Tariff and silver drive Washington politics in 1898
The Washington letter reports Republicans push tariff and international bimetalism efforts while Democrats clash between Bryan and Bailey factions. It notes Populists spurned in caucus, Rhode Island margins widen for Republicans, and the Dingley tariff advances with Senate scrutiny expected. The commission on an international conference gains support with Walcott Stevenson and Paine named, aiming to bring the issue to U S voters.
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Washington
Bryan
Bailey
Democracy
House of Representatives
McMillan
Seckless Simpson
Reed
Baileyites
Chicago
Rhode Island
Walcott
Colorado
Steven
Linois
C. J. Paine
Massachusetts
McKinley
United States
Wolcott
Stevenson
Paine
Business Revival Sparks Kansas City Trade Rise
Wholesale merchants report larger March orders and broad activity across trades, signaling a healthful revival. The improvement begins with wholesalers and trickles to retailers as confidence returns and hoarded money is released, contrasting critics who expect instant full recovery.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Journal
Inexcusable Cowardice in Silver Republican Stance
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat denounces silver Republicans for not voting on the Dingley bill, accusing Representative Hartman of Montana of seeking to keep tariff and silver issues separate to mislead the public. It calls their inaction presumption and cowardice, noting Populist caucuses and Tellerites urged it.
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House
Hartman
Montana
Congress
Tellerites
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Trouble for Two After McKinley Victory and Tariff
The piece notes two failing groups since McKinley’s election in 1896. Silver advocates and trusts suffer as nations move to gold standards and tariff changes hit railroad, sugar, standard oil, and other trusts.
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McKinley
Friends of Free Coinage
Japan
Russia
China
Sugar Trust
Standard Oil Trust
Wilson's Wail on Tariff Bill and Farmer Losses
Ex-Postmaster-General Wilson continues his protest against the tariff measure. He argues the so called home market idea misleads farmers by promising factory growth on the farm, yet factories end up filled with machinery rather than consumers, undermining rural profits. He critiques free trade notions favoring English buyers over domestic sales.
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Wilson
Farmers and workers linked by tariffs argue unity
The piece asserts agricultural prosperity depends on industrial growth and tariff protection. It contends Mr. Wilson neglects the home market and advocates wage-cutting competition with foreign labor. The author says protecting domestic demand sustains both farmer and mechanic, warning against viewing their interests as separate.
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Wilson
Mall
Express
Sugar beet industry urged as national protection policy
The St Louis Globe-Democrat argues against paying high sums to foreign producers for sugar and promotes growing sugar beets domestically. It notes past export costs, balanced trade with sugar, and the potential for profitable beet factories using American ingenuity and machine efficiency. It urges government protection and local support for the new industry.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Currency Reform Plans In President’s Message
The piece notes Congress will scrutinize any currency reform plan. It contrasts presidential leverage with congressional independence on taxation and finance. It mentions McKinley’s upcoming message next December and the likelihood of lawmakers shaping any proposed scheme.
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Senate
House
Congress
McKinley
Cleveland
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Finance Committee
Growth of Republican Influence in the South
The rise of southern factories has spurred protective sentiment and GOP gains. More than thirty southern votes backed a protective tariff in the House, and the region now has thirty three Republican members, surpassing any prior congress. Democrats from Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas join Republicans in backing protective policies.
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South
Congress
House
North
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Five Bad Months for Silver
Five months since the election have hurt the free silver cause. Japan has adopted the gold standard at 32 to 1, Russia plans the gold standard, and China announces a currency change aligned with gold. The era appears bleak for free silver theorists.
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Japan
Russia
China
Reform Club Attacks Dingley Tariff Bill
Foreign importers in Germany Canada England and other countries criticize the Dingley bill while the New York Reform Club composed mainly of importers spreads newspaper plate matter to oppose protection. Ex candidate Bryan met Vice President Hobart in Washington but did not visit Bailey.
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Germany
Canada
England
The
Reform Club
New York
Reform Club of
Bryan
Hobart
Washington
Bailey
Fattening Ranching Growth At South Omaha Plant
A Wyoming sheep raiser plans a large sheep feeding complex near South Omaha with a 132 by 440 feet barn, 10 000 bushel grain elevator, 3000 bushel daily mill, and pens for 10 000 sheep. Twenty acres bought, hundreds more leased, brick and iron buildings, and a tea room residence. project argues cheap midwest corn and Nebraska as a prime market.
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Nebraska
South Omaha
Wyoming
Chicago
Wood Bros
Byron Reed Company
Walter Wood
South
Omaha
Lady’s Refusal Ties to County Suicide Case
Deputy Sheriff Tadlock went to the county's eastern part to conduct an inquest on Frank B. Phillips who shot himself. He found evidence so clear the inquest was not held. A letter on Phillips’ body from a young lady refusing marriage is cited as the presumed cause of his suicide.
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Tadlock
Pender
Frank B. Phillips
Phillips
Secretary of the Printing Board Appointment Question
The state printing board may still appoint a secretary under the act requiring an expert printer and a stationery man. An error in enrolling the salaries appropriation bill omitted the salary item, but examination of house records and court rulings suggest the dropped item will be treated as having passed and become law.
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the Printing Board
State Printing Board
Goodman son guilty in wife poisoning case at Ponca
Jury convicts Pender physician Joseph Sidney Goodmanson of poisoning his wife. Judge sentences him to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. Mell C. Jay of Dakota City defended the state’s argument. a motion for new trial may follow.
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Pender
Darcy
Goodmunson
Ponca
Mell C. Jay
Dakota City
Clerical Blinder Plague In State Printing Bill
The bill to appoint a state printing expert carried no salary appropriation and a conference panel added clerical help as needed. Enrolled copies left the payment path unclear but state officers say the legislature intended payment possible from the appropriation. Senator Ransom notes uncertainty in tracing legislative actions until employee testimony clarifies the bill’s final form.
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Ransor
Secretary of State
Board Acts on Beatrice Institute Turnover
The Nebraska board of public lands and buildings finalizes staff changes at Beatrice Institute for Feeble minded Youth. Dr HW A Givens appointed superintendent from May 5, replacing Dr Fall who may refuse to resign. C W of Dundy named steward. Mrs Tiffany of Lincoln to become matron. potential board action on Dr Fall’s contested discharge remains unsettled.
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Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Institute
Beatrice
Fall
HW. A. Givensmore
Dundy County
I. A. Law
Woods
Dan
Lrd
My. Sheridan
Legislation Error Keeps Money Question Alive at State House
The stalled enrolled bill prompts dispute over authorizing a $500 nurse superintendent pay rise to $2,500 for three superintendents. Gov Holcomb cites a Supreme Court ruling limiting appropriation to $2,000, while Superintendent Allen of Lincoln Hospital says he knew nothing of the bill.
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State House
Holcomb
Supreme Court
Allen
Lincoln Hospital
Dead Man Found Beside Elkhorn Freight Line
A naked man was found dead between Plainview and Foster after a freight train halted. Sheriff Haas and Plainview workers retrieved his clothes nearby and speculated he shed them before wading in a creek. Reportedly named Dewitt from Brunswick Antelope county, possibly intoxicated in Plainview the night before.
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Elkhorn
Plainview
Foster
Haas
Dewitt
Brunswick
Antelope County
Record harvest prospects in Greeley county
The dispatch notes a large acreage of small grain around Greeley with corn acreage also set to exceed previous years. Despite a backward spring, farmers remain encouraged as ground conditions are reported fine and the season looks promising.
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Greeley
Greeley County
Alsio
Farmer Bitten by Steer in Tooth Extraction Attempt
W. F. Black of Dawson County attempted to pull an ulcerated tooth from a young steer and narrowly escaped losing his index finger in the incident.
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W. F. Black
Dawson
Electric Cane Lamp Invented by German Scientist
A German inventor introduces an electric cane lamp with an incandescent lamp in the handle connected to a battery. A chamber stores battery fluid. removing the cap and inclining the cane brings the liquid to the electrodes to generate current for about one hour.
Binding of Grain and Roller Bearings in McCormick Harvesters
The article discusses left hand binding technique for binding grain, the use of roller bearings in 1869 patent efforts, and McCormick Harvesting Machine Company improvements from 1882 including the cage design that prevents roller loss. It notes rivals cutting end rings to avoid McCormick patent and claims annual savings from McCormick innovations due to extensive trials.
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Crain
J. G. Perry
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
McCormick
Harvesting
McCormick Company
Russian bankers sect members jailed for self mutilation
The St. Petersburg correspondent reports a banker and his niece, followers of the Skoptzi sect, were sentenced to fifteen and ten years imprisonment. The banker tattooed a cross on his niece and mutilated himself, actions tied to religious motives in Russia. Marketed cure ad notes Piso’s Cure for Consumption with a Denver address and date in 1905.
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St. Petersburg
The
Standard
Russia
Ancient Counterfeiting Profits Through the Ages
The article notes that counterfeiting has long been profitable and widespread, with experts finding it nearly impossible to distinguish ancient forgeries from genuine coins. It states that modern counterfeiting of ancient coins has become a regulated profession, and many fakes are even better made than the originals.
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarete C Candy Cathartic
An ad promises Cascarete candy cathartic as a cure for constipation with a druggists refund offer. The text also mentions Wagner's piano once used by the composer and placed in the Wagner museum in Vienna.
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C. C.C
The Pot and the Kettle
A humorous Texas Siftings item quips about a German grocer and a sour krout smell sparked by a grumbling rider. Mr O Rafferty challenges the scents as a playful domestic scene unfolds.
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Republican Party
Dingley
Joreay
the Bimetallic Commission
Senate Committee
Sugar’ Trust
Fatten
West
Land Office Department
Goodmanson
Hood
Jloood
C. J. Hood & Co
firCormick
Skoptz
Wagner
Theodore Weinlig
Leipzig
Vienna
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