Prairie Fire Lights Sky Across Kansas and Pueblo
Western Kansas endures two vast prairie fires likely spanning a county. St John residents panic as fire approaches Stafford county. Nightly flames cast bright reflections visible from Pueblo and Wichita hundreds of miles away. Estimates warn of heavy livestock and crop losses as fire sweeps counties. Also reported are preliminary U S mint estimates of 1906 gold and silver production across states, with adjustments for Oregon Montana South Dakota and overall output projected between 46 and 47 million dollars in gold and about 49 million fine ounces of silver.
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Wiemrra
Kan
Kansas
Pueblo
Col
Wichits
Rey
Ison Klown
Snd
Aviland
Hin Wr
St. John
Stafford
Mves
Wasmindtox
Mint
United States
Oregon
Montana
South Dakota
Popular response slow and bonds questioned in early 1890s notices
Reports from Wasarxetos and Wasarmon detail weak telegram response to a new loan and cautious hopes from the president and Carlisle about subscriber support. Senate lands committee weighs nonresident transfers, Oklahoma debates single statehood, and a record Oklahoma convention gathers 500 delegates. Missouri proposes a graduated inheritance tax over 100000, while Madrid reports military criticism of Campos as government backs line of command.
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Wasarxetos
Department
Treasury
Conatran
Ioan
Carlisle
Rothschilds Comment on U S Bond Plans in Telegraph Reply
The Rothschilds respond to a World telegram on the U S bond issue saying political crisis fuels financial strain and that European buyers remain cautious until the dispute is settled. They note good will between British and American peoples and say governments must decide the path to financing.
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Rothschilds
United States
Congress
Treasury
Europea
Atlantic
New York
England
America
N. M. Rorascut
Ps & Sox
Free Silver Bill Backed by Hall and Missouri Voter
Missouri congressman Hall says he will vote for the silver coinage bill when it reaches the House, despite opposing its principle during the campaign. The report notes other political and legal developments across several states, including court cases and criminal actions.
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Wasarborox
Senate
Hall
Missouri
Fire on Havana as Insurgents Close In From East
News from Havana reports insurgent forces under Gomez and Maceo near the city with firing heard in eastern suburbs. Refugees flood the lines, trains and steamers crowded as hundreds of families abandon homes. Insurgents reportedly control surrounding countryside while authorities insist Havana’s fortifications and 20,000 volunteers plus 46,000 loyal citizens could repel invasion. Lighthouse at Cabannas destroyed. towns like Gair Melens plundered and burned.
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New York
Jourist
Havana
Gomez
Maceo
Pinar del Rio
Moro
Cubanas Principe
Gairs Melens
Gaiea Melens
Guura
Guirs Melena
Guines
Quivican
Durand
San Patios
Crase
Salvador
Julia
San Augustin
Sketches by M Quad: Bunko and Lost Watch in New York
A narrator recalls encounters in New York with a Bunko scammer who mistook him for Tompkins of Akron, a sharp banker, and a watch thief on Sixth Avenue. The piece also describes a street crowd reacting to a boy’s minor head injury on Broadway and Murray Street as police and vendors push through the blocked thoroughfare.
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Kacaas
Royse
Goren
Okla
Jam
Goodland
Kan
Frank Royse
New York
Jamaica
Iowa
Rouse
Enid
Oklo
Mr. Tompkins
Thad
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Akron
Bandas
Dan
First National Bank
Tompkins
Banko
Bunko
Wes
Immanss
Waal
Ida
Broadway
Murray Street
City Hall Park
Cologant
M. ‘Quad
Detroit Free Preas
Free Silver Measure Adopted by Senate Finance Vote
The senate finance committee adopted a substitute for the house bond bill to provide free coinage of silver and seigniorage use to redeem greenbacks and treasury notes in gold or silver. The bill sets minting standards, redirects seigniorage, requires redemption in silver dollars, and phase-out national bank notes under $1. The substitute passed 8 to 5 with Walcott abstaining.
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United States
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Walcott
Yeas
Voorhees
Harris
Jones
Arkansas
Veet
White
Walthall
Nevada
Populiet
Sherman
Allison
Aldrich
Art
National Reform Committee Arrests and Kru Ger Relations
Across Johannesburg the National Reform Committee was arrested as President Kruger blocks food to the city. A German colonization scheme reportedly funds 5,000 settlers into the Transvaal through Dr. Lerds secret fund.
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National Reform Committee
Kruger
Johannesberg
Kru
Lerds
Transvaal
New Woman's Offer Drives Doctor Away West
Kate Pelley and friend Lizzie Adams discuss Frank Ormsby leaving town. Kate, heiress to a fortune, resists her stepmother Mrs Peter Pelby who steers Kate toward a rich nephew marriage to aid a woman's rights group. Ormsby, moved by Kate's stance, defies old ties and plans departure after a tearful farewell.
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Kate Pelley
Lizzie Adams
Lizzie
Kate
Frank Ormsby
Ber
Dr. Ormsby
Este
Captain Polby
Peter Pelby
Peter
Bauch‘Ahaven
Miss Lipwell
Peter Pelley
Goodby
Pone
Ormsby
Morocco
Kate Heent
Frank
Peter Bastled
Dis
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Peanut
Oklahoma City
Casipas
Madrid
Manuto
General Campos
Colonel Jones
St. Lewis
Jan
Charles H. Jones
Joseph Pulitzer
Pulitzer Publishiung Company
M. Wood
Bisintif
Democratic Party
Qel
Jefrexson City
Jefferson Shoe Company
C. M. Henderson
Chicago
Dixon, Ill
Gotvex
Tennessee
Tor Reed
Wasuiseroy
Jas
A. M. Hughes
Jerdeys
St Louis
Hood
Campos
Cabannas
Committee On Finance
Jefrenson Crrr
George Merray
Jackson County
George Arnold
St. Louis
Clay Center
Beck & McChesney
Colesn
Fort Scurr
J. R Colean
State Bank
Tammany
Tamman Hall
Tatuimany
M. Quad
Sixth Avenue
Soli
Senate Finance Committee
Johannesburg
Sepatia
J. L. Green
R. W. Barnett
Green
Barnett
Salt Sr
Josefn
Maud Chase
Severance
Kans
Fred Davis
Bolla
Dana
Neb
Henry Bolla
Holiday Presents
Tui
Homes & Eowards Silven Co
Bridgeport
C.H. Morrison
Kansas Avenue
ST. Denis
Stresta
Gracs
William Taylor
Topeka
York
Hiram Hulse
Gli
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Faleireind
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