Congressional Bills and Disasters Highlight Busy Legislative Period
The Senate and House advanced multiple measures including a graduated income tax to curb poverty and curb alien competition, river and harbor bills, a postal currency plan, and state admissions for New Mexico and Arizona. Notable events included fires at Niagara Falls hotel and St Louis tobacco factory, deadly boiler explosions, and severe weather affecting crops and cattle in Texas and the inland.
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Congressional
Mn. Perren
I.an
Senate
House
New Mexico
Arizona
Council Bluffs
Gen. W. Sherman
Washington
Des Moines
Charles H. Aldrich
Ilinois
United States
William
Patt
Utah
Noyes
Rockwell
New York
Plumb
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal
Customs Collection District
Wilmington
Cal
Los Angeles
Tur Spencer
Niagara Falls
Ohe
National Association of State Commissioners of Labor
Denver
Texas
Vicksburg
Miss
Indian Territory
B. F. Hiri
Milburg
Mich
Indiana Supreme Court
Virginia
Alabama
Mississippi
Iris
United States Express
Honey Bend
National Bank
Ler Hefflin
Joseph Dye
Kines
Gainesville
W. Va
Denver, Texas & Gulf Road
Trinidad
Col
Fort Worth
Tex
Sicek & Myers
St. Louis
John Alexander
James
Linneus
C. D. Benjamin
Portsmouth
Richard Melrose
Nashville
Tenn
Mattie
Katie
Robert
Patrick Millung
Pittsburgh
Michigan Supreme Court
Elkhart
Ind
Church Corner
Bowen
Colorado
Palmer House
Chicago
Daniel Portrr
Iowa
Wamcoma
Iowa GOP convention delegates elected at Des Moines
Des Moines delegates to the Minneapolis convention were elected uninstructed. At large are D. C. Chase John H. Gear I. E. Mack and J. S. Clarkson. The platform backs Harrison protection reciprocity labor aims sound currency and equal rights for all citizens. Prohibition is dropped as a party measure. Several deaths and other party notes follow.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Carrison
Minneapolis
D. C. Chase
John H. Gear
I. E. Mack
J. S. Clarkson
Harrison
Grace McKinney
Cleveland
Wilson R. Stearley
Robert McMurray
Washington
Hot Springs
Ark
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Max Strakoscu
Fordham
N. Y
Tue People’s Party
Oregon
Michigan
Reform Party
Grover W. Parris
Brookline
Mass
Sidney 5S. Jackson
United States
Green Township
Daniel Lorurop
Boston
Edward Samoys
Port Jefferson
S. J
Morrison Elected Chairman of Interstate Commerce Commission
Wincham R. Morrison has been elected chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission after Vice Judge Cooley resigned his position. Morrison assumes leadership as the agency faces regulatory duties and ongoing transportation policy matters.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Cooley
Global News Digest: Disasters, Politics, and Notable Deaths
A wide range of reports: famine relief in Russia and Libau. Sydney and Brisbane welfare strain. the deaths of Prof. Frememan in London and Gatti by guillotine in Switzerland. Jack the Ripper suspect linked to Liverpool crimes. Ngauruhoe eruption casualties. a Duisburg boiler explosion. Rio de Janeiro yellow fever deaths. Caprivi resignations and German cabinet politics. a Lucerne execution. British naval and colonial incidents. and shipwrecks, fires, fraud, and market shocks across Europe and Canada.
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Queensland
Australia
Brisbane
Enward A. Frememan
London
Liverpool
Arthur Williams
Jack the Ripper
Indiana
United States
Libau
Russia
Franz Scunnipur
Vienna
Philadelphia
Charles Rayner
Frederick Eggleton
Oxford, Inn
Ngauruhoe
Taupo
Duisburg
Rhenish
Prussia
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Caprivi
Switzerland
Lucerne
Gatti
Mlle
Degen
Brompton
Irng
Spain
Villaverde
St. Petersburg
Ther Banque Anonyme Des Chemins de Fer
France
Kingston
Ont
New York
Bunko
Antiur Goring Tuomas
Sylvan
Barbadoes
Cranberry Head
N. B
St. Andrews
Gren
Senate approves Mississippi improvement and public lands relief
In Congress on the 22d, bills passed for 18 750 000 dollars for Mississippi improvement and settlers relief on public lands. House debate opened on free coinage of silver. A pension bill for women army nurses was introduced.
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United States
Senate
Mississippi
Bland
Williams
Massachusetts
John Rothenbeck
Lima
Nelson Stewart
Millersburg
Indian Territory
Decatur
Ala
John Fritz
Thomas Wolcott
Chicapas
Mex
Thayer
Nebraska
Texas
Roger Q. Mills
Sarai Brice
Arcadia
Nancy CorLe
Georgetown
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Assembly
Suannon
Whitt
Fort Wayne, Findlay & Western
D. Hayes Agnew
Garfield
Philadelphia
House of Representatives
Washington
Josepit Simcox
Portsmouth
Wisconsin Supreme Court Voids 1891 Apportionment
The Wisconsin Supreme Court rules the 1891 Democratic legislature apportionment of Senate and Assembly districts violates the state constitution and is void The decision invites an extra session to pass a new apportionment law or leave districts as they were and affects only state legislative districts not congressional apportionment It notes counties as territorial units and warns that prior acts remain valid for other offices.
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Manison
Wis
Supreme Court
United States
Spooner
Senate
Assembly
William S. Vilas
Mills Elected United States Senator in Texas Legislature
Roger Q. Mills won the Texas legislature’s vote for the U S Senate to fill the unexpired term of ex Senator Reagan through March 3, 1893. Mills led in both chambers with 81 votes in the Senate and 93 in the House amid party support and a brief silver debate interruption.
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Mills
House
Reagan
Culberson
Chilton
Palmer
Oil to fuel world's fair furnaces replacing coal
Chicago reports oil will power the great fair's furnaces replacing coal in all large plants. Standard Oil won the contract with a bid of 70 cents per barrel of 42 gallons and 72.5 cents per barrel in 1893. Three barrels of oil equal a ton of coal, promising about 14 percent savings on the lowest coal bid. Around 250000 barrels are expected to be used.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Reid
Sylvan Remedy CO
Peoria
Ill
Peace In Guatemala Inauguration Calm Despite Rumors
Guatemala City March 23 Gen Reina Barrios inaugurated a peaceful administration after rumors from El Salvador and Mexico claimed he was a hotel prisoner and fearing assassination. Barrios offered the ministry to Gen Barillas who was accused of seeking his life and he also offered the foreign affairs post to Gen Montufaro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala City
Salvador
Mexico
Reina Barrios
Barillas
Montufaro
Fashion’s Dictates and Spring Novelties for 1890s Dress
The article surveys fashion trends with white as a new tint and mourning becoming more costly. It highlights sun-suitades with jeweled handles, Ripoon bows for girls, spring dress goods, imitation laces, tinsel trimmings on cloth and silk, and a Parisian fringe furniture made of silk crocus blooms designed to adorn gowns.
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Flora McFlimsey
World Largest CNICKEN Ranch in Puget Sound Report
A 100000 fowls CNICKEN ranch in Bellingham bay is claimed to be the world largest. Japan reportedly grows apple trees four inches high bearing currant sized fruit. Rabbits become pests in California and the northwest with drives used to reduce them. Salt Lake City Mormon temple is ellipse shaped with acoustics allowing whisper communication between foci.
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Bellingham Bay
Puget Sound
Japan
Smith
Peter
California
Kansas
Traver
Salt Lake City
Superior Wisconsin Poised for Rapid Growth as Lake Port Hub
Prominent observers expect Superior to leap from a 22 000 population to a thriving metropolis within years. The city handles coal and grain shipments, stands second to Chicago in lake trade, and benefits from low freight rates on water. Twenty eight large manufacturers have opened in 18 months, including the American Steel Barge Company, signaling a bold industrial expansion and a forecasted surge beyond Chicago and Milwaukee in the coming decade.
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New York Daily Investigator
Superior
Wisconsin
Buffalo
Chicago
Lake Cities
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
American Steel Barge Company
Northwest
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Great Chain of Lakes
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the Express
Burke
Meridian
Mr. Bones
Manning
Homer
Austin Borden
Wharton
Jie
Greensburg
VerMan Desso
Carlin Pring
Robertdale
Union Landing
McCuarn
East Jordan
Tnr Painesville (O.) Savings and Loan Association Bank
Laclede Fire-Brick Manufacturing Company
Henderson Bros
Cambridge
Lamson Bros. & Co
Chicago Board of Trade
Robert Ee, Whittaker
Gurt’’ Smith
Nora Denise
Indianapolis
P. Waite & Son
Barren Island
Guatemala
General Information
Chicago Medical and Surgical Institute
Evan Po Tin
E. van Buren Street
Nane This Papel
San Francisco
Louisville
N.Y
Annie Gage
Lamar
Express
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Salvation Oil
Abel
Hawkeveg
James Milne & Gon
Scotch Grove
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