Daring Escape From Custody in Murder Case
Michael Schieber, a 22 year old Bavarian prisoner wanted for murder, escaped en route from Minneapolis to New York. He bolted from a moving train near Corrou New York while handcuffed, speaking only German, and has not been recaptured. Police were surprised by the breakout and fear his wooded escape routes in western New York may hinder pursuit.
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Corrou
N. Y
Michael Schieber
Minneapolis
New York
Germany
Here
Nicollet Avenue
Heir
United States
O'Dell
Hein
Marshal Hay
Mr. Hay
Schieber
Pennsylvania
Tragic Court House Killing in Richmond Fort Bend Feud
Kyle Terry nephew of the late Judge David Terry is killed in a Richmond court house shooting tied to Fort Bend Woodpecker and Jaybird factions. Judge Parker and others wounded as shots fire from multiple assailants. Val Gibson identified as principal shooter as trials move forward.
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Kyle Terry
Judge Terry
Texas
Richmond
Tex
Gatyrston
Court House
David Terry
Fort Bend
Terry
Fort Bend County
Woodpecker Party
Gibson Boys
Gibson Brothers
Wharton
Galveston County
Galveston
Parker
Jaybird
Apt
California
Weston
Gale
Judge Weston
Henry Pittle
Rumor of Bank of England Silver Policy
A New York dispatch reports a Wall Street rumor that the Bank of England may use silver to one third of its reserves and issue one pound notes backed by silver. It cites 3,000,000 pounds of silver bullion bought and possible large inflation if enacted, suggesting a move toward bimetallism and international currency shifts.
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New York
Wall Street
Windom
Messrs
Zimmerman & Forshay
London
Bank of England
California
Forshay
England
United States
Widow and minister charged with first degree murder in Lafayette
Mrs Elma C Whitehead wealthy widow and Rev W F F Pettit were indicted for murder. Pettit was arrested in Columbus Ohio for wife murder by strychnine last July and held to bail set at 10000. Whitehead testified or risked self incrimination and was released after contempt.
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Lafayette
Ind
Elma C. Whitehead
David Meharry
W. F. F. Pettit
Pettit
Columbus
Ohio
Grand Jury
Barbara Rosier
Maryland
Fayette County
Jane
West Union
Rosier
North Dakota Saloons Seek Supreme Court ruling
Gran Forks North Dakota saloonkeepers seek a writ of habeas corpus to challenge Prohibition era legality after Attorney General Goodwin’s opinion. Frank Olquist pleaded guilty and jailed. others released on recognizance as fundraisers gather to finance legal action before the Fargo Supreme Court.
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Granxp Forks
N. D
Goodwin
Northwood
Justice Cutts
Frank Olquist
Tracy Bangs
Supreme Court
Fargo
Rough Atlantic Passage Hits Cunard Catalonia
The Cunard steamship Catalonia arrived at Queenstown after a twenty hour hurricane from Boston to Liverpool. Boats, ventilators and deck structures were damaged. seven furnaces out, three men killed, others injured or scarred by debris and a blown steam pipe. The Greece reported seeing Erin ship danger en route to London and is feared lost.
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Atlantic
Lonpox
Cunard
Catalonia
Boston
Liverpool
Queenstown
National Line
Greece
Jeffrey
Thames
New York
Erin
Tyson
London
New Jersey Man’s Home Lined With Stolen Goods
Mount Freedom residents swarm as officers uncover wagon loads of pilfered items in Robert Roff’s house barn and outbuildings. A vast warehouse of stolen property spans from needles to plows with gold silver and cash concealed by Roff. He claims to have stolen for a living and saved his earnings. Roff held on $200 bail awaiting grand jury.
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New Jersey
Betyiinerr
N.J
Mount Freedom
Robert Roff
Roff
Koff
English Officer’s Brother-in-Law Impostor Scams Seattle
A man calling himself Mulachy and claiming army rank used a forged Bank of British Columbia check to steal about 2500 from a Seattle resident after a pool game. He later used a $50 Vancouver check at the Dryard hotel, was arrested, fled to Vancouver, then was sent away from home due to his wild habits. He is identified as Calthorpe, brother-in-law of Sir Richard Webster, England’s attorney general.
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England
Quad
Victoria
B.C
Victorias
B. C
Mulachy
Seattle
Wash
Bank of British Columbia
Mullahy
Dryard Hotel
Calthorpe
Vancouver
Sir Richard Webster
Construction push for Great Falls and Canada line begins
From Great Falls Montana word arrives by cable from England to start the Great Falls and Canada railway. Donald Grant of Faribault Minnesota is named chief contractor as crews move to cut ties and prepare the 225 mile route to Lethbridge Alberta. The line will pass Sun River Upper Teton and Upper Marais regions then reach Lethbridge to connect with Canadian Pacific. The project promises copper silver and coal access benefiting Montana industries.
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Great Falls
Mont
England
Canada
K. W.D. Barclay
Donald Grant
Faribault
Minn
Lethbridge
Alberta
Sun River
Upper Teton
Upper Marais
Montana
Galt
Canadian Pacific
Leth Bridge
La Grippe Strikes Winnipeg Reserve Indians
A band of 800 Indians on St. Peter's reserve near Winnipeg is being rapidly killed by la grippe. Without medical care many succumb, with lung complications in most cases. Seventy five percent infected, urgent action by authorities needed. In Fort Dodge Iowa Miss Coules dies after influenza onset Friday.
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St. Peter’s Reserve
Winnipeg
Wateroo
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Robbers Steal $20,000 in Gems from Montreat Window
W. H. Walker’s Montreat diamond shop window was smashed and robbed of about $20,000 in jewels by three men. Two fled in a sleigh while a third was captured after a lengthy chase, but most gems had already vanished with the others.
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Montreat, Special
Walker
Northwest Summary of Events and Incidents in the Week
A weekly roundup from the Northwest notes a new manual training school to open in St. Paul and a Winona courthouse cost of 127 775. Fires escapes ordered in Fergus Falls for tall buildings. several deaths from hydrophobia and influenza are reported in Pine City Brainerd and surrounding towns. Stillwater drawn to host woolen mill investment. Kasson hall dedication praised. Drownings, suicides, elopements, legal actions, and liquor-license adjustments across Clay and nearby counties are detailed along with local railroad and bridge notes. Coal mine reports from North Dakota show multiple sites with high outputs and shallow veins, though most remain undeveloped.
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Fergus Falls
George Dosey
Pine City
Stillwater
George Shaw
Northern Parish
Brainerd
Winnipeg
la Grippe
August Anderson
St. Paul
Odd Fellows of
Kasson
Minnesota
H. E. Hennessy
Ted Lake Falls
James N. Elkins
Wookkeeper
Clay County
House of Representatives
Bismarck
North Dakota
Helgeson
Grand Forks
Northern Pacific
Sims
Dickinson
Manitoba
North Dakota Highlights Include Pledges and Fire Losses
Twenty North Dakota senators back Gov. Miller’s retrenchment plan while Sen Ingalls bills reimbursement for George Auld of Dickinson for May 5, 1885 post office fire loss. Other items note a farmer near Thompson found dead from drink, sheriff sale of fairgrounds, railroad aid to settlers, new deputy revenue collector J C Warnock, Grand Forks farm purchase by Geo D Lay, bond action against a Colorado escapee, a Wareau jewelry burglary, a Grand Forks purse theft, gopher poison plan by counties, a fatal steer accident in Minnesota, rising Dakota water, legislative per diem dispute, a constitutional debt bill, and longevity of Mrs. Copley of Grand Forks.
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North Dakota
W. J. Anderson
Two Dakotas
Peters
J.C. Warnock
Jamestown
Fargo
Geo. D. Lay
Grand Forks
Lewis Emery
Emerado
Mr. Lay
George Inkster
Minot
Colorado
Inkster
Nelson
Wareau
Charles Sommers
John Liston
Liston
Summers
Minnesota
Cornett
Dakota
Aberdeen
Jim Valley
Copley
Black Hills News Roundup and Local Tragedies Stir Rapid City
Reports from the Black Hills detail Henry Leedy’s leg wound from a boar tusk near Rapid City, a string of insanity discharges to Yankton, a proposed nine jurors civil verdict bill, and the death of pioneer hunter Calvin G. Wilson in Deadwood. Other items note ex governor Ordway’s rheumatism in Washington, Bear Butte mine potential, drownings, fatal sleigh accident near Canton, and a host of local court and public notices.
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Henry Leedy
Rapid City
Yankton
Calvin G. Wilson
Black Hills
Deadwood
Ordway
Washington
Bear Butte
Marion
Turner County
Ben F. Fast
Mallory
Michigan City
Daniel Wright
Canton
Fairview
State Fair Association
Iserre
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Huron
Aberdeen
Watertown
Lawrence County
Wisconsin News Roundup of Crimes Courts and Accidents
Wisconsin brief items report insane asylums inmate counts two deaths fatal horse bite in Oconomowoc and a scalding incident in DeForest. river levels lower at La Crosse. slander case in Waukesha. Racine mayor orders electric wires cut. bank of local legal actions include prison sentence for theft and a stale criminal sentence in Madison. transport worker injury in Burlington. robberies in Morgan Park and Racine. copper and cash losses. Dr. Black released on supreme court ruling as he nears death from consumption.
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Mary Albies
Margaret Murray
Brandon
Fond Dun Lac
Beverly Woodruff
Oconomowoe
Mississippi
la Crosse
Stephen Bull
Racine
Tesch
Waukesha
Fred Moul Kentien
Mary
John Richards
Dehkosh
Henry Jewell
Meyer Industries
Fond du Lac
John Whittaker
England
Aberdeen
James R. Slauser
Madison
Peter Draper
Chicago & North-Western
Holt
Merrill
Handler
Dave Sarvis
Travax
Louis Brabant
Marathon County
C. J. L. Meyer
Mr. Meyer
August Kautop
Frank Schultz
Ripon
Edward McCarthy
Wisconsin Central
Burlington
Edward Cahoon
Chicago
Mr. Gates
Morgan Park
Oshkosh Youth Survives Shipwreck While Aboard Moonbeam and Julius
Lauren Noyes son of Dr 3.0 Noyes of Oshkosh sailed from Boston on the barque Moonbeam to Buenos Ayres stayed briefly then shipped on the barque Julius for a return voyage. The Julius wrecked near Montevideo Uruguay but Noyes and other sailors reached shore in small boats and later returned to the United States overland from Biloxi Mississippi arriving home safely.
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Lauren Noyes
Noyes
Oshkosh
Boston
Buenos Ayres
Argentine Republic
Julius
Montevideo
Uruguay
Lauren
Biloxi
Miss
Multiple Iowa items report train collision and local incidents
A Lisbon side-track crash damages locomotives but injures no one. Ice contracts for 3000 carloads from Lost Island Lake and other rural notes include hog cholera losses near Godebolt and horse theft near Charles City.
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Lisbon
Ruthven
Lost Island Lake
Fort Dodge
Jerry O'Donnell
William Cavill
Gdebolt
Dakota
Carthage
New Melleray
Dubuque
Creston Board of Trade
Surprise for a Dude Stuns a Gawking Pedestrian
A Portland street scene reports a humorous clash when a comically exaggerated man mistakes a woman for a dummy. An umbrella smashes his hat, drives it down over his ears, and he moves on amid cheering bystanders while the woman resumes her pose.
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Portland Oregonian
Great Edinburgh Bridge Nears Completion Across Firth
The article describes the Firth of Forth bridge near completion in Edinburgh. It spans 8091 feet with two 1710 foot main arches resting on Inch Garvie. The deck sits 150 feet above water with 200 feet of water depth beneath the center. Described as a cobweb of steel, it draws wide attention comparing Roman builders to modern Brooklyn and St Louis bridges.
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Firth of Forth
Edinburgh
Inch Garvie
Garvie
Temple
Jerusalem
Steele
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Poets and Writers Thrive in New York’s Gig Economy
The New York Tribune notes the vast presence of poets authors dramatists journalists and literary figures in the city. It observes they work across garrets gilded hotels theaters publishers bookshops and newspapers and asks how they all secure employment and sustenance.
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New York
New York Tribune
Three Consensuses on Brazil's Future Governance
Prominent Brazilians converge on three points after the empire: its end is permanent, stability requires loyalty to the provisional government, and a permanent authoritative regime must be set up soon to avert dismemberment.
Congressional Bills and Debates Span Territory and World Fair Talks
In the House a flood of bills and petitions emerges, including North Dakota irrigation and Fort Abraham Lincoln support, Minnesota and White Earth payments, and Oklahoma site debates. Senate debates Florida swamp lands, Brazil recognition, and public works for Wyoming. A sensational case ends with Miss M L Moore attempting public charity at St Paul church.
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Frank
Ohio
St. Louis
Mason
Illinois
House
Kerr
Pennsylvania
Silcott
Court of Claims
Oklahoma
United States
Length of the Day Across Cities and Regions
The article lists daylight hours for many places. London and Bremen show sixteen and a half hours. Stockholm eighteen and a half. Hamburg and Dantzie seventeen. St Petersburg and Tobolsk nineteen. Tornea nearly twenty-two at solstice. Christmas days under three hours. Wardbury daylight from May 21 to July 22. Spitzbergen sun never sets for about three and a half months. Philadelphia just under fifteen. Montreal sixteen.
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London
England
Bremen
Prussia
Stockholm
Sweden
Hamburg
Germany
Dantzie
St Petersburg
Russia
Tobolsk
Siberia
Tornea
Finland
Wardbury
Norway
Spitzbergen
Philadelphia
Montreal
Canada
An Error in Ethics in a Kansas City Office
A Western road tracer recounts a clash with a superintendent whose language was vituperative and profane. After a failed laundry check misplacement, the tracer used profanity and was fired. A colleague advised cussing back, but the plan backfired, ending the confrontation with termination. The tale ends with a plan to retaliate in Santa Fe rather than face the Kansas City office.
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Kansas City
Santa Fe
Irish Indian Queen and a £100,000 legacy
The Indian government faces calls to repay about £100,000 from a legacy left by the wife of a native Indian prince who died over thirty years ago. An Irishwoman who became a maharani married an Indian sovereign, lived with him for decades, and died childless without a will. Her estate, once £30,000, rose to near £100,000 and has since rested with the government. Irish heirs learned of the matter from a returning Indian soldier. inquiries confirm the marriage and the legacy.
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India
Ireland
Dublin Freeman’s Journal
Extravagant William and Berlin Expenditures
Reports from Berlin cite growing grumbling over Emperor William's spending. He plans a pew yacht and an imperial palace at Frankfurt on Main costing over 300000 pounds, with another Berlin palace project funded by half a million sterling, amid extensive recent Schloss renovations.
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Berlin
William
Frankfort-on-Main
George IV
Schloss
Why He Didn't Ride
Two Scottish justices of the peace meet Rev. Thom while walking from Glasgow to Govan and joke about his not riding an ass. Thom replies that they had made them a' justices o the peace.
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Glasgow
Govan
Thom
Mr. Thom
Oswego Lottery Winners Share $25,000 Each
E D Moughton distributed $1 666 to fifteen Oswegonians tied to a Louisiana State Lottery ticket No 35 961 which won a fourth $100 000 prize in December. The Oswego investors included J McChesney Chas McDowell W J Rasmussen Chas Lewis Jules Wendell J A Southwick Geo W Harman Albert Fitzgerald Obediah Wiley Alonzo Adams H Churchill David W t Theo Warden Aaron Connon Colbert Cooper. Payouts arrived after collection on January 19. This repeat drawing boosted local lottery trade.
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E. D. Moughton
J. McChesney
Chas. McDowell
W. J. Rasmussen
Chas. R. Lewis
Jules Wendell
J. A. Southwick
Geo. W. Harman
Albert Fitzgerald
Obediah Wiley
Alonzo Adams
H. Churchill
Oswego
N. Y
Palladium
Royal Touch Replaced by Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery
In England two centuries ago the Royal Touch cured scrofula. Now scientific remedies claim cleansing the blood. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is advertised as a guaranteed blood purifier and regulator for stomach liver and bowels and a remedy for bilious disorders, malaria related fevers, skin diseases, and scrofula with Pulmonary Consumption noted as a risk if untreated. Worth's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo NY.
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England
Dr. Pierce
Worth’s Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
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