Congress Deliberates on Army Rank Bill and Interwest Commerce Nomination
The report notes a favorable stance in the Senate on reviving lieutenant general rank and confirms William J. Calhoun of Illinois as interstate commerce commissioner. In the House, focus rests on Indian appropriations and Bowman Act claims totaling $1.2 million, with progress on land cession bills and a constitutional amendment proposal for four year House terms. The Senate adjourned to the 14th though not in session on the 10th and 11th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Committee On
William J. Calhoun
Ilinois
Senate
House of Representatives
Iith
Gun placed at Sandy Hook aims 15 miles out to sea
A sixteen inch gun is positioned at Sandy Hook capable of propelling a ball fifteen miles toward the open sea. The ignition requires one thousand pounds of good powder.
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Sandy Hook
Vegetable Guests Rule Ball Night in New York
A gala in New York featured guests representing vegetables with onion and horse radish timing causing tears as the scene unfolded. The whimsical event drew attention to playful costumes and noted attendees in a festive atmosphere.
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New York
Persian shah's riches redirect to jewels over war gear
The shah of Persia is said to own 75 million dollars in jewels and gold ornaments. He does not maintain a robust navy and prefers buying diamonds to Gatling guns and bombs.
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Persia
Baseball clash likely avoided by calmer crowds
The public has little money for ball game riots as a fierce nine versus nine dispute and a battle-scarred umpire are unlikely to spark a scolding and thumping match.
Frenchman Escapes Duel Failing Breath Calm
A Frenchman who fled an opponent in a duel is declared by a physician to suffer from tachypedia. The term is offered as a fancier equivalent to quickfoot, likened to kleptomania as a refined label for a common trait.
M Zola to receive special comforts in Paris incarceration
The writer will be treated with special comforts during his Paris confinement and allowed daily visits from family and friends for a full year, effectively being "at home" without actually being at home.
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M. Zola
Paris
Editor warned about American army creation misunderstanding
A French paper mocks the idea that the American army has yet to be formed. The editor of the piece argues against blithe comments on U.S. military history and urges restraint in discussing the United States.
Court Finds Mutilated Dollar Not Legal Tender
In a Trenton New Jersey case the judge ruled a mutilated dollar bill is not legal tender and that federal redemption statutes do not make it legal tender for third parties.
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Court of Errors
Trenton
N. J
German Russian spoliation policy defeated in occupied territories
The article notes that dismemberment will not occur and trade discriminations in territory occupied by Germany and Russia will not be permitted, signaling a turn against spoliation.
London report confirms Osiris tomb discovery
Word from London says the tomb of Osiris is confirmed by the same discoverer who also claims to have found tombs of Seth and Horus. The three "god kings" are believed to have ruled about 10,000 years ago.
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London
Osiris
Seth
Horus
World Christian Endeavor work spans globe in sixteenth year
The Christian Endeavor societies operate worldwide with official returns showing a strong sixteenth year. Membership reaches beyond the United States to Great Britain Germany India Burmah Ceylon South Africa Scandinavia Switzerland and other European nations. The next world convention is planned for Paris in 1900.
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Christian Endeavor Societies
United States
Great Britain
Germany
India
Burmah
Ceylon
South Africa
Scandinavia
Switzerland
Paris
Henry C Corbin Named Adjutant General of U S Army
Henry C Corbin rises from Garfield era kitchen cabinet member to adjutant general. He served in Garfield's Ohio volunteers starting 1862 and joined the regular army in 1866 as a second lieutenant of the Seventeenth Infantry, then progressed to the top post.
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Henry C. Corbin
United States Army
Garfield
Gen. Swaim
Col. Rockwell
Army
Gen. Corbin
Ohio Volunteers
Seventeenth Infantry
Heat and bush fires devastate Australian colonies
The extreme heat has led to widespread drought and bush fires across Australian colonies. Wells and rivers ran dry, vast farms burned, towns erased, and countless livestock and fish killed. Many residents suffer exposure as towns fill with terrified citizens.
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Australia
Baltimore settles Chinese man marriage case
A Chinese man in Baltimore faced a race dispute over marriage to a Black woman. Officials debated if he was white or colored. the verdict labeled him yellow, granting him marriage rights previously restricted by miscegenation laws.
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Baltimore
Livestock numbers decline in U S bulletin
The agricultural department bulletin reports January 1 livestock totals: 13,960,911 horses, 2,257,665 mules, 14,840,886 milch cows, 29,264,197 oxen and cattle, 37,656,960 sheep, 39,799,993 swine. Declines occur in horses, milch cows, oxen, and beef cattle, while sheep and mules rise. overall livestock value up.
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The
Agricultural Department
United States
Treaty hoax on Alaskan boundary dispute denied
A report claiming Britain and the United States signed a treaty over the Alaskan boundary is false. Other items note rapid telegraph links ordered, Maine battleship plan, Atlantic mobilization, postal stamp color change, and Spain’s Polo Bernabe presented to the president.
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Great Britain
United States
Greely
Prince Alpert of
Belgium
Naval Committee
House of Representatives
Maine
Atlantic
Senor Polo
Washington
Spain
War Department
The
Gulf and of the Lakes
Missouri
Texas
Miles
Atlantic Seaboard
William E. Spencer
Senate
Senor Polo Bernabe
Dupuy de Tome
McKinney
Not Guilty Verdict in Lattimer Killing Case
Wilkesbarre jurors acquitted Sheriff Martin and deputies in the Lattimer strike killing case. Spanish minister Luis Polo de Bernabe arrives to succeed Dupuy de Tome. In Allegheny Annie Litze shot by her lover and he killed himself. Seven days ending 11 saw 248 US business failures. Clearing house totals rise to 1.282 billion. Amos R. Eno leaves 20 million to children and 100 thousand to colleges and charities. Bowery mission fire claims 11 lives. Connecticut firms receive large gun and ammunition orders from the government.
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Wilkesbarre
Martin
Lattimer
Luis Polo de Bernabe
United States
Dupuy de Tome
Allegheny
Annie Litze
Philip Smith
Amos R. Eno
Hartford
Conn
Bowery Mission House
New York
Connecticut
Summary of notable 19th century U S events and incidents
Obituaries note deaths of Jason B Brown at 59 in Seymour Indiana. General Rosecrans dies in Redondo California at 79 from senile exhaustion. Ix Gov Bell of Texas dies in Littleton North Carolina. Fires destroy Monticello courthouse post office and many businesses in Kentucky. Golden Pond also wiped out. Mrs Gertrude Ackerman marks 100th birthday in Kirkwood Illinois. Counterfeit silver dollars dated 14888 found at Denver mint. estimated 3 million counterfeit coins in circulation. Four men drown harpooning a shark in Monterey California. Isaias Thomas a Colored man hanged in Sparta Georgia for outraging a Negro girl. Kansas Methodist conference in Lawrence votes for lay representation 89 to 23. In San Francisco stock broker Andrew Schuller’s wife shot dead and he commits suicide.
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West
South
Jason B. Brown
Seymour
Ind
Rosecrans
Redondo
Cal
Dudley Winston
Adolf Kraus
Hempstead Washburne
Chicago
Monterey
Sal
Sparta
Isaias Thomas
Lawrence
Kansas Methodist Conference
San Francisco
Andrew Schuller
Tennessee court upholds segregated railroad coach law
The Tennessee Supreme Court declares state law requiring separate white and colored railroad coaches constitutional. In Robbtown Kentucky, 19 year old Thomas Robb killed Rosa Read and then fatally shot himself. No motive is known.
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Supreme Court of Tennessee
Robbtown
Thomas Robb
Rosa Read
Cuban policy shift and looming US Spain clash
The report claims Spain will push anti insurgent campaigns as Cuba policy changes. Sir Julian Pauncefote informs Canada of a US backed settlement on the Alaska boundary. London chatter warns war if Cuba not fixed in six weeks.
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Julian Pauncefote
United States
London
Spain
Havana
France
England
America
Matanzas
Fern
Bergen
Toronto
Ont
Amboina
Amboina Island
Senate pro hibiting import of birds and feathers
The senate introduced a bill to ban importing birds or their feathers for ornament and to impose a $50 fine per offense. The day also saw a measure authorizing eight new revenue cutters costing up to $2,025,000 and a naval papers inquiry into the Maine disaster.
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Oar
United States
Senate
Committee On Naval Affairs
Maine
District of Columbia
Missouri
Providence
Daniel Church
Tiverton
Amazonas
Admiral Abrenall
Whittenden Cotton Mills
Taunton
Mass
Madrid
Mason
Ofllinois
Spain
Naval Court of Inquiry
Havana
United Mine Workers of America
Washington
Miscellaneous Short News Items From The Era
A traveler can circle the globe in 50 days. A new red inside and out apple appears in Colorado. America has 229722 miles of rail, world 204251. Victoria gold output last year 772720 ounces spurring mining revival. Trickler wins the Wolcott NC cream puff contest with 48 in 5 minutes. Hawes, longest-working photographer, turns 90 in Boston. May Eloy of Junction City NC weighs 280 pounds at age nine. Bethlehem PA named in 1741 by Moravians in a Christmas barn. Frances Willard honored in Albany state capitol portrait. Prince of Wales to be elected grand master of English Freemasons for 24th time. North Carolina twins Hugh and Hector McLean, eight, have never quarrelled. Texas justice voids debt paid in Confederate money. London Times reports UK drink bill excess over 1896. US general appraiser rules embroidered handkerchiefs taxed 40 percent, not 50.
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Colonado
America
Victoria
George Augustus ‘Trickler
Wolcott
N. C
Josiah Johnson Hawes
Boston
May Eloy
Junction City
Nan
Bethlehem
Pennsylvania
Frances E. Willard
New York
New State
Albany
Prince of Wales
Free Masons
George IV
Hugh
Hector McLean
North Carolina
Willie
Supreme Court of Texas
New Military Departments Formed for Gulf and Lakes Regions
The war department created the departments of the gulf and the lakes abolishing Missouri and Texas. The east coast department includes states to North Carolina with headquarters in Chicago. The gulf with headquarters in Atlanta covers South Carolina to Texas. Major General Brooke to command the lakes. Brigadier General Graham to command the gulf.
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Washington
War Department
Departments of the Gulf
Atlanta
John 2. Brooke
Department of the Lakes
William Graham
Department of the Gulf
Spain and Europe eyeing peace amid Cuba crisis
Reports from Madrid London and Berlin discuss Spain's stance to avoid war with the United States, potential privateering, and European reactions. Ambassadors deny alliances, while the Daily Graphic urges arbitration and peaceful settlement. Madrid notes a Spanish fleet tally and US timelines on Cuba.
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Madrid
Spain
America
Lamparcial
Maine
Wagler
United States
Cuba
Paris
the Temps
Great Britain
London
The
Daily Mail
Austria
Germany
Daily Graphic
England
Morning Post
Woodford
Sunday Special
Berlin
White
Ambassador White
Japan
McKkinley
Far East
Washington
Europe
Carolinas
Liberal
Damages Awarded to Washington Widow in Saline Suit
A Saline county jury in Benton awarded Mrs. Arthur Tomlinson of Washington $50,000 against the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern railroad. Lieut. Arthur Tomlinson was killed July 8, 1894, when struck by a locomotive after an interstate drill. The case was tried on change of venue.
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Little Rock
Ark
Saline County
Benton
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway
Arthur Tomlinson
Washington
National Trencibles
Tomlinson
Iron Mountain
World's Fair Cough Remedy Cited For Cure
Fort Fairfield resident recalls two year cough and blood spitting before trying Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Ayer's claims rapid relief after first dose and complete cure, noting superiority over other medicines. Half size bottles offered at half price with free Cure book on request.
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Dr. Ayer
Graveyard Colloquy Amid Moonlit Theft Tale
A midnight graveyard scene shows a man sneaking to a hanged man’s grave and stabbing a marker. The lantern reveals two local laborers Sam Johnsing and Tiram Jackson arguing over ghost hunting and cake-walks. The piece captures a grim, folkloric moment from a Louisville Courier-Journal item.
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Moonbeam
Sam Johnsing
Tiram Jackson
Hiram Jackson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Beasts of the Gifted Boys Spawn Threatening Rant
The Atchison Globe quotes a violent warning poem promising murder of boys in various professions including attorney preacher physician pianist and reporter. The speaker vows slaughter and revenge expressing disgust at “gifted boys” and a mind that has lost its poise.
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Gore
Atchison Globe
Salzer Seed Co Seeks Name Ideas for New Corn and Oat Varieties
The Salzer Seed Co offers a $400 prize for naming 17 inch corn and White Oat hodigy with a chance to win $500 more. Send a 10 cent stamp to La Crosse Wisconsin for free seed catalogue and 11 new farm seeds valued at $10. Also promotes seed potatoes at $1.50 per barrel.
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The
Salzer Seed Co
Cataogue
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Grain-O praised as a coffee substitute for health
An advertisement extols Grain-O as a wholesome coffee substitute made from pure grain. It claims to calm nerves, aid digestion, and provide health and strength, urging readers to ask grocers for Grain-O and noting its price and appearance like coffee.
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Baby
Grandma
Working Women Suffer Reclaim Health With Pinkham's Aid
A medical letter details a working woman's recovery through Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The note from Tauma C Hoover of Wolfsville Maryland praises relief from menstrual pain cold extremities nervous issues and breathing fears after using the remedy and crediting Mrs Pinkham. A Philadelphia worker Miss H Paterson reports relief from bearing down backache after trying the compound and recommends it to peers. Mrs Pinkham invites troubled women to write for free advice answered by women.
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Tauma C. Hoover
Wolfsville
Lydia E. Pinkham
H. Pattarson
Lawrence St
Philadelphia
Prxsuam
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