Senate Passes Tariff Bill After Sharp Vote And Conference
The senate approved the tariff measure by 38 to 2, appointing conferees to negotiate with the house. The bill returns with 74 amendments of varying importance for reconciliation. The house was quiet, while the senate met to discuss deficiency appropriations and honored the life of Judge Halaman. The death of Senator Harris prompted adjournment in both chambers with no further business recorded.
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Senate
House
Congress
Judge Halaman
Indiana
Harris
Tennessee
Rouge
Iate
Nlarris
Domestic fire and disasters sweep across the nation
Reports recount a near wipeout at De Kolb Junction New York a drownings in Cleveland Ohio and Pope County Minnesota cyclone fatalities in the tens of deaths from heat and accidents across multiple states plus business failures and strikes. The era’s turmoil touches railroads mines and cities with fires floods heat and violence.
Political and obituaries mark 19th century races and lives
The report notes the Des Moines state convention nominating John Cliggett of Mason City for governor and a joint Lincoln convention on September 1. It lists deaths including James Andrews of Allegheny aged 60, Isham G. Harris senator from Tennessee, Willem Slocum Groesbeck near Cincinnati, and Priscilla Spooner aged 103 in Kent. Mrs Julia Maffitt, St Louis social figure, dies at 81. McKinley to vacation at Lake Champlain near Plattsburgh NY.
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Des Moines
John Cliggett
Mason City
Indianapolis
James Andrews
Allegheny
Lincoln
Neb
Isham G. Harris
United States
Tennessee
Washington
Harris
Willem Slocum Groesbeck
Cincinnati
Mwe
Congress
Horace Greeley
Abraham Rosenthal
New York City
Priscilla Spooner
Kent
Julia Maffitt
St. Louis
McKinley
Lake Chaomplale
Plattaburg
N. Y
Turkish government warned as powers urge peace talks
The note from ambassadors of allied powers pressed Turkey to cease hindering peace negotiations. In London, the marquis of Salisbury met United States monetary commissioners Wolcott Stevenson and Payne. U S Consul Edward S Baker who recently suffered a rail accident died in Buenos Aires. Four young women in Paris died by charcoal stove fumes amid poverty.
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Turkey
Marquis of Salisbury
London
United States
Monetary Commissioners
Messrs. Wolcott
Stevenson and Payne
Edward S. Baker
Buenos
Aies
Paris
Storms Bring Death and Damage Across the World
A southern German hailstorm killed 13 people and thousands of cattle, with crops ruined and losses around 4 million dollars. In Uruguay General Aparicio Saravia rejects peace terms offered by the government. London dispatches say no power will force Greece and Turkey toward settlement. A Denmark train wreck at Gjentofte killed 40 and injured 60. Hawaii offers arbitration on immigration with Japan, Tokyo not yet receptive. Miners in Ishpemiog Michigan strike for back pay. Cedar Rapids authorities jail 16 for fishing violations. France and Britain near completion of the Panama Canal and seek a quadruple alliance including the United States. A lone schooner sinks off Long Island after a storm. Former Russian minister to Detroit George V. N. Lothrup dies. Senate confirms John Goodnow as consul general to Shanghai. Lightning kills Corporal J J McDonald at a militia camp in Peekskill. Powers issue a collective note to Turkey urging strategic rectification to end obstruction hindering European peace.
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Germany
Aparicio Sarava
Uruguay
London
Greece
Turkey
Gjentofte
Denmark
Belsingaer
Hawaii
Here Self
Japan
Toklo
Ropo
Ishpemiog
Mich
Cedar Rapids
France
Great Britain
Panama Canal
United States
Long Island
George V. N. Lothrup
Russia
Detroit
U. & Senate
John Goodnow
Shanghai
Peekskill
J. J. McDonald
Europe
The Markets Minneapolis July 12 Market Prices
Wheat No. 1 northern 7 to 73 cents No. 2 northern 7 to 7 cents Corn No. 4 20 cents Oats No. 3 white 18 to 19 cents Cattle Steers 3.20 to 3.73 cows 2.76 Hogs 3.00 to 3.25 Sheep Muttons 3.10 lambs 3.65 Butter Creamery extra 13 to 14 creamery firsts 10 to 12 dairy fancy 12 to 13 dairy choice 9 to 10 Poultry Turkeys 5 to 8 cents spring chickens 12 to 13 cents
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Minneapolis
Minor News Highlights From Various U.S. Regions
A daughter of evangelist Sam Small plans to take the stage next season. Arizona's latest gold finds approach Phoenix. Nineteen railroads totaling 1,314 miles have fallen under court officers in six months. Mrs Lee C Harvey of California, attendee at Nashville Confederate veterans reunion, is first woman to receive such honor. A Hartford man lost almost all his 1,000 tobacco plants to armyworm damage overnight. Buffalo streetcars now use 5,000 horsepower daily from Niagara Falls at about 36 dollars per horsepower. Canada Plans to deepen the St Lawrence Canal between Quebec and Montreal to 27½ feet in one season. Grand Army marble headstones proposed for unmarked Revolutionary, War of 1812, and Mexican War graves. A natural California soap is found superior to manufactured varieties. Three sets of twins born within one hour set Smyrna Del. records. two girls to Mrs Jefferson Stants, two boys to Amos Walker, and two boys to Mrs Gray Deakyne. Gov Taylor of Tennessee appoints Miss Nelle Ely sponsor for his staff with colonel rank. Georgia shares the governor’s staff with a female liaison. Massachusetts passes a bill prohibiting sale or wear of birds’ feathers. Boston police to enforce.
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Sam Small
Arizona
Itn tap‘Ital
Phoenix
Lee C. Harvey
California
Nashville
Hartford
Buffalo Street Car
Niagara Falls
Coasdian
St. Lawrence River
Quebec
Montreal
Smyrnia
Del
Jefferson Stants
Amos Walker
Gray Deakyne
Gov. Taylor
Tennessee
Nelle Ely
Jesse Ely
Stor
Georgia
Union
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Martin
Boston Police Board
Miners Strike Swings Toward Historic Wage Fight
Pittsburgh and surrounding regions report a growing coal price surge and mobilization as miners vow a sustained campaign against New York and Cleveland gas coal interests. Ohio Indiana arbitration boards arrive while Illinois and Indiana districts post wage increases to keep mines running.
Heat Spell Ends as Storms Deliver Rain in Midwest Towns
Chicago reports mark of relief after a violent electrical storm and heavy rain drenched the northwest on Saturday. Damage and fatalities are noted across multiple towns including Fairbury Arcola Jeffersonville Belle Plaine Williamsburg Audubon and Prairie du Chien as lightning floods and wind wreck structures and claim livestock. Chicago records extensive heat related deaths and prostrations with nightly counts and citywide mortality rising during the extreme heat wave.
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Chicago
Fairbury
Ill
Robert Watt
Arcola
H. Carrick
Jefersonville
Belle Platce
Deep River
Carnforth
Willamaburg
Presbyterian Church
William R. Jones
Audubon
Ian Fritz Meiser
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Health Department
Cook County
St. Louis
New York
Clociunhtl
Kansaga City
Cleveland
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St. Pauls Minn
Ailwaukee
Louisville
Jodianapolis
Michigan
Boston
Toledo
Peoria
McKinley Asked Pardon for Mrs Maybrick in 1889 Case
Washington July 12 London dispatches say Ambassador Hay formally petitioned for Florence Maybrick's pardon, a life prisoner for poisoning her husband in 1889. President McKinley reportedly instructed the ambassador to seek release as an international courtesy regardless of guilt or innocence.
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McHinney
Maybrick
Washington
London
Ambassador Hay
Florence E. Maybriel
McKinley
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