House Standoff Over Seigniorage tariff clash in Congress
In Washington on April 4 the House, by 144 to 114, refused to pass the Bland seigniorage bill over the president’s veto. Speakers including Mr. Allison of Iowa and Mr. Mills of Texas argued against and for the ad valorem system, while the finance committee’s paths and revenues were debated amid a tense session. The vote halted debate and the chamber adjourned as the fate of the bill remained unresolved.
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Allison
Mills
Texas
House
Quay
Senate
Washington
A. Quay
Pennsylvania
Board of Trade of Philadelphia
Harris
Tennessee
Nay
Harrie
Pffer
Kan
United States
Congress
J. Peffer
Iowa
Finance Committee
Aliiaon
Warren D. English
California
Samuel G Hilborn
Rep
Bland
Paria Tribunal of Arbitration
Payne
New York
Tie
Setpalliens
All Bright at Bethlehem Iron Plant Resumes Work
April 4 report from Bethlehem notes the Bethlehem Iron company resumes operations with seven blast furnaces active and about three hundred men employed. Secretary of the Navy Herbert Hobson visited parts of the plant inspecting government ordnance work including armor bars for warships.
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BeTeietiem
Bethlehem Iron Company
Onlé
Secretary of the Navy
Herbert Apont
Ordnance Department
Lows
Brook
Massachusetts
Diagonal Plate Forging Noted by Iowa Shipwrights
The hammer and forge guided a diagonal plate for the Iowa as Commodore Saimpeon accompanied the work. Observers stated the maelvea were very well pleased with the finished result.
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Iowa
Commodore Saimpeon
Notorious French Anarchist Caught in Liverpool
Meunier, an accomplice of Francois and Ravachol avenger, was arrested by Inspector Melville at Liverpool street station after a two year manhunt following the Cafe Vere blast in Paris. He faces a murder charge for the proprietor killed by the explosion.
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Liverpool Lexpos
Meunier
Francois
Havachel
Melville
Liverpool Street
Paris
Mennier
Ravachol
Battle Ends in Deaths on Cheyenne Reservation Clash
April 4 Oklahoma Indians of Whirlwind band clash with white cattlemen over grazing rights on open Cheyenne lands. A nightlong battle leaves ten or twelve dead as Third Cavalry rides from Fort Reno to the scene. Settlers fortify canyons as farms abandon the area.
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el. Ruxo
Okla
Whirlwind
Cheyenne
Fort Reno
Darlington
Band K
Third Cavalry
Breckinridge Finishes Testimony Amid Court Curiosity
Washington April 15 Judge Bradley criticized the crowd in severe terms likening spectators to buzzards over a putrid car as Col Breckin ridge ends his testimony after nearly continuous questioning since Thursday. Major Butterworth then redirected but produced no new facts. The defense may submit more testimony tomorrow while plaintiffs rebuttal begins.
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Washington
Col
Breckinridge
Butterworth
Bradley
Death from Yellow Jack Aboard Two Baltimore Vessels
Quarantine flag flies from the Jose phine and Julia Rollins off Hawkins Point as passing ships avoid the vessels. Both ships arrived from Fo this morning and two sailors on each ship died of yellow fever during the voyage and were buried at sea.
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Baltimore
Josephine
Julia Rollins
Hawkins Point
Wessels
Jonaphine
Tillman Enjoys A Shave In Barber Shop Peace In City
Governor Tillman walked to a barber shop and was shaved with no jeers. The peaceful reception signals calmer conditions since the prior unrest. Mayor Fisher of Colombia says he will ignore the governor's proclamation to seize police power under city attorney guidance.
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South Carolina
Coounora
Tillman
Fisher
Colombia
Citizens Imprisoned Under Martial Law Proclamation
Five citizens who admitted taking the gun from the primary and helped pursue constables were arrested today by militia officers. They were held under the governor’s martial law proclamation, placed on parole, and ordered to report to Major Wardlaw each morning.
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Itia. Friorexce
8. C
Wardlaw
Worning
Halt Battle in Coke Land
Prolonged clashes between strikers and workers erupt near Connellsville and Mount Pleasant as about two thousand Hungarians march on coke plants. A Hungarian named Andy Miller is beaten near Trotter and left for dead. shootouts occur at Mayfield, Donnelly, and Moorewood plants with multiple fatalities and arrests as National Guard preparations rise.
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Mount Pleasant
Connellsville
Asiontows
Andy Miller
Trotter
New Eaven
Connellaville
Coke Field
Leith and
Brownfield
Frick Company
Fairehance Works
Muirchance Furnace Company
Mount Braddock Works
W. J. Rainey Company
Rainey Company
Wheeler and Morrell
McClure Company
Painter
Mayfield
Donnelly
McClure Coke Company
Leader weighs response as crisis looms
The official expresses concern about the outlook and says a decision on calling out the militia has not been made yet. He notes uncertainty and urges caution while weighing options amid rising tensions.
Miner Thomas Moran Found Dead After Gaylord Mine Collapse
In Witres Bannir Pennsylvania on April 4 the body of Thomas Moran an oli vat miner was recovered at midnight from the Gaylord mine. He lay with his face away from rescuers as if trapped by the fall. Picton’s body is also missing and Morgan has seven children.
Doctor Fatally Shoots Cook in Cleveland Riot Fallout
In Cleveland a doctor named Spayn fired on a cook who had testified about dispensary troubles tied to a riot. The man was killed and Spayn was promptly arrested and held at police headquarters.
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Cartisaros
Cleveland
Spayn
Army encamps at Exposition park amid city tension
April 4 Coxey's followers are confined in Exposition park as Allegheny police Chief Murphy blocks a parade and rebuffs a proposed army visit to a Pittsburg performance. The army remains in camp with restricted access while Populist leaders protest. Marshal Browne and Manager Bockenberger resolve park access. Thirty two recruits join the army this morning.
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Pirrenura
Bostile
Coxey
Exposition Park
Murphy
Allegheny Police
Kennedy
Marshel Browne
Commonweal Army
Bockenberger
Pittsburg
Ustil
Marshal Browne
Shiloh Park Bid Secures Battlefield Land
The Shiloh memorial park committee reports securing 2 500 acres of the battlefield at reasonable prices and will urge government purchase to care for graves. The movement is endorsed by thousands of veterans. A grand reunion is planned on the battlefield Friday and Saturday.
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Wastisarox
Shiloh
Batteffeld
Appeal for Refugees Urges Cleveland to Intervene
President Cleveland received a cable from the Muasonic lodge of Argentine urging intercession to allow landing of refugees from a Portuguese vessel at Buenos Ayres. The administration says no action can be taken unless American interests are jeopardized.
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Cleveland
Wasatsaton
D. C
Muasonic Lodge
Buenos Ayres
Treasure In Garret Chest Unearthed In Canaisie
Appraisers in Mifflin township today uncovered an old garret chest belonging to James McKee. The chest contained about $2,000 in gold and silver with the remainder in paper money, all mouldy from storage decades old.
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Canaisie
James McKee
Mifflin Township
Garret
Commander Heyerman Receives Two Year Suspension
The court martial of Commander O. F. Heyerman, captain of the Kearsarge at wreck, returns two years suspension on waiting orders. He may retain rank and number. The court also recommended clemency, pending the secretary of the navy approval.
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Washington
O. F. Heyerman
Kearsarge
Heyerman
Secretary of the Navy
International Sanitary Conference Signatures Reach Agreement
Paris April 4 the Recant International Sanitary Conference signed the convention with reservations by the United States and Great Britain. Officials say minor details remain and if carried out the decisions will change importation of cargo into the United States and Europe.
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Paris
United States
Great Britain
Europe
Fire Destroys Rear of Capouse Ave Grocery
A fire early at 1 30 a m broke out in the rear of the grocery of James T McHale on Capouse Avenue and Geeon Ridge Street. Flues were controlled and slight damage reported.
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James ‘T. McHale
Capouse Avenue
Geeon
Bomb Explodes At Foyot Restaurant In Paris
A bomb exploded at the Foyot restaurant on Rue De Conde near the Luxembourg injuring socialist poet Tuillade and frightening patrons. Glass shattered blocks away as police arrested a man nearby though no proof of guilt was found at 1050 PM.
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Oelock
Rue de Conde
Luxemburg
Tuillade
Odeon Theater
Giatani
Senate
Murder case of Martha J Fuller unresolved
New York April 4 Judge Beach granted a writ of habeas corpus for Joseph T Mier who is held for the shooting of Martha J Fuller. The writ returns tomorrow as Magve's digharie will be asked for to contest detention as illegal and not justified by evidence.
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New York
Mitchell fatally shoots man in sleep in Crosby
Elmer Mitchell and Ed Patch, workers for the Morris road outfit at Crosby Texas, were roommates. Mitchell awakened during a dream of thieves and, while still asleep, shot Pateh dead and then fled in a rifle blaze, occurring on a Monday night.
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Hovsrox
Tex
Elmer Mitchell
Ed Patch
Morris Road
Crosby
Mitchell
Pateh
Fire destroys Lancaster business district in North Carolina
A large fire tonight wiped out the entire Lancaster business district in North Carolina. Officials estimate losses will exceed $100,000 as the blaze swept through shops and warehouses until containment. Fire crews battled flames through the night.
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Lanxcaster
N. C
Lancaster
Spain to establish public works for unemployed relief
Spain will launch public works programs to aid the unemployed and improve relief measures. David Powell is linked to the government, while the Bank of England’s governor is said to have been re elected. The Servian cabinet resigns as M Nivolaievitch forms a new ministry. May 10 wedding plans involve Home Secretary Asquith and Margot Tennant. Budapest social events gain political weight. Britain plans to add 120 warships including ironclads cruisers destroyers and sloops.
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Spain
David Powell Link
Bank of England
M. Nivolaievitch
Asquith
England
Margot Tennant
Kosanth
Eows
Budapest
Legun
Admirauty
National Capital Reports New Navy Order Offices and Seed Distribution
In Washington the post office department opened 138 new navy order offices yesterday and distributed 9,000,000 gallon bags of five seeds to constituents. Senate Democrats oppose confirming Voyager, the Black nominee for recorder of deeds in the District of Columbia.
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Naivy Order
Senate
Voylor
Recorder of Deeds
Diatrict of
Columbia
Grim Reaper's Harvest and Noted Deaths in Brief
The item lists deaths of M Abot the French artist and W Rabb a suffcational lawyer in Allegheny City aged 78 Abbe Rebonurs priest of the Church of the Madeleine in Paris who rejected bishops forty two times and John Becktoy of Logansport aged 88 who shifted from Democracy to Populist affiliation.
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M. Abot
W. Rabb
Allegheny City
Abbe Rebonurs
Church of the Madeline
Pari
Alt
Logansport
John Becktoy
ANOTHER AFRICAN BRUSH
A French reconnoitering party in the southern Soudan was attacked by Nanpa natives. Lieutenant Le cerf and three native soldiers were killed. six French soldiers were wounded. The Nanpa chief claimed mistaken identity and apologized, saying he believed the party belonged to a rival warrior group.
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Nanpa
Paris
Soudan
Lecerf
Rougie
Mysterious sudden accident devastates Kollas family home
A German man Joseph Kollas his wife and three children were fatally hurt in a mysterious blast at Kollas home in Oi City Pisaya. Debris and severed body parts described with neighbors' accounts. Parents and children severely injured. cause under dispute with theories of nitro glycerine can or hazardous cap.
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Joseph Fonsner
Kollas
Kallas
Mosquito Situation Report From Washington Navy Desk
Captain Watson of the San Francisco cabled last night that he finished coaling and would sail for Curacao. Admiral Benham will depart to take the steamer bound for New York, as more news awaits Watson’s investigation and communication via Colon.
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Wastsaron
D. C
Watson
San Francisco
Navy Department
Curacoa
Admiral Benham
New York
Department
Colon
Aged Man Dies On Birthday Fulfilling Prediction
John M. Smith of Pleasant Valley died yesterday on his tenth birthday as he had foretold. The Bristow, Pennsylvania event notes he predicted his death would occur on this date and he passed away on his birthday accordingly.
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Pire
Hin Tosh
Bristow
John M. Smith
Pleasant Valley
Smith
Local News Briefs From Pennsylvania Towns
Salvation Army row in Middletown ends as Mayor Doftin is stoned. Pottsville forms an oratorio society of sixty voices. Pottsville Young Men Christian Am erican plans 33 000 gymnas ts benefit. Bread prices cut 20 in many PA towns. Koch fined for trapping a squirrel near Monocacy Berks county. Tamaqua man jailed for trout poaching before season. Evrich arrested in Reading on arson charge by wife. Coal boats load at Nanticoke bound for tidewater. Lehigh Valley rail line cave in halts Shenandoah trains. Governor Pattison attends Clarion Normal School dedication next Tuesday. Twenty tons can be melted in new galvanizing kettle at Reading Iron. Fourth class postmasters named: Archbald J O Rourke Glen Summit W H Crosby. Greene county reports no liquor saloon. Only hotel license applicant E C Ewing withdraws amid temperance opposition.
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Salvation Army
Middletown
Doftin
Pottsville
John Andres
Tamaqua
William Evrich
Reading
Pennsylvania Canal
Nanticoke
Tidewater
Lehigh Valley
Shenandoah
Pattison
One Normal School
Clarion
Tuesay
Reading Iron Company
Pennsylvania
James O'Rourke
Archbald
W. H. Crosby
Glen Summit
Greene County
E. C. Ewing
Diverse early 20th century local incidents reported in New York
The piece lists a New York session of the Baptist Young People's Union of America, a Coats Rica secretary of state elected president, a lodging house blaze killing Rev. I M Babcock, a suffocation death of Rev N Nolan near Homer Tennessee, and searches for missing hikers near Portland Oregon. It also notes lost parties JL Downing and DL Law, a suicide by Harry W Hodson near White Plains, a murder charge against Mrs Augusta Schmidt, and embezzlement sentencing of William T Zell in New York.
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Baptisl Young People’s Union of America
New York
Senor Yglovins
Coats Rica
Presi- Cnt
Iua Boxton
I. M. Babcock
White Plains
N.Y
Mra
Augusta Schmidt
Kokomo
Ind
Oscar Walton
Lubigh and
Wilkes Barre
William T. Zell
Weather Summary for Pensylvania Regions
Wasiinerox, April 4. Fore eat for Tharvedave For Eastern Pennayleania generally fair with west erly winds and cooler evenings. For Western Pennayleania expect possible light local rains on the lakes with cooler westerly winds.
Hinley’s Laces Offer Unparalleled Season Trim Designs
Hinley’s announces a demand for trimming laces this season with an immense variety. The display includes Point Venise, Point De Gene, Point De Esprit, Honiton and Marquise in White, Ecru and Batter Shades, plus Platt Vals, Torchons, Medicis, Black Galcons, and a stock of Real Laces and Lace Handkerchiefs in Duchesse Valenciennes and English Threads.
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Point de Esprit
Honiton
Marquise
Ecru
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