23 Feb 1893
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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1893
Page
1
Belief grows in Germany that the army bill will pass. Culberson of Texas may become attorney general in Cleveland's cabinet. Hawaiian annexation moves forward. Russia considers sending ships for Chicago expo naval pageant. Senate and railroad talks, Topeka peace, and Blaine's will headline a wide set of events amid an array of political shifts and disasters.
The senate on the 13th and 14th considered the Nicaragua canal bill amid debates on sundry civil and fortifications appropriations. House actions included district measures and new tax on intoxicants, with executive sessions and a pension bill clash. Notable items include Hawaiian affairs, a maritime canal bill reshaped by amendments, and a wreck on the Santa Fe express near Rutledge Missouri.
The senate on the 15th approved a house bill incorporating the American university led by chancellor Bishop John F. Nurst of the Methodist Episcopal church. A joint Wisconsin senate resolution on the 15th favored annexing the Hawaiian islands to keep them from foreign control. A Russian leprosy case was sent to Chenango county poor farm after being found rambling in Norwich. The New York chamber of commerce formed a committee to host World’s Fair visitors. Two thieves smashed a Cincinnati jewelers’ window on the 14th, stealing diamonds worth 2000 dollars. The senate’s executive session on the 14th did not discuss Judge Howell Jackson’s nomination. Monterey was commissioned at Mare Island on the 14th under Captain Louis Kempt with 167 aboard. Postmaster General Wanamaker’s gold medal went to J. C. Edgerton in Cincinnati. Kentucky elected William Lindsay to the U. S. Senate in place of Carlisle. Lancaster, former cashier of Philadelphia’s Central Savings Fund, was arrested in New York on the 11th after absconding with 12000 dollars. Professor Linperschmipt, founder of the Roman-German Central Museum, died on the 15th. J. C. Scharrer moved from President Harrison’s Indianapolis home, with repairs underway to resemble the former residence. Labor troubles loom in Japan amid calls for shorter hours. The pope celebrated Mass at St Peter’s in Rome with 6000 pilgrims on the 16th. In Kentucky near Catlettsburg, a pistol duel between Swale y Quilling and James Ewing on the 16th left Ewing dead and Quilling mortally wounded. A South Carolina tax suit ruling found sheriffs contempt for seizing railroad property. fines imposed and property returned to receivers.
R G Dun weekly review notes bank bonds delayed by Senate tussle, Foster may issue if needed but not required. Gold exports trimmed to 2 million, treasury reserve remains above 19 million. Domestic trade broadly steady with pockets of strength in textiles, footwear, wool, hardware, paper, and clothing. Oil up, copper demand rising, coal weathered, iron prices depressed by competition. January exports and imports show wide gaps, signaling heavy gold outflow. weekly U.S. failures total 197, Canada 35, versus 266 last week.
Telegrams report a receiver appointed for all National Union Company stores in South Dakota, linked to a cooperative venture with the Farmers' Alliance in the West. Also noted are indictments against Rev E M Bushnell in Beatrice Nebraska for practicing healing without a diploma and a Georgia society urging cotton diversification.
Robert L. Walker, a Ohio banker and capitalist, made an assignment triggering fears that Gov. William McKinley could lose substantial personal funds due to Walker's endorsements on bank paper. Walker owned interests in Youngstown stamping works Girard stove works and coal mines. The Girard stove works also assigned liabilities at $30 000 with unknown assets while Walker's debts total about $200 000. McKinley rushed from New York to review his finances as the crisis unfolds.
CaicaGo February 18 ex president of the Monon Breyfogle filed suit against W L Wilson of Chicago for 15000 damages. He alleges Wilson is using a prior suit decided in his favor to blackmail him by clouding the title to Breyfogle's property in the United States court before Judge Gresham.
Laxewood New York February 18 Mr Cleveland announced that J Sterling Morton of Nebraska who visited him yesterday was tendered the secretaryship of agriculture and had accepted it Morton is a prominent Nebraska Democrat who has served in the legislature and was mentioned as a candidate for governor last fall He is well known in the west and less in the east
At Topeka Kansas on February 17 peace replaces civil war fears as Gov. Lewelling helps end a legislative siege. Republicans claim victory preserving the right to meet in the House while populists insist the status quo returned. After 52 hours as virtual prisoners lawmakers celebrate with songs and cheers as doors open and wives and friends rush in. The governor defends the outcome saying bloodshed would have been unjust and the matter goes to the courts.
The Chicago Herald notes President Harrison’s choice of Judge L Lowell E Jackson to succeed the late Justice Lamar, marking a rare democrat appointment in federal courts and signaling political calculation to shield Cleveland’s upcoming term while denying Gresham a swift climb to the bench.
The piece critiques Secretary Foster’s treasury figures showing a phantom surplus and highlights unaccounted liabilities and appropriations. It then surveys a wave of editorials praising President Harrison’s judicial nomination of Judge Jackson, noting cross party approval, civil service merit, and implications for national unity and southern respect.
The New York Post lauds President Harrison for appointing a Democrat to the Supreme Court, arguing public trust supersedes party. It cites court balance and public will, noting four years hence Republicans may struggle to field a ticket, per Albany Argus.
A compendium of editorials criticizes Illinois Democrats for book overhauls of late Republican officials and cites national figures. It praises Blaine’s caution against force bills, notes Harrison’s deflationary claims, questions Senate delay in appropriation bills, defends Cleveland’s bipartisan stance, and forecasts Democratic strategies to fund rising pensions via tariff and whisky tax changes.
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