Silver's Victories and Free Coinage in the South
A long review of silver plank adoption by Oregon Democrats and free coinage momentum across Missouri Illinois Iowa and the Dakotas. It notes Johnston's Alabama victory as a triumph for democratic free silver and criticizes Cleveland era gold standard forces and Clarke. The piece projects a near majority for free silver at the Democratic national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kaners
Missouri
Illinois
Solar
Iowa
Konth
Dewars
Maryland
West Virginia
South
Indiana
Minnesota
Ohio
Michigan
Times-Union
Diaz in Jail Expressed Sympathy Across America
A Baptist representative Alberto Diaz of Oaks is jailed at Haven amid reports of pro liberty sentiment. The article notes his arrest alongside brother Victoriano Diaz and mentions potential seizure of Baptist property by the Spanish government. A separate Cairo dispatch reports Col John A Cockerill’s remains sent to New York with clergy and American colony in attendance.
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America
Alberto J. Diaz
Baptists
Oaks
Haven
Dr. Diaz
Baptiste
New York
Aperial
Hayaona
Key West
Diaz
Moro Castle
Alfred Victoriano Disz
Col. Cockerill
New York Herald
Cairo
Egypt
John A. Cockerill
Missouri Democrats Push Free Coinage at Bedlin Convention
Missouri Democrats at Bedlin Wednesday endorsed free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1. Delegates, led by Bland, urged bimetallism with gold and silver, naming Bland for president and urging unit votes for pro silver candidates at Chicago. Renomination of Gibson in Tennessee and Alabama bloc actions also noted amid congressional and election proceedings.
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Missouri
Bedlin Wodnesday
Dick Bland
United States
Sedalia
Bugler
Dixie
Richard P. Bland
Stone
Cockrell
West
Chicago
Bland
Atone
Hea
Party of the People
Europe
America
I. M. Quockrell
George G. West
George G. Vest
United States Senate
Gibson
Tennesgee
Knoxville
Henry R. Gibson
Congress
House
Bartlett
Georgia
Elections Committee
Goodwings
Cobb
Alabama
Bell
Texas
Moorman
Latimer
South Carolina
Georgia Battle Abbey Association Formed in Atlanta
A mass meeting at the Columbia Theatre in Atlanta drew a large audience to raise funds for a Southern battle abbey. Speeches by General Clement Evans inspired resolutions forming the Georgia Battle Abbey Association to aid the memorial temple and influence its Georgia location, with women urged to enroll.
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Cittons
Atlanta
Columbia Theatre
Ita
Charles Broadway Rouss
New York
Thare
W. A. Hemphill
Clement A. Evans
Georgia
Georgia Battle Abbey Association
Georgis
Burden's Diamonds Two Ex-Servants Arrested In London
Two men calling themselves Dunlop and Larner, described as gentlemen servants, were arraigned at Marlborough street police court London for possessing twenty eight diamonds valued about £3000 with no clear explanation. They were remanded for a week without bail. Police found jewelry worth $20000 at their lodgings. likely proceeds of L Townsend Burden residence theft in New York. Burden's bankers J S Morgan & Co notified him that Robert Dunlop and William Turner, once his butler and second man, were arrested with the diamonds.
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Dunlop and
Larner
Een
Marlborough Street
London
Proest
L. Townsend Burden
New Yor
Mr. Burden
J. 5. Morgan & Co
Robert Dunlop
William Turner
Insurgents Defeat Spanish Column Near Lechuza
Havana reports a major battle near Lechuza as Colonel Debbs with the Alphonse XIII battalion and Spanish troops clash with insurgents led by Maceo. The advancing government column, aided by 200 cavalry, faced heavy fire and failed to encircle the insurgents, suffering many dead and wounded.
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Havana
Lechuza
Alphonse XIII
Debbs
Maceo
Debos
Manuel
Pinar del Rio
Cnbana
Debaters Crisp and Smith Head to Washington for Talks
Ex speaker Crisp and Hon Hoke Smith left Georgia on the Southern vestibule train after a joint discussion on federal finance. Secretary Smith joined them on the trip to the national capital. Crisp appeared hale and active as they departed, following a day of political exchange. Washington delegates at the state convention debated free coinage while naming uninstructed delegates. Five men died and two were fatally injured in Bedford Ind when a belt railroad engine and a fast car derailed on a trestle.
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Crisp
Smith
Charles ¥. Crisp
House of Representatives
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Washington
Chimmie Fadden
the Bowery
Hugh C. Wallace
Tacoma
R. 0. McCrosky
Whitman
W. H. White
Seattle
J.B. Fenton
Spokane
J. BP. Gleoton
Chalis County
Thomas Maloney
Port Angeles
J. L. Sharpsteing
Walla Walla
Charles A. Darling
New Whatcom
Bedford
Ind
National Capital Doings and Civil Bill Details
The piece notes the Rev A J Diaz case in Havana with State Department actions for protection and fair trial. It reports Ways and Means favoring repeal of a Wilson act alcohol provision, and internal revenue struggles. It lists the Deficiency Bill totals and department allocations including State Treasury War Navy Interior and others with grand totals and annual appropriations.
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A. J. Diaz
Havana
Department of State
Department
Cahaul
Home Committee On Ways and Means
Internal Revenue
Washington
Constantinople
Red Crose
Armenia
Porta
Hoglish
Red Cross
Bacon
Secretary of the Treasury
Cotton States and International Exposition Company
Atlanta
House Appropriations
General Appropriations
Ogmon
State Department
Treasury Department
Flah Commission
Smithsonian Institution
Dioterot of Columbia
War Department
Navy Department
Interior Department
Post Ofice Department
Department of Justice
Ifice
Library of Congress
Hous of Representatives
United States Courts
District of Columbia
Montgomery Advertiser Concedes Johnston Governor Nominee
The Montgomery Advertiser says Johnston, the free silver candidate, will be governor after securing at least 304 delegates to the Alabama state convention. It notes Clarke’s fight for sound money and moral victory, while Johnston’s nomination is seen as the result of state committee actions. The president issued his annual Behring Sea proclamation warning sealers.
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Oe Boles
Morgan
Roiss
Alabama
Arkansas
Little Rock
Harrod
Democratic Party
Dan Jones
Jones
Montgomery
Johnston
Reo Silver
Advertiser
Clarke
Johnston’s Nomination Due To Jotting Down the Bars By the State Committee
Doza
Words and Thoughts in a Mountain Daisy Scene
Poem fragment discusses thoughts as messengers of love and yearns for two lovers to meet in a sheltered leafy glen. It evokes mountains, heather, mountain daisies, and a river with a horn, framing a rural, pastoral vow of union.
The Couriers and the King's March Through Spring’s Fields
The poem narrates a regal procession moving across valleys and plains as sunny heralds ride in bright livery. Birds celebrate spring with cheerful songs while people speak of weddings and budding, hopeful futures amid mild weather and growing nature.
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Bun
Myrtia
Yine
Comba
The Reign of the American Beauty in London Ends
A British society paper declares the reign of the American Beauty in London has ended. The narrative contrasts triumph and defeat as two men pursue power and love, culminating in a reveal of fortune and outcome amid social spectacle.
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London
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