Congress Endorses Holiday Recess and Rail Bill Debates
Washington reports include the Pension Committee’s substitute for Mexican Service pensions, a telegraph cable receiving mandate, and metal rate fixes. Witnesses testifying in the Star Route trial involve Brady and Spencer, with court guidance on stenographer pay and shared expenses.
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Washington
House
Brewster Cameron
Joyce
Vermont
Senate
Logan
Committees of
Ways and
Moana
Henry Richardson
Louisiana
Caine
Utah
Jas. Hunter
Missouri
St. Joseph
Green C. Chandler
United States
Mississippi
Hilbern
District of California
Robert C. Campbell
Congal
Montery
Henry Joseph
New York
Tehran
Persia
Lincoln
Elisa
Brady
Ting
Rachine
Whites River
Dorsey
Spencer
Chicago
Canada
Blies
Indian education and whiskey extension dominate Senate duties
In Washington several debates shaped the day’s agenda. Sherman pressed a distillery withdrawal bill, Dawes and Logan clashed over Indian schooling and self sustenance, and amendments sought to limit Alaska, tobacco taxes, and rail mail subsidies. The House adjourned for a holiday recess amid a flurry of bills and speeches regarding public works and governance.
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Washington
Sherman
The
Tract Society of Cincinnati
Harria
United States
Plumb
Civil Service
Buck
Crow Agency
Big Horn River
Fort Coster
J. Plumb
Carlisle
Dawes
Hampdenia
Logan
Saunders
Secretary of the Interior
Major Logan
Conger
Senator Windom
Enator McPherson
Committee On Finance
Senate
House
Windom
Cameron
Edmunds
Pendleton
Ingalls
Yeas
District of Columbia
Mills
Texas
Butterworth
Ohio
Brown
Indiana
Williams
Wisconsin
Tunis
Wis
Desendorf
Hardenborgh
Neal
Garfield Board of Audit
Anderson
Kansas
Leavenworth, Pawnee & Western Railroad Company
Calkins
Robinson
New Jersey
Theft and Blackmail Plague City Clerk and Confidant
Walter F. Shibley a 22 year old Brooklyn clerk and Henry L Kipling were arrested in a wide graft and blackmail scheme. Shibley claimed to be single and used forged promises to steal deeds valued at 140000 from a man named Suthan. Miss Jessie Brooks appeared as Shibley's wife to claim dower rights and pressure payment. Both men pleaded not guilty at General Sessions and were sent to the Tombs with bail set at 10000.
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New York
District Attorney's
Walter F. Shibley
Brooklyn
William Orban
Nassau Street
Enry L. Kipling
Broad
Shibley
Suthan
Jessie Brooks
Brown & Westcott
Broadway
American Exchange National Bank
Sathan
Kipling
Miss Brooks
Ethan
Banko Scam Leaves Clark Stripped of Large Sums
Alfred Clark of 539 Madison Avenue was lured by a well dressed stranger into a backroom banko game. He lost $50 then drew checks for 118 200 700 and 6000 under pressure. Assisted by a sharp, he went to the bank and withdrew the money, only to have 1500 stolen upon his return as witnesses and the clerk failed to identify a party to the scheme.
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Congress
Caewell
Wisconsin
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Robeson
Caswell
Llewitt
New York
United States
E (Hewitt
Thurman
Committee On Appropriation
Treasury
Halas
Alfred Clark
Madigan Avenue
Clark
Francis Adams
Wapper
Telegraphic Briefs From The Region The News South
A series of terse notices reports an earthquake shock in New Hampshire felt in Concord and other towns, a halt of North Chicago rolling mills for coke shortage, and a likely January restart. Deaths include Henry James Senior. Railway accidents injure and kill several, with a mail showsfire in Texas and Quebec collision causing multiple serious injuries.
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New Hamshire
Concord
Pittsfield
Great Falls
Manchester
Southern
Richelieu Station
Quebec
Germany faces tense Russia ties amid stock tremors
Berlin on December 16 focused on German Russian relations and the Galician frontier article in Vossische Zeitung. The rouble exchange rate fell and the market reacted to fears spurred by Bismarck era defense rhetoric and Austria Germany alliance comments.
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Germany
Berlin
Russia
Plevna
Vossische Zeitung
Vienna
Bismarck
Fire destroys Centreville farmhouse killing three children
In Linn county Centreville on Sunday night a fire gutted John Clark’s farmhouse. Clark woke to flames and rescued two children, but could not save the third. The two saved children followed him outside as the building burned, and all three of the children perished in the disaster.
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Supreme Court
Union Pacific
Congress
Anderson
Kansas
Caswell
Pacific Railroads
Kansas Pacific Railroad
Col
Robert Ingersoll
McLane
Maryland
Pacific Companies
Hiscock
New York
Holman
Robinson
Orth
Indiana
Calkins, Peck, Steel
Watson
Davis
Illinois
Urner and
Reese
F. LaCygne
Kas
Centreville Town
al Linn County
John Clark
Saleep
Clark
Honce
Nilding
The Comic and Pathetic Side of Mormon Polygamy
A vivid extract discusses polygamy among Mormons, recounting a first wife’s claim to veto or approve additional wives and the social dynamics within plural marriages. A witnessed exchange centers on jealousy, hierarchy, and a dramatic hair sample used to settle a dispute.
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Charlotte
Stenhonsa
Dangerous medical ad warns against unsafe remedies in Lawrence
An old warning appears about purchasing medicine from unreliable sources. The ad urges care with advertised cures that may cause more harm than good and cites a local vendor, B. W. Wosawerd, Lawrence, Kansas, with a specific sale date noted as 12 days.
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