Congress Debates Immigration and Silver Coinage Proposals
Senate credentials for Montana senators are referenced along with an exchange on emigrants to Africa. House actions include unseating a West Virginia Democrat and approving customs and prison funding measures. Notable incidents include boiler explosions, a fatal train crash, a coal-mine cave-in, and a wave of business failures across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Martin “Mmaginsis
Montana
Senate
Ingalls
Kan
Africa
Jackson
West Virginia
Smith
Cockrell
Walthall
United States
Turbulent 1889-90 Headlines Span Fires Floods and Strikes
A wide survey of disasters and political shifts reports road blockades near San Francisco and Portland, fatal gas explosions in Columbus, a bank president’s body found in the Schuylkill, Newbie Bay’s world voyage finish, and various deaths and legal notices. The piece notes labor organization moves, river floods in California, rail wrecks in Indiana and Alabama, and political changes in Iowa.
Indiana and national obituaries recount notable deaths
Pioneer preacher D D Vy Simp Grinerr died in Indianapolis at age six. General Faulkner, jailed for 1889 Danville bank wreck, died at Canasoraga New York. Rev Farner Stroup head of the Order of the Holy Ghost died in Pittsburgh aged 50. Nominations to the Senate included Guenther, Winter, Pepper, Heard, and Winttass Brons. Chicago Tribune head Winttass Brons died in Chicago aged 76. Mrs Joan Bryce and Mrs Sarah Relyon died in their 100th years. Riley Burvert, organ maker, died in Chicago aged 71. Burdett, famed musical instrument maker, died. his instruments known worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vy. Simp ‘Grinerr
D. D
Indiana
Indianapolis
LesTek B. Faulkner
Danvyville
Canasoraga
N. Y
Farner Stroup
Order of the Holy Ghost
America
Pittsburgh
Senate
Harrison
Richard Guenther
Wisconsin
City
Mexico
John F. Winter
Illinois
Mannheim
George M. Pepper
Ohio
Milan
Augustine Heard
Massachusetts
Corea
Winttass Bnoss
Chicago Tribune Company
United States
Vast Storms and Global Turmoil Reported Worldwide
A sweeping storm in Southern England caused massive damage as tides surged. Reports from Zanzibar claim Dr. Peters is alive and safe in Subaki. Spain grants male suffrage to those born in Spain aged 25 or older. Brazil plans a National Bank with a $100 million capital raised in four hours at Rio de Janeiro. A German hurricane struck, and the Savonia steamship with valuable cargo was abandoned at sea with all hands saved. A Buenos Aires firm failed with debts of $10 million. A Beaufort Ontario cannery burned, costing $300,000. An ecclesiastic’s brother absconded with $120,000. Mexico imposes strict quarantine on American hogs amid cholera concerns. The Belfast linen warehouse burned for $1.5 million. The Loch Moidart ship wrecked with 30 drowned. the Janet Cowah reported five sailors lost near the Isle of Wight. Berlin marked Emrerom Wirtas’s 32nd birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Snow
San Francisco
Portland
Columbus
Federated Miners
National Trades Assembly
Knights of Labor
National Progressive Union
Mapes
N. D
Emery Mapes
Elizabeth Cochrane
Herr Moss
New York
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
David Alexander
Bishop Whittaker
Wesley McNamara
Gilbert Jones
Sabatha
Kan
United States
Bunker Hill
Ind
Cincinnati
Knight & Co
Abbeville
S. C
A. N. Nelson
Greenville
Ala
South Carolina
Texas
Atlantic Express
Rio Grande
Monument Station
Cal
National
House Committee On
Camp Hill
Savannah & Western Railway
California
Sacramento
Russeau
Rocky Mountains
Carmela
Kittery Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. H
Joan LB. Lallande
New Orleans
Johnstown
N. Y
Nashville, Tenn
Wyoming Ranges
Newport
Ark
John Schreider
Misa Emma Fry
James Massinger
Logansville
O. Preston
Stevenarville
Mont
England
Zanzibar
Dr. Peters
Subaki
Spanish Chamber of Deputies
National Bank of the
United States of Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Nuericane
Germany
Savonia
Repetto
Naples
G. MacLeish
Belfast
Ireland
Loch Moidart
Callantsoog
Holland
Janet Cowah
Isle of Wight
Emrerom Wiirtas
Berlin
Republican caucus names for speaker and deadlock resumes
The Iowa House Republicans nominate Silas Wilson and Democrats nominate J T Hamilton for speaker as the chamber resumes its deadlock. Also noted are multiple distant events: deaths in Chicago and Warwick, a large oil works fire at Hunter's Point, Queensland floods with six drownings, a fatal blast near Sunbury, and other national items including a railroad snow delay and a major tax bill passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa House
Silas Wilson
J. T. Hamilton
House
Connan Seiro
Chicago
Kerry” Currin
Warwick
N. Y
Standard Oil Works
Hunter's Point
Maryborough
Queensland
Sunbury
Lexington
J. Joss
Cascade
Cal
Tux
Montana Supreme Court
San Antonio
Tex
Tony Wilson
Robert Miles
United States
Senate
Mississippi
Four Coaches Go Over Trestle in Monon Wreck
Passenger train No. 1 from Chicago wrecked near Carmel Indiana. Four coaches fell into Wilkerson creek catching fire. Six lives lost and many injured as rescue efforts saved several occupants. Officials dispute cause with claims of bridge decay and axle failure.
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Carmel
Frankfort
Mrs
Nellie Eubanks
Broad Rapids
Ind
Cr. Deming
Akull
Octavia Oldham
Sheridan
Mary Hoover
Horton
Washington Boulevard
Chicago
Henry Sineher
Indianapolis
Abraham Angle
Charles Angle
B. O. Whitsett
Julius B. Pearson
G. W. Stingle
Roseville
Lewis Nauman
Cleveland
Henry Miller
Newark
Henry Clarke
Eagletown
Horace Carey
Westfield
Lemuel Jackson
N. B. Ingersoll
George Good
Cowles
J. E. Cowles
Ming Mary Fitzpatrick
George Miller
Ella Douglass
Albert Cox
Terhuno
Dr. Kerr
Charles L. Wirt
Frank
Diverse notes mix migration, trade and science across borders
The item catalog reports 125000 French Canadians shifting for work, a Chilean cave near Chico California, a Derrit shipyard building an 800 foot steel lake ship, and Pacific Coast manufacturing growth. It notes Japanese arrivals, French cooks, annexation debates, black labor shifts, and health and tax topics. It mentions an Egyptian obelisk decay in Central Park, a debt-free Kansas town with a woman council, a Dresden watch, and telegraph invention sales. It covers a California health board stance on immigrant disease, a pension fraud arrest, a gold quartz find near James Town New York, jewel theft convictions, a California marriage gift ruling, and a Mormon migration to Canada with polygamy questions.
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Chico
Cal
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Pacific Coast
Canada
United States
Mexico
South
Central Park
New York
Treasury
Treasury Department
BAYLUS@ADE
Louisburg
A. L. Reynolds
Springfield
Chicago
Jamestown
N. Y
Chautauqua Lake
Californnia
Chence
Supreme Court
Ripples of Mirth and Lighter Moments
A collage of light jokes and social vignettes. banter on love and coal, garden hints, suitors in Maine, hotel name ideas, a photo miscue, nursery decor woes, a snoring sermon attendee, and a night-nurse reading the author’s latest work for wakefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alormon
Emily
Noritina
Maine
Gnost
Jackson
Johnson
Trene
Local News Briefs Highlight Illness and Death
The town reports several cases of influenza and grippe with residents including Eliza Nuss visiting Tonica and a German music teacher at T. E. Gallagher's. The death of banker S. G. Pratt of Tonica is noted, with burial on Tuesday after his Sunday morning death.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and Arc Lightning Pamphlet Notice
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertised as the best remedy for cuts bruises sores ulcers and eruptions with a money back guarantee and 25 cent price at Dr Powell’s drug store. A pamphlet on the Arc lightning system by Western Electric Co is offered via J William Parker with claims of a large company in five cities and extensive electric lightning business. Miss Boice's illness prompts Miss McCune to teach three days then travel to Chicago for recovery with Mrs Law. Miss Boolee improves after the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Dr Powell's
J. William Parker
Western Electric Co
Chicago
Clinton St
New York
London
Antwerp
Berlin
Missa Boice
Misa Mc Cune
W. T. Law
Miss Bolee
Counterfeit Soaps Fail to Match Ivory Quality
A reader notes many white soaps claim to be as good as Ivory but argues they lack its unique qualities. The writer urges customers to insist on genuine Ivory, stating it is sold everywhere.
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Mount Jessup
George Com‘stock
Conn
Hallowell
Harnison
Nicholas Meyer
Wilkes County
Tinteen Young Men
Gunneville
Edgar Elliott
Lady Temperance Workers
National Crusaders
Ellen J. Phinney
Tur
Methodist Episcopal Church of America
Kansas City
Old Unitarian Church
West Roxbury
Mass
First Congregational
Harpy's Mills
North Troy
Jack Jolson
August Swanson
Chestertown
Joux Goon
Pulaskiville
Crank Adams
Lima
Central Pacific
Oregon
Summit
Tandy H. ‘Trice
St. Joseph
Mfo
Montgomery
Als
Green ‘Braxton
Lewis Pugh
Chattanooga
Tenn
Philip Jones
Charles H. Hobart
Henry M. Jackson
Thene
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Joseph Marrot
Lamar
Nottingham
Wilkesbarre
Francis Bower
Harvard
Boston
AvAx ForBranGs
Jomx Atars
Winchester
CarTain Cuartes W. Reap
Meridian
Miss
Arkansas
Florida
Clarence
Webb
William Crurcureenp
Congress
Textnessee
Iowa
House of Representatives
Henry 8. Wilcox
Rep
L. D. Hotchkiss
Dem
Appaling
South Dakota
Hunon
Berganes
Paates
Brockera
Eeaee
Estes Genesee Te
Henry
Asteaoens
J. W. Ryan
Peoria
Eureka Collews Areka
Hedding College
Abingdon
Noted Heart Convent
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