Tariff Bill Reported Sugar Placed on Free List
President backs broad tariff changes as the Ways and Means committee delivers a bill to reduce revenues from imports while boosting domestic production. Sugar and molasses move to free list with a 0.4 cent per pound tax on refined sugar above No 16 and a 2 cent bounty for domestically produced sugar. Silk and wool duties rise to aid domestic industries. tobacco taxes are reformed.
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Washington
McKinley
Committee On Ways and Means
House
Treasury
United States
Internal Revenue Jane
President Nominations For Northwestern States
The president sent to the senate nominations for pension agent at Des Moines, surveyor general for North Dakota, land office registers at Hailey Idaho and Roseburg Oregon, public money receivers at Cur D Alene and Walla Walla, and an agent for Devils Lake in North Dakota. Fort Lincoln funding bill seeks renewed support after recommitment. War Secretary Proctor revokes parole of Frank Jones. Congressman reports a marshal died from gunshot wounds in the Cherokee nation.
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Washington
Senate
Stephen A. Marine
Iowa
Des Moines
E. A. Williams
North Dakota
W.T. Riley
Idaho
Hailey
J. P. Shupe
Oregon
Roseburg
Ore
J. KR. Sanburn
Cur D'Alene
R. M. McCalla
Walla Walla, Wash
J. H. Waugh
Taditus
Devils Lake Agency
Senate and House Fail to Agree on Silver Bill
A joint meeting of Senate and House Republican caucus committees failed to reach an agreement on the silver bill. Conserva tives showed willingness to accept bullion redemption in lawful money. Subcommittees were tasked with drafting a compromise likely to grant bullion certificates redemption in lawful money and set monthly coinage around 4.5 million dollars.
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Senate
House
Washington
House Republican
Messrs
Aldrich
Allison
Sherman
Jones
Teller
Conger
McKinley
Bayne
McKenna
Bartine
Mystery of Vernon L. Everett Solved
The Tribune reports the Chicago Medical College student Vernon L. Everett disappeared and was found to have left town of his own accord with another person. Everett, after three years at the college, fell behind in studies and owed about $80 plus a month’s board to his landlady. He received $60 from his father on the first of the month but used it to prepare to depart.
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CuicaGco
the Tribune
Vernon L. Everett
Chicago Medical College
Everett
Loyal Legion marks 25th anniversary in Philadelphia
Loyal Legion members packed the Academy of Music for the 25th anniversary celebration in Philadelphia. Mayor Fitler welcomed them at City Hall from 11 to noon, followed by a greeting from Governor Beaver, then an evening reception at the Academy of Fine Arts.
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Loyal Legion
Philadelphia
Academy of Music
Fitler
Beaver
Academy of Fine Arts
Tacoma to Gray's Harbor rail line to be built this summer
Northern Pacific will construct a Tacoma to Gray's Harbor railroad. Chief engineer J S Huson reports three survey teams locating the route from Tacoma toward Shoal Water Bay with a likelihood the line opens for operation in the coming summer. Editors indicted for libel in Toledo case.
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Tacoma
Gray's Harbor
Wash
Gray’s Harbor
Northern Pacific
J.S. Huson
Shoal Water Bay
Huson
Lincoln death anniversary observed in Springfield parade
On April 17 in Springfield Illinois the 20th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's death was observed by the Lincoln Memorial league with services and a parade by Grand Army men and Sons of Veterans to Oak Ridge cemetery where Lincoln's tomb was decorated and addressed. The World’s War report dated April 17 notes continued discussion of Judge Milton and a described threat against his wife’s reputation, with no source named.
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Lincoln
Springfield
Ills
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Memorial League
Grand Army
Sons of Veterans
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Judge Hilton
New York
Milton
Stewart
Fire destroys six frame buildings in Gibson City
A blaze that began in a restaurant in Gibson City Illinois on April 17 spread to adjacent structures. Six frame business buildings burned including J J Roberts agricultural warehouse housing McCormick self binders and farm machinery. Total losses estimated at twenty thousand dollars, partially insured.
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Gibson City
Ills
J. J. Roberts
McCormick Self
Death of Eminent Minneapolis Lawyer Eugene M Wilson
Minneapolis April 17 The death of Eugene M Wilson eminent Minneapolis lawyer was learned by partner J W W Lawrence this morning The telegram said Eugene died April 10 and that he would arrive in New York on the 18th from Nassau The message was signed by Mrs Wilson.
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Eugene M. Wilson
Minneapolis
J. W W. Lawrence
Fire Swept Away Half a Square in Topeka
A Tuesday evening gale sparked a fire in a livery barn in central Topeka. It spread across half a city block and destroyed $2,000 worth of plate glass in the main business district. Total loss from the blaze reached $7,000.
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Topeka
Kan
New Yacht Inerna Preparations Reported
Arthur Warren wires from London that John Jameson says the new yacht Inerna will be launched on Saturday. The cutter features five sleeping berths and a large saloon, with ample below deck space. A separate dispatch from St PeterspurG reports a young noblewoman arrested for attempting to bribe a clerk to obtain a copy of the military mobilization scheme, with her parents also charged as foreign agents.
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Sostoy
Arthur Warren Cables
London
The
Herald
John Jameson
St. Peterspurg
General Staff
Red Skins Rounded Up Near Cheyenne Warpath
A Cheyenne reservation news item from Pierre dated April 17 reports a band led by chief Big Foot, about forty Indians, resisting land settlement. Troops from Fort Meade, including two infantry companies and three cavalry, have cornered the group and await orders. Authorities expect the whole band may be moved from the reserve as Big Foot resists capitulation.
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Fort Meade
Big Foot
Ruger Ordered to Suppress Cheyenne Threat at Tongue River
Washington April 17 The War Department has ordered Gen Ruger to provide any needed assistance to Agent Upshaw at Tongue River agency Montana to suppress a threatened outbreak by Northern Cheyenne Indians. The department has no further information beyond interior dispatches.
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Washington
War Department
Ruger
Upshaw
Tongue River Agency
Montana
Interior Department
Arrests in California for 1885 Johns murder near Eldora
Detective J C Burke arrives in Epona Iowa with Charles Marx and James Rice, arrested in Visalia California for the murder of Henry Johns, a wealthy land king and stock farmer. Johns was shot in the woods near his home on May 17 1885. Suspicions centered on the Rainsbargers amid their legal troubles. Details and evidence remain undisclosed as detectives continue the case.
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Tho Jowans
California
Millionaire Johns
Eldora
Epona
Iowa
J. C. Burke
San Francisco
Charles Marx
James Rice
Visalia
Cal
Henry Johns
Johns
Rapid City Elects Democratic Mayor and Women on Council
Rapid City, M D April 17 James M Woods the Democratic candidate won the mayoral race by a small margin and the city council also leans Democratic by one seat. The Republican convention backed women nominees for the school board and with women voters helped elect five of eight trustees two of whom were women organized by a local women's meeting. About a quarter of the women voters participated.
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Rapid City
Republican School Board
M. D
James M. Woods
Republican City Convention
Aberdeen Election Yields Republican Sweep and Victory
The Aberdeen city election on April 17 produced sweeping Republican majorities. Robert Moody won the mayoralty by a 200 vote margin, and all other officers, including the school board, were elected as Republicans.
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Aberdeen
Robert Moody
Peachy amendment dead as legislature adjourns
Towa Legislature adjourned sine die after the house failed to suspend rules on a senate joint resolution to resubmit the Peachy amendment. In Des Moines on April 17 the session ended with no further action planned for two years. Lamoni Iowa also reports the Latter day Saints general conference closing with ordinations and over 100 missionaries assigned to posts nationwide and overseas.
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Towa
Des Moines
Iowa
House
Senate
Lamoni&, Iowa
General Conference of the Latterday Saints
United States
Municipal Elections Shift in Montana Cities
At the Monday elections in Helena Great Falls Livingston and Missoula Republicans won mayoral and aldermanic majorities in Great Falls and Livingston while Democrats carried Butte and Missoula by slim margins.
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Montana
Herena
Mont
Great Falls
Livingston
Butte
Missoula
Bailey Appointed Probate Judge in Hennepin County
Francis B. Bailey of Minneapolis is appointed probate judge of Hennepin County by Governor Merriam to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Frederick von Schlegell. The appointment was announced in St Paul Iowa on April 17.
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Merriam
St. Pavuy
Francis B. Bailey
Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Frederick von Schlegell
Three Drowned and Tivo Shot in Arkansas and Mississippi
Werona Arkansas April 16 By the upsetting of a canoe in Old Town lake Edward Bush Matilda Jackson and a boy were drowned. Two negroes cutting levees in Luna county Mississippi were killed by guards.
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Tivo
Werona
Ark
Old Town
Lake
Edward Bush
Matilda Jackson
Luna County
Miss
Governor Merriam Refuses Clemency for Clifton Ifolden
The Pioneer Press reports Governor Merriam will refuse to commute the sentence of Clifton Ifolden for the murder of Moses Lufkin in Redwood Falls. The ruling affirms Ifolden’s death sentence and sets a final outcome for the case.
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Ifolden
Pioneer Press
Merriam
Clifton Ifolden
Moses Lufkin
Redwood Falls
Diverse 19th century notices from Minnesota and Illinois
A sprawling compilation reports various regional items: Lehigh Coal and Coke donations to increase coke output in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Milwaukee area lab assignments for Max J. Leal and Samuel J. Messler. political scandal in Madison with A. M. Wusford suspending W. I. Worhs amid a city contract probe. a Great Northern elevator intruder incident at West Superior with a hatchet injury. escaped convict Frank Davis captured in St Paul. sale of Stillwater Electric plant to Stillwater Gas and Electric Light Co. nearly complete. tragic death of a Denmark child from burning grass. dynamite cartridges found near Minnesota reformatory. first court term at Northern Pacific Junction. revolver shots fired at Rev. J. W. Southwell in Sioux City. labor and cooperative union events in Lyons. military signal service inspections ordered for South Dakota. Sioux Falls to Yankton railroad construction planned. South Dakota university board changes anticipated. Illinois municipal elections feature liquor-license question. Butte postmaster Jones suspected of a $1,960 defalcation.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Cream City
Ars
Tursday
Max J. Leal
Samuel J. Messler
Lish
West Superior
Marke Succes
Lehigh Coal and Tyan Company
Connsisville
Madison
A. M. Wusford
Deta
W. I. Worhes
Cornell
Jias Joneseen
West Superion
Builer
Great Northern
Minnesota
St. Paul
Frank Davis
Frank Welly
Stillwater Penitentiary
Paul
Stillwater
Stillwater Gas and Electric Light Company
Hastings
Frank Sarnick
Denmark
St. Cloud
Northern Pacific Junction
Ensign
Duluth
Crondstadt
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Midland Pacific Right of Way Bill in Senate
Senate bills include Pettigrew measure granting Midland Pacific Railway company a right of way across Crow Creek reservation in South Dakota. The fragment also notes coin vault theft at Corner Stone Coins in Piedras Negras and a smallpox quarantine on the bark Seraph near Payal. A Philadelphia syndicate reportedly worth 200 million intends to buy lithographing plants nationwide.
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Midland Pacific
Washington
Senate
Philadelphia
Labor Strikes Halt Building and Mining Activities Across Regions
A labor wave triggers a building halt as carpenters embargo construction and related trades face layoffs in Cinesuo. Meanwhile miners, led by United Mine Workers, convene in Ohio and Pennsylvania to set wage scales, warning of a sweeping walkout if all parties do not accept a unified agreement. A Syracuse betrothal of Miss Wilkinson to Miss Davis is reported with noting social circles and expected wedding plans.
Outlook in Railroad Troubles at Pittsburg
April 17 report from Pittsburg PrersuurG Pennsylvania states no railroad workers have quit yet despite ominous notes from the brotherhoods. If official talks fail to satisfy the grievance committee, a threatened tie-up seems unlikely to be averted.
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Pittsburg
Prersuurg
Mailroads Rally as Coal Strike Looms in Midwest
Chicago reports suggest a May 1 widespread soft coal strike across Illinois Indiana and Pennsylvania with railroads stockpiling coal. Dealers say orders cannot be filled within a month while Missouri Pacific matches rate cuts in Pueblo signaling broader railroad labor tensions.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Ten Hours for a Day in Portsmouth Meeting
A large gathering of carpenters plumbers brick masons and painters in Portsmouth N H on April 17 decided that ten hours shall constitute a day’s work in response to the nine hour law recently adopted by journeymen of the trades.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Painters Compromise at New England Company Yard
Painters at the New England company ship yard return to work after a strike for a raise. An agreement grants 25 cents more per day, following their demand for 50 cents. The workers resumed duties this morning in Me. on April 17.
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Compromiseu Bats
New England Company
Merits of Their Wye and Springfield Murder in Kentucky
A Springfield Kentucky report recounts the April 17 shooting of Samuel Loi by Ayin Kelly over a quarrel about wives. Loi dies. Kelly flees and is not captured. The piece notes Loi's good reputation and tense aftermath.
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Leadaty
Springfield
Ayin Kelly
Samuel Loi
Kelly
Tiny
Logan
Mindoruy
News Briefs From Around the Nation and Regions
Eighty two of the one hundred twenty six who voted on the su revision. Postal card work at Aysola Connecticut under government instruction. The attempt to reorganize the tri state Commerce Railway association is abandoned for the present. The Democratic congressional nomination of the Sixteenth Illinois goes to G. W. Fitchium. Mike Cushing posts a $100 challenge to fight Austin Gibbons in the 126 pound championship. Charles Smith of Ashland Pennsylvania drags his daughter with a dog chain around her neck. Mr. Gilbert of Shamokin reunites with a daughter stolen as a child after forty years. Lorenzo Hinckley of Madrid swallows false teeth, removed by doctor from esophagus. Barre Vermont stone cutters settle at 20 12 cents per hour. arrangements to take effect May 1 for one year with three months notice. Russell and Erwin screw factory strike in New Britain Connecticut ends. seventy girls return after two weeks after 5 cents a day raise. Henry B. Stone resigns as vice president of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad to become president of two telephone companies.
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Aysola
Conn
Tri: State Commerce Railway Association
Illnois
G. W. Fitchium
Mike Cushing
Siti
Austin Gibbons
Charles Smith
Ashland
Mr. Gilbert
Shamokin
Lorenzo Hinckley
Madrid
Lewis W. Pendless
Portland
Barre
Elfect Mayatt
Russell & Erwin
New Britain
Henry B. Stone
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Mr. Stone
Chicago Telephone Company
Central Ilinois Telephone Company
Shy Teries
Latest market prices from St Paul and Chicago live stock markets
Market notes show hogs at 4.05 to 4.25, cattle from 1.60 to 4.00, sheep up to 6.50, with mixed prices across hogs, cattle, and calves. Chicago listings include hogs around 4.10 to 4.50, cattle from 1.00 to 4.25, and sheep near 5.75 to 7.00. Grain quotes cover Minneapolis and Chicago wheat, corn, oats, flax, and rye with varied on track and future bids.
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St. Paul Union
Chicago
Kansas City
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Secretary of War
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Boyle
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Fort Sully
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University of Dakota
I. &. Dawson
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GasTox
Seraph
Hale
Payal
Chiesise
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Pittsburg Railways
Cinesuo
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P. Meride
Linois
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Winxsetawney Coal Company
Belle Lewis and Yates Company
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Syracuse
Uell
Wilkinson
Miss Davis
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Times
Utica
New York Central
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Colorado
Porello
Colo
Missouri Pacific
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Detroit
Mich
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Clos
Forris L. Williams
Nort's
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