Crop losses reported across fifteen states at twenty percent
S W Talimage of the Logansport chamber of commerce cites crop prospects with damages totaling about 20 percent or 100 million bushels. Iroquois Club banquet in Chicago features Jefferson portrait loaned by James Hill. speeches by Bayard Breckenridge and others amid attendance of 400.
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Omicaco
Palmer House
Thomas Jefferson
Sharplein
London
General and Marth
Washington
England
Sharpless
Jefferson
Adama
Carey
James Hill
St. Paul
Manitoba
Henry Watterson
Kentucky
Palmer
Ilinois
Wade Hampton
H. W. Slocum
New York
Stephen Field
United States Supreme Court
W. B. Morrison
Illinois
Curtin
Pennsylvania
Abram
Samuel J. Randall
Erekine M. Phelps
Delaware
Senator Bayard
Chicago
Spee
Fe. Gol. W. OC. P. Breckenridge
Wm. Henry Hurlbert
New York World
James O. Broadhead
Missouri
W. F. Vilas
Wisconsin
Lyman Trumbull
Linda
Trumbell
Repubicans
Qs. Wheeler
Defunct Liquor Firm Waives Assets in Assignment
Pav April 16 Wa Schmidt Co. wholesalers of liquor have assigned assets totaling 32,500 with 25,000 in open accounts and liabilities of 16,000. The filing notes a defunct liquor firm undergoing assignment procedures.
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T. Pav
Wa. Schmidt & Co
Fatal shooting in Cincinnati tied to street quarrel
In Cincinnati on April 16, French Graham of Ripley Ohio was fatally shot near east Broadway by Alexander Tyler, both described as colored. A heated quarrel preceded the gunfire.
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Cincinnati
French Graham
Ripley
Ohio
East Broadway
Alexander Tyler
Mies Matilda Snowball
Sam Johnsing
Austin Colored Society
Sam
A Grate Lynched
Meadeville Mississippi report says Tom Bailey, a colored man, murdered a young girl and threw her body in a pond. A mob broke him from jail and hanged him this morning.
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Onicaco
Meadville
Miss
Tom Bailey
The Newhall Fire Case Proceedings Continue
The Scheller case jury hears prosecution evidence by District Attorney Clark detailing debts and suspicious movements before the fatal fire. Defense attorney McKinney responds, and Somer will close for the prosecution this afternoon as the case heads to the jury amid public doubt of a quick acquittal.
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Newhall
Mr.waves
Scheller
Clark
McKinney
Somer
Apollo Commandery plans European tour for 200 members
Curiaco April 16 report states Apollo Commandery Knights Templar will skip the San Francisco triennial conclave and charter the ocean steamer City of Rome for a European tour. About 200 members will sail from New York July 14, with routes via Liverpool spanning 32 to 53 days.
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Curiaco
Apollo Commandery
Knights Templar
San Francisco
Rome
Bohemian cabinet maker shoots ex wife then kills self
In Onicaea April 16 Rowan Nowak went to his divorced wife’s home to reclaim a boy of four. She refused entry and he shot her through a window, the bullet lodged in her brain. He then killed himself with a pistol. A letter in his pocket mentions Knights of Honor life insurance for his children. The woman did not survive.
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Onicaea
Rowan Nowak
Knights of Honor
Memorial services mark Lincoln death anniversary in Springfield
In Springfield on April 18 memorial rites for Abraham Lincoln were held in the catacomb of the national Lincoln monument. The Lincoln Guard of Honor organized religious exercises music and the reading of Lincoln’s Sunday order to the army. Gen Thee J Henderson of Princeton Ill gave an oration and Jno H Bryant and Wm Cullen Bryant read an original poem. Attendees laid flowers on the sarcophagus after the services.
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Springfield
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
National Lincoln Monument
Lincoln Guard of Honor
Lincoln
Thee. J. Henderson
Princeton
Illa
Jno. H. Bryant
Wm. Cullen Bryant
Timothy Miller Hanged for Neebett Murder at Tongue Point
In Montrean on April 16 Timothy Miller was executed by hanging for the murder of farmer William Neebett at Tongue Point. The court action occurred in the morning with the standard legal proceedings preceding the sentence.
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Montrean
Timothy Miller
Wm. Neebett
Tongue Point
Morristown
N. J
James Triglane
Minnie Chigwin
Port Oram
Robberies and Violent Incidents Reported Across Towns
Franklin Brady's jewelry store robbed of four thousand dollars of goods and set afire with small loss. West Virginia teacher Miss Kate Griffith severely beaten by a pupil. the boy arrested. In Ohio a sheriff killed a raftsman attacker with a knife after a disturbance. In Pennsylvania Daniel Curley trial resumes. informer Joseph Smith testifies. Catholic priest Rev John Schenck found dead from suicide in Long Prairie. despondency noted.
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Franklin
Ohio
St. Paul
John Schenck
Long Prairie
Open hearing on charges against Treasury Architect Hill
Washington April 17. The committee investigating charges against Supervising Architect Hill of the Treasury Department will hold open hearings. Newsmen and interested parties are invited. The charges will be read tomorrow, and the investigation proper begins Monday.
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Washington
Hill
Treasury Department
Fifth Month of the Great Force in Second Star Route Trial
April 17 report notes a crowded courtroom with poor ventilation and lengthy proceedings. Despite conditions and delays, the court, jury, and counsel appear in good health as the fifth month of the trial begins, with all defendants present.
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Aasa Maton
The Newhall investigation reaches Scheller trial
Milwaukee April 17 City Attorney Somers addressed the jury in the Scheller trial reviewing evidence and stressing that Scheller aimed for Newboner's gambling house, not his home, as he testified. In the afternoon Judge Mallory prepares to deliver the jury's charge as the case nears verdict.
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Newhall
Miwaukee
Somers
Scheller
Newhall House
Newboner
Mallory
City council actions push telegraph wires underground
On Pcaco April 17 the council directs the mayor to enforce an ordinance mandating all telegraph and telephone wires be placed underground by May 1. Western Union officials say undergrounding is not possible by that date, and the company can endure a disruption if the public will support the move.
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Pcaco
Western Union
Tost
Labor Troubles in New York and Pittesure Strike News
Reported strikers in New York demand 350 dollars per day for carpenters and return to work at higher rates with many non union joiners. Painters press for 3.50 daily after raises and most employers concede. In Pittesure two hundred tanners, about half the force, strike over a one dollar weekly cut. tanneries operate with fewer workers awaiting settlement.
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New York
Pittesure
Allegheny
Tragedy in Rackware as Husband Fatally Shoots Wife
In Rackware Maryland on April 17 Bill Carliss twenty five is shot to death by her husband Michael Carlies also twenty five. The couple had separated and suspicions of infidelity led to a confrontation at a house of ill fame run by Mme Kane on Eastern avenue. Carlies followed his wife to the location and shot her in a room where she was with a young man. The fatal shot pierced the brain and she died shortly after.
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Bill Carliss
Michael Carlies
Mme. Kane
Eastern Avenue
Lmst
Dukes
Jenning’s
Cogey
Maggie Hennecke
Wavxkese
Jones’ Island
Williams
Baes
Whitehead
Wason
Maggie
M. H
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White Water
Wis
Philadelphia Times
Jockike
Patrick Donovan
Sant
State Lunatic Hospital
Philadelphia
John O. Knox
Tioga County
Akille
Knox
White
Common Pleas
Thomas A. Budd
Packer
Webster
Germantown
Harrisburg
Creon
Crass
Helena
North
Pole
Meagher County
Helens Ie
Fire Devours Oakborne Street Block. Loss $40000
A block of stores on Oakborne street in Oakville Illinois including the Masonic and Orange balls burned this morning. Loss estimated at forty thousand dollars.
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Oakville
Oan
Oakborne Street
Steamer John 8 Bransford Sunk Off Dean’s Island
The steamer John 8 Bransford, 160000 feet walnut lumber, struck a reef at Dean’s Island near Memphis and sank. Vessel valued at 9000 dollars, insured for 5000. Wrecking steamer Ecker to scene. no lives lost. Also a St Louis report of Cape Anglia trammel netting leading to a fatal shooting by a Calhoun Ill. constable. William Willoughby killed. Henry Engle fatally wounded.
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John 8. Bransford
Milt R. Haney
St. Frances’ River
Cairo
Dean's Island
Memphis
Ecker
St. Louis
Winfield
Cape Anglia
Illinois
Calhoun
William Willoughby
Henry Engle
Johnson Hinmann
Apache chase near Cauacasis prompts border campaign
A prospecting party near Cauacasis Arizona is pursued by Apaches within three miles as fires and signals light up surrounding mountains. Captain Black reports tracking Indians blamed for Judge McComas and wife’s death into the Sierra Madre. El Paso Times notes joint American Mexican forces plan to mobilize 150 San Calois Apaches for swift action. officials fear no peace until suppression.
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Cauacasis
Arizona
Osmo Huachiso
Captain Black
Judge McComas
Sierra Madre
Chihuahua
Rangers
el Paso Timea
Sonora
Horrible Tales from Massachusetts Hell Hole
Bowron reports at the Tewksbury examination that Mary E. Bowen, once an inmate, says inmates suffered in shared baths with skin diseases and vermin. Carbolic acid used on infected patients, death and poor conditions noted. A large woman died and was placed in a box with her worn bonnet, and abuse of an old insane patient was described.
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Bowron
Tewkebury
Mary E. Bowen
New York
Brooklyn Butchery Murder Sparks Jealousy Tragedy
In Brooklyn at Vanderbilt and Park avenues yesterday afternoon Diedrich Mahnken killed Diedrich Steffing with a revolver after suspected infidelity. Mahnken, 39, admitted guilt at the station. Steffing, 35, was a beer dealer. Mrs Haboken says jealousy drove the act.
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Vanderbilt and
Park Avenues
Brooklyn
Diedrich Mahnken
Diedrich Steffing
Wyth Street
Steffins
Anna Doscher
Mahuken
Steffina
Mica Doscher
Miss Doscher
Steffing
Mahnken
Mahoken
Ex-Governor Hendricks on Tariff and Mayor Harrison
Ex Governor Thomas A. Hendricks and his wife arrived in New York from Indianapolis and stayed at the St Denis hotel. He discussed the Iroquois club dinner and tariff views with a Graphic reporter noting Mayor Harrison’s strong position in Chicago politics and Indiana Democrats’ stance on tariff for revenue with limited free trade support.
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Harrison
New York
Thomas A. Hendricks
Indianapolia
St. Denia
Chicago
Bayard
Hurlbert
West
Butler
Ito
Indiana
Florida
Dynamite conspiracy arrestees face treason charges in Bow Street court
London eight men including Norman Dal ton Wilson and Bernard Gallagher were arraigned on treason and felony charges. Norman, alias Lynch, testified against fellow prisoners amid interruptions from others calling him liar. In Washington a Hill investigation panel concluded charges related to the treasury and Hiedla contracts are on file. Cincinnati saloonmen vow to fight the Scott law with court tests, while Fort Worth cowboys strike for higher wages and threaten violence. Trials continue in Dustin with Tim Kelly charged in Cavendish murders. defense lawyers appointed and juror bias noted.
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London
Norman
Dalton
Wilson
Dr. Gallagher
Bernard Gallagher
Curtin
Ausburgh
Whitehead
Bow Street
Lynch
New York
Outlaws Kill U S Major Lyman In Indian Territory
In the Choctaw nation early yesterday a Texan desperado John S Lennox led outlaws who killed United States Major D H Lyman in charge of prisoners and freed the captives. In New York a man named Charles Stroebel was found murdered on a street this morning with three arrests reported.
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Little Rock
Indian Territory
John
Lennox
United States
D. H. Lyman
Lyman
New York
Charles Stroebel
Drowning victims named in scattered reports and a murder near Madison
A group including Aaron Larsen and Aaron Johnson drowned after their boat vanished. a survivor clung to the craft for five hours before rescue. A separate Madison dispatch reports a lime burner Lewis murdered his infant with a club and injured his wife, then was jailed. Other items note trials and a street assault by Lizzie Nutt and a man named Dukes in Uniontown.
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Panions
Aaron Larsen
Aaron Johnson
B. Johnson
Sattler
Indianapolis
Madison
Ind
Utica
Lewis
Jefferson
Sheriffs capture armed tramps after skirmish at Minnesota bridge
Sheriff Mortz and deputies engaged a crowd of eight armed tramps at a railroad bridge near Bramarp. Two officers were slightly wounded. The suspects, all from New Orleans, were jailed after a pursuit into timber. The report also details Delhi in British India, noting its walls, mosques, and the imperial palace as part of a descriptive passage.
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Minn
Mortz
Shoutell
Palmer
Posse
Showteli
New Orleans
Delhi
British India
Jumpa
Meerut
Calcutta
Shah Jehan
Empeorm
Mussulman
Government College
Mysterious Wedding Abduction At San Francisco Wharf
A strange procession of hackneyed vehicles arrived at the California Steam Navigation wharf as the steamer Mary Garratt loaded. A blindfolded daughter of Sonora George, escorted by two female attendants, was sent to a betrothed husband in Sonora after ceremony driven by a formal retinue of Okindee women and burning tapers. No Chinese men joined the send off.
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Cal
Sonora George
Chinatown
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