World News Mixed in One Long Dispatch
A jumble of figures and notes reports on forests in France, Rothschild assets, anarchist lists, Japanese social ventures, possible free night schools, and vast U S waste lands. It mentions a Chinese exclusion act case, an international marriage bureau proposal, poetry shortages, Alaska’s growth and laws, and two Swedish botanists lost at sea while exploring Labrador.
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International Marriage Bureau
Berne
Switzerland
Copenhazen
Greenland
Bjorling
Kallstenius
Labrador
New York
Bijjerling
Seb
Arctic
Ragentsi
Zvaz
House Clears Tariff Bill After Free List Push
The House, by 180 to 21, discharged conference on the tariff and approved the Senate bill. It ordered separate free-list bills for sugar, coal, iron ore and barbed wire. Debate featured Speaker Crisp, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Reed, with divisions over trust terms and tariff reform. Sugar, coal, iron ore and barbed wire were placed on the free list. the day ended with adjournment and a record vote tallies.
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House Democratic
House
Senate
Ways and Means
Committee On Rules
House Journal
Sayers
District of Columbia
Cathings
Cetchings
Reed
Wilson
Maine
McMillin
Ways and Means Committee
Pence
Colorado
Eckran
New York
Crisp
Republican Party
Yeas
Messrs. Cochran
Covert
Davey
Louisiana
Dunphy
Everett
Massachusetts
Gormen
Michigan
Hendrix
Johnson
Ohio
Meyer
Price
Tarsney
Missouri
Warner
Messrs
Brice
Gray
Chandler
Davis
Coke
Patton
Mr. Wilson
Messrs. Alderson
West Virginia
Bankhead
Alabama
Boamer
Burns
Crain
Texas
Denson
Edmunds
Virginia
Epps
Knibbs
Pennsylvania
McKaig
Maryland
Oates
Reilly
Robbins
Swanson
Tucker
Tyler
Weadock
Wheeler
Wolverton
Haugen
Wisconsin
Alderson
Beltzhoover
Boater
Lousiana
Robertson
Boatner
Ogden
Price and Robertson
Stevenson
Hermer
Reyburn
Sperry
Connecticut
House of Representatives
Growth of the South Shows surge in new industries
The Tradesman reports a week with many newly established or incorporated ventures across the South signaling revival. Highlights include cotton mills, lumber and coal firms, phosphate and granite operations, electrical plants, flour mills, and new hotels and academies. Notable names: Stevenson Coal Co, Nesbitt Cotton Mills, Santee River Cypress Lumber Co, MM Kiser Co, N Auth Marine Co, and several Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, and Louisiana entities.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
South
Stevenon Coal Co
Parkersburg
W. Va
Bath
8. C
Bankie
MM. C. Kiser Co
Atlanta
Capital
N. Auth Mry. Co
Alexandria
Tamps
Fla
Norfolk
Southport
N. C
Norton
Tayl
Osaka
Miss
Penn
Palestine
Tex
Jacksonville
Atlanta, Ga, Ashland, Ky., and Oxford, Miss.; Flour and Grist Mills At Frankfort
Raleigh
Austin
Augusta
Fayetteville
Sullivan
Ala
Tampa
Onotosiasa
Winderm Te
Merdian
Mies
Wilson, W. V
Avon Park
Mis
Audubon
Ashland
Oxford
Water Valley
N.C
Mountain Island
Rockingham
Pacolet
Nash Ville
Bayou Sirs
New Orlans
Bluefield
Exposition bill funds Atlanta show passes House
A Washington special reports Colonel Livingstons bill, substituted by Representative Cannon for the senate amendment, passed the house by acclamation. It appropriates 200,000 for the Cotton States and International Exposition administration building in Chicago. A Noranzoy of France is described as a corporal of integrity.
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Atlanta
House
Washington
Livingston
Representative Cannon
Chicago
Internal Revenue
Senate
President Cleves Leaves Washington for Gray Gables Illness
The president leaves Washington for Gray Gables on physician advice after a malaria illness. Doctors expect salt air and a short absence to restore health. he will return by mid next week and has left the tariff bill for treasury report. Indictments rise in Shelby County liquor case.
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Washington
Cleveland
Gray Gables
Thurber
O’reilly
O'Reilly
Pennsylvania Road
Secretary of the Treasury
Memphis
Shelby County
Treasury
World News Briefs of Political Strikes and Disasters
Daily dispatches report the Spring Valley miners strike ending with a resumed work agreement. A San Francisco note records gunboat Bennington outside the harbor and Ezeta movements. Maryland and Kentucky politicians announce candidacies for governor and US senator. Japan enforces strict censorship and control over press and movement. A westbound train wreck at Cubero NM kills a fireman. engineer injured, passengers unscathed. South Carolina nominations: Evans for governor, Ellerbe lieutenant governor, with Evans nominated unanimously. Cholera cases rise in East Prussia. river water concerns at Netze and Rhine. Italian cabinet grants amnesty for revolts in Sicily and Massa di Carrara. Tennessee Democrats organize in Nashville. Idaho Democrats nominate Stevenson governor, Ballantine congress, Thatcher lieutenant governor, Bush treasurer, Stoddard auditor. key state posts left vacant.
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J. B. McCreary
Kentucky
United States
Blackburn
Brown
Atlantic and Pacific
Cubero
N.M
James Norton
William Norris
John Gary Evans
Wm. H. Ellerbe
J. E. Tindall
W. D. Evans
Ellerbe
Tindall
Evans
Timmerman
East Prussia
Koloman
Netze
Cologne
Rhine
Sicily
Massa di Carrara
Tennessee State Democratic Executive Committee
Nashville
W. H. Carroll
J. W. Childress
Idaho
John B. Thatcher
James H. Bush
James Stoddard
J. ©. Elder
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Import Duty Start Date Explained by Treasury
A Washington special notes lingering questions from importers about tariff timing. The Treasury Department explains the law takes effect the day after the president signs or when the ten day period ends, clarifying duty assessment for goods arriving before formal entry. The piece adds an unrelated tip advising choosing good company to avoid evil associates.
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Treasury Department
Washington
Tariff Bill Moves After Joint Resolution Passes
In Congress the house extended provisions from the prior year for public purposes and passed the sedate tariff bill after lengthy debate. The speaker announced enrollment of the amended tariff bill and signed by the speaker. Several private measures passed. many leaves of absence granted for family illness.
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House
Black
Millinois
United States
Committee On
Committee On the Judiciary
Culberson
Ford’s Theater
South Port
N. C
Mahone Lot
Government Printing Office
Atlanta
Sayers
Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Senate Ratifies Chinese Treaty and Free List Measures
The Senate, after executive action on the Chinese treaty, ratified it. Messages from the House announced passage of four free list bills for sugar, coal, iron ore, and barbed wire. The Senate later signed the tariff bill, considered amendments, and examined a treasury impact letter. A Thursday session then passed an exclusion and deportation bill for alien anarchists.
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Senate
House
Manderson
Hill
Hadeen
Qusy
Butler
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Southern Steamship and Railway Associations
Harris
Harris Rossand
Secretary of the Treasury
Trade Talks Signal Mixed July Trade Tide Shift
Bradstreet's weekly review notes July shows several cities posting higher bank clearings than last year, with June counts also improving. There is cautious improvement in steel billets and wool markets, plus stronger New York stock tone on tariff hopes. Regional signals vary as Atlanta and Augusta show activity, while Birmingham and New Orleans remain weak and Galveston slackens in dry goods.
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Bradstreet
Weekly Trade Review
Telegraph
New York
Southern Railroad
Boston
Massachusett
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Augusta
Jacksonville
Fla
Savannah
Memphis
South Carolina
Charleston
Birmingham
New Orleans
Galveston
Tennessee convention renominates Governor Turney
The Tennessee democratic state convention in Nashville adjourned after unanimously renominating Governor Peter Turney. The platform endorses Cleveland and his administration, calls for a federal income tax, repeal of the ten percent tax on state bank issues, and arbitration between labor and capital. It supports bimetallic coinage to maintain parity of gold and silver.
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Nashville
Peter Turney
Congress
Cleveland
Republican Congress
United States
Evans Nominated By Columbia Delegates In Reform Ticket
Three hundred twenty delegates met in Columbia South Carolina to nominate the reform ticket. The convention favored John Gary Evans with 262 delegates and adopted a platform reiterating Ocala demands. A battle arose over nominating the entire ticket by ballot amid disputes on credentials and dispensary questions.
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Columbia
S. C
Reform
John Gary Evans
Sligh
Gibbes Whaley
Charleston
R. L. Gunter
Aiken
Kingh
Abbeville
M. BR. Cooper
Culleton
James
Sumter
W. D. Evans
State Alliance
Ocala
Coleock
Marchant
Pickens
Two Thousand Discharged From Union Pacific Strike
Over 2000 men were formally discharged from Union Pacific due to the great strike, with replacements daily. The list includes 250 engineers and firemen, some with twenty years service. Many do not blame the company, saying they were misled by the American Railway Union and erred in leaving work.
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Union Pacific
American Railway Union
London Officials Say No Sinking Report Discredited
Japanese legislation officials in London say they have heard nothing to support claims that seven Chinese vessels were sunk by the Japanese fleet on August 10th or 11th. The report is discredited.
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London
Strike Ended at Chicago Stockyards After Short Walkout
The Chicago stockyards strike ended Thursday morning with workers returning to jobs at former wages. Of 2000 men seeking employment, only 50 were hired, ending the stoppage.
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Chicago
Fires devastate Vienna docks amid vast losses
Warehouses burned along the Fiume water front in Vienna cause about 300000 pounds in losses. Nearby shipping remained unharmed.
Engagement Reported Seven Chinese Ships Sunk
Telegram from Yokohama said seven Chinese vessels were sunk in a recent clash with Japan. London inquiry found no confirmation and the report likely originated from Yokohama. French gunboat Lion, at Kow Shing sinking, has arrived at Tien-Tsin with rescued sailors.
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London
Yokohama
Japan
Lion
Kow Shing
Tien-Tsin
Fatal Flash Kills Seven Ball Players Near De Kalb Texas
Lightning struck a large oak where a crowd of boys and men had taken shelter during a prairie baseball game nine miles south of De Kalb Texas. Seven players were killed outright John Jacobs Walter Atchley Tom Blanchard Will Heatley John Jackson Chris Petty Will Walsh and about a dozen others were injured with some feared to die.
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DeKalb
Texas
John Jacobs
Walter Atchley
Tom Blanchard
Will Heatley
John Jackson
Chris Petty
Will Walsh
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Alaska
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Spain
Baroaza
Rhods Island
California
Middle Africa
Committee On Finance
Finance Committee
Antonio Ezeta
Salvador
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State Department
Ezeta
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Royal Baw&nan Commission
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San Francisco
Ohio and Baltimore
Nova Scotia
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Canada
Toronto
Spring Valley
Ill
General Ezeta
Isador Raynor
Halls OF Congress
THE
Gov
Turney
Tennessee
Reformers
Telegraphic News
Fiume
Vienna
Austria
Henry E. Smith & Co
Boots
Worcester
Mass
Walter Wellman
Tromsove
Norway
Ragnvald Jarl
North Pole
Angbha
Board of Trade
Booge, Frazer & Co
Hawkeye Commission Company
Omaha
Neb
Hawkeye Company
Coxeyites
Hyattsville
House of Correction
New York City
R. C. Williams & Co
Columbus
McBryde
Trades Assembly Hall
Braunschweiger
Major Moore
Frank Hume
Indianapolis
Resolutions Committee
Senator Voorhees
Voorhees
Matthews
Washington, D. C
Southern Boards of Trade
Willard’s Hall
Willard’s Hotel
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