Brice to Produce Gold From Volcano Process in Chicago
Edward Brice plans to start a Chicago gold factory around October 15 claiming to extract pure gold using antimony and lead as inputs. He asserts a volcanic fusion method will yield 134 ounces of gold daily plus a small silver byproduct, valuing gold at 20 dollars per ounce.
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Willi
Klondike
South Africa
Comstock
Chicago
Edward
Brice
Treasury of the
United States
Steel Barges to Carry Grain From St Louis to New Orleans
Stockholders of the Consolidated Elevator Company of St Louis plan to form a steel barge line to ship grain to New Orleans for three to five cents a bushel. General manager W J G Samuel says steel barges will run on the Mississippi in 1895 with light drafts and low operating costs, making a year round service possible.
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St. Louis
New Orleans
Consolidated Elevator Company of
W. J G. Samuel
Mississippi
Éatablish
St Teyale
Conatend
Kill Fights in St Louis Puts Stop to River Bout
Police blocked a proposed river confrontation Sunday in St Louis between Hilly Mahan of San Francisco and Brown Low Sexton. Officers boarded the dock with twenty men and forced the pugilists ashore, ending plans for sanctioned fights in the area.
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St. Louis
Hilly Mahan
San Fransisco
Brown Low Sexton
St .Lovwis
Embezzlement Arrest Ties Cleveland Firm to Losses
John Shepherd of Charles B. Potter & Co., Cleveland, was arrested on embezzlement charges following a warrant. A petition seeks a receiver for the firm over claims of 991 000 linked to a street railway stock. Robinson alleges misappropriated money and property totaling about 65 000. France demands Brazil settlements on Amaha, while Austria-Hungary faces a huge ironworks failure with liabilities around 150 140 florins.
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Cleveland
John. Shepherd
Charles B. Potter & Co
Ohio
Mening
Frank Johaas
Ttobinsen
Wayne Consolidated Street Railway Company
Tobinson
Awestite
Shepherd
Hobinson
Troops Withdrawn from Watertox Battlion
It is announced that the battalion of troops at Watertox Pennsylvania will be withdrawn. All militia will then have left and miners are largely at work as affairs resume normal condition.
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Batalion
Watertox
ATL
Ex-Mayor Frei Coup Drowned on Skagway Trail
Word comes that ex-Mayor Frei Coup of Vancouver was swept away in a creek on the Skagway trail while fording with a horse. He slipped and vanished instantly beneath the current.
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Frei Coup
Vancouver
Blgc
Skagway Trail
The Cereal Crops Final Estimates by Orange Judd Farmer
The Orange Judd Farmer projects a total wheat yield of 589 million bushels for the year based on thrashing returns with 378 million winter wheat and 215.47 million spring wheat. Minnesota and the Dakotas show weak spring yields, while Nebraska Oregon and Washington offset some loss. The corn crop is notably disappointing with an outside estimate of 1.76 billion bushels and oats yield around 14 million bushels.
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Orange Judd
Minois
Missouri
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
Oregon
Washington
Treasury Debts Rise as Public Balance Breaks Records
The September 9 1897 monthly statement shows public debt at 1 012 128 713 a rise of 8 787 892 since August 30 1897 cash on hand matches the increase. Debt breakdown includes interest bearing 847 365 540 non interest 1 834 570 and 378 615 500 total 1 227 315 500 with cash in treasury 8650 060 001 and demand liabilities 995 175 844 leaving 235 122 787 cash balance.
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GGL
Cece
Eee
Cca
Rock Island Earnings for September Rise Over 1895
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway reports total prass earnings for September 1896 near 1.597 million dollars, east and west of the Missouri River, up from 1.253 million last year. Weyler Has Not Resigned. The Associated Press states Captain General Weyler of Cuba has not resigned.
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Rock Island
Prass
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
Missouri River
Spain to grant autonomy as Cuba changes stance
A Madrid dispatch to The World reports Premier Sagasta says Spain aims for autonomy while rejecting foreign mediation. He signals a policy shift recalling Weyler and backing Spanish liberal unity. Estrada Palma states Cuban patriots seek complete independence despite a possible indemnity, contingent on troop withdrawal.
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New York
Madrid
Sagasta
America
Cuba
Weyler
Senor Sagasta
Estrada Palma
Spain
Texas Editor Brann Mobbed at Taylor University Campus
Brann's Iconoclast editor W. C. Brann was mobbed by about 200 Taylor University students at a Baptist institution in Waco Texas. He was forced into a wagon and coerced to sign a statement retracting alleged blasphemous content. He refused to leave town, vowing to continue publishing. A separate fire report notes three deaths.
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Strann
W.¢. Brann
Brann
Waco
Texas
Taylor
Baptist Institution
Tirann
Mr. Brann
Lattie
Brand
Tragic Massachusetts House Fire Claims Mother and Two
A Sunday morning blaze in East Tong Meadow Massachusetts destroyed a dwelling the home of Georges Brownlee and killed Mrs Brownlee and her two sons James and Thomas. Mr Brownlee and another child survived with severe injuries. Firefighters recovered the bodies from the ruins.
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Massachusetts
Hyen
East Tong Meadow
Mars
Georges Brownles
Roma
Thomas
Wreck in Colorado Kills Two on Narrow Gauge Train
A Denver and Rio Grande narrow gauge train derailed west of Cotopaxi Colorado Sunday morning. Two passengers died and twelve were injured as the single locomotive train toppled on a trestle and fouled the track. The accident likely stemmed from spreading rails during the trestle crossing. A New Cure for Consumption claims Prof. Landerer of Stuttgart Germany reports 400 patients treated with a soluble cinamic acid compound showing permanent cures.
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Denver
Irande
Cotopaxi
Colo
Landerer
Sttgeart
Frermany
Tie
Veteran actor Joseph Proctor dies after long illness in Heston
The veteran actor Joseph Proctor dies at his fame in Heston on Saturday after a long illness. Proctor, born in Marihera, Massachusetts, began on stage in Damon and Pythias and rose to prominence in early theater. Earthquakes shake the northeast Boreno coast with a new island forming near Mempakal.
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Joseph Proctor
Dias
Heston
Mrr
Proctor
Marihera
Mass
USI
Damon
Pythias
Boreno
Mempakal
Indian Territory train robbery by masked bandits
A southbound passenger train was robbed at Siding No. 1 five miles south of Mineo in the Indian Territory at about 1 PM on Saturday. Five masked men forced passengers and trainmen to strip and stand in a line while they looted cash, watches, pipes, and jewelry. They failed to crack the express safe despite dynamite. the mail pouches were rifled and the bandits rode off on horses toward the west with their haul.
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Mineo
Indian Territory
Express
The Week in Trade 1897 Quarterly Failures and Markets
The Bun & Co weekly review reports third quarter 1897 commercial failures at 2 574 with liabilities 25 (thousand) 76 102, manufacturing 651 with 6 451 191, drawing 244 with 12 599 005. Wheat and cotton prospects faltered, with a 500 million bushel wheat estimate and reduced foreign buying, wheat prices down 5 cents. An Oregon posse exchange of gunfire with cattle thieves left Hall wounded. two thieves escaped. Oklahoma shootings note Buck Fala and John Wilson cases. Wilson killed a man over a dispute. Michigan Supreme Court upholds 1 050 mile rail pass law for families.
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Bun & Co
R.g.bun & Cove Weekly Review of Trade
Wright
Market quotes for live stock and grains across cities
The page lists cattle hogs and sheep prices for Chicago Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee and more. Wheat corn oats rye and butter milk are shown with grades and price ranges for shipping and common loads.
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Baeter
Choice Creamery
Indianapoline
St. Louis
Cincinnati—Castle
Detroit
Milwaukee
Sue
New York
First Edition of Iowa Code in High Demand
The initial 15 000 copies of the new Iowa code are selling fast as Oct 1 implementation nears. Officials report limited supply. judges and county officers will receive copies soon while public access remains tight. The 2 400 page code is edited and printed by state offices with state copyright.
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Iowa
Allege'd Forger Captured After Three Years
William Johnson, an alleged forger, was jailed at Webster City after a three year chase. Sheriff Sinclair arrested him at Radcliffe near a farm where he and his wife worked. He is accused of forging notes and passing them to F. E. Gremple, Wm. Beeman and banks, then fleeing with the money. Indicted by a grand jury, traces led to Manitoba and back through North Dakota, Montana, and other western states. He was found working on a Radcliffe farm with his wife, and arrested.
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Webster City
Sinclair
Radcliffe
East Johnson
Mamillon
F. E. Gremple
Wm. Beeman
Soo
Lipa
Birawaa
Manitoba
Ne Ware
North Teakeln
Montana
Dy Shance
Sherif Binclair
Gumpaty
Tragic Fires and Accidents Hit Iowa Areas
A string of crises erupts across Iowa with multiple deaths. Neighbors discover Farkas dead in a blaze at Robert Parks’ home in Trixon. Burglary and arson suspected as valuables vanish and suspects flee. A Lyon County death ties to a new fire origin, while Alfred Wallow sustains critical injuries after being struck by a pole on a Cedar Rapids streetcar. In Dubuque a gun suicide ends a life and a Moscow sawmill boiler explodes killing two. A Des Moines fire destroys vast parts of a major residence district after ashes are dumped in an alley.
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Fovelack
Robert Parks
Trixon
Farkas
Waler
Tie
Tsurglars
Officials Not Surprised by Fall of Spanish Cabinet
Washington officials and the diplomatic corps expected the collapse of Spain’s cabinet after the Canovas assassination era. Dissident conservatives demanded the duke of Letran’s resignation, but a conservative coalition kept the government intact. If a liberal cabinet forms, Cuba’s future appears promising with possible home rule autonomy while retaining sovereignty in name.
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Spain
Washington
State Department
Duke of Letran
Comas
Elementa
Sheriman
United States
Cuba
Caneda
Million Dollar Fire Destroys Washington Power Station
A central power station of the Capital Traction Company in Washington burned overnight, engulfing an entire block from Pennsylvania Avenue to O Street. Despite a full fire department response, the four story structure collapsed, causing nearly a million dollars in damage and threatening nearby brick buildings and a livery stable.
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National Capital
Washington
Capital Traction Company
Sheelock
Pennsylvania Avenue
O Street
Sirest
Fourteenth Street
Thirteenth
Énat
Gre
Capital ‘Traction Company
Gromon
Slim attendance marks Chicago Labor Convention
The national labor convention in Chicago drew very few leaders with many key unions absent. Notable attendees included Frank Exsey of the Hotel and Restaurant National Alliance, Hartenders' National League, A Ferguson, M. J. Marrick, and W. A. Klinger. Delegates blamed President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor for disrupting the call and causing uncertainty among allied groups.
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Chicago
Bic
Frank Exsey
National Afiance and
Hartenders
A. Ferguson
MacDonald
BE. Brice
Butte
Mont. M
Marrick
W. A. Klinger
Pinshut
Creaden
Wallace
Tdn
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gov Mount Faces Uphill Lynching Prosecution in Rippler County
Indianapolis dispatch says Indiana faces a difficult task punishing Hipley County lynchers. Governor Mount will not relax efforts until the Attorney General proves a jury cannot indict. Judge Now may reconvene the grand jury with counsel to aid evidence gathering as state detectives roam Osgood and nearby areas.
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Canunsel
Osgood
Cum
Fatal five in mine blast near Rendham Pennsylvania
Five men died in a brick damp section of the Jermyn No 1 mine near Rendham Pennsylvania. Rescue teams worked to recover bodies as officials investigated the incident.
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Jermyn No. 1
Rendham
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