Silver dollar policy sparks treasury disputes
The piece attacks Treasury Secretary Sherman over standard dollar coinage and vault storage, arguing he clings to silver rather than redeeming bonds. It forecasts Republican repeal of the Sherman act and reestablishing silver as legal tender to five dollars, impacting bondholders and public prices.
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Joly Sherman
Treasury
John Sherman
John Kerman
the Treasury
Associated Press
John Eberman
Republican Party
Garfeldi
A. Republican Congress
Wilver Billard
Nomination Sealed for Supreme Judge Beatty
After a lengthy roll call the Republican State Convention renominated Judge Beatty for Supreme Judge on the eighty fifth ballot amid reports corporates sought his defeat over constitutional interpretation. The convention indicated the winner will be an upright conscientious judge favored by the people beyond party lines.
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Beatty
Arson
Ihaas
Tridge
Supreme Court
Supremeourt
Old line Republicans in Washoe desert party discipline
The Reno Gazette notes disaffected Republicans in Washoe County are aging stalwarts who supported Exemont in 1856 and Lincoln, Grant, and Hayes. It suggests a shift as principled dissent grows and party lines break under pressure, with Wolf County references and a wary view of younger cohorts.
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Reno Gazette
Washoe Wonaty
Exemont
Lincoln
Grant
Hayes
Atake
California Wheat Crop Reaches Record Size in 1580
The San Francisco Journal of Commerce reports California’s 1580 wheat crop at 3,227,000 acres yielding 34,165,000 centals or 55,916,000 bushels, with export prospects of about 1,282,509 tons and a total crop value near 51 million dollars. Shipments may total a million tons, boosting output to 47,500,000 bushels worth around 43 million dollars.
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San Francisco Journal of Commerce
Golden State
California
San Francisco
Train excursion wreck injures many near May's Landing
A 26 car Kensington Philadelphia excursion train collided with a following section near May's Landing New Jersey. Wet tracks and brake failure caused a devastating crash with scalding steam. several passengers fatally injured and many more hurt as cars telescoped and people panicked.
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Kensington
Philadelphia
May's Landing
New Jersey
May
Atlantic City
Winlowa
Political unsettled times and parade mark midwest events
The report notes Fenian activity stirring peasantry, a Tennessee Democrat governor nominee, a Repudiationist ticket with F Wilson, and a large veteran parade in Columbus with about 15 000 marchers. Separately US inspectors in New York face manslaughter charges over a disaster, and Indiana Supreme Court may declare constitutional amendments, affecting November elections.
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Tounessee
John V. Weight
F. Wilson
Columbus
Ohio
United States
New York
Supreme Court of
Indiana
Carlton
Brunmeté
Hollister
Conflicting Nominations and Oddities Reported in Brief
After a cannon firing caused a death in Indianapolis, party leaders agreed to stop the noise. A Jerseyville pig has two bodies and eight legs. A Granville Kentucky horse and a Rochester New York cat each have two tails. A Milwaukee dog has six legs and an Omaha calf has none. California Republicans nominate Horace Davis for Congress in the First District, H F Pages for the Second, Geo A Knight for the Third, and a candidate for the Fourth.
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Indianapolis
Jerseyville
Granville
Rochester
N. Y
Milwaukee
Omaha
California
Horace Davis
H. F. Pages
Geo. A. Knight
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