Special Session Proceedings and Tariff Bill Debate
The senate made progress on the tax bill with votes on reductions and seven bill paragraphs examined. The house adjourned with bills to tax and regulate corporate and advertising activities and to exclude certain business material from mail. A proposed senate inquiry into tariff related speculation was referred to committee. The day featured ongoing tariff bill work and committee actions.
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Senate
House
Jn Saa
Tran Anid Steel
Fairwaya
Usth
Ananco Committee
Tillman
Wea
Geasion
Domestic fires and political moves across the nation
A roundup of incidents including Coat Creek Tennessee destroyed by fire. half Dexter Minnesota burned. dynamite death in Herman town Minnesota. nine indicted by Indianapolis federal grand jury. a freight and passenger train collision at American Falls Idaho with nine dead and eight injured. McKinley appoints John G. Thompson assistant attorney general. Bayard presents Bradford manuscript on New Plymouth colony. arbitration committee backs international arbitration. Fred Kellogg blinded by wood alcohol. Curd & Linton Manufacturing Louisville loss of 100000. Whitehouse Reid named U S special ambassador to Queen Victoria’s Jubilee. Lisle Neumiller pleads and her son poisoned with carb acid. United Mine Workers plan strike to win Green rate. Bunge vinegar works Chicago loss 100000. Ats on preacher James Hoskins fined. Oakman Alabama shooting bath. Mexico Missouri jealousy case. Supreme Court adjourns with 359 cases. James D Marshall dies in Chicago.
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Coat Creek
Tenn
John G. Thompson
Danville
Thas
McKinley
Hermantown
Minn
Frank Lucek
Provincetown
Mass
Johnson
Bradford
New Plymouth
Massachusetts
Thomas F. Bayard
United States
England
National Arbitration Committee
Washington
Fred Kellogg
Holland
Mich
Curd & Linton Manufacturing Company
Harneas
Catlery
Louisvifle
Ity
Dexter
Indianapolis
John #. Johnson
State National Bank of
Loganaport
American Falls
Idaho
Whitelaw Reid
New York
Lisle Neumiller
Milwaukee
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Bunge
Chicago
James Hoskins
Atlanta
Gap
Christ
Oakman
Ala
Jane Appling
Charles Williame
Green Ashley
Sallie Kennedy
Robert Baker
Barry
Mexico
United States Supreme Court
James D. Marshall
West
Cais
Major fires and disasters across the nation
A string of calamities and notable events reported include a $100,000 fire at a northern flour mill in Ashland Wisconsin, widespread levee breaches near El Paso Texas, and a severe earthquake felt in Vermont and New York. Other items cover deaths, trials, political moves, and international tensions.
Turbulent world events weave through a busy report
The dispatch covers Turkish Greek peace talks in Thessaly with a proposed armistice, Cuban Junta leader Palma visiting the U S state department, a Norwegian town destroyed by fire, a cyclist killed in Chicago, multiple murders and drownings, a stabbing in Newberry, snowfall in the Upper Midwest, Pisa cathedral panic, a California execution case, poisoning mishap at Sunol, Turkish positions in neutrality zone, a Pennsylvanian boat race, ice inches in Dakota Minnesota, a rail accident near Brooklyn, a south Atlantic earthquake, constitutional liquor law ruling in South Carolina, a Washington glass plant fire, a Clayton mob attack, a Chicago firemen memorial, alleged Montana Indian unrest, and Texas harvests a record grain crop.
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Caban Jurita
Tomas Estrada Palma
New York
United States
State Department
Sherman
Senor Palma
Namsos
Norway
Bruno
Chicago
Tiaac J. Dill
Farmington
Mannie Barr
Mattie L. Alexander
Abbott
Tex
Alexander Bouton
Newberry
Mich
Richard Palmer
Wisconsin
Michigan
Pisa
Italy
Gov. Budd
California
Theodora Durrant
Fred Beeson
Harry Morse
Sunol
Cal
Besson
Beeson
Tsopanatos
Naval Cadets
University of Pennsylvania
North Dakota
Minnesota
Valley Spring
L. J
Brooklyn
Geo. F. Flashley, Jr
Wm. Gilchrist
Winslow Lewis
L. F E. Roberts
Dora Bartsch
South Atlantic
Middle Southern
U. S
South Carolina
Novelty Glass Company
Washington, Pa
Bhrader
Divine Hesler
Clayton
St. Louis
Oakwood Cemetery
Montana
Lame Deer Agency
Hoover
Texas
El Paso Flood Devastates Rio Grande Region
May 26 27 28 reports from El Paso Texas describe escalating flood damage as the Rio Grande rose past 1891 levels. Levees failed on Stanton street and Fourth street, forcing hundreds of households to flee and leaving about 500 homeless. Mexican and local crews labored with sand sacks logs and willow boles to stem the rising waters.
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Rio Grande
el Paso
Tex
Stanton Street
Texas & Pacific Railway
Téx
Sixth Street
Juarez
el Paso Street
Magoffin
Fourth Street
Santa Fe
Tago Street
Second Street
Eh] Paso
Trade improves slowly but gains seen in May
R G Dun and Co reports slow but steady pick up in business. Wheat shipments rise 30 percent from last year. Atlantic exports near 315,000 bushels over four weeks. Western receipts and corn use surge, cotton steady, and iron ore production mixed. Failures shrink to 214 in US. Bradstreet notes disappointing spring staple trade with quiet centers, some pockets of activity in wool, shoes, lumber and western trade.
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Dun
Brad Street
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Washington
Atlantic
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Central
Western
Savannah
Memphis
St. Louis
Omaha
Sioux Falls
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Pacific Coast
Portland
Canonization of Zaccaria at St Peter's in Rome
Rome May 28 In a solemn ceremony the canonization of Blessed Zaccaria founder of the Barnabites and of Blessed Fourier de Mataincour the Apostle of Lorraine was marked by closed gates at St Peter's and an illumination of the facade for the first time in 30 years Great crowds filled the streets to view the brimming lights and hear the church bells across the city
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Zaccaria
Rome
Order of
Barnabites
Fourier de Mataincour
Apostle of
Lorraine
St. Peter’s
St. Peter's
Sultan Objegtso Angell
New York
Frank B. Angell
Michigan
United States
Washington
The
Sun
Enid
Porte
Mustapha Bey
Sherman
Dr. Angell
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Henry O.wavemeyer
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Charles Gordon
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Hla Trust
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People's Tabernacle
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Bruen
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John J. Clancy
Dublin
Willam Redmond
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