Free Coinage Bill Emerges In Senate As Debates Grow
A bill for free coinage of silver was introduced in the Senate by Senator Plumb of Kansas, with a parallel amendment to bring the issue before the chamber independently of the Finance Committee. He warned of delaying action on the election bill and stressed urgent financial measures. The morning House session resumed debate on General Grant’s remains, a resolution opposed as tearing at the nation’s heart. A Baltimore hospital incident reports a Black patient’s mental breakdown tied to taunting, with a doctor’s early morning visit and a dramatic escape attempt.
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Plumb
Kansas
Finance Committee
Congress
Gen A. & Grant
Abington
Gavin
New York
Baltimore
Redford Chapman
Baltimore University Hospital
Hunter
Darky
Hent
McCarthy Succeeds Parnell as Irish Party Leader
In a lengthy party division, Justin McCarthy obtained a majority of Irish MPs to depose Charles Parnell. Forty four members backed McCarthy, twenty seven supported Parnell. Bishops condemn Parnell in Ireland, urging leadership change after the O'Shea divorce amid church services. Cork mayor and Mitchelstown clergy echo the break with Parnell.
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Parnell
O'Shea
Ireland
Colman
Queens
Town
Father Fisk
Cork
John O'Connor
England
Gladstone
Cathale
Mitchelstown
Uprising Threat Amazes Oklahoma Citizens
Couriers reach Guthrie with reports of planned Indian uprising among Cheyennes Arapahogs and Comanches near the Oklahoma border. Guy Steel asks the Legislature to mobilize militia while Sioux-raider tensions and ghost dances heighten white fear across tribes east of Guthrie.
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Guy. Steel
Okindia
Dakotas
Guth+re
Wealthy creditors seek extensions amid cotton profits slump
A report details mortgage burdens in the West, notes decline in cotton plantation values, and cites leaders like Victor Moyer and Adolph Meyer. It recounts wider debt trends, destitution fears in the Dakotas, and bank failures in Cleveland as mood shifts hit finance and agriculture nationwide.
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Victor Moyer
Union National Bank
Adolph Meyer
Congress
Louisiana
Cassius Meyer
Dent
Western
Barbed wire patent case and assorted notices
In older items the St Louis wire mill and C B Weinrich face an injunction over Glidden patent barbed wire No 167124. Other notes include a death certificate filed for L N Murphy in Kansas City due to glanders from a horse. Reports cover a Wellington Ohio shooting, Oklahoma legislature tension, a burglary in Waxahachie Texas, embezzlement in Cincinnati, a Wisconsin murder trial, a Wisconsin State Fair finances, a New York damages suit against John J Kirby, Kansan famine relief drives, a 171 year wedding, and political moves in Chiapas and New York. A grip epidemic toll in Indiana is cited.
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Troost Avenue
Kansas City
Board of Health
J. M. Sharpe
Murphy
Lewis
Nine Die as Joliet Steel Works Blast Furnace Collapses
A catastrophic collapse at Joliet Steel Company blast furnace No. 2 killed nine workers and injured nine others. Rescuers, doctors, and police battled massive debris as survivors were rushed to hospital. cause remains uncertain with varying theories about rotten iron and past insurance cancellations.
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Jollet
Jollet Steel Company
Gua Loosa
Cager
Nels Larson
John Peterson
Hans Fasmeck
Thomasz Swanson
Frank Miller
John Amastadis
Pettigrew
Nash
Kelly
Dougall
Mr. Poetil
Patrick Kilcullen
Tog
Oscar Wenberg
No. 1000
Irving Street
Clay Johnson
M. Lind
August Chemer
B. Sismer
Hickory Street
Wilson
Uu Ils
Personal Paragraphs From a Century Ago
A collage of biographical snippets recounts figures such as Jerry Simpson the Kansas congressman with a 400 acre farm and 80 acres in wheat, Sir John Gladstone’s Fasque distillery output of 80 000 gallons a year, and Senator Elect Gorpoy wounded at Seven Pines and Antietam. Other items tag Sedalia centenarian Swpney Ayn Witaire, odysseys of lectures in New York and Ohio penitentiary, and odd notes on Mrs Marswane Roberts of London.
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Jerry Simpson
Kansas
Mr. Granstone
Sir John Gladstone
Fasque
Sexaton Lawyen
Wisconsin
P.P. Sinttasen
Partington
Col. Clapp
The
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Battle of Seven Pines
Antietam
Kats Fizio
New York
Kate
Ohio Penitentiary
Senate and House Proceedings Reported With Bills and Debates
The article records debates in the Senate and actions in the House on election and pension bills, a financial reform plan involving Treasury notes, and amendments to bond deposit rules. It notes opposition by Republicans to the election bill, concerns over pensions payments, and remarks on the nation’s financial distress. It also mentions a joint resolution for war and military matters and a North Dakota to Nebraska shipment bill, plus a note on a North Alabama cooperative farming effort.
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Maryland
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Wiests Means Committee
Ma. Mills
Texas
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