Senate debates apportionment bill amid Fourteenth Amendment concerns
In a testy session the Senate rejected several amendments to increase representation for Arkansas Minnesota Missouri and New York while maintaining a total of 360. House activity followed with a heated exchange over Matthews murder in Mississippi and Mississippi versus Kansas rhetoric before adjourning without a quorum.
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Massacre of Christians in Szechuen Linked to Fanaticism
Report from San Francisco describes a brutal attack in TaChu prefecture where several thousand assailants burned Christian homes and churches in Loongti-lisa. Dozens of Christians were killed or hacked to pieces, with officials reportedly absent or hidden. European mission leader aided safety.
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Third Party Movement Driven by Kansas Alliance Victory
News from New York on January 31 explains that the third party boom hinges on the Kansas struggle over Ingalls. If the Farmers Alliance wins in Kansas it signals national momentum, with Topeka’s result considered pivotal and Nebraska Minnesota and South Dakota forming a possible nucleus for a national movement. The National Union conference is planned in Cincinnati with delegates from seventeen states and several labor and agricultural groups.
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Death duel between stallion and jackass in Mercer County
In Mercer County a saddle stallion and William Thomas's jackass fought for fifteen minutes. The stallion lost an ear, the jackass suffered neck injuries, and the stallion finally died. Thomas's boy was treated with a madstone and is expected to recover.
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Poisoned at a Boarding School in New York
Miss elen Potts, daughter of George IL Potts of Asbury Park, died at Miss Lydia Day's boarding school in New York from morphine poisoning. A medical student friend prescribed a morphine quinine mix. capsules misdistributed by a pharmacist and a series of capsules may have caused her death. Coroner to investigate. Also reports an explosion near Craft's station injuring foreman Conrad Connelly and a Lancaster man dies from blood poisoning after a pimple infection.
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Gruesome murder of Alice McLeod found in river
Detectives recover the nearly nude, bound body of Alice McLeod from the river near Pearce quarry with rocks tied around her waist. Investigators press for suspects as Sheriff and Coroner pursue the grisly case escalating citywide alarm.
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Alliance crisis looms in Spartanburg stores
The Spartanburg County Alliance met behind closed doors over its Alliance stores at Spartanburg and Clifton. Creditors report claims mounting and a potential US Court suit to resolve liabilities of about 10,000 dollars against assets of 11,000 dollars. County business agent W. Mc Zimmerman accused of handling affairs. Authorities fear liability could extend to all Alliance members, complicating jury selection and court action.
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Dinner at Manhattan Club Bridges Grudging Rivalry Between Cleveland and Brown
At a private dinner in New York Senator Win L Brown hosted governors and Grover Cleveland. Cleveland and Brown, long estranged, exchanged cordial gestures as they faced each other for the first time since a public rift. The Metropolitan Opera centennial banquet history loomed in the background.
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Unemployed Workmen Petition Senate for Aid and Relief
About ten thousand unemployed men in Ila Ambuna petition the Senate to ban evictions for nonpayment on the next quarter day, to obtain 50 mark state loans for destitute workers, and to feed poor public school children with hot meals. A relief committee plans to distribute over ten thousand free meals daily.
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Alliance Store Dispute Roils Spartanburg Legal Fight
In Spartanburg on February 3 a mounting dispute over the Alliance Store turns into a broad legal clash with injunctions, sheriff actions, and creditors claiming the chain owes tens of thousands. McZimmerman and Clifton stock details fuel speculation as officials push for payment and potential liabilities.
State Alliance Exchange trustees seal bank details
In Columbia on January 28 trustees of the State Alliance Exchange met from morning until after midnight to arrange a State alliance bank. The bank is organized but stockholders refused to disclose actions. Directors elected were J. A. Sligh W L Timmerman J F Tindall J W Stokes J L Duncan. Officers not yet elected. next meeting date undisclosed.
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Martin Confesses to Murder and Body Disposal
Waites Martin admits killing Alice McLeod after a confrontation at Schultz's corner. He describes choking her, dragging the body along the railroad toward the quarry, stripping it, placing remains in a river, and kissing the deceased before disposal, while denying accomplices and awaiting trial.
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National Farmers Alliance to Nominate 1890 National Ticket
The National Farmers Alliance at Omaha Nebraska on January 29 adopted a plan to issue a full national ticket for 1890 with presidential and vice presidential candidates. Resolutions call for banking reform abolition of national banks, government loans on landed security, railroad mortgage foreclosures, government control of railroads, silver receipts, currency expansion to 850 per capita, paper money equal to gold, full face value on securities, and popular election of U S Senators. The group declines cooperation with old parties.
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