Decrease in Failures Signals Mixed Market Tone
R G Dun and Co reports May 1897 failures smaller in manufacturing and trading, with general stores near record lows for the period. Despite low prices, production runs high and a 1879-like price surge suggested by the article, while farm markets show no improvement and corn imports surge amid floods and strong exports.
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Dun
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Dan
Kansas
Texas
Pacific
Atlantic
United States
Canada
New Lease of Life for Durrant
Theodore Durrant will not be hanged next Friday. Attorneys gained a four month reprieve as Judge Gilbert allowed an appeal to the United States Supreme Court from the habeas corpus denial. The appeal is to be perfected today with a $500 bond to cover costs, likely delaying execution toward year end.
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Durrant
San Francisco
Theodore Durrant
Gilbert
United States Supreme Court
Fate of Three Prospectors in Glacier Disaster
Three prospectors Bottcher Blackstone and Molin que disappeared during a march from Sunrise City Cook Inlet to Prince William Sound in June. They left Sunrise in March with two guides and, braving a glacier crossing, split from guides at a fork. Ice gave way dashing them 500 feet to the beach. search crews later confirmed their fate.
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Seattle
Bottcher
Blackstone
Molinque
Sunrise City
Cook Inlet
Prince William Sound
Sunrise
Young man Henry White hanged in Gorumeus Ga
Gorumeus Ga June 6 Henry White aged 20 was hanged yesterday afternoon He died game White was executed for his share in the slaughter of three policemen and the serious wounding of a fourth on October 14 last year His companion in crime was his father a drunken shoemaker who was killed resisting capture after a double murder
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Gorumeus
Henry White
White
Wiple
Spain's Cabinet Crisis Sees Queen Regant Meet Senate Leader
The queen regent held talks with Senate president Marquis Pazo de la Merrzed who urged Canovas del Castillo's continued tenure as the crisis solution. Deputy A. Pidal backs that view and will confer with the regent. Marshal Martinez de Campos heads to Madrid, not aligned with any party, focusing on Cuban issues. Francisco Silvera, dissident conservatives' leader, was summoned to the palace.
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Maprio
Senate
Marquis Pazo de la Merrzed
Senor Canovas del Castillo
Chamber of Deputies
Senor
A. Pidal
Marshal Martinez de Campos
Madrid
Francisco Silvera
Cyclone Hits Utica Area. Two Die in Westmoreland Damage
A cyclone storm swept a 20 mile by half mile area in western central Oneida County yesterday. In Westmoreland at least six barns were blown down and homes shifted. Mrs. Charles Cook and her 8 year old son were killed when a barn fell on them. Roads were blocked by uprooted trees.
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Utica
N. Y
Westmoreland
Charles Cook
Stock Exchange Opens With Narrow Changes on New York
Initial prices on the Stock exchange showed irregularities with narrow changes. Coalers were pressed for sale and edged lower while grangers improved on moderate dealings except Omaha which fell 1g. Industrial highs saw some concessions. Demand rose for Chicago gas and sugar, aiding the broader list. Sugar advanced 1 percent in some grades. Grangers gained confidence amid favorable crop advice from the northwest.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Omaha
Chicago
Northwest
Negro Ravisher Hanged at Fairfax Jail Yard
James Lewis a colored man was hanged at 6 04 am in the Fairfax jail yard before about 50 onlookers for the assault on Mrs Reidell a white resident. He remained calm and walked to the gallows. He had claimed innocence until yesterday then confessed to the assault and to prior attacks on three other women including a term served in jail.
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Fairfax
James Lewis
Reidell
Lewis
Crack European Cyclist Here in San Francisco
Lucien Lesna, famed French cycling champion and Australian campaign winner, arrived on the steamship Mariposa from Australia. He seeks new rivals in the United States after holding Australian records from one to 100 miles.
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San Francisco
Antipodes
Lucien Lesna
Europe
France
Australia
Leana
Rev Knox Acquitted in Topeka Ecclesiastical Trial
The ecclesiastical trial of Rev. John D. Knox of Topeka on charges of hypocrisy and fraud ended with an acquittal. Bishop Merrill of Chicago presided and would only state that Knox had been acquitted. The charges grew from the several years old failure of a bank Knox started in Topeka.
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Rev. Knox
JosEfa
John D. Knox
Topeka
Merrill
Chicago
Knox
Commercial Congress Elects Officers in Philadelphia
The international commercial conference elected officers of the international advisory board for the coming year. New officers include President Robert Bleakley of the New Orleans chamber of commerce and vice presidents for the United States P. A. Widener W. B. Grace and Zina R. Carter.
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Commercial Congress
Philadelphia
International Commercial Conference
International Advisory Board
Robert Bleakley
New Orleans
Coursing Derby Added to Waterloo Cup Meeting
Minneapolis June 5 The executive committee of the American Coursing club added the American coursing derby for first season greyhounds to the Waterloo cup meeting program to be run at Davenport in October. It is a thousand dollar stake at $25 entrance.
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Greyhounds
Minneapolis
Davenport
Steamer Hekla Safe After Collision Near Hebrides
A London cable reports the steamer Hekla, which collided with the Atlantic Transport Line steamer Mississippi, has passed the Butt of Lewis in the Hebrides today and is reported safe.
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Hekla
New York
London
Atlantic Transport Line
Mississippi
Butte of Lewis
Hebrides Islands
Death of Major J Miller Ropes
Major J Miller Ropes U S A retired dropped dead in SaLeM Massachusetts at age 64. Death due to a shock of paralysis occurred this afternoon.
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Ropes
Salem
Mass
J. Miller Ropes
Thieves Steal Thurston's Cows from Barn
Thieves broke into Senator John M. Thurston's barn at Omana and led away two valuable cows on June 5. Local authorities investigate the burglary and seek information about the theft and suspects.
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Thurston
Omana
John M. Thurston
Gold Shipment Planned by Heidelbach Eickelheimer to Europe
New York June 25 Heidelbach Eickelheimer and Company will ship five hundred thousand dollars in gold to Europe aboard tomorrow's steamer.
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New York
Daylight Lynching After Riot Strikes Urbana Ohio
Riot in Urbana Ohio leaves four dead and ten wounded as Charles Mitchell, jailed for criminal assault, is dragged from custody and hanged in full view of the crowd. Governor Bushnell orders investigation while Sheriff McLain and militiamen faced crowds through the night and into daylight.
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McLain
Cincoinnati
Urzana
Charles Mitchell
Eliza Gaumer
Colaumbus
Court House
Columbus
Bell
Higgins
Court House Square
Bushnell
Springfield
Ganson
Aldrich May Go to Havana for Consul General Post
Washington reports McKinley plans to nominate a minister to Madrid within a week while ex representative Aldrich is slated to become consul general at Havana. Six candidates are under consideration including General B F Tracy Senator John B Henderson and Hitt. Lee will soon be relieved as Calhoun heads to Havana.
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Washington
White House
McKinley
Madrid
B. F. Tracy
New York
John B. Henderson
Missouri
Hitt
Illinois
Calhoun
Havana
Aldrich
Lee
Fire at Lansing Penitentiary Triggers 1000 Inmates’ Rush
Nearly 1,000 inmates at the Kansas state penitentiary in Lansing endured a tense hour when a fire broke out around 9 PM. The blaze threatened the tailoring shop and chapel as prisoners begged to be freed. Fifty trusted convicts aided officers, the fire was contained, and damage reached about $4,000.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Lansing
Tug Andrew H. Green Blows Up Near Rush Street Draw
Five men died when the tug Andrew H. Green exploded after passing the Rush street draw in Chicago with three mud scows in tow. The boiler blast at 1:45 this morning annihilated the vessel and left no trace of the crew, five men known to have been aboard.
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Andrew H. Green
Chicago
Ill
Rush Street
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Health From Digestion
An old advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as the cure for digestive ills and liver issues. It claims the medicine aids digestion, builds red blood cells, and cleanses impurities, often paired with Pleasant Pellets for constipation. A testimonial from Alonzo D Jameson of Dunbarton NH supports its efficacy after seven years of illness.
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Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Alonzo D. Jameson
Dunbarton, Merrimack
N. H
Market letter reports mixed crop outlook and waning bulls
McLain Bros. & Co. notes uneventful general business amid cold weather reducing spring and goods demand. Wheat trade shows large receipts, shifting from bulls to shorts as crop prospects vary. Western supplies ease high stock tension, hog markets weaken on liberal receipts, and Russia Europe weather adds cautious optimism and risk.
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McLain Bros. & Co. Commission
Rialto Building
Chicago
Northwest
Russia
Europe
Roumania
Ilinois
Missouri
California
Kangaroo and Illinois Wheelmen clash in baseball score
Kangaroos from Australia faced the Illinois Cycling Club in an 18 to 8 win marked by rough play and two misthrows by the visitors. In Davis City Nebraska a 30000 dollar elevator plant by James Bell burned, insurance only seven thousand leaves heavy loss. Mrs. Gaumer of Anzana thanks friends after assault and mob lynching incident last Friday.
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Omicaco
Australia
Ilinois
David City
Davis City
Neb
James Bell
Judge Herman Under Arrest In Fraud Case
LawRENct Kansas June 7 Judge J F Herman of Olathe was brought here charged with obtaining money under false pretenses from Mrs Stillwell by executing a fraudulent mortgage.
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Herman
Lawrenct
Kan
J. F. Herman
Olathe
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