Silver dollar policy pits Sherman against banks and bonds
A historical critique argues Secretary John Sherman opposed silver coinage but the silver bill passed. It contends the standard dollar remains convenient for change, that foreign silver demand rose afterward, and that Sherman seeks to force gold payments and recoin hoarded silver. It notes bondholders push for gold payments and a stronger tariff stance to aid silver mining.
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John Sherman
the Treasury
Hayes
United States
Congress
Treasury
London
Northampton Clerks Robbery Ring Stuns Massachusetts Town
A Massachusetts town reels as a group of young clerks in various stores admit a coordinated theft scheme. They took goods from each other without pay, shocking elders and exposing a breach in the town’s moral image.
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Northampton
Massachusetts
Electoral College Forms in Secretary of State Office
The presidential electors W E F Beal J C McTarnahan and John H Dennis met in the Secretary of State's office and organized after receiving their certificates of election from Governor Kinkead. Deal was chairman McTarnahan secretary, Thuncock and English received unanimous votes for President and Vice President, Dennis chosen messenger to carry the next pros to Washington.
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J. C.mctaroahan
John H. Dennis
Kinkead
Mr. Deal
Mr. McTarnahan
United States
Thuncock
English
James Stephenson
Geological Survey
New Mexco
Canyo
Santa Fe
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Fiji Islands
Johnson
The
Land League
Dublin
League
Ulster
Florida
Congress
Washington
Whele
House
EF. D. Taylor
General Garfield
Ohio
Colorule
Pitkin
Lord Courtney
New York
Congressman's Death Notice in New Hampshire
Congressman Farr of New Hampshire died of pneumonia in Littleton this past Tuesday. Acaining and stock exchange has been organized in St. Louis Missouri.
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Farr
New Hampshire
Littleton
Acaining and Stock Exchange
St. Louis
Missouri
Census chief delays full Alaska census results
General Francis A Walker reports the tenth census near completion with data from most districts in hand. Alaska's population is about 30 000 with roughly 18 000 Indians and 2 200 coastal settlers in Kodiak area, plus 2 200 Esquimaux counted elsewhere.
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Francis A. Walker
Secretary of the Interior
Alaska
Kodiak
Smith
Corwin
Esquimaux
Behring Strait
Point Barrow
Senate
Garfield
George Alfred Townsend
New York
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
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the Truth
Whitelaw Reid
New York Tribune
Anson G. Me
Townsend
English Ritualists Turn Violent at West Bromwich Meeting
A disruption erupted at a West Bromwich indignation meeting as Rev H Marr iott condemned Mr Pelham Dale's decision as idiotic lunatical and foolish prompting police attention to clergy and judges amid rising tensions.
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Rev. H. Marriott
West Bromwich
Pelham Dale
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