Washington Notes on Delays and Appointments in 1894
The article reviews speedy sailing orders for the Detroit to China, postmaster appointments in New York, a proposed resignation of Newark architect J O Rourke, and Secretary Herbert reinforcing the Asiatic squadron. It notes treasury staffing cuts harming women clerks, a quarantine hospital site near Southport NC, and government supervision of the Cotton States exposition exhibits. It also covers Sugar Miles Planting and Manufacturing Co seeks mandamus against Carlisle and Miller over inspection delays, with a court set for October 4.
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Detroit
Norfolk
China
Herbert
Gray Gables
White House
New York State
Carlisle
Jeremiah O'Rourke
Newark
N.J
Treasury Department
O'Rourke
W. J. Edbrooke
Chicago
Navy Department
Gresham
Machias
Post Office Department
Army
Navy
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
J. A. White
Robertson
Revenue Cutter Service
G. G. Thomas
Wilming
N. C
Southport
Congress
Dockery Commission
United States
Spinner
Exposition Company
Geological Survey
Miles Planting and Manufacturing Company
State of
Louisiana
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Amite
Homer
Monroe
St. James
New Hope
Miller
Japanese Victories in Ping Yang Reported by Shanghai News
A Shanghai dispatch to the London Times says Ping Yang fell after a night attack by three Japanese divisions. Chinese losses include about 14 500 prisoners and 4 generals plus 6000 6600 reported dead. Japanese ships sank two Chinese warships, while Chao Yang and Yang Wei ran ashore. Japanese losses around three vessels.
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London Times
Shanghai
Ping Yang
Chemulpo
Yamho
Pall Mall Gazette
Sree
Tne Ping Yang
Central
Ping Yang Inlet
Japan
Yalu River
China
Monkden
Li Hung Chang
Central News
Yalu
Governor Turney Commended Amid ResolutionsOver Millington Lynching
A delegation of colored citizens presented Governor Turney with resolutions regarding the Millington lynching. At a Nashville meeting last week the committee spoke to the governor on Thursday. Turney pledged to enforce the laws as long as he serves as governor.
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Nashville
Turney
Millington
Plates Returned for Jackson Special Warrants Trial
Mississippi state officials surrendered plates used to print special warrants in a dispute with the U S Treasury. Governor and state treasurer agreed to appear in the November 1894 U S district court in Jackson. Plates, owned by Mississippi and tied to the St Louis Bank Note Co contract, will be used as evidence and must be returned after the trial. The request came from Attorney General Olney via District Attorney Lee.
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Jackson
Miss
United States Treasury Department
United States District Court
Olney
Lee
St. Louis Bank Note Company
Burns
Mississippi
United States
Fearful China Fire and Corean Action Dominate Dispatches
Shanghai advices report a massive fire in Lung Kin So Chuen destroying two thousand buildings and killing over a hundred, including the governor of Sung Kin’s wife. The governor’s house and several temples burned, with losses around ten million taels. Corean forces reportedly routed a Japanese advance guard of two thousand near Fuesan to Seoul, leaving eight hundred to retreat. General Li Yung Fu tried to move five hundred troops from Swatowa to Formosa by chartered steamer, but the vessel’s owners canceled after learning Japanese squadron was nearby. Later, three Japanese officers boarded the transport to check papers. In Springfield, Massachusetts, the A P A won a large Republican caucus, defeating ex Mayor Bradford for the fifth ward seat using the Australian method.
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Shanghai
Lung Kin
So-Chuen
Sung Kin
Corea
Fuesan
Seoul
Li Yung Fu
Swatowa
Formosa
Pirates Attack Train In Tonquin Wreck Kills Engineer
A Paris report from Tonquin describes pirates trying to wreck a Langston bound train. The Chinese engineer was killed and two Frenchmen were seized while three highwaymen reportedly fled with cash.
Lawler Named Commander by Narrow Margin in Grand Army Vote
Colonel Thomas G. Lawler of Rockford Illinois defeated Colonel Ivan N. Walker of Indianapolis by eleven votes in the Grand Army of the Republic national encampment ballot of 649. The result shifts influence to the West and South and calls for a new quartermaster general. The assembly adjourned after two days with pledges to aid veterans in federal service and recalls of reunion plans for 1895.
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Grand Army
Pittsburg
Order
Thomas G. Lawler
Rockford
Ill
Grand Army of the Republic
Ivan N. Walker
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Illinois
Sawyer
Pennsylvania
Lotis E. Wagner
Chicago
Lawler
Walker
A. P. Burchfield
Charles H. Shule
New Ork
O. W. Weeky
Ilarian
T. H. Hagerty
St. Louis
Council of ‘Ministration
Charles W. Gerwig
Comeloid
Virginia
North Olina
August Hagen
Tennessee
W. Veasey
Arkansas
A. D. Thomas
Georgia
Joseph H. Thibodeau
Alabama
G. H. Patrick
Eigth
United States
Boys In
Mason and Dixon
Bankhead Secures Nomination In Alabama Sixth District
The state executive committee met Wednesday and forced T. L. Long to withdraw as the last rival. Bankhead will be nominated at the sixth district primaries unopposed after a 16 to 1 support on the silver platform. The sixth district convention previously failed to nominate after over five hundred ballots and referred the choice to a district primary.
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Montgomery
Als
Bankhead
State Executive Committee
T. L. Long
Frankfort
B. J. Welsh
Breckinridge
Owens
Lexington
Ashland
Kentucky
Opera House
Colonel Breckinridge
Court House
Evan A. Settle
Owenton
Senator Jones to Resign From Nevada Senate Seat
Senator Jones of Nevada will resign his United States senate seat on the demand of the Republican Committee of Nevada. The move follows his switch to the populist party and is reported as approved by his closest political friends.
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Jones
Nevada
Republican State Committee of
United States Senate
Bia
Bandit attack on Utah & Colorado express near Gorin Missouri
Fort Madison reports four masked men tried to rob train No 5 on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line near Gorin Missouri seventy five miles west at 3 am. Engineer Dad Prescott likely fatally wounded. Two robbers shot or dead in surrounding woods. two others flee as detectives track them. Two robbers captured at Memphis Missouri Charles Abrams and Lincoln Overfiell. Abrams badly wounded. Farmers north of Arbela Missouri identified as the attackers.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Gorin
Here
Dad” Prescott
Railroad
Express
Chicago
Keokuk
Arbella
Missouri
Santa Fe
Memphis
Charles Abrams
Lincoln Overfiell
Sugar Planters Shift to Republicans in New Orleans Meeting
A New Orleans sugar planters convention with about 850 attendees including planters, manufacturers and merchants tipped to the Republican party. The gathering showed no support for the Democrats with no debate or speeches on Democratic policy and few attendees from lumber or rice interests.
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Lousiana
New Orleans
Suger
Southern Specials and Presenting an Epitome of Progress
The fourth West Virginia district Democrats met in Petersburg and nominated W. F. McKinney by acclamation. A Canton Miss monument for A. D. Harvey and scouts was unveiled in a large ceremony with speakers and music. Other items cover Curtis shifts in Savannah turpentine markets, resignations in Alabama guards, railway job merges, and Chinese naval losses at Port Arthur.
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West Virginia
Petersburg
W. FB. McKinney
McKenny
Canton
Miss
A. D. Harvey
Wiley Nash
Scott Fields
George Shelby
Georgia Goodloe
Memphis
Moss
William Moore
Lancashire
England
Augusta
Savannah
Anniston
Ala
W. H. McKleroy
Thomas L. Stokes
P. H. Long
Woodstock Guards
McKleroy
Stokes
Atlanta
Long
Montgomery
R. E. Lutz
Western
Raw
Mr. Lutz
Lexington
Democratic
W. C. Owens
Scott
Ashland
Breckinridge
Parker
Murphy
N. C
London
Strickfaden
Butch McCaryn
Ed Smith
Sisley
Rank Berry
Richardson
McCarya
McCarver
Conservative South Carolina Democrats Meet in Columbia
About three hundred delegates from most counties gathered in Columbia for a conservative Democrat convention. General Hagood presided. no ticket was nominated. They elected an executive committee and urged loyalty to the national party and Ocala platform, with plans to reconvene September 19 and possible recall before October 1, 1894.
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South Carolina
Columbia
Carolina
Johnson Hagood
Democratic Party
National Democratic Party
Ocala
National Democracy
Tillmanite Democrats Name Full State Ticket at Columbia
The Tillmanite Democrats adjourned in Columbia after nominating a complete state ticket headed by Governor aspirant John Gary Evans. The slate includes W. Timmerman as lieutenant governor, W. T. Bates treasurer, O. W. Buchanan attorney general, J. G. Watts adjutant general, W. D. Mayfield superintendent, D. H. Tompkins secretary, James Norton comptroller, and W. D. Evans J. C. Wilborn H. R. Thomas as railroad commissioners. J. B. McMullen, vice president of African Steamship Co and International Migration Society, announces a Philadelphia-to-Liberia steamer with 300 colonists leaving around October 15. Liberia promises land, tools, and shelter for settlers.
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Tillmanite Democrats
Columbia
D. C
John Gary Evans
Aiken
W. Timmerman
Edgefield
W. T. Bates
Orangeburg
O. W. Buchanan
Fairfield
John Gary Watts
Laurens
W. D. Mayfield
Afric
J. B. McMullen
African Steamship Company
International Migration Society
Birmingham
Ala
Philadelphia
Liberia
Mobile
New Orleans
Havana
Owens a Winner and Contests Threatened in Kentucky
Frankfort dispatches report Owens leading with a claimed plurality around 555 to 360 in eight counties, despite Breckinridge allies threatening to contest. Crowds celebrate, bets and life insurance surge as 100 correspondents cover the hill district race in Kentucky.
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Breck Counties
Owens
Inridge
Bourbon
Woodford
Scott
Oldham
Fayette
Owen
Henry
Franklin
Kentucky
Breckinridge
Lexington
Latonia
New York
Frankfort
Friends
W. G. Owens
Main
Noel Gaines
Cedartown Sensation Stirred by Polk County Grand Jury
Cedartown Georgia faces a brewing scandal tied to the Polk County grand jury. The six month undercurrent involves indictments of Cashier J O Hardwick of Cedartown's first National Bank for surgery, with broader implications beyond forgery reaching higher authorities.
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Cedartown
J. O. Hardwick
First National Bank
Polk County
World trotting record set by Alix in Galesburg
The Galesburg track in TL hosts Alix who lowers her own mile trotting record to 2:03 on a Wednesday afternoon. Also noted: clashes between 100 police and 5000 miners at Logan pit Scotland with casualties. political moves in New York Connecticut Ohio and Pennsylvania. bank collapse in Pittsburgh. cholera cases across German regions. legal decisions in Illinois on whiskey trust. silver coinage stance in Ohio.
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Galesburg
Alix
Logan Pit
Motherwell
Scotland
Roswell P. Flower
New York
Connecticu
Hartford
O. Vincent Coffin
Middletown
Lorin A. Coke
Barkinsfield
William C. Mowery
Norwich
George W. Hodge
Windsor
B. H. Meade
New Canaan
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Camden and Amboy
N. J
Carrieri & Legato
Pittsburg
Stumph Bro
Washington
Ford’s
East Prussia
Elbe
Hesse-Nassau
Rhine
Silesia
Chicago
Gibbons
Whiskey Trust
Supreme Court of
Columbus
Democrats
Ohio
Calvin 8. Brice
Southern Cotton Mills Expand In Several States
New factories rise and existing plants enlarge in North and Georgia. Hooper's Mills in Mount Island North Carolina restart after expansion. Newton North Carolina mills resume tomorrow after summer addition. Cabarrus Cotton Mills Concord increases capital by 30000 dollars with thirty looms and 3000 spindles pending new buildings. Oates Hosiery Mill Charlotte enlarges to double capacity. Canton Georgia to host a new cotton mill. Barnesville Georgia to build underwear mill with 15000 dollars capital. Anniston Alabama Manufacturing Company resumes full operation at full capacity.
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South
Guffary
Savannah
Dalton
Columbia
Shreveport
Gadsden
Ala
West Viginia
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Tenn
French Oak Stave Co
New Orleans
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlanta
San Antonio
Texas
Cuattanooga
Elmore
Ark
el Paso
Bine Springs Station
Suffolk, Vs
Plaquemine
Florence
Ralegh
N. C
Palatka
Cameron
Als
Lexington
Engl
Springs
Germanton
Dayton
Greenville
Memphis
Velusco
Graham Va
Abbeville
Stephenaville
Iex
Charleston
8. C
Amherst
Ten
Popetaas Tex
Chatronooga
Enn
Hooper’s
Mount Island
Newton
Cabarrus Cotton Mills
Concord
Oates
Charlotte
Canton
Barnesville
Anniston
South Carolina Holds Mass Delegation Meetings for State Convention
Across counties on Saturday voters gathered to elect delegates for an independent democratic state convention in Columbia. Delegates have been chosen in most counties with four remaining undecided. many are uninstructed on a state ticket, signaling a reorganization effort against Tillmanism.
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South Carolina
Columbia
Charleston
Kershaw
Chesterfield
Marlboro
Sumter
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Gov. Turney
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Mass
E. 8. Bradford
Latpst Dispatches
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Ha Noxipal
Tonquin
Langston
Adams Express Company
Henry Sanford
L. C. Wier
Cincinnati
Sanford
W. JT. Moguitig
Fort Worth
Moguitig
Dallas
Bluefields
DeMadris
Nicaragua
Howard
Department of the
Éa&T
Governor’s Island
N. Y
Allyn Capron
Fifth Infantry
Twelfth Infantry
Indian Company
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Indian Territory
Geronimo
Mount Vernon
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
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Pullman
Grand Lodge
Nebraska
Tecumseh
Weir
Lincoln
John G. Capers
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Boyd
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Whitehead
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United Garment Workers’ Union
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No. 2
New York Dispatch
Stock Exchange
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West
Trust
Register
Supreme Bench
Pope
Gary
Toto
Melver
Bankhead AS
Victor
Republican Committee of
Doxs
Southern
DR. Cave
ex-Confederate Historical and Benevolent Association
R. C. Cave
Southland
Port Arthur
Chen Yuen
King Huen
Chao-Yung
Yung-Wei
W. ©. Owens
Telegraphic News
Southern Cotton Mills
Tillman
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