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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1893
Page
2
An Alabama sheriff captures thirteen outlaws in a record night while other items from Graham Leader touch on soul location in the brain, American stories in Pall Mall Magazine, a senator’s prayer, Oakland council misnomers, and wind power spending for Congress amid cholera chatter in New York.
A collage of notes on postal rules limiting undelivered letters to thirty days, a Behring arbitration praised, Irish butter trade shifts, corporal oath in courts, Texas size, world’s fair profits, a European prince seeking marriage, a police court corned beef dispute, and a yacht tale with risky theater of life and money.
Washington reports indicate senators discuss a compromise on the silver question. Fulkner proposes 8,000,000 silver dollars monthly until total circulation hits 800 million and retirement of bills below 10 dollars. Anti repeal leaders doubt a quick vote. Palmer foresees no ballot before month’s end. Main obstacle is uniting southern and western anti repeal Democrats.
In both chambers no major public action occurred on Saturday. The House wrangled over rules and adjourned until Wednesday with work expected to continue. The Senate spent time on the Chinese question and then adjourned after an executive session as anti silver forces push for a vote.
The house adopted rules after consideration with two key changes. Banking and currency and coinage, weight and measures gain report at any time power, on par with ways and means and appropriations. The size of the committee of the whole is restored to a majority of the house.
Washington sept 5 In the senate Mr Allen of Nebraska urged adjournment for Labor Day with support from Peffer Irby and others Opposing was Mr Vorhees who argued for continuing with major legislation The motion failed 41 to 8 revealing the split opinion on honoring labor with time off
West Virginia Senator Faulkner addressed the Senate on the repeal bill and announced support for repeal. He proposed a new amendment to coin silver monthly totaling 5 million dollars until national silver circulation reaches 800 million dollars.
Wasuindros Sept 9 Swedish iron billets and blooms jute buttons hogs and curled hair were discussed before the ways means committee yesterday. The chief interest centered on the cross examination of J A Stevens of Massachusetts a manufacturer of jute bagging for cotton.
Washington reports increasing friction between Mexican and U.S. officials at Havana Texas after 3000 sheep were seized by Mexican authorities. The president and secretary of state consider all telegraphic data, with state department action expected.
President Cleveland and Secretary Lamont weigh moving Assistant Secretary McAdoo from the navy to the war department as assistant secretary of war. Assistant Secretary Grant, due for replacement, is praised but would be displaced due to his Republican affiliation.
Washington September 8 Mesers H S Knight of East Hampton Mass and N Newell of Springfield spoke to the ways and means committee this afternoon urging a duty on buttons. W Blabon representing oil cloth and Mnoleum manufacturers also appeared.
Washington September 9 in the senate yesterday Mr Wolcott's sugar bounty resolution was adopted after being amended to safeguard all kinds of sugar.
A fragment notes Senator Voorhees speaking yesterday afternoon about repeal administration offers. The text references compro- mises and policy action but lacks complete details or context.
The speaker denounced the story as untrue and said repeal sentiment in the senate is stronger than ever. He warned the vote may hinge on physical endurance as opponents clash with supporters. He estimated opponents could not last more than three weeks.
The House Banking and Currency Committee met again amid repeated sessions led by Mr. Springer. Debates over Tom Johnson’s bond deposit bill faded as Cleveland and Carlisle opposed it, and several schemes were abandoned while the Sherman law repeal lingered. The panel adjourned for a week.
Washington September 5 The Senate heard Mr Allen submit a resolution asking the secretary of the treasury to state if the Treasury has redeemed any silver or silver certificates in silver coin under the Sherman act and to reveal coinage value of bullion uncoined and reasons for non coinage It also asks what portion of paper money redeemed in gold since March 4 1893 was cancelled or withheld from circulation The measure was referred to the finance committee.
Senator Wolcott of Colorado presented a resolution directing the secretary of the treasury to report amounts paid as bounties under the maple sugar law of October 14, 1890. The measure, offered for immediate consideration, drew comments from Voorhees Gallinger and others before the resolution was agreed to.
Wassington Sept 6 Mr Stewart of Nevada spoke against the repeal bill in the senate. He said it is aggravating to know the facts and claimed a bankers panic forced Congress to demonetize silver. He asserted the president’s message hid that the evils came from bond holders bankers and their newspaper organs for selfish purposes.
Washington September 7 The committee on ways and means heard arguments from bedstead and upholsterers hardware makers supporting keeping current duties on those items and adjusting duties on their raw materials. A J Toomer treasurer and secretary of the Columbia macaroni company of New York testified for the macaroni industry.
Yesterday in the senate Mr. White of California submitted a resolution directing the secretary of the treasury to inform the senate how much has been appropriated for enforcing the Chinese exclusion act, what funds are available, whether more is needed, and the amount required for the current year. Agreed to.
In Washington on September 5 the senate opening stirs interest as the public presses for positions on finance. A repeal bill tally to the president shows 47 for repeal 30 against and 8 doubtful with supporters urging clear stance.
Washington reports the senate met and adjourned for a week after twenty minutes of session. Both the president and Secretary Carlisle favored delaying all remedial legislation until the repeal bill itself clears the senate. The committee will follow the suggestion.
Yesterday after the senate session Mr. Voorhees sought consent for immediate passage of the house joint resolution making September 14 a holiday in Washington to mark the centennial of laying the Capitol cornerstone. The resolution passed.
Yesterday in the senate Mr. Morgan of Alabama offered a concurrent resolution creating a joint select committee on finance to examine the financial and monetary condition of the government and the people of the United States with a view to devising measures for improvement.
WasainaTon Sept 7. The senate yesterday heard Mr Catlom introduce a bill to repeal all acts creating or maintaining a sinking fund. The proposal seeks to end prior funding arrangements and restructure overdue liabilities.
Simeon Wade and Solomon Lewis of the Choctaw nation were not executed at Wilburton as previously ordered. They gained new trials after a night of prayer and fasting. They appeared calm in court grounds ten miles from Wilburton, singing and praying, saying they were ready to die and had made peace with God.
Jose Rodriguez, a Mexican man, fired on Deputy Marshal Jake C. Lawson after being warned to quiet down. Lawson and Marshal Hanks exchanged shots. Rodriguez surrendered after blows with a pistol butt. One round wounded Mrs. E. G. Wells in a nearby house. she remains in pain but not seriously hurt.
John Nelson a 56 year old Swede living in Fort Worth hanged himself in a Caddo house hotel room over poverty and unemployment. He left a wife a daughter and a 13 year old son. The death was ruled a suicide after an inquest. Nelson held a Knight of Honor membership and his family is owed $2000 life insurance.
Frank Tiner of Sutherland Springs Wilson county accidentally shot himself yesterday morning with a double bar rel shotgun while crawling through a wire fence. The stomach wound is not known to be fatal. he is described as a middle aged man with a family.
SterHenvile Texas September 8 Duad ley Newberry was severely injured when his wagon horses bolted throwing him face first onto a stone pile. Doctors say his skull is fractured and jaw bones broken with little hope of recovery.
Fort Worth dancer George Holland, jailed on Sunday for liquor selling carrying a pistol and assault and battery, had bond posted Wednesday afternoon but remained in custody on the other charges as of yesterday morning.
Sheriff R. M. Moore reports seven horses stolen from W. T. Waggoner's ranch just north of Wrenrta Fall Texas. Deputies prepared to pursue. these are the first thefts in the county in two years.
The Adams Express company office in Axtos was robbed of several thousand dollars Thursday night. Rumors put the stolen sum at about $700. The break in suggests inside knowledge, and three men have been arrested on suspicion.
In Dunian Tennessee September 9 Lafayette Grimes, elderly man, was killed in an ambush on Thursday night. He had earlier whipped members of a whitecaps group which led to their arrest. To stop him from testifying the assailants then shot him in his body.
A fire in the gin press room fatally burned William Jenkins. A prior fire at the same gin on Wednesday fatally burned E. Garcia. Both blazes are described as of mysterious origin.
A horse attached to a cart with four children fled from Oak Cliff on a wild run through Dallas streets. Details and injuries are incomplete in the clipped report, but the incident prompted a chase through the area before stopping.
A horse pulling a cart dashed along Ross and Washington avenues with a group of children aboard until a crash near Juliet Grove freed the horse. One boy about five fell headfirst and suffered a minor head wound while the older boy was thrown free and his arm broken. The horse fled for miles before being stopped.
Wakewhent Texas Sept 7 A fire started in the press room of the J M Wood gin at Kentuckytown two miles west of Wakewhent. F D McDougal rushed to escape flames his clothing ignited and he leaped from the building. His hands and back suffered severe burns and he remains in critical condition. Tom Hamilton aided in tearing off burning clothes and assisting until help arrived.
Mineola Texas September 8 Huse Finley was shot and killed at the county convict farm near Quitman Wednesday night. Guard Williams halted Finley who fled behind the stockade fired into the air and again fatally shot Finley who approached him thinking an attack was underway. Both men were local residents raised near Quitman.
Judge F G Morris issues an injunction filed yesterday to restrain the Williamson County commissioners from counting votes or declaring the September 11 prohibition election. The order says the counties went beyond jurisdiction by ordering the countywide election while several precincts were already under local option law. Court to show cause in January why the writ should not issue. it bars public funds for the election or officer pay. The judge notes the election, if held, would be entirely void.
A northbound Missouri Kansas and Texas freight train broke apart on a hill south of Mingo near Denton causing a disastrous wreck. Head brakeman Don O’Connor was ground under the cars and killed. Rear brakeman E F Bellows was seriously hurt but expected to survive. O’Connor leaves a wife and baby.
Paris reports show fresh European peace complications and eastern disturbances between France and Siam. Earl of Dufferin, the British ambassador, remains in Paris to help mediate and settle the new eastern crisis.
In Windom, Texas, a dispute between Newt Bole and his father-in-law Henry Carter over Bole's rental property ended in gunfire. Bole was wounded in the cheek and shoulder, while Carter was fatally shot in the stomach. Bole was arrested and jailed in Bonham.
In Gamesville Texas on September 6 residents report a social scandal as a married couple elopes near Tipton's chapel. The man aged 30 and the woman 45 are both prominent locals. she is the wife of a leading farmer and he is a farmer with four children.
In Waco Texas Charles Nine died from wounds after an affray a week earlier. He spoke with William Mitchell, who was bound on a charge for the fatal shot, and the two men reportedly reconciled as Nine died with his head on Mitchell's breast.
An accident in Lamar County near Milton injured a boy when his horse bolted while he rode to run an errand. The horse startled and the youth was thrown, breaking his neck in the fall.
A sweeping digest reports a ball side tragedy in Buda Pesth with a son killing his parents and six siblings, followed by continued social and political notes. Items include Chinese restriction act discussions, Arkansas gunfight, railway accidents, court rulings, and Atlanta’s upcoming 50th anniversary with population figures.
A long dispatch covers diverse events from voters in Kansas and Dartmouth College appointments to crimes in Arkansas Louisiana Illinois and New Mexico. It notes yellow fever quarantine near Pensacola political resignations in Peru and Italy and several local Texas incidents and administrative updates.
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