiac
Canada
Hiatt
United States
Life sentence for Detroit child-murder case
David Stone confessed to outraging and murdering his six year old niece Lute Dycke. He pleaded guilty in court and was sentenced to life solitary confinement in the state prison. He was transported to prison at 3 a.m. after secret proceedings to avoid lynching.
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Detroit
David Stone
Hillsdale
Mich
Spd
Lute Dycke
Miner
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