Port Royal Future Hinges on State Action Say Attorney General
Attorney General Townsend urges the General Assembly to repeal the Port Royal and Augusta Railroad charter and wind up its affairs. He details ongoing appeals, emphasizes open port operations, and warns that persistent litigation endangers Port Royal’s recovery and future prosperity. The report also covers fifty-eight dispensary cases and related court actions across the state.
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Columbia
S. C
Townsend
Port Royal
General Assembly
Maj
Aldrich
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of
United States Court
Supreme Court of the
United States
Central Railroad
Locus Penitentiae
Averill
Europe
Augusta
United States Supreme Court
Richmond and
Danville
Railroad Commission
Simonton
R. W. Shand
Kesq
State Supreme Court
Major Hamilton
Ward and Langford
James
Darlington County
Circuit Court
Mt. Peasant
Walterboro
Richland
Justice Field
Supreme Court of the United States
McCullough
Board of Control
Danning
Justice Pope
Boyd
Brown
Vincent Chico
I. Koopman
Pred Mollenha
Congress to debate new national currency this winter
Washington reports that Congress will focus on a new national banking currency system when it reconvenes. Key leaders including Rep Springer and Sen Voorhees, with Warner Sperry and others, have met with treasury and banking officials to craft a convertible, elastic currency, avoiding fiat money risks and state bank taxes. The Augusta Exposition and Georgia State Fair opened with grand ceremonies, featuring Gov Northen, ex-Gov McDaniel, Gen Evans, and large crowds.
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Washington
Congress
Springer
Illinois
House Committee On Banks
Voorhees
Lodiana
Senate
Nance
Dewitt Warner
New York
House
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury Department
Augusta
Union
Georgia State Agricultural Society
South
Exposition Building
Northen
Georgia
McDaniel
Clement A. Evans
Cgerorgia
South Carolina
Patrick Walsh
Augusta Exposition Company
Ev. Lausnoy Burrows
Alexander
The Coming Tariff Bill Moves Through Congress
Washington reports an impending tariff measure featuring free raw materials and reduced duties on manufactured goods. Details show debates over steel rails and wool duties with a plan to cut tariffs while preserving key protections.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Pennsylvania
Finance Committee
Sherman
Ways and Means Committees
Wilson
Burrows
Michigan
Ilouse
Committee On Rules
Democratic Party
Iron and Coal Men of
Alabama
Wheeler
Pugh
Commercial Club of Birmingham
Upco
Congress
Ag Bieming- Han
New South
Wieelo
Ways and
Meius
Commercial Club
Ways and Means
Mingham
Commercial Club of
Birmingham
Commercial
Congressman Magner
New York
Congressman Bland
Missouri
State Lunatic Asylum Receipts and Expenditures Reported
Annual report prepared by Superintendent Babcock urges name change to State Hospital for the Insane. It discusses use of the penitentiary yard for observed cases, lists acreage and value, salaries, admissions since 1828, and yearly receipts and disbursements.
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Coluumbia
8. C
State Lunatic Asylum
Babcock
State Hospital For
Ile
Esperata
HST
ISYL
IBUL
Eeesees
Eeees
State Treasury
Reinstating Queen Liliuokalani and Hawaii’s Future
United States plans to support the queen’s restoration if necessary with naval force led by Admiral Irwin, while stressing neutrality. Secretary Gresham says the US will repair but not maintain the restored regime, and the queen would defend her throne without US aid. Navy strength in Hawaii totals 568 personnel with Philadelphia and Adams as flagship crews.
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Washington
Nav
Department of State
Mr. Blount
Hawaiia
Willis
Irwin
United States
Philadelphia
Honolulu
Government House
Gresham
Liliuokulaui
Blount
Hawaii
Adams
Ionolulu
San Francisco
Skerrett
Admiral Skerrett
Asiatic
Admiral Irwin
Noted young criminal Carpenter finally captured in Macon
William Carpenter, once famed for a near execution escape, is jailed in Macon awaiting South Carolina officers to transport him back. He and Whitfield Murrell were convicted of Preston Yonex’s murder in Nagefield County. Murrell’s sentence was reduced to ten years, while Carpenter vanished for years. A $350 governor reward and $100 Edgefield sheriff reward are posted.
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Columber S. C
William Carpenter
Macon
CIA
South Carolina
Whitfield Murrell
Preston Yonex
Nagefield
Dutz
Miugefield
Givorgia
J. W. Hlarace
Carpenter
Preston
Yonece
Ayefield
Court of General Sessions
Murrell
Weis
Edgefield
Exterminate the Family in Toronto Murder Suicide
E P Barnard aged eighty shot and killed his wife sixty three and daughter thirty six then killed himself last night in Toronto Kansas. A letter found said he had outlived his usefulness and it is believed he had planned the crime for some time. He had bought a cemetery lot recently.
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Toronto
Kan
E. P. Barnard
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Charles Passarelli
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James J. Hderton
Clyde Steamship Line
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Southern Express Company
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Hudson
MR. Wilson
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Johnny A. Drake
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad Company
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Chicago
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Rookery
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Iowa Nial Road
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