Free Wool Bill Dominates Senate and House Tariff Debate
In Washington on March 30 the Senate swore in Texas Senator elect Mills and debated Indian administration and a West Virginia tax issue while Mr. Stanford urged a dollar standard. The House pushed general wool tariff debate as members addressed raw material costs and protections, with leaders arguing for and against McKinley era tariffs.
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Washington
Senate
Mills
Texas
House
Chilton
Stanford
Stan Inoved
Fundnce Committee
Pettigrew
South Dakota
West Virginia
Morrill
Faulkner
Proctor
Peffer
Kansas
Dawes
Hawley
House OF Representatives
McMillin
Tennessee
Ways and Means
Blount
Georgia
Butler
Iowa
United States
Ray
New York
Mr. Butler
Lawson
Everett
4Ocrat
Republican Party
Taylor
Ohio
South
Grracy
North Carolina
Layton
Ohsio
Mr. Crosby
Massachusetts
Behring Sea Treaty Debate Runs Through Cabinets and Commons
March 29 reports show in Washington the cabinet discussed President Harrison's reply to Lord Salisbury on Behring Sea. A senatorial critic warned ratification with renewal terms rivals the minority line, while London MPs heard a denial of renewal refusal and support for British sealers rights.
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White House
Liarrison
Lord Salisbury
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Great Britain
Londoon
House of Commons
E. Gourley
Sunderland
Behring Sea
Lowther
Foreign Office
Railway decision elevates minority stock rights in Ohio
In CoumBus Ohio Judge Pugh grants Robert Garrett's request to appoint a board to value 1728 shares of his Pittsburg Cincinnati and St Louis stock merged into the Columbus Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis line. The decision rests on Garrett not consenting to the consolidation and a value dispute remains, with alleged stock value at 86000 dollars.
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CoumBus
Ohio
Pugh
Common Pleas Court
Robert Garrett
Baltimore
Pittsburg, Cincinnati and
The Bland Bill Abandoned In House Battle
Washington reads that Speaker Crisp would not vote for the Bland bill in rules without majority Tremper support. Bland withdraws petition after anti silver Democrats desert, leaving free coinage hopes dashed. Pierce comments for Bland as defection grows.
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Mr. Bland
Washington
Crisp
Committee On Rules
Bland
Trempero
Pendleton
West Virginia
Harter
Ohio
J. Bland
United Press
Demos
Ceasucrats
Free Silver Democrats
Free Silver Men
Pierce
Three mounted robbers sighted near Boyles after L N Express attempt
In Birmingham at midnight, a watchman spotted three horsemen near Boyles, scene of the Sunday night express wreck and robbery attempt. Twenty armed men moved in, five reconnoitered in a ravine and fired upon. The gang, two men and a heavily armed woman, fled. dogs pursued toward Red Mountain with a larger body anticipated.
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Birmingham
Boyles
Louisville and Nashville Express
Red Mountain
Mills Delays Tariff Speech Until Senate Debate Opens
Washington March 30 Mills intends to save his tariff remarks for the Senate trip and will withhold his House address until the Senate tariff debate begins. A close friend says the plan aims to influence the tariff question at the national level.
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Nate
Washington
House
Mills
Senate
Democrats Elect Officers for Campaign Committee
Washington March 30 The ways and means committee room saw a meeting of Democrats as the congressional Democratic campaign committee elected officers including John L. Mitchell Wisconsin as chairman Lawrence Gardneer Washington D C as treasurer and chose a five member executive. Thirty states have loaded committees with 26 naming representatives while 12 states lack Congressional Democrats and vacancies will be filled by the committee.
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Washington
Ways and
House
Congressional Democratic Campaign Committee
John L. Mitchell
Wisconsin
Lawrence Gardneer
Washington, D.C -Yi
Jas. L. Norris
Washington, D. C
Ger
Idaho
Mr. Strand
Oklahoma
D. B. Medden
Kansas
McNeeley
Maine
Townsend Morton
New Jersey
J. A. Gaissenhainer
Maryland
Barnes Compton
Rhode Island
Oscar Lapham
W. Wallace
South Dakota
Wm. B. McConnell
Arka T. C. McRae
California
T. Geary
Delaware
Congress
Richmond Terminal Plan Faces New Shape In New York
A governance meeting is called tomorrow to assess the Richmond Terminal reorganization plan and the receipts held by its committee. The Georgia court appoints receivers for Georgia Central and may compel a stockholders meeting to elect a new board, while Richmond Terminal is enjoined from voting majority stock to empower minority Crest directors.
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Richmond Terminal
New Shape
New York
Governs the Stock Exchange
Richmond Terminal Reorganization Committee
Georgia Court
The
Georgia Central
Richmond Terminal Co
Crest
Chinese Rebels Killed by Thousands
From Shanghai reports imperial troops crushed northern Chinese rebels with thousands killed. Imperial losses were five dead and forty five wounded. Over eight thousand rebels slain with the sword and five hundred burned alive. Churches used as rebel outposts, and a two hour engagement led to eight hundred of thirteen hundred being killed in one assault.
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San Francisco
Shanghai
China
War Clouds Passing Away on Behring Sea Talks
Negotiations between the United States and Great Britain over the Behring Sea line outlined in Lord Salisbury's note of March 2 continue actively. Secretary Blaine and Sir Julian Pauncefote prepared a reply, but it has not been forwarded or publicly released.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Lord Salibury
Behring Sra
Blaine
Julian Pauncefote
Salisbury
N. C
Demos
Congressional
Sam
Toorik Nichonson
Gelee
Richmond Terminal Listed at Last
At a meeting of New York Stock Exchange governors the Trust Company's Richmond Terminal collateral 5s and 6s and its preferred and common stock were placed on the regular list. The move is expected to aid the system’s reorganization. The exchange will close on Good Friday as usual.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Trus
Richmond Terminal
Trial of John C. Davis in Wilmington Court
The Wilmington trial of John C. Davis, accused swindler and lawyer, adjourned for a ruling on insanity defenses as Judge Meares ordered continued proceedings after disputes over absent witnesses and a bid to move the case to the Superior Court. Witnesses bound over for April 15 in the South Carolina tax cases are noted alongside other regional legal and political items.
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Wilmington
John C. Davis
Fifth Street
M. E
Criminal Court
Meares
Davis
Hetgot
John D. Bell My, Jr
Thomas W. Strange B. R. Moore
A. M. Waddell
Strange
J. R. Sawyer
Bladen Street
M. E. Church
Manteo
Sawyer
Moore
Murphy
Western Insane Asylum
Col. Waddell
Bellamy
Allamy
Judge Meares
Col. Strange
South Carolina
Charveston
S. C
Simpson
Unitedstates Court
Cptroller General
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Seat of War
Wild Times
Alabama
Simmons Liver Regulator
House Committee On Inter-State and Foreign Commerce
Stout
Pennsylvania
Bureau of State Transportation
Secretary of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Richmond
John
R. L. Davis
S. P. Wilson
McLeansville
Greensboro North State
Andrew Carnegie
Holbert
Uniontown
Hill Farm
Ruan
Nebraska
Ile
Samuel J. Randall
Charlotte Smith
Woman’s Industrial League
Potter Palmer
Thomas Marsh
Agnes Neave
Neave
Florida
Charlotte
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