Lawmakers at Work in Congress on Cuba and Pacific Railways
Washington reports the senate received Cuban petitions and debated recognizing the Cuban republic while Mills urged federal recognition and funding for Pacific railways. The house clashed over the railways funding bill with a frosty session and a heated exchange over Hearst. Adjournments followed as votes and amendments were postponed.
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Washington
Senate
Cuba
Mills
Congress
Morgan
Pacific Railways
House
Wertlalen
Jan
Pacific Railwaya
Johnson
California
Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
Sutra
Cooper
Wisconsin
Boards of Trade and Stock Exchanges
Crispi
Allen
Philadelphia
Iul
National Banka 1
Wallington
Renate
Actin
Adep
Sohne and Maguire
Meguie
Monetary Conference Opens In Tomlinson Hall
About 300 delegates from various business interests gathered at Tomlinson Hall for a Monetary Conference aimed at currency reform. Temporary officers were named including Jacob W. Smith as temporary chairman and W. F. Geis as sergeant at arms, with Stuart Patterson of Philadelphia favored for permanent chairman and Evang Wooten of Indianapolis for permanent secretary.
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Philadelphia
Veriuuuckt
Indianapolin
Hugh Haona
Mionetary Conference
Tomlinson Hall
Susinéas
Haines
First Presbyterian Church
Jacob W. Smith
Burary Organization
E. O.erd
St. Louis
Jacob W
Treaty of arbitration ends war threats between U S and Britain
Secretary Olney and Sir Julian Pauncefote sign a treaty to refer disputes to a court of arbitration for five years while preserving national honor. King Oscar II to chair as arbitrator if needed. President Cleveland backs the pact in a Senate executive session. The document is printed for committee review before public release.
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Washiketoh
Olway
United States
Sultan Pauncetote
Great Britain
Cleveland
Senate
Oscar II
Sweden
Norway
Washington
Foreign Office
Lord Salibury
Olney
Sir Julian
Segalon
Committee On Foreign Relations
Morgan
Sherman
Peril in an Ice Boat Ride in Fond du Lac
Mark Murphy of D Appleton and two Fond du Lac young women Misses Reymond and Taylor faced drowning after an ice boat ride on Lake Winnebago. A crack in the ice broke near the river mouth as the boat sped obliquely, both women grabbed rigging while rescuers aided quickly. All reached shelter and attended church Sunday unharmed.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Mark Murphy
D. Appleton & Co
New York Book Publishers
Reymond
Taylor
Lake Winnebago
Jarvis Jenson
Jce
Jingo” Clark
Train Hits Street Car in Minneapolis. Several Injured
At 7 45 p m Saturday a Great Western passenger train collided with a suburban street car. A number of passengers were injured including Ty W professor of mathematics who is listed among the injured and may die. The incident occurred in Minneapolis with several persons reported seriously hurt.
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Minneapolis
Jan
Great Western
Ty. W. Profésor
Mathematica
Curious Boiler Tale Sparks Safety Warning
A quirky historical note recounts how grease and fat can cause boiler problems. It tells of a missing man found long after a boiler cleaning day, explaining a strange incident where a janitor’s oversight led to a fatal outcome.
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Goeir
Do It Now and Big Money for Choirs Message
A lesson on prompt action from a business leader highlights doing tasks now over delaying. The piece notes high pay for church choir singers in New York and compares global choirs, citing Westminster Abbey salaries and a historic Jerusalem temple choir of 24,000 men, with Salt Lake City’s Mormon temple choir as the largest today.
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Mme
Clementino da Vera-Sapio
Paxton Church
Miss Dutton
New York
Westminster Abbey
United Kingdom
Rabbi Wolfers
Jerusalam
Salt Lake City
New York Journal
Bernhardt's photo sale and streetcar vanity tales
A fragmentary Boston Journal item recalls Sarah Bernhardt purchasing a cheap secondhand photo and angrily leaving the shop after discovering the inscription praising her. The piece also parrots a vignette about a self important woman on streetcars and a stray Parisian trio of entertainers, with garbled captions and stray observations.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Bernhardt
Sarah
Wary crowd guards parish as Father Bogacki faces arrest
In Bay City Michigan, tension rose as parishioners filled St Stanislaus church and blocks near the parsonage, with a warrant issued for Father Bogacki after witnesses claimed he shot Barthowlak. He had gone toward Grand Rapids for a church conference but rumors swelled he was evading capture.
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Father Bogaakt
Bay City
Mich
Tree Hundred
St. Stanislaus Church
Feres West Wihd
Father Bogacki
Grand Rapids
Richter
Barthowlak
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promoted
Ad promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for women’s ailments including irregular menstruation, dizziness, weakness, indigestion, and womb trouble. Claims its use relieves symptoms and restores health in cases of nervous debility and related complaints.
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Geannes
Lydia & Pinkham
Daily fStop and Train Timings in Reported Notices
Daily report notes fStop usage on signal to set off a BAeN Tera. Trains operated on standard time, described as two rajnates slower than local time. Authorities listed include O W Ruggles General Pan a and Ticket Sergeant G B Gifford Trekot agent marshal.
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Baen
Train Schedules for Cincinnati Marshall Lines 1808
Gincinnati Jackson Macklnay lines depart Marshall for Allegan Toledo Cincinnati daily except Sunday. Eastbound trains 21 Mail and Express, 23 Passenger and Freight, 24 Mail and Express, 6 Passenger and Freight, 28 Logs Freight. Westbound Nos. 24 and 6, with connections to Jackson, Mid h, Van Wert Ohio. Agents T O M Bchnidler and A Hanson.
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Marshall Os Falloon
Toledo
Cincinnati
Allegan
Jackson
Midh
van Wert
Obin
M. Bchindler
Gen Pass
Agt
A. Hanson
Marshall
Train schedule notes for Grand Trunk routes
The document lists Grand Trunk routes from Battle Creek to Chicago Lansing and Port Huron with train numbers 1 8 4 5 daily and 11 2 3 10 daily except Sunday. It notes through cars on Chicago & Grand Trunk trains and freight movements from Nichole east at 7 15 am and Battle Creek west at 7 05 am.
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Trafna
Battle Creek
Chicago
Lansing
Port Huron
Bnd Cenaian
WERT
Pacific Expresn
BAET
Pt. H
Chicago & Grand Trunk
Nichole
Parker, Pass
Agent
Two More Cholera Cases On Nubia Quarantine Ship
Plymouth reports two additional cholera cases aboard the Nubia quarantine transport en route from India. The cases emerged among soldiers aboard the vessel as of Saturday morning.
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Plymouth
India
Scribner's Magazine previews red letter year 1897
Scribner's Magazine outlines a packed 1897 program with London sketches by Charles Dana Gibson, Richards Harding Davis novels, and illustrated features on the Great Department Store and undergraduate life at Yale Princeton Harvard. It previews Japan and China since the war, women reforms, and travel pieces by Lewis Morris and Davis. A companion booklet will be mailed postpaid from Scribner's New York offices.
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London
Charles Dana Gibson
Gibson
ScrieNer
Richard Harding Davis
Soldiers of Fortune
Henry E Howland
Yale
James Alexander
Princeton
Rupert Grant
Edward Martin
Harvard
Japan
China
Helen Watterson Maury
Woman’s Clubs
Maria
Comes
Nic Service
W. D. Howells
Lewis Morris Toldings
Namall
Scribner‘s Magazine
Charles Scrinner
S &Ns
Fifth Ave
New York
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Cheta
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Willam J. Burns
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Frank Lepper
H. York
Express
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al Raper
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Devereaux
Monroe Avenue
Induntry
Michigan
Menominee, Mich
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Hamilton & Merriman Company
Menominee
Drs. Mobius
Sepinaw, Mich
Francis T. Robins
Barry
Ron
Take
Carriers’ Association
Cadillac
Lake Carriers’ Association
James W. Millen
Millen
J. Dunham
Talen
Hubs Sparagus
Tam
A.C. Drews
Mill
Kyrsalem Marshall
A.O. Hyde
Draigrist
the Statesman
Lydia
Nagata Falls
Metahati
Falamazoo
Gincinnati, Jackson & Macklnay
Grand Trunk Railroad System
Chicago & Grand Trunk Divisaton
Chain Unication
America
Stann & Co
Scientific American
Anycientific Journal
Addres Munn & CO
Scribner's Magazine
O. Z.C
L. B. Silver
Aoe
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Michigan Farmer
Metruit, Mich
Farmers of America
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