Politickingand Hat Gossip Mark Day in Congress
The House spent Thursday largely on political debate over fortifications funding. Simpson of Kansas sparked humor by noting Dingley wore a London hat, which Dingley said was made in New York. Debates over McKinley prosperity and trusts followed, adjournment came at 1 05 p.m. The Senate opened with prayers for Senator Walthall and discussed foreign relations and Corbett seating. Republican caucus formed for campaign as delegates named from most states.
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Washington
Simpson
Bankas
Dingley
Ways and Means Committee
New York
Burke
Texas
Grosvenor
Ohio
Rimpson
Kansas
Pitney
New Jersey
Dinging
Senate
Mississippi
Walthall
Brye
Maine
Germany
Davia
Minnesota
State Department
Caffery
Louisiana
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Henry W. Corbett
North Carolina
Pearson
Tennessee
Henry R. Gibson
R. B. Hawley
Virginia
J. R. Walker
Warren Miller
Southern Confederacy of Labor heads toward Atlanta convention
A movement to organize The Southern Confederacy of Labor has begun in Atlanta Georgia. A convention to launch the new organization is expected soon to unite white southern labor groups independent of northern big labor unions and federations.
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North
Southern Confederacy of Labor
Atlanta
South
Plant Line inaugurates Tampa to Honduras steamship route
The Plant steamship line launches a Tampa to Honduras service. The first ship Oli vos will depart Port Tampa on February 10, heading to Central America. President H A Plant invites prominent figures to join and mark the route’s opening. voyage lasts ten days.
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Plant Line
Florida
Port Tampa
Honduras
Olivos
Plant Steamship Line
H. A. Plant
Tampa
Central America
Olivet
Fiend in Human Form Killa Aged Father Mother Son
Ray Autrey of Little Rock Arkansas recounts a grim Franklin county tragedy five miles north of Mulberry. Sol F Autrey a farmer killed his aged father mother and ten year old son with an iron bar then wounded his wife and three other children. He lashed out after a religious argument and was overpowered as neighbors found him in a raging state with his clothes aflame. The motive remains disputed with claims of insanity and witchcraft cited by Autrey.
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Killa
Ray
Little Rock
Ark
Saga
Mulberry
Franklin County
Sol F. Autrey
Autrey
National Biscuit Company Formed From Major Bakeries
A new corporation created in New Jersey unites major bakeries from Chicago to Portland and New Orleans under one management. The National Biscuit Company, with 66 million dollars in stock, assumes assets, liabilities, and plants of American Biscuit, United States Baking, and New York Biscuit. Benjamin A. Crawford elected president with a Chicago leadership team.
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Chicago
Biscnit
Salt Lake City
Portland
St. Paul
New Orleans
New Jersey
National Biscuit Company
National” Company
Tilinore ‘Trust and Savings Bank
Benjamin A. Crawford
Mansfield
Wis
H. FP. Wories
Frank O. Lowden
Eb, Rumsey
Pittsburg
Billa
American Biscuit and Manufacturing Company
United States Baking Company
New York Biscuit Company
National
California Not Affected By Germany Fruit Ban
In San Francisco fruit exporters express little alarm at Germany’s prohibition on imported American fruit. Albert Castle of Castle Broad and fellow California traders say California sent too little fresh fruit to Germany to feel the impact. Representatives from J K Armsby Co Porter Bros Rosenberg Bros share the view that Germany’s market for California fruit isn’t yet significant enough to cause concern.
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Germany
San Francisco
Albert Castle
Castle Broad
California
J. K. Armsby & Co
Thomas TF
Porter Bros. & Co
Rosenberg Bros. & Co
Shrapnel Tests Show Most Ammunition Worthless
Tests of shrapnel shots for the United States army by Lt. G. B. Babbitt at Benicin arsenal fired 26 shells with 60 percent of the ammunition deemed wholly worthless. The shrapnel was supplied by the Washington ordnance company. Urlon R. Suter, chief engineer of the Pacific division, has orders from Gen. J. M. Wilson to complete mounting modern guns for harbor defense.
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United States Army
G. B. Babbitt
Benicin Arsenal
The
Ordnance Company of
Washington
Urlon R. Suter
Pacific
J. M. Wilson
Washington, D. C
Cost of Cuban War Put At 240 Million Dollars
Madrid dispatch reports the Cuban war cost from February 1895 to 1897 at 240 million dollars, plus 40 million in arrears. The paper criticizes entrusting commercial negotiations with the United States to Senor de Lome and urges appointing experts to study the treaty terms for Spain.
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Madrid
Tmparcial
Spain
Guba
United States
Senor de Lome
Washington
South Carolina House Bills Telegraphed Under Railroad Commission
The legislature passed an act bringing telegraph and express firms under state railroad commission control, similar to railroads. Telegraph and express offices cannot be opened without commission consent.
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Columbia
South Carolina
State Railroad Commission
Senator Lindsay Defies Kentucky Resignation Demand
In a Senate floor address Senator Lindsay rejects a Kentucky General Assembly demand for his resignation. He denounces the resolution as an improper power grab while defending his record and pledging to act for Kentucky and the nation with honesty and patriotism.
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Washington
Lindsay
Senate
Kentucky
Kentucky General Assembly
Chicago
United States
May quarantine on horses sparks Prussian debate
Baron Von Hammerstein Loxten stated that imported American horses developed influenza, urging quarantine if imports rise. The remark preceded a broader move toward exclusion, noted by Chairman Hitt of the foreign affairs committee amid fruit trade tensions.
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Prusklan
Berlin
Baron von Hammerstein-Loxten
Hitt
Lonse Foreign Affairs Committee
Abolished Offices at Charleston and Western Carolina Road
Auditor and general manager posts were abolished on the newly purchased Charleston and Western Carolina road by President Walters of the Atlantic Coast Line. The move, after the ACL acquired the line, puts a dozen or more clerks out of work with W. J. Graig named general freight and agent.
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Road Ave
Jobbery
Walters
Atlantic Coast Line
Charleston and Western Carolina Road
W. J. Graig
General
Tillman Defends White Rule Remarks on Hawaii Treaty Debate
Senator Tillman engaged in a pointed exchange during a Senate executive session on the Hawaiian annexation treaty. He linked past South Carolina white rule attempts to current imperial aims and challenged Republicans to extend such policies to the South. He asserted openness to public scrutiny of his stance.
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Washington
Senate
Tillman
South Carolina
Republican Party
South
Chandler
Mr. Tillman
Hawaii
Senator Hoar
Bank cashier Quinlan resigns after 893000 loan scandal
William J Quinlan Jr cashier of Chemical National Bank New York resigns admitting he loaned 893000 of the banks funds without president approval. Loans sourced with promoter Francia Grable on western securities. bank president Williams hopes most funds can be recovered and that the truth is told to the public.
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Willam J. Quinlan, Jr
Chemical National Bank
New York
Williams
Quinlan
Stolen Money Tale Ties to Express Package Mystery
Lucius L. Saunders, jailed for stealing $4,000 from Southern Express Company, admits the act but denies sending or knowing who sent a $3,700 package. He claims the four $1,000 bundles were hidden then vanished, with an unknown sender likely involved.
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Unders
Atlanta Dispatch
Lucius L. Saunders
Southern Express Company
Express Company
Storm toll from Massachusetts and Rhode Island damage
Boston dispatches report a storm sweeping eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island caused drownings and about 2 million dollars in losses. Four unidentified bodies lie in Gloucester coroner's office, five in Lynn from the wreck of the schooner Charles H. Briggs, and twelve unidentified corpses are at Baker's Island Salem harbor with likely more in the bay.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Gloucester
Lynn
Little Nahant
Charles H. Briggs
Baker's Island
Salem Harbor
Bay
Germany bars American fruit imports sparking tariff clash
Berlin decrees immediate ban on all American fresh fruit with port exclusions. U S authorities protest while lawmakers frame retaliation options, arguing sanitary grounds mask protectionism. Debate centers on whether this signals a broader commercial war between the two nations.
Sagasta Defiant Reply on Cuban War End Date
Madrid correspondent reports Senor Sagasta rejects US plan to fix a date for Spain's pacification of Cuba. He accuses filibustering expeditions and says Spain cannot entertain the suggestion. Public feeling in Madrid and Barcelona is pessimistic toward the United States, with markets in low spirits.
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Tenuves
Madrid
London Standard
Senor Saganta
General Woodford
United States
Spain
Ania
Barcelona
America
Strikers Remain Firm Amid Union Split in New Bedford
New Bedford dispatch reports the third week of a large strike as rupture grows between union and non union workers. It cites funding from outside sources as the main hope to divide the discontent and keep the unrest in line.
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New Bedford Dispatch
Twelve Months for Cooper in La Grange Slaying Case
The jury in La Grange Georgia found Cooper guilty of involuntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to twelve months in the chain gang as punishment.
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Danson
Pound
Cooper
la Grange
Governor Atkinson Responds to World Convict Law Slander
Georgia Governor Atkinson denounces a New York World dispatch as false about state convicts. He cites the 1897 lease reform law and asserts the advertisement follows legal procedure, refuting claims of mass auctions and human chattel and defending state control and reform efforts.
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New York World
Atkinson
Georgia
Zee
New York
Atlanta
Priven Commission of
General Assembly
Man Labor
Muc
Reindeer for America Shipments From Norway to New York
A cablegram from Dr. Jackson at Altena Norway reports the steamship Manitopan chartered by the U S government sailed for New York with 530 reindeer and 87 Lapp men and women to care for the animals and drive them on the relief expedition upon arrival in Alaska.
Georgia Democrats Meet Next Month to Arrange for Convention
Chairman A S Clay of the Georgia Democratic state executive committee announces a March Atlanta meeting to arrange the convention. He will mail the formal call to committee members.
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Washington
Clay
Democratic State Executive Committee of
Georgia
Atlanta
Train Hits Sleigh Killings In Michigan Crossing
A Michigan Central passenger train from Detroit struck a sleigh at a crossing in Saginaw Michigan on Saturday evening. A man named Stewart and two of four riders were killed while a third woman was badly injured. No gate or flagman was present at the crossing.
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Saginaw, Mich
Michigan Central
Detroit
Stewart
Jim
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