Inland headlines and quotes from Brainerd Dispatch
The Brainerd Dispatch notes aging manuscripts of the fifth and twelfth centuries with durable ink. A Rothschild quote praises American money-making prospects over five years. London’s Thames embankment hotel addition may rival Europe’s largest. Despite a strike in Ishpeming and Negaunee iron mines, Lake Superior ore shipments are expected to hit 10 million tons, 1 million above prior best.
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Thames Embankment
London
Europe
America
Ishpeming
Negaunee
Lake Superior
Canadian treasury posts record deficit after confederation
The past year showed a deficit exceeding 4 million dollars, the worst since confederation twenty four years ago. The national debt stands at 317 million dollars, about 63 dollars per person.
Farmers Showcase Odd Wheat Sheaf and Giant Cucumber
An Albany Oregon farmer displays a bundle of forty two stalks of wheat with 924 meshes and about eight thousand five hundred grains grown from a single kernel. A Cedar Rapids Nebraska farmer shows a cucumber five feet long and still growing.
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Albany
Ore
Cedar Rapids
Neb
Record fruit shipments peak in third week of September
San Jose California reported the highest weekly fruit shipment total on record for the third week of last September. The total reached 4,639,300 pounds with 1,413,490 pounds canned fruit and 1,960,040 pounds dried prunes.
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San Jose
Cal
Porcupine Quill Swells Boy's Leg Near Cumberland
A 13 year old boy, Joseph Collins, in a woods near Cumberland Maryland stepped on a porcupine and a quill entered his leg. The puncture wound has caused the leg to swell to twice its size and the quill is believed to remain embedded.
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Cumberland
Joseph Collins
English coinage under Edward IV and Edward the Black Prince
The text outlines early English coins: Edward III introduced six shilling pieces about the size of the sovereign, followed by Nobles at sixpence and later subdivided values. Edward IV minted angels showing Michael and the dragon, with further issues of half and quarter nobles and later legal fees.
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England
Edward Tr
Edward IV
Michael and the
Dragon
Indian corn exports rise as Europe learns value of grain
Corn has been going abroad for several weeks at 1,200,000 bushels weekly, about ten times last year's exports and more than double 1802 levels. Europe has been slow to learn the value of Indian corn but is starting to recognize one of nature's finest productions.
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Europe
Ceremonies of Knights Created With Sword and Spurs
The text describes traditional knightly initiation featuring a box on the ear and a sword stroke by a sovereign, followed by a shoulder belt, no gilt sword, spurs, and other military accoutrements, then leading the armed knight to the church with pomp.
Postal receipts show strong quarterly gains across cities
Postal receipts serve as a key barometer of business, and recent figures reveal that the last quarter surpassed the busy 1802 period by $600,000. New York leads among large cities in increases, followed by Chicago and St. Louis.
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New York
Chicago
St. Louis
English writer drafts naval history "Stoneclads in Action"
An English writer on naval affairs plans a work titled Stoneclads in Action covering ocean fighting in the last forty years. He credits the United States with revolutionizing world navies a few months after the Civil War began, noting an armored cheese-box on a raft as a key image.
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United States
Miles Standish Landing Marked by Stone Monument
The site at Squantum Mass where Miles Standish landed on Sept 29 1621 is commemorated with a round stone monument placed by the Daughters of the Revolution and allied groups. Descendants attended as Charles Francis Adams gave the oration. Historical societies are acting as well as writing.
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Miles Standish
Squantum
Mass
Daughters of the Revolution
Standish
Charles Francis Adams
Alaska set to become major gold mining area
Government geologists say Alaska will become an important field for mining with yearly gold yields to rise. A Sitka mine yields $500000 annually though ore is worth only $2.50 per ton, its tidewater position adds value. Yukon placer mines remain largely inaccessible.
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Alaska
Sitka
Tidewater
Yukon River
Britain’s Mediterranean Fleet Near Constantinople
The article recalls major British naval actions in the Dardanelles over the past century, noting interventions in 1807 1827 1853 and 1878 to influence Turkey and Russia. It reflects England’s current hesitation between disciplining Turkey and restraining Russia as its fleet looms near Constantinople.
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Dardanelles
Turkey
Navarino
Constantinople
Russia
England
Around the Globe: Highlights of the Past Week
A concise digest of notable world events from the past week spans politics, economics, culture, and conflict. Key developments include leadership shifts, peace talks, market changes, and significant statements from international organizations.
Supreme Court Dismisses Flour Noy Live Stock Case
The U S supreme court dismissed the Flour noy Live Stock Company versus Capt Beck agent of the Omaha and Winnebago Indians for want of a printed record. The treasury secretary approved Rand McNally Co rental of Chicago for temporary government quarters at 6150 dollars. Armament work on the Oregon will proceed at the Washington navy yard day and night to clear the gun work for this and other vessels. Gen Thomas Ewing nearly fainted during an argument in Washington but recovered and continued the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Flournoy Live Stock Company
Capt. Beck
Secretary of the Treasury
Rand, McNally & Co
Chicago
Oregon
Washington Navy Yard
Washington
Thomas Ewing
London’s ugliest man hailed in bold gossip rounds
A string of society notes and sensational brief items sweep through the page. Names include Barney Baranato described as the ugliest man in London and La Rose an ex-convict linked to a spree of fifteen house robberies in New York.
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Barney Baranato
London
la Rose
New York
John Sherman
Ohio
Seigfred Wagner
Munich
Multiple Fires and Collisions Cause Widespread Damage
A string of disasters includes Millhouse and Sons' paper mills in Atlanta burning with vast losses, J L Pumphrey's grain elevator and electric plant razed at Heyworth, Illinois, and eight workers injured at Anderson Indiana. A home in Stargary Volish Trussia perishes ten children, while New Orleans rice mill and four buildings burn with insured losses. An eastbound Panhandle train crashes into a wagon near Miller's Station Ohio, killing four. In West Virginia Marion Carr and family lose two members in a mountain cabin collapse while searching for ginseng. another son dies later from injuries. Marion Carr saves the cabin from fire.
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J. L. Pumphrey
Heyworth
American Wire Nail Company
Anderson
Ind
Childrens
Stargary
Sajonschek
Volish Trussia
New Orleans
National
Panhandle
Miller's Station Crossing
Ohio
Edward Cogan
Samuel Cogan
John Campbell
Marion H. Carr
David
W. Va
Varying Violent Incidents Across States Reported
A string of violent events unfolds from Iowa to Tennessee and beyond. Notable cases include John Woodward’s failed suicide attempt in Keosauqua after a crude blade encounter, Tom Tucker’s knife attack on Will Shannon near Otumwa, and Charles Rose’s death with James Girard dying after a razor duel near Watkins, Colorado. Additional items report a forgery indictment of A K Ward tied to Memphis Barrel and Heading, and robberies and assaults in Alabama, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, with various outcomes.
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John Woodward
Keosauqua
Iowa
Tom Tucker
Ottumwa
Will T. Shannon
Tucker
Charles Rose
James Girard
Watkins
Denver
George Mills
Charles Clemens
Chalybeal Springs
Charles May
John Martin
Effingham
A. K. Ward
Memphis Barrel and
Honduras
Ward
West Ky
Andy Jack
James Hale
James Morrison
Birmingham
Ala
William Jones
Jack Henderson
Vinegar Bend
James Allen
Mount Gilead
Ohio
Christopher Miller
Grant Thomas
Cincinnati Police Commissioners
Charles Brombeck
J. O. Flowers
Pittsburg
Irish MP funds new Dublin daily newspaper venture
Pereizgn Timothy Healy the Irish member of Parliament has secured 350 000 for founding a new daily newspaper in Dublin. Other items note leaders of Port Arthur atrocities decorated, Mormon conference in London, and various global political moves.
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Timothy Healy
Dublin
Port Arthur
London
N. H. Ives
Salt Lake
Wales
Cuba
Havana
San Manuel
Apestquia
Jose Munos
Shimonosek
Kokokaichi
Tokio
Sendai
Amorta
Otanunal
M. Bosque
Brussels
Great Britain
Brazil
Trinidad
Andree
North Pole
Ekholm
Stockholm
Niels Strindberg
Stockholm University
Supreme Court
Calcutta
India
Burmah
Ceylon
Japan
New York Mercury Goes to Receiver in Major Shakeup
The New York Mercury enters receivership. Alaska boundary dispute prompts urgent citizen action. Toledo toolmakers strike for 10 percent wage raise. Northern Pacific feud over Burlington outlet denied. Central Pacific debts treated as business, not politics. National Carriage Builders pick Cleveland as next year’s convention site. Reverend A J Potter dies in Texas pulpit. Schulz divorcees remarry in Ohio. revealed link to a soap magnate. North German Lloyd orders two large steamships from Glasgow to surpass Campania and Lucania. Mountain miners’ strike partial. 1,000 out, 4,000 at work. Found $15,000 wartime notes in a Philadelphia beam. Colisseum project grows near 63rd Street. Scottish Rite biennial session in Washington. Buffalo malsters union boycott against local malt beer. Reverend Hayden Rayburn dies aged 84 in Kokomo Indiana.
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Co. P. Huntington
Central Pacific Railway
National Carriage Builders’ Association
Cleveland
Ohio
St. Louis
A. J. Potter
Texas
Lockhart
Tex
Bernard van Horn Schulz
Zanesville
South Dakota
Lloyd Steamship Company
Govan
Glasgow
Campania
Lucania
Ridge Avenue
Spencer Street
Chicago
Sixty-third Street
Illinois Central Railroad
Supreme Council of
United States
Mnother Supreme Council of the World
House of the Temple
Washington
United Trades and Labor Council
Malsters’ and Brewers’ Union of
Buffalo
Hayden Rayburn
Kokomo
Ind
Indiana
Montgomery County
Mathilda Johnson
Lawrence County
MINNESOTA IN BRIEF: Week in Review and Local Incidents
A rapid-reading summary of Minnesota events reports Judge Williston sentencing George Owens to two years for burglary in Red Wing. The Winona wife of early settler Patrick Norton dies at St. Charles. New Ulm to Winthrop railroad decision pledges a new Twin Cities route. Clough Bros. of Minneapolis assigns, tied to N. P. Clarke Lumber failure. James S. Crandall sues Omaha railroad in Mankato for 10000 in damages. Saloon fight leaves Festow injuring Schwehm with a knife near Winona. Fire damages grain stacks near Montevideo, grain saved with difficulty. Star of Northfield attends Farivault floral ceremony with Kenyon and Waterville guests. addresses follow. W. H. Darling, arrested in Anaconda, is linked to prior fire and bank robbery attempts here.
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Red Wing
Williston
George Owens
Patrick Norton
Winona County
St. Charles
Clough Bros
Minneapolis
Clough
N. P. Clarke Lumber Company
James S. Crandall
United States Circuit Court of
Mankato
Omaha Railway
Ernest Schwehm
Herman Festow
Winona
Festow
Schwehm
Star of Northfield
Athens
Farivault
Kenyon
Waterville
W. H. Darling
Anaconda
Mont
Bank of Hoge, Daly & Co
Great Northern line changes and incidents across Minnesota
Singh Manley a brakeman on the Great Northern sustains a broken right hand while coupling cars at Anoka. The St Cloud and Fergus Falls division moves to Melrose and all trains stop there. A fire near Montevideo destroys outbuildings and grain with no insurance likely. PF Il Kratka Land Waterpower and Improvement Co files incorporation with a board including Fr H Kratka and George Mason at Thief River Falls.
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Melrose
Nils Fredrickson
Montevideo
PF Il
Kratka Land, Waterpower and Improvement Company
Fr. H. Kratka
Thief River Falls
George W. Mason
Eau Claire
Wis
William S. Jamieson
St. Paul
James A. Kellogg
Minneapolis
Lewis Johnson
Minn
Redwood Falls
W. C. Wood
St. Cloud
Rheinburger Bros
Winona
George W. Crise
Hinckley
Great Northern
C. B. Kenny
John Lynch
Stillwater
E. L. Hospes
A. T. Jenks
A. E. Edholm
George Munkel
Chandler
Pioneer
Ely
Soudan
Vermillion Range
Tower
Minnesota
Pittsburg Iron and Steel Company
North Cincinnati
Biwabie
Mesaba Range
Corrigan, McKinley & Co
Cleveland
Arm injury leads to amputation at corn husking machine
In Biscay PD Kennedy suffered an arm injury from a corn husking machine that required amputation. Other items note Hunt revival meetings opening at the Owatonna Methodist church crowded for four weeks with a trained chorus of seventy leading singing.
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PD. Kennedy
Biscay
Owatonna
John Shea
Shea & Deving
Minnesota
Ll. W. Murphy
Albert Lea
Iowa
August Koehne
Lamberton
Justice Brindt
New Ulm
Albert Winkelmann
Hartland
le Sueur County Court House
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Savings Bank of
Minneapolis
Government splits funds to six scouts and two widows
A government agent distributed 3000 dollars at Red Wood Falls among six Indian scouts and the widows of scouts who died. Details on the scheme and beneficiaries were noted as part of an official disbursement.
Fire at West Concord destroys barn and hay
L Spritter of near West Concord loses barn and a large quantity of hay and grain to a fire attributed to children carelessness. Loss reported at $1,500. William S Fraunberg, cashier for Mankato Candy and Cracker Co, dies suddenly of paralysis at age thirty four after moving from St. Joseph Missouri. Dan Milligan and Frank Upham seek to lease Spalding furniture in Duluth. asking price $600, lease expires June 1889. Sheba Chapter Order of the Eastern Star active.
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L. Spritter
West Concord
William S. Fraunberg
Briggs
Duluth
Spalding
Milligan
Upham
Sheba Chapter
Order of the Eastern
Receiver named for Snow Church offices in Minnesota
Judge Willis in St Paul district appoints John W Lane as receiver for the St Paul office of Snow Church company and W E Noxon as receiver for the Minneapolis branch. Nearby fires destroyed several downtown properties including the Western hotel and Quady building. A prisoner Curtis who pled guilty to attempted criminal assault in Anoka is jailed awaiting recapture. Biwabik suffers block destruction with multiple losses in dry goods and general merchandise. Dr Perry of Minneapolis charged with manslaughter is released on bail with bond set at $1000 signed by J A Fuller and Dr Von Beerg of Albert Lea.
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Willis
St. Paul
John W. Lane
Snow Church Company
W. E. Noxon
Minneapolis
Tire
Western
Quady
Murphy's
Birdsland
Patrick Welch
Curtis
Anoka
Smith
Biwabik
Virginia
M. H. Martin
Binabik Supply Company
Killo & Burnick
Perry
Albert Lea
J. A. Fuller
von Beerg
Native chief’s son dies. drowned near Vermilion bay
Dummie, son of Wakagezis, Chippewa chief on Vermilion reservation, found drowned near Whisky Island in Vermilion bay. Martin Beemer dies from alcoholism in Crookston, and William Beeck of Amboy commits suicide near Good Thunder. Fire destroys Quady building and Northwestern hotel with heavy losses. Pat Welch and C. Voss cited among insured and uninsured losses.
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Martin Beemer
Crookston
Dummie
Wakagezis
Vermilion Reservation
Vermilion Bay
Whisky Island
Martin Flom
Red Wing
Fred . Muzzy
Minneapolis
A. E. Moberg
Charles Kolbe
Arne
Benson
Wisconsin
Weld
Marshfield
Theodore Springborn
Quady
Northwestern
Murphy's
Bird Island
Pat Welch
Smugglers of Opium Believed Headed Bayfield Gang
Ashland officers escorted a special revenue team to Bayfield to probe opium smuggling from Canada. Investigators say smugglers used sailboats from Port Arthur and other North Shore ports to bring opium and whisky into Bayfield amid heavy duties. The Ashland tug returned with evidence but no arrests.
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Ashland
Wis
Special
Special Revenue
Bayfield
United States
Canada
Port Arthur
Death of Senator Charles H. Van Wyck at Portland Flats
Nebraska former United States Senator Charles H. Van Wyck died this afternoon in his Portland Flats apartments after apoplexy struck Monday. He had shown brief improvement on Wednesday morning but worsened at night. his death was momentarily expected. At his bedside were Mrs. Van Wyck, a daughter Miss Fannie, and his wife's brother Mr. Mark Broadhead.
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Washington, Special Tel
United States
Charles H. van Wyck
Nebraska
Portland Flats
van Wyck
Fannie
Mark Broadhead
Fire destroys Heyworth grain elevator and town businesses
A large fire at Heyworth Newfoundland today consumed J. L. Humphrey's grain elevator and electric light plant and felled about a dozen businesses on the town’s west side.
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Heyworth
J. L. Humphrey
Executions Reported in Ku Cheng Morning Gathering
Speciale-Acorres reports from Foo Chow describe executions at Ku Cheng on the morning of the 17th air. Several murderers were executed at the south gate with only one head severed at the first blow. The Tao Tai announced a viceroy authorized the executions, and 16 more criminals were added for later action.
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Vancouver
B. C
Foo Chow
Ku Cheng
Newell
W. Bannister
Tao Tai
Barr Acts as Governor While Officials Are Away
State Senator and president pro tempore George T. Barr of Mankato served as acting governor for two days while the governor and lieutenant governor attended the Milwaukee Beer City event. The official governor remained in office despite being out of state, so Barr did not officially vacate the chair.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Beer City
George T. Barr
Mankato
Senate
Congo State Declares Capt Lothaire Had No Americans
Brussels dispatch states Capt Lothaire accused in the Stokes case never commanded Americans. The tale of an American overseer bound to a tree and slain by sword is described as absurd by Congo authorities.
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Brussels
Congo
Capt
Lothaire
Stokes
Thomas Bradley
Holmes on Trial as Attorneys Withdraw Under Threats
In Philadelphia on October 30 Holmes faces the murder trial of Benjamin Dietzel. District Attorney George Graham prosecutes with T W Barlow. Holmes seeks new counsel after Shoemaker and Rotan resign citing improper conduct and threats of disbarment. Holmes then offers to question jurors himself and declares self defense.
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Philadelphia
H. H. Holmes
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Benjamin F. Dietzel
Commonwealth
George 8. Graham
T. W. Barlow
William A. Shoemaker
Samuel P. Rotan
Michael Arnold
Holmes
Mr. Shoemaker
Mr. Graham
Shoemaker
Vietzel
Mr. Rotan
Arnold
Graham
Rotan
Holmes Seeks Letter to Her in Court Dispute
In a crowded tribunal, Holmes pleads to write to the woman and have a court officer deliver the note. He accuses the district attorney of intercepting his letters. the judge orders the letter sent and promises only the woman will see it. The DA vows to bring her to court next morning.
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Holmes
Avery
Mr. Turner
Frederick Slump
Graham
Messrs
Rotan and Shoemaker
Moon
Arnold
Stuckey in Iowa Trace Fails to Track Cash Heist
Duluth detective Jenson traced embezzling cashier Stuckey from Turtle Lake to Davenport Iowa then onward to Missouri but the trail went cold. The State Bank of Duluth kept a separate account of all moneys for potential restitution and avoided indictments after learning the bank was insolvent.
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Davenport
Duluth
Minn
Stuckey
State Bank of
Jenson
Turtle Lake
Iowa
Missouri
Burmeister Murder Mystery Stuns Towner North Dakota
Citizens in Towner North Dakota mourn a brutal homicide of children. Police have no clues on the killers as investigators note a burned sod shanty and two charred bodies, with kerosene and fire evidence pointing away from the stove.
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North Dakota
Towner
N. D
Burmeister
Hunter shoots at hunter after warning on Hollemeier farm
Beaver Dam Wisconsin reports a hunting party confronted by Anton Hollemeier who ordered them off his land. Dr Frank Mirlach fired after being challenged and was shot, though the bullet lodged along the back. Dr W Voorus later removed fifty three shot fragments from the wound.
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Beaver Dam
Wis
Anton Hollemeier
Hollemeier
Frank Mirlach
W. Voorus
Divorce case renews interest in Amelie Rives Chanler
New York Oct 28 The recent divorce of Amelie Rives from John Armstrong Chanler has revived public interest in the novelist once regarded as one of the era’s brightest literary figures.
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New York
Amelie Rives
John Armstrong Chantler
ISSX
Amelia Rives and Courtship of the Dead Hero
The 1886 Lippincott's Magazine featured The Quick or the Dead by Amelia Rives born 1863 into a Virginia family. Mr Chanler, great grandson of John Jacob Astor, is famed as the hero of the work. Rives plans to resume writing, joined by prominent literary and social circles.
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United States
Lippencott
Amelia Rives
Virginia
Mr. Chanler
John Jacob Astor
Amelie Rives
Butte Knife Attack Fatally Wounds St Paul Youth
Thomas Lynch of St Paul, 19, a pantry boy at the Butte hotel, was stabbed by 30-year-old David Mansfield, a waiter. The weapon entered the abdomen, crossing to the liver and stomach, as Lynch fled to a doctor. Lynch died soon after. Mansfield was arrested while attempting to flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lynch
St. Paul
Butte
Mont
Butte Hotel
David Mansfield
Mansfield
Lynch
Beaver Block
Granite Street
Main
Murray & Freund's Hospital
St Paul
Grain and livestock quotes from Chicago Minneapolis Milwaukee and St Paul
Market notes show futures and cash prices across grains hogs cattle and fats at major markets. Wheat corn oats rice lard ribs and hogs range with declines in hogs and steadier cattle in Chicago and Minneapolis while Milwaukee reports firm flour and softer corn and oats. St Paul notes hogs down slightly with steady cattle and fair demand.
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Chicago
Marget
Saltle
Texas
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Alleged Plot to Manufacture Evidence in Lamont Williams Case
A San Francisco letter from George Reynolds claims he and five others were hired by Theodore Durrant’s defense to fabricate testimony to convict Rev. J George Gibson in the Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams murders. The letter, with a related type written statement, alleges the conspirators would swear parts of a combined tale. Police investigate but do not confirm the hoax ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
George Reynolds
Bay
Theodore Durrant
Blanche Lamont
Minnie Williams
J. George Gibson
Emanuel Church
Gibson
Reynolds
Amick Treatment Linked to Big Life Insurance Risks
Reports from Cincinnati say the Amick Chemical Co is accepting life insurance on consumptives for $300,000, paying premiums and presenting policies to patients. The company claims extensive consumption statistics and that risks are favorable if patients follow the Amick treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Amick Chemical Co
Explorers Identify Fire Source in Olympic Mountains
Port Townsend reports a party returning from the Olympic mountains after an unsuccessful search for volcanic fires. They found smoke and flames rising from a ravine filled with dead timber and ignited lignite coal, with fire burning upward along the coal vein as boulders and earth shifted. Flames subsided but smoke persisted as the group concluded the fires were caused by the ravine fire rather than volcanic activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Townsend
Wash
Olympic Mountains
First Range
Rockefeller Holds Major Wisconsin Central Stakes
In Milwaukee on Oct 30 reports confirm John D. Rockefeller shows active interest in the Wisconsin Central Railroad reorganization and is believed to own between 5 million and 8.5 million dollars in the company’s securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Milwaukee
John D. Rockefeller
Wisconsin Central Railroad Company
Rockefeller's New Move In Wisconsin Central Reorganization
Milwaukee reports John D. Rockefeller, Standard Oil magnate, backing a reorganization plan for the Wisconsin Central lines to gain control. He would finance repairs to make the line competitive for through traffic between St. Paul and Chicago and for eastern routes, leveraging Mesaba range properties and a West Superior extension to ship ore and finished products globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Wisconsin Central Lines
St. Paul
Chicago
Rockefeller
Central
Mesaba Range
Range
West Superior
the Central
Lake Michigan
Supreme Court to recess Friday until November 11
Chief Justice Fuller announced today that the Supreme Court would take a recess beginning Friday and return on Monday November 11. The notice outlines a short adjournment affecting all sessions and filings during that period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuller
Frnday
Supreme Court
Smugered Out of an Asylum in Milwaukee
Miss Catherine Ellsworth daughter of Isaac Ellsworth a Milwaukee merchant escaped from the Insane asylum with help from Mrs Evelyn Farewell. Ellsworth had been confined for several months after forging checks in Chicago and her case was dismissed on her father’s promise to care for her. They fled by train to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Catherine Ellsworth
Isaac Ellsworth
Evelyn Farewell
Miss Ellsworth
Chicago
Baraboo Man On Trial for 1864 Luckins Murder
In Baraboo Wisconsin the circuit court opened the criminal calendar with Hiram Prouty charged with the 1864 murder of August Luckins. Luckins escaped from a county insane asylum and was shot by Prouty near Bear Creek after allegedly approaching his farm. Prouty pleads insanity as the trial proceeds with 20 jurors to be seated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraboo
Wis
Hiram Prouty
August Luckins
Luckins
Sauk
Prouty
Wealthy Iowa physician held on manslaughter charge
Ottumwa Iowa October 20 Dr J R Wilkinson one of the region’s wealthiest physicians was held to the grand jury on a manslaughter charge based on criminal malpractice by a coroner jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Iowa
J. R. Wilkinson
Southeastern Iowa
Desperate Street Duel Ends in Tragedy in Houston
In Houston Texas Southern Pacific brakeman Sidney Lane confronted conductor C H Neville with a pistol. Neville opened fire and Lane returned fire as they exchanged five shots each. Neville died within an hour after being hit three times while Lane was wounded twice and expected to die before morning. They fought with pistols in a brutal clash after Neville refused Lane to run his train for disobeying orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilouston
Tex
Sidney Lane
Southern Pacific
C. H. Neville
Lane
Neville
State population rises on official figures
Official population figures show an increase for the state, detailing higher totals across major regions and referencing updated census data. Authorities emphasize growth in urban centers and surrounding counties, with projections suggesting continued expansion in the next survey cycle.
NOT CHOLEMA But Lena Trouble Is What Is Said to All in Those Hous
Winnebago City Minnesota October 27 The swine disease spreading through the county has reached nearby herds. About thirty hogs died on Hon HL Wildley's farm and others show signs of illness. Farmers blame lung disease from dust and feeding on the ground, hoping cold weather will curb the plague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena
Hl. W.ildley
Huntley
W. A. Miller
St Paul Carrier Chief In Private Detective Probe
Capt George W Hardacre superintendent of St Pauls free delivery system faced trouble after aiding St Paul Street Railway in quietly gathering information on jurors drawn for petit jury likely to serve in street railway damage cases. Attorneys alerted Postmaster Castle and information was destroyed. legal department not involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
George W. Hardacre
Pope to create new cardinals including Satolli
Rome dispatch reports at the consistory in November the pope will elevate as cardinals the papal nuncios at Paris Vienna Lisbon and Madrid the archbishop of Ancona and Mgr Satolli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rome
The
Chronicle
Paris
Vienna
Lisbon
Madrid
Arche
Ancona
Mgr
Satolli
Free Thinkers Meet Opens in New York
The national congress of free thinkers opened in Hardman hall with representatives from every city and state in the Union and Canada. Jessie Fairbanks, who shot and blinded Isaac Cochrane in March, was discharged from custody by Judge Allison in general sessions. The court cited epileptic fits and alleged unsound mind, noting Cochrane’s father was a wealthy Newburg resident and that a jury found her mentally unfit in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Thinkers
New York
National Congress of Free Thinkers
Union
Canada
Hardman Hall
Jessie Fairebanks
Isaac Cochrane
Allison
Cochrane
Newburg
N. Y
Lieutenant resigns over hazing at Wisconsin university
In Madison Wisconsin Lieutenant Chynoweth resigns his post in charge of the university military department following student hazing incidents. He also recommends abolishing the department. Regent Stevens hopes he will withdraw the resignation and deems the move hasty, especially the recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
State University
Lieut
Chynoweth Als
War Department
Stevens
Chynoweth
Doctor’s anesthesia death shocks Hartland audience
News from Wartland reports a boy died after a traveling concert company doctor used chloroform during an operation. The incident occurred last night in Hartland, 14 miles from Wartland, drawing sheriff and coroner teams to the scene. The company had visited the area a week earlier with the same doctor claiming a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lea
Minn
Hartland
Wartland
Corbett to Leave Hot Springs for New York Retract Pugilism
Brady reports Corbett and party depart Hot Springs for New York on the 3 oclock train tomorrow. Corbett will declare retirement from boxing to the world.
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