Nationwide Republican Sweep Shocks the South
The 1894 election delivers major gains for Republicans from West Virginia to New York. Delaware Tennessee Louisiana Virginia North Carolina and more show Democratic losses while McKinley and the national GOP push toward control. New York and Illinois vault into Republican hands signaling a regional realignment.
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Sebastopol
New Securities Of Southern Exchanged For Reorganization Certificates
Drexel Morgan & Co begins delivering Southern railway securities in exchange for Richmond Terminal reorganization certificates. Voting trust certificates will be issued for stock. Bonds total 4.5 million East Tennessee mortgage bonds and about 120 million first consolidated Southern Railway bonds with varied interest dates. Tennessee governor race leans Democratic as returns from 81 of 96 counties show Evans Republican ahead ofTurney by about 9,500 votes.
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Southern Railway Company
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Evan
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Sayings and Doings of Washington Officials in Brief
Pardons issued in pensions and crimes. James A. Jassul freed. John H. Sloan denied clemency for counterfeiting. Clerks accused of swaying Missouri Dockery race with support funds. Tax work proceeds under William H. Pugh. Harris cites education and newspapers shaping civilization. public libraries grow. House standings and Livadia funeral rites noted. czar Alexander III’s coffin travels to Sebastopol. Air's role in sleep highlighted.
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Mississippi
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South Carolina
Washington
Civil Service Commission
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William H. Pugh
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W. T. Harris
United States
A Tumble in Texas and North Carolina Fusion Wins?
Special dispatches from Dallas and Raleigh report a political upheaval as Texans shift toward populists and Democrats lose multiple congressmen. Nugent leads the populists for governor while fusion tickets gain in North Carolina, with several court seats and a Senate majority suspected for the fusion coalition.
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Pearson
Fires destroy cotton ships in Savannah port attack
A Savanish report says flames broke out Monday on six British cotton ships in Savannah with a seventh vessel alight by midnight. Fires damaged 3,000 to 4,000 bales across ships including the Skidby Baltimore City Castlegarth Stag Delgarth and Petunia, causing an estimated loss of 60 000 to 75 000 dollars.
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Chinese Plea for Intervention Cites War Indemnity and Corean Surrender
A London Times dispatch from Tien-Tsin reports Tsung Li Yamen officials asking foreign powers to intervene to end the war with Japan. Price Kung, president of the Yamen, urged concession of Corea sovereignty and payment of indemnities, while ministers pledged to seek peace through their governments. The French minister favored a leading role. Separately, a balloon voyage in 1883 crossed the Mediterranean attempt and ended near Brescia after venturing toward Corsica and Italy.
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Southern Progress and Disasters Across the South
Italian laborers arrive in Brunswick to work on sewerage projects. U S court awards extra eight hour pay for postal carriers in Richmond Petersburg and Roanoke. A large Jackson Tennessee plant burns incinerating Seventeen hundred bales of cotton at Inman and Co in Toccoa. A deadly rail collision at Rosen steel Pa kills six. The whaleback steamship Joseph L Colley docks at Savannah with silver bullion. Texas cotton outlook worsens as crops swell but prices deter farmers. Spaniards loot a chest at St Augustine and flee. Savannah cotton exchange seeks larger rewards for arsonists. city offers bounties.
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South Carolina election solidly Democratic in congress
Latest returns show South Carolina to be represented by a solid Democratic delegation. J. W. Stokes wins the seventh district, William Elliott expands his lead in the first, while Murray is challenged by a negro Republican. Evans leads with 36 197 votes to Pope 17 371 from 23 counties.
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Wreck Victim and World Happenings Briefs
The wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio line near Rosensteel siding, Rockwood Pennsylvania, claims G W Minear as the sixth death. Reports from Shanghai note panic in New Chwang and Manchuria with many stores closed. New York votes anti gambling amends. New Cchurch memorial for czar held in white and black. Special Agent Burns testifies in a Tennessee warrants case. Kerrville lynching trial proceeds in Memphis. New Orleans labor troubles spark evangelical prayer gathering. San Bernardino bank closes. Waco opens Texas cotton palace with 50 000 visitors. Parkhurst elected honorary Union League Club member. Jacksonville debates boxing with five ounce gloves. Governor Waite may resign Colorado to Illinois prospects in 1896.
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