Senate and House actions highlight April sessions
News of the week reports Senate and House activity with bills on pay for juries and witnesses, naval and postal appropriations, and the unveiling ceremony for Chief Justice Marshall. It notes committee appointments, adjournments, and various incidents including a mill fire, a railroad collision, and a homicide in Eastin.
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Hoise
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Judiciary
Teed
House
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Sherman
Smithsonian Institution
Joseph Newman
California
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Myra Clark Gaines
Culles
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Sesson
Secretary of State Estimates U S Grain Needs for World Use
The Tar Secretary of State replying to a senate inquiry states liberal wheat output needs for world consumption indicate the United States should supply about 177 million bushels this year, versus roughly 198 million bushels from other wheat producing countries. The finding implies continued strong reliance on U S grain for global markets.
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Senate
United States
Fire destroys largest tannery in world at Cincinnati
The American Oak Leather Tannery in Cincinnati, the largest in the world, burned on the 24th, causing $00,000 in losses and leaving four hundred workers jobless. The plant housed forty five thousand hides and had $300,000 in insurance.
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William Lumb
William Mahone
William H. Pleasants
S. M. Yost
Frank H. Blair
Chicago
John Anderson
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio
Mattie Moyer
Niles, O
Louisiana
Frank James
Huntsville
Ala
Mussel Shoals
Inter-State Conference of Colored Men Meets in Pittsburgh
About seventy five delegates from New York to the District of Columbia attend the inter state conference of representative colored men in Pittsburgh. Major Lloyd G Wheeler of Chicago elected president and a resolution is adopted barring action for any party or candidate. Twelve men drowned on the schooner Paquebot after a collision at St Johns Newfoundland on May 5. Ex Governor Henry M Matthews dies at his Lewisburg home on May 8.
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Lloyd G. Wheeler
Chicago
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Paquebot
St. Johns
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Henry M. Matthews
Lewisburg
W. Va
Tar Knights Press Petition Against Bank-Influenced Comptroller
The Tar Knights of Labor petition the President urging no appointment to the Comptroller of the Currency by anyone backed by National Banks and propose James Gilfillan as a suitable candidate. Silver dollars issued the week ended April 28 totaled 268,927, down from 7168,000 last year. Jack Coles, a Jeannette sailor, died at Washington asylum after becoming insane from Siberian retreat hardships. The Philadelphia Commercial Exchange backs trade dollar reform. Wallace vs McKinley politics advance McKinley in Ohio's 18th district.
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Tar Knights of Labor
James Gilfillan
Jack Colse
Washington
Gschult
Siberian
Philadelphia Commercial Exchange
Congress
Wallace Vs. McKinley
Ohio
McKinley
United States
Major Early 1900s Legal and Crime Bylines Snapshot
Wealthy New York lawyers face liabilities over 1 000 000 tied to real estate. James arrested in Cooper County after a mistrial verdict with cheers. Missouri politician Warren McChesney convicted of fraud seeking 2000 from St Louis Brewers Association. two years. Michigan GOP selects permanent chairman M C Burgh and delegates to Chicago. George RoFf pardoned for embezzlement. Mt Sterling mob attempts hanging of William Osborn but is thwarted. Jockey Gaffney dies in Chicago. teen Keifer commits suicide near Massillon Ohio. Fire in Westbourne Grove destroys one building, damages four. loss 250 000. Thomas Gaffy, large Indianapolis cisaler, dies in Cincinnati.
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Ben Butler
Harmarville
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New York Produce Exchange
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Amelia Barrett
Charles H. Avea
Maybee
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Cooper County
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St. Louis Brewers’ Association
Michigan Republican State Convention
Hon. M. Co. Bureh
William Osborn
Heg Gaffney
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Wooster University
Massillon
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London
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Aurora
Ind
Actaan
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Cleveland, O
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Explosion and Fire Kill Workers in Indiana and Virginia
A house in Elletsville Monroe County Indiana exploded after a dynamite jar in a nearby outbuilding, killing William Will and injuring thirteen arsons. A disastrous blaze in Panarag destroyed many wooden buildings and stores of petroleum and gunpowder, with looting and several deaths amid armed resistance. The loss is estimated at 500000, Hamburg insurers among principal losers.
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Peter Matthews
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Secretary of War
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