Senate Debates Over Sundry Civil Bill and Nicaragua Canal
Senate discussions on the sundry civil appropriation bill proceed with river and harbor items, world’s fair provisions, and the Nicaragua canal bill deferred. Amendments reducing harbor and river appropriations are rejected. Hawaii and internal revenue issues prompt executive session and a memorial for Representative McDonald.
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Senate
Sherman
United States
Allison
Maritime Canal Company
Construction
Maritime Company
Committee On Appropriations
Quay
Nicaragua
Gorman
Hawaii
McDonald
New Jersey
McPherson
Philadelphia
Hudson River
New York
West
Mississippi River
Ohio
Missouri
Minneapolis
Charleston Harbor
South Carolina
Savannah
Georgia
Mobile
Alabama
Ohio River
Missouri River
Mississippi
Hay Lake
Congress
Faulkner
Kenna
House in Committee as Pension Fight Ended in Brawl
The house debated the pension appropriation bill with six hours of minority debate. A melee erupted when Turpin and Waugh clashed over a pension office clerk claim, drawing in members from both parties before order was restored and adjournment followed.
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Mutchler
House
Wheeler
Tennessee River
Sheffild
Ala
O'Ferrall
Reynolds
Shonk
Pennsylvania
Howe of Representatives
Turpin
Alabama
Waugh
Indiana
Morse
Cource
Yurpin
Mr. Waugh
Crisp
Mr. Turpin
Washington special highlights on Gresham, canal bill, and cotton tax
The report notes growing indorsement for Gresham’s appointment, a lack of quorum delaying Miller vs Elliott in South Carolina, and the senate’s rejection of a Savannah harbor cut. It details the Nicaragua canal bond guarantee, railroad receiver service issues, and a favorable move on the Oates cotton tax bill with a potential refund and court appeals, cautioning the bill’s congressional odds this session.
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Washington
Gresham
Miller
House
House Judiciary Committee
Turner
Georgia
United States
Senate
Nicaraugua
Costa Rica
Frye
Maine
House Committee On Judiciary
United States Supreme Court
Court of Claims
Supreme Court
Bynum
Congress
Southern Associated Press Board Meets in Chattanooga
At a Monday meeting in Chattanooga the Southern Associated Press board of directors adopted measures to improve service. Officers present included E. P. Howell president Patrick Walsh treasurer P Glass secretary A B Ochs chair and executive committee members T T Stockton J Hemphill F P O'Brien J L Rapier and J H Estill. The group passed resolutions of condolence on the death of Dr Norvin Green president of Western Union Telegraph Company.
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Chattanooga
Southern Associated Press
E. P. Howell
Patrick Walsh
P. Glass
A. 8. Ochs, Chhairman
T. T. Stockton
Jacksonville
J. @. Hemphill
Charleston
F. P. O'Brien
Birmingham
J. L. Rapier
Militia clash in Kansas Capitol conflict between parties
In Topeka a bloodless but tense battle unfolds as Republicans and Populists clash over control of the statehouse. Guards, barricades, and armed forces surround the hall while both sides swear in officers. A peace offer was rejected as militia and volunteers mobilize amid escalating tensions.
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Topeks
Kansas
Representative Hall
Republican House
Statehouse
Washburn College
Ariz
J. W. F. Hughes
Kansas National Guards
Topeka
L. D. Lewetxise
Messrs
Sherman
Warner
Cubbison
Lewelling
Supreme Court
Repeal of Homestead Law Defeated in North Carolina Legislature
The North Carolina House defeated the repeal of the homestead law after a long debate. The Kentucky Senate and House ballots favored Lindsay for U S senator with Populists backing him. The Alabama House passed the Sayre election bill on the Austro‑British system amid opposition. Secretary Foster approved Hawaii protectorate steps. The Louisiana Supreme Court ordered back licenses for Boston and Pickwick clubs.
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North Carolina
Savannah
Evening Press
Hokesmith
Southern Loan Company of
Nashville, Tenn
Cumberland
New Mineral Railroad
Dickson County
South
Wadley
Central of Georgia
Central Railroad
Georgia
Central
Kentucky
Carlisle
United States
Senate
Lindsay
Augustus E. Willson
House
Willson
Alabama
House of Representatives
Kelbites
Foster
Stephens
Honolulu
Provisional Government of
Hawaii
Nashville
Tenn
Fite
Turney
Winchester
Felix G. Buchanan
Lincoln County
Charles H. Smith
Carroll County
J. R. Thompson
Marshall
New Orleans
Louisana Supreme Court
Boston
Pickwick
Mardi Gras Parade Lights New Orleans With Fantasies
A Tuesday New Orleans special describes bright sunshine and music as Rex's noon procession unfolds the Fantasies pageant. Floats feature Beouf Gras and scenes like Cloudland and Realm of Riches. Captain John Pointevent impersonates the king. Miss Ella Sinnott is carnival queen with maids of honor as St Bernard Knights Templar guard the pageant.
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New Orleans
Rex
Cloudland
Hades
Starsand
Sunland
Cupid’s Bower
Dreamland
St. Bernard
Knights Templer
Chicago
John Pointevent
Ella Sinnott
Pickwick Club
Judge Wi Lindsau Debuts as Kentucky Senator
Judge Wi Lindsau was declared elected United States senator at a joint session of the Kentucky legislature. He will proceed to Washington to take his seat this week.
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Wi Lindsau
United States
Kentucky
Washington
Telegraphic Gleanings Condensed News Digest
Reports from New York City show ten new typhus cases at Blackwell's Island workhouse. Fire destroys Wagman block in Fort Smith Ark with heavy losses. January cotton exports from Georgia and South Carolina rise in Savannah and Charleston. New York piano manufacturers skip Chicago fair exhibits citing space issues. American Newspaper Publishers Association opens in New York with vast capital represented. McAbee powder mills explosion kills Albert McAbee and Injures William Scroborough. U.S. silver action unlikely this session. bankers discouraged. Wilkes-Barre faces bank collapse losses of 342000 liabilities and 20 000 assets. Telegraphers convention in Pittsburgh. Navy Lt Reynolds killed after being run over in a cable car incident. Catalina wrecks off Galway. seven drowned. Lancashire master spinners move toward federation amid strikes.
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Board of Health of
New York City
Blackwell’s Island
Wagman
Fort Smith
Ark
Treasury Department
Georgia
South Carolina
Brunswick
Savannah
Charleston
New York Association of Piano Manufacturers
Chicago
American
McAbee
New York
Senate
House
Congress
Wilksbarre
W. Rockafeller & Co
Pittsburg
St Char
Reynolds
Naval Academy
Alabama
Coast Survey
Endeavor
London
Bremen
Gallway
Catalina
Schutte
Wilmington
United States
Clyde
Dumbartom
Glasgow
Lancashire
Growth of the South Amid New Industries Weekly Review
The South sees rapid industrial expansion with 57 new industries, 10 enlargements, and 17 new buildings. Planned projects include cotton mills in Concord North Carolina and Danville Virginia, a 100000 capital Union location, and various wood working, canning, electric light, and mining ventures across multiple states. Major firms and cities named include Louisville Kentucky cementing a notable shoe factory, Union Springs Alabama, and Lexington Kentucky among others.
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Concord
N. C
Danvile
Danville
Union
Hail
Summerfield
Lyons
Winston
High Point
Paris
Texas
Dyersburg
Tenn
Plaquemine
Cordele
Little Rock
Ark
Charleston
W. Va
Leggett
Atlanta
Louisville
Water Valley
Mias
Suffolk
Union Springs
Ala
Gas and Fuel Company
St Mem- Tenn
Cartersville
Bedford City
Monroe
Savannah
Birmingham
Riverside
Waco
Caldwell
Caldwell Company
New Berne
N. G
Oxford
Dallas
Columbus
Death in a Hungarian ballroom catastrophe at Deutch Pereg
A Budapest dispatch describes a fatal fire at a municipal carnival dance in Deutch Pereg. A lit taper dropped into a petroleum cask causing an explosion that killed ten, burned others, and left five men and seven women in critical condition with many injuries and panicked escapes.
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Buda Pesth
Hungary
Deutch Pereg
Home Rule Bill Accepted by Irish Parliamentary Party
The Irish Parliamentary Party accepts Gladstone’s home rule bill as a satisfactory self government scheme with aims to improve financial arrangements and shorten land question delays. Acknowledgment comes after a special party meeting while Labouchere proposes excluding Irish MPs from imperial parliament.
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London
Ireland
Gladstone
Friends
United States
Canada
Joux Dinnox
Miceaen Dayirt
Conserverve
Tote
Place of Wales
House of Commons
Teck
Louise
May of Teck
Labucheres
Labouchere
Cleveland Names Four Cabinet Officers in Public Announcement
President Cleveland disclosed four cabinet picks via United Press. Walter Q. Gresham of Illinois would be secretary of state, John Q. Carlisle of Kentucky secretary of the treasury, Daniel B. Lamont of New York secretary of war, and Wilson Bissell of Buffalo postmaster general. He pledged no secrecy and would announce further selections as they were confirmed.
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Cleveland
Lukewod
N. J
United Press
Walter Q. Gresham
Illinois
John Q. Carlisle
Kentucky
the Treasury
Daniel 8. Lamont
New York
Wilson
Georgia in the Cabinet Seals Interior Appointment
A Washington special reports Hoke Smith of Georgia formally accepts the interior secretary post from President Cleveland. Smith met with Cleveland in New York alongside Wilson Bissell and Don Lamont, with M A Beach present. talks lasted over an hour before Cleveland announced the selection. The remaining cabinet roles include secretary of agriculture, attorney general, and the Navy port folio.
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Washington
Interior
Hoke Smith
Cleveland
Georgia
Smith
New York
Messrs. Wilson &. Bissell
Don Lamont
M. A. Beach
Mr. Smith
Agriculture
Mrs. Davis Consulted on Moving Davis Remains to Richmond
Richmond mayor J. Taylor Ellison and president of the Jefferson Davis Monument Association traveled to New York to confer with Mrs. Davis about moving her husband’s remains from New Orleans to Richmond. Lee Camp plans a large Crescent City escort for the interment and favors routing the funeral train through multiple former Confederate states.
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Richmond
J. Taylor Ellison
Jefferson Davis Monument Association
New York
Davis
New Orleans
Lee Camp
Crescent City
Confederate Veterans to Hold Birmingham Reunion
New Orleans dispatch reports the United Confederate Veterans committee on constitution and by laws has completed its work and will present a unanimous report at the Birmingham Alabama reunion on July 19. The plan creates a general committee and staff officers of brigadier generals with three departments the Army of Northern Virginia the Army of Tennessee and the Army of Trans Mississipp i to be led by lieutenant generals. Only one major general per state or territory allowed. New Orleans named permanent federation headquarters. By laws and order rules adopted and approved by prominent Confederates.
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New Orleans
United Confederate Veterans
Birmingham
Ala
Annexation Recommended for Hawaiian Islands by President
President Harrison sent a message to the Senate recommending annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States. The package includes a brief treaty and extensive correspondence tracing negotiations, with the treaty to be acted on by Congress. The Senate, in executive session, chose to print the memo and papers for confidential senator use before public release.
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Harrison
Senate
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Secretary of State
Congress
Southern Lumber Association Holds Mobile Meeting on Pine Prices
The Southern Lumber Manufacturing Association met in Mobile Alabama for a two day session. About one hundred members attended. Morning talks focused on a plan to improve yellow pine lumber selling prices. Afternoon work centered on committee reports, with grades and classifications retained for next year.
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Southern Lumber Manufacturing Association
Mobile
Ala
Sesson
Prades
Canton temple fire devastates Old Fellows Lodge
The Old Fellow's temple in Canton Ohio burned at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning causing about 75000 dollars in damage. Three firemen were injured by falling bricks and debris. William Rieth Frank Kelley and Chief Adam Hobart were injured in the collapse with serious burns.
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Canton
Ohio
William Rieth
Frank Kelley
Adam Hobart
Burt
Railroad tax case and blizzard reports across the Midwest
The United States Court ruled the railroad tax dispute against the site. A receiver will take possession and the county sheriff was fined for contempt and jailed until payment. Meanwhile a North Atlantic steamship voyage carried 3 250 000 in gold coins and silver shipments across 1893 totals amid raging blizzards halting rail and air traffic in Minnesota and South Dakota.
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Charleston 5. C
United States
Flora Whitney Will Filed for Probate in New York
The will of Flora Whitney, wife of ex Secretary of the Navy Whitney, filed for probate in New York. Executed January 31, 1893, it leaves all property to her husband as sole executor, valued at nearly one million dollars. Support for the Old Soldiers in Raleigh reports a Confederate Soldiers' Home bill would provide 8000 annually for maintenance and 2000 for current improvements.
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Raleigh, N. C
Legislative Committee
Confederate Soldiers’ Home
Mincer
Morgan
Parsons
Singer
Patti
Washington Star
Boston Gazette
Eleanor
Noyes
Harvard Lampoon
Ocean Greyhound
Saylors
Buffalo Express
Philadelphia Times
Legislative Clash Sparks Fistfights in Topeka
A Topeka dispatch reports escalating warlike rhetoric between Kansas legislative chambers. An attempted arrest of populist clerk Ben Rich by a Republican deputy sergeant at arms led to a street brawl with blows and injuries on both sides. Baxorgimesa, a female bullfighter, drew crowds at a Mexican tourney in Pedro Negras.
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Topeka
Kas
Waris
Ben. C. Rich
Baxorgimesa
Slowest Railroad in the World Named Arizona and New Mexico
E. C. Tuttle told a St. Louis reporter that the Arizona and New Mexico Railway, running 88 miles from Benson to Nogales, took eight hours with a fare of 8.20 dollars. He calls it the Burro road and cites cows on board as a reason trains move slowly, noting the Mexican division from Nogales to Guaymas is only marginally faster.
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Arizona and New Mexico
E. C. Tuttle
St. Louis
Benson
Nogales
Bill Nye
Arizona
New Mexico
Guaymas
The Song of the Ice and Other Fragments Quiz
A colonial-era miscellany blends a lyric about skating with humor items and brief witticisms. The piece features poems and quips from various periodicals, including references to Outing and Washington Star, with jokes about furniture, fashion, and social mores.
Quail Boom Draws Hunters Across Mohawk Valley
The Yuma Sentinel notes a large quail population in Mohawk Valley and surrounding areas, with hundreds of dozens shipped daily. Children reportedly earn seven to twenty dollars a day, while birds move in vast numbers, their wings sounding like distant thunder and no decline in supply evident.
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Mohawk Valley
Yuma County
Israel
Express
Ana Caliente
Gila Bend
Tere
Atri Sentinel
Tracing the Name Chess Through Persian Roots
The article reviews the etymology of chess terms tracing from the Arabic shah to the Persian word shah and the English queen and king links. It notes checkmate as a king’s capture, links to matador and Spanish roots, and suggests exchequer derives from this verbal network.
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Persia
Ania
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