Acts of Congress and Budget Debates Spanning Senate and House
The record summarizes congressional activity from late January across both chambers. It notes discussions on a national election bill, tariff measures, irrigation amendments, and sundry civil and district appropriations. It covers committee reports on postal service, communication department ideas, and investigations, plus conference reports and adjournments amid war and harbor project notes.
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Senate
Birmingham
Ala
Senate Sawyer
Post Office Committee
Ingalls
Department of Communication
Wage Workers’ Alliance
House
Cannon
Milnois
Committee On Appropriations
Hoar
North Carolina Republican Association
District of Columbia
West
Sherman
United States
Mexico
McComas
Maryland
Muchler
Pennsylvania
Cummings
Geological Survey
Raum
Messrs
Morrill
Sawyer
Smyser
Goodnight
Martino
Indiana
Frye
Finance Committee
Oates
Alabama
National Economist
Illinois
Blair
Committee On Rules
Geo. W. Davis
United States Army
Nicaragua
Taylor
Secretary of War
Galveston
Col
Corbin
Room for the Exiles The Czar's Edict Drives Jews to New York
The czar banishes many Russian Jews, sparking a likely influx to America, especially New York. Officials expect large numbers may arrive, with 60 to 75 percent headed for New York. Authorities vow strict enforcement of pauper exclusion while charities mobilize. Coroner Levy and Jewish groups plan relief and job placement beyond New York City.
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New York
Russia
America
Weaver
Immigration Bureau
Baron Hirsch Committee
M. P. Isaacs
Blaine
Reinherz
United Hebrew Charities
Barge
Coroner Levy
Jewish Emigration Protective Society
New York City
Emperor William Received At Ostend In Martial Pageant
Emperor William arrived by the Hohenzollern at Ostend amid a German squadron escort. King Leopold and ministers welcomed the emperor as crowds filled the streets. Salutes were fired, and the party proceeded to the royal chalet for a banquet hosted in the emperor’s honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emperor William
Ostend
Hohenzollern
Prince Henry
Leopold
Veteran Expressman Jackson Fends Off New York Rail Suit
Andrew Jackson, a veteran expressman, has carried baggage from Grand Central, charging 25 cents per piece for a quarter century. For three years the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad sought to bar him from the station entrance to stop competition with their 40 cent rate. He has repeatedly defeated the injunctions, most recently in the court of appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jackson
Grand Central
New York City
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Jackson
Court of Appeals
Forgotten Aztec City Discovered in Vera Cruz Mountains
In Mexico, another long-forgotten city is unearthed high in Vera Cruz state’s mountains. It appears untouched in modern times aside from Tudians visitors. Some structures rise four to five stories with skillfully carved cornices and windows. Colors on frescoes look freshly applied. Numerous inscribed stone slabs are found.
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Mexico
Vera Cruz
Central American army sizes face Salvor's defense
The New York Sun outlines Central American military potential among El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica and Guatemala. It notes El Salvador is smallest by area yet densely populated with limited active troops while Guatemala has a larger regular army and Nicaragua and Costa Rica maintain smaller forces with varying militias. The piece discusses possible alliances and the risk of Mexican involvement if hostilities rise.
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New York Sun
Washington
Salvador
Costa Rica
Honduras
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Central America
Inter-Oceanic
Bernardo Soto
Republic
Caraxo
Fernandez
Zaldivar
Barrios
Villivicencio
Ezeta
Hydrophobia Case From Mad Hog Terror Near Hamburg
Mrs Rosenstihl of Hamburg Lyme near New London Conn was bitten by a mad hog after a dog bite. The hog and drove then attacked livestock. she later showed rabies symptoms and was treated successfully at the Pasteur Institute in New York. This case marks a first rabies transmission from a mad hog treated there.
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Pasteur Institute
Hamburg
Johnstown Fund Report Stirs Suspicion Over Flood Aid
Pittsburg and Johnstown residents urge an investigation into Secretary Kremer’s flood commission report. Items drawing outrage include 17176 for transport of flood sufferers, 30000 for burials, 67005 for funds held by the commission. Sufferers reportedly paid none and questions arise over office expenses and bridge projects.
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Pittsburg
Johnstown
Kremer
State Flood Commission
W.A. Cramer
Commission
Sarah Althea in Unsavory Sharon Di Aree Case
In San Francisco the old Sharon divorce case returns with arguments over whether the decree voids introducing testimony. Judge Shafter allows some, but the Sharon estate wins admission that no written testimony exists beyond the nullified marriage contract. Oral testimony is excluded. five volumes and letters remain in court. Sarah Althea appeared in mourning, nervous, and less audacious.
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Sharon Diaree
Sharon
San Francisco
Terry
Shafter
Sarah Althea
Edicts Drive Jews From Regions Under Russian Rule
The Russian government reactivates 1882 edicts forcing Jews to live only in designated towns and villages. They lose land ownership rights and extraction work, barred from mining, medicine, law, engineering, and government posts. The policy aims to expel over a million Jews from the country.
Fire Wipes Out Travers California Tax Business
Sparks from the wires report a blaze in Travers California wiping out the tax business. Logs loss pegged near 100000 dollars. Investigations into census figures suggest Buffalo’s population will rise to about 254000 with 400 names added. Col John F Tyler named receiver for Sells and Andress circus. Elephant camels and five horses stolen. suspected to be Andress. Lancashire miners demand 5 percent wage rise or a strike. Russian interior minister orders local authorities to curb foreign missionary activity among Jews to protect orthodoxy.
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Travers
Cal
P. T. Wood
Buffalo
John F. Tyler
St. Joseph
Sells & Andress
Andress
Lancashire
Washington Letter Sets 11 A.M. Senate Sitdowns to Speed Work
Republican senators adopt an 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. session, allocate two hours to the morning calendar and five to tariff debates, aiming to speed business. Blaine and Harrison face no cabinet ouster plan, while Ingalls signals adjournment after key bills pass. Clarkson hints at resignation as mail expansion shows rapid western growth and Quay faces pressure over the election bill amid southern tensions. A voting machine pitch, a Pennsylvania artillery reunion, and Struble’s outreach mark other items.
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Senate
Ingalls
Blaine
Owen
Indiana
Harrison
McKinley
Mr. Blaine
Clarkson
States
Mississippi
Plains
Texas
Washington
Missouri
Pacific Ocean
Senator Quay
South
North
Quay
House Committee On Rules
John A. Enos
House of Representatives
Patent Office Past and Present Compared in News
The article contrasts the U S Patent Office in 1790 with 1890, noting three patents issued in 1790 and 450 weekly today. It cites totals like 23 360 patents in 1889 and a peak of 443 432 in the week ending July 20 1890, showing arts and sciences progress through patent records. It also reports a garnish case in Indiana where Charles Boswell challenges two railroad workers over unpaid bar accounts sold to a Chicago attorney, highlighting potential liability under a garnishee law and possible damages.
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United States Patent Office
United States
Samuel Hopkins
Charles Boswell
Logansport
Ind
Pomroy
J. G. Meek
Boswell
Chicago
Indiana
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Maried Before Daylight Dr Arnold Weds Miss Markham
In a dawn ceremony at 3 o clock last Friday Dr W E Arnold of Smiths Grove aged 81 wed Miss Kitty Markham of Mt Ayr Allen county Ky The couple delayed for a license sending a messenger to Scottsville about twenty miles The minister and guests stayed up all night awaiting the license and the couple left for Smiths Grove to begin their life together Also included is a report of Mrs Clara Morton in Eau Claire attacking Watsons household with a sister after a portrait and a note on rising ice prices in New York for families and small customers
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W. E. Arnold
Smith’s Grove
Kitty Markham
Mt. Asrial
Allen County
Kitty
Scottsville
Markham
Viragoes
Clara Morton
Alexander Watson
Eau Claire
Morton
Watson
New York
Robberies and political noms in scattered reports
Newport post office stamp theft valued at 4000 dollars shocks Rhode Island. Georgia Democrats renominate Henry Turner for Congress in the Second district. Ezra B. Tayor re nominated by acclamation for Congress in the Nineteenth Ohio district. Alkama riot over rice prices destroys homes and property. Henry Brown acquitted in Chicago bonds case as a business transaction. Irish National League appeals for funds to Dublin. Turn slots in Loath Ouie district adjourn without nominating. Santa Fe passenger train hold up near Trinidad. engineer and fireman shot, nonfatal. Superintendent Porter notes Washington state’s explosive growth exceeds expectations by 400000 people.
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Sparks
Newport
R. I
Second
Georgia
Henry ©. Turner
Congress
Ezra B. Taybor
Ohio
Alkama
Sade Island
Henry Brown
New York
Col. W. H. Taylor
Chicago
Fitzgerald
Irish National League of America
Dublin
Loath Ouie
Wallace
Dean
Burst
Lytle
Santa Fe
Trinidad
O'Reilly
Hall
Porter
Washington
Union
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Ivy
Davis
Sault Ste Maria Canal
Cullom
Plumb
Gen. Grant
Arlington National Cemetery
Germany
Belgium
Johnstown Fund Report
Blainee
Third
Pennsylvania Artillery
Excelsior
Potomac
Fort Monroe
Norfolk
Richmond
Yorktown
Fort Harrigan
J. M. Emery
LeMars
Iowa
Congressman Struble
Gear
la Follette
Wasiington
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