Tariff Reform Plan Advocates Broad Reforms and Tax Cuts
The Ways and Means majority report argues tariff changes will revive business, dissolve monopolies, and free 70 million people from illegal government partnerships. It emphasizes reducing duties on raw materials and essential inputs to boost industry and consumer welfare, while fearing protectionist excess harms wages and growth. The memo, written by Chairman Wilson, cites historical tariff impacts and urges cautious, growth-oriented reform.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Wilson
Congress
Edward Everett
Lowell
New England
Senate
House
Hoar
Massachusetts
Brother Aldrich
Aldrich
W Ho
Starr Gang Robs Iron Mountain Train Near Coffeyville
Five masked men dressed as cowboys halted Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 82 at Seminole station in the Indian Territory, looting mail, express and passengers while firing to menace. A young Coffeyville party witnessed the crime and no one was injured. The robbers, described as young, mounted and fleeing west, are linked to the Starr gang led by Jim Wooten, who previously raided a bank in Mound Valley.
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Starr
Iron Mountain
Correyville
Kas
Iron Mountain Division
Seminole Station
Indian Territory
Coffeyville
James Harris
Missouri Pacific
Brownell
Porter
Ft. Smith
Starr Gang
Jim Wooten
Mound Valley Bank
Southern Prosperity in Cotton Mills Gains in Georgia
The Chronicle editorial notes Georgia and South Carolina mills ran full time with climate, cheap water power, and raw materials powering profits. Augusta area firms like Augusta Manufacturing, Enter prise, Sibley, King, Graniteville, and Langley show steady 6 to 10 percent dividends as southern capacity expands, while northern mills shut down.
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Avansta
the Chronicle
M ceFiss
Georgia
South Carolina
Augusta
Capital
Enterprise Manufacturing Co
Sibley Manufacturing Co
King Manufacturing Co
Graniteville Manufacturing Co
Langley Manufacturing Co
Senate and House News From the 1884 Session
The Senate debated repealing the federal election law and considered a relief measure, while the House reviewed pension expenses and tariff actions. Across sessions, notices for adjournment to January 3, 1894 were approved as Congress paused for holidays.
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Washington
Senate
House
Berry
Peffer
Stone
Wilson
Burrows
Hoar
Rep. Mass
Morgan
United States
Hawaii
Secretary of the Treasury
Committee On Printing
Outhwaite
Dem
Committee On Rules
Congress
Ndg
Henry W. Mellen
Bo Ind
Reed
Boutelle
Talbott
Maryland
Soft Snap Reveals Hill Embezzled from St. Nicholas Bank
Dec. 26 report from New York details Lewis A. Hill, a St. Nicholas Bank receiving teller, who kept a personal compartment for surplus cash. He drew cash from labeled packets, stealing over years until the total reached 12,000. Inspectors found ticketed amounts were later proved incorrect.
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St. Nicholas Bank
New York
Lewis A. Hill
Hill
Preston
Judson
Hull
Teenager Awakens After Six Day Sleep in Alabama
In Leba non Alabama Miss Lizzie Everett aged 19 daughter of Benjamin Everett woke after a six day slumber with no eye opening or feeding. Milk was used to sustain life. This marks the second such episode for Miss Everett who previously slept two weeks. When asked about her feelings she said she did not think she would want more sleep soon and otherwise felt as usual.
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Birmingham
Ala
Lebanon
Lizzie Everett
Benj. Everett
Miss Everett
Mohican to be dispatched to Honolulu resource
San Francisco reports indicate the U S man of war Mohican will depart for Honolulu on Wednesday. Mare Island prep accelerates for sea with a deck load of coal and no Christmas holiday for coal heavers. The Australia already sailed, suggesting urgent reason to strengthen naval presence at Minis ter Willis ahead.
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San Francisco
U.S
Honolulu
Mare Island
Australia
Willis
United States
Donlan the New Jersey crank arrested in Washington
Donlan, a New Jersey crank who vowed to kill Secretary Carlisle and others, was arrested in Washington Monday night. He claimed distant powerful backers motivated his plan and said he is Austrian by birth, German educated, and Catholic. He described a hard life from New Jersey to Ohio and Pittsburgh and said he now works in telegraphy and electricity but cannot find work.
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Washington
Donlan
New Jersey
Carlisle
Stevenson
Sherman
Mills
Shank
Mr. Mills
White House
Mr. Donlan
Cleveland
Donjar
Salem
Newark
Ohio
Pittsburgh
A Practical Joke Ends With Man Maniacal Fear
John Rudy, a York town dry goods clerk in Moncik Indiana, was terrified by a practical joke at Carmmack station. A stranger posed as a sheriff, read an imaginary warrant accusing him of horse theft, triggering a four mile panicked escape and subsequent mania with visions of pursuing Indians. Likely arrests for the pranksters.
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Moncik
Ind
John Rudy
Yorktown
Carmmack Station
Rudy
Mob slays assailant in Bainbridge jail custody
In Bainbridge Georgia Calvin Thomas a Black man assaulted Mrs Sellers wife of a Baptist minister on Sunday. A mob seized the jail early Monday morning and riddled him with bullets. He was found alive by the sheriff an hour later but is dying.
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Bainbridge
Calvin Thomas
Sellers
Here
Morocco to pay Spain indemnity over Melilla dispute
The Epoca estimates the indemnity Morocco should pay Spain at about 60.9 million francs due to Melilla troubles. It praises Muley Araaf, the sultan's brother, who negotiates with Gen. Campos, while recommending keeping a large Melilla force and concentrating another in Andalusia until customs receipts fully guarantee payment.
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Maprio
Epoca
Morocco
Spain
Melilla
Muley Araaf
Campos
Andalusia
Man Tries Suicide Jump From Locomotive Smokestack
David Galloway, a middle aged Irishman, attempted to jump into a moving locomotive smokestack on a bridge over Pennsylvania tracks near Smithsonian grounds. He missed the stack, hit the boiler, and rolled clear of the wheels, then was found semi conscious and taken to hospital. He was later jailed at the Fourth precinct until sobered.
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Dave Galloway
Washington
David Galloway
Pennsylvania Tracks
Smithsonian Grounds
Fourth Precinct
Riot in Knoxville as crowd terrorizes city center
Knoxville police retire amid clashes after a Christmas riot. About a thousand men and boys seized the business district and attacked officers at the station while a tailor named Billy Button was taken for transport. The mob scattered bricks and stones and forced a bond after cheers.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Billy Button
Button
Bond
To Make a Park of Shiloh
Col. E. T. Lee secretary of the Shiloh Battlefield association and a committee arrived from Pittsburg Landing to secure options on land where the Shiloh battle was fought. They have options on over two thousand acres and will urge Congress to purchase the land to form a national park.
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Shiloh
Nashville, Tenn
Col
E. T. Lee
Bakers Strike in Maprio Collapses After Arrests
Maprio records the end of a threatened bakers strike after sixty men were arrested including strike promoters. Authorities also recovered substantial bread supplies from provincial sources, weakening the union effort.
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Maprio
Arkansas Valley smelter to start next week in Leadville
Denver December 26 official announcement states the Arkansas Valley smelter in Leadville will resume operations next week, promising employment for all idle workers in the city.
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Denver
Col
Arkansas Valley
Leadville
Ohio State News Handles Missing Prison Guard Mystery
Columbus dispatch reports the death of John Speckman, a penitentiary guard, found shot in a woodland east of north Columbus. Coroner notes a self-inflicted wound, a blood-stained morphine packet, and a note to his family dated December 15 1893. The note mentions Coshecton and Newton Speckman as family guardians.
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Columbus
John Speckman
North Columbus
Herbst
Speckman
Columbus, O
J. W. McPeek
Coshecton
Newton Speckman
J. Speckman
Rusty knife alleged in Leasure death at asylum
The Columbus insane asylum patient Albert Leasure, found dead in bed two weeks earlier, faces renewed scrutiny after friends dispute the coroner’s verdict. They cite Dr I M Schrader stating death was not natural and claim a rusty knife opened a boil on Leasure’s arm. Ex Attendant Clowser and Dr Stockton are also alleged to have supported violence claims.
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Columus, O
Albert Leasure
Zanesville
Columbus Insane Asylum
Muskingum County
I. M. Schrader
Leasure
Clowser
Insane Asylum
Stockton
Derr
Newark
Ex-Congressman Foran Marries After Widowhood
Ex-Congressman Maren A. Foran wed Emma E. Kenney in St Edward's church Cleveland on Wednesday morning. The bride, about thirty, had worked at the post office. her parents are deceased and two sisters Maud and Ella Kenney served as bridesmaids. Their wedding surprised Foran's friends as his first wife had died four months earlier after a long illness.
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Foran
Cleveland, O
Maren A. Foran
St. Edward’s
Maud Kenney
Ella Kenney
Ohio militia reforms urged in Howe report
The annual report of Adjutant General Howe to the governor recommends militia improvements. Capt Heistand of the US Army, inspector for the Ohio National Guard, commends guard efficiency and suggests reducing each company to forty eight men and six corporals instead of eight.
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ColumBus
Howe
Heistand
United States Army
Ohio National Guard
Prison label law flounders at state prison contracts
State Labor Commissioner Lewis told prison managers that none of the contractors observed the label law. He heard the same excuses, was told enforcement would ruin prison industries, and noted 200 idle workers. He left to seek the attorney general’s prosecutions, with fines from 50 to 500 dollars and 10 days to six months imprisonment prescribed.
Canal land suit against C H D Railway to oust from state land
Columbus Ohio December 22 The state canal commission authorized the attorney general to sue the C H D Railway Co to remove it from state land along the Miami canal between Hamilton and Middletown The land is valued at 5000 dollars and the parties came within 20 dollars of a compromise but balked at concessions
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Columbus, O
State Canal Commission
C., H. & D. Railway Co
Miami Canal
Hamilton
Middletown
Prison contractors threaten shutdown over convict-labeled goods law
In Columbus Ohio an extraordinary affair arose as prison contractors met and resolved to shut down all factories at the penitentiary if the law mandating convict goods be labeled as such is enforced. The Boys to Get a Rest. December 22.
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Columbus
Veteran Barry Am brouh Dies After Morphine Overdose
Dayton December 22. Barry Am brouh an aged veteran of the Soldiers' home died early Thursday from morphine, taken to ease pain. A certified bank check for 1000 dollars was found on his person.
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Dayton, C
Barry Ambrouh
Soldiers’ Home
Family Poisoned After Eating Cheese in Columbus
Insurance agent Joseph Aust of 155 Sycamore Street and his family were poisoned after consuming limburger cheese. A four year old son died, and five other family members were at the point of death, with the incident reported from Columbus, Ohio, on December 22.
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Columbus, O
Joseph Aust
No. 155
Sycamore Street
Aust
Has Gone to Interview the Spirits
Columbus Ohio December 29 Curtis Tweed of Dayton who came here to play poker under spiritual direction was given a ghastly double cross and has disappeared from his boarding house his friends fear he has committed suicide
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ColumBus
Curtis Tweed
Dayton
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