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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1896
Page
4
Attention shopmen. Until March 1 you can buy a suit made to order for 15 dollars. Fit and workmanship guaranteed first class. Open every evening until 8. A F Seneca, Tailor at 4134 West Main Street invites you to save with this cheap tailor-made suit offer.
Entire household furniture and effects will be sold at private sale. Items are almost new and used less than a year. Sale to clear before February 1 as owners leaving city. Call at 107 East Washington Street at any time.
A Washington conference of silver leaders, largely Populists, is seen as shaping strategy for the coming national fight. Leaders expect talks to map views, gauge allegiance, and consider merging free silver forces under a new name, possibly after both old parties’ conventions adjourn. Attendees seek to unite the South and West, wipe old feuds, and field a joint ticket, with meetings planned across Washington and St Louis venues.
Washington January 24 The Republican silver senators sign a declaration to be used in the calm ing campaign as the demand for a silver coinage plank at the national convention They seek free unlimited coinage at 16 to 1 to erase exchange disparities and argue it would remove a bounty on exports from silver using nations They also press for a tariff to equalize labor costs with Europe and Asia.
Synopsis shows the national call inviting party members to assemble by state to select delegates and alternates for the July 22 convention in St Louis. Delegates allocated by senator and congressman counts plus per 2000 votes for the Populist candidate in specified years. Purpose is to adopt a platform and nominate president and vice president.
Senate session focused on Olney Davis Monroe doctrine bimetallism and protection. Jones of Arkansas seeks unanimous consent for a Thursday vote on the free silver substitute for the bond bill. Chandler delays. House adopts new quorum rules and Postmaster Wilson orders house to house mail collection with limited new mailboxes.
At 11 55 this morning the fire department raced to the home of Mrs on Gay Street No 1 where a fire alarm summoned responders to investigate a residential fire and assess damage.
Forecast notes light rain tonight with lingering cloud cover Saturday and a likely drop in temperatures. Strong winds are not expected, and precipitation chances decrease by Sunday.
H D Winch and sister Miss Jessie left for Indianapolis yesterday. Mrs Cash Miller and Miss Lula Lan bach depart for Allentown Pa this week. Miss Clara Goche hosted last evening in honor of Mr Lew Pauley of Dayton Ohio. Senator Hale of Geneva and A J Smith of Decater were registered at the Randall yesterday. First Presbyterian ladies host a church social tonight with supper from 6 to 8.
The Montreal Gazette notes Wallace Bruce resembled Lord Elgin in presence during a lecture to Montreal listeners. The piece suggests Bruce’s rhetoric carried the aristocratic aura, with the audience of Bostonians reacting to the eloquence shown by the speaker.
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