New York Senator Hill backs free coinage across regions
The Elmira speech shown in this morning's JOURNAL reveals Senator Hill of New York as the first Eastern state senator to back free coinage of gold and silver. He argues the money unit must rest on both metals and signals support for Stewart’s bill, potentially securing Pacific Coast votes and electoral support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Hill
New York
Elmira
Hill
Nevada
Colorado
Jeffrson
United States
Stewart
David B. Hill
Pacific Coast
Congressional mutability and party control in the Senate
The piece traces changes in U S Senate control after the Fifty-first Congress, noting Republican majorities gained by admitting Idaho and Wyoming, shifts from elections in 1892, and the possibility of a Senate tie next year. It criticizes legislative rather than popular election of senators and cites Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut as examples.
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Tateamen
Congress
Senate
House
Idaho
Weoming
Wyoming
Palmer
Illinois
Farwell
Wills
Wisconsin
Spooner
Hill
New York
Evarts
Peffer
Kansas
Ingalls
Kyle
South Dakota
Moody
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Hiscock
Sawyer
Sanders
Montana
United States
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Town
Knights of Reciprocity Reciprocity party forms in Chicago
A Chicago paper reports a new political group named Knights of Reciprocity organizing for the upcoming Presidential campaign. Led by James G Blaine as Chief the party promotes free trade with selected nations and mutual rights. It targets laborers farmers and possibly professionals with 5 000 members in Chicago and 75 000 encampments nationwide.
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Chicago
Knights of
James G. Blaine
Webster
Blaine
Congress
Farmers’ Alliance
Continental League
United States
Artesian wells bill aims to reclaim arid lands
Senator Kyle of South Dakota proposes a 3 million dollar appropriation to sink artesian wells under the Department of Agriculture to reclaim desert lands. The measure follows failed rain-making experiments and echoes earlier Nevada proposals. The piece notes Germany’s 1890 census population at 49,426,884 excluding Heligoland.
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Kyle
South Dakota
Department of Agriculture
Dyrenforth
C. W. Kendall
Nevada
Congress
Reed
Germany
Empire
Helighand
England
McKinley Inaugurated In Columbus Ohio
Governor McKinley was inaugurated in Columbus amid a large citizen turnout with judges state officers and legislators present. He praised Ohio progress reduced state debt endorsed the new ballot law and urged fair redistricting to curb gerrymandering, noting party shifts in Congress and urging balanced representation.
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McKinley
Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Campbell
Oho
Congress
Reno Joyawan Edition Highlights Local Origins
Kelley and Stoddard publish a twelve page Reno Joyawan on the first with cuts of local importance and origins matter. The Riverside town press takes the lead in bringing Nevada to the front as Genoa Consier notes the edition.
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Kelley & Stoddard
Reno
Nevada
Genoa
Counselman v Hitchcock ruling limits compelled testimony
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Counselman, meeting resistance to forced answers in criminal cases. The ruling holds a witness cannot be compelled to testify if answering would tend to eliminate or criminally implicate him, reversing Judge Gresham's contempt finding and shaping interstate rail transportation law and constitutional protection.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Charles Counselman
Frank Hitchcock
United States District Court of Northern
Gresham
Counselman
Supreme Court
Elm Hall Sugar Plantation Bounty Totals 250000 Plus
The Elm Hall sugar plantation in Assumption Parish owned by Leon Goodchaux stopped operations recently and produced 4,250,000 pounds of sugar. The United States plans to pay a bounty of $85,000, with Goodchaux expected to receive over $250,000 across his dozen plantations from the government.
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Elm Hall
Leon Goodchaux
Assumption Parish
United States
Goodchaux
Riot aftermath at Baltimore ex amination details police brutality
Witnesses testified about riot days in Valparaiso and police brutality. Dozens of sailors were arrested, beaten, and one stabbed with a bayonet. many did not know of the riot until arrest. Turnbull died after eighteen knife wounds. Riggin was sober before attack. Dying statement expected tomorrow.
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Vautxso
Cal
Baltimore
Valparaiso
Tehisd
Valparsino
Billy Patterson
Riggin
Turnbull
Washington
Congress
Davidson
United States
Vallejo
Navy Department
Cook
Tramball
Miviser
Miners trapped after blast as death toll rises
MacAllisten I T reports a deadly mine explosion drawing 5000 spectators to the shaft. By early morning 48 bodies recovered and 100 injured with 15 dead. 335 men in the mine, 51 bodies found, 137 escaped, 108 rescued, 30 unaccounted. Officials fear many more deaths.
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MacAlllisten
I. T
Bodea
Antonio Genemetel
Robbery Strikes Florence and Globe Stage Near Riverside
A Florence and Globe stage was robbed five miles west of Riverside Arizona by a tall dark highwayman with heavy mustache and no mask. Wells Fargo box and two bars of silver were taken. a similar holdup occurred nearby ten days earlier. Indian riders pursued but lost the trail in the Pins Mountains amid a blinding snowstorm.
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Puemix
Florence and Globe
Riverside
Arizona
Wells, Fargo & Co
Pins Mountains
The Baltimore Investigation in Vallejo and Washington
The Vallejo hearing, chaired by Judge Advocate Remy, probes the Baltimore sailor attack with rapid testimony from over twenty witnesses. Key claims include organized mob activity, warnings to sailors, police complicity, and multiple attack sites. Washington voices disappointment over Chilean proceedings and questions about trials and injuries including Riggin and Turnbull.
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Baltimore
Vallejo
Cal
Advocate Remy
Garter
United States
Harrison
Valparaiso
Riggins
Schley
Liberty Party
Associated Press
Chile
Egan
Kennedy
Lord Salisbury
Deputy Sheriff Pete Taylor Faces Shortage Probe
Canson January 11 Deputy Sheriff of Ormsby county Pete Taylor is over $1,000 short in his accounts. Sheriff Botsford demanded a monthly account and found a shortage. Taylor denies knowledge and claims possible theft by others. The safe shows no tampering. He is not under bonds and a warrant was issued for his arrest tonight as Horsford seeks to cover the loss. Taylor is ill in bed.
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Canson
Ormsby
Pete Taylor
Botsford
Taylor
Escaped Lunatic Captured After Parading Car Butte Streets
Frank P. Hill who fled Stockton Asylum was seen in Carson in recent days with an ax on his shoulder. He was captured today by W. Chesnutwood and taken to Reno Asylum tonight.
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Cansom
Nev
Frank P. Hill
Stockton Asylum
Carson
W. Chesnutwood
Reno Asyalam
A Bimetailic Congress Proposed in Senate
In Washington January 11 a Senate resolution by Tellar of Colorado calls for a bimetallic congress. It urges using gold and silver as full legal tender and inviting Latin Union nations to set a fixed gold silver ratio for international use. If enough nations agree, the President will appoint commissioners to report with salaries of five thousand dollars yearly.
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Wasurtoton
Senate
Tellar
Colorado
United States
Lcss
Congress
Teller
Stewart
Judiciary Committee
Mitchell
Finance Committee
Morgan
Northern Pacific
Bismarck
N. C
Wallula
Washington
Washington asserts Chilean controversy premeditated assault
A prominent official in Washington states that San Francisco investigations reveal startling facts and prove the Valparaiso inquiry was a sham. He argues the assault was prearranged and meant as an insult to the government.
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Washington
San Francisco
Valparaiso
The Coming Great Battle Frank P Slavin to Meet Sullivan
Frank P Slavin real name Patrick F Slavin a Maitland New South Wales native about thirty a rising boxing figure eyes a world title bout with Sullivan slated for early fall. Slavin trained under Pete Jackson and earned early fame in Australia before entering the professional ring.
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Frank P. Slavin
Sullivan
Slavin
Patrick F. Slavin
Maitland
New South Wales
Pugilian
Pete Jackson
Slavin's Victories and a Teething Syrup Pitch Showdowns
The narrative covers Slavin defeating Jack Burke and Goode in England and Jem Smith and Joe McAuliffe elsewhere, with a noted win over Jake Kilrain in Hoboken in 1891. It also mentions Slavin’s height and build relative to Sullivan and outlines a unrelated advert for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming lifelong use and teething relief for babies.
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Queensland
Sydney
Mike Costello
Jack Burke
England
Slavin
Goode
Jem Smith
Joe McAuliffe
Hoboken N.d
Jake Kilrain
Sullivan
Senator Stewarts Resolution on Silver Coinage Opening Mint
In a January 5, 1891 dispatch from Washington D C Senator Stewart introduced a resolution urging the Judiciary Committee to determine if Congress must require mint officers to coin silver bullion for depositors. He cites 1837 and 1878 acts and argues the mint has a duty to coin silver dollars at 16 to 1 for depositors.
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Wasurmatom
D. C
Eprron
Nzvapa
Stewart
Warngss
Warneas
United States
Committee On the Judiciary
Senator Stewart
Suliciety
E. D. Stark
Slawyer
Ohio
Secretary of the Treasury
Judiciary Committee
Northern Country Appice Shipments Signal Bright Future
J F McDermitt of Milford California delivered a carload of apples from Honey Lake Valley. He notes strong demand and rising prices, with about one hundred men working on the Honey Lake Valley Land and Water Company’s dam project, expected to take a year and a half. A school district formed for workers and thirty four children are enrolled. The Reno Post and San Francisco Chronicle praise Nevada’s agricultural potential and a new year Reno edition.
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J. F. McDermitt
Milford
Cal
Honey Lake Valley
McDermitt
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Ayer
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W. P. Wright
Paw Paw Ford
Tenn
R. R. Boyle
Third
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Don
DR. J. G. Ayer & CO
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Pyramid Reservation
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George Cote
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George RB. Hatton
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P. F. Leoni
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George Morris
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