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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1897
Page
11
A speaker denounces a powerful Pennsylvania faction accusing it of using patronage to control the legislature and influence federal affairs. He condemns meddling with the tariff immigration and monetary policies while urging strong national unity and sound economic safeguards.
A garbled patch of notices covers an assassination rumor tying a rancher Gilmore to a domestic dispute, a Boston street railway dispute plan rejected by President Little, Caledonia mine deal with English syndicate interest, Nebraska teachers and traveling libraries, and local business changes including Pry Goods Merchants failing.
A gigantic 80 foot horn, carried by Decatur laborers with carpenters and tinsmiths, reached Canton after a long march from November 16. They hoped Decatur citizens would raise 1000 dollars if Canton matched it, but expenses mounted as they traveled. The horn drew crowds, with bands and drum corps greeting them. they gave the horn to President-elect McKinley at the McKinley home. General Anson McCook and other figures called, showing social, not political, interest in the procession.
A Birmingham mineral passenger wreck adds two more charred bodies to the toll, likely S. W. Tibbs and wife of Alger, bringing dead to 24. A Pratt City man searches for his 15-year-old son. total dead could reach 26. Funeral cortege and suspended business mark Brocton.
Ex-Chronicle Editor Harry Foraker dies of consumption. Austin Corbin founded an Arkansas colony near Helena. Inspector Renick found 390 Italian men and families aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II with seeds tools and seedlings, bound for Arkansas. authorities directed their landing at Ellis Island.
The steamer Dauntless, granted permission to clear for a Cuban port with munitions, is not in port. Officers say it may be on a wrecking trip and not return soon. The vessel may clear with arms in the morning, with Spanish consul needed to sign clearance papers. Cargoes are to be shipped to Salvador Cisneros and Neuvitas in Cuba.
London reports Spain may accept United States mediation after Weyler clears Pinar del Rio. European powers largely neutral. Olney assured of approval. Paris and London dispatches note Hungary study, stock exchange irritations, rains in India, and Russian budget omen. American prisoners visited at Cabanas. forged draft arrest in Seville noted.
The Republican caucus committee agreed to a brief bill authorizing the president to appoint delegates to an international conference on bi metallism, aiming for action after Congress reopens. Senator Wolcott reported McKinley’s strong interest and a desire to act promptly. A spring conference and tariff timing were cited, with most committee members present.
The meeting of window glass manufacturers and jobbers concluded with formal ratification of the rebate agreement and an announced price increase. A lumbermen’s delegation from Cincinnati's convention has reached Washington to seek action from the Ways and Means Committee.
Washington debates a dual sugar policy with import duties and export bounty against bounty nations. Oxnard and Merrick press for protection of beet sugar, urging a fixed duty scale and a four year bounty phaseout to boost home production. Allen of Ames links beet sugar to Western farmers amid low wheat and corn prices.
The Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Port Arthur Route opens a new agricultural country in western Missouri and eastern Arkansas. Mild climate, fertile soil, and cheap lands attract homeseekers, manufacturers, and speculators with special rail fare tickets on select November and December dates. Mena, Ark is highlighted as a growing city example near the line.
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