Congress Debates Adjournment and Private Pension Bills
The House debated adjournment for 18 days as Mr. Dingley led a favorable reading of the resolution. Debates covered pensions, clerk hires for members, and election cases from West Virginia and North Carolina. The Senate discussed bond investigations, naval matters, and harbor bills favoring Santa Monica or San Pedro, with other routine measures advancing.
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Sim Nons
Waya and Means
Dingley
House
Congress
Wheeler
Alabama
Bnt
Dingle Movis
Appkker
Whistler
Aac
Ohair
Maine
Bpeaker
Aoi
Hinnimons
Albis
Whipolor
Mido
Hidya
McCall
Massachusetts
Tucker
Miller
Weal
Virginia
Elections Committee
Thompson
Whey
Wasrington
Howieso
Agiinet
Svory
Vor
San Pedro
Santa Monica
Southern Pacific Railroad
Benator Jones
Nevada
Senate
Phlie
California
Pryé
Chaiirman
Committee On Commerce
Nathaniel Greene
Guilford Court House
United States
Atolinfaliya Bay
Loniéana
Harris
Pettigrew
Union and
Central Pacific Railroad
Dubois
Honda
Indiana Republicans Back McKinley for President
Indiana Republican convention at Indianapolis instructed its delegation to St Louis to vote for William McKinley. The platform demands honest money and a protective tariff with silver under strict regulation, opposing free coinage. Delegates are directed to cast votes for McKinley as often as possible to secure his nomination.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
St. Louis
William McKinley
Aoarcely
R. McKinley
McKinley
Republican Party
United States
Ohio
Abtrike in Savannah at Ocean Steamship wharf
Laborers clash with officials as a fixed 100 man gang is set to be paid weekly instead of hourly. About half the gang has joined, with 100 to 150 more demanding better terms. Negro workers protest the loss of the old hourly schedule. A salt addition to egg whites is noted.
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Qovean Steamship Co
Savannah
Taylor Delk Captured After Swamp Escape by Atlanta Detectives
Old man Delk, hiding in a swamp for a month, was captured two miles from Bendains Denane swamp by Detectives Looney Mehaffey and Hewitt after Tom Delk fired on them. Tom escaped, possibly wounded. crowd in Bonoia celebrated. Delk, nervous and exhausted, described years of fear and survival in the wild, denying involvement in Sheriff Guinn’s killing while praising Looney’s work.
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Tom Delk
Nan Taylor Delk
Atlanta
Looney
Atlanta Force
Bendains Dénae
Dell
John Lsngford
Mehaffey
Hewitt
Legal “Detective Department
Old Man Delk
Tom Dalk
Ofidora
Hawitt
Lonoia
Bonoia
Offcora
Delk
Atlant
Guvin
Ling
Guinn
Tom Langford
SEN BRUSH WINS Derby at Louisville by Nose in Thrilling Finish
A large Churchill Downs crowd witnessed Ben Brush prevail by a short nose over Ben Eder in the twenty second Derby. First Mate led early before Semper Ego, Ulyses, and September Ngo contended, with Ben Eder briefly in front near the stretch before Brush surged ahead to win.
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Ben Eder
Ben Brash
Churchill Downs
Louisville
Famoua
Rnos
Ben Brush
Dhoiace
Ngo
Ulyses
Semper Ego
Ben Hder
Atend
Hgo
Sims
Ben
Bush
Taber
Eder
Bramble
Fonso
Sima
Doctors Conven tion The 47th Annual Meeting of AMA
The forty seventh annual convention of the American Medical Association convened at Atlanta with delegates from every state, Canada, and foreign lands. Esteemed physicians from around the world filled the hotel registers, many famed for discoveries easing pain and advancing healing across nations. The scene carried messages of healing to all nations.
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American Medical Association
Atlanta
Union
Canada
U S Protest Grows Over Cuban Executions
United States protests escalate after court martial sentences on five captured men from the Competitor. Secretary Olney urges delay and full investigation, with Madrid Havana ties strained. President warns against swift executions and considers congressional briefing as Weyler faces cabinet discussions.
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Spain
United States
Itia
Olney
Williams
Evetry
William Kin. Ten
Trishman
State Department
Owen Milton
Konans
Alfredo Laborde
New Orleans
Milton
Gaborda
Kinlos
Expulsion Ordered for Creelman and Lawrence from Cuba
James Creelman of the New York World and Frederick W. Lawrence of the Journal of New York have been expelled from Cuba for calumniating Captain General Weyler, the government, and the army and for attributing insurgent crimes to the Spanish army. They must depart on the first steamer. Madrid reports Hamilton, captured with the Key West steamer Competitor, will be released, while other prisoners will be shot. Civil Service rules amended to include the Interstate Commerce Commission in the classified service, about one hundred forty people.
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James Creelman
New York World
Havana
Frederick W. Lawrence
Journal of New York
Cuba
General Weyler
Cubs
Madrid
Hamilton
Key West
Washington
Doctors Adjourn as AM Association Sets Next Philadelphia Meeting
The American Medical Association adjourned in Atlante and will reconvene on the second Tuesday in June 1897 in Philadelphia. Dr Nicholas Senn elected president. no secretary elected amid talks to make secretary annual. Treasurer Henry P Newman reported growing finances and 850 new members since May 1895.
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Nicholas Sean
Philadelphia
Américan Medical Association
Atlante
Nicholas Senn
Baltimore
Association
Committee On Nominations
Provident
Tilinoin
George M. Sternberg
Washington, D C
Edmond Bouchow
Louisiana
Drr. Thomas
Pennsylvania
W. I. Wentmoreland
Georgia
T. I. Sneidman
George W. Webster
Illinois
H. A. Hore
G. 0. Baynge
Tennessee
Montgomery
J. M. Matthews
Kentucky
A. L. Rood
Ohio
Judicial Council
George W. Stoner
United States Marine Hospital Service
O. W. Foster
Maine
J. Mol
Gaston
Georgis
I, N. Snimhy
New Jersey
H. Brown
X. O, Scott
Bicycle Superstitions From a Minneapolis Journal Item
A list of bicycle superstitions offers warnings and omens for riders. Items include signs linked to injuries, punctures, and gear choices, with quirky rituals and Germanic phrasing like passing a white horse and saying a phrase. The piece preserves period tone and colorful superstition surrounding cycling life.
Patent Nostrum Fragments and Medical Ads from an Old Paper
A garbled OCR page blends various patent medicines and tonics with stray testimonials. It touts Teck of Gibraltar as a malarial remedy, praises Syrup of Figs, Dobbins’ Floating Borax, and Hye-wa tonic claims, plus stray letters urging purchases and cures amid noisy product blurbs.
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Gibraltar
Hostett
California Fig Syrup Company
Mervers
Confederation Talk Sparks Methodist Reunion Effort at Cleveland
Delegates at Cleveland discussed uniting the Northern and Southern Methodist Churches. Rev. Dr. Morris proposed a joint commission of bishops ministers and laymen to negotiate with a like South group. Some urged immediate action on floor, while Roy Daniel Stevenson offered a substitute recalling 1892 and 1900 negotiation plans requiring conference approval.
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Morris
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Cleveland
Methodist Church
South
Roy
Daniel Stevenson
Kentucky
General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
Committee On State of the Church
Last of the Olympic Club to be sold in sheriff sale
The Olympic Club of New Orleans will be dissolved as its furniture arena and all assets are set for sheriff sale within a week. The once great boxing and athletic hub hosted Fitzsimmons versus Dempsey and saw Sullivan fall to Corbett in its arena. A draw in the Bowen Burke 110 round fight marked its longest contest and debt woes led to its decline. Also notes church attendance figures for New Mexico at 68 percent and Wisconsin at 82 percent.
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Olympic Club
New Orleans
Sheriff’s
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jack Dempsey
Olympic Arena
John L. Sullivan
James J. Corbett
Andy Bowen
Jack Burke
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Gray
Mitchell
Wisconsin
Palmer
Quay
Cal
Dhe newAte Committee
California Benatore
San Pedro Harbor
Los Angeles
Bob McKinley
Taylor Delk
Sen Brush
Doctors’ Convention
Nero
Weyler
Cuban
Gen. Weyler
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minneapolis Journal
Sn Nature
London
Pst Office
Hatroon
J, T
Sarre
Pent Thompson & Co
M. G. Blunt
Kyoen
Rilne
Isang Thompson
New Mexico
Hood
Table Grove
Tliinois
Fiood
God & Co
Lowe
Mass
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Cate
Alabastine CO
Grand Rapids
Mich
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