Senator Pettigrew Attitude and Republican Outlook
Sioux Falls Press notes Senator Pettigrew will stump South Dakota after urgent financial talks in Washington. The piece cites New York Tribune coverage, remarks by party leaders on Pettigrew’s loyalty, and a skyline of Republican optimism as Pettigrew heads west to bolster Harrison and Reid support amid Democratic policy cuts on tariffs and silver.
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Sioux Falls
Pettigrew
Commonwealth
Indian Department
Washington
South Dakota
New York Tribune
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Charles F. Manderson
Nebraska
John P. Jones
Nevada
J. Donald Cameron
Pennsylvania
William D. Washburn
Minnesota
R. F. Pettigrew
John B. Henderson
Missouri
Gilbert A. Pierce
North Dakota
Thomas C. Platt
New York
Washburn
People’s Party
Pierce
Minneapolis
Harrison
Reid
Congress
Chicago
Questions for Free Traders A Catechism on the McKinley Law
A string of pointed questions challenging free trade claims and tariff policy. It cites pauperism shifts in New York State from 1851 to 1856, Britain’s factory profits, silk production under protection versus free trade, wage data from Whitney & Co, and asks whether protection benefits farmers, raises prices, or is constitutional. The piece asks if figures prove or disprove protectionist critiques and references Webster and Jefferson as context.
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New York ‘State
Carlisis
England
A. Rk. Whitney & Co
Benjamin Franklin
Supreme Court of the United States
Daniel Webster
Congress
Cleveland
Jefferson
Pure Negligence at Undertaker Sparks Diptheria Deaths
Washington police and health officials probe a grave tale of Ernest Edwards a colored undertaker whose handling of a diphtheria case allegedly led to multiple deaths in St Mary's court. After initial investigations claimed no violation, witnesses now accuse him of dumping ice and water from Maud Myers coffin into an alley triggering thirty two cases with fifteen deaths. Authorities threaten perjury and manslaughter charges if he is arrested.
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Washington
Ernest Edwards
Maud Myers
Edwards
Charles Burk
Ignatius Burk
Mary F. Davis
Burk
Davis
Ward
Oseman
Sotheran
St. Mary’s Court
Short of Water at Fort Myer Stirs National Alarm
Washington dispatch reports Fort Myer on Anacostia Heights suffers severe water shortages. A spring, three wells, and a 40 000 gallon tower supply only 5 000 gallons daily for 400 men. Militia fever cases, hospital beds at 75 inmates, and three deaths cited amid delayed war department action and a $3 000 interconnection plan.
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Fort Myer
Washington
Arniuzton Heights
City of
War Department
Pope to name Corrigan and Ireland cardinals
Paris reports the pope plans to create Archbishop Corrigan of New York and Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul cardinals at the upcoming consistory pleasing their American supporters. Also, Edward Dann, ex-treasurer of the National Savings Bank, will plead guilty at trial and seek mercy.
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Ireland
Corrigan
Paris
New York
St. Paul
Buffalo
Nvv
Edward
Dann
National Savings Bank
War into Africa praised by Henry Watterson rally
The New York Sun remarks on Colonel Henry Watterson and his mock battle cry against protectionism and corruption. It lauds his fiery rhetoric and calls for a renewed fight against greedy elites, celebrating his bold wartime stance and the star eyed goddess.
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Dana
Watterson
Henry Watterson
Africa
Rome
Asia
Pelion
Osia
Olympus
Hell
New York Sun
British Opinion Sees Democrats as Free Trade Advocates
The London Times on July 20 asserts that American Democrats, now openly champions of free trade, should win support from British manufacturers and press, as this marks a shift away from the medieval McKinley bill and towards freer commerce, prompting renewed Democratic vigor.
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London Times
Copper cartel saga faces US restraint fears
The London Financial News notes an international copper combination forming in free trade England, met with US state laws prohibiting restraint of trade. It contrasts England’s move with protectionist opposition in the United States, a scenario described as almost heresy.
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London Financial News
England
United States
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