Silver coinage in Denver congress debate urged
The Santa Fe Weekly Sun notes the Rocky Mountain News urging full discussion of silver coinage at the upcoming Denver commercial congress under Commerce transport and finance. It also reports on a Nebraska supreme court writ of ouster issued by Chief Justice Cobb in the Boyd Thayer case and a New York stabbing of Italian silk weaver Louis Periro amid Mafia assassination rumors.
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Rocky Mountain News
Denver Commercial Congress
Commerce, Transportation, and Finance
Denver
Cobb
Nebraska Supreme Court
Thayer
United States Supreme Court
Louis Periro
New York City
Perito
Mafia
Nancy McKenzie
County of
Santa Fe
Territory of New Mexico
J. McKenzie
A. EB. Walker
N. M
J. H. Crist
Massachusetts Republicans face choice over Lodge ally
Hawry Canor Lopce, author of the offensive force bill, seeks GOP nomination for governor. Many Republicans resist, fearing defeat as Lodge’s ambition stirs old partisan folly. Thoughtful insiders condemn the old guard and their favored measures as outdated.
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Hawry Canor Lopce
Massachusetts
Mr. Lodge
Lodge
Tax exemption for fruit trees upheld in territorial contract
District Attorney Twitchell and Solicitor General Bartlett endorse an official opinion that fruit trees exempt from taxation were part of a territorial contract with orchardists under prior law and cannot be repealed. The San Juan Index questions whether a similar exemption for property valued at three hundred dollars for heads of families who married while the act stood should also continue despite repeal.
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Twitchell
Bartlett
San Juan
Tragedy at Las Vegas linked to long running feuds in San Miguel county
A bloody Monday tragedy in Las Vegas embodies years of bitter personal and family feuds that have shaped social, business, and political life in San Miguel county. The Optic urges leaders to halt further violence, seek unity, and restore law to prevent more bloodshed amid rising tensions.
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Las Vegas
San Miguel County
Coinage and currency effects in trade and markets
The text argues that pre Bland bill coinage would not drain gold but accumulate it, with Europe importing and exporting dollars. It predicts silver coinage of 4.5 million monthly saved the country from a looming financial squeeze, crediting silver certificates for stabilizing the money market amid Wall Street strains and currency shortages.
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Europe
Atlantic
Ocean
Post
Wall Street
Newfoundland Coercion Bill Tests Salisbury Ministry
An exchange outlines the Newfoundland coercion bill as a potential rock for the Salisbury ministry. France presses demands tied to treaty relations while Newfoundland resists coercion, risking government resignation and a possible new Parliament. If Salisbury falls, Gladstone could be asked to form a new government.
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Salisbury
Lord Salisbury
England
France
Newfoundland
Gladstone
Irrigation Surge Drives New Mexico Territorial Growth
In 1891 irrigation bonds and foreign capital flow into New Mexico as leaders push arid lands toward fertile farms. Senator Stephen A. Dorsey builds storage reservoirs to reclaim cactus and sage land while Pecos Valley canals advance toward irrigating 300,000 acres. The Rio Grande rises and promises exceptional water levels as spring work proceeds and orchards thrive.
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New Mexico
Stephen A. Dorsey
Chico Springs
Espanola
Rio Grande
Irrigation boom opens vast Pecos valley lands
The ditches draw springs through lime stone breaks into the Hondo and Pecos rivers. An estimated 20 000 acres may be cultivated, previously desert. Eddy, population 1200, will serve as district supply. A Pecos City to Eddy railroad is done, with plans to Roswell and Albuquerque. Eastern capital will fund the Pecos valley expansion this year.
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Pecos Valley
H. D. Bowker
Ffe
Roswell
Chavez County
Hondo
Pecos
Texas Line
Eddy
Pecos City
Albuquerque
National politics Nebraska muddle in ousting Boyd
The Omaha Bee condemns the Nebraska Supreme Court ruling removing Governor Boyd and restoring Governor Thayer. It criticizes Republicans, praises Thayer’s capability yet warns the decision harms the party and exposes politics with a blunder, noting Cleveland as the only Democrat with a national standing.
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Nebraska Supreme Court
Boyd
Thayer
The
Omaha Bee
Nebraska
Republican League Platform for President Clarkson and Vice Rusk
The fragment imagines a Republican League slate with James S. Clarkson of Iowa as president and Jeremiah Rusk of Wisconsin as vice president. The proposed platform urges farmers to subscribe to Republican country newspapers and to ask no further questions per the Commercial Advertiser.
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Republican League
James S. Clarkson
Towa
Jeremiah Rusk
Wisconsin
Blaine Possible 1896 Candidacy Ties to Reciprocity Change
The Philadelphia Record notes Blaine will not run unless forced by circumstances. If J Harrison pursues the nomination the party would stay with McKinley tariff. with Blaine, it might shift toward reciprocity. Blaine’s supporters aim to make his candidacy indispensable by pressing that path.
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Blaine
J Harrison
Philadelphia Record
Vem
Democratic Ticket and Tariff Reform Outlook in 1892
The piece argues for a Democratic standard bearer in 1892 led by a reader on tariff reform and praises John W. Daniel of Virginia as the vice presidential choice. It notes party unity beyond silver and mentions Edmunde’s hopes for a national university, plus a Vermont senator chairing a committee and a Boston visit by Chicago wheat speculator Old Hutch.
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John W. Daniel
Viginia
Daniel
Cleveland
Richmond State
Edmunde
Senate
Grand National University
Vermont
Blair
Boston
Old Hutch
Chicago
Chicago Way and Old Hutch Open Night Out
A St Paul Pioneer-Press item recounts Chicago style nightlife in midwestern cities. Old Hutch settles a bar bill himself after a reporter’s attempt to pay, while Hutch may be down to a half million but remains out of the wheat pit. The piece also notes cattle demand and a Bangor Maine paralytic cured by electric car rides.
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Boston
Denver
Chicago
Hunchingon
Hutch
Kansas
Bangor
Maine
St Paul Pioneer-Preas
Santa Fe City Incorporation Election Notice 1891
Citizens call for a June 2, 1891 election within the proposed Santa Fe city limits to decide incorporation. County authorities set wards, designate polling places at two county school houses, appoint judges and clerks, and authorize ballots reading for or against incorporation. The census shows 3,880 residents eligible to vote.
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Santa Fe
New Mexico
Tevine and
Dunlop Streets
Board of County Commissioners
N. M
Arid Board of County Commissioners
Saix
Firat
Eqase Mage
Larkin G. Read
Sol. Spiegelberg
Epifanio Vigisa
Jose D. Sena, Jr
Samuel D. Baldwin
Aniceto Abeytia
Charles C. Probst
Marcelino Garcia
Perfecto J. Gonzalen
Adolfo P. Hill
Board of County Commissionera
A. D
County of
C. M. Creamer
Pedro Delgado
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Mire
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