Zion City under receiver after Dowie bankruptcy bid
Court appoints Frederick M. Brown and Albert D. Curler as receivers for Zion City and its assets. At 10 p.m. Wednesday they seized Zion City, with a hefty posse of U.S. marshals, to secure papers and property amid Dowie’s bankruptcy proceedings. Creditors’ claims total about 1,109, triggering the action. Dowie protests as unjust and vows to seek relief, while the receivers prepare to liquidate assets to satisfy debts.
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John Alexander Doyle
Zinnity
Mintielona
Kohlront
Dee
Zion City
Ail Ha Biditstelad Ett Terprinex
Ren
Dowle Bringelf
Shiloh
Lanse
Frederick M. Brownt
Chicago National Bank
Albert Dean Curler
Boutell, Carrier & Wreeman
Zoo City
United States Marschials
HW. J. Smith Machine Company
Smilitivile, Noo
Wizabeth McCriminon
Batavia
Meyer & Woenthe
Chicago
Laylen
Kohisaat
Eorly
Dowie
Tilkel
Chinnie
Netinn
Zion
Suicide rates rise worldwide amid urban shift
Health department data show a rapid rise in suicides per 100 000 people from 1902 to 1992 with New York City not yet at European levels. Paris Berlin and Stockholm report higher rates, while London and English towns show smaller increases.
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New York City
Health Department
Parsons
Hla Rapid Incrosse
Ling
New York
Dycaien
Berlin
Vienna
Stockholm
London
Gu- Popean Ciles
Belghan
England
Postal Reform Call to Expand Rural Free Delivery
Government report urges broad reform of postal affairs with frauded contracts condemned. Proposals include appropriation for construction, prohibition of lotteries in post offices, and pay raises for rural carriers. Emphasis on improved service at reduced cost and expansion of rural routes from 19,000 to about 22,000 by 1905, with estimated annual expense around 47 million dollars.
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Briatow
Ronrik
Belsbow
Raformedion
Adtler
Kayorel
Publle Aeevice
Asyervly
Anil Hornig
Brintow
Gerernl
Caprleva
Wwe
Il la
Mare
Omcmain
James N. Trner
Anslatant
Postofice Department
Postoffice Department
Grant
MER
A. W. Mechon
Gener
Toledo
Oho
George W. Beavers
New York Post Ofice
James ET. Afetcalt
Daniel V. Miller
Post Office Department
Louis Kemipagr
New York Post Office
Charles Hedges
City Tree Delivery Service
Free Delivery Service
Tsea
Fimed
W. Erwin
Postoffea
W. Scott Towers
Washington
Otto H. Weis
New York
New York Postoffice
I. W. McGregor
M. We. Louis
Kansas City
Charles B. Lary
Fugitive Fred Struge Caught In Missouri Confession
Illinois fugitive Fred Struge, sought for murder near Lingvann on November 14, was arrested in Missouri by Chief James Woods. He confessed after initial denial, detailing the abduction and killing of Miss Helen Henninger, then disposing of the body and fleeing through Missouri to Iowa and back to Macon County. Local officials, including City Attorney Nat M. Tavey, pursued him as the case drew national attention.
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Illinois
Miay Sonrl
Fred Strile
Opera
Alice Uehntiger
Micon
James Woods
Erime
Sis
Lingvann
Norrested
Strabo
Fred Atruee
Pore Palleemin Woods
Nat M. Tavey
Hoe
Jonloudy
Miss Heltninger
Aimter
Masann
Lowa
Miss Henninger
Henninger
Ile
Begidatown
Quincy
Mindouth
Kirksville
Macon County
Uinole
Springfield
Authoritiea
Chaotic Odds and Ends From a Murky News Snippet
A garbled mix of names and topics spans beef prices political intrigue relationships and global notes. It references Teala a foolkiller senator Smont Chicago rotors Panama New York and Morgan with vague claims about money and theater, producing a scattered, unclear item.
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Beef Trust
Neithimetts Wien
Smont
New York
Panama
Anale Son
J. Worpont Morgan
Anrth
Commanience notes on political figures and fiscal issues
A historical column outlines political figures in New York and national roles, detailing ex-Senator and ex-Congressman Towne, his party shifts, and his brief 1900 Senate appointment. It surveys debt, receipts, expenditures, and irrigation policy, plus police and drug concerns in Washington, with echoes of Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma statehood debates and Quay’s stance on territory affairs.
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New York City
Charter Trent
Will Teave
New Yorker
New York
McClellan
Yowne
Unite Staten House of Representatives
Towne
United States
Renato
Mia
Sidiehood
Arizona
New Mocaleo
Oklahoma
Senator Quay
Quick Acton
Quay
Postal Fraud Inquiry Targets Perry and Heath Scandals
A Bristow led postal fraud probe, with a Roosevelt memo, exposes decades of graft from 1803 to 1900. It names Perry Heath and others, detailing stock swaps, large losses to the government, and 44 indictments across post office officials. Roosevelt condemns corruption, calls for extended statutes, and notes resignations and firings as cleanup follows.
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J. Gristnw
Wostmnster
Roosevelt
Perry & Meat
Tr Bristow
Arnold
Perry Heath
McKinley
Bristow
Heath
Doremus
Truesdell
Dudley & Michenen
Truesidel
Green
Perry
Sam
Toremus
Simmons
Daremus
Fiyldence Aginst Flea
Eat
Jameson
Postal Service
Slyer
Teker
Tyner
Machell
Beavers
Conrad and
Bonaparte
Notable Resignations and Deaths Across Early 20th Century America
The era records Heary Sunger Snow resigning as president of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. The Rev. Dr. Luther S. Beecher, cousin of the late Henry Ward Beecher, died recently in Boston. Dr. J Wilson Swan, inventor of the incandescent lamp, enters his tenth year. The Astor estate speeds up NY tenement real estate disposals. Dr. Howard Everett Mula urges women to bear arms for suffrage. Gann claims Lincoln lineage. dies in Buffaloville Indiana at 86. Gov. Guild of Massachusetts adds Dilipine daggers collection. W. Mehols of Jacksonville donates 10000 for a public park. W T Swingle returns to Washington after Mediterranean plant study. James Putnam Stewart trains to write Putnam family history. A B Selzer sues for divorce. spirits tell him his wife no longer loves him. Guy C A Whittler returns via Trans-Siberian route after leading US customs at Machin. Prof NR Garner, the monkey man, travels to West Africa to study apes. Joli Palmer of Oklahoma will address the Oklahoma Bar Association session. Dr Carlos J Findlay of Havana, renowned for yellow fever work, named president of the American Public Health Association.
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Heary Sunger Snow
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
Luther S. Beecher
Heary Ward Beecher
Hoston
J. Wilson Swan
Astora
New York
Howard Everett Mula
Gann
Abraham Lincoln
Buffaloville
Ind
Trout. Gov
W. Mehols
Jacksonville
Fla.) Journal
W. T. Swingle
Washington
James Putnam Stewart
Louisville
Israel Putnam
Putnam
A. B. Selzer
San Pranefeco
Guy
C. A. Whittler
United States
Maoiln
Siberia
NR. L. Garner
Joli Palmer
Oklahoma
Hundred Years of Nation and Invasion Fears
A garbled historical digest notes 12 000 and 800 000 fronts ready for invasion, Haiti’s role with France after a war, the US postal service’s reach, railroads, and a Bolivar era struggle, plus 75 year retrospectives on Lincoln, Longstreet at Knoxville, Grant and Madrid intrigues.
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Nation of Newton
New Orleans
Jefferson
France
Lincoln
White House
Knoxviil
Longstreet
Knoxville
Tenn
Burnside
UN Ing
Grant
Congress
Madrid
Fragmented 19th Century Interview Recap on Civil War Figures
An OCR fragment references Alexander H. Stephens, Henry Ward Beecher, James G. Blaine, and national debates during the Civil War era. It mentions Jay Cooke & Co, state affairs, moral suasion, and anti polygamy law, with notes on naval power and political roles.
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Alexander H. Stephens
The
United States
Spain
Jay Cooke & Co
Phil
Robeson
Henry Ward Beecher
Ura
Mormontam
James G. Blaine
National House of Tives
Alexander H
Twenty Years Ago in Klartum Panic Over Mahdi Force
Fragmentary report from Klartum details a panic as Mahdi forces advance. Only about 2,000 defenders were available, with a single sergeant on hand in the response.
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Klartum
Mahdi
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