Fifty Congress Opens Amid Pageantry and Disruption
Large crowds fill the Capitol for the fiftieth Congress opening in Washington. A lone man sings the doxology during roll call causing commotion as senators take oaths and credentials are read. Floral tributes line desks while diplomats and notable figures occupy the galleries before the session adjourns.
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Washington
Capitol
House of Representatives
Clark
House
Senate Chamber
Whitney
Joseph Chamberlain
Ingalls
Senate
Turpie
Hoar
Faulkner
Messrs
Morgan
Senate panel waives oath for Turpie Faulkner seats queries
Republican members of the senate committee decide to waive the obligation of swearing in Messrs Turpie Faulkner and other democrats whose seats are questioned and proceed with committee work.
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Washington
Senate
Messrs
Turpie
Faulkner
Rumors on Chicago Times deal involve Clarkson backer
Reports indicate a syndicate led by Clinton Snowden and Iowa financiers including John N. Irwin of Keokuk have paid about 20000 to bind a contract to buy the Chicago Times. If approved by the court the employer Clarkson would take editorship and steer the paper toward extreme republicanism.
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Drs
Keokuk
West
Iowa
Clarkson
John
Runnells
Chicago
Coal famine spreads across western Kansas
Kansas City reports a coal shortage in western Kansas blamed partly on the Atchison and Topeka railroad's car shortages. Citizens threaten to take coal from the company's supply, and a Garden City train was sidetracked to relieve surplus coal. Mason City notes a looming famine if rail lines are blocked and a 48 hour supply is unavailable in the northwest.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Atchison & Topeka
Garden City
Mason City
Dakota
Northwest
Coal shortages delay winter supplies for western farmers
Heavy rains prevented threshing and grain marketing, causing farmers to postpone buying coal. Coal output has not kept pace with rapid western development, leaving farmers awaiting winter supply.
Supreme Court Upholds Kansas Prohibition Law
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that Kansas may use police powers to suppress liquor traffic. It held state proceedings did not deny any rights to distillers and dealers and that damages need not be paid. The decision affirms the validity of Kansas prohibition amendments.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States Today
Kansas
Supreme Court Freezes Nebraska Officers in Habeas Case
Justice Mathews delivered a decision in the Supreme Court favoring the state in a Nebraska habeas corpus case. The court ruled the imprisonment of state officers without lawful authority and ordered their release.
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Washington
Dec
Supreme Court
Mathews
Nebraska
Revenue Reform Debate Reflected by Congress Letters
The evening Blade prints letters from eighty congress members replying to revenue reform inquiries. Most acknowledge a need to cut revenues by 350 million to 100 million, but dispute methods. Democrats push tariff reductions on essentials and keep most internal taxes except tobacco. Republicans and Randall Democrats favor tariff retention, sugar exception, and broad internal tax abolition, especially whisky.
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ToLepo
Ohio
The
Evening Blade
Congress
Judge Grants Temporary Injunction In Locomotives Sale Case
In Fanco December 3 Judge McConnell issues a temporary injunction halting sale of locomotives seized for unpaid gross earnings tax by Northern Pacific. Bonds of 42000 posted. Court also rules in Ide v Young that an index is not a necessary part of a register of deeds record and that the register bears responsibility for a defective abstract.
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Fanco
McConnell
Raymond
Northern Pacific Railroad
N. C. Ide
Rose
Twomey
Pembina County
Minneap olis Bid For National Convention Faces Battle
Col Johnson denies saying Minneapolis has no show for the national convention. He cites fair chances but no prearranged victory. Several cities press claims with Washington reporters noting Minneapolis as a strong contender if the convention goes west. Col Brownlow and others express interest in seeing a new region, with Saratoga and Philadelphia weaker bets.
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Col. Johnson
Minneapolis
Ile
National Committee
Col. W. P. Brownlow
Tennessee
Saratoga
Philadelphia
Pellets Cure Fever and Stomach Ailment Quickly
A reader recalls suffering fever and stomach distress for a week until using Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets. The testimonial praises the remedy as swift relief and labels the prior delay as foolish.
Davison Bros and Seaman Offer Low Interest Loans
Money to loan on cry property for long or short time. We can give special low rates of interest for long time on brick or stone business blocks. Davison Bros. and Seaman.
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Davison Bros. & Seaman
Breckinridge Statue Unveiled in Lexington Kentucky
The Breckinridge statue ceremony in Lexington featured Gov and Kentucky senators with veterans from Civil and Mexican wars. Senator Blackburn delivered the main address while the eight foot heroic statue by Valentine depicts Breckinridge as an orator. Born 1821 near Lexington, Breckinridge served in Congress and as vice president before joining the Confederate cause and later returned to Lexington to engage in railroad work. He died 1875 at age 54 after a full national career and a postwar amnesty.
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J.C. & Blackburn
Valentine
Virginia
John Cabell Breckinridge
Lexington
Center College
Danville
Mexico
Congress
James Buchanan
Democrats
United States Senate
National Senate
Cuba
Canada
Waiting and Worship as the Will of God
A devotional verse by Mrs. D. H. R. Goodale in Congregationalist urging patience and submission to God. The speaker asks God to be their sun and candle, guiding through life and death with faith in divine direction.
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D. H. R. Goodale
Congregationalist
The Sightless Pupil’s Memory Advantage Over Peers
A Century excerpt argues that blind students gain a superior memory from listening and mental recording. It claims instantaneous comprehension without notes enables rapid mastery of science and philosophy, offsetting writing difficulties and aiding future lectures and reading. The piece frames compensation through cause and effect, not providence.
Stray Jokes in Quick Wit and Light Gossip
A collage of humorous snippets from multiple papers. Jests touch on fashion footwear delicate compliments and curious relics from Washingtons hair to powdered wigs. Wry quips involve editors brewers bakers and a tall Georgia girl.
Corner Lot Deal Returns in Postcard Echoes
In a World-Herald reminiscence from Omaha a speaker recalls a deal with an “angel” who sold him a corner lot in Los Angeles for about $200, then he made a fortune when he sold it for $60,000. He notes a $30,000 purchase price and nearly full profit, while asking after the buyer who ended up in an alms house.
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Los Angeles
Omaha
Educational Gleanings Highlight Women Pay Gap and Harvard Gifts
Colorado reports the highest average pay for women teachers while West Virginia shows equal wages for men and women. Harvard College receives over 3 million in gifts in five months. Northwestern University acquires Dearborn telescope from Chicago. Studies link myopia to school life. Syracuse aims to complete a fireproof building housing Von Ranke Library within a year. Bavarian minister plans a Volapuk school in Munich. Boston hosts fifty study teachers advancing psychology. Miss Alice Longfellow named to Cambridge school board. Edward Olson becomes first Scandinavian American college president at University of Dakota. Delianoff dismissed for harsh gymnasium treatment. All Saints’ Day at General Episcopal Seminary yields two black students. Philadelphia art school festival funds benefit Horticultural Hall program. Ramona Indian Girls’ School at Santa Fe costs 30,000 to house 156 pupils.
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West Virginia
National Education Association
Washington
Harvard College
Dearborn University
Chicago
Northwestern University of
Edward Olson
University of Dakota
M. Delianoff
All Saints
General Episcopal Seminary
Bishop Holly
Hayti
Philadelphia
Horticultural Hall
E. D. Gillespie
Ramona Indian Girls’ School
Santa Fe
N. M
Helen Hunt Jackson
Books and Authors. New volumes and reprints announced
Swinburne’s new volume Lo crine and Max Muller Biographies of Words are announced. Charles Egbert Craddock spends winter in Boston while Stevenson’s favorite novel is Dumas Vicomte de Bragelonne. Marion Crawford and wife move to Washington. The Turks appear in history. Talat Bey writes Battles of Plevna. The Woman’s World in London, edited by Oscar Wilde, promises high typographic art. The Donnelly Shakespeare incident spurs Funk & Wagnalls to republish the 1623 folio facsimile, now in press. The year’s average publications rise since 1855. The 1,200 volumes include The Frozen Pirate by W Clark Russell with Macnab illustrations.
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Boston
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dumas
Vicomte de Bragelonne
Marion Crawford
Col. Berdan
Washington, D. C
Talat Bey
Plevna
London
Oscar Wilde
Happy
Finland
Harper & Brothers
W. Clark Russell
Franklin Square
Macnab
Messrs. Funk & Wagnalls
The Pere La Chaise Crematory Opens in Paris
French authorities advance a striking crematory at Pere la Chaise in Paris. Construction nears completion with a grand hall for ceremonies and a furnace that incinerates corpses rapidly without odor.
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Paris
Pere la Chaise
M. Chassaing
Tokio's Principal Street Delights Evening Wanderers
The Atlantic describes Tokio's busy main street at night with lighted shops and torchlit stalls. Vendors display curios and novelties, including squeaking gutta percha rats and native zoetropes. Flower stands showcase daring plant forms and booths sell tiny legged microscopes as crowds wander in a dreamlike flow.
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Atlantic
Astor’s Paris ride reveals secret financial strain
During a Paris recovery with Baron Dupuytren Astor confides his dire cash flow. He holds about 2,000,000 francs with banker leverage while accepts in New York offer 1½ to 2 percent monthly. The exchange shocks the baron and reveals Astor’s mounting pressure.
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Paris
Baron Dupuytren
Astor
Dupuytren
New York
Isis
Detroit Free Press
Witty Clips and Jests From Early 20th Century Papers
A collage of humorous anecdotes and brief items from various newspapers. Mischief with misaddressed letters, quips about Buffalo Bill and Indians, restaurant bells in St. Louis, a mailbox joke about a dynamite scare, and short observations on newspapers and marriage debt. Includes names like Huff Warde and Buffalo Bill.
Theatrical Gossip From The Stage World
Ellen Terry at forty seven. Bronson Howard in London. Mr Barnes of New York dramatized. Coquelin struggles in England. Kate Claxton quits Mary Warner. Frederick Warde to debut in Boston February 28 at Hollis Street. Helen Barry plans return after heavy losses. Mme Janish Countess d Arco out of engagement in New York. Modjeska lectures in Chicago. Vienna swamped with operetta thirty works. three authors penning The Queen of a Day. Boulogne sur Mer 1840 La Reine d un Jour heard by correspondent.
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Bronson Howard
London
A. C. Gunter
Mr. Barnes
New York
Coquelin
Kate Claxton
Mary Warner
Frederick Warde
Navy
Boston
Hollis Street
Helen Barry
Mme. Janish
Countess d’Arco
Chicago
Modjeska
Conservatory
Vienna
Adam
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Washington's Young Mandarin in Washington school life
A New York World note from Davenport Iowa describes a striking young Chinese boy, son of a secretary of the Chinese delegation, in a magnificent Oriental costume with school books, learning English after one year, and making swift progress. Gen Belknap confirms Cracker's Iowa brigade reunion set for Sept 21-22 in Davenport.
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Chinese Regation
New York World
Belknap
Cracker
Iowa Brigade
Davenport
Iowa
Half a Dozen Fish Tales From Rivers and Seas
A Cumberland river catch yields a seventy six pound catfish at Palmyra Tennessee. Menhaden drive vast schools into Anglesea New Jersey gullys with wagon loads hauled away. A Rockland Maine lime sloop is followed by a shark and a crewman feeds it quicklime. In Moscow a dining room fountain serves fish on demand. George Lindley finds a forty two pound catfish in a Sangamon river hollow log near Decatur Illinois. The toadfish is noted as ugly yet caring for its young despite its repulsive look.
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Palmyra
Tenn
Menhaden
Anglesea
N. J
Rockland
Slovinsky Bazar Hotel
Moscow
George Lindley
Sangamon River
Decatur
Tls
Not 80 Bad After All
The writer discusses English courtesy and cites a personal anecdote about Mr. Gladstone inviting a visitor to dinner within twenty four hours after a card was sent. The passage also notes the large number of newspapers published in New York, totaling thirty.
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Gladstone
Oflce
Mia
Photography detects stellar motion in Blara study
An 1867 69 comparison by Vogel with a modern photograph suggests cluster 4411 GC contains an eleventh magnitude star that has shifted position by about 2.3 seconds per year relative to nearby stars. The note cites M ce Gothard on photography’s value for motion detection.
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Vogel
Cluster 4
G. C
Arkansan
Ravele
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