Farmers In Session President Delivers Address
The 17th Farmers National Congress opened in St Paul with President B F Clayton of Indianola Ia delivering the annual address. He urged expansion of the agricultural department and reform of commerce and antitrust laws to benefit farm markets and livestock health. Fort Worth was chosen for the next meeting site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
Fort Worth
St. Paul
Farmers’ National Congress of the
Ireland
B. F. Clayton
City of
Doran
State Agricultural Society
Weaver
Clough
Agricultural Department
Weather Bureau
Boards of Trade
Congress of
United States
Stahl
John M. Stahl
Chicago
Farmers’ National Congress
House
Senate
Congress
Tex
Omaha
Ixameil Bluffs
Insurgents Attack Posts on Samana Range
On Sunday night Shinwari and Khai police posts on the Samana range were attacked evacuated by garrisons and burned. The Orakzais looted Naraib Samana bazaar and burned the school. Kohat pass Afridis show loyalty to Peshawar troops advancing, while a strong Afridi force closes Kohat pass countermanding the British column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samad Rarge. Srna
Shinwari
Khai
Samana
Naraib
Kohat Pass
Kohat
Khyber
World wide crop forecasts warn of shortage this year
The agriculture ministry reports a record low harvest with wheat at 73 760 000 metric hundredweight and livestock needs at 655 150 000. It projects a possible 50 000 hundredweight shortfall for 1897 and 1898, while stockpiles are estimated between 10 56 000 000 and 16 000 000 metric hundredweight. The total yearly supply, adding stocks and harvest, ranges from 610 000 000 to 651 000 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bepa Pestit
Ministry of Neviculture
JSG
Child Carried Off by Lions Near Casper Wyoming
Excitement rises in Casper as a two year old orphan child is reported carried away by a mountain creature on Casper Mountain. Herders and cattlemen search the area, their ranks growing as the fruitless rescue effort continues. The child was in the care of the Henderson family tending sheep ten miles from Casper at the head of C. Y. canon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper
Wyo
Aamonntanion
Casper Mountain
Henderson
C. Y
Eparmontr
Edgemont
Calvert
Murder and jealousy scandal shocks Cincano community
Arthur Story and his wife were shot by Henry Danker a barber who had boarded with them for years Danker was wounded or died and Mrs Story was in a precarious state not expected to survive. Police monitor Danker to prevent further violence. In Paris dispatch the colonial department notes Germany and Spain seek archist surveillance with Britain America and Switzerland and a conference likely at Brussels.
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Danker
Viettime
Cincano
Arthur Story
Henry
Paris
Depreche Coloniale
Germany
Spain
America
Great Britain
Switzerland
Brussels
Rain Lifts Argentine Crops Boosting Export Grain
Sept. 1 report from AYRES notes rains improve Argentine harvest. Flo Diaro estimates corn yield at about 20,000,000 hectoliters with 12,000,000 available for export, signaling strong export potential for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flo Diaro
Grain futures in early recovery market activity today
Cureago Angoh-Grain and provision markets showed signs of recovery from draft fever with trading marked by dalliance. Corn led activity while wheat rose, oats fell, and provisions declined. closing prices quoted for wheat, corn, oats, pork and lard with multiple delivery months and price points.
Omaha cattle and hog prices drift with mixed receipts
Cattle receipts around 4500 with steadier to easier prices across classes including native and western steers and cows. Hog receipts near 7100 with higher quotes for heavy and mixed loads, while sheep and lamb markets show varied gains and steady demand across natives, westerns, and lamb lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sovarn
Omaha
Texas
Market Notes From St Louis Commodities
St Louis markets report prices for grains and cash futures with terms for No 2 red cash elevator and No 2 hard cash. Entries show futures contracts for Sept Dec May and related cash quotations. Notable figures include 2c and 8ic details across the board with firm prices in the morning session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Stay Out Of Alaska Until Spring Warns Miners
AP correspondent warns readers to stay away from the Yukon rigor and scarce supplies until spring. He reports high costs, looming starvation risk, and possible wage cuts as 7,000 wintering miners must endure, urging caution and a planned exit for families.
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Associated Press
Alaska
Seatrir
Wash
H. H. Stanley
St. Michaels
Portland
Yukon
West Spring
Seattle
Six Officers Massacred by Moonshiners in Pope County
Six officers were ambushed in Pope County as a moonshine raid collapsed. Captain B. F. Taylor and Deputy U.S. Marshal Joe Dodson were killed instantly, with two Renfro brothers fatally wounded. Two deputies remain missing, believed killed or captured, in a remote gulch 85 miles from Russellville.
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Masacred
Little Rock
Ark
Pope County
Ind
B. F. Taylor
Safey “County
United States
Joe Dodson
Stonic
Renfro
Sarcy Cownty
Roper Comunty
Russellyile
Will Sprines
Paylor
Taylor
Dodson
Pisteh
Renfro Brothers
Pack
Veterans Elect Officers for Grand Army Encampment
Burraro August 20 The Grand Army has elected its officers for the coming year and the 1897 encampment has adjourned to meet in Cincinnati next year Guards with muskets were at the door and only G A R men with countersign admitted J P S Gobin of Lebanon Pa elected commander in chief Alfred Lythe of Buffalo New York was senior vice commander Dr David Mackay of Dallas Texas veteran of the Seventy ninth New York Highlanders elected surgeon general Francis B Allen of Hartford chosen junior vice commander Rev Frank Bruner pastor of the First Methodist Chicago unanimously elected chaplain in chief of the GALR
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Burraro
Grand Army
Cincinnati
Alfred Lythe
J.P
Gorin
Bidwell Wilkson Post
Buffalo
N. Y
David Mackay
Dallas
Tex
Seventy-ninth
New York Highlanders
Aee
Francis B. Allen
Hartford
Naval Veterans' Association
Frank Bruner
Bloodstained clothing found near Colorado Springs depot
A young man found a bundle of bloodstained underclothes and a shirt in a rock crevice near the cog road track about 500 feet above the Maniton and Pike's Peak railroad depot. The garments match the clothing described as worn by John B. Edmunds who was last seen in the city days before the murder of Kay of Wisner.
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Colorado Springs
Cog Road
Maniton and
Pike's Peak
Kay of Wisner
John B. Edmunds
State miners approve weekly assessment for aid
A state meeting of miners in Ottumwa passed a resolution taxing all state miners 24 cents per week to fund aid. A delegate meeting in the low field including Ap panoose and Wayne counties repudiated the agreement, but the assessment will stand and only local strikers will receive the money. Other state miners are expected to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Republic
Ottumwa
Appanoose
Wayne Counties
Mystic
Sheriff Pritchard Will Likely Live After Shooting
Cranerry North Carolina September 1 Sheriff Pritchard of Mitchell County and brother of Senator J C Pritchard was shot through the lung by a desperado. The senator remains at his side and comforted officials report he will probably recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pritchard
Cranerry
N. C
Mitchell County
J. C. Pritchard
Novak in the Toils on Steamer Portland
Fort Townsend Washington August 28. The steamer Portland from St Michaels carries a murderer in irons pursued by Pinkerton detectives across the continent. William Smith, storekeeper near Cedar Rapids Iowa, is believed to have burned his store and staged a murder for a $35 000 life policy. He was captured at Dawson City July 2 and sent toward Circle City as insurance investigations unfold.
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Jabou
Bonanza
Eldorado
Hinker
St. Michael
St. Michaels
Klondike
Fort Townsend
Wash
Portland
Pinkerton
William Smith
Juneau
Chilcoot Pass
Blondike
Smith
Cedar Rapids
Dawson City
Cevak Rapids
Aus
Fanith
Frank Novak
Walford
Edwien Murray
Novak
Circle City
Released Cuban pacificos reach New York after Ceuta prison trek
Pacificos freed by General Weyler’s declaration of pacification in three Cuban provinces arrive in New York. Joseph Prinelles funds passage for 16 of the 34 released prisoners from Ceuta Morocco where 400 men remained jailed in filthy unsanitary conditions. The prisoners report grim cells and widespread illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Weyler
Durance
Ceuta
Morocco
Gibraltar
Joseph Prinelles
Boy on Trial for Murder in Maryville Case
Hez Rasco a 16 year old boy is on trial for the second time charged with murdering Mrs Kate Baumle at Arkoe five miles south of Maryville on October 2 1896. The hearing opens in Maryville Missouri on September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryville
Hez Rasco
Kate Baumle
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Farmers IN Session
National Congress
Poritia
Crops OF the World
Luetgert
Tria
Cuenco
Adolph Luetgert
Diedrich Bicknesse
Mys. Tuuetert
Louis Luetgent
Bicknesse
Netgert
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Louisville
South Omaha
St. Louis Grain
Chicaco
Jonas
Kansas City
Kan
Faure
Olarovsky
Russia
Wicutta
John A. Doran
W. H. Palmer
Waterloo, Iowa
Miles’ Nervine
Dr. Miles
Kansas
St. Joseph St. Paul
Minneapolis
East
Chicago Great Western Railway
Ban Olay
Gen’ Agt
Butte
C.J. Buoogs
Velin
Lonp
G. P
Thos. Shaw
Sheridan, Mont
Lesterville
Dillon
Virginia Stage Line
Quire
Ream
Tribune Pub. CO
Mont
Dillon, Mont
Salt Lake
Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune
Ens Sinity Gh
Wortrén
New York City
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