Congressional Falls Senate Debates Sherman Act Repeal
In the Senate Mr. Hill’s bid to take up the bill to repeal the Sherman silver act failed 23 to 42 after a day of wrangling. The week saw ratification of a Russian extradition treaty, river and harbor discussions, and the counting of electoral votes with Vice President Morton and leaders guiding the proceedings.
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Senate
Morgan
Hill
Yeas
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Gorman
United States Army
Vienna
House
John Roach
United States
Dolphin
Hoar
House of Representatives
Bil
Morton
Joho Starke
Manchester
N. H
Frye
Committee On Commerce
Wolcott
Oates
Alabama
Kilgore
Tixis
Raynor
Maryland
Springer
Turner
Funeral of Mrs Whitney in New York Episcopal service
The funeral of Mrs. Whitney wife of the ex secretary of the navy was held at St Bartholomew s church New York Tuesday morning with Episcopal rites Col Dan Lamont in charge The pallbearers included Grover Cleveland Cornelius Vanderbilt George Peabody Wetmore Hamilton and others Flower arrangements were distributed to city hospitals by order of Mr Whitney Some misread fragments noted three wagon lords of them
Prohibition Question Shifts to High License in Opelika
Opelika Alabama plans a move from prohibition to a high license system after six years of attempts. A special report notes widespread belief prohibition failed due to blind tiger activity. The proposal sets a $1000 license with strict regulations amid Democratic support.
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Opelika
Ala
Southern Governors to Meet at Richmond Convention
Governor William Fishback of Arkansas issued a circular Friday asking all southern governors to join a convention at Richmond Virginia on April 2 for formulating a plan to develop the south resources and bringing together capital and labor.
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William Fishback
Arkansas
Richmond
South
North Carolina approves funds for world fair exhibit
The North Carolina house passes a bill appropriating 20000 for the state exhibit at the world’s fair. The report notes other items in brief such as Beauregard’s recovery from colic, Governor Tillman’s statute revision appointment, Meharry Medical College’s seventeenth commencement with diplomas for 36 doctors, dentists, and pharmacists, and various regional notices including a Louisiana hunger warning and Alabama railroad commission vacancies.
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North Carolina
Brezeal
Maher
Meharry Medical College
Nashville
Africa
Hogg
Paris
Texas
Columbia
Thurs Way
Tillman
Concordia
Catsracula
Louisiana
Jones
Alabama
Senate
R. T. Simpson
Lauderdale
H. M. Somertville
Alonzo Hill
Tuscaloosa
Alabama Insane Hospital
Henry R. Shorter
Railroad Commission
Lanier and Burnett
Tenn
Charles Dortch
Rock Cry
Savannah
Central Railroad System
Southern Bank
Georgia
Crane
New Street Car Syndicate
New Orleans
City and Lake Railroad Company
Custom House
White, Dupree and
Bienville Streets
After the Whisky Trust Sensational Congressional Testimony
Thomas Dewer a United States revenue gauger testified before a congressional committee that Secretary Gibson of the whisky trust offered him 25000 to act as a secret employee while keeping his government job. He described plans to use an infernal machine at a rival plant and noted police involvement in the investigation. The testimony angered the committee toward the Whisky Trust.
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Congressional Committee
Washington
Thomas Dewer
United States Revenue
Whisky Trust
Gibson
Trust
Grand Pablic Hotel
Chicago
Dever
United States
Mrs Whitney Dead Wife of Ex-Secretary of the Navy
Mrs William C Whitney wife of the former secretary of the navy died suddenly at her home 2 West Fifty seventh street New York City at three o clock Sunday morning of heart disease Only Mr Whitney and the attending nurse were present at the deathbed
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Secretary of the Navy
William C. Whitney
West Fifty-seventh Street
New York City
Mr. Whitney
Ted
Trade review shows brisk January, scattered declines
Bradstreet and Dun report overall January trade large for the season with steady demand in groceries, shoes, cotton goods, and textiles while hardware and clothing orders lag. Weather shifts East to milder fronts trade routes open, but northwest cold snaps constrain activity. rail and shipping volumes rise, yet monetary uncertainty tempers engagements. Regional notes cite Atlanta, New Orleans, Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Little Rock, Mobile. Total US business failures last week numbered 255, Canada 46, total 391.
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Bradstreet
South
Baltimore
Richmond
Charleston
Memphis
Trad
Birmingham
Atlanta
New Orleans
Eastern Mills
Fall River
Dun’s
Senate
Louisville
Nashville
Knoxville
Little Rock
Mobile
Pennsylvania Railway
Cramp’s
Pittsburg Mills
New York
United States
Canada
Growth of the South Industrial Boom Weighs New Mills and Mines
A weekly survey records 62 new industries established or incorporated in the South, led by Lockville Cotton Mill Company in North Carolina with 450000 capital and Cherry Cotton Mills in Alabama. New mills, finishing works, and canneries arise across Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, Texas, and beyond, with mining ventures at Gadsden Alabama and Navasets Texas, plus water works, enlargements, and new public buildings in several states.
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Lockville
N. C
Lockville Cotton Mill Company
Florence
Ala
Cherry Cotton Mills Company
Koro
N. G
Southern Finishing Company
Knoxville
Tenn
McKenzie
China Grove
Siler City
Callaway
S, Va
Ashland
Luling
Texas
Alverado
Atlanta
Brunswick
Bearden, Feilton
Black Rock
Ark
Central City
W. Va
Navy
Bristow and
Bogue Chitto
Mits
Wilmingy
Jefferson
Jackson
Sumter
S.C
Anniston
Dandrige
Prattvills
Als
Griffin
Telegraphic Gleanings of a Busy Week in 1890s America
A compilation of brief items: Idaho Chief Justice H W Wier dies at 70 in Boise. Molena iron works destroyed with $50,000 loss and 300 men out of work. Pennsylvania votes to ban cigarettes. Algernon Sartoris dies in Capri. Trinseria sinks off Cape Villand with 37 drowned. Louisville and Nashville strike threat. Earl Creek ice flood hinders waterworks. Heider’s hotel fire in Cincinnati kills four. Brisbane floods isolate the city. Wide Bay devastation. Wilkes-Barre bank Rockafellow & Co closes. Oklahoma lynch law resolution defeated. Cass County bond compromise releases jail inmates. bond swap could issue new bonds. U S treasury to raise flag on Inman steamers Feb 22. Zante quakes. relief underway. Potter found guilty on 15 counts. possible supreme court review.
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H. W. Wier
Idaho
New York World
London
Algernon Sartoris
Nelie Grant
General Grant
Capri
Italy
Cerunna
Spain
Trinseria
Indianapolis
Louisville and Nashville
Tituville
Earl Creek
Heider
Queensland
Brisbane
F. W. Rockafellow & Co
Wilkesbarre
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
J. A. Wallace
South
Paris
Texas
Kansas City
Cass
Phillips
Washington
Foster
Treasury Department
Inman
City of New York
City of Paris
New York
Harrison
Senate Quarantine Report Urges Expanded System and Funding
Washington report details a Senate briefing on a joint committee’s review of quarantine between the West Indies and Florida during holidays. It warns of contagion risk from immigration and commerce and seeks $1,000,000 to support a nationwide quarantine effort with presidential authority to suspend immigration and trade when needed and to establish international sanitation rules across the American republics and allied regions.
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Washington
Saturda
Call
Committee On Immigration
Senate
Joint
Congressional Committee
West Indies
Forida
United States
Immigration and Commerce
Florida
South Atlantic
Gulf States
North
Central
South America
West India
Household tips and kitchen advice from the era
Household topics cover mending broken china with egg white cement and gum arabic paste, sewing baby jackets from worn stockings, testing butter versus oleomargarine, and carpet buying guidance. Also included are recipes for marmalade pears, fried potatoes, giblets, and squash pie with stepwise instructions and tips.
Talking Through a Birds Nest Near Punxsutawney
A Punxsutawney lineman found a robin nesting around a telephone wire just south of town where the Indiana county line cuts through a maple tree. The bird used the wire as its home, making residents feel they are talking through a bird's nest when using the line. The image blends romance and practicality in a rural telecommunication vignette.
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Punxsutawney
Penn
Indiana
Silver 18 Victorious in Failed Sherman Act Repeal Fight
The House ended the silver debate as the repeal of the Sherman act failed to win consideration. General Catchings opened with rules orders, Bland led free coinage opposition, and Bryan warned democracy against cloture. A roll call showed 153 for the previous question to 142 against, ending the silver push with the repealists defeated.
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Congress
House
General Catchings
Mississippi
Committee On Rules
Bacon
New York
Banking and Currency
Bland
Missouri
Bryan
Nebraska
Democratic Party
Tom Reed
Reed
Governor Hogg Calls Texas Mob Justice a State Crisis
A Austin dispatch reports Governor Hogg prepared a message for the legislature urging tougher laws to curb mob violence following the Paris burning of a black man named Smith. He frames the episode as a profound atrocity and argues arsonists in mobs must be tried, demanding a strengthened justice system.
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Austin
Texas
Smith
Paris
Hogg
Uncle of Hawaii’s Queen Reaches Washington Early
John M. Cleghorn, uncle of Princess Kaiulani, traveled from San Francisco to Washington ahead of Hawaiian commissioners. He aims to present the provisional government’s claims to President Harrison and seek a protectorate with Kaiulani as queen. Cleghorn arrived in Chicago forty eight hours ahead of the delegates.
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Hawaii
Washington
Chicago
John M. Cleghorn
San Francisco
Kaiuliani
Cleghorn
Capitol
United States
National Capitol
Lilinokalani
England
Harrison
Nice
Kaiulani
Populist Senator W B Allen Elected U S Senator
A Lincoln Nebraska dispatch reports Judge W B Allen a populist was elected United States senator on Tuesday morning receiving seventy votes, four more than the required majority. The result confirms Allen's selection as the new national senator.
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Capitol
Hoar
Morton
Tellers
Senate
Hale
Maine
Blackburn
Kentucky
Crisp
Judge Chipman
Michigan
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachussetts
House
Bassett
Alabama
Haley
Cleveland
Stevenson
Grover Cleveland
New York
United States
Adlai E. Stevenson
House of Representatives
Lincoln
Nebraska
W. B. Allen
Scientific and Industrials Glow and Gadgets Hit Daily Life
The article surveys glow worms, banana flour sedatives, oyster shells loosening firebricks, and the eye strain of electric footlights. It notes fire resisting wood tin doors, lists main world elements, and contrasts milk nutrients with oysters. It covers Milan’s lighting, Paris water power, a luminous projectile, a miniature thunder factory, and new electric bath systems. It ends with a telephonic barbed wire fence patent for remote communication.
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Europe
Milan
Paris
Pont Neuf
Hum
Science
South Kensington
England
Leyden
M. Bourdelles
Finger tapering bands win patent for beauty device
The patent office grants a device of finger tapering and joint reducing bands. Thimble shaped metal and pliant bands, worn at night, claim to slim fingers and thumbs. Fashion circles in Wr ington New York Chicago are testing the idea, with a Chicago merchant planning a company to market it. The patentee values the patent at about 50,000 dollars.
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Patent Office
Wrington
New York
Chicago
Chicago Herald
Mensa Academica Dining Hall Opens in Vienna for Students
An immense new Mensa Academica in Vienna seats 2000 students to dine together at minimal cost. Regular scribers pay monthly rates from 2.50 for breakfast and noon, 3.25 for breakfast and supper, and 4.75 for breakfast and supper. The facility aims to ease meal access for those with limited means.
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Mensa Academica
Vienna
Austria
Mi Academica
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Tlouse
Enloe
Committee On Appropriations
Gossie
Representative Oales
Pinkerton
Judiciary Committee
White House
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Business Review
Bradstreet and
Dun & C
Dan Gays
Athens
Greece
Zante
Rostov
Mass
Asa P. Potter
Maverick Bank
Potter
Supreme Court
Household Affairs
China
New York Post
Wilton
Brussels
Body Brussels
New York Ledger
Rules Committee
Cox
Tennessee
Nebraska Legislature
Cc. C. Jennings
Aperintendent
The
Brush Eleg’c Light Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Hannison
Civil Service
Arai
Onze
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