Senate passes seed distribution bill and Blanchard speech
The Senate approved without division the seed purchase and distribution bill directed to Secretary Morton. Senator Blanchard addressed the chamber on the Monroe doctrine urging wider endorsement and a broadening of the doctrine beyond party lines. He warned against entangling alliances and urged a cautious, expansive American role in Western Hemisphere affairs. Also noted: a Kansas bank ordered closed at Hutchinson, with Bank Commissioner Breidenthal to assume control. Additional telegrams report 107 Cuban insurgents killed in recent operations.
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Maputo
Cuba
Queen's Speech Signals Near Venezuelan Settlement
London dispatch reports the queen's speech to parliament indicating an approaching settlement of the Venezuelan controversy. It notes allied diplomacy with France, Turkish reforms, Transvaal issues, and Ashanti expeditions, underscoring naval defense and imperial challenges. Key names include Prince Henry of Battenberg and references to Siam, Afghanistan, and Russia.
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Russia
Trade in the South Shows Strong Industrial Growth
Reports from Cuarraxooga dated February 11 indicate robust business across the southern states through February 1. Bond subscriptions are large and widespread, with prices satisfactory as planting approaches. A very large crop is anticipated. general merchandise remains active, lumber exports rise, iron vendors report steady trade, and cotton mill activity increases. Mills chartered include Indian Heel at Condova, Beaufort Cotton Mill, Sumter Manufacturing, and others across Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia, and beyond. New industries organized span packing, phosphate, lumber, canning, flour, brick, pottery, tile, tobacco, and marble, with several coal, sandstone, and woodworking ventures planned in multiple states.
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Eee Phosphate Company
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Dublin
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Bakersport
London
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Tenn
Mason, Ga
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Luttrell
Memphis
Shea Electrocution Details and Witness Confusion
Report describes an electrocution involving Shea with timings around 0:55 to 0:58 as observers noted the proceedure. The body showed air escape during resumption of current and medical staff debated whether life ended instantaneously or after a prolonged breath.
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Greatly Dissatisfied Exodists From County Mills
News from February 11 reports many workers from Pender and Sampson counties who went to Pelzer, South Carolina to work in cotton mills feel deceived by agents and are greatly dissatisfied. Most who left are Populists. A Georgia cotton buyer says he bought 1,809 bales last week from a Georgia farmer who has enough to gin 600 more. Also noted: Mrs Callum, 48, eloped with Sam Ward, 23, of Richmond County. both jailed after capture. Bail posted for Mrs Callum, and a man named Wert is in prison. A North Carolina railway examination on Waterist explosion found Gattis aged 80. The storm Lester sank a vessel near Rockaway Inlet. life savers report two drownings. John Jones, president of United States Grate Bar Co, was found dead in his Sinois Central office between Bemaria 108 Wainy and four persons.
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Sampson
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Richmond County
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North Carolina
Railway
Two Negro Girls Testify On Pearl Bryan Murder Case
Cincinnati February 11. In Indianapolis Mim Hollingsworth and Steinert the Pearl Bryan case are discussed in police circles. Two Negro girls Minnie Johnson and Annie Lea testify identifying two men who visited rooms near Newport on Broadway the morning the body was found. They describe a man with a galiso and a valise joining the others.
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Cincinnati
Mim Hollingsworth
Indianapolis
Steinert
Pearl Bryan
Indianapolia
East Front Street
Newport
Miss
Minnie Johnson
Annie ‘Lea
Broadway
Carrie
Walling
Jackson
Move to Atlas as Southern railway shifts offices
The Southern railway plans to move its general offices from Washington to Atlanta. Captain John Dodson, the general factotum, will relocate next month, with Superintendent Lum for bridges and trestles to follow shortly. JF McVickar improves after a stroke, with physicians predicting a return in a day or two.
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