Incendiary Gang Busted by St Paul Detectives
St Paul detectives Mason Barnes Ham Floyd and Ben Finchel exposed and captured an organized gang that for over a year set fires to houses and stores to collect insurance. Moritz Michael admitted burning five homes on the insurance plan and confessed prior Chicago fires under the alias John Myers.
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St. Paul
Mason and Barnes
Ham Floyd
Ben Finchelete
Incendi Agate
J. Quincy Hass
Moritz Michael
Floyd
Michael
Chicago
John Myers
Government's Side in McKinley Tariff Case Concluded
Argument over constitutionality of the McKinley tariff act closed in the U S supreme court. Marshall Field & Co. argued the appellants case while Solicitor General Taft and Attorney General Miller defended the government. Officials contended the enrolled act stood prima facie valid and that vesting power lay with existing law, not requiring other records. They asserted that omissions and separable provisions did not invalidate the bill and that the reciprocity and bounty clauses were constitutional as directed by existing law.
Wreck of Field Lindley Weichers Co Leaves $3 Million Liabilities
In New York, liabilities of Field Lindley Weichers and Co are estimated at 3 million dollars with only 2525 dollars in assets found. Edward M Field is missing, warrants issued, and his father Cyrus W Field is critically ill. Police monitor the family home as officials seek the absent banker.
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New York
Field, Lindley, Weichers & Co
Edward M. Field
Cyrus W. Field
Napoleon
Wall Street
Ohio Seeks Indiana Territory Boundary Revision
Professor T C Mendenhall reports the Indiana Ohio boundary is one mile east at the northern point, extending to the south, which would grant Ohio nearly 100 square miles of Indiana land. A Columbus dispatch notes the 1717 survey was found, likely settling the dispute.
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Ohio
Indiana Territory
IxpianaPolis
T. C. Mendenhall
United States Geodetic and Coast Survey
Chase
Mendenhall
Indiana
Columbus Dispatch
State House
Judge Porter Grants Injunction in Murdoch Kerr Case
Judge Porter issued an injunction against twenty striking printers in Murdoch Kerr & Co v strike action. The order bars gathering near plaintiffs premises following non-union workers or troubling them, effective after a $2,000 bond is filed.
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Pittsfore
Porter
Murdoch, Kerr & Co
Great Northern notices reach Grand Forks on evictions
Agents of the Great Northern railroad serve eviction notices on owners of odd numbered sections within the 20 mile indemnity land grant limit. Farmers must vacate by December 15. The company claims the valley lands are theirs, while settlers pre 1877 contest the title. A meeting of property holders is set for December 12. Attorneys say the railway has no claim to lands patented before 1877.
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Grand Forks
N. OD
Great Northern Railroad
Red River Valley
Flaugish Syndicates After Condensed Milk Examr
Arrangements are said to be complete for an English syndicate to acquire five milk condensing factories in Carnt ersville Illinois Brewster Walling and Walden New York from the Borden and Millbank families. Last year’s net revenue reportedly over 750000, implying a purchase price between 12 and 14.9 million dollars. Borden heirs in New York California are in New York for the deal.
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Ills
Carntersville
Brewster
Wacenle
Walden
N. Y
Borden
Millbank
California
New York
Poor Old Horse at 33 Is Euthanized by Doctor in Wooster
In Wooster Ohio on December 2 a local report notes Dr J H Ruggles of Caeston rehoused a horse 29 years old then aged 4 in his care for 28 years of service in his practice. The aged animal on the doctor's farm was killed last Saturday due to not having teeth to chew food.
Miner dies after powder experiment explodes pipe
Clarksburg West Virginia December 2 1900 O D Matheny of Mineral Springs attempted to pour powder from a bottle into a lighted pipe to test the effect. The bottle exploded burning his face and eyes and it was feared he would lose his sight.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
O. D Matheny
Mineral Springs
Fruit tree agent vanished after fraud in Cridersville
Daniel Brower, a Snyder Bros. agent from Cridersville, solicited orders for fruit trees, collected about $390 commission, and vanished. Delivery revealed buyers' names were fictitious, many dead. Brower was indicted. Sheriff Neill found him in Indianapolis and arrested him.
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la. O
Daniel Brower
Snyder Bros
Cridersville
Gran Ra
Brower
Neill
Indianapolis
Amg
Death toll rises from Saturday wreck reaches nine
Torpo reports nine dead after Saturday disaster as Mrs. Nelson dies yesterday. Coroner closes inquiry into the Flint and Pere Marquette wreck crew, including Conductor Hunter and Brakeman Hall, finding no new facts beyond the engineer and fireman. Conductor Hall of the Lake Shore line testified reluctantly saying his tail lights burned and he did not see the other train until impact.
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Torpo
Nelson
Hunter
Hall
Flint
Pere Marquette
Lake Shore
Sinking fund totals and general fund deposits reported
Harrisburg December 2 The sinking fund commissioners report cash at close of business Monday 1 259 152 75 in the sinking fund. Treasurer Boyer says the general fund holds 5 720 721 80 across 22 banks. Sinking fund spread across 28 banks, all bonded. End of October 2 750 537 75. end of November 1 259 132 75, about 1 500 000 spent on bonds under Boyer’s management.
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Harrisburg
Sinking Fund
Boyer
Cnly
Wheat glut in Gaylord and western Kansas towns
It is estimated that 80,000 bushels of wheat are stored in elevators and vacant buildings in Gaylord Kansas with no cars available to haul it away. Buyers refuse grain for lack of storage space, a condition mirrored in several other Western Kansas towns.
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Atchison, Kas
Gaylord
Kas
Kansas
Conductor Thomas C. Lewis Dies in Jersey City
Thomas C. Lewis of Easton Pennsylvania a Lehigh Valley railroad conductor was found dead in an Academy Music Building areaway Jersey City. Investigators believe he either fell from the roof or dropped from a height of about 70 feet.
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New York
Thomas C. Lewis
Easton
Jersey City
Academy Music
Turner & Hoyt Firm Faces Nearly $40,000 Judgments
Judgments totaling almost forty thousand dollars were entered yesterday against the dry goods firm Turner & Hoyt of Panapevconia. Ephraim Turner, a partner, has ties to the Spring Garden National Bank, which was closed earlier due to its dire financial state.
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Panapevconia
Turner & Hoyt
Ephriam Turner
Spring Garden National Bank
Legislator on Trial for Murder in Stillwater
Ira M. Telfer, a member of the Oklahoma legislature, is on trial in Stillwater for the murder of George Embree alleged to have resulted from Embree’s testimony in a land suit. A venue change moved the case from its original location and the jury selection occupied most of last week.
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O. T
Ira M. Telfer
Oklahoma
George Embree
Still Water
Major George W. McKee Dies at Frankfort Arsenal
Major George W. McKee, born in Kentucky in 1842, died of heart disease at Frankfort arsenal on Monday. He served since the Civil War era and had led the arsenal for about ten months.
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Philadelphia
George W. McKee
Frankfort Arsenal
Kentucky
Trial of Pat Elliott Postponed to January Term
The Pat Elliott murder trial of A. C. Caborn has been postponed to the January term and will begin January 4.
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Pat Elliott
A. C. Caborn
Daring Train Robbery Near St Louis by Masked Bandits
Five were involved in a bold St Louis and San Francisco robbery near Glendale as three men boarded passenger No. 8 and forced the engineer and fireman from the cab. Dynamite blasted the express car open and robbers rifled the Adams Express safe and overturned mail bags, taking about 20 000 to 50 000 dollars while a guard Messenger Mulroonen fought back. A large posse hunts the outlaws as tracks and clues surface along a wagon road near the scene.
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San Francisco
Old Orchard
Glendale
Adams Express Company
Mulronen
Nen
Mulrenen
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Damsell
Higgins
Express
Laporte Woman Volunteers for Skin Graft Operation
Ernest Schimtz of Laporte Ind has burns and will undergo skin grafting to repair his injuries. The Laporte Charity circle has volunteered to provide epidermis for the grafts, and operations will begin soon if the volunteers fulfill their commitments.
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Laporte
Ind
Ernest Schimtz
Laporte Charity Circle
Scarlet Fever Closes Cedarville Schools
Scarlet fever sweeps Cedarville Greene county prompting council order to close all schools and keep children off streets and commons in Dayton Ohio region.
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Dayton
Cedarville
Greene County
Findlay Clothing Co. Closes on Sheriff Attachments
The Young America Clothing Company establishment in Findlay has been shut by the sheriff on attachments totaling 000. Creditors likely include New York and Chicago interests as details follow.
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Findlay Clothing Company
Fixplay
Young America Clothing Company
New York
Chicago
Higbee Memorials Honor Late Pennsylvania Educator
The Higbee memorial committee has placed a fine bronze bust of the late Pennsylvania superintendent of education in the Department of Public Instruction. Modeled by Henry Manger of Roxborough and cast by the Bureau Brothers of Philadelphia, it is valued at $600. The memorial also includes a 10,000 copy memorial volume, a life size portrait in Harrisburg, 12,000 copies distributed, and a memorial stone at Mountain View Cemetery in Emmitsburg Maryland dedicated October 31 with services.
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State Teachers’ Association
Dr. Higbee
Department of Public Instruction
Henry Manger
Roxborough
Bureau Brothers
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Mountain View Cemetery
Emmitsburg
Runaway locomotive and tiger train collide in Switzerland
An engineer fired after dismissal slammed a locomotive throttle and sped toward a passenger train loaded with tigers. The two engines crashed with wreckage widespread. the passenger crew perished and several passengers were killed or gravely injured.
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Berne
Aargau
Waldshut
Youngstown Woman Reappears After Nose Operation
Miss Carrie Wells of Youngstown, once dismissed from New Britain State Normal School for her looks, underwent a successful nose operation by a local surgeon. The former student, now teaching kindergarten, returns to instructing children of many wealthy citizens, prompting nationwide press comment on her dismissal.
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Carrie Wells
Connecticut State Board of Education
State Normal School
New Britain
Carroll
Hera. Ries Wells
Ocean
Oldest man claimster Isaiah Carpenter of Preston County
In Clarkserra West Virginia on December 2 a man named Isaiah Carpenter appeared claiming to be born in 1742 in London county Virginia. If true he would be 150 next birthday. He says he drove a team in Braddocks army and knew General Washington. His son died about 15 years ago and his daughter in Maine is 80.
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W. Va
Preston County
Isaiah Carpenter
London County
Virginia
Braddock
General Washington
Carpenter
Maine
Convict Confesses to Multiple 1880s Murders in Illinois
George C. Bullock, serving five years in the Nebraska penitentiary for burglary, admits in a confession dated December 2 that in August 1886 he killed two policemen in Geneva Illinois, later killed a palo barn north of the town, and in 1889 murdered a widow in the same area. He faces release in September 1893 but says the murders haunted him and he chose to confess.
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Lixcoty
Neb
George C. Bullock
Coal famine threatens Northern Indiana counties
VaLparaiso Indiana December 2 Northern Indiana faces a coal famine causing suffering. Farmers and villagers burn corncobs for fuel as coal supplies along the Louisville New Albany and Chicago line are exhausted and priced at high rates.
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VaLparaiso
Ind
Indiana
Louisville, New Albany
Chicago
Peculiar throat illness spreads in Johnstown area
Doctors report a new throat disease in Johnstown that causes painful symptoms and follicle growth over the throat membrane. Several grip cases are noted, with experts suggesting this may be another manifestation of influenza.
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Johnstown
Identification of King Ties Him to Beals Kidnap Case
Kansas City dec 2 identification of King as a kidnapper was confirmed when the messenger boy who delivered the note to Mr Beals identified King at Independence jail. The boy will testify at the preliminary examination.
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Kansas City
King
Beals
Strike Delay Possible on Southern Pacific System
Houston reports indicate a strike delay as workers seek higher wages on the Southern Pacific. multiple conferences with railroad officials have not produced an agreement.
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Houston
Tex
Southern Pacific
Butler's Illness Seen as Very Serious in Boston Dispatch
A Boston dispatch reports General Benjamin F. Butler gravely ill with serious doubts about recovery among informed observers. The alert comes as illness tightens around the veteran Union officer.
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New York
Boston
Benj. F. Butler
Croatian laborers arrive for Pennsylvania and Ohio mines
Thirteen Croatian laborers arrived on the Rhineland on Saturday under contract to work in the mines of Pennsylvania and Ohio and have been returned by the same steamer.
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New York
Rhineland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Encampment Plans For Grand Army Of Republic In Washington
At a citizens executive committee meeting in Washington on December 2 1891 reports show ample arrangements for attending old soldiers at the 1892 encampment. The guarantee fund is rapidly subscribing and a reception will be held in the pension office court instead of a banquet. Regular headquarters are set in the Atlantic building with Secretary Noble promising use of the space.
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Citizens’ Executive Committee
Grand Army of the Republic
Pension Office
Noble
Atlantic Building
Concessions from Ballot-Box Makers
Harrisburg December 2. The commission will reexamine polling booth and ballot-box designs under the Baker ballot bill. Several out of state manufacturers offer to move manufacturing of the furniture to Pennsylvania if awarded the contract.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Judge Nash Declines Brice Investigation Assignment
Cincinnati December 2 Judge G K Nash, asked by the Republican state central committee to investigate charges of non residence against Senator Brice and report findings, has refused the task pleading lack of time.
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Cincinnati
G. K. Nash
Republican State Central Committee
Brice
Morrison Becomes State Treasury Cashier in Harrisburg
Captain John W. Morrison, recently elected state treasurer, yesterday assumed the role of cashier of the state treasury in Harrisburg. The transition follows his political approval and marks a formal handover of duties in the capital.
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John W. Morrison
State Treasury
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