Gasphyxia and reforms thread through era remarks
Boston physician proposes gas pyxia as a death description from inhalation. Hypnos advertised for insomnia. Congress resumes work at the old stand. Rail traffic to Canton O shows 700000 visited McKinley's home during the campaign. China Wey reform footprints squeeze women. Electric railways spread in Europe. naval crews may rise by 4000. Ancient Pompeii knew tubular boilers. Italy to curb illegal immigration. Brooklyn girls outnumber boys two to one in settings. women win college honors. Watches with light faces intrigue. safety cure a piano study falls short. Debate over navy spending and peace, and John Sherman’s senate record. Copper nickel coinage tests underway at Philadelphia mint. Covington hill climbers seek obesity cure via hill climbs.
Proceedings of the Second Session Dingley Tariff Bill Debated
The Senate discussed the Dingley tariff measure on the sixteenth and mostly decided to drop it. A pension bill of 141,329,580 was approved, while the House debated the army appropriation of 23,126,844. The Lodge immigration bill passed the Senate on the seventeenth, with a 52 to 10 vote, and the bill excludes most nonliterate adults. Numerous other items follow including monuments, Indian affairs, and government exhibits. A fatal fire, lynchings, crimes, and the stock market and banking news are reported, with a final note that the National bank of Tilinois in Chicago closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
James G. Blaine
Washington
Indian Affairs
Board of Indian Commissioners
House
Nashville
Charles Crisp
Georgia
Postage Stamps Sold By Carriers On Rounds Order Issued
Washington reports a postmaster general order allowing the sale of postage and special delivery stamps by letter carriers during their rounds. The Senate foreign relations committee favors the Cameron resolution recognizing Cuba's independence. US business failures totaled 367 in the week ending the 18th, with clearing house exchanges at 1.086 trillion dollars for the week. The president, who had been duck hunting in South Carolina, has returned to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Republic of
Cuba
United States
South Carolina
Major fires and deaths sweep the East in a grim roundup
A Schenley park Casino and summer theatre in Pittsburgh area burns for a $500,000 loss. Magician Alexander Herrmann dies in his private car near Sala manca New York likely from heart trouble. Fatal lye attack in Bethel leaves Mrs Moon and daughter dead. Divorces from North Dakota not valid in New York state. Roswell Harr, ex-congressman and New York Tribune editor, dies at 66 in Plainfield. Boston banker Frank Miles accused of $100,000 defalcation. Gale wrecks 150 boats in Chatham Massachusetts. Author Mary J Holmes granted divorce in New Haven. Fires devastate Elizabeth New Jersey and Bridge Massachusetts. Bernard Loy stable fire kills 50 horses. Masonic hall burned in New Brunswick. Charles McClenacan dies at 67, noted masonic ritual authority. Boiler explosion kills four in Centerville Rhode Island. Aaron Goldsmith home fire kills family. Newport Rhode Island sisters burn to death in fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenley Park
Pittsburgh
Alexander Herrmann
Great Valley
Salamanca
N.Y
Bethel
Moon
Shell
New York Supreme Court
Russell
North Dakota
Empire State
Roswell G. Harr
Plainfield
N.J
Congress
Saginaw
Mich
New York Tribune
Frank C. Miles
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company
Boston
Chatham
Mass
New Haven
Conn
Mary J. Holmes
William Holmes
Elizabeth
N. J
Bridge
Bernard Loy
New York
Masonic Hall
New Brunswick
Charles T. McClenacan
America
Centerville
R. I. Nirvanna Braul
Arthur Fisher
D. L. Baker
West and South In Briefs From Chicago and Indiana
The Christian Citizenship league elected Felix R. Brunot of Pittsburgh as president at its Chicago meeting. In Indiana a woman weighing 500 pounds was the heaviest resident after her death in Middleton. Arkansas reported 86 votes for Jeff Davin as a presidential elector. Jack McAnuliffe plans to retire from boxing. In Georgia’s Third district a special election elected Charles R. Crisp to succeed Charles I. Crisp. Maj. McKinley visited Chicago at Lafayette McWilliams’s home. A train accident near Ladoga, Indiana killed Mrs Martha McGil and her 19 year old daughter Mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Christian Citizenship League
Felix R. Brunot
Pittsburgh
Isaac Beaucamp
Middleton
Indiana
Arkansas
Jeff” Davin
Jack McAnuliffe
Georgia
Charles I. Crisp
Charles R. Crisp
Maj. McKinley
Lafayette McWilliams
Major
Ladoga
Ind
Martha McGil
Death sentences for anarchists in Barcelona court martial
Foreign intelligence reports 25 anarchists condemned to death and 59 to penal servitude in Barcelona after a court martial for disturbances. Details from other regions include Weyler fortifying Travana, Daucher elected in Switzerland, Montreal losses, and a fatal double tragedy in Inwood Ontario. Immigrant arrivals to Canada reach 21 841 for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Spain
Durham
Surrey
London
Welsh
Canada
Joseph Atkinson
Inwood
Ont
Senate Reports Cuba Independence Move Favorable
In the U S Senate Senator Cameron presented the committee report praising Cuba's independence and it was postponed until after holidays. A resolution argued that Congress, not the president, holds power to recognize foreign governments. House concurred with Senate immigration amendments. appropriation bill work finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate
Cameron
Committee On Foreign Relations
Cuba
Congress
House
Wilkesbarre
Jim Stone
J. M. R. Green
Mayfield
Grand Trunk Railway
Danville Junction
Supreme Court of Utah
Cooper Union
New York
Ethan Allen
Bradley T. Johnson
Virginia
Southern Pacific
San Antonio
Tex
Weyler
Havana
Pinar del Rio
William Cullom
Carthage (Tenn
Clinton
Carlisle
Casino
Italy
National Bank of Tilinois
Chicago
Dryer & Co
Wasmansdorff
Teinemann & Co
Roseland Bank
Iowa Briefs: Capt George Guyot Leads Cuban Troop Push
Spacial Des Moines correspondent notes Capt George P. Guyot, former U S Army sergeant, chief engineer of the Town national guard, leads a Cuban recruitment push with letters from across Iowa. He vows neutrality compliance and rapid readiness once Cuba’s independence is recognized. Also discusses Senator Allison cabinet prospects and Gov Drake daughter Mary Lord Drake’s Denver marriage to George Sturdivant of Centerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt
Guyot
Allison
Gov. Drato
Spacial
Des Moines
Gov. Drake
Cuba
United States
Maceo
Senator Allison
Frank D. Jackson
Senate
John Sherman
Iowa
Senator Byers
Mr. Byers
McKinley
Mary Lord Drake
George Sturdivant
Centerville
Denver
Mr. Sturdivant
Miss Drake
Interstate Commerce Makes Annual Report on Key Supreme Court Rulings
The tenth annual interstate commerce commission report notes three significant Supreme Court decisions this year. The Texas and Pacific import rate ruling upholds a lower court view on foreign versus domestic charges, while the Brown case eases witness testimony for penal cases. It also covers grain rate practices, ticket brokerage, free passes, and urges amendatory legislation to improve enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissio
Iean
Washington
Interstate Commerce ‘Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Commission
The
Texas '& Pacific Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Supreme Court
Brown
Missouri
Mississippi River
Chicago
Kansas City
Roswell G Horr Dies Ex Congresssman at Plainfield
Roswell G Horr former Michigan congressman died Friday night at 11 after two weeks illness from bronchitis and Bright's disease. Born 1830 in Waitsville Virginia he later lived in Saginaw Michigan and Plainfield New Jersey where he joined the New York Tribune staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Plainfield
N. J
Roswell G. Horr
Bright
Waitsville
Elyria
Tragedy at Missouri Valley Ends With Double Death
Ben Freeman was mortally wounded by his own gun as his father Dr Freeman stood nearby in Missouri Valley. The youth, just back from California a week, shot himself after wounding his father. Domestic troubles are hinted as possible motives. Meanwhile W A Little of Grinnell, hotel proprietor, was fined 1750 dollars and jailed ten months in Warren County for sending an obscene letter to a Des Moines woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Valley
Ben
Freeman
Dr.Freeman
Young Freeman
Dr. Freeman
California
W. A. Little
Grinnell
Mack
Warren County
Des Moines
Little
Grinnell Council
Boy Confesses to Webster City Shooting and Burglar Murder
A 13 year old son of A EB Palmer said two tramps killed his brother during a home visit near Webster City. Police arrested two men matching the description. The boy confessed when asked to identify suspects. In a separate case Andrew Hart of La Moille was murdered by an unknown burglar who was surprised in the act. The revolver used was recovered in a cornfield and a $500 reward is offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. EB. Palmer
Webster City
Andrew Hart
la Moille
Iowa Railroads Earn Record Net In Come In 1896
The Iowa railroad commission reports 34 lines operating over 5500 miles in the state showing higher earnings for the year ending 1896 compared to 1895. Net earnings total about 41 million dollars with an increase of five million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Commission of
Iowa
Richard Rowe Sentenced for County Treasury Looting
Richard Rowe brother of the county treasurer was sentenced by Judge Ryan at Montezuma to three years in the penitentiary for complicity in looting the county treasury. A new trial was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Rowe
Mexico
Montezuma
Ryan
Iowa City and region ledger of losses and deaths
A long list of incidents across Iowa reports businesses damaged by fire and flood, theft from the Illinois Central in Independence, deaths from heart disease and accidents, disappearances, court actions, and notable local events. Notable items include Hammery Goods in Fort Madison failing for 40000, Keokuk wholesale grocery fire damage, a safe robbery in Independence, a love fallout cost of 16000 plus 4000 court costs, and several fatalities and investigations in Muscatine Sioux City Avoca Davenport and Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammery Goods Company
Fort Madison
Smith-Hamill Company
Keokuk
Ilinois Central Company
Independence
Fuller
A. C. Payne
Ringgold County
Rhoda Geiger
Mike Cohen
la Porte
Muscatine
D. P. Johnson
M. J. Yeley
Manson
Mondamin
Sioux City
J. E. Thorne
Rockwell City
Blanche Davis
Sanborn
J. D. Maurer
Garnavillo
W. M. Schlawig
Sibley
Dubuque
Warnshuis
Sioux County
Maurice
Avoca
Charles Schake
Jones County
H. A. McFatrich
Red Oak
Puzzled Housekeepers Improve Flavor with Simple Substitutes
A list of kitchen tips advises sharpening fish sauce with lemon juice and vanilla with peach extract, adding salt pork to veal loaf and sugar to basting water, boosting Boston baked beans with cream, and using cider vinegar for fish. Additional notes include ice cream tweaks, snowcake with arrowroot, and crabs to flavoring with cinnamon and lemon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Japan
Facts for Farmers on Carrots, Stock Feeding and Hog Profit
Carrots are favored by horses and cattle and may tempt sick animals to eat them. Potatoes store best at 34 to 40 degrees with 60 degrees to curb sprouting. avoid light. Proper stock division prevents overcrowding and higher costs. A bronco breaker suggests tying forelegs to stop kicking. Smaller hogs yield higher profit per pound than large ones.
The Sentiment Of Words And Human Vices
A compact meditation on expressions and social terms. It contrasts smiles with silent meanings and defines love as an irregular verb needing aid. It casts society as a court of friends, and lists playful phrases on piano study and moral life, with cautionary notes on hell and heaven.
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the Express
Monticello
Congressional Record
Canton
Mas. McKinley
China
West
Uncle Sam
Europe
Pompeii
Immigration Bureau
Brooklyn
N. Y
England
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Thomas H. Benton
Benton
Treasury
President Hayes
Sherman
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Cincinnati
Anning
Jamestown
Jimtown
Dawes
John J. Thornton
Clay County Advance
Ashland
Ala
Southern Railway
Bryant Station
Ryan Hotel
St. Paul
Connheim
James Smith
Upper Marlboro
Margaret Brown
Arch, Dink
Bill Proctor
Russellville
Aaron
Doc Crafton
Adairville
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Tenn
St. Louis
Henry Kimmeling
Anton Benning
George E. Lemon
National Tribune
Coronado Beach
Cal
John Antras
Gabriel Russ
Charles Swanson
Charles Anderson
Louis Jackson
Ouray
Col
University of Wisconsin
George Finley
William Gailer
Lincoln Baird
Knoxville
George Bryant
Reno
Fort Scott
Kan
Randall, Selby & Bell
Witzgeerald
Sheffield
Aelo
Denison
John Kraal
Drake
National Bank of Tilino
Foreign Intelligence
Interstate Commerce
Carrie Pinney
W. H H. Harvey
Cain
Financial School
National Republican Campaign Committee
Kive
East Fifty Eighth Street
Aston Goldsmith
Chlotilde Goldsmith
Bertha Goldsmith
Harry Goldsmith
Frank Goldsmith
Mary Rosa
Mr. Hirsch
Virginius Mine
Here
Wisard Hermann
Rochester
Lyceum Theater
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh
Bradford
Iowa State News
Interstate Tracer
Marshalltown
W W. C. Bremermen
Boone Post Office
Friends of Cuba
Charles J. Brackebush
Crop Department of the State
Seth Egpleston
Burlington
Savery
Ireton
Hood
Sarsaparilla
Hercules Wrest
Earth
Hercu
le Led
Antecus
Anteus
Ness
Dr. Pierce
Corpus Christi
Nueces Co
Texas
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