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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1893
Page
2
Trade note states Americans in New York Philadelphia and Chicago buy more candy than the entire nation of France.
Nellie Horton shoots and kills her lover after he refuses to marry her. In a sweeping remark about fashion, the report adds a note about German bullet protectors for good-looking young men, reflecting era commentary.
A Florida newspaper reports a skunk bit a sleeping cowboy on the nose and died from delirium tremens, but the tale lacks verifiable details or authentication. The incident remains unconfirmed by other sources or records.
The 1813 London paper counts show 3S papers with mixed editions. A survey notes over 26 percent of reading men in many countries are short sighted or have defective vision, highlighting widespread reading difficulties.
The article suggests Brazil may fund transport of celestial crops to Chinese domains to save U.S. costs and recover Dennis Kearney from isolation.
A brick structure behind the new Washington police HQ is said to be the first jail used by the district government in the city. The rear building now houses six colored families.
Nebraska railroad managers warn that the maximum rate bill, now law, forces a 33 percent rate reduction. They say the measure endangers local business and may force abandonment of local routes unless challenged.
A misanthropic bachelor in Grand Rapids, who had obtained several thousand dollars, lingered long bidding his sweetheart farewell and was eventually captured, proving the old maxim that every misfortune of a man has a woman at the bottom of it.
The piece describes spice scented winds greeting Columbus and his crew before landfall, then contrasts with makers who navigated fake caravels into Chicago. A river odor felled the first mate as Milwaukee’s steeples disappeared behind them.
A satirical observation argues that American table waste could sustain a French family and a colony of rats, which in turn could support Mongolian families, claiming one American table provides a living for four families.
The Mobile city ordinance imposes a 25 cent tax per bicycle and requires riders to carry lamps at night. Fines apply for speeds over four miles per hour within city limits and for riding on sidewalks narrower than ten feet. A councilman reportedly collided with a bicycle recently.
Each spring the Chinese emperor oversees the emperor's field plowing and sowing with several seeds while princes and nine courtiers join in the ritual. The empress conducts a silk culture lesson for her ladies at the same time, honoring agricultural gods.
Text notes Lord Salisbury still writing to papers about his stance and hints at a possible smash with Irish members. It suggests he and Joseph Chamberlain might offer better terms to secure Nationalist backing.
The Isle of Man tailless cats mystify researchers. Some suggest Spanish Armada survivors spread tailless traits, while a tailless Japanese breed hints at possible origins or interbreeding. The tale blends folklore and speculative history about where these cats came from.
A New York correspondent notes the Vanderbilts are giving large sums to benevolent works. Wealthy individuals seek novelty in charitable acts, finding pleasure in philanthropy as a fashionable dissipation and a commendable pursuit.
In Brooklyn the barber trade has shifted to grander “tonsorial” terms with shops advertising tonsorial hair cutting, tonsorial art institute, and Pomadedore parlors. A window proclaims an offer of a shave for 10 cents plus a clean towel with every shave.
The government architect says the Chicago post office building is perfectly safe after a recent Washington calamity. Chicago papers largely call it a deadfall, but no postmaster applicants have withdrawn their names.
A nineteenth century innovation uses insoluble salts ground to powder mixed with water and applied with a wire brush to ship hulls. One pole of a dynamo attaches to the brush and the other to a plate, enabling deposition of pure metals and alloys without a traditional liquid bath.
The summary recaps the week’s major events from home and abroad in concise style. It highlights political developments, market trends, notable crimes, and cultural happenings with an emphasis on clarity and quick-read utility. Names of places and organizations anchor the digest.
The treasury gold reserve nears the 100 million mark as plans unfold for a warship visit to Samoa. Secretary Morton may push abolition of experimental stations, while Postmaster General Bissell cuts to one postal card size. Indian allotments to Pawnee are approved and Cherokee Strip settlement opens. Navy sailors may buy discharges. Dolphin carries Secretary Herbert on Atlantic inspection tour.
Col Fred Grant returns to New York. Abraham K Allison, Florida governor in the 1800s, dies at eighty three. Dr McGlynn eyed for bishopric. Mexican horse thief captured in Prescott by Sheriff’s wife. Gen Nelson Miles once clerk, now sword bearer. Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne travel incognito as Lord and Lady Sundridge. Clement Scott notes the world fair demands strength of ox and Hercules. Slaughter family of Texas cited as vast landowners with half a million acres. Joseph Jefferson improves health and plans a new cottage. Samuel Blatchford’s body laid to rest in Greenwood Cemetery. C D Wood, Arkansas supreme court nominee, funded studies by waiting tables. Charles Brenneck, 79, dies at Marshalltown. built first beet sugar factory in Europe and first railroad from Berlin. constructed the Harper’s Ferry bridge.
Digest of fatal fires drownings and accidents from Pekin to Cumberland. Notable events include kerosene explosion deaths of Mrs. Lohmes and her baby, a Nebraska deputy shot defending a murderer, Beatrice fire killing Mrs. Warnarsdale and Mary Hogefell, wrecks and drownings at Rockford and Coney Island, and numerous other incidents with casualties or losses across towns and states.
James Townsend lost about $1,000 to three men believed to be the Bally brothers in Indian Territory. In St Louis, Joseph Boitano a saloonkeeper shot himself after a quarrel with his wife.
John Rayworth of Wilton Center faces a $700 judgment while Qacar Hill of Ogden is named a $65,000 bank defaulter amid a looming bank closure. Alpena murder verdicts condemn Vogler Frohman and Jacobs as Repke confesses. A Fullerton mob attack on Andrew Debaney ends with Deputy Sheriff Bate wounded. Marion county farmer Joseph Warren is killed by an assassin. Albert White admits hiring two men. Nebraska impeachment briefs move toward rehearing of Allen Hastings Humphrey. Arkansas bank cashier C F Leslie arrested for issuing two hundred dollars in bad exchanges after bank closure.
Reports from Santos note 310 yellow fever deaths daily while European agriculture suffers from droughts and crop failures. In London John Deasy is jailed for common assault. debates erupt in the House over home rule and the bank bill. Malta prepares for a naval trial as tensions rise in Paris and Vienna with floods, revolts, and royal celebrations shaping the era.
Reports cover a mix of events from the era. Harry Herron’s suicide in Golden Illinois and Chief Mitchell’s death in Chattanooga. Corbett-Jackson bout slated for June. Corbett signs to fight Mitchell before Coney Island. Miss Plant sisters walk to the fair. Exhibitors face trouble at the fair and a court test of Geary law. J A Hartlett & Co Lumber Co fails at St Louis with $50,000 debt. Michigan Central offers free transport to fair workers. Railways offer 1 cent a mile for G A R encampment. Mines resume at Ishpeming with pay in store orders. Tere Haute car works enter assignee status. Boiler makers strike ends with nine hour day. Professor Gorton appointed Michigan agricultural college president. English expert warns on cholera. U S quarantine stringent. Howard Mutchler nominated for unexpired PA term. Cordage company reorganization proceeding. NYSE listings. Burglar caught by Overmans in Kingston. Three typhus cases in Philadelphia. all recent European immigrants. Cotton exports June value $6,856,165. breadstuffs $15,912,721.
A condensed weekly resume highlights notable events across Minnesota from politics to culture. Key figures and local happenings are sketched in rapid reading style for quick absorption.
A severe hail storm west of Herman destroys crops over an eight mile band. Lightning strikes M Saars residence in Henning injuring two daughters. John Sweeney is jailed for assault in St Paul. Owatonna grocery burns, losses reach 2500 to 3000 with 2000 insured. A life convict Brannan examined for insanity. plan to transfer to St Peter asylum. Arthur Carter dies by self inflicted bullet at Merchants Hotel. Synod meeting in Winona plans conversion of New Ulm seminary into a tri synod denominational training school opening Sept 1.
The drowning of Johnnie Swanson, seven, while bathing with two companions near the Great Northern bridge in Crookston, is reported. Hyslop Bros. of Fulda face eight thousand dollars in attached debts. L. Foster, agent for Folley & Co. of Chicago, killed himself at the Schlitz hotel in Winona. A Cobden store, Klinesnuth, burglarized of wagonloads of goods. Caledonia buys land for artesian well and waterworks site. Burglaries at Alden cost about two hundred dollars. a tramp near Rochester sustained severe injuries after being struck by a switch engine and railway wheel.
Saturday reports include Dr. Collins White arrested in St Paul for sending obscene matter through the mails. Rochester figures Horace Loomis dies of consumption. Blue Earth City sees August Gehrke bound for grand jury after killing his half brother. Sitwater’s William Riley son drowns in the St Croix near the prison. Explorers Thomas Craig and William Shannon drown after Rainy Lake boat capsizes. Little Falls mill burned with 3 000 bushels wheat, one car flour and 300 cords wood. loss 12 000 with 6 000 insured. Carl Johnson crushed by a train at Crookston. John Winquist found dead near Grove City, suspected foul play.
Joseph Ayers furniture in Albany burned for a loss of 3500 with 2700 insured. John Minquist 28 killed by a Great Northern train in Grove City. Rev Leigh Vernon eloped with a married woman and was discharged at Duluth on habeas corpus then rearrested. Mrs Miller of Red Wing died after being injured in Dallas Texas. A Carleton College donor pledged 1000 for new lab equipment and more for biology. A drunken clash at Redwood Falls injures Indians. Duluth Mesabi & Northern track nears ore docks in Duluth with plans for a grand celebration.
Fred Lauterback of fifteen miles from Redwood Falls died by his own hand in a well. temporary insanity given as cause. A. J. Porter’s house in Mankato burned after burg thieves stole cash and weapons from Robert Walstrom’s Lake City hardware store. value about $150. Seven year old Chester Emery killed near Long Prairie by wagon wheels. Paul Taber bitten by a ferocious cat at the Francois hotel yard in Redwood Falls. boy injured as dogs attacked a cat nearby.
A rescuer struggled to calm a cat while its hold was loosened. Wounds are healing. In St. Cloud Walter Arnold of the Great Northern Granite Co was shot on the Mississippi bridge by a flobert rifle. He was treated by a surgeon after the ball hit his forehead and was removed. officials suspect foul play but deem it unlikely.
A heavy hail storm near Fergus Falls caused localized damage while not widespread. The E. H. Beers & Co wagon shop and feed store burned, with losses listed at 3000 dollars for the building and 800 each for buggies and insurance on the building. Other notes include local teaching appointments at Carleton and notable marriages and a tragic accidental death following a crowd disturbance at Mahamuel farm near French Lake.
Wednesday July 10 reports include H E Swan named disbursing agent for the government building in Mankato. A Swede worker drowns near St Cloud. Mrs Charles Baker of St Paul fatally burned by a gasoline explosion. Charles Langsford found in St Paul sand bank. Peter Redon arrested in Plainview for horse theft. Mike Johnson and Charles Brown nabbed in Lake City for stealing hardware. Wools mill owner H B Cole assigns. stillwater prison twine sales rise. Break-in at W S Williams residence yields $85 and valuables. A German elopes with Gustave Bretain's wife at Hinckley. husband pursues action.
A magnificent four-horse coach arrives at the Metropole. Andrew Carnegie and Mrs Carnegie plan a holiday journey to his Scotch estate with a party of friends, reflecting a union of Anglo American symbolism in dress, harness, and initials A C. The coachmen wear blue coats and white breeches, the harness bears gold initials C and star motifs, and the scene evokes civic pride and high society in London.
A new kindergarten teacher asks for help understanding slang terms used by children. Dennis Quinn explains Reddy Mulligan swiped the pen knife, using words like snailed prigged yanked, until the teacher finally grasps the meaning and goes after the boy.
In 1862, P. T. Barnum recalls visiting Washington with Commodore Nutt. Lincoln invited Barnum to the White House and joked with Nutt. The president warned of danger at sea and suggested wading ashore if captured. Nutt quipped that Lincoln could do it better than he could.
In Granite Montana a man hides nearly 200 dollars with a local woman. After intense coercion she is assaulted and threatened with death before revealing the stash. Burglary and looting temptations rise as residents mismanage savings.
Chicago reports low turnout on Heroes Day as about 35 000 attendances at the World’s Fair. Memorial exercises in Festival Hall drew fewer than a thousand people despite mourning drape. Debris clearance at the coke storage warehouse remained suspended.
Joseph Bednach a middle aged German from 62 St. Clair street died an hour after consuming carbolic acid in a failed suicide attempt. He offered the poison to his wife who avoided drinking it and will recover from the burn to her mouth.
Engine No. 329 on the Pittsberg & Western railway collided with a mass of stone at Tunnel No. 1 near Undercliff station. The crash wrecked the engine and six cars, fatally injuring Engineer Frank Bailey. Fireman John ONeill and Engineer Charles Angell were injured but not seriously.
John A Lam bard, fifty, manager of Hero Fruit Jar Co, tied to Spring Garden National Bank collapse, was found dead at his home last night with his throat cut. He appears to have killed himself after being named in suits by the bank receiver.
The body of William Laudert, fifty eight, a wealthy farmer worth about $100000, was discovered in a grove near the Kenilworth station on the Northwestern line. Clothes torn and signs of a struggle suggest foul play, with locals favoring murder over suicide.
The steamer Danube arrived from Victoria with eighty four Chinese aboard. Customs officers found seventeen pounds of unstamped opium aboard. William Daonbar, manager of the Merchants' Transportation Company, was arrested on an indictment for smuggling opium into the United States.
Washington officials report the financial situation has improved and remains on an upward trend. Notification that three more national banks failed did not trigger serious fears of a return to the crisis of previous weeks.
Heavy rain and lightning hit West Union Iowa area with McGregor telephone services burned out. Large washouts reported near Beulah on the Milwaukee and St Paul line and another near Waukon.
Fred Lauterback, living about fifteen miles from Redwood Falls, Minnesota, died by drowning in a well. Authorities report the act as due to temporary insanity with no stated motive.
The Central Trust Company of New York as trustee sold at public auction the securities of the Richmond Terminal system against which the 5 and 6 percent consolidated first collateral mortgage was issued. The sale followed a majority bondholder request and aligns with planned reorganization. Securities were bought in by C. H. Coster, chairman of the reorganization committee.
The National Citizens' Rights association led by Judge Albion W. Tourgee backs Mrs. Bertie Miller in a federal suit for damages against the Bardwell Missouri city marshal his bondsmen and others involved in the capture and killing of C. J. Miller. Illinois Missouri and Kentucky citizens are named as involved parties.
Special Deputy Sheriff Ireland of Pittsburg and an officer from Joplin arrive with requisition papers for Rev Leigh Vernon and Mrs Ed Pearson, elopers from Pittsburg. Vernon’s attorney seeks a writ of habeas corpus to be argued today. Authorities pursue Vernon for seducing several young girls during revival services.
In Aberdeen South Dakota on July 18 thieves hit May or Wittes hardware D H Koresdahl tailor and A Florek tailor shops stealing revolvers cutlery cloth and suits valued at 500 300 300 400 respectively. Five stores burglarized amid multiple petty thefts. Arrestees numbered ten for vagrancy. links to the spree unclear. Goods recovered near Hotel Kennard and outside city limits. W F Mason residence also broken into.
In Fort Smith Arkansas on July 18 a rear end collision at Lancaster on the San Francisco road killed engineer Dad Hunter, one of the system’s oldest. The wreck destroyed two engines and eight freight cars. All crew escaped except two brakemen slightly injured. Hunter was trapped under his engine. The accident was caused by a disregarded order.
Four people drowned in the river at Mount Verrvon Indiana last night. Willie Allen age eight and Willie Boyce age nine fell into the stream while playing. Mrs Allen jumped in to help but was overcome. Her sixteen year old daughter Anna went to aid them and all four perished before assistance could arrive.
The prince of Wales was involved in a minor road accident in central London. A debouching vehicle struck his private hansom on St James Street, jarring him but causing no serious injuries. He walked the rest of the way to Marlborough House.
A boiler explosion at the Towanda nail works in Towanda Pennsylvania killed Andrew Benjamin and fatally injured Ross Hatton. A man named Bennett was severely burned and bruised, with others missing and believed trapped in the ruins. The plant owned by W. H. Godcharles faces about $25,000 in losses, half insured.
Paris reports the governor general of Annam telegraphing that Siamese troops attacked Annamese militia near Anake on July 6 and were repulsed with heavy losses. Eleven Annamese were killed as locals in the Loes district increasingly support the French.
Secretary Gresham received a cable from Minister Baker dated Managua July 16 stating the Nicaraguan president and foreign minister remain imprisoned at Leon. The cabinet proclaims Zavalla dictator as a large majority of Nicaraguans back the government.
About 500 local lumber showers were put to work on the rocks this morning, ten lumber laden boats arriving since Saturday. Union officers tried to keep the men out longer yesterday but the men chose work now to avoid starvation next winter.
In Cornersyville, Arkansas, July 18, a 17 year old Black man named John Cotton attempted to assault Mrs. John Tucker. The mob captured him and hanged him from a tree, later riddling the corpse with bullets after the mob acted.
Berlin July 18 The Wiemar Gazette officially denies a widely circulated story that the grand duke of Saxe Wiemar recently sought to mediate a reconciliation between the German emperor and Prince Bismarck.
In Chicago on July 18 Joseph Mider of Little Rock Arkansas was shot and killed by Louis Dillon. Mider, who was in Dillon’s room at 4 a m, startled Dillon who woke and fired from under a pillow hitting Mider in the temple.
Milbank South Dakota July 18 Rev W H Kaufman of the Congregational church resigns from the sacred desk and accepts a post on the editorial staff of the Dakota Ruralist He is noted as a talented man who was active last fall with the Independent party.
Ashland Wisconsin July 18 C E Blume a fancy grocer and fruit dealer assigns assets for the benefit of his creditors to J H Yorker The estate is valued at about 3000 with liabilities not stated.
Indianapolis hosts the third annual International convention with about 3000 delegates. President Chapman of Chicago presided as the event opened in Central church, which served as headquarter hub with a post office, telegraph office, information booths and housing arrangements prepared by local committee.
In Charles City Iowa the famed white horse from the Dr Cronin case is seen doing farm work in Niles township seven miles northeast of town. The horse belongs to James Monaghan a wealthy farmer and was presented by his sister Mrs Dinan wife of the liveryman upon her husband’s death.
Erick Jensen, a Special-A section man for Candy, Minn., died last night from sunstroke suffered while on the job yesterday.
The long running case between St. Paul and Northern Pacific Railway and St. Paul Minneapolis Manitoba is argued before Judge Williams in a United States circuit court session. The dispute concerns 200000 acres of land in northern and western Minnesota.
Ashland Wisconsin, special-employee Larson, at the Ashland blast furnace, stepped into a stream of molten iron last night and suffered severe burns.
Coroner's jury finds D H Bunham Fire Marshal Edward Murphy J B Skinner and Charles A McDonald held to the grand jury for criminal negligence after the July 10 1893 cold storage fire at the World’s Fair grounds. Sixteen deaths resulted and a separate verdict document covers each case. The men were not arrested yet but will be asked to appear for bail.
In Wabasha Minnesota during the past year box car thefts yielded thousands in loot. On Sunday night $750 in clothing vanished and led investigators to Otto Burkhardt son of State Senator Burkhardt. Last night Burkhardt Fred Trichter August Sanger and Henry Smith with an unknown man were caught removing stolen goods and jailed.
Washington officials reject claims that the Mohican was fired on by the poaching steamer Alexandria off Alaska on June 25. A telegram from Capt. Hooper says the revenue cutter Rush seized the American cruiser St Paul and Alexandria at Cxivrukaf island on July 2 for violation of section 1506.
Petersburg Indiana July 19 Henry Ault a school teacher shot and killed Rentz Miley in his mother's room near Alfred after Miley allegedly threatened violence. Ault stood his ground and fired after hearing noises and a threat to shoot anyone entering. Miley had worked for Ault's father for years. The elder Ault was in Cincinnati on business.
The Anglo American association reports from Constantinople that the United States government interceded for Professors Thoumain and Kayaysa, former instructors at the American college in Marsavan. Tried for sedition in Angola, they were sentenced to death but commuted to banishment. The U.S. government is urging the Porte to permit their return to Marsovan for missionary work.
The Chinese government refuses reparations for the slayings of Wickholm and Johansson, Swedish missionaries, by a Macheng mob. Foreigners in Mangkow and Shanghai are summoned to mass meetings urging European powers to enforce treaties and punish provincial authorities involved.
The body of Frank Folmann a German was found on the Sioux riverbank with the top of his head blown off and a shotgun nearby. Folmann killed himself amid his wife’s divorce suit alleging cruelty and threats to have him arrested for assault.
Northfield Minnesota July 19 a girl named Anderson working at the section bars at Dennison nine miles east was dangerously stabbed by a tramp to whom she refused food. She is not expected to live. Officers are in pursuit of the assailant.
Cincinnati Ohio July 19 Mrs Mary Anna Kaffmann widow and executrix of the late John Kauffmann makes a personal assignment Liabilities 100000 assets far exceed that amount She owns a large portion of the Kauffmann brewery which went into assignment last Friday
The will of the late Leland Stanford was admitted to probate today by Judge Coffey of the superior court. Letters of administration were granted to Mrs. Stanford who will serve as executrix without bonds.
A Cuban crop statistician reports sugar exports up to June 30 total 3,091,774 bags and 10,107 hogsheads, versus 4,669,647 bags and 61,565 hogsheads a year earlier. Onhand stock is 1,144,000 bags and 657 hogsheads, about 199,865 tons, down from 241,524 tons last year.
A formal appeal from the Pomeroy relief committee asks for 100 good stoves for household use. Donors are asked to ship stoves, old or new, to T. B. Hotchkiss, general superintendent of the relief fund.
Richmond Ind special agent W B Howard of Mutual Endowment Insurance Waterloo Iowa fled the city leaving large unpaid bills. Policyholders fear they have been swindled after he wrote 500000 dollars worth of insurance in this territory.
Huntington West Virginia officers of the National Indemnity and Dividend Association were placed under bond by Commissioner Gibbons to answer before the United States circuit court for using the many for illegal purposes.
The Chicago eighth annual conference of religious workers among the deaf mutes began today at an angels church. The sermon was preached by Rev. Thomas Gallaudet of New York.
Charles Greer, wanted in Detroit Minnesota on rape charges, was found nine miles west of Osage by Sheriff John Moran. After a brief escape and a gunfight in which a bullet hit Greer in the leg and his hat was shot through, he surrendered when Moran warned a fatal shot. Greer’s wife reportedly supplied him in hiding, and Becker County Sheriff Morley will take him to Detroit for trial amid possible lynching threats.
Chicago markets show wheat ease with mixed cash and futures quotes. Corn slips with steady gets and September levels. cattle range from prime to common, Texans and stockers listed. St Paul hogs hold. cattle slip with prime dry fed and grass steers priced, cows and stockers noted.
Lou Baumann, an elderly recluse twelve miles from St. Joseph, was found near death after masked assailants broke in, clubbed him, and looted his home. He remained bound for fifty hours and is in serious condition. The thieves took a large sum.
William D Winters aged twenty eight is detained in St Louis on charges of forging two checks drawn on his brother in law Dr J P Bryson. He has a history of heavy drinking and arrived from Chicago claiming residence in New York. He says he is nephew of William Winter the dramatic editor and claims to have spent three fortunes totaling 500000 dollars in his brief life.
In South Bend Indiana on July 19 Levan Pointer was shot and killed by Philip Lint his brother in law. Pointer was driving a well at Lint s mother s home when Lint fired three shots from a rifle from across the street the last shot hit Pointer in the back. Lint described as vicious had been restrained by Pointer in the past.
Mrs. Corby a landlady of a rooming house was badly burned when Peter Shetterback threw vitriol on her last night. Shetterback, a former roomer, had pressured her to marry him and fled after the attack.
Manuel Garcia captured M. B. Moran in Guinea near Havana. Moran was kept prisoner three or four days until a friend paid 3000 for his release. Garcia and a companion escorted Moran home and narrowly escaped two artillerymen who pursued.
In Russellville Kentucky on July 19 a bolt struck a tree sheltering James Watt his eleven year old son and nine year old daughter and a brother as they walked from a neighbor to Mr Watt's home. The two children died instantly. no further details on the father or the brother are given.
Leon S. Smith, a Grand Rapids society figure, pleaded guilty to forgery charges after admitting plans to swindle banks with forged drafts and a passport. He had already secured about $5,000 from Michigan banks as an experiment before the plea.
In Pittsburg on July 19, Jerry Foley a Mansfield Pennsylvania miner was killed at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The killer named as John Connelly a railroad fireman assaulted Foley with a kick breaking his neck.
Baltimore July 19 The News reports a letter from President Cleveland is on the way to Rome congratulating the pope on the fiftieth anniversary of his elevation to the episcopacy.
Guthrie Oklahoma July 19. For days the Starr gang of outlaws has roamed near Stillwater raising fears. Citizens placed guards along the river banks and shopkeepers armed themselves. The town is described as a veritable arsenal amid the unrest.
Lt Paul Special Gen Becker and Judge Mills of the railroad and ware house commission returned from a Benson Watertown line tour. They held three meetings at Appleton Bellingham and Louisberg with local attendance and heard requests for a daily passenger train instead of three weekly trains. Decision to be announced in a few days.
Black River Falls Wisconsin special report recalls Jack Warburton famed temperance lecturer being killed to speak at Merrillan while a female troupe faced lethal opposition. Opponents refused to pay rent, the hall stayed open, and the dispute intensified with threats against the speakers.
Henry Wilson a prominent Columbus Ohio citizen died suddenly on the Burlington express near Af ton Creston Iowa while traveling to Denver He was seated with his son Edgar Wilson at the time and passed away shortly before 9 o’clock last night The train was en route from Denver when the death occurred causing a shock to fellow travelers and the railway crew
The Min Rewaska mill at Starbuck Minnesota, property of James Larson, burned today. Loss on plant and contents estimated at 12000 dollars with 6000 dollars insured. Cause of the fire is unknown.
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