Geary Chinese Exclusion Act upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court with Justice Gray sustains New York court ruling in favor of Geary Chinese Exclusion Act. Court upholds immigration restrictions as within federal power. decision noted by Attorney General and Senators amid spectators. Rehearing postponed as full bench weighs next term.
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Supreme Court
Gray
New York Courts
Supe Gort
Washbington
New York
Dtsney
Aldrich
Pugh
Dolph
Cochran
United States
Ashton
Harlan Deing
Banks Dragged Down By Columbia Bank Collapse Across Midwest
Chicago reports describe wide fallout from the Columbia National Bank failure. Dozens of small banks in Michigan Wisconsin Indiana and Illinois face closures or suspensions as creditors seek to recover funds. Depositors mostly business people expect to be paid in full as receivers manage transfers.
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Columbia
Chicago
Columbia National Bank
Michigan
Tate
Wisconsin
Ohio
Union Bank of
Richand
Mich
Columbia National Bank of Chicago
Watts
Dwiggins, Starbuck & Co
Lawton, Mich
Bank of Oregon
Oregon
Wis
Dwiggin
Columbia National
Bank of Charleovix
Northern Michigan Seed Company
Paris & Nuve
Rockford
Indianapolis
First State Bank
Hillsdale
Hillsdale Savings Bank
Fult
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank of Geneva
Ind
Edwardsburg
Utun
Citizens’ Bank of
Monroeville
Dwiggins & Starbuck
Columbia Bank
Father and Daughter Die in Tragic Double Suicide
In Warren Massachusetts 70 year old Warren G Butterworth killed himself with a rifle. His 23 year old daughter Emma was struck in the head by the same bullet while attempting to intervene and died within an hour. The family, long established in town, faced mental illness and prior threats of self harm. A separate Berlin dispatch notes France bolstering frontier defenses and rail traffic to mobilize troops amid election expectations.
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Warren
Mass
Warren G. Butterworth
Emma
Butterworth
Mr. Butterworth
Takoe
Berlin
France
Paris & Nancy
Frannhkfort Zefey
Mississippi
Keokuk
Missouri Valley
Ames
Irving Youne
Ida Mallory
Clinton
Brule Plaine
Joan Davis
Miles
Muscatine
N. P. Smacey
Belle Plaine
Dubuque
Main Street
Emma McCreary
Council Bluffs
H. Peterson
Council Bluffe
J. M. Lamcke
Grinnell Temperance Union
Jonnx Coney
Burlington
Richards’ Circus
Srrt
G. W. Sasson
Atlantic Schools
Albia
Banb
W. P. Cramer
Tur Methodist
Katie
Nebraskan Central Railroad
Brighton
Farmers’ Mutual Benefit Association of
Marshalltown
Centerville
Mining Suit Involves Millions In Montana Trial
A Montana court case pits the St Louis Mining Company against Montana Company Limited over vein boundaries at the Drum Lumson mine. The dispute centers on whether the first discoverer’s vein walls entitle all ore within the vein, even if it crosses claim lines. The trial has run eighteen days with potential damages around 2.5 million dollars and total costs near 5 thousand daily.
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Helena
Mont
United States
St. Louis Mining Company
Maysville
Hmited
Montana Company
Thomas Cruse
Cruse
Comptock Lode
Nevada
Marysville
Comstock
Drum Lummon
St. Louis
William Mugger
St Louis
T. C. Kent
Des Movines
Tue Board of Supervisors
Clintor County
Marr CocnuRan
Towa City
Dubuque
James McGuiger
Hugh Lennon
McGuiger
John Stillwell
Ewart
Keokuk
Roberts
Iowa Association For the Protection of Fish and Game
Atllear Lake
Lost Mine in Mexican Mountains Found by Two Americans
Two Americans Martin Lanier and Frank Pond redis cover the fabled lost mine in the Chiricahua Mountains after an earlier expedition years ago by Lanier and family. The mine yielded rich ore before a raid and confinement by local Indians, and Lanier now locates the site with a new expedition from Texas.
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Mexico
Chihuahua
Mea
Chirahua
Martin Lanier
Frank Pond
Lanier
Thirachua
Texas
Steamboat Ohio Disaster Kills Six in Missouri Accident
A steamer collision near Belmont Missouri on the Ohio caused scalds and multiple injuries. Twenty two men were scalded with six dead before hospital care. Names listed include Thomas Woods captain of the watch Hampton Collins W Wilson Hurshman and several others.
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Missouri
Chicago
Ohio
Belmont
Thomas Woods
Watch
Hampton Collins
W. W .Hurshman
W Carew
Danville
W. TH. Dickey
Newport
J. Pullman
Orange
John Ralph
Hls
Sequel to Mackay assassination case prompts medical bills
Wesley C. Rippey attempted to kill John W. Mackay months ago. Mackay, aided by physicians Dr. J. W. Keeney and Dr. F. Moise, recovered. Keeney seeks 7500 and Morse 5000 for services, which Mackay refuses to pay until reduced to a reasonable figure.
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San Francisco
Wesley C. Rippey
John W. Mackay
Mackay
J. W. Keeney
F . Moise
Te Keeney
Dr. Morse
Mother of Two Notorious Criminals Dies in Brooklyn
Catherine Duffy a mother of James Walsh and Buck Walch who were linked to Sing Sing escape and a 1892 murder died suddenly at 252 Navy Street Brooklyn after learning of Harris execution. A third son is a burglar. In St Petersburg a traitor’s fate follows arrests of a student society and a murdered colleague. In Illinois a man drowns. his wife and two children perish in the river.
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New York
Catherine Duffy
Buck
Keene County
Iowa City
Dubuque
G. Krrnise
Eagle Point
Dubuque County
Iowa
Ed Stewart
Moons
Stewart
Mrs. Moon
Fatal Mine Accident Kills Ten In Calumet Shaft
Ten miners die in a Calumet and Hecla shaft accident when a coupling pin fails and a cage plunges over 3000 feet. Names include Allen Cameron James Cocking Joseph Pope John O Dyers John Hicks Andrew Edna Robert Wuoplin Michael Leavitte James Trevor Conn Sullivan and others. Rescue and recovery take hours with corpses brought up via a neighboring shaft as a coroner's jury investigates.
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Oughton
Jmich
Calumet and
Hecla
Allen Cameron
Cameron
James Cocking
Joseph Pope
John O'Dyers
John Hicks
Andrew Edna
Robert Wuoplin
Michael Leavitte
James Trevor
Conn
Sullivan
Death Sentence in McKellar Murder Case in Mexico
Adolfo Villareal and Dionso Galan were condemned to be shot for killing McKellar, a wealthy British stockman, after a longcase that drew Mexico and England’s attention. Villareal’s wealth failed to secure mercy as the Supreme Court ordered execution by firing squad despite prior prison terms and payment to the widow.
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Adolfo Villareal
Dionso Galan
Satilo
Mexico
McKellar
England
Villareal
Flintly
Court of the Mist
Villareni
Meltellur
Supreme Court of Justice
Galan
Landslide detail and railway impact in Golden Colorado
In Golden Colorado and nearby North Table Mountain, a landslide draws attention as daytime cracks appear smaller than those seen at night. Soundings may determine if bedrock tilt causes earth sipping while Union Pacific trains slow near the slide.
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Golden
Colo
North Table Mountain
Charles Westerbury
Union Pacific Railway
Dun and Co Report on a Week of Financial Upheaval
R G Dun and Co Weekly Review notes a week of stock market stress with the largest decline since 1873 yet reports surprising steadiness in business. Bank failures in Chicago and Indianapolis, heavy wheat receipts, and mixed regional trade show cautious money markets with improving interior activity and strong shoe and dry goods sectors. Exports fall short and imports rise. overall losses limited given extraordinary market pressure.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
National Cordage Company
Chicago
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Minneapoli
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Joseph
United States
Kodak Fiends Taxed at the Fair Surprise to Chicago Photographers
Chicago amateur photographers protested a new rule charging $2 per day for pressing the camera shutter in Jackson Park. Locals hid the fee for months, while visiting photographers from out of town learned of the charge and caused an uproar. A National Board committee will hear the complaints.
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Chicago
Jackson Park
Kodak
Kodaks
Sach Mujo
Nactional Board
Dynamite Attacks Wreck Three Muscatine Homes
Explosions at 1:30 am wrecked the homes of John Mahin editor of the Muscatine Journal E S Kessenger and N Rosenberger attorney injuring no one. Authorities offer 2000 reward. saloon cases pursued. mass meeting for law and order. Campania arrives from New York beating Paris of American Line in eastward passage in 5 days 17 hours 42 minutes. Cholera spreads in France and quarantine imposed in Bremen.
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Muscatine
John Mahin
Muscatine Journal
E. S&s
Mabin
Whessenger
Rosenberger
District Court
Wolfe
Board of County Supervisors
Law and Order
Olds Opera House
Campania
Queenstown
Cunard
New New York
Paris
Sandy Hook
Sandy Mook
New York
Revolting Cruelty in Asylums and Weather News Briefs
Paragraphs detail alleged brutal cruelties at the State Insane Asylum near Independence with sworn testimony of patient abuse and inhumane conditions, plus related reports on a cold wet week, ballot law ruling, and various local incidents and notices across Iowa communities.
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State University
Particuar
Independence
Hales
Chicago
Reprer
Sears
Dad v
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Hawkeye News
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