Hartman praises Reed as a tyrant in Congress
In Washington on January 28, the House passed the Indian appropriation bill and turned to the DC bill amidst sharp debate. Hartman of Montana lauded Speaker Reed as a Tyrant, arguing the system, not the man, must be limited, and predicted 1898 1900 political shifts under Bryan. Dolliver rebutted Cuban policy and warned against intervention, praising Grant’s restraint and GOP leadership despite dissent.
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Washington
House
District of Columbia
Hartman
Silver Republican
Montana
Dolliver
Opposton
Reed
Thomas B. Reed
Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Towa
DeArmand
Maize
Havana
Cuba
Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Missouri
Bailey leadership speech sparks Senate debate and delays vote
In a partisan speech, a Missouri ally laments party leadership as Bailey from Texas is tested by Simpson Lewis and DeArmond. The Senate scheduled a Teller resolution vote for 6 pm after a marathon six hour session with lively exchanges. Also: Frank Lansing dies after being caught in a pulley at a Helmer sawmill.
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Missouri
Democratic Party
Texas
Bailey
Kansas
Simpson
Washington
Lewis
Tennessee
DeArmond
Congress
Senate
Yesterda
Sesson
Butler
Ind
Frank Lansing
Helmer
Confession Details Brugno Murder Motives and Carboni Case
Alexandro Ciamerello, brought from Baltimore after admitting a murder for which Angelo Carboni is condemned to death, gave a detailed confession. He said Brugno had wronged his wife, leading to a plan to arrest him and a fatal stabbing on Franklin Street. He described fleeing to Philadelphia and Baltimore before being captured.
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New York
Alexandro Ciamerello
Baltimore
Natalie Brugno
Angelo Carboni
Sing Sing
Ciamerello
Carboni
Franklin Street
Brugno
Philadelphia
Ruffians abduct Lulu Friend near Wellston mine
On Wednesday night Lulu Friend, 15, was taken from the railroad area by a mob. John R. Myers and Vint Faught resisted. Faught was severely injured. The gang dragged Lulu into a Wellston company mine, where she was raped by about twenty men and left half dead. She is hospitalized and not expected to survive. Police investigate. arrests pending.
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Wellston
Mob Attacks Saloon in Flora Over Father Incident
In Flora Indiana on January 2 a mob of about 100 men surrounded Jake Nace's saloon at Young America and forced entry, wrecking belongings and destroying over 200 kegs of beer. Nace and family were threatened and kept in place as crowds protested his treatment of a man seeking his intoxicated father. Mascoutah Illinois reports Irne Rogers, Belleville insurance agent, believed dead after an ice fall in Chicago, with a false Chicago address cited.
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Flora
Ind
Jake" Nace
Young America
Nace
Mascoutah, Ills
Irne Rogers
Belleville
Chicago
Rogers
Mary Weatherman
Lincoln Avenue
Drowning Tragedy Claims Two in Ohio River at Cairo
In Cairo Illinois on Wednesday evening R P Holley, his wife, a baby, and nurse Lulu Brown 16, set out from Eighth Street to travel to East Cairo Kentucky. A floating log tipped their skiff overturning it. The nurse and the baby drowned. The husband survived.
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Cairo
Ill
Ohio River
R. P. Holley
Baby
Lulu Brown
Eighth Street
East
Crusaders preach in Bourbon whisky wrecks church groups
In Bourbon Indiana during the past week Rev Dr J C Brickenridge and Rev J P Patterson with singer Harry Maxwell led crusades at various business locations. They held prayer meetings in the Gold Cure club card room with several hundred whisky wrecks in attendance.
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Bourbon
Ind
Crusaders
J. C. Brickenridge
First Presbyterian Church
J. P. Patterson
Methodist Church
Harry Maxwell
Gold Cure Club
Deming matriarch of Terre Haute dies at age 88
Mrs. Sarah C. Deming mother of Demas Deming president of the First National Bank of Terre Haute died Wednesday morning in Terre Haute Ind at 88. She left Demas Deming a son Henry of Santa Cruz Cal and a daughter Mrs Sophia Wheeler of Terre Haute. Her estate was valued at more than 1 000 000.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Sarah C. Deming
Demas Deming
First National Bank of
Henry
Santa Cruz
Cal
Sophia Wheeler
Druggist samples led to child’s near fatal sleep
In Greensburg Indiana on January 28 a local druggist delivered sample bottles to several homes. Mrs George Edwards received one bottle and her child drank from it while she was away. The child fell into a deep sleep and did not awaken until fifty hours later.
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Greensburg
Ind
George Edwards
Wisconsin appoints judge to fill Newman vacancy
Madison January 28 Governor Scofield signed the appointment of Judge C. W. Bardeen of Wausau to the vacancy created by Justice A. W. Newman’s death. The governor is urged to name W. C. Silverthorn of Wausau as Bardeen’s successor.
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Madison, Wis
Scofield
C. W. Bardeen
Wausau
A. W. Newman
W. C. Silverthorn
Bardeen
Vilas
H. W. Chynoweth
Board of
University Regents
Kid McCoy declares title claim if stout opponents fail
In a Courier letter Buffalo January 28 Kid McCoy says he will claim the heavyweight championship and defend it against all comers within six weeks from January 25 if Fitzsimmons and Corbett do not cover his money.
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Buffalo
the Courier
Kid” McCoy
Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Copper Find Encouraging at Baltic North Pit
Houchton Michigan reports a test pit begun 900 feet north of the Baltic north pit yielded fine copper at a depth of three feet. Officials say it will take a week or more to determine the full value, but the discovery is decidedly encouraging.
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Houchton, Mich
Baltic North
Lightning strikes Haynes barn near Danville
A January 28 report from Danville Indiana states during a storm lightning hit B. F. Haynes barn west of the city as he fed stock. The strike burned his beard and scorched his hands and face.
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Danville
Ind
B. F. Haynes
Merriam to Assume Charge of Chicago Pension Office
Springfield January 28 Colonel Jonathan Merriam will take command of the Chicago pension office on February 1.
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Springfield, Ills
Jonathan Merriam
Chicago
City of Duluth Wrecks On Lake Michigan Beach
Steamer City of Duluth strikes a new bar off St. Joseph and breaks apart after grounding. Ten passengers and twenty crew are rescued by life savers using breeches buoy. one lady passenger dies from exposure as the ship settles on the sand. Rescuers battle surf and a Lisle gun finally lands a line to the wreck around midnight.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Lake Michigan and Lake Superior Transportation Company
City of Duluth
Graham & Morton Company
St. Joseph Harbor
Duluth
McLain
Lisle
Shipwreck survivors land after night rescue
Passengers and crew were hauled ashore by breeches buoy with the rescue completed by 5 a m. Mrs. Tryon, an elderly passenger, is reported dying from exposure. August Bernwein was first ashore as the ship slowly broke apart under northwest winds and floodwaters.
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William Tryon
August Bernwein
MacLain
Tryon
Hal
Duluth Rebuilt, Seaworthy After Two Decades
The city of Duluth was rebuilt more than twenty years ago and ten years later deemed staunch and sea worthy. Captain Donald MacLatin is described as an old careful experienced seaman. A vessel named the weasel carried 30 000 bushels of corn and a deckload of freight for St. Joseph and Benton Harbor valued at 40000 dollars with special insurance.
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Duluth
Donald MacLatin
Weasel
St. Joseph
Benton Harbor
Mob Threatens a Worse Miscarriage of Law Than His Acquittal
Charles Kiefer who shot and killed his father Smith Kiefer at Scipio last Thanksgiving morning was acquitted on self defense in Madison after a venue change from Jennings county. After the verdict Madison crowds celebrated and kissed him, while indignation grew in Scipio and a mob was said to plan an ambush prompting Kiefer to flee to parts unknown.
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Columbus
Ind
Charles Kiefer
Smith Kiefer
Scipio
Kiefer
Madison
Jennings County
Madison Station
Confessions and accusations across cities report
San Francisco reports Rev. C. O. Brown plans another confession at Metropolitan hall amid church faction debates over his guilt and possible reinstatement. Mattie Overman insists Brown is guilty in full. Other items cover confidence men in Chicago, state printing bids in Lansing, insurance firms barred by commissioners, Vilas to join university regents, and a blizzard death in Waukegan.
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San Francisco
C. O. Brown
Mattie Overman
Metropolitan Hall
Brown
Mixed News From Across Regions and Markets
Wheat in Chicago rose to 1.05 dollars while a major earthquake rattled Helena Arkansas. Temperatures plummeted to minus 19 in Pocatello Idaho and minus 34 in Bancroft. Reports note 834 plague deaths in Bombay last week. Michael Hoffman Kansas City assigned liabilities of 100000 dollars with 80000 assets. The Merrill Wisconsin Catholic congregation plans a 6000 dollar school. The British government may push India toward a gold standard next year. William E Cook of Portsmouth marked his 101st birthday as a Free Mason. A Baku fire burned half a million poods of naphtha and claimed several lives. Ashland Wisconsin water tested clean of typhoid. Northern Grain Chicago opened an elevator in Janesville Wisconsin to buy grain. J C Chadwick of Monroe Wisconsin traded horses with a St Louis man by mail. Both trusted the other’s word in the exchange.
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Chicago
Helena
Ark
Pocatello
Ida
Bancroft
Kentucky House
Lindsay
Bombay
Michael Hoffman
Kansas City
Merrill
Wis
India
William Earl Cook
Portsmouth
Rkt
Baku
Russia
State University of Water
Ashland
Northern Grain Company
Janesville
J. C. Chadwick
Monroe
St. Louis
McKinley Promises Money Policy At Waldorf Banquet
At New York Waldorf Astoria the National Association of Manufacturers banquet honored President McKinley who called on Congress to act on monetary policy. He urged honoring obligations with sound money and warned against legal technicalities that would weaken national debt.
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New York City
New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Theodore C. Search
Philadelphia
P. Wilson
Cincinnati
Waldorf-Astoria
United States
United States must maintain sound currency and duties
A political address urges full commitment to preserving the value of the dollar and national credit. It calls for vigorous financial reform, arguing the 7,000,000 voters won a battle for stable currency and that only strong public law can sustain it. The speaker asserts a duty to enforce sound money and to rally Republicans behind the St. Louis platform.
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United States
St. Louis
Chicago Board of Trade quotes and produce prices
The report lists opening and closing prices for Wheat Corn Oats Park and Lard with January May and July futures, plus produce quotes for butter eggs dressed poultry meats and potatoes. It also covers Chicago live stock for hogs and cattle with estimated receipts and price ranges for different grades and lots.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
We. Park
Mutter Xtra Creamery
Ile
Eeus
Illinois
Buffalo Livestock and Grain Prices Reported in Jumbled OCR
Buffalo New York area livestock and grain quotations show cattle receipts and market strength with steers around 4.40 and bulls 3.40 to 3.86, veals 7.75 to 8.00, hogs 4.10 to 4.20, sheep and lambs up to 6.95. grain futures in St Louis and Milwaukee list wheat around 1.00, corn 26 to 28 cents, oats 28 to 29 cents, with wide bid ranges and mixed futures across January to May deliveries.
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Chicago
Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Livestock Commission
East Buffalo
Hores
Lonle Grata
St. Louis
Milwaukee Grain
Milwaukee
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Delliver
Iowa
Teller
Ohio
Sarah Deming
Michigan
Keifer
Rev. Brown
H. J. Damm
Evansville
Damm
Wisconsin Central Station
Driscoll
Harrison Street
Lansing, Mich
The
State Board of Auditors
State Printing and Binding
Robert Smith Printing Company
Review- Heralde Company
Battle Creek
Review-Herald
Campbell
American Benevolent
North American Benefit Association of Detroit
National Benefit Association of Saginaw
University Regent
Waukegan, Iils
McKinley
Windsor Hotel
Committee of Merchants
Royal Chambers
Civil Service
Saiting
Pease
Civil Service Commission
Kraus, Winston and
Washburne
Supreme Court of the State
Thornton
General Assembly
Temple Amendment
Des Moines
al Cago, Burlington and Quincy Allway Company
State University
Stitt
Grand Lodge of the Ship Masters’ Association
Toledo
Great Lakes
Peoria
Illa
Abraham Woolner
Samuel
Jacob Woolner
Woman's Club
Hungary
Chesterfield
Walter Cartwright
Charles Thompson
Wele
Grover Adlen
Rockford
Imogene Johnson
TWE Markets
Royal
Detroit Grain
Detroit
Cardus
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
Rozena Lewis
Denaville
J. C. Smiths
Cash Grocery
Crroceries
Washington County
IOU
Minnesota
WANDA
Burbanks
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