Rear Admiral Bunce Conducted Secret Venezuela Mission
Rear Admiral Francis M. Bunce of the United States Navy, commanding the North Atlantic squadron, recently traveled to the capital for a hasty secret conference with the president. He bears sealed orders for operations in the Caribbean regarding Venezuela and possibly sought oral instructions. Bunce, a Connecticut native, entered the Naval Academy in 1852 and rose from lieutenant in 1861 to serve in the Penobscot and other ships during the Civil War era.
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Francis M. Bunce
United States Navy
North Atlantic
Caribbean
Venezuela
Admiral Bunce
Connecticut
Naval Academy
Academy
Germantown
East India
Macedonia
Penobscot
Justice Brewer rises in Kansas courts to U.S. judge
Justice David Josiah Brewer, prominent in the Venexcelan Commission affair, served on Kansas inferior and supreme courts from 1862 to 1834 before a United States circuit court judgeship. Born in Smyrna, he came to America early, graduated from Yale in 1856, studied at Albany, and began Kansas practice. He was elected judge in 1862 and gained national prominence from a supreme court decision.
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Venexcelan Commission
David Josiah Brewer
Inferior
Supreme Courts of
Kansas
United States
Circuit Court
Supreme Bench
Brewer
Smyrna
Justice Brewer
Iian Brewer
Asia Minor
America
Yale
Albany Law School
Territory of
Supreme Court
Tools Unused by Railroads Save in Emergencies
Pittsburg Post reports Pennsylvania Railroad and Pennsylvania Company own 2500 saws 2500 sledge hammers and 2500 axes unused for fear of use. Tools kept for trainmen or passengers acting as rescuers in catastrophes. Cars include glass cases with tools and leather buckets for quick access. A baggage master was saved by such a bucket in a recent wreck near Wampum.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Company
Lake Erie
Wampum
United States Navy Steel Cruiser Detroit Detailing Specs
The Detroit steel cruiser features a speed of 18.71 knots and measures 957 feet on the waterline with a 37 foot beam and 16 feet 8 inch draft. It displaces 2089 tons, has two propellers, coal storage for 340 tons, and a protective deck of 7-16 to 5-16 inch. Armament includes nine 5 inch guns, six 6 pounders, two rapid-fire guns, one Gatling gun and torpedo tubes, with a crew of 20 officers and 254 enlisted men. Built by Columbian Iron Works Baltimore keel laid February 1890 launched October 28 1891 and commissioned July 20 1898. now part of the North Atlantic squadron.
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Columbian Iron Works
Baltimore
North Atlantic Squadron
Sound Money and the Gold Standard Debate
The article argues that national strength lies in resources not gold, criticizing the gold standard. It cites historical wars fought with paper money, notes the 1873 policy shift harmed price levels, and warns demonetization of silver caused price declines. It criticizes Cleveland Bayard and calls for monetary reform and release from the English gold standard.
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William KK. Vanderbilt
England
Europe
America
United States
Navy officer Bunce’s Civil War service detailed in legacy notes
The article recounts Lt Bunce’s command roles aboard the Monitor and during the Morris Island assault in 1863, including landing operations on Folly Island. It also notes his later duties at the Naval Academy and shifts in government appointments, plus a New York scene on Japanese domestic work and a Pennsylvania Railroad equipment cost figure for coaches.
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Fort Fisher
Cape Fear River
Pawnee
Catskill
Bunce
New York
United States
Japan
Cattle Shipment From Argentine Streamlines Far Trek
Fragmentary text describes cattle movement from the Argentine republic via Pompas to distant locations including Linty and Selteerland. The garbled lines mention journeys by rail and sea, with poor beasts needing feed and rest during the voyage, hinting at stresses of long-distance export trade.
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Pompas
Argentine Republic
Linty
Selteerland
Portrait of Samuel Gompera as new UMW president
A fragmented portrait describes Samuel Gompera as the new president of the union, noting his election in 1804 by John Mex rite of the United Mine Workers and suggesting a hopeful but tentative early term amid unclear future actions.
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Samuel Gompera
Voswsion
John Mex Rite
The
United Mine Workers
Bayard's Bay Breake: President and self-government debate
A clipping cites Bayard's England remarks criticizing American self-rule and warns they imply a need for a strong president to govern the people. It contrasts with Cleveland's stance on the money question and mentions the Sherman act and silver purchases.
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United States
Bayard
England
Cleveland
Congress
Traitor Carlisle Defends Gold and Silver Value
John G Carlisle denounces efforts to destroy metallic money and warns such measures would collapse trade and cause famine. He argues the ratio of gold to silver will restore itself and dismisses proposals to annihilate half the world’s money supply as a gigantic crime. Published February 21, 1878.
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Mina
Europe
Letter on monetary policy and silver gold standards
The document discusses support for a gold standard over silver, noting the Paris monetary conference and the instability between silver and gold. It urges leading nations to fix an arbitrary silver to gold relation by agreement, calling it beneficial for all nations, and mentions the writer’s endorsement of the bimetallic concept as part of broader currency debate.
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Mink
Treasury Department
Imst
Monetary Commission
Paris
Conferarte
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Bam
Samuel Gompers
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Carlisle
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BE. Diamond
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