Gold standard and party betrayal in 1890s politics
The letter criticizes the Republican and Democratic parties for backing the gold standard and demonetizing silver, blaming both for monetary distress and high prices. It argues for remonetizing silver at 16 to 1 and urges voters to support their own candidates, alleging both major parties betray the people. It warns of misleading ballots and endorses Judge Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Cleveland
Congress
Pemocratic Party
Cleveand
Sherman
People’s Party
Treasury Department
Cleveland Democracy
John Sherman
Capitol
United States
Ww. M. Stewart
Wake County
Henry W. Norris
Senate
Aga
Judge Clark
Tea price on Fayetteville farm highlights farm output
State news digests report tea sold at 80 acre York farm for cents a pound in New York. Second crop of green peas shipped from pale truck farms. Falls in several notices include deaths, fires, and local incidents across North Carolina towns such as Greensboro, Asheville, Charlotte, Morganton, and Lincolnton with mentions of notable people, rail incidents, and crop yields.
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Fayetteville
York
East Carolina Fair
G. H. Farintosh
Alfred
Amer
New York
Buford Hotel
Charlotte
Jennie L. Smith
Greensboro
D. M. Lucas
Washington, D
Charlotte Mony
Morganton Herald
Fannie Rountree Woodard
Fred A. Woodard
Asheville
Mark Forney
Kingdom
Lincolnton Courier
Southern Railway
Durham Sun
Tassie Parham Watson
N. M. Watson
Chapel Hill
Wm. J. Hawkins
Raleigh
Jefferson Hospital
Philadelphia
Madison
George
William Cody
Washington Gazette
Jackson
Macon
Congress
Robt. Wescot
State Farmer's Alliance
Nash County Sun
Concord Standard
Laurinburg Exchange
Geo. M. Stedman
Steadman
Senator Vance
Old Presbyterian
Riverside Cemetery
Tarboro Southerner
W. G. Harrell
Old Sparta
Egypt
Charles D. McIver
Eldorado
Coggins
Lexington Dispatch
Monroe
Philip Whitley
Buford Township
General Presbytery
Granville County
T. B. Evans
Red Banks Meeting House
Brees
Greenville Reflector
Baxter Moore
Moore
Charlotte News
Littleton Courier
Peck
W. P. Simpson
Oodlawn
Ringwood
Archibald McKay
McKay’s Mills
M. H. Dwyer
Wilson
Dwyer
Gastonian Unn
J. Archibald Parker
Little River Academy
N. Y
Benjobbs
Howard Gaskill
Bairds Creek
Meekins
New Berne Journal
Andrew Mahaffey
North Wilkesboro
Mahaffey
Teague
Winston Sentinel
Price
St. Martin’s Lutherian Church
Cabarrus County
Forest City
Will Hardin
Matt McBrayer
McBout
Rutherfordton
James D. Glenn
Wm. Byrd
Byrd
Wm. Byrd, Who Surveyed the “Land of Eden.” Gen. Earley
William Brodnax
Brodnax
W. E. Benbow
Protestant Episcopal Church
Carr
Coke
Shepherd
MacRae
Tate
Avery
Burwell
Osborne
Public Instruction
Scarboro
Methodist
Clark
Doughton
Furman
Richmond Dispatch
F. W. Haynes
Chang Bunker
Raleigh Gas and Electric Light Company
Haynes
Supreme Court
Postmasters in trouble amid federal postal case
W G Harrell postmaster of Old Sparta North Carolina is arrested and bound over in a $1000 bond for embezzling money order letters Buck Boddie master at Nashville North Carolina is arrested and bound on charges of sending un mail able postal cards to Pattie T B Arrington in Raleigh The cards allegedly came from Nashville and were mailed without the official post office seal The case will come up at the next term of the Federal court
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W. G. Harrell
Old
Sparta
N. C
Buck Boddie
Nashville
Pattie T. B. Arrington
Raleigh
Post Office
Mercier death and Czar condition report across United States
New York reports the death of Ex Premier Mercier of Quebec and a cablegram says the Czar's condition remains very critical. President Cleveland appoints Jas P Willett Postmaster of Washington. Osborn Mill workers strike over wage cuts and demands for six to eight room operations. Chincoteague Island leaders indicted for nuisance and conspiracy with trials set next Friday. Lehigh Valley shops cut 20 percent. Weatherly workers must accept or idle amid unrest.
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New York
Mercier
Quebec
Washington
Cleveland
Jas. P. Willett
Fatt River
Mass
Osborn Mill
Accomaoxr
Jos B. Lynch
Chincoteague Island
Hazelton
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Weatherly
Steamer Tarmes Sinks Near Crow Rock Drowning 21 Men
Milford Haven report states the steamer Tarmes struck Crow Rock last night. Twenty one men including the captain and officers were drowned. Seven crewmen were saved.
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Tarmes
Crow Rock
Milford Haven
Fire in New York Tenement Kills Seven People
A devastating early morning blaze in a basement of a tenement on 32nd Street trapped tenants. Seven died in bed, including two children, a woman leaped from the eighth floor and perished, others injured. Firemen saved many lives as property loss was minor.
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New York
32Nd Street
The Czar May Recover From Illness
Washington reports cautious optimism over the Russian Emperor’s condition as physicians note slept well briefly and appetite steady while edema persists. A bulletin from the Foreign Minister and attending doctors confirms limited improvement with no major change in status.
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Washington
D. C
Prince Cantacuzene
United States
Prierspurg
Giers
Prierssurg
Big Frauds in Chicago and Philadelphia Voter Lists
In Chicago reports claim wholesale voter registration fraud with hundreds of suspect Republican names and foreign nationals counted as voters. A Joliet prison note claims Democratic organizers aided colonization. In Philadelphia, Democrats purge 60,000 names from the assessors list to remove those not entitled to vote, 500 names expunged.
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CaicaGo
the Herald
the Tribune
Joliet
Naturalization
Pat Sanders
Pat Sand
Philadelphia
Voter Registration Fraud Report Damps Philadelphia Canvass
In the Fifth Ward yesterday assessors faced arrests and warrants were issued for others amid a citywide drive. Officials warned that coercive methods and a house to house canvass inflated voter lists by including ineligible residents and those who had moved away, signaling a significant potential for fraud.
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Philadelphia
Desperate Chinese Pirates Threaten Liao River Region
Reports from Shanghai and Singapore describe a growing band of about two hundred armed bandits terrorizing the Liao river area. Over three weeks they killed twenty and wounded many while raiding boats, seizing valuables, and arming crews. Malay pirates also attacked a coaster bound for Singapore, killing a crewman and stealing about $500.
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San Francisco
Orient
Liao River
New Chang
Singapore
Luiggi
Weavers Surrender in Mass Mil Strike at Fall River
Fall River Mass October 29 The four week long weavers strike with vacation ends and strikers will return to work tomorrow at reduced wages After eight weeks about 23 000 workers were idle and two weeks about 8 000 were affected Manufactures refused concessions and unions finances were strained The vote to return was overwhelming with few opposing and public sympathy high as the long labor struggle ends without major disorder.
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Fall River
Mass
Academy of Music
Whitehead
Lynching Report Reaches Princeton Ky in Crittenden County
News from Princeton Kentucky reports Eddy Martin was hanged by a mob of around 100 in the Reyton area after midnight. Martin allegedly offered to betray county official Bill Goode in exchange for sparing his life, then the mob executed him, leaving his body hanging from a tree in a remote area.
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Princeton
Eddy Martin
Reyton
Crittenden County
Martin
Bill Goode
Death of the Czar Shocks Europe Across Frontiers
Nov 1 reports from Livadia Berlin and London state the Czar refused Corfu to die in Russia. Dispatches claim his heart action wanes and death may come soon. Concurrent reports confirm the Czars death at Livadia and news of a conspiracy against Czarevich.
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Corfu
Russia
Livapia
Berlin
Livadia
London
The
Daily News
Czarevitch
St. Petersburg
Livedia
Czar
Paris
Political Secrets Divulged In Grafton Campaign Briefing
In Grafton West Virginia on October 29 a break in at Democratic headquarters during McGraws absence from Wheeling led to theft of political correspondence. A letter from J J Joy Elk Garden detailing miners campaign work appeared in Wheeling Thursday morning and the public release method remained unknown until McGraws arrival.
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Grafton
W. Va
McGraw
Wilson
Wheeling
J. J. Joy
Elk Garden
Cottonseed Oil Mills in Tennessee Face Market Conspiracy Probe
Tate Brothers of Memphis petitioned the U S Court to investigate alleged Southern cottonseed oil mills cartel aiming to control the market. The Memphis mills and owners allegedly oversee plants in Louisiana Arkansas Mississippi Alabama Georgia and the Carolinas. Cottonseed value has fallen from 25 to 9 dollars per ton in two years while Memphis seed sales reach about 2 million dollars annually.
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Memphis, Tenn
United States Court
Tate Brothers
Memphis
South
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Carolinas
Editor Tapley Arrested in Ripley for Sedition
E F Tapley editor of the People's Advocate Populist paper was arrested on sedition charges over a published article calling a mass meeting to express resolve for a fair election on November 6th. He waived examination, bonded at 2500 dollars, and has prior trouble including a libel conviction with damages.
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Ripley
Tenn
E. F Tapley
People’s Advocate
Court House
Old Lauderdale
Tapley
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Progressive Farmer
Bateson
W. J. Peele
Odo
Poweas
State News
Chicago
Chairman Wilson
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