Bills for Mobile and West Alabama Railroad Bridges
Representative Taylor of Alabama introduced bills authorizing the Mobile and West Alabama Railroad to build and maintain a bridge across the Warrior river between Walker and Jefferson counties, and another bridge across the Alabama river between Marengo and Choctaw counties below Demopolis. The Industrial Commission urged Alabama to keep convict labor laws, praising penology. Governor W S Taylor returned to Frankfort after Washington. arrest warrant hints at indictment delay. Eight hour day spreads in New England Building Trades. Third victim dies from Dimmick Pipe Works accident. Charles H Allen inaugurated as civil governor of Porto Rico at San Juan. Forte Mico has civil governor.
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Taylor
Alabama
Mobile and West Alabama Railroad Company
Warrior River
Walker and
Jefferson
West Alabama
Alabama River
Marengo
Choctaw
Demopolis
Industrial Commission
W.S. Taylor
Frankfort
Washington
Executive Mansion
Forte Mico
Charles H. Allen
United States Navy
Porto Rico
San Juan
Cotton Crop Outlook Dims Says Col. Bussey
Col H Bussey of Columbus Georgia, a leading crop expert, warns a large cotton crop this year is unlikely. He cites heavy rains across Georgia and Alabama washing seeds from freshly planted lands, poor stand prospects, and widespread replanting needs. Seed shortages worsen the outlook as flooding may prevent replanting even if rains stop soon.
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Iaport
Col. H. Bussy
Columbus
South
Georgia
Alabama
Col. Bussey
Porte Little Reply on Indemnity Note to Tewfik Pasha
A Constantinople message reports that Porte has not replied to the note handed to Tewfik Pasha by the US charg d affaires Lloyd Griscom on indemnity claims. Some claim a private American contractor deal may mask payment and avoid Ottoman responsibility for losses. Also reported: Mindee Unongee, a negro Indian asylum escapee, lynched by a mob after fleeing jail in Marshal Mo. Sheriff Wilson and his wife were attacked. the mob dragged Unongee from the jail and hanged him. Dr George R C Todd, once of Kentucky and Lincoln’s brother in law, died in Barnwell DC after a long residence and medical practice.
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Constantinople
Che Porte
Tewfik Pasha
United States
Lloyd Griscom
Mindee Unongee
Marshal Mo
Joseph W. Wilson
George R. C. Todd
Kentucky
Lincoln
Barnwell
D. C
Todd
Danville
Texas Rangers
Rio Grande
Confederate States
Six Killed and Forty Injured at Puria Exposition
An accident at the Puria exposition Sunday afternoon wrecked a temporary bridge under a large crowd. Six people were killed and about forty injured as the structure collapsed within the exposition grounds. The event cast a pall over a day of favorable weather and a happy throng.
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Puria
Exposition Grounds
Pingree Interview Highlights Michigan Trusts and Democrats
Governor Pingree of Michigan argues the people’s hope in this year’s elections lies with the Democratic Party. He notes his past as an independent Republican and declines to announce leaving the GOP. He criticizes Republican handling of trusts and repeats his belief in Democratic strength this fall.
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Pingree
Michigan
Virginia prepares constitutional convention over negro disfranchisement
Richmond dispatch reports Democrats in Virginia eyeing a constitutional convention as a party issue to pursue negro disfranchisement and other reforms while shifting political power. House balance shows Republicans at 186 to Democrats 169 amid recent shifts. Also notes the death of Hon. John R. Dinsmore, and appointments in Cuba plus a large forest fire in eastern Jackson County Wisconsin.
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Richmond
Virginia
Norfolk
Representative Kink
Utah
Brigham H. Roberts
Judge Lasaiter
Epes
House
Representative Sibley
Pennsylvania
John R. Dinsmore
Macon
Miss
Dinsmore
Senate
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Wisconsin
Jackson County
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New York
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Young Building
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Chicago
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Tennessee
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Birmingham
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Ala
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Tewfk
Pasha
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Pratt City
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