Record of Seabird 1898 Trade Gains and Mormon Faith Debate
The 1898 year marks peak U S financial and industrial growth with exports at 1 259 001 910 and a 117 000 000 excess over imports. Mormon Church leader Lorenzo Snow denies polygamy claims amid Utah election coverage. Mexico's Ambassador Romero dies in Washington at age 62. viewed as a prominent statesman with a long diplomatic career.
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R. G. Dun
Weekly Review of Trade
United States
Europe
New York
Salt Lake
B. H. Roberts
Congress
Presbyterian Board of Missions
Lorenzo Snow
Mormon Church
Utah
Roberts
Senor Romero
Ambassador Romero
Mexico
Washington
Oixaca
Ile
Cattle for Cuba Excursion Planned by Texas Cattlemen
A Houston telegram reports 120000 head of cattle fed for market along the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe line. Most cattle are headed to Cuba. An excursion of Texas cattlemen to Havana is arranged after Galveston meeting with over twenty names already booked.
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Cuba
Houston
Texas
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
Havana
Galveston
Two Children Cremated in Maple Grove Fire
News from Manistee Michigan reports Bruce and Alice Milks, children of Tile Milks, died in a house fire in Maple Grove Township. The father left them alone briefly and upon return found the house ablaze with efforts to enter failing. only small charred remains were recovered.
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Manistee
Mich
Bruce
Alice Milks
Tileman Milks
Maple Grove Township
Hog Cholera Epidemic Report From Toledo Inspectors
Toledo meat inspector Schultz and Deputy State Inspector Beverstock surveyed farmers yards for hog cholera and found dead cholera hogs prepared for market. Quarantine will be established as whole herds of hogs were found dead in fields during inspections.
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Toledo
Schultz
Beverstock
Ohio
State Food and Dairy Commission
Schurtz
Blackburn
Nicaraguan Canal routes debated by Admiral Walker
Admiral Walker reports a preliminary study on the proposed Nicaraguan Canal with unanimous declination of the Lall low level route and a cost estimate of about 123000 dollars for eastward travel. General Haines of the army engineers disputes the cost, predicting a 20 percent higher figure.
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Admiral Walker
Haines
Confesses He Fired A Store In Urbana Burglary Case
Alfred S Terrell, arrested in Springfield Ohio on a Urbana police charge, confesses to setting Poorman's store blaze and stealing goods worth 82000. He says he piled boxes to start the fire and returned when alarms sounded. He also admits robbing Beckwith's store the same night and hiding plunder at a relative's house.
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Alfred S. Terrell
Springfield
Ohio
Alfred S.terrell
Reifensnider
Marshal Tappy
Urbana
Poorman
Sto Paris
Terrell
Beckwith
Cleveland Man Found Dead in Suspected Robbery Kill
Police in Cleveland Ohio report James Chittock an elderly battery mine operator was found dead in his room with three bruise marks on the head. The door was broken open and only a watch and five dollars were found. Coroner regards the death as a possible robbery murder.
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Cleveland
Ohio
James Chittock
Chittock
Remarkable Showing in Trade and Exports in December
R G Dun reports a year of unprecedented business with December showing a 26 percent export rise in three weeks, 9 percent higher imports, and a possible 70 million dollar export excess. Clothing payments up, wool sales high, and widespread buyer activity across manufacturers, though prices remain flat.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Veviow of Trade
The
Stock Exchange
United States
Canada
Street Duel in Harrison Ends in Fatal Wounding
In Harrison Arkansas Prank Pace ex prosecuting attorney and his brother Henry dueled with M L Aderholtz a prominent stock man. Aderholtz was mortally wounded in the street fight tied to a recent incident where Captain Pace was sharply shot and a bystander killed by a stray bullet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Harrison, Ark
Pace
Henry
M. L. Aderholtz
Aderholtz
Captain Pace
Watson and Spreckels Seek World Tour for Carlisle Claim
Thomas J. Watson and his wife Emma Spreckels plan an extended world tour. Their chief aim is acquiring property valued at £9,000,000. Watson claims papers show him entitled to about half of Carlisle, England.
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Thomas J. Watson
Emma Spreckels
Mr. Watson
Carlisle
England
Blow from a Cub is Fatal at Ohio Meeting
Edward Earwood a farmer near Yellowtown Ohio was killed after threats at a country schoolhouse literary gathering. He was struck above the left ear with a club and died within an hour from a fractured skull.
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Edward Earwood
Yellowtown
Ohio
Church Fight Ends at Tecumseh Reunites Catholic Parish
Congregation of St Andrew's Catholic Church at Tecumseh Nebraska reaches agreement to share church property under one roof. Divided factions led by IM Keeling and Father Murphy settle ecclesiastical dispute, while civil case remains unresolved. A new priest will lead worship as unity returns.
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Tecumseh
IM Keeling
St Andrew's Catholic Church
Yeenmseh
Neb
Botiseam
William Murphy
Murphy
Tion
Seed Grain Loan Act Voided by Minnesota Supreme Court
Minnesota Supreme Court at St Paul declares that legislature seed grain loan acts are unconstitutional as they divert public funds to private purpose. The decision notes borrowers cannot avoid repayment due to estoppel after benefiting from the loans. The program lent thousands of dollars during years of drought and storm.
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Minnesota Supreme Court
St. Paul
Minn
Supreme Court
Canty
Failure of a Cattle King Liabilities in Milan Mo
Walter M. Clark of Milan Missouri fails for about 200000 with Chicago Live Stock Exchange holding 40000 of his notes and 40000 unsatisfied held by firms in St Joseph Kansas City and Omaha. Assets reportedly fall short of liabilities by several thousand dollars as Clark has turned over all property to creditors.
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Walter M. Clark
Milan
Sullivan County
Chicago Live Stock Commission Company
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Omaha
Wreck of a Santa Fe Train Near Hoehne Colorado
A west bound Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe passenger train derailed near Hoehne Colorado. The engine left the track and rolled down an embankment at about sixty miles per hour. Pullman cars followed. Many passengers were badly shaken but none seriously injured.
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Santa Fe
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Hoehne
Colo
Kansas City Murderer Hanged in County Jail
James Brown, a colored man, was hanged in the county jail at Kansas City for the murder of Henry Prather, a Black man, after a quarrel over a woman in April 1806. Brown fled to Hutchinson then Quincy before capture in December 1397. Thirteen buildings burned in Leitchfield Kentucky in a second destructive fire of the year, destroying eight stores, three residences, the post office and the Deposit Bank with total losses around 160000 and insurance about 66000. origin unknown.
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Kansas City
James Brown
Henry Prather
Brown
Prather
Hutchinson
Kan
Quincy
Leitchfield
Greensbury
Carroll County
Marion
Y. W
Marion G. A. Rt
Terre Waute
John Osterloo
Terre Taaute
Logansport Land and Improvement Association
Julius Smith
Otis
Porter County
Dr. Enstes
Mundie
Pullman, Warner
Big Four
Three Die in House Fire Near Hillsboro Texas
Mrs Isabel, her daughter Mrs Ossie Malone, and Mrs Malone's infant perished in a Hillsboro Texas home fire started with kerosene. Rescue attempts failed as occupants were seen inside. Six prisoners escaped from Tonia house of correction after cutting through a wall and fleeing in windy snow. Moore, formerly US consul to Durban, sentenced to nineteen years in Sing Sing for alleged badgering of hotel proprietor. Semet Solvay by product plant in Ensley City Alabama destroyed, valued at about $500000, recently completed and in operation.
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Mamie Remly
Eighth Avenue
New York
Frank Nulty
Nulty
Isabel
Ossie Malone
Tonia
Semet Solvay
Ensley City
Ala
Rochester
N. Y
Fire destroys Sherman Opera House at Newark New York
The Sherman Opera House in Newark New York burned down. The building was managed and partly owned by Stephen F Sherman and valued at about 25000 dollars. Andrew Merello of St Louis died from an acute hiccoughs attack after eight years of suffering.
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Sherman Opera House
Newark, N. Y
Stephen F. Sherman
Andrew Merello
St. Louis
Fatal Ontario and Western crossing accident in Pennsylvania
At a Pockville crossing in Pennsylvania on the Ontario and Western railroad a wagon driver Lewis Weissberger a man named Peter Wasnok and Joseph Walsh age 14 were struck by the engine Wasnok was ground to pieces Weissberger injured with a broken leg Walsh was thrown under the wheels with both legs cut off above the knees and is expected to die Two others were injured in the incident
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Pennsylvania
Ontario and Western
Pockville
Lewis Weissberger
Peter Wasnok
Joseph Walsh
Wasnok
Weissberger
Walsh
Montane Sheriff Murdered in Glendive Daw son County
Dominick Cavanaugh sheriff of Daw son County was murdered in Glendive Montana. His body was found behind the county building by a citizen. A blow from behind caused a broken skull and indentation on the bat and back of the head, with no clue to the murderer.
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Montane
Dominick Cavanaugh
Dawson County
Glendive
Mont
Rubber Tire Case Decided by New York Court
Judge Thomas of the United States Circuit Court in New York ruled in favor of Rubber Tire Wheel Company of Springfield Ohio in its infringement suit against American Rubber Tire Company.
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Rubber Tire
Thomas
United States
New York
Rubber Tire Wheel Company
Springfiell
Ohio
American Rubber Tire Company
Collapse of New Building Buries Two Men at Heydt Bakery
A new two story building under construction for the Heydt Bakery Company at St Louis collapsed trapping two workers. One named Luke Fully was among the men buried. Two or three workers were injured but not seriously.
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Heydt Bakery Company
St. Louis
Luke
Gas Well Strike and Airolo Disaster Highlight News
The Granite Oil Company struck a gas well near Panther and on the Alderman tract in West Virginia. Airolo Swiss village disaster collapses a hotel and houses, injuring three. Mrs. Kate J. Adams dies from possible bromoseltzer poisoning mailed to athlete Harry Cornish. Fire at 175 Greenwich Street, New York, kills several in a five story tenement.
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Granite Oil Company
Big Panther
Cornwallis
Whisky Run Fields
W. Va
Mountain Falls
Red Rock Mountain
Airolo
Switzerland
Ticing
Candy
Kate J. Adams
New York
Harry Cornish
Greenwich Street
Market Prices From Key U S Farm Markets
Cattle and hog prices across major markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with grain and dairy quotes. Notable ranges include Chicago cattle 3.00 6.25, hogs 3.00 4.00, wheat No 2 red 67c 61c, corn No 2 37c 38c, butter 19c 21c and eggs 23c 24c.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Sic
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
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Indred Barton
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James 8. Collins
Shepard & Morse Lumber Company
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Leverett Pond
Brookline
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Washington, D. C
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American National Bank
Seed Grain Loan
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United Verde Extension
United Verde
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Conn
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Minos
N. W W. Ballard
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Ballard
Weston Thomas
Anderson
Winnie Smith
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Lippensott Glass Works
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Center Towneship
John Judge
Knightstown
Edward Edlin
Christain Dreger
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Frederick Boda
Hinckster
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Lovansport
Charles Kileckner
Lee Schacklett
Sue Ly
Jon
Sodom
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Cora Painter
Brazil
Santiago
John Williams
New Albany
Margaret Dale Owen
Sloosier Doctor
Robert Dale Owen
Scientiat
New Harmony
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Burelars
Thomas Bills
Fortville
Hom
N. L Chenoweth
Munaie
Mathias Hiden
Troy
John Neeley
Laconia
Sturrison County
Mattie Gossett
Evansville
Daisy
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