Rise of the Gold Standard Across Nations
The article surveys how Russia Japan and India join a growing global shift to a single gold standard since 1870 Others like China Siam and several American republics move toward gold production surges from 1847 to 1899 raise available gold While silver use grows in parallel the dominance of gold money expands with global population and production trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Mexico
China
Korea
Siam
Persia
Central
South America
Japan
Russia
India
California
Australia
Colorado
South Africa
Alaska
Tooke
Newmarch
Munhall
Mulhall
Beet Sugar Supremacy and Porto Rican Tariff Debate
The piece argues beet sugar now makes two thirds of world production, boosting temperate-zone farmers under Republican protection. It credits the Porto Rican tariff as a guard against tropical labor cheapening U.S. beet sugar, and notes Pacific islands as a key source for remaining imports. It envisions U.S. self-sufficiency with modest protection and domestic use of revenue for island opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropics
United States
Republican Party
Cuba
Democratic Party
Porto Rico
Islands
Pacific
East Indies
Hawaiian Islands
Philippine Islands
Market potential of Cuba and Pacific islands for U S goods
A French government publication analyzes the future value of Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Hawaiian, Philippine and Samoan islands as US markets. It notes current export mixes, Spanish trade levels, and estimates that normal production and consumption could rise significantly, boosting US imports from and to these territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Porto Rico
Samoan
United States
Moniteur Officiel du Commerce
Antilles
Spain
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Hongkong
Shanghai
Yokohama
Calcutta
Australian
International Arbitration and U S Role at Hague
After the Spanish American War, the Hague Peace Conference saw the United States propose international arbitration. Twenty two sovereign states signed a convention for peaceful settlement of disputes. The United States reaffirmed the Monroe Doctrine, gaining worldwide recognition of the policy. The article cites hope that a permanent international tribunal will influence rational dispute resolution and notes growing State Department efforts to use peaceful adjudication for resolving controversies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hague
Europe
Department of State
Oil Exports and Foreign Shipping Costs Highlight Trade Balance
The article notes the United States ships out about one thousand million gallons of oil annually, a major export. It argues the three year revenue from oil exports would need to cover foreign ship owners’ annual outflow for most foreign carrying, stressing the gold or commodity value sent abroad to pay for imports and exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germans for Expansion
Hon. Oswald Ottendorfer declares that the 16 to 1 plank of the Kansas City convention will bar German American voters from backing Mr. Bryan regardless of their view on expansion. If he investigates, he may learn that this voter class does not feel strongly opposed to expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswald Ottendorfer
Kansas City
Bryan
Ottendorfer
They Will Not Crack This Nut Bryan and His Party
A Gray's Harbor Gazette critique argues Bryan's campaign is a ruse. It notes wool and sheep prices have doubled since 1896, blaming the gold standard and protection for boosting American sheep owners' profits and resisting political change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Gray’s Harbor
Wash
China Prepares for Possible War as Pekin Advance Looms
London reports Chinese minister Loh Feng Luh warns an allied march on Pekin risks war and urges prompt assurances that only ministers and foreigners will be released. He fears mass violence against whites and predicts upheaval if the dynasty is toppled. Washington notes mixed signals and cautious moves by Chaffee with Japanese scouting reports showing heavy resistance ahead.
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London
China
Pekin
Loh Feng Luh
Hagland
Washington
United States
Gen. Chaffee
Morrison
Times
Britain
Great Britain
D. C
Admiral Remey
Tien Tsin
Remey
War Department
Chaffee
Shanghai
Liu Kun-Yi
Nankin
Sheng
Taotai
Killen
New York
Herald
Yang Tse
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Taku
Li Ping Han
State Department
Chetfoo
Ireneh
Tsung li Yamen
Pao Ting
Kansas City Convention Questioned and Financial Outlook
Commentary criticizes the Kansas City convention as heavily influenced by bosses and argues against predicting outcomes. It notes a $2,244,000,000 foreign commerce figure under the gold standard, suggesting silver is out of the running and that the running mate of prosperity is unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Aguinaldo
Bryan
Russians Storm a Fortress at Hung Hun
A Russian telegraph from Khabrovsk dated August 1 reports General Grode koff's forces captured fourteen Hotchkiss and ten other guns at Hung Hun after storming the fortress on Monday July 30 and driving 4000 Chinese defenders before them. The report also notes Blagovestchensk was bombarded and the steamer Selenga was damaged while aiding in Aigun’s defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Blagovestchensk
Aigun
Grodekoff
Khabrovsk
Hung Hun
London Debates Pekin March Feasibility and Risks
Fresh rumors of an advance on Pekin circulate from London as outposts extend at Tien Tsin. Experts doubt a rapid, well-equipped march can rescue the legations, noting ammunitions and transport shortages and possible imperial culpability in the legation attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Taku
Morrison
Patience Wears Thin Over Pekin Relief Effort
Tien Tsin reports frustration among foreign residents as delays slow the Pekin relief expedition. President Tenney of Tien Tsin University condemns the lack of urgency and urges action to save besieged legationers. Japan declined England’s financial offer in the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tien Tsin
Shanghai
Pekin
Tenney
Tien
Legations
Japan
Room Said to be Anarchist Plot Center in Hoboken
Detectives identify a second floor room in a Hoboken resort used by Italian and other anarchists for secret meetings tied to the plan to kill King Humbert. Eight people connected to Bresci and Quintavello are under arrest in Italy. Paris reports a would-be assassin named Salson in the Persia case.
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New York
Humbert
West Hoboken
N. J
Hoboken
New York City
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Paterson
Bresci
Quintevallo
Salvatore Quintavello
Sarri
Lenner
Lana
Italy
Paris
Muzaffer Ed-Din
Persia
Salson
Francois Salson
Eloping couple drown in Current river attempt
Poplar Bluff Missouri reports Miss Martha Hendricks aged 17 and Paul Warner drowned while fleeing the father who opposed their elopement. Their boat struck a snag in the Current river and overturned. both sank. Hendricks later appeared in grief and was driven from the scene as authorities recovered the bodies for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Bluff
Martha Hendricks
Paul Warner
Miss Hendricks
John Hendricks
Bennett
Ripley County
Doniphan
Hendricks
Elopers
Afraid to Tell His Father Ends in Tragic Suicide
Otto Cottom aged 17 shot himself after failing to confess forced marriage to a 27 year old woman. His sister heard the shot, and he staggered into the house before dying. Reports allege Lou Chandler from National City near Peoria induced the marriage on July 2 and letters from her father threatened arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Otto Cottom
Cottom
Lou Chandler
National City
Peoria
Chandler
Preacher and Wife Part Separate After Eighteen Years
In Honey Bend Illinois Rev Mr Query resigns as pastor after revealing eighteen years of loveless marriage. He cites a dream warning and asks the church to accept his resignation. Mrs Query receives a Ray mond house and lot a horse and buggy and $150. the minister takes a bedstead and shotgun. He is over fifty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pana
Ill
Query
Baptist Church
Honey Bend
Raymond
Negro rescues six children from Walnut Hills fire
In Cincinnati on August 3 Thomas Williams, a Black resident, saved six children from a blaze at 1116 and 1118 Lincoln Avenue. He woke occupants Mrs. Samantha Earley and Mr. and Mrs. Peasley, then re-entered the burning building three times to carry out the children despite great danger.
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Cincinnati
Lincoln Avenue
Walnut Hills
Thomas Williams
Williams
Samantha Earley
Peasley
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Monza
House of Savoy
Berlin
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Chicago, Ill
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St. Luke’s Hospital of
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