Tariff bill manuever sparks senate clash in Washington
Washington dispatch reports the tariff bill as a surrender to trusts with Havemeyer and a bold lobby pressuring the senate finance committee. Sugar and whisky protections are debated as southern senators express dissatisfaction while leaders push for passage by mid May.
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Washington
March
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Havemeyer
Lead Trust
Whisky Trust
Quiet in the House as Congress Passes Bills in Backroom Session
Washington records reveal unanimous consent passage of measures including a ten year renewal of the Potomac fisheries act and approval of the urgent deficiency bill. The Dockery commission reform bill was discussed as privileged matter before final consent, with committee actions on the District of Columbia appropriation and calls for federal district financial separation. The house adjourned at 4:50 pm after a busy day.
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Washington
House
Senate
Potomac River
Civil Service
Sayer
Richardson
Dockery Commission
Reed
Mr. Reed
Carlisle
Commission
District of Columbia
Blanchard
DeArmond
Messrs
Morse
Wheeler
McRae
Crisp
Navy inquiry clears Carnegie armor contract payments
An inquiry found no knowledge of prior payments to informants by Carnegie armor suppliers, with $145,000 fines assessed. Twenty five percent went to the informants. the rest was withheld from payments due Carnegie. The investigation reflects credit on the navy department. EL W. B Mr. Cleveland
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Carnegie
Pittsburg
Committee On
Tava Affairs
Homestead
Tne
Carnegie Company
Navy Department
New Industries and Activity in the South in March
The Manufacturers Record notes a busy week with many proposed municipal improvements and real estate transfers in southern towns. Projects include waterworks and electric light plants, a Savannah Americus and Montgomery railroad extension, a Baltimore Washington electric railway venture, a 167 mile Arkansas telephone line, and various factories, mines, and depots in Virginia West Virginia Florida Texas Georgia South Carolina and Maryland.
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Menl Estate
Baltimore
Atlanta Consolidated Railway
New England
South
Richmond
Texas
Georgia
South Carolina
Savannah, Americus and Montgomery
Washington
Inrkansas
West Virginia
Virginia
Florida
Charges Against Cowart In Federal Court Suit
In Birmingham Alabama a petition filed in federal court seeks to bar W Lee Cowart from practicing law. The affidavit alleges he is a violator of law illicit distiller and aided an embezzler to escape. Judge Bruce granted the rule nisi and Cowart has ten days to answer.
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Chalmers
Birmingham
Ala
W. Lee Cowart
Department of Justice
C. C. Reid
Cowart
Winston County
Bruce
Stealing Supplies Belonging to Baltimore Firm In Rio Harbor
A barge carrying bacon flour and cylinder oil from Levering & Co. of Baltimore and Rio Janeiro was stolen on March 6 by insurgents near the Hamburg steamer Catania. With no German warship present Admiral Benham refused to intervene due to the German flag on the barge and the steamer. German authorities warned a warship may soon arrive. Insurgents have repeatedly stolen provisions and cotton from ships under British protection. British protests were rejected. The Isabel was fired upon by the insurgent Victoria but escaped with crew taken for service. Yellow fever deaths rise daily as Bahia reports Moraes’s quiet election victory.
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Rio de Janeiro
United Press
Levering & Co
Baltimore
Rio Janeiro
Catania
Rio
House of Levering & Co
Admiral Benham
Victoria
Isabel
Bahia
Moraes
Silver in the Senate as resignation and seigniorage bill debated
Senate hears Senator White of Louisiana resigning effective March 12 as vice president moves to the matter. A joint resolution to create a committee to adjust claims between United States and Tennessee over railroad equipment and land, and a number of pension and other bills are discussed. The silver seigniorage bill splits senators over coinage and treasury note redemption, with Sherman arguing it breaches public faith and risks vast money issuance. debate ends with adjournment after executive session.
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Jones
Arkansas
Senate
Bill
Washington
Cleveland
Carlisle
National Treasury
White
Louisiana
United States
Tennessee
Secretary of
Secretary of the Treasury
Morrill
Fort Jupiter Military Reservation
Floorida
Mr. Pasco
Mr. Call
Call
Delph
Hitchcock
Morris Island
Charleston
Sullivan's Island
Allison
Sherman
Harris
Congress
Nevada
Stewart
Bland
House of Representatives
Mr. Sherman
Treasury
Treasury Department
Manderson
Aldrich
Nebraska
Dolph
Lodge
Higgins
Faulkner
Vilas
Hoar
House
Joseph Donlan
Maryland
Stevenson
John Sherman
Lberty
Boundless te Lake. Boundless retired after Derby win lameness at track
Boundless te Lake, the four year old that won the American Derby at Chicago last year, pulled up lame in a right fore tendon during a workout at the Little Rock Jockey Club track. After a mile in 1 minute 48 seconds, the lameness was discovered and the horse was spared further running.
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Little Rock
Ark
Boundless
Chicago
Littl Rock Jockey Club
Daisy Price's Appointment
The president sent to the Senate the nominations for postmasters in several states. A. A. Gandy in Darlington South Carolina Frank H. Foote in Portsbenon Mississippi G. W Dugger in Greenesboro Georgia Sylvester B. Price in Macon Georgia
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Daisy” Price
Washington
March
Senate
South Carolina
A. A. Gandy
Darlington
Mississippi
Frank H. Foote
Portsbenon
Alahama
G. W Dugger
Greenesboro
Georgia
Sylvester B. Price
Macon
Two Pretty Women and a Notable Legal Battle
New York reports remind of Victoria Woodhull and Tenie Clafin as England reopens debates on past lives. Lady Martin and Lady Cook face libel and breach of promise actions tied to old relationships, while Maryland peaches and a Brooklyn church wine tale color a busy page.
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New York
England
Victoria C. Woodhull
Tennie C. Clafin
Wall Street
Sir Francis
Cook Mansion
Lady Cook
Maryland
America
Easton
Robins
Philadelphia
Talbot County
Gouldsborough
Holliday
Thomas Robins
Persia
Arcadia
Peach Blossom Estate
Brooklyn
Darlington
Christ Church, Brooklyn
Christ Episcopal Church
Bomb Explodes Outside Italian Chamber of Deputies
A powerful bomb exploded in front of Rome’s Chamber of Deputies tonight. Eight people are seriously wounded, several more injured by glass and debris. Police, troops, and guards tightened security as investigators name a suspect and plan further tests.
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Itateuian
Chamber of Deputies
Rome
Bom
Plaze di Citorio
Diritto
Polidori
Spanish Cabinet Resigns After Prolonged Tax Debate
Madrid March 8 the cabinet resigned after seven hours of talks on fiscal policy and taxation resistance in the provinces. Queen Regent Christiana ordered Premier Sagasta to reconstruct the ministry, as ministers Sevasta Moret de Von Domingues Pas Quin Gamaso Pulgeceri Maura quit.
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Madrid
Morocco
Christiana
Sagesta
Sevasta
Moret
Ap de von
Justice
Domingues
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Wilson
Ways and Means Committee
van Voorhis
Ohio
Thomas B. Reed
Tom Reed
EL W. B
Mr. Cleveland
Record OF the South
Boundless Te Lake
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Edison
Sandow
Menlo Park
Thomas Edison
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Troy
Robert Ross
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