Closing Days of Congress and Cabinet Confirmations
The Senate met in brief session and confirmed President Cleveland's cabinet nominees including Gresham as secretary of state Carlise at treasury Lamont as war Olney as attorney general Bissell postmaster general Herbert secretary of the navy and Morton secretary of agriculture. It adjourned after debates on lands Florida and executive business while Harrison era nominees faced mixed reactions at the Capitol gossip notes.
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Senate
Major Pruden
Cleveland
Walter Q. Gresham
Illinois
John G. Carlise
Kentucky
Treasury
Daniel 5. Lamont
New York
Richard Olney
Massachusetts
Wilson S. Bissell
Hillary A. Herbert
Alabama
Navy
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Interir
Julius Sterling Morton
Nebraska
Agriculture
Pruden
Sevstor Harris
Call
Florida
Walcott
Sherman
Harris
W. Lee Mantle
Montana
Saunders
Committee On
Gray
Mitchell
United States
Dolph
Spain
Antony Moro
Manderson
Cockrell
Hr. Hale
Stevenson
Morton
Judge Gresham
State Department
White House
Democratic’ Caucus
Rankine Democrats
Voorhees
Bisse
Bissell Mustromise
Suit for a Million Dollars Before the Supreme Court
Louisville dispatch notes a looming Supreme Court decision on back pay for letter carriers under the eight hour law of 1888. The case could shift funds by about a million dollars to carriers and cost the government a similar amount. Carriers contend overtime applies, Wanamaker argues fifty-six hours weekly, and Sunday work not covered. Since 1892 two wins were appealed. 500 claims from 117 towns are filed.
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Supreme Court
Louisville
United States
United States Supreme Court
Wanamaker
Packwood murder confessions tie three to the crime
Marion Clinton, long suspected, confesses and implicates Irwin Jenkins and Will McRae in the Packwood murder of Mother and Children. Jenkins and McRae are jailed, Clinton guarded. Jenkins from a mixed background, McRae from a good Sanford family. The grand jury returns true bills against all three.
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Marion Clinton
DeLand
Tia
Packwood
Irwin Jenkins
Will McRae
Jenkins
McRae
Clinton
Packwood House
Dr. McRae
Sanford
Packwood Place
New Cabinet Members Take Charge In Cleveland Era
The first cabinet meeting opened at 3 PM with all members present and no ceremony. Discussions covered Hawaiian annexation and finances, but focus remained on appointing assistants, urging careful, delayed selections. Secretary Carlisle greeted officials, with a flood of callers and a large gold balance noted at the treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Carlisle
Logan Carisle
Treasury Department
Carlise
Foster
Spaulding
Lambertson
Macauley
Mason
Nebeker
Hepburn
Leech
Gains in Gold at Treasury as Gold Drops and Rises
The treasury recorded gold gains Thursday with $100,000 in New York and $20,000 in New Orleans exchanged for silver certificates. No plans to export gold from New York are indicated and the current exchange rate suggests little likelihood of withdrawal. The treasury now holds more than three million dollars in free gold, expected to remain steady under normal trade conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Foster
Treasury Department
Carlisle
New York
National Bank Reserve
Senator Hill
David B. Hil
White House
Cleveland
Hill
Isaac P. Gray
Indiana
Mexico
Gray
Whitney
Chicago
House
Senate
Farmers’ Alliance
Montana
Washington
Wyoming
Beckwith
Mantle
Stevenson
Congress
Cay
New Orleans
Cyclone Sweeps Through Three Georgia Counties
A fierce cyclone struck Troup Meriwether and Pike counties Friday night, leveling Greenville in Meriwether where three quarters of the town was destroyed. One death occurred in the town, while widespread damage befell crops livestock homes and barns across the path. Odessa Meriwether was reported with three houses standing and six killed. Piedmont Pike county was nearly wiped out with fifteen ruined buildings and Miss Daisy Hawkins killed. In the wider region, casualties and material loss mounted as residents faced devastation and distress, many left without meals or clothing.
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Troup
Meriwether
Pike
Greenville
Odessa
Macon
Birmingham
Piedmont
Pike County
Daisy Hawkins
Peidmont
Harp
Thomaston
Andrew Riviere
Growth of the South Industrial Development Review
A weekly survey notes rapid southern industrial expansion, including Greenville Tex cotton compress with 50000 capital by Greenville Independent Compress Co, Gastonia NC Windsor Cotton Mill Co 75000 capital, Talladega Ala by W Taylor et al 250000, Lake Charles La rice mill 1500 barrels daily by J B Watkins, Cuero Tex flouring mill 109000 capital by Farms' Ginting and Milling Co, and multiple cotton oil mills in Temple New Braunfels Comanche Italy Texas. Forty new industries formed or capitalized, six manufactories enlarged, eleven important buildings started, plus new brick works Roanoke and Statesville, a New Castle VA cannery, Manchester Ice Co with 25000 capital, various Texas and Kentucky plants, and planned mills and mines across the region.
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South
Greenville
Tex
Greenville Independent Compress Co
Gastonia
N. C
Windsor Cotton Mill Co
Talladega
Als
W. Taylor
Lake Charles
J. B. Watkins
Cuero
Farms’ Ginting and Milling Company
Temple
Empire Oil Company
Capital
New Braunfels
New Braunfle Cotton Oil Company
Comanche
Comanche Cotton Oil Company
Italy
Jug Tavern
Roanoke
Statesville
N.C
New Castle
Manchester
Manchesth Transparent Ice Company
Huntsville
Luling
Texas
Brensford
Birmingham
Ala
Tyanhoe
Middlesboro
Newport
Hopkinsville
Owensboro
Eutaw
Richmond
W. Va
Bean's Creek
Tenn
Sibley and Stillmers
Fort Mill
8. C
Hazleton
Demopolis
Martinsvile
Knoxville
Bridge Collapse Dumps Freight Train Into Lima Stream
A massive freight wreck on the Chicago and Erie line near Lima Ohio collapsed a bridge as westbound No 83 derailed at a switch. Nineteen cars plus the caboose plunged into the stream while the engine and most cars stayed above. The conductor escaped by jumping. Three alleged tramps in a box car may have been aboard but were likely killed. All cars were loaded with merchandise.
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Chicago and Erie Road
Lima
Ohio
Kenton
Senator Morgan Improving After Erysipelas Attack
A cablegram from Southampton England reports Senator John T Morgan’s condition has materially improved since Monday. He expects to travel to London in two or three days and then proceed to Paris to represent the United States at the Behring Sea arbitration court sessions.
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Senator Morgan
Southampton
England
John T. Morgan
London
Paris
United States
Behring Sea Court of Arbitration
Cyclone Devastates Lauderdale County Homeless Families
Meridian special reports over three hundred families rendered homeless in two Lauderdale county districts by Friday's cyclone. Farmers lost crops and livestock, leaving many without food or clothing. A mass meeting raised funds, with committees to distribute aid. Railroads offered free transport of relief goods and funds, plus excursion trains to several towns to benefit victims. Two more deaths in Toomsuba raised the known total to twenty nine.
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Nascissippi
Meridian
Lauderdale County
Mobile and Ohio
Queen and Crescent Railroad
Dial
Marion
Toomsuba
Pacuta
Barnett
Hawaiian Treaty Recalled By President Cleveland
President Cleveland withdrew the Hawaii annexation treaty sent to the Senate by Harrison. He asks the Senate to transmit the proposed treaty again. Republicans show emption. Democrats split over his stance on annexation and American influence in Hawaii.
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Cleveland
Senate
United States
Hawaii
Harrison
Mr. Cleveland
Arthur
Hawaiian Islands
Oath Administered to Cleveland's New Cabinet
President Cleveland's cabinet members were sworn in at the state department on Tuesday the historic oath ceremony marked by Justice Field administering the oath to Carlisle Lamont Smith Herbert Olney Biesell and Morton about fifty witnesses attended and the table used was specially procured for the occasion after the ceremony the secretaries joined their departments to begin duties.
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Lamont
Schofield
Elkins
Department
Herbert
Tracy
Navy Department
Naval Committee of the House
Justice Field
Fuller
Miller
Olney
Interior Department
Smith
Interior
Noble
Cleveland
Gresham
State Department
Carlisle
Biesell
Morton
May Resume Business at Gate City National Bank
Gate City National Bank in Atlanta looks to reopen in days after a defalcation by Assistant Cashier Redwine. Bank examiners Stone and Campbell have sent their findings to Comptroller Hepburn in Washington. The report includes recommendations likely to settle the bank’s troubles and protect depositors and stockholders, with reopening a key point.
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Gate City National Bank
Atlanta
Redwine
Stone
Campbell
Hepburn
Washington
Governor Turney Ill in Nashville Amid Rumor of Death
Nashville report says Governor Peter Turney, bedridden since January, is not expected to live more than two weeks. A rumor of his death caused immediate adjournment of both legislative houses. the condition is described as precarious and uncertain.
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Nashville
Tenn
Peter Turney
Turney
Senator Morean sick aboard New York and in Southampton
A London cable dispatch reports Senator Morean, a U S representative in the Behring Sea arbitration, grew worse after arriving on the New York and is now bedridden at the Southwestern hotel in Southampton. Separately, Chicago builds the MacKaye Spectatorium roof with a 70 ton traveling derrick, 180 feet high, raising 1,000 tons of steel after four failed attempts.
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London
Senator Morean
United States
Behring Sea Court of Arbitration
American Line
New York
Southampton
Southwestern
MacKaye Spectatorium
Chicago
Counterfeit coin gang captured. Tennessee rain and fires6
John G Webb and Madison Bever were seized by federal agents for flooding West Virginia with bogus coins. A severe Wednesday night rainstorm caused widespread damage in southern Texas, with Caldwell cyclone wrecking homes and injuring several. Tennessee officials discuss bond placements, Governor Turney’s rheumatic illness, and a proposed separation of adjutant general duties. A Marion Virginia fire devastated several businesses and a hotel. A planned presidential visit by lawmakers and lawyers seeks a U S district judge appointment. Oil and gas exploration begins on Stutts farm near Florence Alabama. United States Rolling Stock Company assets near Anniston and Decatur Alabama go to sale with a 1.3 million mortgage.
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John G. Webb
Madison Bever
West Virginia
Bellville
Parkersburg
Texas
Caldwell
Nashville
Craig
Harris
New York
State of Tennessee
Tenn
Winchester
Turney
Julius A. Trousdale
Lurton
Marion
Smythe County
Central Hotel
Mac Wolf
Lewis
Sprinkle
Southwest Virginia
Wolf
Court House
Nashville, Tenn
Cleveland
H. H. Lurton
United States
Howell E. Jackson
Supreme Court of the United States
Stutts
Florence
Ala
Tennessee and Alabama Oil, Gas and Mineral Company
United States Rolling Stock Company
Anniston
Deciar
George W. Ristine
Unite@d States Car Company
Davis Deposed as Tennessee House Speaker by Vote
In Nashville a special session of the Tennessee House of Representatives saw Speaker Spraker Davis ousted after a Shelby County circuit court disbarment. A resolution by Truesdale and Jones of Hardeman moved to remove Davis, who urged a committee to probe the charges. The measure passed 72 to 8 and Julius Trousdale was elected speaker after Davis refused to resign.
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Tennessee
House of Repsentatives
Nashville
Tenn
House of Representative
Spraker Davis
Truesdale
Jones Cof Hardeman
Davis
Circuit Court
Shelby County
Wsh
House
Julius Trousdale
Tennessee Convicts Condemned for Treatment by Managers
A Nashville special reports visiting penitentiary committee findings denouncing branch prison management except the inmate. They cite scant clothing, insufficient food, and inhuman treatment. Recommendations include a new penitentiary, ending the lease system, buying coal lands for state operation, and a youthful reformatory. They urge removing troops from Coal Creek and an Anderson County justice investigation.
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Nashville, Tenn
General Assembly
Inman
Coal Creek
Anderson
Sultan of Zanzibar Dead and Heir Declared by British
Sultan Ali bin Said of Zanzibar is reported dead. His son Kalid attempted to enter the palace to claim the throne but was deposed. Hamid, named heir and recognized by the British, is proclaimed sultan under the protectorate. Also noted are statistics showing women now average two inches taller than 25 years ago.
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Zanzibar
Ali bin Said
Khalifa
Burgash
Kalid
Hamid
Euch
Sultwo
Ammen Ram Katahdin Novel Coast Defence Warship
A coast defence ram vessel named Ammen Katahdin, designed from Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen plans, features air filled tanks for freeboard and water filled tanks to flood the turtle back deck. Armed with a few rapid fire guns, it aims to sink battleships, with armor plated hull, conning tower, boilers, two screws, and up to 4800 indicated horsepower for about 17 knots.
Valley Forge camp ground under threat from real estate syndicate
Residents of Phoenixville Norristown and nearby areas protest plans to cut Valley Forge 290 acres into building plots and possibly build a summer hotel on the earthworks site. Efforts by local groups to secure Congress purchase for national park status have failed so far with the Woman's Memorial Association only owning the mansion and surrounding garden. The issue may be raised with the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Valley Forge
Phnixville
Norristown
Congress
Woman’s Memorial Association
Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
San Francisco Examiner
Spain's Boy King and Royal Family Details
Spain's seven year old Alfonso XLII, heir to the throne, is described as bright and resembling his father Alfonso XII. Queen Christina, Regent, remains near him, declining to leave Spain for the World's Fair. He has two sisters, Infanta Maria and Infanta Isabella, aged twelve and ten. The China Inland Mission reports 526 missionaries across 103 stations in fourteen provinces with 172 localities involved, 94 churches, 3938 communicants, 32 schools, seven hospitals, 13 dispensaries, and 13 opium refuges.
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Spain
Alfonso XLII
Alfonso XII
Christina
Infanta
Maria
Isabella
China Inland Mission
What is life and other musings in Rams Horn
A mosaic of quotes and jokes on life and society from Rams Horn and the San Francisco Chronicle. It juxtaposes philosophical reflections by J Hoffman Batten with social vignettes about schoolchildren, marriages, and witty exchanges, ending with Grass Valley charity customs and a long procession aiding the poor.
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Heaven
J. Hoffman Batten
Rams Horn
Grass Valley
California
Ladies’ Relief Society
Grasa Valley
San Francisco Chronicle
Moon and boy joke drift through town
A Kansas City Journal light column recalls a five year old named Johnny who confidently reports the moon moving around the earth. He says it ran past two clouds on Thirteenth street, delivering a quaint sight gag.
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Johnny
Thirteenth Street
Kansas City Journal
Gibbons Defeats Daley In Long Crescent City Fight
In New Orleans at the Crescent City Athletic Club on Tuesday evening, Gibbons defeated Daley in thirty one rounds for a 3500 dollar purse and a 1000 dollar side bet. Gibbons showed early superiority while Daley displayed pluck and some skill, delaying the bout. Daley repeatedly tried to foul, bringing police near to stopping the match as Gibbons’ right hand was broken and Daley was badly punished.
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Gibbons
Daley
Crescent City Athletic Club
New Orleans
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Gate City Bank of Atlanta
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Tondon
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