Iowa House Exonerates Speaker Byers In Lobby Inquiry
The House committee cleared Speaker Byers of alleged influence by building and loan lobbyists in last winter's committee appointments. Lobbyist Jackman was denounced for claiming influence and for seeking money. The legislature advanced the building and loan bill with the Allen amendment, while the Senate moved on printing and binding savings and medical practice measures.
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Byers
C. B. Jackman
House
Allen
Lambert
Jackman
Executive Council
Polk County District Court
Ioan’ Association
Senate
Dowell
van Houten
Noe Quints and the Portland Maine Justice of the Peace
In a Maine village near Portland a storekeeper and justice employed two Irish laborers to saw wood. The plan backfired when the man disappeared, the oath was administered, and the justice exposed the debt dispute over the work. The scene ends with the promisor keeping the argument ongoing and the coat removed.
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Portland
Maine
Ownagistrata
J. P
Fur and feather punishment legend linked to Richard I
The text argues that the idea of fur and feathers as punishment dates back to Richard I and Philip II during the crusades. It claims the penalties included hot pitch and feathering, with the offender left on a shore after the act.
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Tate
Judge Lynch
Richard Coeur de Lion
Philip Augustus
Queen Victoria Relatives Mentioned in Historic Imprisonment Tale
The Chicago News reports on long vanished relatives of Queen Victoria linked to the Leiningen line. It notes a Countess in Vienna and a Count in English custody, with alleged crimes including forgery blackmail and swindling.
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Grace
Kingston
Queen Victoria
Leiningen
Brines
Vienna
Chicago News
Bones Found Encrusted in Silver Ore at Rocky Mountain Mine
In the Rocky E'sint mine near Gilman a group of human bones were embedded in silver ore 400 feet underground. The ore clung to the bones worth over $100, and an arrowhead was found with the remains, suggesting ancient presence in the era of silver vein formation.
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Rocky
E’sint
Gh- Man
Chauncey Depew and the Farmer Dream
Chauncey M Depew aspired to be a farmer as a youth but his father urged college. He attended Yale for a term then planned to farm again, but his father sent him back to the hayfield and he returned to college without protest.
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Chauncey
Chauncey M. Depew
Chaunecey
Yale
Depew
Quer Fosensen
Callens
Amin
National Solons Review of Leftover Bills and Tariff Debate
The House passed two remaining appropriation bills, agriculture at 3 182 902 and Indian at 7 070 220, then extra mileage and stationery funds were approved. Tariff debate continued with the Senate approving amendments for Britain arbitration terms and a Dolliver speech highlighting civil service and election issues. nominations and miscellaneous bills followed.
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Congress
Holman
Treasury
Bailey
Texas
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Great Britain
United States Supreme Court
Oscar
Norway
Dolliver
Iowa
Nebraska
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Selyragka
Winger Frerinson
Qrezoy
Geners
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Wiscotsin
Otheir Defarturitis
Geores E. Thuminel
Matabal
United States District of
Fari Hill
Elyuse
Tohy W. Venterron
Florida
Mgr
Cal
Alp
Tianmr
Notable Deaths and a Weekend of Oddities
Telegraphic notices report the death of chess author Terman Lehaves in Devlin at age Te and Walter Scrymser, a wealthy New York retiree, in Elizabeth NY. Ames wins Michigan final oratorical contest with no true oration. Castelairles Snows takes second. Burglars threaten Capt Ben Alford’s Shawnee Springs home. one thief captured after his wife seeks help. Authorities in Britain consider female medical inspections for troops in India. The Sandoen Lanent refutes illness rumors about the king who glides daily, aiming for five furlongs. Tadimer R. Jones, American speculator and horse dealer, arrested in Magkid on an extradition warrant for forgery, shipped to New York aboard the steamer New York.
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Terman Lehaves
Devlin
Walter Scrymser
New York
Elizabeth
Bayard HH. Ames
Universing of
Michigan
Ben Alford
Shawnee Springs
Mich
Ammons
Lritisi
India
Sondoen Lanent
Tadimer R. Jones
Whoa
Magkid
PSST
Greece
Kanags City Journal
Rrussia
Europe
George
Kruger
New York Journal
Baltimore American
Chicago Tribune
Cuba
Sherman
Havana
Washington Post
Baltahary
Kimberies
Ufala Tinga
Guban
Spain
hNew
York Herald
Chicago
Miscellany of 1900s Dispatches and Quips Across Pages
A rapid stew of far reaching quips and brief items from various papers. Notes mention sea serpents tollgates Kentucky politics and the North Pole probe with sharp wits and political jabs. The montage reflects press humor and editorial views across cities.
Tariff Bill Aims at Farmer Protection and Rail Ulterior Rates
Special Washington correspondence outlines the new tariff bill's impact on agricultural products and inputs favored by farmers. It compares the proposed duties with McKinley and Wilson laws, praising protections while noting shifts in wool, carpet wool, and textile inputs.
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House of Representatives
Congress
MocKinley
House
Gan
Grosvenor
Ohio
Bis
DHS
United States
Wilson BP
Middle West
Meinley
Bilthi
McKinler
Wilbot
McKintey
Wars and Means
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