Senate Passes Anti Option Bill Amid Amendments
The Senate approved the prohibition on options and futures with a 40 to 29 vote after substantial amendments from the agriculture committee. The measure defines options and futures, excludes certain contracts, imposes taxes on dealers, and sets July 1 1893 as the act’s effective date, sending the bill back to the House for further action.
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Candler
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Butter
Holman
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Rules
Cate
Hatch
Yuum
Cumzs
United States
Iica
Dominion of Canada
Aiments
House of Representatives
Board of Trade Or Exchange
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Committee On Agriculture
Trade Review notes mixed week with improved demand but uncertain outlook
R G Dun & Co reports increased distribution and stronger demand for manufactured goods, signaling clearer improvement in many areas. Yet gold outflow and currency pressures dampen confidence. money remains easy but uncertainty rises, with varying regional trends in Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, Little Rock, Atlanta, and New Orleans.
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Weekly Review of Trade
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Nashville
Knoxville
Memphis
Little Rock
Atlanta
New Orleans
Pigsburg
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Tsland
Atlantic
Country Way
Prolific southern notes on railways courts and fires
A Knoxville report notes Jackson Smith appointed permanent receiver of Morristown and Cumberland railroad. A Dallas dispatch covers a doctor’s life sentence for killing W G Veale. North Carolina passes acts chartering four railways Winston Salem and Charleston Burlington and Southwestern Atlantic and Ohio Virginia and North Carolina. Huntsville suffers major Struve block fire damaging law offices and stores with extensive insured losses.
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Knoxville
Emn
Jackson Smith
Morristown and Cumberland
Dallas
Texas
R. H. Jones
North Carolina
Winston, Salem
Charleston
Burlington and Southwestern
Atlantic
Oaio
Virginia
North Carolin
Jefcohesses
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Mobile
Ala
P. H. Wilmer
Protestant Episcopal Church
Washington
Mobile and Girard Railroad Company
Alabama
Noble
Girard
Troy
Raleigh
Agricultural Department of North Carolina
Spow
Robert 8. Sharp
Chattanooga
Florida
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Sharp
Bureau of Depredations
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
Agricultural and Mechanical Arts
Ges
Interior Department
Alabama Senate
Inger
St. Clair
General Assembly
N. C
Cheraw
Salisbury
Wilmington and Weldon
Jeff Davis
Davis
New Orleans
Richmond
Hollywood
Hollywood Memorial
Struve
Laurence Cooper
Ben P. Hunt
W. E Brown
J. B. Humphrey
E. Karthaus
Western Union Telezrash
W. E. Wheeler
C. A. Robinson
W. H. Barrett
United States Commissioners Office
H. M. MacCulough
James H. Martin
Drs. J. 5
Growth of the South shows surge in new mills and industries
A weekly review reports a marked rise in southern industrial activity. Six new cotton mills totaling hundreds of thousands in capital were organized in Columbia South Carolina Monroe Louisiana Charleston South Carolina Florence Alabama Chickamauga Georgia Hartwell Georgia and more. Distilleries flour mills oil mills tanneries and 17 woodworking plants were started or expanded. New buildings include a Fort Worth Texas courthouse and a Parkersburg West Virginia court house with several canning and phosphate ventures across multiple states.
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Monroe
Burg
S. C
Florence
Ala
Chickamauga
Hartwell
Weatherfor
Texas
Houston
Henderson
N. C
Clarksville
Oak Grove
Tenn
Covington
Fort Worth
Bladeston
Maiden
Pikeville
Jonesboro
Willette
8. C
Rock Hill
Beebe and
Little Rock
Ark
Memphis
Renfro
San Antonio
Fla
Kramer, Ga
Benton, Ky
Ebisville
Mirs
Potecast
Woodland
Alpino
Blue Spring
Dyersburg
Churchville
Big Stone Gap
Cullman
Aransas Pass
Cameron
Huntsville
Atlanta
Union Springs
Augusta
Henrietta
Salisbury
N.C
Mt. Pleasant
Parkersburg
W. Va
Clinton, Tenn
Knoxville
Plant City
Fis
Chattanooca
Uncle of Hawaii's Queen Reaches Washington Ahead of Commission
John M. Cleghorn of San Francisco, uncle of Princess Kaiulani, arrives in Chicago and hastens to Washington to press the provisional government’s claims before the commission arrives. He seeks to present Kaiulani's case to President Harrison and advocate a protectorate under her rule.
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Washington
Chicago
John M. Cleghorn
San Francisco
Kaiuliani
Cleghorn
Capitol
United States
National Capitol
A. 8
Lilinokalani
England
Harrison
Nice
Kaivlani
Steel production figures show 1892 Bessemer outputs rise
The American Iron and Steel Association bulletin lists 1892 Bessemer steel ingots at 4,160,982 gross tons and rails at 1,458,347 gross tons. 1891 ingots were 3,247,417 gross tons. 1880 ingots reached 5,688,871 gross tons. Rails rose by 219,359 tons from 1891.
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Philadelphia
Bulletin of the
American Iron and Steel Association
Bessemer
United States
Griffiths & Robert
Blaine's Will Probate In Augusta Maine
Washington dispatch reports James G Blaine's will probate in Augusta Maine his legal home. He leaves all to wife Mrs Blaine appointing her sole executrix without bond. Estate valued around 800000 includes real estate in Washington Maine coal and timber lands in West Virginia and other states and small personal property.
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Washington
Blaine
Augusta
Maine
West Virginia
No Tennessee Display at Chicago World Fair Honored by House Vote
Tennessee will not be officially represented at the world's Columbian exposition. The Tennessee house rejected a $50,000 appropriation after two days of debate, arguing reform platform goals and creditable display concerns. The measure failed by 3 votes to 58 with 35 yeas. Ig Blye y's heirs win.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee
General Assembly
Yeas
Telegraphic Gleanings Headlines From Around the World
A London cablegram reports Parliament reassembled. The Anchor Foundry and Machine Co of Pittsburg owned by Wharton McKnight failed with liabilities about 124000 and assets around 100000. Fire in Little Falls destroyed several buildings including hotels with total loss near 20000. Explosions and fires kill and injure workers in Beckingham Westphalia and Norfolk Virginia. The First National Bank of Little Rock suspends amid fraudulent paper. James Egan the Irish dynamiter draws large crowds in Limerick. Family tragedy in Anderson Indiana when a gas explosion injures five. Edgar Thompson steel works announces wage cuts affecting about 500. Malta reports Dreadnaught and Camperdown sail to aid quake victims. A Lake Shore rail crash near Strycker Ohio causes powder car explosions and minor injuries to crew.
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Parliament
Anchor Foundry and Machine Company
Pittsburg
Wharton McKnight
Little Falls
N. Y
Rockton
Grand Central Hotel
Berlin
von Blumenthal
Beckinghausen Westphalia
Commission House
B. G. Pollard
Farmers’ Alliance Exchange
Roanoke Dock
Norfolk
First National Bank of
Little Rock
Ark
Julian Pauncefote
Hawaii
United States
Great Britain
James Egan
Limerick
Ulysses S. Brunson
Anderson
Ind
Edgar Thompson Steel Works
Carnegie
Malta
Dreadnaught
Camperdown
Mediterranean
Seymour
Zante
Tennessee Legislators Probe Fees for State Officials
A Nashville special reports a joint legislature inquiry into reductions of official fees. The treasury shows $31,822 income over two years with $5,200 expenses leaving $26,662. Secretary of State earned $5,146 in 1891 and $5,769 in 1892. Comptroller's receipts were $6,872 in 1891 and $6,299 in 1892. Fees totaling 2,400 as commissioners for refunding the direct tax expired after these terms.
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Nashville
Tenn
Poverty March Through London To Parliament
A London cablegram reports about 250 destitute men and women marching from Tower Hill toward Parliament to display their ragged poverty before the Lords and Commons. The hungry crowd showed no fixed plan, prompting initial police restraint before dispersal.
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England
London
Tower Hill
Panama Pacific steamship clash fuels rate cut to Colon
A New York dispatch reports a commercial war between the Panama Railroad company and Pacific Mail Steamship. In response to Panama's new vessel line, Pacific Mail slashes passenger rates from 90 to 20 dollars and freight from 9 to 2 per ton to Colon. The eight day journey to the isthmus underscores the impact. The Panama Railroad is alleged to have solicited foreign steamers to carry freight to the isthmus.
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Panama
Pacific Mail Steamship Companies
New York Dispatch
Panama Railroad Company
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Colon
Isthmus
New York
Isthms
Household tips and recipes from a 19th century column
Practical guidance on preserving bacon and salt pork with cloth wraps, can storage cautions to prevent acid formation, and thrift tips for kitchen cloth use. Includes simple recipes for Apple Salad Potato Lemon Pudding Poached Eggs in a Ball Chocolate Cake Parker House Rolls and Rissoles of Fish, plus a poem about a brook and the sea.
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Parker House
How to See the Wind Experimental Guide
The piece instructs using a polished metal surface two feet or longer with a straight edge and a handsaw to perform a wind sighting. It emphasizes conducting the experiment on a windy day and keeping the metal at right angles to the wind, noting weather and temperature do not affect the method.
Kentucky Sends Lindsay to Washington as Senator
A Frankfort dispatch reports Judge William Lindsay will be sent to Washington to succeed Senator J G Carlisle. Lindsay is described as a strong choice and nearly as tall in stature as Carlisle, signaling a smooth transition in Kentucky political leadership.
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Washington
Carlisle
Frankfort
William Lindsay
J. G.ets
Tor
Daily Satire Snippets From Polarized Gossip Pages
A collage of humorous quips from multiple papers shows jokes about etiquette, learning, detection flaws, billing, boxing, and fashion. It includes witticisms on pronunciation, training dogs, elections, and a Canadian island mystery.
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