Pink Fogs Puzzle Londoners and Other Short Notes
Londoners report pink tinted fogs while Mrs. Bornert edits another novel. Five hundred Americans live in London squalor. A weathercock made in London for Hamburg costs 1000 dollars. The Salvation Army in England reports 400000 dollars income. Sweden taxes foreign concert singers. A C Winerer of The New York World lectures to refute Ingersoll. Cologne theater implements fire prevention chemicals. Ex Governor Crittenden may be unanimously elected by his home county. James Whistler delays visit to this country. Carrick castle roofs remain sound while Irish quarries at idle.
Engagement of Agnes Pierce Ties to Ex Governor John D Long
Agnes Pierce, formerly an assistant at Melrose first grammar school, is announced engaged to former Governor John D Long of Massachusetts. The colored Sunday school in Lexington Virginia, started over 25 years ago by Stonewall Jackson when he taught at Virginia Military Institute, remains flourishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Pierce
John D. Long
Massachustts
Melrose First Grammar School
Colored Sunday School
Lexington, Va
Northern Births of Southern Notables Stirs Debate
The speaker notes with irony that two poets Pike and Prentice, orator Sargent Prentis, and jurist Hiram Warner were all born in the North, suggesting questions about regional origins shaping Southern reputation and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike and Prentice
Sargent S. Prentis
Hiram Warner
North
Senator Ingalls Touts Nature Walks Across Hills
Senator Ingalls is described as a nature lover who often embarks alone on long hikes. He prides himself on walking twenty miles on bright clear days through Maryland and Virginia hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Ingalls
Maryland
Virginia Hills
Veteran actor James E Murpoon still in good health at 76
The veteran actor James E Murpoon, age 76, enjoys good health and unimpaired faculties. He lives in Cincinnati and welcomes visitors to discuss the past and present of the American stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Murpoon
Cincinnati
Germans Make Guns for China At Canton Trial
Report says German weapons found faulty. A Chinese officer’s head was blown off at Canton during a trial of a gun, blaming workmanship. It notes Orientals will refuse further guns from Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Germany
Gentleman Sends Themed Flowers To His Lady Friends
A gentleman in Niece dispatches flower boxes to his female acquaintances using age based flowers. White hyacinths for young ladies, pink roses for those aged twenty, pinks for those under twenty, violets for those who confess two score, and a mixed bouquet for all older women.
Breckinridge Kinner Named Surveyor General Candidate
Washington reports J C Breckinridge, son of the famed Confederate leader, as a candidate for surveyor general and noted for his bright promise and resemblance to his father. Also claimed is that Mme Aprnina Parri will become a princess after marrying Nicolini, with foreign accord to confer the title, per Laris Ganlots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Breckinripgee
Confederacy
Washington
Breckinridge
Mme
Aprnina Parri
M. Nicolini
Laris Ganlots
Nicolini
Sir Henry James Refuses Gladstone Administration Over Home Rule
Sir Henry James, speaking in London at Bury, was praised for a sharp retort about home rule. He said he respected Mr Gladstone as much as Lord Salisbury but would oppose home rule if a hundred Gladstones led the proposal. He asked his committee chairman if this oath barred him from joining Gladstone’s government. the chairman answered yes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry James
Wroth
London
Bury
Lord Salisbury
Sir Henry
Mr. Gladstone
Portrait of Mr. Broapuctsr A cabinet minister and humorist
The article praises Mr. Broapuctsr as the first English workingman in a cabinet post. It commends his sturdy build, determined mouth, and merry eye. It notes his persistence, humor, practical shrewdness, social charm, Wesleyan faith, widowhood, and popularity among upper circle politicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Broapuctsr
Iowa News Items Report Diverse Local Developments
Reports include Farmers State Bank of Paullina incorporation with 25000 capital, cadet ship exams at Webster City, 56 Relief Corps in Iowa, Clapper fined for liquor law violation, trampping suppression efforts in Council Bluffs, and a bridge collapse near Slopeville injuring two men. Also notes postmaster removals, Milwaukee dog show prizes, Keokuk street railway strikes, artesian well tests near Montezuma, and various legal and transportation incidents across the state.
Mixed Telegrams Report No Real Improvement in Trade
Special telegrams show no real improvement in general merchandise movement nationwide except some eastern rail traffic gains from cut rates. St Louis and the southwest stagnate, eastern centers hold steady. Wage hikes for mill operatives push prices, but labor troubles loom, keeping markets heavy and uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradstreet
California
St. Louis
Gradstreet
Beatrice
Hyde Park
Palace Park
Ile
Strange young woman rides mule into Toccoa
In Toccoa Georgia a prettily dressed sixteen year old girl named Montana Allen rode into town on a mule selling it for one hundred dollars then lowering the price to seventy and sixty. She confessed she rode from Franklin North Carolina to Charlotte to meet her lover for marriage and had ridden three days and four nights. The marshal arrested her suspecting foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toccoa
Montana Allen
Franklin
N. C
Charlotte
Auburn
Halp Wade
Alex North
Harvey Shaw
Cora Day
Chas. Platt
Marshalltown
Lyle
Louis Fie Iman
Chicago
John K. Kane
Wilmington
Del
Summit
New Jersey
Dr. Kane
James A. Bayard
Bayard
Butler & Constant
Warren Street
New York
Outh
Pennsylvania
Dubois
Puxuatawney
Reynoldsville
Falls Creek
Beach Tree
Norfolk
Neb
Charles P. Mathewson
Norfolk National Bank
East
Kenneth Mathewson
Mathewson
Nebraska
House of Representatives
John W. Lauer
Omaha
Lordsburg
New Mexico
Iron Mountain
Newport
Jacksonville
Langton
St. Joseph
Miex
Treasury Department
Texas
Mexico
Scituate
Mass
Abigail Bates
Senate
Wilson
Iowa
Congress
Des Moines
Conger
House
Arkansas
Ben Hall
House Committee On Elections
Romeis
Ohio
Mike Humphreys
Nichols
Grape Creek
Vermillion County
Illinois
Rock Island
Gladstone hints at forthcoming Irish policy statement
In the House of Commons Gladstone used a brief pause to say a formal Irish policy statement would be presented soon. He warned MPs to ignore circulating rumors and not credit them as none were authorized. He indicated a home rule plan would likely be introduced shortly after the statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Gladstone
Ocasion
Legislature Advances Bill Locating Supreme Court at Des Moines
The legislature passes a bill to position the state supreme court in Des Moines. The measure outlines the court’s location and related administrative steps as part of judicial reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Des Moines
Senate action and new bills forge ahead in march session
Senator Cheseboro sought to change his vote on the Supreme Court bill and moved reconsideration, which failed by general consent. Senator Robinson delayed further action until next Tuesday. An adjournment to April 3 was approved. A tax Late S. F. 263 amended chapter 149 to curb illegal liquor sale and nuisance abatement. New bills include commitments to industrial schools, funding for the boys department, sewer construction, and pat ents for Decatur county lands. The dairy commission bill passed with salary for the commissioner set at 1500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheseboro
Knight
Bloom
Nator Robinson
Clark
Twentieth General Assembly
McCoy
Underwood
Boys’ Department
Iowa Industrial School
Gatch
Senate
Commissioner of Pharmacy
Committee On
Ball
Mr. Ball
Custer
Caldwell
Legislature Debates Mine Inspectors and University Trustees
The special order repeals and substitutes mine laws, creating three governor appointed mine inspectors reporting to the governor. A bill by Senator Dooley shifts university governance to six elected trustees with the governor as ex officio head. House discusses retrenchment on clerks amid other amendments and passes several public bills including holiday designation and school district insurance provisions. The session adjourns after lengthy debate on the free text book bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth General Assembly
Committee On
Senate
Dooley
State University
Senate petitions and bills on manufacturers and soldiers homes
Senate records petitions from Burlington Cedar Falls Ottumwa Davenport Fort Madison Keokuk Clinton Lyons Dubuque Worth county Du buque and others opposing or supporting the Knight manufacturers bill. Other notes include Wilbur doctors bill soldier home location debates and a public administrators appointment. F 381 F 882 F 383 and McKnight bill on labor liability referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parrott
Knight
Burlington
Cedar Falls
Hutchison
Ottumwa
Schmidt
Davenport
Casey
Fort Madison
Keokuk
Wolfe
Clinton and
Lyons
Dodge
Reiniger
Worth County
Carson
Dubuque
Senate
Wilbur
Glass
Mason City
McDonough
Clark County
Teale
Caldwell
Audubon County
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Knight—. F
Ways and Means
S. F
Committee On Schools
Senate debates repeal and punishment provisions on intoxicants
The chamber discussed re committing a labor bill and passed a repeal of intoxication penalties. A new measure to establish a supreme court seat and to treat habitual drinkers as insane was debated, then the supreme court location bill passed. House amendments on butter imitation controls were concurred. An act to hold defendants without a grand jury and a redistricting bill were advanced. Several new bills were introduced including meat safety and railroad liability proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parrott
Committee On Labor
McKnight
Sutton
Young
Woolson
Dooley
Carlin
Carson
Clark
Supreme Court
Yeas
Parrett
Caldwell
Carr
Casey
Chambers
Chubb
Dodge
Doud
Duncan
Gatch
Gault
Henderson
Hutchison
McCoy
McDonough
Miles
Payneer
Reiniger
Robinson
Ryder
Scott
Stevens
Underwood
Weber
Wilkin
Nays
Bayless
Bloom
Balter
Burdick
Cheseboro
Deal
Donnan
Earle
Glass
Johnson
Knight
Schmidt
Sweney
Whaley
Whiting
Cassatt
Hendrie
Wolfe
Senate
House
Iowa Senate Debates Soldiers' Home Bill and State Finances
Senator Whaley introduces a Soldiers' Home bill with a $75 000 appropriation and the Senate adopts a resolution seeking governor supplied financial and social data. The session features varied bills on city voting, orphans' home substitutions, education, adjournment timing, and several measures affecting asylums and municipal duties.
Local bills pass as sessions adjourns with probate and fence reforms
The second class bill and a measure requiring conductors to issue rebate tickets for extra fare paid by passengers without tickets were approved. The rebate entitles collection of overcharges at any railroad station of the company. A probate notice bill and a line fence bill applying section 1503 to counties with or without the herd law also passed along with several local measures. Adjourned.
Debates on Soldiers' Home Location and Cassatt Coal Bill
Petitions from multiple senators favored placing the soldiers' home at Marshalls town and Mason City. The military committee bill to establish a soldiers' home was discussed with amendments. a substitute for indigent children failed. The Cassatt coal screen bill was debated, with speeches by Cassatt and others. executive session confirmed John Blanchard as oil inspector. The session adjourned after several bills passed or were postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whaley
Iowa
Clark
Senate
Hutchison
Scott
Johnson
Schmidt
Senator Reiniger
Balter
Senator Young
John Blanchard
Senator Sutton
Marshallstown
Glass
Mason City
Sutton
Abe Lincoln
Council Bluffs
Marshalltown
Grand Army of the Republic
Gatch
Cassatt
Reiniger
Military Committee
Yeas
Barrett
Bayless
Bloom
Burdick
Caldwell
Carr
Carson
Casey
Chambers
Cheseboro
Chubb
Deal
Dodge
Donnan
Dooley
Doud
Dunean
Farle
Gateh
Gault
Henderson
Knight
McVes
Miles
Parrott
Payneer
Robinson
Ryder
Stephens
Sweeney
Underwood
Weber
Whiting
Wilkin
Wolfe
Woolson
Young
MacDonough
Hendrie
McDonough
House
Sweney
General Assembly
Senate petitions and bills advance in Iowa chamber
Senate today saw petitions against judicial system change and requests to locate the soldiers home at Mason City. The conference committee reported the medical bill, the mining weighment bill moved to third reading after a substitute debate, and the registration and appropriation bills were acted on as special orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Gault and Hutchison
Reiniger
G. A. R. Post
Charles City
Floyd County
Mason City
Gatch
Caldwell
Scott
Legislature Passes Various Bills Including School District and Asylum Funding
Bills authorize acts of an independent Marion county school district, grant highway drainage and land ROW through Johnson county, amend estates and life offense codes, and legalize county auditors. An appropriation of 100000 for Mt. Pleasant asylum and 10000 for Clarnd s asylum work were debated, with Butler proposing a 150000 substitute. all appropriation bills postponed to March 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Johnson County
Mt. Pleasant
Clar Nds
Butler
Page
Keatley
Senate debate on Edmunds Resolution continues in Congress
The Senate weighs Edmunds Resolution and memorials from Iowa urging Des Moines River Land bill passage. Logan’s army efficiency bill gains detail amendments while Colquitt and Jackson oppose the majority report. A memorial session is set for Thursday to honor Joseph Rankin. The House passes a $2,000 annual widow’s pension for General Hancock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Iowa
Des Moines
Senate
Allison
Logan
Secretary of War
Judiciary Committee
Colquitt
Jackson
HOUSE
Joseph Rankin
Wisconsin
Gen. W
Hancock
Lawler
Committee On Judiciary
Chicago River
Merriman
United States
Senate Passes Pension Bill For General Hancock Widow
The senate approved a pension of two thousand dollars annually for General Hancock's widow. Logan's measure to boost army efficiency was presented. Anderson urged increasing enlisted strength to forty thousand, citing Schofield Pope letters. The senate then moved to public land entry confirmations and adjourned after contentious debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Hancock
Logan
Manderson
Schofield
Pope
van Wyck
Land Office
Judiciary Committee
Jackson
George
Morgan
Senate Passes Army Bill Amid House Indian Appropriation Vote
The senate approved the army bill while judiciary committee resolutions were debated and Morgan spoke against the majority report. In a crossfire of remarks Senators Hoar Gray Edmunds Butler and Harris sparred as the senate adjourned without action on the resolution. The House, after rejecting an amendment, passed the Indian appropriation bill with 226 yeas and 5 nays and then moved to the postoffice appropriation bill. Blount outlined the bill totaling 54 326 538 versus prior estimates, and Burrows urged higher pay for railway postal clerks as the committee adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Morgan
Hoar
Gray
Edmunds
Butler
Harris
HOUSE
Hlouse
Yeas
Blount
Burrows
Commerce Committee Backs Shipping Bill for US Mail
The commerce committee favorably reported a bill to boost American shipping and postal ties with foreign nations. It appropriates 1,100,000 dollars for carrying U S mails on American vessels, requires the postmaster general to solicit bids, and enter contracts with the lowest bidders. The measure has unanimous committee support and was placed on the calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Commerce
Frye
United States
Senate
Voorhees
Ingalls
Tribune Job Printing Services Ad
An advertisement announces comprehensive job printing services offered by The Tribune at reasonable rates. It notes prompt, neat execution and mentions The Tribune Job Rooms as the service location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Eulogistic Addresses Delivered by Noted Speakers
Eulogistic addresses were delivered by Henderson Iowa Bragg Hind Guenther Thomas and Lafollette Wisconsin Maybury Michigan and John son New York. The resolutions were unanimously adopted and the House adjourned.
Senate Deliberates Edmunds Resolutions and Immigration Bill
The senate opened with Edmunds resolutions under debate led by Senator Ingalls and continued with supporters including Harrison and Logan. A treasury communication presented an immigration draft exempts transient aliens from a tax and penalties for paupers and convicts. The House reconsidered a pension bill for General Benham's widow, passing it, then moved to private calendar, with a night session approving forty pension measures before adjourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Edmunds
Ingalls
Harrison
Logan
Desperado Roasted After Barn Siege in Omaha Region
A Mexican gunman, Ward Johnson alias John Anderson, killed three men including H. C. Steadman and C. P. Johnson near Lyons Nebraska after a chase from Burt county. He hid in a barn, was shot, burned, and killed as the building and contents were destroyed. his revolver and a large load of ammunition were recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Steadman
Burt County
Neb
Lyons
Ward Johnson
John Anderson
Johnson
Steadman
Winchester
Constable Parker
Charles P. Johnson
Peter Johnson
Charles
Skinner
Tekemab
H. C. Steadman
C. P. Johnson
Edgar Everett
Texas
Gould on Strike and Public Sentiment in 1890s Rail War
Charleston dispatch reports Jay Gould returning by yacht Atlanta after a Windward Islands voyage. He criticizes the Texas Pacific strike, cites Greenville Hunt County and Dallas business support, and forwards a Greenville Dallas dispatch praising public sentiment. He quotes a Charleston telegram from Gould defending the Missouri Pacific and criticizing secret strike action, noting payrolls and railway control concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
Jay Gould
Atlanta
Windward Islands
Western Union Telegraph Office
Gould
Texas Pacific and
Havana
Greenville
Hunt County
Dallas
Texas
Mr. Gould
Missouri Pacific
Cnvag d
Jax Goutp
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Tribune
Hamburg
Salvation Army
England
Sweden
Order of
Albrecht
A. C. Winerer
The
New York World
Ingersoll
Cologne
Crittenden
Missouri
James Whistler
Carrick Castle
Farmers’ State Bank of
Paullina
Annapolis
Webster City
Relief Corps
Denison
Crawford County
Clapper
West Liberty
Serviss
Cooper
Slopeville
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Armour & Co
Keokuk Street Railway
Montezuma
Farmwell Farm
W. S. Bates
Hagerstown
Indiana
Leffingwell
Audubon
Belle Plaine
Wright
Webster
Jack Sullivan
Anamosa Penitentiary
Tlon
Peter A. Dey
Iowa City
Iowa Railroad Commission
Larrabee
Southhill
South Boundary School
David Elliott
James Armstrong
Ireland
Cedar Rapids
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad
Walker
Armstrong
Joe Horner
Horner
Durfee
Villisca Mutual Loan and Building Association
Secretary of State
Theresa Carry
Jessie Carter
Gussie Toogood
May Foster
Willie
A. J. Hartman
Angus
Ozden
L. D. Fairburn
Illinois Central Railroad
Independence
Legislature
Grouse
Dunlap
Dairy Commission
Winterset
H. G. Cressler
van Buren
Decatur County
A. E. Hall
Natchwey
Weaver
Cousins
Converse
Seventeenth General Assembly
Robb
15Th General Assembly
16Th General Assembly
Bailey
Rice
Boards of Directors
Sioux City
Ramsey
Thompson
Benson
Schee
Judiciary Committees
Brown
Holbrook
Clarinda
Committee On Appropriations
18Th General Assembly
Chicago, Iowa & Northern Pacific Railway
Anamosa
Geral Assembly
Stac
Barnes
Dockery
Postoffice Department
Peters
Kansas
Guenther
Bouy
Representa
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