Four Days Lost Warrants Issued For Absentees In Congress
Washington dispatch reports four days wasted as 30 to 40 Democrats idle at holidays and a quorum failure halted tariff debate. Sergeant at arms seeks absentees with armed deputies ready to arrest members to force attendance. Speaker Crisp and leaders vow to press the tariff bill amid planned open debate and five minute rule speeches.
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Brawley
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Cox
Tennessee
Springer
Wars and Means
Ways and Means
Internal Revenue Branch
Treasury
Carlisle
In Congress This Week Tariff Bill Showdown Looms
The House will devote the week to the tariff bill and the fight to bring it before the House amid a quarrel over absent members. Democrats and Republicans confront possible quorum battles as leaders warn of drastic steps to secure attendance and force action on the tariff plan.
Dead Soldier Murdered Near Birmingham in Woods
An unidentified U.S. cavalry sergeant Eugene Walker of Nebraska is found dead in woods near Birmingham. Reported by a street car driver and a man named Eugene Byars who is described as desperate. Police say Walker was killed, robbed, and had his pockets rifled. Byars was arrested on suspicion.
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Birmingham
Ala
United States Cavalry
Eugene Walker
Sixth
Nebraska Cavalry
Eugene Byars
Walker
Eldridge
Walker County
Walter
Byars
Ars
Two Robbers Stop Mississippi Train At Vicksburg Crossing
Mississippi Valley passenger train halted at the Vicksburg Meridian crossing near Vicksburg at 1 5 a.m. by two masked men while a third man stood guard. Conductor Morris described the raid as the men searched passengers, took small items, and fled as the porter and engineer reacted.
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New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Vicksburg and
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Vicksburg
Morris
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Dorsey
Whey
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Demon in Tampa Entices Girls to Shop and Assaults Them
A 65 year old shoe maker Fraser is arrested in Tampa for criminally assaulting five girls aged nine to thirteen whom he lured with gifts of money. Police moved quickly to county jail for immediate circuit court hearing with a preliminary May be held Monday before Judge Harrison. Town anxious about potential lynching if trials slow.
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Fla
Fraser
C. M. Clinton
Rearine
Couty
Harrison
Memphis
Polk Street
Multiple Confessions and Desperate Threats Across Town
A report details three girls confessing to incidents, including the ten-year-old daughter of Doty Thompson, captain of the steamer Mistie tee, and several stepdaughters. Mrs. Taylor, a widow, threatens suicide. In Flint, Michigan, a hardware store explosion at Wilson’s shop gutted the block, causing estimated losses up to 15,000 with most insured. In South Carolina, Wilson, York town marshal, jailed for safe keeping, is released on 35,000 bail after a fatal shooting of Gladden. A verdict of not guilty was reached in a dispensary law case against Jacob Plowden, sparking courthouse unrest. In Live Oak, Florida, city watchman H. J. Willis was killed. the killer fled, leaving no clue.
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W. M. Whaley
C. M. Clinton
Mrs. Taylor
Flint
Mich
J. B. Wilson
Wilson
York
Gladden
Columbia
S. C
Ingraham Wilson
Spartanburg
Reform
Manning
Jacob Plowden
S. A. Nettles
H. L. Tobias
T. A. Johnson
Johns. Wilson
Messrs. Barron
Levi
A. Nettles
Live Oak
Mia
Potsdamer
H. J. Willis
Willis
Vardman Drops Populists From Chairmanships in Mississippi
Jackson January 7 Special. Speaker Vardman appoints chairmen for committees including Judiciary Cook Ways and Means Street Appropriations Dinsmore Penitentiary Henry Railroads Marshall Claims Talbert Corporations Stowers Laf ayette Public Lands Taylor Montgomery Local and Private Legislation Parkwood Agriculture Stuelts Public Education Lancaster Mississippi Levees Keirn Registration and Erections Terrall Manufactures Guynes Public Printing McGuire Benevolent Instructions McSwine Fees and Salaries Benford Liquor Traffic Underwood Engrossed Bills Simpson Public Buildings and Grounds Turner Madison Military Affairs Love County Affairs Williamson Roads Ferries and Bridges Spencer Contingent Expenses Eckels Census and Apportionment Miller Copiah Insurance Ballinger Pensions Gdom Public Health and Quarantine Baggan Commerce and Shipping McAuffrey House Joint Committees of Executive Contingent Fund MacKie Enrolled Bills Touchstone University and Colleges O Niel Investigate State Offices Key A bill to establish a house for indigent Confederate veterans A resolution to require penitentiary committee to investigate Gulf and Ship Island Railroad and relation of the state thereto Many bills per governor messages referred to committees
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Talbert
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Lancaster
Mississippi
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Terrall
Guynes
McGuire
McSwine
Benford
Underwood
Simpson
Turner
Madison
Love
Williamson
Spencer
Eckels
Miller
Copiah
Ballinger
Gdom
Baggan
McAuffrey
Executive Contingent Fund
MacKie
Touchstone
University and Colleges
O’niel
Key
Committee On Penitentiary
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
House
California Town Threatened by Chinese Miners Beneath Streets
In Folsom California today a wheel vanished from a passing cart as a horse fell. Investigators report Chinese miners tunneling beneath Leidesdorf street and railroad beneath the town honeycombing the area. Rich gravel lies under railroad property, once blocked from mining. Excitement grows over unknown extent of subterranean workings.
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Folsom
Cal
Leidesdorf
Unemployed Rush Aid as Panic of 1893 Worsens
In New York a 100000 unemployed plus 40000 dependents prompt Chauncey Depew to call the panic a nationwide crisis. A Wall Street worker prays for relief at the subtreasury as trades unionists press Mayor Gilroy for city relief. Crowds form at University Settlement Society awaiting tickets for food and clothing amid growing unrest.
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Chauncey M. Depew
Wall Street
Washington
Committee of Fifteen
Gilroy
Stanton Coit
Committee of Trades Unionists
University Settlement Society
Delancey Street
Iowas Unemployed Described as Growing Army
An Iowa feature from January 7 notes a rising population of long term hobos in 1887 style, moving through centers and countryside. Tramps travel in small companies seeking food and shelter, targeting schools and fuel houses, sometimes engaging in minor looting but mostly orderly. Charity groups in towns strive to aid genuine need while monitoring fears of wider trouble.
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Masons City
Iowa
Low mood in Canada amid Dominion depression reports
January 7 report from across the Dominion notes a commercial crisis despite official denials. Railways show abnormal freight declines and wholesale orders falter. Merchants complain of scarce money, unable sales, and returning goods, with Montreal retail trade below prior volumes.
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Montreal
United States
Canada
Canada Crop Will Determine Economic Fate Says Bank Manager
The list grows longer with no sign of improvement. A prominent bank manager warns that Canada’s fate hinges on the harvest and that recovery will depend on the next crop season.
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Canada
Munger Silence Deepens Around Honolulu Dispatches
San Francisco reports Captain Munger of the revenue cutter Corwin remains silent on Hawaii news. He limits comments to Auckland dispatches and refuses details on Honolulu conditions or the provisional government. Crewmembers are confined aboard near San Quentin as reporters press for information.
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Auckland
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Hell
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Behring Sea
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Republican
Cleveland
United States
Hornolulu
Mr. Cleveland
Hawaii
A Runnor
Washington
Willis
State Department
Brazil’s Rio Dispatch Reports Skirmishes and Naval Standoffs
From Rio de Janeiro dated January 4 via Montevideo January 7. Admiral de Gama holds out awaiting reinforcements for the Aquidaban and Republic while drones of diplomacy deny insurgent legitimacy. Skirmishes near Mocangu and Nictheroy batteries. insurgents land on Eugenne island with artillery gains and government losses.
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London
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Meatto
Mocangu
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Nictheroy
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Desterro
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Wife informs on anarchist couple amid Barcelona bombing links
Madrid reports Salvador Franco wife tells police of his movements on the day of the Liceo theater blast. He allegedly hid until December 8 after Cedina's imprisonment then confessed to being the culprit. Other items note bombs found near Barcelona and political moves in Denver and Washington.
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Cedina
France
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