Fifty Third Congress House Tariff Debate Ends With Vote
The Fifty Third Congress daily summary recounts heated tariff bill debate in the House from January 29 to February 1. Amendments were proposed to the tariff and internal revenue measures, with speakers including McMillin Reed and Crisp. The final vote stood 204 yeas to 140 nays, adjourning at 5:55 pm after lively applause and surged floor activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crisp
New York
S. S. Cox
Wilson
Bryan
Nebraska
Tucker
Virginia
Yeas
Georgia State News Color on Georgia Road Affects Pullman
Georgia state news notes the Georgia road will repaint passenger coaches from yellow to a Pullman color. Augusta painters work on the fast mail in glossy new livery. The article also surveys local figures Uncle Jack Rich of Butts county and long-running real estate gains. It then shifts to Senate coverage from Moxpay and Wed Jan 31 noting debates over tariff, bonds, and taxation measures, plus local items including robberies, obituaries, church tax efforts, and infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Road
Augusta
Jack Rich
Butts County
Enme
Supreme Court of the United States
Georgia
Supreme Court
W.C. Glenn
Whitfield
Withdrawal of Gold From Treasury to Pay Bonds
A Washington special reports that since January 17, $2,800,000 in gold or its equivalent has been withdrawn from the treasury to pay for bonds. Since January 1, the treasury has lost $12,440,000 in gold, with offers to take bonds still received. The treasury gold reserve fell by $794,000 to $67,657,114, and revenues for the month show a shortfall near $10,000,000.
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Washington
Carlisle
Treasury Department
Treasury
Treasury Guld
Telephones Drop in Price After Bell Patent Expiry
New York dispatch reports the Bell monopoly loosened as the Bell patent expired on Tuesday. The Metropolitan Telephone company advertised phones at $2.50 each, signaling a major price drop. The World notes the shift could affect farm income and rural farms.
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New York
Bell Telephone
Metropolitan Telephone Company
Bell Monopoly
De Gama Surrenders After Rio Dispatches
Despatches from Rio de Janeiro dated January 30 report Admiral De Gama opened fire on an American warship then surrendered after a sharp engagement. Washington confirms receipt of orders to protect American vessels. the Rothschilds also relay the surrender via a cable message from a trusted source.
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London
Rio de Janeiro
Admiral de Gama
Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Benham
Department
Rio
DE Gama
Rothschilds’ Banking Hour
Baron Rothschild
Gladstone Sets Resignation From Office Said Imminent
The Pall Mall Gazette reports with high confidence that Mr Gladstone will resign immediately. It states he will inform the queen by letter before Parliament reopens, citing age and strain from the recent arduous session as the motive.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Gladstone
Chancery Court
Chattanooga
Amos Price Gallupe
George Wumschaw
Sallie A. Gallupe
A. R. Gallupe
Maggie Campbell
Gallupe
The
Galveston
Texas
Gulf and Interstate Railway Company
North Dakota
Port
Drift of Her Progress and Prosperity Briefly Noted
News summaries from Southern states report W. E. Patterson & Sons of Mount Airy assign to Sprange Bros with liabilities estimated at 25 000 to 30 000. Rosedale Manufacturing Co of Roanoke Alabama closes mill with assets about 50 000 and liabilities one third that. Miners strike at Corona Alabama resolved. Richmond railways resist moving offices to Baltimore. Judge Seymour designated to hold Greenville DC term. Norfolk and Western seen as buyer of Marietta and North Georgia road. Mill explosion near Crow Hickman Kentucky kills five, injures one. Frank Porterfield near end of Nashville jail term. no appeal steps yet. Knoxville police indictment for murder. Planters Bank Ellaville Georgia bank robbery solved. Tennessee centennial exposition planning in Nashville. Fraudulent pension scheme led by Rev C W Lewis exposed with 27 charges. widespread frauds expected.
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Georgia
Western
Atlantic
State of
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Northwest
United States
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Messrs. W. E. Patterson & Sons, Tobacconists
Mount Airy
N. C
Spranger Bros
Rosedale Manufacturing Company
Roanoke
Ala
Birmingham Dispatch
Corona
Richmond
Associated Railways of
Virginia
Carolinas
Brawley
Knoxville
Tenn
Marietta and
North Georgia
Norfolk and Western Road
Bristol
Marietta
George R. Eager
Rufus N. Rhodes
Birmingham News
Southern Afternoon Press Bureau
H. H. Cabaniss
Atlanta Journal
N. G. Gonzales
Columbia
Johm Mercer
Frank Porterfield
Commercial Bank
Nashville
United States Supreme Court
Kings County
Broolyn
Barney Irwin
Knoxville Tenn
Anderson County
Clinton
Will Smith
Knoxville and
Ohio
Coal Creek
Smith
Irwin
Fred Gerding
Southern Express Company
Gerding
Planters’ Bank
Ellaville
Bill Jones
Ed Clark
Clark
Tennessee
Commercial Club
C. W. Lewis
Fitzpatrick
South
Lewis
Kansas City
New Orleans
Dun and Co Review Signals Quick Business Revival
Dun and Co reports a potential rapid revival in business if conditions hold, aided by Secretary Carlisle's bond issue and strong bids. Trade remains small but prices for iron products rise modestly, ore costs drop, and manufacturing layoffs ease as demand edges up. U.S. failures total 430 this week with liabilities near 13.67 million dollars, split between manufacturing and trading firms.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Carlisle
Philadelphia
Bessemer
Pittsburg
Southern Forge
New York
Boston
United States
Canada
Growth of the South Industrial Review Adds New Firms
The weekly review notes a favorable industrial climate in the South with rising machinery demand and start-ups in timber, textiles, and numerous new or enlarged factories. It lists prominent new incorporations including Virginia Coal and Coke Co, Ow! Hollow Golening Co, New Decatur Gas Petroleum and Mining Co, Hygienic Salt Co, and others across several states. A separate New Orleans report states Judge Pardee refused to appoint a receiver for the Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway, as bondholders proceed toward reorganization.
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South
Virginia Coal and Coke Co
Richmond
Capital
W. B. Gay
Ow! Hollow Goldening Co
Atlanta
J. H. Moore and Associates
New Decatur Gas
H. M. Victor
Tna Land Co
Fort Worth
Texas
H. G. Hendrick
Saso Cintes
Bartow
Fla
Jonesboro
Ark
Dawson, Ga
Ands Fence Machine Company
Houston
Tex
Terry
Miss
Montgomery
Ala
Hope Mills
Searcy
Quitman, A
Shelby
Tampa
Jacksboro
Dalton
Longview
Murrayeville
West Virginia
Athens
Memphis
New Orleans
United States
Don A. Pardee
Atlanta, Ga
Consolidated Street Railway Company
Harry Hill Trial Opens in Atlanta Court
The trial of Harry Hill, the alleged forger, began Tuesday morning before Judge Clark in Atlanta. The case proceeds as prosecutors present evidence and witnesses against Hill.
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Harry Hill
Atlanta
Clark
Receivers Appointed for Texas Louisiana and Eastern RR
Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe manager received word that C D Putnam president and Sam Lazarus creditor were named receivers of the Texas Louisiana and Eastern railroad in Judge Bryant's Sherman Texas court. Also notes bank robbery in Forest City Arkansas with only 300 stolen from 75 000.
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B. F. Yoakum
Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe
C.D. Putnam
Sam Lazarus
Texas, Louisiana and Eastern Railroad
Bryant
Sherman
Texas
Putnam
Mr. Lazarus
Chattanooga Chinamen Warned Under Geary Act
J. T. Essary, internal revenue collector for East Tennessee, has notified Chattanooga Chinese residents to register under the Geary exclusion act. Each man must be photographed with a sworn affidavit detailing business and residence. Submissions to Washington are required before registration. This marks Tennessee’s first enforcement move with a May 4 deadline.
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J. T. Essary
Internal Revenue
East Tennessee
Chattanooga
Washington
Tennessee
Benham's Official Report on Rio Naval Action
Secretary Herbert releases Admiral Benham dispatch detailing the 29 January 1894 incident in Rio where the Detroit protected two American merchant vessels from insurgents. Fire exchanged. Detroit warned of sinking if fire persisted. blockade broken, unloading resumed. Benham ordered protection and warned pirates.
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Herbert Mads
Admiral Benham
DeGama
Rio
Secretary of the Navy
Washington, D. C
Detroit
Thompson
Brounson
de Gama
Diners Blown Up by Dynamite Surprise Feast in Vilna
A Sunday cable dispatch from St Petersburg reports the Vilna murder suicide by Ivan Klakwitz, a Russian customs official. At a social dinner he revealed a hidden dynamite dish and cried to his next meeting before a blast killed his wife, two daughters, a son, the mother in law, his neighbor and her husband, leaving only a servant and the youngest daughter alive briefly to recount the tragedy. The blast ruined the room, killing all but the survivor and servant within hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
Vilna
Ivan Klakwitz
Klakwitz
Klakwitz Tose
Bismarck in Berlin Receives Royal Welcome
Prince Bismarck and his son Count Herbert arrived in Berlin to a grand reception at the Latinte station. Kaiser Wilhelm II and Prince Henry, with a large retinue, greeted them as crowds cheered along the route to the emperor's palace. The old statesman, embraced warmly by the emperor, symbolized reconciliation between monarch and subject.
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Bismarck
Count Herbert
Friedreshaus
Berlin
Prince Henry
Prussia
Germany
Prince Bismark
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Mainz
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Fyffe
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Tuscaloosa
Coal and Tron Land Company
B. Friedman
University
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Ohio Road
Savannah
Corer
Southwestern Railroad
Monroe
Premium Club
Ellis
Chattanooga Chinamen
Benham
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