Startling Discovery Left in Pitt Treasury
A statement from the senate appropriations committee shows permanent and regular appropriations for the fiscal year totaling 425,204,520 against estimated revenue of 440,563,374. Regular appropriations in this session amount to 365,164,516 with permanent 115,40,728. The 12,208,804 surplus for 1889 is not tied to the treasury’s current surplus, and current-year appropriations exceed last year by 61,054,750.
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Senate Committee On Appropriations
Treasury
Senate Debates Fisheries Treaty Ratification Defeated
In Washington the fisheries treaty faced a decisive defeat as the Senate voted 27 to 80 against ratification after initial motions to commit and amend failed along party lines. A Gray amendment granting Canadian port facilities for US vessels was rejected 28 to 80. Earlier, a motion to commit with instructions was defeated 29 to 80. The House section notes Lyman of Iowa securing floor time for the deficiency bill amid a disruption with McMillan over a remark.
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Senate
Congress
Washneton
Morgan
Gibson
Foreign Relations Committee
Yeas
Gray
United States
Alleged Importation Of Immoral Immigrant Girls Arises
Mrs. Charlotte Smith, president of the Womazational Industrial league, writes to Chairman Ford in New York where a House committee investigates immigration. She alleges syndicates in New York and Boston ship fresh young girls from arriving immigrants to houses of ill fame and that agents go abroad to recruit. she claims 20 000 victims are furnished annually in New York City.
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Washington
Charlotte Smith
Womazational Industrial League
Ford
House Committee
New York
Boston
New York City
Persecution of Christians Reported by Canton Consul
United States Consul Seymour in Canton reports severe persecution of natives who have become Christians, mostly American Baptist union members. He notes the treaty between China and the U S is silent on remedying these persecutions and that consular aid will not be requested.
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Waasai NoTos
State Department
United States
Seymour
Canton
China
American Baptist Union
Mills to probe tariff bill surplus estimate
Washington Aug 22 Mr Mills said he would investigate the claim that tariff surplus would not greatly exceed appropriations He has written to the secretary of the treasury seeking an exact statement of the surplus and the bill’s financial condition.
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Washington
Mills
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Finance Committee to Report to Senate Wednesday
The senate finance committee will meet tomorrow with a sub committee set to lay before the full committee a bill in preparation for action. It is expected final action on the bill will be taken and reported to the Senate by Wednesday.
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Senate
Wasiiscrox
Senate Finance Committee
Mornime
Frost Damage Reports Denied by Manitoba Railway
Toronto papers claimed severe frost harmed crops in Dakota Minnesota and the Northwest. F J Whitney Manitoba railway passenger agent says crops were little affected, wheat in Dakota will be larger than last year and Manitoba road will handle 50 million bushels this year. Proceeding weather is favorable and seed time harvest outlook is bright.
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St. Parr
Toronto
Dakota
Minnesota
F. J. Whitney
Manitoba Railway
Northwest
Manitoba
Groundless embezzlement charge dropped against Maj Mitchell
In Mandan North Dakota on August 22 Judge Rose dismissed the embezzlement case against Maj T J Mitchell. The money involved was received for a client who never claimed it and the client is in the South. Mitchell declined to hand over funds to his wife for lack of authority. Mitchell is president of the Mandan board of education and has notable political opposition.
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Mandan
Dak
Maj
T. J. Mitchell
Rose
South
Mitchell
Mardan Board of Education
Fierce Flames Destroy $75,000 Worth of Property in Wadena
Fire at 2 45 a m gutted a vacant Third Street building, spreading to eighteen structures and leaving eight families homeless and nine merchants burned out. Estimated loss about $75,000 with insurance largely in place. Suspicion falls on a tramp. no injuries reported and post office now in a temporary building.
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Wadena
Third Street
Averill
Front Streets
Falling Scaffold Injures Several at University Hall
At the University of Minnesota Science Hall scaffold collapse injures bricklayers. John Knutson suffers bruises, Emil Gordon has crushed feet, John Royce endures a badly sprained foot and arm, A Orr sustains broken ribs as workers fall. Then in Watertown Dakota workers strike over pay, demanding 2 dollars daily after a 1.50 wage, later raised to 1.75, leading to mass non reenlistment.
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Minneapolis
Science Hall
University Grounds
John Knutson
Fourth Avenue South
Emil Gordon
Sixth Street
John Royce
Twenty Eighth Avenue South
A. Orr
Fremont Avenue
Watertown
Dak
Tragedy Near Minnesota Farm Ends in Fatal Shooting
In Minnesota, fifty miles north of Deadwood, John E. Clark was killed after fleeing a farmer named Thulen, who discovered a light in a blacksmith shop. Thulen surrendered to the sheriff following the shooting.
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Deadwood
Dak
Minnesota
Here
John E. Clark
Thulen
Clark
Nineteenth Territorial Fair Opens in Helena
The ninth annual fair of the Territorial association opened at the Helena grounds with strong stock, agricultural, and mineral exhibits and a large turf audience. Races drew interest and pool boxes held thousands. attendance ranged from two to three thousand people.
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Helena
Mont
The
Territorial Association
Helena Grounds
Boy May Die After Wheat Wagon Accident
Tiuney North Dakota August 22 a 13 year old boy and 11 year old girl children of D Goodrich near Lake Byron fell from a wheat wagon both were run over. The boy suffered a broken rib and crushed arm while the girl was badly injured about the head and face she is expected to recover but the boy is in critical condition.
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Tiuney
Dak
D. Goodrich
Lake Byron
Till tapping arrest leads to stray bullet near hotel
Officer Hoeffer arrested two men for till tapping. While taking them to jail an accomplice tried to intervene and fired. The bullet hit a bystander on hotel steps, but a button saved his life as he dodged the shot.
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Fanco, Dak
Aux
Hoeffer
Wisconsin Turnbezirk reports strong turnouts at Fest Park
Moykor Wisconsin August 22 There are five bands two drum corps and a bugle corps in the Turnerbezirk of Wisconsin with 3800 active and 500 non active members. Officials estimate 5006 people on the grounds indicating sizable attendance.
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Moykor
Wis
Fest Park
Turnerbezirk
Wisconsin
Girl injured by mistaken explosive substance in kitchen accident
Miss Jennie Sheridan, a young girl from near Calamaine, Wisconsin, threw a can of powder into a stove thinking it was onions and an explosion burned her face neck and arms. Doctors hope for recovery.
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Darlington
Wis
Jennie Sheridan
Calamaine
Moonlight Grants 60 Day Reprieve in Cowboy Murder Case
Cheyenne Wyoming August 22 Governor Moonlight respites Benjamin P F Carter sentenced to death at Rawlings Carbon county for murdering fellow cowboy John Jeffrey last fall. The stay delays the hanging for sixty days from next Friday.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Benjamin PF. Carter
Rawlings
Carbon County
John Jeffrey
Moonlight
Embezzling Attorney Indicted in Maxpas Case
Grand jury returns an indictment against Thomas J. Mitchell, an old Mandan attorney, charging him with larceny of 326 dollars. He cannot procure bonds and seeks 75,000 for alleged injuries. In another case Nellie E. Pierce sues the Chicago St Paul and Kansas City Railroad in superior court for injuries after being run over by a train.
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Maxpas
Dak
Thomas J. Mitchell
Litor Mandan
Cimenco
Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railroad Company
Nellie E. Pierce
Ron
White Cap Rumor and Recent Guilt in Indiana
A Crawford county source says White Cap members near Marietta discussed disbanding over fear Attorney General Michener learned their inside outrages in Crawford and Orange counties. Promised immunity may bring testimonies, with startling developments expected soon. In Madison township, Daniel Murray and John Essex were found guilty of whipping Omer Davis on June 20 and fined 24 each plus costs.
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New Albany
Ind
Crawford County
White Cap
Marietta
Michener
Orange County
Tipton
Daniel Murray
John Essex
Madison Township
Omer Davis
How to Raise Money and Fake Ten Dollar Bills
Mrs Christiana Keefe and Lena Wilhelm were arrested for defacing and raising money by transforming $1 bills into $10 notes. They admitted plan and had raised twenty one dollars via bogus tens. three passed locally. Also, dynamite cartridges were found attached to threshing sheaves near John T Miller’s farm raising a possible explosion risk. Police investigate.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Christiana Keefe
Lena Wilhelm
Keefer
Chicago
Portsmouth
Ohio
John T. Miller
Oberkampf arraigned in mail robbery trial in Chicago
Oberkampf was arraigned before Commissioner Hoyne on charges of robbing the mail. Briggs and Martin, his lawyers, asked for a continuance but the request was refused and the trial proceeds.
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Chicago
Farmer Dies After Hay Fork Prongs Penetrate Chest
In Zanseville Ohio on August 22 a farmer slipped during hay unloading. A four pronged fork leaned against the load prongs up pierced his chest. He removed the prongs, walked to his wife, then collapsed and died in her arms.
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Zanseville
Ohio
Train Collision on Rockaway Beach Line Injures Several
Two passenger trains on the Rockaway Beach branch near Hemmil collided causing one locomotive to be smashed and several injuries, none serious. The crash was attributed to engineer Hunt disregarding a signal.
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New York
Rockaway Beach
Long Island
Hemmil
Hunt
Death by Self Inflicted Wounds in New York Grief
John Creagan aged 23 of 85 West Thirty seventh street shot himself dead in New York on August 22, driven to suicide by grief over the deaths of his father mother and brother within months. Miss Creagan eighteen has been made temporarily insane by the bereavement.
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New Yoak
John Creagan
West Thirtyseventh Street
Miss Creagan
Damaged steamer Thingvalla draws small crowds at Halifax
Visitors pay five cents admission to view the damaged steamer Thingvalla at the Halifax wharf after a collision with the Geiser. Proceeds go to the Halifax Sailors' Home.
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Halifax
Thingvalla
Geiser
Halifax Sailore
Tragic Jumps at Helena Fair End in Rider's Death
At the Montana fair grounds a horse cleared the fence throwing 17 year old Fisher Blevins to the ground and breaking his neck causing instant death. In St Joux a wood works firm fire destroyed R Christie Co premises and damaged the nearby Dockery block.
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Helena
Mont
Fair Grounds
Fisher Blevins
Dan'l B
St. Joux
N. B
R. Christie & Co
Liberta Breaks Up After NY to Stettin Voyage
The Norwegian steamer Liberta, cargo from New York bound for Stettin, ran aground on White Island and is now breaking up.
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Liberta
Halifax
New York
Stettin
White Island
Mrs Langtry denies California marriage plans
Mrs Langtry told a reporter she has not obtained a divorce and is not going to California to marry Mr Gebhardt. A Belfast note says Harland and Wolff yards closed leaving about five thousand workers out.
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New York
Belfast
Harland & Wolff
Chatsworth Disaster Survivors Form Permanent Society
On the first anniversary of the Chatsworth disaster survivors in Peoria formed a permanent Chatsworth Survivors society. They will meet annually to honor those affected and preserve memories of the event.
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Peoria
Ills
Chatsworth
Coke Operators Form Syndicate Over Falling Rates
ITTSBURG August 13 coke operators held a meeting and formed a syndicate to protect themselves against ruinous rates. It is predicted prices will rise to 21.50 per ton within a few days.
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Ittsburg
Doer Rises From Poverty to Wealth After Temprance Turnaround
In Enikz Pennsylvania Conrad Shenfield once penniless and viewed as a drunkard found redemption at a temperance meeting. An old friend Col Lynch lent him 200 and Shenfield built wealth including 150000 in assets and mining property. Shenfield died in Kansas City leaving Lynch a large inheritance.
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Enikz
Conrad Shenfield
Shenfield
Murphy’s Temperance Meeting
Charles Lynch
New Mexico
Kansas City
Col. Lynch
Albuquerque
Lynch
Detroit Baseball Franchise on Sale to Buffalo
Reported negotiations by Buffalo Base Ball Club directors to purchase Detroit franchise. Detroit struggles as Wolverines fail to vie for the championship, prompting financial losses and talk of sale while Buffalo is seen as a favorable league city.
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Buffalo
N. Y
the Express
Detroit
Wolverines
Regatta Wins and Baseball Scores From Regional Games
Baseball scores from American Association, National League, and Western Association list St Louis Brooklyn 1 0, Philadelphia Boston 1 2, Washington New York 0, Pittsburg Chicago 12. Western at St Paul Sioux City 4 3. Sheridan regatta at Lake Geneva awards 40 to new unnamed yacht owned by William Napper in 3 24 82. New York Newport racing Volunteer defeats Puritan by four to five minutes.
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St. Louis
Brooklyn
National League
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
New York
Pittsburg
Chicago, & Western Association
St. Paul
Sioux City
Lake Geneva
Wis
William Napper
Special Efforts to Convert the Celtic Dem orate in Indiana
In Indianapolis Republican campaign managers plan to target the Irish vote with new headquarters for the movement. Charles O'Brien editor of the American Celt and R T Dow from Atlanta are stationed to win Democratic Irish voters. Finerty of Chicago will tour the state in September.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Charles O'Brien
American Celt
R. T. Dow
Atlanta
Finerty
Chicago
Delegates Named Across States At Republican Gatherings
Reports from Pierce County Wisconsin Ellsworth and other towns show delegates chosen for state congressional and senatorial conventions. Uninstructed for Taylor Hod and Hoard figures are noted in several locales. Harrison Blaine and a treaty signings also appear with varied schedules and lines of march.
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Pierce County
Prescott
Wis
Ellsworth
Banko
J. G. Fuller
John Perley
J. S. Nobles
Hod ‘Taylor
Sun Photographing Apparatus Installed at Carlton Observatory
A new solar photography setup has been attached to the telescope at Carlton observatory in Northfield marking the first such installation in the Northwest.
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Carlton
Northfield
Carlton Observatory
Northwest
Canadians recognize Cleveland on free trade clippings
The Canadians appreciate President Cleveland's efforts toward free trade and its benefits to Great Britain, shown by a clipping from The Toronto World. It notes that a bill approved by the Democratic majority would move toward free trade, while Republican critics defend protection.
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Cleveland
Great Britain
Toronto
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