Tariff talk and politics shadow in Congress column
The piece surveys tariff debates and lobbying in Washington. It notes sugar iron and whisky interests shaping stance, with Ohio and Indiana stakeholding pottery and tariff rates. It mentions Sabin’s Minnesota Senate win, Windom’s loss, and several pension, prison, and public-works debates, plus local Louisville Cincinnati exposition plans.
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Housee
Senate
St. Louis
Chicago
Indiana
Cople
Kentucky
Amos Townsend
Ohio
China
McKinley
House
Brewer
New Jersey
Trenton
Carlisle
Congress
Sabin
Minnesota
Windom
Joves
Finance Committee
Baltimore & Ohio Cuts Telegraph Rates Under Tariff Rivalry
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad trims telegraph rates to 15 cents for Washington New York and Philadelphia Washington routes, matching Western Union and rivals and going five cents below their reduced tariffs. Also notes a Willis poetry volume offered by Rutledge and an Apollo music literature journal from Boston with sample copies.
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Washington County
Cunningham
Matamoros
Jonathan Tullis
Wesley
Athens Asylum
David Williams
Fairfield Township
Warner
Ohio Valley Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Western Union
Washington
New York
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore
Philadelphia
the Apollo
L. E. Whipple
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
Enormous Snake Attack Wounds Pennsylvania Farmer
Telegraph report states John Simmons, a West Carlisle farmer, was bitten by a large snake several days ago and believed fatally injured. The New York Tribune notes Governor Pattison’s administration, only a month old, as highly successful on record amid early year troubles.
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John Simmons
West Carlisle
New York Tribune
Pattison’s
Pennsylvania
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