Congress Debates Bond Bill and Free Coinage Clash
The House discussed the bond bill with Republicans Grout McCall Hadley Willis and Doolittle opposing and Dingley supporting free coinage. Amendments to the Senate substitute were defeated. Turner and Crisp spoke. free silver lost 216 to 90. Senate discussion on Pacific railroads followed discussions in the Senate on Monroe doctrine and foreign policy.
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HOUSE
Messrs. Grout
Vermont
McCall
Tennessee
Hadley
Ilinois
Willis
Delaware
Mr. Doolittle
Washington
Senate
Dingley
Maine
Ways and Means
Crisp
Dingly
Johnson
California
Brumm
Corliss
Republican
Michigan
Committee of the Whole
Turner
Democratic Party
Morton
Icultural Department
Legise
Livingston
Exale
Davis Urges Monroe Doctrine in Cuba Hawaii Venezuela Debate
The speech discusses applying the Monroe doctrine to Cuba and Hawaii, noting past debates over foreign intervention and royal claims. It cites emphasis on British trade, the Venezuelan issue, and a shifting boundary claim over the Essequibo river as tensions with Great Britain rise.
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Canning
Cuba
Hawaii
Mr. Davis
United States
England
France
Congress
Venezuela
Essequibo
Great Britain
Trade Topics Review of Weeklong United States Conditions
Bradstreet reports mixed trade signals across regions. Subscriptions to the bond issue lift sentiment, with easier money and firmer prices in iron and steel, higher bank clearings, and revival in staple lines in St Paul Milwaukee Omaha and Des Moines. Weakness comes from stormy weather woolen goods and cotton textiles, while overall national failures total 338 for the week, down from 393 prior week.
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Bradstreet
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Omaha
Des Moines
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Nashville
Memphis
Atlanta
Birmingham
Treasury
Congress
Chicago
St. Louis
Buffalo
Philadelphia
United States
Carnegie to test new photograph process for metals
The Carnegie works will trial a photography method using cathode rays to detect secret flaws in metals. Experts will demonstrate if the rays penetrate thick metal, promising precise metal composition for naval guns, ship shafts, and steel castings to prevent failures before use.
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Carnegie Works
Fight Postponed As Maher Eyes Fight Friday
El Paso dispatch reports Maher will delay bout until Friday after doctors say his eyes heal by then. Connolly quotes Maher ready to fight Fitzsimmons if rival agrees. Governor Ahumada learns ring was erected but border cavalry misled in search for the munitions on the frontier.
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Maher
el Paso
Buck” Connolly
Quinn
Tuas Cruces
Fitzsimmons
Ahumada
Mnil
Censorship Eased for Cuban Cable Dispatches
Havana issues order removing prior censorship on cable news from Cuba. American correspondents may send reports directly without prior submission to the censor, with a Spanish copy filed at the captain general’s palace.
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Cuba
Havana
National Capital Doings of Chiefs and Departments
Eight naval ships will be added to the list and ready for commission before July. Ala bama gets 25000 acres for girls schools and for Tuskegee Institute. Senator Quay willing to run at St Louis convention. Representative Livingston to Venezula visit in March. Morgan bond dealings and 20 percent payments noted. Cuba sugar crop reports show slow progress and potential half crop. War secretary outlines coast defense funds and distribution. Labor bill proposes nonpartisan commission to study labor, agriculture, capital. Sugar imports rise with high value and tariff implications. Sherman touts victory over free silver and backs tariff bill as revenue source. President Cleveland viability discussed.
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House
Judiciary Committee
Boatner
Bowler
Committee On the Judiciary
Congress of the
United States
Cannon
Ilinois
Senate
Morton
Bureau of Animal Industry
Bureau
Skinner
North Carolina
Secretary of Agriculture
Talbert
South Carolina
Cleveland
House Committee On Public Lands
Alabama
gAlso
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
Senator Quay
Livingston
Georgia
Caracas
Venezula
National Congress
Washington
la Guayara
New York
Mr. Morgan
Carlisle
Morgan Syndicate
Graves
Treasury
Cuba
Williams
Department of State
Havana
Hyatt
Santiago
Secretary of State
Spain
Iti
de Lome
A. B. Clayton
Bedford City
Navy
W. T. Swinburne
Worthington C. Ford
Bureau of Statistics
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Galveston
San Francisco
New Orleans
Sherman
John Sherman
Congress
Engineer Futch Dismissed From Plant System
Engineer William E. Futch, chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers committee for the Plant System, has been dismissed from the road. The action follows years of contract disputes and public statements by Futch as spokesman for engineers, signaling potential firings for other committee members.
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Futch
William E. Futch
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Dunham
H. B. Plant
Waycross
Plant
Brotherhood Committee
Gold Withdrawals and Deposits at Sub Treasury and Assay Office
Tuesday gold withdrawals totaled 920000 dollars. Three million dollars were deposited for examination at the sub treasury and three million dollars were also deposited at the assay office. Both deposits will be applied to by the authorities.
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Sub Treasury
Fire devastates Troy shirt waist and collar factories
A blaze in the Burdette building at Broadway and River streets, Troy, from 5:30 pm destroyed J Stetheimer & Co shirt waists and Van Zandt & Jacobs collars. Five women jumped from fifth floor windows, three killed. nine injured plus others missing feared dead. Total loss estimated at 400000 plus.
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J. Stetheimer & Co
van Zandt & Jacob’s
Troy
Hobert
Kane
Folley
Broadway
River Streets
Burdette
van Zandt & Jacobs
Stetheimer & Co
River Street
Western Union
Fiends In Court Indict Jackson And Walling For Pearl Bryan Murder
Campbell county grand jury in Newport indicts Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling for the willful murder of Pearl Bryan. Prisoners jailed at city hall after arrival, crowd fills streets and courtroom as police justice scene unfolds with handcuffed defendants.
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Campbell County
Kentucky
Newport
Perkins
Scott Jackson
Alonzo M. Walling
Pearl Bryan
Sycamore Street
Jackson
Comer Elected President of New Central Railroad Co
Stockholders of the Central railroad, after completing reorganization, met in Atlanta on Monday and elected H. M. Comer president. A permanent board of directors was not chosen. Judge R. T. Dorsey and J. B. Thompson of the Southern railway named to the temporary board. Comer’s presidency is permanent.
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New Central Railroad Co
The
Central Railroad
Atlanta
H. M. Comer
R. T. Dorsey
B. ‘Thompson
Southern Railway
Comer
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Nebraska
Secretary of the Interior
Union
Pacific
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Sioux City
Brice
Ohio
Senate Committee On Pacific Railroads
Allén
Wolcott
Pacfic Roads Committee
Davis
Minnesota
Monroe
Europe
Bradstreets’ Review of Business
Carnegie
National Capital
Secretary of War
Department
Army
Phillips
Walling
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