Western rivers hearing urged larger appropriations for navigation
The House Rivers and Harbors Committee heard a Western Waterways Convention delegation in Washington urging broader federal aid to improve western rivers. Speakers touted year round navigation, reduced transport costs, and boosts to industry, land values, and farm profits while rivaling ocean freight. The anti option bill drew criticism from John Whitaker who called short selling anarchy, arguing it depresses prices and harms farmers.
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Washincon
D. C
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Evansville
Ind
Congress
G. W. Shanklin
Sistes
Shanklin
Union
North America
Seaboard
Miller
Missouri River
Patrick Henry
Memphis
Mississippi Liver Commission
Mississippi River
Ohio River
St. Louis
Ohio
Mississippi
Anarchist of
America
John Whitaker
Wichita
House
Alexander Whitaker
Mr. Whitaker
Whitsker
Liverpool
Election contest favors Craig in Pa Twenty fourth race
Washington Feb 1 The House Committee on Elections decidiu the first election case it considered in favor of contestant Craig a Democrat who has been contesting the seat of Andy Stewart Republican from Pennsylvania Twenty fourth district The vote was 10 to 3 with two Republican members concurring with Democrats Captain Schley to command the cruiser Baltimore and sail to San Francisco for Pacific station no truth in report of Asiatic assignment
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Lewis
Mr. Whitaker
Moses
Representative Livingston
Georgia
Hatch
House Committee On Agriculture
New Orleans
Washington
House Committee On Elections To Day
Craig
Stewart
Twenty-fourth
Pennsylvania
Messia
Haugen
Indiana
Dean
Ohio
Schley
Baltimore
Wasuisotox
D. C
San Francisco
Pacific
Asiatic Station
Border Raids Claims Bill Reported Favorably to House
The Pennsylvania border raids claims bill was reported to the House today by Chairman Baurhoever with the favorable recommendation of the House War Claims Committee. It appropriates $3,447,945.
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Wasuincrox
D. C
Pennsylvania
House
Baurhoever
War Claims Committee
Alaska reindeer stocking bill moves from Senate committee
Washmerox Feb ii The Senate Committee on Agriculture today decided to report favorably Senator Teller's bill providing for stocking Alaska with reindeer from Siberia.
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Washmerox
D.C
Senate Committee On Agriculture Today
Teller
Alaska
Siberia
Photogranhy in science and printing by George Des
A brief note on the art and science of photography and typography attributed to George Des, appearing in The Dispatch for the morrow edition. It sketches how imaging and printing techniques intertwine, reflecting early modern methods.
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George Des
Anti pool bill targets Lynn and Wall at Arlington
A Maryland House of Delegates bill would outlaw pool selling state wide except at agricultural fairs or legitimate race tracks. Lynn & Wall of Arlington, operating near a half mile track, have run daily races and kept books on events nationwide, arguing their long standing business. The measure limits pool sales to 15 designated days per year at approved sites.
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Annapolis
House of Delegates
Lynn & Wad
Arlington
Baltimore
Lenn & Wall
Jacek the Lovemaker Proposes in New Village Drama
In New Beesswics New Jersey the village of Cranberry is stirred by a letter writer who sent endearing epistles to many marriageable girls. The uproar intensifies as residents, including Postmaster McDowell, face the peculiar advances and public attention drawn by the anonymous suitor known as Jacek the Lovemaker, who also extends a marriage proposal to Finy Maldene.
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Finy Maldene
New Beesswics
N. J
Cranberry
McDowell
Man Called Jack the Lovemaker Threatens Village Girls
A mysterious letter writer dubbed Jack the Lovemaker sent brief marriage proposals to village residents. Miss Jennie Martin reported three letters to Constable Silvers who misidentified a farmer’s son during the chase. That evening a threatening note warned Silvers to stay away from the post office.
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Jennie Martin
Constable Silvers
Silvers
Jack the Krasen
Governor Thayer Explains He Won't Surrender Governorship Yet
Governor Thayer sent a statement saying his attorneys await the full text of the Supreme Court decision in Washington. He denies wanting to cling to office, noting remand for further proceedings may require new actions before surrender. He argues only a legal reversal can justify turning over the governorship.
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Nebraska
Lixcoix
New
Thayer
Supreme Court
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Bord
Boyd
South Sea Island Exhibit Leader Heads to Yokohama
Leigh Lynch, Special Commissioner for the World's Fair South Sea Islands, departs for San Francisco to sail to Yokohama. He aims to secure exhibits and natives to create a large South Sea Island display with Japanese Maori villages and native life scenes, covering 200000 square feet on the midway plaisance. Lynch, familiar with the region, plans to return in December.
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Curcaco
Leigh Lynch
South Sea Islands
San Francisco
Yokohama
Phillippine Islands
Java
Sumatra
Borneo
Fiji Islands
Friendly Islands
Solomon Islands
New Zealand
South Sea Island
Midway Plaisance
Lynch
Gen McClelland in fragile condition at Harrispure
At Harrispure on February 5 Dr. Dunott the Adjutant General's physician reports McClelland passed a comfortable day and there is hope for recovery, though friends fear the ulcers in his stomach may turn to perilous peritonitis and death could follow.
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Harrispure
Dunott
McClelland
Thrifty Clergyman Caught Selling Half Fare Permits
Cangit reports to Traffic Association chair Finley that a Rock Island scam victimized rail officials by issuing a clergyman half fare permit to a man who posed as Rev. A. Samuels of Galvary congregation. He sold the permit to a broker and was arrested while selling more permits in Curiaco.
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Curiaco
Finley
Traffic Association
Rock Island
A. Samuels
Galvary Congregation
Demoniac Husband Slays Wife Then Stabs After Death
Caicaco February fifth. Patrick Hurst, a laborer, attacked his ailing wife in bed stabbing her 38 times. Many wounds were inflicted after she died. He was arrested and claimed she would not care for him for 25 years. Believed insane.
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Caicaco
Patrick Hurst
Hurst
Horst
Druggist Fatally Swallows Lye by Mistake
C F Duke of Morses Louisiana accidentally drank hot lye mistaken for soup during dinner. His mother had two pots boiling one containing lye the other soup. She dipped soup from the wrong pot and he swallowed the lye. His condition is reported to be hopeless.
Cent-a-word rate shows continued growth in readership
The Cent-a-Word rate has been in force for five months. An February 1 count shows a rise in the Dispatch readership versus last year, with 20,163 fewer words printed, highlighting the paper's increasing popularity and the public's attraction to the discount pricing.
Queen's Speech Shape Sets Parliament Opening Tone
Cabinet works three hours drafting the throne speech to open Parliament with no note on dissolving the session. Queen to review draft. Balfour and ministers back the plan as Gladstone weighs dissolution questions and dissidents face pressure in looming elections.
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Loxpox
Privy Council
Osborne House
Balfour
The
Treasury
Messrs
Hadge and
Milysin
Contested Succession Among London Preachers Post Spurgeon
The paragraph discusses candidates to succeed the late Mr. Spurgeon in Greenwich. The field includes Charles Spurgeon, Dr. Parson, and Archibald Brown of Shoreditch. It notes Spurgeon’s fluency and sound theology but criticizes some popularity aspects.
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Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon
Greenwich
Parson
Archibald Brown
Shoreditch
Mr. Spurgeon
French Students Revolt At Paris College
In Paris on February 5 the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures expelled all students and closed the school after a dining hall mutiny. Juniors first dumped a plate, hundreds then hurled glue cans and furniture, seniors joined, masters fled. A deputation to Minister Roche was rejected and police dispersed the rioters. Damages estimated at 5,000 francs.
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Paris
Ecole Centrale Des Arts Et Manufacturers
France
M. Roche
Ministry of the Interior
Emperor warns of impact if Prussia loses Dr Miquel
Bronx Feb 5 Emperor William in a dinner with Herr Bennigsen a National Liberal warned he would be greatly pained if the Prussian elementary education act crisis in the Prussian Diet led to the resignation of Dr Miquel Prussia would struggle to stay together without his leadership He also said he did not want to lose General von Caprivi or Count Zedlitz indicating concern over key ministers in the government.
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William
Herr Bennigsen
von Caprivi
Laybone
Miquel
General von Caprivi
Count Zedlitz
Harcourt denounces Salisbury on Ireland remarks
Sir William Vernon Harcourt spoke at Southampton calling Lord Salisbury's remarks about Catholic Ireland disgraceful and dangerous. He compared the Premier's appeal to national hatred to a violent drunkard Orangeman and warned Canada and Australia would not remain loyal without military force backing Britain.
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William Vernon Harcourt
Southampton
Lord Salisbury
Exeter
William
Canada
Australia
A Cabinet Officer's Fall In Portugal
Lisson Feb 5 After a cabinet council a decree dismissed Peito Carvalho the Administrator General of Customs from office The office is among the most important in the country Carvalho had influence with the late and present King In the Cortes Senor Arriega demanded impeachment of ex Minister Carvalho and the appointment of committees to decide on further impeachments in railway scandals The proof Arriega was received with dead silence
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Arriega
Professional poisoners indicted in Neusatz murder case
A Hungarian inquiry at Neusatz on the Danube indicts three elderly women Pionesky Kurjakova and Kernacz for killing ten peasants. It alleges the crimes were instigated by victims wives and reveals a class of professional poisoners operating in Southern Hungary. Emin Pasha reports slave hunter cruelties from Miua counting 51 recently killed slaves, their bodies skeletonized and 39 skulls battered.
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Neusatz
Hungary
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Kurjakova
Kernacz
Emin Pasha
Miua
Emin
Czar’s Eldest Daughter Betrothed to Grand Duke
The Czar's eldest daughter has been betrothed to Grand Duke Alexander Micaelvotch in St. Petersburg. The engagement marks a significant alliance within the imperial family and underscores ongoing dynastic ties between the Russian court and its royal house.
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St. Petersburg
Alexander Micaelvotch
TWO PHILADELPHIA FAILURES
Philadelphia reports two business collapses as woolen goods maker Joseph Culbert faces a judgment of 36896 with assets omitted and J H Coats & Co suspension cited. Morocco goods firm Albert A Guiges signs assignment to Morris M Newman as creditors monitor liabilities around 250000. assets unknown.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Culbert
Josiah Linton & Co
Culvert
Culbert
J. H. Coats & Co
Albert A. Guiges
Morris M. Newman
Gaiges
The Chicora's Funds Report Filed
The assignee of H. J. Hoyt the Chicora banker filed the apprise report showing total assets of 10226 with about 9000 in doubtful overdrafts. Liabilities estimated around 25000 with creditors likely to receive 15 or 20 percent. Oil and coal speculations contributed to the failure.
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Philadelphia
H. J. Hoyt
Chicora
Ex Premier Mackenzie Critical After Fall in Ontario
Hon Alexander Mackenzie former Canadian premier was injured last Tuesday in a fall at his Ontario home. He became delirious and his condition was reported as critical as relatives were summoned. The Dispatch notes readers will see more on sterilized milk articles tomorrow.
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ToxdoxTo
Ont
Alexander Mackenzie
Canada
A Serious Immigration Problem for Americans to Solve
A visitor who returned from Europe reports on three major concerns: the Russian Hebrew exodus, Italian immigration, and socialist agitation. He cites up to 1,000,000 Hebrew emigrants expected to reach the United States, notes their poverty and isolation, and questions how the government should regulate this influx. He predicts Italian emigration will soon fall and highlights a rising socialist movement across Belgium, Spain, and other nations, warning of possible revolutions if concessions are not granted.
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Mexico
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Blaine
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Chamber of Deputies
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Woman credits dog meat treatment for consumption
Mrs. Lizzie M. Jones of 438 Locust Street Indianapolis says she has eaten dog meat since December and improved after starting the regimen. She claims to have eaten four dogs including two Newfoundlands and a shepherd, consuming the meat and oil and cooking with it, while noting costs and a butcher’s involvement.
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Indianapolis
Lizzie M. Jones
Locust Street
Meat taste and storage claim on ice
A brief note discusses meat preservation noting it lasts about two weeks when kept on ice. The writer compares meat to beef, describing it as sweeter and softer to cut. The statement reflects a casual assessment of flavor and shelf life.
Laborers misled into Oklahoma job scheme travel home on foot
Twenty five men lured by an employment agent with a $15 advance traveled from Wichita to Oklahoma seeking work on the Hook Island Railroad. The contractor did not hire them, leaving the men destitute. They now walk toward Kansas City, planning about twenty more days on the road. The agent declined to comment.
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Kax
Kansas City
Hook Island Railroad
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Payne
Food City
Wichita Dispatch
Cotton brokers Jones brothers flee city in mystery
Memphis Feb 5 M D MacPherson of MacPherson & Co reports that the Jones brothers, alleged crooked cotton brokers, vanished last week after traveling with him to Little Rock. They headed toward Hot Springs and possibly Mexico. Creditors press assets. wives deny knowledge of their whereabouts as families mortgage homes.
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M. D. MacPherson
MacPpherson & Co
Jones Brothers
Mr. Pherson
Brothera Jones
Little Rock
Iron Mountain
Jones Boys
Meney
Hot Springs
James K. Jones
Texarkana
Texas Pacific
Southwest
Mexico
Mesdames Jones
Pillar Shielded by Robber Exposed by Church Members
Troy New York February special report notes Charles H Benedict, a confidential bookkeeper for Prohibitionist H Clay Bascom, vanished after defrauding Bascom of several thousand dollars. Benedict, a Methodist church official, was defended by church leaders amid accusations. He was last heard from in Atlanta and will not face prosecution.
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Charles H. Benedict
H. Clay Bascom
Bascom
Benedict
Atlanta
Secret Navy inquiry into charges at Mare Island Yard
The Secretary of the Navy orders a minute investigation led by Henry Cochrane into Joseph Watson Jr s accusation that Charles J Phelps master shipsmith at Mare Island Navy Yard demanded financial consideration from job applicants in San Francisco.
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Warirao
Cal
Secretary of the Navy
Joseph Watson, Jr
Mare Island Navy Yard
Charles J. Phelps
San Francisco
Navy Yard
Henry Cochrane
Watson
T Phelps
California Mystery Strikes White Rock Family
Three weeks after an attempted poisoning of Jacob Lewis and wife at White Rock California the son in law Robert Helm his wife and two children were poisoned. All are very low with spasms and physicians say strychnine poisoning. No clues to the poisoner.
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Monicep
Cal
Jacob Lewis
White Rock
Robert Helm
Lewis
Portrait of Madame Blavatsky Said Painted in Philadelphia Parlor
Wilkesbarre man J E B Perry recounts a Philadelphia séance in Mme Eugenie Beste’s parlor where a blank canvas yielded a portrait of Mme Blavatsky and later a full figure. Henry B Foulke, a Philadelphia seeker of occult truth, claims divine backing and plans to travel to India to advance Theosophic work.
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J. E B. Perry
Wilkesbarre
Mr. Perry
Mme. Blavatsky
Henry B. Foulke
Mr. Foulke
Europe
India
Oreult
Mme. Biovatsky
Tme. Blavatcky
Mme
Eugenic Beste
Mme. Beste
Liberal Utah Territory Convention Opposes Statehood Bill
February 5 Salt Lake City report on a Liberal Territorial Convention with over 200 leaders from several counties. They adopted a memorial to Congress opposing Teller and Faulkner statehood bills, arguing Utahis should not gain full control while political and religious reforms are unsettled. A committee will travel to Washington with the memorial.
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Salt Lane
Utah
Teller
Faulkner
Lis
Washington
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