Southern industrial activity shows steady growth and new mills
The week’s reports describe firm coal and coke prices, high output, and strong southern demand across lumber, cotton, and textiles. New mills and charters appear in Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and beyond, with investments in factories, brick works, and waterworks and several large new buildings underway.
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Columbus
Yorkville
Greenwood
Winder
Gainesville
Morgan
Laurinburg
S. C
Catherwood
Hammond
8. C
Knoxville
Tenn
Cedartown
Hartsells
Augusta
Florida Naval Stores Company
Capital
Tampa
Fla
Mehler & Eckstenkemper Lumber Company
Louisville
American Tool and Machine Company
Atlanta
Texas Shoe and Leather Manufacturing Company
San Antonio
Tex
Massey Light and Power Company
Charlottesville
Western Tie and Lumber Company
Little Rock
Ark
Gulf Lumber Company
Montgomery
Ala
Waco Lumber Company
Waycross
Farley, Sleight & Whitson Lumber Company
Cookesville
Southwestern Lumber Company
Texarkana
Marcellus
Harriman
Providence
Aberdeen
Miss
Middlesborough
Vance
Jackson
Mis
Opelike
Chattanooga
Compulsory Protest Circulates in Havana Over Congress Action
A compulsory protest against Congress action circulates in Havana seeking signatures from commercial houses clubs and merchants. Some sign under duress while threats target signers. La Discussion editor signs under authority questions. Weyler's decree on confiscation sparks Cuban denunciation as petty officials exploit it and many abandon homes or flee inland or abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Cuba
Havana
Union Club
la Discussion
Madrid
Weyler
Boundary Blue Book on Venezuela Question Published
London dispatch notes the release of Documents and Correspondence Relating to the Question of the Boundary of Venezuela. The 443 page volume includes maps and a preliminary history from 1520 to 1890, plus period divisions 1638 to 1796 and 1796 to 1840, ending with a summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Schomburgk
London
Venezuela
Congress Debates Post Office Budget and Cuban Policy
The 54th Congress reports the post office appropriation bill sent to the senate after a debate on espionage in the department. It covers attempts to strike pay increases for post office inspectors and a contested truck line subsidy. Senate discussions on Cuban questions and the Dupont election case follow, with Senators Hoar Sherman and Hill weighing intervention and constitutional bounds.
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House
Senate
Post Office Department
Quigg
New York
Post Office
Messrs. Quigg
Cummines
Belknap
Loui
Messrs
McMillin
Bingham and Kyle
Bramwell
Boston
Washington
Atlanta
New Orleans
Yeas
Daniels
Aldrich and Robbins
Arabi
State Department
Teller
Republican
Colorado
Hoar
Committee On Foreign Relations
Platt
Morgan
Olney
Congress
Massachusetts
Dupont
Sherman
Shtgrman
Cuba
General Weyler
Hell
Lodge
Hill
United States
Spain
Buncombe
Mr. Hill
Pritchard
Rep
N. C
Senate Deliberates on Cuban Resolutions and Diplomacy
In a packed senate gallery debate, Mr. Hoar offered resolutions on Cuban affairs while the conference report on Cuban resolutions awaited adoption. Senator Hale likened current tensions to Grant era warnings, citing his message as a pacifying force that rendered similar resolutions moot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Cubs
Senate Galleri
Hoar
Republican
Massachusetts
Committee On Foreign Relations
Cuba
United States
Sherman
Mr. Ho
Hung
Legation
Baron von Kettlar
Mendonca
Brazil
Hale
Maine
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
General Banks
General Grant
Congress
Mr. Gray
Mr. Hale
Mr. Sherman
Spain
France
England
Mitchell
Dupont
Delaware
Lodge
Rep
Mass
Senor Dupuy de
Weyler
Mr. Lodge
Jim Will Meet Fitz
James J. Corbett has signed to fight Robert J. Fitzsimmons next June for a $10,000 purse. Each man gets $500 for expenses and must provide gloves, fighting under the Marquis of Queensberry rules. Articles proceed to Fitzsimmons for signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Corbett
National Sporting Club
London
Robert J. Fitzsimmons
Marquis of Queensberry
Fitzsimmons
Alaska Territorial Government Bill Favored by House Committee
House committee on territories recommends passage of a bill creating a territorial government for Alaska with a congressional delegate. Governor Atkinson and Judge Fort of Georgia travel to Port Royal. Harper to press two bills on contempt appeals and interstate wage disputes.
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House Committee On Territories
Alaska
Congress
Atkinson
Judge Fort
Georgia
Washington
Port Royal
D. C
W. Harper
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Debs
Wood
Harper
Design for New 45 Star Flag And Venezuelan Boundary Update
The proposed flag shifts to six rows with eight, seven, eight, seven, eight, seven stars and will be used in the army and navy on July 4. Officials note no new stars needed with Utah statehood and claim the Venezuelan boundary dispute remains unsettled though peaceful settlement is believed likely. the Alabama elections report by Chandler highlights a sensational finding about the 1892 Jones versus Kolb result.
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Lamont
Herbert
Utah
Army
Navy
Navy Department
Great Britain
Venezuela
Venezuelan Boundary Commission
Caracas
Venezuelan Commission
Committee On ‘Elections
Alabama
Senate
Chandler
Thomas G. Jones
Kolb
Sykes Opens Fire on Regulators in Hillsboro Florida
Bowen Sykes in Peru neighborhood Hillsboro county Florida faced a mob of fifteen masked men entering his home at 1 am. He fired a Winchester wounding four officers and mortally injuring four Barnes brothers and Gilliland and Driggers as six others were wounded. Sykes swore warrants. neighbors suffered injuries. he plans to stay if forced to kill again.
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Bowen Sykes
Peru
Hillsboro County
Florida
Sykes
John
Alonzo Barnes
John Gilliland
Dennis
Driggers
Barnes Brothers
Gilliland
Ohio Republicans rally behind McKinley at Columbus convention
Senator-elect Foraker praised McKinley and urged unity while Ohio Republicans elected Buschnell Foraker Grosvenor and Hanna as delegates at large to the St Louis national convention. The platform affirmed protection and party loyalty amid strong McKinley support. Kansas Republicans also backed McKinley in Wichita, omitting the monetary issue.
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McKinley
Columbus
Foraker
United States
W. ©. Cooper
Mount Vernon
Congress
Asa
Bushnell
J. B. Foraker
Asa S. Bushnell
Joseph R. Foraker
Charles M. Grosvenor
Marcus A. Hanna
Ohio
St.Louis
Wm. McKinley, Jr
Kansas
Republicans of
Wichita
Weissinger Dies Seen as Key Factor in Kentucky Race
Frankfort report says Senator Rozel Weissinger died after a winter illness that turned to pneumonia. He shaped the senatorial contest by arranging a coalition with Senator Stege to block a Republican joint-ballot majority, altering the race that would have favored Hunter for the U S seat.
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Frankfort
Rozel Weissinger
Sound Money Democrat
Blackburn
Ely
Hume
Weissinger
General Assembly
Stege
Louisville
Wilson
Dr. Hunter
United States
Tailors in Chicago Prepare Broad Strike Action
Chicago tailors unionized 7,500 workers plan a citywide strike to support clothing cutters and trimmers after weeks of labor dispute. Estimated 25,000 to 30,000 more workers in related garment trades may be affected as meetings finalize strike action. fourteen ex Kahn Bros. cutters back at work, signaling a setback for the union.
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Chicago
Cutters and Trimmers
Kahn Bros
Tennessee Coal Iron Reports Yearly Profit of $1,000,000
The annual meeting of Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company stockholders at Tracy City heard President Baxter report a profit of $1,000,000 for the last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Tracy City
Baxter
Quiet Kentucky Legislature Ends Amid Tight Security
Police guarded the lobby as Governor Bradley and Mayor Julian sought to keep the peace during a tense session. The house reached a jammed quorum issue with Republicans withholding votes and Carroll ruling on the 70-member voting requirement. The session adjourned after the roll call and divisions among Democrats.
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Kentucky
Bradley
Julian
House
Senate
Carroll
James
Walton
Dunlap
Durant Case Delays Execution In California Justice System
Blanche Lamont killer Theodore Durant remains jailed in San Francisco as delays push his hanging. An appeal after the November conviction awaits supreme court action, with a 20 day bill of exceptions deadline upcoming and no ruling expected for months. Durant studies law and writes his life story while awaiting fate.
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Blanche Lamont
Theodore Durant
Sanfrancisco
Supreme Court
Cas
Durant
California
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