House Passes Tariff Bill Amid Debate On Greenback Retirement
The House approved a two and a half year tariff bill by 205 to 81 to aid treasury revenue, with Republicans split over a bond bill and greenback retirement. Democrats mostly opposed the tariff. Newlands voted yes. A Hopkins Illinois amendment seeks to bar repeal of existing legal tender laws.
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New York Republicans Fail Bond Bill Caucus Move
Several New York Republicans started a petition to hold a caucus on the bond bill in the house but leadership urged withdrawal of sponsors. Speaker Reed reportedly asked signers to retract, ending the bid. The petition sought broader caucus calls on party measures in the house.
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Russia Offered 60 Million Dollar Loan to U S in 1893
The czar through Prince Cantacuzene offered to loan the United States 60 million dollars for three years to meet an 1893 emergency. No interest rate or repayment terms were set, and President Cleveland declined after due deliberation, wary of entanglements with Europe.
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Caucus Against the Bond Bill in Congress
Republican representatives opposed to the bond bill met in caucus at the Ebbitt House. forty members from twenty-three states attended and vowed to defeat the measure unless modified. Leaders claimed enough votes to block it, with calls to extend debate to two or three days.
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Watches Stop At Same Hour In Murder Case
A widow Hester Curtis is murdered in Kokomo. Her son Alvord in Milwaukee reports his watch stopped around 8 pm Friday, while son Harry in Hoopeston Illinois notes his four watches halted between 8 and 9 pm. Police pursue leads amid rumors of discoveries and an old arrest of Jesse White. One paper claims Mrs Curtis mothered 25 children with seven sets of twins, all twins died, six children survive.
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Johnstone Mind Reader Visits Murder Suspect In Court
Kokomo dispatch reports the Mind reader Paul Alexander Johnstone visited John Thompson, the murder suspect jailed after the stone quarry case drew two $10,000 false imprisonment suits. Thompson trembled under Johnstone's gaze, while his attorney warned he offers no usable evidence.
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Accidents in Honor of Christmas Reported in Indiana
Christmas events turn tragic as two boys suffer serious eye injuries from a gas pipe explosion during a guddle prank in Sullivan then a four year old dies choking on meat in Lawrenceburg. Indiana educators gather for the annual congress in Indianapolis with over 1,000 teachers expected. A deputy marshal dies after a confrontation in Orleans. State board of commerce opens its annual meeting in Indianapolis with several cities represented. An unknown swindler posing as a post office inspector targets Waterloo area post offices.
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Four killed and two commit suicide on Christmas Day
Reports note four murders and two suicides on Christmas Day in St Louis. Other items include a harbor collision near Algiers between the British steamer Bellerophon and the French Emile Selsise with many drowned, the Union Stock Yards accident killing Paul Foss, a missing schooner from Inglee, and a burglary shootout in Chicago. Weather summaries for several states and local crimes in Chattanooga and Madisonville conclude the dispatch.
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Market summary and commodity prices on New York and Chicago exchanges
The Markets section reports money on call at 6 to 7 percent, sterling rates around 4884 to 490, and government bond quotes with mixed reductions. Chicago Board of Trade futures show wheat down then up across December to May, corn steady to higher, oats and bran figures, and produce prices for butter eggs poultry and potatoes. Chicago live stock prices show hogs and pig prices, with a range for beef and packing stock amid receipts of about 17,000 over two days.
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Negro Day at Exposition in Atlanta
Five thousand African Americans braved rain to attend Negro Day at the exposition in Piedmont Park. Activities moved indoors after rain. Governor Atkinson spoke along with prominent Black leaders. A child from Grand Rapids recited a poem as educators from Savannah and Montgomery spoke on Negro education and the building commissioners.
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Penitentiary Coin Factory Found in Kentucky Prison
In Frankfort Kentucky Warden George reports a nest of counterfeiters inside the state peniten tiary James Holt passed a counterfeit nickel to convict Joe Debora prompting discovery of two plaster dies in James Ballou’s possession Ballou admitted they stole plaster from the prison hospital and made the dies.
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