Lively Legislators Contend as Dakota House Set to Choose Speaker
Report from Bismanen North Dakota notes Atkins of Lincoln appears likely speaker designate for the Dakota House. A Republican caucus will name officers and decide leadership tomorrow at the Sheridan house. Other posts show competing candidates for council president and sergeant at arms while the clerkship remains unsettled.
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Council
Wallace
Stuttsmin
North Dakota
South
Speakership Contest for Minnesota Assembly Narrowing
The Pioneer Press reports a tight race for speaker with Morgan and Graves each claiming a majority. caucus tonight may settle the question as voters ponder officers in the senate and house with Whiteman leading for enrolling clerk and Rev. S. G. Smith seeking chaplain.
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Morgan
Graves
Assembly
Sr. Paut
Pioneer Press
Friede
Theiman
Col. Grave
Ortonville Herald
W. A. Foland
Benson Times
Hh, Ek, Ives
St. Hilaire
Whiteman
West Virginia Legislature Faces Historic Contests in 1900
Washington dispatch reports West Virginia lawmakers convening January 4 for a session seen as historic with a sharp fight over the U S senator election and a gubernatorial dispute between Judge Fleming and Gen. Gail. Republicans threaten similar challenges to other Democratic officers if anti-planing moves proceed.
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West Virginia
Washington
United States
Judge Fleming
Gen. Gail
Planing
Supreme Court
Charleston
Rail lobbyists Gather as Legislature Debates Extra Session
The passage notes railway lobbyists appearing and legislators leaning on the governor as opposition papers demand an extra session. It hints at a political shift driven by expense concerns and private conferences with the governor.
Inauguration of Farmer Hoard in Madison Wisconsin
Farmer Hoard was sworn in as governor in Madison with a grand ceremony fit for a president. He arrived on a special train from Fort Atkinson and was greeted by militia, dignitaries, and a large crowd. The oath of office followed a morning procession and religious service, ending with an inaugural ball in the evening.
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Farmer Hoard
Madison
Wis
Rusk
Fort Atkinson
Governor's Guard
Governor Rusk
Capitol Park
Supreme Court
Dr. Richards
Boyan
Gen. Rusk
Assembly
Senate
Senate sets secret session on Edmunds Panama canal plan
The Senate adjourned into secret session after the morning hour to review Mr. Edmunds Panama canal resolution. It also passed again the Lincoln land district bill for New Mexico, though it reached the president too late for action.
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Senate
Washington
Edmunds
Panama Canal
House
Lincoln Land District
New Mexico
House Reopens Debate on Proposed Age in Rules
Washington January 8 The House resumed consideration of the proposed age in the rules and filibustering immediately began as members argued procedural points and clarified amendments.
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House
Washington
Foreign Polices Fail to Meet Arbitration Promises
Secretary of state transmits to the Senate a letter from Mr. McLane reporting a Paris joint conference of British and French officials on international arbitration. The Oct 31 meeting backed arbitration in principle, but McLane notes France and the public have not acted on his proposals.
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Washington
Senate
McLane
France
Paris
Germans Repel Samoa Attack. villages burned and deaths reported
Official dispatches from Apia confirm Dec 18 fighting as Germans pushed toward Lanly Mataafa’s base to negotiate with insurgents. More German troops landed. natives repelled, several villages destroyed. Lieuts Sieger Spengler Burchard and 51 men wounded or killed in action.
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Benbix
Apia
Lanly
Mataafa
Klein
Sieger
Spengler
Burchard
4 GOOD YEAR'S WORK Remarkable Progress at People's Church
In St Paul on January 8, the People’s church begun a year ago by Rev G E Smith, formed from the First Methodist. The church reports about 800 members, 85 new admissions from six churches, over 40000 dollars collected, and only 100 dollars debt. Also notes Emancipation in Zanzibar on January 1, when Mr McKenzie of the English East Africa Company freed hundreds of slaves with papers.
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People’s Church
St. Paul
G. Smith
First Methodist Church
Grand Opera House
Zanzibar
McKenzie
Comany
Duel to the Death Between Crow and Gros Ventres Indians
A Four Corners duel on January 2 near Cottonwood Creek left three Gros Ventres dead and a fourth fatally slashed, prompting a gun ammunition rush by Gros Ventres and tightened Blackfeet Agency precautions to avert further conflict.
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River Crow
Gros Ventres
Piegan
R. A. Allen
Lincoln
Benjamin Hopkins Dies Free Man After Presidential Pardon
Benjamin Hopkins known as the Fidelity Bank Wrecker died at 6:30 AM at his home 368 Richmond Street Cincinnati. He had been pardoned from Ohio prison by President Cleveland weeks earlier but pardon paperwork delayed in Washington and only reached the penitentiary Saturday.
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Benjamin Hopkins
Fidelity Bank
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fidelity Bank Fame
Gleveland
Richmond Street
Washington
Desperate Fight with Highbinders at San Francisco Store
Deputies in charge of Chinese store No. 806 Dupont street exchange fire with Lee Wong's highbinders after an attempted door breach. About thirty shots fired, deputy wounded or hurt, assailants flee in panic. Authorities report a violent exchange in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Dupont Street
Lee Wong
Desperation Among Norwegian Settlers in Walsh County
Desolation and hunger afflict Norwegian settlers in western Walsh County Dakota along the Pembina hills. Baptist minister Mr Riches collected clothing and provisions, sent two trusted men to deliver aid to fifteen families, with an estimated forty to fifty more in similar distress. Families of five or six children lack pants coats dresses stockings and shoes. many endure porridge from frozen grain and have little flour and no potatoes or turnips. Relief measures are underway to last until the next harvest.
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Walsh County
Park River
Dak
Pembina Mountains
Riches
Parnell a Ruined Man The Mother Warns Of Financial Wreck
Mrs Delings Parnell says she deeded to her son Charles Stewart Parnell the Bor dentown New Jersey homestead and other property. She predicts the Parnell commission will render him financially ruined. Delia Parnell owns Irish farm and manufacturing interests, with income largely given to the poor and workmen, and support from American friends.
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Times
Philadelphia
Paris C Brown steamer sinks with eleven lives lost
The steamer Paris C Brown sunk on Saturday night near New Orleans. Drowned are cabin hand William Mitchell of Gallipolis. Miller of Vicksburg. William Marshall and James Harrison. William Taylor and John Rolen of Cincinnati. Samuel Gray. Abraham Mitchell. plus a cabin boy, a porter, and a barber listed as unknown.
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New Onveans
Paris C. Brown
Willian Mitchell
Gallipolis
Miller
Vicksburg
Pas
William Marshall
Cincinaati
James Harrison
Memphis
William Taylor
Cincinnati
John Rolen
Samuel Gray
Abraham Mitchell
New Orleans
Fatal Grist Mill Boiler Explosion at New Hope
A boiler burst at William Carters steam grist mill in New Hope Mercer county killing five men and injuring others. Seven farmers gathered for flour when the blast wrecked the mill scattering debris and hurling 200 pound boiler pipes yards away. Engineer Shuttlebarger is suspected to have let water run low.
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New Hope
W. Va
Charleston
Mercer County
William Carter
William Jerome
Thomas Carter
Joseph KE
French
Wade Suislebarger
John Wimmer
Levi Shields
Eli Shields
Emphatic Way In Which a Father Pro tests Against His Daughter's Marriage
Macon Georgia January 8 Dr Tubb Murray and Miss Alice Edwards married at Rev Tidwell Ellaville then spent the day at Capt Robert Paxton’s home. After supper Dr Edwards entered with a large knife and claimed the daughter by the arm taking her back home. He says she is too young to marry. Both parties are highly respected.
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Macon
Tubb Murray
Alice Edwards
Edwards
Tazewell
Tidwell
Ellaville
Robert Paxton
Ex Mayor of Hinckley Convicted of Second-Degree Murder
H H Scott former Hinckley mayor found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in Stillwater prison. Trial began in Pine City last week. Scott proclaimed his defiance, saying he would rather have a rope than speak. He killed D K Irwin on November 22 amid claims of dishonor to his family. A new trial is sought.
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H. H. Scott
Hinckley
Minn
Stillwater
Pine City
Crosby
D. K. Irwin
Scott
Insane czarina seeks treatment after railway disaster
London reports the czarina suffers deep mental depression linked to the czar’s train wreck at Dorkai. Doctors urge Vienna’s Leidesdorf treatment. a period abroad may aid her condition amid suspected conspiracy behind the disaster. Also covers survivors meeting in New York, labor lists, and various crime and political notes.
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Harperer
London
Dorkai
Czarina
Ifler
Sainour
Duchess of Cumberland
Balkin
Leidesdorf
Vienna
Russia
New York
Wanamaker
Suakim
Cairo
Hidden 1860 Spoon Unearthed In Talladega Lot
A colored laborer digging soil at J R Broad Street in Talladega Alabama found a silver spoon stamped with the initials OWMC and the date July 1860. The relic had been buried for over twenty five years and remains in good condition.
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J. R. Broadstreet
Talladega
Ala
OW. M. C
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Heard
Wisconsin
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Iowa
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Lrewer
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Montgomery
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America
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Germany
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Hotchkiss Ordnance Company
Howell
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Manton Marble
Sam Wah Kee
Boston
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Indianapolis
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Clermont
Cloverdale
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Philo
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May Allen
Missouri Pacific
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Sullivan
Police Gazette
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Cnicano
Centerville, Dak
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Centerville
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Meyenberg Brick Company
Chicago
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Samuel Johnson
Delaware County
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Howard McComb
Morrow County
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Inman
Tenn
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Order of Red Men
August Knebrich
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
General Sheridan
Michigan
James McMillan
Detroit
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Shiloh
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Wainright
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Powell
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Salubria
Wilson
California
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Cala
Sr. Perenspurg
Kharkov
Lievens
Hor
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Wasuwindon
Jan
Ossippee
Norfolk
West Indies
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Kingston
Jamaica
Pau
Water Works Company
Wells, Richardson & CO
Burlington, VT
Poe
Burlington, VI
Mitchell National Bank
W.G. Davison
L. N. Seaman
J. & Lerwin Lick
I, L. Davison
Cashier
J. G, Guandler
the Security Bank
Mitchell
M. I. Rowley
R. N. Kratz
Vica Pras
Fathman Cash
Frank Weller
Rowley
F. M. Duncan
Stakle, Corner Third
Lawiar Streets
E. A. Gilbert
Adam's Exp
Gale’s
Ives & Pond’s
Opera
Aine
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