Exciting Tariff Debate Upset House Proceedings
Washington March 2. A lively session on the tariff bill featured protests by Indiana Republican Johnson and sharp exchanges over protections for gelatine glue, beauxide, and wool. Speaker Reed briefly intervened as Johnson pressed amendments and the Ways and Means committee pushed through various changes before adjournment at 5 25.
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Richardson
Dingley
Ways and Means
Wheeler
Grosvenor
Georgia
Alabama
Dockery
Dalzell
Shafroth
Silver Republican
Colorado
House
Senate
The Position of the Populists Read by Mr. Simpson
Mr. Simpson offered amendments and a long statement outlining the populist tariff position. He argued the tariff has been a political football for a century and that Populists distrust both Republican and Democratic tariff laws.
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Mr. Simpson
Simpson
Memorial From Monroe Doctrine Club Attacks Arbitration Treaty
The Senate received a memorial from the Monroe Doctrine Club of Philadelphia opposing the arbitration treaty as a device favoring England unless amended. Other actions include favorable committee reporting on a bill to bar prize fight pictures and a $250,000 Mississippi River improvement appropriation. The chamber adjourned after executive session on the arbitration treaty.
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Nebraska
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South Dakota
Secretary of the Interior
Cleveland
Gallinger
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Civil Service Commission
Bacon
Georgia
Henry H. Bang i
Kaliepel
Mont
American Reporter Killed In Cuban War Front
C E Crosby, Chicago Record correspondent, was shot and killed while observing a battle near Arroyo Blanco in Santa Clara province. Crosby, who arrived January 30 and was said to be a St Cyr graduate, died from a stray Spanish bullet. The death is not yet confirmed in official channels.
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C. E. Crosby
Chicago Record
Arroyo Blanco
Sancti Spiritus
Arojana
Maximo Gomez
Crosby
Washington
Lee
C. &. Crosby
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Chicago
Arroyo Blanca
Puerto Principe
St. Cyr
France
Insurgent Leader General Ruis Rivera Captured in Cuba
General Hernandez Velasco’s forces clash with 100 rebels at Cabazendas Rio Hondo. Major General Ruis Rivera and Chief of Staff Colonel Bacallao captured. Rivera and Lieutenant Terry wounded. Rivera's adjutant dies en route to prison. one government casualty and several wounded.
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Hernandez Velasco
Pinar de Rio
Cabazendas
Rio Hondo
Ruis Rivera
Bacallao
Terry
Rivera
Antonio Maceo
Pinar del Rio
Maximo Gomez
Wolgesra
Fen
San Cristobal
Cabazeadas
General Gomez appeals to McKinley for action in Cuba
A Chicago report cites General Gomez urging President McKinley to intervene in Cuba. He recounts Spanish atrocities under Weyler in Sancti Spiritus, plea for U.S. protection of unarmed civilians, and asks Cleveland’s cordial support for a Christian moral response.
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Fryingens
Cleveland
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Weyler
Sancti Spiritus
Grover Cleveland
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Spain
M. Gomez
Spanish Crew Mutinied At Sea Near Havana
Report from Havana says a Spanish cruiser crew mutinied and surrendered to insurgents who have started capturing coast guard vessels. Spanish officials deny the tale, but other sources confirm aspects of the claim.
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Jacksonville
Havana
Coast Guard
Major Barry Named Adjutant General and Regimental Promotions
Washington announces Major Thomas H. Barry will become adjutant general of the Department of the Columbia after his leave ends and reporting to Vancouver barracks. Also listed are promotions of noncommissioned officers to second lieutenant in the Seventh Infantry Fort Logan Colorado, Nineteenth Infantry Fort Wayne Michigan, and Fourteenth Infantry Vancouver barracks. Major Michael Cooney granted four months leave after current sick leave.
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Thomas H. Barry
Vancouver Barracks
Department of the Columbia
Secretary of War
James W. Clinton
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Boise Barracks
Seventh Infantry
Fort Logan
Colorado
Henry E. Eames
Nineteenth Infantry
Fort Wayne
Michigan
Robert Field
Eighth Cavalry
Fourteenth Infantry
Michael Cooney
Special Commission to Cuba on Ruiz Murder Inquiry
Washington dispatch says President McKinley will send a special commission to Cuba to participate in the investigation of the alleged murder of Dr. Ruiz, an American citizen, with the Spanish government accused of bias and refusal to join the inquiry.
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the Herald
Washington
McKinley
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Ruiz
Gener
Senator Morgan Reports Minority View on Pacific Railroads Bill
Senator Morgan today presented a minority report on the Pacific railroads debt adjustment bill. He argues the measure risks splitting the Unity Pacific and Central Pacific lines and places government ownership in danger, urging an amendment to cover both companies and keep government control through a commission.
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Morgan
Senate
Pacific Railroads
United States
Union Pacific Railroad
Central Pacific
Union Pacific Road
Pacific
Union Pacific
Mr. Morgan
New York
Pacific Coast
Congress
Populists Issue Address on Tariff and Prosperity
A joint Populist caucus in Washington issued an address arguing tariff policy has long driven politics and that past and current bills cause injustices. It favors remonetization of silver to remedy treasury shortfalls and urges lawmakers to refrain from final action on the Dingley bill to avoid propping the tariff agenda.
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Washington
Senate
House
Treasury
Supreme Court
Eight Die As Oyster Sloop Wrecks On Pensacola Bar
Pensacola Florida reports eight lives lost when an oyster sloop bound for St Andrews wrecked on Pensacola bar in a squall. Owner John Constantine and eight aboard including his wife and five children perished. only John Motes survived. Separate report from Gainesville Texas notes Alderman Smith's daughter Ruby Smith and Albert Thompson drowned attempting to ford a flooded creek after heavy rainfall.
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Pensacola Bar
St. Andrews
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John Motes
Constantine
Motes
Sensation in the Chamber over Panama Exposures
Paris delegates Jullien Hugues Gorland and Douvier protested parliamentary immunity to confront accusers. Minister Darlan said prosecutors lacked proof, fueling further uproar as deputies were moved and cried innocence in the lobbies.
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Chamber of Deputies
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Hugues, Gorland
2Ouvier
Panama
M. Darlan
Miner Drowns After Boat Capsize in Santiam River
Gates Oregon March 2 L E LeBarre a miner drowned Friday morning in the South Santiam at the Amidem mine. His small boat capsized in a swift river current throwing him into feet of water and he was never seen again. A mail carrier reached the scene on snowshoes reporting snow up to 10 feet deep and that recovery before July would be unlikely.
Newspapers switch to Associated Press contracts
The New York Herald New York Telegram Philadelphia Public Ledger Philadelphia Record and Philadelphia Evening Telegraph sign two year contracts with the Associated Press and end news relations with United Press.
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New York Herald
New York Telegram
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
Associated Press
United Press
Woman Arrested for Murder in West Newton
Mrs. Richard McCullough aged 44 was arrested in West Newton Pennsylvania on March 28 charged with murdering her husband a night engineer at the Ellsworth mines. The husband was shot last evening. the wife claims the shooting was accidental.
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West Newton
Richard McCullough
Ellsworth
McCullough
State loses school funds to squatters on lands
Olympia March 29 State lands under lease show 35 000 to 40 000 annually unpaid to the state school fund. Bridges finds many trespassers occupy land in Spokane Tacoma and other counties without contracts or rent and plans notices of vacation to 2800 occupiers by July School Section Sixteen in Spokane is crowded with residences and stores many residents paying nothing though some own substantial shares.
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Wash
Bridges
Spokane
Tacoma
Whitman
Garfield
Walla Walla
Lincoln
Columbia
le Rostock
Spokane Valley
White Ribbon Movement Appeal Seeks Aid and Sympathy
Frances E Willard leading the White Ribboners issue a nationwide appeal for press public sympathy and immediate financial support. The letter notes about a quarter million members in the United States with vast indirect followings and urges Christians patriots and humanity lovers to donate memberships subscriptions or bequests to fund the temperance work.
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Chicago
Frances E. Willard
America
Cere Shoe
United States
National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Miss Willard
Maritime powers invited to Grant Memorial ceremonies
The Grant Memorial inaugural committee requests the president invite all maritime powers to send warships for the April 27 ceremony in New York City. The Grant Monument Association will transfer to the city General Grant’s tomb at Riverside Park. John Sherman notes the invitation as a courteous gesture. Joseph P. Smith of Ohio named director of the Bureau of American Republics, replacing Clinton Furbish. Smith, 41, a former printer and newspaper man born in West Union, Ohio, previously served as state librarian under Governor McKinley and has been active in presidential matters for seven years.
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Brussels
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Grant Monument Association
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New York
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John Sherman
Joseph P. Smith
Ohio
Sherman
Bureau of American Republics
Clinton Furbish
Smith
West Union
McKinley
Ntana Man Frozen to Death in Montana Mountains
A Missoula County coroner reports John Hogan froze to death in the mountains near Saltese on March 28 29. The message says the victim is believed to be Thomas S Hogan a Saltese area rancher. Coroner Hayes heads to Saltese to bring the body to Missoula. Evidence suggests exhaustion led to death.
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Mont
Saltese
John Hayes
Missoula County
John Hogan
Louis Kuhn
Thomas 8. Hogan
Hayes
Tea Standards Report Chosen by Treasury Experts
Washington March 2 Experts appointed by the secretary of the treasury report selecting standards to represent purity quality and fineness for consumption to prevent importation of impure and unwholesome tea.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
Congress
Alaska Gold Output Estimated at 1897 Total
Tacoma March 29 The latest estimates place Alaska gold output for 1897 at 1000 dollars, a drastic drop from 6,000,000 dollars last year.
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Tacoma
Alaska
Petition from Trail Ruled Out of Order in BC Legislature
In Victoria on March 29 Kellie presented Trail residents petitioning for roads bridges and other public works but the speaker ruled it out of order for seeking public funds. Premier Turner condemned a Times article as a cruel falsehood and urged repudiation. The session then addressed the lunacy bill and water bill, adjourning late.
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B. C
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Trail
Turner
Times
Beeton
Lynn Canal
Captain Wept for Joy Over Aid at Sea
New York reports Captain Schley of the Norwegian steamer Eidsvold arriving at quarantine after contacting the Newfoundland barkentine Silver Sea 66 days from Cadiz bound for St Johns. The Silver Sea crew faced extreme shortages with only a crust of bread left before relief provisions arrived. the barkentine captain expressed deep gratitude.
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Schleyder
Eidsvold
Newfoundland
Silver Sea
Cadiz
St. Johns
N. F
Barkentine
Union Pacific Abides by Traffic Association Policy
General Solicitor Kelly stated the Union Pacific will ignore traffic associations in light of the supreme court decision and sees no need for formal withdrawal. A Chicago report notes western lines pledge to maintain rates, with orders from executives to prevent rate cuts and ensure compliance with the court ruling.
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Kelly
Union Pacific
Supreme Court
Dillon
Chicago
Caer
Steamfitters Strike In New York City
A citywide steamfitters strike begins as 1100 men refuse to work. Estimates say 30 000 to 60 000 may join, with sheet iron workers joining in sympathy and a broader building trades strike anticipated, after bosses rejected the old agreement and demanded new terms.
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New York
Torow
Nominations Sent to Senate for Overseas and Interior Posts
The president submitted nominations to the senate including Charlemagne Tower of Pennsylvania as envoy to Austro Hungary and Anson Burlingame Johnson of Colorado as consul at Fuchan China. William S. Hallenburger of Pennsylvania to be second assistant postmaster general and Thomas Ryan of Kansas as first assistant secretary of the interior. Henry Clay Evans of Tennessee named commissioner of pensions. Registers David C. Fleming Sterling Colorado Theodore Bale Leadville Colorado and Joseph Smith of Ohio named as director of the American Republics bureau replacing Clinton Furbish.
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Austro-Hungary
Anson Burlingame Johnson
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China
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Kansas
Henry Clay Evans
Tennessee
Land Office
David C. Fleming
Sterling
Col
Theodore Bale
Leadville
Joseph Smith
Ohio
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American Republics Bureau
Sherman
Clinton Furbish
Tariff aim retroactive for imports prior to passage
Washington March 2 a Ways and Means sub committee plans a retroactive tariff amendment to tax all imports on and after April 2 1887 at the final rate of the bill. Lawyers say the plan is constitutional and the measure will be introduced soon.
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New England
Hopkins
Illinois
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Mr. McCall
Levering
Massachusetts
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Dalzell
Tawney
Grosvenor
Chicago Anarchists Launch Revolutionary Movement
The Post reports in Chicago that anarchists have begun an extensive revolutionary movement. Systematic agitation is to start May 1 with outdoor meetings planned regardless of police permission, echoing the preparations seen before the Haymarket episode.
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Chicago
the Post
Haymarket
United Press Assigns Assets in New York
The United Press filed in the county clerk an assignment for the benefit of creditors to Frederick G. Mason, its auditor. Charles A. Dana, president, filed the papers, with the agency based in New York City.
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United Press
Frederick G. Mason
Mason
Charles A. Dana
Ten Thousand Men Work on Mississippi Levees
Reports from Greenville Mississippi describe a widening crevasse at Mayside and a new break at Perthshire threatening vast flooding. Ten thousand workers and numerous trains carry lumber and sand to shore up levees as residents flee to high ground.
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Camp Congo
Helena
Ark
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Nolty
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Laconia Circle
Washington
Colonel Gillespie
Mississippi Commission
General Wilson
Maron 2
Lake Leo
Mississippi
Deer Creek
Yazoo River
Jackson
Woman Confesses Past Crime and Masquerade in Salvation Army Era
Christina Lecaff, recently converted by the Salvation Army in Walla Walla, recounted a life of crime dating to 1882 in Carlton Montana. She and George McDonald traveled as a pair posing as man and wife, committing robberies and burglaries before settling in the Walla Walla valley where she lectured on Yellowstone Park. She produced a bogus marriage certificate and says McDonald controlled her, claiming three children. Sheriff Ellingsworth refused custody.
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McDonald
Missoula
Mont
Helena
Walla Walla Valley
Yellowstone Park
C. 5. Fee
Ellingsworth
Salvation Army
Cave In at Standard Mine Kills Miner in Wallace Idaho
A cave in at the Standard mine on Canyon creek in Wallace Idaho killed a miner. The victim’s name is unknown and no details on the accident have been received as of 10 o clock tonight.
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Wallace
Idaho
Canyon Creek
New Board of Regents Elects Forney as President
In Boise Idaho on March 2% a new board of regents met and named J W Forney as president with Frank Martin as vice president The remaining officers were not yet selected and will be announced later
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Idaho
Board of Regents
J. W. Forney
Frank Martin
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