Congressional Debate on Tariff and Tax Legislation
Washington dispatch reports WV representative as Ways and Means chair urges active session with reform bills. He backs a broad banking bill and repeal of tariff differentials on refined sugar to boost revenue and curb trusts. Senate opposition and rule-change talks follow as party loyalties collide over measures and income tax appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinatox
Wson
West Virginia
House Committee of Ways and Means
Jean
Democratic Party
Senate
Treasury Department
Germany
USA
Friends of the Trust
Final House vote on railway pooling bill ends 166 to 110
Washington reports the House debated and finally passed the railway pooling bill with 166 ayes and 110 nays after amendments. Blair's proposal giving the Interstate Commerce Commission authority over pooling was adopted, while filibuster moves and adjournment attempts failed.
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Veet
Ghanas
Washington
Patterson
Blair
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Wiss
Marsh
Oilinois
Cooper
Florida
NowWever
Marale
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Nterstate Commerce Commission
Hooker
Mississippi
House
Gras
New Banking System Debates at House Hearing
Secretary Carlisle backed the new banking plan against Eckers while Horace White argued notes should not be government backed if merchant and farmer notes could not circulate. The bill aims to replace bonds with circulating notes and a tax funded guarantee, plus a substantial treasury role in note redemption. The discussion also covers supplementary tariff moves in the Senate amid Democratic pressure and scheduling conflicts.
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Carlisle
House
Senate
Wilson
Virginis
Gray
Finance Committee
Allen Blanchard
Martin
Peffer
Washington
House Banking and Currency Committee
BIH
Eckers
Horace White
White
G Homer
Baltimore
Walker
Massachusetts
Horace Whiteneil
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Sickles
Banking and Currency Committee
Lyman J Gage
Chicago
Congress
National Bank Act
Edward N Gibbs
New York Life Insurance Company
George C Butler
New Haven Conn
E Bank A
New York
Congress Debates Nicaragua Canal Abrogation and Pooling Bill
The house sessions feature a speech for abrogating the Clayton Bulwer treaty and Morrill criticizing the inflation bill. Executives adjourn with many nominations approved. A 110 to 110 vote ends the pooling bill. the Cooper substitute to grant ICC control is defeated.
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Morrill
Cooper
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pension vouchers to be signed by fourth class postmasters
The pension bureau has issued circulars informing pension claimants that an act of congress authorizes fourth class postmasters to execute pension vouchers. This change will save pensioners time and trouble in obtaining their funds. Representative Helman of Indiana plans to write a memoir of his thirty years in Congress, hoping to add an interesting historical perspective. He has not started the book yet and will wait for private life to begin.
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WassHinoTon
Pension Bureau
Congress
Washington
Helman
Indiana
Blaine
Ioan
Holman
Washineton
Carlisle
Miller
Interna’l Bureau
Crnal Revenue Service
Labor Committee Meeting Delay Not Held
Washington December 12 The proposed meeting of the house labor committee and Messrs Wright and Kernan of the national strike commission did not take place as expected. The two members differed on amendments to the labor arbitration bill now pending in the house but expect to vote on them in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washincton
House Labor Committee
Messrs. Wright and
Kernan
National Strike Commission
Pat Pee
House
Iowa Official Vote Count Shows McFarland Lead
The state canvassing board completed the election tally listing totals for McFarland 220,878 Dale 149,08 Crane 84,007 Mitchell 7,457 and a Republican plurality of 79,826, 1,833 more than Garfield's Iowa plurality.
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Dres Moines
Eelection
McFarland
Dale
Crane
Mitchell
Garfield
Iowa
Prominent Bay City Man's Wife Abducted by Cousin
E A Cunningham, a young Bay City man, returned to a dark home to find his wife Lucilla Rose missing. Neighbors described a cousin and former lover who forced her away, with the cousin's home near Owosso. Cunningham telegraphed officers to seize the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Mich
E. A. Cunningham
Lucilla Rose
West Bay City
Cunningham
Owosso
House Debates Income Tax and Pension Expenditure
The House held a lively session on the urgency deficiency appropriation bill, clashing over the pension examiner funding and the income tax allocation. A motion to strike the income tax item failed 64 to 19, with General Sickles defending pension claimants and urging proper evidence of examiner use.
President and Wife Move to White House for Season
Washington reports President and Mrs. Cleveland have abandoned their Woodley country home for the season and moved into the White House. Cameron has introduced a tariff amendment bill for duty on onbemp and jute carpets and carpeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
White Heuse
WaAsHinaTon
Cleveland
Woodley
White House
Federation of Labor hears Reed at Denver meeting
Rev Myron Reed of Denver condemns charity of rich men as charity money of robbers while urging workers to unite regardless of creed. Gompers praised as resolutions call for labor emancipation and oppose sectarian issues. Governor Waite may be invited to speak as free coinage of silver is urged. Also reports a man named Joe faces life imprisonment for a Burr Oak double murder alongside his wife Mia Cater.
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Denver
Federation of Labor
Myron Reed
Bull Hill
Gompers
Alan
Trades Union Labor Movement
Waite
Moanier
State Penitentiary
George Wemett
Burr Oak
Mia Cater
Cririnal
Wemett
Knights of Labor Explains Miner Delegates Exclusion
The Knights of Labor executive board clarifies the New Orleans convention action, noting the miners delegates represented the United Mine Workers and could not be admitted with divided allegiance, as the general assembly ruled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Par Laveconta
The
Knights of Labor
General Assembly
New Orleans
United Mine Workers
Kennedy to hang next Monday in jail at Jasper
General Kennedy, one of the murderers of the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis railway night telegraph agent at Shell mound, and John Kennedy, are to be executed on Monday. Martha Taylor wed in Jasper jail. The whisky trust directors convene for their regular meeting as reorganization and Morris suit are anticipated to be discussed after reports are audited.
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Chattanooga
General Kennedy
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
Shellmound
Jasper
Misa Martha Taylor
John Kennedy
Monta
Pronra
Hic
The
Whisky Trust
Hero
Greenbut
Indictments Hit City Officials in Princeton Area
City Treasurer Marands was indicted by a Bureau County grand jury for malfeasance and released after posting bonds. Ex City Clerk Fay also faced an indictment but vanished, with officers seeking him. The long grand jury session aimed to indict ex Mayor Jack of Spring Valley but failed to bring charges.
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Errina Valley
Ila
Marands
Princeton
Fay
Out
Jack
Ills
Bureau County
Spring Valley
Trial opens in Cleveland for Horace Steele on forgery charges
In Cleveland a criminal court begins the case of Horace Steele, president of the failed Painesville Savings Bank. Steele faces two counts of forgery after the bank collapsed, with proceedings starting December 18. The defendant, described as Horace Steele, is connected to the bank’s dissolution and facing prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Horace Stele
Painesville Savings Bank
Steele
Impeachment Verdict Sentences Walter Strange Galty
The jury in the Woodbury county impeachment case found Supervisor Walter Strange guilty after about two days of trial. Strange faced charges of malfeasance in office in connection with his official conduct.
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Walter Strange Galty
Sioux City
Walter Strange
Woodbury County
Strange
Prominent Detroit Residents Form Anti Kiss Crusade
A group of Detroit society members including several doctors discussed avoiding kissing after a guest refused to kiss a child with a sore throat. The gathering sparked a crusade to curb contagious disease by stopping kissing.
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Detroit
Kias
Hidden tin box yields $10,000 in bonds found in old building
Workmen tearing down an abandoned building in Frankfort Indiana uncover a tin box containing $10,000 in Leo county railroad bonds. The bonds, issued forty years ago, are in good preservation and valuable today despite their near worthless value at issue time.
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Frankliz
Leo County
Tinplate Strike Persists After Failed Conference
Purspine reports a conference between tinplate manufacturers and workers failed to reach an agreement. The strike or lockout affecting 12,000 workers remains unchanged and is expected to be fiercely contested by both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purspine
Horsethief Sentenced to Prison in Saline County Case
In the Sangamon circuit court John McCauley received a ten year term in the penitentiary for stealing fourteen head of cattle from a Saline county farmer. McCauley bragged of a long criminal career, saying he began stealing horses at age ten and had operated in Indian, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bringfield
Ills
John McCauley
Saline County
McCauley
Adeves
Christian County
Hoo
Indians
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennesse
Portage Lake Canal Lands Title Upheld By Supreme Court
Dickinson reports the U S supreme court decision affirming settlers’ title to homesteads along Portage Lake canal lands after a six year court battle. The ruling grants 750 families an undivided half interest, ending long litigation over old railroad grants and canal land allocations in Ontonagon Keweenaw Marquette and surrounding counties.
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Congress
Ontonagon
Wisconsin State
Federal Land Department
Portage Lake Canal
Canal Company
Keweenaw
Marquette
Boerage
Wise
Circuit
Jackson
Brown
Severna
Severos
Supreme Court
Severn
Dickinson
Outrage Against American Argall Stirs Guatemala Tension
The steamer Colon reports William Henry Argall, an American, was jailed by a Guatemalan politician after challenging land seizure. He was beaten in prison and held for twelve days before being released to travel to Washington. The incident strains Guatemala US relations and may trigger an international matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Colon
Panama
William Henry Argall
Argall
Guatemala
United States
Young
Republic
Argal
Washington
Murdered by burglars in his own Cleveland home
Prominent Cleveland merchant William H. Price of Chandler & Price, living at 124 Hawthorne Avenue, was murdered by burglars at 2:30 am after investigating a noise. A robber shot him in the chest. he died within minutes. Detectives are at work. burglars not yet captured. Also noted is a Springfield pension case where the Supreme Court dismissed Daniel Benton alias William Newby’s appeal for a pension, likely ending the matter.
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Ripazway
David G Sprigg
Spraggs
Mia Spragg
Casey
Albert
Spragg
Dora Onetatt
Mayers
Ridgeway
Mayer
Caley
Mr. Spragg
Doras
Cleveland
William H. Price
Chandler & Price
Hawthorne Avenue
Price
Grovolver
Newby
Dome
Springfield
Lls
United States Supreme Court
Daniel Benton
William Newby
Benton
United States District Court
Shiloh
Fost Worth
Ter
John Phillips
Benbrook
Longview
John Ward
Sullivan
Word
Phillips
Gardner
Evans
Sullivans
Farm feud ends in barn fire and double tragedy
In Haven Michigan on December 19 Robert Wobsta, an elderly farmer, set fire to his barn killed neighbor Eugene Keasy with a shotgun, then died in a self inflicted blaze. Keasy injured severely with eyes shot out and facial wounds. Webster died after being dragged from the burning house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tally Barms
Bours Haven
Mich
Robert Wobsta
Eugene Keasy
Kessy
Webster
Keany
Keasy
Gompers Reviews Hi Labuh Siluation Address to Labor
President Samuel Gompers submitted his annual report to the Federation of Labor convention after preliminary business. He praises the movement's endurance through adversity, cites coal miners strike costs, supports a minimum wage, defends actions on the A R U strike, and urges immigration reform, postal telegraph expansion, and government employee unions. He condemns Cleveland era telegraph powers, endorses an industrial commission, and opposes independent political action by labor despite signs of potential industrial revival.
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Lexver
Gompers
Federation of Labor Convention
Dobs
Cleveland
Hoppa
Postal Department
Industrial Commission
Federation
Knights of Labor
Demand for Eight Hour Day Sparks Arbitration Debate
Labor leaders push for eight hour workday and anti contract work on government projects. The push for compulsory arbitration is denounced as a threat to labor and union funds. Delegates from Britain and America debated union organization and funding as condition for enforcing awards, with leaders like Gompers and Burns weighing in and the convention adjourned after remarks and telegrams from Debs and O'Connell.
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Secofd
Evans
John Burns
Hesslid
Hingland
England
America
Gompers
Burns
Americas
Europe
Myron W. Reed
Debs
O’connell
Phebo Couzina
O’wealer
Carl Browne
Train Robbery at Red River Rocks Texas
Reports from Hennessy Oklahoma December 13 describe a bold Rock Island passenger and express train hold up near Red River. Three masked men forced the crew to open the express car, stole about 800 dollars from passengers, fired shots injuring Conductor Cannon and a Pullman conductor, then fled. Separate notes mention Benbrook arrests, a Woodfield Ohio station robbery, and a royal marriage in England.
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Hennessy
Texas and Pacific
Marys Creek
Benbrook
Tex
Rock Island
Red River
Teras
Indian Territory
Cook Gang
Outlawe
Expresa Moesenger
Brown
Bia
Detroit Woman's Jewish Rites Burial Noted
The obituary records Mra Frankenstein of Detroit buried according to ancient Jewish rites. Born in Poland in 1786 she lived a long life, recounted Napoleonic era memories, and emigrated to the United States to join her son Peter and two daughters, with many grandchildren and great grandchildren remaining.
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Lee Aig Ray
Huey Béewart Shermah
Ohio
Jamey Vets McCallum
Washington
RB. H. McKim
Church of the Epiphany
Shewman
Ga Te Oamp
John Thompson
Canal
Windsor
England
Privy Council
Hanmer
Nova Scotia
Eaton Hall
Prince Adolphus of Teck
Grosvenor
Duke of Westminster
Duke of York
Aletor
Duke of Cambridge
Gladstone
Ta Marla
Gelombiz
Lises
Harris
Sey Mohun
United States
Congo Free State
M. M. Preston
Springfield
Leste
Oregon
New York World
Port Arthur
Wee Oe
Henry Shoemeker
Edward Townsend
Todd
Ogdensburg
Paulp H. Lehner
Winona Minn
H H. Merton
Toronto
W W Fowler
Detroit
Mra F Frankenstein
Jesus
Lazarus
Mra Frankenstein
Poland
Russia
Kosciusko
Napoleon
Moscow
Peter
Will Williams of Hartley Bankrupt in Iowa
BIOLX City Iowa December 12 R W Williams Hartley general merchant failed for an amount not yet certain but likely reaching $50 000 He filed a chattel mortgage and bill of sale for 89 900 Local banks hold part of his paper and are fully secured Creditors are flocking to the store Williams was reputed sound and wealthy.
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Biolx City
R W Williams
Hartley
O'Brien County
Williama
Sandwich Plans Suit Over Smallpox Circulars
Princeton Illinois December 12 Somonauk residents distributed on trains circulars warning Smallpox at Sandwich Beware Sandwich now proposes to sue Somonauk for libel for the circulated material seen passing through the town prompting counter measures and legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ills
Somonauk
Sandwich
Monauk
Ibel
Conductor Kills an Engineer in Montana Saloon Brawl
In Barre Montana a quarrel in the Great Northern saloon ends when conductor James Barnes shoots and kills engineer M Young. A large posse pursues Barnes. Separately a Cleveland dispatch says the schooner Mary Amatin left Port Huron November 24 and has not been heard from, likely lost with crew and cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Bandusky
Mary Amatin
Port Huron-on
Southern California boards push for state division plan
Members of the boards of supervisors from seven southern California counties convene in congress. Resolutions are introduced and urged to split California, creating a new state of South California.
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Axgeles
Cal
Boards of Supervisors
California
Congress
Seuthera Fornia
Prediction About the Gold Foe.
In Denver on December 18 a Democratic national committee member from Colorado predicts the gold standard will be used to provoke a China Japan conflict as a means to destroy rival powers and greatly raise gold values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denveh
Thomas
Colorado
Democratic National Committee
China
Japan
Weather indications for twenty four hours from 8 p m
Washmerton reports a forecast indicating fair weather in most regions. Northwesterly winds prevail in parts of Michigan and Ohio, with local showers expected in the eastern portion. Southwesterly winds are noted in parts of Iowa and Wisconsin, turning partly fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washmerton
Lower
Michigan
Upper Michian
Iowa
Wisconsin
Retired businesswoman credits heart cure reform
Mrs. Morgan of Chicago describes severe heart disease with swollen limbs and limited mobility. After using Dr Miles New Heart Cure she reports rapid circulation improvement, regained movement, and later recommended it to others. product sold with guarantee by Dr Miles Medical Co. Illinois address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Mrs. Morgan
Chicago
Ill
de. Billes
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elckhart
Ind
Money Loaned Local Representatives Wanted
Our system offers personal or real estate loans with monthly payments and a guaranteed dividend of 6 to 10 percent. Energetic representatives are sought as local secretaries. commissions will be ample. Write for details to 8 8. Roberm, President, 112 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.
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Energie
Roberm
Walnut Street
Philadelphia
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