Congressional actions and notable 1890s events span railroads and justice
A mixed summary notes senate and house activity on railroad station mandates in Indian Territory, nominations and confirmations for the Supreme Court, and various bills on seigniorage and murder definitions. It also reports a Santa Fe era of industry losses, political shifts, a tropical of local crimes, fires, and social reform momentum.
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United States Senate
Hth
House
Rock Island Railroad Company
End
Round Point
Indian Territory
Benjamin Lenthier
Massachusetts
United States
Sherbrooke
Can
Mosare
Fellows
Fitch
Senate
Mississipp
Jo Laurin
Wheeler EL
Wheeler EL Pxexgas
Supreme Court
Hoar
Curtis
Bland
Hicks
Lilly
Pennsylvane
Daniel
Dem. Va
Edward D. White
Loufalong
Aupreme Court
Many events mark a volatile U.S. week of 1894
A sweeping weekly roundup reports 823 business failures in seven days ending the 16th, with Detroit wholesale drug house Farranp Willows & Curn destroyed by fire at a loss of 170000. It notes low prices for wheat silver coke and iron and steel and cites dynamite bombs on a Florida road. It mentions executions lynchings and various crimes across states, including a Kentucky murder case and rail yard violence.
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Domes TG
Tux Calumet Paper Company
Chicago Toy and Fancy Goods Company
Achience
American National Bank
Springfield
America
Tur
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Fink
CaRto Turrman
Horn Leake Landing
Memphis
Tenn
Tuz
Old Kentucky Paper Company
Louisville
United States
Bos CoLiins
Oglethorpe
Prinng CoLoMa
George H. Altwell & Yous
Milwaukee
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Washington
Finx
Miller Block
Columpus
James EB. Stoxx
Denson Wrattan
Ind
Jeffersonville
Chicago
Tyre-state Normal and Training School
Oneonta
N. Y
Cleveland
Farranp, Wiollaws & Curn
Detroit
Mich
Florida
Jax Dick
Thomas Gray
Eufals
I. T
Robert L. Cutting
New York
Indiana governor pardons Franx Caripx after eleven years
Fr anx Caripx, jailed eleven years for murder in Indiana, receives a gubernatorial pardon from Gov. Matthews. The report also notes the thirtieth anniversary of the Knights of Pythias and a string of obituaries and incidents across the country.
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Franx Caripx
Indiana
Unemployed Demonstration Sparks Near Riot in Boston
Five thousand unemployed men jam the Boston common and state house grounds demanding aid. Governor Greenhalge addresses protesters. police deploy to control the crowd as leaders seek petitions. A committee is formed to press relief measures including state work programs and a permanent unemployed commission.
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Boston
Tech
State House
M. J. Swift
Swift
Beacon Hill
House of Representatives
Meyer
House
Beacon Street
Greenhalge
McKinley's Old Home Restored to Governor and Mrs McKinley
Property once assigned by Governor McKinley after a failed note deal has been transferred back to him and his wife. Trustees H B Kohlatt Myron T Herrick and Judge William R Day organized private subscriptions to meet the obligations. Final papers filed in the probate court at Canton.
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Clive Lane
William R. Day
Canton
Capton
Tragedy in Missouri Man Kills Wife Then Shoots Self
A Maysville man J Froman shot his wife during a domestic dispute and then fatally wounded himself. The wife was struck in the right hand and breast while pleading, and Froman died from the self-inflicted gunshot. The woman may recover. The incident occurred Feb 22 in Missouri.
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Maysville
Maysvile
J. Froman
Froman
Moonshiner and Officer Tales from a Southern Page
A ragbag of quips and anecdotes from a Southern weekly includes remarks on a moonshiner dying suddenly due to eyesight loss, a shot at a revenue officer missing its mark, a prosecutor’s quip about a mean man in New York, and light humor about family clothing and tan lines.
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New York
Reu
Alex BE
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