Vast May Week Arduous US Senate Tariff Debate And Crises
A sweep of sparse items from May events shows tariff wrangles in the senate with Hoar and Gray clashing, New York constitutional adjournment, Coxey and labor marches, railroad and shipping tensions, plus international concerns from Paris and Bluefields. The timeline sketches political turmoil, prosecutions, fires, and strikes across the United States.
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Senate
Messrs
Hoar
Gray
New York
Lucky Baldwin
California
Boston
Naval Board
Carnegie
Homestead
Randall Chicago Army
Laporte
Ind
Sweetland
Colon
Bennington
Bluefield
Hancock
Brockway
Elmira
Flower
New York City
Lockport
N. Y
Thomas Murphy
Toussaint
Berlin
Bob Fitzsimmons
Joe Choynski
Coxey
Washington
St. Anne de la Parade
Que
United States
Chicago
London
Algiers
Austrian Silesia
Dink Wilson
Syracuse
Meyer
McKane Appeal Set For Special Hearing In Brooklyn
The appeal of John Y. McKane from a lower court conviction is scheduled for a special hearing in Brooklyn on June 18. Justice Pratt, currently ill, may sit with Judges Brown and Dykman if recovered.
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Pougheerrsie
N. Y
John Y. McKane
Brooklyn
Pratt
Brown
Dykman
Markets Report: Money Rates and Bond Figures
Money at 1 percent. Prime mercantile paper 244? 5 percent. Sterling exchange shows bank bills at 4.834 and 60 day rates at 4.8714. Posted rates 4.854 from 4.90. Commercial bills 4.8014 to 4.8644. U.S. government bonds reg 1.13, 4s coup 1.14, 4s 95 gc. Pacific railroad bonds 63 of 795 at 1.20. Bar silver 64 b5c.
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Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Bankers
United States
Flour and grain prices and futures across New York markets
New York on May 14 reports current prices and futures for flour varieties from mills in Minnesota and Canada, with winter and spring grades listed. Grain quotes cover rye flour and buckwheat, cornmeal, oats, barley, wheat, and related commodities, including spot and option prices and regional dairy and meat figures.
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City
Minnesota
Brandywine
Milwaukee
Western
Canada
X-Rower
White State
Western Dairy
Elgins
State
Pennsylvania
Goodbye Sheep and the Wilson Bill Stand Against It
A historical editorial decries the Wilson tariff and defends wool farmers north and west. It argues the bill would confiscate flocks, harm farmers, and favor southern industry, urging Congress to uphold McKinley protections and resist the measure. The piece calls for unity among farmers and lawmakers to kill the bill.
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Northwest
North and West
Congress
Mason and Dixon
Line Tree
Commonwealths
Swanson Sees Democratic Path to House Majority
Virginia congressman Swanson argues that 356 districts each vote on a candidate's record, with the South expected to provide 129 Democrats and the party needing 50 more seats to gain a majority. He asserts Democrats can win by individual district performance, not national trends.
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Swanson
Virginia
Congress
South
House
United States
Washington Post
Economic case for wage-based circulation gains
The writer argues that paying workers more raises daily monetary circulation, citing figures of 20 million earners and potential increases from 1 to 2 dollars per day. They invoke Wendell Phillips on the dollar’s social value, linking higher wages to education, independence, libraries, urban growth, and railways, asserting progress and wealth growth through increased money in circulation.
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Wendell Phillips
Market diversity boosts farmer income in mixed communities
Official statistics show farmers earn 457 dollars annually where 30 percent are farmers and 70 percent work in other occupations, but only 160 dollars where 70 percent are farmers. Texas and Pennsylvania exemplify this market effect, while a congressional inquiry is planned after March 4, 1895. A humorous aside notes three sneezes imply a cold.
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Texas
Pennsylvania
Christian Endeavor Local Meetings and Cleveland Convention Preview
Local CHR ISTIAN ENDEAVOR meetings set for May 20 1894 list leaders from Presbyterian Tracy M Greenland Evangelical Mrs A Mintzer Baptist Gordon Hague The Cleveland Endeavor May issue prints 100000 copies with convention details from Forest City A postal card request A Park Sisters cornets soloists Moody Quartette Chicago and a native African chorus are featured with other plans for the event.
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Presbyterian
Tracy M. Greenland
Evangelical
A. Mintzer
Gordon Hague
Cleveland
Forest City
R. B. Hamilton
Superior St
Park Sisters
Moody Quartette
Chicago
Topic For The Week May 20 Love For The World
Rev S H Doyle comments on Pauls I Corinthians chapter on love. Love binds mankind into a brotherhood, elevates character, and links people to God. The sermon urges a spirit of patience kindness truth and selflessness as a path to universal harmony. Bible readings listed.
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S. H. Doyle
Paul
Powerful Sermons Stir Masses Across History and Nations
historical note cites Massillon Horsley and Froude on eloquence that moves crowds. describes Massillon’s sermon on the few saved prompting a standing ovation. mentions Horsley before the Lords, a tearful scene at S Eustache, Coneck in Artois towns, and Dean Kirwan whose sermons raised large charitable contributions.
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Clarendon
Massillon
Horsley
House of Lords
Froude
S. Eustache
Mary Stuart
Father Coneck
Artois
Dean Kirwan
Central Congregational Endeavorers Plan Relief and Burial Dept
The Winnipeg group proposes a new department to systematically care for the sick and distressed active members and to arrange proper burial of deceased active members. The plan will be submitted to the church for approval.
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Central Congregational Endeavorers
Winnipeg
Good Intentions and Plans We Never Fulfill
Poem reflecting on good intentions and unfulfilled deeds. The speaker notes that much is planned or hoped to help others yet remains undone. Despite efforts and trials, people are only meaning to act, missing opportunities to aid friends in need.
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Christian Intelligencer
Kabyles
Royal Weddings and Royalty in Modern Times
A collage of editorials reflects on royal weddings from Coburg to Hesse, noting the pomp yet democratic mentality. Commentaries praise Victoria’s planning and diamond displays while warning that royal marriages foster police presence and pose questions about intermarriage among European royals.
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Coburg
Philadelphia
England
Memphis
Avalanche
Victoria
Kansas City
Queen Victoria
Grand Duke of Hesse
Princess Victoria
Prince of Wales
Washington Star
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Europe
Boston Globe
New England Trottings Highlight Granite State Meet
Concord will host trot ting races this year as Palo Alto farm banners on track for pacing. Little Albert, 2 10, has raced 32 times and missed money only once. The Illinois Central must pay 5000 for stallion Memento Wilkes death. Terre Haute fair offers 90500 on six days of racing in 1894. Charles Cochran remains active at Palo Alto as caretaker of Goldsmith Maid lineage.
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Monkey Rolla
Little Albert
Concord
N. H
Granite State
New Jersey
Palo Alto
Charles Thompson
Riverside Stock Farm
Windom
Minn
McHenry
Monbars
San Francisco
New York
C. J. Hamlin
Nightingale
Illinois Central Railroad
Memento Wilkes
Poke and Prompt Lines Echo in a New York Advertiser Joke
A New York Advertiser quip collection plays on formal calls and replies between a clerk dentist criminal farmer and others. Each misapplied courteous line highlights playful contrasts in daily roles and dialogue.
Notable literary and artistic figures of the era
The piece surveys Eugene Field and Sara Jeannette Duncan as rising authors. It notes Adolph Menzel at 78 still painting daily, Aubrey Beardsley as a young fad in England, Walter Besant’s optimistic temperament, Catharine Conway as a Boston Pilot editor and writer, and Sir Joshua Reynolds resisting painting unattractive portraits with a self ironic quote.
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Eugene Field
Sara Jeannette Duncan
Aubrey Beardsley
Adolph Menzel
Berlin
Walter Besant
Catharine Conway
Boston Pilot
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Odd Facts and Opinions From a Period Text
The piece surveys language quirks and social notes from various cultures. It comments on Greek divorce law, Arab belief, Algerian gender views, birth customs, and sketches brief portraits of Mrs Ballington Booth and Mrs Wilbur A Bloodgood highlighting cultural impressions and social standing.
Proverb Echoes Across Traditions on Speech and Tongue
A compilation of sayings from Turkish Persian Chinese Arab and Hebrew sources warns about the danger and power of the tongue. It contrasts threats of harm spoken aloud with cautions to temper words and avoid reckless speech.
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