What Senators Eat in Washington's Senate Restaurant
Special Washington letter surveys daily meals of U S senators in the Capitol restaurant. It notes preferences from oysters to beef and lobster with varied lunch and dinner patterns, including mentions of Merrill of Vermont Morrill of Vermont and others, plus comments on privacy and public curiosity.
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Washington
National Capitol
Salomon
Senate
United States
House
Congress
Capitol
Newark Board of Aldermen
House of Representatives
Epon
Iowa
Pump Ilk
Morrill
Vermont
Manderson
Joe Blackburn
Kentucky
Senator Davis
Minnesota
Senator West
Missouri
Senator Quay
Pennsylvania
Senator Pettigrew
South Dakota
Senator Sherman
Olia
Morgan
Alabama
Senator Allen
Nebraska
Young Man Recalls Roommate Clothes Clash
In a Washington Star item, a young man with a fragile disposition explains how his roommate overstepped by borrowing his evening clothes and umbrella. He notes they stood on dignity, with each keeping their own belongings to avoid damage or conflict.
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Washington Star
Makes a Difference Materfamilias and Paterfamilias
In a humorous exchange from the New York Herald, a baby swallows a coin. the parents realize it is not a nickel but a ten dollar gold piece. They call for a doctor, reacting with shock and quick action.
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John
N.Y. Herald
Man Accuses Rival of Stealing Wife and Money
In Town Topics, Mr Bickers recounts a dispute where a man charges another man with eloping with his wife and taking $25. Mrs Bickers suggests arrest and punishment, but the husband seeks only restitution of his cash.
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Mr. Bickers
Hog cholera toll hits Indiana farmers in 1896
The Indiana hog cholera loss reached about 6 million dollars in 1896. The figures highlight the severe impact on farmers across the state, reflecting a period of agricultural hardship and market disruption.
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Indiana
Woman Suffrage Convention Acts for Washington Watch
Susan B. Anthony led the Iowa convention urging retention of a congressional committee in Washington to monitor congress. Carrie Lane Chapman Catt spoke of future gains as Anthony praised progress in Idaho and California during a multi day gathering in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Susan DB. Anthony
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Iits
Central Christian Church
Miss Anthony
Anna Monard Shaw
Piladelphia
California
Susan RB. Anthony
Anna Tl. Diggs
Kansas
Henry B. Blackwell
Massachusetts
Clara B. Colby
Washington
Congress
Harriet Taylor Upton
Ohio
Colby
New Jersey
Fr. M. Drake
Iowa
John MacVicar
New York
Susan HB. Anthony
Rachel Foster Avery
Alice Lone Blackwell
Laura Clay
Carrie Lane Chapman Catt
State Senate
Chadford
Colorado
Cutt
Nebraska
Shaw
Pennsylvania
Blackwell
Idaho
Caqutal Siderate
Two More Cabinet Officers for McKinley Administration
Lyman J. Gage of Chicago says he has accepted the treasury secretary post offered by Maj. McKinley. Gen. Russell A. Alger of Michigan accepts the war portfolio after tender and a cheerful reception in Canton. The two men discuss policies with the president-elect and share a aligned view on financial and economic plans.
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Treasury
War
Wage
Alger
Canton
Lyman J. Gage
Chicago
Gage
Maj. McKinley
Russell A. al
Ger
Michigan
Gen. Alger
Ife
Detroit
Eckels outlines currency reform and credit stability
Comptroller Eckels told the house banking committee that monetary policy alone no longer fixes the country's troubles. He blamed overtrade and excess private and public spending, stressing public credit stability and reform of government obligations to sustain a gold reserve, with banks taking over credit note issuance.
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Washington
Comptroaller Eckels
House Committee On
Two Deadly Fires in Hoboken Claim Seven Lives
Fires in Hoboken, New Jersey, between 11:40 p.m. Saturday and 3:00 a.m. Sunday killed seven people and left 30 families homeless. The first blaze at 4140 Newark Street killed six Schroeder family members, while the second fire at 157 Fourteenth Street destroyed three nearby tenements and claimed eight year old Mabel Mangles. Property losses reach between 90,000 and 95,000, with limited insurance coverage.
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Hoboken
N. J
Newark Street
Nellie Schroeder
Henry Schroeder
Maggie Schroeder
Kate Schroeder
John Schroeder
Willie Schroeder
Charles Schroeder
Schaffer
James Llanchfield
Blanchtfields
Schroeder
Willie
Maggie
Kate
John
Henry
Fourteenth Street
Mabel Mangles
Noes
Ferdinand Mangles
National Board of Trade Supports Gold Standard Plan
The national board of trade adopted a banking plan: gold coin remains standard. retire US notes without harming business. national banks may issue currency up to bonds value with gold redeemable at a bank of issue and New York city. Small towns may host banks with 20000 capital. A monetary commission of 11 to advise Congress by 1898.
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Washington
National Board of Trade
Committee On Banking Laws
United States
City of
New York
Congress
Senate Committee On Finance
House Banking and Currency Committee
Cleveland Addresses Physicians at New York Dinner
President Cleveland arrived in New York and attended the annual New York Academy of Medicine dinner at Carnegie Hall. He praised modern physicians and medical science, urged civic duties alongside professional commitments, and opened with a tribute to the "old village doctor."
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Cleveland
New York
New York Academy of Medicine
Carnegie Hall
Populist Senators Named in State Legislatures
In Topeka Kansas on January 28 the legislature elected William A Harris to the United States senate to succeed Mr Peffer. In Boise City Idaho on January 29 the Idaho state legislature elected Henry Heitfelt a populist to succeed Senator Dubois. Heitfelt received 39 votes with Dubois 30 and Nelson 1. 25 populists 13 democrats and one republican supported the winner.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
William A. Harris
United States Senate
Peffer
Boise City
Idaho
Henry Heitfelt
Dubois
Heitfelt
Silver
T. F. Nelson
Cuban reforms ready in Spain West Indies plan
Madrid reports Queen Regent Christina will sign a cabinet scheme for reforms in the Spanish West Indies at a Thursday meeting. The plan, formed with conservative leaders, aims to pacify Cuba and improve tariff policy and trade with the United States, while stopping short of Australian style autonomy.
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London
the Standard
Madrid
Christina
Spanish West Indies
Marquis de Aperteguia
Cuba
United States
Canada
Salvation Army backs potato patch plan in relief drive
Detroit reports Gen Booth Tucker endorses Gov Hazen Pingree vision as a spring relief priority for the Salvation Army reaching beyond the United States. Local and national updates mention legal damages awarded to Truman P. Lawrence against Pullman’s Palace Car, a railway president’s death, hosiery works in New Brunswick reopening, and a man named Perry executed for mass murder in Missouri.
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Detroit
Mich
Booth- Tucker
Salvation Army
Hazen 8. Pingree
United States
Fort Gibson
Miss
Truman P. Lawrence
Pullman’s Palace Car Company
Lawrence
Campany
Illnogis
Senate Panel Approves Arbitration Treaty with Amendments
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, minus Sen Turpie, met to discuss the arbitration treaty. A favorable report was ordered for today with amendments, including limits on arbitration affecting policy and removal of the king of Sweden and Norway as umpire.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Turpie
Sweden
Norway
Gray
Delaware
Friends of the Convention
Messrs
Sherman
Davis
Frye
Lodge
CuJlom
Morgan
Mills
Daniel
Cameron
Depew Predicts Hard Times Before Recovery
Chauncey M. Depew urges an extra session of Congress to pass a moderate tariff and address currency and foreign affairs. He warns three years of panic have chilled credit, stalled commerce, and kept investment idle, arguing revival hinges on purchasing power and decisive policy actions.
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New York
Feb. L
Chauncey M. Depew
Congress
Hours Reduced in Springfield Wabash Shops
A public notice in the Wabash shops states from today hours drop from eight to five and work days from six to five, affecting 356 workers. Also included are brief items: murder conviction in New Silverfield, a fatal live-wire shock in Millville, Bayard to dine Prince of Wales in London, and a gas main leak in Gaston causing gas exposure.
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Springfield
Neb
Atictim
Millville
N. d
Benjamin Madkill
Bayards
Prince of Wales
London
United States
Phorans
Bayard
Euston Square
George F. Faudel-Phillips
Spaniards Suffer Marine Disaster Report Near Paez
A Havana and Key West dispatch details a naval clash on the Caunac river near Paez in Santa Clara. Gen Weyler’s expedition suffered heavy losses with multiple boats sunk and dozens killed or missing as Cuban insurgents harassed the Spanish flotilla.
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New York
Key West
Navy Department
Paez
Col. Serres
Cienfuegos
Weyler
Fla
Havana
Pinar Province
Aftair
Ocequera
Candelaria
Mangos
Judge appoints Metcalf receiver for Chicago savings bank
Ralph Metcalf named receiver for Dime Savings Bank after a suit by stockholder George W. Reed. Bond set at 200000 with no director opposition. Court filings show 365000 owed to depositors and others, 125000 cash on hand, assets listed as securities and real estate.
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Chicago
Freeman
Ralph Metcalf
Dime Savings Bank
George W. Reed
Veteran Gen A J Smith of St Louis Dies at 82
Gen A J Smith died at his St Louis home Saturday afternoon after a brief illness age 82 His wife and actor son William Beaumont Smith were at his bedside He was celebrated as a master campaign commander credited with saving Banks Red River retreat destroying Forrests command driving Price from Missouri and aiding Hood surrender He retired as major general and later served as St Louis postmaster appointed by Grant in 1876.
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St. Louis
A. J. Smith
William Beaumont Smith
Banks Red River
Forrest
Sterling Price
Missouri
Hood
Mobile
Gmith
Cavelry
Grant
Not an Imposing Affair London enthronement
London readers describe Mandell Creighton’s enthronement as bishop of London at St Pauls. The event was modest with half filled cathedral and few clergy present. The ceremony occurred in the choir away from most spectators and lacked a formal pomp.
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London
Mandell Creighton
Frederick Temple
Canterbury
All England
St. Paul's
Hhe
Des Moines Firms Fail in Weekend Collapse
Des Moines firms Perkins & Perkins and Des Moines Fuel and Lime failed Saturday, both controlled by Perkins. They assigned to R A Crawford of Valley National Bank as liabilities approached 30000 dollars while assets in city property total about three times that amount.
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Des Moines
Falls
Des Moines, Jr
Heb. J
Perkins & Perkins
Des Moines Fueld& Lime Company
R. A. Crawford
Valley National Bank
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Till
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Fry
Rezasonable
Miss Caustic
Jack
Antique
Chicago Journal
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Allen
Pettigrew
Roach
Vilas
Wis
San Francisco
Shady Point
Noseburg
Russell A
Eckels
Hoboken, N. J
Glei
Fingree
Philadelphia
George St. Roberts
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Brunswick
Norfolk & New Brunswick
D Perry
Sawyer
Douglas County
Ava
Depew
New Silverfield
Thomas L. Johnston
Duncannon
Johnston
Gaston
Palace Hotel
Jerre Cronin
John Harrington
Chicago Savings Bank
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