Progress on Tariff Bill Advances with Major House Action
Washington June 17 The tariff bill gains momentum as thirteen pages pass and Senate schedules on spirits and cotton goods advance. Rep Stewart of Paterson seeks a 1.5 cent duty on Jacquard looms from France while Parker of Newark pushes protection for shoemakers against hides tariffs.
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Representative Parker
Newark
Washington
Allison
Platt
Fine New Committee
New Jersey
Confrees
Sewell
Stewart
Paterson
France
Sewall
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Penrose
Parker
House
Sulzer
New York
Cuba
Weyler
Greer County
Oklahoma
Jones
Arkansas
West
Opening of Indian lands triggers Ute protest in Utah
Washington reports no word on a planned pow wow by the Uncemparge Utes in Utah to object to allotments and lands opened to allotment in severalty. The tribe opposes land division as contrary to their customs and claims a larger territory than recognized by Congress.
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Washington
Utah
Congress
Indian allotments spark congress clash over valuable deposits
The passage discusses protests by Indians against allotments in districts containing gibonite asphalt and similar deposits. The dispute centers on ownership claims and opposition to allotments, led by Chief Chavanan a half breed Indian. Officials expect no major trouble and express no unease about the result.
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Congress
Chavanan
Delaware Indians at White House Visit Causes Stir
A Delaware band led by Looking Grass camped outside the White House in bright paints and blankets. An interpreter wore citizen clothes and a campaign button. Secretary Porter refused immediate access, asking the party to return tomorrow.
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Washington
White House
Gage
Porter
Cattle Exports Tackle Discriminatory Measures Abroad
Washington officials outline a campaign led by Secretary Wilson to press Great Britain Germany Belgium and France for equal treatment of American cattle exports. The drive includes diplomatic briefings and Senate support to show the United States will withdraw privileges if foreign restrictions persist.
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Washington
Bellamy Storer
Europe
Great Britain
Germany
Belgium
France
Wilson
Sherman
Agricultural Department
Senate Department
Government Cashier's Death in San Francisco
Isaac Norton cashier for the United States internal revenue department in San Francisco died by suicide using carbolic acid. He faced account scrutiny after Captain Thrasher was appointed special agent. Norton had a $20,000 bond with the National Surety Company. any shortage reportedly could not exceed $5,000 to $6,000.
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San Francisco
Isaac Norton
United States Internal Revenue Department
Wilburn
Thrasher
National Surety Company
Kansas
Farmer Holding Off Deputies In Maryland Woods
Cumberland Md June 17 William Cessna a prosperous farmer two miles back of Bier has been terrorising the neighborhood. He is fortified in the woods and defies arrest. The sheriff sought for could not find him and he is described as probably insane.
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Cumberland
William Cessna
Bier
Ex-Clerk Matt Adams Sentenced for Embezzlement in Colorado
Denver reports Matt Adams former district court clerk was found guilty of embezzling county funds and sentenced to five years in state prison. Adams fled to England after a 90 000 shortage was discovered and was extradited that year.
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Denver
Colo
Matt Adams
District Court
Otate
Adams
England
Foster Leaves Petersburg for London Mission Completed
Petersburg June 17 United States commissioner John W Foster departed for London amid belief that the mission has been successfully accomplished.
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Petersburg
John W. Foster
United States
London
Pomerine
Prussian Interior Minister Baron Von der Becker Resigns
Berlin reports that Baron Von der Becker, Prussian minister of the Interior, has resigned. The announcement follows parliamentary debates and cabinet reshuffles, signaling a major shift in Prussia's government.
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Berlin
Baron von der Becker
Snow Storm Hits Backburn England
A snowstorm swept Backburn, Lancashire about thirty miles from here this morning. Manchester reports heavy drifting and transportation disruption as crews inspect damaged roads and clear routes for trains and buses. Early estimates warn of continued icy conditions through the day.
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England
Manchester
Backburn
Lancashire
Hawaiian Views Split Over Annexation and Queen Liliuokalani
Bishop Willis in Plymouth says Hawaii favors Britain and opposes the United States. He suggests Japan may press claims if Britain does not act. In Washington, F B Thurber arrives to oppose annexation. Ex-Queen Liliuokalani files a protest against the treaty, denouncing it as injustice and a violation of native rights.
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Salisbury
Hawaii
Great Britain
Lil
Plymouth
Eny
Willis
Honolulu
United States
Japan
Liliaokalani
America
Washington
Lutuokalani
Sherman
Joseph Heleluhe
Heleluh
Palmer
Insane Patron Disrupts Fitzsimmons Corbett Show
Edward Morgan caused a scene at the Fitzsimmons Corbett fight film at the Academy of Music in New York on June 17. He leapt toward the rail from the second gallery, threw ten dollar bills and a bank book into the orchestra, and cried to be taken to Christ before police restrained him. Morgan was taken to East Twenty second Street station and Bellevue Hospital, accompanied by John Leonard of Brooklyn who was praying in the street. Morgan expressed sympathy for a "crazy man" as he was removed.
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New York
Edward Morgan
First Street
Fitzsimmons-Corbett Pring
Academy of Muale
East Twenty-second Street
Policeman Smith
Bellevue Hospital
John Leonard
Brooklyn
Second Avenue
Twenty-fifth Street
Morgan
Leonard
Crazy Man
Fire Intervenes In Leipsic Lovers Wedding
August Ogert a Saxony farmer and his longtime sweetheart Magdalena Srndi arrived on the German steamer Adra from Hamburg and planned to wed in New York before continuing to Chicago. They were penniless after a marriage delay caused by a fire at Fille Island and await funds to cover transport and necessities.
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New York
Ogert
Leipsic
Saxony
Magdsiena Srndi
Adra
Hamburg
Magdalena
Fille Island
Chicago
Whirlwind Hits New Orleans Officials Report
A local whirlwind swept through a public square yesterday afternoon, lifting a market roof and damaging about thirty houses across six blocks. Rain followed citywide, but no other area reported severe damage or injuries.
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New Orleans
Sioux Veterans Seek Monument to Sioux Warriors
Washington June 17 Army veterans favor the petition by Sioux Indians to erect a monument honoring their warriors who served in the conflicts. The effort highlights ongoing recognition of Native American contributions to national history.
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Washington
Indians Seek Commemoration After Wounded Knee Battle
Veterans in the Indian Service urge Washington to recognize the Wounded Knee clash with a petition. They propose a substantial shaft marking marches of tribal leaders, reflecting a belief that such commemoration signals greater civilization than expected.
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Wounded Knee
Washington
Indian Service
Waa
Delavan House Fire Victims Near Completion of Death Toll
Albany men report three more bodies found among the Delavan house ruins. Identified remain Mary Caray Bridget Fitzgibbons and Thomas Cannon hotel servants. Fourteen died in the blaze. Nogenta Sturea remains unaccounted for.
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Albany
Delavan
Mary Caray
Bridget Fitzgibbons
Thomas Cannon
Nogenta Sturea
Father Kneipp Dies in Woerlshofen Water Cure Pioneer
Rev. Father Kneipp known for his water cure died at Woerlshofen. Born 1821 in Stephansried Bavaria he trained as a weaver before becoming a priest. He studied water treatment during his life and provided free care to many patients while guiding a rational living practice.
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Munich
Father Kneipp
Woerishofen
Stephansried
Ottobeuren
Bavaria
Dillingen
Kneipp
Elberach
Boos
St. George
Augaburg
Debs Advances Social Democracy of America Plan
Eugene V. Debs unveils a preamble for a new cooperative colonisation project to replace the American Railway Union. The split union aims to form The Social Democracy of America with broad delegate support, including many women, and will proceed region by region after the constitution is finalized.
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Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
American Railway Union
Debs
Social Democracy of America
Minister on Trial for Murder in Floyd Circuit Court
Paulineville Ky June 17 Washington Craft a Primitive Baptist minister testified in Floyd circuit court regarding Londell Higgins murder from a year ago denying the slaying but under cross examination confessed to killing his uncle Wiley Craft and William Cook ten years earlier. Craft had long been suspected in those deaths.
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Paulineville
Washington Craft
Floyd
Washington attorney Bonham dies in Atlantic City
John Milton Bonham of Washington, D. C., a prominent attorney and well known to a literateur, died in Atlantic City today at an advanced age. He was the first to patent and use a plan for transmitting oil from Pennsylvania oil regions, through which he amassed a great fortune.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John Milton Bonham
Washington, D. C
National Capital
Pennsylvania
Porte Accepts Advice of Powers in Greek Crisis
Athens correspondent reports the Porte abandons delay and will follow the advice of the powers in the ongoing Greek crisis. London dispatch notes the shift in official stance as European powers urge decisive action.
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Porte
Powers
London
Athens
The
Daily Chronicle
Powera
Steamship Arrivals Queenstown June 18
Steamship Majestic sailed from Liverpool bound for New York after arriving at Queenstown at 2.10 a m on June 18. The brief notice records the early sailing time and route from Liverpool to New York.
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Queenstown
Majestic
Liverpool
New
Lutheran Synod Closes Its Work After Adjournment
The general Lutheran synod finished its sessions in Mansfield Ohio and adjourned in the evening. A resolution declared that the synod would not exchange delegates with the United Brethren and called for Bible distribution oversight in Lutheran lands. York Pa was chosen for the next meeting place.
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Lutheran Synod
United Brethren Church
York
Mansfield
General Lutheran Synod
Synod
American Bible Society
Germany
Sweden
M. 8. Cresesman
Lewisburg
Creseman
United Brethren
J. R. Dimm
General Synod
Hamma
G. M. Gray
Tlero
J. A. Cluts
Atchison
Kas
G. M. Gilbert
Harrisburg
General Counci
United Synod of the South
G. A. Wenner
Lugarda Wilhelm
Jennie Christ
Frank F. Manhart
Luetgert Case Hearing Sparks Chicago Sensation
Dietrich Rickner and Mrs Wilhelmina Miller deny a letter from Louise Luetchert claiming Adolph Luetgert’s wife is alive with friends in Chicago. Police call the note a crude fake as Annie Griexer identifies rings found in the Luetgert vat as Mrs Luetgert’s.
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Chicago
Dietrich Rickner
Wilhelmina Miller
Adolph Luetgert
Adolph Aluetgert
Alderman Schiake
Louise Luetchert
Latetgert
Annie Griexer
Luetgerts
Luetgert
Mutiny among 2500 Chinese troops reported in Woo Sung China
The Rio Janeiro carried news that 2,500 Chinese soldiers mutinied at Woo Sung. They looted houses and threatened the general. German drillmasters saw flagleader heads removed. In Formosa fighting Japanese forces captured rebel chief Sen Sin, a top Chinese officer.
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San Francisco
Cal
Rio Janeiro
Woo Sung
China
Formosa
Sen Sin
Tan
Miss Lydia Smith Tries Suicide by Drowning
In Crisfield Maryland Miss Lydia Smith a Baltimore typewriter and stenographer jumped from the steamer Tangier off Sharp's Island. A boat rescued her as her skirt kept her afloat. She said she would try again, citing a love affair as the cause of her action.
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Crisfield
Lydia Smith
Baltimore
Tangier
Sharp's Island
Cork
India’s Big Earthquake Destroys Assam Towers
Reports from Calcutta say Assam suffered severe damage from the Saturday evening quake. Towers were levelled and many persons killed as the province reeled from the shock. Details remain incomplete as reports arrive from affected areas.
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Assam
Calcutta
Destruction in Bhillong After Massive Earthquake
Telegraph lines and railways were destroyed and roads split by fissures. Bhillong was leveled to the ground with many killed and many more seriously injured. Goalpira and Danori showed life, though parts were devastated. A great wave swept the Brahmaputra River.
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Bhillong
Goalpira
Danori
Brahmapuira
Claim for $600000 Damages Over Patented Dredging Machine
John H. Miller represents Alonzo B. Bowers of California and John B. Brown of Illinois in a court of claims petition seeking 600000 against the United States for the use of a patented dredging machine. The device was used in river and harbor work by the government at Oakland Mare Island California the Mississippi between St Louis and New Orleans the Potomac and Puget Sound.
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Washington
John H. Miller
Alonzo B. Bowers
California
John B. Brown
Illinois
Court of Claims
United States
Oakland
Mare Island
Mississippi
St. Louis
New Orleana
Potomite
Puget
Delimitation Plan Proposed for Greece and Turkey Frontiers
Ambassadors from the great powers present a scheme to the Turkish government for drawing the boundaries between Greece and Turkey in Thessaly. The plan grants Turkey the mountain crests along the frontier but bars Turkish control of Thessaly villages. Tewfil Pasha says it will be submitted to the sultan and cabinet.
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Constantinople
Greece
Turkey
Thessaly
Tewfil Pasha
Cyclist Fires On Soldiers In Cheyenne Attack
Charles Brawell a Cheyenne telegraph operator was attacked by ten to twelve soldiers from Fort Russell while cycling home. He fired at a soldier after being knocked off his bicycle, then again inside his house as soldiers bombarded the home with rocks, seriously wounding at least one more soldier.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Charles
Brawell
Fort Russell
Eiswell
Eiiswell
Hutchins Released From Prison on Governor’s Commutation
Maj. John F. Hutchins, imprisoned since October 28, 1893, at Auburn for criminal assault, is freed after Governor Black commuted his twelve year sentence to five years and one month. A veterans’ delegation urged clemency, and Hutchins, a war veteran, was granted the clemency this morning.
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Auburn
N. Y
Maj
Jno
F. Hutchins
Auburn Prison
Rochester
Black
Hutchine
Davis Will Case Faces Forgery Claim in San Francisco
During the Davis will contest trial H Maxwell, paying teller of the First National Bank, testified the signature on the will is a forgery. He implicated Alex Boyd, a partner of the deceased, as the person who forged the signature affecting the legatees.
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San Francisco
Davis
H. Maxwell
First National Bank
Alex. Boyd
Woodford Accepts Spain Post During Madrid Dinner
Washington June 17 Hon Stewart J Woodford of New York was in consultation with the president and formally accepted the office as minister to Spain Tonight Woodford dined with the president Secretary and Mrs Alger and Mrs John A Logan He declined to say when he would depart for Madrid and indicated a likely sail in a few weeks
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Washington
Stewart J. Woodford
New York
Spain
Woodford
Alger
John A. Logan
Madrid
Lightning Strikes University Building Causing $75,000 Damage
At 1 o clock this morning the Natural History building at the University of Mnola was struck by lightning, damaging the building, furniture, and apparatus valued at about $75,000. No injuries reported.
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Campatan
Til
Natural History
University of I/Mnola
Lightning Claims Man in Wapakoneta Home
Peter Tabler was instantly killed by a lightning strike at his Wapakoneta residence on June 17 as the home burned. His wife and children were seriously injured in the disaster.
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Wapakoneta
Peter Tabler
Lightining
Tariff Bill Predicted And Trade Views Spur Debate
The morning paper notes general interest in South American trade as the tariff bill moves toward passage. Bishop Willis comments Hawaiians prefer English rule. Sports scores from National and Atlantic leagues appear, alongside local council sessions, coal miners convention at Altoona, amateur baseball results, and school commencement notices.
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Willis Sayw
Altoona
Ealitorial
Washington
West Side
City
Lackawanna County
International Banking Plan Faces Senate Hurdles
Washington June 17 The Pan American Congress 1889 report endorses an International American bank charter but doubt remains on committee support. The banking and currency panel may soon take up Hitt bill after new houses organize, with commissioners named to receive subscriptions to the bank’s capital stock.
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Washington
Venezuela
House Banking and Currency
Tts
Banking and Currency Committee
Cornelius N. Elivs
New York
T. Jefferson Coolidge
Massachusetts
Andrew Carnegie
Pennsylvania
John F. Munson
Georgia
Charlies R. Flint
Enoch Pratt
Maryland
H. G. Davis
West Virginia
P. D. Armour
Ilinois
Morris M. Estee
California
James 8. Clarkson
Iowa
Charles R. Turner
Missouri
International American Bank
Inter American Bank Proposal Sparks Congressional Debate
Lawmakers discuss a possible rival to the national banking system citing Chairman Brosius. The Pan American conference urges liberal concessions to aid inter American banking and the creation of an international bank with branches in participating nations.
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United States
Brosius
Hyena Rampage Shocks Chicago Graveyard
Hyena named Jim escaped from Lincoln Park and roamed Graceland cemetery all night, ravaging graves as Head Keeper Sweeney and workers hunted it with police refusing aid, fearing bites rather than burglars.
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Chicago
Til
Graceland Cemetery
Jim
Lincoln Park
Sweeney
Buralars
Woman Flees Court Testimony From New Jersey Home
Miss Mabel Zigrist escaped from a second story window at Peter Barclay's home near Monmouth Junction after deciding to avoid testifying. Harris, a colored farm laborer, was indicted by the April grand jury for assault and faced trial today.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Mabel Zigrist
Peter Barclay
Monmouth Junction
Barclay
William Haorrin
Harris
County Clerk Hobson Convicted of Embezzlement
Cincinnati June 17 George Hobson county clerk was convicted on one count for seven dollars and charged with other indictments alleging embezzlement totaling thirty five thousand and three hundred sixty thousand dollars. He was not sentenced today and posted bond earlier. He was jailed tonight for the first time.
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Cincinnati
Hix
George Hobson
Weather Forecast For The Middle States And New England
The Heralds Weather Forecast predicts today cloudy and cooler conditions in the middle states and New England with fresh northeasterly and easterly winds. Local rain or thunder storms are expected on the coasts followed by rising temperatures and thunderstorms southeast of the lakes. Saturday brings fair and warmer, more sultry weather with southeasterly and southerly winds. western districts may see local rain or storms and coastal thundershowers in the afternoon.
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The
Herald
New York
Middle States
New England
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