Grover Urges Action on Currency as Venezuelan Bill Passes
Washington December 21 details a packed day of rapid political moves. The Venezuelan bill passed Senate unamended after House changes, while President Cleveland urged prompt currency reform to protect gold reserves and public credit. Cabinet meetings and anxious mood marked the capital as markets faced panics.
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Senate
Washington
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Presient
Herbert
New York
Lamont
Smith
Cockwell
Bayard Recall Not Contemplated
Reports spread in Washington that Ambassador Bayard's recall was imminent amid Venezuelan tensions and House attacks by Barrett and others. Private Secretary Thurber denied the rumors, and the British embassy doubted them. The president is not expected to make an embassy change now to avoid worsening tensions.
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Cockrell
Gorman
Jones
Ark
Senate
Allison
Hawley
Teller and
Cullom
Congress
Olney
Ambassador Bayard
Lord Salisbury
Bayard
Washington
House of Representatives
Barrett
Thurber
Great Britain
House in Brief Session Passes Keokuk Court Dates Bill
Twenty minute session in Wasu Hington on Friday resulted in little business. A bill was enacted changing the U S court dates at Keokuk from January to April and from June to October.
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Wasu Hington
United States
Keokuk
Americans to be Removed From Marash by US Navy
The State Department orders Rear Admiral Selfridge to assemble ships at Alexandrette and evacuate American citizens and missionaries from Marash in Asia Minor. Marines may land if needed, with ships San Francisco Marblehead and Minneapolis to escort to a Christian port. The move follows a cabinet decision urged by Minister Terrell.
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Onicano
Times-Herald
Washington
Terrell
Marash
Asia Minor
Navy Department
Selfridge
Alexandrette
San Francisco
Marblehead
Minneapolis
Admiral Selfridge
State Department
Turkey
Five Denver Firms Burned Out in Riche Block Fire
Fire at the Riche block at Sixteenth and Curtis streets in downtown Denver gutted Estes Shoe company Babcock Bros hatters and furriers Tucker Bros furnishing goods and damaged Schultz Drug company C H Taisey tailor. Building loss $20,000 with higher insured losses reported. several firms sustained major stock and contents damage.
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Denver
Riche
Sixteenth
Curtis Streets
Estes Shoe Company
Babcock Bros
Hatters and Furriers
Tucker Bros
Schultz Drug Company
C. H. Taisey
Sioux Falls Saloons Fight Ends as Grand Jury Clears Dealers
Sioux Falls December 21 The W O T U temperance drive ends with the grand jury not indicting any saloon dealers. After two months a large amount of evidence was gathered by the women, but no bills were returned, likely ending the prosecution effort in the city.
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Sioux Falls
Sioux Fallls
Porte orders Armenian massacre at Zeitoun
Constantinople dispatch reports Mussapha Remzi Pasha ordered 10,000 troops and two batteries to attack Zeitoun, bombard the city, and massacre about 12,000 Armenians. In Chicago, Union Pacific to call in all tickets causing demoralization to avert further market trouble.
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Porte
Beruinx
Constantinople
Frankfurter Zeitung
Mustapha Remzi Pasha
Zeitoun
Union Pacific
Chicago
Senate Stands By Cleveland on Boundary Commission
The Senate unanimously passed the House-borne bill empowering the president to appoint a commission to determine the Venezuela boundary with British Guiana. The day featured stirring speeches on war, the Monroe Doctrine, and national dignity, with lawmakers from various factions backing the president. The bill passed at about 4 p.m. by viva voce vote, amid a lively gallery. The president’s late financial message was read but not immediately acted upon before adjournment.
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Washington
American
Venezuela
Union
Great Britain
Senate
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Mr. Partridge
Vermont
United States
House
Washineatron
House of Representatives
British Guiana
Allen
Finance Committee
Sherman
Teller
Mills
Lodge
Platt
Turpie
Chandler
White
Caffrey
Call
Stewart
London
Morgan
Congress
Trade review notes weak week amid strong presidential message
R G Dun weekly trade review says the presidents message gave the week its strong Americanist character yet overall business was dull aside from stock and cotton markets. Home market failures rise to 877 in US and 32 in Canada compared with last year's figures. Also reports a missionary daughter’s letter from Kobe describes Joseph Cook’s collapse in mind and body. Ranch foreman Charley Snow is killed by Indians on a cattle ranch near Dry Creek in Graham New Mexico.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Cook
Nixos, Mich
S. T. Searle
Kobe
Japan
Joseph Cook
Australia
Graham
N. M
Charley Snow
Isaac Higgin
Dry Creek
Silver City
San Carlos Reservation
Arizona
Gold Belt Mining and Milling company formed at Dubuque
In Dubuque on December 21 the Gold Belt Mining and Milling company was incorporated with Dubuque as headquarters. Capital of 1,000,000 may be paid in cash or real estate as directors decide by May 1896. Other items: Showalter wins 13th game in New York chess match. Hodges named Santa Fe private secretary. C&O to build 2 million depot in Richmond. NY Central declares 1 percent dividend. Ohio Brewers' association organized. Perry Iowa firm Barlow & Myers assigns. quarantine declared at Martins Ferry for smallpox. Theodore Lambert hanged for murder in Camden, Pa.. McKinley has letter from actor Mansfield. heavy rains aid wheat crops across the west and Illinois.
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Wasaineron
Congress
Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Executive Mansion
Dec
Dupugur
Gold Belt Mining and Milling Company
Dubuque
W. E. Hodges
Ripley
Santa Fe
Chesapeake and Ohio Road
Richmond
New York Central
Ohio
Cincinnati
Ohio Brewers’ Association
Barlow & Myers
Perry
Martin’s Ferry
Theodore Lambert
William G. Baker
Camden
Caminden
McKinley
Richard Mansfield
Columbus
Illinois
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J. W. Showalter
Manhattan Chess Club
Lipschutz
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Fifth Avenue
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J. Brogger
Elm and Fourth Streets
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China
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