Otis Loses Fight for War Assistant Post
Washington dispatch reports Colonel Harrison Gray Otis of California will not be named assistant secretary of war. McKinley cites geographic balance, with Otis left of state representation. Payne of Milwaukee also fails to win a home post. postmaster questions and tariff debate provoke sharp exchanges in Congress.
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Washington
Harrison Gray Otis
California
Alger
Otis
International Typographical Union
Oregon
Idaho
Nevada
McKinley
Joseph B. Doe
Michigan
Twenty-third
Ohio
Canton
Major McKinley
Calcutta
New York
Henry C. Payne
Milwaukee
United States
John Mitchell
United States Senate
Gary
Associated Press
Department
Bissell
Debates Pointed as Champ Clark Lashes at Republicans
In Washington on March 22, Champ Clark of Missouri electrified a house debate over the agricultural bill with a long, satirical speech. He renounced past anti senate remarks, praised the Senate as a deliberative body, and accused Republicans of empty promises while 6,000,000 citizens were labeled anarchists in the last campaign.
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Washington
House
Champ
Clark
Missouri
Congress
United States Senate
Senate
Senate of the
United States
American Congress
Republican Party
McKinley
Thurston under fire over Hawaii Japanese influx claims
Washington March 22 ex Minister Thurston of Hawaii faced Japanese in city protests as they dispute his warnings of danger from Japanese immigration. D W Stevens of the Japanese legation asserted no Japanese government designs on Hawaii and that immigration firms are private concerns not connected to officials.
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Washington
Thurston
Hawaii
D. W. Stevens
Japan
Work of the House Is Cut Out and the Senate Will Talk
Washington dispatch outlines a long tariff debate in which the House will sit from 10 a m to 11 p m with a dinner recess 5 to 8 p m The general debate ends Thursday and starting Friday the bill will be read for amendment under the five minute rule until March 31 when voting on the bill and amendments occurs The Senate will spend most of the week on the Anglo American arbitration treaty and may take up appropriation bills carried over from the last session with possible changes in committee or on report.
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Washington
House
Senate
Beets Sugar Mill Bill Aims for Nine Year Bounty
Washington signals Representative Maxwell of Nebraska introduced a bill to spur beet sugar and syrup mills. The plan guarantees a ton of beet sugar bounty over nine years: 75 cents for three years, then 50 cents, then 25 cents. The same report notes two remaining appropriation bills passed in the House with agricultural at 3,182,902 and Indian at 7,670,220, plus a resolution for extra mileage and stationery.
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Washington
Maxwell
Nebrasa
House
Congress
Treasury warrant honors Grover Cleveland's final service pay
Treasury warrant No. 9375 for 277.78 dollars issued in Washington on Saturday in final payment to Grover Cleveland as president. The payment completes two hundred thousand dollars for the four years ended March 4.
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Washington
Treasury
Grover Cleveland
United States
Senator Wilson and Jones challenge forestry order at interior
A formal application to rescind part of President Cleveland's February 22 forestry order was filed in the interior department by Senator Wilson of Washington and supported by Representative Jones of the same state.
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Washington
Cleveland
Interior Department
Senator Wilson
Jones
Perry Heath Becomes First Assistant Postmaster General
Washington March 22 Perry Heath of Indiana took the oath of office Saturday as first assistant postmaster general and immediately assumed duties. Also: William M Glenn, veteran AP bureau man and Statehouse correspondent, found dead in his Springfield cabin. Guthrie respite granted until May 21 for Ottawa murder. supporters say defense was inadequate.
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Washington
Perry Heath
Indiana
Springfield
Lls
Wiliam M. Glenn
Glenn
Associated Press
Ill
Tanner
Harry William Guthrie
Ottawa
William Huggins
Tragic family massacre ends with killer's suicide
Five members of the Rainwater Artman family die in a Orrick Missouri area killing spree carried out by B Rainwater then he shoots himself. The violence unfolds after Rainwater lures Johnnie Artman outside and blasts through multiple victims before ending his own life. The incident touches Orrick and nearby sites as authorities pursue charges.
Pearl Bryan murder duo hanged at Newport scaffold
Newport Ky March 22 The murder of Pearl Bryan was avenged when Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling were hanged at 11 41 am on the same scaffold. Both confessed and recanted, dying with secrets about Pearl Bryan and possible accomplices. Cincinnati reports a new Chapter aims to prosecute Pearl Bryan’s cousin William Wood. Detroit Governor Pingree refuses resignation and moots mayoral bid. advisers urge remaining governor to term end. Stewart proposed as new Detroit mayoral candidate.
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Pearl Bryan
Scott Jackson
Alonzo M. Walling
Jule Plummer
Jackson
Bradley
Plummer
Walling
Cincinnati
Alonzo Walling
William Wood
Wood
Ore
Detroit
Pingree
Supreme Court
Dunstan
Albert E. Stewart
Veteran General Fullerton Killed in Maryland Train Wreck
Cumberland Md March 22 An east bound Baltimore and Ohio No 2 Limited train west of Oakland jumped the track sending four cars down an embankment. General J S Fullerton of St Louis was killed and about a dozen people injured including M D Phelps and wife W R Fuller and Jeremiah Houston. Fullerton had served with the Army of the Cumberland and was connected with Chickamauga park work. He left Washington March 14 and was 60.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
No. 2 Limited
Oakland
J. S. Fullerton
St. Louis
M. D. Phelps
Barre
W. R. Fuller
Pullman
Jeremiah Houston
Davis
W. Va
J.D. Richards
Fort Scott
Kan
Fulerton
Washington
Chickamauga National Military Park Commission
Henry V. Boynton
Chattanooga
Joseph S. Fullerton
Chillicothe
Benjamin Harrison
Rutherford B. Hayes
Gordon Granger
Chickmagauga
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Loyal Legion
Fitzsimmons Returns to San Francisco After Career Peak
Boxing legend Bob Fitzsimmons arrived in San Francisco last Saturday, staying at the Baldwin hotel where floral decorations greeted him. He declared no future challenges will tempt him, claiming he has earned enough money and will spend it with his wife and baby, noting he has defeated over 800 men.
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San Francisco
Bob Fitzsimmons
Baldwin Hotel
Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Governor appoints Illinois commissioners for Tennessee exposition
Governor Tanner named a list of Illinois commissioners to represent the state at the Tennessee centennial exposition in Nashville. The roster includes ex-Vice President Stevenson, ex-Governor Joseph W. Fifer, and numerous officials from Bloomington, DeKalb, Chicago, Princeton, JoHet, Springfield, Petersburg, Taylorsville, Jacksonville, Robinson, Galesburg, Macomb, Quincy, and others.
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Tanner
Illinois
Nashville
Stevenson
Joseph W. Fifer
Bloomington
Isaac TL. Elwood
Dekalb
John W. Gates
Chicago
Thomas J. Henderson
Princeton
Howard Snapp
Jo- Het
William I. Shutt
Edward Laning
Petersburg
William Z. Vandeveer
Taylorsville
James T. Iring
Jacksonville
William C. Jones
Robinson
Henry Emrich
Galesburg
John J. Davis
William H. Neece
Macomb
Charles H. Williamson
Quincy
John C. Buckner
Brother killed in Tex land dispute brothers quarrel over rental
Marshall Texas March 22 William Alexander shot his brother David Alexander in front of Mark Alexander home near Hazleton. He fired both barrels of a shotgun killing him almost instantly after a quarrel over land rented in copartnership and Bill declined to drink with Dave. Bill Alexander held on $500 bail.
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Tex
William Alexander
David Alexander
Mark Alexander
Hazleton
Copartnership
Bill
Dave
Governor appoints Evan Johns mine inspector for Seventh district
Springfield March 22 It is reported Governor Tanner has appointed Evan Johns of Barclay state mine inspector for the Seventh district covering southern Illinois Johns will succeed James Bennett of Centralia who was removed The governor refused to confirm or deny the report
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Tanner
Evan Johns
Barclay
Ilinois
Johns
James Bennett
Centralia
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