The People's Cause Open the Mints 90 Is Coinage
In Harrisburg the silver question heated up as Charles Heber Clarke urged bimetalism and demonetization of silver. He warned of debt, price declines, and English influence, while urging independence and possible foreign aid. Smith defended gold standard, arguing free coinage would devalue the dollar and distort values, with a sharp clash between rival Republicans.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Cameron
Senate
Harrisburg
Charles Heber Clarke
Manufacturers’ Club
Robson
Brunim
Larke
Fie
England
American Congress
Market Idea
Wattercon
Clarke
Holland
Germany
California
East India Company
India
Andrews
Unite States
Rover
Congress
Hero rTead
Congressional
Mer Ike
Judge Keltey
Allison, Beck
Ingalls
Thurman
Hertford
Bogesy
Holman Cannon
Burchard
A. J. Balfour
Mr. Clarke
Thomas B. Peed
Charles Emery Smith
Smith
House of Representatives
Friends of Silver
Tennessee Senate Debates Free Coinage Resolution
Tennessee legislators report that Senator Butler was assaulted by Frank Smith, a breach of senate privilege, prompting arrest orders for Smith. A separate resolution urges Congress to legalize free coinage of power and gold at 16 to 1. Other measures include a coach law repeal, freight train passenger rules rejected, and a district boundary shift affecting Hardeman and Hardin counties. Capital punishment for murder also rejected.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenon
Senate Judiciary Committee Today
M. R. Butler
Frank M. Smith
Butler
Senate
Smith
Scales
Browall
Union
House of Representatives
Forty-Ninth General Assembly
State of
Congress of the
United States of America
Ledgerwood
Canada
House
Hardeman
Hardin
Delawares Senator Ballot Result Reported In Dover
Dover Delaware April 10 todays ballot for United States senator resulted Higgins republican Raducks republican Masgey epiblian Permewill republican Pedhgory democrat Tunnel democrat absent 1
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Delaware
Dover
Del
United States
Higgins
Raducks
Masgey
Permewill
Pedhgory
Tunnel
Japan's Demands, Li Hung Chang Accepts Most Conditions
Washington April 10 diplomats welcome news that Li Hung Chang accepted seven of Japan's eight conditions for peace. Independence of Corea, cessions including Hermose and Port Arthur, river openings, and broader permission for machinery and foreign capital are among the terms discussed. The fate of indemnity and occupation of Port Arthur satellite lands remains unsettled with China opposing permanent control.
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Washington
Japan
Li Hung Chang
Corea
Hermose
Liao-Tong
Port .Arthur
China
Yangtse-Kiang
Chung King
Siang
Hankow
Yangtse
Siang-Tan-Kiang
Canton River
Ouchow
Woosung
Suchow
Hong-Chow
Li Hung
Regents Sword
Port Arthur
United States
France
Special Session Planned for Honolulu Legislature
Honolulu advices through April 2 report a forthcoming special session of the legislature to authorize crown land sales. President Dole prepared a law to aid small farmers and open extensive lands for settlement, including coffee, with a focus on long range lands development. The ex queen in Hawaii is allowed limited garden access. several political prisoners remain ill in hospital, with heightened visitor restrictions expected.
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Victoria
B. C
Honolulu
Guilck
Ashford
Seward
Richard
Marshall
Clibs
Republic
United States
Dole
Peace Restored In Colombia After Rebellion
Official cables report complete sub dualtion of the revolt in Colombia and a return to normal conditions across the republic. Sporadic guerrilla actions may continue in mountainous areas, but telegraph service and commerce have resumed. Panamanian dispatches claim order restored in Cauca and Tolima as General Reyes defeats Beser’s 30,000 men.
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Washington
Confederation
New York
Herald
Panama
Bogaca
Cauca
Tolina
Reges
Encis
Beser
Preacher Attacks Woman With Knife in Jacksonville
A Jacksonville preacher Lewis Moore used a knife on his wife after she refused to work in the field. He slashed her throat and stabbed her in the breast, leaving her likely fatally wounded. The woman’s daughter alerted authorities and Moore fled but was arrested and jailed.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Lewis Moore
Moore
Martial law not yet raised in departments reports show
Fragments indicate eight thousand cut down and ongoing forced bank levies amid unspecified authorities. The text notes martial law has not been declared in any department and continues to describe a continuing financial coercion.
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Departmenta
Gully Elected Speaker of Commons in Historic Vote
London April 10 The house of commons elected William Court Gully as speaker to succeed Arthur Peel by 271 to 5 with Ridley as the defeated candidate. Opposition leader Balfour called the choice dangerous to the future efficiency of the house as Gully had little prior debate or committee work.
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London
House of Commons
Arthur Wellesley Peel
Mgr
Samuel Whittbreak
Wiliam Court Gully
Augustine Birrell
John Mowbray
Lloyd Wharton
Matthew White Ridley
Conservat
Uve
Gully
Matthew Ridley
Parnetfite
Arthur J. Balfour
Guily
William Harcourt
Balfour
House
Sir William Harcourt
Mr. Balfour
England
No Outrages in Armenia Says Spanish Traveler
Guardian report notes Senor Ximenez denied widespread Armenian outrages. He claims Turkish troops were regulars who massacred resistors but spared women and children, with Armenian deaths under 300. Commoner Hammerel, fresh from Constantinople, lambasted atrocity tales and questioned a London paper’s sources.
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Manchester
The
Guardian
House of Commons
London
Senor Ximengz
Armenia
Senor Ximenez
Hammerel
Constantinople
Those Counterfeit Stamps Suspect Mrs Mack Knows More
Hamilton Ontario April 10 The Canadian Novelty Supply Company charged with counterfeiting stamps. A man named George Morrison rented office space and placed Mrs A T Mack in charge of operations. She advertised to sell two cent stamps for cash, copying a New York ad. US stamps found in desk. Mack claims no knowledge of genuineness. She was arrested as investigations continue.
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Chicago Tribune
United States
General Miles
New York
Nelson A. Miles
James Brown Potter
Twenty-third Street
Holland House
Cigar Factory Fire Sparks Man’s Confession in Lancaster County
The Rohrestown frame cigar factory of Henry J. Stehman burned early April 10. Stehman surrendered and admitted setting the fire, asking to be locked up. The loss is around 7000 dollars. Stehman is reportedly the son of ex state Senator John M. Stehman.
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Lancaster
Henry J. Stehman
Rohrestown
Stehman
Himsalf
Steh- Man
John M. Btehman
Insurgent War Grows in Cuba as Campos Heads North
News reports flux with Campos expected to arrive by the 16th to assume governorship and press insurgents in Santiago de Cuba. A 4,000-strong insurgent force in small bands faces government troops under Maso and Cespedes, with bands raiding Puerto Principe and Baracoa while a US syndicate funds the revolt.
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Havang
Key West
Jose Jimerrez Moreno
Villaverde
Martinez Campos
Campos
Guantanamo
Santiago
Calleja
Santiago de Cuba
Insurgenta
Bartolo Maso
Cespedes
Hstaban Tamayo
Rabi Perez Estrada
Bello Guerra
Levis
Capote Suarez Papas
Vega
Gonzales Aramburé
Brea
United States
Hele
General la Chambre
Puerto Prince
Panchin Verona
Baracoa
Maceo
Honora
Jaruco
Pedro Lopez Gil
Francisco Paz
Puerto Principe
Marquis Santa Lucia
New York
Ward Line
Seneca
Havana
Mace
Nassau
N. P
Mohawk
Fortune Island
Cuban
Palmer vows to fight free silver in Illinois politics
Springfield April 1 Senator Jono M Palmer declares he will oppose the plan to commit the Illinois democracy to free silver. He says he is in the fight to stay and will not be beaten. He cites interviews as evidence of a concerted scheme and asserts the call for a state convention aims to force the party toward free coinage.
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Springfield
Jono M. Palmer
Heinrich- Ben
Merritt
Schama
Meeting of Sympathisers in Tampa Echoes Blood and Liberty
A large Tampa crowd gathered at Lycea Cubano on April 10 to celebrate the twenty sixth anniversary of Cuba’s republic. Speakers including Ramon Rivera, Fernando Figueredo, and Jose Herrera Rivero urged resistance to Spain, vowing to pay back any Spanish cruelties with equal force as they called for freedom for Cuba. The event featured fiery patriotic rhetoric and displays of Cuban and American flags amid a packed hall and cheering audience.
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Tampa
Fla
Lycea Cubano
Ramon Rivera
Valdes Dominguez Fernando
Figuere=do
Enrique Callejo
Guallerta Garcia
Jose Herrera Rivero
Cuba
Figueredo
Spain
Campos
Isle
Atrugngle
Sotero Alfonso
Neuter J. Carbonell
Eduardo Rama
Francisco Diaz
Bandalle Romecna
Income tax suit seeks to block payment by Illinois Central
Charles Allen of Greenfield Mississippi has filed suit in the U S circuit court for the southern district of New York to stop payment of the 2 percent income tax on Illinois Central earnings for the year ending December 1, 194. He argues the tax is unconstitutional as a direct tax but if not direct it is not uniform and targets only a small minority while exempting most of the population and certain corporations. Joseph H Choate and Clarence A Seward are counsel for Allen.
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London
Central News Company
Shanghai
Yiksang
Fort Arthur
Mi Hong Chang
Simonoseki
Li Hung Chang
Charles Allen
New York
Circuit Court of the United States
Southern District of New York
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Allen
Greenfield
Musa
Alten
Illinois Central
United States
Mutual Insurance
Joseph H. Choate
Clarence A. Seward
The Income Tax Puzzle Reveals Tax Office Struggle
Treasury officials work without full Supreme Court text to guide income tax enforcement. Commissioner Miller seizes time to prepare comprehensive instructions for collectors, aiming for issuance tomorrow. Confusion looms over rental receipt exclusions and related questions in the wake of the decision.
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Miller
Washington
Treasury
Supreme Court
Internal Revenue
Beef prices rise as cattle scarce and corn crop fails
Chicago packers deny manipulating meat markets as beef costs climb. Receipts at major points are about 300,000 head below last year, with cattle prices rising and buyers awaiting further price shifts. Packers Nelson Morris Swift Armour & Co dispute any pooling or conspiracy, citing cattle scarcity and corn failures as the main drivers of higher dressed beef prices.
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Chicago
New York
Nelson Morris
George F. Swift
Armour & Company
St. Louis
Omaha
Kansas City
Swift
Favorite
Philip D. Armour & Co
Big Western
Whisky Trust Directory Resignations Shake Board
The Cincinnati representatives on the Whisky Trust board resign in advance of the April 17 election leaving three members Greenhut Begga and Hennessy as the remaining officers. The move signals an effort by stockholders to purge the old guard and leave Cincinnati unrepresented. Separately in Oil City and Pittsburgh reports, Standard Oil raises field oil prices to 1.35 per barrel and Pennsylvania oil price moves to 1.35 with some fluctuation.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Whisky Trust Directorate
W. N. Hobart
Lewis H. Greene
J. W. Freiberg
Nelson Morris
Greenhut
John Begga
P. J. Hennessy
Pittsburg
Standard Oil Company
Pennsylvania Oil
Third victim found in Wheeling building collapse
At 4 30 this morning workers recovered the body of Harry Cowl, a Westerm Union messenger boy, from the Chapman and Hutchinson ruins. The body was crushed and found in a standing pose, with arms raised, as if shielding against debris. He supported a widow mother with a sister. Three bodies have been recovered. six remain unaccounted for.
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Harry Cowl
Wheeling
W. Va
Chapman and Hutchinsson
Westerm Union
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Whisky Trust Directory
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