Grover Cleveland Letter Denies Bond Syndicate Talks
President Cleveland defends administration stance on bond issues amid Senate debate. He states no banker or financier was invited to arrange bonds, no syndicate deals were made, and bonds may be offered by popular subscription with bids invited. The letter, dated January 5, outlines careful consideration of gold reserve needs and possible public sale.
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Washington
Senate
Cleveland
Seastor Caffery
Louisiana
Caffery
Executive Mansion
Washington, D. C
Congressional
Sam
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgan
Congress
Grover Cleveland
Campaign for statehood by three territorial delegates
In Wastington on January 11 the Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico delegates push bills for admission to statehood. They target the Territories committee and expect a favorable two thirds vote. In Nicomers and Sweaters Warnexsnuna Missouri January 11, forty Normal school women form an athletic association and announce they will wear bloomers and sweaters. Officers include Miss Edmund A Nickerson president Grace Utley vice president Stina Achenbach secretary Maud Slendricks treasurer.
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Wastington
Messrs
Lynn
Oklahoma
Murphy
Arizona
Catron
New Mexico
Congress
House
Warnexsnuna
State Normal School
Edmund A. Nickerson
Grace Utley
Stina Achenbach
Maud Slendricks
Bank Safe Blown Open in Vernon Heist
Four masked men dynamited the Farmers Bank vault at Vernon Missouri eight miles east of Mowett at 4 a.m. they escaped on horseback with about 9000 dollars in cash. They seized Night Watchman Sloover, binding him to a tree while entering the bank and destroying the vault.
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Mowett
Kright
Farmers Bank
Vernon
Sloover
Senate Debates Tariff Reform and McKinley Law Sketch
In a morning Senate session Mr Voorhees secured approval of a $250 appropriation for a portrait of the late Allen G Thurman. Mr Prichard pressed amendments to raise duties on clays, iron ore, timber, livestock, cereals, wool and coal to back tariff reform and free coinage. Debate touched on North Carolina politics, Senate rules, and a joint resolution praising Transvaal liberty. Mr Jones spoke on a House bond bill substitute for the free coinage issue.
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Gress
Senate
Voorhees
Indiana
Allen G. Thurman
Prichard
North Carolina
South
Priichard
Will
Congress
Butler
Democratic Party
Hale
White
California
Sinerla
Morgan
Alabama
Pension claims disputed as House debates medical reports
In Washington a Republican resolution by Mr. Tawney seeks to require the Interior Department to publish medical reports on original invalid pension claims rejected after 1891 to expose truth or falsity of charges against examiners. Objections and other parliamentary motions follow, including Odell's banking amendment and rule changes amid a tense House session.
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Washington
Tawney
Minnesota
Pension Bureau
United States
Department
Secretary of the Interior
McClellan
New York
Odell
Committee On Banking and Currency
Committee On
Henderson
Dearmond
Missouri
Stane
Venezuela boundary commission to convene at State Department
The Venezuela boundary commission meets in the State Department diplomatic room at 10 o'clock tomorrow to organize and assign duties. The secretary position is pivotal, expected to handle routine work. candidates mentioned include William E. Curtis and Partridge of Vermont.
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Washington
Venezuela Boundary Commission
State Department
Commission
William E. Curtis
Bureau of American Republics
Partridge
Vermont
Venezuela
Harrison
Venezuelan ex president denies in surrection links in interview
The Gaulois prints an interview with ex President Guzman Bianco of Venezuela in which he denies any connection with the insurrection and states that in the struggle to maintain rights all parties are merged into a national party that supports President Crespo.
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Dance
Paris
the Gaulois
Guzman Bianco
Venezuela
Crespo
Distilling Firms Bartley Johnson & Co Assigned
Bartley Johnson and Co and the Belle of Nelson Distilling Company of Louisville Ny have been assigned.
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Bartley, Johnson & Co
The
Belle of Nelson Distilling Company
Louisville, Ny
Baker resolution and Cuban insurgents take Senate stage
Senator Baker of Kansas introduces a resolution on the law of self preservation. Mr Call of Florida urges recognition of Cuban insurgents. Mr Elkins presents a bond bill. Other matters appear in the Senate agenda.
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Baker
Kansas
Call
Florida Meads
Elkins’ Bond Bitl
Senate
Monroe Doctrine Dominates Senate Debate on Sea Defenses
In Washington the Senate heard petitions from Norfolk urging liberal sea coast defenses. Virginia’s Daniels warned coast cities face possible bombardment while New Hampshire Republican Chandler backed immigration inquiry and Kansas’ Baker expanded Monroe doctrine to bar foreign expansion in the Western Hemisphere. Florida’s Call urged Cuban independence recognition as debate on procedure closed with Stewart of Nevada winning consent to address the Elkins bond sale resolution.
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Washington
Senate
Norfolk
Daniels
Virginia
Chandler
New Lampshire
Committee On Immigration
United States
Baker
Kansas
Foreign Committee
Committee On Foreign Relations
Stewart
Nevada
Elkins
Anti-Silver Democrats Seek Votes in Senate Clash
Washington reports anti silver Democrats met while Republicans caucused to count supporters against the free coinage amendment to the bond bill. Four more votes are needed for a Senate majority, with fourteen Democratic and twenty six Republican anti silver votes identified. Both sides pursue the remaining four votes.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Cherokees See the President in Washington
Cherokee delegation led by Chiefs Mayes and Harris visited the White House to demand removal of all intruders from the Cherokee Nation. The President promised to seek full information and justice in their case.
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Waasaincrom
Mayes and
Harris
White House
Kansas Farmers Mark Endurance at State Agriculture Convention
The Kansas State Board of Agriculture opened its quarter centennial convention in Representative Hall at Toreka on January 10. President T. M. Potter of Peabody led the gathering with about 100 delegates from Farmers' Institutes statewide. Governor Morrill delivered the welcome address.
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Toreka
Kan
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Representative Hall
T. M. Potter
Peabody
Farmers’ Institute
Morrill
Pension funds rise to 140 million dollars for next year
The House appropriations subcommittee handling the pension bill voted to increase the tally for the next fiscal year from 138 million to 140 million dollars. The previous figure matched Commissioner Lochren’s estimates.
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Washington,Jan
House Appropriations Committee
Lochren
Mutiny on Russian Cruiser Rurik at Algiers Harbor
A mutiny broke out among the crew of the Russian steel cruiser Rurik 10 923 tons while in Algiers harbor. French authorities suppressed the revolt and about thirty leaders are reported to be bound for Cronstadt under death sentences.
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Sr. Prrenssure
Rurik
Algiers
Cronstadt
Offer to Bet on Maher Knockout in First Round
New York January 10 reports Warren Lewis has offered to wager between 1000 and 5000 dollars that Daton Maher will KO Fitzsimmons in the opening round.
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New York
Warren Lewis
Maher
Fitzsimmons
British German crisis shows only slight shift in stance
A Berlin Times dispatch reports Germany aims to protect German residents and Pretoria consulate by sending troops from Delagoa Bay, no prior Portugal deal. Boers demand British rights, Delagoa Bay pre emption, and cancel the British South Africa Company charter. Eight Witwatersrand leaders arrested on treason in Johannesburg.
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Pretoria
Transvaal
Delagoa Bay
British South Africa Company
Johannesburg
William
Great Britain
Africa
South African
Berlin
Vienna
Germany
South Africa
South African Republic
London
First Dragoons
Dublin
Count von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg
Marquis of Salisbury
Filley Sees McKinley Victory and Morrison as Dem Nominee
Chauncey I. Filley, in Washington, says St. Louis will pursue both national conventions and predicts McKinley will gain strength with the people. He declines to change his support for McKinley and offers Morrison as a preferred Democratic nominee if one must be chosen.
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Washinngton
Chauncey I. Filley
Washington
St. Louis
McKinley
Lil
William R. Morrison
Morrison
Corps Changes Must Be Made
General Frances A. Walker, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, writes in support of Senator Squire's naval engineering measure. He says the Squire bill concerns national defense and that the naval engineers corps is distressed, demanding immediate reorganization. He asserts scientific schools can train officers on par with West Point and Annapolis.
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Washington
Frances A. Walker
Massachusetts School of Technology
Squire
Corps of Naval Engineers
Congress
Engineer Corps
Walker
West Point
Annapolis
Cuban insurgent representatives report Spanish lobby formed in Washington
In Washington on January 10 the Cuban insurgent representatives claim a powerful Spanish lobby has been formed to block Congressional action on the Cuban issue. They allege the Spanish government has spent a large sum and many corporate interests have joined the fund. A second dispatch from Cape Town dated January 7 says Pretoria reports the Transvaal government demands exile for Cecil Rhodes and Dr Jameson from Africa and imposes a huge fine on the British Chartered Company.
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Washington, D. C
Cuban Insurgenta
Washington
Congress
Rhodes
Jameson Hanishea
Loxpow
Cape Town
Pretoria
Transvasi
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Colony
Dr. Jamegon
Africa
Noted Washington Correspondent E B Wright Dies
Washington January 10 E B Wright longtime Washington correspondent for the Chicago Inter Ocean and prominent newspaper man here died today of heart failure at his home.
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Washington
E B. Wright
Chicago Inter Ocean
West rails at Supreme Court over income tax ruling
In Washington on Jan 9 Senator West delivered a partisan attack on the Supreme Court for its income tax decision. He argued the court protected wealthy interests by exempting “sordid wealth,” contrasted past and present administrations, and warned the ruling would erode trust in the judiciary and reshape federal taxation in favor of bi met alism and the gold standard. He cited historic cases and criticized Justice Brown’s changing view, predicting a future where the decision’s effects are fully realized.
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Yeat
Wasiuxaton
Senate
Treasury
Carlisle
Iife
West
Congress
Hilton
Springer
Ile
Seward
Varian
Mr. West
Harlan and Brown
Vanderbilt
Justice Brown
Supreme Court
House committee to report amendment on Cherokee intruders eviction
The Indian affairs committee will report with amendment a concurrent resolution suspending eviction of 6 000 to 7 000 intruders in the Cherokee nation. The amendment grants a year of grace, with adoption practically assured, aiming to resolve the Indian territory issue within that period.
Delegates to Free Homestead Convention Seek Land Law Repeal
Delegates from free homestead leagues in Oklahoma counties plan a convention in El Reno to petition the government to repeal the territorial law requiring settlers to pay for their homesteads. In Jefferson City Missouri on January 9 gunfire marks the thirty first anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans.
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Onlanoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
el Reno
New Orleans
Jefferson
City
Capitol Grounds
The Pace That Kills. Pink Pills Promoted in Cincinnati Enquirer
A Cincinnati Enquirer piece extols Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a remedy for dyspepsia and nervousness. Testimony from P Owens and his mother describes rapid relief from indigestion and constipation after using the pills. Owens notes his prior positions and plans to travel for a local business house. The article urges reader trust and notes availability from druggists or by mail from Schenectady, priced at 60 cents per box or six boxes for a discount.
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Cincinnati Inquirer
Williams
P. Owens
Central Avenue
Cincinnati
Ohio
Owens
Enquirer
Mr. Owens
IL P. Owens
Liv
Commercial Gazette
Revenge Beforehand Acrostic Poem Foolery
A Chicago Tribune quotation describes a struggling young genius receiving a stingy editor’s offer of $1 for a poem. He discovers the editor’s note is an acrostic accusing him of beingcheap, turning the insult into a comic twist and a personal rebuke.
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Hie
Chicago Tribune
St Nicholas prizes for best correction of misspelled poem
St Nicholas Magazine invited corrections and received over ten thousand answers from around the world. The committee says results and prize-winners will be announced in January. Entries came from Turkey Egypt Europe a Vienna countess and American descendants of Emerson and Hawthorne. The committee notes better penmanship from English and Canadian children than from American youngsters.
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St. Nicholas
World
Turkey
Egypt
Europe
Vienna
Emerson
Hawthorne
America
Uncle Sam
Comfort to California by Burlington Route Excursions
Advertisement promotes weekly Burlington Route excursions Omaha to San Francisco and Los Angeles with through tourist sleepers. Second class tickets accepted. local agent can arrange tickets and berths. inquiries directed to J Francis, G P & T A, Omaha Neb. Also includes a home life motto about marriage and warning against vulgar crowds.
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California
Burlington
Omaha
San Francisco
Los Angeles
J. Francis
G. P
T. A
Neb
Women Fact Sheet Highlights Global and U S Statistics
A compilation of diverse figures on women in work, education, and society, noting counts of female journalists, editors, physicians, churchgoers, and voters in various countries. Includes statistics on typewriter employment, population by country, heights, and a Burlington Route wall map offer with purchasing details.
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France
Wyoming
New York
United States
Russia
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