Population and trade figures from era records
Population of almshouses in the United States is estimated at 74 000. Germans published 23 000 books last year doubling England United States France and Italy combined. Rail construction in 1894 projected to exceed 22 000 miles. Hessian fly ravages Europe injuring barley in Norway in 1893. Russia suppresses Polish heroes busts Kosciuszko and Powniatowski. Australia’s railway yields modest returns. Cottonseed oil exports to the Netherlands rise sharply while olive oil imports from Spain decline amid shifts in oil use.
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The
United States
England
France
Italy
Europe
Nature
Norway
Netherlands
Spain
Justice Sutherland Surrenders in Gravesend Scandals
Justice Kenneth F. Sutherland surrenders to Brooklyn police over Gravesend election case. Reports note Coffin and Reed guilty in Indianapolis bank wreck case and Cincinnati Railway retrenchment cutting eighty workers. Coal shortages halt Edgar Thomson coke delivery and threaten multiple plants. Vancouver floods devastate Fraser Valley. Massachusetts socialist nominees listed.
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Kenneth F. Sutherland
Gravesend
Brooklyn, N. Y
Indianapolis
Ind
Percival B. Coffin
Francis A. Coffin
Albert $8. Reed
Typewriter Brings Rift in Arkansas Backwoods Store
A St. Louis drummer recalls a trip thirty miles from Newport Arkansas where a loyal customer and family shunned him after a typewritten letter. The merchant believed the letter was printed and refused to accept the modern device, accusing the drummer of printing the message.
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St. Louis
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Newport
Ark
Atlanta Constitution
Belva Lockwood Barred by Supreme Court Decision
The U S Supreme Court denies Mrs Belva A Lockwood a rule to show cause why the Virginia court of appeals should not admit her to practice before the high tribunal Chief Justice Faber states the Virginia court may ultimately decide on eligibility to practice before it.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Belva A. Lockwood
Virginia Court of Appeals
Faber
Gale Rages on Lake Superior Endangering Tug and Logs
A heavy northwest gale on Sunday and Monday drives snowstorms on Lake Superior. The tug Andrew J. Smith abandons a raft of logs in mid lake due to danger and lack of progress. The Samson slay raft loses its cargo and seeks shelter.
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Lake Superior
Andrew J. Smith
Samson Slay
Epidemics and Labor Turmoil Hit Various States
Abingdon reports smallpox scare with Martha Washington Female College closed and Jackson Female Institute quarantined. Illinois coal talks fail amid price disputes. Springfield industries face coal shortage with rail shut downs and mass layups. In Richmond a sale of White Sulphur Springs bonds is approved. severe Hillsboro Texas storm damages church and buildings. Tennessee mines resume on old terms as rail freight cuts spark alarm across several lines.
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Abingdon
Martha Washington Female College
Jackson Female Institute
J. Irby Hurt
Illinois
Springfield
Cincinnati
Taft
Queen and Crescent
Cincinnati Southern
Felton
Dave Turner
Anthony
Fla
Illinois Central
Springfield and
Gilman
Wabash
Central Railroad
Savannah
Exchanged Prisoners Aimed at Saving Three Miners
A Colorado Springs report says Sheriff Bowers released Russell Mason and Todd, three miners captured at Wilbur, under an agreement to spare the lives of Samuel McDonald superintendent Charles Robinson fireman and Jack Goodhue miner captured by strikers after a shafthouse blast at the Strong mine. The miners feared for McDonald and had threatened execution if the exchange failed.
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Colorado Springs
Colorado
Bowers
Russell
Mason
Todd
Wilbur
Samuel McDonald
Charles Robinson
Jack Goodhue
Strong
McDonald
Reinforcements for Coxey Arrive With 150 Men
Washington dispatch reports Coxey's army was reinforced by 150 men under General Galvin who joined the Coxey camp Tuesday. The unit marched into town on Memorial Day, adorned the peace monument on Pennsylvania Avenue at the western end of the Capitol grounds with evergreens and wildflowers, then returned to camp.
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Washington
Coxey
Galvin
Coxey Camp
Town
Peace Monument
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capital
Washington notes reflect political strain and federal downsizing
Democratic leaders grow impatient with Republican delay on the metal schedule while Secretary Carlisle rebukes 'deal' rumors about Chicago's government building sale. War department clerks face mass dismissal, Lamont era cuts loom, and Treasury shows a large year deficit. Decoration Day events feature President Cleveland at Arlington.
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Carlisle
Chicago
Livingston
War Department
Government Printing Office
Washington
Treasury
Alabama National Bank
Mobile
Ala
First National Bank of
Wilmington
N.C
Arlington, Sf
Grand Army
Arlington
Cleveland
White House
Growth of the South Industrial Review for the Week
The Southern industrial scene shows coal regions in Alabama and Tennessee unsettled by a miners' strike with furnace output down, though no closures occurred due to fuel from negro and convict labor. Pig iron demand rises while prices vary. Textile mills run full with strong orders. lumber gains from lower freight rates. Farming prospects are mixed as higher prices offset early crop shortages. Forty-three new industries started or incorporated, including Keystone Creamery in Alexandria and several mills, factories, and plants across the region.
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Brooklyn
N. C
Kenneth F. Sutherland
Gravesend
McKane
Sing Sing
Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Braddock
Carnegie
Erie Forge
Nagle
Eris
Philadelphia and
Erie
Vancouver
B. C
Frazer River
Socialist Labor Party of
Massachusetts
Springfield
David Taylor
Boston
Morris Ruther
Holyoke
Joseph F. Maloney
Lynn
Emil Auerbach
Adams
Fred Nagler
Charles N. Wentworth
Nebraska
Lincoln
Kelly
California Industrial Army
United States
Crawford
St Louis
Des Moines
Topeka
Kan
Artz
Washington
Lewelling
Richmond
Julian T. Burke
Alexandria
Major Earle
Hillsboro
Tex
John Morgan
Lake Park
Fair Grounds
Denver
Whitwell
Tenn
Pikeville Mining Company
Tennesse Coal, Iron and Railway Company
Memphis, Tenn
Dispatch
Louisville and Nashville
East Tennessee
Kansas City
Memphis
Birmingham
Nashville, Chattanooga
St. Louis
Tennessee Midland
South
Alabama
Tennessee
Keystone Creamery Company
Capital
New Terra
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Buckley High Speed Elevator Company
Weston
W.va
Chattanooga
Tupelo
Miss
Corsicana
Arch Mills
Laverne Ala
Hearne
Beaufort
8. C
Ocala
Fla
West Point
Victoria
Wortman
New Castle
Walnut Cove
Wilmington
Scranton
Erwin and Membis
Whitehall
Money for Atlanta Exposition Appropriation Reported
The government allocates 200000 dollars for Atlanta’s exposition with 50000 for the building and 150000 for the exhibit. If building removal is impractical, the treasury secretary may erect a building costing up to 50000. After removal, half of the old structure goes to the government exhibit and the remainder to future colored race exhibits. A board of government trustees will oversee the building under contract.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Atlanta
Contrant
Congressional Actions and Tariff Debates Report
The House passed a bill extending one year for final proof under the homestead acts and moved to district affairs. Kossuth’s heirs sent condolences read by the Speaker. Decoration Day's observance altered adjournment, and a 10 percent bank tax debate occurred with speakers Cox Johnson and Black. The Senate took up the tariff bill. lumber moved to the free list while sugar schedules face a protracted battle amid party divisions.
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House
District of Columbia
Louis Kossuth
Kossuth
Crisp
Catchings
Richardson
Tennessee
Messrs. Cox
Johnson
Indiana
Black
Georgia
Trade Still Busy Amid Delays and Uncertain Demand
R. G. Dun reports this week shows storms floods and strikes harm business yet a large trade volume persists due to unmet yearlong wants. Demand for manufactured goods slips while coal shortages restrain iron and other mills. many works resume, but future orders shrink.
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R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Interstate Commerce Commission vs. Railway Firms Rules Freight Charges
In New Orleans the United States circuit of appeals overruled a circuit court decision and ordered a decree in favor of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Defendants Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company Western and Atlantic Railroad Company and Georgia Pacific Railway Company must cease higher aggregate charges for first class freight in under carload shipments from Cincinnati to Social Circle versus Cincinnati to Augusta within five days. If noncompliant, each defendant faces $100 daily penalties and the case returns to the circuit court with costs awarded to the Commission. The note adds United States railways capital stock at 4.863 billion dollars and bonded debt around 1 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Pardee, Locke and McCormick
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company
Western & Atlantic Railroad Company
Georgia Pacific Railway Company
Circuit Court of the United States
Northern District of Georgia
Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Augusta
Pueblo Flood Devastates City as Rivers Break Levees
Special dispatch from Pueblo Col reports a cloudburst sending Arkansas and Fountain rivers over their levees flooding the lower town. Rescue, property loss, and several deaths loom as water floods Main Street and Court Street, with several buildings under water and residents seeking high ground.
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Pueblo
Col
Arkansas
Fountain
Main Street
Pueblo Journal
Court Street
Dave Rafferty
Joseph I. Copper
Hoplee
J. Vandecer
William Bush
Harry Burch
Williamson
Joseph Hart
California
Coxeyites
Johnstown
Trouble With Miners At Mine No 6 In Missouri
A gang of strikers near Mine No 6 at Kansas and Texas Coal Co. in Macon Missouri threaten to drive out Black workers. Deputies surround the shaft to prevent violence as locals fear arson and deputies prove scarce. In Ohio Sheriff Riley appeals for troops amid train blockades. In Tennessee, Oliver Springs and Jellico miners stay out awaiting a national settlement after mass meeting.
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Kansas and Texas Coal Company
Macon
Columbus
Ohio
Sheriff Riley
Athens County
McKinley
Toledo and Ohio Central Railway
Gloucester
Tenessee
Oliver Springs, Tenn
Coal Creek
Immigration Convention Assembles in Augusta
The Southern Immigration Association held its third annual congress in Augusta with Pres M S Bryan of Nashville presiding. Welcome speeches were delivered by Mayor J H Alexander and Joseph R Lamar with responses from Governors McCorkle Tillman and Carr. Bryan opened with the group’s origins and aims.
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Augusta
South
Southern Immigration Association
M. 8. Bryan
Nashville
J.H. Alexander
Joseph R. Lamar
Young Men's Business League
W. J. Northen
Georgia
United States
Patrick Walsh
Commercial Club of
McCorkle
West Virginia
Tillman
South Carolina
Carr
North Carolina
Bryan
Miners return to work as coal supply problem eases
News from several states reports 300 striking miners at Rathburn Tennessee back to work under McBride orders, easing a looming coal shortage for Chattanooga. Other dispatches note frost and locust damage in North Carolina, a Mississippi murder reward, and a Columbia riot inquiry.
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North Carolina
McBride
Rathburn
Tenn
Chattanooga
Stone
Mississippi
Henry Smith
Will James
Clinton
Breckinridge
Columbia Zouaves
Three C's Railroad
Yorkville
8.C
Preston & Stauffer
New Orleans
Fahart
Robert Burke
Alabama State Normal College
Chappell Cory
Birmingham
E. E. Hoss
Nashville
Mobile
Als
Baldwin County
Baldwin’s
Ala
Citizens’ Committee
Robert Charben
Attalla
United States
Alabama
Coach derailment injures crowd on Columbus excursion
A rear coach of an excursion train from Columbus derailed on a grade after Holt's station. It rolled three times on an embankment at about twenty miles an hour injuring nearly all occupants, mostly African American passengers bound for Memorial Day at Andersonville. No fatalities reported. a spreading rail caused the crash.
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Columbus, Ga
Holt
Andersonville
Meeting at Birmingham to discuss Mine Situation
A large diverse crowd gathered at the Winnie Davis wigwam in Birmingham Alabama on Saturday to address the coal mine dispute. Resolutions denounced the check system and evils, a settlement committee formed, and another to urge railroad workers to refuse hauling coal mined by scabs or convicts. Order remained good and orderly throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnie Davis Wigwam
Birmingham
Ala
Fatal Wisconsin wreck claims eight lives at Marshfield
An open switch on Wisconsin Central Train No. 26 caused a total wreck near Marshfield. Eight died and fifteen to twenty injured as cars burned. four deceased recovered and four believed trapped. Among the dead are the engineer, fireman, and one Tweedy brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshfield
Wis
Wisconsin Central Railway
Tweedy Brothers
Humorous Quotations and Banter Across Newspapers
A compiled collage of brief jokes and witticisms from multiple papers. Includes lines about children and speech, sentimental reminiscences, misheard romance, and social missteps. Several quips reference journalism, letters, and social rituals with a light, playful tone.
Tough Manila Paper Made From Recycled Fiber
The Chicago Herald notes manilla fiber from rope or cordage waste yields a strong paper. Fresh fiber is costly, so waste fiber is picked apart into pulp, then formed into sturdy sheets that substitute cotton or twine for certain uses.
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China
Japan
Chicago Herald
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Russia
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Philadelphia
New York Mail and Express
Warsaw
Kosciuszko
Powniatowski
New York Tribune
Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
South Australia
Cincinnati Road
Midland
Belva Lockwood
Uncle Sam
Lamont
Gorman
Senate
MONEY
Congressional
Hale
Walsh
United States Railways
Fountain Rivers
First National Bank
Journal
Missouri
Immigration Convention
Frances J. Haswin
Boston Transcript
Hartford Journal
Tom
Jove
Dawson
Harper’s Bazar
Ragged Richard
Buffalo Courier
Washington Star
Galveston
Texas
Chicago Tribune
Detroit Free Press
Squeezem
Bridewell
Dumley
Miss Blossom
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