Phelps-Mitchell Bill to redistribute national bank currency
Washington report outlines a move by the Banking and Currency Committee to enact the 1870 redistribution law immediately. Phelps and Mitchell would cut $25,000,000 from Eastern banks and send it to West and South states with underquota, using swift requisitions and bond sales if banks fail.
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Washineton
Phelps-Mitchell
Committee On Banking and Currency
Messrs. Phelps and Mitchell
Messiste
Mitchell
United States Depositaries
Sub- Treasury
Washington
Agaro
Monroe
Banking and Current Committee
Designated commissioners named to test reserved gold
Commissioners of Arbay Wasumarox announce the appointment of gentlemen to test the reserved gold. The action was taken at a January 31 meeting to ensure proper verification and accountability of the holdings.
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Wasumarox
Dent Commissioners
Rifle match plans between NRA members and Irish team
New York January 31 arrangements for a rifle match between the National Rifle Association members and a Dublin Irish Rifle Association team are nearly perfected. A communication from Arthur B. Leech of the foreign club says a formal challenge is being prepared for submission to the Association for approval. A Japanese silk worm eggs shipment arrived in the city yesterday via ally sample case shows six eggs and perfect preservation. Leitch, active in the Mexican trade, secured mahogany and bullion shipments from Minatitlan to this city through correspondents.
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National Rifle Association
Irish Rifle Association of Dublin
Arthur B. Leech
Association
Ite
Aly
Minatitlan
Multiple Fates in Atlantic Mutual Case and Cuba Imprisonment
Insurance on bullion smuggling exposed a fraudulent claim linked to a ship abandoned after water damage. Havana dispatch reports 200 families of insurgent Cubans imprisoned by authorities, sent to the Isle of Pines, under General Portilla. Jersey City treasurer absconding case notes $85,854 defalcation, $47,000 in bonds. misappropriation began December 23. Mining Stock Board dissolved, Gilbert L. Haight appointed receiver with $20,000 surplus. Police uncover unloaded grenades at Debuchi premises, tied to Franco-German war era stockpiles.
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Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company
Leitch
Mexico
Havana
Holguin
Puerto Principe
Isle of Pines
General Portilla
Jersey City
John N. Outwater
Hamilton
Gilbert L. Haight
Debuchi
Gladstone and Disraeli Clash in January Campaign
London reports recount a heated campaign as Gladstone defends patronage and foreign policy, while Disraeli attacks the government as hypocritical and spends on tax remission. John Bright, Stafford Northcote, and Hughes address meetings amid Liberal and Conservative contests. Maidstone gains for Liberals, West Midlands and Ireland seat shifts noted. Forty eight elections yield 20 Liberals and 28 Conservatives. Chatham, Guildford, Taunton returns cited.
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London
Gladstone
Greenwich
Disraeli
Aylesbury
John Bright
Birmingham
Stafford Northcote
Barnstable
Forster
Boney James
Taunton
George
John Duke i Vernon
Stone
Loxton
Thomas Hughes
Marylebone
Hughes
Co-operative Association of Workingmen
Goldwin Smith
Daniel Grant
Acton Smee Ayreton
Tower Hamlets
Ayreton
Worcestershire
Carlow
Ireland
Guildford
Chatham
Kidderminster
Maidstone
Andover
North Lincolnshire
Barnstaple
George Elliot
Otway
Onslow
Henry James
A. ©. Barclay
Wolseley Advances to Prah and Unsets Concession
Wolseley's main force reached Prah on January 1. Spanish General Martines Campos was arrested and imprisoned. The Shah explained to foreign powers the annulment of Baron Reuter's concession, saying inquiries in Europe led him to believe the undertaking would lack financial backing. Six months' remaining details follow.
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Satoumel Wolseley
Prah
Martines Campos
Shah
Baron Reuter
Europe
Ashanti peace talks and Bilbao surrender offer
Urgent request before work was refused. The Carlist Junta at Bayonne reports Bilbao offers to surrender in a week, but insurgents will not grant more than four days. Twelve ambassadors from the Ashantees arrived at the British camp seeking peace. Sir Garnet Wolsey said he would only negotiate with the King at Coomassie.
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Bayonne
Bilbao
Garnet Wolsey
Coomassie
Fire at Soldiers' Home Church in Dayton
A fire outbreak at the Soldiers' Home church in Dayton occurred just after the service ended, starting from the furnace flue. The blaze was extinguished before causing significant damage, with no major harm reported.
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Dayton
Soldiers’ Home
Fire losses and insured amounts in Cleveland and other cities
The report lists total insured losses at Cleveland amounting to 122 500 with Adams & Goodwillie and Edward Bingham incurring significant damages. Multiple carriers are named with specified policy amounts, totaling 206 000. Incendiary origin suspected. Also reported are New Orleans losses of 50 000 and Nashville fires causing substantial damage and insurance claims, plus a bank of robbery updates and political notes from Topeka on the senatorial race.
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Adams & Goodwillie, Clothiers
Edward Bingham
Adams & Goodwillie
Koch, Goldsmith & Co
Howard
New York
Merchants
Newark
N. J
Insurance Company of
State of Pennsylvania
Glenn’s Falls
American
Philadelphia
Insurance Company of North America
Pennsylvania Hire
Lamar
Franklin
Lbpes
St. Joseph Fire and Marine
Home
Liverpool
London
National
Hartford
North British
Detroit Fire and Marine
Mercantile
Cleveland
Lycoming
Pennsylvani
American Central
St. Louis
Black River
Watertown
Standard
Bayard
England
Continental
Total
London Assurance
Allemania
Imperial
Enland
Atlas
Frankfort
Rode Island Association
Glen's Falls
Girard
German
Erie
St. Paul Fire and Marine
Westchester
Lorillard
A. C. Yates & Co
George Worthington & Co
Royal
Queen’s Fire
Sun
Commerce
Phoenix
Commercial Union
Narragansett
Koch, Goldsmith, Joseph & Co
Globe
Ee Enevan
Nashville
Tray
Postoffice
Church and
Cherry Streets
Sobel
McNairy Heirs
Manhattan
Niagara
Union Street
A.D. Berry
Boston
Daring Robbery on Iron Mountain Railroad
Jan 31 report of a bold late afternoon robbery on the Iron Mountain line near Gad's Hill Station 120 miles from here. Five masked armed men halted a southbound train, disarmed staff, seized cash and jewelry from express and mail, then rode off on horses after releasing workers. Further notes mention a target tied to Clearwater Lumber Company and a masked gang described as tall men.
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Alford
Traig
Morley
Gad’s Hill
Black River
Wayne County
Piedmont
Post Office Department
Adams Express Company
James B. Eads
St. Louis Bridge Company
Secretary of the Navy
Robe San Ae
Selfridge and Cull
Army
Darien
Kansas
Iron Mountain
Gad's Hill
Express
Tigers
Adams Express
Cone
Staunchgeld
Clearwater Lumber Company
Robbery Case and City Union Yard Talk in St Louis
A. W. Pyle reportedly left St Louis with the key to B. Spyer’s safe, sparking a correction that Rosenfeldt’s name was mistaken. Spyer’s safe later showed diamonds, set and unset, and watches stolen worth up to 25 thousand dollars. In separate news, a jail break by John H. Carter and Geo Brandt prompted renewed calls and pledges toward a proposed union yard on the Missouri side, with a committee formed to raise funds.
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St. Louis
Abraham W. Rosenfeldt
Bernard Spyer
Spyer
Chicago
John H. Carter
Geo Brandt
Carter
Cincinnati
Brandt
Pacific Stock Yards
National Stock Yard Company
East St. Louis
Union Yard
Merchants’ Exchange
A. W. Pyle
Rosenfeldt
B. Spyer
Ku Klux suspects arrested in Kentucky murders
From Louisville Louisvitus Jan 31 John O Nan and James Haskins alleged Ku Ku Klux charged with the murder of Lewis Wilson colored in Owen County last October were arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Wyatt and brought before the U S Commissioner for examination Haskins bail 1500 O Nan 3000 O Nan had been acquitted by Judge Major of the same crime Prisoners safely caged Louisvuiz Feb 1 Deputy U S Marshal Ayatt arrives with five prisoners from Henry County on the Gen Lytle William Smoot alleged Ku Klux leader escapes while prisoners are taken to custody
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Louisvitus
John O’nan
James Haskins
Lewis Wilson
Owen County
United States
Wyatt
Haskins
O’ Nan
O'Nan
Major
Owen District
Louisvuiz
Ayatt
Henry County
Gen. Lytle
William Smoot
Ku Klux
Merriweather
Western iron and nail makers raise nail rates at meeting
A large gathering of prominent Western iron and nail manufacturers met yesterday. They advanced selling rates for nails by twelve and a half cents per keg, while pig iron rose five dollars per ton. The group discussed the dull season, with iron prices about one and a third below last year, and agreed further changes were unlikely given dealer stock and the country’s financial strain. If raw material costs stay high, iron firms may be forced to close mills.
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Prerssure
Emeen
Sioux bands threaten cattle raids across Platte region
Jan 31 report from Omana warns of a large Sioux and allied tribes raiding south and north of the Union Pacific, with Cheyennes and Dakotas among the bands. Cattle owners fear famine as beef supplies to Indians dwindle and money to buy more is lacking. Over thirty thousand war parties could overwhelm Fort Fetterman and Fort Laramie. A major cattle contractor confirms Indian meat supplies will soon run out.
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Omana
Berda
North
South Platte
Union Pacific
Republican
Red Cloud
Spotted Tail
Fort Fetterman
Fort Laramie
Injunction Issued Against Franklin Saving Fund Society
In United States District Court Judge Cadwallader issued an injunction restraining officers and employees of the Franklin Saving Fund Society of Philadelphia from disposing of the corporation’s property. The filing alleges possible bankruptcy against the firm and fraud accusations against officers in favor of creditors.
Printers Strike Demands Fifty Cents Per Thousand
Indianapolis printers walk out after Typographical Union votes 106 to 4 to seek higher wages from forty five to fifty cents per thousand. Publishers refuse to pay above 45 cents, and papers plan to publish tomorrow with remaining staff and outside help. Newsroom editors and reporters form a makeshift composing room as unions urge a swift return to work. The strike stirs unrest among trades unions and citizens.
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Journal
Holloway
Sheri Buckle
Printers Strike City Newspapers Over Wage Increase
The Typographical Union, having suspended a war-time rate hike after a panic, renewed the 25 percent price rise. Publishers refused, and all printers in the Journal, Sentinel, News, and Indianapolis Publishing Co. offices struck today. Papers will be issued tomorrow in reduced form with assurances of remunerative pay and protection for workers.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis, Inc
Typographical Union
Journal, Sentinel, News
7Dianapolis Publishing Co
Grangers Pass Resolution Against Political Use in County
Inprawapouis February 1, county grangers met and adopted a resolution deprecating any use of the organization for political purposes. They declared they would not permit the grange to be used for or against any political party.
Flood Devastation Worsens in Fulton New York
Oswego, N Y Jan 31 Devastation by the flood continues at Fulton as the river rises two feet overnight. A swift current seizes the lower flats near Orchard Lock, threatening all buildings in its path. The paper mill operates with difficulty, Gardner and Seymour millers stock area flooded, Taylor Brothers tool factory first story flooded, and Dill's machine shop halted.
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Oswego
N. Y
Fulton
Orchard Lock
Secon Gardner & Seymour
Ater
Taylor & Brothers
Dill
Blade history and value rise to over $300000
Toxipo O notes in The Blade issue a full history from 1835 to today. The paper sold for $10000 in 1856, gained $60000 in 1865, and its office was valued at $160000 in 1872. The current establishment exceeds $300000, with a new $60000 building described as the largest and finest journal plant in the state.
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Toxipo
the Blade
Mine roof collapses bury miner named McDonald at Wirkesparre
A coal mine near Wirkesparre Pennsylvania caved in trapping laborer McDonald. Rescue crews worked day and night but could not reach him until today when his crushed body was recovered after blasting through rock.
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Wirkesparre
McDonald
Arrivals of Steamers From Europe and UK Ports
New York on January 31 notes arrivals of the Trinacria from Glasgow F French from Antwerp and the Steamship California from Glasgow. February 1 adds steamers Baltic Spain from Liverpool Denmark from London State of Georgia from Glasgow and Hermann from Bremen. Queenstown reports the Adriatic from New York arriving tonight on February 1.
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New York
Trinacria
Glasgow
F. French
Antwerp
California
Baltic
Spain
Liverpool
Denmark
London
State of Georgia
Hermann
Bremen
Queenstown
Late Night Scene of Multiple Linked Incidents
Reports from across the country note a string of violent events and legal actions. A Ponca attack defeats Sioux foes. a murder case in Harrisburg yields a $185 verdict. A Milwaukee man dies by his own hand at Newhall House while an Evansville dispatch reports a fugitive killer at large. An autopsy plan for Siamese twins is discussed by Philadelphia doctors. Utah seeks congressional inquiry into its affairs. A boiler explosion harms workmen in Illinois. A bank in Nashua begins paying ten percent to demeaning officers, with wider implications for liabilities.
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Promer
Carrasco
Evansville
McCoy Casey
Fritz Heidenblut
Philadelphia
Kuhnle
Baker
Saett
District of Columbia
Warmoth
W. H. McCardle
Vicksburg Hero
Evans
Harrisburg
Nashua
N. H
City Savings Bank
Jonesboro
Ill
Mike Siddona
Adolph Dorenzon
Milwaukee
Newhall House
Utah
Congress
Williams
New York
Elliott T. Shepherd
Commodore Vanderbilt
Supreme Court
McCallister
Dover
Pike County
Ark
David B. Brodgs
Baltimore
Blodgett
Illinois
John Shield
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Kentucky State Senate
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