Two Republicans Stand Against Limited Reciprocity Plan
Senate action on a narrow reciprocity amendment sparks party division as Edmunds and Evarts vote against the measure while Reed's branch signals opposition to broader changes. Tariff commission seats are set at five posts valued at $7,000 yearly amid fierce debate over metal and sugar schedules. Congress faces a lengthy conference to reconcile differences before October.
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Edmunds
Evarts
Plumb
House
Wasninorox
High Court of Conference Committee
Congress
Gear
Iowa
Evarte
Tariff Bill Advances as Plumb Pushes Customs Commission
The Senate debates a tariff bill with amendments rejected on 3 percent corporate dividends and free foreign articles if trusts exist. Plumb’s surprise move creates a five member Customs Commission to study import prices, domestic production, and the effects of duties over 25 years, with salaries and terms defined. The panel’s duties cover price, quantity, and impact analyses across multiple sectors and nations. The adoption nears, likely along party lines, as the discussion closes on the bill’s fate.
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United States
Englan Fraver
Germany
Belgium
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Veracity clash delays Pension Office probe in Congress
A heated exchange between Congressman Smyser and Mr. Lewis over refrigerator stock funds interrupted questioning by the special House Committee. Deputy Pension Commissioner Charles T. Lincoln testified that the Lennon recommended files system may disadvantage claimants without attorneys and the session adjourned pending tomorrow’s hearing.
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Charles T. Lincoln
Special House Committee
Ranm
Lennon
John C. Dougherty
Tennessee
Bradley Tanner
Tanner
Congressman Smyser
Mr. Cooper
Mr. Lewis
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Ohio
Mr. Smyser
Liberal pension ruling widens line of duty in Johnson case
Assistant Secretary Bussey grants a broader construction of pension law for William R. Johnson, late Corporal of Company K, Eightieth Indiana Volunteers. Johnson and the company First Sergeant obtained a pass to attend church near Mumfordsville Kentucky while guarding a bridge on April 1 1863.
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Bussey
William R. Johnson
Eightieth
Indiana Volunteers
Green River
Mumfordsville
Defense of pension claim over line of duty question
Assistant Secretary Busey overturns a prior denial by arguing the claimant crossing a river on a log while in service was a necessary incident to duty. He asserts a mission for spiritual sustenance is similarly necessary and not outside line of duty, preserving the pension claim.
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Busey
Roe Bone
Day of Filibuster In House To Block Langston Venable
A full day in the House was taken up by Democratic filibustering to block consideration of the Langston Venable contest case. The session followed speculation that Tom Dispatus would attempt a disruption.
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Washington
Tom
Chicago Chooses Lake Front and Jackson Park for World Exposition
The World’s Fair directors reaffirmed a dual-site plan selecting Lake Front and Jackson Park in Chicago. Lake Front will host grand entrance and fine arts displays while Jackson Park will house cultural livestock and related exhibits. The final vote: Lake Front and Jackson Park 23, North Side 4, West Side 8. decision unanimous.
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Chicago
Lake Front
Jackson Park
Lake Michigan
Lake Shore
Court House
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Westside
Knights Discuss Habeas Corpus for Train Wreck Suspects
Alba xy September 9 District Master Workman F J Lee says the idea of writs of habeas corpus to force police to produce detainees stems from a private discussion among Knights about kidnapping charges. He notes Kiernan and Cordial are in Troy jail while Reed is in custody by his own choice. no action will be taken until after tomorrow’s examination in Troy.
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F. J. Lee
Executive Board
District Assembly
Kiernan
Cordial
Troy
Reed
Cuba Seeks Reciprocity To Boost Trade With Foreign Nations
The Havana Chamber of Commerce adopts resolutions urging reciprocity with Spain and the United States. It notes Spain’s tax on Cuban sugar and a tariff reform will not occur, arguing Cuba cannot sustain direct trade amid high duties and calls for abolition of duties through U S reciprocity to boost sugar prosperity.
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United States
Havana
Chamber of Commerce
Cuba
Spain
Mercantile Community
Duped French Couple Loses Life Savings in City Scam
A French family of three who recently arrived from France were swindled by a sharp and an accomplice in New York. They trusted strangers in a saloon and paid $500 to exchange for French currency while a package claimed to contain $1,000 was shown. The con artists disappeared with the money and the travelers’ steamship tickets ending in heartbreak.
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New York
Joseph Lagerun
France
Chicago
Cordial Captured After Central Train Wreck Inquiry
Tear September 9. Cordial, one of the men accused in the Castleton train wrecking, is in Troy jail. He told a reporter he would not admit guilt for others and asked for a lawyer. Officers believe he has confessed all he knows about the wreck.
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Cordial
British visitors headed for Pittsburg convention trip
The Passenger Committee of the Trunk Line Association set a rate of 1 per train mile for 250 British delegates from the Iron and Steel Institute to attend the Pittsburg convention next month. After the convention the delegation will tour southern iron and steel industries.
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New York
Trunk Line Association
Great Britain
Iron and Steel Institute of Great Britain
Pittsburg
Iron and Steel Industries
Manic Disorder Leads to Detention at Utlen Asylum
Manager P. H. Lehnen of the Wiething Opera House was adjudged a maniac and sent to Utlen asylum. He had maltreated his wife for some time, prompting her father to have him arrested. Authorities cited drink as a probable cause of his troubles.
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P. H. Lehnen
Wiething Opera House
Utlen Asylum
Lehnen
Bloom & Co Woolens Assign to Gowing Sawyer Co
Boston September 2. Bloom & Co dealers in woolens at 51 Chauncey street have made an assignment for the benefit of creditors to H A of Gow ing Sawyer & Co Their liabilities are said to be 90000 dollars and assets nominally 80000 dollars
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Bloom & Co
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Chauncey Street
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Gowing, Sawyer & Co
Sun
Canon Liddon Dies After Queen's Offense at Address
The Rev Henry Parry Liddon, Canon of St Pauls, died suddenly at Weston super Mare at sixty one. His preaching drew crowds and admiration from Gladstone Salisbury and the Prince of Wales. The Queen allegedly barred him from preaching before her again after he addressed her as Madam during a sermon.
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Queen Victoria
Southampton
Mary Anderson
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Windsor
Gladstone
Marquis of Salisbury
Prince of Wales
St Paul's Cathedral
London
Pusey
Fighting at Midnight as Dock Strike Sparks Chaos
Panic grips SovuTHamPrTon as dockers sailors and firemen strike leaving a thousand locked out. Roads blocked by mobs trains halted police flow overwhelmed by rioters as the military moves to quell the fighting. Only limited passage for mails and passengers remains to the docks.
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Sovuthamprton
London
Winchester Barracks
Bankrupt Ex-editor Duncan Leaves Paper to Son-in-law
Lowpox September 9 Leslie Frazer Duncan once ran Matrimonial News. Declared bankrupt on Miss Gladys Knowles breach of promise suit she won £10,000. Duncan abroad. affidavit says he would transfer possessions if defeated. Paper now run by his son-in-law on same lines.
Relaxed British travel rules ease passenger inspections
London reports that a Treasury order relieves customs from strict early post panic measures. Board of Customs may skip examination of hand bags, rugs and parcels upon arrival at UK ports, with explosives still prohibited and searches limited to spirits and tobacco.
Bismarck Abandons England Visit Amid Diplomatic Relief
Loxpox September 9. Prince Bismarck has abandoned plans to visit England, relieving royal and diplomatic circles anxious after Kaiser William's Osborne visit. English officials feared hosting a German statesman at odds with the Kaiser could spark embarrassment or diplomatic trouble. The plan to entertain the Emperor next summer includes London’s freedom of the city ceremony at Guildhall with the Queen in attendance.
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Bismarck
England
Kaiser William
Osborne
Prince of Wales
Lord Salisbury
Foreign Office
Hobhengzollern
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London
Guildhall
Stolen Mail Bag Contains German Emperor Letters
A postbag between Friedrichaven and Stuttgart vanished with 30 000 marks and 21 registered letters. The bag held Emperor Wilhelm II documents linked to the Lancers court martial. It was later recovered rifled in Lake Constance with no clues on the thief
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Dunlap
Friedrichaven
Lancers
Lake Constance
Hunger Widespread in Silesian Districts Amid Prices
Bree September 9 Hundreds of families in Bybuik and Lossisa face starvation as typhus rages. Burgomasters deny claims of poverty and urge action while blaming high meat and flour prices, corn laws, and foreign pork prohibitions. Weaving wages have fallen, worsening conditions.
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Bree
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Bybuik
Lossisa
Actress Miss Anderson May Return to Stage Briefly
Glasaow reports that friends of Miss Mary Anderson and her husband urge a brief stage return. The collaboration is believed likely with her under Henry E. Abbey’s management if she resumes acting.
Thousands Put To Death and Eastern Warfare Atrocity Details
The Taurus brings marines and soldiers from Dahomey reporting Egbas defeated by the Dahomians. Villages burned and 3,000 prisoners taken. infants killed, women executed, and 20,000 followers fled to a mission. King Bebanazin captured 2,000 more. 1,000 women among the prisoners were put to death.
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Associated Press
Taurus
Dahomey
Egbas
Abbeokota
Bebanazin
Thrush and Canada Arrive With Royal Guests in Port
Mortecat September 9 reports Her Majesty's ships Thrush and Canada docking at noon with Vice Admiral Watson and Prince George aboard. The vessels will stay in port until Saturday.
Democrats in Minnesota Nominate Ticket and Denounce Republicans
Minnesota Democrats in convention nominate a state ticket as they denounce McKinley tariff and Republican plans. Delegates praise Grover Cleveland, oppose protective tariffs, and condemn Republican abuses. Durant and Owen withdraw. Ames urged unity. Paul named as Lieutenant Governor candidate.
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Committee On Resolutions
Minnesota
Grover Cleveland
Republican
Reed Returning in Triumph in Boston Visit
Boston dispatch reports Speaker Reed passing through Boston en route to Washington after a sharp Maine vote. Despite a raw northeast gale he walked with ease. Reed attributed the large support to national interest and party governance ability, noting public confidence in conservative leadership. He appeared weary from travel but content with the victory.
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Boston
Speaker Reed
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Newport
Reed
Maine
Hallowell Nominated for Seventh District Congress
Edwin H. Hallowell of Abingdon won the Democratic Congressional nomination in the Seventh district on the third ballot at the county convention in Pa. He is 46, a farmer, and former Assembly member elected in 1877. His competitors were William Henry Sutton Dr. John Todd Henry Bruener Dr. E L Acker and Henry A. Stevens.
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Edwin H. Hallowell
Abingdon
Congress
Hallowell
William Henry Sutton
Lower Merion
John Todd
Pottstown
Henry A. Bruener
E. L. Acker
Henry A. Stevens
Norristown
They took the opportunity in Huntingdon politics
The Democratic County Convention met in Huntingdon on September 9 with full local representation. Republican dissatisfaction energized the gathering, led by Colonel Wm. Fims and featuring figures such as J. W. King, Alexander Kimball, T. E. Henderson, W. J. Ingram, J. C. Dunkle, and J. C. Jackson among others.
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Huntingdon
County Officials Endorse Pattison in Strong Acclaim
County Commissioners and officers including John Mierly W Miller Poor Directors H Speck J P Irvin Auditors J G Gallam J M Bolinger and Chairman Alexander Denny adopt resolutions endorsing Ex-Governor Pattison and denouncing the McKinley bill Speakers Reed's actions and Republican waste. They pledge that if elected commissioners and auditors will pursue a full inquiry into alleged malfeasance of the current board amid open charges.
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John Mierly
W. Miller
H. Speck
J. P. Irvin
J. G. Gallam
J. M. Bolinger
Alexander Denny
Pattison
Reed
Board of County Commissioners
York County Republicans Name Nominees at Convention
York September 9 The York County Republican Convention met with Dr. Wallace presiding. Delegates attended as the committee on resolutions endorsed the Harrisburg ticket and Harrison pensions bill praise. Nominees include Israel F. Greve for Auditor and several county officers.
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York County
York
A. C. Fulton
Teed
James A. Dale
Wallace
Dover
Harrisburg
Harrison
D. A. Ss
B. C. Wilkie
Jud Silas Ferry
Israel F. Greve
Ammon W. Yohe
Dye D. King Gotwalt
Van Cleaf Chosen Chairman for Democratic Campaign
The Democratic State Central Committee at Columbus named A. E. Van Cleaf of Pickaway as Chairman and J. L. Geyer of Paulding as Secretary. The committee also listed officers and members from Marion, Hamilton, Cleveland, Montgomery, Guernsey, Shelby, Gallipolis, Tuscarawas, Vinton, and more. The selection followed a compromise after a request from Brice supporters, with satisfaction over the distributed responsibility for the campaign outcome.
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John L. Vance
Gallipolis
M. V. Ream
Tuscarawas
John L. Geyer
Paulding
J. M. McGillivray
Vinton
Central Committee
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Geyer
Prohibition Fight Splits Kansas Republicans
Kansas Democrats and Resubmissionist conventions condemn the amendment. The Resubmissionists, a Republican faction, oppose prohibition, back high license and aim to push resubmission to a people vote. They advocate free coinage of silver, liberal pensions, and repudiation of Ingalls, declaring prohibition a failure.
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Wichita
Eax
Pattison Kerr Confer Over State Campaign Instructions
In PuInapeLruta on September 9, candidates Pattison and Kerr of the Democratic State Committee extended a conference at the party headquarters. Kerr left for Washington to handle congressional business, with instructions issued to state lieutenants for continued campaign efforts during his absence.
Indiana Republicans Set For State Convention
Indianapolis September 9 The Republican State Convention will meet tomorrow with 1 320 delegates. Richard W Thompson former Secretary of the Navy is likely to be chosen as Chairman The Platform Committee meets tonight Officers to be nominated include Secretary of State Auditor Treasurer Clerk of Supreme Court Superintendent of Public Instruction Attorney General Statistician Geologist and Judge of the Supreme Court
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Indianapolis
Richard W. Thompson
Navy
Supreme Court
Warren Independents Prepare for Solid Campaign
The Independent Republican Club of Warren plans to open headquarters in Waters block and organize clubs across the county. The group has 250 active members and will begin work within days as they expand rapidly.
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Wanxnen
Independent Republican Club
Waters Block
Prohibition Nominates Josiah M. Fletcher for Governor
In Concono on September 9 the State Prohibition Convention nominated Josiah M. Fletcher for governor. Congressional slates selected nominees in the First district Rev. Frank K and in the Second district Charles H. Thorn.
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Granite State
Concono
Josiah M. Fletcher
Frank K
Charles H. Thorn
Dover Governor Candidate Nominated at State Convention
Dover Delaware September 9 Only one candidate Richardson of Dover ran for governor at the Republican State Convention He was nominated and Henry P Cannon was chosen for Congress.
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Dover
Den
Richardson
Henry P. Cannon
Congress
Renominated candidates in district races amid party contests
Rep Perkins secures renomination against Indian opposition while Major Dunbar faces Union Labor cross pressure. In Iowa Iowa district shows Walt H. Bauer backed by Democrats and G. F. Sntee cited in Ohio race as Rent supporter.
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Read
W. Perkins
Major Dunbar
Santeek
Tacks
Dem
Iowa
Walt H. Bauer
Ohio
G. F. Sntee
Temperance Orator Francis Murphy Marries Rebecca Fisher
Francis Murphy the noted temperance advocate wed Mrs Rebecca Fisher in Council Bluffs Iowa. The couple plans a honeymoon in the East and will begin their new life together there.
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Rebecca Fisher
Rock Isnaxpn
Francis Murphy
Council Blu
East
No Return to Coal As Gas Supply Shaped by Economy
Pittsburg area officials say natural gas will remain abundant with old wells meeting domestic and light manufacturing needs. They urge consumers to curb waste, adopt economy appliances, and accept manufactured gas as a bridge if winter shortages arise.
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George Heard
John ER. McGinley
Pittsburg
Natural Gas Company of
West Virginia
John R. McGinley
East Pittsburg Improvement Company
Philadelphia Company
Murraysville
Standard Company
Buffalo
Standard Oil Company
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