When Will I End The Struggle in the Senate Over Silver Repeal
Washington October 1 Special a muddle in the silver repeal fight as President Cleveland opposes any compromise favoring unconditional repeal. Gorman faces strain with Cleveland while Voorhees may push a vote next week. Cooper of Texas proposes a statewide vote in November and Wolcott seeks repayment of the 1862 cotton tax, promising political impact. Georgians in Washington, Colonel Walter McArthur and Perry DeLeon, are noted locals.
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Washington
Senate
Carlisle
Cleveland
Gorman
Maryland
Mr. Voorhees
Congress
Cooper
Texas
Wolcott
Colorado
Georgia
Walter McArthur
Thumber City
Perry DeLeon
Savannah
Congressional Week Opens with Slow Finance Debate Progress
Washington October 1 Congress nears the ninth week of its session with little sign of a quick settlement on the great financial question. Debate in the Senate remains tame though renewed talk of compromise hints at possible near end. House activity centers on continued election bill discussion while leaders seek time for additional speeches and possible action on calendar items.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Messrs
Teller
George
Morgan
Call
Florida
House
Messia
Burrows
Henderson
Iowa
Dolliver
Fitch
Fellows
Hichandsou
Debates and hearings outline congressional actions
A brief rundown notes the printing bill postponed until after the election debate ends. Committees plan sessions in committee rooms including banking and currency, maritime rehabilitation hearings, and elections contest Whatley versus Cobb. The foreign affairs panel will review the McCreary substitute to amend the Geary Chinese exclusion act. Captain Codman is listed to appear. No report to the house before the election bill debate ends.
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Committee On Banking and Currency
Davis
Kansas
Merchant Marine
Codman
Committee On Elections
Whatley
Cobb
Alabama
Committee On Foreign Affairs
McCreary
House
Supreme Court Docket Brims With Notable Appeals This Term
Washington October 1 The October term will open with a docket showing the advantages of the new court of appeals The court faces 1025 cases awaiting action from last term five cases under consideration include Harbor line case elevator case United States versus Rodgers and others The term will hear appeals by Ah Sing and four Chinese from California Geary Chinese case the Mormon church case and Edmunds Tucker funds Other railroad cases involve Lennon Lake Shore engineer and rail freight rate issues from Indiana Texas Eleven murder trials from Fort Smith Ark and the mineral land case Barden versus Northern Pacific Montana open for decision
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United States Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Count of
United States
Court of Appeals
Thaghington Eireakt Court
Harbor Line
South Dakota
Constable
National Steamship Company
New York
Rodgers
Michigan
Ah Sing
United States Court For
Northern District of
California
Mormon Church
Lennon
Lake Shore
Ann Arbor
Ricks
Indiana
Texas
Fort Smith
Ark
Barden
Northern Pacifiic Railroad
Montana
Tillman Bates Leave for Bimetallic Convention
Gov Tillman and Treasurer Bates depart Charleston for St Louis to attend the bimetallic convention. Bates says he supports immediate repeal of the Sherman law purchasing clause and favors bimettalism while urging the Democratic party to act on its Chicago platform. He aims to advance southern business interests through a western alliance.
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Tillman
Bates
Columbia
8. C
St. Louis
Democratic Party
Chicago
Feeling Against Arthur Rises Among Railroad Workers
The Nashville American reports widespread discontent with P. M. Arthur head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. At Louisville and Nashville Railroad, workers claim Arthur and the trainmen chief mishandled recent conference results and refused to call out men on a wage cut. Accusations note unfair treatment in special incidents and suggest possible opposition at the next annual meeting.
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Sisville
Nashville
Tenn
Nashville American
Middle States
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
P. M. Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Arthur
Louisvile and Nashville
Tillman plans metropolitan police in major SC cities
Governor Tillman announces a plan to place metropolitan police in larger South Carolina cities under the pretext that local police oppose his reform efforts especially the dispensary law. He accuses some Charleston officials and trial justices of obstructing reform and vows to remove corrupt officials when found.
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Columbia
S. C
Tillman
South Carolina
Charleston
Memphis Railroad Men Strike Hits 3 Lines
Memphis Tennessee October 1 train hands on Chesapeake and Ohio Illinois Central and Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroads struck today affecting about a hundred workers. The action coincides with a ten percent wage cut and strikers vowed to guard company property. Dyersburg also faced a trainmen and switchmen strike suspending most traffic except mail. A separate storm report from San Antonio notes a Pacific coast typhoon causing extensive damage near Jaipan with hundreds of homes destroyed and many casualties.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Memphis, Tenn
Chesapeake and Ohio
Illinois Central and Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley Railroad
Dyersburg
Tenn
United States Mall
Yellow fever outbreak widens in Brunswick area
Twelve new yellow fever cases reported in Brunswick and Jesup as medical officers confirm autopsy results. The surge in infections includes Miss Laura Eastmeade and several Poore family members among ten whites and two blacks. Officials warn frost is the only hope for ending the scourge while authorities monitor Saint Simons and Brunsw ick quarantine zones.
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Brunswick
Laura Eastmeade
Rosa Nisi
P. P. Judge
J. E. Poore
F. V. Poore
Carrie Poore
J. F. McArney
Priest Brock
Fannie Brock
Burtis
Tom Oliver
Crane
William Crane
Frank
Isaac Lamar
William Lucree
Washington Williams
Jesup
Murray
C. J. Warren
Warren
Yellow Fever at Jesup Causes Quarantine
C J Warren died in Jeanp Ga from yellow fever after visiting Brunswick where quarantine was lifted. Doctors split on diagnosis with malaria ruled by most, autopsy by Dr Murray confirming yellow fever. Savannah imposed strict Jesup quarantine with trains rerouted and no stopping. Community panic and a large Catholic relief collection for Brunswick sufferers.
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Orilla Dart
St. Simon Island
Jesup
Brunswick
Fagen
Jeky! Island
Detention
W. H. Deveaur
Morning News
Steward Belding
Pittman
Bugler Newsome
Wilson
Jacksonville
H. B. Stuart Martin
Casey
Custom House
Deveaux
Brown
Murray
St. Simon's Island
Jeanp
J—C. ZX. Warren
Dr. Murray
Warren
Savannah
Sanitary Board
Savannah, Florida and Western Railroad
Frunewick
Young Birmingham thief Johnnie Brennan faces workhouse
An eleven year old boy in Woodlawn Birmingham is described as the youngest postoffice robber on record after breaking into the Woodlawn post office on October 1. He pried a window with a crowbar stolen from a yard, stole stamps cash and store goods, and was later seen buying items in local shops. He has a troubled upbringing and will be sentenced to Georgetown workhouse until he reaches adulthood.
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Woodlawn
Birmingham
Ala
Johnnie Brennan
United States
Elect
Georgetown
Bismarck
Hamberg Nachrichten
Nachrichten
Mayquel
Reichstag
National Zeitung
Germany
Baltic
Deutchland
Koenig Wilhelm
Caprivi
Ballestram
Freuihers von Huene
Silesia
Frankfort
Congress of
Social Democrats
Landau
Berlin
Clos Sesels
Willa
Shar
Karl Hoffann
United Press
Chicago
Bepenal
Vermunta
Henry Villard
Hoffmann
Duke of Varagua
Baron Oscar von Muench
Admani
Stuttgart
Count Herchberg
Royal Theater
Sophiad Schwert
Duke of Orleana
Castle Freddensburg
Copenhagen
France
Orleans
Emr
Denmark
Castle Sofirs
Killed by Coyotes and Drought Ravage Nueces County
A Texas dispatch reports severe drought in Nueces and Kenney counties with no rain for long periods. Cattle die in droves and hundreds of sheep are killed by coyotes. Buffalo gnats and horn flies swarm cedar brakes, feeding on cattle. Hogs thrive on carcasses. Four hundred sheep died on one ranch in ten days. Colonel James T. Alleyn dies in New Orleans at age 55. Baseball results from Chicago and Cincinnati.
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Texas
Nueces
San Antonio
Tex
Kenney County
Catte
Emperor William's hard work mars Sweden deer hunt
Berlin dispatches report Emperor William rests little while on a deer stalking trip in Sweden. He travels with King Oscar and Prince Charles, attends a funeral, and returns to Rominten to resume duties, with doctors warning of strain and lack of sleep.
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Berlin
United Press
William
Sweden
Tiothenburg
Hohenzollern
Kvarlskrona
Gothenburg
Herljunga
King Oscar
Prince Claries
King’s Lodge
Neurahwash
Dantzin
Rominton
Lucaus
L Lucaus
Bismarck
Fredrick
Willam Bismarck
Fredricsrhne
Siam Yields to France in Final Treaty Settlement
Bankok reports an unconditional Siamese surrender to France after accepting drafts for a new treaty. The French envoy gave 48 hours to decide, with signatures to be affixed next Tuesday before he departs for Saigon. In Hamburg, cholera cases rise with 119 from Sept 15 to today and 58 deaths, while city cases decline.
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France
Bankok
Siam
M. D’villiers
Saigon
Hamburg
Indictment of Tennessee State Troops Over Warder Case
Major Carpenter moved troops at Yar Nell station to Clinton county for murder indictments against sixteen soldiers linked to the Drummond lynching after Coal Creek conflict. Indictments based on eyewitness reports, with Clinton county court ready for arraignment and General N. D. Anderson to lead the defense. Clinton sheriff seeks transfer to civil authorities amid regional unrest and possible miner protests.
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Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
Carpenter
Yarnell
Coal Creek
Clinton County
Drummond
Clintum
Fyfe
East
Cal
Dougherty
Clinton District
Clinton
N. D. Anderson
Imap
Coir
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Juittle
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Faston
Ennis
Wayne County
Samuels
Hera
C.J. Warren
Alleyn
New Orleans
James T. Alleyn
Western Union Telegraph Company
Army of Tennessee Association of Confederate Veterans
Brooklin
Donnelly
Enever
Sharrutt
LeChance
Secord Gum
Brooklyn
Gritich
Anson
Daub
Dally
Cincinnati
Senena
Everand
Gad Durphy
Quppy
Zimmer
Emperor William
America
Satente
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Dr. Barth
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Hirchter
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