Court rules on witness answers in interstate cases
U S court affirms lower court finding in a test case about compelling witnesses to answer questions in interstate commerce matters. Theodore F B Brown argues constitutional protection against self incrimination. Supreme Court upholds law requiring replies despite possible incrimination. Justices Brown, Field, Shiras, Gray, White dissent.
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Shiras
Gray
White
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Surpreme
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Western District of Pennsylvania
Habeas Corpis
Aroga
Allegheny Valley Railroad Company
Commission
Juates Brown
Tomaghver
Thirteen Miners Killed in Gas Explosion Near Dubois
A gas explosion in a new coal mine near Dubois Pennsylvania killed thirteen miners. Eighteen entered the shaft that morning. three parties attempted escape as gas filled the workings. A rescue party recovered bodies. one man survived, and families face poverty as a result of the tragedy.
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Dubois
Tofalsck
Salisbury on Venezuela A Peace Society Reply
Lord Salisbury replies to the London Peace Society memorial favoring Anglo American arbitration of the Venezuela question. He notes government consideration and mentions proposals are before the United States Government. The Daily News and The Chronicle praise the reply as hopeful for easing the international crisis.
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Peace Society
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James Stanfield
United States
The
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Inter
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the Chronicle
Venezuela
FEW SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT IN TRADE OUTLOOK
R G Dun & Co weekly review reports tepid recovery prospects with only pockets of improvement in shoes and small industries. Poor weather, early overbuying, and cautious creditors drag down sentiment as U S and Canada see notable business declines and higher failures in the latest week.
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R. G. Dun &Co
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Canada
Explosion Kills Two At Eliott Cuy Maryland
An explosion at Eliott Cuy Maryland killed two men and injured three others when dynamite stored by Williams exploded. Williams faced a dangerous lapse in handling as a large quantity of dynamite near a store was ignited by a fuse as Mr Claggett intervened. The blast hurled Williams thirty feet and knocked Claggett aside while bystanders nearby were shaken and briefly stunned.
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Nevada
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Atora
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Williams
Flo
Claggell
Aahawan
Williama
Mr. Claggett
Murder Plot and Confession Rock Kansas County
A separation in Anthony Kansas follows the arrest of Mire Redman Madrlex and a man named Clark on charges of murdering her husband Charles Tadiman. Redman confesses hiring Clark for 50 pounds to ambush and kill Tadiman, with the money paid through Maddox. Clark was found with the payment after arrest.
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Harper County
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Mire
Redman
Wmn
Madrlex
Clark
Charles Tadiman
Rodgian
Deat
Kiama
Fire Devours Oil Refinery Tanks With Spreading Blaze
A warehouse fire engulfed the oil refinery area as oil from tanks flowed in streams of fire. Water failed to halt the blaze, oil spread across property and railroad tracks blocking traffic. Telegraph and telephone lines near the refinery burned from the heat. Nine tanks, mostly refined, were consumed.
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Allegheny Valley
Trafic
Tragic Westfield Crime Read by Miss Douglas
Miss Douglas tells of a brutal crime near Westfield Iowa on Monday. She describes being attacked while riding toward Akron, dragged into bushes, sexually assaulted, and forced back onto her horse. She narrowly escaped drowning or death as the assailant bound her and rode with her for over two hours until found at about 8 20 relock.
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Westfield
Iowa
Akron
Villian
Filibuster Sighting Shocks Assateague Island Virginia
A mysterious flotilla beaches men on Assateague Island Virginia and locals suspect a Cuban expedition. The strangers arrive by rowboat from a small steamer and claim to be parasailors heading to Norfolk for coal before a planned Bermuda voyage.
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Virginia
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Cuba
Ela Acean
Rol- Tamsean
Edison’s Achievement Reveals Transparent Human Body
Thomas Edison reportedly succeeded with rays to penetrate a living body revealing lungs heart arteries muscles and tissues. An assistant served as subject as a cathode setup and chemical screen allegedly showed internal workings in a last week experiment.
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Islaes
War materiel seized near Cardenas
Captured by Wergler, Minister Dupuy da Lome at Washington, a cablagram reports rifles, ammunition and other supplies seized near Cardenas. The materials are believed to be war materiel slipped aboard the schooner J. Mallory, which was captured and released by U S authorities.
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Dupuy da Lome
Washington
Woyler
Cardenas
J. 5. Mallory
United States
Censure of Ambassador Bayard Divides House Amid Rebuke
The House censured Ambassador Bayard for his utterances in Great Britain by a vote of 180 to 71 with six Democrats and four Republicans split. A second vote approved a pledge that diplomatic agents abroad should avoid public discussion by 191 to 59. Representative Adams urged discipline, noting Bayard’s long service and status as an American envoy.
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Great Britain
Washington
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Texas
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Delaware
Vailey
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Cummings
New York
Latimer
South Carolina
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Sorg
Ohio
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Maryland
Cooke
Ilinois
Draper
Massachusetts
Pitney
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House
Adams
Rep
Brazil
Harrison
Mr. Bayard
Battle in Pinar del Rio signals Cuban victory claim
Havana dispatches depict a fierce engagement at Pinar del Rio as a crushing setback for Weyler's forces, despite Spanish reports of a victory. Analysts in New York and Washington assess the Cuban insurgents’ bold attack and project possible Spanish withdrawal or recall. The evidence suggests Cuba’s rebellion may not be suppressed this winter as military progress stalls in the campaign.
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Olney
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Bayard Speech Sparks Bipartisan Debate in Senate
The Senate debated resolutions censuring Mr Bayard for his Edinburgh remarks. Democrats Allen, Bailey, Cummings, Huntelson, Layton, Owens, Pendleton, Sorg, and Stokes supported censor, while nine Democrats backed the second resolution. Republicans opposed.
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Mississippi
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Cummings
New York
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Texans
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Ohio
Owens
Kentucky
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Sorg
Stokes
Carolina
Chamberlain on Egypt Soudan Policy in Commons
In Friday afternoon debate Mr Chamberlain stated England aims to recover the Soudan as essential to peace and prosperity in Egypt. He said Britain could not evacuate Bernt until its tasks there were done, and noted Italian reverses in Abyssinia that spurred dervish resistance. A motion by Mr John Marley to cut civil service funds by L50,000 to censure policy was defeated.
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Great Britain
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Heavy Snow Delays Rail Travel Across New York
A fierce winter storm in New York State disrupts railroad service with track conditions deteriorating and trains abandoned or delayed. Snow plows toil through the night as two days bring roughly twenty two inches of snow, crippling routes into Rochester and at major junctions like Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh and New York Central.
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Doings of Congress Daily Report on Debates and Resolutions
The House debates resolutions censuring Bayard amid speeches from Hitt and McCreary with Cousins supporting the measure. Senate moves on Cannon's Utah Indian Reservation opening and Du Pont case. multiple bills pass including court costs, habeas corpus, Rock Island bridge, bridge across canal, and salaries for the Court of Claims. Cuban question dominates, with calls for war status and Latin American policy debated alongside a Louisiana election contest decision.
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