Senate Moves Toward Silver Compromise Amid Cabinet Strife
Washington October 2 Special The Senate remains deadlocked with talks centered on a compromise to the silver question. Leaders expect debate this week and a possible repeal hold, while Senator Gorman pursues a timing plan. Cabinet tensions flare as Van Alen nomination fuels friction between President Cleveland and Mr Whitney.
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Washington
Senate
Cleveland
van Alen
Italy
Mr. Cleveland
Dan Lamont
Ble
Whitney
Democratic Party
Kent Rubbile
Sugar Trust
Mr. Henderson
Iowa
House
Talay
Ways and Means
Major Black
Augusta
Ben Russell
Senate Debates Silver Purchase Repeal Amid Slow Attendance
Washington October 2 The senate faced a quorum issue as efforts to repeal the Sherman era silver purchase faced opposition. Senators Kyle and McMillan argued for and against repeal while Teller Dolph and others debated free coinage and monetary policy. The census bill advanced in the house, with the senate adjourning at 5:30.
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Washington
Wolcott
Senate
Kyle
Pettigrew
Friends of Repeal
United States
McMillan
Michigan
Congress
Teller
Dolph
Messrs
Stewart
Minneapolia
Election Repeal Bill Sparks Sharp Debate in House
Washington reports the House, thinly attended, resumes debate on the federal election repeal bill. Speakers including Mr. Dinamore of Arkansas and Mr. Denson of Alabama condemn federal election laws as improper and aim to repeal them. The session features constitutional arguments and cross‑fire between lawmakers on race, reconstruction, and states’ rights.
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Washington
House
Dinamore
Arkansas
Democratic Party
Denson
Alabama
General Henderson
Ilinois
Ray
New York
Blair
New Hampshire
Fever Persists As Yellow Fever Spreads in Georgia
Brunswick Ga October 2 Twelve new yellow fever cases reported including whites and colors in Brunswick and on Jekyl and St Simons islands. Four cases on Jekyl Island all white Talkerson family. Recapitulation shows 74 in treatment 36 discharged 10 dead total 122. Surgeons Murray Faget and staff rush to Jesup Gardi Wareboro and Fancy Bluff to trace infections and control panic while refugees caution against returning home untreated. Two deaths noted Rosa Nisi and infant of Blount Bowen.
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Brunswick
Blount Bowen
Wardland
Mary Lee Brock
Tim Hennepin
J. A. Hill
Mansfeld Street
Minerva Jackson
Mary Ferguson
Eva Green
Alice Munroe
Emma Reed
St. Simons Island
Orisla Dart
Eugene Dart
Jekyl Island
Talkerson
Murray
Jesup
Faget
Fancy Bluff
South Brunswick
Gardi
Waresboro
Brunswick and Western
Ite
Sergeon Murray
St. Simon’s Island
St. Simon's Island
Miss Dart
Brunawick
Branham
Doorflinger
Wareeboro
Murray and Faget
Davia
Hazelhurst & Dunwoody
Butts
Robert Burford
West
Blair
Emil Fabian
Patterson, Downing & Co
New York
Etelegraph
Charles W. Floyd
Brunswick and Western Rilroad
Montgomery
Churchill
Brunswick Terminal Company
Murthy
Berrie
Charles Gardner
Macon
Wyman
Secretary of the Treasury
Good- Year
Goodyear
Ale
Colonel Goodyear
Rosa Nisi
Red Cross Takes Charge of Relief Effort
Miss Clara Barton’s message from Beaufort South Carolina announces the Red Cross has accepted and assumed control of relief for 30,000 sufferers. It covers housing feeding clothing and nursing for eight months with no government aid, funded solely by American charity.
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Clara Barton
Washington
Dliss Clara Horton
American Natioral Red Cross
Beaufort
South Carolina
5. C
Five Cases At Jesup The Town In Panmy
Savannah dispatch reports Jesup officials tightening quarantine around the Warren residence amid five suspicious cases of illness. Mayor Steele ordered guards and extra inspectors, with conditions described as panicky yet notes of convalescence among patients. Warren’s recent travels to Brunswick and Darien are cited to explain infection timing.
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Savannah
Jesup
Steele
Warren
Brunswick
Steevie
Futten
Wyman
Washington
Murray
Lous
Tutten
Florida
Western
East Tennessee
Virginia
Darien
Rebels Bombardment and Iowa Bolts Democratic Ticket
The Rio Janeiro insurgent fleet under Admiral Mellos suffers morale losses as land forts shell rebel ships and land forces remain loyal amid famine prices in Rio. In Des Moines, Senator Bolton defects from the Democrats, announcing support for Joseph for governor, signaling a major Iowa campaign upset.
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London
United Press
Rio Janeiro
Admirl Mellos
Bay of
Santos
Santa Catharina
Mellos
Ance
Des Moines
Iowa
L. R. Bolton
Harrison County
Scott
Mobile Deluged in Mobile Alabama Storm
A southeast gale hit Mobile at 4 AM with speeds reaching 50 mph and stronger winds later. The city flooded four blocks from the river with wholesale and retail districts under water, numerous warehouses wrecked, trains and steamboats lost, telegraph lines down, and streets navigated by boats as crews rescued others. One man drowned near Union depot and three dredges were lost. widespread unroofing and damage left the city in darkness with no electric lights.
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Ala
Gulf
Hoya] Street
Herrine
Mobile and Ohio
Crescent City
Point Clear
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Biloxi
Courthouse
Christchurch
Sanur
Union Depot
Government Street
Cresent City
Arlington
Monroe Park
Frank Lumaden
R. A. Lewis
Morgan’s
Graham
Magnolia & Coolly
Western Union
Cleveland Brothers
Storm Wrecks Sugar Plantations Across Lower Louisiana
A late night storm in New Orleans causes extensive damage from blowing tiles to blown roofs. Patrolman Ulrick Beuer killed by falling bricks at Tchoupitoulas Street. Ex Governor Warmouth’s Magnolia plantation uninhabitable with roof blown off and buildings wrecked. Sugar houses damaged, orange crops ruined, steeples toppled, numerous plantations affected. Reports of casualties include four dead and injuries in Point La Hache area.
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Lower Louisiansa
New Orleans
Ulrick Beuer
Tchoupitoulas Street
Warmouth
Magnolia Plantation
Point la Hache
Storm devastates sugar cane belts in Louisiana
The report notes widespread cane destruction across settlements near Mag Magnolia plantation with sugar crops ruined though recovery possible. Governor Yarmouth calls the storm the worst in Louisiana since 1811, far surpassing the violence of the 1888 hurricane.
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Magnolia Plantation
Yarmouth
Louisiana
Freight Train Wreck Kills Three Tramps and Injures Five
In Cincinnati three tramps from Columbus died after a freight train plunged a thirty foot embankment. Names listed include Joe Jordan James Murphy and Joseph Blanch. Among the injured Frank Broilermann R M Hughes and William Hobusch. Cause blamed on switch engine crew.
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Columbus
William Hocarch
Joe Jordan
James Murphy
Joseph Blanch
Frank Broilermann
Vanwert
R. M. Hughes
Edgemont
William Hobusch
Gibson
Big Four
Springfield
Frieco Road
Lyman
Staric
Maxey Hall
Robinson
Memphis Strike Ties Up Yard Hands Across Roads
Switchmen and laborers in Memphis rail yards strike, with crews on Chesapeake Ohio and Southwestern and other lines refusing to handle their cars. Police guard yards as talks continue. federation urges boycott, raising fears of cotton movement disruption.
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Tenn
Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern
Louisville
New Orleans
Texas
Southwestern
Chattanooga
Nashville
Illinois Central
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Chesapeake
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Newport News and Mississippi Valley Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio
Farnam Street Theater in Omaha Burns. Several Injured
A late afternoon fire destroyed the Farnam street theater at Fifteenth and Farnam in Omaha. Six people injured by falling nails, including five firemen, with one missing. Fire damage estimated at 252000. several captain and ladder crew members severely hurt.
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Walle
Omaha
Neb
Farnam Street
Fifteenth
Farnam Streets
Peravna
J. M. Gaynor
J. H. Scott
Ed Simpeon
John McBride
Fapeman Kleeser
Mahcon
al Jermae
M*bride
Kiessner
Woman Kills Police Officer's Wife in Broad Daylight
A tall, dark woman dressed in mourning shot and killed Mrs. Carry Pearsall, wife of Patrolman Jon W. Pearsall, at 515 East Eighty sixth Street in New York. The suspect, Mrs. Catherine Fitzgerald, surrendered at the 86th Street station after the murder. She is described as 43, wife of Joh J. Fitzgerald, an examiner, with details of motive unclear and police withholding comment.
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New York
East Eighty-sixth Street
Izth Street
No 515
Carry Pearsall
Yie
Catharine Fitzgerald
Eighth Avenue
Jon W. Pearsall
East Eighty-eighth
Pearsall
Fitzgerald
One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
Brooks
Tragedies Shock Washington in Four Crimes
Four tragic incidents shook Washington last Sunday including a murder, two probable murders, and a fatal shooting. Among the victims were Joe Shoemaker a farmer shot after a confrontation with a Black man named Matthews near Tennallytown. Elwood Reid was killed by a pistol shot during an attempted arrest. James Owen remains in critical condition after a stabbing incident attributed to a Black assailant. In Birmingham Alabama Mitchell Wooten has been found guilty of the McSwean murder and sentenced to hang on November 24.
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Washington
Joe Shoemaker
Matthews
Tennallytown
James Owen
Capitel Street
Rebaa
Eee
Birmingham
Mitchell Wooten
Haga
McSwean
Ozark
Ted
Governor Turney Blocks Franklin County Farm Land Bid
Nashville October 2 Special Governor Turney disapproved the contract made by the penitentiary building committee for the purchase of 16 farming acres in Franklin County. Mr Harrison cannot attend his.
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Tenn
Geernoer Turney
Cortra Meade
Ox Building
Franklin County
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