Debates Over Direct Tax Refunds and Iron Duties Continue
Washington notes Congress debated refunding the direct tax and tariff questions. Georgia's Caswell and Barnes argued for refunds saying cotton tax was illegal while opponents warned about precedent and constitutional issues. In the Senate, iron and steel duties prompted amendments to cut rates. Blair urged a new labor information bureau to aid employment and public works.
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Washington City
Congress
House
Senate
Caswell
Arnes
Georgia
Oates
Court of Claims
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Barnes
South
Kerr
Iowa
Hooker
Mississippi
Treasury
Plumb
Harris
Allison
Iron and Steel
Purani
Ini
Ory
Teir- ‘Aetrieta
House of Representatives
Blair
Hopeful Democrats Still Eye House Majority
The December report shows 100 of 325 certificates received for the Fifty first Congress with West Virginia absent. Clerk John B. Clark says the next house will be close and an official count is needed. Recounts in Bacon district and uncertainty in Tennessee and four West Virginia districts keep some Democrats hopeful, though leaders doubt a Democratic majority.
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WasutaGoton City
Fifty First Congress
John B. Clark
House of Representatives
West Virginia
Bacon
New York
Tennessee
Senate handles Kansas returns amid constitutional questions
In Washington the senate debated a certified Kansas election returns copy sent by Secretary Ingalls. Sherman urged referral to the elections committee as extra constitutional. papers were rejected. Other business included meat product and Canada relations committees, tariff bill progress, Butler’s six year term proposal, and Belmonte's resignation.
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Washington City
Senate
Secretary of State
Kansas
Ingalls
Sherman
Elections Committee
Canada
Butler
House
Belmont
New York
Atd
National pathobiological lab bill in District of Columbia
A Senate bill introduced to establish a national pathobiological laboratory in Washington DC aims to improve public health and protect livestock from pestiferous diseases. It requests 559000 dollars for site purchase and building costs and was referred to the agriculture and forestry committee.
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Washington City
District of Columbia
Senate
Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
Reviving the Case of Louis Riel in Congress
Senator Blair cited W. T. Bryant of Nebraska who argues Louis Riel’s birth mother was white and his father partly Indian. Bryant claims Riel was seven eighths white and one eighth Indian and urges congressional investigation into his nativity.
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Louis Riel
WashHing
Ton City
Blair
Senate
W. T. Bryant
Nebraska
Canada
Congress
Bryant
Riel
Knott for Civil Service Commissioner
A brief item notes Knott's bid for a civil service commissioner post amid local politics. The report shows a remark resembling Orry and a quoted line indicating acknowledgement or support.
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Knott
WasuincTon
Orry
Bold hotel theft ends with arrest in Washington
A man named J. B. Buck was seized at the Arlington hotel after entering Mrs. James Brown Potter’s room while she was away at the theatre. Police recovered over $1,000 in Mrs Potter’s jewelry and a valuable diamond ring linked to Jessie Bartlett-Davis, with bones keys and pawn tickets found in Buck’s valise.
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Washington City
J. B. Buck
Arlington Hotel
James Brown Potter
Brow
Five NYC residents commit self murder in personal crisis
A wave of suicides hits New York as five individuals attempt suicide. Conrad Burkhardsmaier dies at 33 after leaping from 165 Allen Street. Louis Eishman 61 wounded at Orchard Street. Christian Zilner 27 shoots himself. Pierre Soulon 45 cuts artery. Mile. E Devilliers 40 dies in Bellevue Hospital after a head wound. a hotel registrar is among the wounded with a Maryland address found.
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New York
Conrad Burkhardsmaier
Allen Street
Louis Eishman
Orchard Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Christian Zilner
Pierre Soulon
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Grand Union Hotel
Mile. E. Devilliers
Frederick
Bellevue Hospital
West Church Street
Rioting Strikers Fire At Hannibal Freight Engine
Bevier Missouri sees mob violence as striking coal miners shoot at a Hannibal and St. Joseph freight train. Engine headlight shattered and crew unharmed by lying on floor as town remains under mob control with telegraph office riddled by bullets and authorities powerless.
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Bevier
Hannibal
Badger Game Ring Suspects Nabbed Over Ransom Plot
Henry Herman alias Henry Hammond and Edward Mere dith alias Edward Stanton were arrested for shooting and extortion at 406 Fourth Avenue. Police evidence shows a long running badger game with Hammond and Stanton’s involvement and victimized numerous men. A female confederate allegedly planned to hold Phil Daly for ransom.
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Phil Daly
New York
Henry Herman
Henry Hammond
Edward Meredith
Edward Stanton
Hammond and Stanton
Fourth Avenue
Daly
Divorce Petition Reveals Delirious Bigamy Claim
Edward Keppen seeks a divorce from Christine Keppen after she disclosed in delirium that she had another husband. The couple wed in 1887 and separated Oct 10 when Keppen learned she was already married to Carl Kochstetter, prompting his action.
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Reannie
Edward Keppen
Christine Keppen
Carl Kochstetter
Murdered "His Dear Friend" Shocks Troy
In Troy New York on December 7 George Downs shot and killed James, described by Downs as a dear friend, in an early morning incident under investigation by local authorities.
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Troy, N
George Downs
James
Notable threats and arson cases reported in several cities
Witness testified the defendant hired him to place dynamite on Burlington tracks and to contaminate water tanks with vitrol and ammonia. In Lima, Ohio, White Caps order illicit house fronts to shut and flee. A Havana judge’s wife was wounded by an infernal machine. Calumet and Hecla offers 10,000 for incendiary’s arrest after a No. 5 shaft fire in the No.5 mine amid ongoing instability.
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Bauereisen
Burlington
Lima
Ohio
Loa, C
White Caps
Ada
New York
Havana
Domingo Oliva
Marquette, Mich
Calumet and Hecla Company
No. S
Calumet Branch
Tolliver Fatally Attacks Worker in Kentucky Saw Mill
Cal Tolliver a cousin of Craig Tolliver killed fellow worker David Conley with an ax at a saw mill in Bruin Kentucky. He escaped to the mountains following the fatal assault.
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Bruin
Cal Tolliver
Craig
Tolliver
David Conley
Defaulter H. P. Stanley Leaves for Canada
Torrica Kansas December 7. It was public yesterday that H. P. Stanley bookkeeper for the Matlock Dry Goods company in Arkansas City is a defaulter for $9,500. He has gone to Canada.
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Torrica
Kan
H. P. Stanley
Matlock Dry Goods Company
Arkansas City
Canada
Not Guilty in Brooklyn Honor Killing Trial
Charles W. Green was declared not guilty by a Brooklyn jury for the killing of Nicholas Golden Kirch after Green's sister was compromised. The verdict was announced last night following the trial in Brooklyn, New York.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles W. Green
Nicholas Goldenkirch
Green
Brewery Collapse Buries Malt House Workers
In BourraLo New York a Diehl's malt house on Niagara and Maryland streets collapsed causing tanks to fall and malting barley to flood Niagara street. Fred Meyer was found dead beneath a buried tank, Stephen Anse survived, and Michael Wynett suffered a broken leg as rescue crews cleared debris.
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BourraLo
N. Y
Niagara
Maryland
Diehl
Niagara Street
Fred Meyer
Stephen Anse
Anse
Meyer
Michael Wynett
Cutlery trade men meet for a good time at Grand Hotel
Reporters question the purpose of a December gathering of New York cutlery traders who deny forming an association or planning a trust, stating they met simply to have a good time and have already paid for it.
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New York
Grand Hotel
Brotherhood of United Labor Org Starts Decentralized Move
T B Barry of East Saginaw Michigan plans a new labor body called the Brotherhood of United Labor, promising a decentralized federation not aimed at breaking the Knights of Labor. It pledges land currency and transportation reform, eight hour day, child labor bans, and political purification, while maintaining friendly ties with organized labor and avoiding central money control.
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Curiaco
Brotherhood of United Labor
T. B. Barry
East Saginaw
Mich
Chicago
Knights “of “Labor
Knights of Labor
Barry
Irish Land League
Hast
Saginaw, Mich
Union of the Miners Forms Single Organization
In Columbus on December 7 a majority of D A 135 K of GL delegates withdrew from a meeting leaving a majority to form a single miners and laborers union. They began drafting a constitution while a joint meeting addressed a K of L membership about the order’s work. A telegram against Powderly arrived from J Barty yesterday.
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Columbus
Barty
Something Gigantic in Preparation on Cxrcaco
A fragment hints at large preparations in a place called Cxrcaco with a dated marker Dec. A fishbone appears in the text as a cryptic clue or artifact among scattered notes.
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