Congressional xtra session and silver debate rattle Senate
The Senate debated free silver and the Sherman act amid moves to repeal the silver law. votes showed divisions on currency policy, with Hull and Swart opposing repeal and Reed and others pushing for changes. In the morning session Montana and Washington seats were disputed. a governor cannot appoint a replacement.
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Senate
Peller
Secretary of the Treasury
Air Hour
Lee Mantle
Beales
Montans
Missna Perren
Kan
Hull
Swart New
Gurrows
Sprngersil
Tsege
Thomas B Reed Iep
Borae Cocaran
Air Wilson
Tre
Mante
Montana
Allen
Washington
Hurricanes and frost report across eastern coast and plains
An extensive agricultural dealer Grozar G Cxres in Aillwan kee failed with assets of 800000 and debts 600000. A hurricane damaged buildings in Jacksonville Florida and felled hundreds of trees as the storm traveled 40 to 50 miles inland. Frosts were reported in South Dakota Iowa and Nebraska. Tagky Carlispe ordered full staffing and capacity use at the Philadelphia and San Francisco mints for gold bullion coinage.
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Aillwankee
Jacksonville
Fla
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Secke Tagky Carlispe
United States
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Presidential nomination and political conventions reported
President nominates Joshua E. Dodge of Wisconsin as assistant attorney general to fill the vacancy left by W M Maury. Nebraska Republicans set Lincoln convention for October 5 and state convention details follow. Massachusetts and New York party events planned for September and October. Bumble Beecher birthday noted for Mrs Hexey Warp Beechee in Yonkers. Inventor Harward A Harver dies in Orange New Jersey at age 69 or 70.
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Joshua E. Dodge
Wisconsin
W. M. Maury
Belsaints Churchill
Galesburg
Nebraska
Lincoln
Hexey Warp Beechee
Col . B. Beecher
Yonkers
Harward A. Harver
Orange
N. J
dozens die or suffer losses from diverse events including shipwrecks and fires
The report lists multiple calamities with names and places: the steamer Dorcas sinks near Porter Lake NS with Chief Engineer Hennis his wife four children and twelve crew drowned. Newport Ontario destroyed by fire. Siam pays 3,000,000 francs in demand. clashes near the Mexican border raise casualties. Turkish fishing boats wrecked with loss of life. Mexican Galanists and Cardenistes suffer heavy casualties. Irish home rule amendments pass in the British House. Mrs Jory Macer and her son drown at Sloop Island. Russia reports thousands of cholera cases and deaths. Epwamp Hates journeys to Vancouver in 117 days.
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Cardenistes
Coahuila
Mexico
House of Commons
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Parry Sound
Ant) Lumber Company
Sloop Island
Russia
Epwamp Hates
Vancouver
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Montreal
Senate finance panel backs bill with gold and silver money policy
The Senate finance committee chair reported back a House bill repealing part of the Sherman Act with a substitute clause proposing the US adopt both gold and silver as money metals to maintain parity. The House debate over rules erupted between Speaker Crisp and ex Speaker Reed as another seignorage silver coinage bill was referred. A storm flooded Baltimore business districts and a string of disasters followed from a fatal Mich. farm accident to fires in Delavan Wis and Elgin Ore. A North Atlantic hurricane damaged Coney Island ships, New Haven and coast towns. Weather-wide crop and property losses crossed several states.
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Debates on silver and repeal of Sherman act in Congress
Congressional discussions feature Republicans and Democrats split over free coinage and the repeal of the Sherman act purchasing clause. Speakers including Bland Cochran Reed and Hill argue for and against bi metallism, currency parity, and the impact on banks, industry, and labor amid the national monetary crisis. A farmer’s injury is noted in a brief local item.
Queen's Drawing Room Crowds Spark Royal Etiquette Edict
A Ladies' Pictorial report describes a May drawing room where high bred women jostled for access to the queen, causing diamonds feathers and flowers to litter the floor. The scene, likened to a racecourse crush, led officials to restrict attendance to protect the royal family from chaotic behavior.
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Vanished People and the Mammoth Rocke Cavern Legend
A Breton island relic in Morbihan sea shows a cavern carved from giant inland stones. Scholars link it to ancient serpent worship, while legends credit builders with phenomenal strength and faith. The stones’ origin and transport remain mysteries, dated to a vanished people whose relics endure in the enduring rock.
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