Senate Debates Over Railroad Rights and Roach Case Actions
The senate debated railroad employees rights amid Taft Nicks and Speer decisions. Hoar and Chandler clashed with Gorman and Voorhees over labor serf remarks and Roach Power probes. Executive business and adjournment moves dominated, with nominations and foreign posts announced and priority given to next sessions.
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Senate
Taft
Nicks
Ohio
Speer
Georgia
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Gorman
Voorhees
Pratt
Hoar
Roach
North Dakota
Mr.Roach
Power
Montana
Chandler
Yeas and Uays
Peffer
Call
Kansas
Faulkner
Martin
Ady
Sherman
Committee On
Harris
West
Tragic Pontypridd Coal Pit Explosion Claims Many
A Welsh coal mine explosion after a spark ignited gas leaves 53 bodies recovered by Thursday with hundreds feared dead. Rescue attempts were halted by smoke and flames, as divers found few survivors and a doctor reports suffocation as the cause of death.
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London
Pont-y-Pridd
Wales
Fibie
Port-y-Pridd
Big strike halts work at Chicago World’s Fair grounds
About 4000 union tradesmen at the World’s Fair grounds walk out in Chicago in protest of arbitration terms. Pickets deter workers while talks lead to a conference with World’s Fair officials. A wage minimum is granted and a plan for arbitration set for April 12 with three arbitrators.
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Building Trades Council
Council of
Council of Administration
World’s Fair Council
Building and Trades Council
Bidding and Trades Council
World’s Fair Management
Cyclone Hits Page City and Severe Hailstorm in St Louis
A cyclone struck Page City Missouri Tuesday causing three deaths and many injuries. A severe hailstorm followed in St Louis that night with large stones breaking skylights.
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Page City
St. Louis
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH NOTES PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY
The South reports varied items: a will contest over Dr. Washington Ryer estate valued at 1.5 million in San Francisco, a Tennessee chancery division creation, new penitentiary commissioners with plans to spend 600000, and salary details. Also covered are Civil War anniversary events in Charleston, bank looting investigations in Atlanta, receivers appointed in Atlanta courts, a deadly Warren County forest fire, ex Governor A G McGrath’s death, Pico Canon earthquakes in California, and Southern press association elections.
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Washington Ryer
San Francisco
Christopher Rye
Turney
Tennessee
R J. Morgan
Memphis
D. K. Young
Clinton
M. L. McDowell
Widchester
Fort Sumter
Charleston
S. C
Grand Opera House
Alexander Robert Chisholm
New York
Beauregard
Manisens
Nashville Tenn
Dophins &Darey
Commercial National Bank
Gate City Bank
Atlanta
Grand Jury
United States Court
Wedhrisday Morning
Ilenry Fink
Chart SL. Magee
Central Trust Company of New York
East Tennessee Railroad
Raleigh
N.C
Warren County
St. Stephen's Church
B. M. Collins
A.G. McGrath
Los Angles
Cal
Pico Canon
New Hall
San Fernando Mountains
Wis
California
Washington
Rufus
N ‘Rhodes
Birmingham News
J. W. Burson
Galveston Tribune
J. Pitkocy Smith
New Orlean States
Ana Fred
Mobile News
Sbur
Nashville
Bedéa
Dobbins
Arrival of Blount envoy upsets Hawaiian provisional government
Advices from Honolulu report Commissioner Blount’s arrival on April 1 unsettled the provisional government as leaders falter and the American flag is lowered, dissolving the protectorate after brief ceremonies. Blount’s audiences with the provisional government contrasted with a letter from President Cleveland. The Hillysian flag is raised amid tepid reactions as the new regime struggles.
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San Francisco
Hotoltulu
Hawaii
Stevens
Cleve
The Coronets of Lords Are Not What They Seem
Walter Besant reveals a sensational claim about the House of Lords, alleging the coronet worn by peers is not gold but copper gilt and lined with velvet made of cotton or flannel. He argues that the pearls are actually large silver substitutes, challenging longstanding aristocratic imagery.
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Atlantic
House of Lords
Lombardy
Walter Besant
London
Whittier Spirituality and Malarial Warnings in HARPER'S Cites
Annie Fields recalls Whittier’s interest in Spiritualism and his doubt about seeing ghosts. He preferred Amesbury to Oak Keoll and felt the house walls near his mother and sister carried unseen presences. The piece shifts to health warnings urging Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for fever and malaria and Brown's Iron Bitters for recovery and vitality amid suffrage notes across states.
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Whittier
Amesbury
Oak Keoill
Annie Fields
Harper's
Storm devastates Midwest states with widespread cyclone damage
A Chicago special reports Tuesday night storms cripple telegraph lines across Iowa Illinois Nebraska Kansas and Missouri. Akorn and Westfield Iowa are wrecked while Page Nebraska lies in ruins. Fifteen killed up to Thursday with thirty to forty injured and extensive property loss across Kansas Missouri Mississippi and Tennessee.
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Chicago
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Iowa
Akron
Westfield
Page
Kansas City
Vicksburg, Miss
Thomas
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
Robinsonville
Coshoma County
Tennessee
St. Louis
Higginsville
Hawkins Bank
Lexington
Stanbury
Steelville
Ypsilanti
Mich
Memphis
Tunica
Lake Cormorant
Peru Apologizes for Outrage at Mollendo Consular Agency
A Washington report states Peru has taken steps to satisfy U S demands for reparations over the Mollendo consular office outrage. Minister Hicks notes Peru removed the local sub prefect and will provide reparation, with regrets expressed. The consular agent at Mollendo is William R Griffith of Pennsylvania. A separate item notes a Kentucky man is disfranchised for life for selling his vote.
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Senate
Edward H. Strobel
New York
the Interior
William M. Grinnell
Daniel N. Morgan
Connecticut
United States
Enos H. Nebeker
N. Jordan
New York City
Ellis H. Roberts
Daniel M. Browning
Illinois
Frank C. Armstrong
Washington, D. C
Alexander W. Terrell
Texas
Turkey
John J. Hawkins
Arizona Territory
Supreme, Court of the Territory of
Arizona
James F. Reed
Kansas
Arkansas
George J. Rump
John H. M. Wigwam
Wisconsin
Alexander Watson Terrell
Austin
Ile
University of Missouri
Heidelberg
State Supreme Cour
United States Senate
Reagan
Hoggman
Mills
Washington
Peru
Hicks
Gresham
State Department
Mollendo
Moliendo
William R. Griffith
Pennsylvania
Bolivia
The One With Blue Eyes in Harlem
A short humorous tale from the New York Herald about a boy who jokes his father to keep the twin sisters, noting the one with blue eyes. The narrative frames the boy’s curious appetite and the family setting in Harlem.
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Harlem
Johny
New York Herald
Rome’s Monta di Pieta, oldest pawnbroker with lenient terms
The Monta di Pieta in Rome, established in 1585, offers loans from 15 to 25 dollars without interest. Amounts above 25 dollars accrue 2 percent annually. After two years, if unrepaid, pledges are sold and any excess debt is held for the owner to claim within 100 years.
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Rome
Cat Exterminator's Electric Fence Outwits Midnight Cats
Brooklyn inventor wires a back fence with a battery and a bedside button to discharge electricity at cat gatherings. A single screech ends the problem, promising to retire bootjacks and spinning wheels to the attic.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Random Shots Do Not Sit Idle Seize Your Own Chances
The piece urges action over waiting and praises self reliance. It argues for taking initiative to improve life and to turn opportunities into reality. It reflects on patience, self control, and hopeful attitude despite unattained dreams.
Unnecessary Obituary Note on Inheritance Rumors
The Boston Commonwealth comments on obituary notices that mention the deceased leaving money. It mocks the idea of printing such details as melancholy for heirs and notes the impractical wish that savings could be taken by mourners.
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Boston Commonwealth
Cures and Tonic Claims in 19th Century Advertisements
A clipped advert from Street & Smith's Good News touts Brown's Iron Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia and debility, with claims of strengthening and appetite boosting. It also promotes Beecham's Pills and Beecham's external products, Beecham’s eye-water, and references to Beclard’s and Dr Isaac Thompson eye-water.
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Brown
King's Royal Germetuer CO
Atlanta
Dr. King’s
Royal Baking Powder Superior to Lower Priced Brands
The article argues that second class baking powders profit dealers by offering lower cost products and urges consumers to demand a price reduction if purchasing inferior powders. It claims Royal is pure and properly blended from refined materials, while cheaper brands use impure ingredients and weaker strength.
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Washington Gossip
Conway C. Flowerce
Vicksburg
Miss
Robert G. Wright
Waynesbirn
Richard Adams
Radford
Harrison
Cleveland
Morton
Agricultural Department
John Mattes, Jr
Frank Dewey
Johné Murphy
Berlin
Mattes
Ananis Taylor
Alabama
Mininister
Spain
James 8. Ewing
Belgium
William Lochran
Minnes
B. C
Tacoma
Wash
Spaulding
Treasury
Pacific
Eben Alexander
North Carolina
Greece
Roumania
Serbia
William T. Towns
Virginia
Rio de Janeiro
James E Neal
Liverpool
Q. O. Eckford
Kingston
Jamaica
James M. Doobs
Valparaiso
Wiliam T. Thornton
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Charles E. Ingersoll
Penn- Ivanis
Philadelphia
William Maize
Port of Columbus
Tescur
Bigstrike
John K. Shields
Bean Station
Grainger County
Brownt
Mr. N. BE
Adele
Adele Sartean
Vogue
Mr. Simeon Staples
Hood
Taunton
Mass
C. J. Hood & Co
Lowell
East
W. Baker
W. Baker & CO
Dorchester
Radfield
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta, Ga
Mississippi
Jackson
Tenn
Wolfe County
Kentucky
Victor
Hugo
Becham
Beecham
Isaac Thomson
HALL
Eec Lucas Co
State of
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
A. W. Gleason
Notary Public
Gatarrh
E.B. Walthall & CO
Horse Jave
E. D. Loomis
Detroit
H. P. Carson
Scotland
Saya
J. ©. Simpson
Marquess
W. Va
Mic
Geruine Hall
Gheney
She
August Flower
Boston
L. C. Frost
Springfield
Shiloh
Steshen
Lebanon
Ohigs
Cardus
Chattanooga Hed, CO
Chattanooga
Ripans Chemical
Sanra
OPI Uny
J. A. Delap
Elizabeth
California Fig Syru Co
J.F. Stevens & Bro
Pier Ae
We of
Piso
Atlas Tack Corp
York
Fairhaven
Whitman
Duxbury
Mase
Plymouth
Thomson
Star
Judson L. Thomson Mfg. Co
Waltham
Oniy
Coox Essent Co
Chiesgs, IL
Brozarp
Sie. E
Hazeltine
Warren
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