Secretary Carlisle Orders Coining of Standard Silver Dollars
Secretary Carlisle directs Mint Director Preston to prepare standard silver dollar coinage at the Philadelphia and New Orleans mints. Likely up to 7,000,000 dollars, with seigniorage included, total not over 10,000,000. New Orleans mint to reopen on a small scale and Philadelphia to continue operations. Preston expects all Philadelphia gold bullion coined by Tuesday night. no large transfers planned.
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New Orleans
Congress
San Francisco
Treasury
Florida bankers back gold standard for currency
The Florida Bankers Association held its eighth annual Jacksonville convention. Officers were elected and resolutions endorsed Grover Cleveland’s financial policy, urged honest money, opposed inflation and fiat money, and rejected free coinage of silver without international agreement. They demanded suppression of money orders by express companies and stricter Interstate Commerce Commission regulation.
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Florida Bankers’ Association
Jacksonville
Grover Cleveland
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
McLaurin Installed as Mississippi Governor in Rainy Ceremony
The inauguration of Hon A J McLaurin as governor of Mississippi occurred in Jackson amid heavy rain and six inches of mud. National guards in full parade and bands provided a grand scene. The oath was read indoors in the house of representatives. McLaurin urged a deep water harbor for the Mississippi gulf coast. A public reception followed at the governor’s mansion and a grand ball at Lusk hall for visiting militia.
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Jackson
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House of Representatives
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Lusk Hall
Stuck in mud ship runs aground off Long Branch
The American Jiner St. Paul from Southampton to New York struck the outer sand bar near Hotel Brighton in dense fog between 1 and 2 AM. It carried a large passenger list, $1,300,000 in specie, and 200 mail bags. Nose ran 100 feet in sand. only four feet of water over the bar as it lodged in six feet of sand near Iron Pier. Captain Jamison in charge. Salvage may take days.
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Runyon Dies in Berlin Ambassadorship Leader Passes
The Hon. Theodore Runyon died in Berlin of heart failure at 1 am Monday. Appointed minister to Germany in 1892 and soon after made ambassador, he held a prominent diplomatic role for the United States. Yale and Wesleyan conferred the doctor of laws degree on him.
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Congress Debates Rules and Armenian Crisis Actions
The House debated a $55,000 appropriation to prepare Chicago public building plans and adopted the Crisp rule mix. Debates covered Debs imprisonment inquiry, tariff concerns, and a Turkish Armenian resolution that passed unanimously after heated argument.
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Reed
Dolliver
Iowa
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Treasury gold reserve and seed note notes in congress
The treasury gold reserve stood at 50,343,556 dollars with daily withdrawals of 250,000. Senate hearings covered the Atchafalaya lock project, silver coinage orders, and a push for a national university. Congress debates seed distribution ended by Morton’s abolition, and Britain and the United States discuss Canadian sealers’ claims under the Monroe Doctrine.
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House
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Stokes
South Carolina
Monroe doctrine debate marks Senate session
The Senate this Wednesday heard Mr. Walcott challenge the Monroe doctrine amid a crowded gallery. He argued the doctrine misapplied to South American boundary disputes and urged a new policy, noting Congress has not defined or accepted the doctrine since 1821. Sens. Sherman and Call moved resolutions on Cuba dispatches, Mills proposed repeal bills, and Perkins sought Alaska liquor-traffic data.
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Texas
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Four Men Perish In Five Story Fire In St Louis
A Tuesday night blaze gutted a five story building in St Louis housing A A Aloe Co opticians. Four salvage workers were trapped when the second floor collapsed while rescuers fought flames. Fireman Hines was wounded and four men were missing with no chance of survival. Loss pegged at about 200000 with ample insurance.
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Aloe & Co
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Hines
Blackburn Behind Fails to Secure Kentucky Senate Vote
In Frankfort dispatches the Kentucky legislature split its senatorial ballot Tuesday with Hunter leading Blackburn in both Senate and House tallies. Total votes were Hunter 67 to Blackburn 58 with scattered votes. Howard Poor supported Bates for populist. Had Poor backed Hunter as expected, Hunter still fell one vote short of the 69 needed for a choice.
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Debs Denied Plan to Resign Union Presidency
Oakland Union secretary reports a telegram from E V Debs private secretary denying the resignation claim. Debs is said to persist in leading organized labor amid a current conflict.
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Oakland
Cal
E. V. Debs
Debs
Money Objects To Monroe in Venezuelan Controversy Speech
Jackson Mississippi dispatch reports Colonel Money denounces war with Britain and calls for peaceful foreign policy. He cites Washington and Jefferson, argues for commercial alliances, urges self goal to avoid entangling alliances, and warns war would harm peace and markets.
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Deadlock in Kentucky senatorial ballot at Frankfort
Third ballot in the Kentucky senatorial race produced a deadlock with Hunter at 67 Blackburn 58 McCrary 4 Buckner 2 Willson 1 Hazelrig 1 Carlisle 1. Ex Governor John Young Brown appeared causing intrigue with caucuses at his headquarters while Congressman Evans signaled imminent involvement.
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Carlisle
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Colson
Washington
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Populists Talk Elector Pledge Favoring Gold Standard
Raleigh dispatch reports a letter from the populist chairman and Senator Marion Butler pledging to back electors only for those who oppose the gold standard. The note stresses electors over the governorship, signaling a major shift in North Carolina politics.
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Death of Prince Henry of Battenberg on voyage home
The London Standard reports Prince Henry of Battenberg fell ill during the Ashantee expedition and died of coast fever aboard return voyage from Cape Coast Castle to Sierra Leone. The death is confirmed at Osborne House.
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Hunter Victory Hangs On Ballot In Kentucky Joint Session
A Frankfort dispatch reports that Hunter was expected to win in the Kentucky joint session on Wednesday but the first ballot tallies show no progress toward a senatorship. The race remains unresolved after the initial vote.
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Hunter
Growth of the South in Weekly Business Report
The weekly southern business report notes irregular prices but active buyers in cotton and lumber. Cotton mills run at full capacity with steady prices. new textile mills emerge in Beaufort South Carolina and Selma Alabama. Steel iron ore coal markets hold firm. several new industries form across several states, including lumber, marble, canning, cement, and oil facilities, plus new buildings and plants in multiple cities.
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Knoxville
Fitzgeralds New Road and Colony Railways Growth
Fitzgeralds colony manager closes deal with Georgia and Alabama railway to take over the Abbeville and Waycross line. Four hundred workers will finish the road to Fitzgerald in ten days while Tift moves a large force from Tifton to reach Fitzgerald soon. The new colony will have two railways, seven thousand residents, seven hotels and a bank.
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No Changes Planned in Southern Railway Traffic Dept
Third vice-president Finley says there will be no changes in the traffic department, except economy measures tied to the short cotton crop. Any actions will not be radical and are being reviewed by the traffic manager.
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State Ticket Nominated by Fusion Committee in Louisiana
The populist fusion committee at Alexandria nominated a full state ticket led by Captain J. N. Pharr for governor with J. B. Kleinpeter as lieutenant governor L. F. Suthon as attorney general J. W. McFarland as secretary of state John Pickett as treasurer and H. P. Kernochan as auditor.
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East Baton Rouge
L. F. Suthon
Terribone
J. W. McFarland
Clairbone
John Pickett
Winn
H. P. Kernochan
Plaquemine
City council abolishes detective department in Atlanta
An ordinance adopted by Atlanta city council by a 9 to 7 vote dissolves the city detective department for the time being. If the measure is approved by the mayor, King, the department will become a chapter in history as the city moves to new policing arrangements.
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Julian Pauncefote
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