Wind and Rain Bring Havoc Across Kansas and Missouri
A storm of great intensity swept Kansas and western Missouri causing widespread damage. Reports describe destroyed houses in Cherryville and Bosworth, shattered windows in Garland, roof loss at Fort Scott, and flooded creeks with Wrukunda Creek exceeding banks. Telegraph lines failed and many areas required replanting after crop losses.
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Kansas
Missouri
Kansas City
Cherryville
Kan
Burlington
Emporia
Fort Scott
Garland
Bosworth
Wrukunda
Profitable Bear Hunt Near Watertown N Y
Four bears were captured near Maple Ridge in Lewis County New York after hunters William Benton and William Graves tracked a large ferocious mother bear guarding three cubs. The mother was killed. the cubs were taken alive and brought home. The female weighed about 269 pounds.
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New York
Watertown
N. Y
William Benton
William Graves
Maple Ridge
Lewis County
Fire destroys Keystones State and Golden Rule at river wharf
Flames forced the Keystone State to back into the river as fifteen roustabouts were trapped in the hold. The Golden Rule’s stern swung to the wharf rope and passengers escaped except Nellie Maloney who fell and vanished. Second Mate Riley is missing. upper works and cargo losses are reported with the Golden Rule valued around $25,000 plus $50,000 cargo.
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Keystone State
Golden Rule
Nellie Maloney
Bondurant
American swindler Dinkelspiel fails in London debts
William Dinkelspiel, agent for New York Life Insurance, whose Detroit schemes made him notorious, has failed in London with liabilities of 135000 pounds and assets under ten dollars. A creditor meeting led to an official receiver being appointed as details of lavish living and gambling debts emerged.
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London
William Dinkelspiel
New York Life Insurance Company
Detroit
Dinkelspiel
Dinkenspiel
Queen Vicctoria Street
Dinkliespiel
England
New York Life
West End
Chinese Sign Petition to Emperor Over US Ties
About 400000 Chinese residents in the United States signed a petition to the Emperor of China asking retaliation on the United States. The document claims renewed hardships and accuses the U.S. of breaking faith, blames European immigrants, and notes Chinese merchants warn of possible drastic measures. Board of Foreign Affairs actions and threats of broad restrictions if new laws pass are cited.
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United States
New York
China
Europe
Wo Kee
Board of Foreign Affairs
Tin from Temescil California shipped to East
A Pacific Mail cargo from New Port included tin from Temescil California mines opened six months ago and operated three months. The tin, shipped via San Francisco and the isthmus, was sent by Balfour Guthrie & Co. and consigned to Balfour Williams & Co. It matches Straits quality and will be sold at 20.34 cents per pound in sample lots with larger Pacific Coast shipments to follow.
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New York
Pacific Mail
Newport
Colon
Temescil
California
Pacific
San Francisco
Balfour, Guthrie & Co
Balfour, Williams & Co
Straits Settlements
Straits
Pacific Coast
Destructive Cotton Fire Hits New Orleans Press District
A massive blaze at the New Orleans cotton press on North Front Street destroyed the press and its 50 000 bale stock while initiating a rapid spread to nearby structures. Three workers were injured in the collapse of walls as flames swept four square blocks, leaving hundreds homeless amid widespread ruin and insurance likely.
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New Orleans
North Front Street
Laurel
Annunciation
Heavy losses of wheat in North Dakota blamed on winter
Jamestown North Dakota report details millions of bushels of wheat ruined by a variable winter. Grain left in shock is wet and swelled and will sprout with spring rains, making it unfit for market or possibly only fit for feed. Damaged stock and stacked grain throughout the state foretell large losses for farmers and mills.
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North Dakota
Jamestown
N. D
Big Burglary at Quincy Jewelry House
The M. Huffman jewelry store in Quincy Illinois was broken into and about $20,000 in watches and jewelry stolen. Frank Helier found mud on the floor and a wide open steel safe with contents missing. Police telegraphed Pinkertons and Jewelers' Alliance for help.
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M. Huffman
Quincy
Frank Helier
Huffman
Pinkertons
Jewelers’ Alliance and Jewelers’ Protective Association
Egan presents claim over Bolivian guano grant dispute
Minister Egan presented to Chile's foreign office a claim by the American Alsop liquidators for about 1,000,000 in silver plus interest. The dispute traces to Guan deposits rights secured by Alsop via Gema and laws granting land for mines, unsettled after the 1860 Chili Bolivia war and later disallowed by Chile.
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Chul
Valparaiso
Egan
Foreign Office
House of
Alsop
Gema
Mexillones
Gama
Bolivian
Chili
Bolivia
Bandits Rob Train Near Birmingham and Mule Theft
A midnight passenger train from Birmingham to Atlanta was held up by three to four robbers near Weems, ten miles east. A white robber rode the engine, halting the train 510 feet from the station. shots were fired at passengers while mail car doors were breached. Thirty five mail packages were taken. two found later by a campfire. Robbers fled toward Irondale with two stolen mules. Police chase ongoing.
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Birmingham
Alo
Pacific Road
Here
Ala
Atlanta
Georgia Pacific
Weems
Irondale
South Dakota G A R Chaplain Shinafelts Report
Chaplain Shinafelts report for the G A R Department of South Dakota forwards to Adjt Stites for Mitchell encampment proceedings. Memorial day observed widely. 604 graves decorated, 2,760 comrades in line, 57,761 attendees. V R C aid noted. 101 posts, 96 replied on deaths, 22 posts report 37 deaths. department total 2,684 members.
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G.A
D. T. M. SuanArent
Turon
G. A. R. Department of
South Dakota
Adjt
W. D. Stites
Mitchell
G. A. KR
Eohty
Pierre
Government Indian School
Rapid City
S. Off
Sioux Falls
Chamberlain
Whipple Case Sparks Debate Over Indian Killings
The Whipple case in Deadwood draws attention as a white man charged with killing an Indian, then discharged due to jurisdiction on ceded Sioux lands. Pennington County officials balked at prosecution, citing lack of evidence and high costs, while critics condemn indifference to Indian rights and call for government aid to pursue such cases.
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Jim Jams
Jack Whipple
Lays-on
Whipple
United States
Jackson County
Pennington County
Prates
Cruel Parting Over Child Between Dying Father and Mother
Mrs. Lyon sought her six year old son in Nebraska where the father sick with consumption held the child in a farm house. The boy cared for his dying father and, after a tense encounter, was defended by a watchdog as the mother tried to reclaim the child.
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Silmon City
Idaho
Harvey
Lyon
Chamberlain
Nebraska
Child Separated From Father After Abduction Attempt
A mother failed in her attempt to seize a child and telegraphed for her brother in law. He arrived and helped remove the child by force from the father’s home. The father’s grief is cited as overwhelming with the child’s stated dying words and the father in critical condition with no hope of recovery.
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Aid Goth
Papa
Detailed to Sisseton Witnesses Order and Entry Rules
W D Harlan summoned from Washington to keep order as Gen W D Jiarman assists Watertown land office for Sisseton Reservation opening after April 15. Applicants must swear they did not enter land before the proclamation, with perjury penalties risking loss of claim. Squatters face contest hurdles. filing party holds advantage. Nailroad Commissioner Phillips is the sole broadly endorsed candidate for Register of the Land Office.
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W. D. Harlan
Washington
W. D. Jiarman
Carter
Land Office
Watertown
Sisseton Reservation
Noodle
Office of Register of the Land Office
Nailroad
Phillips
Yankton to Host $100000 Oatmeal Mill by Columbia Cereal Co
The Columbia Cereal Company of Chicago plans a $100,000 oat meal mill in Yankton, SD, 450 by 150 feet, three stories high, to begin construction now. Location targets central grain belt, good water, and rail access. locals hold about $30,000 in stock with 7 percent guaranteed return.
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Columbia Cereal Company
F Chicago
Yankton
Cerent Company
South Dakota
Nebraska
Western Portland Cement Company
Land Seekers Killed on Sisseton Reservation
Reports from Wheaton say two white land seekers were killed on the Sisseton Reservation during a confrontation with Indigenous people. The men resisted arrest after being ordered off, and during the struggle both were killed as prospective settlers awaited the reservation opening.
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Wheaton
Sisseton
Fire devastates New Orleans cotton district and homes
A massive blaze in New Orleans destroys about 80 000 bales of cotton valued at millions and razes the Independence and other presses. Two children die when a lamp explodes, while many families lose homes across Laurel Third and Magazine streets. Officials estimate losses near 3 250 000 with most insured.
Hatch Bill Becomes Amended Anti Option Measure
The House Committee on Agriculture adopts the Hatch subcommittee report endorsing an anti option bill. The Hatch Will imposes taxes on option dealers not owning delivery articles, imposes annual licenses and per unit taxes on cotton pork and grains, requires registration and records, and sets penalties for falsifying entries. Commission merchants pay a separate annual fee.
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House
House Committee On Agriculture
Hatch
Washburn
Tade
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Department
Watch
Boards of Trade
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Mitchell Printing Co
Behring
Blaine
Voster
Behring Sea
Little Rock
Alliance
Cove
the Vimes
India
St. Petersburg
Vilna
John L. Sullivan
Janes Corbett
Olympic Club of
Lynn
Mass
Joseph M. W Kennedy
Mde
D. A. B. Curtis
Direl
Monroe, Lr
Moorehouse Parish
Morseworthy
James Baker
Elroy
Wis
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Federation of Labor
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Seny
Nolte
Cheyenne and Arapahou Reservation
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Ohio
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Tonden
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Temescal
Ogden
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Texas
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New Mexico
Indian Territory
Okahoma
Arizona
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the Zeitung
Odessa
Constantinople
Belgrade
Belgiian
Bulgaria
Ugs
Jd Sheep
Aes
Nicaragua Canal
Warner Miller
Nicaragua Canal Company
Henry M. Flager
John W. Mackey
Austin Corbin
Andrew Carnegie
Miller
Mackey
Pittsburg
Jonathan Holster
Scranton
Laurel Hill
South. Dakota
Shanafelt
Shinafelts
Yankton’s
Auy
Lew
Shaw
Mutual Life
Life Insurance Company
Lansing
Burdick
Judge Burdick
Williams Dewl
Cas. G. Wintrams
Register of the Land Office
State Senate
Wisconsin
Isos
Racine
House of Representatives
Fi Isse
Arthur
Cleveland
Harrison
Iss
Williams
Congress
Namilton Kerr Farm
Huron
John Ellingson
Kimball
Kylingson
HTC Oul
Tairy Association
A.C. Menrarryy
A. H W. Wheaton
Brookings
South Datory
Convention of the Nations Dairy and Wool Association
Washington, D. C
O'Connor
Independence Press
Third Streets
Valentine
Laurel Street
Magazine Streets
Magazine Street
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