Passenger Train Schedule From Washington to New Orleans and Beyond
Condensed timetable lists vestibuled through service between New York and New Orleans via Washington Atlanta and Montgomery with through Pullman sleepers to Memphis. Fast Mail routes between New York and New Orleans include dining cars and sleeping cars. Through connections from Atlanta to Richmond noted with No. 82 and 11 12 Pullman service between Richmond Danville and Greensboro. Officials listed: W A Ture, H Hardwick, B Ryder, C Lorrs, D Candya.
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Washington
Southwestern
New York
New Orleans
Atlanta
Montgomery
Memphis
Birmingham
New Yobe
Fants
Jayaseh
Atlan
Exposition Abandoned by Southern States Exposition
The Southern States Cotton exposition planned in Chicago is canceled as several states failed to commit space or funding. Augusta based advisory board chair Patrick Walsh led the push, but lack of response from Virginia West Virginia Florida Arkansas Kentucky Texas and others prompted postponement despite promises from Georgia South Carolina Alabama Maryland and others to take 5 000 to 10 000 square feet each.
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Chicago
H. N. Higginbotham
Patrick Walsh
Augusta
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Maryland
Tennessee
North Carolina
Mississippi
Louisiana
Virginia
West Virginia
Florida
Arkansas
Kentucky
Texas
The
Southern States
Provisional Committee of
Parnick Wasu
Congressional actions mix with St Louis tornado relief
In the 54th Congress the house pursued conference reports on private bills and the Northern Pacific land indemnity issue while advancing the naval and civil bills. A St Louis relief resolution was adopted after debate on wartime and river and harbor vetoes, and a contested South Carolina seat remained unresolved amid filibustering. The senate defeated a beer tax amendment and passed relief measures, with debates on bond powers and Indian appropriations shaping weeklong continuations.
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Senate
House
St. Louis
Palmer
West
Harris
Dem
Tom
Cullom
Republican
Illinois
Finance Committee
Conference
Limot
Congress
Daniel
United States
Teffer
Peffer
Butler
North Carolina
William J. Mowle
Virginia
Witzhugh Lee
Havana
Cannon
Kentucky Delegates Stand For Free Silver in State Conventions
Kentucky counties adopted resolutions urging free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1 as standard money. They call for independent U S government action, disapprove Cleveland Carlisle policies, and commend Senator Joe Blackburn as Democratic nominee for re election to the U S Senate.
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Blackburn
Kentucky
United States
Cleveland
the Treasury
Carlisle
Joe Blackburn
Democratic Party
United States Senate
Judge Snodgrass Fined in Chattanooga Circuit Court
In Chattanooga circuit court Chief Justice Snodgrass of the state supreme court confessed to pistol carrying and was fined 50 dollars before being dismissed. Princz Axpert of Prussia is noted as the tallest man in the German army.
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Snodgrass
Circuit Court At
Chattanooga
State Supreme Court
Princz Axpert
Prussia
President Cleveland Vetoes Rivers and Harbors Bill
President Cleveland vetoed the rivers and harbors bill, returning it to Congress with a detailed message. He cites nearly 14 million in direct river and harbor appropriations plus 3 million more in related funds, totaling about 17 million, and contracts exceeding 62 million. He warns of future obligations nearing 80 million, and argues the measure favors private interests and localities, urging fiscal restraint and justice over gifts.
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Cleveland
Congress
House of Representatives
Larbore
River and Harbor Bill Reference Moves at Once
The text notes the bill would create obligations of the United States totaling 62 million dollars, binding as bonds. It records Grover Orivenant’s signature from the Executive Mansion dated May 29 1896 and states the house managers intend to move the vote message to the rivers and harbors committee immediately.
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United States
Grover Orivenant
Executive Mansion
Committee On Rivers and Harbors
National Prohibitionists Adopt Single Platform and Nominations
At the national prohibition convention in Pittsburg the party adopted a single plank platform declaring the suppression of alcohol a core goal and urging legal prohibition by state and national legislation. C. S. Bentley of Nebraska was named president and J. H. Southgate of North Carolina vice president after factional disputes and a withdrawn home of ex-Governor Hughes proposal.
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Pittsburg
Prohibition Party
Friends of Prohibition
Hughes
Arizona
Tyro Shaggal
Bolt
Haltilqdat
National Party
Prohibit
C. S. Bentley
Nebraska
J. H. Southgate
North Carolina
Death of Kate Field Honolulu May 19 1905
Kate Field, noted journalist and former stage actress born 1854 in St. Louis, died of pneumonia in Honolulu on May 19. She served as a special correspondent for the Chicago Times Herald from Mawalii and had written for the New York Tribune the Philadelphia Press and the Chicago Tribune.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Mawalii
Chicago
Kate Field
Honolulu
Thurston
Hawaii
United States
St. Louis
Joseph Field
Eliza Lapsley Riddle
Philadelphia
Kate
Boston
Italy
England
Europe
New York Tribune
Philadelphia Press
Chicago Tribune
Booth
New York
Johnstown Memorial Service for Flood Victims
Johnstown Pa marked the second memorial Sunday for the 3800 people who died in the 1889 flood. Thousands attended with bands, visiting cemeteries and laying flowers on graves at Grandview. Churches held sermons as the anniversary was observed nationwide.
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Johnstown
Grandview Cemetery
Brick Pomeroy Dies in Brooklyn at 87
Mark Brick Pomeroy a noted printer journalist and capitalist died at his Brooklyn home on Saturday morning born in Elmira New York on December 26 1838 He was 87 years old and widely known for his work in publishing and business.
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Pomeroy
Mark
Brick) Pomeroy
Brooklyn
N. Y
Elmira, N. Y
Washington Push to Adjourn as Congress Fails to Extend Session
Washington news notes efforts to keep congress in session past the conventions. The house river and harbor committee recommends passage of the river and harbor bill over the president’s veto, with Hooker to report the committee’s reasons. Senator Morgan introduces a bill criminalizing law violations by bank officers or stockholders to restrict currency. the measure is read twice and laid on the table. The president vetoes three private pension bills, objecting to descriptions and remarriage rules. A petition for Captain J H S Horsa’s pardon circulates in the house, gaining rapid signatures. A Cuban belligerency issue prompts continued pressure for favorable committee action, with diplomacy favored over resolutions.
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Congress
House
Hooker
Morgan
Senate
Enach
Amanda Woodcock
Jonathan Scott
Helen M. Jacob
Wiborg
Representative Woodman
Illinois
J. H.8
Horsa
United District Court of
Ehiene
Jawseae Poe
Page
Committee On Foreign Relations
Alberto Diaz
Lawrence
Sherman
Lodge
Gray
House of Congress
Tornado victims buried as funeral processions sweep city
A Sunday toll at Bellfontaine and Calvary cemeteries in St. Louis and East St. Louis shows 51 victims buried in St. Louis and 39 in East St. Louis amid rain and somber processions. A Columbia dispatch reports 125 barrels of XX whisky burned in wrecked freight cars on the Columbia Newberry and Laurens road, delaying dispensary supplies.
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St. Louis
Grand
Florissant Avenues
Bellfontaine
Calvary
East St. Louis
Columbia
8, O
Columbia, Newberry and
Laurens
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Piedmont Air Line
W. A. Ture
H. Hardwick
Ag’t
Washington, D. C
W. B. Ryder
Cman Lorrs
Nonrit Candya
Autheys
Ata
Blacksburg
King's Mt. Gastonia
Charlotte
Danville
Richmond
Lyn N.Y. Prr
Baltimore
Cates
Omen
Ced
Jens
Gastonia
Gnilueys
Spartanburg
Central
Atlanta EK
W. H. Green
J. M. Culp
Wasurxoton
Tam Mouse
Kem
Lavey
Town
Northern Pacific Railroad
Mahon
Pennsylvania
Mound City
Johnston
Stokes
Committee On Elections No. 8
Friends of Johnston
Boutelle
Committee On
Hermann
Oregon
Dores
Johnstown’s Memorial
Washington News
Woodman
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