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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1893
Page
3
Congress assembles in session as lawmakers convene to discuss proposals and set agendas. The meeting marks continued legislative efforts and potential votes on pending measures affecting national policy and governance.
Opening day of the fifty-third Congress features a cooler day, crowded galleries and a formal House session. Charles F. Crisp wins the Speakership with 214 votes, while Reed and Simpson trail. the chamber adjourns as a mark of respect to the late Senator Abial K. Thurber.
In a tense caucus for the House speakership, Judge Crisp was nominated and applauded after a brief address promising reform and fiscal restraint. Rival ballots for sergeant at arms saw Snow win narrowly over Yoder, with Ben Cable playing a pivotal role.
A fragmentary passage urges Democrats and Republicans to suspend partisanship and unite to resolve current troubles. It lists a ticket including Clerk Edward McPherson of Pennsylvania, Sergeant at Army A J Holmes of Iowa, Door Keeper J L Hathaway of Montana New York, and notes the chaplain not included, as officers of the first Congress.
In Chicago on August 8 A Fisk of Colorado a delegate to the silver convention remained in consultation with leading populists from across the country to press Congress for free coinage of silver and debtor relief. He said determined efforts would show the east that expanding money supply serves all, and if resisted a united west and south would seek tariff removal and pensions for soldiers widows and orphans along with a graduated income tax.
Denver notes that if frosts arrive late this fall Colorado could spike agricultural yields. Drought earlier slowed grass and grain, but the Bessemer ditch east of Pueblo will yield 15,000 acres of wheat oats and barley. Arkansas Valley oats and alfalfa look strong and fruit is abundant. potato crops rise with lower wheat prices. range feeding is excellent and beef cattle shipments are expected to be large.
Louisville August 8 President Milton H Smith of the Louisville and Nashville railroad orders a sweeping salary reduction exempting trainmen by agreement The plan cuts the pay of officers at or above 333.88 by 20 percent and those from 50 to 333.33 by 10 percent Those earning over 45 and up to 50 see a 5 dollar reduction. shop workers already faced cuts.
The British steamer Danube brought 57 Chinese passengers to Vancouver and Portland. A Hong Kong aristocrat woman, said to be the race's most beautiful arrival, receives landing permission to wed Wing John amid extravagant nuptials. rest of Chinese passengers facing continued examination.
A mutilated male body, believed to be a detective, was found hidden in woods near a railroad camp in Ora le head county. The victim appeared to have been attacked at the camp for a fugitive, with throat cut and bullet wounds. Identification marks on the body were present but unclear.
A Rio Grande City dispatch reports Mrs. Joseph Weil of Roma Tex was bitten by a rabid coyote in the street. The wound was cauterized but her condition is listed as serious. In Arkansas a Lake Village shooting left Perry Lasson dead and Joe Frame fatally or seriously wounded in a confrontation across the river from Greenville.
In an open letter to Hon. Thos. G. Lawson published August Std I argue exchange firms in New York and Chicago drive current crises. Henry Clews endorses the view asserting Wall Street and Chicago speculators have damaged the economy, with calls for Congress to curb speculative practices and reinforce lawful supply and demand. Poorman signs.
Henry Irving plans a long American circuit starting September in San Francisco with Ellen Terry and a large company. The troupe will travel via rail and steamship through Ottawa Port Arthur Banff Vancouver to San Francisco arriving Sept 4, 1893. Terry appears in Fair Rosamond Queen Catharine and Nancy Oldfield while Irving stars King Arthur in a blank verse drama.
Bank officials at Stock Yards National refused to accept New York exchange from eastern buyers, causing a market drop and a ragged close. President Dowd stated they took only a limited amount of New York paper and refused much due to the inability to sell in New York, warning affairs could worsen if funds stay east.
Aug 8 Buzzard's Bay reports William H Crane arriving aboard his steam yacht The Sorter with friends. They will stay as guests of Joseph Jefferson while Mrs Cleveland and Jefferson steer the summer circle in Washington. Also notes Warner corset factory in Briparpont runs three days weekly and feeds unmarried girls during dull times. John W Foster to visit Berlin after Behring Sea decision, then plans around the world with his wife. Four firemen injured by falling walls during a Smith Street fire in Norfolk Virginia.
An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as the pure medicine that cures liver and kidney diseases removes pimples boils and malignant blood issues plus malaria headaches constipation and indigestion. It guarantees satisfaction or money back and lists prices 50 cents and 1.00 at local druggists John Crawford & Co. Palmer & Kinnehrew's Drawstore.
In Washington a Nevada senator prepares a bill to reenact parts of a 1837 act governing bullion deposits and mint coinage with a provision to refuse small-value deposits and to deny mixed metal allowances. The measure also repeals the Sherman silver purchase clause of 1890. In Pension News Judge Lochren extends until October 10, 1893 the deadline for suspended pensioners to prove their entitlement.
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