Prohibition Politicking and Sermon Parodies Stir Iowa Debates
The piece critiques Iowa legislators on temperance and the Pop party, decrying their tactics and mocking Grover’s Sermon from the White House as published by the Buzz Law. It notes clashes within Republican and Pop circles, reference to mileage reforms, and political maneuvering in South Dakota and national figures.
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Iowa
Senate
House
Funk
Peter Funk
Pop Party
Grover
White House
The
Buzz Law
Gazette
Maria Haipin
Washington
Cleveland
Congress
Egg imports and tariffs in McKinley era debate
The Sioux Falls Press weighs egg imports and tariff effects before and after the McKinley bill, noting a large pre tariff import volume and a drop during its years. It argues consumer prices did not rise, while American producers gained a market until the Wilson bill. It also covers Senator Pettigrew not dodging a vote on the federal elections bill, clarifying his absence and the staged announcement of a hypothetical nay vote.
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Sioux Falls
United States
Sanster Pettigrew
Pettigrew
Senate
Will Retaliate in House Over Bland Seigniorage Fight
Silver Republicans pledge to block all legislation including appropriation bills until a vote on the Bland seigniorage measure. Representative Fithian says the strategy could halt government operations and even threaten a quorum break. Delegates debate resolutions, with talk of bayonet threats and broad concessions shaping the era’s fiscal battles.
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Washington
Fithian
Bland
Committee On Rules
House
Washineaton
Somers
Wisconsin
United States
Justice Brewer
Supreme Court
Taft
Ricks
Ohio
Pardee
Texas
Beatty
Idaho
Dundy
Nebraska
Senate
Teller
Colorado
Hearing Ordered On Union Pacific Wage Schedule
The United States circuit court orders a March 27 hearing on the Union Pacific wage schedules. Receivers will invite employe representatives to Omaha March 15 to discuss changes, with day to day conferences until an agreement is reached and any remaining disputes presented to the court. Judge Riner in Denver and Thurstons’s actions are noted, alongside related updates on the Schlessinger icebound propeller.
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Omaha
Union Pacific
Clark
Circuit Court of the United States
Caldwell and
Sanborn
John M. Thurston
St. Louis
New York
Neb
S. H. H. Clark
Thurston
Eighth
Dundy
Riner
Denver
United States Circuit Court
Colorado
Schlessinger
Chicago
Perfection
Frontier clash on Russo German border reported
Moscow reports a sensational encounter on the Russo German frontier between a detachment of Russian dragoons and Prussian Uhlans. Several killed on both sides, but officers decline to specify units or injuries to avoid international tension. The dispute arose after Prussian Uhlans allegedly used the Russian eagle at the frontier post as a target.
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Moscow
Attempted Santa Fe Train Hold-Up Near Rock Island
A eastbound Santa Fe passenger train near Hutchinson Kansas faced a staged attack as a red light blocked the track. Five men, maskless and appearing as ordinary tramps, fled. a posse searched the area but found nothing. Separate dispatch notes Melbourne Argus reporting an Australian London cablegram claiming an assassination plot against President Cleveland involving a supposed infernal machine.
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Santa Fe
Kansas City
Hutchinson
Kan
Rock Island Crossing
McNeil
Kent
Cleveland
London
Melbourne Argus
Australia
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South Dakota
Ward
Miller
Register Davis
Huron Land Office
National
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Proquis
T. B. Reed
Wm. McKinley
McKinley
Reed
Allison
Mexico
India
London Financial
Dan Sickles
Gen.Black
Corbett
Jackson
Madison Square Garden
Brice
Senator Brice
Finance Committee
Senator West
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Jersey
South
Everett, Wash
Pacific Northwest
Evening Post
Gladstone
Earl of Roseberry
Reynolds Brothers
P. T. McGovern
Sanborn and Caldwell
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