Indorsed Notes Sink Governor McKinley Friend Walker
Robert L. Walker banker's collapse shocks Youngstown. He assigned to attorney Hal K. Taylor for creditors. Gov. McKinley stood as indorser on notes worth about 875,000. McKinley vows to pay every dollar. family finances strained. Walker ill but promises full statement.
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Kansans Jubilant After Court Sides With Republican House
In Topeka and surrounding towns Judge Z T Hazen grants a permanent injunction preventing the state treasurer from paying warrants under the populist backed appropriation bill. Gov Lewelling says the populist house yields no ground and harmony now prevails. militia costs are estimated between 10 000 and 12 000 dollars with 2 000 provisional troops mobilized statewide.
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Telephonic Link Opens Between Chicago and Detroit
Detroit gains direct telephonic contact with Chicago as Long Distance Telephone Co completes a 550 mile line. Wires run 15 750 poles with forty nine poles per mile, connecting South Bend Maumee Toledo and Monroe to Detroit. Line reportedly works admirably with clear reception.
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Haiulani Appeals to American People for Hawaii Throne
Princess Haiulani of Hawaii appeals to the American public from Lexpox via an English-educated exile address. She says Mr Thurston seeks to remove her flag and throne, questions the lack of official notice, and states she will travel to Washington to plead her case for her native country and position.
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Earthquakes At Yellowstone Prompt Widespread Snowbound Reports
Dr. Charles N Plummer reports recent Yellowstone Park earthquakes with a major eruption near Norris geyser basin a collapsed main road and deep snow in remote areas Mammoth Hot Springs shows seven feet of snow and the geyser at the crater remains active Meanwhile in Wisconsin Democratic leaders discuss Gresham’s circuit bench successor with Senators Vilas Mitchell backing Judge Jenkins and W G Ewing as a potential indorsement
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Fire at Peking Blamed on Shanghai Blaze
A Yokohama report cites a native paper claiming January 7 fire at Peking destroyed 10 000 houses with many deaths, possibly tied to a Shanghai fire that day which damaged factories and some homes but caused no fatalities.
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Morton Chosen as Secretary of Agriculture for Cleveland
Nebraskan J Sterling Morton accepts the role after being urged by President-elect Cleveland. Morton a longtime Nebraska Democrat with territorial service and earlier gubernatorial talks, travels through a snowstorm to the president elects cottage for the interview and acceptance. Col Daniel Lamont discussed the post with Cleveland. The navy and attorney generalship remain to be filled.
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Peacemaker Killed in Council Bluffs Barroom Quarrel
Adolph Burmeister shot and killed John N. Davidson at 2 pm Friday in the old Transient house saloon. Davidson and a companion intervened in a quarrel between Burmeister and his brother. Burmeister fired a bullet through Davidson’s heart, then fled or was arrested.
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Toledo in danger as Maumee dammed by ice gorge
Toledo is threatened with a serious flood as the Maumee River above a newly formed ice gorge runs about 10 feet deep. Trees on islands are half submerged and freight has been moved from depots on low ground while merchants shift goods to cellars on higher ground. If the gorge breaks, a flood could follow and preparations are under way.
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Collision Kills Three In Express Crash Near Bath Station
A east bound Atlantic express and west bound Utah express on the Colorado Midland railroad collided near Bath Station twenty miles from Leadville at 8 am. Three men were instantly killed Engineer McCammon Fireman McIntyre and Brakeman Bowersack. Several passengers were seriously injured.
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Col G W Kendall Suicide Shocks Chicago Resident
Col G W Kendall a well known Chicagoan and former general western manager of the Equitable Trust company of New York shot himself in his Wellington hotel room in Curia co. He had recently resigned to enter real estate and left a son and daughter at Argos Tad. Kendall was about 55 and friends cite possible sciatica pain as a trigger.
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Multiple State Bills Hit Michigan Senate Agenda
Michigan senate identifies key reforms including a general tax law a Sunday barbers closing law a ban on “and company” signs a uniform interest rate and a raise for state education land and secretary of state officers plus lieutenant governor. House handles Wayne county election cases and local option law debates.
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Train collision near Hartzell shocks Colorado Midland
A disastrous crash on the Colorado Midland road near Hartzell involving fast passenger trains leaves three dead and many injured, with the toll possibly rising as rescue efforts continue.
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Colorado Midland
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O'Donnell Acquitted in Homestead Riot Trial
Jury returns not guilty verdict for Hugh O'Donnell after a long Homestead case. He embraces his wife and niece in court as supporters cheer. Trial focused on treason riot and conspiracy charges tied to the July 6 Homestead riot and Pinkerton deaths.
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Pension Bill Sets Historic $166 400 000 House Action
The House passed a pension bill appropriating 166 400 000 for next year’s payments, the largest ever for pensions and the largest appropriation in Congress. Amendments proposed, including bureau transfer to the War Department, were voted down. The post office bill received debate but no final action.
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Weather Check Impacts West and South Trade
Weather and bad roads disrupt business across sections of the west and south. Groceries and grains ease while prints, leather, hides, lard, sugar, pine lumber, rubber goods, and steel rise. Four deaths linked to Cedar mine disaster reported near Agra Iowa, while government mourning for ex president Slayes ends after thirty days.
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Foerstel Indicted in Embezzlement Probe
St. Louis reporting that a grand jury returned seven indictments against ex City Treasurer Michael Foerstel for embezzling city funds. The total shortage cited is 64 000 dollars.
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Architect Bell's Successor Named for Federal Buildings
Washington February 20 George Q C Garnsey of Chicago is appointed superintendent of federal buildings in Chicago including the United States building at the world fair to succeed M E Bell who has resigned. Gallena Illinois February 20 Mrs M O Riley wife of a prominent capitalist killed herself Friday morning in her bedroom domestic unhappiness caused the deed. Waucoma Iowa February 20 the four year old child of Philip Bouska of Protivin Howerd county fell into a tub of boiling water and died from fatal scalding.
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Philip Bouska
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Death of Mrs F W Palmer
Washington report states Mrs F W Palmer died Friday evening after a weeklong paralysis. She was the wife of the public printer and her death follows a brief illness.
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Noted crimes and deaths across several states and nations
Gold said to be found on Newton H Huston farm in Calhoun county Michigan. Wallace Duncan jailed in Houston Texas for forging a friend's name on checks totaling $1000. M L Vandegrift, 65, dies at Wabash depot Chillicothe Iowa. Milton Ferguson, 14, Galena Illinois, jailed for horse theft. Jesse Weston jailed at Peoria Illinois for mail robbery at Smithfield Fulton county. Ex congressman Barksdale Mississippi dies at Yazoo county plantation. George Grier, builder of first log house in eastern Auglaize county Ohio, found dead at 90. Rear Admiral August Ludlow Case dies in Washington. Severe hurricane hits Nofou island Samoan group destroying thousands of trees and Wesleyan church. Mrs J East of Stanhope Iowa sues Dr E L Johnson for permanent support alleging liquor sale caused husband to become a drunkard.
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Auglaize County
Twenty Seven Dead In Impensada Lead Mine Gas Disaster
Maparco and Cartagena area report a deadly gas incident at the Impensada lead mines near Almazarron. Noxious fumes overwhelmed workers causing twenty seven fatalities. nearby mines are being inspected for safety lapses. Concurrent Spencer fire devastates water works tank near the opera house, causing $10,000 damage with no injuries.
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Snow Storm Wallops New York Area With Heavy Snow
Snow totaled 17 inches by 8 am in New York and surrounding areas since Friday afternoon. It is the heaviest snowfall since 1888, hindering travel as deep drifts clog streets across the city and environs.
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Markets and prices steady across grain and livestock
Chicago notes a quiet, steady market with spring wheat patents 3.75 to 4.10, rye 2.25 to 3.00, and winter wheat patents 3.80 to 4.00. Cash No 2 wheat 73.5 to 74.5 cents, corn weak, oats dull, rye softer, barley steady, pork and beef firm, lard easing. butter and oils mixed. Toledo and Cleveland follow with lower to steady quotes on wheat, oats, rye, and petroleum related products.
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Catytle Market Reports Quiet Prices Rise Mildly
The cattle market showed a quiet tone with prices about 10 cents higher. Quotations listed for steers and heifers covered ranges from choice to common grades, with cattle classes including stockers, feeders, cows, bulls, and veal calves. Sheep and hog market activity remained slow and weak with limited sale evidence and scattered price notes.
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Piga
Engineer Holds Fast After Red Light Near Track
An old railroad man recalls a near disaster on the Indianapolis division of the Pennsylvania lines. Fast mail train No. 7, led by Charley Mann, faced a red light from a lone signaling agent. The engineer stayed aboard and slowed the train, avoiding a fatal collision as the agent fled in terror.
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Mirrors in Life and Self Improvement Reflections
A reflective essay extols mirrors as tools to enlarge rooms, enhance light, and reveal pleasing scenes while cautioning against glare. It shares anecdotes of learning temper from a child's mirror moment and notes mirrors aid education and self discipline in France, urging placement as faithful home friends.
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Abe Lincoln Poetry Unearthed From Boyhood Tale
Y J McMinn of San Antonio recounts a Globe Democrat report of Abe Lincoln writing a doggerel verse at 19 about a Sangamon River rise. A friend named Cabaniss recalls Lincoln’s boat ride and a verse about Illinois suckers ashore, preserved by the family.
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