25 Dec 1886
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Newspaper
Columbus Enquirer Sun
Location
Columbus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1886
Page
1
Washington meeting details the monument project status with President Cleveland presiding. Engineer Casey reports near completion, notes terrace work, foundation safety, elevator shaft, and vandalism protection plans.
Fragmented remarks recount farmers in several districts urging an end to the internal revenue tax on whiskey and tobacco. Speakers press for local option and question tariff talk, noting enforcement abuses and rural economic strain from carrying products to market. Overall, discussions reflect political and regional tensions over taxation and prohibition.
The excerpt portrays a contentious exchange with calls of anti Negro sentiment and claims about black voters. Senator Sabin voices support for abolishing the sugar tax while keeping tobacco tax changes to note. The remarks reflect political rhetoric and race related partisan framing in the discussion.
The Brakemen’s Strike hits the main line of the Louisville and Nashville between Louisville and Nashville and the Knox ville division north end. No freight moved south yesterday and shippers were warned no freight to the south. Passenger trains run. Management says strikers must return by 1 PM to be kept in service. General Manager Harrian hopes to resume traffic in a few days using workers from other points.
Maury Lennon 16-year-old girl pleaded to be sent away from Baxter and Mulberry streets life of shame in New York. Judge Duffy committed her for a year to the House of the Good Shepherd under Sergeant Ahemish and urged return if no work after release. She walked to the Tombs, found shelter from Mrs Holmes, and sought help to enter the Holy Family asylum on Second Avenue.
A morning blaze gutted the Sehall and King car works at Middletown Pennsylvania, causing about 150000 in losses. The boiler room fire consumed machine shop, pattern shop, blacksmith shop, and planing mill, while the foundry and office were saved. About 155 men likely lose jobs as orders and operations halt. Insurance on tools declined to cover items due to lack of itemized claims.
In Atlanta on December 24 Hon Dudley Dobose transferred his interest in the Kimball House to Hugh P. Luman. Inman becomes sole proprietor with a few shares remaining. Dobose nets about 20000 while General Toombs recoups his full investment plus another 20000, making the investment a profitable estate move.
In Asnevitus North Carolina on December 2 Edward S Aston aged 22 shot himself in the head in the Sewannon hotel office. He had requested a room earlier, then returned to the office, wrote a note to his father, and killed himself with a pistol.
Judge Charles L. Lumberton and Romnake's counsel obtained a report by Liapiaeter after eighteen months of testimony. The report concerns the Rhenandoth Railroad mortgage status, limiting the first mortgage to certificates and bonds totaling 22 270 000. It invalidates 1 010 000 of the first mortgage, affecting holders and the railroad's financing.
A court master found the attempted $1,500,000 bond issue invalid for lacking trustee certification under the first mortgage terms. In Indianapolis a prison escape ends in tragedy as switchman Thomas Connaughton is fatally shot after fleeing arrest by Constable Reinhold. a Merchant Policeman Isaacs denies firing the fatal shot.
A Boston newspaper reports a claimed shift in control of the East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia line to the Norfolk and Western. Officials deny details but indicate the N and W now holds securities and plans sweeping changes, with Fink to move to Europe and a modernization push across the route toward New York.
Local carpenters assembly met last night calling on all city and labor groups to secure an immediate special session of the general assembly. The move aims to allow charges against General Master Workman Pow ly for alleged overreach of authority.
A massive blaze in Liverpool gutted the John Lewis & Co retail stores on Brunswick Road, destroying a vast Christmas stock and a linked Menagerie. The total loss is reported at 2,000,000, with no final casualty figures given.
The Tennessee undergoes a final naval board inspection at the New York Navy Yard led by Rear Admiral Jowett and officers including Captain Norton and Commander Taylor. The crew demonstrated actions from clearing for action to furling sail as the ship nears decommissioning.
The New York stock market closed dull on December 24 with many brokers away for Christmas. Trading was light as activity focused on balloon prices and general caution. Early strength in Jersey Central and Reading led to modest covering while the market awaited the holiday.
The Louisville and Nashville stock opened adversely in early trading and slid briefly before recovering. Jersey Central led a short rally to the day’s high, then the market turned dull with minor fluctuations. Total volume was only 70,000 shares, with most changes being fractional and declines predominant.
Charleston December 24. The legislature considers a bill to bar organization of colored laborers in agriculture into knights of labor. Rev J Wofford White says the measure aims to grind down black workers and warns of mass immigration if denied rights and fair wages. He urges fair treatment to prevent unrest and mass desertion.
Governor Gordon spent yesterday signing seventy one bills while the General Assembly sent one hundred bills for consideration. Many measures originated in the House and about half in the Senate, with numerous withdrawals and more action expected in the summer session. President Davidson and Speaker Little remained to finish tasks as clerks stayed through the week. Notable bills signed include ceding Fulton county laws to the United States, elevating the city court ridge salary, and incorporating major Atlanta entities such as The Capital City Law Company, the Commercial Bank of Atlanta, and several rail and stock concerns.
A German man using the name John Vorstner died at a Philadelphia jewelry store after being hired to work in the water department. A traveling bag revealed $000 worth of gold watches chains and diamonds stolen from the employer. Separately Captain Peter Lefevre was found dead in his residence with the gas lamp and heater left on, raising questions of foul play.
Adelina Patti plans to adopt her niece Carlina Des Camps Patti and bring her to Wales. The girl, now sixteen, studied in New Orleans and resembles the diva. They will travel to Cincinnati and then Europe, with a promised trousseau and a future as Patti's heiress.
A masked gang attacked the home of Jordan Teazue on Mr. Dodd's farm in Enseinsko saga. A man shot his wife after a search raid, and a child testified she was wounded. Community outrage prompts thorough investigation.
Miss Purlington, a deaf mute youth, disappeared with W O Bingham and was believed murdered. Her body was discovered eight miles from Raleigh in a wooded area near Hembury on the Raleigh and Augusta road. The report notes a fatal shooting and remaining unclear details.
The Times Democrat reports a strike by stevedores against two contractors after failed wage demands. The Stevedores Benevolent Association and Baymen’s Benevolent Association, uniting seven hundred workers, halted all work until disputes are settled, signaling a general strike move.
Five men who attempted to rob the Medina county treasurer's office returned at dawn and blasted a safe with nitro powder. They then blew open a dry goods store safe on Woodland avenue injuring fixtures and stealing about $20 and other valuables.
December 24 report from Port Richmond says Reading Railroad workers at the coral wharves struck after returning to work, causing trains to be blocked and nine sections to lie in decks awaiting coal. The disruption follows dissatisfaction with recent company rules and impacts loading for the area.
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