Congress Debates Canal and Currency Bills in Senate and House
Senate debates include canal line survey amendment by Turpie and land grant views. House hearings on the Carlisle currency bill face opposition and procedural hurdles as Springer and Walker push substitutes while Johnson of Indiana argues for cautious reform and warns against hasty action.
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Ral
Carlisle
Committee On
Banking and Currency
House
Springer
Messrs. Springer
Committee On Banking and Currency
Walker
Johnson
Indiana
Banking and Currency Committee
Congress
House Week Ends With Major Appropriations Passages
The second week of the current Congress session closed with three general appropriations for the year ending June 30 1896 totaling 143 718 204, plus an urgent deficiency bill of 2 006 595 a grand total of 5 724 799 appropriated so far. The pension bill was approved after four hours of debate and the army appropriation bill was laid on the calendar. A Hitt resolution favorable to Secretary of State regarding paying Great Britain 425 000 over Behring Sea claims advanced from foreign affairs. The day ended with private pension bills to be considered in the evening session amid a slender attendance.
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Senate
Stevenson
Military Academy
House
Committee On Appropriations
Turpie
Menocal
Dolph
Congress
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Hill
Hills
Harris
Shiloh Park
Nicaragua
Secretary of the Navy
Admiral Walker
Hawaii
Committee On Foreign Relations
Pasco
Florida
Committee On Public Lands
Missouri River
Jefferson City
Bate
Tennessee
Shiloh
Onthywatte
Mr. Hitt
Great Britain
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Error in the bill bars twelve Georgians from appointment
A clerical error in the Georgia House proceedings deprives twelve named and unnamed Georgians of seats on an exposition board. Only Dr. George Payne Major G. M. Ryals W G Lewis and O A Danson are partially named while the final amendment was omitted. The board now lacks appointed members and convened to discuss exhibit plans and funding.
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House of Representatives
George Payne
G. M. Ryals
Savannah
W. G. Lewis
Thomasville
O. A. Danson
LaGrange
Hall
Coweta
Senate
House
Hopkins
Thomas
Commissioner of Agriculture
Errror
Nesbitt
Ryale
Lewis
Danson
South Carolina Police Bill Cleared Senate Second Reading
A Columbia special reports the metropolitan police bill passed the senate on Monday night 23 to 10 though debate will wait until final reading. Administration backing signals likely final passage amid strategic votes. Also notes American citizens abroad report lack of protection from the U S minister, while outrages in Constantinople are said to have drawn indifference.
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Columbia
S. C
Metropolitan Police
Senate
Boston
Mass
United States
Terrell
Constantinople
Washington Dispatches on Policy and Political Scandals
In Washington a briefing notes no policy change on the Armenian question and discusses telegrams from Constantinople, Savannah bills for a marine hospital and a Savannah subtreasury, Morton’s Nebraska trip, and railroad pooling delays. Howgate forgery indictments proceed as postal clerks exam dates and revenue officials’ removals in Georgia unfold.
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United States
Constantinople
Lester
Georgia
Savannah
Custom House
Morton
Nebraska
Nebraska Historical Society
Committee of Interstate Commerce
Senate
House
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Secretary of the Treasury
House of Representatives
Criminal Court
Howgate
Court of Appeals
Classified Postal Service
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Ohio
Dallas
Texas
Dayton
Denver
Col
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Mich
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Indianapolis
Ind
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Cal
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Minneapolis
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Omaha
Neb
Portland
Oregon
Providence
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St. Paul
San Francisco
Toledo
Board of Examiners
Murray County
Atlanta
Washington
Internal Revenue Department
Department of Justice
Ed Rembert
Whitecappers
Ganger Cox
Tilton
Whitfield County
Carter
Rucker
South Carolina Representatives Vote to Cut Salaries
The South Carolina House passed a bill slashing state officer salaries after a heated clash. Amendments touched pay, per diem, and mileage with the majority pressured by opposition claims of their four year tenure. Sanders proposed a day of pay plus bacon and meal allowances.
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South Carolina
Sanders
Guns In Court. Washington Light Infantry Retains Arms
The case arose after South Carolina Governor Tillman disarmed several companies after a Darlington County dispute. Washington Light Infantry of Charleston argued state arms were US law for their special use. The US court in Charleston ruled the arms remained with the Washington Light Infantry for its use.
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Darlington County
D. C
Tillman
Darlington
Washington Light Infantry
Charleston
United States
United States Court
United States Circuit Court
District of South Carolina
Congress
Benjamin R. Tillman
South Carolina
Goff
Baltimore
Dun & Co. Review of Trade Signals Mixed UKUS Outlook
Dun and Co reports contradictory changes in business for the week. Activity remains steady though demand lags capacity, with November iron output rising to 168,762 tons weekly by December 1 while unsold stocks grew. Prices fall. cotton goods wobble amid large Bliss Fabyn sale. Pittsburgh shows weakness in pig iron and gray forge while beams hold. Gold exports total about 3.5 million dollars. New York sees ample money but little financing demand beyond sugar trust transactions. Nine-year comparisons show 349 US and 30 Canadian failures.
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Dun & Co
BR. G. Dun & Co
Pittsburg
Bessemer
Gray Forge
Bliss, Fabyn & Co
New York
Treasury
New Orleans
Sugar Trust
Brooklyn
London
United States
Canada
Novelist Stevenson Dead in Samoa
Advices from Apia Samoa dated December 8 report the death of Robert Louis Stevenson from apoplexy. His remains were interred on Pala mountain summit. At death he had half finished a new novel. English papers publish lengthy obituaries noting his stature in letters.
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Apia
Samoa
Robert Louis Stevenson
Pala Mountain
Stevenson
Pall Mall Gazette
St. James Gazette
England
America
Grover Cleveland Arrives in Georgetown by Private Car
President Grover Cleveland and party arrived at Georgetown South Carolina at 6 10 in the private car Wildwood. Few people greeted the arrival due to the early hour. Rumors of the visit circulated Saturday night but were denied by officials through Sunday.
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Grover Cleveland
Georgetown
S. C
Wildwood
Kolb Contested Senate Seat Sparks Alabama Election Inquiry
Senator Allen introduces a five member Senate committee to probe Alabama elections and the Morgan seat contest. Col Reese charges fraud and aims to reveal abuses in state elections while Kolb’s name appears on a contested certificate. The panel may compel witnesses and report findings by bill or otherwise.
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Alabama
Senate
Morgan
Washington
W. S. Reese
United States
Kolbite
Kolb
Col. Reese
Reese
Allen
Nebraska
United States Senate
Congress of the United States
Congress
Debs Convicted as Union Leader Sentenced in Chicago
In Chicago Judge Woods sentenced Eugene V. Debs to six months in county jail for violating the injunction issued with Judge Grosscup. Other defendants in the American Railway Union case received three months. McVean’s sentence was suspended. Names include Sylvester Kelliher Leroy Goodwin J D McVean James Hogan William Burns and M J Elliott. The decision drew mixed reactions and is expected to be appealed.
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Chicago
E. V. Debe
Sylvester Kelliher
L. W. Rodgers
M. J. Elliott
James Hogan
William Burns
J. D. McVean
Leroy M. Goodwin
Darrow
New York Editorial Rejects Income Tax Unconstitutionality
The New York Sun reports, citing high authority, that Joseph H. Choate and Clarence A. Seward consider the new income tax unconstitutional and will defend a large group of New York merchants and businessmen in court to test the law’s constitutionality.
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New York Sur
Joseph H. Choate
Clarence A. Seward
New York
Blaze at Newcastle coal mine torches Oregon company
A Seattle dispatch reports the Newcastle coal mine is afire and may become a wreck. The Oregon Improvement Company faces a $500,000 loss as Coal Creek floods the mine. About 250 workers are laid off while it will take weeks to flood and months to pump out.
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Seattle
Wash
Newcastle
Oregon Improvement Company
Lower Rates Sought by Southern Railway and Steam Ship Assn
A rate committee meeting in Atlanta heard a delegation from the Southern Wholesale Grocers Association urging a cut in interstate freight rates on carload lots. The committee, led by Commissioner E. B. Stahlman, referred the proposal to a special panel as grocers from multiple southern cities spoke. Holiday rates of four cents per mile were authorized by the Southern Passenger Association for round trips on December 22 25 and December 29 January 1, with students also eligible.
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Southern Railway and Steamship Association
Atlanta
Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Joseph M. Brown
Western and Atlantic Railroad
J. M. Culp
Southern Railway
A. G. Jackson
The
Georgia Railroad
G. R
Augusta
E. B. Stahlman
Richmond
Nashville
Chattanooga
Montgomery
Memphis
Charleston
Savannah
Southern Passenger Association
A Cotton League Proposed to Boost Prices
A letter to The Charleston News and Courier urges thorough farmer organization to cut cotton production. It proposes a 10 cent cotton league in every county, pledges to plant half last spring’s acreage, and calls for vigilant self-surveillance and boycotts of pledges violators.
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Charleston News and Courier
South
To the Gallows in Atlanta Court for Carr and Myers
In a superior court in Atlanta Georgia on Thursday Alex Carr and Will Myers were sentenced to be hanged on February 8 the second Friday of the second month. Carr appeared unmoved and deranged while Myers young and handsome showed varied expressions. He wept only in sympathy with his parents as the judge announced the doom.
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Atlanta
Alex Carr
Captain King
Will Myers
Forest Crowley
Myers
Glark
Five Die in Boiler Explosion at Russell Bros Box Factory
Five men were instantly killed and two mortally wounded when a boiler exploded at Russell Bros box factory in West Bay City Michigan on Tuesday morning. The blast caused citywide shock and a fire in the debris was extinguished by the fire department. The cause was low water and the loss is about $12 000. Families of the workers face hardship.
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Russell Bros
West Bay City
Mich
BILLARP'S LETTER ON TIDES AND CLIMATE SPEAKS OF THE GULF COAST
The writer reflects on geography and climate, noting parallels of latitude and evolving views of world maps. He recalls emigrants moving south, discusses Gulf Coast sunsets, dews in Florida, and the ease of barefoot winters in Seattle, then shifts to tides near his Florida posting and local fish tales. He relays children’s wonder, a preacher’s quips, and a plan to fish again with Major Shaw, alongside notes on recent fish catches and local weather phenomena. A separate item reports progress on the Deep Water project at Brazos mouth and a counterfeit coin arrest in Alabama.
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Palestine
Texas
Tennessee
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Louisiana
Eastern
Virgina
Carolinas
North
Washington
Maine
Seattle
England
Tom Hood
Gulf Coast
Florida
Peru
Gulf
Methodist Church
Endurin
St. Petersburg
Tampa
Cedar Keys
Major Shaw
Brian Arp
Atlanta Constitution
The
Brazos
Velasco
Owlery keeper and hawk trap story discussed
Naturalist D B Dickinson operates an owlery on the Passaic River near Chatham New Jersey and has profited from taxidermy. The piece notes locals trap hawks and owls for bounties, reducing raptor numbers, while critiquing urban political corruption as a driver of crime rise.
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D. B. Dickinson
Passaic River
Chatham
N. J
Dickinson
Chatham Fish and Game Protective Association
Mr. Dickinson
New York
McBride Elected AFL President in Denver Convention
In Denver, Indianapolis won the bid for AFL headquarters moving from New York. The session opened with choosing a headquarters site among Washington Brooklyn Detroit and Indianapolis with Indianapolis prevailing. McBride defeated Gompers to become president of the American Federation of Labor.
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McBride
Gompers
Indianapolis
Federation of Labor
Denver
Cal
New York City
Washington
Brooklyn
Detroit
American Federation of Labor
India Imposes Cotton Duties in Calcutta Bill
At a Calcutta meeting of the vice regal council James Westland introduced a bill to levy duties on cotton with the aim of restoring financial balance immediately. The measure seeks swift import benefits from England while stressing urgent fiscal needs. A Missouri bank failure is noted with the Citizens' Stock Bank in Slater assigning assets and closing its doors, though the savings bank is reportedly safe and to reopen after collections.
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India
Vice Regal Council
Calcutta
James Westland
Savings Bank
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Debs
American Railway Union
Cotton League
Willi Myers
Billarp
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Byron
Treasury Department
Lookout Mountains
W. J. Morris
Philadelphia
North Georgia
Dahlonega
U. S. Army
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