Senate Seeks Agreement On Indian Appropriation Bill
Washington April 16 The Senate after brief debate continued to consider the Indian appropriation bill noting a drifting toward an agreement to settle on the trade and treaty issues. Earlier discussions touched on the McKinley act reciprocity and arbitration matters with messages from the president urging action. The session adjourned with talks focusing on a possible May 5 vote and a plan to regulate federal railroads. The House meanwhile debated living wage proposals and public works bonds to fund state and municipal projects.
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Wwe
United States
Washington
Davin
Ken
Washinton
Moratom
Mise Svn
Kilgely
Ing Emples
Treasury
Srownling
Teon
Civil Service
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Ioc
Baturday
Moodae
Dein
Rep
The President's Trip to New York and Southern Weather News
The president plans a private car journey from Washington to New York on April 26 accompanying cabinet members and families. In New York he will stay at a major hotel, review the parade, and attend a reception before returning Wednesday. Separate reports note buffalo gnats killing livestock across Tennessee and farmers struggling to protect animals amid the pest outbreak.
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Seth Derk
McKinley
New Yor
Thompson
Ad Provauly
Mra. McKipley
New York
Fifth Aveue
Windsor Hotel
Union Teague civ
Washington
Webbers
Senate
House
Hudfalo
Tennessee
Climate and crop reports from state directors
Weather effects varied across states with cool, wet, and cloudy conditions delaying plowing and seeding in Ohio Indiana and Michigan. Some crops such as wheat rye oats and clover progressed slowly or improved in parts. fruit buds look promising in many areas, while Wisconsin faced a very unfavorable week with heavy snow and little planting progress. Minnesota and Iowa showed mixed conditions with drying winds aiding seeding while flooding and wet soils restrained progress.
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Chicago
Ohio
Gardena
Michigan
Indiana
Fruita Arain
Wisconsin
Iowa
Hatriets
Minnesota
Red River Valley
Elections Roundup Names Many Municipal Wins Across Illinois
Citier and Torna report on Tuesday elections across Illinois towns with Republicans victorious in Centralia Bloomington Pontiac Joliet Decatur Elgin Braidwood Carlyle Carmi Cerro Gordo Charleston Clinton Havana Kewanee Newman Outaws Streator Tuscola Carthage Democrats winning in Freeport Kankakee Litchfield Peoria Jacksonville Anna Carlinville Carrollton Edwardsville Geneva Hillsboro Jerseyville Jonesboro Kansas Lacon Lincoln Mattoon Mendota Minoak Nashville Shelbyville Vandalia Watseka Petersburg license wins in Watseka Warren El Paso Tolono Marion Yorkville Mantivello Morrison Crystal Lake Nunda Marshall Hillsboro Tiskilwa Pittafield Salem Iano Benton Blount Sterling Princeton Carbondale Cambridge Fairbury Bement Exeter De Kalb Carril Lawrenceville Petersburn Moneaqua none license towns list.
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Chicago
Hwinole
Wispatchesa
Centralia
Bloomington
Pontiac
Jaliet
Decatur
Elgin
Braidwood
Carlyle
Carmi
Cerro Gordo
Charleston
Clinton
Havana
Kewanee
Newman
Outaws
Streator
Tuscole
Carthage
Freeport
Kankakee
Litchfield
Peoria
Jacksonville
Anna
Carlinville
Carrollton
Edwardsville
Geneva
Hillaboro
Jerseyville
Jonesboro
Kansas
Lacon
Lincoln
Mattoon
Mendota
Minoak
Nashville
Shelbyville
Vandalla
Watseka
Petersburg
Warren
el Paao
Tolono
Maron
Yorkville
Mantivello
Morrison
Kirkwood
Dalent
Martinaville
McLeansboro
Urbana
Assumption
Gaiya
Monmouth
Roseville
Loulsylle
Lexington
Berrento
Winchester
Huts
Naples
Glasgow
Greenville
Paxton
Toledo
Eureka
Pawneas
Robinson
AsNey
Ramsay
Labor Leaders Confer With President On Eight Hour Day
In Washington on April 28 the executive council of the American Federation of Labor met at federation headquarters. They discussed wage earning legislation and agreed on a nationwide May 1 campaign to press for an eight hour workday with an advisory board drawn from national unions.
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Merican Federation
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Federation
McKinley
White House
Vast Mississippi Flood Aid Urged For Destitute Areas
Reports from Washington and Memphis detail urgent pleas for ten days of rations to aid 1,000 people and 100 head of stock in Quitman Mississippi, plus 5,000 people and 500 cattle in Coahoma, and 9,000 people with 400 livestock in Bolivar and surrounding inundated counties. Amid rising flood misery, labor is expected to resume in about 30 to 40 days as waters threaten farms and towns across Arkansas, Mississippi, and Oregon.
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Quitman County
Miss
Coahoma County
Bolivar County
Arkoneas
Phillips
Monroe
Burlington
Gladatone
Mlinois Bluffs
Sitanilon
Memphis
Tenn
Higgs
Madison Parish
Vickaburg
Natchez
Sumpter Valley
Mfles
Bayou Videl
Biggs
Booth
Thomas Tunckman
Z. P. Kella
River Palling
Price of Wheat Rises on War News
Chicago reports brisk wheat trading as war news spurred market excitement. May wheat opened at 74 1/2 cents, later hitting 78 cents for May July and September, with May closing at 75 cents amid volatile trading on the Board. The cold wave followed with sharp temperature drops across Iowa Michigan and Wisconsin. Amos Rusie signs with the New York Baseball Club for 1897 at 2400 dollars.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Sioux City
Clinton
Plainfield
Wis
Lansing
Mich
Huse Aigne
New York
the Journal
Amos Husie
New York Baseball Club
Rusie
Ohio family rides to Noahville in improvised wagon act
Harmon Hawes, his wife Jawes, and six children from Ohio traveled by cart along Jefferson Street in Louisville. Hawes, posing as a horse, pulled the laden cart to city hall then to central station, saying a fire destroyed their home two months earlier and they planned to reach Noahville for an exposition revival. He earned 63 cents en route and the family slept wherever they could.
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Ohio
Harmon Hawes
Jawes
Lawses
Jefferson Street
City Hall
Elawen
Central Station
Brasser
Noahville
Jlurley County
Hawea
Sacred Confidence and Women Sharing Suffering Experiences
Mrs. W. L. Elliott of Liscomb Town requests publication of her case to aid other women suffering from similar issues. She describes her intimate experiences and asks Lydia E. Pinkham to reveal details in the interest of public health, noting such disclosures are normally kept secret.
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W. L. Elliott
Liscomb
Town
Humble Travel Troupe Seeks Nashville Engagements
Disjointed notes describe performers compelled to sleep in carts, plans to reach Nashville for a side show engagement, and Hawes resuming harness work en route south along the Seventh street road.
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Nashville
Hawes
Seventh Street
London judge rules misgiven church offering cannot be refunded
A London court held that a Worshiper who mistakenly overfunded an Episcopal church collection cannot recover the excess. The ruling, the first of its kind, says church officials and the tower are not authorized to return the funds. The decision sets a precedent for similar cases in the future.
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Episcopal Church
Regents Park
Shar and
Chineh Woodens
Cludinge & Ht SP Iivailal Auberminon
Ubik Ig Sud
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