Kentucky elects Beboe to Senate and legal notices noted
Kentucky elects Republican W. J. Beboe to the United States Senate on Wednesday. A 2 witness rule appears for chattel mortgages. Northern Pacific lands total 165 470 acres in Crow Wing and 83 147 in Cass. Wanpanga to get a new telephone system despite a gross earnings tax law. St Cloud will host West Point exam May 12 for Brainerd candidates. Stearns county school case rules no sectarian exercises or catechism in public schools.
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Northern Pacific Railroad
Crow Wing
Cass
Wanpsagxa
United States Military Academy
West Point
St. Cloud
Stearns County
Searle and Baxter
Staples to lose daily paper as Tribune enters market
Starzes plans a free silver organ called the Tribune while Staples already has World, a newer sheet. The town is not large enough to support two papers, and the World remains the closer daily read for residents in the neighboring city.
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Starzes
the Tribune
Staples
Six Free Silverites Resign From St. Cloud City Committees
The six Free Silverites elected to St. Cloud city council have resigned from their appointed committees. They refuse to participate unless they control. They compare themselves to a boy who won’t play unless he has his way, leaving nine other members to run the machinery. Constituents may feel pride or concern.
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Free
Judge rules liquor licenses nontransferable in St Paul court
Judge Orr of the municipal court at St Paul declares liquor licenses are personal privileges issued to the applicant in due form. A license to sell intoxicating liquors for a set period cannot be assigned, so transfers are illegal and void and confer no privilege on the transferee.
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Orr
St. Paul
County Attorney’s Reform Pace Sparks Bond Talk in Becker County
The Detroit Record critiques J N True as Becker County faces long overdue revenue orders and interest accumulation. It hints the next legislature may be asked to authorize bond issues to cover floating debt, forecasting louder money demand from farmers and merchants to cover litigation expenses.
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Detroit
J. N. True
Becker County
Reform County
Minnesota Elects Optional Voting Machines For Elections
A new Minnesota law makes voting machines optional for cities or counties. Machines cost 200 to 300 dollars each and may eliminate election clerks, delivering results quickly after polls close with judges present as before. Machines already operate in New York, Maine and Massachusetts, but broad use is uncertain due to cost.
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Minnesota
Board of Aldermen
New York
Maine
Massachusetts
New Minnesota Tax Plan Opens On Real Property
A 1898 reform introduces a two installment tax system for real property. Half due before June 1, remaining half by November 1 with penalties starting at 1 percent for late May, rising to 10 percent if the second half is unpaid, plus a 5 percent January penalty on prior year taxes. County auditors face liability for uncharged penalties. The change follows Ohio law and aims to aid farmers after harvest.
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Brornnine
Ohio
Minnesota
Arrest in Minnesota man charged with falsifying naturalization papers
Charles A. Ruffee of Crow Wing county Minnesota is jailed in Washington D C on federal charges of falsifying naturalization papers to support a $100,000 claim against the United States for Indian agent years. He posted bail later, with Senator Davis acting as surety, in a criminal court arraignment.
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Washington, D.C
Charles A. Ruffee
Crow Wing County
Minn
United States
Rufee
Marshal Wilson
R. T. O’connor
Minnesota
Ruffee
White Earth Agency
Court of Claims
St. Cloud
Stearns County
Minneapolis Journal
Crow Wing
Marshal O’connor
United States Court
Cole
Davis
Raffee freed on bail in Minnesota naturalization case
The Pioneer Press reports Charles A. Raffee of Brainerd was brought to Minnesota and jailed on a charge of uttering a false naturalization certificate related to an Indian depredations claim. Bail was set at 1,000 dollars, furnished by Senator Davis, with Raffee departing to prepare his defense.
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Charles A. Raffee
Brainerd
Minn
Marshal O’connor
Minnesota
Ruffee
Detroit
United States
Mankato
Davis
A. A. Lipscomb
National Hotel
Fort Abercrombie
Breckenridge
Helena
Mont
Nova Scotia
Ruaffee
Raffee
Fole
District Court
Indian agent Ruffee's long rise and political removal tale
The article recounts Maj. Ruffee of White Earth, a trusted Indian agent, facing charges tied to a $1,000,000 Indian depredation claim and a falsely altered naturalization paper. It details his early life in Nova Scotia, settlement moves, business success, and multiple terms as agent, ending with his 1890s legal jeopardy and reputation among government and tribes.
Would Hold Office at Cass County Convention
A mass convention in Sylvan gathered 42 delegates to select county officers for Cass County and forward a list to Gov. Clough. They chose T. J. Nary, W. H. Hallett, J. W. Curo, J. W. Bickford, and others for a slate including County Auditor John Barke and County Treasurer W. W. Bryant. Positions listed: Register of Deeds A. J. Collins, Clerk of the Court J. A. Gilberg, Sheriff E. W. Franklin, County Supt. Wam. Pennar, Probate Judge A. J. Phillips, County Attorney B. F. Hartshorn, Surveyor Wam. Pelkey, Coroner Dr. Rodwell.
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Cass County
Sylvan
W. H. Hallett
Wm. Penner
A. J. Phillips
B. F. Hartshorn
Wam. Pelkey
Rodwell
Gov Clough Names First Cass County Board of Commissioners
Gov Clough on Wednesday appointed the first board of county commissioners for Cass County. T J Nary P H McGarry of Walker James F Middleton of Lothrop George H R French of Uphasset Town 143 Range 25 and O T Wilson of Cass will organize and appoint county officers and locate the county seat at Walker.
Opening Seasons for Fish and Game in Minnesota
The recent fish and game law sets legal taking dates for various species. Fishing bans include boss fish year round with seasonal windows May 15 to March 1 for unspecified, and May 1 to Sept 1 for brook trout and similar. Pickerel spearing is banned in March and April. Unlawful sale applies to brook trout and black bass any time. Goose, plover, grouse, woodcock, snipe fall windows vary, and partridges are prohibited for sale. Ducks geese and other aquatic fowl hunt Sept 1 to April 15. Deer season runs Oct 25 to Nov 15. Venison shipping requires owner accompaniment. Moose with horns may be shot Nov 1 to Nov 5 only.
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Minnesota
Will Probably Win in Quay’s Philadelphia Senate Drive
Chas. F. Kindred once of Brainerd is a leading member of the combine formed by Senator Quay to shape Republican politics in Philadelphia as reported by the Little Falls Herald.
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Chas. F. Kindred
Brainerd
Senator Quay
Philadelphia
Little Falls
Crow Wing County Appoints Three Postmasters
Crow Wing county has found the combination and three postmasters have recently been appointed there.
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Crow Wing County
Little Falls
Tax Judgment Notice From Crow Wing Minnesota 1897
Pursuant to a Real Estate Tax Judgment of the District Court in Crow Wing County Minnesota entered March 22 1897 proceedings enforce payment of taxes and penalties upon real estate in Crow Wing and Cars counties delinquent January 1897 as provided by law I shall on the first Monday be theirst Monday
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Crow Wing
Gods Are Dead In A World Of Roses
A fragment reflecting on belief and doubt with W E Henley’s line about gods being dead. Poetic musing contrasts a rosy world swollen with facts and science. The speaker places gods in a hidden afterlife, suggesting divine silence amid earthly noise.
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W. E. Henley
New York Times
Seedville Visit Sparks Sudden Interest From Artist
Aunt Jerusha discovers an unfamiliar artist visitor in Seedville who arrives to sketch, upsetting locals with the sight of an automobile and odd remarks about buckwheats and warmth. Vilas Stansfield witnesses the scene, pursues the horseless carriage down the elm street, while residents wonder if a ghost or Miss Waterloo is involved, ending as the car disappears from view.
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Seedville
Vilas Stansfield
Miss Waterloo
Sam
Vilas Stanfield
Tilbury
England
Stan
Bude
Steepleton
Mrs. Spearmint
Lander Goshen
Waal
Minuit
Pane
Waterloo and the Tilbury Turbulent Ride
Miss Waterloo's reckless motor ride crashes on a fragile village bridge. Vilas Stanfield rescues her, then ferries her to Aunt Jerusha's as Sam ferries the tilbury back. Stanfield later transports Miss Waterloo to her home in Chicago News.
Curious surnames in Missouri and Kansas counties
The Chicago Tribune notes a list of curious surnames in a north Missouri county such as Red White Blue Green Gray Brown Black with titles Kings Queens Earls Dukes Marquises and Lords. It also lists animal surnames Wrens Birds Cows Hawks Hawkine Fowlers and quadruped names Wolfe Lamb Lyon Bull Stier Redheffer. It recalls a western Kansas county with Redwine Sourbeer Drybread Pancake.
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Missouri
Wolfe
Lamb
Lyon
Bull
Stier
Redheffer
Kansas
Redwine
Chicago Tribune
Hatpin Patent Promises Stable Hat on Curves
In a humorous note from the Chicago Chronicle a newly invented patent stationary hat fastener is praised for keeping a woman's hat on straight in a cable car while rounding curves. The device is pitched as ensuring feminine headwear remains secure during motion.
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Chicago Chronicle
Sultan Shah Zaman Visits Ispahan Feast in Paradise
In Ispahan the sultan enters a lavish palace scene with wine, fruit, and spice laden rooms. Nubian slaves, singing dancers, and a rose bloom mistress recline on silk divans as orient colors swirl in a fountain lit by hundred colored jets. The city’s jasmine scent and veiled court accompany the sultan in a dreamlike eastern paradise.
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Shah Zaman
Ispahan
Sultana
Bhah Zaman
Samarkand
Fairyland
Orient
Paradise
Astrakhan
Sultan Shah Zaman
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Adieu to the land of the setting sun
Cy Warman in the New York Sun contrasts the stubborn pace of the speaker with the Yankee pace. He recalls past fronts, blizzards, and wrecks faced in war or conflict, and vows to slow his run while the other man speeds on with wings.
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Cy Warman
New York
Culture as Religion Substitute in 19th Century Thought
In literature and philosophy, culture is portrayed as a stand in for religion with poetry guiding life, yet historian caution argues culture without faith fades. Matthew Arnold and Emerson cited as examples of culture claiming moral direction, but past movements warn culture alone degrades into decadence similar to Nero’s era.
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Matthew Arnold
Emerson
Brook Farm
Nero
Petronius
Herculaneum
Pompeii
American Quarterly Review
A St. Louis Experiment in Women Only Billiards
A St Louis correspondent reports plans for a women only billiard room in St Louis with bowling, reading area, and other features. The venture, run by a man who previously served male patrons only, will admit any woman whether alone or with a husband brother or sweetheart. The Vienna trial is cited as successful and St Louis watches American outcome.
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St. Louis
Vienna
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