Various Global Notes Stir Public Curiosity and Debate
The column surveys 1890s issues from wars and finance to law and society. It notes Pennsylvania notes lacking grace terms, cholera deaths in Peking, Kaiser Wilhelm’s orders, and a Warsaw bookkeeper tied to a speculative firm. It covers marriage licenses in Philadelphia, Hawaii annexation talk, Turkey’s army strength, Kanaka weather language quirks, a Kansas banker sketch critique, Atlanta exposition costs, New York mortality and birth data, German and Nordic legal codes, Ohio’s new women’s responsibilities, Utah statehood, and U.S. gold and silver production figures with uncertainties in final tallies.
Fifty-Fourth Congress Proceedings Chronicle Early 1880s
The report covers multiple sessions from January to January 13 with senate and house actions. Highlights include bills on navy enlistments and national banking reform, proposed statehood for Hawaii, foreign policy disputes, bond sale restrictions, and currency debates. Notable incidents: mob violence near New Orleans. bank closures. fires in Columbus and St. Louis. and arrests for grave robbing at Drake Medical College.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
House
Treasury
Spalding
Sandwich Islands
Hawaii
Livingston
Foreign Committee
Jones
Ark
Pritchard
N. C
Morgan
Ala
Republic of Transvaal
Foreign Affairs Committee
Permanent Court of International Arbitration
United States
British Empire
New Orleans
Patrick Morris
John Smith
Jonesboro
Ill
Columbus
Fifth Avenue Savings Bank
Parisian
St. Louis
Siegel, Hillman & Co
Marysville
Mich
Nelson Mills
George G. Wright
Iowa
Des Moines
Chicago
N. W. Gillett & Co
Kingsbury
Ind
Gill
Drake Medical College
Washington News Summary of Financial Data and Venezuelan Commission
In the United States during the week ended the 10th there were 431 business failures, up from 403 the prior week and 420 the year earlier. Clearing houses reported total exchanges of 1 235 052 555 dollars, down from 1 620 042 400 the prior week. Exports of breadstuffs in December totaled 12 619 677 dollars, rising from 9 476 047 the previous December. For 1895 calendar year the breadstuffs export total was 119 973 027 dollars, compared with 121 297 292 in 1894. The Venezuelan commission sessions in Washington resumed.
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Washington
United States
Venezuelan Commission
Johannesburg Surges as Mining Draws Americans to Transvaal
Johannesburg in the Transvaal grows from a nearly wild townsite to a 70 000 population boom driven by gold and diamond fields. About 3 000 Americans, prospectors and miners, are present and largely sympathetic to the Boers amid the Loers Maplish conflict.
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Jonannesburg
Transvaal
Hoang
Gloucester schooner J H Carey lost with 13 aboard
A schooner named J H Carey, departed Gloucester Massachusetts on August 2 for the Grand Banks with 13 crew, was reported lost. Other items note Essex County New York turning John Brown estate into a public park, Keene Sutterlee Co Philadelphia failure for 500000, and a fatal shooting at Ransomville.
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J. H. Carey
Gloucester
Mass
Grand Banks
Essex County
N. Y
John Brown
Keene, Sutterlee 6 Co
Philadelphia
Ransomville
George H. Smith
Robert Clapsaddy
Lynn
Mayor Strong
New York
Frankie Nelson
Helen Baldwin
Multiple political and criminal incidents across states reported
The summary covers Mississippi legislature sessions Milwaukee convention to name delegates, deaths of officials including Minnesota's W R Marshall in Pasadena, Louisiana populist nomination in Alexandria, an electric car accident near Cleveland, Indiana county seat move ruling, Pilot Medium stallion death, Ady home builder bankruptcy in Columbus, a mob hanging in Louisiana, Kentucky Democrats renominating Blackburn, Howard d Cayne goods firm failure, Poyster killing in Iowa, Verona bank robbery, Tuskegee hanging, Kentucky Republicans nominating Hunter, House majority shift on Wilson, and Exchange Bank closure in Nebraska with 10000 liability.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Marsh
St. Louis
W. R. Marshall
Minnesota
Pasadena
Cal
Louisiana
Alexandria
A. Kh. Booth
New Orleans
Cleveland
Lyman Haymaker
William Young
Indiana Supreme Court
Crawford County
Leavenworth
Walter Clark
Battle Creek
Mich
Columbus
A. G. Ady
Abraham Smart
Monroe
Calais Ducer
Kentucky
Blackburn
United States
Howard d& Cayne
Duluin
Minn
Reteil Dey
Soone
Stanhope Poyster
W. E. McFarland
Poyster
Farmers’ Bank
Verona
Tuskegee
Ala
Freeman Coling
W. G. Hunter
Wilson
Exchange Bank
Greeley Center
Neb
insurgents in Cuba defeated near Havana by Spanish troops
Reports claim Cuban insurgents faced three defeats near Havana as Spanish forces pressed the rebellion. Other items note a Montreal boot maker's insolvency, Transvaal diplomatic moves, and earthquake deaths in Persia with 1100 killed.
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Cuba
Havana
James Leggatt
Montreal
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Transvaal
British South Africa
Portugal
Great Britain
Germany
Delagoa Bay
South Africa
Persia
Janjabed
Gol
Berlin
Vienna
Lake Maggiore
Milan
Italy
Russia
France
United States
England
Guiri
Progresso
Mexico
Oxford
Can
Bank of the People
Halifax
Jeanette Cowan
Vancouver Island
Rome
Maknie
Armenia
Harpoot
Diarbekir
Edict Bars Foreign Relief in Turkey Amid Arson and War Talk
The sultan forbids foreign societies from distributing abroad raised funds, banning Red Cross relief to Armenians. Reports note fires in Swindell Bros. sheds in Baltimore causing $100,000 loss, Cuban insurgents burning towns near Havana, and racial school exclusion in Perry, Oklahoma. Also covered are European diplomacy, drownings in Illinois, forgers in St. Louis, a Chicago murder, New Jersey and Iowa legislative actions, and budget debates in Washington.
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Turkey
Red Cross Society
Swindell Bros
Baltimore
Cuba
Aguacate
Coyajabos
Cabanas
Quieha Pacha
Havana
Perry
Co. T
London
William
England
Kruger
Transvaal
Lettner
Lacon
St. Louis
Jens Hansen
Chicago
Peter Hougaard
New Jersey
Trenton
Shanghai
Corea
Asa S. Bushnell
Ohio
McKinley
General Assembly
Iowa
Des Moines
TI. W. Byers
Shelby County
Alice Dooley
Goscolel
Wis
Washington
Morfan
Senate
United States
Treasury
New Mexico
Detroit River
Detroit
German and British claims over Transvaal suzerainty
Reports from Berlin and London detail Kruger's rejection of any suzerainty claim by Germany, while Salisbury pledges Britain will defend 1884 convention rights. Jameson raid prisoners face punishment. Boers resist surrender unless Anglo Boer convention of 1854 is abrogated, risking British acceptance.
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Transvaal
Kruger
Berlin
W. J. Leyds
William
Great Britain
Salisbury
Germany
London
Lord Salisbury
Dr. Jameson
Queen Victoria
Johannesburg
England
Rai
Joseph Chamberlain
Central News
Bern
Russia
Europe
Constantinople
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Business Backward Reflects Uncertainty in 1890s Markets
R G Dun reports the new year opens with uncertainty slowing trade. Bond sales spark some confidence but effects on money markets remain unclear. Commodities show mixed moves with cotton stable, wheat up a cent, and iron influenced by ore and coke. Domestic trade rises 14.6 percent over last year but falls 13.1 percent vs 1893. Failures tally 431 in U S, 63 in Canada. Bradstreets notes little improvement and ongoing political financial anxieties weigh on new enterprise plans.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Bessemer
Connellsville
Chicago
United States
Canada
Western Points
Congress
Armenian Massacres Death Toll Reported in Anatolia
A Constantinople dispatch states 176 towns burned and 92,000 Armenians in Harpoot and Diarbekir areas, with 15,845 killed, figures that France's M. Cambon estimates total Armenians killed in Anatolia up to 50,000.
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London
Constantinople
Harpoot
Diarbekir
M. Cambon
Anatolia
Cleveland Letter Reveals Bond Sale Plans in 1899
Washington reports Senator Caf fer y received a presidential letter outlining the administration's stance on a new bond issue for the gold reserve. It explains no syndicate arrangements, favors a popular subscription, and notes Secretary Carlisle predicts success with bids and detailed submission rules for prospective subscribers.
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Washington
Caffery
Louisiana
Senate
Executive
Congressional
Morgan
Congress
Grover Cleveland
Donaldson Caffery
Carlisle
Treasury Department
City of
New York
Hoston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
New Orleans
San Francisco
Bond syndicate collapse shown in World figures
New York World figures indicate the Morgan bond syndicate is beyond repair as independent buyers bid for 594 million dollars of bonds, 4 million above the required amount. Chemical National Bank leads withdrawals with 4 million, followed by New York Life Insurance and other banks and institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York World
Chemical National Bank
New York Lee Insurance
New York Life Insurance Company
Chemical
Russell Sage
iNew York World
Two Brothers Killed by a Live Wire in St Louis
St Louis on January 13 reports Lee Lewis aged 14 and his brother Joseph aged 12 were instantly killed when a small wire touched an electric light line during play. The elder was shocked first. the younger attempted to help and died soon after.
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St. Louis
Lee Lewis
Joseph
London
Rome
Makale
Prize offers for oats barley and corn yields entice growers
The notice promotes a regional seed contest with cash prizes: $200 extra for oats, $100 for Silver King Barley, $100 for Golden Triumph Yellow Dent Corn, plus a 1695 bushel per acre barley figure and offers a free catalogue with 10 grasses and grains after sending 10 cents postage to John A. Salter Seed Co. LaCrosse Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Salter Seed Co
LaCrosse
Wis
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised Reward Offer
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh cure not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Cheneys of Toledo endorse the remedy with testimonials from Ween Troax and Watvina Kinxon Marvin wholesale druggists. Internal remedy claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle. Also Hall's Family Pills promoted. The text ends with unrelated note about a mule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
F. J. Chener & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Ween Troax
Toedo
O. Watvina
Kinxon & Marvin
Sebastopol Not Impregnable Says Bitters Claim
Advertisements extol Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as fortifying against malaria and other ailments in westward emigration. Claims include relief from dyspepsia rheumatic and kidney issues nervousness constipation and biliousness. Also mentions Beecham's Pills and Brown's Bronchial Troches with dubious marketing tone.
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the Express
Pennsylvania
Peking
Kaiser Wilhelm
Tennessee
Simmons
Warsaw
Green
Alexander Lopovska
Martzianna Choplevska
Frank Jankowska
Wanda Wadsinski
Trestpent Dole
Denmark
St. Thomas
Kanakas
Kansas
Atlanta
Clincis
California
Rockland
Utah
Alaska
District of Columbia
Arizona
Oklahoma
Great American Desert
Mint
Foreign Intelligence
Vancouver
B. C
Y Mueller
Cranston and Johnston
Australian Steamship Company
Justice Drake
Cranston
Ashford
Liliuokalani
Gilchrist
Wilkesbarre
John W. Gilchrist
Luzerne County
Lampire
Annie Lameire
Brita
Southern
Africa
Transvaal Republic
President Kruger
Pleasant Street
Judge Wright
Buffalo
Robert Clapsaddle
Peoria
Jan, Jr
Singer & Wheeler
Mwade
Glasgow
Hadden Hall
Rotterdam
New York “World
Madrid
Weyler
Boston
Transcript
Beecham’s
Dozsy
Dooby
Roxbury Gazette
Hood
Mother Goose
Richardson & Delong Bros
Philada
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Brockton
Kennedy
Donald Kennedy
Roxbury
Valentines
Jd Anger
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