Political tensions boost party platform clash in Indiana and beyond
The piece critiques the Democratic county central committee, calls for unity and self-reliance, and questions Republican governance and financial policy. It notes gold standard and free coinage debates, mentions T B Reed and the Allison boom, and predicts party lines shaping the St Louis platform.
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St. Louis
Wear found guilty of second degree murder in Lael case
In Poplar Bluff last Saturday the State against Charles E Wear found him guilty of murder in the second degree for the Lael homicide and fixed his punishment at thirty five years in the penitentiary. A motion for a new trial will be heard March 9.
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Poplar Bluff
Charles E. Wear
Charles Lael
Free coinage impact on silver mining argued in letter
George Partridge of San Francisco refutes eastern papers mocking free coinage by highlighting its vast ripple effects. He cites Leadville Colorado and a silver-based industry map showing $25 million extracted since 1878, thousands of miners, smelters, rail traffic, and employment across related lines of business.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
George Partridge
San Francisco
New York Tribune
Leadville
Calo
Silver and gold clash over value and policy
The author rails against silver ostracism and gold dominance, arguing that a gold standard harms miners and workers. He claims silver remains the true money for two thirds of the world, that “sound money” favors banks and纸, and warns of prolonged prosperity only if miners swap unsound money for gold and silver at 16 to 1, forecasting broad economic upheaval and political folly.
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Johnny Ball
Rockies
Sherman
John Sherman
Bank of England
London
United States
Gill
Oho and New York Natives in Wellington Senate
Nine members of the present senate are Oho men, eight are natives of New York, and a larger portion of New Yorkers than usual work in Washington departments. Wisconsin shows a German-leaning electorate with six natives of the United States, two Canadians, one Englishman, and one Irishman represented in the houses.
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Wellington
Senate
New York
Washington
Wisconsin
Houses of Representatives
United States
A Gruel Murder at Whitewater on Iron Mountain Line
In the early hours last Saturday Wm. Looney of Whitewater near the Bollinger and Cape Girardeau line was found dying in his store from numerous brutal head wounds. Sheriff Mann said the case is enveloped in mystery but suggests personal acts may be involved.
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Whitewater
Bollinger
Cape Girardeau
Iron Mountain
Mann
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