Black Friday and the Gould Fisk gold corner of 1869
The 1869 gold corner led by Jay Gould and James Fisk Jr. shook U.S. finance. Gould pressed to raise gold prices with Grant's circle, Fisk bought heavily, and on Black Friday the market collapsed after Treasury sales and a Washington order, ruining many businesses and tainting public trust in officials.
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Elmo Scott
Jay Gould
Col
James Fisk, Jr
Gould
Fisk
Jim
Robert H. Fuller
MacMillan Company
Erie Railroad
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Tweed
United States Treasury
A. K R. Corbin
Wall Street
Grant
New York
Boston
Corbin
General Butterfield
Horace Porter
Sisk
Butterfield
Tie
Albert Speyers
Speyers
Fuller
Mtule
Wisk
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
James Brown
Brown
Washington
Gould, Smith
Martin
Beldan
Erie
Grand Opera House
Fould
Isk
Garfield
Grover Cleveland and the Innocuous Desuetude Phrase
The 1886 Cleveland message to the Senate popularized the line innocuous desuetude about laws left unused for years. He argued the Tenure of Office Act did not bar removal of certain officers without Senate consent, contending the act had long been harmlessly unused.
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Grover Cleveland
Senate
Congress
Johnson
Cleveland
Tibet Valleys Exceed Rockies Peaks in Elevation
A Tibetan geography note asserts that the valleys of Tibet are higher than the tallest peaks in the Rocky Mountains, challenging common assumptions about elevation. The claim compares average valley floors to peak heights, suggesting notable atmospheric and climatic implications.
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Tibet
Rockies
Engine’s Wild Journey Stolen Locomotive Returns to Sheds
A great locomotive stolen two years ago from Volk Rust engine sheds was driven fifty miles to Standerton by thieves. They reversed it, ran it at forty miles an hour, then jumped clear. The engine returned to the sheds and crashed into wagons, sustaining wreck.
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Volkrust
Transvaal
Standerton
No Gifts for Orders Endangered by Kansas Official Ruling
Kansas City firm withdraws offer to give shotguns revolvers and handcuffs to sheriffs in exchange for disinfectants and soaps. Attorney General William A Smith said the stunt was not a bribe and no sales occurred.
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Kansas City
Smith
Topeka
Kansas
William A. Smith
Kansas bank robber breaks jail in Garnett escape
William Graner, held in Du Lac county jail, identified as William Gra ner the Kansas bank robber. He and a companion broke jail at Garnett while awaiting removal to the Kansas state prison.
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du Lac
Wis
William Graner
Kansas
Garnett
Kansas State Prison
Tragic Farm Fatalities Reported Near Olathe and Moscow
William D. McDaniel 29 of a farm southwest of Olathe was killed when a wagon toppled on him at a road crew site near his home as he prepared to quit. In Moscow Weldon Davis 6 died after a car struck a truck carrying him with another son injured in the same crash as they moved toward Oregon.
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Jim
Heath
Speyers
Boston
San Francisco
Wall Street
Bedlam
Winfield
Levi Quier
Cowley County
Burden
Quier
Wichita
John R. Kenworthy
George Bottles
Bottles
Olathe
William D. McDaniel
Here
Moscow
Weldon Davis
C. D. Davis
Oregon
Topeka Boy Dies After Horse Kicks Incident
Billie Mack Quail, aged 10, died from injuries after a horse kicked him in Topeka. The accident occurred during a local event, with investigations underway to determine the cause and liable parties.
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Topeka
Billie
Mack Quail
Stenographers Use Rest Room as Smoking Parlor
In Topeka the state house rest room is used by stenographers and women visitors as a smoking parlor. Officials refuse action, saying the room was not built for smoking, per the executive council.
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Topeka
State House
Executive Council
Reunion marks 75th birthday for Petre Neff twins
In Wichita John W Petre of Peoria and Martha Jane Neff of Puyallup Wash reunited after 23 years and held a 75th birthday celebration at the home of their sister Mrs C B Hainline in Wichita.
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Wichita
John W, Petre
Peoria
Lil
Martha Jane Neff
Puyallup
Wash
C. B. Hainline
Pennsylvania May Be More Liberal
Pennsylvania may liberalize the 1794 blue laws as the Anti Blue Law Association of Pennsylvania merges with the Open Sunday league. The combined groups cite court rulings limiting penalties and urge repeal or modification to allow Sunday amusements and prevent Pennsylvania from becoming a laughing stock to neighboring states.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Anti-Blue Law Association of Pennsylvania
John Mather
Open Sunday League of Pennsylvania
Common Cause
Dauphin County
Harrisburg
Woodside Park
Here
Anti Blue Law Association
Open Sunday League
Philadelphia Baseball Clubs
Athletics
Mather
Termite Ravages Force Rebuild of Iolani Palace
The Hawaiian palace faces demolition style overhaul after extensive termite damage. Officials plan to reconstruct in steel concrete and plaster, moving governors and department heads. Iolani Palace, built 1878 by Kalakaua, once housed Liliuokalani. cost around $850,000, brick with cement facing and Hawaiian wood interior.
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Lolani Palace
Hawaii
Kalakaua
Liliuokalani
Kamehameha IV, IV and
United States
Court Rules Husband Is Head of Household
Dayton, Ohio judge William C. Wiseman ruled Mrs. Daisy Lansinger not guilty of manufacturing and possessing beer. Dry raiders testified they found 45 bottles of high powered beer in the Lansinger home, which the wife said her husband directed her to make.
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Dayton
Ohio
William C. Wiseman
Daisy Lansinger
Lansinger
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P. F. Sapp
Amarillo
All- Kansas Infantry
John E. Davis
Pittsburg
Herman Blue
C. H. Paulson
Frank. Holdren
Hutchinson
Kansas Department of the American Legion
J. R. Woodhouse
Atchison
M.C. Peterson
George H. English
Wellington
Meeker
Sedgwick
Sumner
Salina
Organized Labor of
Kansas Legionnaires
Clyde M. Reed
Legion Labor
Oakdale Park
Legionnaires
P. Os
Champion
Champions
Toledo
Mulete
California
Calif
Centra Investment Co
W. Pico
Los Angeles
Fred G. Whitney
Des Moines
Lows
Kodak Films
Studiq
Sedalia
Pasiona
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