Senate tariff clash tests Quay leadership in Senate
A factional fight erupts as Senator Quay moves to end debate on the tariff bill with a firm timetable. Hoar and Edmunds oppose Quay, urging President to withhold patronage to sway wavering Republicans, while Democrats may tilt the vote. A tense, high-stakes battle looms over party control and calendar priorities.
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Quay
Hoar
Edmunds
Watermotor
Senator Hoar
Senate
Senator Quay
Quy
Edmonds
Fon
Lightner
Telephone scandal in Washington heats Senate debate
Senator Morgan offers an amendment to cap officer telephone expenses at 30 dollars a year in the District of Columbia. He cites a Washington paper claiming 200 instruments cost 60 dollars each annually, totaling 12 000 dollars, implying actual costs may be far lower. Senator Plumb counters. The dialogue hints at a broader scandal related to officials.
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Senate
Morgan
District of Columbia
Washington
Plumb
Mr. Morgan
Amendment Reduces Estimated Cost of Instruments
Report notes it would require imagination to claim instruments cost three dollars each. The panel suggests two dollars or fifteen cents would be closer, and the amendment passes.
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Tor
Silver remonetization sparks talk of unofficial agent abroad
Washington August 15 An article reports financiers urging President to dispatch an unofficial agent to consult European governments on silver remonetization and possible international monetary conference. Senators Sherman Jones Teller differ on method with Teller opposing, others favoring individual agent approach for aims of silver rehabilitation.
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Corres
Dent
WasErrotox
Sherman
Ohio
Jones
Nevada
Teller
Manton Markle
Edwin Atkinson
Congress
Con
Committee On Finance
Perkins As Temporary Speaker Rushes Through Pension Bills
Republicans in the House, led by Temporary Speaker Perkins, rushed through about 100 private pension bills on Friday night while Enloe was absent. Perkins ignored forms and rules, adjourned quickly, and mocked the process as Arkansas Rep McRae played a weak obstructor role. Enloe warned of further batches if not returning.
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Perkins
Keaneas
T Washington
House
Enloe
Euloe
Dilla
McRae
Arkansas
Representative Perkins
Tom Reed
Wnever
Mr. Perkins
Kansas
Pensions Committee
Jackson
Tenn
Senate
Cannot Fill Pension Committee for Baum Investigation
Washington reports Speaker Reed struggles to form a full committee to probe charges against Pension Commissioner Green B. Baum. Only one Democrat ready to serve. vacancies persist after resignations of Indiana’s Yoder and Parret, delaying action and preventing Cooper from joining the panel.
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Washington
Reed
House
Green B. Baum
Goodnight
Kentucky
Cooper
Indiana
Yoder
Ohio
Parret
Senate Deficiency Bill Adds 110000 for Pittsburgh Federal Court House
A staff correspondent reports the Senate attached a deficiency appropriation amendment totaling 110000 for heating apparatus elevators and approaches for the Federal Court House and Ventellice at Pittsburg.
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Senate
Washington
Federal Court House
Ventellice
Pittsburg
Otterville train robbery yields $7400 in cash recovered
Louis reports no new details on the Otterville train robbery. Pacific Express Superintendent Fuller reiterates that $7,400 in cash was secured, while a Conductor Al Marsh notes unconfirmed packages. The case remains unresolved with limited new information.
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Louis
Otterville
Fuller
Pacific Express
Conchetor
al Marsh
Sony
Ames
World’s Fair Site Fight Promises Stormy Chicago Meeting
Chicago August 18 The forthcoming World’s Fair directors meeting is labeled the most important yet and may run past dawn. Disagreements split on Lake Front versus Jackson Park with West and North Sides backing different sites. Speculators backing Jackson Park pressed to rally support and challenge engineer Olmsted’s views while awaiting Park Commission replies and Washington Park conditions.
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Apos
Chicago
Jackson Park
Lake Front
Ortingstall
Olmasted
West
Mr. Olmsted
Electric Lighting Leaders Convene at Cape May Session
The twelfth semi small convention of the National Electric Light Association opens in Cape May with about 300 delegates from member incorporations. Discussions focus on new electrical discoveries and cheaper lighting, with committees preparing reports and plans for upcoming papers and meetings. Attendees include Morris W. Mead H L Angl och J S Breitenban and A Conner of Pittsburgh.
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Cape May
National Electric Light Association
Stockton
Morris W. Mead
H. L. Angloch
J. 8. Breitenban
A. Conner
Pittsburg
War of Bishops Intensifies at Eastern Church Camp Meetings
August reports a renewed clash within the Christian Evangelical Association as Bishops Esher Bowman and Dobbs prepare for competing camp meetings across Eastern Pennsylvania. The Eastern Conference plans two weeks of gatherings with Milford circuit soon opening. Esher aims to preside at events, while Dobbs and supporters brace for confrontation in the state.
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War of Bishops
Christian Evangelical Association of the
United States
Esher
Bowman
Dobbs
Pennsylvania
Wands
Rn Conference
Milford
Young female horse thief from Port Byron to be sent to Rochester
A 15 year old girl Amelia Sears from Port Byron Cayuga County stole a horse and carriage belonging to Mr. Paddock drove to Weedsport and gave rides to neighborhood boys. She was aided by her skill with horses and a pistol she had stolen. She will be sent to the State Industrial School at Rochester.
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Syracuse
Port Byron
Cayuga County
Amelia Sears
Paddock
Weedsport
Amelia
E. H. Hunting
Cato
Amelis
State Industrial School
Rochester
War Looms as Central American Nations Align Against Guatemala
A Manila dispatch reports Costa Rica and Nicaragua confirm a pact with El Salvador. Guatemala faces mutiny among troops on the Salvadoran frontier, with 30,000 Guatemalan soldiers and 20,000 Salvadorans ready for a ferocious week of battles, backed by Honduras. Salvadoran officials promise bold advances toward regional capitals.
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Grrr
Mexico
Galveston
Managua
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Salvador
Chiapas
Senor Dieguez
Honduras
Senor Pou
Guatemala
Aras
Stetala
A Swim Across the Channel Ends in 60 Miles Feat
Dalton the American swimmer completes a 60 mile English Channel crossing from France to England in 23 hours 28 minutes after a grueling voyage. The Duke of Saxe Meiningen quits the theatrical business fearing bankruptcy following a fortune loss.
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Dalton
France
English Channel
Duke of
Saxe-Meiningen
Dalton completes English Channel swim after 23 hours 28 minutes
American swimmer Dalton crosses from France to England in 60 miles journey lasting 23 hours 28 minutes aided by the lifeboat Ocean King. He starts from Cape Grisnez and rests briefly, finishing amid cheering crowds at Folkestone before fainting from exhaustion.
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Cable Company
Loxpox
Dalton
English Channel
Folkestone
Cape Grisnexon
Ocean King
Dun
England
Hythe
Webb
Betrothal Conference Ties Hapsburgs and Royals
An Imperial Conference in Vienna discusses a betrothal involving the Crown Prince of Austria and the Archduchess as preparations for a royal alliance. Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales, 25, is expected to arrive in Vienna early next month and will visit Count Tassilio Festetics during part of his stay.
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Prince of Wales
Vielt
Vienna
Charles of
Roumania
Ischis
Vimwna
Tassilio Festetics
Curious Russian Legend Of St Joseph Shoes At Veneration
A Petersburg dispatch reports a legend gaining credence across Russia that St Joseph's shoes, worn after fleeing to Egypt, were repaired in Kiel and that the Archbishop now plans to resole them and expose the relics to the faithful.
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St. Joseph's
St. Petersburg
St. Joseph
Egypt
Russia
Kiel
Duke of Saxe Meiningen Quits Theatrical Company
The Duke of Saxe Meiningen disbands his renowned theater company after failing profits. He fears continuing losses will bankrupt him. The morganatic marriage to Fraulein Franz and her role as business manager worsened the strain.
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Duke of
Saxe-Meiningen
Beblix
Fraulein Franz
Saxe-Meiningers
Germany
Notes by the Cable from the Old World
News in condensed form covers Ireland potato blight, a Russian foreign trade committee, cholera at Red Sea ports blocking Gibraltar, Danube steamer deliveries to Serbia, Cardinal Newman funeral rites, Mellela talks between Spain and Portugal, Morocco Spain flag salute, William invites Austrian officers to German maneuvers, and czar William at Narva church services with banquet honors.
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Ireland
Russia
Red Sea
Gibraltar
Radujevatz
Lower Danube
Cardinal Newman
Oratory
Edgbaston
Henry M.stanleyy
France
England
Narva
Winding Up the Sugar Trust
The Central Trust Company has the preliminary agreement to accept deposits and exchange its certificates for Sugar Trust stock. The Reorganization Committee gains power to wind up and reorganize, with key decisions subject to approval by major certificate holders and veto by Kidder, Peabody & Co or the Central Trust. The plan will be drafted promptly and dividends are redirected to certificate holders.
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New York
Sugar Trust
Central Trust Company
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Central Trust
Berry Picker Contractor Faces Probe in New Jersey
Antonio Papelli, a Hammondtown New Jersey berry farmer, spoke with Chief Contract Labor Inspector Milholland at the Barge Office about hiring 23 immigrants to harvest berries. He admits bringing several hundred laborers over the past eight to ten years and says he hoped they would repay passage costs with six percent interest. The immigrants are detained pending further investigation.
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New York
Antonio Papelli
Hammondtown
N. J
Milholland
Papelli
New Jersey
Italy
No Divorce for Adonis Dixey Denies Suit
Henry E Dixey says he has not been served with a divorce filing and that reports of a divorce suit are false He told a DISPATCH reporter he wired his New York lawyer to deny the charges and attributed the rumor to another Dixey.
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Henry E. Dixey
Dispatch
Kansas City
Dixey
New York
Adonis
Seven Lives Sacrificed in Trinidad Disaster
A telegraph from Barela New Mexico reports a wreck on the Union Pacific near Barela. A special train carried surgeons to the scene after a bridge washout and derailment. Seven people are reported killed and 14 wounded. exact cause unknown awaiting full details.
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Trinidad
Con
Barela
Union Pacific
Persona
Solons Moot In the Hoosier State
INDIANAPOLIS August 18 The American Association for the Advancement of Science is to meet in this city tomorrow. Delegates are expected from Allegheny and from the telescope maker Messrs. optical instruments Fok oh Sake i Hee sy.
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Indianapolis
American Association For the Advancement of Sms
Allegheny
Fok Oh
Powderly Seeks Arbitration Fight Over Central Strikes
Powderly pushes arbitration in a New York Central dispute with striking Knights of Labor. Webb insists the discharged workers were not fired for union ties and signals a nationwide general railroad strike on Vanderbilt-controlled lines if no agreement is reached.
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New York Central Railroad
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K. of L
New York
Powderly
Webb
New York Central
New York Central and
Hundsoner
Knights of Labor
Hudson River
Buffalo
Knights
A. W. Wright
Toronto
J. J. Holland
General Executive Board
Grand Central Station
Mr. Webb
Terrence V. Powderly
Messrs
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Holland
St. Cloud
Hayes
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireme
Brotherhood of Railroad’ Actors
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Switchmen’s Mutual Aid Association
Dispatch
Connee
Vanderbilts
West Shore
Lake Shore
Michigan Central
Canada Southern
Chicago and
Northwestern
Baffalo
Brotherhood of Firemen
Supreme Council of the
Federation of Basilway Brotherhoods
Burrows
John Devlin
Increased Pinkerton Force At Albany And Rift Spreads
The Pinkerton guard in West Albany rose to 600 men with more rifles issued. A secret strike meeting occurred at the rink as the D A 246 Executive Board warned of a Pinkerton squad among workers. In East Albany engineers and firemen resolved to back the Knights and urge others to stay out.
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East Albany
Debates on Franchise Proposals Indicate White Supremacy Aims
At Jackson convention, Judge Chrisman proposes voter qualifications restricting suffrage to landowners and taxed property, with added oaths and bans on certain groups. Amendments seek residence thresholds, poll taxes, and reallocation of political power favoring white counties, plus calls to abolish convict labor and study penitentiary reforms.
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Jackson
Chrisman
Lincoln
United States
Kennedy
Clay
Mayers
Lafayette
Ellard
Noxubee
Campbell
Washington
McLaurin
Hinds
Seizure of Gloucester Vessel Willie Irving at Souris
The Gloucester fishing schooner Willie Irving was seized at Souris Prince Edward Island for alleged fisheries treaty violations after crew refused to sail citing unseaworthiness. A survey found the ship seaworthy but the crew sold gear and refused voyage prompting seizure by Collector Foley awaiting Ottawa instructions.
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Halifax
Gloucester
Willie Irving
Souris
Prince Edward Island
United States
George
Charlottetown
Irving
Seely
Foley
Ottawa
FIGHTING A BOYCOTT BRICK MANUFACTURERS MEET
A secret session of 16 brick makers at Astor House reports on a planned New York market boycott. They propose halting brick shipments to points with boycotts after August 2 until the boycott ends, urge contract submissions to the committee, and note their firms supply about 80 percent of the New York market.
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Dispatch
New York
Astor House
Timber rights blocked on 100000 acres in Logan county
In federal court Judge Dickson issued an injunction against W. Colston and 36 others stopping timber cutting on 100000 acres in Logan county. Backed by New York and Philadelphia capitalists, the property is valued near $1 million. Also reports say Millville glass packers win a nine hour day demand and hire for next blast.
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Parkeerssvee
Dickson
8. W. Colston
Logan County
New York
Philadelphia
Millville
N. J
Montgomery August totals show Democratic edge widened
Official returns from 60 of 68 counties report Jonea Nt with 130,073 votes and Long (Repr iewa) with 40,324. The remaining counties are expected to push the Democratic majority to about 95,000.
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Ata
Jonea Nt
Long
Repriewa
Pennsylvania Company Acquires Beaver Valley Marginal Railroad
The Pennsylvania Company buys the Marginal Railroad owned by H. W. Hartman linking Beaver Falls plants to Rochester and New Brighton. The deal, recorded in Beaver County, consolidates lines with the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie and expands feeder routes to mills and new Ellwood connections. Price reported around 75000 dollars.
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Raver Valley
Henry Hartman
Penn- 2 Ay Company
Pennsylvania “21 Company
Pennsylvanoes
Insylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Company
Beaver Valley
Lake Erie
H. W. Hartman
Beaver Falls
Carnegie, Phipps & Co
Economites
Hartman
Rochester
Beaver Say
Pittsburg
Rochester Tumbler Company
Desl
Beaver County
New Brighton
Beaver River
Ellwood
Rock Point
Youngstown
Ashtabula
Pennsylvania
Eilwood
Pittsburg and Western
Pittsburg and Western Company
Beaver and Ellwood
Elwood Short Line
Pennsylvanian Company
Sat
Mob Violence Claims Freeman in Delaware
Martin Freenan of Prospect Ohio was shot by an Italian scissors grinder at a railroad depot while waiting for a train. The mob planned vigilante punishment but officers prevented lynching. Freenan was wounded with slim chances of recovery. the Italian was jailed.
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Delvaware
Martin Freenan
Prospect
Judge Lynch
Freenan
Itar
A Good Indian Gone A Chief Who Saved Many Hearts
Bramance North Dakota August 15. George Faribanle chief of the Indian police at Standing Rock Agency is dead. He was called the Daniel Boone of Minnesota a man of influence among the Indians a quarter breed. He saved the lives of many white men during the Indian troubles.
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Bramance
N. D
George Faribanle
Btanding Rock
Daniel Boone
Minnesota
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