Sugar Tariff Bill Sparks Senate Clash and Anarchist Fears
Washington May 8 Special reports a hostile verdict on a Senate Finance Committee tariff bill seen as a compromise allowing every senator to win a preferred schedule. Critics say sugar trust influence dominates, while the House will resist. The piece notes gold reserve dips, bond issuances, and pressure on Cleveland. It also covers Coxey’s army swelling with anarchists, and Colonel Charles L Moses urging primaries to curb packed conventions.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Conference Committee
Treasury
New York
Cleveland
Congress
Coxey
Charles Ix. Moses
Georgia
Moses
Moses Baid
Democratic Party
Unen
New Senators Confirmed Amid Tariff Debate in Senate
Washington May 8 The Senate read credentials for John F Gear Iowa to succeed Senator Wilson and heard heated exchanges as discussions on the tariff bill continued. Hoar charged that many who vote for the measure would violate oaths, Gray protested, and Quay spoke at length before executive business. In the House, naval appropriations and a site for a government printing office dominated the day with debates over funding, readings, and procedural moves.
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Washington
John F. Géar
Iowa
Wilson
Hoar
Harris
Finance Committee
Gray
Mr. Hoar
Senate
Mr. Gray
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Quay
John Patton, Jr
Michigan
Stockbridge
HOUSE
Governme
Kilgore
Texas
Bryan
Bankhead
Navy Department
Reed
Cummings
Lcvr
Secretary of the Navy
Rose
Paxylor
Breckinridge Campaign Ends As Supporters Farewell
Lexington district Democrats plan to request Breckinridge withdraw from the race in his name. Breckinridge closes his campaign with supporters gathering at the Ashland district station to bid him farewell before his departure for Washington.
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Lexington
Breckinridge
Ashland
Washington
House'at Representatives
South Carolina Prohibition Supreme Court Ruling Declares Absolute Ban
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that absolute prohibition is in effect after a dispensary era, nullifying liquor licenses and upholding that selling spirits without a license remains illegal. The decision orders injunctions against Florence city licenses and denies discharge for a habeas petitioner, with Governor Tillman offering moral support but lacking enforcement machinery.
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Collumbia
D. C
South Carolina
Supreme Court
J. L. Barvinger
City Council of
Florence
J. Ellis Brunson
Sald
A. Ellis Brunson
Henry McIver
G. McGowan
A. J
Y. J. ‘Pope
Tillman
Spurr
Nashville
Tenn
Jefand
Bommercial National- Pan Aneven
Coxey Conviction Shakes Commonweal Camp and Trial
Three leaders of the Coxey Good Road Association Coxey Browne and Jones were convicted of displaying a banner on capitol grounds and face fines up to 200 dollars and up to 120 days in jail. A health inquiry found the commonweal camp unsanitary and urged immediate evacuation to prevent disease.
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Washington
May
Jacob Blecher Coxey
Carl Browne
Christopher Columbus Jones
Capitol
Coxey Good Readg Association
Jones
Philadelphia
Hyman
Miller
Coxey
Attorney Lipscomb
Ar‘rest
Frank Hume
Congress
Virginia
Potomac River
Brother Corey
Browne
Coxey and Browne
District Courte
North Carolina Naval Reserve Demonstration Planned
May 8 Raleigh NC special. Naval reserve will demonstrate handling a warship without aid July 1 to 4, including Nantucket monitor, engines, and guns. A Morehead City fire destroyed seven buildings worth 12000 with 6000 insured. Hezekiah Cool jailed on false stamp returns charges. NC agricultural merit at world fair placed sixth. Grand Lodge Odd Fellows meets Goldsboro with about 7000 members. Knights Templar and Mason committees convene in Charlotte this evening.
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Moréhead City
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Nantucket
Morehead City
Hezekiah Cool
Oberlin
Here
Commissioner of Agriculture
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of
Goldsboro
Grand Commandery of
Knights Templars
Charlotte
Domorrey
Governor O Ferrall names delegates to Augusta congress
Richmond Va May 8 Governor O Ferrall tonight appointed delegates from each congressional district to the Augusta Ga congress on Saturday to devise means for southern development. The appointees include W Seymour White Fredericksburg Walter Sharp Norfolk Henry W Wood Richmond James M Mullen Petersburg James L Tredway Chatham James S Simmons Roanoke A Moore Berryville R Walter Moore Fairfax Courthouse R J Irvine Big Stone Gap Samuel F Pilson Staunton Regular regional figures named for the southern development talks.
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Mor Gferrall
Congress
Richmond
O'Ferrall
Augusta
W. Seymour White
Fredericksburg
Walter Sharp
Norfolk
Henry W. Wood
James M. Mullen
Petersburg
Major Gibbs Postponed Trial in Embezzlement Case
In Jackson, Mississippi, Special: Dr J F Hunter testified Major W H Gibbs suffers inflammatory rheumatism and cannot appear for trial. The judge set Tuesday as the trial date contingent on Gibbs’s condition. The State Pharmaceutical Association gathered with leading druggists from across the state attending the event.
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Jackson
Miss
United States
J. F. Hunter
W. H. Gibbe
Gibbs
State ‘Pharmaceutical Association
Staal
Burglary foiled by two cadet shooters at Riverview
Two Atlanta cadets Hugh Bullock and Harold B. Lewis from Riverview Military academy wake to a prowler. They fire, the intruder escapes but is later found wounded. The suspect, a former sailor Charles E. Davidson, says he was hungry while fifty watches and other jewelry were recovered from him.
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Charleston
8. C
Lfe
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Atlanta
Hugh Bullock
Bullock
Georgia
Harold B. Lewis
John R. Lewis
Harrison
Riverview Military Academy
Lewis
United States Steamer Campaigner
Charles E. Davidson
Academy
Reansas
Car Inspectors meeting in Chattanooga faces reform
The Car Inspectors Association of North America, meeting in Chattanooga on May 8, debated a constitutional overhaul to align with other railroad bodies. President Ernst of New Orleans proposed changes, while the joint secretary-treasurer role may change hands. Delegates voiced strong disapproval of Chicago secretary Behlebohn, likely blocking his reelection.
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Ernst Springs
Chattanooga
Tenn
Behlebohn
Chicago
Rail line planned from Carryville to Cumberland Gap
May 8 Knoxville dispatch reports work to begin this week on a railroad from Carryville Station on the Knoxville and Ohio railroad, 38 miles from Knoxville, to join the Louisville and Nashville at Cumberland Gap. The Fairmont Valley is named as owner and constructor, with preliminary work done by Louisville and Nashville attorneys. The scheme may extend to Kingston, Cleveland, and Spring Hill, Ga., to link with the L & N, passing through East Tennessee coal fields with about 400000 dollars voted by involved counties. In Louisville, Drexel, Morgan & Co. bought Louisville Southern bonds opposing the Richmond Terminal plan, purchasing 175,000 bonds for 916, netting a substantial premium and linking the Vanderbilts to a through Atlantic seaboard to Missouri route.
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Knoxville and Ohio
Knoxville
Tenn
Carryville
Knoxville and Ohio Railroad
Louisville and Nashville
Cumberland Gap
Fairmont Valley
Louisville and
Nashville
Kingston
Cleveland
Spring Hill
Louisville
Tennessee
Louisville Southern
Hichmond
Drexel, Morgan & Co
New York
Sohn W. & D. S&s. Green
Richmond
Louisville ‘Southern
Richmond Terminal
Vanderbilts
Atelantic Seaboard
Missouri Tives
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MR. Moses
Allen Fort
Railroad Commission
Sam Dunlap
A. L. Miller
Macon
James J. Gilbert
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M. M. Bowden
Flat Rock
Muscogee County
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C. H. J. Taylor
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District of Columbia
Martin
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Proctor
Saloonists
Hammett
Corey
Kelly
Des Moines
Industrial Army
Gea Moines
Obugs
Tonther
Chainman Lowery
Citizens’ Committee
Galvin
McKeesport
Thomas Galvin
James Hyans
Second National Bank
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Ohio
Pueblo
Col
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Rio Grande
Missouri Pacific
Olney
Boone
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Gove
Valnables
Little Rock, Ark
Snectal
Press Association of the
State of Arkansas
Colonel Avery
South
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