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Sterling Morton, of Nebraska, accepts the Secretaryship of Agriculture, tendered by Mr. Cleveland......A peace agreement, virtually conceding to the Republicans all their demands, is signed by representatives of the conflicting parties in Kansas. ..It is said that Governor McKinley is financially embarrassed on account of having endorsed heavily for the now bankrupt Youngstown (Ohio) Stamping Company......Damaging reports cause heavy sales of Reading stock on the Philadelphia Exchange, and made the stock a leading feature in the decline on the New York Exchange......The New York Assembly passes the Speedway Bill......In New York City, Presbyterians issue a letter urging the cessation of dogmatic warfare in their Church. In the House of Commons, the Home-Rule Bill has its first reading; adverse speeches by Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Goschen, replied to by Mr. Morley...... 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