Vast Weekly Patchwork of War, Politics, and Oddities
A wide weekly column blends brief notes: English camp aims at the Soudan to free enslaved people, Wexler praises the Spanish campaign, a 116 year old man in West Virginia reports Washington, an ice trust forms in New York, a Chicago suitor seeks a 30 day engagement option, and aging fortunes in New York and Brooklyn are noted. It covers Alaska potato prices, Leon Say’s death, U.S. mineral production, Matsukawa Yamagata praising America, life insurance clauses, a Chicago divorce bid, and various war and political remarks across the era.
Mito the'p Seto with haeasee ad at es
A terse note appears to summarize a fragmentary item involving Mito the Seto and a local ad or event. The readable text hints at a dispute or small-scale announcement, with named actors or groups not fully clear from the fragment. Further context would clarify dates and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mito
Haeasee
Es Andi Sham
Congressional Proceedings on Indian Affairs and Pension Bills
The 20th to 24th sessions show continued Senate and House focus on Indian appropriation bills, sectarian school clauses, and settlements in Oklahoma. Notable actions include rejection of funds for old settlers and western Cherokees, confirmation of Albert Goodwin in Alabama, and passage of the pension and sundry civil bills amid debates on labor and tribal matters. An evening session addressed private pension bills, with a drunken double murder near Union City, Pa., and London robbery arraignments later in the period.
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Bession
Senate
House
Northern Pacific Railroad
Goodwin
Cobb
Alabama
Secretary of the Interior
Albert L. Goodwin
Fifth
Greer County
Okla
Texas
Indian Territory
Call
Fla
Cuba
Venezuela-Guiana Commission
Simon
Wiliam
Union ‘City
William R. DuNter
William Turner
Marlborough Street
London
America
Dueling Resolution Endorsed by German Reichstag
A summary of foreign and domestic events includes a unanimous Reichstag vote condemning dueling, the death of Lowell politician Francis Jewett, heiress Eglantine Gaudin’s fortune, minister Willis and passengers aboard the Australia, Faure accepting Bourgeois resignations, Oklahoma statehood bill advance, Shaker Ezra Beamon’s death at 101, Olney learning of Dygart’s release, Madagascar credits approved, Khalifa fight casualties revised, postmaster general blocking mail campaigns, and two New York murderers electrocuted.
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Reichstag
Francis Jewett
Lowell
Mass
Jewett & Swift
Chicago
Mme Eglantine Gaudin
Woodellf
N. J
Emilie Pinaud
California
A. S. Willis
United States
Honolulu
Australia
San Francisco
Elysee
M. Faure
House Committee On Territories
Oklahoma
Ezra Beamon
Newton
Harvard
Maas
Olney
Willliams
Leavenworth Penitentiary Bill and Unveiling Plans
A House judiciary committee report favors a bill to erect a 1200-convict penitentiary on the Leavenworth military reservation at a cost not exceeding 156000 dollars with 350000 dollars allotted for the coming year. Also, the Gen Han cock statue unveiling on Pennsylvania avenue Washington on May 12 with MajGen John M Palmer as orator and a grand military display. In other news, Fischer and Jaeger estates deemed fictitious after exhaustive inquiry per United States Consul Robertson. Telegraphic link with Bulawayo cut to Fig Tree, Cape Town anxious. Methodist Episcopal church votes to admit women lay delegates defeated 7515 to 2528. Dun & Co. reports weekly business failures 238 this week vs 230 last year. Canada 44 vs 37. Grand Forks bank failure assets 604000, capital 200000, deposits and liabilities 369000. Bulawayo dispatch: Napier and Duncan with 200 whites and 100 natives confront Matabeles 15,000. heavy fighting with eventual Matabele defeat.
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Tum House Judiciary Committee
Leavenworth
Kas
Gen
Hancock
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington City
John M. Palmer
Illinois
Hamburg
United States
Robertson
Fischer
Canada
EckLeEs
Grand Forks National Bank
Grand Forks
N. C
Bulawayo
South Africa
Napier
Duncan
Senate Passes Civil Appropriations Bill And Pension Deliberations
Telegrams report the senate approving a civil appropriations bill totaling 27 million dollars, with added funds from the house and senate. The house agreed to the second conference report on the legislative and judicial appropriation bill, with another conference set to resolve remaining issues. The general pension bill saw brief discussion and eulogies for Rep. Crane. Massachusetts Supreme Court deems veterans' preference unconstitutional. Advices from Suakim note Italians and Mokram forces defeating 8,000 Dervishes, with 500 Dervishes and 100 Italians lost. Cripple Creek, Colorado suffered a large fire on the 25th, destroying hundreds and causing about 1.09 million dollars in losses, insured at 250 thousand. A duel occurred between Baron Ferrary and M. Bernath on the 25th, ended bloodlessly but resulted in serious injury to Bernath after sabre blows. News from Osmaan Digna’s campaign notes hunger among dervishers in Horasab.
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Senate
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
W. 8. Crane
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Suakim
Kassala
Mokram
Golsa
Cripple Creek
Col
Hicerns
Whai
Ol. Eadie
Heath “Tucker
Jernath
Joliet District Ministerial Association meeting held at Aurora
The Joliet District Ministerial Association of the Rock River conference met in Aurora with about forty attending. Presiding over by Rev. M. E. Cady, discussions covered social use of churches, worldly possessions, and guarding piety against amusements, with papers by Rev. S. W. Hauck A. B. Mettler G. W. Winslow H. K. Vernon J. P. Davis and K. N. Dingle.
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Methodist’ Ministerial ‘Association
Joliet
Ministerial Association of
Cyclone sweeps Clay County leaving deaths and wreckage
A Saturday night cyclone struck five dead, three fatally wounded and 17 injured in Clay County. Dozens of homes barns and fences were destroyed with many horses and cattle killed. The storm leveled structures between Clifton and Morganville, then followed by heavy rain and flooding, as neighbors aided victims andsurvivors searched for missing family members. Telegraph lines were down, delaying reports and estimates of total property damage.
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Faria
Cray Center
Kas
Clay
Uight Aiia
John Morrig
F. Wellin
Peter Anderson
Henry Gor'dhen
Clifton
Morganville
Anderson
John Morris
Palmer
Washington County
Mexican mine disaster leaves many buried and dead
Frightful mine collapse at Vieja silver mine near Santa Eulalia Mexico thursday afternoon. Eighty five men were at work. eighteen escaped, sixty seven buried, seven dead and thirty seriously crushed with little chance of recovery. Governor travels to the scene.
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Paso
Tex
Times
Chihuahua
Mex
Mexico
Vieja
Santa Eulalia
P. R. Prieto
Prieto
Unclear speech on history and peace at Wolseley dinner
Field Marshal Wolseley denounced belief in a nation without history and rejected universal peace. He warned that dreaming of endless wind would not bring progress and urged a sober view of Britain’s future. April 27 remarks tied to Progressive era debates.
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Lord Wolsele
Lennon
Ord, Wolseley
Rec Estes
Proseford Wolseley
Espe
Brite
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August Droll
England
Wexler
Ritchie County
W. Va
Samuel Calhoun
Washington
Ice
New York
Ice Trust
Coal
Harry Hut
King of
Brooklyn
Alaska
Leon Say
Say
Matsuvatt Yamagata
Japan
Boston
F. E. M. Heir
Macauley
Ohio
Matabeleland
Nebraska
Gua
Gouuz
Spain
Gompiled
LIV
Congress
Icitingis State
George Warner
Quincy
Gabriel Johnson
Andover
Henry County
Sophia Selb
Selb
Venice
Phoebe Gilmore
Leroy
McLean County
George Dilliner
Douglas County
Arcola
Bloomington
First Presbyterian Church
Vermillion
Iroquois
Ford
Platt
Champaign
DeWitt
McLean
Marshall
Woodford
Logan
University of Ilinois
University of Illinois
Chicago College of Pharmacy
College of Pharmacy
Earl Stevens
W. O. Stevens
Colchester
Hawley
Geneva
E. C. Hawley
Dundee
Dawley
State Charities Board
State Board of Public Charities
Arthur Reynolds
Boerne Bettman
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Cedar Rapids
Mich
Jay L. Oldham
New York City
Mary Eunice Wade
Alton
Miss Wade
Alton National Bank
Newell
James F. Montgomery
De‘eatur
Lacon
Wm. Lewis
Colgedy Wan
Decatur
Frankfort
Odd
Odd Fellowship
Nigh Bay
Wiijsas
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