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Fairfield Tribune

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1887

Page

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Dickinson Voters Reject Gopher Scalps Bounty

Dickinson voters decline to authorize a bounty for gopher scalps. The item catalogs other Iowa notes from December including deaths in Davenport and Burlington mills, a fatal sleigh crash near Emmetsburg, a wife shooting in Montrose, railroad consolidations, beer plant closures after a Supreme Court ruling, notable deaths in Grinnell, a hunting accident in Bloomfield, and various regional business happenings.

Dickinson Burlington Davenport Lowell Emmettsburg Casey Tama County Montrose Iowa Thomas J. Ellis, Jr Angelina Ellis Ellis Keokuk Lamar Sioux City & Pacific Railroad Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Stickney Road Minnesota & Northwestern Road Consolidated Companies Dubuque Minnesota & Northwestern Exchange Sioux City Supreme Court Kansas Hese Soong Seizer Nebraska Franz Brewery John Arensdorf Grinnell Nathan Sanders Silent Land Sanders Brothers George Wishard Bloomfield State of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Illinois Central Railroad Jude Shiras U.S. Circuit Court United States Amos Allen Plymouth Cerro Gordo County O. H. Brooks Colfax Des Moines Sioux City Light, Heat and Power Company Washington County Pablott Council Bluffs Washington

State of the Union Tariff Reform Urged by President Cleveland

President Cleveland warns of a growing surplus in the Treasury urges Congress to revise tariff laws and reduce excess revenue. He outlines the dangers of withholding public money from commerce and calls for careful, broad reform balancing labor, manufacturers, and national finance.

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Carlisle elected Speaker in 50th Congress amid rowdy session

In a crowded House, John G. Carlisle secured the Speakership 163 to 148 with Brumm and Reed named for clerk and sergeant at arms. The Senate opened with certificates from Florida New Jersey and West Virginia as Congress prepared to receive the President's message.

Carlisle Senate Faulkener West Virginia Wasnixneton John G. Carlisle Cox New York Thomas B. Reed Cannon Illinois Reed Bromm Pennsylvania Anderson Iowa Nichols North Carolina Smith Wisconsin Brumm Hopkins Virginia Kelly Thelouse House Robert Shilling E. W. Curry Indiana J. C. Oakley J. A. Campbell W. H. Milburn Ilinois Nichols and Smith Canno Randall Ingalls Florida J. J Finaly Jones Samuel Pascor New Jersey Rufus Blodgett Daniel B. Lucas Camden C. J. Faulkner Wm. E. Chandler New Hampshire Congress Morrill Morgan

Job Printing and Commercial Stationery Ad

The Tribune offers estimates for pamphlets brief work and any art from the state. Commercial stationery is a specialty.

Weekly National Happenings in Brief

Summary of diverse events across the country including New York grocers boycott plans, J Callahan named Pure Food delegate to Wash ington, a fatal railroad crossing accident in Ohio, Adams Express rate denials, Most the anarchist sentenced, U S Marshal Gordon appointing daughter as deputy, and Connecticut Prohibition State Convention platform urging national prohibition and third party advocacy.

Central Association of Retail Grocers New York J. Callahan Nyack Washington Hierr Most Most United States Gordon New Jersey Aiphonsine M. Gordon Trenton Connecticut New Haven Delares Prohibition Partu Ccal Woman's Christian Temperace Union

A Reign of Terror From Bavisse Earthquake Ravages Town

A correspondent from Bavisse reports the town destroyed after recent earthquakes with many dead. Daily shocks continue and two week lull rebuilt shanties on a hill but later destroyed. Residents live in terror as state and private aid run out and starvation looms amid water and crop difficulties.

Nocares A. T Bavisse

Malsters Strike Near End as Men Return to Work

MILWAUKEE December 2 The malsters strike is practically at an end with the local union granting permission for the men to work where they find jobs. A number have been reinstated in their old places and appear to have renounced the union.

Milwaukee

Passenger Train Collision Stalls in Dakota Snow

A southbound passenger train became stuck one mile west of Tailroad in Dakota Inoquins on December 4. The eastbound locomotive struck the stalled train despite a flagman flag. Nine people were injured but there were no fatalities.

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