Iowa Railroad Settlement Eyed As Courts End Injunction
The Iowa railroads sign a treaty with Gov and the railroad commissioners to dismiss pending suits at state expense, in exchange for waiving damages from the injunction. Farmers fear corn stalk disease in Marshalltown, traced to parasites on uncut corn. health officials order halting of butter and milk shipments from affected homes. Representative Elect Shipley of Guthrie County is gravely ill from wounds in a dispute with W L Edwards, with a grand jury indicting Edwards. State treasurer settles old accounts with ex-Attorney General McPherson for 2800. A child drowns in a slop barrel near Red Oak. A Durango missing-stock case leads to a Chicago woman learning of a lover’s death in a misunderstanding. Council Bluffs clerk Rupert Huntington is short over 1000. prior theft by Huntington’s son. Governor Lammonex pardons Samuel Jogden for a murder in 1867. Notable Mason City deaths include Geo B Denon, Daniel Keasler, and a Cedar Rapids dressmaker’s suicide.
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Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail Way
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Durango
Mary Downing
Galeslady
Chicago
Hickley
Hickey
Rupert Huxrington
Council Bluffs
Huntington
Lamnanex
Samuel Jogden
Anamosa
Bynes County
Mason 4
Geo. B. Denon
Aniel. Keasler
Doolitile
Cedar Rapids
Raymer
Ison
Enserville
Randid Murray
Cedar Rap
Waucoma
A Narrow Sea Sees Legal and Commerce Shifts
A narrow sea story notes a sinking incident and a thirteen minute delay tied to the Sioux Commission. United States authorities promise a retraction measure while Kirain Muat faces potential jail time. Other news items follow with today's dated reports.
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Sioux Commission
Chinesa
Kirain Muat
Steamships Cleddy and Isle of Cypress collide near Isle of Wight
A collision south of the Isle of Wight between the steamers Cleddy from Odessa to Antwerp and Isle of Cypress from Stockton to European ports left the Cleddy badly damaged and sinking. Several crew reached shore while thirteen remain missing. The Cleddy was an iron brig rigged ship of 1,808 tons and the Isle of Cypress registered at 722 tons.
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Isle of Wight
Cleddy
Odessa
Antwerp
Isle of Cypress
Stockton
California Congressman's Bill on Chinese Census Certificates
California Representative Morrow introduces a bill requiring the census superintendent to enumerate the Chinese population in the United States and issue certificates as sole evidence of right to stay. Those without certificates within ninety days may be arrested and removed to China, with costs borne by those who brought them. The measure includes a $100,000 appropriation to carry out the provisions.
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Morrow
California
United States
Governor Denies Kirrain Remit Request in Prison Term
Governor Lowry refused Jake Kirrain’s petition to remit the imprisonment portion of his sentence on payment of the fine. He advised the petitioner that after the supreme court decides the case he may present it to his successor.
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Jake Kirain
Coy. Lowry
Lowry
Jake Kirrain
Supreme Court
New Grant Monument Fund Receives Major Gift
The New York Weekly Mail and Express reports all subscriptions redirected to the Grant National Monument fund and includes Mrs. Grant's letter locating General Grant’s tomb at Riverside Park. Ex-Gov Cornell acknowledges a £10,000 gift by the paper, boosting the fund to $140,000 as the drive aims to complete the memorial before 1892.
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New York Weekly Mail and Express
Ulysses Grant
America
Western Union Telegraph Company
Enormous Taxable Increase in Nine Years Across States
The New York World reports state treasurers' figures showing taxable property up by $6.963 billion and actual wealth up by $18.662 billion since 1889. Census data from 1836 showed prop taxed to wealth ratios from 25 to 68 percent, with total U S wealth now $61.509 billion excluding public property and $3.093 billion abroad. The World notes U S wealth surpasses historic global totals, with abroad investments alone matching Portugal and Denmark, and five nations' wealth equaling the U S gain in nine years.
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New York World
Census Office
Hainois
Wyoming
United States
Portugal
Denmark
Marshal Fonseca Dying Brings Brazil Uncertainty
A private cable from Rio de Janeiro reports Marshal Fonseca, chief of Brazil's provisional government, is dying and prompts talks on his successor. The decree sets September 15 for general elections and November 15 for the constituent assembly. It banishes ex-Emperor Dom Pedro and royal family, recalls a vast grant, and suspends his civil list allowance. Later dispatches deny Fonseca's illness.
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Dom Pedro Banfahod
London
Rio Janeiro
Fonseca
Constituent Assembly
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Viscount de
Local Churches Split Over Revivals Leads Town to Tense Standstill
Writers urge a halt to Methodist revivals claiming belief is driven by emotion and persuasion. The letter sparks broad opposition. Methodists and many townspeople, both inside and outside churches, rally against the signers.
Threeway wreck devastates Colorado freight train near Walsonburg
A Denver and Rio Grande freight train broke in three on a downhill stretch near Walsonburg Colorado. Two engines led and dragged twenty two cattle cars ten freight cars a caboose and rear engine before splitting. The second engine crashed and buried its engineer and fireman. Seven cattle and eight lumber cars piled up. cattle were killed or badly mangled. Two brakemen injured.
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Colorado
Denver and
Rio Grand Railroad
Walsonburg
Col
Packing totals near last year in western hog packing
The Cincinnati Price Current reports weekly hog packing at 425,000, close to last year’s level, with 2,055,000 hogs packed since November 1 and 2,885,000 for all western points this season. Towns listed show varied figures for 1889 with totals around 470,000 for all others and significant regional contributions.
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Cincinanati
Loushs Ss
Mulwaukee
Codnar Rapids
Cleveland
Ex President May Leave New York to Escape Requests
A solicitor asked ex president Cleveland to support New York women’s hospital, arguing his name would aid the institution. Cleveland said others use the same tactic and he would help only if finances allowed. He noted he plans to leave New York to escape constant solicitations from many quarters.
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Women's Hospital
New York
Cleveland
Fatal Cantata Rehearsal Fire in Detroit School
During a Christmas cantata rehearsal at a public Detroit school, a performer’s wand struck a candia, igniting costumes and spreading fire to the room. Sixteen children were burned, with Jennie Lancashire died from the injuries and four others seriously injured. Workmen rolled victims in mud to extinguish flames as the fire reached the floor and was put out.
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Detroit
Jennie Lancashire
Insolvency Report Hits New York Firms and Chicago Wabash
Reports confirm the suspension of J Q Preble & Co and J B Sheffield & Co of New York. The Wabash Manufacturing Co of Chicago is involved. Liabilities are stated as over 1,000,000, with possible total around two million, exact figures not established.
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New York
Chicago
J. Q. Preble & Co
J. B. Sheffield & Co
J.B. Sheffield & Co
J. Q. Prebro & Co
Wabash Manufacturing Company
SAMOA NAMES NEW KING Malleton Formally Recognized
Advices from Samoa via steamer Alameda report Malleton has been formally recognized as king by representatives of the United States Great Britain and Germany. Tamasee's followers pledged allegiance and on December 8 Malletons flag was hoisted while the US man of war Adame fired a salute. a German war vessel present nearby did not salute.
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Boven
Samoa
Almeda
London
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Tamassee
Malivton
Adame
Hugbor
Sioux Commission Promises Plead for Indian Bills
Sioux commissioners Warner Hester and Gen Crook met with the house committee on Indian affairs and South Dakota congressmen. They said they had promised ponies and migratory privileges deemed reasonable and asked lawmakers to ensure these promises are fulfilled. The committee and South Dakotans pledged support for any bill under the interior secretary to carry out the promises.
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Hester
Gen. Crook
House
South Dakota
South
Secretary of the Interior
Misdst of Great Religious Excitement Shakes Pennsylvania Town
A Pennsylvania town is described as deeply stirred by a widespread religious revival described as a great religious excitement. The piece notes many conversions and the influence on Methodist churches, with calls for unity and concern over social impact during the six months described.
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Panator
The
Rey
Apupes
Mar
Two Major Beef Firms Unite To Form New Company
Two of the largest beef and cattle firms, the Munrose of Boston and the Hammond company of Hammond Indiana, have merged. Munrose has long purchased live cattle in Chicago and slaughtered in Albany and Boston. The Boston dressed beef plant is reportedly being reorganized, with Munrose to become an eastern representative for Hammond, a member of the big four.
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Finis
Munrose
Boston
Hammond Company
Hammond
Ind
Chicago
Albany
Tsoston
Illi noise Central to rework Paterson plant plan
E. T. Jaffery, former general manager, will supervise the new works west of Pittsburg. The old Paterson plant will be abandoned as part of the restructuring.
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Pittsburg
E. T. Jaffery
Illinoise Central Railway
Paterson
Mine disaster claims six teenage workers in California
A Califormia accident at the Lane mine in Angel Camp leaves sixteen men buried and unlikely to be recovered alive. Nearly all victims have families. Details are sparse amid garbled OCR text. Authorities and rescuers grapple with the disaster's aftermath.
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Lane Mine
Angel’'n Camp
California
Awful 200-Foot Fall Ends Miraculously Alive
The five year old daughter of T H Jones of the Quebec bank and her aunt fell from a cliff while a sleigh skidded along the edge. Both plunged 200 feet but landed in a yard on Saultau Matelot street in the lower town with only minor injuries.
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T. H. Jones
Quebec Bank
Sault- au-Matelot
Westmoreland Constable's Warrant Declared Defective
A Westmoreland county constable arrives in Scranton with a warrant for Powderly which lacks a specific crime. An alderman, asked to endorse, finds the document makes only a general conspiracy charge and omits a concrete offense. The alderman refuses to indorse, ruling the warrant defective.
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Westmoreland County
Scranton
Powderly
Albany Cattle Dealers Plan Dressed Beef Scheme
Albany freight and meat trade circles discuss a new dressed beef plan. William F. Mamer, a major New York cattle center, launches supply stations in the east with cattle shipped on the hoof to be killed at stations rather than dressed elsewhere. Karner's near Albany will host the headquarters, with cattle bought at Union stockyards in Chicago and sent east by special trains.
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Albany
Treasury Takes Custody of Missing Cashier Funds
About 833000 dollars transferred to the United States Treasury for safekeeping by order of the House of Representatives. A sum of 83000 dollars in notes and checks left in the sergeant at arms office after the disappearance of absconding cashier Silcott.
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United States Treasury
Sergeant At Arms
Silcott
House of Representatives
Far Western Bridegroom Firing Raises Local Turmoil
Martin Phillips wed in Port Townsend Washington and moved with his bride to Lopes Island. A large crowd later blocked the house and tormented the couple with a charivari. Phillips fired his shotgun after warnings to stop, fatally wounding two men named John Hall and John Graham.
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Martin Phillips
Port ‘Townsend
Wash
Lopes Island
Charivan
Phillips
John Hall
John Graham
Human Remains of Germania Crew Found Near Shore
Parts of the Germania crew wash ashore between Sandy Hook and Seabright as life saving crews recover human remains, including a head, tied to the bark Germania wrecked at Long Branch recently.
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Germaiiton
Sandy Hook
Long Branch
St Louis Merchants protest robber gas bill at mass meeting
Citizens gathered at the Merchants Exchange in St Louis to voice opposition to the so called robber gas bill. Resolutions were adopted protesting the measure which was railroaded through the local council last week by a 7 to 6 vote.
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St. Louis
Quarrel Ends with Two Mortally Wounded in Chicago
A brawl between David Blakemore, two negro men, and Frank McLoughlin, an Irishman, in Chicago led to revolver fire with each man firing twice. all bullets hit, leaving both mortally wounded. Separate items note Gov Winson’s planned West Virginia special session and upcoming golf contest for the governorship, a sugar trust conversion in Connecticut, Johnstown floods, Belleville mills restart, and other officials and legislation updates.
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Frank McLoughlin
Chicago
Winson Hie
Ivig
Connecticut
Johnstown
Pawi
Belleville
Ill
Jone H. Brarry
Iowa
Register
Treasury Department
A. L. Wann
Aberdeen
Washington
Cheyenne Indian Agency
North
Markets Report From The Late Prices For Staples
Cattle market steady in Council Bluffs with quotes around 61.60 to 85.40 and hogs steady near 99.50. Wheat and corn mixed with December wheat at 78.40 and May at 73.40, rye 3.50, buckwheat 1.60. Butter steady to easier. cheeses firm. Provisions show pork around 9.40 and lard near 6.95.
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Chicago
Fragments From a 18th Century Ledger Scrambled Text
A garbled OCR fragment lists items like Praduse Wheat oats butter creamery and numbers with December and November references. The text appears as a disordered ledger snippet with names, weights, and dates, lacking coherent context or complete entries.
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Rome
Paiva
Committees Named in the Fifteenth Congress List
The speaker unveiled the standing committee roster for the lower house, led by Struble of Iowa. Names span Rivery and Harbors through Public Lands, with members from Illinois to New York and beyond, reflecting broad regional representation.
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Stephenson
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Why Ie was Called Bill Nye
The essay explains how the name Bill Nye came to be used for a writer who initially published unsigned work in a Rocky Mountains territorial paper. Contending with misattributions, he recounts a compromise naming tale, rejects the violent stereotype the nom de plume evokes, and presents himself as a plain law abiding American citizen seeking public welfare.
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James Nye
Robert Nye
Tam
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Magnetic Baltimore boy linked to missing Michigan family
A Los Angeles special reports Charlie Ross is involved in a long running missing child case. Eight years ago G Dickinson managed a Michigan mining property. after a miners strike the Dickinson family’s six year old Willie disappeared. A $3,000 reward yielded a boy in California who claimed to be Willie Dickinson, later verified by police, Chicago and Sacramento files, and a photo. The Chicago police confirmed the tale to Dickinson’s father in Bessemer, Michigan. The article suggests the boy’s resemblance and fate remain unsettled.
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G. Dickinson
Commonwealth
Wis
Los Angeles
Dickinson
Willie
Pinkerton
Willie Ss. Dickinson
Chicago
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