Senate in Extraordinary Session Notes and Gossip
The Senate reassembled to debate resolutions limiting action to executive matters, with opposition from the Democratic side. A second session maneuvers committee structures, executive business, and nominations, while capital gossip highlights McAdoo as assistant secretary of the navy and policy on postmasters and lightweight gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Menderson
House
Gorman
Chamber
Interior Department
Pension Office
Beckwith
Wyoming
Vance
Committee On
Massachusetts
Hawaiian Islands
Sherman
United States
North Dakota
Committee On National Banks
William McAdoo
New Jersey
Navy
Congress
Naval Committee
Wm McAdoo
Edward B. Whit__ney
New York
Abraham
Internal Revenue Collectors
Treasury
Jofore Weber
Hendricks
Smith
Clark County
Ala
Jones
Alabama
Bissell
Wolcott and Teller
Goldado
Carlisle
Denver
Cleveland
Repub|c
Growth of the South industrial week review
A weekly review of the southern industrial surge notes new and expanded ventures across many states. It catalogs breweries in Augusta and Little Rock mining and milling ventures, sugar refineries at Centreville and Batesburg mills, cotton and rattan plants, oil mills, and numerous textile and woodworking operations. It highlights 48 new establishments, 5 enlargements, and several new buildings including hospitals and courthouses, with locations in Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
KR. H. Plant
Little Rock
Ark
Little Rock Mining Company
Ceareville
J.D. Capron
River Junction
Pla
Huntsville
Ala
McRae
Mexico
San Marcos
Lex
Atlanta
Burlington
Silver City
Uburg
Pulaski, Tenn
Love's Mills
Abilene
V'ex
Portsmouth
Piedmont
Dublin
Tex
Suffolk
Short Creek
W. Va
Salisbury
N. C
Roanoke
Als
Bastrop
Mexia
Texas
Pooler
Cuthbert
New Orleans
Mr. Airy
Hogansville
Grenville
Lexington
Culpeper
Greenville
Tremont
Misa
Tyler
Selma
Davia Station
Milledgeville
Macon
Winston
Houston
Clinton, Tenn
Bristol
Dayton
Jacksonville
Fla
Lynchburz
Fort Worth
Texan
Belleyue
Charlotte
Tridesman
Chattanooga, Tenn
New National Party Talks Begin In Pittsburg Conference
A gathering of 23 men and 10 women in LaFayette hall Pittsburg drew up a platform for a proposed national party. The platform pledges God given civil government equal rights abolition of liquor traffic and reforms. Names such as National Reform Party and National Prohibition Party were discussed and a state conference set for June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaFayette Hall
Pittsburg
Republcan Party
National Reform Party
National Prohibtion Party
Abolition Party
National Party
New Cholera Regulations Tighten Immigration Rules
Secretary Carlisle issues seventeen articles guiding immigrant admission. New provisions require five days medical observation at embarkation, vessel disinfection of clothing baggage and effects, and consular certification. Immigrant manifests must accompany steamers, with lists limited to thirty names per group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
United States
Discrimination in Rates Affects L and N Actions
A U S circuit court action in Nashville charges the Louisville and Nashville railroad with rate discrimination against Nashville coal shipments in favor of Memphis and other towns. The interstate commerce commission seeks tariffs aligned with orders issued a year earlier. In Rutherford County North Carolina a kerosene lamp accident killed two young children and injured their mother after a fire destroyed the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Nashville
Tenn
Interstate Commission
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Memphis
Telegraphic Gleanings: News Condensed Into Paragraphs
Bishop Brown of the African Methodist Episcopal church dies in Washington. Foot and mouth disease spreads in Berlin cattle market. removals of cattle prohibited. Mexican import duty on corn and beans slated for removal noted at Eagle Pass Texas. Snow falls in Iowa and Kansas City. storm feared. Beaupric Mercantile Co of St. Paul fails with assets about 168 658 and liabilities 517 286.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Brown
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington
Berlin
Eagle Pass
Texas
Iowa
Kansas City
Beaupric Mercantile Company
St. Paul
Minn
The
Presbyterian Church In Ireland
Belfast
Monte Carlo
Michigee Legiclaturce
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wheeler Opera House
Toledo
London
Teutonic
Queenstown
Naronic
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
New York City
Edward Lauterbach
Jay Gould
Bootle
Liverpool
Eng
Deene Company
Townsend, Woolley & Co
Brown
United States District Court
New York
Vigilance
United States and Brazil Steamship Company
Monterey
Mexican Gulf
Trevino
Sierra Mojada
Coahuila
Tampico
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Cherokee Strip
Arkansas City
Kansas
Depreciation in Gold Threatens Denver Bank Bond With Government
Denver banks face a $3,200 minimum loss if a proposed $1,000,000 gold exchange with the government proceeds on current terms. The Denver Clearing House banks await the mint weighing basis standard vs current weight for gold coin. The Mint director’s reply could alter plans as government has already placed $1,000,000 in currency at the Denver mint. Depreciation of $11 per $5,000 is noted, and banks likely adhere to their contracts regardless of loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Carlisle
Denver Clearing House Association
Washington
Bristol dispute grows as Virginia and Tennessee clash over land
A Washington dispatch reports Virginia and Tennessee in a Supreme Court suit over a wedged shaped 112 mile by 2 to 8 mile strip along the northern Tennessee border. The area, sparsely populated, includes Bristol which has two municipal governments split by the boundary. If Virginia wins, the town would be wholly in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Virginia
Tennessee
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Old Dominion
Bristol, Teon
Exhibits for the Fair Rush to Jackson Park
Chicago dispatch reports Director General Davis issuing a rush order to exhibitors to move displays to Jackson Park immediately. Over 100,000 packages already received, mostly foreign, with exhibits to arrive in a flood as work crews prepare the world’s fair. The plant capacity remains untested, but officials expect full readiness by May 1st.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Davis
Jackson Park
O Brien to Be Prosecuted for Knights Deficit
M J O'Brien formerly treasurer of the Catholic Knights of America, tied to a $76,000 default, proposed to settle with $2,500 cash and $3,000 yearly installments. Toledo authorities rejected the offer and will pursue prosecution pending a more acceptable arrangement. O'Brien fled Chattanooga before the default was known and was later captured and indicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Knights
Toledo
M. J. O'Brien
Chattanooga
Tenn
Catholic Knights of America
O'Brien
Missing Heir Sought for Million Dollar Fortune in SF
A missing heir search centers on Michael O Reilly or his issue to claim over a million dollars in stocks bonds and San Francisco real estate left by his bachelor brother John. John settled in San Francisco in 1854 from Ireland while Michael joined the army and fought in the Indian wars, last heard of in Chicago in 1875.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Michael O'Reilly
John
Dangerey
Ireland
Michael
Chicago
Wheels
Destructive Fires and Political Moves Across States
Brief town notes report a major fire in Guyhandotte West Virginia causing $10000 loss, insurance coverage, and incendiary origin. Tennessee inspectors appointed, Alabama coal oil inspector named, and Houston heirs sue over prime market block values. California moves to shift capital to San Jose, Coal Creek court transfers eyed, and Texas rail sale confirmed with Green bidder. Confederate statue discussions and Davis remains transport planned from New Orleans to Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guyhandotte
W. Va
Huntingdon
Turney
Tennessee
Frank Armstrong Moses
Knoxville
W. R. Niblett
Harriman
Alabama Association
Montgomery
Commercial and Industrial Association
Hempstead
Texas
Galveston News
Walter County Court House
Nashville Dispatch
Clinton
Coal Creek
California
San Jose
Sam Houston
Houston
Temple Houston
Washington Dispatch
Hepburn
Alabama National Bank of Mobile
Ala
Examiner Campbell
Belleview
Otto Sanders
California General Assembly
Sacramento
Senate
Tenessee Coal and Iron Railway Company
New York City
Talbot
Metal Refining Company
Chattanooga
J. Bowron
Carnegie
Charleston
T. A. Huguenin
Fort Sumter
Beauregard
La'‘aytte
Bryant
United States Circuit Court
Galveston
Waco and Northwestern Railway
E. H. R. Green
Waco
Green
Jefferson Davis Monument Association
Richmond
New Orleans
Mr. Davis
John B. Gordon
United Confederate Veterans
John Glynn
Louisiana
The
Confederate Veterans
New Orland
Gate City Bank to Resume Business in Atlanta
Report of Bank Examiners indicates Gate City National Bank of Atlanta will reopen soon after defalcation by Assistant Cashier Redwine. Examiners Stone and Campbell have sent their findings to Comptroller Hepburn with recommendations aimed at early settlement and minimizing depositor and stockholder inconvenience. The bank is set to resume operations once approval is received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gate City Bank of
Atlanta
Gate City National Bank
Redwine
Stone
Campbell
Hepburn
Washington
Trade Review: Bradstreet and Dunn & Co Weekly Summary
R G Dun and Co notes severe weather and tight money markets pressuring trade. Money rates spike to 5.12 on call and over 10 percent for two days. treasury plans draw gold liquidity, reducing withdrawals to the west and south. Gold offers dilute. some stock liquidation, exports restrained by speculative forces, and gold loss evident. Wholesale trade improves in St. Louis with spring promise. Tennessee activity mixed, Columbus tight money, Atlanta better, Mobile lumber up, New Orleans fair, sugar firm, rice down. Bradstreet reports higher cotton goods orders, steady prices, and active jobbers. Fall River output adds 5,000 surplus pieces. Southern trade dull, interior stocks drawn down. Nashville, Memphis, Richmond, Atlanta, Birmingham and New Orleans slow. farmers busy in western Tennessee. Georgia crops boost grocers, Birmingham trade improving. Louisiana sugar acreage planned to rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradstreet and Dunn & Co
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Treasury Department
West
South
Treasury
Bank of Denver
Chicago
St. Louis
Little Rock
Memphis
Tennessee
Columbus
Atlanta
Mobile
New Orleans
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Fall River
Charleston
Nashville
Richmond
Birmingham
Georgia
Louisiana
Bradstreet Reports Visible Cotton Supply Across Southern Towns
Bradstreet compiles a cotton review from 1,975 correspondents in ten southern states. On March 1, 1893, 1,494 towns reported stocks totaling 341,753 bales, down from 508,039 last year, a 32 percent decline. Texas accounts for 25 percent of stocks with a 39 percent drop. Monroe, Louisiana, shows an unusual stock rise for higher prices.
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Bradstreet
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Monroe
Texas
Mail Carriers Win Supreme Court Decision
The United States Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the judgment in favor of letter carriers Aaron Post and Frank Gales. The cases involved an act setting eight hours as a day’s work. Carriers contended the post office’s construction violated the act’s intent and required more labor than contemplated. The Gebring Brewing estate in Cleveland valued at $1,000,000 was probated. It leaves $4,000 to local charities and $2,000 to the poor in Germany, with the remainder to widow and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Aaron 8. Post
Frank Gales
United States
Post Office Department
Charles E. Gebring
Gebring Brewing Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Germany
Colonel Dines New Navy Secretary at Private Dinner
Secretary of the Navy Herbert attended a private Wednesday dinner hosted by Co. Shepard with twenty six guests. No speeches are reported, but the mood was cordial and optimistic about the new secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dines
Fire devastates Boston block at Ames building disaster
A major blaze in Boston at the Ames building on Essex and Lincoln streets destroyed nearly a city square and more, injuring about thirty and leaving three bodies unidentified. Horace Partridge & Co. sustained heavy losses as fires swept seven structures, with four and a half million dollars in damage and panic causing deaths and dramatic rescues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Ames
Essex and
Lincoln Streets
Boston
Mass
Essex Street
Lincoln Street
Tufts Street
Kingston Street
Columbia Street
United States Hotel
Horace, Partridge & Co
Ames
Leonidas H. Redpath
Robert J. Restaux
Ames Lincoln
Brown-Durrell
Lincoln
Money Stolen From State Treasurer Case Hurts Hemingway
In Jackson Mississippi a special reports William Hemingway, already in the state penitentiary for five years, cannot explain the disappearance of 315,612 from the treasurer’s books. His brother C F Hemingway, former treasurer’s office bookkeeper, claims a safe timer stole the money in March 1888 and copied the combination, never changed during Hemingway's term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemingway
Jackson
Miss
William Hemingway
C. F. Hemingway
A Heavy Assignment Big House Furnishing Co Goes to the Wall
The Atkinson House Furnishing company of Boston with fourteen branches in New England assigned to Charles F Libby of Portland and Costello Converse of Boston. Liabilities about 1 500 000 assets about 3 000 000. Caused by money market stringency and inability to meet the call loan Saturday. Last year the firm did 3 000 000 in business. Debts likely to be paid in the fall. Largest indebtedness to firms in Boston and vicinity with creditors also in New York Philadelphia and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big House Furnishing Company
Boston
Atkinson House Furnishing Company
Mass
New England
Charles F. Libby
Portland
Costello
Converse
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Closed Kansas Trust and Banking Company in Kansas City
The Kansas Trust and Banking Company, led by President Senator Ingalls, closed its doors Monday night with estimated liabilities of 800000 and assets around 700000. The firm owns 30000 acres of Kansas land and about 20000 in Kansas City property. R M Manley, the general manager, loses 250000, and Ingalls loses 10000. About 30000 was on deposit. The bank had loaned heavily on Kansas property, bid it in, and could not recover its advances. A receiver has been appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Trust and Banking Company
Kansas City
Senator Ingalls
Kansas
R. M. Manley
Ingalls
Gains In Gold And Hawaii Mission In One Note
The treasury received gold at several points Thursday with gains in New York of 100000 and 20000 at New Orleans in exchange for silver certificates. No gold is likely to be exported soon, and free gold exceeds three million dollars. Blount heads to Hawaii to settle annexation muddle, with Mrs. Blount and aide Ellis Mills. Redpath Bros. of Boston, boot makers, burned out and financially crippled. H L Redpath died. liabilities around 100000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
New York
New Orleans
Treasury Bss
Redpath Bros
Boston
H. L. Redpath
He giveth his beloved sleep poem fragment
A fragmentary literary note presents Mrs Browning’s line He giveth his beloved sleep echoed with prompts about what we give to our beloved. The piece meditates on sacrifice memory and the enduring impact of loss in a mournful reflective voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Mrs. Browning
Oddnotes and Quotes From Many Papers Across The Nation
A collage of witticisms, quotes, and light humor from editors and readers across newspapers. The item blends jokes about poetry, painting, weather, and daily life with brief sketches and quips, noting humorous exchanges and social observations from various U S publications.
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Seoling
Blount
Butt
Senae
Rutherford, N. C
T. W. Dixon
Watkins Hardware Company
Richmond, Vs
Turn Hall
Patterson
N. J
Missouri House of Representatives
Annie Potter
Kas
el Potter
Buffalo
N. Y
Edward A. Kingston
James Kingston
Wagner Palace Car Company
Custom House
Kingston
Havana
Carnegie Steel Company
Whitworth & Co
Manchester
Carnegie Company
Sioux City, Is
New York, Ontariosed Western Railroad
Marinaville
Oncids
Illinois General Assembly
William A. Kent
Board of Trade
Ceylon
O’brien
Trade Review
Shepard
Herbert
Port Adalside
China
Japan
Singapore
Bigland & Harvey
BIG Blaze
New York Journal
New Orleans Picayune
New York Morning Journal
Diogenes
France
Louisville Courier-Journal
Puck
Buffalo Enquirer
Elsie
Shakespeare
Scribbiems
Dallas News
Breeze
Briggus
Cucap
Washington Star
Mist Maud
Kate Field
Maggie
Mulligan
Inter- Ocean
Fort Worth Gazette
Chicago Mail
Mabel
Judy
New York Herald
Tommy Fige
Johnny Briggs
Tommy Figg
Indianapolis Sentinel
Oliver
M. P
Tommy
Madge
Indianapolis Journal
Brooklyn
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