Congress Bills And Debates Dominate Senate And House
A weekly legislative wrap recaps Senate and House activity with the original package liquor bill causing debate. Senators Wilson Iowa and Staar promote or discuss liquor control, silver measures, and river and harbor funding while the body adjourns between sessions. The House handles census penalties, pensions, and district appropriations as officers are sworn in and committee actions proceed.
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Staard
Heould
Wilson
Ckage
Est
Cameron
Kelley
Pennsylvania
Kelly
House
District of Columbia
ergeant-at-Arms
Canada
Iowa
Stew
Ator Wilson
Ted
Farwell
Major Wilson
Des Moines
Lena Hiscock
Carlisle
Committee of Ways No
Creek Nation of Indians of
Rice
Marom
Ohio
Daniels
Daniel
Spooner
Cedar Rapids
Dunnell
Minnesota
Committee On Census
Military Academy
Senderson
Illinois
Kerr
Grosvenor
Quinn
New York
Senator Stanford
Committee On Finance
Stanford
Oeal
Aurora
Faulkner
One Cent Postage Likely Before End of Admin
Congressman Bingham, chair of the post office committee, says the four cent reduction bill for letter postage will likely become law before the current administration ends. He does not expect passage this session, deeming the cut too large to report now, but anticipates action before the administration closes.
Anarchists Target Haymarket Statue in 1883 Plot
Chicago recalled the May 4 1883 anarchist riot as detectives probed an apparent dynamite plot at the Haymarket monument. A rainstorm thwarted the plan. a tin can with nitro glycerine mix and fuse fragments was found, a crude device tied in black cloth. Police and Chief Marsh discussed renewed revolutionary activity led by Herr Most as secret meetings continued and follow-on actions were urged.
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Chicago
Haymarket
Aetna Powder Company
Marsh
Herr Most
Spies
Parsons
Fatal Turnover Hints at Devils Lake Doctors
At Devils Lake Indian Reservation the physician’s office has seen four doctors in eighteen months. Dr. W T O'Donnell died suddenly after starting duties, followed by Dr. C G Ellis who died ten days after a severe cold and pneumonia. The deaths appear non-mysterious as health conditions on the reservation are strong.
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Devils Lake
TICKLING THE SOIL and Reports from McPherson County
Reports from McPherson County South Dakota describe recent rains reviving planted wheat and flax fields. Wheat sown in August and September thrives while spring and late fall plantings lag for moisture, with prairie breaking continuing and immigration fueling flax acreage.
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McPherson County
South Dakota
Russia
Actress Fanny Davenport Libel Trial Opens
Libel suit filed by Arthur Lotto and Jean Williams against actress Fanny Davenport has begun in district court. Judge Dittenhoefer of New York appears for the defense. Davenport and her husband attended, she testifies first. Minimal facts secured from her and from Lotto.
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Fanny Davenport
Arthur Lotto
Jean Williams
Dittenhoefer
New York
Miss Davenport
Wis
Lotto
Exciting Trial in Sofia Involves Bulgarian and Russian Officers
The Sofia trial of Maj Panitza and Capt Kolobkovt with nine Bulgarian officers and four civilians opens for conspiring to overthrow the government. Officials fear a prisoner rescue by force as disclosures expected. Gen Von Witten dies by suicide at a Weisbaden sanitarium.
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Sofia
Panitza
Kolobkovt
von Witten
Gen
Weisbaden
Brutal home invasion ends with wife shot in boarding house
In New York at 175 West Forty-fifth Street David Ransey and two accomplices forced entry to murder his separated wife. A door panel was smashed and a shot fired through a crouching victim's neck. Ransey and companions fled as police report minimal cooperation from involved parties. The wife, described as a beautiful young woman, will recover.
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David Ransey
West Forty-fifth Street
New York
Ransey
Ranseys
Brooklyn
Unsuccessful Real Estate Scam Targets German Minister
Rev. William Huelstein of Elgin Illinois narrowly dodged a $14000 fraud involving L H Cole of Chicago and J T Arnold of St Paul. A colored porter Broady signed papers for a mortgage on Minneapolis property. authorities intervened at the Kirby House. Detective McManus uncovered the scheme as Huelstein and Cole denied complicity.
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Wm. Huelstein
Elgin
Ill
Milwaukee
L. H. Cole
Chicago
Minneapolis
J.T. Arnold
St. Paul
L. Barden
New York
Arnold
Netteberg
Cole
Kirby House
Broady
McManus
Jones
Nettebaerg
William Huelster
Huelster
Sullivan's New Deal With Virginia Athletic Club
Col J M Bailey of the Virginia athletic club met John L Sullivan at the Astor house in New York. Sullivan agrees to fight Joe McAuliffe for 10000 in July and Jackson for 25000 in August, both in Virginia under the Virginia athletic club. The California club offer is blocked. Sullivan refuses bare knuckle fights and demands cancellation if his Mississippi trial leads to imprisonment. He denies fear of Jackson and asserts he would fight if within reach.
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Col
J. M. Bailey
Virginia Athletic Club
John L. Sullivan
Astor House
New York
Sullivan
Joe McAuliffe
Jackson
Virginia
California Athletic Club
John L
Mississippi
Boston
Oswego National Bank Closed Amid Fraud Accusations
The Oswego National Bank is closed temporarily with a note to depositors not to fear. Cashier O A Thompson, Tioga county treasurer, is charged with defrauding the Public Grain and Stock Exchange of 30000 in concert with James F Dee of Owego, linked to the big four collapse. Deposits total about 52000. Thompson is currently out of town.
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Oswego National Bank
Owego National Bank
O. A. Thompson
C. P. Platt
Public Grain and Stock Exchange
James F. Dee
Dee
Owego
Thompson
Tioga County
Qussia Not in It as Emir Declares War Neutrality
The London Standard Berlin correspondent reports the emir declares neutrality in a Franco German war. He will not intervene by force, not attack Germany, nor enter any alliance with Prussia.
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Qussia
The
London Standard
Berlin
Emir
Washington Review on Senate Seats and Silver Policy
Reports on Col Canaday’s resignation as Senate sergeant-at-arms and potential successors like E K Valentine Swords and Leeds. Notes President Harrison’s stance on silver and possible deals among Republicans and Democrats. Mentions Iowa delegation inviting the president to Ottumwa coal palace and North Dakota figures facing legal trouble in Philadelphia.
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Col. Canaday
Senate
E. K. Valentine
West Point
Neb
Col. Swords
Iowa
Leeds
Philadelphia
Quay
Paddock
Mr. Valentine
Allison
Swords
Valentine
Nebraska
Clarkson
Read
Canaday
North Carolina
Sherman
Congress
Stewart
White House
Ballingall
Ottumwa
North Dakota Statesman
Harrison Allen
East
Dakota Statesman
Pennsylvania
Allen
Dakotas
United States
Louisiana Lottery Company
North Dakota
Congressmn
Sweney
Lease Committee On Commerce
Childs-Drexel Fund
Capitol Press
Childs-Drexel
International Typographical Union
Supreme Court upholds Edmunds act against Mormon polygamy
The Supreme Court affirms Congress power to suppress polygamy under the Edmunds act, declaring the Mormon church a contumacious organization and affirming the confiscation of church real estate exceeding $50,000. Justice Bradley dissents with Justices Fuller Field and Lamar.
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Supreme Court of the
United States
Mormon Church
Church of Latter Day Saints
Supreme Court of Utah
Tis Court
Fortyninth Congress
Mormon Church Corporation
India
Congress
Utah
Bradley
Fuller
Field
Lamar
Chicago Ice Trust Foeled by New Company
A bold new Consumers Pure Ice company forms in Chicago with $250,000 stock, five acres, $100,000 machinery, a 120 ton artificial ice plant, and fifteen wagons led by president E. E. Turner. The venture spurs war with the old ice trust as the old group tries to coax the new firm into merging. Other officers include Henry H. Getty, Wm. Mos bach, and stockholders Eldridge G. Keith Edison Keith W. W. Gibbs and J. Spencer Turner. The charter is granted and the old trust warns of competition.
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Chicago Ice Trusts
Consumers’ Pure Ice Company
Capital Stock
E. E. Turner
Henry H. Getty
Wm. Mosbach
Eldridge G. Keith
Edison Keith
W. W. Gibbs
Philadelphia Standard
J. Spencer Turner
New York
Ice Trust
Turner
Haroldo steamer foundered with six drowned off Irish coast
Sparks from the wires report the steamer Harold traveling from Bilboa to Glasgow foundered off the Irish coast with six persons drowned. In Rome the next consistory expected on the 28th will likely elevate three bishops to cardinal hats. At Kingston New York during Wee’s circus a section of the reserved seat gallery collapsed injuring several spectators but no serious injuries reported.
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Harold
Bilboa
Glasgow
Rome
Kinccston
N. Y
Wee
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