Bankers for Gold in October Convene in New York
The American Bankers Association committee on programme met in New York to plan the Atlanta convention October 15 to 17. They endorsed using the event to educate the public on sound money and to influence the forthcoming fall elections, with plans to solicit banker suggestions for an actionable program.
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New York
Cleveland
American Bankers’ Association
Atlanta
National Bank of the Republic
Wiliam FH. Rhawn
Philadelpha
W. T. Dixon
National Exchange Bank
Baltimore
Willam ¢. Cornwell
City Bank
Buffalo
Huard Simmons
Fourth National Bank
J. 5. Odell
Union National Bank
Chicago
E. H. Paksen
Mr Cleveland Income Tax Sparks Wealth Debate
The Washington Times editorial argues President Cleveland’s income report fuels belief in his wealth. It estimates Cleveland’s net worth might range from about 1.1 million to possibly over 2 million, noting his earlier modest means and earnings from law practice and presidency.
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Cleveland
Washington
Washington Times Today
Aistas
New York
Widespread IRS Reminder Demands Corrected Returns
Washington authorities issue another circular to internal revenue collectors. Taxpayers who filed incorrect income tax returns must appear by a specified date and place to correct or explain. Collectors will notify delinquents and those who filed false or fraudulent returns to show cause why penalties should not be assessed.
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Washington
Prs
Mille
Internal Revenue
Court Vacates Restraining Order in Tax Return Case
Chicago April 16 Judge Junge Showalter opened court by vacating the restraining order against Stegel, Cooper & Co. on their income tax returns. Attorney Binswanger secured the order, and the judge said the move was a formal matter not contested. A hearing on the application is set for two weeks hence.
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Stegle, Cooper & Co
Chicago
Junge Showalter
Stegel, Cooper & Co
Binswanger
Senate Deadlock News and Agricultural Stats Revision
Dover April 16 report on the continuing senatorial deadlock shows no breakthrough as Higgins Addicks Massey Pennewill Ridgely and Bayard top the ballot. The Agricultural Department faces a conference urged reform of crop reporting including state acreages reporting cadence and staff changes.
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Dover
Dol
Higgins
Addicks
Ridgely
Bayard
Haavana Hospitals Crowded with Wounded Spaniards
A Havana dispatch notes General Gomez landed near Pierto del Nio with Maceo and fights persist as Crombet's force is cut off. Five hundred wounded fill Havana hospitals with about 7 percent deaths, while Campos receives a boisterous Santiago welcome and declines a banquet. Spain halts cruiser purchase talks and readies torpedo gunboats for Cuba.
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Haavana
New York
Key West
The
Herald
Havana
Maximo Gomez
Pierto del Nio
Maceo
Flor Crombet
Palmarito
Crombet
Santiago de Cuba
Martinez Campos
Guatenamo
Madrid
Kiel
China
Spain
Martin Alonzo Pinzon
Janez
Galicia
Filipinas
Cuba
Senor Castallanos
Havena
Britain Will Enforce Demands on Nicaragua Coast
London April 16 The Globe reports Great Britain will refuse Nicaragua's reply to the ultimatum and take immediate steps to enforce its demands. The Morning Post notes there is no plan to bombard Greytown Nicaragua. Ottawa April 16 minister G E Fouter will lead the ministerial forces in the House as Parliament convenes on the 25th.
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Niesaragan
London
The
Globe Today
Great Britain
Gresham
Grey=town
Nicaragua
United States
Morning Post
Greytown
Lester Will de Lenster
Ottawa
Ont
G. E. Fouter
Finance
House of Commons
Denver Silver Rally Draws Thousands for Silver Advocates
A vast Denver audience on April 16 heard General Warner and ex Congressmen Sibley advocate bimetallism and patriotism. Senator Jones, ill with heart disease, could not attend, and his absence was noted by the speakers. The party plans a western tour via a special Denver Rio Grande train visiting Colorado Springs Pueblo Leadville Glenwood Springs and Aspen with receptions in smaller towns.
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Denver,Col
Capitol
Warner
New York
Sibley
Pennsylvania
Denver
Colorado
A. W.rucker
Silver
Boston
Michigan
J. Sterling Morton
Cleveland
United States
Mr. Sibley
General Warner
Senator Jones
Messrs. Sibley and
Chicago
Stewart
Rio Grande
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Leadville
Glenwood Springs
Aspen
Senator Jones Replies On Silver Moratorium Urged
New York April 16 1895 Senator Jones of Nevada in New York reports he cannot accompany Sibley to Denver but backs the American bimetallic party monetary stance. He calls the movement vital for financial reform and clarifies the platform as simple and unmistakable urging support for silver money.
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New York
Jones
Nevada
Sibley
Denver
Bibley
General Warner
Fon
Joseph C. Sibley
Marietti
Monetary Reform Urges Silver Advocates to Rally in 1896
A letter urges voters to debate monetary policy openly, arguing prosperity hinges on free coinage and denouncing the gold standard. It predicts a pivotal 1896 contest, calls silver supporters to unite under the American monetary party banner, and hopes for broader civic engagement. John P Jones signs the note from Denver, expressing regret at missing the event.
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United States
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Orient
Allger Colmage
Denver
John P, Jones
Silver movement aims to rally four leaders across the nation
Secretary Clarke says Senators Stewart and Jones of Nevada are reluctant to join the Denver tour led by Sibley and Warner. Jones is ill in New York but plans westward travel to join the group in Denver. Stewart is expected to depart Washington Thursday for Denver, with a Junius style letter to President Cleveland noted. The four men Megers Jones Warner Hibley Stewart plan to mobilize the silver cause from the west and push into the south and east.
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Washington
Clarke
American Aimetallic League
Stewart
Jones
Nevada
New Silver
Sibley
Warner
Denver
Bibley
Chicago
Senator Jones
New York
Astor House
Weil
West
Silver
Megers
Hibley
Africa
Oil boom drives wells to restart in Ohio and Indiana
A Cleveland special notes oil men flooding the country as price rises. Wells abandoned for small capacity reopen. Kinley well near 1,000 barrels daily. In Pittsburgh and other regions, Standard Oil quotes 2,252 barrels at an Open, price moves from 2.40 to 2.49 with Ohio City bids. Another dispatch from Portland Indiana reports 400 to 600 new wells started in Blackford, Wells, Adams, Jay and Randolph counties as leases rush to be made.
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Cleveland
Upper Sandusky
Kinley
Shirley
Pennsylvania
OM Sti
Pittsburg
Standard Oil Company
OH City
Portland
Ind
Indiana
Blackford
Wells
Adams
Jay
Randolph Counties
Lexow commission passes with party lines in Albany
In Albany on April 16 the Lexow bi partisan police commission passed the senate year by party vote with Senator Reynolds voting with Democrats in negation. Ex Senator Wilson is reported dying. In Des Moines Iowa United States Senator James T Wilson is suffering brain paralysis at his Fairfield home and is not expected to live through the night.
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Lexow Bih
Albany
N. Y
Lexow
New York City
Bi-Partisan Police Commission
Senate
Reynolds
Democrata
Wilson
Dex Moines
United Statoe
James T. Wilson
Fairfield
Frisco's Mystery Then Durant Under Scrutiny In murder case
In San Francisco April 16 Durant remains in custody as detectives probe the Lamont and Williams killings. An organist cites Durant as possible accomplice while authorities search for motive and evidence. Coroner's inquiry begins. Miss Lamont's shoes are found at Emanuel Baptist church as police link writing to a package addressed to Blanche's aunt.
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San Francisco
Cal
Durant
Durant, Sr
Howard Gibson
Miss Lamont
Crowley
Misa Lamont
Willams Girl
Blanche Lamont
Hawkins
Minnie Williams
Ifa
Mamie Williams
Theodore Durant
George W. Forsyth
Ella Forsyth
Emanuel Church
San Francisco Bay
Emanuel Baptist Church
Durant linked to church murder through missing items
Police portray a direct link from the normal school to the church where Miss Lamont was killed. Detectives report Miss Pleasanton and others place Durant with Lamont as she left school, supporting the theory he could have returned clothing to hide incriminating evidence before being seen nearby. A glove hat and a door knob were found at the church as possible clues.
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George R. King
Crowley Iete
Miss Lamont
Durant
King
Miss Pleasanton
Train wreckers strike again near Afton Tennessee
Wrecking attempts on Southern Railway near Afton, following a fatal wreck last Friday that killed Engineer Swatts. Two youths from Greenville reported finding a spike jammed between rails and a coupling pin placed to derail a train. Officials seek suspects, with Governor Turney offering a large reward.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Afton
Swatts
Southern
Bectlon
Turney
Perry Recaptured The Train Robber Speaks Of Escape
Oliver Curtis Perry, held by New Jersey police after being identified, recounted fleeing Matteawan asylum with four accomplices. He described changing clothes multiple times to alter his appearance and said he walked from Fishkill via Hudson Street area, noting injuries on his face and arms. Perry claimed harsh mistreatment at Matteawan and that he was the last of the five to be captured after a night escape.
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New York
Weehawken
WN. J
Oliver Curtis Perry
O'Donnell
Migure
Davis
Quigley
Mattenwan Asylum
Perry
New Jersey
Matteawan
Prion
Ile
Metteawan Asylum
Fishkill
Hudson Street Hospital
Asylum
Who Fired the First Shot in Goebel Sanford Killing
Covington Ky April 16 The preliminary trial of State Senator William Goebel for the manslaughter of Colonel John L Sanford began in Kenton court Judge Stevens presiding Attorney General Hendricks testified he was an eye witness and is positive Sanford fired first He described the tragedy and Goebel remained composed throughout the proceedings
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Hendricks
Sanford
Covington
William Goebel
John L. Sanford
Kenton Court
Stevens
Goebel
Shaw
Earnest
Jealousy Tragedy Rocks Telluride House of Ill Fame
Haywood Williams shot and killed Grace White in Telluride Colorado this afternoon then shot himself through the stomach. Jealousy cited as motive. Williams's father a former congressman from Louisburg North Carolina. Victim known locally as a woman of the town.
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Haywood Williams
Grace White
Telluride
Col
Williams
Congress
Louisburg
N. C
Will Advance Wages at Cotton Mills Meeting
At a Cotton Manufacturers Association meeting in Fall River on April 16, a vote restored mill wages to the pre August 20 1894 schedule with effect April 22. The six minute session showed broad consensus for the wage advance. In Augusta Maine on April 16 about 150 weavers and spinners at North Waterboro woolen mill struck after requests to restore 10 percent cuts were denied and the mill may shut down if workers do not accept current rates. A Cuban sugar export report to Washington notes 92 percent of exports went to the United States in the first quarter of 1894 with 8 percent to others, and Cubas stocks across ports totaled 315 229 long tons against 256 133 last year.
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Agricultural Department
Washington
Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce
United States Consular Service
Department of Agriculture
Fall River
Magss
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Augusta
Wasserboro
Sampson
Department of State
Williams
Havana
United States
Cuba
Li Hung Chang and Chinese Peace Terms Debate
London reports the Globe questions the peace terms with Japan and China and doubts an offensive alliance. Washington notes terms fix indemnity and possible alliance but official confirmation remains elusive. Tokyo and London papers issue extras amid widespread speculation on treaty details and Li Hong Chang’s role.
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London
United Press
Times
Japan
China
Apple
Ins Central News
The
Daily News
Tokio
Central News
Li Hong
Chronicle
Europa
the Times
Peking
Li Hung Chang
Paris
Legation
Preas
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