Split on the tariff stalls Morrison measure amid caucus
A House Democratic caucus in Washington failed to unite behind a tariff plan. Morrison defended a compromise bill while Randall opposed it, pledging to vote against the Morrison bill. Debate stretched long with proposals to refer the subject to a committee and an amended resolution limiting binding effect on individual voting.
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Morrison
Rendall
Dlim
Ways and Means
United
Randall
Hopking
Pennsylvania
Carlisle
Congress
Senate
Perkins
Kansas
Morrill
Mongy
Hardy
Culberson
Tex
de Bente
Jagie
Severalty
Indus
Mississippi
House
Garfield
Washington
Mississippi Hoods
Jowa Rejects Woman Suffrage Measure In House
In Ja March 27 the House took up reconsideration of the constitutional woman suffrage amendment to strike out the word male after a previous indefinite postponement. The vote to postpone stood 50 to 45 and the motion to reconsider failed. Members voted individually as Tuesday. A bucket shop bill to curb fictitious grain contracts passed the Senate earlier.
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Jowa
Des Moses
Express Robbers Indicted by Grand Jury
St Louis March 26 The Grand Jury returned thirteen indictments against Prentiss Tiller and Georges McFadden the Pacific Express robbers Seven indictments charge them together with grand larceny one for the whole amount and six for embezzlement Three indictments name Tiller as principal and McFadden as accessory In the other three McFadden is principal and Tiller an accessory The arrangement leaves no loophole for escape on a technicality.
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St. Louis
Prentiss Tiller
Georges McFadden
Tiller
McFadden
Anano ba, March 95 West Exhibitor Warner Williams Dies
Warner Williams known as West died Sunday evening at ANANOBA. Born September 1878 he was a notably heavy child who weighed over 209 pounds at six years old. He gained fame as a weight exhibit and had attracted Barnum's interest last fall but plans failed.
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Ananoba
Warner Williams
West
Williams
Barnum
Battle-flags of Stinols regiments moved to hall
Windy Battle flags of Stinols regiments were transferred from the State Capitol basement to a hall suited for preservation and display. Speeches by Generals Sherman Palmer McClernand Oglesby Cook and Adjutant-General Elliott highlighted the event. Governor Hamilton delivered the dedicatory address and General Dr A Black spoke in reply. Chicago activity notes include Judge Drummond's final decree in the Chicago Alton Railroad case against Mires Sean Save ZSpies and Lewis H for $36,202.83 for services related to organizing the Col Chicago & Alton Company.
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CuycAgo
Drummond
Chicago # Alton Railroad Company
Mires
Sean Save Zspies
Lewis H
Col ¢Ago & Alton Company
Fury of the elements devastates Kentucky towns and beyond
A March 27 cyclone and floods sweep through Kentucky and Indiana and stretch to Illinois Louisiana and Ohio. Colemanaville and Conroy in Kentucky are nearly obliterated with dozens of homes destroyed. Measured damage and casualties include a mother and infant killed near Colemanaville and many injured. Reports from Newton Mecklenburg Darrex Indianapolis and New Orleans describe further destruction across multiple towns as levees break and rivers rise threatening tens of thousands with displacement and economic loss.
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Elementa
Henryn
Colemanaville
Mount Nebor
Saat
Antioch
Snakelick
Conroy
Colemanville
Mra A. H. Lal
Colemansville
Thomas Fort
Snake Lek
Clayaville
Little Irelland
Strew
Larrison County
Cowan
Papeno
Sherrif Giatfelter
Glat
Meg
Colry Killian
Charles Jewett
Gling & Williams
Mary Hunsucker
Leuvir Nay
Mecklenburg
Darrex
Oak Ridge
Here
Toledo
Cincinnati
St Louis
Thomas Andrews
Wilson
Indianapolis
Ind
Brightwood
Karlbo
Connersville
Apdegraph
William Hobinson
Bedford
Hollowell Granite Company
Louisville
New Albany
Chicago
New Okd
Kemp
Concordia
Tengsag
Madison
Tenpas
Concord Pointe
Conpee
Aes Baton Rouge
Thare
Tribal Uprising and Congo Treaty News Across Stops
March 27 dispatches report British forces under General Graham advancing toward Tamanieb to quell Osman Digma’s rebels amid intense heat and hard water shortages. Cavalry skirmishes fail to dislodge entrenched Arabs. proposals for parley are rejected. Other items note Suakim’s Red Sea issues, a Turkish hold on key ports, and colonial postal and cremation developments.
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Osman
Congo
Tamanieg
Suaxim
Tamanieb
Osman Digma
Tamanleb
Stewart
Chern Glide
Osman Jigma
Asb
Chasell
Benin
Suakim
Red Sea
Constantinovia
Zalcon
Alexandria
Vorte
el Arish
Akebah
Mediterranean
Loxuox
Tuiypuin
Annan
Lospon
Marely
Gibson
Parliamest
Trevelyan
Ireland
Panama
France
Rottenwas
Marelli
Germany
America
Molland
England
Portugal
Lespos
Maren
Manning
Gladstone
Liberal Association
Lesbos
Ty Englaw
Justice Stephens Cule
London
Elford
Asurach
East
Pennsylvania Coal Strike Fears Escalate Across Anthracite
Reports from March 26 in Pennsylvania warn that coal troubles spread through Schuylkill Lehigh Wyoming and Lackawanna regions with ongoing suspensions and half pay. A secret union forms to unite miners from major firms including Philadelphia Reading Lehigh Valley and Lackawanna coal outfits seeking relief with increased work and wages.
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Schuylkill
Lehigh
Wyoming
Lackawanna
Corliers
Lehigh &Wilkesbarre Coal, & Tron Company
Pennsylvania & New York
Lake Erie & Western Hailroad Campe
Cuban Sugar Panic Hits New York Residents
Cuban planters face ruin as sugar prices plunge to historic lows. In New York, Cuban residents and speculators watch for a rebound but fear further drops due to German and Russian beet sugar growth and Cuba’s financial woes. Lou Bat describes Havana as ruined with former high incomes collapsing. Government taxes and a $35,000,000 crop value are cited amid Spanish and German competition threatening Cuba’s sugar industry.
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New York
Germany
Russia
Cuba
Loubat
Havana
Llansmen
Paris
Hole
Gives Up the Fight in Alabama Governor Withdraws
Srumcricco AL March 47 Governor Hankion withdraws from gubernatorial routes in a surprise move announced to about twenty friends at the executive mansion. The letter to the public followed, leaving Oglesby likely unopposed and the presidential question uncertain. Warner Hamilton plans to return to law practice.
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Srumcricco
Hankion
Oglesby
Warner Hamilton
Death of John Jay Cisco in New York
John Jay Cisco, longtime Assistant United States Treasurer, died Sunday near his seventy ninth birthday after a year with liver disease. He leaves a widow and two daughters in the city, was born there, and served in Franklin Pierce’s era.
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Mayoh
John Jay Cisco
United States
Clacahed
United
Pranklin
Pierce
Minor News Items Compile A River Of Tragedies And Trades
The notes recount losses from keg thefts in New York City several hundred thousand dollars yearly, a fire injuring workers in Cincinnati, a deadly mine disaster in Virginia, and a wealth of other events. Notable figures include Joseph G. Poster, Frank James’s wife, and James Hamilton. Incidents span from suicides and accidents to legal cases, railway and industrial developments, and political notes across Maryland, Ohio, Illinois, and beyond.
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Bedhi &' Oat
Cincinnati
Pocahontas
Virgiida
Joseph G. Poster
San Antonio
Ben Thompson
King Fisher
Helen [Ankinnon
Columbus
Gus
Detroit
Mich
Germany
Dayton
Massachusetts
Petrow
Dakota
Lite Francois
Auguste Maris Mileznet
Aix
Paris
James Hamilton
Sterling
Independence
Frank James
Alabama
Ontario & Quebec Railroad Company
Bulla
Woodstock
Detroit River
Wabash Jtoad
Chicago
Charles McGuire
Lafayette
Ind
Ike
Kansas
Howe
Saral Smith
Mattoon
Painter & Co
Pittsburgh
Lave
Pattek
Yayton
Aba Tangtry
Cheyenne
F. K. Warren & Co
George A. Rollins
Nashua
N. H
Bell Telephone Company
Boston
Catholic Literary Societies
Archdiocese of Baltimore
Suesday Evening
Maryland
St Mary County
Oliver Wendell Holmes
John G. Whittler
Charles A. Dana
Hudson River
Farners
Iowa
Minnesota
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Samuel & Beach
James Nutt
Dukes
Jay Gould
Fortress Monroe
New York
Bolevat
Glick
James Egan
Waterbury
Conn
William Lankenow
Brooklyn
Bremen
Sekatee Ken Lea
Lucy M. Hart
Union City
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Richmond & Allegheny Road
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Charles Thoulden
Prrmanine
Charles Houlden
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Orrin A. Carpenter
Taxco
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J. A. Chase
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Zora Burns
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Pennsylvania Mining Tesebles
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