Gladstone Repudiates Parnell Manifesto on Ireland
London reports detail Gladstone's denial of Parnell's claims on Irish parliamentary holdings agrarian rule and judiciary control. Morley and five Irish MPs publish a rebuttal, defending Parnell and urging independence of the Irish party within a Liberal alliance.
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London
Gladstone
Parnell
Ireland
Special Commission
Mr. Parnell
Pigott
Mr. Gladstone
Hawarden
Tegard
National Party of
Liberal Party
Great Britain
Grattan
O'Connell
Mellor
Bassetlaw
Orr and Sa Torrell Mining Experts Break Through Ice
Six miles of icy terrain are the site of work by mining experts Orr and Sa Torrell as they press through the freezing conditions in December near Minnesota.
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S. C
Orr
Sa -Torrell
Ates
Indian police break up ghost dances at Lower Brule
Reports from the Pine Ridge and Rosebud areas describe Indian police arresting eight leading dancers at Lower Brule after ghost dances resumed. Messages from Wounded Knee and Fort Meade note bands forming near Pine Ridge with threats against whites. troops may be ordered to disarm or confront marauders.
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Wounded Knee
Here
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Rosebud
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Porcupine
Brooke
Sixth Cavalry
Fort Meade
Forest City
Pierre
Manpan
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Fort Custer
Keogh
Sitting Bull
Buffalo Bill
Pierre, & D
Mellette
Hostiles Massing in Bad Lands as Friendly Indians Flee
Scouting reports from Prinz Ripce AgcEncy near Pine Ridge indicate nearly 2000 friendly Indians have vanished since Friday night. Hostiles are said to be burning homes and driving off cattle while preparing for battle. Hostiles retreat to the Bad Lands to await troops, with 500 government pack trains slaughtered and stolen supplies headed to the new camp.
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Indiana
Pine Ridge
Prinz Ripce AgcEncy
Red Hawk
Guy Belt
Agency
Roger
Modoc
Basa
Jamison Failure Likely Tops One Million in Liabilities
Assignee Thompson reports Jamison & Co liabilities probably exceed 1 million, with about 500000 due depositors. Much of the funds came from banks statewide, many represented in Philadelphia. State Treasurer Boyle sues Jamison & Co on a 100000 bond to recover public funds.
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Common Pleas Court
B. K. Jamison & Co
Irish Parliamentary Delegates Welcome in Chicago
In Chicago a large crowd welcomed Irish MPs Dillon O'Brien and colleagues during a housing reception. An overflow meeting was held at the Cavalry armory as speeches were delivered. Resolutions praised Charles Stewart Parnell and pledged support for Ireland. A collection raised about 18 000 with further subscriptions expected.
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Chicago
Curiaco
Dillon
O’brien
Mr. Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Ireland
Hall & Co. Bank Closes Doors Amid Run in Duluth
Duluth private bank Hall & Co. shut its doors after a Friday run drew 30 000 of 70 000 deposits. Hall told waiting depositors he would pay no more cash but would settle in a day or two if funds arrive. No other Duluth banks faced runs. they hold record cash surpluses and have called in over 500 000 of loans in two weeks.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Journal
Six Loggers Drowned at Devil's Lake Camp
A logging camp on Devil's Lake twenty miles north of Rice Lake Wisconsin suffered six fatalities when a boat capsized in a gusty wind during a return to supper. Drowned were Frank Fournier John Crotto Arthur Page William Knight Charles Stykes and A D Clark of Royalton Minnesota. Bodies remain unfound due to ice conditions.
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Miller, Signorr & Co
Devil’s Lake
Rice Lake
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Frank Fournier
John Crotto
Arthur Page
William Knight
Charles Stykes
A. D. Clark
Royalton
Minn
Man Dies After Drinking Glass During Drinking Spree
William J. Bell a commercial traveler for a Chicago tobacco house collapsed after beginning to eat a glass while drinking whisky in Minneapolis. He swallowed half the glass before intervention and died within minutes. The incident prompted grief and mortification among witnesses.
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Minneapolis
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William J. Bell
Chicago
Daughters of Nels Desair Die in Desair Lake Ice Break
Two daughters of Nels Desair of Wisconsin drowned after breaking through ice on Desair lake Saturday afternoon. Local authorities investigated the accident and conducted recovery efforts on the frozen lake.
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Rick Lax
Wis
Dea
Nels Desair
Desair Lake
Dr Mary Walker Lying Dying At Farm In Oswroo
Dec 1 report says Dr Mary Walker near Skunker Gill on her farm is dying from heart failure due to a web illness and poor health.
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Oswroo, N
Mary Walker
Skunker Gill
Denial of New York World sale to Childs and Drexel
Colonel John A. Cockerill and other World staff deny reports of a sale to Childs and Drexel for 4 million dollars. They insist the World is not for sale and is worth about 10 million, calling the rumored price ridiculous.
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New York World
Messrs. Childs and Drexel
Philadelphia
John A. Cockerill
the World
Pulitzer
Public Debt Update and Weather Damage Report
The Treasury estimates the public debt rose about 4 million since November 1 1890 due to heavy monthly payments with receipts near 32 million and disbursements around 36 million. A storm caused farm buildings to be damaged and 8200 bushels of grain destroyed, insured for about 4200 dollars.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
The Hermit of Jennings County Indiana
The Martinsville murder of Rhoda Mitchell is reported with details of her eight year isolation on a North Vernon farm. Her body was found September 16 in a barn, apparently killed on September 10 during an unknown encounter. No motive or suspect identified despite months of inquiry.
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Martinsville
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Rhoda Mitchell
Montgomery
Indiana
North Vernon
Jennings County
Tennessee
Ohio
White Caps Threaten Jefferson townships Residents
Andrew Holsapple and wife in Martinsville Indiana were warned by White Caps to mend habits or leave. They ignored the notice and were assaulted by masked men, left in serious condition as community unrest grows with no suspects identified. Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association seeks stock for a store here, facing merchant opposition and a vow to fight until terms are agreed.
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Martinsville
Ind
Andrew Holsapple
Jefferson Township
Thea Farmers’ Mutual Benefit Association
Dynamiting Fish Arrests Reported in Columspus Ind
Deputy Samuel Dennison arrested Jack Puffenberger Fred Hodler Wallace Phillips and James Robertson on a grand jury indictment for dynamiting fish. Over 200 bass and German carp were seized along with dynamite and aseine. They posted bonds for December term court.
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CoLtumspus
Ind
Samuel Dennison
Jack Puffenberger
Fred Hodler
Wallace Phillips
James Robertson
Wheat harvest outlook improves in Indiana reports
Reports from Indiana winter wheat show early sown fields in good condition, later sown wheat in medium condition, with acreage up from last year. Average state condition is estimated at 93 percent, indicating a favorable crop prospect.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Peculiar Surgical Operation Claims Fifth Recorded Case
Alfred N Blessing a 66 year old influential farmer died at Columbus city hospital from a suprapubic perineal lithotomy. This is the fifth case on record of the operation. Two died while three recovered.
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Columbus
Ind
Alfred N. Blessing
Fire destroys Terre Haute flour mill with equipment loss
Terre Haute Ind Dec 1 Conant Sons flour mill burned Sunday. The mill had been idle for a year and no stock was on hand. The total loss reached 12 000 dollars, most on machinery. Insurance covered 5 000, with 4 000 of that policy expired days earlier.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Conant & Son
Centenarian Woman Dies in Chester Township Indiana
Mrs. Michael Knoop, aged about 100, longtime Wabash County resident, died at her Chester Township home. She retained full faculties to the end after fifty years in the county.
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Wasash
Ind
Chester Township
This County
Indiana
Michael Knoop
Wabash County
Wounded by a Bull In Wabash County
Wabash Ind Dec 1 John Lynn Jr a young farmer was knocked down and seriously gored by a bull. Had not friends come to his assistance he undoubtedly would have been killed.
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Wabash, Ind
Mystery Cleared Up in Port land Killing Case
In 1863 John Isenhart vanished after visiting Dr Watson. Hindman, a man of bad repute, later confessed to killing Isenhart and burying him under a stable. Decades later Anne Lanning and John Hearn led a search that unearthed the body, skull shattered, shocking the town.
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Porrhaxp
Ind
John Isenhart
Portland
Watson
John Hindman
Isenhart
Hindman
Pensions for Needy Veterans in Indiana Reach Large Arrears
In Terre Haute Indiana on November 29 authorities reported large pension arrearages paid to Western Indiana poor-house inmates. William Milliston, an insane resident of Vermilion County poor-house, received about $13,000 in back payments and now draws $72 monthly. George Fennannon, who has since died, also from Vermilion County, was paid $12,000. Connelly, another insane inmate of the county poor farm, received nearly $14,000, the largest arrearage payment by the Pension Bureau to date.
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Terre Havre
Ind
Indiana
William Milliston
Vermilion County
George Fencannon
Connelly
Pension Bureau
Infanticide case shocks Indianapolis hides crime edges
In Indianapolis a woman named Minnie Jones from Bloomington Ill gave birth to a girl about a month ago. The infant body was found in Eagle Creek last week. Brothers Montezuma and Orria Mabbett were arrested as accessories to the murder. The Mabbett girl was slain near Americus in Carroll County years ago and her killer Amor Green was lynched after being brought back from Texas. The woman who bore the infant remains at large.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Minnie Jones
Bloomington
Ill
Eagle Creek
Montezuma
Orria Mabbett
Mabbett
Americus
Carroll County
Amor Green
Texas
Damages Award Sparks Wave Against Railroad
Mrs. Mary Johnson won $5,000 against the Chicago & Indiana Coal road for flood damages. Soon after, Mary Oates Hannah Crooks and Perry Johnson filed separate suits for $5,000 each, claiming the bridge over Otter creek impeded water flow and caused damage to their stock and property.
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Terre Hautes
Ind
Mary Johnson
Chicago & Indiana Coal Road
Mary Oates
Hannah Crooks
Perry Johnson
Otter Creek
Indiana Stock Yard Street Railroad Incorporation Filed
Indiana Stock Yard Street Railroad Company filed articles of incorporation to build an electric line from Crown Point to the Chicago packers site passing Cedar Lake. With $25 000 capital the project aims to move packing houses to Indiana soil spurring real estate gains in Lake County.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Stock Yard Street Railroad Company
Crown Point
Chicago Packers
Cedar Lake
Indiana
Take
Illinois Grange to hold nine teenth annual meeting in Springfield
Illinois Grange will hold its nineteenth annual four day meeting in the State House Springfield starting 10 Tuesday December 9 with a public programme in the first day afternoon. Big fire at East St Louis destroys B F Horn and Co barrel and stave works causing about 75000 loss with 25000 insured.
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Springfield
State Grange of
Illinois
State House
East St. Louis
St. Louis
B. F. Horn & Co
Thief Steals Foundry Wages in Grousville Ky
In Grousvill e Kentucky Lithgow's foundry workers wages totaling 2480 dollars were stolen Saturday evening. The money was set aside to pay 225 foundrymen and no clues or suspects have been found.
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Groursville
Lithgow
Heaviest Snow Storm in England Strains Sheep Losses
London reports the severest snow-storm since the Crimean War with thousands of sheep dying from exposure as food and shelter prove scarce. The scene shifts to New Orleans where the steamer T P Leathers disaster leaves seventeen dead or missing after attempting to flee the blaze. In Naswood New Jersey a man about fifty dies by his own hand leaping from a bridge. Railway construction statistics are also noted.
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London
England
New Orleans
T.P. Leathers
Mississippi
Port Adams
How's Your Liver Met With Oriental Salutation
Advertisement extols Simmons Liver Regulator as a powerful family remedy for dyspepsia torpid liver constipation and digestive issues. It claims to restore health and happiness with extraordinary efficacy and includes a testimonial from W. d. McEnroy of Macon Georgia noting satisfaction and lack of disappointment.
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Simmons Liver Regulator
W. d. McEnroy
Macon
Odd Fraternal Meeting Notices From 19th Century Ledger
Informal notices describe regular meetings of groups including K of P No. 75 and various lodge chairs. References to monthly or weekly gatherings mention locations on building floors and names such as Wagner Wilkinson Howard and Ivey Alcott, with local officers listed.
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