West and South unite for free silver coinage demand
At a St Louis silver convention delegates urged Congress to adopt free coinage of silver and to form a united front with the South American states to make silver pass on par with gold in the Americas. A paper by John Thompson suggested gradual liberalization, starting with four million dollars in monthly coinage, to pave the way for free coinage by acclamation.
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St. Louis
Morse
Colorado
Congress
South Amercan
Americas
Congress of All the Americas
United States
South America
Committee On
John Thompson
Chase National Bank
New York
Thompson
Silver Resolutions Back Monometalism and Speaker Support
At St Louis on November 27 a California delegate offered a resolution denouncing the demonetization of silver and urging western and southern congressmen to back silver coinage and the current speaker. The motion condemns the gold standard as a path to poverty, calls for reform, and threatens political consequences for betrayals of the people. Congressman Bland of Missouri was greeted with applause as he addressed the gathering.
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St. Louis
Jacks
California
Wall Street
Congress
Treasury Department
House of Representatives
R. FP. Bland
Missouri
Bland
Limited Fast Mail Train Joins Union Pacific Network
The Union Pacific adds a limited fast mail train between Council Bluffs and San Francisco and Portland with a vestibuled palace sleeper dining car and Pullman service. Through service from Chicago via Chicago and Northwestern, tickets are flat class only. The train promises ten hours New York to San Francisco and twelve hours to Portland, with early applications urged through Union Pacific agents or E. L. Lomax in Omaha.
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Union Pacific Railway
United States Mail
Council Bluffs
San Francisco
Portland
United States Mall
Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
New York
San Francia
Union Acilt
E. L. Lomax
Omaha
Neb
Two Men Shot in Silver Dump Clash Near Denver
In Silver Dump near Denver Col a quarrel between James Archer and two coworkers Joseph Parker and A E Waterhouse ended with Archer fatally wounding Parker and Waterhouse. All three drew revolvers and opened fire. Archer says he shot in self defense. Parker and Waterhouse are expected to die.
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Denver
Silver Dum
Col
James Archer
Joseph Parker
A. E. Waterhouse
Archer
Parker
Waterhouse
Explosion at Bachum colliery kills fourteen
Reports from various towns describe a Bachum colliery explosion that killed fourteen workers and left four injured. Other items note judge’s daughter’s death, bail posted by President Young, and several wrecks and election statistics across multiple locations.
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Bloomsbury
N.J
Wm. Bigley
Lehigh Valley
Pattenburg Tunnel
Bigley
Trenton
Ceredo
Cheseapeak and
Ohio Road
Silver convention adopts plan for national silver committee
In St Louis this morning a resolution by Fitch Nevada urged creating a national silver committee with power to call another convention and form a national silver league. Montana urged unlimited coinage. Bland urged opening U S mints to free silver and limited monthly coinage until then. Report adopted 135 to 7. convention adjourned sine die with a banquet at Merchants hotel.
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St. Louis
Fitch
Nevada
National Committee
National Silver League
Montana
House of
Congress
Bland
Committee On
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Iowa
Weller
Committee On Resolutions
General Miner
Missouri
Associated Press
Merchants Hotel
St Louis Convention Urges Silver Restitution Policy
The 1889 St Louis convention declares demonetization of silver violated contracts, reduced prices, and made debts perpetual. It supports a government dollar backed by gold and silver, calls for restoring silver, and asserts equal rights of gold and silver with free coinage for both.
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St. Lewis
St. Louis
United States
Ex-Sheriff Strigg assigns loan bank cash to W T Wants
In Waynescene Massachusetts on November 28 an ex sheriff assigned a loan to W T Wants cashier of the Farmers and Drovers National Bank. The move sparked a small bank run though directors assured deposits could be paid. The failure stemmed from reverses in cattle ventures in the west. Losses reach many thousands of dollars.
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Waynesnene
Strigg
Ee Cied
W.T
National Bank
Catile Ventures
Paebimies
Boston Blaze Destroys Granite Block in Bedford Street Area
Boston fire chiefs report a major blaze in the upper floors of a Bedford Street granite block owned by Jordan Marsh & Co. The conflagration, aided by a rainstorm, rapidly engulfed two acres of buildings including the Shoe and Leather Exchange and Ames building. Fire engines from twenty towns responded. total loss estimated at four million dollars with widespread insurance claims and feared suspensions of several companies.
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Boston
Lynn
Asia Story
Bedford St
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Shoe and Leather Exchange
Bedford
Kingston
Columbus
Ames
Bedford Street
Kingston Street
Chauncey Street
Sumner
Washington
Essex
Lincoln
Avon Street
C.F Hovey & Co
Adams’ House
Adam
Summer Street
Lincoln Street
Summer
Bedford Streets
Columbia Streets
Chauncey Streets
Washington Street
Fire Devours Mamoth Store Area in Kingston Street Blaze
A massive blaze in the Mamoth store district at the Kingston and Bedford streets corner consumed multiple buildings and threatened Rowe Place. Firefighters from Cambridge Somerville and Chelsea aided as alarms rose from first to general, with losses estimated at 800000 for buildings and 1750000 for merchandise.
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Mamoth
Kingston
Bedford Streets
Roe Place
Cambridge
Somerville
Chelsea
Great Lynn
Argus Steamers
Tauton
Webers
Samment
Brown, Durrell
Kingston Street
Brainard & Armstrong Company
Bradford, Thomas & Ames
Freedman
Lincoln and
Bradford Street
Brown & Durrell
Chauncey Street
Chiett, Koon & Co
Williams & Co
Rowe Place
South Cove
Boston
the Globe
The Boston Fire Wreckage Scene After Destructive Blaze
Bustos reports the burned district shows desolation as the fire department braced the ruins overnight. Cor don officers guard the still dangerous walls while trains carry sightseers. Gangs remove debris as merchants plan new store spaces and 100 bindery girls, many sole supporters, face subsistence concerns.
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T. Y. Crowell
Cause of the Boston Fire Reported
New York dispatch states yesterday's Boston fire was caused by the crossing of an electric light wire with the electric time company wire. Clocks on the time line stopped at 12 45 as wires burned at clock connections, sparking blazes at multiple sites including city hall.
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New York
Boston Dispatch
Electric Time Company
Electiric Company
Losses in Lynn and Boston Fire Insurance Fallout
The Boston Lynn fires trigger insurance losses mainly on English firms with total losses cited around 10 million in Lynn and Boston. Underwriters estimate overall property loss between four and five million, with agencies reporting insured totals above 3.5 million. Two firefighters reported missing, believed trapped in Brown and Durrell’s ruins.
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Boston
Lynn
Gape G
Paiges
Brown & Durrell
Arrests in Stephens County county seat war case in 1887
United States Marshal Hall of Colorado detains J. B. Peaser and F. E. Isor, two leaders in the 1887 Stephens County county seat war in Kansas that left Sheriff Croas and four deputies dead. Fraser, working as a porter in Denver, was seized Monday. another suspect was arrested near Pueblo. All three to be turned over to Kansas authorities for trial after arraignment before United States Commissioner Brasee.
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Denver
Novag
United States Marshal Hall of
Colorado
J. B. Peaser
F. E. Isor
Stephens County
Kas
Croas
Feasers
Fraser
North Denver
Pueblo
United States
Brasee
Kansas
Postal Reform and Efficient Mail Organization Proposed
Washington reports Postmaster General Wanamaker urges a stronger top leadership, a general manager, and a national plan for a limited postal and telegraph service with cheaper rates. He calls for a Sunday rest policy for employees and opposes extending the parcel post, noting crowded offices and the need for reform across the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wanamaker
Neral
Congress
Certia
Western Union
Wsers
Com Pepys
The Cronin Trial Opening Rebuttal and Crowd Conjecture
The trial opens with the state calling a rebuttal witness on Burke's alibi while the defense mounts a surrebuttal. Knives identified as Cronin's by a police witness are admitted, and the state prepares a closing address. The prosecutor portrays a cold blooded conspiracy linked to Clans na Gaol and internal Camp narratives, tracing alleged plots from the February camp meeting to Beggs and Spellman correspondence.
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Caicado
Cronin
Burke
Larex
Flynn
Longenecker
de Cronin
Buffalo
Beggs
Spellman
Patrick McGarry
Court Adjourns After Thanks for Friends Mentioned
A meeting ended with thanks to God for Alex Sullivan and his friends, noting Beg was among them before the court adjourned.
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Alex
Sullivan
Sullivan Boasts of $635000 Pledge for Fight Win
Boston dispatch reports John L. Sullivan displaying a signed guarantee of $35,000 to the winner of a planned Sullivan versus Jackson finish fight. Sullivan praises his talents and notes the California Athletic Club contract may bind Jackson, claiming he could easily defeat the Black challenger if Jackson is freed to fight.
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Boston
John L
Sullivan
Pacheto Callifornia Athletic Club
Jackson
Ple
California Athletic Club
San Francisco
Nine Train Gobbere Arrested
Denver reporting a Texas dispatch says nine men, all gamblers, were arrested for the Santa Fe train robbery near Berwyn in Indian Territory last Monday night. Seven were captured at Ardmore and two at Berwyn. Officers anticipate more arrests and have not released the suspects’ names. A $1000 reward is offered for each robber’s arrest and conviction.
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Gobbere
Denver
Gaineaville
Texas
Berwyn
Indian Territory
Ardmore
Phelps and Herbert Bismarck at Berlin Thanksgiving Dinner
In Berlin on November 28 a Kaiserhof Thanksgiving dinner gathered 450 attendees led by United States minister Phelps. Notables included Count Herbert Bismarck and Prince Rodziwill. Phelps praised shared virtues of America and Germany while Bismarck thanked guests and spoke on growing U S prosperity.
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Phelps
Herbert Bismarck
Berlin
Kaiserhoof
Mr. Phelps
United States
Count Herbert Bismarck
Prince Rodziwill
Harrison Phelps
America
Germany
Heavy Burglary Strikes Athol Millionaire Home
In Athol last night a gang burglarized the residence of Henry Stowell, a wealthy manufacturer. The burglars pried open the safe and took cash, valuables, silverware, and jewelry, including papers and securities valued at over thirty thousand dollars. No clue is known.
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Boston
New England
Athol
Henry Stowell
Notice for Publication at Cheyenne Wyoming
Land Office notices indicate Peter Goeldemith of Little Bear Wyoming seeks final proof for his claim on the Nly of N44 in Section 13 Township 18 North Range 64 West, with witnesses Ibert Bristol Isaac N. Bard John J. Underwood and Fred L. LaPash. Public proclamation dated November 7 with Dec 1 final hearing before the Register and Receiver in Cheyenne Wyoming.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Peter Goeldemith
Little Bear
Township
Vis
Ibert Bristol
Lite Bear
Isaac N. Bard
John J. Underwood
Cheyene
Fred L. LaPash
E. P. Champlin
Regiator
Notice for Final Proof in Cheyenne Land Office
Land Office at Cheyenne Wyoming November 7 notice that settler Pene J. Veder Phillips has filed to prove residence and cultivation of the land SE 1/4 section 1 township and range details given. Hearing before Register December 20 1880 at Cheyenne Wyoming with witnesses James Griffen James Church Charles F. Rugg Henry Z. Yeder all of Phillips Wyoming.
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Thinntention
Che
Enne
Wyo
Pene J. Veder
Phillips
Bwig
Vis
James Griffen
James Church
Charles F. Rugg
Henry Z. Yeder
E. P. Champlin
Register
Notice of Land Claim Proofs at Cheyenne Land Office
Notice is given that George B. Gartland Jane M. Galieway and William J. Garland filed intent to make final proof to their claims before the Cheyenne land office on Nov 21 1888. Witnesses to prove residence and cultivation include William Ruttledee Charl Gros William Kliehhorn and Sullivan A. Pierce all from Pine Bluffs Wyoming. CAMPLIN Register
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Netticre
Cheyenne
Wye
George B. Garlaud
B.'s
Nis
Jane HM. Galieway
William J. Garland
Said Land
Oltee
Wallin Laramie Co
Wyo
William ©. Ruttledee
Charl Gros
William Kliehhorn
Suilloran A. Pierce
Pine Bluffs
Wyn
Camplin
Register
Desert Land Final Proof Notice for Publication
Desert Land final proof notice from Cheyenne Wyoming dated October 4 18 rd states Arthur Gardimier of Cheyenne Laramie county Wyoming has filed notice of intention to make proof on desert land claim No 31 percent for north half township 2 north range 1 west before the Register and Receiver at Cheyenne Wyoming on Saturday November 2 Witnesses Alexander J Perry Caleb M La Grange Demerit E Brown and Walter Brown all of Gochen Wyoming E P Champion Register
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Univen Arards Land Office
Cheyenne
Wyo
Arthur Gardimier
Laramie County
Wyoming
North HM
Range Olwert
Woming
Alexander J. Perry
Caleb M. la Grange
Demerit E. Brown
Walter Brown
Goxhen
E. P. Champion
Register
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Kevgeant
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W Yo
Cheyenaee
U. S. Land Office
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