House clash over distribution of president's message
The two hour session in Washington sparked a sharp battle between the ways and means and the banking and currency committees over who would handle subjects in the president's message. General Grosvenor attacked civil service reform while Johnson warned of a presidential veto. The dispute centered on revenues debt and treaties before a final compromise redirected topics to the proper panel.
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Washington
Waya and Means
Banking and Currency Committee
Grosvenor
Ohio
Johnson
Indiana
Dingley
Ways and Means
Walker
Ways and Means Committes
New Senate Member Sworn In Amid Credential Questions
In Washington on December 8 a new senator from Mississippi, Mr. H. D. S. Money, was sworn in after brief credential criticism. The session saw 108 bills proposed along with several joint resolutions. A contest over precedence involved Lodge's immigration bill and a measure giving the president power to protect government interests at the Kansas Pacific sale.
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Senate
Washington
H. D. S. Money
Mississippi
Secretary Treasury Report Seeks Currency Reform and Treasury Division
The annual report to Congress shows year end June 380 1897 receipts of 486,878,165 and expenditures of 448,489,622 leaving a deficit of 18,052,454. It notes a rise from 1896 in customs and internal revenue and urges currency reform. It proposes creating a treasury division for issue and redemption with 125,000,000 in gold and all silver held for redemption plus 200,000,000 in legal tender notes deposited for redemption only upon gold receipt.
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Congress
Washmeter
Secretary of the Treasury
Internal Revenue
Department of the Treasury
Iip
Treasury
Pensions Bill Approved by House Subcommittee
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Pensions agreed to a pension bill totaling 141 218 830 dollars. It allocates 140 million for pensions, 400 thousand for clerical hires, and trims estimates by eighty thousand dollars. Trading stamps ruled illegal by D C Court of Appeals. Barnett and Recoml win dock extension contract near 150 thousand dollars. Gilbert Roemat defends Kansas City Star Cup with 97 to 87 victory over J A R Elliott.
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Washington
House -Committee On Appropriations
Secretary of the Interior
Gilbert Roemat
Fred’ Gilbert
Spirit Lake
J. A. R. Elliott
Kansas City
Gilbert
French Expedition Massacre Report Near Bahrelghazel
The Monvement Geographique reports Major Marchand's French expedition has been massacred on the way to the Nile near Bahrelghazel. Survivors are said to have retreated to Bomou.
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Brussels
Monvement ‘Geographique
Marchand
Nile
Bahrelghazel
Bomou
Germans Defeated in Africa in West African Campaign
Cable dispatch from Batanga on the West African coast reports a German expedition of 6 white officers and 200 natives suffering a severe reverse at Mboulies after advancing into the Banoko country southeast of the Caneroon area.
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London
Batanga
Caneroond
Banoko
Texas Townsite Sold To Duluth Official For 90000
At Galveston on December 8 the Texas City Improvement company property was sold to Jacov L. Greatsinger of Duluth Minnesota, president of the Duluth and Iron Range railroad, for 90000 to satisfy a trust deed. The property includes the town of Texas City on Galveston bay and is valued at about 1 million. Notices of liens and claims against the company totaling several hundred thousand dollars were given, with more to come.
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Texas
Buain
Duluth
Hourston
Tex
Galveston
Texas City Improvement Company
Jacov L. Greatsinger
Mann
Duluth and Iron Range Railroad
Texas City
Galveston Bay
Ex-Auditor Moore Freed on Bail amid Appeal
Ex-Auditor Eugene Moore, jailed on embezzlement conviction, was released pending upper court hearing on a Supreme Court bail-bond order. In unrelated news, Robert Jones bought a 6,000 acre Soo railroad wheat farm in North Dakota for about $176,000, located in southeastern Richland County.
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Moore
Lincoln, Neb
Eugene Moore
Supreme Court
Bur FraLe
Robert Jones
Soo Railroad
North Dakota
Richland County
Battle in Rubi Hills Cuba Rumors Claim Cuban Victory
Inside details released in New York recount a dawn November 27 clash in Pinar del Rio with 6 000 Spanish infantry and 2 000 cavalry against 4 000 Cuban troops. Despite high Cuban losses around 398 killed or wounded and Spanish casualties, the Cuban forces claimed the field and captured 200 prisoners and several pieces of artillery.
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New Yorks
Rubi Hills
Pinar del Rio
Gabriel de Cardenas
Duasse
Rodriguez
Pedro Diaz
Parrado
Havana
Blanco releases forty one prisoners in Havana decree
Captain General Blanco the governor general signs a decree releasing four persons imprisoned on charges of complicity in the insurgent movement.
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Havana
Blanco
Creditors Move for Immediate Hearing in Northern Pacific Case
Creditors of the Northern Pacific Railroad company will soon seek in federal court an immediate hearing before Judge Jenkins on the legal questions raised against claims filed by the Northern Pacific Railway company, the new corporation. If the court sustains the new corporation’s claims, litigation costs before Master in Chancery Cary may be avoided. At best general creditors can receive no more than 10 percent of their claims.
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Millwauker
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Jenkins
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Master In Chancery
Cary
Incorpora'ara
Albert G. Bintz
Blatz Breweing Co
Milwaukee
Wis
Alason
United States
Illinois
D. G. Euwerds
C. B&d It. R.cindnmati
Frank Abteche
Charles Kaestner & Co
Chicago
W. CG
Kineared
G. PB
A.O.N.O
T P.R.R
Cincinnati
B. W.griffith
First National Bank
Vicksburg
Miss
Frea
A. Uite
Shelby Bank
Shelbyville
Ind
J. M. Philips
Alaska Transportation and Development ,O
Fisher Building
Col. van Buren and
Dearsborn Streets
Ile
Alaska
Neva
VETOED BY ATKINSON Georgia's anti football bill vetoed
Atlanta Georgia December 8 Governor Atkinson vetoed the football bill saying the question of whether college boys should play football should be left to the faculties of each institution. An attempt to override the veto may occur but seems unlikely. Madison Wisconsin December 8 Jerry Riordan of West Bend was elected captain of the University of Wisconsin football team at a meeting.
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Atlanta
Ikinson
Rippdan
Missing New Jersey socialite carries government bonds
Miss Maggie Kirkpatrick, guest at a local cottage in Atlantic City, is reported missing. Authorities say she has about $80,000 in government bonds on her person and refuses to trust banks, despite carrying a large sum.
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Atlantic
N .J
Maggie” Kirkpatrick
Philadelphia
Banks
Germany advances in China draw Washington concern
Washington officials monitor reports of Germany occupying Kino Chan Bay and inland Kino Chan in China. Observers fear European powers carving up China, with potential implications for treaty ports and possible Japanese involvement if occupation widens.
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Germany
China
Washington
Dec
Kino-Chan Bay
Kino-Chan
United States
Europe
Germans Capture City as Shanghai Dispatch Reports
The dispatch says Captain Becker with 2410 German marines left Kiao-Chau bay to seize surrounding villages and take the city. German forces killed three Chinese, who fled. the Chinese commander was captured then freed. Villagers attacked. headsmen were beaten. China may pay 1,000,000 taels indemnity and cede Kiao-Chan bay and nearby territory.
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London
Shanghai
Becker
Kiao-Chau Bay
Beuten
China
Kiao-Chan Bay
Emperor Increases China Expedition Volunteers to 15000
Berlin report states Emperor William orders expansion of the China expedition volunteers to 15000 men, raising the force size for the campaign.
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Berlin
William
China
Associate Justice Horace Ruck Ends Life in Montana
Associate Justice Horace Ruck of the Santana Supreme Court shot himself shortly after midnight after an evening with friends. He was 44, a Yale graduate born in Vicksburg Miss who came to Montana in 1879. He had suffered declining health and a sudden urge to end his uneasiness. His wife found him dead in his room.
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Horace “Ruck
Supreme Court
Vicksburg
Miss
Yale
Montana
Nevada murderer lynched by mob this week
In Carson Nevada at 2 a m a mob of 26 men seized Adam Uber from the jail and hanged him for the killing of Hans Anderson in Gardner ville last week.
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Nevada
Carson
Nev
Adam Uber
Hans Anderson
Gardnerville
Genca Jil
Palladio Building Sold for 150000 in Duluth
The Palladio Building in Duluth, one of the city's largest structures, was sold to Hanson E. Smith for 150000 by the New York Life Insurance Company. The sale occurred on December 8.
Fortou Former Interior Minister Dies in Paria at Age 2
Obituary notes the death of M de Fortou former minister of the Interior at Paria age 2. A separate item reports the Frontier Army Society holding its annual reunion in Milwaukee on Tuesday. The steamship Paul bound for Europe carried 600000 pounds of silver and 70000 Mexican pesos.
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M.de Fortou
Interior
Paria
Society ‘of the” Army ‘of the ‘Frontier
Miwaukee
Paul
Europe
Oundes
Eae
Kentucky christening honor accepted by governor's daughter
In New York the Kentucky battle ship christening plan is resolved as Migs Bradley, daughter of the governor, accepts the honor. Eighteen riders remain in the contest, with the event running nearly to the finish in 48 hours.
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New York
Kentucky
Migs Bradley
King of the highbinders found dead in Chinatown room
The body of Loo Fook Muey, known as the king of the highbinders, was discovered in a Chinatown room after being wounded days earlier during an attempted robbery of another Chinese man. The report blends with a broader column on gloves and bee facts.
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Hing of Highbinders
San Francisco
Loo Fook Muey
Highbinders
Chinatown
Pointed Paragraphs on Marriage and Mischief
A collage of quips on married life and gender dynamics. It contrasts a blind man’s eyes opening after marriage with a wife’s sharp tongue and a girl’s kiss as tools for impact. The fragment ends with a recipe note about gelatin custard and serving with cream.
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