Fragmented World Views and Political Echoes Across the Atlantic
A collage of late 19th century concerns cites the New Orleans Picayune on Bloomer fashions and women, mentions President Fillmore’s hypothetical ranking, and notes Schofield’s push for universal military instruction. Chicago preacher White cites rising destitution in Chicago. A Kearney paper rails at sober judges, while the Boston Globe lists varied House members. Joseph Chamberlain warns Britain’s empire hangs by a thread amid imperial unity doubts.
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Boston Globe
Joseph Chamberlain
London
British Empire
England
Canada
Australia
India
Africa
Engineer North Praises Lake Erie Hudson Ship Canal Plan
Engineer Edward P. North calls the proposed canal from Lake Erie to the Hudson River one of the era’s greatest projects and more significant to the United States than the Nicaragua Canal. He argues New York opposes it because it would reduce the city to a mere way station between Chicago and the ocean.
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Edward P. North
Lake Erie
Hudson River
United States
New York
Chicago
Ocean
Australians to contend in international yachting, SF Chronicle says
The San Francisco Chronicle suggests Australian sailors will be strong rivals in international yachting, citing past triumphs by a champion single sculler who beat Hanlon and noting Australia’s broad yachting experience. It also references Carol Norton’s statistics on Christian Science growth.
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The
San Francisco Chronicle
Hanlon
Carol Norton
Christian Science
Boston
Mary Baker Eddy
United States
Growth of Lutheran Church in the West Surges
The Lutheran church growth in Wisconsin Minnesota North and South Dakota Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana is described as phenomenal with critics joking that one in four people from Chicago to Seattle is Lutheran. Census figures show Protestant and Catholic totals and Lutheran majority within the western states, highlighting ministers, congregations, churches and property values.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Chicago
Seattle
Congress Debates Committees and Treasury Relief
The 54th Congress opens with Speaker Reed naming committees amid surprises. Leaders note fairness and public interest in selections. The Ways and Means and Appropriations committees push for urgent relief measures, with plans to report by Thursday and avoid holiday adjournment. Senate debates include a bill to repeal confederate officer bans, a silver coinage resolution, and pan American union proposals, with adjournment set for Thursday.
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HOUSE
Reed
House of Representatives
Committee On Ways and Means
Cannon
Committee On Appropriations
Dingley
Bankhead and Clark
Alabama
Hutcheson
Texas
Ways and Means
Tracey
Missouri
Crisp
Congress
Senate
Ohio
Venezuela
Sherman
Committee On Foreign Relations
Hawley
Republican
Connecticut
Committee On Military Affairs
Allen
Nebraska
Senate debates on silver coin and gold parity proposals
The senate discussed financial measures including Wests resolution to coin treasury bullion into standard silver dollars and pay certificates and greenbacks accordingly, along with Butlers proposal to pay debt in gold or silver per parity. Senators condemned President Cleve lands financial message. A Brazilian greeting and Squires emergency-clauses bill were noted. Palm Beach sub-port plans stirred. other routine business and adjournment were set for Thursday.
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Committee On Foreign Relations
Hill
Senate
United States Army
Navy
Army
Sherman
Mr. Sherman
West
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Morrill
Finance Committee
Platt
North Carolina
Butler
Stewart and
DuBois
Cleveland
Federal
Senate of
Brazil
United States Senate
State Department
Squire
Republican
Washington
Cooper
Florida
Palm Beach
Flagler
Bahamas
Northumberland
Ker West
Hepburn
Towa
Committee On
Turner
Georgia
Wichita Reservation
Ciagley
Maine
House
Ways and Means Committee
Lacy
Iowa
Nicaragua Canal
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee On Railways and Canals
Reed
Seaboard Withdraws From Southern Freight Association
Seaboard Air Line announces withdrawal from the Southern States Freight Association unsettling eastern railroads. The move follows a years long dispute and a prior return to the group after the old and new associations restructured under commissioners H. B. Haines and Major Stahlman. Officials warn the withdrawal could trigger further exits and disrupt discipline among competing systems.
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Southern States Freight Association
Seaboard Air Line
South
Seaboard
Old
Southern Railway and Steamship Association
New
H. 8. Haines
Stahlman
St. John
New York
Bond Issue Decided After White House Conference
The White House held Sunday talks with President, Olney, Carlisle, Lemont, and Harmon leading to another bond issue. The plan aims to shield the treasury with prompt financial legislation and secrecy remains tight among the few insiders aware of the decision.
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White House
Sun
Boston
Mass
Globe
Washington
Olney
Carlisle
Lemont
Harmon
Congress
Legislative Department
Treasury
Destructive floods wash away homes in Indian Territory
Report from Wagoner I T describes two days of rain and rapid snowmelt swelling the Grand Verdigris and Arkansas rivers. Hundreds of farms flood forcing residents to seek hill shelter. Dozens of houses swept away with contents, leaving many homeless. A woman found afloat on driftwood likely drowned awaiting aid as the torrent raged.
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Indian Territory
Wagoner
I. T
Grand
Verdigris
Arkansas
Confederate Veterans Parade Planned in New York July
A special committee for the Confederate Veterans parade and review in New York on July 4 met to review progress. President William P. St. John of Mercantile National Bank presided and announced strong public interest and nationwide support for the event.
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New York
William P. St. John
Mercantile National Bank
Utah Constitution Approved for Statehood Proclamation Soon
The Utah constitution submitted to the attorney general has been examined and approved. The president will issue a proclamation admitting Utah as a state on January 4, 1896, and the terms of state officers will begin the following Monday, January 6.
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Utah
State of
Territory of
Union
Capitol notes on house actions and bond plans
Saturday session details the house Ways and Means committee agenda. Democrats protest tariff and bond measures as Republicans push for favorable report. Postmasters named in Georgia. cabinet actions denied bond issuance rumors. Secretary Hoke Smith explains land allotment delays and no personal interests involved.
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Reed
House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
Grosvenor
Ohio
McLauren
South Carolina
House
Dingley
Georgia
J. B. Baker
Backlett
Charlton County
P. H. Baker
J. E. Lord
Buckhorn
Laurens County
D. G. Pope
W. A. Heath
Empire
Dodge County
A. L. Ector
J. OC. Stewart
Farmville
Gordon County
W. H. Hardy
A. T. Howell
Lax
Coffee County
R. VY. Covington
N. D. Cooper
Latham
Haralson
Seaborn Gann
E.A. Boyles
Martindale
Walker County
J. L. Lowe
H. M. Young
Mineola
Lowndes County
A. O. McLeod
D. L. Jackson
Pooler
Chatham County
J. P. Jones
J. 8. Wilcox
Temperance
T¢fair County
W. J. Williams
Ways and Means
Secretary of the Treasury
Smith
Hoke Smith
Flynn
Oklahoma
Wichita
Lands Opening Act Proceeds Without Objections
The interior department reports no party has objected to the full and immediate execution of the March 2, 1895 act opening lands to settlement, delaying no longer. The decision advances or preserves the opening timeline as stated, with no formal challenges filed to impede the process.
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Interior Department
Six steel battleships and twenty five torpedo boats bill
Senator Hale propels a senate bill to authorize the president to contract for six seagoing steel battleships of about 11 000 tons at 4 000 000 dollars each and twenty five torpedo boats at 175 000 dollars each. The plan limits construction to at most two battleships and six torpedo boats on the Pacific coast and at most two ships of either class in one yard.
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Hale
Senate
Pacific Coast
Financial kings oppose war and bank pressure rise
The London Globe reports that Britain and American financial powers vow to avoid war. Banks demand repayment of advances to American houses and threaten action only if the boundary dispute over British Guiana remains unsettled. Insurance conspirators in Trenton NC receive prison terms. Hassell seven years, Fisher five, Delemars and Noe two each. Defendants appeal and may seek U.S. Supreme Court.
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London Globe
England
United States
British Guiana
Trenton
N. C
Graham
Hassell
William Fisher
D. T. Delemar
Seldon Delemar
J. C. Delemar
Levi T. Noe
Craven County
United States Supreme Court
Brass men form a combine not a trust in Pittsburg
Brass manufacturers of the country form a national organization at Pittsburg to consolidate for mutual benefit. The delegates insist the group is not a trust. Large attendance at the meeting. In Virginia, a delegate proposal seeks a constitutional convention to disqualify Negroes. Italy offers to arbitrate Britain and US disputes, but Britain has not replied.
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Pittsburg
Virginia House of Delegates
Mississippi
Italy
Paris Temps
Rome
Great Britain
United States
Mississippi River Flood Reaches Record Rise at St Louis
The Mississippi river surged twenty two feet from Thursday night to Sunday night at St Louis marking an unprecedented rise in the same period. Boatmen and riverbank residents faced surprise and mounting losses as flood waters advanced. Stay of Execution Granted in Durrant Case for Twenty Days reported from San Francisco. Judge Murphy issued the delay Thursday morning delaying the execution by twenty days.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
San Francisco
Atlanta Markets Groceries and Cotton Prices Listed
Local market report details assorted groceries and staples with prices for coffee, sugar, tea, flour, grains, dairy, poultry, produce, and canned goods. Cotton market closed steady with middling at seven cents.
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New Orleans
Ginger Enaps Sc
F. W
Georgia
Burbank
Tennessee Bu
California
Wall Street Storm Brings Sharp Early Declines
Friday's trade sees panic and rapid swings as New York stocks dive up to 5 percent on opening amid ragged London quotes and rising call money. The day ends with a unsettled rally and renewed volatility as banks and brokers face margin pressures and several failures register on exchanges.
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New York
Wall Street
London
London Stock Exchange
Europe
Handsome Bargasina
New York Stock Exchange
Consolidated Exchange
Wisconsin Central Trust
Kansas
Texas
Langerman assault case defendants plead guilty in New York
Kernied Mer Pica and Barbara Aub were indicted for perjury in the Langerman assault case. They pleaded guilty before Judge Cowing in general sessions but the plea was not accepted and they were remanded with counsel until Friday.
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Kernied Mer Pica
Barbara Aub
Langerman
Cowing
New York
Foster Renominated by Democratic State Convention
A special from Shreveport Louisiana reports that despite opposition talk the Democratic state convention renominated Governor Murphy J Foster with no other names placed in nomination.
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Foster
Shreveport
Murphy J. Foster
Ploughed Up a Can of Gold in Indiana Fields
A field near a creek in Springfield Township Indiana yielded a rusty tin can containing 480 in gold and silver coins. John H Riardon a hired hand found the treasure while plowing. Palmer Hughes owner declared it Riordons. The coins include old octagon 50 pieces and others heavily corroded yet identifiable. The source notes long standing rumors of buried treasure near Morning Sun and other stories around the farm. The arrangement of ownership is unsettled and no clear origin for the coins is given.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Springield Township
Indiana
John H. Riardon
Palmer Hughes
Liardon
Aarge
Riordon
Hughes
United States
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Hall of Legislation
United States of America
Rio Janeiro
Chamber of Representatives
Washington, D.C
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Republic of Brazil
Chamber of Representatives of the
North American Union
Rosa EB. Silva
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Pannicky
NEW York Exchanger
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