Coining of silver may cease soon as to dollars
Washington reports the silver dollar coinage will stop July 1, with discretion to renew if needed to redeem silver certificates. Purchases of silver continue, and a large amount of fractional currency will be minted anew. Mint designs may shift to Washington or Columbus may differ from the present Philadelphia youth head. About 67 million silver dollars circulate, with $300 million in silver certificates outstanding and $24 million treasury-held without certificates totaling nearly $397 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leach
Mint Bureau
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Congress
Philadelphia
Columbus
Indian Commissioner Pacifying Reds as Far as Possible
The Indian affairs commissioner sends Sioux agents a treaty synopsis and acts to calm tensions. He orders investigation into losses at Pine Ridge with a $100,000 appropriation, stock purchases for entitled Indians, and expansion of schools including Rosebud boarding facilities. A boundary commission for Pine Ridge Rosebud and new cattle provisioning are planned, with strict warning that renewed trouble delays payments and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasnineros
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Agent Cooper
Pine Ridge
Congress
Superintendent of Indian Schools
Rosebud
Catley’s Case Acquitted by Court Martial Sparks Debate
Additional outrage followed Capt Henry Catley of the Second Infantry after Gen Brooke condemned his court martial verdict for cowardice at Wounded Knee. Catley, acquitted yesterday, seeks to place his critique in the records while restored to command. His fellow officers refuse to associate with him unless duty demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bin
Henry Catley
Company C
Second Infantry
Wounded Knee
Brooke
Catley
Capt. Catley
Miss Fuller Wedded Chief Justice's Daughter in Washington
Grace Weston Fuller eldest daughter of Chief Justice Fuller married Archibald Lapham Brown of Chicago last night at St John s Episcopal Church Washington. The ceremony had a simple rite with minimal decorations and Lohengrin wedding music. A reception followed at the chief justice s home and the couple planned a brief New York tour before a trip abroad.
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Washington
Grace Weston Fuller
Fuller
Archibald Lapham Brown
Chicago
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Dr. Douglas
Lohengrin
Washington Society
Brown
New York
Burglary at Jersey City Jewelry Store Nets $200,000
In Jersey City on March 31 Adolph Walter’s jewelry store was entered by burglars and diamonds and other jewelry valued at about 200000 dollars were stolen. Local police investigated and no arrests were reported at filing time. The heist prompted a citywide effort to trace the stolen gems and identify suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vsuren
Jersey City
N. J
Adolph Walter
Massacre of 470 Goorkhas at Manipur sparks Punjab frontier alarm
Dispatches confirm a brutal attack at Manipur in Assam province where 470 Goorkhas were killed as Commissioner James W. Quinton led an arrest mission. British officers vanish or are captured, prompting viceroy action and troop dispatches to Assam amid fears of wider disorder. Also brief notes report deaths in Massachusetts, a pope illness, a San Antonio mine tragedy, and railroad controversy updates.
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India
CatcurTa
Manipur
Assam
Goorkhas
James W. Quinton
Durbar
Quinton
Corcutra
Kohiman
Shillong
Goorka
Kohina
Markets Endorse Lower Hog and Cattle Prices Across Regions
Trading in late March shows a depressed tone with hog receipts near 4 000 and mixed cattle around 1 500. Chicago distances reveal weak cattle demand, steady hogs, and varied produce prices, while futures reflect firmer hog markets and lighter supplies. The day closes with price declines and cautious buying from local dealers amid broader market softness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Omaha
Omaha
Dr Crosby Dead Peacefully After Easter
York reports the death of Dr Howard Crosby at 3 45 last evening and notes his long career as pastor at First Church of New Brunswick Fourth Avenue Presbyterian in New York and chancellor of New York University. He promoted temperance, helped found the society for the prevention of crime and supported Indian welfare and international law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Howard Crosby
Woward Crosby
New York
Edinburgh
Crosby
Society For the Prevention of
Srime
Perrien Adds Reward in Detroit Abduction Case
In Detroit on March 30 Perrien's lawyers offered 83,000 for the arrest and conviction of the abductors or evidence. Police chief Sorgman faces charges from Perrien’s lawyers over alleged neglect to pursue crews. John Lyons, a bail-for crooks figure, is suspected of knowledge but won’t talk. Perrien and his son in law were allowed to carry revolvers by the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Perrien
Bergman
Mason, Cowles
Jerome
Lyons
New Orleans Case Probing Lynching Sparks Grand Jury Talk
New Orleans witnesses including prisoners from the Parish jail are before the grand jury to identify attackers and shooters in the prison raid and lynching. Mob leaders claim 2,000 would surrender suspects if indictments are returned, while Rome reports subdued Italian sentiment and no public sympathy for the lynched Mafia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
First cattle export permit issued under new law
Chicago reports the first permit for inspection of cattle for export to Europe, issued to Nelson Morris after a Rusk dispatch. Early data show Britain bought 532,409 head, Germany 1,231, Belgium 265, and France 134, indicating a nearly 32 percent rise in U S cattle exports for January and February 1891 versus the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Nelson Morris
Chicago
Morris
Rusk
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Belgium
France
Expert counterfeiters seized in Warren county case
Chauncey Marble of Marbles Mills Warren county, linked to the Squire Richardson gang, was captured with counterfeiting tools and funds. He admitted handling bogus money but never passed it personally. He was jailed in Erie under $5,000 bail. His ally Mrs. Sarah Grant, tied to the operation, was later arrested in Jamestown area with a $4,000 bail. Marble faces trial as the state’s most dangerous counterfeiter.
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Wilkesparne
United States
Barring
Chauncey Marble
Marbles Mills
Warren County
McSweeney
Marble
Marble’s Mills
Corry
Squire Richardson
Richardson
James Allen
Erie
United Stated States
Sarah Grant
Jamestown
Marshal Barring
Sweney
Marble’s
Grant
Fixing the Blame in Missouri Christian Science Case
MARsuat Mo March 25 The grand jury now in session investigates a case where Christian science was used as a disease cure. Isaac Hamilton a prominent farmer died of typhoid fever on November 30 1889 while under Christian science treatment. A coroner's inquest ruled criminal neglect by those in charge after medical treatment was abandoned. The inquiry recalls similar Iowa Nebraska cases and centers on the medical dispute. Hamilton did not believe in Christian science though his wife and daughter did.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsuat
Isaac Hamilton
Hamilton
Iowa
Nebraska
Britain and Germany pledge participation in Chicago World’s Fair
Lonnox March 25 The British government formally notifies Secretary Blaine that Great Britain accepts President Harrison s invitation to attend the 1893 Chicago World s Fair A royal commission will assist British merchants in exhibiting products and fostering industry Germany Germany also expresses hope and agrees a government commissioner should go to the United States to secure advantages for German industry and manufacturers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Lonnox
Blaine
Great Britain
Harrison
Chicago
Germany
Beruix
United States
Pasteur Institute Reports Hydrophobia Inoculations
Dr Paul Gibjer director of the New York Pasteur Institute released figures for the first year ending Feb 18 1891 noting 28 bite cases from dog and cat interactions across Illinois Pennsylvania Missouri Texas Kentucky Ohio Arizona Minnesota Iowa Nebraska Arkansas Louisiana and an Indian territory. No deaths occurred among the inoculated and indigents received free treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Institute
New York
Paul Gibjer
New York Pasteur Institute
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Texas
Kentucky
Ohio
Arizona
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Arkansas
Louisiana
Indian Territory
Ninth Evangelical Alliance conference to be held in Florence
The international Evangelical Alliance plans its ninth conference in Florence from April 4 to 12 with wide representation from the United States and Europe. Italian Protestants expect a major demonstration, recalling bonds with past sectarian tensions, and Catholic King Humbert has offered cordial good wishes for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Evangelical Alliance
London
International Conference of the Evangelical Alliance
Florence
United States
Alliance
Humbert
Miles says new Indian wars will come, not this spring
Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles visiting San Antonio en route to Mexico for rest said the Sioux war is not the last of the Indian conflicts. He warned there will be many more due to the same causes but not expecting trouble in the coming spring.
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Miles
San Antonio
Nelson A. Miles
Army
Mexico
Epidemic Fatal Diseases Ravage City March 25
A street joke la grippe has become a dangerous disease with a swelling death rate that may rise 50 percent this month. Certificates list la grippe influenza pneumonia typhoid and diphtheria as direct causes. La grippe grows more severe with nearly 5000 cases across the city and suburbs while physicians labor under heavy caseloads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittseurg
Trade Review Shows Quiet Markets and Fair Outlook
New York March 28 R G Dan Cos weekly review of trade notes quiet markets and slow collections but overall satisfactory business. Money in fair supply. higher demand in Omaha Milwaukee and Salt Lake but easy elsewhere. Outlook for crops remains very good with prices mixed across Wheat Corn Oats Pork Coffee and Cotton. Trade reports reflect weather and road conditions and growing number of new manufacturing interests across the South.
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New York
R. G. Dan & Cos Weekly Review of Trade
Salt Lake
Jacksonville
Omaha
Milwaukee
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Louisville
Cleveland
Chicago
New Orleans
Savannah
South
Treasury
Nostrums Price Boom Promoted by Drug Firms
Patent medicine manufacturers push for higher retail prices and coupon schemes to enforce the higher rates. The plan includes coupons torn from bottles, monthly or quarterly affidavits, and clearing houses in major cities with detectives to identify price cutters. Also notes on McKinley’s succession lines and Tos C. Lathrop’s insolvency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Campion Combine
Leesman Corporation
Wm. B. Riker & Sons
wSsction
National Wholesale Drugzeists
DL. AM. Wale
Philadelphia
Clearing House
Hua
Western Packing Interests Compare Western U.S. Hog Packing
The Price Current reports western packing for the week at 280,000 head, down from 285,000 the prior week and 15,000 from last year, totaling 985,000 head by March 1. Leading cities show varied totals, with Chicago and Sioux City listed among top packers. For the year ending March 6, 1891, western pork packing rose by 1,509,000 hogs to 8,173,000 head, weight per hog down 11 pounds, lard down about 3 pounds, with twelve month total packing at 17,713,000 versus 13,745,000 last year.
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Cixcrynatti
Cicago
Setcetes
Sioux City
Nebraska
West
Sheep in New Mexico Face Heavy Winter Losses
New Mexico livestock suffer extensive casualties from freezing and starvation as a harsh stormy winter continues. Representative Frank Hubbell, returning from his ranch near the Zuni salt lakes in Socorro county, reports over 30,000 sheep killed in recent months and widespread losses among major sheep owners. The cold, snowbound conditions have halted grazing, and such weather has not been experienced before.
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New York
New Mexico Territory
Frank Hubbell
Zuni Salt Lakes
Socorro County
Grief for Cattlemen as Osage Nation Grazing Ban Looms
Dispatches from Texas report great excitement among cattlemen after governor sends marshals to Osage nation to prohibit grazing. Stockmen had leased vast Osage lands at high cost and have shipped in about 10 000 cattle over the past two weeks amid looming restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Str. Louis
Texas
Indian Territory
Two Dang led. Crowds at double hangings in two states
Crowds gathered in Maven Cucunk Pennsylvania to witness the hanging of Oliver William Strangely for the murder of Mrs Walbert in October last. In Wilkesbarre George Washington Moss was hanged for the brutal murder of his wife in October. In Washington Postmaster General Wanamaker outlined plans to facilitate mail service under the new subsidy, while keeping government interests protected and discussed with South American diplomats and ocean steamship lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver W. Strangely
Afurder Maven
Wanamaker
Washington
Varios
Ocean Steamship Lines
United States and Switzerland Reach Arbitration Pact
Vienna correspondent reports a treaty between the United States and Switzerland to submit disputes to arbitration. President Harrison, returning the draft, suggests other nations join by signing and depositing a copy in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Switzerland
Loxnpon
Vienna
the Chronicle
United States
Harrison
Washington
Real estate sale ridicules unpaid bills in New York
Advertising the Dea Gents New York March 26 reports a real estate auction where Martin I Hatch for the Merchant Wailors society sold thirty five unpaid author bills to the highest bidder before a crowd of business and society figures. Bills bearing names of prominent residents were publicly ridiculed if unpaid with bills totaling $700 sold together for $1 to a Hebrew tailor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dea
New York
Martin I. Hatch
Merchant Wailors’ Society
Prison contract system overpays by $900,000 says committee
The house committee probing state prison management reports over ten years the contract system cost the state about $900,000 more than contractor receipts by letting out low price contract labor and paying high prices to convict-employed firms. It also alleges crooked methods in buying binding twine machinery for the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paris
Minn
House
The Captain at Fault in Utopia Loss
The marine inquiry in Gibraltar finds Captain McKeague guilty of a grave error in judgment. He attempted to enter the anchorage behind the Neuvia without knowing the vessel was at anchor and tried to turn the Utopia out of the anchorage across the Albson's bow.
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Gibralter
Marine
Utopia
McKeague
Neuvia
Healy Seriously Hurt From Blow In Cork Fight
In Cork on March 26 Mr Healy suffered a severe injury to his right eye from a blow by Mr Dalton. He is confined to bed with a month of recovery expected. The injuries include loss of five teeth beyond the eye damage.
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Mitchell, South Dakota
Attchell Printing Co., Er Oo
Reds
Miss Fuller
A. Hors
Holmes College
Fail River
Mass
Pope
Gro
Texter
A. Roper
Tex
Guthrie
C. T
New York Maitland Express
Cable
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Toadie
Chicaco
DR. Crosby
Lialy
Loxpox
Times
Rome
Paulie
Matia
Pasteur
Dan
McKinley
Evening Star
Ohio Statesman
White House
Tos. C. Lathrop
Boston Car Spring Company
Hull’s
Wd Warner
Vierce
J. Green
TantTant's
Parker Speee
Swift's
New York City
Western Packing Interests
New Mexico
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