Little Rhode Island Leads First Crino Line Factory
Ingersoll and Wieland publish from Brainerd Minnesota noting Little Rhode Island starts the country’s first crino line factory. Two Englishmen plan walking trip from Portland Oregon to New York in 160 days. Mrs Stevenson pleads guilty to inability to speak. Mansion House relief funds cited as London’s aid effort. A tilting bicycle seat invention allows angle adjustment by rider weight. New Orleans residents described as most independent in Seen We city.
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Rhode Island
Portland, Or
New York
New Orleans
Milwaukee bachelors form co operative home ends in marriage
A group of Milwaukee men attempted a cooperative housekeeping venture but failed. One bachelor married to escape misery, while the others moved to boarding houses where women ran the meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
British Navy to Add Thirteen Torpedo-Boat Destroyers
Thirteen destroyers planned for the British navy will be about 180 feet long and displace roughly 240 tons with 3400 horsepower. Armament includes one 12 pounder and three 6 pounder quick firing guns, five 18 inch torpedoes for bow tube use, and two revolving tubes amidships.
Water Basin on Mock Farm Near Waycross
A marshy seven mile basin on M. J. Mock’s farm near Waycross Georgia contains water fed by natural springs. The water is in constant motion forming a run that splits into two parallel streams flowing in opposite directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Mock
Waycross
Discovery Clarifies the True Beginning of the Kongo
An expedition report states the Lukuga river joins the Lualaba at Lake Tenganyiba’s outlet, marking the junction of these headwaters and defining the true start of the Kongo. This finding resolves a longstanding geographical question about the river’s origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenganyiba
Sixteenth Century English Hawker Ban On Fruit
The article notes a 16th century English law forbidding street hawkers from selling plums and apples to curb servants and apprentices who could not resist the sight of the fruit and were tempted to steal their masters’ money to buy it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Croydon As Capital in Early West Saxon England
The text notes Croydon served as capital for a short era under West Saxon rulers while London remained a provincial town. It contrasts Norwood’s naming by geography, being north of Croydon at the time, with Croydon’s then status as the more important center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Croydon
London
Norwood
South Wood
Still Pond Lake Defies Severe Storms and Cold
A lake near Chestertown Maryland named Still Pond reputedly remains unruffled by the fiercest storms and never freezes even in frigid weather with no ice ever observed on its surface.
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Maryland
Chestertown
Germans Enjoy Sunny Sundays in Brooklyn Parks
In the Eastern district of Brooklyn several thousand Germans picnic on Sundays and holidays in Cypress Hills and Evergreens. They bring lunch, bread baskets, beer, and spend a pleasant day while children play on the grass and flowers. They do not damage headstones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Cypress Hills
Kipling House Adorns Vermont Hill With Stone Walls
Rudyard Kipling’s Brattleboro house uses stones from old fences with redolent weathering to color the walls. The upper structure features grassy green shingles designed to blend the residence into the hillside as it grows with the landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudyard Kiping
Brattleboro, Vt
Figure fiend catalogs 153 lyric works by women composers
A researcher lists 153 dramatic works from 1675 onward, including operas, operattas and oratorios, by nationality: 87 French, 34 Italian, 20 German, 7 English, 2 Dutch, and 1 each Russian Spanish and Swedish.
Rev Newlin Leads Seven-Week Revival at Wintersville Church
In Wintersville Ohio the M E church hosts seven weeks of revival led by Rev Newlin. Accessions rise as county infirmary inmates attend and profess faith, though one woman refuses association with paupers and departs.
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Wintersville
Ohio
M. E. Church
Newlin
Atlantic liner tracks charted like land routes
The article explains that great Atlantic liner tracks between the United States and Great Britain are precisely surveyed and followed. It notes winter routes run somewhat south of summer lines due to icebergs, and ocean greyhounds travel at speeds around twenty three miles per hour, exemplified by the Paris.
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United States
Great Britain
Paris
Naval Duty in Britain and the United States Compared
A British naval officer has little shore duty as civilians staff stations in Britain. In contrast a U.S. officer has alternating three year ashore and afloat terms while British officers return briefly ashore then resume sea service.
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United States
Great Britain
World News Digest Briefs Highlight US and Immigrant Updates
Washington signals possible September or October extra session. Dr. O F St Clair removed after 27 years as head of the consular bureau. Morton appoints state statistical agents Fryer, Dilatash, Fay, Mercer. President says clerk reductions at the pension office could save funds and speed work. A Mare Island board will inspect the navy yard for improvements. Monterey not included. 450 Hamburg immigrants arrive at Halifax bound for the US. customs watch urged at Port Huron Detroit Buffalo and Suspension Bridge to enforce quarantine rules. This is the first Hamburg arrivals via Canada since January suspension.
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Capt
Matthews
Farmer
Taylor
Mare Island
Cal
Navy Yard
Monterey
Treasury Department
Hamburg
Halifax
United States
Scretary
Speulding
Port Huron
Detroit
Buffalo
Suspension Bridge
Canada
Treasury
Accidental Happenings Across Several Towns
A series of disasters reports fires and accidents: Cole's hotel in Warren burnt. Tyler Tennessee buildings by fire causing about ten thousand dollars loss. an Italian laborer killed and three injured by a Columbia engine. boiler explosion kills two workers and injures one at Russellville Alabama. three youths drown attempting to shoot a dam at Marietta Ohio. Llano Texas fire destroys block of business houses with total loss around sixty five thousand. Grand Corrundem Manufacturing mill in Chester Massachusetts burns with fifty thousand loss. steamer Edwin Bailey sinks near Coney Island with crew escaping. horse Filemaker injured severely at Kalama zoo. Lynnville Tennessee fire wipes out most business district with forty thousand loss. Lynnville Bank and Trust escapes. Lynnville lies in Giles county on the L&N railroad, north of Pulaski.
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Cole's Hotel
Warren
Wimberly & Phillips
Pabst
Tyler
Tenn
Columbia
John Burfield
James Ferguson
Bracett Gray
Russellville
Ala
Marietta
Ohio
Frank Ackerson
George Dow
Harry Dow
Llano
Tex
Grand Corrndem Manufacturing Company
Chester
Mass
Edwin Bailey
Coney Island Point
Fr. M. Lewis
Filemaker
Kalamazoo
Mich
Lynnville
Lynnville Bank and Trust Company
Giles County
Louisville & Nashville
Pulaski
Notable deaths and political appointments in early 19th century notes
Henry J. Mowry of Syracuse named candidate for port of New York collector. Bishop Ryan of Buffalo linked to will probate issue. Col. Joseph O’Flynn 54, Clan na Gael member, dies in New York. Peter Smith of Peapack NJ dies at 84. Gen. FE Kirby Smith dies in Tennessee at 69. former Confederate general and math professor. Vermont's new military post named for Athan Allen. Elkins signs. Dr. Schnitzler Emin Pasha still missing. his 11-year-old daughter in Bagamoyo writes to Saxony.
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New York
Henry J. Mowry
Syracuse
Cleveland
Bishop Ryan
Buffalo
John Murphy
Col
Joseph O'Flynn
Clan-na-Gael
Peter Smith
Peapeck
N. J
Smith
FE. Kirby Smith
University of the South
Suwanee
Tenn
Vermont
Athan Allen
Elkins
Schnitzler
Emin Pasha
Bagamoyo
Saxony
Wide World of Crime Stokes Across States
A New York jury acquits Conrad Zegerbecker of burglary and funds donated. Knife fights erupt in Sharpsburg Pennsylvania and Paducah Kentucky with fatalities. Jed Carr and Samuel Crosby are attacked or kill. two killed in Kentucky and Tennessee cases. Warnings of perjury in Carlyle Harris trial. Texas outlaw Carlet Small captured after Mexican train robbery. Suicide at Cave Hill cemetery. Indian pursuit at Pine Ridge beef camp fails. Seizures of counterfeit liquor in Peoria Illinois. Middlesborough Kentucky shooting. gun duel. Sing Sing inmate confession. Miss Lillie Johnson cleared. Alice Mitchell in Bolivar asylum. Ottawa debate over proof claims shocks parliament.
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New York
Conrad Zegerbecker
Antonio Lonzo
Luigi Laurigo
Sharpsburg
Paducah
Jim Speers
Mat Williams
Speers
Jed Carr
Andrew Hess
Samuel Crosby
Newport
Sophia
W. F. Leslie
St. Louis
Lord Leslie
Leslie
Carlyle W. Harris
Harris
Carlet Small
Texas Frontier
Small
Chihuahua
Mex
William Peterson
Chicago
Cave Hill
Louisville
Royce
Pine Ridge Agency
Wear
Revenue Force
Peoria
John Patterson, Jr
John Patterson, Sr
Middlesborough
al Burnst
Joe Parton
Parton
Thomas Hallissey
Thomas McLaughlin
State
Sing Sing
Lillie Johnson
Memphis
Tenn
Freda Ward
Alice Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
Bolivar
Lister
Ottawa
Ont
Chicago and national crime notes and Vatican reply
The column records a Chicago printer and publisher's suicide by throat wound amid financial success. It notes arrests of F Porterfield on bank charge warrants and $10,000 bail, Peter W. Person found dead with a fractured skull, and suspects Dick Gifford and Pender alias Rodeman. Also hawks-eyeing crooks Billy Hawley and Brice, with postal inspectors promising a conviction. The Vienna Neue Freie Presse reports Irish bishops seeking papal stance on temporal power and the pope's evasive reply while opposing armed renewal.
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Chicago
F. Porterfield
Commercial National Bank of
Nashville, Tenn
McKnight
Porterfield
Peter W. Person
South Omaha
Person
Dick Gifford
Pender
Rodeman
Billy” Hawley
Green Goods
United States
Hawley
Billy” Brice
Burch
Marion Skinner
High Hill
Vienna Neue Freie Presse
Leo
Neue Freie Presse
Italy
From Other Shores
Baron Gyulai dies in Vienna once praised as Europe’s best cavalry general. A fanatic throws a stone at King Humbert in Rome after Pope reconciliation rejection. A long dormant Mexican volcano erupts causing major agricultural damage. Thirty detectives guard Emperor William and Empress in Rome to fear dynamiters.
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Gyulai
Moltke
Europe
Vienna
Humbert
Italy
William
Rome
Boston plasterers strike for eight hour day
Three hundred Boston plasterers on strike demand an eight hour day. In Monongahela Valley, coal miners strike largely ends with about 3,000 returning to work after seven months. The stoppage cost operators and miners an estimated 4 million dollars. strikers lost about 2.1 million in wages.
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Boston
Monongahela Valley
Multiple Major 1907 News Items Mixed in Illinois Assembly Victory and Corporate Deals
A sweeping 124 to 7 Illinois vote backs an anti pool room bill while NY Times sells for 950000. Reports cover grippe rise in NY, ex priest Slattery barred in Springfield, Eno defaulter to federal custody, Spring’s 6000 scholarship to Vassar, Standard Oil Rothschilds oil control, Swift & Co capital rise to 15 million, Nashville bank failure with 500000 owed, sanity inquiry for Col Remey, G W Simpson leading a Fort Worth plant, canal plan Erie-Ontario, Kalamazoo washboard factory seizable, E D Moore wins telegraph prize, Lizzie Shiel’s suicide attempt, strict immigrant quarantine, Bell net earnings 3411674 with capital up, Oakland leprosy case, Edison patent litigation, pigeons linked to Naronic, Pottawatomie distribution, Ward heirs suit over Chicago property, and O W Potter as executor.
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Illinois Assembly
New York Times
New York
Grippe
Springfield
Ohio
Joseph Slattery
John C. Eno
Charles A. Spring
Chicago
Vassar College
Standard Oil Company
Rothschilds
Swift & Co
Chicago Packers
Commercial National Bank of Nashville, Tenn
William B. Remey
Navy
G. W. Simpson
Boston
Fort Worth
Tex
Lakes Erie
Ontario
Washboard Trust
Fuller Bros
Kalamazoo
Mich
E. D. Moore
Associated Press
Lizzie Shiel
Brazil
Ind
United States
Canada
Bell Telephone Company
Oakland
Allison
Douglas County
Trenton
Connecticut
White Star
Naronic
Simon Pokagon
Washington
Pottawatomie
Cas
van Buren
E. B. Ward
South Chicago
Detroit
Wayne County
Michigan
Directl
O. W. Potter
Vandal woodcutters target California sequoias
The article notes that loggers removed stumps of California sequoias, once cut twelve to twenty feet above ground to avoid gnarl, finding the gnarl’s beauty valuable for thin decorative sheets. Now stumps are dug out and soon few remnants will remain of these majestic trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cafornia Sequoia
Minnesota Lawmakers Weekly Report of Senate Actions
Routine record of Minnesota Legislature proceedings from the past week dated Thursday March 31. Summary lists measures acted on in the Senate including S F 538 on village marshals, H F 298 increasing church trustees, H PF 161 municipal courts, H F 482 state treasurer’s report publication, H F 414 village separation from townships, and a governor’s request to raise legislative manuals. Also notes a Red River valley drainage bill passed 41 to 3, a land commissioner/immigration office proposal, a dispute over country elevators under grain and warehouse control, a roll call on suspension votes, and passages of S F 240 etc on penal code, county officers, grain inspection, criminal prosecutions timely.
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Senate
D. Peterson
Stevens
Daugherty
Lienau
Bell
Probstfield
Red River Valley
House
Committee On Public Lands
McDonough
State Land Commissioner
State Auditor
Zelch
Immigration
Friends
8. D. Peterson
Grain and Warehouse Commission
S. F
Soldiers’ Relief Fund
Crandall
Dean
Morse
John Day Smith
Ss. F
McHale
Moonstone
Big Stone
Gladstone
Zelch S. F
Abbott
Staples
Christie
Minnesota Senate action on bills and amendments
The Senate reconsidered Streissguth’s reassessment bill, discharged the judiciary committee from H. Fatt and Markham county bonding, and ordered those bills to general orders. It also advanced a 5 cent enrolling fee cut, reconsidered H. F. No. 722, and sent S. F. No. 547 to passage with a reduced publication scope. Other votes covered university tax, newspaper publication of laws, war records, and transit car vestibule rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Streissguth
S&s
Hennepin
Leavitt
Lienau
Stevens
Senate
McMillan
O'Brien
House
Donnelly
Geissel
Eaton
Minnesota
Tawneys
Allison
Senate Special Committee
Tawney
Senate Actions Set April 1 Legislative Session
The Senate repassed bills including S F 357 on fishing limits, S F 408 real estate tax amendments, and S F 407 property tax delinquencies. F 232 covers civil costs. F 375 targets actions against firms under a common name. F 443 concerns street regulation. Several measures passed under suspension of rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Smith
Streissguth
Torena
J. D. Smith
Legislature Passes Bills On Salaries And Bonds
Senate action approved Tawney's measure fixing the supreme court reporter's pay at 3500 dollars yearly by a 30 to 6 vote. Bills creating a farmers institutes supervision board, authorizing city and village bond issues for public improvements, and restricting trap shooting with live birds advanced. A finance committee report for seed wheat loan recovery was adopted after a state auditor note on farmers' inability to pay. The house devoted most of the day to committee work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tawney
Supreme Court
Hopkins
Committee On Finance
House
Legislative report on bills and committee progress
The committee advanced or noted progress on numerous house and senate finance, judiciary and labor bills. Items include road and bridge funding, logs and timber, title insurance, canal and waterway construction, and corporate law. Several measures were indefinitely postponed or recommitted.
Lawmaking notes from Minnesota senate session
Bills introduced include a Red River navigation aid request to congress and a 1803 state agricultural society premium payment. Resolutions discuss initiative and referendum with Switzerland as example and possible state adoption. Other measures pass or fail on municipal finance, transportation, and infrastructure.
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Canestorp
Congress
Red River
Big Stone
March
Crandall
State Agricultural Society
Donnelly
Republic of
Switzerland
House
The Marnets Review of Lending Markets and Commodities
Market roundup covering Chicago and Minneapolis grain prices for wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds with mixed bid levels. Also reports St Paul Milwaukee and Chicago live stock quotes for prime steers hogs cows calves and feeders with ranges.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
S Paul
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Antehers
Nominations To Senate For Treasury And Related Posts
The president sent nominations to the Senate: William Ed Curtis and Charles S Hamlin as assistant secretaries of the treasury. James H Eckles as controller of the currency. James F Meline as assistant treasurer. T Stobo Farrow as second auditor. John B Brawley as auditor for the treasury. James J Willie as deputy fifth auditor. Dudley O Watson as collector of customs for Michigan. Postmasters named Francis E Glass Cresco Wisconsin William A Hume Chilton John Finch Stevens Point John Dawe Edgerton. Curtis, Hamlin, Eckles, Meline, Farrow and Brawley are profiled with brief bios noting ages, professions and political ties.
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Washington
Senate
William Ed Curtis
St. Louis
the Treasury
Vics Genio M. Lamberton
Charles S. Hamlin
Massachusetts
John H. Gear
James H. Eckles
Illinois
James F. Meline
District of Columbia
United States
T. Stobo Farrow
South Carolina
Treasury
John B. Brawley
Pennsylvania
Treasur
Post Office Department
James J. Willie
Florida
Dudley O. Watson
Michigan
District of
Francis E. Glass
Cresco
Wisconsin
William A. Hume
Chilton
John Finch
Massachusetts Tariff Reform League
Civil Service Reform Association
J. B. Brawley
Meadville
Sibley
Harrity
Ilinois
Ottawa
Cable
Eckles
J. Strobe Farrow
Cleveland
Julius Oaks Believed Drowned After Flooded Bottom Incident
In Marshall Minnesota a special report says Julius Oaks, employed by Mr. Eikle, disappeared yesterday. A Belgian worker who drove the team is believed drowned after their wagon was found in a flooded bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall, Minn
Julius Oaks Me
Belgian
Mr. Eikle
Judge Edgerton May Die
Sioux Falls special dispatch reports United States District Judge A J Edgerton, recently stricken by a paralytic stroke, has suffered a second attack and is not expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgerton
Sioux Falls
United States
A. J. Edgerton
Carter Harrison Wins Chicago Mayoral Victory by 20000
Carter H. Harrison is elected mayor of Chicago by about twenty thousand votes over Samuel Allan ton Creiger and the allied Republican and Citizens' ticket. The Democratic ticket also wins a similar margin. Creiger on the Labor ticket fails to reach four thousand votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allerton
Creiger
Chicago
Carter H. Harrison
Samuel W. Allerton
Republican
Citizens
Cregier
Harrison
Ice water bath tragedy injures Wisconsin lumbermen on rail car
A dozen Wisconsin lumbermen traveling west in the private car Minnehaha were jolted into a flood of ice water when the car derailed near a creek five miles west of the Dakota line. H. G. Davis of the Northern Pacific was among the injured, badly cut by glass and ice. Deputy Sheriff Woods of Missoula aided in rescue as all passengers were rescued but seriously bruised and cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Wisconsin
Great Northern
Dakota Line
H. (. Davis
Oakes
Northern Pacific
H. Incom
Eau Claire
Hannibal
J. Gershell
Livingston
Davis
Woods
Missoula County
King James Burns at Sea Off San Francisco
Word reached Point Conception that the four masted steel ship King James burned at sea two hundred miles off San Francisco after eleven days of fire. The crew of thirty two split into two boats. the captain's boat vanished with no sign of the captain, while the mate's boat reached Point Conception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Point Conception
Newcastle
Eng
World’s Fair Rates Discussed by Western Rail Leaders
Chicago April 4. General passenger agents and presidents of western roads met to settle world’s fair rates and resolve differences from last week’s Western Passenger association meeting. A trans Missourians committee was named to draft a west of Missouri river rate pact. The panel failed to conclude today and will report after tomorrow’s adjournment. Authorities expect an agreement without major trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Missoori River
So Western Passenger Association
Evans Brothers Alleged Robbery and Assault Vows Vigilante Justice
Gallatin Tennessee reports a brutal crime at Alexander where George and John Evans allegedly forced a man from his home with a pistol and assaulted his seventeen year old wife. A crowd gathered, the victims fear and hysteria spread, and residents threaten swift extrajudicial punishment if the brothers are captured alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallatin
Tenn
Alexander
George
John Fvans
Jerry Chelton
Shelton
Evans Brothers
Suttons Forgeries in Louisville Reach Vast Sums
Louisville report details continuing forgeries by A. R. Sutton with latest estimates around 850000. A draft drawn on R. J. Semmes & Co. Memphis for 1700 was returned marked forgery, with other forged acceptances surfacing and some estimate totals may approach 500000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutton
Louisville
A. R. Sutton
R. J. Semmes & Co
Memphis
Major Cumberland Fire Ravages City Block
A $750000 blaze in Cumberland Maryland destroyed six buildings on Mechanic Street and seven on Baltimore Street in a heart of city fire swept by gale force winds. The fire damaged 15 businesses, a boarding house, a restaurant and seven homes. a second fire started by a dropped match caused twelve more houses to burn before it was halted. Fire crews from Martinsburg and Bedford aided along with Washing ton engines. Estimated total loss stood at about $750000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
McKaig
Baltimore Street
Liberty
Mechanic Streets
New York Clothing Company
Charles White
Omas Colbhen
Stone
Mechanic Street
Martinsburg
Bedford
Washington
Latter Day Saints Begin Dedication Week at Salt Lake
The Salt Lake conference of the Latter Day Saints opens at the tabernacle with a 400 voice choir and a grand organ. President Wilford Woodruff and George Q. Cannon address 10,000 faithful as 30,000 expected for Thursday’s temple dedication with visitors flooding Salt Lake City from Canada, Europe, Mexico and the Pacific. The Salt Lake temple, forty years in building, is hailed as a modern architectural marvel attracting 6,000 visitors for Thursday ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Utah
The
Latter Day Saints
Salt Lake Temple
Tabernacle
F. M. Lyman
Wilford Woodruff
Woodruff
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Pacific
Zion
Great
Big Fire Devastates Pittsburg Warehouses and Nearby Mills
On April 5 a major blaze swept the Godfrey & Clark Paper warehouse on South Canal street, fanned by a gale. The flames spread to the Eberhardt & Ober malt house and grain elevator, with sparks igniting nearby yards and dwellings. Total losses hit Godfrey & Clark at 250000 with 46000 insured, Eberhardt & Ober at 200000 with 80000 insured, and others including age & Freckley at 5000 and Heinz Pickle at 2500. two firefighters were injured by a falling grain elevator.PART
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Godfrey & Clark Paper Company
South Canal Street
Eberhardt & Ober Brewing Company
Eberhardt & Ober
Cupp & Freckley
Heinz Bros
Fire gutts Farber meat market in Sioux Falls
A suspicious morning fire gutted two ground floor rooms and overhead lodgings at B. Farber's meat market on Ninth street. State's Attorney Bailey led the probe noting removal of meats and furniture and a fire in an empty ice house. Prosecution likely pending an arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
C. B. Farber
Ninth Street
Bailey
Henee
Cyclone Hits Castleton Ontario Causes Damage
A cyclone struck Castleton Ontario causing heavy damage to several business blocks and residences. The storm disrupted communications, and surrounding areas report extensive damage though details are limited due to cut telephone and telegraph lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castleton
Ont
Mitchell Accepts Corbett Fight Offer From Coney Island Club
London dispatch reports Charley Mitchell accepts the Coney Island Athletic Club’s bid to stage a match with Jim Corbett for the purse offered by the club under fair terms. The proposed bout would be held under club auspices if articles are fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
New York
London
Charley Mitchell
Coney Island Athletic Club
Jim Corbett
Seeding Underway Across Counties In Early April
Alexandria reports farmers dragging fields as seeding starts in Orange and Hudson. Seeding should spread countywide within two days. In Bird Island Minnesota farmers began seeding with acreage to exceed last year and ground in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Orange
Hudson
Bird Island
Minn
Burke Named Assistant Attorney General in North Dakota
John Burke of Rolla, a prominent former state senator, was appointed assistant attorney general by W. H. Standish. Burke takes on authority to prosecute blind-piggers amid liquor dealer and WCTU tensions at Rolla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
N. D
John Burke
Rolla
W. H. Standish
Burke
Burkhart and Hinz Company Makes Assignment
West Union Iowa April 5 Burkhart and Hinz company general merchandise dealers of Hawkeye after giving nine chattie mortgages made an assignment today There are forty one creditors owing about 13000 chiefly in Chicago St Paul and Milwaukee Assets about 5000 to
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Iowa
Burkhart & Hinz Company
Chicago
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Wants a New Trial in Thompson Murder Case
The writ of error argument in the Thompson murder case, scheduled for tomorrow before the suit court, has been postponed to April. Thompson, jailed under a death sentence for killing Mrs. John Brighton in Arlington last July, faced execution on the eighteenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
Thompson
Suis Court
John Brighton
Arlington
Caribou Trapping Bet Ends With Trophy Kill
In the Eagle lake region writer with Jules Tristam recounts a trap method to snag a caribou by a hedge barrier and noose. After misfire and escape, the third day yields a bull caribou as the captive succumbs to the trap and a rifle ends its suffering. Jules wins the bet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules Tristam
Eagle Lake
Lewiston Journal
Jules
Woman Tricks Dentist to Save Money During Extraction
A Newport Daily News item recounts Madame feigning insensibility to avoid wasting gas during a tooth extraction. She pretended the anesthetic was ineffective, causing the first tooth to be removed with a wrench while the dentist watched in surprise. a second tooth remained for another day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport Daily News
Madame
Strange tale told in smelter corner sparks final silence
A Western mining town anecdote unfolds as a cowardly tenderfoot is forced to handle a pistol in a street duel. The tough dies from a misfire while the tenderfoot survives with bruised fingers, the trigger saved by a guard. The room falls silent as the storyteller ends and no one dares to speak again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smolter
Harnt
Detroit Free Fress
Rockies
Tenderfoot
Tough
A Hint for Rainy Weather Story
During a storm a man without an umbrella approached a stranger with a new umbrella. He jokingly claimed the umbrella, the stranger handed it over, and the first man walked away with it. The tale is presented as a true incident offering a practical tip for rain protection.
Cow and Calf Race a Maine Central Train
A Flying Yankee westbound train near Gardiner last week raced a bold cow and her calf. The cow was struck by the engine, turned end over end but suffered little injury. The calf cursed and threatened, but the train sped away before the confrontation concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flying Yankee
Gardiker
Mulley
Maine Central
Portland
Argus
Hazleton Resigns as D C District Attorney
Washington April 5 The district commissioners have asked George C Hazleton district attorney for the District of Columbia to resign and his assistant will perform duties. Hazleton, formerly a Republican congressman from Wisconsin, actively supported the party in the last campaign.
Panama Canal Company Terms Signed For Reopening
A Bogota dispatch reports a signed agreement granting twenty months to organize a new canal company and resume work. Upon government terms acceptance, M. Monichourt the Panama Canal Company liquidator cabled approval to Mange, ending the previous two weeks of tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Bogota
M. ‘Monehicourt
Panama Canal Company
M. Mange
Chicago Police Fraud Scandal Unearthed
Chicago police suffer from a wholesale fraud scheme exposed today. A hidden school for police applicants allegedly teaches with complete exam papers and outlines how to submit answers to be reused by others. Police have not located the school but believe it exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Weather Bureau appoints new executive officer
Washington April 5 Secretary Morton names Michael Bienski of Milwaukee as executive officer of the weather bureau replacing W B Stantley of Wisconsin who has resigned. Salary set at 2500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morton
Michael Bienski
Milwaukee
Weather Bureau
Stantley
Wisconsin
Youthful criminals in Chicago sentenced for murder
William Blancke aged fourteen and Thomas Lavien aged fifteen were given forty years in the penitentiary for the murder of Albert Eckbrone on May 15, 1892 on Western avenue. They shot Eckbrone through the heart and robbed his watch. Their youth spared them from the death penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Blancke
Thomas Lavien
Albert Eckbrone
Eckbrone
Western Avenue
May Wheat Flurry Sparks Chicago Board Trade Debate
Reports from Duluth and Minneapolis claim Armour tied buyers moved millions of bushels for Chicago delivery. Analysts question the impact on the May wheat market as Armour denies forming a Northwest dealer alliance and Chicago traders say supply may not meet expectations.
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Chicago
Special—Board of Trade
Armour
Duluth
FE. M. Higging
Higging
Minneapolis
T. B. Rice
J. B. Lyon & Co
Northwest
Panama Canal Company Gets One-Month Extension
Another Chance Panama Special-M Mange acts for the liquidator to obtain Bogota government extension of one month for starting work on the Panama Canal project.
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Panama
M. Mange
Panama Canal Company
Bogota
Mrs Thompson of Highmore to Stand Trial in Huron
Mrs. De Lilah Thompson, a Highmore widow and mother of seven, faces trial in the United States circuit court in Huron for violating postal laws. Authorities link her to obscene letters sent to local figures and to recent arsons destroying business districts and the Hyde county courthouse. She contest the charges, claiming the inquiry will clear her and implicate Highmore’s so-called aristocracy.
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Mes. Thompson
Highmore
United States
Huron
Sioux Falls
Delilah Thompson
Thompson
Hyde County
Court House
Too Precious to Travel
The original drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution will not be sent to the world’s fair. Secretary Gresham cites risk and wear from railway travel and exhibition as reasons to keep the parchments safeguarded in the State Department.
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Washington
United States
Gresham
Department of State
Cleveland halts extradition treaty talks with Russia
London report states President Cleveland telegraphed the U S legation in St Petersburg to stop all negotiations on the extradition treaty with Russia and to seek to refer the matter back to him.
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London
Berlin
the Standard
Cleveland
United States
St. Petersburg
Russia
Jury finds Rev. Wilson guilty in second degree
In Canton, a circuit court jury found Rev. John T. C. Wilson guilty on the trial form of Eva Moulton, a thirteen year old. The verdict carries a penalty of not less than five years in the penitentiary.
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Canton
8. D
John T. C. Wilson
Eva Moulton
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France
Brussels
Zurich
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Reidels
Greece
Marie Weber
Acropolis
Linle
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Keller
Sanborn
Eure
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Young
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Mletcher
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Progress
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Kiester
Craven
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O’brien
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Carter Harrison
Democratic Party
Pine Tree State
Schuneman
Silk Dept
Eoru
Cloak Dept
Thomson
Royal Worcester
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Whitney
Schuneman & Evans
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