Michigan Melange reports on local conviction
Gran Barrns Minnesota area notes recount the Friday police court conviction of a 70 year old man named Digino Howler Rotten Back for assault and battery. The crowded courtroom heard testimony of unwarranted liberties with a woman and offensive names. He claimed innocence and customary conduct but was found guilty. a certificate showing C A Gay of Muskegon as representative and healer was introduced as an exhibit. His home is in North Dakota.
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Massive Mob Riots Over Horse Whipping Incident
In Michigan on March 24 an enormous crowd gathered to rent the opera house to hold an indignation meeting about last Saturday night’s horse whipping of Frank Slooter, a newspaper correspondent. Police clashed with rioters, several officers were injured, and five local citizens were arrested for the assault. Meanwhile Benjamin Hathaway, the Little Prairie Runde poet, prepared for death with a self-made coffin and simple funeral rites after dying from a mysterious illness.
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Multiple Michigan incidents reported in a chaotic late March update
A wide ranging March 23–26 roundup from Michigan lists slogans, threats, and accidents. Attacks on political figures spark investigations. houses and stores suffer explosions and vandalism. fishers are rescued. a brother kills a brother in Waterville. church vandalism occurs. a receiver is appointed for a provident association. dynamite destroys a grocery and causes damages. various injuries and deaths follow including drownings and a prisoner released. labor and railway labor news loom as well.
France and Britain near Egypt dispute settlement
March 25 Paris reports indicate France and Great Britain are near resolving their Egyptian disagreement ahead of the Egyptian debt commission meeting on Thursday. Ambassador de Courcel, recently recalled to London, plans to return to France Saturday, while Salisbury prepares to travel to Heaulieo on Thursday.
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Minnesota Republicans Unite Behind McKinley at Minneaplis Convention
Davis withdraws as Minnesota Republicans endorse McKinley. The platform endorses gold and silver mix, protective tariff, and strong coast defenses. Delegates-at-large P. G. Evans, George Thompson, C. Fr. Hendryx, L. P. Hunt praised the Ohio man amid chants. Davis’ departure for harmony.
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New York backs Morton for president at Republican convention
Delegates from New York endorse Governor Levi Parsons Morton for president after a heated party fight. The platform calls for protection, reciprocity, and a firm gold standard, opposing free silver. Platt, Miller, Depew named as at large delegates with alternates from Buffalo and nearby counties.
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Death Toll Rises in Pennsylvania Mine Explosions
Berwind White mining disaster at DuBois kills many, with all bodies recovered and families left in poverty. An Adrian mine blast nearby claims two more married men and eleven children. AFL considers May 1 eight hour plan with carpenters tested and a general overtime strike.
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Million Goes Up in Smoke at Natrona Copper Works
Fire devastated the Copper Works of the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. at Natrona, wiping out about 6 1 million dollars in losses. Nearly four acres burned. upper town and lower works largely saved. Fifteen furnaces and fifty tanks ruined. hostile machinery destroyed. freight cars nearby consumed.
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Arbitration proposals reach US government on Sino-UK issue
Salisbury reports the government is considering the Anglo American arbitration proposal from a peace society meeting in Quadra Nalli and says the US government has the matter before it. Gertrude Taylor confesses to murder in Craig, Missouri, with motives tied to a family dispute over an organ. An explosion in Eullicott City, Maryland, kills two sons and injures three others after a dynamite detonation. Local resident Mrs. Babcock touts Thomas Electric Oil as curative.
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Woman Shoots Man Then Self in Lancaster Hotel
Coatesville Pa March 2 Bertha McConnell aged 2 shot Harry Thompson at a Lancaster hotel. After the shooting she returned to her city and shot herself. The double crime is alleged to have followed Thompson deceiving the young woman. Both McConnell and the victim likely to die.
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Public Buildings for Western Towns Reported Favorably
At the meeting of the house commune on public buildings the following bills were reported favorably by sub committees Clinton Iowa one hundred thousand Frea port Illinois ten thousand Menominee Michigan fifty thousand Joliet Illinois one hundred thousand Higin Illinois one hundred thousand
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