Washington article on tax reform and labor unrest
In Washington the House debates reducing internal revenue taxes, with Abram S. Hewitt arguing most workers need wage boosts as prices rise. The piece notes Treasury figures of a $137,000,000 yearly surplus and criticizes the bill as insufficient relief, labeling it a Republican dodge. Ohio politics and Guiteau execution are mentioned, plus river and harbor appropriations criticized as wasteful.
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Washinaron
D.C
House of Representatives
Abram S. Hewitt
New York
Hewitt
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Kelly
Republican Party
United States
Ohio
Columbus
New York Herald
Garfield
Foster
Guiteau
Reed
Senate
Prohibitionists Win Iowa Election by Large Margin
The Iowa referendum on the prohibitory amendment shows a net majority of 10,350 in favor across 205 precincts, with estimates placing the statewide Prohibitionist victory around 40,000. Major cities including Burlington, Dubuque, Davenport, and Iowa City voted against the measure.
The Recent Storms And Widespread Destruction
Reports from Cyclone devastated regions across multiple states reveal heavy losses in Iowa Indiana and Nebraska. Tornadoes floods and a tidal wave struck Decatur Indianapolis Lafayette and Cleveland causing deaths injuries and property damage. High wind and flooding affected Ohio Minnesota Wisconsin and Kentucky with significant agricultural and infrastructure losses.
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Curcaco, Inc
Nebraska
Michigan
Dakota Territory
Indiana
Iowa
Decatur
Ind
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Ohio
Minnesota
Butler County
Neb
Prairie du Chien
Wis
LOCAL DRIFT Notes on accidents and county items from Indiana
Caught on a farm near Lanesville Harrison county Joseph Snyder blew up a stove while drying blasting powder in a pan. His two children died. Other items report tunnel rockfalls at Edwardsport killing engineer John Stevenson and injuring six others. oat weed spread in Mt. Carmel region. sawmill work records. harvest labor demands. floods across White Pike and Wabash counties. various local crimes and civic notes.
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Lanesville
Harrison County
New Albany
Joseph Snyder
Snyder
James Stillings
Howard Finnegan
John W. Stevenson
Edwardsport
Knox County
Stevenson
Finnegan
Stillings
Mt. Carmel
Sowell
Canada
England
Spencer County
Henry Kirk
Kirk
Mt. Vernon
James Brown
Princeton
J. R. Omer
Amanda Foot
Wayne County
Iinois
Tate
Pike County
Wilson Teller
Shawneetown
United States
van Almen
Olney
Carmi
Courier
Cairo
Ill
Congress
Boonville
Princeton Democrat
Gibson County
White County
Hamilton County
Missionary Baptists
Fairfield
Wabash County
Carmi Democrat
Clear Lake
Petersburg
Grafton
Washington
Daviess County
Tardy trade and trampled toilers in New York
New York dispatch notes strikes paralyzing trade with freight handlers refusing to work for under twenty cents per hour. Depots clog with inbound and unreleasable goods, merchants pause filling orders, and famine-like provisions threaten. Anti monopoly sentiment grows as railroads’ profits face scrutiny.
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N. Y
Thurber
Coney Island
Brooklyn
Wall
New York Yacht Club
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the Register
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G. A. Gotwald
New Harmony
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Viets
Church Street
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Horace P. Owen
Cashier
New Harmony Banking CO
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Eugene F. Owen
Charles A. Parke
William H. Owen
Alfred Dale Owen
City Hotel
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Posey County
Charles Kampen
William P. Ford
West Main Street
Bet
Iyl John Walz
William Hartman
Main St
New Harmony, Indiana
Pena
Mott & CO
Internal Revenue Taxation
Terre Haute
Gen
M. D. Manson
Georgia
South
Prohibitionists
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Cole
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Robert Bishop
Jeffersonville
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