Vast array of odds and ends from world briefings
Thousands of acres in Indiana flooded by river rise. plague outbreak in Mazatlan with several deaths. Gabler & Bros. New York fire wipes out factory worth 150000. Supreme Court rules insurance invalid if policyholder is hanged. Chicago elevator worker driven to ruin by Christmas shoppers. Four mail steamers to Great Britain and Germany left New York with 7000 sacks of gifts. Isthmian canal commissioners paid 1000 monthly. U S Steel buys Champion mine and adjacent ore lands for 2,000,000. Pittsburg to get a 12 story girls’ home at 250,000. Shortest day of year noted. Dr Ryne of Kansas found guilty of shooting Maude Holmes. City officials mortally wounded in Farmington. Yellowstone election ends in ties. third vote expected. Brookline richest city, Uniontown richer per capita. General Castellvi arrested in Madrid, released after clash over club gambling. American capital in Mexico totals 500 million, railroads lead. Omaha Street Railway raises wages 6 to 10 percent. James B Ewing shot aboard a Southern train near Atlanta. Stephenson intoxicated, no witnesses. Brockton jury awards 37000 to Cashin vs NYNH&H.
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Mazatlan
Mexico
Plano
Ernest Gabler & Bros
New York
United States Supreme Court
Chiscago
Great Britain
Germany
Ryne
McPherson
Kas
Justice of the Peace
A.E. Musgrave
Farmington
George Stilwell
Yellowstone County
Montana
Brookline
Mass
America
Uniontown
Bobbon Y. de ' Castellvi
Alfonso
Madrid
Mexico City
Omaha Street Railway Company
James B. Ewing
Indiana
Atlanta
Southern Railway
Frederick L. Stephenson
Southern Railroad
Stephenson
Brockton
Frank J. Cashin
Springfield
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Lansing
Cedar Creek
Waterloo
Allen
Dawson
Des Moines
Homsatead
Page County
Theodore Fredericksen
Atlantic
Klondike Hotel
Omaha
Ferreta
Woodbury County
John Duffy
Bayard
Isaac W. Daggett
Sanborn
Lacey
Iowa
Port. Madison
Fred Brown
Belle Plaine Union
Cornell College
Cooney
Cottner
Parkersburg
State University
Lincoln
University of Illinois
Darren Howard
Wilhelmina Sadler
Doy
Association of Rural Mail Delivery
Goldstone’ Hotel
Cummins
Young
Harry Adams
Algona
Adams
State Board of Control
Sioux City
Iowa Central
Marshalltown
Albert Lea
Oskaloosa
Monmouth
Peoria
Fox
Brock
Bob
Resignation of land office chief over policy clashes
Washington reports Binger Hermann has resigned as commissioner of the General Land Office effective February 1 after long friction with Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock. Hermann said he had planned to resign for over a year and wished to allow a successor to be appointed before Congress adjourns. He noted his six year tenure exceeded that of most predecessors.
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Washington
Binger Hermann
General Land Office
Mr. Hermann
McKinley
Congress
Trial begins in Lena Lillie murder case in David City
The preliminary hearing for Mrs Lena M Lillie charged with murdering her husband Harvey starts in David City Nebraska before County Judge C M Skiles. A crowd fills the court rooms as relatives from Bellwood attend and neighbors express disbelief at the alleged crime.
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David City
Evans
Matt Miller
Lillie
Bellwood
J. S. Hill
Weissinger Tobacco Plant to Sell to Continental for 2.5 Million
Louisville based Weissinger Tobacco Company president Harry Weissinger closes a pending sale of the plant to Continental Tobacco Company for 2.5 million dollars. Papers signed and Weissinger will travel to New York to finalize details. The Weissinger plant ranks among the country’s largest independent tobacco concerns.
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Louisville
Courier-Journal
Harry Weissinger
Weissinger Tobacco Company
Continental Tobacco Company
Weissinger
New York
Death of J. J. Dickey in Omaha
John Jay Dickey superintendent of the Fifth Central district of the Western Union Telegraph Company serving the Omaha to Rocky Mountains lines died at Rose Farm near Omaha after illness started December 22 with pleurisy. Heart failure and pneumonic complications followed until his death Monday night.
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J. d. Dickey
Omaha
John Jay Dickey
Fifth Central
Western Union Telegraph Company
Rocky Mountains
Rose Farm
Young Men’s Christian Association Meeting in Russia
ST PETERSBURG The third annual meeting of the Young Men’s Christian Association under Prince Oldenburg’s patronage was held with attendees including Prince Plato Obolensky Senator Taganizey BH L Nobel and Franklin Gaylord. The Russian branch is nearly self sustaining and last year’s membership grew.
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Y. M
Russia
ST. Petersburg
Young Men's Christian Association
Prince Oldenburg
Prince Plato Obelensky
Senator Taganizey
BH. L. Nobel
Franklin Gaylord
Governor Yates Health Improves in Florida Return Planned
Illinois Governor Yates, currently in Florida for his health, will return to Springfield next week. A message from the executive office says he is greatly improved and now able to assume charge of state affairs. Mrs. Yates accompanies him.
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Springfield
Ill
Yates
Florida
Cuba
Mra
Miners Demand Higher Wages Ahead of Convention
SPRINGFIELD TW D. Ryan secretary treasurer United Mine Workers says miners will press for a material wage increase at the national convention in Indianapolis January 19. He notes operators fetch record coal prices and can’t claim mining costs excuse and promises figures on tonnage costs and operator profits. Ryan plans to attend and likely lead the wage fight.
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Springfield
D. Ryan
United Mine Workers of Uthels
Minera of
United States
Indianapolis
Ryan
Guam's Governor Reports Small Island Deficit and Slow Growth
The annual report from Commander Seaton Schroeder, Guam governor, dated July 10, shows last year’s receipts at 66000 and expenses at 57000, leaving a balance of 8000 despite a drop of over 13000 in cash. Exports and imports were 35549 and 35165, with copra and cacao not produced for home use. Population stands at 9676 with 46 natives literate in Spanish. health and birth rates show mixed progress.
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Washington
Seaton, Schroeder
Guam
Navy Department
Schroeder
United States
Japa Marries a Corpse in Unusual Ceremony
A Japanese man from Kochi reportedly wed a corpse after the bride elect died by her own hand on the eve of the ceremony. The body was recovered and, at the parents’ request, the marriage was performed between the living and the dead.
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Japa
Victoria
B. C
Associated Press
Yokohama
The
Japan Times
Kochi
Postmaster Greening Dies After Inspection Shortfall
Cornland postmaster C T Greening in Logan county Springfield Illinois committed suicide after a postoffice inspector found him $1400 short in his accounts. He was found dead in a barn behind his residence with a pistol at hand. The tragedy follows routine audit and a report of embezzlement.
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Springfield
All
C. T. Greening
Cornland
Logan County
Postoffles
Greening
Hig Realdith Achu
Armour & Co. Weigh Fire Protection For Sioux City Plant
Sioux City officials report Armour & Co. demands a sixteen inch water main for added fire protection if the million dollar plant is rebuilt. Water works trustees favor another eight inch main if Armour agrees. City council recognizes the issue’s importance and awaits a definite reply from Armour.
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Sioux City
Armour &Co
Armour & Co
Prohibitionists to Meet in Des Moines This Week
A state committee meeting in Des Moines will chart plans for the coming year. Officials will review the drop in prohibition votes and discuss a state wide organizational plan and new clubs to form a state constabulary. An executive committee session of the State Anti-Saloon League is also scheduled.
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Prohibition Party
Des Moines
State Bankers to Meet Soon in Iowa
DES MOINES says the annual Iowa Bankers association convention will be held in Davenport in February with H. A. Miller of Des Moines as president. Plans include Illinois bankers meeting at Rock Island concurrently and openings for attendance at both meetings across the river. An effort seeks either Secretary Shaw or ex-Secretary Gage to attend the Iowa meeting.
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Des Moines
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Davenport
H. A. Miller
Illinois State Bankers Association
Rock Island
Shaw
Gage
Des Moines Morphine Death Leads to Family Search
John Evans, father of Mary Byans who died in Des Moines from morphine poisoning, refused to claim the body when told his daughter lay dead in a morgue near Varina. An immediate effort found other relatives, and John Evans, joined by Frank Dwyre, traveled to Des Moines to claim the remains.
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Laurens
John Evans
Mary Byans
Des Moines
John Evana
Frank Dwyre
Big Fire at Ruthven Causes Wide Damage
A Ruthven fire Friday at 6 pm caused about 15000 in damages with 5000 insured. It started from an overheated furnace in the Central house. Reported losses include J B Large drugs 5000 insurance 3000 J F Nolan racket store stock 500 insurance none L T Barringer livery barn and hotel 3000 insurance none J F Reeley shoes and harness 800 insurance 200 F H Tweed printing office 1500 insurance 1000 T Knudson blacksmith shop 800 insurance none M Anderson wagon shop 400 insurance none.
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Ruthven
J. Thre
J.B. Large
J. Fy Nolan
L. T. Barringer
J. F. Reeley
F. H . Tweed
T.’ Knudson
M. Anderson
Serious Charge Against Oto Bank in Sioux City
Serious charges persist against the Oto bank and owners Pred HB Cutting and J T Willett after its closure. A district court petition alleges the bank released a chattel mortgage of record without authority or consideration and without actual payment on a $5,000 indebtedness the mortgage represented.
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Sioux City
Oto Bank
Cutting
J.T. Wilett
Willett
Romance to End in Marriage in Fort Dodge
Reported sensational quit reveals Chicago millionaire Kirk will wed Tululy Dunsmoor of this city after a prior scandal involving his brother Milton W. Kirk. The match signals a dramatic end to ongoing rumored engagements and heiress connections amid high society revelations.
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Fort Dodgh
Kirk
Millonaire
Chicago
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Ohio
Wabash
United States Steel Corporation
Champion
Mich
Pittsburg
Richards
Secretary of the Interior
Hermann
Mrs. Lillie
Illinois
Lynshee
Kansas
Kan
Montgomery
Godley
Milton Hinkle
Hinkle
Mont” Godley
Godley Brothers
Ding
Fairbury
Jones County
Alan
Peat
Vis
Vies Pre
Jamis J
Wilson
Onahler
First National Bank
A. M. Strawan
Davia O
B.D
Davis
John Dyson A
James J, Wil Tot
T. Conger
Ay Btrahan Mra
Bens Dolphy
Wi Summers A. M. Berohan Rang, Jr
I. F. Hunprrora
Bank of ‘Malvern
Prudent Banking
P. Kinney
Doan Building
South Side Public Square
Glenwood
Owa
BE. Waitfield
Hawlin’s & Mulholland’s
Parsons
Physician
Burgeosly
Malvern, Iowa
Ofce
Besport
Homespathic
Hawkins & Mulholland
John, R. Robinson
Glenwood, Rows
Whitnall
Hasrna
Town Onion
Ostomae
Laird
Mills “County ‘Savings
Bank
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