Tariff debate and bills dominate sessions across Congress
The week features praise for the La Crosse Mississippi bridge project, sugar bounty amendments passing in the Senate, and multiple House actions including the Fortification Appropriation and immigration bill reports. Domestic incidents range from miner strikes to sensational crimes and political clashes across several states.
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Mississippi
la Crosse
Wis
House
Senate
United States
Yeas
North
South Dakota
Washington
Montana
Wear
Wiggins
Walter L. Bragg
Alabama
Wits
Ford Committee On Immigration
Dakota
Spain
Cuba
Mexico
Lower
California
Five Civilized Nations of
Brother slain in mistaken White Caps feud at Nran Shamong
John Mc Neill fatally shot his brother in law James Dellett Jr at Nran Shamong Station New Jersey on the 21st, thinking him an emissary of the White Caps who had threatened to visit.
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Wabash
Ind
Chandler
Lynchburg
Bromwell
W. Va
Charlotte
N.C
Sioux City
C. A. Ralph
EF. Vorent
Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank of Pittsburgh
Grover Hacker
Indianapolis
James Bruce
General Harrison
William Keane
St. Louis
Benjamin Franklin
Adam Berxess
Hillsboro
Brown County
James P. Neary
Mutual Union Telegraph Company
Boston
Grover Meanows
Pratt Mines
Ala
Kellmer
Vth
Beecher
Buck Shoals
Indiana
Mineral Point
Wis
Ar Poteau
Webb
Harris
Tur Department of State
Washington
Rppert Minis
Baltimore
Sibel
New York
Bangor
Dakota
Minnesota
Charles Austin
Bussey & McLeod
Troy
N. Y
Joan Stonus
Elizabeth
N. J
Dixniz Coxrene
Joseph Noel
Sherbrook
Que
United States
Corbin and Excelsior Colleges
Rhamnokin
New York City
Edward J. Anderson
Nran Shamong Station
John McNeill
James Dellett, Jr
Political and Personal News Snippets
Brief roundup of multiple 19th century items. Perry 8 Westeant, Terre Haute editor, dies on 17. Minnesota Republicans nominate Washburn for US Senate. NC Governor Fowle inaugurated at Raleigh. Mrs. Cranissa Cox dies at Wakefield, aged 101. James TraAane inaugurated Arkansas governor. Andrew Strustan retires from Chicago Evening Journal. Ma Kennedy’s suffrage bill killed in Ohio House. New Mexico Legislature passes memorial for statehood. Williams burg couple discovers they are siblings. WV Senate deadlock breaks with B S Carr elected president. Goff nominated for US Senate. George O Janes calls Greenback meeting in DC March 6.
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Perry
Westeant
Saturday Evening Mail
Terre Haute
Ind
Minnesota
Washburn
United States
Fowle
North Carolina
Raleigh
Cranissa Cox
Wakefield
Mass
James P. TraAane
Arkansas
Andrew Srustan
Chicago Evening Journal
Ma. Kennedy
Ohio House of Representatives
Congress
New Mexico
Ropeart
Gertie Barry
Williamsburg
West Virginia Senate
B.8
Carr
Charleston
Senate
Goff
George O. Janes
Greenback Party
Washington
World Briefs From Montreal to Samoa And Britain
A wall collapse at Montreal’s ice palace on the 16th. singer Dr Marsha dies in Munich on the 17th amid poverty with her daughter dying by poison. Spain grants amnesty to offenders. Liverpool cotton warehouse fire causes major losses. Earthquake felt in Leith and Edinburgh. Stevens departs for Africa. Hyde colliery disaster near Manchester with 30 killed. De Lesseps elected Panama Canal Company president. German marines in Samoa burn Americans’ houses and arrest occupants. US Vice-Consul Rospert Stymoun dies of pleurisy. Teutonic launched as largest ship afloat. A boat near Queen Charlotte Island sinks. three hundred homes destroyed by Asia Minor quake. UK county elections favor Liberals.
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Montreal
Muse
Marsha
Munich
Liverpool Docks
Leith Valley
Edinburgh
Scotland
Thomas A. Stevens
Africa
Henry M. Stanley
London
Zanzibar
Hyde
Manchester
Eng
Paris
M. de Lesseps
Panama Canal Company
Samoa
Rospert Stymoun
United States
Queenstown
Teutonic
Belfast
Ireland
Hicnt
Cunningham
Skena
Queen Charlotte Island
British Columbia
England
Sarabat Valley
Asia Miner
Re-elections and incidents energy from colonies to legislatures
Reports dated the 22d describe prisoners Stane ley and Emin Beyn at Khartoum, re-elections for U S Senators in Oregon New Jersey Texas North Carolina and Kansas, a Greek earthquake near Athens Megara and Archoya, a deadly lynching in North Louisiana, a Kansas governor’s reappointment, and a Pennsylvania liquor amendment approved by the legislature. The soldier-like clash in West Africa ends with many enemy casualties, while German lessons end in Louisville public schools. The tariff bill passes Senate on party lines with July 1 effective date.
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Suakim
Staneley
Emin Beyn
Khartoum
Joserin N. Dorn
Oregon
United States
Fred Hopkins
Jenkins
Louisiana
Sam Muel Harron
Riley
Kan
W. H. Beale
Preston B. Plump
Rep
Kansas
Athens
Megara
Archoya
Greece
J. R. McPherson
Dem
New Jersey
Richand Cokr
Texas
West Africa
Sulyman
Surthy M. Cuttom
Kinois
Pennsylvania
Matt W. Ransom
North Carolina
William Pearce
Auburn
N. Y
Louisville
APFRE
Unionville
United States Senate
German-Democratic Clash in Samoa Sparks War Crisis
Report from Washington and San Francisco dated January 21 details the Samoa conflict. German forces bombarded Apia, torched American houses, and insulted the American flag while Mataafa lines up forces to counter the Germans. U.S. and British consuls sought restraint as tensions rise.
Lieutenant-Governor MacDonald among three killed in Escanaba wreck
The Watersmeet division rear coach derailed at Elmwood at 1 30 pm Saturday. Lieutenant-Governor James H. MacDonald of Michigan, iron manufacturer Horace B. Tuttle of Cleveland, and William J Cochran of Escanaba were instantly killed. Conductor Henry Armstrong and others were seriously injured. The crash likely resulted from a defective wheel. Funerals and official mourning followed as authorities prepared special trains to bring bodies home.
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MacDonald
Michigan
Escanaba
Mich
Watersmeet
Elmwood
James H. MacDonald
Horace B. Tuttle
Cleveland
William JF. Cochrane
Cochrane Milling Company
Cochrane
Mr. Tuttle
Tuttle
Henry Armstrong
Iron River
H. E. MacDonald
G M. West
W. B. Linsley
Mr. MacDonald
Mr. Cochrane
Capitol
Senate
Luce
Scotland
Chicago & Northwestern
Lansing
Tank Burst Douses Chicago Shore Tank Farm
A Standard Oil tank at South Chicago holding about 1.5 million gallons burst with a loud noise. Twenty acres are submerged and guards are patrolling the area to prevent fires. Loss is estimated between six and eight thousand dollars.
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Standard Oil Company
Chicago
Teutonic Launch Highlights White Star Fleet
The White Star steamer Teutonic, 582 feet, was launched at Brurast. Her sister Majestic is to be launched in spring. Each vessel will carry 300 saloon passengers.
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Brurast
Teutonic
Majestic
Murder Mercury: Mrs Hall and Children Slain by Cousin
Mrs Malinda Hall a widow and her four children were murdered Saturday night by her cousin Joseph Howe a schoolteacher. He entered the home and cremated the victims before fleeing. He was tracked in the snow to Brookfield and captured, with possible lynching expected.
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Kansas Cry
A. Laclede
Malinda Hall
Joseph Howe
Brookfield
Three Men Killed as Trains Collide in Rider's Station
A passenger train on the East Tennessee road collided with a freight train at Rider's Station, Knoxviuute Tenn. Engineer Zack Burson and firemen Will Hiser of this city and Rufus Patty of Johnson City were killed, with several others slightly wounded.
Samoan Troubles and German Influence in Pacific Affairs
Secretary Bayard explains Samoa policy and neutrality commitments while detailing the long history of Samoan troubled relations. The piece traces 1860s to 1880s events, German Brandeis activities with Tamasese, Malietoa’s dispossession, and U.S. and British responses to protect Samoa’s independence and treaty rights amid copra trade tensions.
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Bayard
Washington
Germany
United States
Samoa
United& States
Congress
Great Britain
Pacific Ocean
England
Apia
Godefroy
Hamburg
Mulietoa
Malietoa
Samoan Islands
Sir Arthur Gordon
Queen Victoria
Western Pacific
Samoan
Brandeis
Tamasese
German Commercial and Plantation Society
Malietou
Malictoa
Bremerhaven
Lehr
Australia
Neckar
Brandeis-Tamasese
Mataufa
Topa
Mataafa
Mataata
Whitney
Kimberly
Panama
Sontoa
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Helana
ML T
Calvin Willins
Lima
Emanurrn Moritz
Cincinnati
Tiptonville
Tenn
Ecxert
Elwood
J. H. MacDonald
Horace Tuttle
Commonwealth Iron Company
Williams
Cochrane Mining Company
Fiona Ror
Fayette
E. J. Johnson
Henry P. Marshall
Seaman
Young County
Tex
Wyatt
W. T. Lawson & Co
Bolar
Henry Thomas
Samuel
Charles Hasburn
J. O. Nexars
Calhoun
Jeffersonville
Nora Cane
John Alstell
Mauinpa Hani
Ina M. Norrinop
Milwaukee
National Woman Suffrage Association
Greorge A. Pearce
Planters’ Insurance Company
Mobile
R. W. Hickman
Philadelphia
Foraker
Ohio
Garrett
Thomas Peters
Jackson Township
Tuz Grand Opera House
St. Paul
Minn
R. G. Warriacer
Mansfield
Charizes L. Brooks
Parker Bros
Bricklayers’ Union
Apvicrs
Spottsville
Louis Barcuuer
Soldliers and Sailors
Erie
Henry Dairt
Emma Adams
Lugarsport
Rosent Rf. Adams
Detroit
Canada
Ttme
San Francisco
Alameda
Mullan
Nipsic
Alder
Baluafata
Knappes
Sadiq
Tatapasatele
Hamilton
Snyder
Brooks
Blacklock
Charles Brown
Brown
Eber
Matafagatele
Lautaunoo
The
Examiner
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Mare Island Navy Yard
Samoa Islands
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Navy Department
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the Sun
Partment
Mullans
Latonga
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