06 Apr 1895
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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1895
Page
1
The document lists subscription rates for the Nevada State Journal printed daily and weekly, with pricing for daily and weekly delivery by mail or carrier. It notes publication days, including a daily except Mondays and weekly on Saturdays, and mentions the publisher Kelley and Webster.
The Chronicle disputes Ohio Governor McKinley's stance on silver coinage. It stresses his alignment with the 1892 Republican platform favoring bimetallism under restrictions to maintain metal value parity. The piece questions the Ohio platform's stance and notes McKinley has shifted from free coinage to opposing it.
The piece notes President Cleveland has shifted to support an income tax after opposing it in Congress. It cites Nevada Legislature debates and Senator Summerfield as influences. Governor Pattison’s veto of the Income Tax bill is questioned amid Cleveland’s endorsement of taxing incomes. Anna Dickinson is imprisoned for insanity in Scranton after actions involving suffrage dispatches and Jay Gould.
The National Watchman argues for American Bimetallic party money reform as the dominant issue into 1806. It claims the dollar harms the citizen, calls for more money to lift debt, and warns bankers and money owners against a united populace ready to challenge the status quo.
The report notes March receipts will fall about $200,000 short of expenditures. Nine month excess stands at $36,000,000, with a projected $5,000,000 rise in April. Treasury expects income tax to boost revenue if upheld by the Supreme Court. Import duties rose from $8.4 million in July 1894 to $15.7 million in September, with fluctuations thereafter.
Severe storms last weekend struck Colorado Wyoming and Nebraska with heavy snow and high winds. Denver saw a foot of snow hindering rail travel while Cheyenne saw strong winds and Casper reported sheep range losses. Northwestern Nebraska faced 12 to 15 inches of snow blocking rail traffic and cattle losses were noted across the region.
Two highwaymen held up the north bound Oregon express near Wheatland. Sheriff Bogard of Tehama county killed one robber and was fatally shot. Fireman Nethercott wounded, passenger Sampson injured. Robbers fled. one killed identified as James J. Bogard’s killer. posse searches. Detectives link suspects to San Francisco. police deploy from Sacramento.
In Oxicaco the Home for Juvenile Offenders erupted into a riot as girls screamed to be heard for blocks and tore partitions. Police and patrol wagons contained the outbreak after inmates clashed, with no clear cause. San Francisco reports an insurance price war as Fireman's Fund urges policyholders to switch for lower rates and deploys bandwagons to advertise terms.
Western Kentucky and Southern Indiana report forest fires with extensive losses. Otis Smith James Waters and Henry Eller lose homes near Bowling Green as 400 acres burn. Eller dies from burns and a farm hand perishes in bed. Annetta Blowtown areas incur heavy timber losses. Henry Eller and Willian Edwards die, and Mrs Penny is missing after Indiana blaze. Bates and Weber farms burn in Clark County Indiana, total losses reach around 200,000 in Kentucky and lower in Indiana.
Attorney General Nicolson sought an injunction in Newcastle to stop sale of a deed dated August 24, 1682 assigning a twelve mile circle around Newcastle to William Poeun. The Philadelphia auction firm holds the documents valued historically and slated to be sold in early April unless restrained. Leeds resigns as California Traffic Association Traffic Manager citing changes in freight competition and the Transcontinental Association’s collapse. Governor McKinley met with the White House for five minutes with no formalities. Prisoner Frank McNally died in Prineville jail fire. J J Corbalay home Wyandotte burned with no insured loss of 2000 dollars.
Rev J Gundermar of Diamondale Michigan endorses Dr Kings New Discovery after quick, strong relief for his wife’s pneumonia and La Grippe. Letter notes testimonial and free trial bottles at S J Hodgkinson's drug store amid an 1895 Reno postoffice mail receipt list and report of Ex Governor Kinkead's arrival with wife to meet Mrs Fall en route to Europe.
San Francisco coal dealers have formed a combine to push up coal prices despite the tariff, with a claimed nine percent reduction per tun in the rate.
Yesterday a fire at John Newmarker’s ranch, about a mile southeast of town on Glendale road, destroyed a large barn and hay stack after neglect led to a manure heap fire. Water delays hindered firefighting, though two streams saved adjoining structures. Loss estimated at 2500 dollars with no insurance. public notices of remedies and school reports follow in this newspaper.
The later session's expenses reached 195 thousand 88 dollars and 59 cents. Senate contingent expenses excluding mileage and per diem totaled 35 thousand 520 dollars, while Assembly contingent expenses were 62 thousand 559 dollars and 19 cents. There were more attaches than members in both houses.
An 19th century advertisement claims the medicine cures disorders and silments, improves digestion, enriches the blood, eases nervousness, and promotes sleep. It promotes a 168 page guide titled Woman and Her Diseases, mailed sealed for 1a cents in stamps. Worth's Dispessiry Minican Association, 663 Main Street, Budulo, NL.
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