Bimetallism debate echoes across nations and states
A lengthy column covers Governor Waite and Ex-Governor Evans arguing for free coinage of silver, alongside Representative Coffeen denouncing gold standard fears. Telegraphic briefs note Dublin fair visitors, rail strikes, Mobile flood damage, and global financial strains, with items on cholera, Warner assets, and political shifts in Massachusetts and Colorado.
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London
New York
United States
John Evans
Dublin
Prince Bismarck
Vienna
Memphis
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Brazil
Santa Catharina
Mobile
Cherokee Strip
Omaha
Farnam Street
Stander
Baron Hirsch
England
Harvard University
Frederick L. Ames
John M. Washburn
Old Colony Railroad
Boston
Affondatore
Italia
Asinara
Sardinia
Bill Root
Laramie
Sir Peter Walker
Plains
Wyoming
Archbishop Satelli
Hogg
Colorado Springs
W. E. Meain
Maritime Exchange
Brunswick
Georgia
Lizzie Gallagher
Silver and protection clash rule Senate debate in 1890s
The Senate conducts a heated session on the silver repeal bill with Wolcott Aldrich Gorman and Teller trading barbs over seating three appointed senators and the broader monetary fight. House filings follow with Morse filibuster and votes on pensions, elections legislation, and related corruption inquiries amid a tense political climate.
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Illinois
Supreme Court of the United States
George S. Merritt
Charles Foster
Secretary of the Treasury
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Ohio
Kyle
McMillan
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Dalph
Hovst
Dinsmore
Denson
Alabama
Cooper
Florida
Clark
Missouri
Chicago
Storm on the Gulf Coast Wrecks Towns and Kills Varied Lives
Early reports describe a Gulf of Mexico storm causing extensive damage from Mobile to Louisiana and Mississippi. Mobile reports many homes wrecked and churches destroyed. Pearl River marshes hinder casualty tallies with feared fatalities and missing persons. New Orleans and Pascagoula also report deaths and property losses.
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New Orleans
Senator Camerons Speech Prompts Silver and Tariff Debate
The Pennsylvania speech by Senator Cameron on free coinage of silver ignites a clash at Washington. A Pennsylvania maneuver within the Republican state league seeks to censure Cameron. Philadelphia woolen interests and others plan a petition to align tariff policy with silver advocates, proposing measures to secure mint value while limiting foreign coinage.
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Indiana
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Colorado
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Idaho
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Teller
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Allison
Iowa
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Illinois
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Mississippi
de Forest
Connecticut
Northway
Ohio
Bowers
Republican State League
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Manufse
Phiadelphia
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W Baker
London
Coal Strike in Engasd Divides Mine Owners and Miners
The great English coal strike pits 50 political and social factions against a minority willing to compromise. Tory and Liberal-Unionist owners back resistance while 6000 miners return to work at the old scale after a Unionist MP, Charles Seesey, urged a cut from the Tory bloc. No political issue is formally stated in the conflict.
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