Hepburn Norton dispute stalls Congress session in 1890s report
A fragmentary Congress diary notes a personal Hepburn Norton clash dominating a day with no public business. The session opened with prayers recalling McKinley’s death as Fleming sided with Hepburn and Gorman reshuffled Democratic committees. A Durham public building bill and a savings bank proposal were discussed, with immigration bill timing set for January 17.
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House
Hepburn
Norton
Couden
Congressman Fleming
Georgia
Fleming
Gorman
Milburn
Senate
McKinley
Durham
N. C
Bloodshed Feared as Twiggs Feud Flares in Georgia
Dispatches from Jeffersonville report renewed hostility in the Califf Griffin feud in Twiggs County Georgia. The fatal fight follows years of tension with Griffins and Califfs preparing for potential clashes as the case against Giltman Carroll remains unsettled and Califf Sr seeks arrest warrants. Carroll is missing, expected to appear at the April Twiggs superior court if indicted.
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Twiggs County
Jeffersonville
Califf
Griffin
Clarence Jones
Pettis
R. L. Califf
Short Griffin
W. H. Califf, Sr
Giltman Carroll
Carroll
Twiggs Superior Court
President McKinley Nominates For Supreme Court and Federal Posts
President McKinley sent nominations to the Senate for Joseph McKenna of California as associate justice of the Supreme Court and Charles H. Dawes of Illinois as comptroller of the currency. John W. Nesbitt of Pennsylvania would be pension agent at Pittsburgh and several reappointments were included for the Court of Private Land Claims and US attorneys and marshals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph McKenna
Supreme Court
McKinley
Senate
California
Supreme Court of the United States
Treasury
Charles 8. Dawes
Illinois
John W. Nesbitt
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Court of Private Land Claims
Jos
North Carolina
H. C. Sluss
Kansas
W. F. Stone
Colorado
Lewis Miles
United States
Iowa
Robert Dozier
Populists Caucus Adopts Resolutions in Washington
A Populist caucus of House members met at the National Hotel in Washington on Thursday night. They unanimously adopted resolutions opposing civil service changes to favor partisans, defending greenbacks, opposing bank note expansion, and supporting early action on recognizing Cuban independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
National Hotel
Washington
Treasury
Uncle Sam Receives 8.85 Million on Union Pacific Purchase
The United States paid 8.5 million dollars for the Union Pacific railroad by the reorganization committee. The payment was made Thursday in New York via a check deposited in the U S sub treasury.
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Uncle Sam
Union Pacific Purchase
United States
Union Pacific Railroad
Reorganization Committee
New York
United States Sub-Treasury
Wage Reductions Announced by Fall River Mills
Notices posted in Fall River Mills indicate a general wage cut starting January 3, 1898. A manufacturers' committee recommends an 11 1 9 percent reduction across all departments and equal salary cuts for administrative officers.
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Fall River Mills
Fall River
Mass
Manufacturers’ Committee
Twenty-Two Sailors Missing From Steamer Cleveland Wreck
A San Francisco dispatch reports the steamer Cleveland wrecked off Vancouver Island near Cape Beale. Twenty two sailors launched in boats remain missing while captain and crew survived to shore. The ship and cargo were valued at 75 000 dollars with scant insurance. Built 1865, once the Sirius Atlantic liner.
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San Francisco
Cleveland
Seattle
Hall
Charles Nelson
Vancouver Island
Barclay Sound
Cape Beale
W. L. Deittrick
Frank Gerthan
Halifax
Queenstown
Sirius
Murder of famed actor William Terriss at Adelphi Theatre
In London on Thursday night actor William Terriss was stabbed at the Adelphi stage door as he stepped from a cab. He died fifteen minutes later at Charing Cross hospital. The suspect, named Archer, appeared foreign, wore a cloak, and was seized by bystanders before police took him to Bow Street. Terriss’s real name was William Lewin.
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London
William Terriss
Adelphi
Terriss
Charing Cross Hospital
Bow Street
Archer
William Lewin
Women plan memorial building for national university
A secret Washington meeting of prominent American women discussed raising 250000 dollars for a George Washington memorial building housing university offices. They proposed February 23 as a national giving day with public school children contributing one cent each. attendees included Mrs. I. S. Boyd of Georgia Mrs. Hope S. Campbell of North Carolina Mrs. M. K. McNeill of South Carolina and Mrs. Alice B. Castleman of Louisville Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National University
I. 8. Boyd
Georgia
Hope
Campbell
North Carolina
M. K. McNeill
South Carolina
Alice B. Castleman
Louisville
Must Pay Indians Railroad Ties Seized for Royalty
Indian police seize half a million railroad ties along 115 miles of the Missouri Kansas and Texas line to enforce a royalty claim of more than 60000 dollars for timber used. Similar seizures expected on the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf road to collect royalties on timber.
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Missouri, Kansas and Texas
South Canadian
Red Rivers
Oklahoma and
Gulf Road
Treaty Ratified as King George Approves Greco Turkish Peace
A Athens dispatch reports King George has ratified the peace treaty between Turkey and Greece and a special steamer will carry the news to Constantinople. A later message notes the sultan has also ratified the agreement.
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George
Turkey
Greece
Athens
King George
Constantinoe
Old Whisky Unearthed 165 Barrels Buried Forty Years Ago
River men digging in the sand near Parkville Missouri uncovered 165 barrels of whisky from the Arabia’s cargo after sinking on the Missouri river over forty years ago. They notified federal authorities and sought to remove the find.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
Parkville
Sand Bay
United States Revenue
Sanguilly Accuses The Insurgents Of Treachery In Cuba
A Havana semi official dispatch reports General Sanguilly offering his services to General Blanco. Cuban rumors say some commissioners sent by General Pando were hanged or defected. Juan Delgado allegedly executed two peace commissioners.
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Havana
Key West
Fla
Sanguilly
Blanco
Cuba
Cienfuegos
Sagua
McKinley
United States
New York
Tomas Estrada Palma
Spain
Juan Delgado
Eckels Critiques McKinley Currency Recommendations in St Louis
Comptroller James H. Eckels said McKinley’s currency suggestions are good but not far enough. Speaking to the Commercial Club in St. Louis he argued for further actions touching the nation’s business life, inclining toward retiring the 346 million in greenbacks and 12 million in Sherman notes as a debt with payment.
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Eckels
James H. Eckels
St. Louis
Commercial Club
McKinley
Congress
Labor Federation Meeting Opens Seventeenth AFL Session
Delegates from many states gather in Nashville for the seventeenth annual AFL session with over 100 delegates and as many visitors. Gompers delivers the annual address. Morrison reports receipts up by 2852 and 4280 new members enrolled as funds expand the organization.
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Nashville
American Federation of Labor
Tenn
Gompers
Morrison
Mob lynching of two Babin murder suspects in Louisiana
New Orleans dispatch reports two African American men arrested for the Babin storekeeper murder at St. Gabriel La were lynched Monday night. Sheriff Brown moved them to a Texas Pacific train for safety but locals halted the train six miles from Plaquemine, forced the conductor and deputy to surrender, and hanged the suspects in the woods.
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Babin
New Orleans
St. Gabriel
Brown
Texas Pacific
Placquemine
Resolutions from the Interstate Cotton Growers Meeting
Cotton growers at Atlanta on December 14 1897 adopt a plan to organize from individual growers to interstate bodies, endorse the American Cotton Growers Protective Association, and urge anti option and Stokes bills. They support Hector D Lane for re election, urge state vice presidents, and call for better handling of cotton and a new information bureau.
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Interstate Cotton Growers’ Convention
Atlanta
Hector D. Lane
Memphis
Congress
American Cotton Growers’ Protective Association
National Association
United States
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
South
West
Senate
First Cuban tobacco shipment arrives in New York
The Ward line steamer Orizaba arrived from Havana with 391 bales of tobacco, the first import from the port in many months. Observers view the shipment, along with Spain’s relaxed Cuban policies, as a hopeful sign for trade and smokers.
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Ward Line
Orizaba
New York
Havana
Cuba
New York Barber Suspected in Murder of Four Wives
The body of Jennie Suhmer, fourth wife of Charles Zanoli, exhumed at Astoria cemetery for poisons test. Authorities believe Zanoli murdered wives to cash $5,000 life insurance. If proven, he would rank with Dr. Holmes.
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New York
Jennie Suhmer
Charles Zanoli
Astoria
L. L
Zanoli
Dr. Holmes
Cotton Growers Act meets in Atlanta outlines southern association
Delegates from six southern states gather at the Kimball house in Atlanta to form a Southern Cotton Growers Association. They back reduced acreage to raise prices, endorse the American Cotton Growers Protective Association, and aim to keep profits with producers while steering clear of politics. The event features leaders from Georgia South Carolina Texas and Alabama with addresses by Hector D. Lane.
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Atlanta
Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
South
American Cotton Growers’ Protective Association
Memphis
Kimball House
J. ©. Willborn
Cotton Growers’ Association of
South Carolina
Farmers’ Alliance
E. Watson
Texas
Richard Cheatham
the Cotton Planters’ Journal
J. Williams Stokes
R. T. Nesbitt
Fculture
Georgia
I. 8. Culver
Alabama
W. J. Northen
R. J. Redding
State Experiment Station
Hunnicutt
The
State University
J. B. Steppe
Hector D. Lane
American National Cotton Growers’ Protective Association
M. T. Leach
Raleigh
N. C
Committee On
Willborn
American Cotton Growers’ Association
Guarding Durrant's Pastor
The Emanuel Baptist church and police say Rev. J George Gibson Durrant's former pastor faces danger. Authorities guard him constantly and will assign an officer to attend every Emanuel church service. Suspicion has pursued him since the church murder, though he avoids involvement as Durrant's spiritual adviser.
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The
San Francisco Examiner
Emanuel Baptist Church
J. George Gibson
Durrant
Gibson
Emanuel Church
Luetgert’s Second Trial Opens in Chicago
Adolph Luetgert, renowned sausage maker, begins a second trial in Chicago before Judge Gary after two weeks to select a jury. The crowded courtroom is packed with spectators eager to watch the proceedings and glimpse the accused, amid lurid rumors of cooking his wife in a caustic pot.
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Adolph L. Luetgert
Chicago
Gary
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Wilson
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Fairbanks
Custom Service
Customs and Immigration Cerg
Populists Caucus
Labor Federation Meeting
Mob
Louisiana
Holmes
the Cotton Growers Act
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