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Newspaper

Indiana Progress

Location

Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1889

Page

6

House and Senate Briefs on Readiness and Centennial Panel

In Tuesday sessions the House and Senate reported readiness to proceed after reading journals. The House appointed a committee on the Centennial Celebration led by Mr. McKinley and prepared for a written message from the President. The Senate read the President’s message through Secretary McCook and adjourned after the reading.

McKinley Prades Mears Bayne Hill Carter Culbertson Texas Cummings House Senate McPherson Edmunds McCook

Peralta grant dispute over 5 million acres urged for denial

Surveyor General Johnson submits adverse report to the General Land Office regarding the Peralta grant claimed by James Addison Reavis. The 5,003,000 acres include Phoenix Florence and Solomonville, valued near 625 million. Foregoing forged and fraudulent papers cited. recommends denial and vigorous prosecution of those responsible.

Johnson General Land Office Peralte James Addison Phenix Florence Solomonville Fernando VI Spain Miguel Peralta New Spain Beavis Atitie Wifk Peralta

Burglary Worker Executed in Grim Hangman Scene

Wiliam B Harvey, who murdered his wife and two daughters in March, was hanged at Gedipgh, Oat. Friday morning. The execution proved bungled with the rope poorly weighted, the condemned man strangled slowly, and the gruesome sounds audible outside the jail wall.

William B.arvey Harvey Gedipgh Oat

Congress Action On Tariffs And Silver Coinage

The argument urges prompt congressional action to adjust tariff inequalities while preserving protection for domestic farms, and to extend the free list with non injurious imports. It discusses silver coinage, notes Treasury holdings, and supports plans to use silver in currency with notes or certificates. It also covers Indian affairs, settler claims, government merit systems, and federal aid to education, emphasizing local control and gradual national involvement.

Senate House of Representatives Maritime Congress Ree Congress Ees Treasury Secretary of the Treasury National Guard David Terry Justice Field Supreme Court of the United States Lathrop Cal United States Interstate Commerce Commission Lee Ee Picciee Department OF Agriculture America Vane Bate Imental Bette Ne Ves Bae Tts Central South Japan Seleels Great Oceans Snd Ieneers Pavel

Tragic Minneapolis Tribune fire claims seven lives

A seven story blaze at the Union League rooms in the Minneapolis Tribune building killed seven and left about $300,000 in property with many workers trapped on the seventh floor. Victims included J F Igoe Associated Press operator and Edward Olsen University of Dakota president, among others.

Union League Minneapolis Tribune Olson University of Dakota J. F. Igoe Associated Press Agent Miles Detroit Mich Igoe Milton A. Pickett Pioneer Press Tribune Pierce McCutcheon Smith Milton Pickett James F. Igoe Edward O’sen University of South Dakota Vermillion Jerry Jenkinson Robert McCutcheon W. H. Millman the Tribune Walter E. Miles

Fatal Philadelphia bakery fire claims six lives

Early Monday a fire at Gustave Gross bakery on Second and Huntingdon streets Philadelphia gutted the building. Six people died and five were seriously burned while four Bitner children and two Gross children survived uninjured. Injured include Joseph and Mrs Bitner and Hattie Gross. Cause cited as a furnace back draft. one hospitalized victim later died.

Second and Huntingdon Streets Philadelphia Gustave Gross Bitner Gross Gustave Gross, Jr Bruno Gross George Bitner Ida Bitner Annie Bitner Margaret Gross Sre Joseph Bitner John Emilsbaum Hattie Gross Grose

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