Bold robberies and a wary bank heist at Allerton packing
John N. Asier, cashier at Allerton packing, was held up by two masked robbers on payday and forced to surrender $9,200. The thieves escaped in a waiting buggy after forcing the office latch with a jimmy. Separate incidents include a Sewell widow robbed of about $1,000 and a Georgia railroad camp killing over perceived insult. A St Paul fraud case involves J P Davis pocketing jury certificates over years. West Newfoundland crisis looms, with Mgr Hawley calling for a new province to avert bloodshed.
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Curiaco
John N. Asier
Allerton Packing Company
Allerton’s
Amens
Nathan Crockett
Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad
Glass
St. Paul
Cane
J. P. Davis
Clerk O'Connor
Davis
Liberty Hospital
THE NEW WHEEL TRUST INCREASES PRICES ACROSS WEST
The American Wheel company, an Illinois incorporated trust with Chicago offices, raised wagon and buggy wheel prices about 70 percent. Eight hundred thousand wheel sets produced annually by sixteen factories will see an average $2.50 rise. Secrecy preceded the plan, mailed price cards targeted for Monday action, amid Western industry resistance and alleged collusion with straw-board interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tree Havre
Ind
American Wheel Company
Whisky Trust
Straw-Board Trust
Allegheny Mountains
Illinois Lsw
Chicago
Uncle Sam
Ballot Reform to be Discussed at Labor Convention
Delegates from three national organizations and four independent unions will attend the American Federation of Labor meeting in Detroit next Monday. An official said the convention, with 225 delegates representing about 725000 wage workers, will discuss ballot reform and the safety of workers at the ballot box. Pittsburgh will also see the election of a successor to First Vice President Wm. Martin, with other officers likely to be re elected. Electioneer, famed trotter, dies at Palo Alto stock farm at twenty five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prrtspute
American Federation of Labor
Detroit
Federation
Gompers
Pittsburg
Wm. Martin
P. J. McGuire
Chris Evans
Henry Emrich
Posing as a Preacher. Horse Thief Arrested After Sermon
Dallas Texas December 5. William Miller a horse thief sought in the Indian Territory was arrested in Dallas County after finishing a gospel sermon. He had traveled through the area en route for the territory and faced astonished congregants as officers took him into custody. Hallifax NH December 4. The Herald to print a letter from Mgr Hawley prefect apostolic for the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalas
Texas
Wm. Miller
Indian Territory
Dallas County
Hallifax
Herald
Mgr. Hawley
Weat
Morse
Mono
Ind
Miller
Benjamin Freedman
Robert Martin
Hagerstown
Connersville
Victory for Women in Methodist Conference Seats
Pattapenpais December 4 The question of women as lay delegates to the general conference appears decided in favor after returns from Methodist congregations across the United States. The Philadelphia Methodist reports that the trend shows women entitled to seats as lay delegates based on popular will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pattapenpais
United States
Philadelphia Methodist
Awful Fate on Trestle Bridge Ends in Death
Farmer Kreiger and his three children faced a deadly choice on Otter creek’s open Lake Shore bridge. Jumping into icy water, he saved two children while a thirteen year old girl hesitated and was struck by a passing train, ground to pieces under the wheels. In San Antonio Count Herman Van Dodge, a Prussian nobleman linked to the emperor’s lineage, was killed when struck by an international passenger train while crossing the Helotes ranch tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monnott
Miah
Farmer Kreiger
Otter Creek
Lake Shore Road
San Antonio
Tex
Herman van Dodge
Germany
Helotes
Here
Worshiped in the Snow Unique Feast Celebration
In St Louis the Italian colony held a dawn procession for the Immaculate Conception between 5 and 6 am. About fifty torch bearers led a parade through snowfall carrying a wooden platform with a plaster Virgin Mary crowned in gold jewels. Several hundred worshipers knelt in the snow.
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St. Louis
Lost in the woods mother survives child perishes in snow
Mrs Leoné D Freize and her five year old daughter were found in Fordyke woods. The child was frozen about ten feet from the mother, who was alive but badly frostbitten and later required amputation of hands and feet. Both had been missing since Saturday night near Rahway New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazazetu
N. J
Leoné D. Freize
Fordyke Woods
Mob torches Black man dying from earlier assault
In Centra on December 5 a mob burned Henry Johnson a dying Black victim from an earlier assault on Mrs. Walters. Witnesses say Johnson was alive and dying when the mob gathered brush and set it aflame, eliciting renewed warnings against Black demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centra
Henry Johnson
Walters
Carriage Makers Meet in Indianapolis to Form Trust
Twenty eight representatives of U S carriage and wagon manufacturers gather in Indianapolis to form a trust. The meeting covers about three fourths of the industry, with many absentee firms sending letters of support for organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
United States
Bankers Delemanter Firm Closes in Mrapevittr
G W Delemanter and Co bankers of Mrapevittr Pa assigned today and suspended business. Haskins and Mc Clintock named as signees. Assets and liabilities not yet known. Politica blamed for the failure. Senator Delemanter, a firm member, was Republican candidate for governor and defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delemanter
Mrapevittr
G. W. Delemanter & Co
Haskins & McClintock
Politica
Fitch Birthday Reception at Locansport for Ex Senator
Locansport Ind December 6 A reception was held at ex United States Senator Fitchs home on his eighty second birthday. The Fitch democratic club organized the event with professional men and soldiers visiting to pay respects to the noted statesman and soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locansport
Ind
United States
Fitch
Fitch Democratic Club
Farmers Alliance committee orders county vote for U.S. senator
Kansas state committee directs county alliances to vote on the United States senator choice. Aggregated results will guide the new legislature, with canvass to be completed and reported at headquarters by January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Torria
Kas
Farmers’ Alliance State Committee
United States
Mission to capture Sitting Bull stirs mixed results
From LaCrosse to Omaha and Port Riaz agency reports detail Col Cody and staff pursuing Sitting Bull near the Standing Rock agency, their swift 1506 mile trek, orders to halt from the president, and uncertainties about the uprising. Father Jute negotiates with hostiles as peace talks proceed at Pine Ridge.
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Geneva
United States
War Department
Miles
Powell
Sitting Bull
San Francisco
Gibbon
Pacific
Schofield
Washington
Wm. I. Shafter
Omaha
Shafter
General Miles
Cheyenne
Port Riaz Agency
Father Jute
Brooke
Jack Red Cloud
White Clay
Turner Bear
Short Bull
High Hawk
Crow Dog
Kicking Bear
Mr. Lee
Great Father
Rosebud
Pine Ridge
Aourney
General Brooke
Young Red Cloud
Parnell Poised to Retire if Home Rule Path Clear
London reports say Parnell would resign leadership if Liberal leaders pledge to push an acceptable home rule bill through the House of Commons despite opposition. Irish nationalists met with Gladstone while Redmond Sexton Heally and Delamy returned from conference to confer further.
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London
Redmond
Sexton
Heally
Delamy
Gladstone
John Morley
Wm. Vernor Harcourt
Earl Spencer
Parnell
House of Commons
Mesars
Messrs. Power and Deary
Arnold Morley
England
Oxreaco
New York
Grand Pacific
Harrington
Justin Carthy
Dillon
O’brien
Davitt
Lexton
William Ewart Gladstone
Iremee
Gas Shortage Shocks Central Ohio Cities
Ohio factory owners in Columbus Dayton Springfield Troy Sidney Piqua and other centers were told gas companies can no longer supply public customers and will only honor private contracts. Officials fear gas may be insufficient even for private consumers due to extensive pipeline construction.
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Strincheap
Ohio
Columbus
Dayton
Springfield
Troy
Sidney
Piqua
Ghost Dancers Seventeen Sioux Captured En Route
Seventeen Sioux ghost dancers including a chief were escorted by U.S. troops from Masox City to Fort Snelling Minnesota after being captured Friday while traveling from Pine Ridge Agency toward Lower Brule. The item ends with an advertisement for Hood's Sarsaparilla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masox City
Fort Snelling
Minn
United States
Pine Ridge Agency
Lower Brule
Governor Hovey Named to Pensions Committee in G A R
General Goulding announces a pension committee appointment by the G A R national encampment held in Boston. The 18 comrades include Richard W Blue of Kansas Warner Miller of Herkimer N Y Alvin P Hovey of Mount Vernon Ind Selden Conner of Portland Me L T Dickson of Danville Ill Commercial Hall Decatur Ill Walter Q Gresham of Chicago Jos O Neal of Lebanon Ohio Geo A Mardeni Lowell Mass and others to be officially announced in future orders.
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G. A. KR
Committee On Pensions
Bourzano
General Goulding
G. A. BR
Boston
Richard W. Blue
Kansas
Warner Miller
Herkimer
N. Y
Alvin P. Hovey
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Selden Conner
Portland
L. T. Dickson
Danville
Commercial Hall
Decatur
Walter Q. Gresham
Chicago
Jos. O'Neal
Lebanon
Ohio
Geo. A
Mardeni
Lowell
Mass
Child snatched by an eagle and returned unharmed
The four year old son of Charles Waller of Italy Texas was carried two miles in the talons by a large eagle while playing in the yard. The father pursued on horseback and rescued the boy in a ravine where the eagle had landed. The child was unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Charles Waller
Italy
Texas
Tests With Koch lymph in New Haven clinical study
In New Haven Connecticut professors Russell and Critteden received a second supply of Koch's lymph yesterday and another inoculation was performed. Dr Foster reports patients are improving though full effects will take days to emerge. Critteden plans a detailed treatise on the lymph used on local patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Koch
Russell
Critteden
Foster
Desperado Kuhns Captured After Bloody Chase In Allen County
The notorious Marvin Kuhns and accomplice James Mease were wounded in a violent clash with officers near Churubusco. Officer John Kennelly was shot in the abdomen. Kuhns, severely injured, surrendered to Sheriff Viberg after a long pursuit. Mease is in custody. Kennelly's prognosis improves with treatment at St Joseph hospital.
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Marvin Kuhns
Ohio
Indiana
Allen County
James Mease
Noble County
St. Joe
John Kennelly
Churubusco
Tom A. Wilkinson
Dick Turpin
Reform School
Petty Thelving
Albion County
Huntington
Kubus
Prospect
Columbus
Chicago
Pease
New Knoxville
William Campaus
Detroit
Fostoria
Kuhns
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Villaan
Villian
Wilkinson
Viberg
Lindsay
Tom Wilkinson
Kennelly
Lake Shore Road
A. R. Jackson
Jackson
Mease
Cburubusco
Mager
W. H. Myers
Fort Wayne
J. M. Robinson
John Brannon
Siemen
Columbia City
St. Joseph Hospital
Young Police Officer Kuhns Shows Slight Improvement
Sheriff Viberg reports Kuhns likely to recover as Dr. Dinnen notes vital internal organs intact despite bullet wounds. Kuhns remains calm, confident in recovery, and answers questions selectively while a crowd of sightseers observes his condition at the depot in Fostoria, Ohio with Marshal Neff present to learn more.
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Kuhns
Sentinex
Hawaa
Messe
Buhns
Searinen
William Campau
Fostoria
Ohio
Mr. Viberg
J. M. Dinnen
Kennelly
Dinnen
Baker Street
Dr. Siemen
John Kennelly
St. Joe Hospital
Viberg
Kuhn
Marshal Neff
Marvin Kuhns
Wabash
Famous Hing of the Turf Excluded by National Trotting Board
The National Trotting Association board expelled CO H Nelson and the horse Nelson after a long dispute over the Balch stakes race at Beacon Park Boston. The case centered on alleged crooked dealing involving Frank T L Noble and a scheme to split the $10,000 prize, with Nelson losing funds and Noble seeking profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
National Trotting Association
New York
CO. H. Nelson
Nelson
Memphis Inter-State Agricultural and Mechanical Fair Association
C. P. Stuard
Evanaville
Ind
Abryon
Beacon Park
Boston
Frank T. Li. Noble
Alorgon
George Archer
Mr. Noble
Mr. Archer
C. H. Nelson
Noble
Mr. Nelson
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