National topics and proposed changes in immigration laws
A long list of congressional items includes taxes, civil service reform, Panama protections, and a Senate push for dynamite guns. Noted are the Scott exclusion law case, a dry dock contract in Philadelphia, and a Canary of cabinet appointments. The immigration reform issue draws European concern from Berlin.
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Congress
House Committee On Appropriations
Panama
Cleveland
Sackville West
Sherman
San Francisco
United States Supreme Court
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Supreme Court
Chae Chang Ping
F. M. Ramsey
Secretary of War
New York Navy Yard
Representative Oates
Alabama
Judiciary Committee
Moscow
Idaho
United States
Berlin
Peremptory Order To 8 P T Ticket Agents In Coast News
A roundup of coastal items reports a peremptory order to ticket agents to compel passengers to sign their names to tickets. News notes include deaths in California and Washington, burglaries near Tacoma, a pending jury, and railroad and naval projections along the Pacific coast.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
8. P
New Mexico
Geronimo
Carson
Nevada
Washington Territory
Colfax
Coeur d'Alene
San Francisco
Navy Yard
Columbia River
Waterman
John P. Irish
W. 5
Varnum
San Diego
James Wickersham
Pierce County
Sadie Brantner
Judge Wade
Montana
Joe McAuliffe
Portland
Tim Campbell
Alice Vincent
Carleton Opera Troupe
Los Angeles
Tacoma
Puyallup
Buckley
Charles Cooper
Paul Burke
Boulder Creek
Cal
Robert Phelan
Arne Johansen
Southern Pacific Company
Beacon Hill
B. C
George Keller
San Bernardino
Willoughby Clark
Seattle
Loucks
Chehalis
Wisconsin
Tug Wilson
Thos. Davis
Walla Walla
Promulgation of Japan's New Constitution Update
The article notes Japan's new constitution promulgated from the throne establishing two houses with a 300 member commons, suffrage for men paying $25 taxes, and a mixed hereditary elective peerage. Samoa reports no change in the situation and Tamasege and Mitassa hold strongholds amid neutrality warnings.
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Japan
House of Peers
Mikato
House of Commons
Samoa
Tamasege
Mitassa
Caliope
Farm notes on fruit trees seeds hog feeding and crops
The article covers fruit and ornamental tree care, tomato eggplant introduction, potato seed management, crow impact on Maine crops, New Jersey yam prospects, New Zealand’s resources, pork feed efficiency by pig size, seed longevity, quack grass avoidance, watering methods for livestock in cold weather, and horse feeding with corn meal and hay blends. It notes practical tips on seed storage, sprouting prevention, and balanced rations for healthier stock.
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Maine
New Jersey
Hackensack Bottom
Cuba
North River
New York
New Zealand
Ron
Massachusetts Plowman
Friends' Pacific Academy Opens Newberg School Building
The Friends' Pacific Academy in Newberg Oregon along the Portland and Willamette Valley railroad began in 1885. Enrollment grew from nineteen in the first week to fifty-one in the 1887-88 year with 110 in winter term. Buildings progressed from lower story to boarding hall dormitories and gymnasium, with plans for further expansion. Edwin Morrison is principal. E H Woodward is president of the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends’ Pacific Academy
Newberg
Yamhill County
Oregon
Portland and Willamette Valley
Portland
Rogers’ Landing
Willamette River
Money in Horses Senator Stockbridge’s Kalamazoo stock farm
Senator Stockbridge recounts a Michigan visit to his Kalamazoo stock farm noting high profits from breeding horses. He valued the herd at 4108,000, claims over $100,000 profit in three years, and cites Bell Boy’s $95,000 resale as a highlight. The piece mixes humor with stock anecdotes and a nod to his Senate role.
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Senator Stockbridge
Senate Committee On Fisheries
Michigan
Kalamazoo
Brown
Senator Stanford
N. Y. Tribune
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Carroll D. Wright
Boston
Col. Lamont Asrs
Avenue C Street Railroad
New York City
Navy Department
Chandler
Hong Kong
Dolph
Mitchell
Harrison
Morton
Blaine
Celilo
W. T
State Department
Dawes
Hampton
Sawyer
New Hampshire
John Gilman Marston
Bayard
Bismarck
Oscar Hatfield
Btavia
Hatfield
Penitentiary Commissioners
Charles F. Lummis
The
Los Angeles Times
Atlantic and
Pacific Junction
James Willey
Bert Clark
Wong Wing
Ah Chey
J. PD. Flenner
Episcopal Judicial Conference
Luis Huller
Lower
California
International Company
Huller
Joe Hawkins
Jerry Reen
Mission of
San Jose
John O'Connor
Virginia City
Ormesby
Washoe
Elko
Commissioners of Election
Over the Globe
Sans Culottes of
Rome
Gladstone
Prince Bismarck
Chicago
Paris
Italy
Yorktown
France
Floquet
Knights of Labor
Samuel J. Tilden
Ohio State
Rutland
Wabash County
Pennsylvania Central Railroad
Delaware
Bangor
D. Henzel
St. Paul
North Carolina
Panama Canal
Canal
Lake Starnberg
Ludwig
Battle River Reservation
Carondelet
Westernland
Union
Bartlett County
Dakota
St. Johns
Chicamauga
Ulysses
Nebraska
Pacific Academy
William Penn
Board OF Trustees
E. H. Woopwanp
Juss” Epwards
Jesse Hanson
Gyorok W. Mircue
B.C
Epwin Morrtson
EK. Mives, A. B
Anna E. Bat
Announcement and Prospectus
Edwin Morrison
E. H. Woodward
Louisville Courier-Journal
Pennsylvania
Kansu
Pare
Lowell
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