Electoral College Returns With Mixed Results Across States
Presidential electors met in January and cast their ballots as required. Cleveland led with 277 votes, Harrison 145, and Weaver 22. Michigan marked its first Democratic vote in decades, while several states remained solid for Cleveland or Harrison.
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Washington
Harrison
Arkansas
Cleveland
Iowa
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Weaver
Idaho
Missouri
Colorado
Texas
South Dakota
Weyming
Nevada
Weaver and Field
California
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Connecticut
Oregon
Nebraska
Michigan
Tennessee
New Hampshire
Harri
Illinois
Vermont
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Indiana
Minnesota
Tmarrison
West Virginia
Clevelad
New Jersey
Fllows Celevand
Vod Weaver
Tillman mulls National Road Alliance role for South Carolina
Governor Tillman delays action on a National Road movement while awaiting national results. He invites live and active men across South Carolina to be considered as vice presidents or directors of the National League for Good of Roads. Roy Stone and J. W. Reid outline plans to organize Alliances and recruit delegates.
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Columbia, Jan
Tillman
Reid
Allance
Reidville
Roy Stone
New York
Levi K. Fuller
Vermont
Stone
Washington
J. W. Reid
Alof S.C
Lette
Mariners’ Alliance
Willman
Cillman
National League For Good of Roads
D. J. Tompkins
Alliance Road
South Carolina
News and Courier
Southern Coal Reserves and Coke Output Detailed by Tradesman
The Tradesman reviews 1893 data on Southern coal deposits totaling 62 445 square miles. Output rose from 344 255 tons in 1880 to 640 289 tons in 1807 and an estimated 14 201 200 tons in 1802. West Virginia leads in production. Alabama Kentucky Tennessee Virginia Texas Arkansas Georgia follow. Coke production rose after 1888, reaching 3 764 828 tons in 1802 with 4 260 000 tons estimated for 1802. A 2000 pound ton of coke uses 3110 pounds of coal and costs 316 67. Alabama coke shows 91.60 percent carbon.
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Chattanooga
Virginia
Texas
Arkansas
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Tidewater
South
Duel to the Death at Three Heart Ranch in Choctaw Nation
In Denison Texas on January 4 desperadoes James Nevins Will Nevins and Jack Langdon fought Winchesters and six shooters at the Three Heart Ranch. Will Nevins and Langdon were killed and James Nevins fatally wounded after a horseback dispute over a supposed Maverick theft.
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Denison
Texas
James
Will Nevins
Jack Langdon
Winchesters
Langdon
James Nevins
Nevins
Butler Dies After Pneumonia Attack in Washington
Gen Benjamin F Butler died at 1 30 this morning in Washington from heart failure after a pneumonia attack. The report details his career from Massachusetts lawyer to Civil War general and controversial administrator of New Orleans. It notes his political shifts, later campaigns, and a controversial postwar legacy.
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Washington
Benjami I
Butler
Supe
Ile
West
Iildebrand
Henry the LY
Germany
Clement
Shile
Pontitt
Benjamin Franklin Butler
Deerfield
N. H
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Waterville College
Maine
Lowell, Maas
Jeerson Davis
Charleston
Baltimore
Massachusetts
Tkol
Tancoln
Annapoli
St. Massachusetts
Fort Monroe
Department
Virginia
Avenet
Hatteras and Clark
North Carolin
Massachusells
Gulf of Mexco
Mississippi
Siptshand
the Deer
New Orleans
Gen
Ives
William Mumford
United States
Dlig
Jefferson Davis
Cal
Leohard Yeadon
Liviticus
Gen. Butler
Louis Napoleon
Cicneras
Army of the James
New York
Port Fisher
Grant
Congress
Johnson
Greenback Party
Ctfce
Tewksbury
Ancient Damascus Trade Shifts Wealth Among Faiths
British consular report notes Damascus wealth rising among Muslims while Christians and Jews grow poorer. Trade concentrates in Muslim hands as non Muslims face barriers and debt from bond repudiation, with export crops like apricots, licorice, hemp and textiles shaping a complex urban economy.
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Damascus
Foreign Office
London Times
Beyrout
Syria
Manchester
Bagdad
Asia Minor
Egypt
Venetian Life and the Melancholy City of Tombs
Henry James argues in Scribner that modern Venice is a beautiful tomb where past tenderness and resignation define the city. He notes visitors, money, and little red books drive life as gondoliers, beggars, and shopkeepers sustain a vast museum of display in Piazza San Marco and the grand square.
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Henry James
Scribner
Piazza San Matco
Venice
Tobacco culture urged with detailed South Carolina guide
The letter to The News and Courier outlines tobacco growing steps from site selection to bed preparation, seed sowing, fertilization, and curing. It cites Hester variety, Wagener fertilizers, and a Hyco Virginia seed source, sharing farm profit notes from a Denmark, Barnwell County planter and warning against Cuban tobacco. A second item reports a colossal cotton fire in Liverpool causing major losses and firefighter casualties.
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News and Courier
South Carolina
KR. L. Ragland
Ilyco
Wm M. Bird & Co
Charleston
F. W. Wagener & Co
Rh. L. Ragland
Hyco
Denmark
Barnwell County
T.e Acre
American Tobacco Company
South Corona
Ss. G. Mayfield
Postage rates from 1818 almanac provide edges for letters
An 1818 almanac lists land letter rates by distance with multiples for double and triple letters and packages. It also notes ship letters, magazine sheets, and pamphlet rates, plus single 40 mile scope and per sheet charges across distances.
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St. Petersburg
Lonetez
South Carolina Refund bonds sold by New York syndicate
A New York syndicate led by Lancaster Co under contract with the state governor and treasurer has placed a large block of 4 percent refunding bonds for South Carolina issued to redeem Brown consols due July 1 1893. They will offer the balance for sale soon. Caiden Rabindiff of Augusta aided the negotiation.
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Charleston
8. C
New York
R. A. Lancaster & Co
South Carolina
Caiden Rabindiff
Augusta
Women as Criminals and a Curious Earth Question
A San Francisco detective cites women as more cruel and deliberate in crime, noting poison allows calculated murders and that reform is harder for women. The article also recounts 18th century earth weight estimates by Maskelyne and ends with an American traveler in Spain describing Yankee notions and a “raton mecanico” amusements.
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San Francisco Post
Thas
London
Clerkenwell
England
Wales
Spain
Malaga
Secretary of State Receives Rochester Man Letter on Dispensary Law
John Edgar of Rochester Minnesota asks for a copy of the new dispensary law claiming it bans saloons and praises the state for leading the country and the world in this reform. He notes prior advocacy and hopes for swift adoption.
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CoLumara
Secretary of State
John Edgar
Rochester
Minn
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Ancient
Venetian Life
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Scotland
Thomas & Barton Broad Street
Caastardhy
Birmingham
Ala
Attalla
Queen and Cresent
Steinway & Sons
Muthushek
Mason & Hamlin
Sterlin
Mason and Ehamlin
Sterling
Qour
N. W. Trump
Columbia
Express
Saadfield
Thomas
Questia
Talbott
V. C. Badhay
Anh
PPP
Boon
Lippman Bros
Topmanta ‘Block
Savansar
Dumbague
Grengide
Lippman’sa
Savannah
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Ae Aby Patel
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