20 Apr 1894
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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1894
Page
1
An advertising pitch extols The Chicago Record as a first class metropolitan daily. It highlights its independence, impartial political coverage, and large circulation of 125000 to 140000, urging subscriptions through newsdealers and postmasters.
Strikes spread across Minnesota as Great Northern strikers confront guards and officials. President Hill claims manpower to replace walkouts. freight and passenger service largely suspended as unions press for longer shows of strength. Debs praises unity and living wages while authorities brace for possible bloodshed in major corridors.
A North Carolina Statesman report notes Senator Vance died at 10:40 PM following a morning stroke and years of paralysis indicates a long illness. The obituary references his public service and sudden passing Friday night, with other dispatches detailing Brazil’s response to refugee forces and unrelated national events.
Judge Dundy orders Union Pacific employees to have their old wage rates restored. The ruling covers all workers whose salaries were cut last September. Increases begin March 1 for those under $60, and from the current month for those $60 or more per month.
In Washington April 17 the house adopted a quorum counting rule pushing the tariff bill by paragraphs. Reed and Republicans celebrated while Democrats protested. The senate agreed to debate tariff by paragraphs next Tuesday and then resume open session after executive time.
The jury awarded Miss Pollard $15,000 in damages after a trial that drew a large crowd. Judge Bradley urged focus on contract validity and damages, not public opinion, stating the case was about whether a marriage contract existed and if broken, the appropriate remedy. The decision highlighted that verdicts depend on the preponderance of evidence rather than character judgements. Separately, Boston court ordered $50,000 from the Iron Hall reserve fund to be paid to the survivor in Indianapolis.
The record details Senate and House activity from April 11 to 16. It notes Hale opposing a tariff measure, Peffer continuing a speech, and parliamentary stalemates. House attempts to curb filibustering, ongoing debate on urgent deficiency bills, and a death in the Senate prompting funeral services.
A scrambled bulletin notes a leprony case in Dallas, a tax repeal move by the House Democrats in two states, and the Chicago railroad’s acquisition of fair buildings for depot sheds. It records deaths including ex-Congressman Ferns and Bishop Southgate, trials and politics in New York and Illinois, and various international tensions.
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