Henri the Seer and the McKinley Victory Reconsidered
Paris dispatch reports Henry Watterson of Louisville in an extensive interview on the 1900 election. He argues McKinley’s win ends one phase of a twenty year struggle over fiat money and free silver, warns of continuing agrarian pressure, and critiques protectionism as harmful to industry and farmers.
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Paris
Associated Press
Henry Watterson
Louisville Corrier Journal
Indianapolis
McKinley
Watterson
United States
Greenback Party
Free Silver
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Bryan
Godfather of the Star-Eyed Goddess Warns of Political Turmoil
A political leader warns that while the country is safe now the future faces risk from agrarian movements and shifting power. He recalls Jefferson’s era defining self government and warns that repeated presidential campaigns could erode public order if voters miss century-long progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Editor Warns East to Heed Southern Lesson on Unity
In a speech echoed by Editor Watterson, the talk centers on sectional tensions and wealth, urging the East to learn from the South’s fate over slavery and to pursue broad just policies. He warns wealth concentration risks and calls for unity, reform, and cautious governance. The piece ends by proposing the Democratic Party designate January 5 as a day of fasting and prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watterson
United States
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Spain
Cuba
Democratic Party
Mr. Watterson
Canadians Interview McKinley On Reciprocity Talks
The Evening Telegram spoke with President-elect McKinley in Canton about reciprocity with Canada. He declined to prophecy on tariff policy or any tariff negotiations, saying Congress’s future actions are uncertain. He expressed hope for continued amity and more mutual understanding between the U S and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Canton
McKinley
Congress
Canada
Devilish Attempt at Wholesale Murder in Peoria Ill
An attempt to wreck a Burlington Westbound passenger train near Peoria involved a turned and locked switch. The freight train carrying eighty people followed and was wrecked instead. Every car piled into a mass and stock in three cattle cars was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ills
Burlington
Man Dies By Own Hand At Local Hotel
A well dressed man registered as A. H. Morse from Racine Wisconsin at the International hotel in Windsor Ontario Tuesday night. He was found dead in bed yesterday with a bullet wound to the head, the man having shot himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Windsor
Ont
A. H. Morse
Wis
International Hotel
Battle Over Santa Fe Receiver Sparks Federal State Clash
Kansas City dispatch outlines a looming confrontation in the Santa Fe receivership case. If County Judge Myers’s appointee gains possession, railroad officers may resist, prompting a federal marshal and militia actions. Judge Foster would appoint special deputies, risking a clash between state militia and federal forces, though a settlement is expected without a full merits hearing.
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Kansas City
Aopeka
Kas
Santa Fe
Myers
Foster
Posse Comitatus
Jefferson County
Scott
Milllitia
United States
Secretary of War
Goddard
Santa Fe Railroad Receiver Fight Reaches Court
The petition filed in the Oskaloosa court claims John Martin was improperly appointed as receiver by Jefferson county officials and seeks to block Martin and associates from controlling the railway. Judge Yester grants a restraining order while Senator Martin says he will qualify as receiver but defer to federal court authority.
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United States
John Martin
Oskaloosa
Myers
Topeka
Martin
Foster
Santa Fe
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Kansas
United States Circuit Court
Oskaloosa Court
District Court
Jefferson County
FI. T. Phinney
Henry Keeler
D. R. Hite
H. B. Shaefer
Marshall Gebhart
Jefferson County Court
Phinney
Hite
Shaefer
Gebhart
Yester
United States Court
Hurd
Wisconsin Central receivers extend $2,000,000 notes renewal
Milwaukee Nov 10 The $2,000,000 of receiver's certificates for the Wisconsin Central lines was extended for another year by Judge Jenkins. Issuance due Nov 1 was last Sunday. Holders unwilling to extend may collect their amounts at offices of Muttland Coppell & Co Edward Sweet & Co or Brown Bros & Co in New York city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Jenkins
Wisconsin Central Lines
Issane
Muttland, Coppell & Co
Edward Sweet & Co
Brown Bros. & Co
New York City
Reed Talks Briefly at Duluth Board of Trade
Speaker Thomas B. Reed addressed the Duluth Board of Trade, urging action on fiscal reform. He warned that the nation’s revenues lagging far behind expenses prevent solvency and called for a bill to restore financial health and national standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Duluth
Thomas B. Reed
Duluth Board of Trade
Business Moon
Wyoming Election Settled at Last in State Returns
Complete county returns in Cheyenne show Bryan electors winning by margins Vanmeter 180 Blartin 400 Quealy 880. Osborne elected to Congress 340. Corn chosen for supreme judge 603.
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Wyoming
Denver
Colo
Cheyenne
Bryan
Vanmeter
Blartin
Quealy
Osborne
Congress
Corn
Supreme Judge
Temperance Convention closes with Willard praise
The final session features Miss Willard and the Tolstoi connection as abstinence spreads through families. A department parade led the close with superintendents and youths marching with banners while greetings went to Julia Ward Howe and Governor Upham. Invitations to host next national convention came from Portland, Milwaukee, Nashville and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Willard Abnortheos
Tolstoi
St. Louis
Julia Ward Howe
Upham
Wisconsin
Portland
Call for a Currency Conference
Indianapolis boards of trade pass a resolution urging a Dec 1 1896 preliminary meeting in Indianapolis to invite major city boards of trade to form a non partisan currency reform commission. Judge Martindale Hugh Hanna and George C Tanner named to represent Indianapolis with arrangements and entertainment committees appointed.
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Indianapolis
Monetary Commission
Tindianapolis
Board of Trade
Boards of Trade
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Louisville
Cleveland
Columbus
Toledo
Kansas City
Detroit
Milwaukee
St Paul
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Peoria
Grand Rapids
Omaha
Boards of Trade and Commercial Organizations
United States
Martindale
Hugh Hanna
George C. Tanner
Indianapolis Board of Trade
Spute Arrest Sparks Indignation Over Wife and Children Death
Denver on November nineteenth reports intense anger as grocer Andrew J. Spute is arrested for murder in the drowning deaths of his wife and five children when a boat capsized at Smith's lake on October twenty fifth. Four eyewitnesses deem the tragedy accidental while friends allege insurance and blackmail plots. Nellie Davis, named as Spute's alleged paramour, was released on bonds.
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Denver
Andrew J. Spute
Smith's Lake
Spute
Nellie Davis
Chicago Unions Lose Seats At Illinois Labor Meet
At the Illinois Federation of Labor session in East St. Louis on Nov 19 the credentials report was read. John S. Benson of the Chicago Federation was ruled not entitled to a seat after debate. Madden and Kidd, sent to represent Typographical unions Nos 9 and 830, were unseated for not belonging to those unions.
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Illinois Federation of Labor
East St. Tiauts
John S. Benson
Chicago
Benson
M. J. Madden
Frank Kidd
Liberal Religions Congress Explores Religious Fraternity
In Indianapolis on November 19 the Liberal Religions Congress held an afternoon session on The Sympathy of Religions and the Fraternity of Sects. Speakers discussed ways to foster closer ties among denominations, speaking as independent thinkers rather than as formal representatives of their original faiths.
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Liberal Religions Congress
Indianapolis
Congress of
Liberal Religionists
Des Moines Democratic Leader Edward W. Curry Dies
Edward W. Curry, chairman of the Democratic State central committee, died in Des Moines after painful injuries from an electric chair incident at the Savery House. Reported as initial blood poisoning from an operation and later said to be hemorrhoids, his death followed a troubling sequence and was kept quiet until Wednesday morning.
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Des Moines
Edward W. Curry
Democratic State Central Committee
Savery House
Hiks Lodge
Isomeric Chlorides of Paranitroorthosulphobenzooic Acid
At the National Academy of Sciences meeting Professor Remsen of Johns Hopkins read a paper on The Isomertic Chlorides of Paranitroorthosulphobenzooic Acid. Auditors deemed paranitro orthosulphobenzooic acid a chemical substance with many ingenious and interesting traits.
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New York
National Academy of Sciences
Remsen
Johns Hopkins University
Coopers' Union Names Cincinnati Organizer
Charlen TLeisner, president of the Coopers' Protective Association of Cincinnati, has been posted organizer of the International Coopers' Union. He was prominent at the recent international convention at Joans ville and will have his headquarters in Cincinnati.
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International Union of Coopers
Cincinnati
Charlen Tleisner
Coopers’ Protective Assocision of
International Coopers’ Union
Joansville
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Uncle Sam
Swhatever
M’kinley
Pute
Grand
Frommihe
Santa FE Men
Wisconsin Central
Blackwell's
Durham
Blackwell’s
The
Freeport Light & Fuel Co
Staver & Co
Stephenson Street
Consult
Warren D. Scott
West
Star Clothing Store
Stephenson St
N. Goldsmith’s Sons
Freeport
Illinois
James A. Egleston
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