11 Jan 1896
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1896
Page
1
A wave of industrial plans and mining deals unfolds across the region. Projects include a large Ashiband-Aptoriate venture with a new milling plant, a Seattle glass works, a Gold Beach telegraph link, and timber testing proposals for government stations and the state university.
Idaho reports 339 post offices. Idaho Falls seeks bonds of 80000 for electric light and waterworks. mining department established at the University of Idaho. Fragments note territorial secretary in 1860 and land patents for the state’s institutions totaling thousands of acres and surveys of public lands.
The Great Falls National bank cut its capital stock from 350000 to 125000 dollars. Helena residents push to secure a franchise for an electric railroad in the national park. A camp in the Sweet Grass Hill district is renamed Gold Balls. Mrs Hearst forwards more books to Hearst library in Ann Benator Carter introduces a bill to vest the abandoned portions of the Aus siniboine military reservation. The Green Mountain mine operates the most powerful hoisting engine yet built in the West, from the 1200 foot level. Prisoner counts include 841 in the penitentiary, six cowboys, others in custody. many crimes noted.
The Globe reports Dr. Jamison has arrived at Johannesburg and Kruger pledges passive stance outside the city. The arrangement shifts all responsibility for hostilities to the Chartered South Africa Company as 300 more British armed men cross the frontier. A Boer British clash is expected imminently.
The schooner Elwood, commanded by E. Wyman, is a total wreck off Gardiner Bay Alaska after leaving Seattle September 11 for Kodiak and Cook Inlet. One sailor drowned as the crew clung to wreckage while attempting to reach shore. the captain and survivors reached land.
Frederico Conderet of New York and Daniel Gilman of Maryland lead a five member commission described as balanced. Brewer and White are Republicans while Alvey and Coudert are Democrats. Gilman is noted as not prominent in politics and White is said to have Republican ties.
The contract has been signed by all members of the rank and file in New York on January 8. Details indicate broad agreement among workers and leaders, signaling a unified payroll and working terms framework pending formal ratification.
An eye witness letter from Trebizond describes Bahiri Pasha bringing four Armenian maidens as a sultan’s gift, sparking a massacre as soldiers and mobs attacked. Reports from Diarbakir and Guerin note widespread Armenian distress, bar travel, and requests for relief while many maidens were taken to harems.
Venezuela negotiates in the United States for war supplies. Four heavy guns are sent from Caracas to fortify Maracaibo harbor. A special commission plans a South and Central American alliance against England and may depart. Rumor says Colombia expelled the Spanish minister, and General Bichino will go to Argentina.
Washington reports Justice Justion Brewer of the supreme court has been tendered and accepted a seat on the Venezuela commission. Paris and Vienna notes say France and Russia will support the United States in the Venezuela troubles and Russia may aid the US loan with its gold reserves.
The Duke of Somer-set writes the Post urging Britain to resist any concession to the Venezuela commission. He warns that yielding would harm prestige as surely as the Boers trod flag incident. A Times correspondent notes Sherman’s stance aligns with the president, signaling Republican ties to Cleveland on the issue.
Washington reports indicate a $100,000,000 bond deal with favorable terms for the government. Officials expect rapid action if gold withdrawals resume and note the syndicate’s influence on exports. Historical context recalls debt reductions from 1865 to 1893 through large bond purchases.
The Evening Post reports cautious US loan negotiations with banks and continental firms showing some interest but key supporters hesitating. In Boston money markets freeze as banks reject collateral stock and seek clearing house certificates amid anticipated government bond purchases.
Washington January 3 Allen introduced a senate bill at Thurston's request prohibiting the issue of United States bonds except by law appropriated and required by resolution to declare the necessity for them the measure aims to curb bond issuance.
Senator Jones of Arkansas offers an amendment to the house bond bill. It allows U S citizens to exchange silver bullion with the secretary of the treasury for coinage into silver dollars. Seigniorage equals the difference between bullion value and New York market price. The coins would redeem treasury notes used to buy silver under the Sherman act and reissue greenbacks as gold or silver.
Reports from Johannesburg describe a deepening political crisis provoked by foreign residents seeking equal rights with locals. Exodus of women and children grows, trains are crowded, food prices soar, and calls for active military readiness spread. A town guard forms to protect life and property, asking for arms. several mines may close amid the turmoil.
Editorials discuss President Cleveland's stance and the nation's finances. Critics say the country lacks credit and currency stability, while the New York Times and Boston Herald note cautious executive moves and a proposed bond scale to absorb excess currency, stabilizing gold reserves.
The Pittabure Dispatch argues that if Secretary Carlisle had ordered redeemed legal tender to be kept in reserve for reissue, the later increase in debt would have been unnecessary and the reserve would have remained secure under his administration.
The article argues Congress should authorize the secretary of the treasury to obtain gold from American citizens to relieve the treasury emergency, with terms ensuring the government will return the gold in the future to those who supply it.
A collection of editorials critiques the greenback stance, accusing the president of reckless financial acts and alleging sympathy with goldbugs in London. It cites European credit collapses, forecasts gold exports, and blames Cleveland for panic tied to a supposed third-term scheme.
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