Pension Agencies Reduced Under New U S Order
President Cleveland signed an executive order reducing U S pension agencies from eleven to nine to save at least 100000 annually. The move, effective next September, shifts pension payments to mail remittances by checks, with agencies listing many pensioners in major cities including Boston New York Philadelphia Washington Columbus Indianapolis Chicago St Louis and San Francisco totaling about 70 678 recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Secretary of the Interior
Francis
United States
Rto 9
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Columbus
Indianapolis
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
Three Friends Seized in Piracy Libel at Jacksonville
The steamer Three Friends was seized on return to Jacksonville after a coastal towing trip. Libel alleges piracy for mounting a Hotchkiss gun at the bow and firing on a Spanish gunboat at the San Juan River mouth while landing an expedition. Named defendants include John O'Brien W T Lewis John Dunn August Arnau Michael Walsh and Ralph D Paine. Judge Locke set bond at 5000 and required a deputy marshal aboard to prevent law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Friends
Jacksonville
San Juan
John O'Brien
W.T. Lewis
John Dunn
August Arnau
Michael Walsh
Ralph D. Paine
Locke
Louisiana's Destitute Reports Large Starvation Toll
A Shreveport dispatch reports thirty thousand Louisianans are nearly starving as parishes near the city endure a barren season. The relief committee has spent $85,000 on corn and provisions, with calls for further funds. A Board of Trade meeting in Shreveport subscribed $5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Board of Trade
Letter Box Contract Set for Detroit firms
The postmaster general awarded the street letter boxes contract to Mayberry & Ellis of Detroit for four years starting July 1. The deal totals about $60,000. Other awards were Columbia Manufacturing Co of New York City for street package boxes and Bond Steel Fence and Post Co of Adrian Michigan for mail box posts at $1.20 each. The two bids total around $15,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayberry & Ellis
Detroit
Columbia Manufacturing Company
New York City
Bond Steel Fence and Post Company
Adrian, Mich
Minneapolis Murder Shocks City as Dagger Used
Nels Benson, 30, was killed Saturday night in Minneapolis. Witnesses include several boys who named a man and a woman as the perpetrators. A Swedish dagger blade fragment was found near the scene, tying to the fatal wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nels Benson
Minneapolis
Benson
Rhodes Deluged by Invitations in England Arrival
From his arrival in England Cecil Rhodes has been inundated with invitations telegrams and letters bouquets requests for his photographs hair locks autographs and even proposals of marriage are being suggested as part of the reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Cecil Rhodes
Bloomington great Radbourne dies at age 47
Charles Radbourne, renowned pitcher from Bloomington, TL, who earned fame and fortune with the Boston and Providence National League clubs, died of paresis at 47.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radbourne
Charles Radbourne
Bloomington
Boston and Providenee
Elubs
Pares
Corrigan May Be a Cardinal Appointment Rumor Circles
At Archbishop Corrigan’s New York home it was said no one knew the truth of Rome’s dispatch claiming the pope will appoint him cardinal. The appointment had been anticipated in ecclesiastical circles for a long time.
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Corrigan
New York
Rome
Kentucky farmer kills wife in drunken rage murder scene
Anderson Parker of Grab Charter Kentucky beat his wife with a club fracturing her skull in a drunken rage and shot his son twice. The son later retrieved a revolver and killed his father in self defense, ending the violent incident.
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Anderson Parker
Grab Charter
Weekly Trade Review Signals Stable Markets
R Dun & Co weekly review finds no major business changes with manufacturing activity rising in many sectors. Woolen orders grow, silk and boots improve. iron and steel show positive signs. money markets look favorable. Wheat steady despite slight weekly gains. cotton dips then recovers. wool sales outpace mill consumption. weekly U S failures total 81 versus 323 last year, Canada 68 percent higher than a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dun & Co
United States
Canada
May knock out divorces by US Supreme Court decision
The article foresees possible US Supreme Court rulings invalidating many state divorces from the Dakotas and Oklahoma, noting potential domestic upheaval as spouses discover marriages not legally sanctioned. It cites Judge Russell’s McGown ruling barring foreign temporary residence for divorce as groundwork for overturning foreign divorce systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the
United States
Judicial Mills
Dakotas
Oklahoma
Russell
New York
McGown
Massacre in Crete sparks large-scale Christian casualties
Reports from Crete state that three quarters of the Christian quarter in Canea have burned. Nine Christian escapees were attacked by Mussulman mobs near warships, with many killed or injured. The death toll from recent fighting is estimated at 300 as foreign ministers and Greek officials discuss the peaceful mission of the warships in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canea
Crete
Mussulman
Skouses
Athens
Kneebs Sentenced In Berlin For Racing Offense
Robert Kneebs, the American horseman, was sentenced in Berlin to nine months in prison and fined 1000 marks for entering the trotting mare Bethel under the alias Nellie Kneebs. He loses civil rights for two years, with seven months already served deducted, leaving two months remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kneebs
Bethel
Nellie Kneebs
Berlin
Kneebs
Harvard Invites Olney to Chair of International Law
Secretary Olney has received an invitation from Harvard University President Eliot to fill the post of chair of international law after his state department term ends. Olney is considering the offer, as Harvard seeks a new professor in that field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olney
Eliot
Harvard University
State Department
Senate swears in Richard J. Henry amid disputed seat
Richard J. Henry, a silver Democrat from Delaware, is sworn in after a contested seat. Senator Chandler of New Hampshire supports Henry while a final seating decision awaits Senate review. The elections committee, by 6 to 1, rejected Dupont's claim. In Oklahoma, farmers form a Law and Order League vowing swift action against cattle thieves and murderers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Richard J. Henry
Delaware
Chandler
New Hampshire
H A. Dupont
Henry
Senate
Committee On Elections
Dupont
Washita County
Oklahoma
Buo Fiarmers
Cloudy Chief
TWO BAD MEN CAUGHT IN BLOODY ALASKA BATTLE
News from Alaska arrives via the steamer Al Ki reporting a brutal pursuit of Sim Bireh and an accomplice after their jail escape near Juneau. Deputy Marshals, a jailer, an Indian policeman, and locals chased to a cabin on an island. A fierce fight ensued. Watts died, Haleton and Baysee were injured. The fugitives were captured by Cheney and Olson near Sitka. a $5,000 reward is offered for Bireh.
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Alaska
al Ki
Port Townsend
Wash
Sim Bireh
Jnoneau
Birch
Juneau
Haleton
William Watts
Lindquist
Haysee
Watts
Baysee
Cheney
Olson
Snall
Treadwell Works
Sitka
Bireh
Corn Rates Tumbling Across Kansas City Lines
A St. Louis dispatch reports corn rates falling again on Wednesday as Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham cut rates by two cents per two pounds to interior southeast points. Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis matched the move from Ohio River routes, forcing St. Louis lines to follow. Rates from St. Louis to coastal destinations drop from 28 to 24 cents for carload lots to Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville and similar ports, with interior points in the same territory cut to 28 cents. From Ohio River points to coast routes the rate stands at 14 cents, and from Memphis at 16 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Kansas City
Memphis
Birmingham
Fort Scott
Ohio River
Charleston
Savannah
Jacksonville
Coast
St. Louis Man Kills Horse Over Hunger Crisis
German immigrant Jobo Giesen seized a stray lame horse from a crowd of boys in St. Louis and fatally harmed it to roast for food. He and his starving wife and four children had gone days without sustenance, claiming the family had eaten nothing for three days despite having eaten two meats for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jobo Giesen
St. Louis
Fool
Giesen
Reforms in Cuba Proposed by Spanish Queen Regent
The queen regent of Spain signs a plan of Cuban administration reforms. It creates a council of administration with thirty five members. twenty one elected by the people, six by corporations. The remaining eight include a magistrate, a university professor, an archbishop, and five former senators or deputies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Cuba
Distillers at War as Prices Slashed Across U S
A Peoria dispatch reports distillers nationwide in a price war. Prices have fallen to 1.16 dollars, just six cents above the tax and below production cost. Further cuts are expected daily as producers fail to reach a new agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Market Quotations From Multiple Cities
Market quotes cover Chicago to Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati and more with prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains. No. 2 red wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and potatoes appear with varied bid ranges and delivery notes in the ancient market report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
Ste
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Moody’s Sixtieth Birthday Observed by Friends
D L Moody the evangelist marked his 60th birthday on Friday. Friends raised 880,000 to fund a chapel for the We Vernon school for boys Moody founded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moody
D. L. Moody
We Vernon School For
Outlook Aright tn California crops promising amid rains
Amid prolonged rains in California crop prospects improve with wheat acreage up and fruit promising well. A death in town is noted as due to unknown causes, with authorities unsure of exact circumstances. The war’s distant echo hints at tension between France and a target region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Walford Fire Destroys Property. One Body Recovered
A Walford fire caused $50,000 in damage with two men inside the building. One body was recovered as investigators began work on the scene.
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Walford
Fire destroys Walford general store and bank
A large general store owned by Novak and Sea bokertsky and the adjacent Bank of Walford burned in early Wednesday hours near Cedar Rapids. Loss estimated at 60000 dollars. Two men Novak and Edward Murray vanished. one body recovered, a second body not found. Foul play suspected. A death by poison attempt by John W Novak occurred. life insurance coverage contested.
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Novak & Seabokertsky
Walford
Cedar Rapids
Bank of
Novak
Edward Murray
Frank Novak
Murray
John W. Novak
Stole Cattle By Wholesale In Ottumwa Case
Sam Earhart was arrested on a Wednesday telegram from Mount Pleasant for cattle stealing in Ottumwa. The case ties to a countywide cattle theft spree near Winfield and Mount Pleasant. Neighbors report lost stock and property as a grand jury considers indictment of Arthur Courtney, a local farmer.
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Sam Earhart
Ottumwa
Mount Pleasant
Henry County
Winfield
Frank Henderson
Tie
Arthur Courtney
Sam O
Crond
Mr. Courtneys
Waterloo Cedar Falls tram line faces Cedar Falls veto
About a year ago Waterloo and Cedar Falls Transit built four miles of street railway in Waterloo and planned to extend to Cedar Falls this spring. Cedar Falls refuses a franchise citing rivalry and fear Waterloo will draw patrons. Promoters say the line will be built and cars run by June 1 despite opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Tars
Disgraceful Searsboro Affair Reported Involving Teens
News from Searsboro details a disturbing incident near an abandoned barn where 17 year old Miss Graham was allegedly forced at pistol point to submit to four young men, including George Louk Bol Mitchell and Charles Wright, all under 20. Two suspects arrested. a fourth is unnamed or turned state's evidence. one fled.
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Searsboro
Graham
Charles Wright
George Louk
Bol Mitchell
Montezuma
Neola to get electric lights via council petition
Taxpayers circulate a petition toward a city council vote next meeting on an electric lighting plant to be tied to the waterworks at an estimated cost of 8500 dollars. Five of six councilmen and the mayor are said to favor the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neola
Mott Watson Case Decided in Maquoketa Court
Judge Waterman ruled against claimant George D. Niles Watson who asserted he was the legitimate son of Mott Watson. The suit covered all of Watson’s property at Maquoketa valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, the death having occurred August 26, 1895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mott Watson
Maquoketa
Coal train wreck injures brakeman near Keb
A coal train derailed near Keb, a mining town near Ottumwa. Brakeman Hickey was severely injured as three cars left the track in the incident reported last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keb
Ottumwa
Hickey
Wholesalers Protest Tax Plan Before Legislature
Fifty leading wholesalers from across the state gathered February 2 to oppose a proposed corporate taxation bill. They warned the measure could drive wholesalers out of business or from the state and urged the Ways and Means Committee to reconsider. The bill would require corporations to file detailed financial data with assessors, including capital per share, real estate, dividends, earnings, sinking fund additions, stock price ranges, and annual average stock prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ways and Means
Senate
House Committee On Ways and Means
Feeding in Transit Plan Gains Rail Support
Henry Wallace pushes feeding in transit rates to move western stock onto Iowa corn. In under three weeks he has secured press backing and influenced railroad managers and financial directors. Chicago Great Western and Keokuk and Western will adopt the plan, with most roads favorable except the Chicago Burlington and Quincy, which declines to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Chicago Great Western Road
Wallace
Keokuk and Western
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
Robbery at Bradley's Bank Fildon Likely Netted Bonds
Burglars blew open the Bradley's Bank vault early Monday and stole 5000 to 7000 dollars in cash. A robber was injured by the explosion, leaving blood on walls. A team and wagon were taken from Rich Bros. Grocers and found near Sugar Creek. Negotiable paper and bonds from J O Hummell, AW Roberts and W O Stauffer were taken, with 0 to 50,000 dollars in bonds reported in the three private boxes.
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Bradley's Bank
Fildon
Rich Bros
Sugar Creek
Eldon
Ottumwa
J. O. Hummell
A.W. Roberts
W. O. Stauffer
Amd
Ttis
Severe Farm Accident Near Dubuque Claims Two Lives
On the Durango road near Ashbury Henry Richards and his son John were operating a corn shelter when the machine’s firwheel shattered. A fragment broke Mr Richards right arm and elbow, while another severed John’s arm below the elbow. John’s other arm was also badly shattered. The elder Richards died later from internal hemorrhage.
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Dubuque
Henry Richards
Durango
Ashbury
Mr. Richards
John
Mr. Richards, Sr
Woodmen Of The World Elects Officers At DuBuque
The Woodmen of the World, tracing roots in Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan, formed a head camp at Dubuque on Tuesday and elected officers including Consul L. S. Scott Ottumwa Iowa Adviser Eugene Lafrance St Paul Banker James Bush Broadhead Wisconsin Clerk J. Singothe Davenport Iowa Escort Philo T Prushed Port Huron Michigan Water man WS Courtright Burlington Iowa Sentry J M Roberson St Cloud Minnesota Managers WS White Sioux City D B Bassett Creston Iowa CC A Morgan Council Bluffs Iowa
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Towa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Dubuque
Scott
Ottumwa
Eugene Ss. Lafrance
St. Paul
Hanker
James Bush
Broadhead
Wis
J. Singothe
Davenport
Tac
Philo Tprushed
Port Huron
Miehe
Waterman
New Bank Planned in Spencer by Former First National Leaders
A Spencer meeting of the First National bank board saw directors William Flindt and William Bender resign to join a new bank venture. The firm will recruit the former president, vice president, and cashier of the First National along with several other directors from current and former boards to form its initial governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
First National Bank
William Flindt
William Bender
First National
Termireetors “Lateraletrty
Disappearance of Ottumwa businessman Er. B. Harned
Ottumwa capitalist real estate man and grocer Er. B. Harned vanished after departing Priday for Chicasco with cash. He left a bill of sale on his grocery to G. W. Thayer and wife and reportedly sold assets to raise funds. Creditors left unpaid as two wholesale firms attached stock. Thayer, an innocent purchaser, lost the stock and the store closed.
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Er. B. Harned
Ottumwa
Chicasco
G. W. Thayer
Thayer
Gale
Barn Fire Destroys Goman Farm in Grundy County
A barn northwest of New Hartford owned by William Goman burned early Wednesday morning after a cow kicked over a lantern. In Grundy County, the Fairfield creamery southwest of there also burned Tuesday night from a fire that caught from an engine.
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William Goman
New Hartford
Fairfield Creamery
There
Grundy County
Death of Landlord Burke at Carroll Hotel
E. R. Burke, proprietor of Burke's Hotel in Carroll and a renowned Iowa hotel man, died Tuesday morning.
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Burke
E. R. Burke
Burke’s Hotel
Carroll
Iowa
Tragic Burlington Child Dies of Starvation in Plentiful City
The young child of Mr and Mrs Oliver Lock died before midweek from starvation amid Burlington's plenty. Authorities found that the child perished from actual want in a wretched home where the parents also suffered. Also, former Polk County man William Depew was killed Saturday afternoon by a northbound mail train near Clarinda on the Villisca branch of the Q. The pilot struck him in the back and threw him twenty or thirty feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Lock
Burlington
Polk County
William Depew
Villisca
Clarinda
National Solons. Bills Passed in House and Senate
Detailed proceedings cover numerous measures from retirement compensation for a naval officer to railroad and land acts. The Nicaragua canal bill dominates Senate action with debates and adjournments. House session dull, focusing on appropriation bills and district funding. Kenney seated to boost Senate Democrats. Hopkins-Kendall contest given to the sitting Democrat with a minority report pending.
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Senate
House
Congress
John M. Quackenbush
Naval Service
Albert Augustine
Rose Hill
Iowa
Columbia
Red Mountain
Columbia River
USOC
Spum Catien
Vilas
Teller
Colorado
District of Columbia
Cornett
Swanson
Virginia
Elections Committee
Friends of the
Friends of the Bill
Morrill
Capitol
Till
New York
Plo
Nicaragua Canal
Lodge
Chandler
Mrr. Gorman
Me. Vilas
Large 7 aid day county host Alabama forecast
A fragmentary OCR note references a large July event hosting in Alabama with forecast details unclear. The readable items point to a 7 day period and a coming holiday or host event in the state, but specifics remain uncertain in the text.
Unknown man smothered in malt bin at Fey malthouse
A report details a death at the Fey malthouse where an unknown man was smothered in a malt bin. The article references Eph I Peyton a patent attorney and notes a related case involving the First National Bank of Hol urg and a Washington death by action at a bank. It mentions Winer who died in New York and his past prominence including serving as Secretary of State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adeph I. Peyton
Washington
First National Bank of
Holurg
I.a
Winer
New York
Nar
Nevada poised for Corbett Fitzsimmons boxing clash
Nevada Legislature licenses boxing exhibitions and Dan Stuart confirms the Corbett versus Fitzsimmons fight set for March 17 in Carson City. Promoters expect a 20,000 seat arena with gate receipts potentially over 150000, plus rail excursion crowds and kineto scope profits. Maher to meet Choynski or Sharkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Dan Stuart
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Don Stuart
Big Milla
Corbett-Fitzsimmons
Hall
Maher
Choynski
Reno
Virginia City
Carson City
New York
East
Chicago
al Smith
Stuart
Peter Maher
Tom Sharkey
Salvation Armys Noble Work Aiding New York’s Homeless
A New York correspondent notes thousands of city homeless lacking food and shelter due to unemployment. The Salvation Army under Commander Booth-Tucker provides beds bread coffee or soup in Army buildings now used as shelters. In six nights about 10 000 men found accommodation with numbers rising to over 2000 on colder nights. The officers welcome all regardless of creed color or nationality and seek larger spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Salvation Army
Booth-Tucker
Chicago
Strong
Congressional actions and retirements noted in early 1900s
The President approves withdrawing criminal cases from Supreme Court jurisdiction, transferring them to the Circuit Court of Appeals. Gen William Price Craighill to retire under the forty years law. Committees discuss metric system adoption, Georgia contest postponement, mining bureau plans, public lands entries, naval expedition retirement, and consolidated bureau proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
William Price Craighill
Efouse
United States
House Committee On Elections
Georgia
Thomas E. Watson
J.C. Hlack
Perkins
California
House Committee On Public Lands
House
Senate
Lady Frankliss
Chander Dire
Depacia
Depacia. Oo
Jahor Sd Eens Sot
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Emmet CO. Republican
Estherville
Jenkins & Nichols
Prakistrre
Louisiana
Rhodes
Mills His
Weekly Review OF Trade
Bob Kneebs
Harvard
Queen Regent
York Tattle
James Wosping
Sian Peon
Liz
Poland
K. Jo
Mo Johnson
Humboldt
Oakbourne
McQuiston Bros
Iethin, Ilk
Gow
Klever
M. W. Patterson
Norwalk
Woodmen of the World
New Bank For
Richard R. Kenney
Petre
Mr. Chandler
1. A. Dupont
Mr. Kenney
Kenney
Duluth and
North Dakota Railroad Company
Red River
North Dakota
Rock Island
Kentucky
Hopkins
Will Figfft
Revada
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