Alarmed Alaska Officials Plan Skaguay Camp Raid
Alaska authorities fear Skaguay has become a refuge for the coast's worst criminals and a hub of whisky smugglers. Gov. Brady plans to notify Washington as Col. Chadbourne and U S marshals prepare to disperse the disorderly camp and restore order on the trail from the White Pass rush.
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Skaguay
Pacific Coast
Brady
Washington
Alaska
White Pass
F. 5
Chadbourne
California
Ives
United States
Serius As
Skagasy
Paradise
Gov
Department
Germans Celebrate Anniversary of First American Settlement
The German town first settlement anniversary in America was celebrated in Cincinnati with a large German demonstration. Over 10 German societies took part with parades and a zoo crowd of more than 10,000. Carl Scharst as spoke with speeches from Mayor and others. Scharst urged sovereign citizenship.
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America
Germantown
Cincinnati
Dlonday
Zoological Garden
Carl Schurstas
Fatdl
Cus
Caldwell
Faude
Musical Socistiog
Av. Schars
Lriganda
World Wheat Shortage Deficit Put At Fourteen Million Quarters
The Mark Bene Express reports a global wheat shortfall with 14,000,000 quarters missing from world supply. French output is around 27,040,000 quarters, while the English forecast suggests 76,005,000. American crop estimates reach 45,558,008 quarters, offsetting reductions in Russia and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Bene Express
London
Oalima
Russia
France
Wild horses nuisance spurs slaughter debate in Arizona
In northern Arizona wild unbranded bands have overrun the region, prompting Attorney General Frazier to consider legal slaughter. The issue was referred to the livestock board as the herds grow wilder and more numerous.
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Arizona
Ark
Frazier
The
Livestock Board
Trade review shows August gains and mixed markets
The Dun and Co weekly review notes August failures down 17 percent from 1896 while liabilities fall 70.8 percent. July and August average liabilities per failure are the lowest in 23 years. Grain, real estate, iron products drive activity. wheat rebounds after a dip. exports of corn rise. cotton and woolen mills expand output amid strong demand and high prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RK. G. Dun & Co
Tt. G. Dun & Covs Weekly Review of
Dun &Co
New York Tops States in Patent Grants for Week
Patent statistics show 48 patents and designs issued to U S residents, with New York leading at 70 grants, Connecticut 54, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania 38 each. England tops foreign issuances, Canada 2, Germany 4, France and New Zealand 4 each. note seasonal drops and western states' high share per population.
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New York
Patent Office
United States
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
California
New Jersey
Missouri
Indiana
Michigan
Iowa
Texas
Wisconsin
England
Canada
Germany
France
New Zealand
Scotland
Belgium
Denmark
Hawaii
India
Netherlands
Russia
Sweden
International Catholic Congress in Freybourg Observes Papal Transition
The dispatch notes leaders including O'Connell, a former American college rotter, and Archbishop Teeland as attendees at Freybourg for the congress. It reports aims to foster understanding amid the papal succession after Pope Leo’s death and the selection of a successor.
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Leo
Vatican
Mer. O'Connnell
American College
Archbishop -Teeland
Freybourg
Mer. O'Connell
Yhiris
Earnings Decline for Milwaukee Line in 1939 Report
The thirty ninth report of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway shows reduced freight and passenger earnings in 1939 with total net income of $1,099,701 and higher operating expenses. A separate fire at Van Tueren and nearby areas caused extensive damage to property, including a barn and wagon factory, with no closure of the incineration attack.
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Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Fies
Turkish forces in Crete refuse disarmament order
Turkish commander Devad Pasta refuses recall and blocks disarmament of irregulars after volleys fired by Turkish irregulars near Candia. Admirals from allied powers press for disarmament and demand Pasta’s recall following the August 31 incident.
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Tne
Hatian Maan-As-War
Sardegna
Candia
Devad Pasta
Crete
Treasury rules tag belting cloths to curb milling use
The Treasury department aims to tag belting cloths not subject to duty under the new tariff to stop their use for dress goods. A four month old child of James Norris of Virginia Ohio drowned in a water bucket. Three children burned to death near Kleinschnidt Falls with parents away. Lazarus Greengard, the eldest Jew in the United States, died in St. Louis at 105. The New York weekly bank statement reports a surplus reserve drop to 60,000 with 14,000 bank notes in excess of requirements.
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Treasury Department
James Norris
Virginia
Barnet
Anaconda
Mont
Wiliam
Lazarus Greengard
United States
St. Louis
New York
Gulf train held up near Twin Mountain Colorado
Gulf passenger train No. 1 was robbed by two masked men near Twin Mountain Colorado on Saturday night. They boarded at Folsom Colp and forced the engineer and fireman to stop, then station at the road crossing fired shots to threaten passengers. The express car was blown open and loot estimated between 5000 and 15000 dollars. A Folsom posse organized to pursue the bandits.
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Colorado
Gulf
Twin Mountain
Folsom Colp
Folsom
Natural Gas Explosion Kills Six in Broad Ripple Indiana
A natural gas explosion at Broad Ripple, a suburb of Indianapolis, devastates a block, killing six and injuring about thirty. Four buildings collapse. initial fires and a second blast at the grocery ruin further chaos as rescuers pull survivors from the wreckage.
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Twin Mountain
Colorado
Indiana
Inisiana
Broad Ripple
Indianapolis
J. M. Watts
Uiree
Mesth
Kansas Corn Crop Yields Placed At 145 Million Bushels
Kansas state agriculture reports the corn crop total at 145 077 250 bushels with an average yield of about 39 bushels per acre. The estimate reflects high weight and quality concerns due to hot winds last week. comparisons show a weaker result than 1895 and 1954 figures, though the crop remains among the state’s largest on record.
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Jianeas
German Miner Chooses Self Destruction At Claim
Adam Nipshew an elderly German miner of Orville California died by suicide at his claim near YankeesL He placed a giant powder cartridge in his mouth and fired it blowing off the top of his head.
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Adam Nipshew
Orville
Cal
Yankeesl
Charley at Large in Presbyterian Treasury Embezzlement Case
Chicago man Charles M Charley is alleged to have embezzled from the Presbyterian board for college aid. Officials say he is at large as Surety Company notes he can be located, with losses estimated from 50 000 up to 200 000 in total. Colleges depend on board funding and fear financial embarrassment.
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Presbyterian
Charles M. Charley
Chicago
Presbyterian Board For Aid of Colleges
Sts
American Surety Company
Charnley
Daniel T. Want
Aetican Surety Company
Tts
Ex-President Vasquez Exiled From Guatemala
The steamer Acapulco from Panama brought word of a political upheaval as Gen Vasquez former Honduran president arrived at Acapulco under guard after Barrios ordered his deportation. He had taken refuge in Santos de Guatemala after expulsion from Alenduras and was accused of fomenting a revolt against Barrios.
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Honduras
Acapulco
Panama
Guatemala
Aciutla
Barriosca
Vasquez
Santos de Guatemala
Alenduras
ENGLAND AND BIMETALLISM
Gen Paoyos saw no indication that she desired to join the United States on a bimetallic basis. Gen Payne returned from England on private business and declined to state what the commissioners accomplished. The other two members would stay abroad until October. The general said he had not seen clear signs of English enthusiasm for joining on bimetallic terms and noted a possible inclination toward international limetallism.
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Paoyos
Payne
Monetary Ecommission
England
Uncertain political rumors and foreign talks in early 1900s notes
A fragmentary report covers Alen Charette and a Boston Woman's Rescue League debate on bachelor politicians and private life duties. It cites a reciprocity treaty talk with France via Secretary Sherman and notes a California Salvation Army colonization plan in Monterey County. A Coohitla free gold strike in Nevada claims a twelve inch pay streak with high value.
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Alen
Charette
Smith
Woman's Rescue League of
Boston
Ahirkabla
Auman
Gates
Neil Rexico
Coohitla
Muaze Nine
Commodity Price Quotes Across Cities and Markets
Regional market notes list prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains in Indianapolis St. Louis Cincinnati Detroit Chicago and other centers. Prices cover butter eggs oats rye corn wheat and more with varied grade designations and ranges.
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Ehajes Creamery
Indiasnapolis
Cainman
St. Louis
Gattle
Cincinnati
D&e
Ile
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Nominations Filed Amid Iowa Populist Split Near Court Injunction
The middle of the road and regular Populists clashed over party name in an Iowa dispute. Secretary of State faced an injunction just as nomination papers were filed at 7:40 and 8:07. Judge Spurrier’s order halted further filings while a new election law looms October 1.
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Namie
A. G. Smith
A.W. C. Weeks
Walsh
Democratic State Committee
Smith
People’s Party
Drake Chosen President of Iowa Christian Church Association
The Iowa Christian convention at Oskaloosa selected Des Moines as the Aug 20 1898 meeting site. Governor Drake was re-elected president with I J Breeden as vice president and A M Stafford as corresponding secretary among officers. Delegates to the Indianapolis National Convention included J H Barton and Miss Holbrook. A temperance sentiment resolution urged support for Governor Drake, declaring voting for him not a personal endorsement of all actions.
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Iowa Christian Church Association
Des Moines
Gonv. F. AT
Drake
Breeden
A. M. Stafford
Qakalegan
We McCaah
Trenanrot
Ty Gav
Thake
F. M. Dicake
Fia
Sleepwalking Fatal Fall in Des Moines
Miss Josie Times died from injuries after an apparent sleepwalking incident on a porch outside her room. The case notes a lifelong history of somnambulism and an unknown hour fall that proved fatal. Prof. Charles Bretshmer, a famed longtime educator, received a public pension and a farewell address as he nears forty years in service with many congratulatory telegrams.
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Josie Times
Des Moines
Charles Z. Bretsehmer
Thurmagne
Jeretsehmer
Town Insane Hospital Inmate Roll Report
Superintendent's tour of the asylum at Clarinda shows 674 inmates including 405 males and 209 females. Six were discharged during August.
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Town
Tragic Farm Accident Near Ogden Kills 1-Year-Old
A one year old boy, son of John August Carlson, died after a coal chunk from a thrashing machine on his father's farm struck him while he moved near a coal pile one mile east of Ogden.
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Ogden
John August Carlson
Soldier Armitage Killed in Runaway at Keokuk
Pvt Armitage of General Nobles regiment died in a runaway accident at Keokuk. He belonged to Gen Noble's unit.
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Armitage
Ranaway
Keokuk
Gen. Noble
Horseman’s clever trick over Nebraska State Fair fees
Frank Tams of St. Paul Nebraska, a leading west horseman, sent a $25 stall rent check to the State Agricultural Society. The society paid part of the premiums while the check was dishonored and returned, then credited the society for the amount, prompting laughter over a clever financial dodge.
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Nebraska
State Agricultural Society
Frank Tams
St. Paul
Tams
Sams
Fair Association
Iams
Iowa
Society
Downis
Jams
Keckuk County
Indictments in Woodbury County Banks Case
The Woodbury County grand jury returned two indictments against TI B Trutchens former cashier of the defunct Town Savings Bank and two indictments against E P Stone missing cashier of the Sioux City Savings Bank. Both men are charged with receiving deposits while knowing the banks were insolvent. Shuckers was at the Winnebago Indian reservation in Nebraska but returned to the city and posted bond. Stone’s associates faced prior indictments and forgeries were noted as settled. An arrest effort was planned with help from authorities and nearby jurisdictions.
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Grand Jury
Woodbury County
TI. B. Trutchens
Iown Savings Bank
E. P. Stone
Sioux City
Shuckers
Winnebago
Steve War
Toronto
Canada
Drake Far From Well Amid Rumors of Illness and Missing Boy
Governor Drake remains at his Comber Isle home after a reported illness from Excelsior Springs. Doctors warn of rapid decline and order return to Excelsior for treatment. In Seer County a missing boy, Nathan, 12, last seen near Iowan Falls, was found wandering in nightclothes claiming a gang of robbers chased him. He is now under questioning. officials pursue possible abduction leads.
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Tox
Drake
Comber Ile
Excelsior Springs
Mus
Nott
Etter
Rotherd
Denentia
Seer County
Nathan
Cainitin
Iowan Falls
Wasi
Tobvers
Narrowy
Siewmu
George A. McLean
Taomina Ehaap
Phawenport
Foxiettort
Marion
Labor Day Parade in Marshalltown Draws Huge Attendance
The Labor Day program in Marshalltown attracted a massive crowd under the State Federation of Labor. Rev Father Nugent of Des Moines spoke as Mayor Pierce and President Byrne addressed the gathering amid broad displays of trades and industry.
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Marshalltown
State Federation of Labor
Father Nugent
Des Moines
Pierce
Byrne
Attunidanes
Tragic Death of Jaim Erickson Found in Bed
The body of laborer Jaim Erickson of Westfield, employed by BTL Van Vieck, was found in bed Tuesday morning. A coroner's inquest returned a verdict that the death occurred naturally, likely from heart disease.
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Jaim Erickson
BTL. van Vieck
Westfield
Hia
Miners Strike Over Unpaid Dismissals at Lost Cyesk
A group of nine miners were discharged and not rehired prompting 90 miners to stop work at the Lost Cyesk mines near Oskaloosa. The protest is described as a purely local grievance with no link to eastern events.
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Cyesk Wines
Oskaloosa
Northern town hosts three day fair at Mason City
Pontiste and Dantal Associattor staged a three day session in Mason City starting November 7 with dentists from the northern half of the state in attendance.
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Pontiste
Dantal Associattor
Mason City
Farge Rasiders
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