Currency Reform Strengthens U S Money System
The 1900 currency reform under President McKinley establishes a gold basis, increases reserves, expands national banks, and refunds debt. It marks a major financial achievement following the Dingley tariff, with the United States now seen as financially strong as old high-rate bonds convert to 2 percent bonds at par.
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United States
McKinley
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
Committee On Banking and Currency
House
Great Britain
Gibraltar
1892 Prosperity and Trade Balance in the United States
The passage claims 1892 brought broader prosperity than any prior year while alleging the November 1892 election harmed labor and business. It asserts four years of statistics show free trade and free silver agitation caused greater losses than prior calamities, noting a 1892 US balance of trade in surplus at $202,875,686.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Currency Law Expands Gold Reserve and Bank Flexibility
The act of March 14, 1900, creates a $150 million gold reserve for redeeming U S notes and 1890 treasury notes, raises national bank capital minimums to $25,000 in small towns, allows notes against United States bonds, and refunds major debts into 2 percent bonds payable in gold. It notes trade imbalances with 1893 and 1894 contexts, citing the Wilson tariff impact. Des Moines Register commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Caucus Committee
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Des Moines Register
Treasury figures show 1900 revenue and pensions
The United States reports total receipts for 1900 at $568,988,948.21 with pensions totaling $138,462,172.54 or 24 percent. Expenditures by War and Navy amount to $190,743,980.61 or 35 1 3 percent, covering all war related costs including equipment, vessel purchases, and troop transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Treasury Department
War and Navy Departments
War and Navy Department
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Free and Unlimited Silver Coinage Debate Echoes in Prices
The 1896 proposal to coin silver at 16 to 1 would raise prices, but it was not adopted. Yet by 1899 1900 average price increases helped farmers pay mortgages paint barns repair fences and buy new farm tools and pianos.
A Lesson from the Jails
The piece argues crime drops in prosperous times. It cites Illinois penitentiary admissions: 927 for the year ending Sept 30, 1895, and 506 in 1899, showing fewer convicts when labor is strong and wages are good.
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Illinois
Witty Exchange on Mr Bryan’s Battle Books
A brief, humorous dialogue paces a reader awaiting Bryan’s next volumes. The quip casts Mr Bryan in a duel of books, suggesting the second volume will deliver a tougher fall for him.
Old Settler Elon Fuller Dies in Waukesha History
Elon Fuller, one of Waukesha's earliest settlers, died last evening at 8 o'clock. Born September 2, 1816 in Shaftsbury Vermont, he was the second of twelve children. After stints in Ohio and Michigan he moved to Wisconsin in 1835 following encouragement from M D Cutler to join the area. He helped found the growing community in Waukesha County.
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Waukesha
Wis
Elon Fuller
Mr. Fuller
Shaftsbury
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
M. D. Cutler
Waukesha County
Fuller
Life of pioneer farmer Mr Fuller remembered in county obituary
The long lived settler camped under the Dunbar oak in Bethesda park and built a log cabin home. He married Ursula Sears in 1843 and had three children, only G. E. Fuller remains. He supported Bec college, church work, and farming, leaving a substantial estate and many descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunbar
Bethesda Park
Appleton Set to Welcome J C McCoy From Orient
Word reaches Appleton that J C McCoy, former local insurance agent, will return from the Orient around September 10. He left for China about a year ago and was later thought missing near Pekin during the Boxer upheaval. He was in Nagasaki when the message was written and will depart Japan soon for the United States.
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Appleton, Wis
J. C. McCoy
Orient
Appleton
Nagasaki
Japan
McCoy
China
Pekin
Strike at Eau Claire bridge halts Milwaukee workers
Eighty Italian railroad workers employed on the Milwaukee road work train at the Eau Claire bridge in Wausau staged a morning strike after two companions were discharged. Division Superintendent Atkins and Assistant General Superintendent Bush arrived by noon and settled the issue, with the men agreeing to return to work tomorrow.
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Wausau, Wis
Milwaukee Road
Eau Claire Bridge
Atkins
Bush
North West Paper Co. awards wood pulp mill contract
Appleton Wisconsin August 17 a contract has been closed by the North West Paper Company of Cloquet Michigan with architect C B Pride for the erection of a ground wood pulp mill of twenty tons capacity. Machinery and all necessities for the complete plant will be supplied by Pride who will deliver the mill in running order within ninety days.
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Appleton, Wis
Northwest Paper Company
Cloquet
Mich
C. B. Pride
Birned life saver learns brother’s body not found
Nelson Sanville of the Kewaunee lifesaving crew received word from Copper Harbor that his brother Joseph Sanville, who drowned from the fishing tug Silver Spray last week, could not be found and all hope of recovering the body had been given up. He had fifty dollars in his pocket at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kewaunee
Wis
Nelson Sanville
Copper Harbor
Joseph Sanville
Silver Spray
Young Sanville
Conductor Severely Injured by Timbers on Draw Bridge
West Superior Wisconsin August 17 Robert Clementson a South Shore freight conductor suffered severe head injuries when timbers struck him as he stood on a moving car on the Nemadji river draw bridge span He was hospitalized and expected to recover.
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West_Superior
Wis
Robert Clementson
South Shore
Nemadji
Seventeenth Child Born To Manitowoc Family of Bank
Happiness arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs Martin J Bank in Manitowoc Wisconsin with the birth of a daughter joining a large family of seventeen children Nine of the siblings are living several having died in infancy The event occurred on Wednesday August 17 and makes the Bank family one of the citys largest households with a newborn daughter among nine surviving children.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Martin J. Bank
Wausau Boy Drowns In Wisconsin River
In Wausau Wisconsin on August 17 Frank Kreening eleven son of Mr and Mrs Robert Kreening slipped from a boom into the Wisconsin river above the falls and was drowned. The body has not been recovered.
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Wausau
Wis
Frank Kreening
Robert Kreening
Wisconsin River
Kaufmann Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced in Embezzlement Case
Michael Kaufmann former Deering Harvester general agent in Madison admitted embezzling about 5600 of company funds in a municipal court plea. He received a two year state prison sentence with bond posted by his father and brother from Fond du Lac. The case involved forged notes and shortages dating back to 1897 to 1898 and the company plans to sue on the bond.
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Madison, Wis
Michael Kaufmann
Deering Harvester
Comeny Here
Hildebrandt
Deering Company
Kaufmanns
Kaufman
Bashford
Kaufmann
M Kaufmann
Fond du Lac
Telegraph Hearing on Telecommunication Tax Plan
W I Gapen of the Postal service testified at a Wisconsin tax board hearing on telegraph taxation. Western Union asked for Aug 25 extension. Wisconsin tax data due Sept 1. Gapen urged retaining the current per mile tax rate and valuing only wire and property, not franchise value. The present Wisconsin tax totals $515.50. A hearing for telephone companies is set for August 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
W. I. Gapen
Chicago
Postal Company
State Tax Commission
Western Union Company
Supt
McMichael
Gapen
Wisconsin
Illinois
Thomas Martin Dies at 101 in Florence County
Oshkosh Wis Aug 16 Special Thomas Martin longtime resident of this county died in Florence at age 101 Born March 27 1799 in Ireland He was father of John Martin a paving contractor renowned across northern Wisconsin His death marks a long life and regional legacy.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Thomas Martin
Florence
Ireland
John Martin
Wisconsin
Case Dismissed in Manitowoc Assault Trial
The assault and battery case brought by Vincent Slawsiki of Milwaukee against Kazmier Stachowiak Stanley Piasecki and Ignatz Gajewski all of Milwaukee was dismissed for lack of sufficient evidence and to identify the right parties. Stachowiak pleaded guilty to abusive language at Nickel's saloon and paid 11.51 in fines and costs. Attorney H J Killilea of Milwaukee represented the defendants.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Vincent Slawsiki
Milwaukee
Kazmier Stachowiak
Stanley Piasecki
Ignatz Gajewski
Craite
Slawski
Joseph Nickel
H. J. Killilea
Hold Up At Woodruff Saloon
In Woodruff Wisconsin on August 16 two masked men robbed a saloon keeper Frank Lapage of about 350 dollars in cash and several small checks then bound him and covered him with bedclothes until found two hours later nearly suffocated. The robbers fled.
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Woodruff
Wis
Frank Lapage
Mississippi rises flood enabling rafting works to reopen
The Mississippi at La Crosse Wisconsin rose a foot in 24 hours due to heavy headwaters rainfall. The West Newton rafting works, closed for weeks by low water, resume operations today, restoring jobs for many workers.
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West Newton
George Warren Dead Pioneer and Laurelhill Farm Head
George Warren of Fox Lake Wisconsin died this morning at age 76 after a nearly two year illness. A pioneer resident and head of the Laurelhill horse farm with large business interests at Warrens Wisconsin, he leaves a wife and three sons. Funeral services are set for Saturday.
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Fox Lake
Wis
George Warren
Spring Green Votes Down Village Bond For Utilities
Baraboo Wisconsin Aug 16 A special election in Spring Green failed to pass a 9000 bond measure to build an electric light plant and waterworks with 45 voting yes and 67 no.
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Baraboo
Wis
Spring Green
Cannot Cross Track Between Railroads Sparks Dispute
A rail conflict in Oshkosh Wisconsin pits North Western against Wisconsin Central over a four mile siding. The North Western plans a crossing on the Central main line north of the city but Central blocks crossing by stationing crews and placing a heavily loaded freight to obstruct work. No progress occurred as work stands still.
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Oshkosh
Wis
North- Western
Wisconsin Central
North-Western Road
Ashland
Wisconsin Central Road
The
Central
Northwestern
Mystery Hobo Bath Solves Black River Case in La Crosse
In La Crosse Wisconsin on August 16 a hobo bathing on the Black River bank prompted police to investigate a possible drowning or murder. Rivermen found clothes nearby, and Detective Taylor traced the garments to a prior request by Mrs. Klinnear for a suit. The vest among the clothes led to the discovery that the hobo bathed.
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Taylor
City Force
I. M. Klinnear
Letter From China Describes Missionary Movements
Dr. W. F. Seymour, on vacation from Reedsburg, received a July 11 letter from Dr. James B. Neal in Chefoo. It notes Tenchow missionaries gathered at Chefoo, Luce and Irwin families in Korea, departures from Shantung interior, and protective actions by Mr. Fowler and Gov. Yuen Shi Kai. It discusses property left with the magistrate and hopes of eventual return, plus Dr. Lewis securing an appointment on the Yorktown and contingency plans to reach Korea then Japan.
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Baraboo
Wis
W. F. Seymour
Reedsburg
China
James B. Neal
Seymour
Chefoo
Luce
Irwin
Korea
Shantung
Mr. Fowler
United States
Yuen Shi Kai
Tengchow
Dr. Neal
Dr. Lewis
Yorktown
Japan
Pew Rent Suits Filed in Brighton
John Zeichen treasurer of St. Xavier's church sues Nicholas Weber and William Kemens of Brighton for pew rent totaling 21.40 and 10.60 respectively. The claims arise from unpaid pew rents in the church.
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Kenosha
Wis
John Zeichen
Brighton
Nicholas Weber
Wiliam Kemens
St. Xavier’s Church
North-Western Railroad Buys Right of Way Near Wautoma
J A Sedgwick for the North Western Railroad buys the Larson farm two miles northeast of Wautoma, signaling a Princeton to Marshfield route. He also acquires nearby depot grounds and indicates further farm purchases as the survey line proceeds through area farms.
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Wautoma
Wis
J. A. Sedgwick
North- Western Railroad Company
Peter Larson
Princeton
Marshfield
Larson
Boys Terrorize La Crosse In City and County
A gang of organized youths is stealing small items in the south part of La Crosse Wisconsin and is bold enough to raid farmers in the county. Police identify four members and plan to send them to the reform school.
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la Crosse
Wis
Reform School
Well Known La Crosse Man Found Dead by Hanging
Frank Oberst a 44 year old shipping clerk for John Paul Lumber in La Crosse Wis was found hanging from the rafters in his barn this morning. Officials attribute the act to despondency caused by the mill shutdown and inability to obtain work. He had threatened and attempted suicide previously and was dead for several hours when discovered.
Otto Nast Killed by Revolving Wheel at Park Paper Mills
Ot to Nast aged 16 died in a sulphite room accident at Park Paper mills in Marinette Wisconsin he was caught in a revolving wheel and his body was terribly mangled authorities report the incident occurred on August 16.
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Marinette
Wis
Otto Nast
Park Paper Mills
Veteran Columbus merchant collapses at stable
John Topp, veteran merchant of Columbus Wisconsin, was seized with faintness at his stables yesterday afternoon and fell while climbing steps to his home. Though conscious and able to talk, he remains in critical condition.
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Columbus, Wis
John Topp
Ingalls Dies in Las Vegas Former U S Senator John J Ingalls
Former U S Senator John J Ingalls died in Las Vegas New Mexico at 2 25 this morning surrounded by his wife and two sons Ellsworth and Sheffield Funeral planned in Atchison Kansas Illness began in March 1899 in Washington after throat trouble He lived in New Mexico Arizona seeking climate change and continued writing for newspapers until health failed Mrs Ingalls remained by his side and four other children survived him
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Las Vegas
N. M
United States
John J. Ingalls
Hast Las Vegas
Ingalls A Kansas Senator Known For Sharp Wit And Battles
John James Ingalls born December 29 1833 in Middleton Massachusetts rose through Williams College to a law career then moved to Atchison Kansas. He served in the Territorial council 1860 and Kansas state senate 1861 1862 later becoming United States senator in 1873 and president pro tempore for two years. He gained fame as a vigorous writer and speaker with sharp invective and battles with Southern senators including a clash with Joe Brown of Georgia culminating in a nickname laden exchange though no duel occurred.
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John James Ingalls
Middleton
Mass
Williams College
Atchison, Kas
Territorial Council
State Senate
United States
Kansas
Carson City
New
Philadelphia
Senate
Joe Brown
Georgia
Brown
Ingalls
Alaska
Uriah Heep
Joseph Surface
Belleville Man Cleared After Plea By Wife In Tears
Belleville Ill Aug 16 A wealthy German resident August Klotzbach age 48 was released after his wife Lena Dexle age 23 and their 5 year old child pleaded for his innocence. State's Attorney Baker withdrew charges following the dramatic scene. Neighbors stopped a violent assault as Klotzbach attempted to murder his wife and three men helped restrain him. Once married to Lena Dexle at Chicago the couple had caused a sensation nine years earlier.
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Belleville
Ill
August Klotzbach
Baker
Klotzbach
Kickham
Lena Dexle
Chicago
Miners and dancers wed after dice dare in Cripple Creek
In Cripple Creek Colorado three young miners aged 21 to 24 wagered with three singing dancers at the Dawson club. The dare led to marriage licenses and ceremonies before Justice McCullah, with Louis Walter choosing Minnie Wolfe, E E Bergerstand selecting Bertha A Robinson, and Jesse Atkinson taking Ray Whitlock. The couples celebrated by visiting Myers avenue resorts.
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Cripple Creek
Col
Dawson Club
Justice McCullah
Louis Walter
Clear Creek
Minnie Wolfe
E. E. Bergerstand
Bertha A. Robinson
Jesse Atkinson
Ray Whitlock
Myers Avenue
Columbia Ashes: Fire Destroys Shavings Town
The town of Columbia on the Kettle River in the Boundary Creek mining district burned to ashes yesterday afternoon. Loss nears 150,000 dollars roughly half the syndicate price for the town site and buildings. Population 750 to 1000. Fire started in a pile of shavings.
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Vancouver
B. C
Columbia
Kette
Boundary Creel
Grand Forks
Pennsylvania Jurist Dead
Chief Justice Henry Green of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court died in Atlantic City New Jersey on August 16.
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Pennsylvania
Atlantic City
N. J
Henry Green
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
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Bryan
J.C. McCoy
Appleton Man
Minn
Michael Kaufman
Madison
Waupun
Chicago & North-Western Railroad
River
New Mexico
J. J. Ingalls
Columbia, B. C
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