Yorktown celebration funds and Senate debate details
The session covered bills on military affairs including relief for John Porter and debates on presidential authority. Petitions for Weaver bill and U S notes were discussed. A monument appropriation and Yorktown centennial preparations were approved, with adjournment after tribute to Senator Chandler and related Senate actions.
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Klystem
Ranponesi
Benate
Ofzj Mtz
John Porter
Logan
Congress
Messrs
Wpendicton
Ingalls Aria
Crow
Bayard
Unite States Notes
Yorktown
Battle of
Chandler
Havard Biaine
Antho Logan
Morrill
Dblai
Tsmorom
Fanniverey
Natalin
Wallace
Tionr
Ranaom
Sna
Eddie
Oseago
Senate
Benatar Ee
Benatar LV
Wiliuass
Rwhey
Dunnell
Btone
Crapo
Barber
Willits
Garfield
House
McDonald
Committee On
Judiciary
Keinside
Posco
Pris
Gordon
Davis
W. Va
Warner
Was
Committee of Rules
MY. Knott
Committee on‘Judiciary
William D. Taliiaferro
Virginia
Concera
Teleimone test links Omaha to St Louis for four hundred miles
The report claims a successful teleimone link between Omaha and St Louis, with the song The Sweet By and By heard clearly in St Louis and repeated in Omaha for a Chicago Inter Ocean feature. The item also notes a New York police incident with three boys bound for Leadville and a Boston to New York voyage, plus various legal and educational notes.
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Omaha
St. Louie
St Louis
Bt-Loula Acconpine
Leavenworth
Kan
Chicago J Inter-Ocean
Monroe Parish
Walling
Worcester
Maza
Boston
New York
Wee
Chicago
Rhode Island Leader Urges Votes for Women and Prohibition
In a recent message Governor Van Zandt of Rhode Island advocated granting women the right to vote on school issues and replacing the Liquor Law with prohibition. On the 27th the Maine Supreme Court rendered decisions on questions posed by a state legislative body. The judges acknowledge the questions were submitted by a seminary- organized group, though their exact origin remains unclear.
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Gu Trnor van Zandt
Rhode Island
Maine Eupranee Court
Dévlefon
USA Pasion
Maine Fusion Legislature and Court Ruling Echo Split Government
The Maine Fusion Legislature faced a decisive court ruling affirming the existing Republican government as legal. The court rejected the fusionist authorities and warned that only one government can be obeyed, with Weeks and Locke named as lawful leaders. Fusion lawmakers rejoined with some seats as investigations into officials continued.
Global unrest and political turmoil flagged in scattered dispatches
Reports recount the Greek Cabinet resigning after Parliament refused their funding request, an insane verdict on a would‑be assassin of the Spanish king, and Americans detained in Naples over a 83 000 franc heist. Other items note evictions resisted in Ireland, arson probes, Mayo Nationalists under sedition indictments, and casualty updates from Kabul and India.
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Spain
Naples
Brus- Dosrin
County Armagh
Ratliff
County Mayo
Michael Davitt
Thomas Brennan
Dwchess of Marlborough'adund
Hag
Calcutta
Indiah
Mohamed Jans
Gord
G ¥ Iersl Roberts
Cabul
Yakoob Khan
Ameer
Severe earthquakes and wide damage in Cuba and Ireland
Reports describe a powerful earthquake near Bartholomew Bay and San Cristobal causing extensive destruction and homelessness to many residents. Elsewhere a Meissen coal mine disaster claims fifteen lives, and a Caspian Sea transport loss leaves most soldiers dead. Other items note disease rises in St. Petersburg, Pope health anxiety, and various European political and industrial developments.
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Wes Leon
Jauchimore
Tedatter
San Cristobal
Gtér
Wes
Cuba
Meissen
Saxony
Odessa
Caspian Sea
Parsontown
County Louth
Ireland
St. Petersburg
Russia
Paris
Abbe de Baize
Ujiji
Central Africa
Ottawa Canada
New York
New Haven
Southampton
Berlin
Vatican
Roberts
Cabul
Afghanistan
Barcelona
Spain
Prince Bissarex
Germany
Hanover
Pennsylvania
Hergt
Earl of Bessborough
Liverpool
Lord Ramsay
German Steamship Company
Peru
Dublin Mansion House Relief Committee
United States
Canada
Parnell
Buffalo
Mansion House
Dublin relief fund tops in Irish aid record
Later news reports the Mansion House Committee in Dublin received contributions for Irish sufferers totaling 107500 dollars by the evening of the 81st air. Other items note a Zanzibar telegram claiming Stanley the explorer was heard from at Yalta, Russia decides to boost war forces by 150000, and General Hammond denying confessions. Also mentions tax committee in Washington, Senate sessions, and various court and crime notes.
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Biiking-Forte
Senate
Joseph A. Locke
House of Representatives
George
Maine
Sawyer
Fusion
White
Finance Committee
Schurz
E. H. Hayt
Indian Affairs
Bist
the Board of Indian Commissioners
Hayt
Fisk
Hammond
General Hammond
House
United States Senate
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Inola
Iowa
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Riouwa Ard Frormixomam
Charlestown
Maas
Sethu
Hares
Chicago
Major Reno
Mansion House Committee
Dublin
Zanzibar
London
Stanley
Yalta
Congo
St. Petersnine
Russia
Washington
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Committee of the Indian Board
National Democratic Committee
Secretary of War
District of Columbia
Rush Clark
L. Cox Youne
New York
Mate Grand Army of the Republic
Charles Freemax
Pocasent
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Dmnols
E. D. Bwale
W. Burst
George Puterbaugh
Peoria
Fragmented scraps reveal tales of folly and danger
A jumble of anecdotes covers curious acts and mishaps from restless minds. A painter shapes vice, a rain avoidance joke, and a starlet dodges divorce questions. A Boston eyesore tale ends with a bruised shopkeeper and a stilts-walking youth. A cat traps a New Haven home, then escapes via a bell switch.
Washington as a Fireman in 1774 Friendship Company
The Friendship Fire Company formed in 1774 by neighbors who pledged mutual aid and carried two leather buckets and a bag of linen. George Washington became an honorary member and inspected Philadelphia engines while attending the Congress. On returning to Philadelphia, he bought a small fourth class engine from ibbs for use by the group.
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Tax -Now -Haven Register
Connecticut
Lorra
St. Louis
Paris
Central Schools of Design
France
Providence
K. L
Yoong Man & i
Tenn
W. W. Corcoran
Washington
Stockton
Cal
Ashe
New Haven
Bencoming
Aubi
Ayia
Friendship Fire Company
Ornaburg
Linnen
Philadelphia
Beaton Heights Commander Inspires Friendship Engine
In Beaton Heights a future Commander in Chief dispatched the Friendship Company engine before departure. He recalled his youth in Alexandria where he joined fires and once stopped a poorly manned engine. Riding with his servant He leaped off and helped start a crowd-roused response that shook the engine in ways never forgotten.
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Beaton, Heights
Friendship Company
Alexandria
King Street
William F. ‘Carne
Harper's Magazine
Costly Fuel Leads to Charred Cash Redemption Sought
Chicago Journal reports Commissioner Hoyne handling a request to redeem burned paper money after two Goldberg traders reported a box of cinders from a stove fire. A family hid 500 in a stove last fall, then burned it. affidavits were sent to the Treasury for redemption consideration.
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Creenbacka
Lors
Hoyne
Isis
Treasury Department
Gulberg Goldberg
Erick Goldberg
National Bank
South
Clark Street
Goldberg
Washington
Goldbergs
Chicago Journal
Not So Much of a Joke in Toccoa Marriages
A double marriage by four residents of Toccoa occurred at a South Carolina justice’s home as a joke about license requirements. They learned that Palmetto State law recognizes the ceremonies, prompting possible divorce actions. One couple may accept the outcome. the other faces likely divorce suits.
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Toccoa
South Carolina
Georgia
Palmetto
Atlanta & A
Price of lace collar sparks vanity lesson in San Francisco
In San Francisco a scene at a shop window shows two young women debating luxury. One laments price over beauty as a lace collar priced at forty five dollars prompts a dramatic, tucked away retreat and a wary response about deceit.
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San Francisco
Millis
North Georgia Conference Adds Members and Churches
The North Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South reports 61 153 members an increase of 3 the year. It includes 650 churches that paid 84 494 dollars for pastor support, reflecting broader church outreach.
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North Georgia
Methodist Episcopal Church
Tragic Fire Injures Father and Destroys Child
A horrific Chicago apartment fire at 628 West Lake street left a painter severely burned while attempting to save his two year old daughter who perished in the flames. The mother, also burned, and a neighbor named Richard Westlake aided the injured, with both Woodward and his child rushed to the hospital where the child died at eight in the evening. The father’s inhalation injuries frame a very serious prognosis.
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Saya
Charles Woodward
West Lake Street
Woodward
Michigan Avenue
Richard Westlake
Elton Steadman
Chicago Tribune
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