Debates on city sizes debts and future tech claims
The piece surveys urban debt comparisons with Porte Berlin Paris New York and Chicago, notes North Carolina Railroad property values, and cites claims about electric street railways and a coming transport revolution. It also discusses Consul Sheridan Read in Tien Tsin on Chinese cotton mill machinery orders. The essay contemplates Comte and the potential to communicate with Mars with future science.
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Paris
New York
Chicago
Sheridan Read
Tien Tsin
China
State Department
Washington
Shanghai
England
America
New York Tribune
Cleveland Letter on Tariff Bill Fails to Sign
President Cleveland writes to Representative Catchings defending tariff reform while declining to sign the tariff bill. He argues the measure, though improved, is not true reform and would threaten democratic principles and honest government. He emphasizes loyalty to the party and opposition to protected monopoly amid political pressures.
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White House
Cleveland
Congress
Wilson
Mr. Catchings
Chairman Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Representative Catchings
Mississippi
Executive Mansion
Washington, D. C
T. C. Catchings
Democratic Organization
Democratic Party
Pelf
House of Representatives
Grover Cleveland Urges Tariff Reform and Free Raw Materials
In a letter defending tariff reform, Grover Cleveland argues for free raw materials to boost American industry and lower costs for consumers. He contends that freeing coal and iron ore could be funded by trimming unneeded revenue, and calls for a fair readjustment of tariffs on finished goods to pass benefits to the public.
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The
Grover Cleveland
Queen's Speech Pro rogued Parliament six weeks
Queen Victoria prorogued Parliament for six weeks after delivering a speech noting friendly ties with foreign powers, ongoing Africa disputes with France unresolved, arbitration on Bebring sea seal fisheries, a neutral stance on China Japan war, and a Japan UK commercial treaty. The Lords heard the speech at 2:40 p.m. before the prorogation.
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Victoria
Africa
French
United States
Tribunal of Arbitration
Bebring Sea
Congress of the
China
Japan
Russia
United Kingdom
House of Commons
House of Lords
Lord Herschell
Villages Swept By Gohna Lake Breakthrough Disaster
Simla advices report Gohna lake breached its dam sending a raging torrent through the valley. Villages along the valley were wiped out as the flood struck instantly. Government warnings had allowed inhabitants to remove movable property, preserving life. In Washington, Carlisle and Olney continued tariff talks, seeking a rule to admit dutiable goods now in bond without duty after a new law, avoiding export and reimport costs.
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Gohna Lake
Simla
British India
Carlisle
Olney
Department of Justice
United States
Levee Caves In On Pauline Street In New Orleans
Late Monday night a levee at the head of Pauline Street in New Orleans collapsed into the river for about 250 feet. Officials had long regarded the levee as solid and a key protection for the city from flooding.
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Pauline Street
New Orleans
Bribery Suspect Councilman Nabbed In New Orleans
The day’s items include New Orleans Councilman Dass a caught taking $100 bribe from Charles Sherman, seized by Detective O Mally and Sergeant Ancoin, and jailed at the fourth precinct. Also: cotton crop fears from boll worm in Mississippi delta, and indictments in Louisville case.
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New Orleans
Dondassa
Charles Sherman
D. C. O’mally
D. C. Ancoin
Fourth Precinct
Whitewell
Bolivar County
Mississippi
Delta
Louisville
Nashville
Hoke Smith
Frank W. Clarke
Geological Survey
Interior Department
Atlanta
Anderson O’mattey
San Antonio
Tex
Garlanders
Dallas County
Texas
Montgomery
Ala
Selma
Captain Bridges
Trade Topics Reflect Mixed Changes Amid Tariff Uncertainty
R G Dun reports weeklong trade shifts are tentative with tariff decisions pending. Recovery strides appear in boot and shoe sectors while cotton mills face strikes at Fall River and New Bedford. Iron and steel demand climbs but capacity oversupply persists. Woolen mills see orders undercut by foreign competition. money market shows rising commercial demand. Failures total 234 in the U S and 29 in Canada, down from last year.
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R.G. Dun & Co
Fall River
New Bedford
Philadelphia
New York
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Chicago
Connellsville
United States
Canada
Convention of Southern Business Men in Washington
Southern business men met in Washington on Thursday morning to devise methods for investigating and developing southern investments and resources. They aim to secure a permanent exhibit of southern resources in the capital and an auxiliary bureau to record investments and details, creating a reliable link between northern capital and southern development. Delegates from many southern commercial bodies attended to ensure the convention’s success.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Growth of the South Boosts Merchants and Industry
The Tredegar Chattanooga report on the South's week of industrial activity notes strong mercantile conditions with rising sales and steady collections. Confidence grows as coal and iron output increases, textile mills run full time, and 33 new ventures form including Palmetto Phosphate in Bartow Florida and American Can and Stamping in New Orleans.
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Man
Chattanooga
Tenn
South
Palmetto Phosphate Company
Bartow, Fla
Capital
American Can and Stamping Co
B. J. Montgmery Furniture Co
New Orleans
Franklin
Barnesville Untees Co
Barnesville
Smithfield
Texas
Alvin
Coton Oil
Jonesboro
Ark
Hazlehurst
Miss
Graham, Vi
Ozark
Ozark, Ark
Ala
Ng View
Irough
Sandersville
Yancey
Portsmouth
Gateville
Dunnellon
Fla
Sperryville
Uniontown
Marietta
Raleich
N. C
Morganon
Pine Bluff
Jacksonville
Atlanta
The President Arrives at Gray Gables for Six Week Stay
President Cleveland arrived at Gray Gables Buzzard's Bay Massachusetts at 10 30 o'clock Thursday morning He will remain for four to six weeks at the seaside retreat during the busy legislative season and vacation period of the administration.
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Gray Gables
Cleveland
Buzzard’s Bay
Mass
Chairman Wilson Renominated in Martinsburg Preview
Special from Martinsburg West Virginia reports Chairman Wilson of the ways and means committee has Peabo nominated for Congress. The local note highlights party support and anticipated candidacy amid regional political activity.
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Wilson
Martinburg
W. Va
Ways and Means Committee
Peabo
World News Summary from a Late 19th Century Dispatch
Georgia Republicans meet in Atlanta and reject a state ticket while backing the Cotton States Exposition. Knights of Pythias choose Indianapolis for their 1896 encampment. Vanderbilt divorce makes Paris cables. Kane Pa glassworks cut wages by 20 percent. Epworth League set for Chattanooga 1895. Vanderbilt furnaces restart. Mary Lee coal mine wages cut then restored. Kyle renominated in Mississippi. Sherman act and silver issues debated. Whiskey tax legal challenge. Seattle smoke from forest fires hampers navigation. New Bedford mills unlikely to reopen soon. Greensburg Coke works riot injures several. Indian cotton crop yields praised despite regional rain. New York discusses rail alliances. Shanghai dispatch reports a deadly fire in which a boy killed and two firemen injured.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Washington
Indianapolis
Knights of Pythias
McCoy
Kane
Alabama Press Association
Montgomery
Chattanooga
Epworth League
Epworth
John C. Kyle
New Albany
Cyclone in Russia Leaves Towns Wiped Out
A cable from St Petersburg reports a terrible cyclone along the Sea of Azoff on Saturday. It caused immense damage and swept whole villages into the sea. Many steamers were sunk or wrecked and about a thousand people are believed to have perished.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Sea of Azoff
Azoff
Marianople
Nogaisk
Berdainsk
Fish
Achuey
Emrink
Black Sea
Fearful cyclone devastates Russian coast killing thousands
Reports from St. Petersburg describe a great cyclone sweeping the Sea of Azoff, destroying Marianople and Nogaisk and crippling ports. An estimated 1000 lives lost with telegraphic contact severed and many American tourists feared to be aboard sea vessels.
New Factory Plan Floated by NC Farmers Alliance
At Greensborough annual meeting C P Simmons of Halifax proposes funding cot ton factories statewide. Subscriptions start at $1 monthly in each district under a special committee. Once funds reach target, towns bid for location with stockholder voting rights, free of party influence. The plan gains favor.
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North Carolina Farmers’ Alliance
Greensborough
C. P. Simmons
Halifax County
Dispensary Trouble Ends in Double Tragedy at Blackville
In Blackville, Barnwell county, Solomon Brown and constable John Gribben were killed after a dispute over a clothing case tied to suspected contraband whiskey. Six shots fired. Gribben died in ten minutes, Solomon Brown instantly. Brown relatives and Simon Brown were arrested as accessories. coroner H P Duches faced arrest for the fatal shot amid high community tension.
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Blackville
Barnwell County
D. C
Solomon Brown
John Gribben
Gribben
Brown
Sothern
Isadore
Herman
Simon
Herman Brown
H. P. Duches
Tillmanite
Mortgage meeting on Southern Railway mortgage plan
Stockholders of the Southern Railway Company are called to a Richmond meeting on October 26 to approve a $120,000,000 bond mortgage to Central Trust Company and a $4,500,000 mortgage on the East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railway. Interest is 5 percent and 4 percent, payable in gold, with bonds issued in lieu of foreclosed equipment and income bonds.
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Southern Railway Company
Richmond
Central Trust Company
East Tennessee
Virginia
Georgia
Secretary Carlisle Grants Free List Waiver For Bonded Goods
Revenue officials receive instructions authorizing bonded goods to enjoy free list privileges under the tariff act. A telegram to collectors in New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Portland Me San Francisco Portland Newport News Norfolk New Orleans and Chicago directs rapid bonding and withdrawal for goods arriving today. Death of a Congressman in Wisconsin follows. Congressman Shaw dies at 8:20 a.m. at his Eau Claire home.
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Carlisle
New York
Joan G. CaRniste
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Portland
San Francisco
Newport News
Norfolk
New Orleans
Chicago
Bill Arp on A P A and one third party critique
The writer denounces the American Protective Association and the one third party, calling them factions driven by demagogues. He argues the A P A and republicans exploit fear, praise tariff reform within democracy, and warns of paternalism and waste in government. He predicts the one third party will fade and praises the southern democratic alignment.
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Boston
Bill Arp
Joe
North
Order
Ocala
Omaha
Judge Adridge
Bishop Hay
Tiberty
Ishop Haygood
Washington
Rome
Onethird Party
Republicans
American Protective Association
Emu Ave
Atlanta Constitution
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School of Philosophy
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Bunt Comte
Comte
Mars
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Alabama
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Blind Tigers
Law and Order League
Frank Hooks
Louisiana
International Emigration Society
Birmingham
Atlantic
Liberia
Havana
P. J. Quigley
Shelby County
Joseph Thiers
Memphis
Quigley
Public Treasury
Dun & Co
World
William K. Vanderbilt
Peoria
Ill
Whiskey Trust
Seattle
Wash
Sound
Sound Country
United Coke Works
Greensburg
McCann
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Oudh
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Madras
Big Four
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Southern Railway
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Collins
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GORE
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Shaw
Eauclsire
Wis
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