Local Births and Health Notes And Public Works Meeting
Mr Peter Passing of Jane Street is seriously ill. Mrs Michael Harkenrider of Wall Street yesterday gave birth to twins. Mrs Sprague of West Williams Street, injured by a fall last week, was yesterday removed to Hope Hospital. Mr and Mrs Moses welcome a baby boy. Father is Eltire of the Arabian colony at 119 Fairfield Avenue. Mrs J B K France presented her husband with a baby boy yesterday. Mother and child are thriving at 496 South Harrison Street. The board of public works held a short session yesterday. West Allen Street residents protested paving plans, surprising the board. Some property owners were about to petition for pavement and others opposed it. Mrs Case of 117 West Butler Street was taken to St Joseph Hospital Saturday for an operation after a period of critical illness. Mr Louis L Miller of Root & Co travels will wed Miss Mamie C Douglas in Ray Michigan on the 26th of this month. They will reside at 230 West DeWald Street after April 1. Mrs Homer Hartman hosted a thimble party for Mrs Ivers Leonard of Columbia City yesterday afternoon. Guests included Mesdames Smith Morris Vesey Hayden Wilson Dryer Carter Lane Gutermuth Bassett and Fischer.
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Peter Passing
Jane Street
Michael Harkenrider
Wall Street
Sprague
West Williams Street
Hope Hospital
Moses
Eltire
Fairfield Avenue
Louis L. Miller
Root & Co
Ray, Mich
Mamie C. Douglas
West DeWald Street
Homer Hartman
Ivers Leonard
Columbia City
Mesdames Smith
Morris, Vesey
Hayden
Wilson
Dryer
Carter
Lane
Gutermuth
Bassett
Fischer
Immigration, Silver, and Cuba Shape the Long-Talk in Alabama
The piece surveys debate on immigration and silver while Cuba fuels lively discussion in Alabama. Hale appeals for protection from the chair as national discourse intensifies. The article notes a Supreme Court ruling allowing states to tax railways.
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Hale
Alabama
National Supreme Court
Debates on Gold Standard and Cuba Petitions Roil Congress
Congress debated free coinage and the gold standard with Pugh defending free silver and Morgan presenting Cuban petitions from numerous groups. The Supreme Court tax ruling on California and Southern Pacific franchises contrasted with dissenters Field and Harlan. In Washington, Oklahoma homestead relief passed, while measures on Marquette Bay breakwater and Menominee harbor moved forward.
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Washington
House
Okahoma
Oklahoma
Hitt
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Bayard
Secretary of War
Marquette Bay
Michigan
Menomines Harbor
Wisconsin
Senate Lodge
Pugh
Palmer
Illinois
Insurgent Capitol Debate Sparks Senate Exchange
In a tense Senate session, Morgan opposes Hale over the insurgents' supposed permanent capital. Hale insists an insurgent capital exists, while Morgan and Chandler dispute credibility and references to Spanish minister Gomez and Maceo near Havana.
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Morgan
Continental Congress
Washington
Congress
Virginia
Hale
Senate
Maine
Chandler
Gomez
Maceo
Havana
Naval panel agrees to fund dry docks at three sites
The houses committee on naval affairs agreed to include in the appropriation bill money to build dry docks at Algiers Louisiana Portsmouth New Hampshire and Mare Island California.
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Washington
Houses Committee On Naval Affairs
Algiers
Portsmouth
N. H
Mare Island
Cal
Fire in Fort Scott Hotel Sends Guests Fleeing
A Fort Scott Kansas Star hotel burned to the ground with thirty occupants escaping in their night clothes. Guests and staff suffered minor injuries while J D Depew of Ohio was badly burned. Proprieter M L Waltermire and his wife were singed. Losses around $25,000, uninsured.
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Kansas City
Star
Fort Scott
Kas
Sone
J. D. Depew
Ohio
M. Lt. Waltermire
Forty Die As Congo River Steamer Explodes
Reported in Lendon on March 17 that the British steamer Matadi exploded at Boma on March 7 near the Congo River mouth. Twenty two crew members two passengers and sixteen native laborers were killed. Sixteen crew escaped unharmed. the ship carried ten tons of gunpowder aiding the catastrophe.
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Lendon
Boma
Bompia
Congo ‘River
Mysterious Shooting in St Louis Linked to Hat Marked BP A
Walter Graham was shot fatally in St Louis on his way home. A hat bearing the initials BP A is the only clue to the killer. The storm of rare hail in Melbourne caused widespread destruction. Obituaries note several deaths across Texas and the Midwest. Receivers named for Peck Bros. plants in Connecticut and stores in Chicago New York Boston. Cape Town dispatch reports rifles found in De Beers mine.
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Walter Graham
Wenedee
St. Louis
BPA
Melbourne
Australia
Peck Bros. & Co
New Haven
Conn
Chicago
New York
Boston
San Antonio
Tex
John Ireland
St Paul
Carl Veuheusen
Arcola
Frank Clisby
Chenoa
Martin Shepherd
Aliyah Sweet
Elias S. Tompkins
Thorntown
Ind
Nathaniel Gipon
Cape Town
de Beers
Markets Roundup Across Bonds Grains and Stocks
New York markets show nominal call money at 4 per cent while Sterling bills move mildly. Bond quotes firm for U S government issues and 4s registered. Chicago Board of Trade notes wheat, corn, oats, and other produce with varied closes. Live stock at Union Stock Yards reports brisk hog and cattle trading. Also brief items include a revolver incident in church and a lard vat explosion in Brazil with worker injuries.
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New York
Sterling Exchange
United States
Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Glige
Burbanks
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Edgwater Ave
Everett & Doud
Old
Nat. Bank
Calhoun and
Berry Sts
George. Meyers
A . Insurance
J. H. Brunner
Marshalltown
Iowa
Dr. Kay
B. J Kay Medical Co
South 16Th Street
Omaha
Neb
C.B. Woodworth & CO
Fort Wayne
Taber St
West Side
Calhoun
The
Model Steam Bakery
Maumee Avenue
W. H. Schultz
Pione
Fairfield Ave
Cuba
Field
Harlaur
Lodge
Senor Dupuy de Lome
Thies
Olney
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Andrew Jackson
Grover Cleveland
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de Lome
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Iregard
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Union
Cade
Texas
Charles Henry
Free Methodist Church
Henry
Brazil
W. R. Jones & Son
John Beckley
H. Sheppard
Edling Block
Billiard Hall
Eas
N.Y
Jiegeland Mall
Eastern Express
Westen
Depaet
Ily
Buffet Alee Amie
Reed
Princip
Corny
A. W. Johnston
Gsuper
BE. F. Horner
C. Bazan
Radiata
Ft. Wayne, Gincis- Ball Tronnstile
Lake Erie & Western Railroads
Connerenne
New Castle
Rushville
Canada
Anges
Philley
Ft. W
L. Railroad
F Daly
HC Parker
Indianapcay Ls
E. L. Craw
Bass Block
Calhoun Street
Earth
A. €. Gocke
Broadway and
Washington Boulevard
C. B. Fitch
Reliable Company
Clifton House
Monroe Street
Wabesh Ave
GEO. Cummings Hotel CO
Geo. Cummings
A. Hattersley & Sons
E. Main ST
Creanmo
Pressine
Denes
J. Haverly
G.kluq’s
Hanna-St
White National Bank
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Epa
Hamilton National Bank
Mamillen National Bank
Aia
Joan Moh Oa
Brieat
Aly
Evening Post
Atlantic Reas
Sa Lafayette Accom
Pacific Express
Acific Tess
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St. Louis Limited
Indianapolis
Insite
Landsy
R. G. Thompson
Eland Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Wayne
Grand Rapids
Richmond
Richmond and Cincinnat
Cincinnati
Richmond Cinnati
Findlay, Fort Abarities, & Western Railroad
Haviland
Cloverdale
Teledore H.& D
A.M
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