Taylor Resolution Passes House Over Roberts Inquiry
Washington report shows 500 thirty votes cast for Roberts investigation. House Democrats supported the Taylor resolution to appoint a federal committee to probe charges against Brigham H. Roberts, Utah’s Mormon-elect. A substitute failed with only fifty-seven votes. Senate session focused on the president's message and adjourned after expressing regret for the death of Monroe L. Hayward. The Canons adjourned until 2 p.m. for further debate on silver depreciation and policy.
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Amepias
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Arles
Capital City
Brigham
Roberts
Utah
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Richardson
Judiciary
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Lord
California
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Nevada
Silverite
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Al‘tem
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Browser
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eNan McCulloch
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Small
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Turner
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Ohio
Landis
Italiana
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Minnesota
Street
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Littlefield
Maine
McPherson
Iowa
de Mrraond
Missouri
Lanham
Texas
Meyers
Indiana
Monroe L. Hayward
Nebraska
Seusaine "Thurston
Roberts Fires Up Utah Polygamists Debate in House
In Washington on December 6 the Roberts crime debate spotlighted his defense lasting nearly an hour. Roberts won gallery applause but signaled the chamber’s strong opposition. Grosvenor denied any knowingly polygamist appointments by the president, accusing Roberts of false charges while affirming the president never appointed a polygamist to public office.
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Utah
Washington
House
Roberts
Grosmenor
United Bites
Fatirm
Siilar
Four Party Caucuses Meet Over Senate Reorganization
In a series of caucuses held yesterday in Washington, Republicans Democrats and independents discussed reorganizing Senate committees. About 200 members attended including Speaker Len Adlerson. A Republican House caucus also debated plans to advance the financial bill. Dolliver presented a gavel from the Dewey era, honoring Iowa. Overstreet explained the financial bill and caucus leadership changes were proposed.
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Washington
Deco
Senate
Len Adhenson
Dolliver
General Henderson
Dewey
Manila
Iowa
Girasvenor
Lerving
Carmen
Illinois
Overstreet
Indiana
Gncus
House committee vacancies point to key posts before Christmas
Washington Dec 6 Speaker Tenderson has not fixed the timing of committee announcements but expects them to come before adjournment for Christmas. Key seats open include Ways and Means, Appropriations, Judiciary, Banking and Currency, Commerce, Rivers and Harbors, Foreign Affairs, and Military Affairs with several Republicans and Democrats listed. Names mentioned for Ways and Means include Moody McCall Littlefield and William Alden Smith.
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Washington
Tenderson
House
Ways and Means
Appropriations
Banking
Tivers and Harbors
Moody and McCall
Massachusetts
Littlefield
Maine
Dingley
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Maine remains exhumation contracts reach Colon cemetery
Assistant Secretary Allen reports a letter from Captain J. G. Greene commandant at Havana saying contracts are in place to exhume the dead from the battleship Maine buried in Colon cemetery and stating they can be moved to the United States at any time after the 1651 inst.
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Washington
Dec
Allen
J. G. Greene
Naval Station
Havana
Maine
Colon Cemetery
United States
Post Office Declines to Hire Married Women as Clerks
Washington reports Assistant Postmaster General Heath announces in Modus Conn decision that the department has decided it will be incompatible with the best interests of the service to retain married women as post office clerks. The ruling follows the Mrs Jennie J Crown case.
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Washington
Heath
Jennie J. Crown
Modus, Conn
Record 861 Bills Pile Up In House Session
Washington December 6 the rush of bills in the house of representatives Monday was the greatest in memory of house officials totaling 861 public and private bills and thirty resolutions added to the day's business reflecting a bursting legislative pace and strong activity from lawmakers.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Miss Estelle Rees urges compulsory schooling for Indians
Washington Dec. 6 Miss Estelle Rees general superintendent of Indian schools in her annual report presses compulsory education for Indian children and advocates strict industrial training to fit them for work
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Washington
Estelle Rees
Mystery Body Found in Milwaukee River Headless Man
A headless male corpse, fully nude, was recovered from the Milwaukee river near Grand Avenue bridge. The cause of death is unknown. a bullet hole in the left shoulder suggests foul play or accident, the body appeared in the water for two weeks, and the head was severed, possibly by a propeller. A man named Max Plennig of Janesville is suspected in a separate death case.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee River
Grand Avenue Bridge
Brockton
Mass
Max Plennig
Janesville
Wis
Pfouniz
Western Illinois Normal site race fuels heated ballot fight
Illinois towns including Macomb Aledo Rushville Oquawka Quincy Monmouth and La Harpe contend for the Western Timels Normal site with hundreds of ballots cast by trustees and town meetings held. Final decision slated for Dec 19 as trustees seek centrality near the military tract amid deadlock and possible gubernatorial input.
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Springfield
Macomnb
Aledo
Rushville
Oquawka
Quincy
Monmouth
la Harpe
Board of Trustees
NOW SHES MISS CUNNINGHAM
Hillsboro reports information from West Virginia confirming Ellis Glenn is Miss Cunningham later Mrs Ryder. Glenn may have died in Florida in 1898 but refuses to confirm. A Worth Texas dispatch notes a Bradstreet reporter recalls Glenn’s arrests, wealth, and habit of rooming alone, with skills in sewing and crocheting.
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Hillsboro
Casseday
West Virginia
Rank Reee
Bradstreet's
Iclis Glenn
Huntington
W. Va
Reee
Texas
Mexia
Glenn
Texas Sands
Doan's Kidney Pills Proven Effective by Local Reader
Mr. W. W. Wheat of Elk Street reports kidney pain and back ache from disorder improving after taking Doan's Kidney Pills. He notes symptoms decreased and overall improvement after completing a box. Pills priced 50c per box, available at Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents in the U S. Remember the name Doan's.
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Freeport
Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac
Dean
W. W. Wheat
Elk Street
Emmett & Burrell
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
First Snow Fells as Winter Arrives in Pleasant Prairie
From Our Own Correspondent German Valley Dec 4 reports the season’s first snowfall and a winterlike day. Pleasant Prairie academy opens term tomorrow with expected large attendance after ten new members are initiated at Valley Camp MWA. Mrs Ludwig travels to Ackley to aid her aging mother Mrs Riekena. John Nampe, harness maker, advocates free trade over monopoly. Janssen’s hall hosted a social with townspeople dancing cards and a generous oyster supper.
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German Valleey
Pleasant Prairie Academy
Valley Camp
R. Ludwig
Ackley
Martintown Notes From Our Own Correspondent
From Martintown on December 4 Master Natie Martin attends school in Winslow this winter Will Spencer returns home from Town after several months work Miss Blanche Wright of Woodford helps Mrs L L Wright keep house Mr and Mrs Ward travel to Mt Vernon Indiana to visit relatives Ira Chryst of Sylvester drives here Dr Fessenden did business in Albany Jordan and Monroe last week Thanksgiving day was quiet Jake Haman dined at Al Highleys in Winslow Will Wickwire of Winslow visited town Albert Stoldt is very sick but improving Grandma Browne was remembered on Thanksgiving Frank Kiel did business in Monroe Monday winter weather looked evident Monday morning
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Martintown
Natie Martin
Winslow
Will Spencer
Blanche Wright
Woodford
L. L. Wright
Monroe
Jake Haman
al. Highley
Will Wickwire
Albert Stoldt
Grandma Browne
Frank Kiel
Ely Cream Balm cures catarrh claims and salve touted
An old advertisement montage cites Oscar Ostrom and A C Clarke praising Ely’s Cream Balm for catarrh relief. It notes price at 50 cents and lists Ely Brothers in New York. The London sanitary record flags overcrowding in St Mary’s parish with detailed tenement counts. Banner Salve sold at 26 cents by Moogk and Jungkunz & Co as a skin healer.
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Ely
Oscar Ostrom
Warren Ave
Chicago
A. C. Clarke
Shawmut Ave
Boston
Mass
Cts
Ely Brothers
Warren St
New York
London
St. Mary's
Newington
Banner
H. Jd. Moogk
W. FE
Special Reduced Rates to Western Points by Rail Co
The M. and St. Paul Railway Company offers second class tickets to western points via Great Northern and Northern Pacific lines at greatly reduced rates. Details available at the local ticket office. Secure our figures if planning a trip west. J. B. Swerr, Traveling Agent.
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Ry, Co
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railways
J. B. Swerr
Harvest Excursion Tickets Advertised by Rail Line
The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway will sell Harvest Excursion tickets on November 7, 21 and December 5, 19. Tickets cover travel during the season with special rates for the excursions.
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Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
SILIPINOS STRIKE AT VIGAN GARRISON OUTNUMBERED ATTACKS
At Vigan in South Hocos eight hundred insurgents attacked a 200 man American garrison last night around 6 11 a m. The Americans suffered eight killed and many wounded as the attackers were driven off after fierce fighting. Reinforcements under Colonel Bisbee are rushing to the garrison amid fears of small insurgent detachments in Abra province.
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Kit Bight
Woundy
Manila
Dee
Vigan
South Hocos
Joss
Ift
Bisbee
Young
Abra
Nine men badly hurt in Joliet boiler explosion
Joliet Illinois reports nine workers severely burned or scalded when a boiler exploded at the Hlinols Steel billet mill. One man is missing and feared buried. Names include Patrick Sullivan and Henry Asbester. Fireman John McBride was thrown back fifteen feet. Others injured include W. F. Shom S. J. Butler Joseph Smith Gus Rottate Newton Farmer and Miller the missing man.
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Hlinols Steel Company
Patrick Sullivan
Henry
John McBride
William McAfulen
W. F. Shom
S. J. Butler
Joseph Smith
Gus Rottate
Newton Farmer
Miller
Narrow Escape from Death in LaCrosse Dinner Event
Miss Helen Burton of LaCrosse narrowly escaped death by suffocation after an oyster shell became lodged in her throat during dinner at her grandfather Captain L. H. Moulton’s home. The shell was removed with difficulty. The report also notes Franco-Russian contacts in Constantinople and a hospital ship Maine gift by the queen to be presented by the Duke of Connaught on December 16.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Helen Burton
L. H. Moulton
London
Queen
Maine
Duke of Connaught
Illinois Central's Six Months Gross Earns Tax Payment
Springfield, Dec. 6. The Illinois Central yesterday paid the state treasury 865,940.27 dollars, representing a percentage of its gross earnings for the six months ended October 31, 1890.
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Ilinois
Springfield
Ils
Hlllnois Central
Markets Report From Chicago And Milwaukee
Chicago markets show cattle and hogs mixed with varied quotations, including Christmas beef higher for select steers and steady hog prices. Receipts for cattle and sheep are noted, while Milwaukee grain futures list steady to quiet prices across wheat rye barley oats with no major shifts indicated.
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Chicago
Coyle
Texas
Milwaukee
Northern
Midland Route Tourist Car service resumes Chicago to San Francisco
The C M and St P Ry resumes the Midland Route Tourist Car service from Chicago to San Francisco with a Westbound and Eastbound schedule via Omaha Colorado Springs Salt Lake City and Reno then San Francisco. The trip includes a Salt Lake City stop for sightseeing and departs Chicago Friday night returning Wednesday morning. Also Puerto Rico tours depart Chicago January 11 February 15 and March 8 with Pullman cars and island rail road and sea travel under Walter Townsend with The American Tourist Association.
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St. P. Ry
Chicago
San Francisco
OC. M
St. P
Omaha
CG. RT
BP. Ry
Colorado Springs
Col. Mid
Salt Lake
So. Pac. Ry
Salt Lake City
Puerto Rico
New York
Ponce
San Juan
Walter Boyd ‘Townsend
American Tourist Association
Beau Campbell
Marquette Building
Milwaukee & St. Paul
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