Fiftyth Congress Passes Naval and Diplomatic Appropriations
In Wasamoron on February 7 the Senate discussed the naval and consular appropriation bills amid secret sessions and debates on the Samoan question. The Oklahoma bill moved through debate, while a conference report on the Nicaragua canal bill was agreed to in the House. The convention on the British extradition treaty faced rejection.
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Senate Committee On
Senate
England
France
Germany
Russia
House
Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture
Abraham Lincoln
Committee On Territories
Committee On Indian Affairs
Wasamoron
Chandler
Magnificent Boilets at New York Fancy Dress Ball
A dazzling Academy of Design fancy dress ball by the Decorative Art society in New York showcased costumes of extraordinary value and beauty. John Jacob Astor attended with a sapphire blue velvet and gold ensemble, while Mrs. Leiter wore a Grecian white gown and Mrs. Vanderbilt displayed a sixteenth century brocade costume with immense diamonds. Other guests included Mrs. Paran Stevens as Cleopatra and Mrs. Sloane in an ornate rainbow jewel ensemble.
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New York
Academy of Design
Decorative Art Society
John Jacob Astor
Levi PF. R
Ferdinand
Paran Stevens
Cleopatra
Sloane
Leiter
Chicago
Foolish Farmer Dies in Ghostly Prank Near Evansville
George Heidel, a young farmer near Evansville, died Friday night in a stunt meant to frighten a neighboring Black man, William Tompkins. Heidel hid in a road concealment wearing a white sheet. Tompkins, grabbing an axe, struck in fear and killed Heidel. No arrest was made. The incident follows reports from Prerstola and Rochester about stockholders and Whitecaps violence, and rumors of drowned loggers on Canada Lake.
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EvansviLur
George Heidel
William Tompkins
Heidel
Tompkins
Rochrster
Shorts Ville
Ontario County
Fitzgerald
Tragedy in Chicago Ends With Murder Suicide
Chicago report details Walter S. Bradley killing his wife, a Daly Globe reporter, at Hoel Gourtland hotel and then shooting himself after a dispute. Bradley and his wife, guests ten days, argued briefly before the tragedy. After a clerk was ordered from the room two more shots occurred, and both victims died. motive remains unknown.
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Chicago
Walter S. Bradley
Hoel Gourtland
Daly Globe
Bradley
Set
Erie
Ship carpenters strike over outsider contractor
Two hundred ship carpenters and helpers left the New England company's yard in Bath Maine. They protest the hiring of contractor Judson Baker of Richmond who began work with foreign labor. Strikers demand Baker's discharge and will not work until it ends. Company refuses to yield.
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Bars
New England
Judson Baker
Richmond
Baker
Bath
Condensed News Briefs From A Turbulent Era
A random mix of notes spans crime fines in Trenton, oddball inventions in Lewiston, a clothing line caper in Port Jervis, and a China crime substitute trend. Reports mention geese overrunning a Willows grain field, Damascus as an ancient city with gas light, deafness reversal in South Windham, and a device to blind runaway horses. Also included are naval strength estimates, alpine winter ascents near Munich, and various eclectic European anecdotes.
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Trenton
Cape
Damascus
Frink
South Windham
Ble
Lewiston
Port Jervis
N. Y
Middleton
China
Revel
Maine
Alps
Munich
Zug Spitze
Bavarian Alps
Berchtesgaden
Bavaria
The Gentler Sex Causes and Characters in Society
A collage of social notes highlights women’s activities in fruit cultivation and carnival plans in New Orleans, New England wealth from whist teaching, Russian lectures by Princess Engelticheff, Rosamond Dale Owen’s marriage to Laurence Oliphant, Mme Kowalewske’s mathematics prize, a fair colored model’s earnings, the Princess of Wales’ waterproof rough country walking boot, and Mrs Langtry’s rare silver collection built over eleven years.
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America
New Orleans
Colonna
Bonanza Mackay
Pittsfield
Mass
Engelticheff
Russia
Rosamond Dale Owen
Laurence Oliphant
Mme. Kowalewske
French Institute
New York
Princess of Wales
Morning trains connect several lines through Dunkirk Jamestown and Garfield
Morning trains link P. & E. at Sheffield and P. & W. at Shemeld Junction with Dunkirk Jamestown and Bra. Coaches run to Garfield leaving Sheffield. Train times shown: Wirnsworth Siding 6:50, Tiona 6:55, Markham 7:05, Fransworth 7:20 arriving Garfield 2:25 a.m. Garfield departure 7:40.8 a.m., Fransworth 7:45, Markham 8:00, Tiona 8:10, Fransworth Siding 8:15 arriving Sheffield 8:20. Jerry Crary, Superintendent.
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Baltimore
Washington
Erie
Phildelia
Williamsport
Haltimore
Concher
Haltimoti
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Dunham's Mill
A.D. Wood
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Tiona
Markham
Fransworth
Jerry Crary
Tionesta Valley R. R. Ca
Metabi
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Shefield
Aw Rilson
Oy Barnes
Yll
Rovers
Martin
TOURS
Oxbury
Allegheny
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Herbert Hostetter
Pittsburg
Vanderbilts
Mr. Watson
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Pennsylvania Railroad
AmsTenpax
Canada Lake
Morning Sentinel
Ship Carpenters Strike
Fannie Moore
Jack the Ripper
Annie
Wastington
Vilas
William Eastman
Mu Ai Ad
Pathe
Ceorge J. Baxter
How Springs
Ron
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Duck
Pulartszone
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Wiliam Dennis
South Hea. Vt
Dennis
Mraston
Scranton
Carbondale
India
Anapolis
Fairchild
New You
Jerome F. Manning
Alabama
Treasury
Cambridge
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
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Wasniseron
Alr
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United States
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Albany
Kent
Utica
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Universal Peace Union
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John Burke
New Haven
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John H. Krantz
Paine
Taune
Ruikarns É Cy
Burlington, Vt
Bay of
Alban
Goriington
HOP Plaster Co
Boston
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Binder & Johnson
Warren
Penne
Peter Creenland
Episcopal Church
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Hazel
Laural
Peter Greenlund
W. H. Pickett & Co
HL A.damieson & Co
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Dawett
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Syracuse
Gale
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Erie Mail
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Male
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Tring Fordford
Thayer
Hope Gon
Warrer
Arken and
Farnsworth
Payer & Son
Suibike Philadelp
Tamoemi Ayer & Son
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