Brainerd Dispute and Notable Text Snippets
Brainerd dispute news from NGERSOLL and WIELAND publishers notes that over half of U S street railway mileage is electric. A Spanish musician proposes a notation system removing flats and sharps. In China a son killed his father and was executed with his schoolmaster for failing to teach. Junction City teachers barred from attending more than one dance weekly.
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United States
China
Junction City
Kan
Colored element growth slows in the South
The colored segment is rising much more slowly than the white share not only nationwide but also across the southern states, signaling slower demographic shifts in those regions.
NY Doctors Report Eyeless Child a Unique Case
Physicians in New York examined a child born without eyes and said no similar case is on record. The only consolation is the child will not see many unsightly things in the world.
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New York
Cincinnati Man Uses Arnica After Internal Dose
A Cincinnati man followed a physician’s advice and took arnica internally for a cut hand. He reports widespread soreness while the affected hand causes him the least pain.
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Cincinnati
Arnica
Glacial Action Shifts UP Rail Along Columbia River
Glacial activity on the Union Pacific line along the Columbia River has moved the mountains, leaving the track with precarious footing as cliffs rise about 400 feet above the right of way.
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Union Pacific
Columbia River
Mexico Plans First Pictorial Stamp Series in September
Mexico will issue its initial set of pictorial stamps in September featuring a design focusing on the nation’s mail transport evolution. The denominations illustrate progress from man and mule to stage and railway, highlighting transportation milestones.
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Mexico
China Pestilence Toll and Smuggling Across Borders
In China 40 000 persons have already died during the prevailing cholera pestilence. Fresh importations from China are constantly evading the law and slipping over the boundaries into this country. What the later summer alone can reveal remains to be seen.
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China
Alcohol consumption per inhabitant by country list
A historical table lists per capita alcohol consumption for multiple nations. Germany shows 11 quarts, Austria-Hungary 6.59, Belgium 8.6, United States 5, France 0, Italy 1.97, Holland 9, Russia 63, Switzerland 6, and Great Britain 5.42.
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World
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
United States
France
Italy
Holland
Russia
Switzerland
Great Britain
Auction of Clothing Priced at 10 75 Dollars
A young man in neat dress offers his entire wardrobe for 10.75 dollars. He lists hat seven cents coat two dollars cotton shirt one fifty cotton duck trousers one dollar shoes five dollars and a total of 10.75.
Women urged into state department work denied in papers
Russian ministries proposed employing women in agriculture and imperial lands departments, prompting a flood of petitions. An official denial appeared, persuading the women that their efforts were unnecessary and unsettling.
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Imperial Lands
Wall Street Cigar Trade Shifts To Cheaper Smokes
A Wall Street dealer reports a sharp drop in sales of high priced cigars this year as many customers switch to 5 cent sticks. He notes hundreds now smoke 5cent cigars and ask to buy six for a quarter. Other nearby dealers report similar shifts.
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Wall Street
From cradle to grave the female label evolves
The passage traces how women are classified from baby girls to women, noting that the final term women represents the highest social title. It asserts that recognizing a girl as a real woman is the ultimate compliment in the era's terminology of praise.
Suez Canal Traffic in 1898 by Nationality and Tonnage
In 1898 the Suez Canal saw 3,341 ships totaling 7,699,000 tons pass through, yielding 305,000,000 in dues. Of these, 3,082 ships, or 92.14 percent, traversed by night. Nationalities included 2,405 English, 272 German, 178 Dutch, 178 Austro Hungarian, 67 Italian, 50 Norwegian, 34 Ottoman, 29 Spanish, 24 Russian, 10 Portuguese, 5 Egyptian, 3 American, plus single vessels from Belgian, Brazilian, and Japanese origins.
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Suez Canal
World wealth ranking of leading nations in 1910s data
The United States leads with 60.5 billion, followed by Great Britain at 243.6 billion and France at 40.3 billion. Germany shows 31.6 billion, Russia 21.7 billion, Austria 18.1 billion, and Italy 11.8 billion. Spain stands at 7.97 billion, Greece at 1.055 billion, with no other nation above 10 billion.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Austria
Italy
Spain
Greece
End of Buffalo Era in Montana Iowa Field Notes
The final buffaloes were killed in Montana in ISS23. At least 75,000 head perished in four months leaving only scattered singles and pairs. By year end the vast herd was nearly wiped out across the region once counting in hundreds of thousands. Yellowstone shipments show 800,000 hides from Glendive and 185,250 skins from Miles City.
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Montana
Temperance clash as title lady misdirects North London Baptist rally
In a North London suburb a temperance dispute pits church against chapel. A Baptist event hires a noblewoman to address the anniversary, but she loses her way and questions a laborer who humorously replies that his wife is away at a spree.
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Pall Mall Gazette
London
Baptists
Around The Globe: Key World Occurrences Of The Week
A compact roundup of notable events from around the world over the past week. Highlights include political developments, economic shifts, cultural moments, and notable incidents shaping global affairs.
Cabinet backs Hawaiian government recognition and senate vote
Washington reports the cabinet supports recognizing the new Hawaiian government. The house votes overwhelmingly for a constitutional amendment to elect U.S. senators by popular vote. President Cleveland appoints John D. Kernan and N. E. Worthington as commissioners to investigate the recent strike. A bimetallists conference is set for August 16 to discuss policy changes. Supreme Court Justice Field declines a transfer to the New York circuit and remains in the Pacific circuit.
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House
United States
Cleveland
John D. Kernan
New York
N. E. Worthington
Peoria
Plains
Supreme Justice
Stephen J. Field
California
Pacific Circuit
Political and social trivia from late 19th century notes
A collection of brief historical curiosities mentions Freddie Gebhard as a potential Tammany candidate, multilingual pope, Col Breckinridge at a Kentucky meeting kissing his son, Senator Sherman's long preserved letters, Carnot's fondness for American horses, Viscount Hill’s bankruptcy, Herbert Spencer’s warning of civil war, Tolstoi household simplicity, Lucy Healy near her 99th birthday, Bret Harte's popularity in France, Cleveland's baby kiss refusal, bachelor governors, and a Paris court guardian for Marshal Canrobect's son.
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Freddie Gebhard
Congress
Pope
Donerall
Col. Breckinridge
John Sherman
President Carnot
Viscount Hill
Herbert Spencer
Congress of Evolutionists
Tolstoi
Lucy Healy
Charlstown
R. I
Ev Ud
Paris
Marshal Canrobect
Series of Fatal Fires and Accidents Across the Nation
A wave of disasters claims multiple lives and injuries. Comstock's hotel and five Riverside cottages burned for an $80,000 loss. Boone's Columbian hotel suffered $6,000 in damage. Waterman's opera house in Waterloo destroyed. Marion PD reports Cotton, 85, drowned at Rockford. Wabash train fatally strikes Deputy Sheriff Bert Wintrode in Indiana. Firemen die, horses perish in Allen McKenzie incident near Algoma, Michigan. Rochester, NY sees William Soule killed by runaway team. Drownings near Richmond Iowa and river deaths. ice cream poisoning claims Mrs. Whitlock in West Union. A six-year-old shoots a girl in Pittsburg. Fort Wayne man accidentally kills his wife with a club. gas explosion injures Strant and Wells in Lynn, Massachusetts. Yacht Elfrida wrecks in Lake Champlain. Groton’s James D. Avery mansion burns. train collision near Sandusky, Ohio kills engineer John Van Horn. Farmer George W. Dee dies in a Burlington home fire. windmill accident at York Harbor kills W. L. Baker.
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Comstock
Riverside
R. L
Columbian
Boone
Waterman
Waterloo
Iowa
Marion PD. Cotton
Rockford
William Smith
Washington
Allen McKenzie
Algoma
Mich
William Soule
T. A. Soule
Rochester
N. Y
Bert Wintrode
Samuel Wintrode
Huntington
Ind
EK. F. Kime
Orville Greeson
Richmond
George Whitlock
West Union
David Wilson
Pittsburg
Nellie Lee
George Imler
Fort Wayne
E. A. Strant
Arthur Wells
Strant
Lynn
Mass
W. Seward Webb
Baker
Notable Crimes and Unrest Across States
A roundup of violent incidents and crimes across the Midwest and South. Nevada woman murders state senator. Alabama mining strike resumes fighting. Deputies killed in another clash. Burglary at Vincennes nets $500 cash and a gold watch. Brunswick officer killed during arrest attempt. Train and missing man cases in Mississippi and Indiana. Robberies, assaults, and a life sentence handed down in Michigan. Local residents report crime and disorder from Florida to Ohio.
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S. Rische
Vincennes
Ind
Thomas
Brunswick
Greenville
Miss
Richard Gates
Frankfort
Lake Alhambra
George Field
St. Louis
William H. Crane
Charles Mocard
Grand Rapids Mich
Mary McKendrick
Arkansas
Chaos of Crises Across States Reveals Violent Incidents
A series of violent crimes and public upheavals unfolds from Urbana Ohio to Chicago to Florida. Included are a murder by Samuel E. Rose of Urbana, a fatal dose in California, brutal lashings at Burney’s Station, a desertion in Kalamazoo, an attempted pay-car wreck near Chillicothe, and a political arrest in Sacramento. Also reportCreeks Samuel Checota Billy Narcome slain near Eufaula, a banker Thomas Hanlon’s suicide in his home, editor A W Carpenter’s murder in Pearsall, and a mob lynching confrontation in Luraville Florida.
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Chicago
Central Park
New York
Samuel E. Rose
Mary Terrill
Urbana
Ohio
Horace Mills
Minneapolis
Fasadena
Cal
Burney’s Station
Ind
George Herron
Charles Dudley
Kalamazoo
Mich
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Chillicothe
Sacramento
United States
Eufaula
I. T
Samuel Checota
Billy Narcome
Two Creeks
Rank Hawkins
Thomas Hanlon
Mutual Wife Insurance Company
A. W. Carpenter
Vindicator
Texas
Pearsell
Walter Durbin
Frio County
Luraville
Fla
Marshall
John Thomas
Thomas
London Prisoner and European News Snapshots
Eugene Tourbett, an American, imprisoned in London for forgery for three years. Engagement news of Miss Alice Maud Burke to Mr. Heinmann, a London publisher. French deputies approve anti anarchist bill with trials before a correctional tribunal. St. Petersburg arrests of twenty Nihilists amid suspected plot against Cezar. Zoppina of La Bomba sentenced in Messina. paper suppressed. Quito dispatch notes cabinet censured in budget row. finance minister resigns. foreign debt interest suspended. Paris funeral incident as Leconte Delisie burial provokes attempted stabbing. suspect considered crazy. Vienna dispatch reports rapid cholera spread in Galicia. frontier traffic halted.
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Eugene Tourbett
London
Alice Maud Burke
Andre Ponistowski
Heinmann
Chamber of Deputies
St. Petersburg
Cezar
Signor Zoppina
la Bomba
Messina
Italy
London Times
Quito
Ecuador
Congress
Senate
M. Leconte-Delisie
Local and national notes from early 1900s closes and actions
A collection of brief items reports legal suits including Rev Whitman suing First Baptist Church for back salary. J G Cannon nominated in Twelfth Illinois district. a 14 year old girl dies in Indiana. Kansas Pacific bondholders sue over 11 million. sheriff closes W J Schuster hardware store. Mowbray addresses 500 in New York. crops threatened by drought near Chillicothe Missouri. W J Martin dies after drinking two gallons water on a bet. Rock Island shops reopen as does Bass foundry and car shops. friends of Albert Ward seek prayer remedies for pleuropneumonia but fail. religious and labor tensions noted across several states. strikes and reopenings dominate industrial scene. Northern officials push military company formation. weather and drought impacts in Dakota areas. Fort Dodge Iowa approves exclusive electric lighting franchise. Indiana policy to curb whitecaps. Ohio Bureau County seeks Maple City name change. National Wine and Spirit Association pursues dealers. Kansas City rail shops reopen employing 5000. Marsen Brosseau abandon property with 200000 debt. Chicago US court finds Debs A R U officials to face contempt trial.
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Edward Whitman
Joliet
Ill
First Baptist Church
J. G. Cannon
Twelfth Olinots
Fort Wayne
Ind
Kansas Pacific
Sue Russell Sage
Gould Estate
W. J. Schuster
Kankakee
Mowbray
New York
Chillicothe
W. J. Martin
Muncie
Rock Island
Bass’ Foundry
Albert Ward
Champion
Ohio
Buffalo
N. Y
Ryan
Zareczny
Hayes
Knights of Labor
Iowa
Minnesota
The
Dakotas
Fort Dodge
Matthews
Indiana
Bureau County
Maple City
National Wine and Spirit Association
Washington
Kansas City
Fort Scott & Memphis
Marsen & Brosseau
Montreal
United States Court
Chicago
Debs
Strongest Living Creatures and Insect Strength
A Pearson’s Weekly reader asks which living creature is strongest for its size. The answer credits the flea the cockchafer and the hive bee with the greatest proportionate strength, noting fleas jump many times their length, cockchafer lifts 245 times its weight, and a small hive bee 23.5 times its weight. The three insects share the honors.
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Pearson's Weekly
Conferees Push Toward Passage of Tariff Bill
Washington July 30 tarifs conferees resume talks with no clear agreement yet. The panel faces pressure to accept the senate bill with limited concessions as hearings reveal crucial differences on sugar iron ore coal cloth woolens and tobacco. Senate unity and House resistance shape the path to a final measure or no bill becoming law.
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Washington
White House
Senate
House
Democratic House
Cleveland
Wilson
Representative Catchings
Sreaker Crisp
Committee On Rules
Springer
Holman
House Democratic Caucus
Wars and Means
Conference
Wen
Break in tariff talks signals senatorial split
Washington July 31 full conference committee on the tariff adjourned amid Democratic deadlock over sugar coal and iron ore with Republicans noting only a minute long session. Democrats fear progress while telegraphs and mails press for a bill aligned with party platform. several senators warn they may back a measure lacking sugar protection if coal and iron ore terms fail.
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Washington
Wilson
Republican House
House
Harris
Brookshire
Indiana
Senate
Hill
Louisiana
Caffery
Prospects of Tariff Agreement Improve in Washington
Washington August 1 prospects for a tariff agreement showed progress as house democratic conferees reported movement toward compromise. Senators remained cautious while acknowledging some progress on iron coal and sugar. A conservative senator predicted a possible senate bill by next Monday and a partial report appeared likely.
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Washington
House
Wilson
Senate
House of Representatives
Caffrey
Crisp
Labor commission to meet in Chicago August 15
The labor commission appointed by President Cleveland will hold its first meeting at the post office building in Chicago on August 15. Railroads, labor organizations and interested citizens may attend or submit written views and suggestions before the hearings.
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Washington
Labor Commission
Cleveland
Post Office
Chicago
Two Bodies Recovered in Wis Loss, Thirteen Included
In Asnland Wisconsin on August 1 authorities recovered the bodies of Mrs James Locke and Frank Cliss at Phillips raising the death toll to thirteen. Officials believe all missing people are now accounted for.
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Asnland
Wis
James Locke
Frank Cliss
Phillips
Close Call for Emery Fire Destroys Hay Stack and Stacks of Feed
Emery S D August 1 A town narrowly escaped a major fire when flames erupted in a hay stack south of the track. The blaze consumed hay two horses several pigs and chickens 250 bushels of corn over 100 bushels of oats and various machinery. Estimated loss around $1000.
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Emery
Emery, S. D
Missing heir reappears to claim Beloit estate
Frank W. Holmes of Hastings Minnesota returns after 25 years to stake a claim to half of a $40,000 Beloit estate. His mother was the former Mrs. Finch, and Holmes says he is the only heir of his mother. Col J B Dow was administrator. Formal division petitions proceed in court.
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Beloit
Wis
David P. Miller
Frances L. Campbell
Canton
Ohio
Helena Bement
Henry
Denver
J. B. Dow
Frank W. Holmes
Hastings
Minn
Mr. Holmes
Mr. Finch
Finch
Saloons Sought in Cherokee County Drive for 65 Percent Approval
Cherokee Iowa officials press a county wide canvass to secure statements of consent for saloon openings. The effort targets 65 percent voter approval to permit liquor sales in the county. Civic leaders organize countywide petitions and public outreach to gain support.
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Cherokee
Iowa
Portage Train Collision Injures Engineer in Yard Crash
In Portage Wisconsin Special-Passenger train No 6 traveling west collided with a switch engine in the yards today. Engineer O L Blanchard sustained bad bruises and scalds while no passengers were harmed.
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Portage
Wis
O. L. Blanchard
Settlement plan for Mille Lacs Reservation opens limited acres
Special Representative Baldwin reports inquiry into Mille Lacs Reservation land for settlement. Only 3,346 acres remain eligible, with most land described as practically worthless.
Japanese Warship Fires on Chinese Vessel Rumor Emerges
Rumor from semi official circles in Yokohama suggests a Japanese warship fired upon a Chinese warship near Kasan after a hostile provocation. Details are unconfirmed amid ongoing Japan Corea communications.
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Yokohama
Japan
Corea
Kasan
Land dispute settled near Ashland
The Ashland register and receiver ruled that Herman Rettinhaus is entitled to valuable land just outside Ashland city limits after a lengthy contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Wis
Register
Herman Rettinhaus
Gas strike at Locke hotel artesian well in Pierre
A strong flow of natural gas was encountered today at 525 feet in the artesian well bored at the Locke hotel in Pierre South Dakota. Citizens express elation over the potential for city light and fuel.
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Pierre. Pierre
S. D
Locke Hotel
Thurston Expected in Duluth for Visit and Fishing
Judge Thurston of Omaha and wife arrive in Duluth Minnesota for a short visit. He is accompanied by Judge Dundy of the U S circuit court. They plan to tour the iron ranges and do some fishing in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurston
Duluth
Minn
John M. Thurston
Omaha
Republican League
Dundy
United States Circuit Court
Iron Ranges
Steam Yacht Alert Sunk Near Round Island
The steam yacht Alert owned by N. Johnson of Clayton, New York, was rammed and sunk by the steamer Islander off Round Island near Alexandria Bay today.
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Alexandria Bay
N. Y
Alert
N. Johnson
Clayton, N. Y
Islander
Round Island
Naval engagement details reach Shanghai reports
Details released from Shanghai describe a short but severe clash with Japan. A Japanese torpedo struck the transport Kow Shing, causing a catastrophic explosion and rapid sinking. Most aboard were killed or drowned, with only about forty of nearly two thousand Chinese troops saved. The Tsar Kain, an old warship used as a transport, also suffered heavy casualties before capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Hfad
Shopiont Island
Imperial edict calls up reserves as Chinese flee Japan
An imperial edict orders army and navy reserve units to report at their headquarters. Chinese residents in Japan are alarmed by the threatening outlook and are fleeing the country in large numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Japan
England May Call the Japan Down
London reports the Kow Shung sinking by a Japanese cruiser after a prize crew boarded the transport. Nearly 2,000 lives lost amid crossfire and torpedo attacks. German officers and other foreigners perished. two Germans were among those who swam to the cruiser and were shot. The incident inflames Corean affairs and draws British and German attention to neutrality breaches.
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London
Kow Shung
Great Britain
Germany
Globe
Japan
Shanghai
China
Col
von Hanneken
Japs Win A Victory In Naval Clash At Tien Tsin
A naval battle near Tien Tsin leaves Chinese battleship Chen Yuen sunk and two Chinese cruisers captured or destroyed. The Chen Yuen, 7400 tons, with heavy Krupps and Hotchkiss guns, was built for China at Stettin and was China’s most powerful ship aside from Ting Yuen. Two German officers aboard Chen Yuen die with the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chen Yuen
China
Stettin Works
Ting Yuen
President approves legislative and adminstrative appropriation bill
The president has approved the legislative administrative and judicial appropriation bill in Washington on August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover
Washington
South Dakota Board Raises Corporate Assessments
The board of equalization completed its work with a general shift upward in corporate tax, notably increasing sleeping car assessments by about one third and defending that stockholders can bear higher levies amid drought. Railroads protested while American Express urged a cut and reported year over year gains. Eastern Minnesota also saw a raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
American Express Company
Minnesota
Clothes seized from smugglers with Nicol the Tailor tags
Special Deputy Sollector Love and Inspectors O Grady and McQuin seized ready made clothing from smugglers in St. Vincent Minnesota purchased at Emerson Manitoba. The garments bore Nicol the Tailor tags sewn into them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vincent, Minn
Sollector
Love
O'Grady and
McQuin
Emerson, Man
Nicol
Bill Merges McCleary and Boen for Red River Improvements
The House committee on railways and canals reports a bill uniting the McCleary and Boen measures to improve the Minnesota and Red rivers. The proposal carries an appropriation of 20 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McClary
House Committee On Railways and Canals
McCleary
Boen
Minnesota
Red Rivers
Prison Boots Made by Convicts at Stillwater Prison
Stillwater Minnesota July 30 convicts will manufacture boots and shoes under a contract with Duluth businessman Thomas F Conley to pay the state 50 cents per day for each of 100 convicts The boot and shoe shop will be on the first floor of the binding twine factory and work will begin as soon as new machinery arrives from the East Warden Wolfer confirmed the report after inquiry by a reporter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Minn
Thomas F. Conley
Duluth
Wolfer
Hansbrough Thistle Extermination Fund Fails in House
In Washington on August 1 the Hansbrough amendment to add 1,000,000 dollars for exterminating Russian thistle failed in the House after Gear of Iowa moved to concur in the Senate version. The defeat, by 52 to 176, ended the amendment for this session. Northwestern members backed the measure. Johnson of North Dakota and Been of Minnesota spoke in its favor. Senate debates centered on site for a new government printing office amid sundry civil bill discussions. The deficiency and bankruptcy bills moved forward, and the conference report on the Indian appropriation bill was adopted with some amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Representative Gear
Iowa
House
Senate
Northwestern
Johnson
North Dakota
Been
Minnesota
Conference Committee
St Paul National Banks Report Highlights July 18
The controller of the currency reports five St Paul national banks had Toars and discounts of 11011437.41 dollars, lawful money reserve of 2437330.60, including 2045830.25 in gold, total resources 18560281.15, individual deposits 85876695.60, and an average reserve of 37.69 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Washington
Abolish National Banks Proposed in Minnesota Delegate Bill
Representative Boen of Minnesota introduced a bill to abolish national banks. It would prohibit chartering new banks or adding currency to existing ones and directs the secretary of the treasury to withdraw public money deposits from banks and return them to the treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinton
Boen
Minnesota
Secretary of the Treasury
Professor La Grange Arrested in Grinnell Jail
Grinnell Iowa August 1 Sheriff Bennett located traveling optician F C La Grange known as Prof for avoiding board charges and he is now in the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Grange
Grinnell
Iowa
Bennett
McKinley Declines Minnesota Trip During Port Visit
Governor McKinley will not travel to Minneapolis or St Paul. He will stay in Duluth for a few hours while the steamer is in port next Friday, then return to Cleveland aboard the same vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Duluth
Minn
Minneavolis
St. Paul
Cleveland
Treasury cash balance and gold reserve report
The treasury closing balance stood at 125 million 189 thousand 695 dollars with 58 million 385 thousand 414 dollars in gold reserves. The daily 3 million dollars in gold shipped today is not included. J B Gerving appointed postmaster at Glen Allen Morton county North Dakota replacing S Q Morgan who was removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Washington
Gerving
J. B. Gerving
Glen Alien
Morton County
N. D
Q Morgan
Prosecution Comes to Vaught in Roma Bank Trial
Rome reports the trial of Signor Tanonga former president of the Banca Roma and fellow officials concluded with acquittal today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Signor Tanonga
Banca Roma
Water works contract awarded to Millsop & Young
St Paul contractors in St Northfield Minnesota July 30 Millsop and Young of St Paul win the water works contract for thirty three thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Contractors
St. Northfield
Minn
Millsop & Young of
St. Paul
Assignment at Little Falls Liabilities Reach 7000
Little Falls Minnesota on July 30 Turpin and White were assigned to L O Wessels ean liabilities 7000 and assets 3000 in a local insolvency notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Falls
Minn
Fires Devastate Wisconsin Towns Spark-Laced Blaze
Ashland and nearby towns face unprecedented forest fires. Phillips, headquarters of John R. Davis Lumber, is destroyed. Mason and Shore's Crossing are wiped out. Bridges burned, trains halted, 500 Phillips residents shelter in woods. many lives feared lost despite first rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Wis
Wisconsin Central
Phillips
John R. Davis Lumber Company
Fifield
Omaha
Shore's Crossing
Mason
White River Lumber Company
White River
Weyerhauser Syndicate
Hurley
Noaily
Bartoe
Milwaukee
Chelsea
Shore
Bridges Burned and Fires Threaten Hayward Area
Hayward Wisconsin on July 28 reports bridges at Mason and Forest City burned and wires down. Dense smoke covers the countryside with imminent danger to nearby towns if rain does not come. A repair crew will ride a special train to fix the damaged bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward
Wis
Mason
Forest City
Inferno of Wisconsin Fires Destroys Mason Phillips Areas
Massive forest fires raged through Mason and Phillips Wisconsin plus Coolridge and Shore's Crossing wiping out nine hundred buildings in a town of three thousand. Seventeen dead in Philips and twenty five total perished, many burned. boats and rafts failed as flames fell on water. Looted by panic, relief crews sent food and clothing. Pinilius loss quoted at a million dollars with lumber company losses reaching twenty million feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Wis
Mason
Phillips
Coolridge
Shore's Crossing
Wisconsin
Philips
John R. Davis Lumber Company
Fifield
Pinilius
Forty Days for Contempt in Chicago Pullman Strikes
Richierd Lawrence and Edward Rhodes, early actors in the Pullman boycott disruption, were sentenced to forty days in jail by Judge Grosscup in Chicago. The Santa Fe strikers from Chillicothe Illinois faced contempt charges for interfering with railroad traffic under government receivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Richierd Lawrence
Edward Rhodes
Grosscup
United States Court
Santa Fe
Chillicothe
Minnesotas Public Lands For Agriculture Nearing Absorption
C. C. Andrews argues Minnesota’s remaining public lands will soon be fully claimed under the homestead law. He notes district variances, highlights the Crookston and Duluth tracts, and praises cooperative creamery wealth in Dodge and Freeborn counties. He describes settlement patterns, family roles on farms, and the independence found in rural life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Press
St. Paul
Minnesota
Marshall
Lyon County
Crookston
Roseda River
Kittgen County
St. Cloud
Duluth
United States Land Office
Dodge
Freeborn
Washington Irving
C, C, Andrews
A Hidden Burden Weighs On His Heartfelt Protest
He pleads about a terrible load he bears and cannot reveal to the world. She denies the silence with a faltering reply as she covers her face with a handkerchief, and the moment hints at quiet furtive craving through the clove inhalation.
Nelson County proposed in Polk County voters plea
Special- G ov Nelson issues proclamation allowing Polk County residents to vote on creating a new Nelson County in the general election. The proposed county spans 432 square miles with about 6000 people, twelve townships, and 925 signers. Other petitions seek Nash Red Lake Columbia counties. Nelson would seat Fosston. Columbia backs McIntosh. Expect a heated campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Special
Nelson
Polk County
Nash
Red Lake
Columbia
Columbia County
McIntosh
Nelson County
Fosston
Deer Poacher Sentenced in Northern Minnesota
A Leech Lake Indian known as Special Koshkowa bic was jailed sixty days for killing deer out of season. The expert hunter was captured after a hand to hand struggle with Game Warden Paine. Authorities warned violators will receive no quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brainery
Minn
Leech Lake
Minnesota
Paine
Fire at Okes Livery Stable Destroys Twenty Horses
A $20,000 fire at Okes Oakes North Dakota destroyed Noer Hros livery stable this morning. Twenty valuable horses perished and the loss is placed at $20,000 with $1,500 of insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okes
Oakes
N. D
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Guard Withdrawn From Strike Duty In Chicago
The Seventh Infantry of the National Guard, about 400 strong, was relieved from strike duty last night in Chicago. This leaves three infantry regiments still on duty.
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