Northwest Robbery Gang Shootout Foils Desperation Hold Up
Fargo North Dakota Oct 10 a midnight shootout on Front Street left an unknown armed robber near death after a clash with Officer Ole Korimo. The wounded suspect and his partner named Sam Davis or similar fled toward the river, were chased, and a second man captured. both had recent Kent store robberies and prior Stillwater connections.
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Fargo
N. D
Lower Front Street
Arttet
Dave Arronson
Air Ronson
Ole Koramo
Korimo
Tinter
Sam Davis
Davis
Kent
Greconahana Deater
STMEKE AT SEATTLE CONTRACTORS SHADOWED BY UNION FRICTION
Seattle Oct. 10 Twelve union men idle as work slows on more than thirty residences and major brick blocks due to a dispute between the Trades Council and the Builders Exchange. The union demands a one year wage scale. many contractors already pay or oppose long-range agreements. Those who yielded report no trouble.
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Heattle
Wash
Duna
Trades Council
Builders Exchange
Uniona
Exchange
Collision on the Coast Tas: Two Great Northern trainmen badly hurt in Edmonds collision
A Great Northern passenger train and a local freight collided on the coast line south of Edmonds. Engineer Sam Work lost his right leg and was badly mangled. freight engineer Smart was fatally injured. Passengers Horace G. Holly Burton and Mrs. Marshall of Everett were seriously hurt. Cause cited as gross carelessness.
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Great Northern
Tacoma
Wash
Quittance Sale Targets Minnesota Lands by Interior Dept
Washington October 10 The secretary of the interior plans to dispose of Indian lands ceded to the Chippewas in Minnesota totaling 14125 acres. The parcels include farming and cultural lands adjacent to the Earth reservation. Sioux City Iowa October 10 The body of a train robber killed by Charles Baxter near Council Bluffs remains unidentified and will be shipped for dissection under a state health board directive.
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Interior Seartment
Uminnnesota Landa
Washington
Secretary of
Ne’interfor Tus
Chip- Fewas
Minnesota
Sie “Earth
Sioux City
Town
Charlies Baxter
Council Bluffa
The
State Board of Health
Flooded Wisconsin house seen drifting down river
A two story frame dwelling with a family aboard was sighted floating down the Wisconsin River at Merrimac. High water and swift current prevented contact with occupants and impeded rescue efforts. Origin of the house unknown, but it is believed floodwaters detached it from its foundation.
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Baxnhoo
Wis
Merrimac
Wisconsin
Yesterda
Massive Dynamite Blast Rocks Spruce Mine Near Duluth
A vast explosion at the Spruce mine near Duluth Minnesota damaged the town, shattered windows across miles, wrecked the mine and warehouse, and injured about 200 people. An unknown man seen near the magazine before the blast is suspected but not identified. The event ranks with a 1894 blast at Virginia Minnesota as the state’s largest powder explosion.
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Duluth
Minn
Newa-Tribune
Eyeleth
Spruse
Dveteth
Biwabik
Virgintoa
Lake Superior Powder Company
Prosperity at Work Across Wages Strikes and Lockouts
A critical look at wage workers’ hardship as strikes and plant shutdowns spread from Pennsylvania to Delaware and Ohio. Notable cases include coal miners in anthracite, glass workers, cigarmakers in New York, woodworkers in Chicago, and mills in Paterson, Moorhead, Biddeford, and Lorain. The piece argues trusts wage suppression and election pressure threaten real prosperity, noting AFL aid to workers and potential 1896 tactics.
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Pennsylvania
Window Glass Trust
American Federation of Labor
New York City
Chicago
Gallant Bros
Silk
Paterson
N. J
Federal Stes! Company
Lorain
Ohio
Moorhead Plate
Sharpsburg
Biddeford
Diamond State Steel Company
Wilmington
Delaware
Kansas
Matthieson
McKinley
Body of Unknown Man Recovered Near Bloomington Bridge
The unknown man’s body was found in the Minnesota River near Bloomington Perry after a week in water. Coroner Nelson will hold the body at the Minneapolis morgue awaiting identification. He wore a black sack coat, black trousers, pointed lace shoes, and a blue negligee shirt. age about 30 to 35, bald with mustache and beard. Coroner Neilson suspects possible suicide.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
Bloomington Terry
Bloomington Perry
Nelson
Minneapolia
Neilson
Freight Train Wreck Near Marshall Kills One
Freight train No. 65 on the Great Northern collided with a work train one mile north of Marshall Minnesota at 1 AM Saturday. A B H Thomson a Sioux City resident and married man was killed. Brakeman Miller suffered facial and neck injuries. The regular order numbered trains were running at full speed. The work train backed into Marshall slowly as the freight engineer saw the red signals too late to stop. Both engines and crews escaped serious harm.
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Great Northern
Marshall
Minn
A. BH. Thomson
Sioux City
Miller
America's Foreign Policy in 1861 Douglas Quote
Stephen A. Douglas argues that the United States should support liberal movements in Europe, recognizing republics, opening diplomacy, and fostering ties with new governments to oppose despotism, urging active American sympathy and intervention as a duty under the law of nations.
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Europe
America
Stephen A. Douglas
Floodwaters Fall in Wisconsin After Heavy Flooding
Wausau Oct 9 Waters in the Wisconsin rivers and streams are dropping after the flood peak. Crops in the bottoms, including corn and potatoes, nearly ruined. Rail washouts being repaired and trains back on schedule. Grand Rapids reports main street flooded with extensive merchandise damage. The Reporter printing office and Cahrn Dry Goods company among the worst sufferers.
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Wisconsin
Wausau
Wis
Grand Rapids
Reporter Printing Office
Cahrn Dry Goods Company
Mantovi dealer robbed in Bronx City hotel room
Hubbard of Mondovi Wisconsin halted in Bronx City Iowa for carnival and planned Idaho horse purchase. He left a pocketbook with $200, $12,000 in notes and a $3,000 letter of credit from Bank of Mondovi in his coat pocket. upon return the items were missing along with a gold watch.
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Hubbard
Mantovi
Wis
Bronx City
Iowa
Mondovi
Bank of Mondovi
Idaho
Man Accidentally Shot During Hunt Near Nobragke
Yankton South Dakota Oct 1 1900 real estate and insurance agent T Duus was accidentally shot yesterday afternoon across the river in Nobragke. J E B Smith of Loonan Smith timber firm fired at a rabbit and struck Duus in the breast when they were separated during the hunt.
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Yankton
S. D
Tduus
Nobragke
J. EB. Smith
Loonan & Smith
Smith
Duus
Heavy Log Drive Hits St. Croix River at Nevens Dam
Heavy log drive on the St. Croix at Nevens dam near Osceola Wisconsin shows more logs tumbling down than in years. The log jam was so thick that crossing the river on logs was possible in many spots, marking a notable event for October.
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Osceola
Wis
St. Croix River
Nevens Dam
River
Wells Co-operative Creamery plans new brick plant
Heat of Creamery Planta Wells Minnesota October 5 describes machinery being placed in the new brick building of the Wells Co operative Creamery association. The plant cost seven thousand dollars and is intended to be the best in the state.
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Planta
Wells
Minn
Welle Co-operative Creamery Association
Standard Oil influence in Pennsylvania politics exposed
The Standard Oil company shows no party loyalty in Pennsylvania politics, backing safe friends of the firm. Charles Miller of Venango County, a Standard Oil representative, is named major-general of the state National Guard by the Republican governor, despite lacking prior experience. The Philadelphia Times says the move places the guard under Standard Oil control, with Governor Stone and Senator Quay tied to corporate interests, while the Venango Spectator backs Sibley for Congress, noting Miller’s partnership with Standard Oil.
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Standard of
Pennsylvania
Charles Miller
Venango County
Standard Oil Interests
National Guard
Miller
Philadelphia Times
National Guard of
Standard Oil
John D. Rockefaller
Stone
Quay
Venango Spectator
Sibley
Congress
Boston Herald
Trust forms in Chicago planing mills with four million capital
Thirty planing mills in Chicago have entered a trust with 4 000 000 dollars capital. Trust promoters do not seem discouraged by political opposition they hear of in the city and state.
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Chicago
Binghamton
Fragmentary editorial note quotes on justice and violence
An incomplete clipping cites a Helena Indiana Independent line on the transition from soldiers enforcing ideas among brown men to targeting white men. It adds a claim that a man dies when his sense of justice dies, reflecting a stark, brief editorial voice.
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Helena
Bryan Accuses Republicans of Shifting Stance in Auburn Speech
In Auburn Nebraska Mr. Bryan assails Republican inconsistencies accusing party members of reversing on greenbacks debt retirement anti trust and troop size positions. He questions persistence of party unity and predicts further shifts as the party grows more warlike and fund driven.
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Mr. Bryan
Auburn
Neb
Amusing Rockefeller anecdote from London visit
A St Louis Taxpayer recounts a tale about John D. Rockefeller and the Shah of Persia. In London the Shah learns Rockefeller’s income is 60 million dollars a year and suspects he would be dangerous if he ruled Persia. The Shah fears a private citizen could bribe generals and seize security, calling Rockefeller too rich to be harmless.
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Persia
St. Louis
Ragtime Prosperity Ends In Hunger Across Regions
The piece notes that the full dinner pail idea hurts Mark Hanna as a political issue. In Pennsylvania coal regions mines may shut down this fall, risking hunger. New England industries run on rag time with half work weeks and no full dinner pails.
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Mark Hanna
Pennsylvania
New England
What a Good Dollar Means in Global Purchasing Power
The author argues that a universally good dollar requires equal buying power across nations. A dollar buys varying labor equivalents worldwide, from half a day in the U S to sixteen days in China, implying price rebalancing of labor wages to harmonize global value.
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United States
France
Italy
India
China
New Road
United States War in the Philippines and Spain’s Trade Rise
The United States continues the war in the Philippines to justify the 20 million paid to Spain in the colonial venture. Spain’s reforms show rapid prosperity with rising private and public credit, new industries, and expanding commerce. The New York Herald notes the ongoing costs and calls for policy change to end wasteful losses of lives and money.
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United States
Philippines
Spain
Cost of the Philippines war efforts totals 186 million
A treasury tabulation shows all costs to date including the 20 million paid to Spain and interest on the war loan since June 1, 1899, plus costs for the Philippine commission and other civil expenses. The total reaches 186,078,000 with monthly army and navy expenditures since the Spanish war.
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Spain
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Treasury Department
Baltimore Run
The Truth About Mortgages in Bradshaw Nebraska
An anemic uptake of farmer prosperity is debunked with a York Nebraska anecdote. Walter Wellman cites Bradshaw farmers paid off mortgages and stores money in bank and stockings, yet official abstracts show $121,123 in unreleased mortgages across 144 quarter sections, about $5.60 an acre.
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Mort, Sager
McKinley
Kansas
Delaware
Democrat of
York
Nebraska
Walter Wellman
Nation
Chicago Times- Herald
Bradshaw
York County
Walker
Times-Herald
Bradshaw Township
Ferguson, Franklin @& Co
York, Neb
Bradshaw, Ferguson, Franklin & CO
Old Stockings
Constitution and Caprice in McKinley Era
The piece argues that William McKinley imposes his personal will as if it were the nation’s constitution, bypassing elected representatives. It asserts imperialism is not real yet and warns that executive caprice replacing Congress risks a Roman imperial model, citing the Chicago Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam McKinley
United States
McKinley
Congress
Chicago Chronicle
Bryan campaign speech appeals to youth and workers
W. J. Bryan declares on campaign trail that he seeks a government expanding hope for every child and fair share of proceeds for all workers. He critiques corporate influence, asks older and middle aged voters about opportunities for the young, and urges a citizen-focused policy agenda beyond party lines. The note adds that the island of Guam lies far from Honolulu and Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nappinesa
Sonebody
W. J. Bryan
Tin plate trusts cited as robbing Indiana and nation
An Indianapolis letter argues the tin plate trust wields vast power, raising prices by 60 percent and threatening state and national finances. It estimates Indiana losses at 600000 annually and U S totals exceed 19019000 yearly, blaming Dingley tariff and trust control for higher costs on cans, roofs, and utensils. It praises Bryan's Indianapolis speech while noting the Boston Herald's critical stance and urging Republicans to face the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Bafara
Tanfana
Todianapolis
Ind
Truste
Diring
United States
Boston Herald
Bryan
Indianapolis
Enyst
the Herald
Republican Party
Mark Hanna
Senator Hoar
Couraza
Abusive Attacks Mark Olney Bryan Backers Debate
Springfield Republican accuses Olney of self serving ambitions and imperialist instincts while criticizing his stance on Philippine policy. Utica Observer condemns bungling diplomacy and greed causing Philippine troubles, urging adherence to a faithful policy to avoid further aggression.
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Reed
Utica
N. Y
Wa ‘O
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Stmeke
Seattle
Pwo
MART
Bloomington
Dlea
Island of
Guem
Honolulu
Manila
Tin-Plate Trust
Springfield
Mass
Mr. Olney
McKinney
Boston
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