Woman Profited from Husband Pension Scam in Iowa
Mrs. Alice L. Taylor of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, wife of John Taylor, a Union Army surgeon, admitted to drawing and converting his $72 monthly pension since 1874 while he lived in Illinois as an insane pauper. She paid $8,100 to compromise with the government. known in Iowa as a temperance writer.
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Chicago
Alice L. Taylor
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
John &. Taylor
Twenty-third
Unois Infantry
Illinois
Taylor
Siamese Prince Arrives in New York for Week Visit
A round faced Siamese prince named Mota Raju wongse Fheen arrived in Hoboken aboard the Danish steamship Hekla, nephew of King Chualonghorn. He will act as fourth officer in the Danish navy during a brief stay, meeting Isaac Smith of the Union Club before returning to Copenhagen.
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Denmark
New York
Mota Rajuwongse Fheen
Hoboken
Christiansand
King Chualonghorn
Siam
Wavere
Hekla
Coppenhagen
Velkla
Isaac Smith
Union Club
Slam
Government weighs Behring Sea case and Esquimancy trade
A public figure discusses plans to control trading with Esquimansy and whaling by U S vessels. The government will delay decisive action until after Behring Sea arbitration results, with possible meetings not before February and likely not ready for submission before fall 1893.
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Esquimansy
United States
Behring Sen
Interstate Rate Cut Report On Hog and Provisions
The Interstate Commerce Commission warns railroads that proposed rate reductions from Chicago to New York failed to follow filing rules. Lake Shore Rail promotes a 23 cent per hundred rate to New York with others racing to meet the date. A meeting may be called as Chairman Blanchard and connected lines review the commission circular.
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New York
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Blanchard
Central Traffic Association
Seaboard
Lake Shore
Rhinchard
Negroes Swindle Real Estate Firm Prompts Lynching Fear
A Kansas City report recounts James Holland a black real estate dealer linked to Holland & Jones who fled an angry mob after advertising a $10 claim for every black applicant. Hundreds paid, none received. Police restrained a mob that threatened to string him from a pole.
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Kansas City
Kingfisher
Okliahoma
James Holland
Holland
Holland & Jones
Judson Hinds
Cleveland Strike Pushes Pinkertons From City Streets
Cleveland witnesses a violent clash as Pinkerton guards are routed by a crowd of strikers on Euclid Avenue and at Lakeview barns. Edwin Eldred of the Pinkertons is reported injured with gashes after a confrontation, while police threaten removal of Pinkertons if protection is withdrawn.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Valparaiso
Ind
Keystone Limited
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago
Lloyd King
Pinkerton
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Lakeview
Louis Beilstein
Cleveland Company
Cors
Chicago
East Cleveland Company
Lakeview Barns
Chaim
Edwin Eldred
Matt Boufford
Pinkertons
Eldred
Amos I Larwinckbe
Fairfield
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Milwaukee Road
Oil field disaster coroner jury pins blame on tank owners
A coroner's jury in Ol City, Pa finds thirty five owners and custodians of tanks negligent for storing naphtha without safeguards after a deadly explosion on Ol Creek. Separate verdicts name fifty five deaths and warn of further tanks posing risk if not removed or secured. The report calls for action to remove or safeguard nearby tanks.
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Ol City
OU Creek
Dewdrop
Western, New York & Pittsburg Railroad
Plague of Gophers Threatens Crops in North Carolina
In Sanborn North Carolina special reporting, gophers plague wheat fields with hundreds of rodents damaging crops. Counties offer pursues free of charge to farmers and call for swift extermination before serious losses occur. The piece also notes an Ireland home rule appeal from the National Federation of America seeking funds to support parliamentary seats and legal costs with two weeks left to raise 150000.
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Sanborn
N. C
New York
National Federeration of America
Friends of Home Rule
Ireland
Great Britain
Justin McCarthy
Landslide Disaster Kills Dozens Near Nome
A massive landslide at Suasse along the Bologna and Florence railway overwhelmed hillside homes. At least thirty are killed or wounded, with four bodies recovered and twenty missing. efforts continue as rescuers search under collapsed structures. News from New York reports worldwide fair space disputes and a government appeal for troops amid miner tensions in the Cward Lene district.
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Suasse
Bologna
Florence
Hawkeye Stappenings and Local Disasters Across Iowa
A roundup reports drownings at Donahue and Fort Madison, a bad train collision near Gladstone with Italian workers' injuries, crop reports show reduced acreages across wheat and corn, and a dash of crime as three card monte swindle in Dallas County ends in a farmer losing 2500 dollars. Also noted are a Dubuque World’s Fair exhibit plan and various local incidents in Marshalltown and Eldon.
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Sorenson
Mud Creek
Donahue
Rupert T. Lincoln
Jessie
Harlan
Mount Pleasant
Anna Hamer
Anamosa Penitentiary
Marion
Fort Madison
Mississippi
Nelie Milton
Dollie Johnson
Slattery
Elizabeth
Dubuque
Boston
Iowa
Connad
Des Moines
Evangelical Church
Dobbs
Society
Col Gatch
Conrad
Real Society
A P. Roninxsey
Burlington Road
Gladstone
E. T Hamlton
Towa Weather and Crop Service
Baryao
Tur Police
Dalles
Peter Garner
Adel
Gurner
Cedar Rapids
Cora Randall
Nauvoo
Encampment at Storm Lake Closes with Large Religious Service
The G. A. R. Encampment at Storm Lake ended after a combined religious service led by Rev. Jesse Cole of Sheldon Iowa with all Storm Lake churches. About 3000 attended the sermon, followed by a Sunday School led by Prof Cullen and a lengthy afternoon of talks despite rain. Excursion trains from Le Mars and Fort Dodge delivered many G. A. R. members.
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Storm Lake
Jesse Cole
Sheldon
Iowa
Park
Mr Cole
On Cullen
LeMars
Fort Dodge
Lake Avenue
Collar Rapids
Cepdaar
Anna Flynn
A. N. Edwards
Dea
Senate and House Proceedings on Fortifications and Coinage Debates
The Senate and House discuss river harbor and fortification measures while free silver prompts speeches by Senator Morgan and Morrill. Tin plate debates continue with Bowes defending McKinley. A joint resolution backs a 400th anniversary proclamation, and most appropriation bills advance.
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Morgan
Senate
Shively
House
Peffer
Kansas
Morrill
Judiciary Committee
Sibley
Durbarow
Bowes
California
The Electoral Vote Through 1892 and Its Uncertainty
A concise review traces U S presidential electoral votes from 1789 to 1892. It notes Washington's minority 6 percent in 1789, 401 votes for Harrison and Cleveland in 1888, and the expanded 444 votes in 1892 requiring 223 to win. It also references a table listing state results and stars for Harrison supporters.
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Virginia
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Wisconsin
Wyoming
Idaho
Odd Bits and Anecdotes From Civilian Life
A miscellany of wry remarks and curious vignettes, including a Cincinnati woman’s smoking habit, German labor law on notices, a pensioner couple’s long union in Fort Dodge, and a quip about women proposing.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
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