McKinley Calls Extra Session of Congress in 1897 Proclamation
President McKinley issued a proclamation convoking Congress to meet in extra session on March 15 1897 at noon in Washington. The notice, signed by Secretary John Sherman, states public interests require Congress to convene for communications from the executive.
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McKinley
Congress
United States of America
Congress of
United States
William McKinsey
William McKinney
John Shermer
Japan and Spain May Fight Over South Seas War
The Vine returns from the South Seas with reports that Japanese traders faced massacre by Buk Island natives on the Caroline Islands. With Japan seeking colonies, observers expect a possible war with Spain over control of the islands and their trading rights.
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South Sea
Vine
San Francisco
South Sea Islands
South Seas
Japan
Spain
Buk Islands
Caroline Group
Caroline Islands
Kasaie
Baltimore Conference Passes Cuba and Crete Resolutions
Bishop Hurst of Washington energized the Baltimore Methodist conference with sympathy for Cuba and Crete. Though not a member, he spoke of mission work in Cuba and hoped for freedom. A resolution by Rev. F B Clarkson expressed heartfelt sympathy for Cuba and Crete, adopted by the assembly by a wide vote.
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Baltimore Methodist Conference
Bishop Hurst
Washington
Cuba
Crete
Hurst
Turkey
Alan
Clarkson
Baltimore
Guba
Fatal snowslide in Utah kills four miners near Park City
A Sunday snowslide from a mountain peak near Park City Utah struck a Daly mine bunk house shattering it. Nine men slept inside five were rescued. Bodies of Nicholas Pattis James Keating and Nicholas Pafetto recovered. Joseph Zucca missing. Others escaped from a surface tunnel after hours.
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Utah
Sunnday
Park City
Nicholas Pattis
James Keating
Nicholas Pafetto
Joseph Zucca
John Boyle
A. Blake
John Whitman
Big Chicago Strike Ends Old Wage Fight Standstill
Chicago plasterers and hod carriers walked out on Saturday aiming to stay away from work until employers accept the old wage scale of 3.50 a day for plasterers and 2.20 for hod carriers.
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Chicago
Bills Fail as President's Term Ends
An assortment of appropriation bills failed to become laws as the president did not sign before noon Thursday, including the Indian, agricultural and sundry civil and the general deficiency appropriation bill. An unrelated mine explosion at Mountington, Arkansas, owned by Kansas and Texas Coal Company killed Bud Hanley and injured thirty five others, with nineteen fatally.
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Pasa
Arkansas
Kansas and Texas Coal Company
Mountington
Ark
Bud Hanley
Fortune in Securities Found With Boston Recluse
A Boston hermit, Isaac H. Lewis, died during a snowstorm and was discovered after several days. In his room under the carpet authorities found bonds deeds cash and various securities valued at over 350000. A deed to land at Mt Bowdoin Station and the house he lived in were part of the wealth.
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Boston
Isaac H. Lewis
Mass
Lewis
Mt. Bowdoin Station
Sand Ridge
Des Moines
John Olson
Gradual Trade Improvement Noted In Weekly Review
Dan's Weekly Review reports slow but steady gains in general trade with stronger demand for most goods. Wool trades rise on duty expectations while wheat prices edge up about 3 cents. corn strengthens about 2 cents. Wheat receipts in the West remain low at 821 bushels versus 2,901,683 last year. Atlantic flour exports include 2s wheat at 1,282,432 bushels, against 1,531,185 previous year. Corn exports remain heavy at 2,779,974 bushels, gulf ports not included. Failures show only slight increases from 1896 or 1895, and little decrease vs 1994.
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R. Dan & Co’s Weekly Review of Trade
Atlantic
Sensual at Chemnitz Drives American Bicycle Boom
United States Consul Monaghan reports Germany's bicycle market will break all records in 2897 with enormous demand. Factories expanded capacity, larger firms promise tens of thousands of wheels weekly, and orders exceed supply as American makers eye the German market with durable, light models priced around 50 to 100 dollars.
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Chemnitz
Germany
United States
Monaghan
State Department
Waremburg
Vonsa
Wood to succeed Blackburn in U. S. Senate appointment
Gov Bradley of Kentucky appoints A T Wood of Mt Sterling to fill the late J C Blackburn seat in the U S Senate and calls an extra legislative session for March 18 to elect a second senator. Wood is long time Republican leader. Oscar Wilde to be released soon and return to family in Naples after imprisonment in England.
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Gov. Bradley
Kentucky
A. T. Wood
Mt. Sterling
J.C. $. Blackburn
United States
Wood
Oscar Wilde
Kokomo Cigarette Ordinance Seen as Prohibitory
City council of Kokomo Indiana passes a cigarette ordinance requiring licenses at nominal or zero fee and bans unlicensed dealers from selling cigarettes paper and tobacco with heavy penalties for violations.
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Kokomo
Ind
Fire kills three in Wheeling boarding house blaze
An incendiary fire at Mrs. Farrell's boarding house in Wheeling West Virginia left John Menderson and his thirteen year old son Perry dead and James Brady badly burned. In Worcester Massachusetts the Day and Goulding Building burned early Saturday with an estimated four hundred thousand dollars in losses and several firefighters seriously injured.
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Worcester
Mass
Day & Goulding
Balt Baths Are Good for Instant Relief
A brief note describes a hot bath as providing near instant relief to a person suffering from ovar exercisa, reflecting a historical remedy claim. The text emphasizes quick soothing effects and emphasizes the bath as a preferred treatment option in the context presented.
Cabinet Confirmed Amid Lively Senate Debate Over Gage
President McKinley sent to the Senate a slate for the cabinet including Sherman at State and Gage as Treasury. Mark Hanna was sworn in to replace Sherman. All nominees except Gage faced little opposition as committees took up the confirmations. The Gage nomination sparked discussion by silver faction who labeled him a gold man despite bimetallism pledges.
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Senate
McKinnity
John Sherman
Ohio
Treasury
Lyman J. Gage
Ilinois
Russell A. Alper
Michigan
Navy
John D. Long
Massachusetts
Cornelius N. Bliss
New York
James Wilson
Joseph McKenna
California
James A. Gary
Maryland
Mark Hanna
Sherman
Gage
Wreck In Ohio Claims Two Lives And Wounds Six
A westbound Baltimore and Ohio train No 105 along the Midland branch was halted by a landslide near Hill Station five miles east of Loveland. A freight train crashed into the sleeper, throwing passengers from berths and injuring them. Two dead are R H Wardock of Cincinnati and P D Debbings of Wheeling W V with Mr Debbings dying. G H Rispe of Richmond Indiana L Myers of St Louis are seriously injured. B A Watrous and W R Conner of New York are only mildly hurt. Rescuers worked quickly to free the injured.
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Midland
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
Hill Station
Loveland
Ohio
R. H. Wardock
Cincinnati
P.D. Debbings
Wheeling
W.V
Tdobbbings
G.H. Rispe
Richmond
Ind
L. Myers
St. Louis
B. A. Watrous
New York
W. R. Conner
Hypnotism Plea In Bank Heist Involving $80,600 Loan
St Louis banker Roitman pleads hypnosis by liquor dealer Teuscher as defense for loaning 80 000 of the Mullanphy Bank's cash on near worthless security. Cashier Kammerer says Roitman claimed Teuscher mastered hypnotic art to control him in Teuscher's presence. Depositors grimly note reckless squandering of savings.
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St. Louis
Roitman
Mutlanphy Bank
Teuscher
Exc Suse
Kammerer
Mullanphy
Rottman
Tansober Hie
Peoria Elevator Burns Destroyed at Union Elevator No. 2
A large fire destroyed Union Elevator No. 2 in Peoria, Alabama, owned by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The structure held 1,000,000 bushels of grain with 900,000 bushels inside, and the loss is estimated at $60,000.
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Peoria
Union
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Local lawmakers face turmoil in Friday session
Minnis Petitman Head leads senators Aer Wells of Quincy and Tia swailer of Beameratte pay in a tense legislative Friday meeting marked by lovey troubles and unsettled proceedings.
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Minnis Petitman
Aer Wells
Quincy
Tia’ Swailer
Beameratte
Bible Used At Inauguration Made Special for Ohio
A costly copy of the Testaments was prepared for McKinley’s oath for the presidency in Ohio. Presented by Bishop Arnett of Wilberforce College on behalf of the A.M.E. church, the blue morado cover features satin trims and gilt edges with a gold inscribed plate.
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Buckeye
McKinley
United States
Ohio
Bishop Arnett
Wilberforce College
Buckeye State
A. MT. FE
Inauguration Tale of a Red Bible Bonding Presidents
The text recalls William M W xinley as a U S president sworn in March 4 2897. It notes President Cleveland preferred to take the oath on a small red Bible his mother gave him, a heirloom he cherished at the start of both terms, linking the two eras through a shared keepsake.
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Gift of the People
Cleveland
Durrant Denied New Trial by California Supreme Court
The California Supreme Court refused a new trial for W. E. T. Durrant, convicted of murdering Blanche Lamont in Emanuel Church, San Francisco, on April 3, 1895. Chief Justice Beatty dissented. court upheld the evidence as sufficient and ruled motive not essential. Attorneys plan to seek U.S. Supreme Court review.
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Fornia Supreme Court
W. Ee T. Durrant
Blanche Lamont
Emanuel Church
San Francisco
Supreme Court
California
Beatty
Durrant
United States Supreme Court
Market Quotations Across Cities for Cattle Hogs and Grains
Daily price summaries from Chicago to New York show cattle ranging from $2.50 to $5.40 and hogs from $3.00 to $5.00 in several markets. Wheat No 2 red pears varying bids, oats No 2 white around 16 to 21 cents, corn No 2 yellow about 22 to 24 cents, and rye generally 20 to 40 cents. Prices also list sheep and lamb values, butter and eggs, and specialized feeds with regional variations.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Catoe
St. Lewis
Cincinnati
Cately
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
York
Westerg
Spring Commencement Plans At State University Iowa City
The State University at Iowa City prepares for spring commencement March 15 16 and 17 with a large class of graduates. Medicine dentistry and pharmacy will hold exercises March 21 16 and 17 ex governor Lacrabee Des Moines delivers the address. Homeopathic department graduates 18 with Rev J E Cathell Des Moines as speaker. Dental department graduates March 15 with Walter L Bierring M D Iowa City. Pharmacy department graduates 14 on March 17 in the opera house.
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State University At
Iowa City
State University
State
Wth
Lacrabee
Clermont
J. E. Cathell
Des Moines
Walter L. Bierring
Opera House
Fearful Boiler Explosion Ends in Two Fatalities at Drakeville
A boiler in Dunn and Johnson's flour mill at Drakeville exploded. Workman Lemuel Miller was killed and miller John Tice is dying. The mill survived the blast and was not demolished. In a separate sale, Howard and McAllister set a hog price record at four thousand dollars for a single animal, with average boar and sow prices around two hundred twenty five dollars.
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Dunn & Johnson
Drakeville
Lemuel Miller
John Tice
Howard & McAllister
Municipal election results across Iowa show varied party gains
Town by town, Republicans and Democrats traded wins as voters chose new mayors and aldermen. Key results include Bornick reelecting the entire city council, Rock Rapids choosing a full slate led by Mayor J W Roach, and Independence electing W F Miller as mayor on the Democratic side.
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LeMarson
Demierats
Repubiicans
Bornick
Rock Rapids
J. W. Roach
J. W. Ramsey
J. M. Parsons
J. F. Na
Citizens
Algona
Julius Chrischilles
Atlantic
Jones
W Brett
Mason City
Ireton
Ottumwa
T. J. Phillips
Clinton
Iowa City
J- ML. Grott
Waterloo
C. H. Turger
S. Nelson
Blutts
Alent
Burlington
Creston
Attempted death by own action near Pomeroy
A Gertian named Grab, enroute from Monee Illinois to Aurelia, jumped from an Illinois Central passenger train near Pomeroy during a momentary insanity. He suffered head and wrist and throat injuries but survived, with doctors expecting recovery. A second report: Fring Shimek, about 20, a starch works employee in Marshalltown, fell into a seven foot deep starch vat and drowned despite rescue efforts. He died at the office.
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Gertian
Grab Enroute
Monee
Ill
Aurelia
Allinois Central
Pomeroy
Wright
Fring Shimek
Uge
Stucosa
Marshalltown
Tie
Death of Prof Basick's Wife in California
Word reached Webster City of the death in California of Mrs. Prof Basick who was taken there for her health. Her husband served as principal of the commercial college in Webster City. A meeting was called in Chicago by Charles T. Tancock of Dubuque to form a committee opposing a yeast plant in Iowa.
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Prof. Basick
Webster City
California
Comstercil College
Charles T. Tancock
Dubuque
Chaiirman
Iowa
Chicago
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Hazel Marshall
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Morrow
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Stout
George Stout
Kid* O’brien
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Visitors' Athletic Club
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Cr. Payne
Kale
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Shapley Moore
Hawkeye
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Keokuk
Andrew Carlson
Huiskamp
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W. P.hohenschuh
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Clarinda
Ren
Roses
Fremont County
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Jennie Nix
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Smythe
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American Loan and Trust Company
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