Incendiary Fire Hits Sidney Courthouse Damages Records
A two story brick courthouse in Sidney burned on May 17 in what is believed to be arson. The north south hall was saturated with coal oil. vaults 4 in number remained unopened and are thought to be safe. The building, erected about 1860, is a total loss with no insurance. many valuable records outside vaults were destroyed.
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Sidney
A. C. Grier
Wall Lake
United States
Shiras
Franz Brewing Co
Estherville
Grand Lodge of United Workmen
Dubuque
L. T. Hanks
C. H. Wilson
Washington
Hawley Main
Boone
R. A. Whitaker
Waterloo
E. A. Wadleigh
Clinton
Henry Fritz
Dr. Jones
M. Alexander
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
la Crosse
al Swalm
Iowa Press Association
Omaha
Denver
Salt Lake
Helena
Yellowstone Park
Dakota
Seventh Day Adventists of
Iowa
Tract and Missionary Society
Supreme Court of Michigan strikes down local option law
National brief lists diverse early twentieth century items. Michigan’s Supreme Court voids the local option law as unconstitutional. Bequests from Ada Draper to New England Hospital for Women and Children and Boston University fund education for meritorious graduates in Europe. Fatal mine explosion in Michigan kills two men. Financial receivers take Syracuse Bolt and Screw into control. Tennessee governor nominee Joseph R. Anderson dies. Fire devastates Palouse City businesses. thousands lost, insured. Jury awards damages to a boy injured crossing railroad tracks. Earthquake forecast for California. Fort Worth to Clayton NM train wreck kills three crew. passengers unharmed. Fires devastate Fitzgerald candle factory and Huron Packing plant. Boston stockholder A. B. Lowrie dies. Hatch inquest rules death accidental. two accused jailed. Baptist Home Mission Society holds annual meeting. Colorado Republicans name convention delegates. Accidents involve dynamite fishing near Lafayette, Indiana. injuries severe. Diston’s Tacony mills suffer costly blaze. Two men drown at Tower, Duluth.
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New England Hospital For Women and Children
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Europe
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Neganee
Mich
Fred Hanbury
Charles Sunbury
Syracuse N. Y. Bolt Company
Syracuse Screw Company
Joseph R. Anderson
Tennessee
E. Stone Wiggins
California
Pacific
Asia
Fort Worth
Clayton
N. M
Sam Bush
Fitzgerald
Dearborn Manufacturing Co
Chicago
Washington
South
Colorado Republicans
H. R. Wolcott
W. A. Hamill
J. W. Wingate
J. W. Howbert
C. M. Donaldson
J. M. Henderson
Frank Alkire
Edward Foster
Lafayette
Ind
Tippecanoe River
Alkire
Foster
Alikire
Presbyterian General Assembly Opens in PumapEeLura
The centennial meeting of the Presbyterian General Assembly in PumapEeLura opens with over five hundred delegates from every state and territory. Dr. Charles L. Thompson of Kansas City elected Moderator, inducted, then assembly adjourned to reconvene for further business. In Baltimore the Southern Presbyterian Assembly opens with Rev. Dr. J J Bullock as Moderator as committees report. unlikely to consolidate with the Northern church.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
Supreme Ecclesiastical Court of the
Presbyterian Church In
United States
Union
Charles L. Thompson
Kansas City
Balimore
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Franklin Street
J. J. Bullock
Washington
Committees of Education and Home and Foreign Missions
Assembly
Northern Presbyterian Church
Amendment to constitution over presidential vetoes proposed
In Washington on May 14 Stewart proposed a constitutional amendment reducing the veto override threshold from two thirds to a simple majority in each house. He said he would discuss the subject later. Senate debates included commerce committee reports on a Omaha Missouri River bridge and continued executive business. The House addressed tariff debates with multiple speakers and adjourned.
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Washington
Stewart
United States
West
Committee On Commerce
Missouri River
Omaha
Senate
First in the Field: Equal Rights Party Convention
The 1888 Des Moines gathering chaired by Mrs. Nettie Sandford Chapin counted ballots for President and Vice President sent by suffragists nationwide. Belva Lockwood and Alfred H. Love led the ticket with 310 votes. 40 scattered to Blaine Russell Blair Fisk and others. The platform demanded woman suffrage, fair counts, and labor protections, tariff reform, and opposition to immigration that harms workers. The ticket pledged to pension Union veterans and advance temperance.
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Equal Rights Party
Des Moines
Nettie Sandford Chapin
Marshalltown
National Committee
United States
Tee
Belva A. Lockwood
Washington
Alfred H. Love
Philadelphia
Blaine
Allison
Senator Blair
Clinton B. Fisk
Frances Willard
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Henry George
Powderly
General Black
Frances Folsom Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Lockwood
Love
Committee On
Women of
America
Congress
International Commission
Europe
Asia
Albert H. Love
Far-reaching tariff bill debate continues in House
Washington May 19 The House pressed the tariff bill in Committee of the Whole. Reed of Maine spoke for protection and was answered by Speaker Carlisle who closed in favor of the bill and in favor of free trade. Adjourned.
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Presbyterial Board Meets Across Many States
Davenport May 16 The Board of Missions of the United Presbyterian church of the United States convened with delegates from sixty presbyteries across Kansas Missouri Pennsylvania New York Iowa Illinois Ohio Kentucky Vermont Massachusetts Nebraska Wisconsin Indiana California Michigan Tennessee The board will remain in session through Sunday and handles funds distribution to assisted churches and appointment of ministers to vacant pastorates.
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Board of Missions of the United Presbyterian Church of the United States
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Pope instructs cardinal to seek Irish bishops views on rescript
The Pope orders Cardinal Samoni to have Mgr Persico obtain from Irish bishops their views on the rescript, with bishops' observations to be sent to the Congregation of the Propaganda. In France, Gen Boulanger wins a municipal council seat in Tulle via spontaneous worker action in the arms factory, independent of committees.
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Mgr. Persico
Congregation of the Propaganda
Gen. Boulanger
Tulle
Mills Defends Tariff Reform In House Debate
Texas representative Mills argues the Mill tariff bill burdens labor, transfers wealth to manufacturers, and raises taxes on clothing and goods while war taxes fade. He cites wage efficiency, export impacts, and the wealthy minority, urging further tax relief for laborers as Democrats praise his stand.
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Texas
Rose Ast
Democratic Party
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Wright G
Crain
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Mills and Kelley Contrasted in Philadelphia Call
The Philadelphia Call contrasts Mills and Kelley, noting Mills speaks with candor and practical business appeal while Kelley, as the elder statesman and defender of protectionist policy, commanded high expectations as a seasoned parliamentary debater.
Judge Kelley Faces Republican Backlash From Multiple Journals
Independent journals across faiths and several major Republican papers condemn Judge Kelley's policy. The Providence Journal calls him behind the procession, the Chicago Tribune deems him aged and subsidized, and Minneapolis papers protest his stance on national taxation. Local organs also dissent from his speech.
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New England
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Providence Journal
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Chicago Tribune
the Tribune
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the Telegraph
The
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The Lumber Tariff Creates a Monopolist’s Barrier
Capt. Bell argues against the lumber tariff, detailing how it protects a few pine landowners in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota while boosting prices for American builders. He warns of impending forest depletion, Canadian competition, and a future monopoly harming home builders and workers.
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Handy Veto and River Harbors Bill Push
A Washington dispatch says the river and harbor committee is quietly canvassing to pass the bill under suspension of the rules with indications favorable to passage. The piece is criticized as a repository of wasteful jobs benefiting lawmakers and questionable harbors lacking real commerce relevance. If rushed, the public may rely on the President to veto the measure.
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Washington Dispatch
House
River and Harbor Committee
Senator Voorhees apologizes for unparliamentary language
Senator Voorhees, on May 8, apologized in the Senate for the unparliamentary language used in the debate with Ingalls.
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Senate
Ingalls
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