Monetary Commission studies currency and gold standard
Washington report on the Monetary Commission reassembling at the Arlington hotel after a ten day recess. Members discuss retiring greenbacks and replacing with a banking currency while debating gold parity, silver certificates, and bank note redemption strategies. A subcommittee presents a tentative report guiding future discussions. The note ends with a balloon crossing attempt from Eastbourne.
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Monetary Commission
Aington
George S Dimuids
G. Bush
Alabama
Charles §. Vakehild
New York
J. W. Tries
North Carolina
Louis Anett
California
Robert S. Saylor
Indiana
Lawrence Laughlin
Messrs. Patterson
Garnett and Laughlin
Roe
Beth Great Reservoir
Treasury
Isk
Commission
Holland
Catholic leaders in Japan claim Roman Catholics lead faiths
From San Francisco dated October 13 Bishop Me Kim of Tokyo says Catholics are about 50,000 in Japan, with Greek Catholics second. total converts and adherents estimated around 150,000 while Buddhists number higher in the population.
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Japan
San Francisco
Me- Kim
Tokyo
I Ile
Royalty Fears Stir Yukon Miners Oppose Ottawa Levy
Miners in the Yukon react to a proposed Canadian royalty on placer gold with strong opposition. The plan would tax 10 percent of less profitable claims and 20 percent of richer yields. Dawson and Bonanza Eldorado districts show heavy activity and concern over the potential tax, with reports of high yields and census estimates around 2,500 people in the Klondike region.
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Bonanza Creek
N. W
Dominion ‘of Canada
Courter Vie Dalton
Rosalie
Port ‘Townsend
Wash
Qet
Klondike
Yukon
Ottawa
Fce
Bonanza
Eldorado
Swanson
Klonflike
Indian Creek
Fort Selkirk
Dalton Trail
Dawson
Governor Leedy backs capital punishment for murder
Kansas Governor Leedy advocates hanging for first degree murder and says he will sign death warrants for murderers during his term. He notes existing law delays executions and asserts he will set a precedent by executing those sentenced to die. He stands alone among populist officials in this stance.
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Leedy
Kansas
Yoeka
Kan
Bank Run Hits Montreal Savings Institution
A bank run at City and District Savings Bank in Montreal halted after depositors withdrew funds. The institution paid out over 600 000 recently while large deposits declined. Liabilities total 10 252 979 and assets 11 444 423. capital stock 2 000 000 with 600 000 paid in. Mayor Wilson offered 300 for every 100 share.
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Montreal Savings Institution
Kts
Montreal
City and District Savings Bank
A- Nance Department
Oitaiva
Wilson
Americans Freed in Mexico After New Trial Granted
Consul Redzie tt Durango reports the release of John Bolly and three other Americans jailed since February 1895 in Durango. The men, miners by trade, were accused of stealing valuable machinery from Iron Mountain company. A new trial was granted following questions about the fairness of the initial conviction.
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Washington
Redziett
Durango
Mexico
Department of State
John Bolly
Iron Mountain Company
Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii Ill in Washington
Reports from Washington say Queen Liliuokalani is seriously ill at her apartments after returning from San Francisco ten days earlier. She contracted a heavy cold en route and two physicians attend her constantly as pneumonia symptoms develop.
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Washington
Liliaokalani
Hawaii
San Francisco
Illis
Eae
Hohenlohe Prevents Diplomatic Break With Spain
Berlin dispatch reports Kaiser Wilhelm narrowly halted a telegram congratulating Queen Regent Christina for resisting American Cuba policy. Prince Hohenlohe urged restraint, avoiding an overt act that could provoke U S intervention. The episode sparked official criticism and debate in Berlin.
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Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm
Spain
Cuba
Hohenlohe
United States
Christina
Hohenzollern
Krueger
Transvaal
Washington
Turope
America
City Prepared for Raid by Jenkins Gang in Independence
Independence faces a threat from Al Jenkins and his desperado gang who planned a daylight raid on banks and leading businesses after a Rock Island train robbery. One outlaw’s drunken slip exposed the plot, and the town has armed defenders and electric bells to sound an alarm if attacked.
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Independence
Eas
Jenkins
Wan
al Jenkins
Rock Island
Dempsey Collapses After Bout With Fitzsimmons in Cincinnati
Cincinnati reports describe a friendly sparring match at the Fountain theater where Bob Fitzsimmons struck Mikey Dempsey on the chest causing Dempsey to collapse and briefly lose consciousness. Dempsey recovered by evening and Fitzsimmons later sparred Ernest Roeber, while Fitzsimmons admitted fright at the incident.
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Mike Dempsey
Carinnati
Cincinnati
Bob Fitzsimmons
Fountain Theater
Fitz
Mikey
Dempsey
New York
Ernest Roeber
Titz
Indian Used Flesh for Bait in Oklahoma Creek Crime
James Wenah, a demented Creek Indian, killed an old man named Jones for fish bait. A party found the body at Dog Creek. Wenah confessed, denying money motive and insisting the killing was to use the flesh as bait.
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Oklahoma
Verry
O. T
James Wenah
Jones
Dog Creek
Verdi Birthday Celebrated Across European Capitals
In Paris and many European capitals the eighty fourth birthday of Giuseppe Verdi was celebrated. In several venues his early opera Oberta Conti di Sunn Bonifacio was performed, a work not heard publicly for fifty four years.
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Paris
Guiseppe Verdi
Guiseppe
Reverend Bristol to Be Installed at Metropolitan Church
Washington October 12 religious circles in the nation’s capital anticipate the installation of Rev Frank Bristol as pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington. Bristol accepted the call to lead the church famed for General Grant’s worship during his presidency and for future bishop Jon Newman’s tenure.
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Frank Bristol
Ce Steuropolitanu
Washington
Treligious Cirses
McKinley
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church
General Grant
Jon Newman
Drought Ends as Rain Sweeps Texas and Plains
Heavy rains across North Texas and adjoining states break a long drought. Pastures revive and farming slows, while wheat feeding plans move ahead. Cedar Rapids reports steady rain with chances of more, boosting pasture conditions. Oklahoma and Indian Territory see heavy showers but some crops already lost.
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Texas
Iowa
Dallas
Tex
Cedar Rapids
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Indian ‘Territory
Weyler Recalled as Cuba Crisis Brims With Change
New York dispatch reports the minister of war ordering General Weyler to Madrid immediately. Blanco is named governor general of Cuba with Ahumada or Linares to replace Weyler. The cabinet signs the decree at the palace and plans swift military reinforcement to Cuba in November.
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Madrid
Weyler
Marquis Ahumada
Linares
Weeler
Marshall
Blanco
Cuba
Council of Ministers
Count Xiquena
Transatlantic Company
Cuban sympathizers active as drillings rise along Hudson River
Reports from New York and surrounding towns describe secret militia drillings near Cold Spring across from West Point. The yacht Studio, from Florida, carried Captain S. Miller and his wife and is linked to Cuban sympathizers who have organized companies and received arms from the junta. Three ex-regulars at West Point are said to be involved.
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Herald
8 Highland S
Udgon River
Florida
D. Miller
Cold Spring
West Point
Cuba
Junta
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