Fidelity Loan and Trust reorganization underway in Sioux City
Fidelity Loan and Trust of Sioux City nearly completes its reorganization after a $4 million failure. Receiver Joseph Sampson plans a new Fidelity Commutation Company with $500,000 capital, 6 percent assessment, and four debentures series to settle debts and continue lending while assets liquidate.
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Sioux City
Fidelity Loan and Trust Company
Joseph Sampson
Scotland
New England
Fidelity Commutation Company
Comany
Sampson
Beaver City Opera House Burns in Nebraska Fire
The Hadley Opera House block in Beaver City Nebraska burned March 15 destroying three store rooms and stock. The building cost six thousand dollars with a fifteen hundred dollar insurance. Helmer and Jackson lost their entire feed and grain stock, fully insured.
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Beaver City Opera House
Burns
Beaver City
Neb
Hadley Opera House
Helmer & Jackson
Girl Killed by a Train Near Duturr Nebraska
A passenger train hit a buggy two miles west of Duturr Nebraska, killing Lena Lottman, daughter of Judge Lottman, instantly. In Grant Oklahoma Territory a U S grand jury in session summoned nearly all Third legislative assembly members and staff to testify about alleged corruption and $20000 spent to influence legislation. Boston notes the death of Rev George Cushing Knapp in eastern Turkey after 40 years as a missionary, leaving two adult children serving at the same station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duturr, Neb
Here
Lena Lottman
Judge Lottman
Oklahoma
Grant
O. T
United States Grand Jury
Third Legislative Assembly
Turkey
Boston
American Board
George Cushing Knapp
Bittlis
Knapp
Censorship Order Blocks Cuban Telegrams and Ciphers
Government bans private telegrams with unfavorable Cuban news and forbids cipher messages to Cuba. The March 15 order targets Telegrama and Mapurio services, restricting transmission of sensitive information and encrypted communications to the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mapurio
Cuba
Cut Rates Extended on Santa Fe Second Class Mail
Santa Fe officials report from headquarters that the $3.50 cut rate on second class eastbound freight will remain in effect until March 17, extended from the original deadline of March 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
The
Santa Fe
Forgery Suspect Freed as Sioux Falls Case Ends
Sioux Falls forgery suspect E B Burleigh, arrested for a Sioux Falls crime, has been released after charges were compromised there. Nevada lawmakers endorsed Sibley bimetallic platform in a March 15 dispatch from the governor. Missouri Senate backs docking ban on horses tails, amid St Louis humane society backing. Colorado supreme court rules eastern Colorado farm relief bill unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
San Francisco
E. B. Burleigh
Sibley
Nevada Solons
Washington
Stewart
Nevada
Jefferson City
Senate
Mott
Liumane Society of
St. Louis
Colorado
Denveer
Supreme Court
Woman suffrage for popular vote passed by assembly
Albany March 15. The assembly approved a concurrent resolution submitting to voters the question of woman suffrage by a tally of 80 to 81. Vicksburg Miss March 15. Colonel Charles Peine, a veteran of the Mexican and late wars and among Vicksburg’s oldest citizens, has died.
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Albany
Vioxsporg
Miss
Charles Peine
Vicksburg
Twelve Prisoners Escape Seattle Jail Led by Tom Blanck
A bold jail delivery at the Seattle county jail freed 12 inmates including three murder convictions. Tom Blanck used a wooden dummy revolver to subdue Jailor Yerberry, seized keys and cash, and released others while calling for freedom. A manhunt followed as Sheriff Vandevanter mobilized deputies to recapture the escapees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Blanck
Seattle
Statrtin
Wash
Yerverry
W. A. Wilcox
Blanck
Yerberry
Vandevanter
Police
Mrs Mary E Lease Nominated For Wichita Mayor
Mrs Mary E Lease is reportedly nominated by a Wichita citizens committee to run for mayor against the regular Republican nominee. If she accepts, Populists Democrats women and Prohibitionists will back her, with suffragist orators expected to rally nightly for a hot two week campaign.
Bryan for Bland for President Speech Supports Silver
Ex Congressmen William Bryan the silver advocate spoke in Mexico Missouri on March 18. He said a large majority of Democrats favor free coinage of gold and silver at 16 to 1 and should direct party policy. He backed Bland for president due to silver advocacy but urged organizing Silver forces before picking a candidate.
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Bryan
Bland
Mexico
William Bryan
Ex Senator Carey Named President of Wyoming Development
Cheyenne Wyoming March 18 Ex Senator Joseph M Carey defeated for re election to the United States senate at the recent legislative session has been elected president and manager of the Wyoming Development company He will take the active management of the company which is colonizing 60000 acres of farming land near Cheyenne
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey
Cheyenne
Wyo
Joseph M. Carey
United States Senate
Wyoming Development Company
Engagement of Julia Stevenson and Martin D Hardin
Danville Kentucky March 18 The engagement of Miss Julia Stevenson daughter of Vice President Stevenson and Martin D Hardin son of Watt P Hardin Democratic governor nominee candidate is announced Hardin a student at the Danville theological seminary Rescued the Lunatics Miluerssure Ohio March 18 Holmes county infirmary burned losing 23000 with 15000 insured Forty inmates were rescued with great difficulty all were saved
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Stevenson
Danville
Julia Stevenson
Stevenson
Martin D. Hardin
Watt P. Hardin
Kentucky
Young Hardin
Theological Seminary
Dansville
Miluerssure
Holmes County Infirmary
Kelly Missed His Man in Irish Day Quarrel
Morratt Col March 18 Arthur Kelly in a St Patrick celebration quarrel tried to shoot a Swede missing his man and struck William Kelly fatally in the left eye Arthur Kelly is at large a homicide. Pig Blaze at St Louis storage warehouse and elevator of Hugh Rogers Co salt and grain burned loss 200000 insured fully
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
Morratt
Col
Arthur Kelly
William Kelly
St. Louis
Hugh Rogers & Co
Washine Ton
St. Patrick’s Church
Mgr. Satelli
Father Richards
Georgetown College
St. Patrick
Miscellaneous World News Briefs Capac to Greece
Young Methodists in Capac Michigan earned the pastor’s salary by labor. Engagement announced for Julia Stevenson daughter of a vice president and Martin D. Hardin of Kentucky. Oldest locals are William and wife near Knoxville aged 86 and 84 married 62 years. Sioux City administration costs rose from 308000 to 500000 over two years. next year estimate 220000. Governor McKinley urged Springfield mayor to aid Hocking Valley miners. carload provisions worth 860 sent. Gunman Bob Rogers killed by posse in Indian Territory. Burglars killed H D Reynolds of Carey Ohio and hid body. A Moyville PA couple robbed of 600 after chloroform. Robert Lancaster 106 the oldest Indiana man dies at Princeton. Reuben Mark of Albia Iowa dead. Schenectady lecture says Greece revival due to United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Capac
Mich
Julia Stevenson
Martin D. Hardin
Kentucky
Tows
William Burdick
Knoxville
Burdick
Sioux City
McKinley
Johnson
Springfield
Hocking Valley
Bob Rogers
Indian Territory
H. D. Reynolds
Carey, O
George Prosser
Moyille
Robert Lancaster
Indiana
Princeton
Reuben Mark
Albia
Schenectady
N. Y
J. Irving Mannatt
Greece
United States
Carpenter attempts fatal attack on wife in Iowa city
E T Clark, a carpenter and second husband, forced a razor slashing during supper at First and School streets injuring his wife and son. He fled to a boarding house on Seventh and Mulberry with a throat wound, confessed, and was jailed. Drunkenness and domestic trouble cited as causes.
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Drs Morris
E. T. Clark
Clark
Seventh and Mulberry Streets
Barrett Scott case eyed for venue dispute in Nebraska
Attorney General Churchill told county attorney Wills after a Lincoln trip that if the Barrett Scott bill passes the legislature he would move to dismiss the action and start new proceedings in Boyd county. The prosecution argues the crime occurred in Boyd county since the body was found there, while the defense seeks Holt county for trial. If moved, Holt county residents face trial expenses their county cannot bear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd County
Boyd
Holt County
Postal Changes in Nebraska and Washington on March 18
Post offices in Nebraska and Washington have been discontinued with mail rerouted. Nebraska stations Etna in Custer County now send mail to Gothenburg, and Iowa Langfitt in Dallas County redirects to Panther. Henry H. Prouty named postmaster at Kimball Neb and Burton B. Stone at Merriman Neb.
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Nebraska
Washington
Etna
Custer County
Gothenburg
Iowa
Langfitt
Dallas County
Panther
Henry H. Prouty
Kimball
Neb
Burton B. Stone
Merriman
Verdict for 4500 in Height vs Norfolk Beet Sugar Co
A district court verdict awarded $4500 to Thomas G Height in a case against Norfolk Beet Sugar Company. Height claimed injuries while employed by the firm last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk, Neb
Thomas G. Height
Norfolk Beet Sugar Company
Sioux City Gambler In Lack Lands In Ireland
Sioux City gambler Jack Kerry, long active in Sioux City Omaha Denver and Deadwood, sails to Ireland after a cablegram reveals he has inherited an estate in County Kerry and £60,000 in the bank. The March 18 report notes his ten years as a professional gambler.
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Sioux City
Lack
Jack Kerry
Ireland
County Kerry
Kerry
Omaha
Denver
Deadwood
Davis jury deliberating in Davis murder trial
The Davis murder case jury has been out 48 hours in Lincoln. It stands 10 for conviction on the first count murder in the first degree with counts for second degree murder manslaughter and train wrecking.
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Davis
Lincoln
Des Moines YWCA Forms Local Branch With 300 Women
In Des Moines Iowa on March 18 three hundred women gathered to establish a local Y W C A branch and pledged a total of 1400 dollars for its work and future programs.
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Des Moines Y. W
Protest Against Sunday Saloons in New York
A mass meeting at Park Avenue Methodist Church protested Sunday saloon openings. Speakers included Rev Dr John Hall ex Judge Davis Dr James King A J Palmer and Rev Ferdinand Englehard. The report also covers Italian satisfaction over Colorado’s murderers case and other March 18 items.
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New York
Park Avenue Methodist Church
John Hall
Davis
James King
A. J. Palmer
Ferdinand Englehard
Free silver plan eyed by Clarkson to seize Chicago paper
Washington dispatch reports General Clarkson of Iowa leading a move to buy the Chicago Inter-Ocean from William Penn Nixon and allies to turn it into a free silver organ. The plan cites Teller as a potential 1896 Republican candidate with a ticket of Chandler or Cameron and Wolcott. Mrs Lease wins a court battle as Governor Morill’s appointee to the state board of charities is challenged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarkson
Ovenn
Washington
the Post
Richmond
Sibley
Teller
General Clarkson
Iowa
Cotena
Chicago Inter-Ocean
William Penn Nixon
Marcus Daly
Northwest
Cameron
Chandler
Wolcott
Senate
Lewelling
Lease
Rhodes
Clark
Unusual Honor For an American in India Bench Magistrate
Dr. Frank Van Allen, once of Chicago, was appointed bench magistrate of Madura, India by the British government, an unusual honor for an American. He previously went to India as a medical missionary and has built a dispensary treating 29,000 cases in the last year. He is a Yale graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank van Allen
India
Madura
van Allen
Yale College Academy
Rescued Eleven Men From Luz Amid Saillors Rescue
The Moorish steamer returning from searches for Spanish warships reports no trace. It rescued 11 men from the Luz, Captain Jardon, wrecked February 4 near Palma, Majorca after four days afloat in an open boat. Also, Brocton ends three year boycott as Bouve Crawford shoe makers and AFL lift the national boycott beginning fall 1891.
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Tanders
Reine Regente
Luz
Jardon
Brunswick
Palma
Majorica
Brocton
Mass
Bouve-Crawford Company
American Federation of Labor
Republicans Nominated Candidates in Rhode Island Convention
Delegates at the Rhode Island Republican state convention nominated candidates for state officers to be chosen at the April election. Honor Charles Warren Lippitt of Providence was nominated for governor. The present incumbents were renominated for the remaining general officers.
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Providence
R. I
Charles Warren Lippitt
Eakins Exhibits Nude Male Model At Drexel
Philadelphia report notes Professor Thomas Eakins, a lecturer on artistic anatomy at the Drexel Institute, drew attention by displaying a nude male model before a mixed class of young men and women, sparking discussion among attendees and observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Thomas Eakins
Drexel Institute
Sugar crop destroyed by river flood in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro March 15 flood on the Parahiba do Suix river devastates the Campos dos Gaitacazes district sugar crop. The district is noted for producing the best sugar in Brazil.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Parahiba Do Suix
Campos Dos Gaitacazes
Brazil
Poisoned by a Fellow Prisoner in Idaho Death Case
Boise March 15 Charles Perry under death sentence at Pocatello died from morphine he said came from a fellow prisoner. Perry killed Patrick Mc Namara in June last.
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Boise
Ida
Charles Perry
Pocatello
Perry
Patrick McNamara
TICKINGS FROM THE WIRES
London raises funds to build at Colorado City the largest smelter in the country. Various legal and corporate items include a Jackson Kentucky death sentence, recapture of a lunatic murderer, a 3 per share quarterly dividend, and a territorial tug of war over taxation and trade.
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London
Colorado City
Thomas Smith
Jackson
J. F. Roder
Ed Pullman
Burgess Swope
Louisville
American Bell Telephone Company
Sangamon
Ilinois
H. F. Barton
Cluicago
Milwaukee
South Dakota
Washington
Mexico
Taylor
Standard Oil
Tangier
Leroy Fernale
Alfred
East Labanon
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Omaha
United States Supreme Court
Ohio
Western Union Telegraph Company
Vandalia Express Wrecked Near Vandalia Indiana
Vandalia express No. 7 was wrecked two miles east of Vandalia Indiana at 7:50 this morning after a head end collision with a switch engine. Conductor Rahm suffered a fractured arm, several passengers bruised. Two injured passengers named J T Early of Terre Haute and an unidentified actor. Fire destroyed derailed cars and a dozen freight cars. no water to fight the blaze and officials offered little information.
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Treen Haute
Ind
Rahm
J. T. Early
Terre Haute
Trish Hearts’ Company
Sir George Northedge Declares He Is Not Dead in Chicago
Sir George William Northedge walked into Dinsdale & Styles at the Masonic temple claiming he had not been murdered and sought the $35 reward for information on his whereabouts. The firm’s lawyers replied that £500,000 awaited him in England. He said retirement rests after years of attempts by others to divorce him from his money.
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George Northedge
Chicago
Sir George William Northedge
Dinsdale & Styles
Masonic Temple
Fst
Sir George William
England
Li Hung Chang Told to Accept Indemnity and Cession
Shanghai dispatch reports Li Hung Chang, the Chinese peace envoy, instructed to consent to paying an indemnity and to cede territory already occupied by Japan on Formosa. He is also told to concede the surrender of the remainder of the vessels of the Chinese southern squadron hiding at Nankin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Li Hung Chang
Paris
Shanghai
Formosa
Nankin
Emperor William Congratulates Bismarck Upon Birthday
Berlin dispatch reports Emperor William telegraphs Prince Bismarck with congratulations on his birthday anniversary and announces his son Count William will succeed Count Stollberg-Wernigerode as East Prussia president. Berlin authorities reject a motion to send an official address to Prince Bismarck.
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William
Bismarck
Londown
Berlin
Emperor William
Prince Bismarck
Count William
Count Stollberg-Wernigerode
East Prussia
Fish kill from February freeze drains 35000 tons on Texas coast
Fort Worth Texas reports that careful estimates fix the fish killed by the February freezing in shallow bays south of the Brazos river mouth at 35000 tons. The shorelines are covered with carcasses for a month and most red fish spawn and young may have perished.
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Fort Worth
Tes
Texas
Brazos River
Uncertain identity in Mexico arrest linked to W. W. Taylor
A rumor in Fort Wayne suggests Cyrus Watts of this city may be the man arrested for W. W. Taylor in Mexico, as Watts resembles Taylor and could be a mistaken identification. In Fort Wayne, Judge O Rourke ruled that the state law banning firing workers for union membership is unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
W. W. Taylor
Mexico
Cyrus Watts
Vera Cruz
Watts
Fort Waynak
Ind
O’rourke
Smallpox in Lexington and other updates across states
Smallpox reports reach Lexington Tennessee with 14 cases traced to Roby Indiana horse people. Jamestown sees 200 weavers strike causing 600 idle workers. Wid Hall convicted of mail fraud conspiracy after 15 minute jury deliberation in Louisville. Cuban insurgents form provisional government in Los Negros with Gomez as commander in chief and Marti seeking foreign recognition. A battle at Ven ginta leaves 500 Spaniards dead. Chief Engineer George Sewall of the Navy, retired, dies at 71 with a noted war record.
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Lexington
Nashville
Tenn
State Board of Health
Roby
Ind
Jamestown
N. Y
Tampa
Fla
Oliver
Los Negros
Maximus Gomez
Jose Marti
Venginta
Sewall
New York
George Sewall
Navy
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