Bonds and gold drain dominate early 1890s financial brief
A foreign bond syndicate will take bonds unsubscribed by the public at 3½ percent as the Treasury faces gold hoarding and a potential panic. President Cleveland presses for silver legislation linked to parity, while bankers consider a $100 million bond call and foreign absorption to stop gold exports. Washington reports on cabinet talks and Wall Street outlook.
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Washipton
Treasury Department
Treasury
Senate
House
Congress
Carlisle
New York
Curtis
Belmont
Wall Street
Washington
Judiciary
Cleveland
Executive Mansion
Indiana House Passes Gas Inspector Abolition and Insurance Reform
Indiana House votes 6 to 3 to abolish the office of natural gas inspector and to strip the eighty percent insurance clause. The session also moves a boiler inspector bill and defers further debate on turnpike road rules.
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Indianapoli
Adams
Cardwith
New Albany
Poindexter
Clark
Moore
Stakebake
Pettit
Hunter
Dalmar
Gibraltar of China Falls to Japanese Forces
Central News from Shanghai reports Wei-Hai-Wei captured by Japanese troops amid siege and bombardment. Earlier dispatches say the eastern fort fell while gunners harried the remaining position. Che-Foo notes complete encirclement and near capture. Wei-Hai-Wei, thirty miles west of Shan-Tung, is described as Pekin’s key fortress with a premier Chinese arsenal and European-style fortifications.
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Gibraltar
China
Loxvon
Central News
Shanghai
Wei-Hai-Wei
The
Globe
Che-Foo
Wei-Nai-Wei
Shan-Tung
Ward McAllister Leader of the Four Hundred Dies
Ward McAllister of New York died after a week of illness at age 60. He suffered Bright's disease worsened by the grip and passed away at his home with his wife and children nearby as physicians noted a brief rally before a final decline. His son Ward McAllister Jr. serves as a lawyer and former Alaska district judge.
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New York
Ward McAllister
Bright
McAllister
Sarah T. McAllister
Louise McAllister
Heyward Hall McAllister
Francis Marion McAllister
Elizabeth
N. Y
Ward McAllister, Jr
Territory of
Alaska
California
No Trace Of It Tracing Missing Life Boat Report
A Yarmouth dispatch says the trawler Flora returned from the fishing grounds and knows nothing of the Elbe life boat disaster. A Flora crewman recalls rockets fired and two steamers nearly touching. another trawler away for weeks. A Flora crewman notes dead bodies would be discarded at sea.
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Lowestoft
Yarmouth
Flora
Train Robbery Near Wilcox Arizona Leaves Loot Scattered
The west bound Overland No. 20 was robbed near Wilcox Arizona on Wednesday night. Five men participated with two boarding the engine and forcing it to stop. A safe was blown open yielding about 10 000 dollars in Mexican silver plus other coin. Scattered money and the lookout for the bandits continue as rewards are posted. Grant Wheeler named as possible gang leader with a combined reward of 1000 dollars from express companies.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad
Wilcox
Ariz
Express
Grant Wheeler
Southern Express Co
Wells-Fargo Express Co
Patterson Bill Aims at Train Wrecking Punishment
Representative Patterson reports to the house a commerce committee bill to punish train wrecking aimed at anchoring rail robbery prosecutions. The measure seeks stronger penalties while preserving state court jurisdiction and federal involvement to curb interstate marauders. Additionally, reports cover bond petitions, a monetary commission proposal, army reorganization, and fiscal notes.
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Patterson
Wasnurseton
Feb
House
Commerce Committee
United States
Washineton
Hill
Senate
New York
Steel Coats For Our War Vessels That No Projectile Can Pierce
Sterling Steel Co president Wheeler announces chrome armor experiments in hare stead to produce impervious plates for US warships under Millard Hunsicker of the Carnegie Co. The Sterling Co recently supplied test projectiles to France, showing American superiority over Russian rounds.
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Wheeler
Sterling Steel Co
Harestead
United States
Millard Hunsicker
Carnegie Co
Stockholm
Sterling Co
America
The High Hat Nuisance In Amusement Venues
A Springfield report notes Representative Alexander J. Jones introduces a bill making it a misdemeanor to obstruct another patron's view in any amusement venue by wearing hats or unsightly head coverings after being notified to remove them. The item includes other brief notices from across the country.
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Springfield
Alexanander J. Jones
Cook County
Elbe disaster leaves 374 missing after collision near coast
Reports from Lowestoft and Rotterdam describe 374 missing aboard the Elbe after it was struck by a large steamer off the Isle of Wight. Coast guards and customs officers patrol for survivors as crews head to London and Bremen. inquiries focus on pilot duties and wreckage.
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Lowrstort
Elbe
Southampton
New York
London
Bremen
Loxpon
Keller
North German Lloyd Co
Lowestoft
North German Lloyd Steamship Co
Louise Bornefeld
Domingo Furrer
Theodore Geisenheimer
Rudolph Neumann
Leie Misselewitz
Schiefer Dorman
Anton Fischer
Isle of Wight
Stollberg
Rotterdam
Gordon
Waterway
Maasiouis
Craithie
Nive Waterweig
Delleve Po
Crath
Foreign amnesty bill passes in French senate and other news
The French senate passed the amnesty bill on Thursday. Three people died in Philadelphia after a lamp oil spill caused by a cat. In Munice Indiana a new Spiritualists temple will be dedicated February 10 by Mr and Mrs Blosea Hull of Chicago. East Liverpool women sent provisions to Nebraska sufferers. John L Wilson named US senator by Republican caucus in Olympia. Bank of Trenton Nebraska ordered closed by state board. Illinois Senate appropriates 254721 for militia claims from the Pullman strike. Majestic battleship launched at Portsmouth with ceremony. Bonds readjustment discussed for Grand Rapids and Indiana rail line debt of 15990000. Pan Handle rails across canal at Frazerburg caused eighteen cattle cars to derail. loss 2000. A Terre Haute repairman jailed after robbery attempts. two men injured in Elwood drunken condition. Elbe telegram from Emperor William expresses sympathy for disaster. Captain Von Goessel connected to prominent German families.
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Philadelphia
Muncie
Ind
Blosea ‘Hull
Chicago
Ladies of the First Methodist Church
East Liverpool
Nebraska
Majestic
Portsmouth
Eng
Lorne
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad
Frazersburg
Edward Jackson
Terre Haute
Elwood
Morton Lane
Mascaurd
Elbe
William
Kaiser
Kaiserin
Curt von Goessel
Ratibor
Prussian
Silesia
von Goessels
Germany
Capt
von Goessel
Markets in Cincinnati and New York Grain and Livestock Report
The Cincinnati market notes bid prices for winter patent flour and various futures, with values for corn, oats, and a range of cattle and sheep categories. New York prices show wheat, corn, oats, rye, and milwaukee readings, while Toledo reports No 2 red wheat and corn futures, plus oats activity. The report also covers butter, cheese, and hogs across markets with price ranges and grading terms.
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Cincinnati
Corn—Sujes
Northern
Chicago
White State
Western
Toledo
Wurat
Corx
Marek
Ride With Sam Brown to Virginia City
A stagecoach run six miles from Virginia City encounters Tam Sam Brown who demands a lift into town. Shorty Holliday pretends polite hospitality, Brown imposes quiet menace, then happily rides aboard as the coach reaches Virginia City amid wary, whisky fueled bravado.
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Pasengers
Shorty
Virginia City
Creation
Havens
Wayferer
Tam Sam Brown
Ben Holliday
Nevada
Sam ‘Brown
Walt
Mr. Brown
Coech
Brown
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Wetzel County
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