Prominent Leaders Reported to Dies or Ill
Emmons County records brief notes that Vice-President Wheeler lies gravely ill at his Malone New York home with telegrams expected on his death. It also recalls well known figures like President Arthur and Charles Francis Adams having recently joined the majority, while winter typically takes a toll on mature ages.
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Wheeler
Malone
New York
Telegraph
Arthur
Charles Francis Adams
Gov
Phelps
Missouri
Canada election looming as premier delays call
A large Canadian class has long clamored for a new parliament yet the conservative premier hesitates to order an election. He will probably be compelled to call one before winter ends, facing a likely liberal victory.
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Canada
Loth
Madame Durand reveals Napoleon’s attempted suicide tale
In her just published reminiscences, Madame Durand claims Napoleon Bonaparte attempted self destruction after abdication at Fontainebleau. She asserts he wore a poison sachet near his neck from the Moscow retreat, yet the poison failed as he reportedly said God does not will it.
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Madame Durand
Napoleon
Fontainebleau
Moscow
Definition of boodle Brought out in ex Alderman McQuade trial
The New York case of ex Alderman McQuade for receiving bribes defined boodle as money dishonestly acquired in open court. The term, though slangy in sound, is noted as expressive with a permanent place in the English language.
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McQuade
New York
Nihilism’s Nemesis Becomes Placid Reformer
James Stephens once a Fenian chieftain now lives in Brussels as a writer. He claims nihilism is not dead and may die soon. The avenger has become a calm advocate of social reform as the fiercest nihilists hint at German socialist theories.
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James Stephens
Europe
Brussels
Buffalo River
Moorhead
Samuel Dean
Pine Ridge Agency
Interior Department
Ex-Senator Doolittle Supports Household Suffrage Plan
Ex Senator Doolittle of Wisconsin spoke in Chicago in favor of household suffrage proposing two votes per household one for each adult male. He first put the idea forward years ago and it drew attention then. The proposal is simple but faces numerous objections likely to doom the plan.
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Doolittle
Wisconsin
Chicago
N.wastle
Oswego
Hugh McKay
Toronto
Sutherland McKay
Influx of Settlers to Manitoba From Winnipeg Reported
A Montreal arrival testifies that many settlers have moved into Manitoba this year from Winnipeg. Farmers in parts of the Northwest Territories face uncertain harvests due to summer frosts that destroy crops. The report notes grain viability concerns and shifting settlement patterns amid adverse growing conditions.
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Montreal
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Northwest Territories
Territories
San Francisco Chronicle Proprietor Outlines Big Crop Forecasts
M H De Young states wine crop will exceed 25 million gallons with brandy reaching 1 million gallons. Raisins shipments grow to 750 thousand boxes, barley to 27 million bushels, green and citrus fruit car loads totaling 4 700, and hop crop to 60 thousand bales as eastern buyers already arrive.
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M. H. de Young
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Death of Erastus Brooks Ends New York Press Era
Erastus Brooks of New York dies, closing a long and brilliant journalism career. A survivor of veteran New York press men, he was born in Portland, Maine in 1815, worked as a correspondent and editor of the New York Express, held official positions, and was a noted speaker.
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Erastus Brooks
New York
New York Press
Brunt, Greeley
James Watson Webb
Fernando Wood
Portland
New York Express
Census reveals stagnant populations in Germany and France
The latest census shows Germany’s population at about 45.194 million in 1880 with an increase of 411,125, under 1 percent. France is stationary, Spain and Italy show no growth, and only Great Britain appears to be gaining, though its exact gain awaits the next census.
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Germany
France
Spain
Italy
Great Britain
Revival of mining craze rocks San Francisco markets
San Francisco report notes a surge in mining stock activity as Consolidated California and Virginia, Ophir and Best & Belcher rise from seven to fifty two dollars a share. Workers, clerks, bartenders, and others cash in large sums, while some investors suffer losses as the boom falters.
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San Francisco
Chicago Tribune
Consolidated California & Virgina
Comstock Security
Consolidated California
Ophir
Best & Belcher
California
Greenbaum & Strauss
Hussey
Dan Leahy
Caraman
Pacific Coast
Virginia City
Market Street
Stock Board
Hale & Norcross
R. C. Hooker
Turmoil in tariff talk and embezzlement cases swirl in period slate
Policymaking moves loom as Mr. Carlisle signals tariff action this session while William L. Newton of the dead letter office retires due to age. Howard Blackstone stands accused of embezzling $25,000 at Canal National Bank Portland. A Chicago saloon license hike passes toward $1000 and a Knight of Labor relief fund is raised. A freight passenger collision near Parker Oklahoma ends with two deaths, plus dam failures and quake-linked flood damage near Langley mills.
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Carlisle
William L. Newton
District of Columbia
Post Office Department
Newton
Canal National Bank of
Portland
Howard Blackstone
Chicago Common Council
Milwaukee Road
Parker
Oak
Assenger
David Blackwood
Charles Gust
Blackwood
Hennepin Commandry
Minneapolis
Langley Cotton Mills
Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta
Columbia & Augusta
South Carolina Railway
Fitzgerald
Irish National League of America
George Parr
Barron
Wix
Roger A. Pryor
Railroad Gazette
Edward Cushing
Belfaust
Joseph E. Moore
Waldborough
Philip W. Downes
Baltimore
William N. Neal
Franklin
Lemhi
Idaho
London Standard
Sofia
Berlin
Autonomie
Colorado
Symes
Reed
Murray
Secretary of the Interior
Frank A. Bidwell
Mitchell, Dak
George W. Vennum
J Town
Dak
Interior Department
Chicago
Iss Petrinella Johnson
Salvation Army
Ice Palace Carnival Forms and Tower Display Details
A large ice built carnival venue rises as a Latin cross plan covering 42 000 square feet with a 217 by 194 foot footprint. Nine central towers, 50 feet wide, rise to 101 feet, with frigid stone-like belts and battlements. The structure remains roofless, intended as a monumental display, featuring flags and weather signals atop a 135 foot flag post, and surrounding walls with ice blocks up to 18 inches thick.
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Nana
England
France
Germany
Sweden
King Borealia
King Borealis
The Muskoda Disaster Coroner Verdict
Coroner Darrow's inquiry into the Muskoda train crash on the Northern Pacific concluded with a verdict that cited negligence by train dispatchers but not criminal intent. Witnesses included Sunley and others from Train No. 1, with praise for Sunley's quick braking. Additional reports note stock market and commodity movements, plus comments from Northern Pacific's J. Odell on damage and dispatcher accountability.
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M. Tennis
Muskoda
Northern Pacific Railroad
Brainerd
E. G. Sunley
John Erickson
John O. Harp
William Lloyd
John Watson
A. J. Wright
Leslie Welter
Bnaryenn
E. B. Linnen
Linnen
Lake City
J. T. Odell
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Dakota
Milwaukee Rioters Given Lenient Sentence Suspend
Three Milwaukee rioters Carl Mussfeldt John Runge and August Gutz were brought for sentencing after a jury verdict The judge expressed leniency citing misdemeanor nature and urged Mussfeldt to reform If he behaves and avoids further riot he will remain free as long as he stays out of trouble otherwise heavy punishment awaits the defendant was advised and the others departed unmoved as the courtroom applauded briefly being quelled by the judge
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Carl Mussfeldt
John Runge
August Gutz
Milwaukee
Mussfeldt
Sloan
Sensational Chicago divorce bill filed by Mrs Farwell Ferry
Mrs Abbie Farwell Ferry, daughter of John V Farwell, filed a bill for separation in Chicago Superior Court against her husband William H Ferry. She charged years of tyrannical abuse after their 1875 marriage, five children, and inadequate support despite Ferry’s inherited estate of about $60,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie Farwell-Ferry
John V. Farwell
Chicago
William H. Ferry
John Farwell
Frank
Willie
Montague
Horace Ferry
ManitoBa Railway Managers Order on Wheat Buyers
General Manager Manvel directs station agents to enforce elevator guarantees that receipts for wheat at Minneapolis or Duluth match the ticket grade and weight, minus freight and handling. Elevators must receive and ship at standard rates. refusals to honor guarantees must be reported with company names.
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Manvel
Manitoba Railway
Minneapolis
Duluth
Dakota Legislature Special Session Called in Huron
The proclamation from Governor Arthur C. Mellette convenes a special session of the Dakota legislature in Huron on Wednesday, 15, 1886, at 12 o'clock noon. It notes denial of Dakota statehood and congressional recognition, urging self government for the commonwealth and citing the state constitutional convention's request. Page cites A. E. Frank lieutenant governor and Thomas W. Eddy speaker of the house.
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Huron
Dakota
Union of the States
National Congress
Commonwealth
Arthur C. Mellette
A. E. Frank
Thomas W. Eddy
House of Representatives
Senate
Wedty
Life saving crew delays toward wrecked schooner Ariadne
Oswerno reports a long significant delay yesterday in the nine mile voyage of the life saving crew to reach the wrecked schooner Ariadne. The stretch proved arduous with weather and sea conditions hampering progress as they pursued the stranded vessel.
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Oswerno, N
Levi Moon claims identity in Worcester blackmail case
A Worcester dispatch reports Doc Wilson revealing a hidden birth truth. Levi Moon, son of P. L. Moen, asserts he is the true heir and alleges Wilson’s accusations reflect his own family scandal. The tale sparks wide newspaper attention and public speculation about the Moon-Wilson lineage. In Montana, Sioux and Crow tribes clash. four Sioux and five Crows die amid ongoing horse theft tensions, including the death of a half breed Sioux interpreter.
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Levi Moon
P. L. Moen
Worcester
Union Church
Moen
Providence
Doc
Montana
Aberdeen year sees rise in buildings and fires
Dakota Territory notes record 150 buildings in Aberdeen this year while Walsh county pursues $500 liquor licenses. St Thomas endures a $10,000 fire with $9,150 loss and $2,900 insurance. Manitoba expansion to Bottineau by July 1, legal actions in libel cases, odd coffin anecdote, depredation claim ruling, and town growth in Minot reflect regional concerns and growth.
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Aberdeen
Walsh County
St. Thomas
Manitoba
Devil’s Lake
Bottineau
J. R. Wells
Irving Bath
Minnehaha Mail
Spain's Zorrilla Responds on Parties and Exile
In Paris the exiled Spanish leader Ruiz Zorrilla discusses current party splits in Spain. He notes republicans are divided into three camps, liberals and conservatives split, and coalitions give liberals a majority. He warns against overreliance on manifestos and emphasizes universal suffrage, liberty of speech and press as core aims.
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Madrid
Senor Ruiz Zorrilla
Spain
Zorrilla
M. de Freyenet
Paris
Zorilla
Isabella
Cortes
Amadeus
Alfonso XII
France
Arc de Triomphe
Senor Castelar
Senor Pity Margall
Progressive Republican Party
Duc de Montpensier
Duc de Seville
Duc d’Aumale
Rochefort
Senor Zorrilla
England
Italy
Pittsburg plate glass works fire damages Creighton
A Pittsburg plate glass works plant at Creighton burned causing about 35000 dollars in damage. The fire was insured. A man named Kurt jumped from the Brooklyn bridge and spent five minutes under water. He showed signs of shock and later talked at the police station before being taken to Chambers Street hospital. Knifton balked from a bare knuckle championship fight in Paris, fearing unfair play. A stay of execution was granted in St Louis for Maxwell and the Chinese high binders until February 1 to allow case transcripts before appeal.
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Kurt
Brooklyn Bridge
Kurg
Chambers Street
Knifton
Jem Smith
Paris
England
Smith
St. Louisa
W. H. L. Maxwell
Preller
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D. R. Streeter
Williamsport
Stephen W. Rawson
R. IL
Doc’ Wilson Dea
Pen
Aero Dakota
John Boom
Mercer County
James G. Webb
Pembina
Pembina County
Edmund K. Caviler
Charles H. Morse
Winfield
Lake County
Charles A. Dowell
Senator Jones
Nevada
Washington
Congressman Page
Virginia Consolidated
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Sparks
James Vennum
Jamestown
Frank Bidwell
Mitchell
Wait
Supreme Court
Miller
Field
Bradley
Supreme Bench
Rudolph Guyehardt
Washington Territory
Rone
Walla Walla
Ash
Japan
J. Woodward
West Side Railroad Company
Grand Avenue
Frank B. Andrews
Willian H. Powell
Boise City
First Congregational Church
Kansas City
Charlee E. Nixon
Chicago Inter Ocean
Edna Mann
James A. Mann
Kansas City Journal
Curtis Cotten
Perry
South Carolina
Greenville
C. G. Schellenberger
W. W. Horn
J. Danz
Oblate Fathers of
Knights of Labor
J. W. Allen
Syracuse
N. Y
Robert Potter
Newrt
Moonaxan
Darrow
O M Tennia
J. H. O'Neill
W. B. Douglas
Fargo
the Business Outlook
Bradstreet
Boston
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Cleveland
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St. Louis
Reading
London
Western Steam
New Yoas
Mail and Express Baya
Standard Oil Company
Capron Oilelds
Nobel Bros
Saint Paul Ich Palace
Ariadne
Massachusetts
Dakota Territorial News
Minot
Ward
Sioux Falls
Sanborn
Yankton Press
Dakotian
Pierre
J. D. Hilgar
R. J. Templeton
A. D. Morriellis
Great Sioux Reservation
Park Place
Sp Sena
Dunseith
George Morrow
Morrow
Joseph Hammerschmidt
Belle Fourche
Black Hills
Peru
Roscoe
Baptist College of
North Dakota
Tower City
Charlemagne Sparr
Adam M. Easterly
Faro
Glendive
Francis
la Moure
Grand Rapids
Board of County Commissioners
Pittsburg Plate Glass Works
Creighton
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