Free Coinage Sparks Kentucky Silver Stampede
A Chicago led silver surge grips Kentucky as sound money Democrats seek Carlisle to rally for free coinage. Gold wing warns of bolt threats while Altgeld and Virginia polls show silver momentum. new county conventions push Boies and free silver amid unit rule debate.
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Kentucky
Cleveland
Carlisle
Brankfort
Soya
Hays
Goldbug Democrata Bay
Loninville
Covington
Charles Sommers
Bland
W. J. Stone
Missouri
Ohlat Honchman
Stove
Shelbyville
Frankfort
Lexington
Richmond
Ldbug
Democrata
Chicago
Tafrain
Alinoin
Towa
Tinois
Altgeld
Alexander County
Peoria
Cumberland County
Pulaski County
Fayette
Douglass
Iowa
Polk County
Committee On
Boies
Frea Gilver
Ilinois
Washington
New York
Q Chicago
Ho Slone
Reblicans
John Kerman
Nebraska Town Ravaged by Eighty Mile Windstorm
A cyclone like gale of eighty mph struck Lincoln Nebraska for five minutes causing heavy damage and casualties. Walton block roofless. walls blown, Merchants hotel unroofed. Ninth street timber crash through State Journal. hospital electrical plant down. Catholic mission church demolished. many private roofs torn off. downed wires and sparse country reports.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Walton
Ninth Street
State Journal
Merchants
Hospital For
Armour Company Discharges Men at Kansas City Plant
Armour Packing plant in Kansas City has discharged 100 additional workers, bringing total cutbacks to 1,000. Strikes remain quiet and boycott of Armour meat continues without incident.
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Armour Company
Armour Packing Company
Kansas City
Armour
Letter from Billarp on government and old crafts in Georgia
Browning reflections on government, science, and everyday life in the Georgia mountains. The writer recalls silk farming in 1830s Georgia, notes on revenue officers, moonshine busts, and pride in home spinning and weaving. He cites Professor Tucker visiting from the labor department and shares stories of mountain families preserving old crafts and hospitality.
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Congress
Yariona
Patent Office
Jenner
Pasteur
Agassiz
Falton
Watts
Newton
Morse
Thad
Professor Tucker
United States
Labor Départment
Georgia
Bob
Washington
North Carolina
Tucker
Rabun
Laboring Men Will Unite Six Orders Form Federation
A major meeting at St Louis headquarters of the Order of Railway Conductors drew six national railway orders and Canadian and Mexican members into a plan to unify under a general council. The convention adopted arbitration and appeals against federation court decisions and adjourned sine die with broad support.
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Order of
St Louie
American Railway Union
Eugene V., Dobbs
Prand
Federation of Labor
Federe Court
Spanish Cabinet Acts Draft Remonstrance Over U S Cuba Policy
At Madrid cabinet council the duke of Totuan was authorized to draft a formal remonstrance against the United States attitude toward Cuba. Senor DeLome may also be instructed to protest in Washington. The government plans to send 40,000 troops to Cuba in September.
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Uncle Sam
Madrid
Duke of Totuan
United States
Cuba
Washington
Senor Depuy DeLome
Tobacco Exports Prohibited by Spanish Government
The Spanish government forbids leaf tobacco exports in response to pressure from Havana cigar factories seeking protection from American competition. The order aims to shield domestic producers and stabilize the local tobacco industry amid global trade shifts.
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Havana
Fearful cyclone devastates Sherman Texas in historic storm
A deadly cyclone struck Sherman Texas at about 6 PM Friday causing widespread ruin. The 160 yard wide path destroyed homes, trees, and fences with an estimated death toll near 100 and many wounded. City hall and a large storeroom became makeshift hospitals as unidentified bodies were taken to the courthouse and Fairview areas. Mayor Tone of Doninon recounts the storm from courthouse square with mud and debris, noting many lives lost and widespread destruction across Postoak creek and surrounding neighborhoods. A relief fund of 8000 dollars has been subscribed and physicians from neighboring cities assist the injured.
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Sherman
Texas
North
Pairview Addition
Gray's Hill
Fairview
Bamale College
Houston Avenue
Treen
Tone
Doninon
Postok Creek
Postok Aragk
Familion
Iady
R. L. Burns
Otto Paulding
James Nicholson
J. H. Montgomery
Mr. Shearer
Richard von
Wakefield Farm
Craighead
Burns
James Davis
John Wields
Lucinds Lake
Charles Cox
Athony
Hightdon
City Hall
Kobler
J. B. Irwin
Edward Truro
More Arms for Cuba Schooner Gladiator Bound for Cuba
The schooner Gladiator slipped past U S revenue cutters near Moyers Tennessee and sailed for Cuba with arms and men. Reports claim 1800 rifles 1400 machetes 250000 rounds of cartridges dynamite and four rapid fire guns aboard. Among 85 crew members are several Americans and the expedition is led by a naturalized citizen.
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Cuba
United States Revenue Cutters
Ort Moyers
T la
Five Men Sentenced to Death by Havana Court Martial
Findings of the Havana court martial publish that five men captured aboard the filibustering American schooner Competitor were convicted and sentenced to death. Proseeding for confiscation of the Competitor was ordered.
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Havana
Atlanta Fire Ravages City With Major Losses
A devastating Sunday night blaze in Atlanta destroyed the Markham House hotel block and three adjacent structures. The fire caused enormous property damage, with losses estimated around 18,276,000 and half that insured, while many residents fled with only night clothes as flames illuminated the city. Numerous buildings along Loyd Street and Decatur Street were harmed, and police and fire units struggled for hours to control the inferno.
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Gate City
Atlanta
Nombora
Decatur Street
HM. Patteraqn
Goya
Markham House
Collings
Markham
Loydlatract
Southfin Express Company
Patterson Co
Parade
Washington
Atlanta Plumbing Company
Hunt Wailoring Company
Golden's
Decatur
Loyd
Sam Sun Squadry
Ellis
Booker
Foller Loan Company
Aster’s
Mi- Jim & Patterson
Atlanta Hartel
Madame Gault
Boyd's
Tittlebaum & Co
Collins Streat
Annie Price
Fannie Price
Maiome Rolling
Bell Bnerton
Oliva Martin
Courtland Streat
Collins
Celebrated crooks Becker and Crogay nabbed in Newark caper
Charles Becker alias Charles Baker and James Crogay alias J Howard alias Joseph Roger, two famed forgers, were arrested in Newark after a December 18 1895 Nevada Bank swindle in San Francisco. Pinkertons and city police cooperated. the forged draft had been raised from 619 to 22000 dollars. Investigations traced the scheme through Beaver and Crocker Woolworth Bank to Europe, with profits around 4 million dollars squandered abroad.
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Charles Becker
Charles Baker
Brooklyn
N.Y
James Crogay
J. Howard
Jousph Roger
New York
Europa
Newark
Nvi
Nevada Bank
San Prancisco
Cal
Pinkertons
I. J. Love
Cotatge
San Francisco
Woodland
Cali
Crocker Woolworth Bank
San Frangieso
Booker
Lear
Ran Brancisco
Beaver
Beoker
Europe
Becker, Cregan and Associates
United States
Fought Fifteen Bien in Florida Result in Fatal Shootout
At 8 oclock Tuesday morning Jack Trice a negro near Palmetto Bla fought fifteen white men wounding Samuel Hughes TE Sanchez and seriously wounding H R Daniels and Albert Buffam Hughes and Sanchez are dead Trice s boy whipped the Town Marshall Hughes s son Whites attacked Trice s house but fled after Trice opened fire Reinforcements arrived neither other Negroes in the house nor further clashes occurred as posses pursue the assailants
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Florida
Jack Trice
Palmetto
Bla
Samuel Hughes
TE. R. Sanchez
H. RB
Daniels
Albert Buffam
Hughes
Sanchez
Trice
Marshall Hughes
Drive
Trive
Court Decision Upheld City Bond Limits in Tennessee Case
The chancery court of appeals at Knoxville Tennessee ruled Saturday in the three “O’s” railroad case from Johnson City that a £9,000 suit, voted by the city in Wands to hl road, could not be issued as bonds since the amount exceeded 1 percent of the city's taxable value, upholding the city's position against state bond issuance.
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Chancery Court of Appeala
Knoxville
Tenn
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Billarp
Atasra
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Columbus
Sisters of Charity
Tholby
Bald
Dee
Deademony
Rilaey
Tip
Becky Waa
Atlanta Constitution
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