Nebraska Legislature Debates Rail and Public Works Bills
The Nebraska Legislature mute in committee and floor sessions on railroad transfers joint switches and public works. Bills on floodwater, water works contracts, taxes, and county duties advanced or were sent to general file. Debates over appropriations for state institutions, roads, and public lands accompanied routine adjournments and a joint convention for U.S. senator voting.
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Nabynela Legiatature
Senate
Teatney
Committee On
Rairoads
Mullen
Senata
Inowenute
Municipal Affairs
Senaor North
Moores Bi Senate
Geneva
Cy Hdeerian
St Morten
Jtagan
Jim
Felton
Casper
Joe
Gesson
Harry
Jre
Haggins
Bill
A. van
Louse
Soter
Iva Senues
Goss
Douglass
Eark
Vais
Dare
Gray's Oil
Lobock
Pope
Supreme Court
Fenn
Eggleston
L'O
United States
Inurston
Greene
Fichtoff
Gerdes
Vanhousen
Fulton
Stewart
John Bs Reagan
Dysart
Stevens
Allan Root
Kruse
W. H. Allen
Amor
Baocock
North
Thomsen
Wbnell
Boyd
Ule
Lehdigh
Mattes
Sinclair
J. Sterling Morton
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Peice General
Commission of Public Lands and Buildings
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Board of Kagata Lands and Funds
Isuard
Senav
Ttn
Gray
Moore
Ana Means
Daie
Corren
Campoella
Concross
Vassa
Jesuitea Allen
Laureton
Aneoo
Hnatiogs
Iriuimn
Alfereo
Tentiary Uotil
Aidn T Co
Institution For the
Hind
Neorasxa City
Kkearney
Wis
Hlorsi
Nebraska
Ilastings
Howe
Omaha
Nason
Watlors
Renairs
Ne University
J.ed Lnner
Populists Plan Washington Meeting to Define Future
A four-group Populist gathering in Washington on February 22 will shape the party's path. The bimetalists observe their convention on the money issue, the National Industrial Alliance debates economic questions, the Reform Press Association will decide concerted action, and the Industrial Legion discusses related matters. Aims include uniting branches to press for financial and social relief during President Cleveland's era.
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Washington Broth Trs
Mass
Washington
People’s Party
National Industrial Alliance
Reform Press Association
Industrial Legion
People’s Party Movement
Cleveland
Anna Dickinson Sues for 12000 Damages in Federal Suits
Scranton February 7 Miss Anna Dickinson lecturer and actress filed three suits in the United States Circuit Court directed against eight persons including two physicians asking damages totaling 125000. The suits allege involvement in her confinement in Danville Asylum during a February 1801 visit.
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Anna Dickinson
Scranton
Pau
Ooe
Circuit Court of the United States
Danville
Asyum
Hard Boxing Showdown in Madison County Ends Hard Fought
One of the toughest regional bouts occurred near East St Louis as Harry Sharpe local printer fought Crosby boxing instructor at the Pastime Club. Sharpe won in the seventy seventh round both men badly used up and exhausted from the brutal match in Madison County Illinois near East St Louis February 7.
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Faucht
Horada
St Lows
Madison County
East St Louis
Harry Sharpe
Rank Crosby
Sharpe
Death of Algernon Sartoris shocks London society
London reports the death of Algernon Charles Sartoris on February 3 at Capri. He is General Grant’s son in law Nellie Grant Sartoris’s husband. Mrs Sartoris remains in London caring for their three children and offers few details on the death.
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Nellie Grant
London
Algernon Charles Sartoris
Ner
Government officer reports unrest on Sioux Reservation
A government officer traveling from the Black Hills to Sioux Falls and Pierre claims conditions on the Sioux Reservation are far more volatile than Pine Ridge dispatches indicate. He alleges Agent Brown altered reports to downplay trouble, cites ghost dances linked to two Chief Strikes, and warns of a spring uprising without enough troops to deter the Indians. He notes anxious evacuees seeking protection and urges forceful action. Also reported, Capital National Bank receiver appointment for Y. McFarland of Lincoln, with backing from stockholders and creditors, to stabilize $240,000 deposits.
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Sultais
Croll aLings
Cniefwo
Ile
Lnut
Putin
Capital National
Wastsatos
Feu
Ale Parland
Lincoln
Broken Capital National Bank
McFarland
First National Bank of Lincoln
Nominee Howell Jackson Visits Court for Associate Justice Role
Judge Howell E. Jaeson, nominated by President Harrison for the U S Supreme Court, attends circuit court duties and is warmly praised by the bar. He says he was surprised by the appointment and notes no consultation occurred with others prior to the decision. He refutes claims of a potential successor from outside his district. A retired president’s practice of political appointments is discussed, with references to past examples. Colonel H E Grover, British Royal Commission delegate at the world’s fair, is found dead in bed Sunday morning. The Indians Supreme Court upholds higher railroad taxation.
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Iudge Mowell
Jackson Ciscisnath
Leb
Howell EK. Jaeson
Harrison
Leiten States Supreme Court
Lunow
Presi
Ivenid
General Mitler
Miller
Clevelana
John Agama
Miuisnai
Thomas Jefferson
Jackson
Justice Cariron
Nad Nim
Maron
Remalican
Sevens
Toe Cory
Boulies
Willen
Hi. E Grover
Mritien Royal Comission
Pension Policy Fight Shapes House Pension Bill Debate
In Washington a heated pension debate develops as the pension appropriation bill nears floor consideration. A radical policy shift aims to cut pension rolls, purge current beneficiaries, tighten eligibility, and place the pension bureau under the War Department. The plan, backed by the appropriations committee, faces strong Republican opposition led by Representative Holman. A narrow committee vote grants a report of amendments to the bill with the new policy in mind.
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Pension Law Channel
Washington
House
Committee On Appropriations
Holman
Pension Bureau
War Department
Hese
O'Neil
Massachusetts
N Yen
Aay
Morgan Pushes Annexation Plan In Senate Talks
Wastinctos Feb 9 Mr Morgan leading Democrat on foreign relations panel met with Secretary Foster. He outlines a bill authorizing a provisional Hawaii government if annexation or cession occurs, with a governor and a council under congressional oversight. Hawaiian commissioner Wilder says such a provision meets the islands’ needs to prevent native upheaval if annexation proceeds.
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Morgan
Wastinctos
Senate Committee On
Foster
Hawaii
United States
Leitea States
Senate
Congress
Wilder
Morfan
Amusing Electoral Count Anecdotes At State House
Not out the BSEL te. Feb. 9. Electoral count bustle yielded decorum breaks and inhouse jokes. Judge Chipman misnamed California as voting for Wittylaw Reid and Whitelaw Reid's name mispronounced. North Dakota’s odd vote drew jeers before the count closed and a gallery fan saluted Grover Cleveland.
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Illinois
Judge Chipman
Michigan
California
Wittylaw Reid
Whitelaw
North Dakota
Grover Cleveland
Rumor of French cabinet resignation linked to Cavaignac
It was whispered at midnight that the cabinet planned to resign and urge President Carnot to summon Cavaignac to form a ministry. Authorities offered no confirmation or denial. If called, Cavaignac would likely appoint new colleagues, but his ambition to succeed Carnot may lead him to refuse the premiership.
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Itumors
Pais
Carnot
M. Cavaignac
Cavaignac
Growth of Conduits and Hotels Drives St Louis Expansion
St Louis eyes a half million dollars in conduit work by Bell Telephone and rivals, while a western business convention aims to open Indian Territory lands. The city plans a free public library funded by subscriptions, moves into a new seven story building, and accelerates streetcar projects and hotels to accommodate fall crowds.
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Indian Territory
St. Louis
Bell Telephone Company
Bell
Assembly
Lighting Company
St Louis
United States
Congress
Union Depot
Method to purify sulphureted hydrogen and arsenic removal
Habermann proposes making a paste from calcium sulphide and crystallized magnesium chloride to chemically free sulphureted hydrogen from arsenic, heating gently then strongly. He suggests passing the gas over iodine then through water to remove arsenic and similar steps for hydrogen sulfide and related gases.
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Habermann
Ljtngineering
Rail line promotes Texas coast growth and luxury travel
Advertising copy extols Velasco and Texas coast towns as mushrooming sites for investment and migration. It touts the Missouri Kansas Texas Railway as a direct route from Chicago to Dallas and Houston with Wagner Palace Buffet Sleeping cars, inviting readers to contact A Faulkner for schedules and maps. A later note mocks space-saving furniture trends, arguing a built in piano harms acoustics.
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Investmenta
Velasco
North Galvesta
Houston Hights
LaPorte
Texas
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Dennison
Sherman
Gainesville
Henrietta
Port Worth
Dallas
Waxahachie
Sample
Belton
Taylor
Dillsboro
A. Faulkner
Missouri, Kansas& Texas Railway System
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Oy Lingenfelter
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W. ¥. Allen
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Loung
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Douginas
Stuart
Privieleges
WV Alien
Representative Hall
Hotsi
Notve
Neurasia
Sartoris
Nellin Grant
Sudsy Jackson
Supreme Benchy
Lincoln Bank
ST. Louis Enterprise
Tyro
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