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Brainerd Dispatch

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Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1894

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2

Draft fragments on pay demands and global events

A garbled report notes Americans on board the Niethe Toy pressing for high pay, with doubt on their ability to collect. It mentions the Brazilian prince imperial in Paris, a display of Pedro in a Progrea context at Rio de Janeiro, and a note about Corfu paper money trading rice and hemp cloth. An eastern firm earns over 27,000 annually. The apple paper from 1808 is referenced as public.

Prince Imperial Paris Pedro Rio de Janeiro London Berlin Italy Germany London Telegraph Far East Toulon M. Lockrey Hoche Marceau Neptune

Experiment to raise race horses on New Mexico ranch

A plan emerges to raise race horses on a ranch in New Mexico at an elevation of 6,000 feet above sea level. The project explores how high altitude impacts horse development and performance.

New Mexico

Stout Hid 10000 In Cellar To Stop Temptation

David Stout of Haughville Indiana hid ten thousand dollars in his cellar fearing temptation to deposit it in a bank. No crew has been captured or charged in connection with the alleged robbery.

David Stout Haughville Ind

Brazil Postpones Congressional Elections to May

The elections are delayed until May with officials saying the move allows lawmakers time to focus on shelter needs amid ongoing housing and social concerns.

Brazil

Connecticut schoolmaid rescues three men from drowning

A Connecticut schoolgirl aided in rescuing three men from drowning the other day. The customary happy ending would be a wedding, but all three men were married.

Connecticut

Wellington teacher linked to Queen Liliuokalani kin

Minnie Claghorn a Wellington Ohio schoolteacher is described as a second cousin of former Queen Liliuokalani. The relation comes through the marriage of an American missionary connected to the deposed monarch.

Wellington Ohio Liliuokalani Minnie Claghorn

Family ties span three generations across states

Thomas Chandler, a Ly ons, New York farmer, is father to two sons. One son is eight years old, while the other, a successful 60 year old businessman from Vineland, New Jersey, later has a 40 year old son who serves as a bank director.

Thomas Chandler Lyons, N. Y Vineland N. J

James Gordon Bennett Returns to Paris for Fourth Bone Surgery

James Gordon Bennett was compelled to leave Nice for Paris to undergo his third operation to remove splintered bone caused by injuries in a Paris coaching accident. The procedure aims to relieve lasting complications from the crash and restore mobility.

James Gordon Bennett Nice Paris

Mohammedan belief of 1200 wives sparks scorching claim

A passage notes a claim that in the future state a Mohammedan may have 1,200 wives. It adds uncertainty whether this refers to the blessed or the other state, but calls the figure a daunting prospect for any man.

French writer Irede Barina famed for multilingual mastery

The article notes Vincens, alias Irede Barina, a leading French journalist known for brilliance, who lacked formal schooling in girlhood, taught by her father, and after marriage studied Latin Greek and modern languages to sharpen her craft.

Fie Vincens Irede Barina

Chicago Faces Surge of Cranks Amid Threats

A crude threat to blow up the Armour institute sparked concern as Chicago grows riskier for crank behavior. Officials warn that such disturbing boasts threaten public safety and indicate a broader pattern of alarming rhetoric across the city.

Armour Institute Chicago

Indiana man contours grafted skin amid Jim Crow fear

An Indiana man with skin grafts from a colored donor contemplates travel through a Southern state where Jim Crow segregation rules would complicate passage for him. His case highlights racial barriers and legal questions surrounding cross-racial medical procedures in that era.

Indiana

Teeth Return Tale of Chicago Highwaymen Robbery

In Chicago a man robbed the other night had his teeth still in his pocket, debunking rumors of molar extraction. The street gang, described as bold but not yet barbarous, did not physically pull teeth from the victim.

Chicago

Old Walnut Tree at Flatbush Half-Hearted Life Sustained by Currant

A two foot circumference black walnut tree at Flatbush was cut and revealed a four foot central hole. A red currant bush growing from the first branch is suspected to have fed on the tree’s heart, killing it.

Flatbush L. 1

Bakers Strike Threatens Chicago Bread Supply

The city faces a bread famine as Chicago bakers strike, risking shortages. If needed, wives and daughters may return to baking at home, proving luxury breads may be less essential than presumed.

Chicago

San Francisco art collection bequeathed to fund free hospital

Mrs. Kate Johnson routes her large collection of artworks to Archbishop Riordan for maintenance of a free hospital. The trustee may sell all or part of the items or keep the collection intact and open to visitors for a small admission, with proceeds dedicated to charitable uses per the donor’s wishes.

Kate Johnson San Francisco Archbishop Riordan

French lawyer seeks fresh approach for murder defense in America

The critic calls the lawyer too slick for the Gallic people and argues his chance to rise lies in the United States where Americans crave a novel and startling defense strategy in murder trials.

Vailant Plato Socrates America

England Awaits a New Ruler Amid Royal Decline

The text notes Queen Victoria's weakening state and suggests English politicians view a self-governing nation with a ceremonial monarchy. It contrasts this with an election ridden republic and discusses cautious interest and apprehension about a future monarch.

Victoria England

Condensed World News Digest Highlights

AER weekly digest compiles past event summaries from telegraph reports. It presents a condensed form of the latest and most important world news as reported by press associations.

AER

Washington Gossip and Political Feats

The Wilson bill is projected to cut customs revenues by 65 million in the next year. Populists press graduated taxes on large estates while Chicago’s Broad McCabe campaigns to regain the public printer post. Secretary Gresham receives the Columbian memorial on international arbitration signed by forty nations. The Interior Department closes Ashland Wisconsin case against Col Knight, partner of Senator Vilas. A crank threatening Vice President Stevenson is identified as Donjon who denies anarchist ties.

Washington Broad” MccAbee Chicago Columbian Stevenson Donjon

Notable Figures Die Across U S In Early Reports

J B Payne a Texas politician kills himself in Waco. Henry W Paine a Cambridge lawyer dies at 83. Chauncey H Andrews Ohio rail and iron magnate dies after long illness in Youngstown. General Banks rumor addressed. Prince Pedro arrives in Paris en route to villa visit. Uhl relocates family to Washington for winter. Zola urges Russian French literary convention. Kansas City cattlemen banquet speaker claims meat eating races govern world. Misses Anna Bell and Ethel Hood Hood sisters wintering in Baltimore. daughters of Gen Hood, adopted by John Morris.

J. B. Payne Texas Waco Henry W. Paine Cambridge Mass Chauncey H. Andrews Youngstown Ohio Gen. Banks Waltham Prince Pedro Paris d’Eu Uhl Washington Grand Rapids Mich Admiral Inglish Zola Russia France Cattlemen's Association Kansas City Cowherd Standard Oil Company Anna Bell Ethel Hood John Bell Hood Baltimore Gen. Hood John Morris Westchester

Multiple Fatal and Destructive Accidents Across States

A sequence of disastrous incidents reported include valuable horses burned at a Pennsylvania stock farm, opera houses in Port Suron Michigan and Woodstock Ontario destroyed with substantial losses, several workers killed at railroads and mines, a boy drowned skating on a river in Iowa, and a large fire at the Hanging Rock Stove Foundry in Ironton Ohio. Also noted are a fatal crane accident at Elwood Indiana and a train wreck near Trout Creek Wisconsin with fatalities.

Pennsylvania City Opera House Port Suron Mich Richard Kittenreiner St. Louis Jacob Berwick Strick Daubpa Ben Elizabeth N. J Woodstock Ont Dennison Ohio Frank Maxwell Edward Fletcher Pittsburg Cincinnati Sprague Isett Joseph Phillips Steubenville Florence Simithville John Mallis Thomas Rowan Hanging Rock Ironton Joseph Belson Charles Lake Galena Duluth, South Shore Atlanta Trout Creek Wis Mulford

Sins and Sinners: Crime wave era headlines

A roundup of violent crime and legal cases across the U S frontier. Train robbery in Indian Territory. multiple killings and arrests in Pennsylvania and Missouri. a Rockford store scandal. a Chicago map case. pardons and public disorder amid gambling raids and counterfeiting trials.

Missouri Pacific Indian Territory Amy Howard Rockford Pennsylvania Wildwood Fla Chicago Pittsburg Martin Finn Falmouth George Astley Springfield Wichita John Keefe Charles Collins Freeport

Multiple violent incidents and trials reported across states

Reports detail shootings lynchings arson trials and battles from Mississippi Oklahoma Indiana Kentucky and other states. Notable items include a Choctaw man shot near White Chimney Mountain a negro lynched in Holmes County and a Tecumseh arsonist arrested for attempting to hang his family.

Sloan Allen Holmes County Miss John Handley Tecumseh Mich Hartford City Ind John Camp Dalton Joe Brown Polk Moffett Moffet Church Mobile & Ohio St. Louis

From Foreign Shores cannibals attack American schooner crew

Reports describe cannibal tribes capturing and eating the crew of an American schooner. The account notes five whites and nineteen Mexicans killed in a race war in Herrillos, Mexico, along with multiple government and revolutionary casualties.

Herrillos Mexico Sacred College Leo Perseveranza Milan Pope XII Italy Berlin Kotte Times Prince P Rhe Ossisch Genni Prince Bisma

Multiple Local Unrest and Appointments Highlight 1906 News

The report notes receivers appointed for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe road and mentions John P Hopkins inaugurated mayor of Chicago. It covers temperance crusade efforts in Indiana, dissatisfaction over world fair awards, a New York diamond dealer’s assignment, grippe cases in Weatherly Pennsylvania, and ice spoilage in Sioux City. It also reports a Colorado smelter project to employ idle workers, a robbery of gold in Tacoma, a mysterious six day sleep in Alabama, dynamite found in Ossian Indiana, and a Cincinnati altercation involving John L Sullivan. Other items include San Francisco midwinter fair crowds, charges against Pastor Conrad, railway strike denials, bank president Willard Holmes arrest, forged checks by Col Henry Potter, a peculiar divorce suit in Town New York, a Bellaire Ohio miners strike threat, wage cuts on the Baltimore and Ohio line, and a mass San Francisco unemployed meeting seeking aid.

Sioux City Leadville Colorado Richard McGovern Tacoma Wash Lizzie Everett Lebanon Ala Ossian Ind John L. Sullivan Lester Cincinnati San Francisco Pastor Conrad Rockford Lehigh Valley System Williard Y. Holmes Kansas City Col Henry Potter New York Peter Doelger E. H. Gillette Chamber of Commerce

New Spokane & Northern Railway Opens Service

Through trains now run on the Spokane and Northern to Nelson British Columbia. Service is planned from Spokane to Nelson on Tuesdays and Fridays, and to Marcus daily except Sundays, departing Spokane at 7 a.m. with connection to the Great Northern train from the East.

Spokane & Northern Nelson B.C Spokane Marcus Great Northern

Republicans Plan Early Campaign Start in Minnesota

A meeting of Minnesota's Republican state central committee at the Windsor hotel discussed starting campaign work in February with an educational program through the State League of Republican Clubs. They planned a February state league convention, seeking prominent speakers, and approved cooperation with county committees to inform voters on key issues. Henry Feig was elected to fill a vacancy, and C. H. Myron to represent the Seventeenth district on the state central committee.

St. Paul Republican State Central Committee Windsor Hotel Republican State League State League of Republican Clubs Goodnow F. C. Stevens League State Committee Tams Bixby Harris Richardson Charles L. Roos M. D. Flower John Waite Fred von Baumbach G. G. Nelson W. H. Feller John Goodnow H. F. Brown J. M. Dimant B. D. Smith W. Kt. Edwards H. B. Strait R. E. Thompson A. T. Koerner Capt. van Sant Soren Listoe Daniel Shell C. L. Benedict Koerner State League Gow McKinley Thomas B. Reed Lincoln Republican Party Republican County State Central Committee Minneapolis Kittson C. H. Myron

Judge Bennett of South Dakota Supreme Court Dies

The long time South Dakota Supreme Court judge J. E. Bennett died after a Christmas illness in Pierre. His four year term would have expired today and he would have started a new six year term. His body was sent to Clark county for funeral services guided by state officials and Masons. Sheldon will appoint a successor with several candidates in the field.

Clark County Pierre Supreme Court Bennett Pythias

Mrs Lease Plans Court Action Over Board Seat

Mrs. Lease hires Judge Doster to aid Eugene Hagan in seeking an injunction against J W Freeborn to prevent him from replacing her on the board. She heads to Olathe for a board meeting after issues with the Winfield venue and Gov Lewelling intervention.

Winfield

Anarchist Raids Net Papers and Arrests in France

Police in France raided anarchist quarters across multiple towns seizing copies of Pere Peinard and searching Elisee Reclus residence linked to the deputies bombing. In Havre eleven houses yielded stolen bonds worth 1500 francs and three anarchists were jailed earlier. Five anarchists were arrested in raids including Rouen in Seine department.

Paris France Pere Peinard Elisee Reclus Paul Reclus Chamber of Deputies Havre Seinesne Ferieure Rouen

Stoned an Escutcheon in Genoa Riot Flare

A small group in Genoa after the Aigues Mortes verdict gathered outside a building and stoned the escutcheon over its door. Police dispersed the crowd and arrested two leaders as municipal authorities expressed regrets to the French consul.

Genoa Aigues-Mortes Argouleme France Tilin

Explosion at East Chicago gas station kills workers

In Valparaiso Indiana on January 2 a gas line pumping station at East Chicago was blown up. A break in the pipe during repair released gas which ignited from a lectern knocked over, causing a blast that destroyed the iron building and likely killed seven workers.

Valparaiso Ind Indiana Natural Gas Company East Chicago

Minnesota Iron awards contract for Tron King mine work

The Minnesota Iron company hires Connector Winston of Minneapolis to strip an acre of the Tron King mine in Duluth. About 300000 cubic yards will be removed, employing hundreds of men at a cost near 100600. The fee to Winston’s firm is controlled by C N Nelson Lumber company which takes 30 cents per ton mined. The mine, purchased from A E Humphreys, covers 3000 by 600 feet with 24 feet of earth. Estimated 250000 tons to be mined in 1904.

Winston Duluth Minn Minnesota Iron Company Minneapolis Tron King Iron King Minnesota A. E. Humphreys C. N. Nelson Lumber Company

Cross Dedicated in Golden Gate Park for Drake Epistle Site

In San Francisco on January 3 a large stone monument titled the Prayer Book Cross was unveiled in Golden Gate Park marking where Sir Francis Drake held his first episcopal service on the Pacific coast. The cross, a gift from George W. Childs of Philadelphia, covered all erection costs.

San Francisco Golden Gate Park Francis Drake Pacific Coast George W. Childs Philadelphia

Northwest engineer held on opium smuggling charge

Charles Bodman, a well known Northwest engineer and former chief on a Kootenai Lake boat, was arrested in Spokane by Special Agent McCoy on opium smuggling charges. His Portland home is listed. Bodman protests innocence. A preliminary trial is set in a few days with several more arrests expected.

Spokane Wash Charles Bodman Northwest McCoy Bodman Kootenai Lake Portland

Milton College Receives 50000 Endowment Gift

Milton Wisconsin reports a new endowment from George H. Babcock of Plainfield New Jersey. The Seventh Day Baptist leader died December 17 and left Milton College fifty thousand dollars, adding to prior gifts totaling eighty thousand.

Milton College Milton Wis George H. Babcock Seventh Day Plainfield N. J

Bank Receiver Appointed for Minot Institution

Minot North Dakota January 3 H F Salyards president of the First National bank of Minot has been named receiver for the Citizens Bank of Minot and will wind up its affairs.

Citizens’ Bank Minot N. D H. F. Salyards First National Bank Citizens’ Bank of

Colonna's Case Postponed in Paris Court

Princess Colonna seeks judicial separation from Prince Colonna in Paris. Hearing delayed as Advocate Bull was unavailable due to a prior court case. Prince Colonna appeared with his lawyer Maitre Desjar dines in the courtroom.

Colonna Paris Princess Colonna Mackay Prince Colonna Advocate Bull Maitre Desjardines

Colorado Gold in Denver Smelting Company 1893 Report

The Boston & Colorado Smelting company reports 1893 Colorado gold handling gain of over W percent, totaling nearly $1,000,000. Overall smelter production for gold silver and copper reaches $5,573,049, down from $6,082,014 in 1892 due to lower silver prices.

Colorado Denver Boston & Colorado

Discharged optician faces renewed charge in West Superior

West Superior Wisconsin special Dr L H Matthez an optician brought from Norfolk Virginia by the sheriff to answer a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses was discharged this morning by Judge Hutchins He was rearrested immediately on the same charge by a complaint from Christ Erick son The county attorney says he will have the grand jury indict him.

West Superior Wis L. H. Matthez Norfolk Hutchins Christ Erickson

Removal Petition Targets Oakes Receivers in Milwaukee

The Northern Pacific Railroad company through general counsel Silas W. Pettit filed in Milwaukee federal court to remove Thomas F. Oakes Henry C. Payne and Henry C. Rouse as receivers and to appoint new receivers. The petition claims the current receivers are incompetent and willfully extravagant.

Chicago Northern Pacific Railroad Company Silas W. Pettit Philadelphia Circuit Court of the United States Milwaukee James G. Jenkins Thomas F. Oakes Henry C. Payne Henry C. Rouse

Prominent Watertown Man Killed in Lynching Tumult

Jerry K H Kelly a leading Watertown businessman was shot dead by James D Redding ton over a Sisseton reservation dispute. Reddington jailed awaiting trial as mob talk grows. Kelly leaves several children in distress.

Watertown S. C Jerry Kh. Kelly James Dempsey Reddington Sisseton Reddington Kelly

Witchcraft Punishment Report From Pondeland

A woman accused of causing her child’s death by witchcraft in Pondeland was bound to a stake in an ant hill. Her body was smeared with grease and swarmed by ants that devoured her. The report, dated Cape Town January 2, describes a brutal communal punishment.

Cape Town Pondeland

Media professor kills wife days after wedding

Media Pennsylvania on January 2 reports Swithin C Shortlidge principal of Media Academy for Boys shot and killed his bride of one month while strolling with his wife. The professor had been ill with the grip for three weeks prior and remained at home.

Media Swithin C. Shortlidge Media Academy For Boys Shortlidge

New Press Law Aims to Curb Foreign Reports in Constantinople

A Vienna dispatch to the Times reports the sultan’s new press law in Constantinople designed to suppress even minor facts in foreign papers if they displease the sultan.

London Vienna The Times Constantinople

Money Package Shortage Shocks Everett

A Great Northern express money package from Peshtigo Wisconsin to Samuel Curtin in Everett was opened in Everett and found 800 dollars short. Sender R O Philbrook says he placed 2720 dollars in the parcel. The tampering location is not yet known.

Seattle Wash Great Northern Express Peshtito Wis Samuel Curtin Everett R. O. Philbrook

Burglar Convicted In Hastings Case

Felix alias Philip James a known catchers can wrestler was found guilty of burglary in the first degree for breaking into the Davenport home on the night of October 31 in Hastings Minnesota.

Hastings Minn Felix Philip James Abraham Davenport

Yellow fever ravages Rio de Janeiro in war torn year

Special dispatch reports Rio de Janeiro hit by the worst yellow fever outbreak. Five deaths attributed to the disease are confirmed as the city endures ongoing war damage and public health crises.

Buenos Ayres Rio de Janeiro

Bank Funds Tied Up in Fall River County Suit

The case of Fall River county against Receiver Fox of the First National Bank of Hot Springs seeks to declare the county deposit a special fund. The dispute moves to federal court and may delay a dividend, tying up the funds until May.

Hot Springs S. D Fall River County Fox First National Bank of

Mutiny In Cameroon Police Invades Government House

The Cologne Gazette reports that a body of military police in the Cameroons mutinied and looted the government house. Marines from the German cruiser Mylaena landed to quell the uprising and retook the building.

Berlin Speckal Cologne Cameroons Myaena

Heir to a Fortune in Watertown County

Mrs Sarah Chamberlain of this county has become heir to the estate of Nicholas Lute a San Francisco millionaire She is his half sister and nearest relative with the inheritance reported in Watertown South Dakota.

Watertown Sarah Chamberlain County Nicholas Lute San Francisco

Income Tax Propositions Debated by Ways and Means

Ashington January 3 Advocates of an individual income tax debate two plans in the Ways and Means Committee. A 2 percent levy on incomes over 4,000 and on corporate net income was approved 6 to 5. whisky tax up 10 cents per gallon was approved, with bonded periods extended to eight years to ease hardship. The committee projects 30 million dollars in revenue from corporate and individual taxes and 10 million from the whisky increase. The inheritance tax plan was dropped.

Ashington Twe Ways and Means Treasury Department Cockran New York Messrs Wilson Cochran Stevens Montgomery Nays McMillin Turner Whiting Bryan Bynum Tarsney Breckinridge Wilson Cochran

Fatal Union Pacific wreck near Linwood Kansas

Three men killed four seriously injured and a dozen more slightly hurt when a Rock Island freight train collided with a Union Pacific mixed train near Linwood Kansas at 5 30 this morning. Killed were Javeg¢ 1 conductor Kansas City elartin stockman Wakefield Kan Herman Smite stockman Clay Center Kan. Fire caused by stoves enveloped four cars in flames hindering rescue.

Preck Kansas City Jan Union Pacific Linwood Kan Rock Island Railway Topeka Forsis Javeg Elartin Stockman Wakefield Herman Smite Clay Center

Dead and injured in boarding house fire at Buffalo New Jersey

A fire destroyed a Buffalo boarding house owned by Mrs Annie Hankett. Dead include Isaac Bradley a printer and a woman known as Edna the day cook. Injured include Mrs Hankett Louis Anderson David Ward Edward Cross Charles Van Ever Charles Edwards John Avery George Wright George Fleming George Harrington J F Russell and William Sweeney. Property loss minimal about 2000 dollars.

Buffalo N. J Annie Hankett Isaac Bradley Edna Louis Anderson David E. Ward Edward Cross California Charles van Ever Charles Edwards John Avery Palmyra N. Y George Wright George Fleming George Harrington J. F. Russell Olcott William Sweeney

Fire saves theater district as several buildings burn

Boston January 3 reports credit to the fire department for keeping the blaze contained to the theater, the Globe cafe adjoining brick structures, Harvard college trustees building on Washington Street, Hayward Place corner, Bryant and Stratton college on the south side, and the R. E. Allen clothing store. Total loss estimated near 400000.

Boston Globe Cafe Harvard College Trustees Washington Street Hayward Place Bryant & Stratton College R. E. Allen Clothing

Inquiry Set on Cause of Louisville Bridge Disaster

Louisville January 3. The official inquiry into the Louisville and Jeffersonville bridge disaster will start next Monday morning. The coroner has panelled a jury and summoned about forty witnesses, and the inquest is expected to be lengthy. The affair will be sifted to the bottom.

Louisville Louisville & Jeffersonville Bridge

Plonger's Serious Plunge

New York public notice reports Francis Theodore Walton known as Plunger Walton lessee of the Grand hotel at 124 Broadway made an assignment to Charles L. Walton with preferences totaling 200000 dollars. Poor business caused the failure.

Plonger New York Francis Theodore Walton Walton Grand Hotel Broadway Charles L. Walton

Skater and Ice Boat Collision Claims Youth in Madison

Charles Coery aged fifteen, son of a well known merchant, died from injuries after a collision between a skater and an ice boat on Lake Mendota. The incident occurred Saturday as Coery skated on the lake in Madison Wisconsin.

Madison Wis Charles Coery Lake Mendota

Ex-Mayor Peterson horse whipped in Escanaba street brawl

Special-Ex-Mayor P M Peterson of Escanaba was whipped on the main street by Mrs Victor Tiede this afternoon. Peterson drew a revolver but was unable to deter the attack as the assault continued amid a crowd. Both Tiede and her husband were arrested on assault and battery charges.

Escanaba Mich P. M. Peterson Victor Tiede Peterson Scandinavian Society Tiele Tiede

London Fog Delays Traffic and Underground Use

Dense fog hit London yesterday, the season’s first major fog of winter. Traffic slowed citywide and the underground faced disruption as services struggled to operate.

London

Forced to Assign Crescent Building and Loan in St Louis

The Crescent Building and Loan association in St Louis was assigned today with assets of 38,090 dollars and liabilities of 40,000 dollars. Declining confidence due to trouble with a former secretary charged with embezzlement prompted the action, though no case was made against him.

St. Louis Crescent Building and Loan Association

Wanted forgeries suspect Frank Willard traced to Englewood

Police seek Frank Willard over forgery charges totaling 2500 tied to friends' bank accounts. He was found in Englewood a year ago, emigrating from a Kansas town and once sang in the Union Park church choir.

Chicago Frank Willard Willard Englewood Kansas Union Park Church

Northern Pacific arbitration move at receiver Oakes

A subcommittee and General Manager Kendrick meet with Receiver Oakes to settle grievances of Northern Pacific employees. Oakes agrees to receive written statements and act as arbitrator with Receivers Rouse and Payne, guiding courts in the dispute. Nearby, South Dakota educators hear Governor Sheldon on public education and note new officers.

St. Paul Northern Pacific Kendrick Conference Committee Oakes Messrs. Rouse and Payne South Dakota Parker S. D The Educational Association Sheldon Mauck Educational Council Sa “Ce Louis Mel M. Smith J. K. Failing L. Bras M. D. Miller Hood Ster Vert Huron Pete BS. Gleason Hig Lieon Plankinton Tr Mitchell Lovejoy

Counties Must Pay the Printer in Tax Sale Fees

Fergus Falls Minn Dec 29 A number of state newspapers cannot collect fees for publishing forfeited tax sale. Some counties pay 12 cents per description while others refuse. Le Sueur Sentinel won a district court judgment for folio rates and costs with 7 percent interest. Ramsey and Washington counties have not settled, but the decision sets a precedent.

Fergus Falls Minn le Sueur Sentinel District Court Caldwell Ramsey Washington

Jubilee Days in Huron Holiday Week Events

Holiday week in Huron South Dakota features four or more weddings aside from private parties and reunions. The Knights of Pythias host their annual reception and ball while Canton Huron plans a grand party. Dr Clark lectures for old soldiers and Langleys orchestra books the opera house for roller skating nights.

Huron S. D Knights of Pythias Canton Huron Clark Langley Opera

New Armory Hall at Shattuck School Planned for March Opening

Faribault Minn December 20 The Shattuck school armory project advances with plans received by the directors. The structure will be large and fine and construction continued through extreme cold with brick laid at 20 below zero. Completion is expected by March 1 at a cost near 25000 dollars.

Faribault, Minn Shattuck School

Banqueted the Honest Scotchman in Thief River Falls

Chief Douglas and the pine examining corps on Christmas vacation were hosted by city citizens with a reception and banquet attended by about 200 people last evening.

Thief River Falls Minn Douglas Pine Examining Corps

Empress Receives US Ambassador Runyon in Berlin

The empress of Germany hosted Theodore Runyon and Mrs Runyon at noon yesterday in Berlin. The audience was cordial with the empress especially gracious to Mrs Runyon.

Runyon Berlin Germany United States Theodore Runyon

Superintendent to Sign Money Order Office Expansions

Washington Dec 29 Supt Gasden of the money order service will sign orders in January creating 145 fourth class post offices money order offices and extending postal note facilities to fifteen offices nationwide.

Made Washington Gasden The Money Order Service

Kept the Child. Milwaukee Ave Landlord Faces Court

Fred Unlit proprietor of a Milwaukee Avenue boarding house was ordered to return a creditor’s three year old child to its father John Prestor after Unlit kept the child as security for a board bill. The court found Unlit liable and bound him over on heavy bonds.

Chicago Special Fred Unlit Milwaukee Avenue John Prestor Unlit

Davitt Denies Advising Cronin Removal

London dispatch reports Special Michael Davitt denying claims from Chicago papers that he urged Dr. Cronin's removal. He says he never heard of Cronin until mentions at Parnell commission and that no letter to Detective Coughlin was written or received by him.

Davitt London Michael Davitt Chicago Dr. Cronin Julius Caesar Abraham Lincoln Te. Cronin le Caron Parnell Commission Coughlin

Fatal epidemic deaths hit Ashland Indians in Wisconsin

The grip epidemic in Ashland Wisconsin has claimed four prominent Odanab Indians including Michigan Star Joseph Blakes and John Stoddard's wife and Joseph Fous day's wife. The first three were witnesses in the Moneypenny Coziin murder trial. Pneumonia-like symptoms prove fatal. provisions arrive from Milwaukee to aid the community.

Ashland Wis Michigan Star Joseph Blakes John Stoddard Joseph Fousday Milwaukee

Family of Three Alligator Deaths Near Pine Level Pia

A bizarre sequence of alligator attacks near Pine Level Pia ends with three family members dead or maimed. The father and a son lose limbs to the river reptiles while a second son is killed during a struggle as a crate capsizes a dugout, forcing a perilous race to shore.

Pine Level Pia Severn Daddy Dick Caloosahatchee Lem He 'P

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