Supreme Court decision on Chew Heong Chinese case reaches treaty limits
The Supreme Court on Dec 8 held Chew Heong, a Chinese laborer, can reenter the United States under the 1880 treaty, ruling Congress did not intend to bar those here when the treaty took effect. The report covers related Iowa notices, fires, and local developments including a new steam elevator in Dubuque and various legals and deaths.
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Daggett
Cal
Lou Farthing
William White
William Pitt
Josiah Harris
Pitt
United States Army
William H. White
Second Cavalry
Fort Ellis
Montana
Farthing
House
Representative Scales
North Carolina
Keifer
Yeas
Mays
Townshend
Reagan
Stewart
Vermont
Turner
Kentucky
Budd
Oil Yields and Vast Caspian Reserves Explored
Popular Science Monthly notes Pennsylvanian oil yields more kerosene while Caspian oil produces less. but vast Caspian reserves and rising flows drive transport and export challenges. It cites 1881 oil rescue figures, price fluctuations at Baku, and a newly productive well feeding a large, inexhaustible oil-bearing region beneath the Caspian Sea near Tcheliken.
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Popular Science Monthly
Central Asia
Caspian
America
Ludwig Nobel
Baku
Caspian Sea
Tcheliken
National Board of Health proposed to curb cholera threat
The Federal legislation committee of the National Conference of State Boards of Health drafts a bill creating a National Board of Health with one member from each state, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. It grants broad health powers and allows emergency proclamations to halt dangerous imports and infected vessels, with a $50,000 appropriation.
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Nicaraugua Canal
A. G. Menocal
Robert E. Peavy
Navy
M.D. Chambers
Greely
Loch Garry
Panama
Nicaragua
William Walter Phelps
Antwerp
Committee On Foreign Affairs
House
Treasury
National Association of Health Boards
Washington
Canada
Congress Debates Bills and Adopts Dakota Admission
Congressional actions span naval appropriation conference results and bills on Dakota admission, Oregon land forfeiture, and rail and postal statutes. Senate and House debate interstate commerce, with executive sessions and resignations, then adjourn for the weekend.
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LaFayette
Slater
Yeas
Dakota
Texas Pacific Railway
Harrison
Sale
Logal
Beck
Naval Conference Committee
West
Committee On Commerce
Eads
Mexico
McMillan
Minneapolis
Oregon Central
van Wyck
Committee On Rules
Plum
Cullom
Mystery of Egremont Burial Sparks College Probe
Reporter notes a sensational tale from Egremont Berkshire Hills claiming Estelle Newman died in 1878 and was disinterred after burial by Albany Medical College students. The body allegedly revived during dissection and was sent to Schoharie County insane asylum. Authorities plan further investigation into the grave and related claims.
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Berkshire Hills
Estelle Newman
Little Methodist Church
H. Worth Wright
Connecticut
Albany Medical College
Medical College
Schoharie County
New York
Wrisht
Newman
Tragedy in Insane Ward at Jefferson City Penitentiary
A convict described as harmlessly insane rose with a heavy iron poker on December 12 and savagely attacked fellow patients Charles Signor and Louis Hoetscher, fracturing skulls in the Jefferson City hospital ward.
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Jefferson City
John Mason
Charles Signor
Louis Hoetscher
Confession of Ark. Valley Train Robbers Reveals Plan
Joseph Cook the ringleader explains the December raid near Little Rock. Clifford Parker and Frank Kline named as accomplices. loot included twelve watches and 520 dollars. The group planned the robbery in Center street rooms, burned masks, and hid the swag in a coal shed. Bail set at 10000 each.
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C. Jones
John Clifford
Charles Campbell
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Pine Bluff
Adolph Parker
Kline
Garland County
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Pittsylvania County
Charlie Palmer
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Polkton
Carolina Central
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Wilson
Toisnot
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Coal Creek
Tennessee
Samuel Musse
Joe Wilson
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Hugh Stafford
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Arkansas Valley Railroad
Jack Clifford
Frank Kline
Center Street
Austin
Texas
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Tenn
Logansport
Ind
Hot Springs
Kasson neutrality proposal dominates Congo conference notes
The Congo committee on December 10 discussed Kasson’s expansive neutrality plan for Congo and Niger rivers plus inland areas. France and Portugal opposed it. no decision was reached as several powers weighed amended railway proposals. Royal security and dynamite thefts spark Windsor Castle precautions. Paris dynamiters suspected in London.
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Niger
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Portugal
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India
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Paris
London
Fireclaims Six in Delano Pennsylvania House Blaze
Early today a Lehigh Valley engine crew spotted a house fire at a mining patch near Delano. Six residents Frank Farrell his wife and three children Amy Walter and James Fitzgerald perished while the eldest child survived. surrounding homes destroyed with inhabitants relocated.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
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Delano
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Amy
Walet
Thomas
James Fitzgerald
Neatness as a daily character guide for girls
The piece urges girls to maintain morning cleanliness and daily grooming. It stresses eight essential items, personal care before meals, and dressing neatly to cultivate self respect, even when unseen by others. It warns parents against omitting these appliances as a moral failure.
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