The Silver Question and Four Monetary Parties
Hon Melvin Grigsby outlines a four party view of silver politics after late debates. He groups factions into gold standard supporters, dishonest pro silver critics, honest bimetallists, and free coinage proponents, then asks for a middle ground solution balancing silver and gold with certificates and flexible exchange.
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Melvin Grigsby
Slous Falls
United States
Wallinger
WC Hut
Glid
Two Cremated Fire Destroys Globe Theatre and Adjoining Buildings
Fire in Boston causes major losses at the Globe Theatre and nearby structures. Estimated total damage about $330,000 with the theatre, Globe cafe, and several adjacent buildings burned. No ladders or fire escapes hindered evacuation as dozens fled desperate from flaming rooms. Four killed and twenty injured in a separate railroad wreck near Lawrence, Kansas.
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Globe Theater
Boston
Lawrence
Kaw
Burrato
N. Y
Annie Hackett
Swan Street
Globe Theatre
Elegant Globe Theatre
John Stetson
Hanlons’ Superba Company
Tincal Big Tires
Globe Cafe
Harvard College Trustees
Washington Street
Hayward Place
Bryant & Stratton College
R. E. Allen Clothing
Freight wreck near Lawrence leaves four dead four hurt
A Rock Island engine crashed into a Union Pacific freight ten miles east of Lawrence Kansas at sunrise. The collision burned a caboose passenger car lumber and hogs car with five workers injured and one passenger missing. Later reports indicate four killed and four injured two of them fatally.
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Lawrenceville
Lawrence
Kan
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Great Hosiery and Underwear Sale Bargains
Bankrupt sale advertises a Friday January 5 event offering hosiery and underwear at very low prices. Highlights include ladies ribbed vests at 19 cents, 400 dozen Rockford Hose six for 25 cents, and garden black fabric bargains aimed to clear stock. The ad touts spring cotton hosiery and urges immediate purchases to avoid regret.
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Rockford
Great Dress Goods Slaughter Slashes 40 Percent
Saturday auction promotes 40 percent savings on silks from a bankrupt stock. Bus ted Bankrupt Stock offers a wide selection of dress goods from New York and Boston markets at prices never seen before.
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New York
Boston
White Goods and Embroideries Sale at Champeng Bros
Monday January 8 sale at Champeng Bros promises the largest crowd yet as White Goods and Embroideries are offered at wholesale slaughtering prices. Corsets and designs from Brown Durell’s are included with over 40 line offerings to be cleared. Prices cut to move stock at one half regular store asks.
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Champeng Bros
Brown Durell’s
Boston
Riots and rough justice from Midwest and West
Dispatches describe a violent day across towns including Fort Dodge Dayton and St James with miners attacking a dance injuring the city marshal and deputies. Separate reports note legal skirmishes in Topeka a deadly stabbing in St James and a murder sentence in Sagigan plus political meetings in St Paul and civic shocks in Oakland and Milwaukee curling wins.
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Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Frazier
Dayton
Courts Split Over Milwaukee Ruling On NP Employes Strike
A report from Tire Rock details disputes between Milwaukee and St. Paul courts over Judge Jenkins and Judge Caldwell orders about Northern Pacific strike injunctions. Caldwell would require notice and hearings before wage cuts, allowing employee representatives to be present, and warned against broad enjoinders. Conference in St Paul ends with pending outcomes as engineers, firemen, and conductors meet officials in Chicago and Cedar Rapids.
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State League of Republican Clubs
Windsor Hotel
Tam A. Bixby
Bixby
F. C. Stevens
John Goodnow
Republican Leave
State League
Tire Rock
Northern Pacific
Jenkins
Milwaukee
Caldwell
St. Paul
United States Circuit Court
United States
Associated Press
EB. E. Clark
Cedar Rapids
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Chicago
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Wonden Herreid
Fds
Herreid Ag
Soni
Cole
Canerge Thompson
Pt Ge
Kivy
Buffalo
Boston’s
BLAZE
Kansas
Townsend and
Washington Streets
Roxbury
Texas
San Antonio
Tex
West Flexus
Fort Stockton
Mexico
Baldwin
Pioneer Press
Washington Special
Congress
Wisconsin
Racine
Wis
Charlotte Davis
Captain Davis
J. R. McGann
Kenosha
St. Peterssura
Nicholai
Champerhny Bros
St. James
Minu
Mian
Minn
Reiehlinger
C. S. Ingalls
Ingalls
Topeka
Osborne
Hazen
Cyrus Leland
Troy
Supreme Court
Dunn
Hermosa
Frank Dunn
Dick Curtis
Folsom
Curtis
Sagigan, Mich
William Palmer
Albert
Jackson
Minnesota
St. Pau
Republican State Countryl Committee
St. Louis
Blackstone
Walter J. McIntyre
H. W. Lindhorn
Henry O. Sigmund
Lindhorn
Brooklyn
Paris
H. A. Dickson
Kings County Penitentiary
Delano
Board of Health
Wilmington, del
Kent Tron and Hardware Company
Manchester Canal
Manchester
Manchester Ship Canal
OakLand
Cal
San Francisco
Pardee
Caliwell
CutcaGco
Brotherhood of Railway Employes
Northern Pacific Railway
U. S. Gov’t
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