House Leaders Fight Teller Resolution on Silver Coins
Washington January 31 House leaders plan to defeat the Teller resolution asserting Congress position on government coin bonds in silver. Dingley instructs Ways and Means to report adverse, with a special rule for quick floor disposal. Senate bimetallists discuss renewing financial agitation but may hold back.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Ways and Means
Rules Committee
Dingley
Committee
Dalzell
United States
Gage
Debated Prospect of Prosperity in District of Columbia Bill
Washington January 31 The House spent the day on the District of Columbia appropriation bill with heated debate over whether prosperity has arrived. Tennessee's Richardson sparked discussion while Grosvenor Cochran Hopkins Mahany FitzGerald and others spoke. Substantive ties included New England cotton strikes and Dingley law effects.
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Washington
District of Columbia
House
Richardson
Tennessee
Grosvenor
Cochran
Missouri
Hpkins
Mahany
New York
Fitzgead
Massachusetts
New England
Simpkins
Rep
Knox
McCall
Fitzgerald
Commonwealth
Hepburn
UN Trade Review
Allen
Mississippi
Dingley
Teplo
Miss
Hawtey
Texas
Senate Civil Service Figures On Classified Service Growth
Washington reports figures from the Senate Civil Service Committee showing the growth of the classified service since 1883. Under questions by Senator Lodge, President Proctor of the Civil Service Commission revealed totals including 60 897 persons in the classified service by executive action, with 32 987 added under Republican rule and 27 892 under Democratic rule. Natural growth added 15 437, bringing total classified service to 87 098.
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Washington
Senate Civil Service Committee
Proctor
Civil Service Commission
Lodge
Cleveland
Navy Yard
Indian Service
Twenty Nine Propositions For Armor Plant Bid Opened
Secretary Long opened twenty nine proposals for an armor plate plant with only two complete plant bids. One bid offered a full package price of 3 325 005 including site and buildings. Several communities offered sites or nominal sums, including Muskegon Youngstown Escanaba Duluth Ensley Lorraine Winthrop Harbor Sheffield Waukegan Detroit Peoria Marquette Anniston and a Marinette man offered a free site if a 100000 dock was built. A Marion county Indiana firm proposed forty acres and fifty wells of natural gas as donation terms.
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Washington
Long
Omney
Muskegon
Mich
Youngstown
Escanaba
Duluth
Free delivery costs rise 24.6 percent since 1891
A post office department table compares free delivery costs at fifty large offices for 1896-7 with 1890-91. It shows a 24.6 percent cost increase over six years while population grew 85.62 percent and gross receipts 28.48 percent.
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Washington
Post Office Department
President’s 55th Birthday Anniversary Observed
Washington dispatch notes the president born in 1848 marked the anniversary of his birth on Saturday January 31. The brief item records the birthday celebration without further details.
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Washington
Mount Tabor church trial returns to court after eight years
The Mount Tabor church dispute in Danville Indiana resumes in court after eight years of litigation. Originating from a 1890 clash over a dismissing pastor the fight split members into Means and anti Means factions across Hendricks and Boone counties. The minority faction has repeatedly won in trials except for a hung jury, with costs running into thousands though the property value is under 1000 dollars.
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Danville
Ind
Mount Tabor
Supreme Court
Hendricks County
Boone
McDonald
Danville Baptist Association
Mount Tabor Association
Two committees to hear suffrage arguments in Louisiana
Des Moines reports the two legislative committees will meet on Thursday to hear both sides on submitting the woman suffrage issue to voters. Antis surprise suffragists as debate begins. The Iowa House approved a redistricting joint resolution 75 to 16 while the Senate allowed counties to earn interest on bank deposits. Dr Nansen sails for England from New York aboard the Campania to Liverpool.
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Des Moines
House
Senate
Dr. Nansen
England
New York
Fridtjof Nansen
Campania
Liverpool
Diabolism in Iowa Murder Spree Shocks Nation
Burlington reports a brutal double murder at a widow Mrs Fannie Rathburn and her 12 year old daughter Mary with the girl savagely assaulted and throat cut. Six men including a Storms gang member are under arrest though identities are guarded. A boy identifies a necktie linking one suspect. Ottumwa notes Ellen Nicholson’s death blamed on abortion doctorhood following arrests of Dr Whitaker and William Souders.
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Burlington
Fannie Rathburn
Mary
Dunstard
Stormen
Rathburns
Mary Rathburn
Storms
Stortms
Race violence fears in Lonoke county Arkansas reported
Reports from Lonoke county describe a deteriorating race conflict with whites allegedly planning to expel black residents. A traveling salesman confirms families are fleeing while younger blacks are defiant. Officials reportedly planned a meeting to coordinate the purge amid the turmoil.
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Little Rock
Ark
Lonoke County
Lonoke
Von Holst Opposes Hawaii Annexation at Club Banquet
Professor Von Holst of Chicago University argues against annexing Hawaii, calling it a repudiation of the Fathers doctrine and consent of the governed. He cites Hawaiian population as mostly opposed and warns the move would undermine republican principles.
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Chewago
Commercial Club
von Holst
Chicago University
Hawaii
United States
Iowa lawmakers tour Omaha Exposition Grounds
Iowa legislators led by Governor Shaw and Secretary of State Dobson visited the Omaha exposition grounds on Iowa day. Governor Holcomb of Nebraska joined the welcoming committee as the group inspected buildings and toured the site, envisioning a prominent Iowa state building. A luncheon for 225 followed at the Millard hotel.
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Omaha
Iowa
Shaw
Milliman
Dobson
Holcomb
Nebraska
Iown
Illinois
Millard Hotel
Anson Quits Chicago Club After Ten-Year Rule
Chicago January 31 A G Spalding indicates Adrian Anson captain of the Chicago League club will end his ten year contract when it expires Tuesday. The move has long been expected and may lead to Anson becoming a chief of umpires in the National League.
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Chicago
New York
Adrian C. Anson
Chicago League Baseball Club
Baseball
Anson
National League
Diamond
Murder mob names loom in Versailles lynching case
Indianapolis reports that at least fifty names of those in the mob that lynched five thieves at Versailles last September are before the governor. Judge New has renewed interest and says the state has enough evidence to hang all fifty if tried outside Ripley county.
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Indianapolis
Versailles
New
Ripley County
Death of Aranguren Vouched by Congosto in Key West Tale
Cable from Havana reports conflicting accounts of the killing of Nestor Aranguren by Cuban rebels. Congosto asserts Aranguren was killed after a failed assault on La Pila en el Monte, with prisoners taken and a wounded woman among the escapees, while Morales the tortured slave claims Aranguren was betrayed for $500.
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Key West
Congeste
Washington
Senor Dupuy de Lome
Havana
Nestor Aranguren
Aranguren
Campo Florida
Ruiz
Congosto
Colummn
Morales
Cajagal
Tapeste
Campo Floride
Arangaren
Spaniard forces kill Aranguren after attack on hut
A Spanish squad surrounded a hut where General Aranguren lay wounded. A child cried alarm, and a volley wounded Aranguren and killed his servant and a woman. Aranguren was then bayoneted after a breast wound, and the Spaniards seized Colonel Ruiz’s horse and saddle. The incident drew condemnation for killing women and children. Funeral escort included three insurgent generals.
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Aranguren
Fernandez
Campo Florida
Ruiz
State University Suspends 23 Sophomores Over Banquet Abduction
Twenty three sophomore students at the State University are suspended for the forcible abduction of freshmen during a planned banquet two weeks earlier. Three freshmen women were coerced into carriages and driven into the countryside. one woman’s knee was injured, likely crippling her for life. The faculty investigation led to suspensions for the rest of the year, shocking the athletic community as the college’s star player was among those removed.
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Towa City
The
State University
Chelea
Extradi tion drama and civic events across towns
A chase in Columbus ends with James Morgan escaping handcuffs and a Kansas extradition bid. Sheriff Radley of Galena considers returning him. Meanwhile in Hull a William Wilberforce birthplace visit by Fick university singers draws locals, and a long bicycle race in Pittsburgh ends with Elkes winning by yards after logging 1322 miles. Illinois officials plan prosecutions for Willett McCracken and others for medical and negligence charges. Cadillac eyes a $509000 beet sugar factory with Nebraska experts endorsing the site.
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James
Kansas
London
Hull
Fick University
William Wiberforce
High Street
Wilberforce
John Brown
Earthquake shocks hit Constantinople and siege in Bolivia
Seismic shocks were felt in Constantinople on Saturday. La Paz, Boliva’s nominal capital, is in a state of siege. Mexico’s President Diaz plans a U.S. visit amid unrest. A fatal shooting occurred in Houghton Michigan as Dave Lenton was killed. The National Live Stock association votes Denver for 1899 convention. Centerville mills suspend operations awaiting striking weavers.
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Constantinople
LaPas
Bolivia
Houghton, Mich
Dave Lenton
National Live Stock Association
Denver
Centerville
R. L
World pool title challenged by Pittsburg man
W H Clearwater of Pittsburg challenges Jerome Keough of Scranton to a continuous pool match for the world championship. The report lists multiple other items including a costly Philadelphia factory fire, a fatal train incident in Newton Massachusetts, and various regional notices.
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Pittsburg
Jerome Keough
Scranton
George F. Ott
Philadelphia
Marylla J. Wallace
Jidget Murphy
Newton
Mass
Western
Central National Banks
Pueblo
Colo
Western National
Cen
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