House Passes Tariff Bill in Close Vote
A split House approved the Dingley tariff plan by 205 to 121 with five Democrats voting yes and several party members silent. Debate centered on amendments and implementation dates as Republicans pressed for swift adoption while Southern and populist opponents decried protections and distribution rules.
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McKinley
House of Raps Buthtiyes
Read
Muwars
Davey, Broussard
Yale
Alown Shalit
Pyoun Allen
Mississippi
Johnson
Indiana
Meen Yepublican
Agaii
Aid Windiver
Missouri
Mabilt
Allen
Hal
Ino
Senate
Vandiver
Mc Wmillhy
Tennessee
Dingley
Maine
Bisley
Presidential Appointments Add Names to Senate Nominations
The president sent to the senate Wednesday nominations including Jacob Trisher of Arkansas for U.S. Attorney for the eastern district of Arkansas H M Clooper for U S marshal eastern district of Arkansas Thomas W Cridler of West Virginia for third assistant secretary of the interior The senate confirmed Joseph J Briatow of Kansas for fourth assistant postmaster general Henry Clay Evans of Tennessee for commissioner of pensions Thomas Lyon of Kansas for first assistant secretary of the interior and Frank Y Palmer of Illinois for public printer
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Senate
Jacob Trisher
Arkansas
United States
East
H. M. Clooper
Thomas W. Cridler
West Vira
Joseph J. Briatow
Kansas
Henry Clay Evans
Tennessee
Thomas Lyon
the Interior
Frank Y. Palmer
Illinois
Ex Congressman's Death Noted in Ohio Surmise
Ex congressman Geo Li Converse of Columbus Ohio died in Columbus after months of illness in his 70th year He graduated from Denison University in 1849 read law served as a prosecuting attorney and member of both the Ohio house and senate including a 1873 term as speaker He served three terms in Congress and was a Randall protective tariff Democrat.
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Converse
Columbus
Ohio
Prassea
Geo
Congress
Denison University
Senate
Day to Cuba as President's investigator in Ruiz case
General Bill Day of Ohio is dispatched to Cuba as McKinley’s paramount representative to investigate the Ruiz case and assess conditions on the defense. The mission’s scope and powers are awaited with interest while Tee’s stance toward Day remains a closely watched factor.
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Washington
Bill Day
Ohio
Cuba
McKinley
Ruiz
Tee
Destructive tornado wrecks Chandler TN killing many
A destructive tornado in Chandler Oklahoma Territory wrecked the town. Twenty two dead bodies were recovered from the ruins and several others burned. The fire raged through the business district destroying the courthouse post office bank and several hotels as rescue teams from Guthrie and nearby towns responded to the disaster.
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Tany
Hullalnica
Olandlar
Oklaham
Guthrie
Court House
News and Democrat
Trivoli County Bank
New York
Money for Levee Work Approved by McKinley
President McKinley signed a joint resolution authorizing 260000 dollars for the Mississippi River levee project. General Wilson reports three new crevasses in the Yazoo district from Lt Connor, with locations near Doerfeld Blop Landing and Island Beyenty. The Mississippi River Commission to spend funds immediately to protect lives and property along the river from its head to mouth.
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Mckinjey
Tesoluton
Wilson
Connor
Army Lengineer
Mamphia
Yazoolevoo
Doerfeld
Leo
Beyenty
Blop Landing
Choctaw Pond
Mississippi River Commission
Feshion
New Orleans
McKinley
Congress
Christians Take a Hand in Durkish Blockhouse Bombardment
Advices from Oanen report Christians bombard the block house above the Sviddin fort as foreign ironclads reply with shells. Bombardment lasts to nightfall and resumes next morning with Turkish garrison aided by twelve cannons and a mitrailleuse. Foreign detachments seize the fortress amid sharp Spinsldge fighting as Creteans capture a vessel delivering arms. Fighting continues at Heraklion and Ratimo with reinforcements for Turkish outposts deemed unreliable.
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Oanen
Sviddin
Logater
News Agency Dissolves in New York
Associated Press of New York decides to dissolve as a news gathering organization at a Wednesday meeting. It was a corporate body with a president, secretary, and board of directors. Historically it shared news with the New York Associated Press and linked to United Press through reciprocity.
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Associated Press
New York
Duaineas
Tt Wan
Ence
New York Associated Press
New York State
United Press
Weather dispatches report reduced California fruit crop
The San Francisco weather bureau reports dispatches from fruit sections across the state indicating the recent frosts have seriously damaged the fruit crop. The notices reflect widespread impact on production and potential effects on harvest timing and market supply.
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San Francisco
United States Weather Bureau
Montreal dispatch claims wool mill owner defaulter
A dispatch from Montreal reports Rollo Simpson, confidential agent for J A Cantile and Co, owners of an extensive woolen mill, is a defaulter for 70000 dollars and has fled to the United States. The cause of his downfall is said to be fast living.
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Montreal
Rollo Simpson
J. A. Cantile &Go
United States
Herbert Gladstone Calls Bicycle Ride Story a Hoax
Mr. Herbert Gladstone dismisses reports that his father learned to ride a bicycle as a hoax. He says the story circulating in newspapers is false.
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Herbert
Herbert Gladstone
Train wreck attempt halted after stones on Southern track
An attempt to wreck a Southern train near Greenville, Tenn occurred Wednesday morning when stones were placed on the track. The engine derailed and ran on the cross ties for 300 yards before the train was stopped. no serious injuries. This marks a second such incident at the same location.
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Greenville
Enn
Floods Ravage Cotton Valley. Jackson Isolated By Rising Waters
A Jackson report describes vast flood devastation across Bolivar, Washington, Sharkey, and Issaquena counties as ten thousand people are displaced. Rail service collapses on the Iron Mountain line between Greenville and Texarkana while rivers swell into a widening disaster zone. A Cumberland River drowning near Holdenville kills William Flick and his wife and two children as a skiff capsizes in treacherous current.
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Jackson
Miss
Bolivnr
Washington
Sharkey
Isedquena
Gintricty
Iron Mountain Road
Greenville
Texarkana
Montgomery Place
William'a Bayou
Deer Creek
Fish Lake
New Orleans
Louisiana
Ath
Holdyville
Cumberland River
William Flick
Flick
Cumberland
Girls Who Observed All Fools Day Dismissed At Athens
Eighteen students from the Lucy Cobb institute in Athens Georgia slipped from campus on All Fools Day. They roamed the town in a playful, careless mood, with some hatless, some with hats, shouting and laughing in the business streets. Their behavior violated school rules and led to their dismissal and return home. The girls express remorse for the consequences of their prank.
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Brom College
Imey Qgoble Institute
Athens
Lucy Cobb Institute
Tennessee Centennial Rates Discussed in Nashville
The Southern State Passenger association met in Nashville to set Centennial rates. A committee reported adopting the Atlanta basis with a seven day validity, longer than Atlanta’s five days. Stopover privileges will be allowed at Chattanooga for special parties.
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Nashville
Donsider
Southern State Passenger Association
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Whole settlement destroyed by Oklahoma cyclone
A Guthrie messenger reports farms southwest of Chandler were leveled, two killed and several injured. Parkland settlement is said to be completely destroyed with additional injuries, as the cyclone wreckage spreads across the region.
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Guthrie
Chandler
Parkland
Bunce Orders Maine and Texas Fleets Toward Hampton Roads
Under orders from Admiral Bunes the Maine and Texas squadrons sail from Port Royal to meet Amphitrite and Terror at Charleston and then head to Hampton Roads for rendezvous before proceeding to New York for the Grant monument celebration. Marblehead also ordered from Pensacola to Key West.
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Maine
Texas
Amphitrite
Terror
Hampton Roads
Bunes
Port Royal
Charleston
New York
Marblehead
Pensacola
Key Wert
Aid for Poor in India and Cuba Relief Proposals in Senate
After the journal was read, a tariff bill was sent to the finance committee. Maine Republican Hale reported a joint resolution authorizing the navy to transport relief supplies to India's famine victims and requested immediate consideration. The measure notes thousands dead, authorizes naval transport and funding. Populist Stewart praised it but warned of silver market harms. Morgan supported the idea and hinted at similar relief for Cuba and Crete. Allen of Nebraska offered a Cuban protest resolution seeking Senate action against drumhead trials.
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House
Committee On Finance
Hale
Maine
Committee On
Nayal Affairs
India
Union
Secretary of the Navy
New York
Stewart
Nevada
Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Cuba
Weyler
Spain
Crete
Great Britain
Allen
Nebraska
Hivera
United States
White to Germany and other nominations by McKinley
President McKinley sent Andrew D. White of New York as ambassador to Germany and named several others for diplomatic posts including William Draper to Italy Chandler Hale to Rome and Samuel L Gracey to Fa Chu China Anson Burlingame Johnson as Amoy consul Oliver Spaulding and William Howell as assistant secretaries of the treasury White, an educator, endowed Cornell’s history and political science school and authored works on history and politics, with Venezuelan commission service noted.
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McKinley
Senate
Andrew D. White
New York
United States
Germany
William S’. Draper
Massachusetts
Italy
Chandler Hale
Maine
Aaa
Rome
Ialy
Samuel L. Gracey
Largest Lumber Sale Closed at Menominee
The Northern Supply Company, aiding the Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad, closed the season’s biggest lumber sale in Menominee Michigan selling 18 million feet of logs to Kirk Christy Lumber of Cleveland Ohio. The logs will be milled at Fisher by Northern Supply and cover all stock and the first of the new year’s cut.
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Menominee
Mich
Northern Supply Company
Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad Company
Kirk Christy Lumber Company
Cleveland
Fisher
Phosphate royalty in South Carolina cut to 25 cents
The South Carolina state phosphate special commission, empowered by the legislature, reports a royalty cut to 25 cents per ton after finding production costs exceed the price. The royal payment had been 1 dollar, then 50 cents, and this year the royalty will not reach $60,000.
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Carolina
South Carolina
Sunk Steamer J F C Griggs After Drift Log Collision
The J F C Griggs sank near Chittys landing twelve miles below Fort Gaines on the Chattahoochee after a drifting log ripped through hull and cabin. About 160 aboard were saved except Engineer Waterbury and one colored man and woman who drowned. Captain Long saved the rest and Waterbury perished saving others, including his wife. The incident, tied to City of Columbus wrecks nearby, ends the Queen and Creavent Navigation Company’s river operations.
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J. F. C. Griggs
Captain Long
Engineer Waterbury
Queen City
City of Columbus
Francis Bend
Queen and Creavent Navigation Company
Independent Line
River Flood Reports From Weather Bureau Districts
Weather Bureau river bulletins show St Louis Mississippi rising slowly near danger and Cairo and Vicksburg reports with slight falls. Streams rise from Yazoo area to Tennessee and Arkansas while the Ohio falls, rains noted in Tennessee and Cumberland basins.
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Weather Bureau
Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Louis
Mississippi
Keokuk
Alton
St. Louis
Cairo
Ill
Mound City
Vicksburg
Miss
Newton
Ark
Iver
Yazoo Inter
Tennessee
Cumberland
Arkaneys
Red Rivers
Ohio
Memphis
Qumberland
Bulton Gang Hanged Together in Santa Fe
Francisco Gonzales Berrego Antonio Gonzales Berrego Lauriano Alarid and Patricio Valencia were executed on a single scaffold in Santa Fe New Mexico for the murder of ex Sheriff Frank Chavez. The men spent the night in prayer and at 9 05 pm walked to the scaffold without tremor. No statements were made. Valencia showed the least life after the drop and died of strangulation.
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Francisco Gonzales Berrego
Antonio Gonzales Berrego
Lauriano Alarid
Patricio Valencia
Frank Chavez
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Explosion Wrecks Shamokin Powder Mill Warnings
A massive early morning blast at Shamokin Powder Company in Shamokin Pennsylvania wrecked the entire mill and surrounding buildings. No workers were hurt as they had gone home. Dwellings of David Hann Emanuel Klinger and Daniel Osborne suffered severe damage along with out-buildings and barns.
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Shamokin Powder Company
Shamokin
David Hann
Emanuel Klinger
Daniel Osborne
Widow Whitely Stricken by Paralysis Cures Highlight
A Meadville era newspaper prints reader testimonials praising Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Mrs Whitely, widow of Jonathan Whitely, credits the pills with recovery from paralysis after months in hospital. Other endorsements cite friends and relatives who improve mobility and energy after use, urged by the Williams company claims.
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Gasetts
Meadoitle
Williams
Mrs Whitely
Thelwidow
Ray
Jonathan Whitely
D. Dyjnn
Mrs. Whitely
Baat
Yrat
Will. Lama
Oor
Toni We Bantty
Meadville
Haya
Hfe
Tam
Bic
Sly Hs
Brantly
G. W. Myer
Mercer Downty
Dr. Williams
Meadyiile
Williama
Lenmith
Medicine
Gompauuy, Schunoataiy
N.Y
Reflections on love ads and peculiar cures in 19th c notices
A garbled collage of social observations and product pitches from an 19th century paper. It blends notions on marriage and love with quack cures for tobacco and teething remedies, interspersed with legal and printing notices and a joke about printing a kiss.
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