Treasury Silver Redemption Debate Between St. John and Springer
A Washington exchange outlines correspondence between William P. St. John of Mercantile National Bank and Rep. Springer. They discuss redeeming United States notes in standard silver dollars and critique treasury policy, with warnings about fault-finding if the opportunity is neglected.
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Washington
William P. St. John
Mercantile National Bank of New York
Springer
St. John
United States
Treasury Reserve
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Pettigrew Sparks Fight Over Pooling Bill Strategy
In Washington on February 23 the Senate debate on the Indian appropriation bill saw Pettigrew vigorously oppose a plan to push the pooling bill to a Sunday vote. He warned the tactic would fail and that the pooling bill could not become law if he could prevent it. House discussions also touched on A R U strikes, corporate protection costs, and reflections on President Cleveland and possible extra sessions amid gold outflows and a stabilizing bond issue.
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Washington
Senate
Breckinridge
Henderson
Iowa
Congress
Chicago
Cleveland
House
Butler
Pettigrew
Senate Opponents Block Passage of Measure
In a decisive move, opponents in the Senate decide that the proposal shall not be passed. The outcome signals continued resistance and until further action, the bill remains stalled.
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Senate
Gresham Sealing Damages Bill and Arbitration Plan
Secretary Gresham will stop urging Congress to pass the 425000 appropriation for damages to British sealing vessels seized in Behring Sea and may draft a treaty for arbitration. Paris arbitration limited claims. base figures suggested Congress may fare better with the current bill.
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Washington
Gresham
Congress
Behring Sea
Senate
United States
Commission For
Decision Endorses Original Site Choice
Authorities report a decision to support the initially selected site for the project. The ruling upholds prior preferences and endorses continued development at the originally chosen location.
Senate amendment seeks sugar bounty payments
Blackburn on the senate appropriations committee introduced an amendment to the sundry civil bill to provide full bounty on 1893 sugar and eight tenths of a cent per pound for 1894 production. The measure includes an appropriation exceeding $5,000,000.
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Washington
Blackburn
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Reports for Abolishing an Office
The joint commission chaired by Dockery of Missouri recommended abolishing the office of solicitor of internal revenue and transferring duties to the secretary of the treasury. A westbound Southern Pacific San Antonio Express wreck near Franklin Louisiana killed fireman Connelly and severely scalded engineer Devoe with no passenger injuries.
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Washington
Departmental Joint Commission
Dockery of Missouri
New Orleans
Southern Pacific Railroad
San Antonio
Franklin
Connelly
Devoe
Train robbery teller reveals role in cap near Capitol
In Stafford Court House Virginia Searcy testified that he and Morgan were the only two involved in the train hold up near the Capitol. In Norfolk Nebraska John Geiger learns from New York that his brother left a 1.5 million dollar estate to him.
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Stafford Court House
National Capitol
Searcy
Morgan
Norfolk
Neb
John Geiger
New York City
Rubber works shut down in New Brunswick
United States Rubber Company plants in New Brunswick New Jersey closed due to lack of orders. Six hundred men were thrown out of work and it was stated there would be no re opening for some time.
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New Brunswick
N. J
United States Rubber Works
Belgian Iron Workers Held For Possible Prosecution At Philadelphia
Three Belgians Edward Gunhardt Leopold Van Watermuin and Edward Dresu were detained on the steamship Pennsylvania after attempting to enter Philadelphia to work at Kewanee mills at 94 per week, below the ruling wage. Immigrant commissioners suspect the men came to obtain cheap labor, possibly financed by Kewanee mill manager James Sanford. The men await decision whether to return them or use them as witnesses in a government case under the contract labor law.
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Philadelphia
Kewanee
Iron Mills
Gunhardt
Belgium
Europe
Gunharde
James Sanford
Illinois Guard Report Details 1894 Labor Riots
Springfield reports to Washington summarize Illinois National Guard actions during labor riots of 1894. Lt. D. J. Baker Jr. observed state troops on active duty and commended their behavior as excellent though noting the strike failed to achieve its goals while paralyzing railway transportation in a major railroad center for about a week.
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Springfield
Ills
Illinois National Guard
War Department
Washington
D. J. Baker, Jr
Twelfth
United States Infantry
Baker
Destructive Strike Turmoil Across Chicago in July
Observations describe strike leaders as partly responsible for violence, noting poorly organized mobs and wrecked freight cars. Looting and property damage spread through Chicago with violence peaking July 6 and subsiding after July 7 Loomis Street crackdown.
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Chicago
Loomis Street
Gotham Building Trades Settle or Strike Threat
New York February 13. The executive committee of the board of walking delegates and the strike committee of electrical workers local union No 3 met yesterday and approved action to seek a settlement by Monday. If unresolved a citywide strike on all buildings under construction will be declared, risking thousands of jobs. another conference is planned this afternoon.
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New York
Board of Walking Delegates
Electrical Workers Local Union No 3
Pittsburg men hired for Tudor iron works spike mill
In St. Louis on February 24 a group of Pittsburg workers was sent to the Tudor iron works spike mill. Manager Hanpeter reports the new hires are skilled and that bar and guide mills will begin operating soon with ample staffing.
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St. Louis
Pittsburg
Tudor Iron Works
Tudor
Hanpeter
Temple Typographical Union Leaders Arrested in Conspiracy Case
Belton Texas February 13 leading members of the Temple Typographical union were arrested on indictments charging conspiracy against trade. The union formed months ago issued circulars urging a boycott of the Temple Sun which had left the union. They posted bonds of 500 dollars each.
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Belton
Tex
Temple Typographical Union
Temple Sun
Trials Show Banshee Torpedo Destroyer Reaches 28 Knots
In Glasgow on February 23 the new torpedo destroyer Banshee underwent a three hour official trial on the Clyde achieving an average speed of twenty eight knots. A tablet was unveiled in Baltimore marking the Old Courthouse from which the Declaration of Independence was first read.
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Glasgow
Banshee
Clyde
Baltimore
Surprising success of the new United States loan
The Dun & Co weekly trade review notes the loan’s strong uptake boosting investor confidence in the U S and abroad, signaling potential recovery. It cites government revenue deficiencies and stagnant domestic trade while detailing price moves in wheat corn cotton pork hogs and iron products amid activity in Pittsburg structural works and wire products.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Pittsburg
Forcar
Fugitive President of Guaranty Loan Company Speaks
Louis F. Menage, fugitive president of the defunct North western Guaranty Loan Co, explains his large transactions and the company’s collapse. He says most ventures would have paid if times stayed prosperous, defends his honor, and offers to settle creditors if allowed to work on the affairs for a salary while criminal suits continue.
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Minneapolis
the Journal
Louis F. Menage
Northwestern Guaranty Loan Company
Menage
Three Bandits Hold Up a Train East of Aurora
Three men stopped Frisco train No 1 about two and a half miles east of Aurora Missouri. They boarded at Martinville, overpowered Engineer Stephenson and the fireman, searched the express car but found no money or valuables, and fled after firing shots as they vanished into darkness.
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Aurora
Wightman
Stephenson
Martinville
World-Wandering Maltese Cat Sails to New York
A Maltese cat in Boston carries a tag saying it will voyage around the world for free. The note directs care aboard ships via Boston to New York with the Fall River line handling the transfer, then on to an ocean steamer.
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Boston
Minneapolis
New York
Kitty
American Newspaper Publishers. New Ypex Feb 23
The item notes activity from American Newspaper Publishers in New York on February 23, detailing industry events. It references publishers, dates, and organizational matters within the press sector.
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American Newspaper Publishers
New Ypex
the American
Officers Named for Three Papers, Scott Receives Congratulatory Resolutions
The officers chosen were President C. W. Knapp of the St. Louis Republic, Secretary W. G. C. Bryant of the Brooklyn Times, and Treasurer H. F. Gunnison of the Brooklyn Eagle, to succeed James W. Scott of the Chicago Herald. Resolutions congratulating Scott on acquiring three daily papers were adopted.
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Ih . T
C. W. Knapp
St. Louis Republic
James W. Scott
Chicago Herald
W. G C. Bryant
Brooklyn Times
H. F. Gunnison
Brooklyn Eagle
Judge Toney Replaced by Major Eastin on Appellate Bench
In Louisville on February 3 Governor Brown appointed Major George B. Eastin to fill the vacancy after Judge Sterling B. Toney refused the post following the contest board’s election. The board split with Boyle and Toney claiming different majorities, but Toney demanded a unanimous decision. In Lebanon on February 23 the jury in Charles Patterson’s burglary case was discharged after failing to reach a verdict and will retry him on murder in the first degree for the Hiram McDonald killing at Thorntown last August. John Sexton already received a 21 year sentence.
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Louisville
George B. Eastin
Brown
Sterling B. Toney
Toney
St. John Boyle
Boyle
Lebanon
Charles Patterson
Neal
Patterson
Hiram McDonald
Thorntown
John Sexton
McBeth Lamp Chimney plans new furnace in Elwood
Elwood reports the McBeth Lamp Chimney company with 750 workers and three furnaces will add a fourth furnace, creating 259 more jobs at an estimated cost of 25 000 dollars. One third of that sum will be funded by local land companies.
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Elwood
McBeth Lamp
Elwood Land Companies
Obituary notices and a crime report from multiple states
Obituaries list Moses Kimball in Brookline aged 36 and Eliza Cooper 95 in Monmouth plus Mrs Edwin Clifford 64 in Denver ex Governor Prescott 62 in Epping N H Elizabeth Moore 88 Jeffersonville Ind Sylvester P Morgan 83 Muncie Ind Rev Dr H G McArthur Fort Atkinson Wis Dennis Dunn Bull Hill man found guilty of assault with intent to kill Captain Defenbaugh Colorado National Guards last July A deadly fire at Hot Springs Ark destroys 100 buildings and claims six lives possibly more
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Brookline
Mass
Moses Kimball
Boston Museum
Monmouth
Ills
Eliza Cooper
Denver
Edwin Clifford
Epping
N. H
Benjamin F. Prescott
Muncie
Ind
Elizabeth Moore
Jeffersonville
Sylvester P. Morgan
Fort Atkinson
Wis
H. G. McArthur
Dennis Dunn
Bull Hill
Cripple Creek
Defenbaugh
Colorado National Guards
Hot Springs
Ark
Weather Indications for Twenty-Four Hours
The weather bulletin forecasts fair conditions for Indiana with warmer temperatures in the southeast and westerly winds. For Illinois the outlook is fair weather with southwest winds, increasing later.
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WasaIinarton
Leb
Indiana
Southeatern
Winois
Washingtons Birthday Observed Across Cities and States
Washington's birthday was widely observed with closures and events. Indianapolis held a program at Tomlinson Hall after adjournment. banks and businesses closed. Across Chicago to Detroit and Cleveland, clubs, banquets, and patriotic programs drew hundreds, featuring leaders like Beveridge and McKinley and groups such as DAR and Sons of the Revolution.
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Indianapolis
Washington
Union League Club
Archbishop Ireland
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Grosscup
M. EB. Ingalls
Ohio
Minot J. Savage
Massachusetts
George L. Seymour
Springfield
Charles R. Hale
Cairo
Detroit
Michigan
Michigan Club
McKinley
Cleveland
Memphis
Cincinnati
Women's Council
Daughters of the American Revolution
Hiladel
Gray funeral train arrives in Union City with large crowds
The Gray funeral train reached Union City at 11 30 a m with crowds along the route. In Winchester the casket was viewed and business paused as streets and buildings were draped in crepe. Nine hundred school children lined the streets bearing flags while services were held at Caldwallader's Opera House. The Rev H A McDonald delivered the sermon and the cortege was the largest seen in the county and state. After interment the special train carried Mrs Gray and relatives to Indianapolis.
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Union City
Winchester
Caldwallader
Opera House
H. A. McDonald
Presbyterian Church
Indiana House Advances Anti-Insurance and Anti-Pass Bills
Indiana lawmakers report three antis bills moving toward passage with strong votes. Senate moves a bill barring 80 percent clauses in policies, with an agent option. Foreign insurers must file business statements. fire insurers face indefinite postponement on full-loss payments. An anti pass amendment to reach editors is rejected.
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Indianapolis
House
Senate
Friends of the Insurance Companies
Moore
McBeth
Insurance losses and premiums cited to critique rate boards
The speaker cites January 10 figures showing fire losses totaling 337000 and city premiums in 1845 of 75000. He argues that insurance rates show they are not too high and that prohibiting rate boards and combinations to maintain rates would prevent companies from doing business in the state.
Barn raising ends in death and injuries near Daleville
In Mundy on February 23 a large barn-raising led to tragedy when a loose beam fell on workers. David Goetz was killed. Alonzo Funkhouser remained critically injured. William Jasper and others sustained minor injuries. Several farmers and their families faced the shock of the accident.
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Terrre Haaute
Ed Riley
William Wilmington
Mundy
J. N. Lambert
Daleville
Salem Township
David Goetz
Alonzo Funkhouser
William Jasper
Franklin Adds Two Factories to Boost Town
Franklin celebrates the location of a five mill tin plate plant employing 400 workers and a stone industry employing 230 workers. Both will be built south of town and start in spring. The plants will add about 7,000 dollars weekly in payroll and raise population by 1,500.
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Elwoop
Franklin
Franklin’s
Women vote in Harrison township special election
In Kosciusko county Harrison township a special election saw five women Mrs. George Pearman Mrs. Hattie Funk Mrs. Jane Latta Mrs. Mary Kesler and Mrs. Emma Wiley demand voting rights. With no opposition to Republican candidate A C Manwaring the judges allowed stamping and depositing the women ballots.
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WaBash
Harrison Township
Kosciusko County
George Pearman
Hattie Funk
Jane Latta
Mary Kesler
Emma Wiley
A.C. Manwaring
Lightning rod sharpers dupe farmer with forged note
In Shelbyville on February 23 a farmer Samuel P. Fendler was misled by lightning rod salesmen who signed a contract for 60 and later produced a forged note for 600. Francis W. Jones discovered the agreement and noted the forged form of a 630 note.
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Shelbyville
Samuel P. Fendler
Francis W. Jones
Farmer Sues Teacher Over Alleged Desk Punishment
Bartholomew Drake sued Alvin Riggs for 2000 damages claiming his son suffered internal injury after Riggs, a school teacher, punished him by sitting him down hard on a desk during tobacco use in class. Jury ruled for Drake. The boy, now 15, has chewed tobacco since age 3.
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Franklin
Bartholomew Drake
Alvin Riggs
Riggs
Drake
Patchwork Diagrams Teach Strategy in a Memory Game
Ted and Aunt Alma duel in a dots and squares game described by St. Nicholas. Ted marks Xs and Alma uses Os, each diagram growing with more initial dots. Ted wins some, but Alma completes more squares, prompting Ted to vow a bigger game to outdo her.
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Ted
Alma
Aunt Alma
St. Nicholas
The Crocodile Polka Warning in the Nile Fable
A merry musician wanders along the Nile and faces a monstrous crocodile. The creature lures him with a joke about room inside and a plea to lodge. The musician refuses, clutching his fiddle as he considers fleeing, planning to play on land as the polka ends.
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Nile
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