Senate Debates Cloture as Silver Faction Threatens Filibuster
Washington reports indicate the Senate is poised to vote on the silver repeal substitute with a special order for prompt action while silver supporters threaten filibuster. Pension statistics show 1894 increases and 162 million budget projections for 1895. An Electric Company accident on South Jackson Street disrupted lines but caused no injuries. A Glenn Lodge wedding impressed local members with plans for more marriages.
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Committee On Rules
Senate
White House
Lochren
Secere Ess Interior
Special Sale Offers Wide Range of Fabric and Shoes
A large sale advertises 9 oz woolen jeans at 25c yard and imported sateens at 10c yard. Other items include dress fabrics from 3c to 64c yard, novelties, calicoes, and flannels. Shoes and cloaks are heavily discounted, with prices ranging from 65c to $8.00. buyers praise guarantees and credit offers.
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Metropols
Manchester
Walker
Curious discoveries in old Cochran house reveal hidden bullion
Philadelphia reports uncover a cache behind a wall in Henry S. Cochran's Durley residence. Detectives remove a board to reveal bullion worth $3,700 hidden behind a shelf and wall.
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Philadelphia
Durley
Henry S. Cochran
Drummond
I. Speen
M. Fox
Crime and oddities from Sept 21 items partials
A Citizens' Street Car crew hold up reported in Prive Buvurr Arkansas with a driver forced to surrender money and fares rifled as passengers flee. Ravenna Ohio notes a passenger train strikes an open switch. In Washington a White House note cites a World’s Fair visit. Boston reports Helmholtz on laziness with Athens tale.
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Prive Buvurr
Ark
Citizens
Srt
Wade Strick- Finch
Ravenna
Baltimore and Ohio
Washmetor
Cleveland
Peck
World's Fair Board
Chicago
Roanoke Lynch Mob Burns Black Prisoner After Jail Battle
An armed mob of over 1000 in Roanoke V A storms the jail after a night battle with soldiers. They seize Tom Smith a Black prisoner and shoot him and burn his body on a brush pile. Mayor Trout faces threats as militia try to restore order.
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Roanoke
Tom Smith
Ena
Thomas Smith
Y Uce
Nice
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Trout
Riverside Penitentiary fears typhoid outbreak
Telegraphic tips list a typhoid fever threat at Riverside Pennsylvania penitentiary. Other items note a Rochester university admission, a Pittsburg wedding delay, an east Providence car wreck injuring ten, and various arrests, deaths, and civic concerns across the country.
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University of Rochester
N. Y
Pittsburg
Providence
R.I
Erica Aanee Tk
Seymour al ‘Alls
Wis
William M. Thayer
Boston Post
Vossler
Boston
Adolph Krug
Seattle
Wash
Minnesota
Menteno
Ill
St. Luke’s Hospital
Chicago
A. J. Sholter
Ripley, O
Troy
Harrison
Washington
LaFayette
National Letter Carriers’ Association
Kansas City
Viggo Ullman
Norway
St. Paul
Minn
Ireland
Een Et Mic
L. G. McIntosh &&Co
The
Globe
The Election Bill Rules Committee Action Across Chambers
Washington observes a Rules Committee report adopting a Tucker bill to repeal federal election laws. The committee sets a vote for Oct 10–12 after debate. Senate cloture rules are introduced by Mr Platt and discussed by Mr Teller and Voorhees as Illinois issues a corporate notice.
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Washington
House Committee On Rules
Messrs
Reed
Barrows
the Committee On Rules
Senate
Platt
Teller
Voorhees
Neal
Arson Suspects Held After Fire Ravages Mutzy Ga
Rev. Robert Kelsey’s church burned to the ground on Sept 23 in Mutzy Georgia. Alex Wadley and John Wadley are charged with arson and held for trial. Authorities consider the evidence strong as the case proceeds.
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Mutzy
Robert Kelsey
Alex
John Wadley
Blood for Money: Six of Wrattan Family Slaughtered
In Davies County Indiana, six members of Dinson Wrattan’s family were killed in their Harrison township home. Wrattan, ill with typhoid, lay in bed as attackers severed heads and deep gashes were found on survivors. A pension sack with hundreds of dollars remained clutched by the old mother. Authorities chase suspected tramp killers.
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Washington
Ind
Dinson Wrattan
Harrison Township
Davies County
Wrattan
Dying Lying-In Case Stirs Fort Wayne Coroner Probe
Emma 8 died after being brought home from a lying in hospital to a poor widow mother stirs a coroner probe. Dr. Frederick Thayer denies cruelty claims as Emma SS. duced Ioman, a young man of family, is named in the affair. A second item notes four negro men jailed in Bibb county for the murder of Farmer John Braswell with tracks pointing to their guilt.
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Athens
Fort Wayne
Emma
Bayer
Frederick Thayer
Emma SS. Duced Ioman
Thayer
P Tone
Braswell
Macon
Bibb County
John Braswell
Epa
Visit to Banks yields barbecued kid and farm tour
A Georgia reporter tours Banks county with Hon. J. K. Thompson, aka Polk Thompson, noting meals, barbecued meat, and extensive farm improvements. Thompson shows off oats, cotton, wheat, grass, and Jerseys, claiming top yields and storage for winter stock. The party traverses edge of large bottoms, observes ponds dried and grass grown, and praises Georgia railroad access.
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Banks
J. K. Thomps
Polk Thompson
Homandy
East Georgia
Thompson Ds
Sit Thompson
Tropa
Fenat
UC of
Georgia Railroad
J. K. Thompson
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