Tur retirement of Superintendent Byrnes shocks New York police
The piece notes the retirement of New York police Superintendent Byrnes as a pivotal event in modern America. It also reports on the Danville lynching aftermath forming a law and order league, and mocks politicians including Royce Hall Sherman McKinley Foraker over party infighting and policy. It mentions extreme weather in Indiana and North Dakota, plus critiquing Senator Allison on the silver question.
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Huntington Democra
Gresham Dies After Illness Shocks Nation
The distinguished American politician Gresham has died after a period of critical condition. Once a Republican convention candidate for the presidential nomination, he shifted to the Democrats and influenced Cleveland’s era. As a judge he earned many workingmen’s support with his measures in receivership and his Chicago Grant monument speech attacked plutocracy.
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Gresham
Omiatille
Cleveland
Grant Monument
Chicago
Debs Case Ruling Affects Labor and Law Politics
The Supreme Court’s Debs decision affirms Judge Woods and suggests laborers must pursue change through elections and laws rather than strikes. It links labor struggles to broader judiciary reform and warns of corporate influence shaping high court opinions amid the income tax ruling.
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Supreme Court
Woods
Debs
What is Parity in Metal Values
A reader questions the meaning of parity between gold and silver metals in monetary value. The piece notes frequent price changes and argues that maintaining a dollar’s worth of metal in each dollar is impractical, citing historical fluctuations in gold and silver prices.
Parity in silver and gold value debated in coinage view
The text argues that maintaining parity between silver and gold depends on market demand and legal coinage. It contends that simply raising coin size is impractical. creating an unlimited silver market by free coinage could fix parity but may fail under artificial demand. It notes parity has existed for over a century.
Free silver and more money for prosperity
The piece argues that the currency question is not about gold or silver standards but about increasing legal tender to avert panics. It contends that more money—gold, silver, and paper—fuels business, lifts mortgages, boosts wages, creates homes, and improves society, praising free silver as a path to prosperity.
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United States
Fort Wayne gains new silver coinage advocate paper
The Tus Timies-Post, a Democratic sheet at Fort Wayne, promotes free and unlimited silver coinage at 16 to 1. It is an eight column folio, nearly printed, rich in local matter. Editors are experienced newspaper men and the enterprise shows promise.
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Iluutington Saily Democrat
Tus Timies-Post
Fort Wayne
They All Say It Joul Finds Fort Wayne Has a New Daily
The Trivius Post debuted Saturday as Fort Wayne’s eighth daily newspaper. Under editors Gart Shober and Charles H. Bliss it advocates free and unlimited silver coinage at 16 to 1. The eight column, 10 cent a week paper adds to the city’s daily press.
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Joul
Trivius-Post
Gart Shober
Charles H. Bliss
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Launches Tus Times Post Evening Daily
The first issue of Fort Wayne's new Tus Times-Post appeared Saturday and impressed The Commercial with its brightness cleanliness and news coverage. It includes local and general news along with a liberal share of advertising and shows a bright future ahead.
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Portland Daily Commercial
Fort Wayne
New Evening Daily
Tus Times-Post
Tr Times-Post
Gab and Eckels Spar Over Finance in South Bend Letter
In the South Bend Times the writer denounces critics of Comptroller Eckels as feath erweights, arguing that Eckels possesses only a gift of gab and lacks substantial financial authority or achievement. The piece portrays Eckels as overrating his own competence.
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South Bend
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Eckels
They Won't Mix The Gold Bugs And Free Coinage Men
A brief political quarrel notes two factions, the gold bugs and the free coinage men, cannot unite under a single banner. The piece signals persistent division within the party on monetary policy.
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Atlanta
Free Coinage Debate Letter to the Editor
A reader argues about free coinage and foreign bullion, contending the government would coin silver for free and noting how silver certificates function. The exchange clarifies that silver certificates are payable in silver, not gold, and recounts historical coinage practices and the Sherman law context.
Room at the Top
The Times-Post debuted to a Fort Wayne audience on Saturday, presenting a credible makeup and appearance. The publishers show strong faith in their venture by launching another daily in the Fort Wayne field, aiming for leadership at the top.
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Times-Post
Fort Wayne
Port Wayne
The Times Post Emerges as Fort Wayne Daily
Fort Wayne welcomes The Times Post a bright free silver democratic daily with vigorous editing and entertaining writing. The paper markets Dortmunder Doppel and Salvator Beer as equal to imported goods.
Federal injunction scope reshapes interstate law and labor cases
The Supreme Court bars Debs and others from habeas relief, declaring federal authority over interstate commerce and mails supreme and capable of acting within any state. The ruling signals broad use of injunctions to prevent labor disturbances and may presage federal intervention in future industrial disputes and railroad receiverships.
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Chicago Record
Eugene V. Debs
Supreme Court
Debs
Woods
That Bird of Ill Omens and Political Advertisements
A critical poem mocks a compliant press and political parrots. The piece denounces subsidized journalism while referencing public notices and a string of mid century excursion offers to cities such as Baltimore Boston Chattanooga Cleveland and Roanoke. It promotes a Bliss pamphlet on free coinage available at the Times-Post office.
Summer Goods and Crepon Fashion For Summer
Fashion notes describe checks and pistols of enormous size. Beautiful pale crepons with brocaded sprigs or dots and stars in silk. Mohair deemed fashionable though silklike in texture. Ribbons, flowers, and foliage dominate hat trimming with stripes and plaids trending. Silk remains in vogue with affordable taffeta gowns shown in willow green. Jubic Chollet.
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Paris
Echoes of the Trolley Strike Deficit at Brooklyn Heights RR
The Brooklyn Heights Railroad reports a quarterly deficit of 527010 amid the big trolley strike. President Lewis says the figures will improve as the company regains losses and resumes optimal management, noting unaccounted city claims and a timetable change could boost annual net earnings by about 250000.
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Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company
Lewis
New York Sun
Debs redirects unions with reorganizing circular drive
President Debs of the American Railway union issues a circular to local unions guiding reorganization efforts. Fourteen organizers are active as unions revive after last year’s strike. Great Northern likely to hire many workers and Southern Pacific may join the ranks.
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Debs
American Railway Union
Northwest
Pacific Slope
The
Great Northern
Southern Pacific
College President Marries Elocution Teacher
A college president has wed a teacher of elocution. He plans to deliver curtain lectures with proper delivery, the Chicago Post notes.
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Chicago Post
Harlem River Bridge to Set Largest Draw on Record
The Washington Fest notes that the new Harlem river bridge will feature the largest draw ever constructed, a detail of interest to Kentucky poker players.
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Kentucky
Harlem River
Washington
So Sudden Refusal Echoes Newfoundland Poverty Debate
In a Washington Star commentary the phrase Was It So Sudden? questions Newfoundland’s reluctance to act beyond sister status to Canada amid poverty. The piece argues restraint contrasts with broader Canadian ties and policy limits.
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Canada
Washington Star
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