Supreme Court Invalidates Tax on Rents and State Bonds
Washington April 9 The Supreme Court strikes down the income tax on rents and real estate income and on state county and municipal bonds as unconstitutional. Justices differ on remaining provisions but voids apply to rents and bonds while leaving other questions undecided. ruling prompts revenue cut and cabinet reaction.
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Washinetox
Puller
Asx
Urion
Harlan and White
Fuller
Field
Gray
Brewer
Brown
Shiras
Harlan, Brewer, Brown and White
Justces Field
United States
Municipad Corporation
Tre
Circuit Court
Wais Head
Congress
Constitutional Convention
Wien
Hritvin
Culet
White
Justice Field
WaAshington
Supreme Court
Treasury Department
Carlisle
Olney
Washioron
Secretary of the Treasury
Rev Dr Lansing apologizes to President Cleveland
Boston April 9 Rev L J Lansing withdraws a temperance address remark about the presidents drinking habits. He cites conflicting testimonies from unseen witnesses and apologizes to the president and the public for the statement.
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Dr. Lansing
Cleveland
Boston
L. J. Lansing
New England
Salem
United States
Flood Rips Through Axton Valley Rail Lines
A rush of waters from April 9 washed out the Valley railroad track and the Akron Cuyahoga Toledo electric line for miles. A Valley switch engine derailed injuring engineer Charles Konrad with three broken ribs and fireman John Daly with cuts. Several small unoccupied buildings were swept away. Estimated damage runs about $6000.
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Axton
American Cereal Company
Ohio and Pennsylvania Canal
Valley Railroad
Akron, Cuyahoga & Toledo Electric Line
Valley
Charles Konrad
John Daly
Murderous Crimes at Emanuel Church Shock San Francisco
In San Francisco the Emanuel Baptist Church on Bartlett Street becomes the scene of two grisly murders. Minnie Williams was found mutilated in the library, and Blanche Lamont’s strangled body was discovered in the tower. Suspicion focuses on W H L Durant, the church librarian and close associate of both victims, who was arrested at Walnut Creek and jailed in the city prison.
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San Francisco
Emanuel Baptist Church
Bartlett Street
Minnie Williams
Mlanche Lamont
W. HL. T. Durant
Casterdity
Blanche Lamont
Emanuel Church
Roth
W. L.tt. Durant
Young People's Society of the Church
Miss
Durant
Lamont
Noble
Miss Lamont
Theodore Durant
Miss Williams
Blanche
Dr. Gibson
Walnut Creek
Mount Diablo
Ile
Anthony
The Lost Chicora Wreckage Reaches Shore at Burrato
Wreckage from the Chicora is washing ashore in large amounts at Burrato Michigan. A pilot house roof piece, chopped from the vessel, the front flagstaff, a sailor’s chest lid, and broken furniture parts have been recovered, drawing crowds with wagons to collect wood.
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New Burrato
Mich
Gleanings from a Turbulent Era in Brief
The item notes a New York cafe poster captioned Baring for a dimon pin, Portland streetcars gain electricity approval, moths resist green dyes, and a Hartford poet claims dogs enjoy Wagner. It also mentions Aunt Nancy Garrison of Mississippi with extraordinarily long hair and Bordeaux hosting an infancy protection congress in August. Subcutaneous salt injections are linked to some insanity treatments.
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New York
Portland
Bremarp Bunnox
Hartford
Wagner
Nancy Garrison
Helly Springs
Miss
Bordeaux
Illinois Senate and House Debates on Measures April 10 12
Illinois legislators heatedly debated bills across the Senate and House. Topics included a pharmacist in charge for drug stores, a veteran relief act, gaming penalties, circus-related closures, and funding for Anna Insane Hospital improvements. Joint resolutions and adjournments shaped the week’s agenda with multiple readings and committee referrals.
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Senate
Springfield
Logardus
Barnling
Morrison
West Park Board of Uchicago
Crawford
Justices of the Peace
Wis
Humphrey
Lincoln Park Commissioners
Senatutor Fixpatriex
Master
Letourneau
Hamer
Wingyttrcikt
House
Assembly
Ryans
Uogardus
Warner
Evans
Senator Leeper
Green
Anna
Chickamauga
Littler
Reid
ODS
Cody
Kincheloe
Miller
Cook
Ill
Verry
Illinois Farmers’ Institute
Journal
Anna Insane Hospital
Jones
Berry
State Board of Arbitration
Illinois Equal Suffrage Association
Representative Hall
Green County
Cook County
Committee On Judiciary
Kitazmiller
Cleveland
Military history snippets from Civil War to Napoleonic battles
A curio of dates and figures spans Grant's 1865 disbandment order at Washington to Napoleons Marengo outcome. It cites the Gettysburg losses, Inkermann, Bosworth Field, and the Plantagenets with varied casualty and date notes, along with a note on early Civil War drafts and general war wear.
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Grant
War Department
Washington
Barnet
England
Gettysburg
Bosworth Field
Richard II
Napoleon
Demand for Higher Wages Impedes Trade Improvement
R G Dun & Co reports progress toward better business is slow with wage pressures as a chief obstacle. Some factories concede higher wages boosting purchasing power, but strikes offset gains. about 12,000 workers were displaced this week. Bradstreets notes cattle and petroleum price movements and drought shaping supply. regional cities show mixed gains with dry goods and hardware most active in Chattanooga and southern towns.
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Dun
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
St. Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Louisville
Detroit
Kansas City
Omaha
Des Moines
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Atlanta
Augusta
Extraordinary Oil Fever Sweeps Pits Across Ohio and Indiana
Pirrspureau Pennsylvania reports oil prices leaping from 1.17 last Saturday to 1.80 Thursday with a 5 percent net gain and feverish activity. In Totebo Ohio profits jump 24 to 27 1/2 cents per barrel on North Lima Indiana South Lima. Toledo area sees a mania as 1 000 workers drill in Ohio Indiana and southern Michigan with new companies formed and capital pledged to lease territory.
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Pirrspureau
Totepo
Lima
Indiana
South Lima
Ohio
Toledo
Northwestern
Michigan
Northwestern farmers rally to discuss potatoes in Daw son Minnesota
About 2000 farmers gathered in Dawson near the western Minnesota border for a potato rally arranged by the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad. W. M. Hopkins and H. Hall spoke urging diversification and the potato as a profitable substitute for wheat, met with strong enthusiasm.
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Northwestern
St. Pach
Minn
Minnesota
Dawson
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
W. M. Hopkins
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Battle in Cuba as Manuilita Reports Wounded Soldiers
Late reports from Havana say the steamer Manuilita arrived from Santiago with over 500 wounded Spanish troops sent to Havana and Santiago hospitals. A letter describes a clash at Trosones near the Canto river where General Salceda with 1000 troops fought Cuban rebels under Rabí. Spanish losses about 380, Cuban losses four dead and thirty nine wounded.
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Tampa
Fla
Havana
Santiago
Trosones
Canto River
Salceda
Rabi
Mine Disaster at Blue Canyon Claims Twenty Three
Special dispatches report a Blue Canyon mine explosion near Whatcom Washington killing twenty three miners. The blast occurred before shift change as workers climbed to replace fallen men, likely caused by accumulated fire damp in the gangway. In a separate note from St Petersnens dated April 13, the No voe Vremnya discusses Britain’s stance on Japan's Manchuria demands and Russia’s potential response.
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Stavrir
Wash
Post-Intelligencer
Whatcom
Blue Canyon
St. Petersnens
Novoe Vremnya
Great Britain
Japan
Manchuria
Watson Sworn In as Delaware Governor
In Doyen Delaware on April 12 Secretary of State Smithers announced Gov Marvis death to the senate. Speaker Watson then took the oath of office and becomes the new governor of Delaware.
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Watson
Doyen
Del
Marvis
Senate
Smithers
Speaker Watson
Delaware
Cleveland on finance urges adoption of a stable currency
President Cleveland declines Chicago invitation to speak for sound money. He argues for plain, practical reasons to support a safe currency, warning that debased money harms workers, farmers, and the nation. He stresses universal benefit and interdependence in finance and opposes silver monometallism as a danger to public trust.
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Ife
Wasumeron
Cleveland
Chicago
Seaboard
Guy
Grover Cleveland
Oil market closes after May option sale in Ou area
7000 barrels of May option traded before the close sending May 7 and 82 units. price then dropped to 1.08 and finished at 1.00 bid. In Tennessee near Jamestown a 1000 foot well struck a flow yielding twenty five barrels per hour. A reward of 1000 is offered for train robber Oliver C. Perry by American Express president James Vargo.
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Prerspunon
Gildas
Jamestown
Tenn
Perry
New York
American Express Company
James Vargo
Oliver C. Perry
Mattewwin Asylum
Science Notes and Antarctic Expedition Plans
A science miscellany notes seven mile high breathing limits and brick dust mortar as a hydraulic cement substitute. It explains sunlight visibility in a dark room by dust particles and lists drops per cubic centimeter for various liquids. It also reports Dr. Orro Nordenskiep and Dr. Axel Ohlin planning a Swedish Antarctic expedition from Stockholm in July.
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Orro Nordenskiep
Baron Nordenskiold
Stockholm
Axel Ohlin
University of Lund
Epen
Life came from the north in animal distribution debate
The article surveys how fossil and living species trace origins to northern landmasses and shifting continents. It argues against Lemuria and catastrophism, noting parallel waves of life moving from the north to south and linking fossils across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.
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Asia
African
Madagascar
Africa
Australia
South America
India
Cape
Patagonia
Malaysia
Archipelagoes
Mercator
Antarctic Circle
America
Greenland
Europe
Globe
Eden
Great Northern Land Area
North America
New Guinea
Earth
Thames
London
Antarctic
London Saturday Review
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Supreme Court of the United States
Chicora
Tris
Tennessee
Axpersox
Ind
Truman L. Steward
Providence Colony Company
M. M. Finney
Lawrenceburg
Enn
Steward
Theresa Avenue
Missouri Grain & Commission Company
John W. Sharpe
Cuba
Kassia
Finance
Vinces
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