Plain Talk on Lady Henry Somerset Provokes Church Debate
William E. Hicks claims Lady Henry Somerset’s London houses harbor disreputables. The Daily News anticipates clergymen may push for an investigation at next Monday’s meeting. Rev George R. Mitchell to chair an undenominational discussion to determine whether to vindicate Hicks or withdraw church support if charges prove true.
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Henry Somerset
William Henry Hicks
Frederick Sulzer
Hicks
America
W. CT. U
Dockery Critiques Appropriations Totals and Sugar Bounty
Congressman Dockery criticizes federal spending as not a billion dollar session after accounting for interest on new bonds. He cites the Reed congress totals around 1,053,000,000 and outlines the Fifty third congress estimates, with major allocations to military, pensions, and various departments totaling about 990,225,68? and supporting figures for agriculture, army, navy, and other categories. He notes press scrutiny sparked public protest and a retreat from demands except for the sugar bounty.
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Congressman Dockery
Uncle Sam
Representative Dockery
Treasury
Committee On Appropriations
Sinz
District of Columbia
Oklahoma Legislature Adjourns Amid Territorial Changes
The Oklahoma house locates the territorial penitentiary at Round Pond with a $30,000 appropriation. Governor Renfrew reports 990,000 acres of school land still unleased and invites bids for sixty days. Bills include road bond authority, irrigation act, fire tax within 600 feet of hydrants, and school journal creation.
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Ahoma
Territorial
Gotarm
Oklahoma House
Territorial Penitentiary
Round Pond
Renfrew
Senate
Kansas
Free Home League
Orty
Governor Culberson’s anti trust and rail rule plea
The Texas governor denounces sixty days of inaction by the legislature and urges bold reform. He calls for a comprehensive anti trust law, fair railroad property assessment, higher taxes on railroads and utilities, and a ban on railroad company consolidations to curb entrenched capital and protect public welfare.
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Texas
Auvaux
March
Culberson
AF L President Seeks Hot Springs Cure for Nicotine Poisoning
John Minsride, president of the American Federation of Labor, travels to Hot Springs Arkansas after a violent nicotine poisoning from decades of tobacco use. He began smoking heavily from age 13 and reports sores, facial marks, watery eyes, and widespread illness. In Hot Springs he will undergo lavatory treatments and alcoholic baths to remove the toxin.
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American Federation of Labor
Hot Springs
Ispranaronm
March
John Minsride
Ark
Massillon
Canton
Ohio
McBride
Rich Mines Discovered Near Indio in Desert Claims
In California near Indio the McHaney brothers William and James locate a group of mines named the Desert Chief the Desert Queen Chief of the Hills and Dry Lake Valley. Claimants say more than a million dollars in gold is in sight and warn they will not sell any portion, predicting multimillionaire outcomes for investors.
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Los Angeres
Cal
March
Desert Chief
Hills
Dry Lake Valley
Indio
McHaney Boys
William
James
McHaney
Irishman falls before train in Texas. survives with injuries
Davts Texas March 6 An Irishman refused to give his name fell between rails in front of a train. Engine was halted and the man removed with legs under the pilot. Remarkably no bones were broken or scratches found. He claimed this was the second time that week he had been run over by an engine.
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Davts
Texas
The New Party Declares for Government Money System
The American Bi metallic league issued a statement outlining a new party agenda focused on monetary reform. It calls for universal coinage of silver and gold at a 15 to 1 ratio, government currency as legal tender, and opposition to bonds in peacetime with coin payments to creditors at option of the creditor. A provisional national committee from each state and territory was named to lead the movement.
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Washington
American Bimetallic League
United States
A. J. Warner
American BE Metallic League
William Stewart
United States Senate
Henry Jones
Georgia
Francis G. Newlands
Nevada
Anson Wolcott
Indiana
J. L. Mecaurin
South Carolina
District of Columbia
Taylor Libel Sult Denial in Noted Case
Taylor rejects all charges in libel case against Kins. District Attorney Birney seeks truth on who lied, amid a high profile trial. A physician testified the girl honoring funeral expenses did not die from criminal operation. Civil service commission to include a sharp arraignment of Taylor in its coming annual report.
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Kins
Wasuixetos
March
Birney
GC HL
J. Taylor
United States
Port Leavenworth
Taylor
Civil Service Commission
Shortage cloud over American Church Missionary Society finances
March 6 New York reports no actual cash shortage but the society’s books are in confusion. Experts cannot yet provide a detailed statement and the amount of any shortage remains a secret. Colonel Clendenin dies at 65 after Civil War service and Lincoln assassination trial role. Judge Spencer and Miss Turner wed in Missouri, notes include Governor Stone relation.
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American Church Missionary Society
New York
Clendenin
Gatessons
David R. Clendenin
Oneida
Second
United States Cavalry
Abraham Lincoln
Spencer-Turner
Columnia
Oliver M. Spencer
Burlington
Katherine Turner
Episcopal Church
Missouri
Stone
Dearborn Reelected A P A Leader at St Louis Convention
St Louis March 6 President J A Dearborn of Kansas City was unanimously reelected at the A P A convention this afternoon. F H Julian of 896 Fairfax Avenue St Louis was chosen vice president to succeed George J Hazlet. Secretary E Allen was reelected with little opposition.
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Dearborn
St. Louis
J. A. Dearborn
Kansas City
F. H. Julian
Fairfax Avenue
George J. Hazlet
E. & Allen
Missouri Legislature Passes Agricultural College Separation Bill
Seuss helps push the measure through the Missouri house by a 89 to 43 vote after a month of lobbying. The bill would detach the agricultural school from the university. Other actions include passage of a criminal venue bill amendment, rejection of Mr Bothwell’s statutor revision commission bill, and Senate approval of Avery’s bank director liability measure. Yeater’s grain inspection bill sets inspection and weighing at 25 cents per car in and out, totaling a 70 cent cut.
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Timothy Harrington
Irish National League
John Morley
House of Commions
Ireland
Harrington
W. R Kennady
Seuss
Agricultural College
Jzvrensos
Marel
Murriyia
Ots
N Bee
Senate
House
Bothwell
Statute Revision Commission
Avery
Yeater
Sedalia
Notable Obituaries and a Wide Wire Briefs Roundup
Long list of brief news items: Charles Lanman and Judge William Chestnut dead, Rev Daniel Vroeman dies in San Francisco. Massachusetts voting on women’s suffrage defeated. Louisville fire at J B Wathen distillery causes major loss. Treasury shows cash, gold reserves. European winters and unrest noted in France Britain and Brazil. American and British officials and incidents abroad summarized. Yukon rushs and a fatal house fire in Texas. New York appoints O H Langrage as commissioner. Telegraph development in Britain under Gladstone, immigrant statistics to Feb 2 1895.
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Charles Lanman
Los Angeles
Cal
Florida
William Chestnut
Platte County
Missori
Massachusetts
Louisville
J. B. Wathen & Co
Agricultural Department
France
Rilo de Janeiro
Pernambuco
Senor
Jose Marie
la Provincia
Central City
Samuel Slater
Ed Wier
Alps
Shan Tung
Hanan
Liao Yang
Moukden
Germany
Mattes
United States
John Wilde
Howie
Wei-Hai- Wei
Japan
Hannis Taylor
Spain
Sagasta
Cuba
Willapa
Port Townsend
Alaska
Brecham
Tex
Wyatt Maybrick
New York
O. H. Lagrange
Scannell
General Lagin
San Francisco
General Grant
Great Britain
Gladstone
State Department
Martin
Southampton
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West Fifth Street
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Charles Worrall
Kansas Ave
Savings and Loan Association
West Birth Avenue
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Gypeey
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