Women’s temperance drive caps massive polyglot petition
In Washington a mass gathering honors the huge polyglot petition from the Women’s Christian Temperance Union urging nationwide action against liquor, opium, gambling, and vice. The mass petition, signed by tens of millions globally, aims to influence Congress and world governments, with leaders Frances Willard and Lady Somerset speaking.
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Congress
Washington
Byrons
MS DE Griffith
Preatiens
Preatiens of the District Women’s Christan Temperance Union
Clara C Huffman
National
Frances E Willard Union
Margaret B. Platt
Emily McLaughlin
Massachusetts
Matilda B. Carse
Chicago
Convention Hall
Abs
Henry Somerst
Boston
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Beary Somemet
Great Britain
Charists
Rebecca Shuman
Evanston
Fragmentary OCR Summary of a Petition Proceedings
The readable fragments describe a petition process with numerous endorsements and attestations. Names such as Miss Will ard and Miss Belle appear, with references to Dr Lunn and Mrs Maker. The text notes long endorsement chains, political reform themes, and a discussion on enfranchisement.
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Hk Bat
Bresteas
Tinaty
Pereual Ign Tits
Prust
Ceylon
Willard
Post Office and Naval Bills Move in Congress Amid Debates
In Washington on February 16 the Senate passed the Post Office appropriation without amendment, while debate continued on agricultural and sugar duties. The House shifted to naval appropriations, authorizing three new battleships and twelve torpedo boats, with key votes expected Monday. Elsewhere, indictments and trials unfold in Indiana and Illinois with murder convictions and statements of alleged accomplices.
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Senate
Post Office
Morton
Treasury
House
Mesars
Ex Queen Lilinokalani Trial Hopes and Deportations
News from San Francisco reports Ex Queen Lilinokalani facing a likely guilty verdict with possible freedom on recognizance. Other figures include treason convicts Y V Ashford and John F Bowler, and Gail Wideman banished before the Mariposa voyage.
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San Francisco
Stearcer Mariposs
Honolulu
Lilinokalani
William Franco
Australis
Peter Gonrad Creighton
Wordsnbury
Y. V
J. O. Carter
Cleveland
Special Commission
Washington
Rudolph Spreckels
Theatrical troupe arrested on riot charges in Macon
Police and deputies halted a train from Jacksonville and arrested Fred Boloman Sel Solomon Juin Frees J P Cerrun Sam Marlon Huory Hayes Frank Ward and the Meers brothers along with WH Wood Fred Shepherd John Sogg and Manager Cooney on riot and disorderly conduct charges. Bonds posted to secure appearance Monday after a station fight left an onlooker injured.
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Savannah
Poice
Martin
Bibb County
Jackenneville
Fla
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Sel Solomon
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J. P. Cerrun
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Huory Hayes
Frank Ward
Meers Brothers
WH Wood
Fred Shepherd
John Sogg
Manager Cooney
Lottie Collins
Macon
Tonrshal
Moscow
Johnson
Poliie
State Court
Cooney
Moore’s tax injunction blocked by DC court
Washington February 16 The District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed refusals to grant an injunction preventing Internal Revenue Commissioner Millar from collecting income tax from John G. Moore of New York. Moore’s counsel indicated an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, with likely rapid action. The court noted potential questions needing careful argument but found no good ground for a restraining order.
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Washington
Court of Ap
District of Columbia Router
John G. Moore
New York
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Moore
United States Supreme Court
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Court of Appeals
Weatcheaster Home Fire Destroys Building in Westchester
A fire at the Weatcheaster Temporary Home on North Binst near the county line totally destroyed the main building, with 340 children aged 1 to 16 evacuated safely. Firefighters saved adjoining structures. many children, some ill, suffered from cold. The home, founded fifteen years ago by New York ladies led by Mrs. Charles Butler, lists board members including Mrs. William F. Cochran and Miss Helen Gould.
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Binst
Mage Beales
Burens
Tore Wee
James Bien
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Pleo
Isundry
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Almass
Westchester
Sucloby Ladies of
New York
Charles Butler
William F. Cochran
Richard Hoo
Jennings McComb
Brinks Orboff
Helen Gould
Toronto Mystery Charges Against Hyams Stir Suspicions
Feb 16 Toronto detectives searched the warehouse cellar where Wells was killed finding bloodstained a chisel and hammer to be used as murder exhibits. Prisoners in separate corridors avoid contact under guard. Background links Hyams to an auction business, marriages of Miss Williams and Wells' sister, and suspicious deaths amid wealth changes.
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Toronto
Yerberday
Young Wells
Jall
Saparaca
Harry Hyams
St. Catherines
Ont
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Williams
Wells’ Sistes
Finance and Trade Debates Amid Weak Economic Signals
From New York financial notes to Far East politics and European weather, the piece summarizes scant advances in trade and gold withdrawals. It notes cheap farm goods, low prices, and dull woolen markets, with weekly U S failures rising to 578. Rail earnings hint at a bottom, while Li Bung Chang and Prince Kung are named peace envoys. An avalanche tragedy in Galicia and a mine explosion in Silesia claim lives and injuries.
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R. G. Dan & Co
Anocthar Weok
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United States
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Ywerorawa
Li Bung Chang
Prince Kung
China
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