Senate and House Pass Census Bill and Bond Debate
The Senate moved to publish the eleventh census and passed the measure amid debate on a new method of electing senators and queries over sundry civil appropriations. In the House, filibusters clashed with quick votes as post office and car coupler issues dominated, with leadership pushing to conclude amendments and conference talks.
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Senate
House
South Dakota
United States
Pettigrew
William Lindsay
Kentucky
Carlisle
Lindsay
William YV. Allen
Nebraska
Paddock
Messrs. Manderson
West
Government Printing Office
Military Academy
Dockery
Geary
Committee On Commerce
New York and
New Jersey
Holman
Committee On Appropriations
Bland
Mr. Outhwaite
Hillary A. Herbert
Herbert
Peel
Hatch
Peele
Cincinnati Flood Disrupts Trade and Traffic Across City
A Cincinnati special reports the river rising steadily from Saturday night into Monday morning, flooding lower streets and cellars on Front Street. Big Four and Chesapeake trains were the only lines operating into Grand Central. Texas cyclone hits Jacksonville at midnight, wrecking James A Campbell residence foundation and damaging nearby structures while the family slept.
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Cincinnati
Newport
Mill Creek
Front Street
Big Four
Chesapeake and Ohio
Grand Central Devel
Texas
Jacksonville
James A. Campbell
Telegraphic Gleanings Aboard Laba to Bremen and More
Gold aboard the North German Lloyd steamer Laba bound for Bremen totaled 3 560 000. Hawaii's Princess Kaiulani sails London to New York on Teutonic with Theophilus Davies and family. R G Dun & Co ends Erastus Withan ties. Diphtheria deaths close Oconee schools. Fire destroys Hudsun mill at Mt Vernon Indiana. West Shore train 5 derails near Palmyra NY. 3 dead 12 injured. Ex Senator Spencer funeral in Arlington. NYN railroad directors reshuffle. Parsons resigns March 14. Dempsey jailed then bailed in Homestead case. Senate deadlock in Olympia continues. Kadikey fire in Constantinople. 500 houses burned. 3000 homeless. Pennsylvania Express collides near Philadelphia. 3 dead 12 injured. Chief Justice Paxson resigns. Paxson replaced. Heydrick name floated. Montreal fire blocks losses about 200 900. Prevost fatally injured. Schuylkill Valley wreck near Spring City. 3 killed. Annexation commission members to stay in Washington. Beckwith Wyoming chosen US senator.
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Laba
New York
Bremen
Kaiulati
Hawaii
London
Teutonic
Theophilus Davies
Whartoff
R. G. Dun & Co
Erastus Withan
Pana
Ill
Oconee
M. E. Church
Hudsut Company
Terre Haute
Mt. Vernon
Ind
West Shore Railroad
Palmyra
N. Y
George B. Spencer
Alabama
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Teller
Platt
Stewart
Chandler
Kellogg
George C. Gorham
New York and New England Railroad
New York City
Parsons
Charles Parsons, Jr
Clarence
William Lummis
A. R. Flower
Pittsbur
Dispatch
Hugh Dempsey
Homestead
Olympia
Wash
United States
Constantinople
Kadikey
Southern Express
Pennsylvania Road
Broad Street
Philadelphia
Morton
South Street
West Philadelphia
Garrisburg
Pattison
Paxson
Paxton
Reading Railroad
Heydrick
Montreal
Canada
William
St.Paul
Richard Smerden
A. Mulline & Co
Keegan, Milne & Company
Doyle & Anderson
Prominent Atlanta Lawyer Cobb Jackson Dies by Suicide
Atlanta attorney Cobb Jackson, a noted figure in Georgia, died Thursday by his own hand. Family cites temporary mental derangement, while a friend notes mounting railroad litigation pressure from the Richmond and Danville receivership as the strain that unsettled his mind.
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Cobb Jackson
Atlanta
Thomas’ Cobb Jackson
Tony Cobb
Richmond and
Danville
Trade Review reports mixed weekly business shifts across regions
Bradstreet and Dun and Co report a fluctuating past week with weather delaying shipping and dampening cotton and general trade in the South and West. Prices ease for cotton and core staples while leather, lumber, rubber goods and steel rise. Canada and U.S. finance show caution, with bond issuance debated, heavy imports outrunning exports, and a cautious but overall large trade volume amid storms and slow collections.
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Bradstreet and Dun & Co
Bradstreet
Bessemer
Pittsburg
Nashville
Charleston
Memphis
Atlanta
Birmingham
Galveston
New Orleans
R.G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Business
Treasury
Foster
New York
United States
Canada
Reading Stock Crash Sparks Wall Street Panic
Reading stock liquidation dominates New York markets with near million shares traded and 5 to 8 percent declines. News of receivers appointed for Philadelphia and Reading Railway triggers brief rally as prices rebound before closing lower. Spanish cabinet resigns as Lisbon dispatches report cortes failure to approve financial plans.
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Reading
Wall Street
New York
Philadelphia
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
United States Court
John G. Johnson
Thomas Hart, Jr
Dallas
Chambers
Archibald A. McLeod
Edward M. Paxson
Supreme Court
Sod
Elisha Wilber
Lehigh Valley Railway Company
Pexson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Pattison
Lisbon
Cortes
Gate City Bank Defalcation Forces Closure
Gate City National Bank of Atlanta faces a $65,000 defalcation by assistant cashier Louis Redwine. He vanished after leaving a note that the bank can pay depositors and stockholders in full. The bank, under Hill and the U S Comptroller, closes with depositor claims to be paid as assets are realized.
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Lewis Redwine
Gate City National Bank
Attlanta
Clearing House Association
Gate City Bank
Redwine
Red
President Hill
Hill
Grig
United States
National Bank Act
Heph
Washington
Louis Redwine
L. J. Hit
A. W. Hitt
Epw
M.caspiess
Carhier
Lincoln
Neb
National Bank
Mosher
Hurlburt
First Annual Convention of the American Bimetallic League
Washington hosts the first annual convention led by General A J Warner with about fifty delegates from western states. Speakers include General Weaver Mrs Mary Lease Senator Stewart and others debating free coinage of silver. The south notes losses from demonetization since 1873 and calls for a unified western and southern platform. The Pope's Presents reports 7,000,000 francs received in jubilee gifts.
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Washington City
American Bimetalic League
Washington
A. J. Warner
General Weaver
People's Party
Mary Lease
Warner
Weaver
Lease
Stewart
A. C. Shinn
Kansas
Bland
Missouri
Sibley
Pennsylvania
Hatch
J. W. Huston
Idaho
Marion Butler
South Carolina
South
Beaur gard Beauregard Laid To Rest In New Orleans
The funeral of General Beauregard in New Orleans on Thursday drew a vast civic and military procession. City offices closed as ceremonies unfolded at city hall with in state remains and a parade to Metsire cemetery. Leading figures from Baton Rouge and Confederate veterans groups attended, and active and honorary pallbearers, many noted Confederate soldiers, participated in a formal, extended tribute.
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Governor Foster
Baton Rouge
Raphael Semmes
Mobile
J. B. Hereford
General Caball
trans-Mississippi
Metsire
Louisiana Field Artillery
Army of Northern Virginia
Army of Tennessee
Virginia
A. A. Maginnis
George Moorman
Gordon
Wright Schaumberg
Smith
John Glynn, Jr
Louisiana
United Confederate Veterans
W. R. Lymian
Camp No. 1
J. B. Vines
Camp
W. L. Vincent
B. F. Eshelman
Joseph Demonrell
Growth of the South Industrial Development Week Review
A weekly review notes 61 new industries organized or started, with 13 factory events and 18 major buildings. Projects include Powhatan Clay Manufacturing in Richmond, Georgia Mill and Elevator in Macon, Psanhandle Hardware in Wichita Falls, and an Augusta ice plant by Columbus Tron Works. Numerous mills, canneries, gins, lumber firms, and other plants are listed with locations and capital.
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South
Powhatan Clay Manufacturing Company
Richmond
Capital
Georgia Mill and Elevator Company
Macon
Psanhandle Hardware Company
Wichita Falls
Texas
Augusta
Columbus Tron Works Company
Anniston Cordage Company
Anniston
Als
Toccoa
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Columbia Veneer and Box Company
Louisville
Enterprise Lumber Company
Atlanta
Holcott Lumber Company
Shreveport
Austin
Tex
Charleston
W. Va
Coal and Coke Company
Roanoke
LaFayette
Ala
Dalton
Cuero, Tex
Columbus
Hempstead
Davis
Biloxi
Miss
Bertie
New Orleans
Thibodaux
New Iberia
Lexington
Newport, Tenn
Cotton growers meet in Memphis discuss acreage cut and anti option bill
Seventy five delegates attended the cotton growers convention in Memphis Tennessee. John Richardson presided and Atwood Violett attended with Agricultural Commissioners Goodwin and Lane. Resolutions called for further cotton acreage reduction and crop diversification and the anti option bill was dropped after being killed in congress. The session adjourned sine die. Louisville and Nashville railroad declines general wage increase prompting no strike. Havana cigarette makers shut down in protest of new regulations and 2 percent payment rules.
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Cotton Growers’ Convention
Memphis
Tenn
John
Richardson
Louisiana
Atwood Violett
New Orleans
Goodwin
Lane
Tennesse
Alabama
Congress
Cabinet complete with Olney and Herbert chosen for top posts
Lakewood dispatch reports President Cleveland completes his cabinet selecting Richard Olney of Massachusetts as attorney general and Hilary A. Herbert of Alabama as secretary of the navy. The cabinet includes Gresham, Carlisle, Lamont, Hoke Smith, Morton, Biasell, and others, with Olney seen as a surprise choice and regional balance achieved.
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Lakewood
N. J
Cleveland
Olney
Boston
Hilary A. Herbert
Alabama
Walter Q. Gresham
Illinois
John G. Carlisle
Kentucky
Treasury
Daniel S. Lamont
New York
Hoke Smith
Georgia
J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska
Wilson
Biasel
Richard W. Olney
Massachusetts
Navy
George A. Jenks
Congress
Naval Committee
House
United States Navy
Richard Olney
Massachusetts Bar
New England
Herbert
South
Raging blizzards hit New York to New England towns
A Washington dispatch reports the Sunday night and Monday blizzard the severest since 1888 across New York Pennsylvania and New England. Property damage includes unroofed buildings, delayed trains, crippled telegraph lines and several deaths from exposure. A separate Lincoln Nebraska report notes forged currency tied to Mosher bank collapse with liabilities exceeding a million and creditors filing claims as the bank winds up.
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New York
Pennsylvania
New England
Washington
Voorhees
Committee On the Library
Senate
Washington City
Bernard Green
BANK
Orangemen Buy Rifles to Resist Home Rule
A London cablegram reports that Orange societies in Ulster plan coordinated withdrawal of deposits from post office savings banks and purchase of arms to prevent home rule. Inquiries for weapons contracts are under way, including a Birmingham offer of one thousand Martin rifles to a Dungannon Orange club. Civil war fears rise as Ulster loyalists anticipate action.
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Orange Club
Dungsonon Haa
Birminghan
Ulster
Famine and Disease Wreck Finland After Frost Destruction
Cable advisories from St Petersburg report famine and disease across Finland after last summer's frost. Over 200000 people rely on charity as towns fill with beggars. About 500000 peasants struggle to survive, having eaten draft animals and even pets. Typhus fever kills hundreds daily.
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Finland
St. Petersburg
Russia
Minister Stevens Signals Annexation Hope From Hawaii
A telegram released Tuesday quotes Minister Stevens stating natives now favor annexation as the United States flag is respected. He notes the Boston’s officers and crew, including Captain Wiltz, conduct as prudent and that the state continues to be hopeful, though mail cannot be sent.
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Stevens
Honolulu
San Francisco
Secretary of State
Washington, C
United States
Wiltz
Boston
Navy
Appealing for Her Throne Kaiulani appeals to Americans
A London cablegram reports Princess Kaiulani declares she was educated in England to inherit Hawaiis throne and asks the American people to support her return and defense of her flag and nation. Washington replies note Hawaiian envoys met senators and Thurston denies involvement in her education. The heir to the throne, born to Queen Liliuokalani, faced exile and claims over throne against Thurston and U.S. actions.
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London
Kaiulani
Washington
Capitol
Thurston
Hawaiian Commission
Miss Cleghorn
England
Hawaii
Kalakaua
Liliuokalani
House of Nobles
Kaiulana
T. R. Walker
Honolulu
T. H. Davies
United States
Peace agreement ends Kansas governor populist clash
After a Friday morning conference lasting over three hours, Governor Lewelling signed a peace pact with the Republican House. The accord grants Republicans undisputed control of the representative hall, halts further arrests of populist officers, and requires the governor to withdraw deputies. Troops are ordered to return home and the crisis ends without bloodshed, though populists denounce the outcome and threaten defiance if the Supreme Court rules against them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican House
Topeka
Lewelling
Republican House of Representatives
Supreme Court
T Representative Hall
Artz
Order to Veterans on Gen Beauregard Death
General Gordon issues Confederate Veterans notice in New Orleans honoring General G T Beauregard death at 10 p m. The obituary lauds his Civil War leadership from first shot to Johnston surrender and calls for fitting memorial honors by the United Confederate Veterans.
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Gordon
Beauregard
General Beauregard
United Confederate Veterans
New Orleans
G. T. Beauragard
Joseph E. Johnston
Greensboro
N. C
South
J. B. Gorpox
Rival Houses of Kansas Legislature at Outs
Topeka dispatch reports a heated rivalry between the two Kansas Legislature houses with open threats and possible clashes. An attempt by a deputy sergeant at arms to arrest Ben C. Rich, clerk of the Senate, sparked a clash leaving several injured on both sides amid long standing hostile exchanges.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kas
Arison
Ben. C. Rich
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