Fragmentary Local News From Burnside and Nearby Areas
Fragments describe a Dover jail discovery and a death by shooting near Christ. A coroner in Grandy Center held an inquest with unclear developments. Sioux City cattle speculator James Storey traveled to Omaha with five cattle cars and $2600. no word since. Council Bluffs shoemaker Natravnek recently married. details unclear.
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Lief Nat Ga
Grandy Center
Grandy” Center
Mey
James Storey
Sioux City
Omaha
Behas
Brak
Natravnek
Council
Harris
Quest Pee
Fractured tales from a busy Iowa day in Des Moines era
A composite Iowa news page reports Oscar Ward fleeing to Shell Rock then recaptured after his father intercepted him in Clarksville. John Kelley is jailed in Des Moines for selling liquor without license after a keg dancing event. A farmer near Botha dies after bed confinement, body found frozen two miles from home. A Des Moines gang robs a freight car for sugar and liquor. two suspects, Arthur and James White, arrested. Spencer vs Des Moines Insurance case debated in Webster County. Lamont schoolhouse fire destroys building. Alfred Brown injured, Clarence Lake legs broken. Grant township farmers report a mysterious prairie fire light moving fast at night. Farm loans ad from Security Loan & Trust Co. Gold found while digging a well near Clarion. An unknown young woman dies at Marshalltown poor farm after claiming Waterloo parentage. A panet-Maker Association member injured by a flying bolt. Missouri Valley fire destroys Watkins store and hay, total loss around 3000 to 5000 dollars.
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Oscar Ward
Kossuth County
Shell Rock
Clarksville
Burlington
John Kelley
Creston
Des Moines
Kelley
Des ‘Moines
Pelton Avenue
Whitechapel
Arthur
James White
Don
W. W. Decker
Deswid
Harry N. Spencer
Webster
Spencer
Des ‘Moines Tinsurance Company
Birdsall
Webster County
Bart
Lamont
Alfred ‘Brown
Clarence Lake
Grant Township
Franklin’ County
Security Loan & Trust Co
Waterloo
Missouri Valley
Watkins
International peace talks and mixed reforms in the news
Li Hung Chang and Prince Kung named peace envoys to Japan while Mexico and Guatemala settle differences to avoid war. U.S. minister Isaac Pusey Gray dies in Mexico City. Knights of Labor organize in Columbus with W. S. Wilson as general master workman. Debs trial delayed by juror illness. McBride faces bribery allegations from a mine union leader. he calls it a charity. Japanese capture Wei-Hai-Wei forts. envoys told to return home. La Gascogne reaches safety after severe Atlantic storms. Ramsey bond shortage tied to late treasurer. heirs seek $363,539. Gold purchase approved to boost reserves.
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Li Hung Chang
Prince Kung
Japan
Mexico
Guatemala
Independent Order Knights of Labor
Columbus
W. S. Wilson
Blossburg
United Mine Workers At
McBride
Hocking Valley
Wei-Hai- Wei
Brooklyn
Debs
Chicago
Bill Cook
Fort Smith
Ark
Albany
N.Y. LaGascogne
Staten Island
North Atlantic
Boudelon
la Gascogne
Havre
St. Pierre
N. J
Illinois
Henry Wulff
Rufus Ramsey
Ramsey
Warrimoo
Vancouver
J. E. Cranston
Hawaii
State Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Carlisle
Congress
Legislature Battles for Woman Suffrage Gains Ground
In Sacramento on Feb 13 the assembly defeated an attempt to kill the woman suffrage bill by a 48 to 23 vote. Arizona’s house passed the woman suffrage bill by a two thirds majority. Missouri’s senate approved a state license tax of 1000 annually on cigarette paper dealers, with the house banning pool selling and book making. North Dakota’s house defeated resubmission of the prohibitory amendment by 35 to 26 after a lengthy struggle. A note on seed dealer Henry A. Salzer highlights new varieties and a 1.00 postage-paid catalogue. At Cass City a southbound Pontiac Oxford Northern train accident injured none seriously. In Pittsburgh a burglary at Long-Bell Lumber in Pittsburg, Kansas, yielded 126000 in notes and mortgages taken. no money was in the safe.
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California
Sacramento
Assembly
Arizona
Puroenix
House
Jefferson City
Senate
North Dakota
Biswanek
Cass City
Mich
Pontiac, Oxford & Northern Railroad
Seriocely
Pitteburg, Kas
Long-Bell Lumber Company
Gold to Come to America Loan Ties London Outflow
London reports in the Standard that about 4 to 5 million pounds of gold, equivalent to roughly 20 to 26 million dollars, will be shipped from London to the United States in connection with a new American loan. The movement reflects financial strategy and currency flows between markets.
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America
London
The
Standard
United States
Coe
Diplomatic Funds and Tax Delays Dominate Congress News
Washington reports from February cover Senate amendments to a Hawaiian cable and passage of a diplomatic consular appropriation, along with tax return deadlines extended to April 15. House action includes post office and legislative appropriation debates, bond plans, and political clashes over defense ships.
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Senate
Washington
Hawaiian Islands
Nominations for Hawthorne stakes and racing notes
Sporting notes report nominations for the MacGrathiana stakes for two year olds at Hawthorne.Johnson defeated Robinson in London for the 146 pound championship. La Belle stakes entries total 124 at Hawthorne. West and Fitzgerald drew a hot fifteen rounds in Lyons. Over 1.2 million dollars in purses will be distributed by western and southern tracks this season. Northwestern Breeders Association offers 75 thousand dollars at Washington Park in August. Detroit Driving Club has 60 thousand dollars in purses for its blue ribbon meeting. Chicago Board of Trade quotes range shown yesterday.
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Hawthorne
Johnson
Robinson
Cock Robin
London
Tommy West
Boston
George Fitzgerald
Chicago
Lyons
Northwestern Breeders’ Association
Washington Park
Detroit Driving Club
Wreck of Clara F. Friend Claims All Crew
A three masted schooner from Gloucester named Clara F. Friend was wrecked off Halifax on February 12. Seven bodies have washed ashore and the entire fourteen man crew is lost.
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Halifax
N. S
Gloucester
Mass
Clara F. Friend
Explosion and fire save many in Salem coal mine
Salem Ill Feb 16 An explosion six miles west of the city severely burned three miners while others escaped largely unhurt The blast caused by a miner's solid shot set the mine on fire but no material damage occurred and work was to resume today Names of the seriously burned include Boyd Chambers Christie Little and Smith among others with multiple injuries reported and one man possibly fatally hurt Authorities note all escaped death despite intense heat with over a hundred men present at the time
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Salem
Ill
Bane
George
Boyd
Ben
Chambers
John
Christie
Little
Albert
Smith
Samuel
Tadelock
James
Son
Winegardner
Gas Explosion Fatalities Reported at Preston No 3
Ashland Pa Feb 16 William Gillsie fire boss and Michael Dunlevy miner died yesterday from gas explosion injuries at Preston No 3 slope. Patrick Dougherty and Joseph Grady are in precarious condition at home.
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Ashland
William_ Gillispie
Michael Dunlevy
Preston No. 3
Patrick Dougherty
Joseph Grady
Flood at Black Diamond mine traps miners in Bevier
Bevier Missouri February 16 The Black Diamond mine employing 100 coal miners was flooded yesterday by a break from an old slope full of water. The miners barely escaped with their lives leaving tools clothing and other gear behind. The damage is expected to be heavy.
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Bevier, Mo
Black Diamond
Gloucester Storm Costs Many Lives and Vessels Lost
A Gloucester dispatch reports nineteen deaths and two ships lost in the recent storm. The schooners Gladstone and Reuben L Richardson encountered tragedy with sailors drowned, including John Gillis and Capt. Hines. Other vessels faced wrecks or distress near Sable Island, Liverpool, and off Halifax, with crews saved or missing.
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Gloucester
Mass
New York
Gladstone
St. Pierre Mique-ron
John Gillis
Reuben L. Richardson
Hines
Pubnico
Jennie Severang
Sable Island
Frank Cengy
Newfoundland
Emma
Helen
William Herman
Cape Shore
Marblehead
Gloucester Harbor
Clara
Friend
Liverpool
N. S
New Order Formed as Independent Knights of Labor
Washington Feb 16 The Independent Order of the Knights of Labor is formed with 26 000 members. Officers include General Master Workman William B Wilson General Secretary Treasurer Charles P Martin and General Executive Board members A W Simpson William E B Taafe and J H Barrett J Lynch. The constitution is revised to curb centralized power and grant district self government. The new body aims to include glass brass and mining unions, starting near 20 000 members. No central headquarters is planned.
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Washington
Order of the Knights of Labor
Workman
Wiliam B. Wilson
Blossburg
Charles P. Martin
Tiffin
Ohio
A. W. Simpson
Chicago
William EB. Taafefe
Alviany
J. H. Barrett
Leadville
Colo
J. Lynch
Meriden
Conn
Old Knights of Labor
Glass Workers
Brass Workers
Two Caulfield Boys Found Frozen in Pennsylvania
Two Philadelphia area youths, aged 10 and 14, presumed sons of John Caulfield of Johnstown, were found frozen to death near a Pennsylvania rail line after skipping school to skate and roam. The father searched all night for his missing sons, and authorities believe the corpses belong to the runaways.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Westmoreland County
John Caulfield
Elbe Survivors Reach Gotham in Umbria Arrival
Three survivors from the ill fated Elbe arrived in New York aboard the Umbria. They are Carl Hoffman of Grand Island Nebraska Jan Vevera of Cleveland Ohio and Eugene Schlegel.
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New York
Umbria
Carl Hoffman
Grand Island
Neb
Jan Vevera
Cleveland
Eugene Schlegel
Arkansas Business Man Commits Suicide Over Short Accounts
J L Dickson, a prominent Fayetteville businessman and former cashier of the McIlroy Banking Company, died from strychnine after an audit showed a $21 000 shortage. His bondsmen notified, visited his home for a statement, and he departed, taking poison and dying within fifteen minutes.
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Arkansas
Fayetteville
Ark
J. L. Dickson
McIlroy Banking Company
Gold and Bonds Details From Secretary Carrisle
Secretary Carlisle’s reply to Senator Gorman outlines gold reserve use through January 1 1890 and bond proceeds. It shows 172 674315 in reserve reduction with 105 002143 spent on current costs and 67072172 converted to notes. It notes gold recovery aided by redeemed notes and lists treasury cash, gold totals, and 1894–95 redemptions. Smelter clearing house disbands. ores revert to direct contracts.
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Washington
Carlisle
Senate
Gorman
Treasury
United States
Gold Reserve Fund
National Bank
Aceves
Eeeseee
United Stats
Treasury Notes
Iowa Patent Office Report and afloat ice bound ships
The Des Moines report notes models from abandoned applications will be auctioned March 26 1895 if not claimed. It lists Iowa patent activity including Spurr's Sodium for Pyro Developer and 25 cent copies of patent drawings. Also mentions fuel on Ann Arbor Ferry No 1 at Manistee Michigan and General Booth of the Salvation Army addressing ministers in Toronto claiming lineage to Moses.
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Des Moines
United States Patent Office
Washington
A. H. Spurr
Creston
Iowa
Manistee
Mich
Ann Arbor
Frankfort
Smith
John Werley
Toronto
Gen. Booth
Salvation Army
John Wassey
Moses
Reservation Land Open for Sioux Settlement in South Dakota
Pierre February 13 Four million acres of Sioux Indian reservation land are now open for settlement by purchase at fifty cents per acre. The offer invites homeseekers to acquire parcels under the government program, marking a major land opening in the region.
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Pierre
S. D
Archduke Albrecht Dying in Vienna Feb report
From Vienna on February 12 Archduke Albrecht field marshal of Austria was said to be dying from congestion of the lungs. The dispatch notes his condition as grave and confirms the illness.
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Archduke Albrecht
Vienna
Austria
House edges toward agreement on multiple measures
In Washington the house advanced the legislative appropriation bill after striking clerks from the payroll. The Ways and Means Committee moved toward a compromise on the gold bond plan. The Pacific Roads Committee plans to again report the Reilly bill with a debt principal payment proposal from the involved companies. Senate protests arose over criticism of election fraud in Alabama. A silver coinage bill gained favorable Senate committee report. The Indian affairs board urged federal control due to dire territory conditions. Cabinet speculation linked John B. Russell with the Bissell retirement. The post office bill moves to the President after Senate amendments. Senate finance discussions considered gold and silver policy. The Pacific Railroads hearing occurred, and a foreclosure measure against the railroad management was proposed. The judiciary committee will report against W. M. Campbell’s Minnesota marshal nomination.
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Rouse
Senate
Chicago
Denver
Washington
Jones
Arkansas
Finance Committee
Post
Alabama
HOUSE
Des.Msines
Vilas
District of Columbia
Wilson
Committee On Ways and Means
Secretary of the Treasury
Ways and Means
House Committee On
Pacific Roads
Messrs
Morgan and
Pugh
Allen
Board of Indian Commissioners
Congress
John B. Russell
Massachusetts
Bissell
Hawaii
Australia
Japan
House Committee On Pacific Railroads
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
W. M. Campbell
Minnesota
Obituary notices of notable 19th century figures
L C Garland longtime leading educator died in Nashville Tennessee aged about 50. Charles Gayarre historian and writer died in New Orleans aged 90. Montgomery Corse former Confederate brigadier general died in Alexandria Virginia aged 79. Judge Charles I Walker prominent Detroit jurist died in Flint. Mer vicar general of the Lone Island diocese of the Roman Catholic church died in Brooklyn. Seth T Sawyer died in Alton aged 88 and practiced law in Illinois for over fifty years. A eulogy for Isaac M Turner was delivered by his widow at Grand Rapids Michigan funeral.
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L. C. Garland
Nashville
Tenn
Charles Gayarre
Louisiana
New Orleans
Montgomery Corse
Alexandria
Charles I. Walker
Detroit
Flint
Mer, May
Lone Island
Brooklyn
Seth T. Sawyer
Alton
Illinois
Isaac M. Turner
Grand Rapids
Mich
Dublin deputation seeks release of men in dynamite outrages
A Dublin corporation delegation led by the lord mayor presented a petition to the House of Commons urging release of men convicted for dynamite outrages. In London the amendment to the address responding to the queen’s speech backing dissolution failed 236 to 256. Reports from Honolulu say an American protectorate over Hawaii may be declared after the political crisis is resolved.
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Dublin
House of Commons
Austria
Honolulu
Hawaii
Turkey
Lin Kung Tao
Wei-Hai-Wei
Alexandria
Egypt
Ireland
J. Cranston
China
Japan
Political motions and legislative actions across states
Delegates gather in Columbus at the Ohio League of Republican Clubs. A Michigan senate free silver resolution is laid on the table. Wisconsin sees hundreds of bills on the final day for new business. South Dakota’s divorce bill advances in the senate. At a Philadelphia Lincoln banquet Congressman Walker urges impeachment of Cleveland and Carlisle. Illinois Republicans plan a Galva convention February 26 to nominate a congressman, while lawmakers caucus on appropriations civil service reform. An Illinois DIN targets the St Louis Bridge company for extortion. Illinois considers forcing the sale of 150000 acres by the Illinois Central railroad. Michigan may restore the death penalty for murder. Detroit health board bill fails in Michigan senate amid supporter absences.
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Columbus
Ohio League of Republican Clubs
Michigan Senate
Wisconsin
South Dakota
State Senate
Lincoln
Philadelphia
Walker
Cleveland
Carlisle
Illinois
Galva
Congress
St. Louis
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Itenry A. Salzer
John A. Sulzer Seed Co
la Crosse
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Committee On Rules
Reed
Sporting Notes
Chicago Board of Trade
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Marvelous Escaape
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Ashland, Pa
Independent Knights of Labor
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Supreme Court
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Congresman Laference
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Smacker Clearing House
Patent Office Report
Shan Tung
Great Britain
France
Russia
Timothy Healy
Chin Kiang
Michigan
Detroit Health’ Board
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