Week of world events and political shocks recap
Condensed telegraphic highlights cover major earthquakes at Zante with widespread destruction, Ireland Home Rule debates in Britain, Belgium universal suffrage passing amid strikes, court rulings against the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland, and various U.S. political and economic developments. Reports note Creston fire, Oklahoma governor race, Wall Street stringency, and notable crimes and social turmoil worldwide.
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Zante
Lord Randolph Churchill
House of Commons
Duchess of Sutherland
Chamber of Deputies
Maybrick
Woking
Ulster
Greece
Belgium
Athans
United States
Legation
Constantinople
Turkey
Missouri court opinions and various events reported
Nineteen opinions handed down by the Kansas City Court of Appeals. Special Master Crawford files first two reports in the Read ing receivership case. J D Roberta named receiver for Lookout Iron Co at Chat tanooga. C B Turner gets 14 years for murder of his wife's uncle at Atchison. Franklin Ind dentist insult charge leads to shooting by James Turpin. Railway collision at Waco Tex. engineer burned after being pinned. Mississippi Supreme Court reverses and remands Henry C Foster murder case of ex Congressmen J B Morgan. Mass meeting at Sherman Tex backs prosecution of W T Sharwin murderer. Irvin S Merrill of Kansas City alive in New York visit. Missouri crop bulletin notes storm damage and farming slowdown. Bentonville Ark jury convicts Nin Shepard of involuntary manslaughter in officer Dalton murder case. Seven killed by cyclone in Scott Valley Ark. Missouri homeopathists hold annual meeting at Sedalia. Duke of Veragua given two New York receptions. Leadville Miners explosion kills five and injures four. Baim Jones earns 2900 talks at Bowling Green Ky, netting 2300.
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Missouri Card of Equalization
Kansas City Court of Appeals
Crawford
Reading
J.D. Roberta
Lookout Iron Company
Chattanooga
C. B. Turner
Atchison, Kas
Franklin
Ind
James Turpin
Waco
Tex
Supreme Court of Mississippi
Henry C. Foster
J. B. Morgan
Sherman
W. T.sharwin
Irvin S. Merrill
Kanasas City
New York
Missouri Weekly
Nin Shepard
Bentonville
Ark
Dalton
Scott Valley
Missouri
Sedalia
Conversa
Bowling Green
Wm. Snead
Lon Hayes
St. Joseph
Kansas
Thomas Tuch
Hayes
Tuch
Snead
Jefferson City Supreme Court
Websterra
Kansas City and Southern Railway Company
McAfee
Missouri Pacific Company
Flickman
Link
City of
Clinton
Henry County
Tillo
State
Brown
Kirby
Wingfield
Morley
Elmer
St. Louia
St. Louis
Walsh
Hawkins
Bank
Lexington
Stanbury
West Plains
Stevlville
Paga City
Market Prices Across Regions For Cattle And Grains
New York market quotes list cattle from 3.50 to 5.00, cotton middling at 91 cents, and grains with No 2 red wheat around 4 to 5. No. 2 corn near 6.5, oats mixed western about 38.8. St Louis shows cattle at 3.75 to 8.05, hogs 6.25 to 7.15, sheep 25.25, wheat 4.4 to 4.5, corn 37 to 83, oats 31, rye 54, dairy butter 2.22, eggs 19. Butter and eggs values noted. Chicago lists cattle shipping at 3.50 to 3.05, hogs 7.25 to 7.50, sheep 4.50, wheat 74, corn 41 to 42, oats 30 to 31. Kansas City shows shipping steers 4.25 to 5.75, oats 5.
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New York
Louis
Chicago
Electric Hrevillea and a series of late 19th century notes
A bad freight wreck on the L and N line near McLeanaboro unsettles rail traffic. George B. Simpson, noted Kansas City banker, is dead. Missouri Supreme Court sessions proceed. Troops head to Antlers to quell Choctaw troubles. Sole Leather Trust nearly ready to start with 976000000 capital. Miss Lizzie Miller, notable in 84 Louis, died by her own hand at Columbus.
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A. A. Christy
Correctionville
Mary Anderson Navarro
Creston
Chicago
Ward McAllister
Ben Levy
Moberly
Texas
Hillsboro
St. St. Joseph
John Donovan, Jr
Geo. E. Black
Omaha
Columbus
Ind
Richmond
Fishback
Arkansas
Schofield
Second
Illinois Supreme District
Vandalia
McLeanaboro
George B. Simpson
Kansas City
Missouri Supreme Court
Lizzie Miller
Louis
Peruna touted as spring cure for catarrh
An aged promotional feature extols Peruna as a spring remedy for catarrh and spring fever. It claims winter delays cures, urges a systematic treatment now, and promises blood purification via digestion. It offers a free catarrh book and directs readers to The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company in Columbus, Ohio.
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Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Ohio
Population of St Louis Tops Five Hundred Thousand
A St Louis directory published on April 14 lists 191 523 names and a population of 574 569, suggesting over 100 000 growth since 1800. The piece notes extensive new construction, a large street-improvement plan, and plans to name one of the American Greyhounds after St Louis.
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St. Louis
Namlog
Ocean Greyhound
Snd
Missouri
American Navigation Company
Paris
New York
Do Animals Dream In Sleep, Say Man And Pets
A reader describes a bloodhound and a canary that seem to dream and vocalize during sleep. The canary sings with head under wing as if joyful, while the dog often groans, barks, or wags its tail in sleep, suggesting dream activity in pets.
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Aero
Missouri Violence and Court News Mix in State
Missouri items report a fatal shooting near St Joseph after a fraud talk over a farm with counterfeits, plus court proceedings from Jefferson City on multiple cases. Sedalia notes a elopement scandal, a divorce suit in Kansas City, and cyclone deaths and damages across towns. Also covered are railroad developments, a grain route study, a Barrett mill fire, a murder sentence in Sedalia, and Missouri Encampment elections.
Remarkable Indian Head Tale Phineas Gage’s Surprising Recovery
A York World correspondent recalls Phineas C. Gage, the railroad tamping wager whose iron bar passed through his skull in 1845 at Cavendish Vermont. Despite severe brain injury, he survived sixteen years, his mind altered, and he died in San Francisco in 1861 of epilepsy. The skull and iron end up in Harvard, while the tale underlines extraordinary cases of resilience.
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Ucrame
Jersey
Jovches
York World
Phineas C. Gage
Gage
Cavendish
Central Vermont Railroad
Phineas Gage
Piager
Lebanon
N. H
Mr. Gaye
South America
Valparaiso
San Francisco
Medical Department
Harvard University
Townsmen Question Safe Move Near Principal Street
In a fragmentary account a resident asks how many men are employed in the town while another replies to wait until tomorrow for details about a planned safe move from a three story building on the principal street.
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St.Louis
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E.D. Kenan
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Colonel Dalton
Colby
Weather Bureau
Ecuador
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Birmingham
Ala
Arizona
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Patrick Dolan
James Collins
Harrison
Colling
Whiskey Trust
I’coria
Macon
Hickey
John Clayton
Burkhardt
Dan
Fort Gaines
Prof
Folb
Vienna
Briadstreat
Count Keatry
Wilson County
Kas
Mwinois
Missouri News
Salem
Hawkins’ Bank
L. L. Dabney
Wm. Asher
Clarence Jacob
B. Jewry
Henry Brown
John Wilson
Pittsburg
Gulf
Joplin
Sulphur Springs
Arkansas River
Sabine Pass
F.r.field
Standard Grain Co
New Orleans
Mexico
Mason
West Plains Dispatch
South Missouri Land Company
Barrett
Dick Robinson
Johanna Schollman
Ryland
Robinson
Supreme Court
Jefferson City
O'Meara
Amos Avery
Lamar
Avery
Charles G. Burton
Nevada
Welsert
Whitehead
Mrs. Snipps
Mr. Snipps
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