Office Seeker Cry Yields No Appointments This Term
Washington notes report that the justice department will make no changes to appoints this term with incumbents staying in place. Consular postings look unlikely until Wharton arrives to review records and decide retirements and vacancies. Octane of the political faith of incumbents is noted as a factor. Separate items cite post office site debates in Omaha with Rosewater and Connell leading rival delegations, and a Canada relations trip planned by Senator Hoar’s committee with Seattle and Tacoma stops.
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Wasaminorox
Department of Justice
United States
Supreme Court
Court of Claims
Miller
State Department
Wharton
Rosy
Washington
Omaha
Windom
Rosewater
The
Bee
Connell
Hoar
Canada
Chicago
Seattle
Wacoma
Wilson
Iowa
Hale
Dolph
Pugh
Butler
Voorhees
Governor Wilson Ejected by Grocer After Threatening Editor
In Charleston on April 5 Governor Wilson confronted The State Tribune editor Reber inside a grocery store. Wilson allegedly shouted threats and shook his fist near the editor's nose, leading to a heated embrace before bystanders and a grocer who had supported the governor forced him outside. The clash followed six weeks of alleged hostility from Reber toward Wilson.
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Wilson
Goveror
Reber
Gotham Politicians Parcel Out the Fat Jobs Among Themselves
New York April 5 special dispatch cites Ehrhardt as collector, Vancott as postmaster, Knapp naval officer, Willis surveyor, with others at a conference including Vice President Morton and Senator Hiscock. Unsettled district attorneyship between Mawes and Lyon. Barnum likely NY Southern district marshal.
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New York
Washington
Sun
Joel LB. Ehrhardt
Cornelius Vancott
John N. Knapp
Theodore Willis
Bedeosey
Presiden Morton
Trace
Hiscock
Messrs
Ehrardt
Vancott
Louis F. Payn
John J. Davenport
Granville ?. Mawes
George W. Lyon
Henry A. Barnum
Minnesota senate debates omnibus appropriation bill
In St Paul on April 4 the Minnesota senate considered the omnibus appropriation bill and recommended several amendments. The agricultural committee urged indefinite postponement of Senator Hixon's bill to separate the agricultural college from the state university. A minority report was filed and the bill was referred to the committee of the whole.
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Minnesota
St. Pau
Senate
Agricultural Committee
Hixon
Agricultural College
State University
Recessed votes mold state legislative reapportionment
After local bills passed a short recess was set until 3 pm. The Scheffer meat inspection bill advanced to the judiciary committee. Itasca and Sheridan county organizing bills were indefinitely postponed. Stevens bill on employer liability failed 48 to 20. Reapportionment passed again, setting 54 senators and 114 representatives. Northern Minnesota gains three senators and eleven representatives. Nine assemblymen left the region. Widespread unrest surrounds evicted settlers in Plymouth Fort Dodge Iowa with warrants for Samuel Theilmner and fourteen others for conspiracy. More warrants are expected. arrests may begin today as officials clash with settlers. U S marshal posse failed to evict residents and returned to Webster City.
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Scheffer Meat Inspection
Senate
House
Judiciary Committee
Itasca
Sheridan
Hr. S. Stevens
Minnesota
Fort Doner
Towa
Samuel Theilmner
Settlers’ Union
United States Marshal
Webster City
Aborn Draw Will Take Place July 30 at Boise City
Dr Aborn, manager of Montana Investment Company's lottery enterprise, arrives in Des Moines and insists the drawing will occur at Boise City Idaho on July 30 or ticket money refunded. In Des Moines Iowa April 5 the company faces scrutiny over reports of insolvency and its capital prize Aborn house property in Helena.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Aborn
Montana Investment Company
Helena
Aborn House
Boise City
Idaho
Not Quite Elected Davis Trails by 548 in RI Race
Providence April 5 The complete Rhode Island vote shows Ladd 16152 Davis 21550 Richardson 1511 Chase 8345 Davis trails by 548 votes but holds a 4398 plurality. Attorney general Rogers 21011 Slocum 21516 Scattering 27 Slocum leads by 778. Senate Republicans 6 Democrats 11 with 4 to be chosen. House Republicans 23 Democrats 87 with 12 to be chosen. Also notes a query on convention rates for trunk-line passenger agents. Guns for the Charleston Annapolis April 5 The ten six-inch guns for the Charleston now fitting out at San Francisco are on the sea wall at the naval academy. Tested and found ready. shipping to San Francisco.
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Rhode Island
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Ladd
Richardson
Chase
Rogers
Slocum
Scattering
Senate
House
Baurimonte
Annapolis
Charleston
San Francisco
Naval Academy
Butte County
Riverside
Nothern
Oroville
Palermo
California
Palermo City
Sacramento
Marysville
Calfornia State Board of Trade
U. S
George Hearst
Geo. Perkins
N. C. Rideout
Northern California Railroad
Cal
T. J. Grier
Lead City Dakota
McAfee & Baldwin
Foreclosure Decree Lodged Against Wabash Railway
Foreclosure of mortgage for 30.5 million dollars against the Wabash railway company was entered in a United States court at Inplanavouis Indiana on April 5. The decree benefits James R. Jessup and other trustees for bond obligations across Wabash system branches.
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Wabash Road
Inplanavouis
Ind
Wabash Railway Company
James R. Jessup
United States
Injunction Granted Against Electric Sugar Refining Company
In New York, April 4, Judge Beach issued an injunction restraining Robertson Cotterill the company and the National City bank from disposing of funds claimed to be held for the company’s credit in the suit of James Koore. Dr Edward Beecher injured in Brooklyn accident.
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Electric Sugar
New York
James Koore
Electric Sugar Refining Company
Struggling Steamer Atlantic Ice Near Port Huron Lighthouse
Port Huron Michigan reports the steamer Atlantic struggling in ice opposite the lighthouse as northwest fresh winds blow and ice runs. Separately, Boston notes the death of Mrs Turner Sargent, daughter of Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes, after nearly two months of illness, at her father's home.
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Port Huron
Mich
Atlantic
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Boston
Turner Sargent
Northwestern prairie fire destroys Leola and spreads damage
Aberdeen South Dakota April 5 eastern McPherson county was swept by a prairie fire producing total ruin in Leola the county seat with thirty business places including two banks two churches two newspapers and several hotels wiped out less than a dozen residences remain losses heavy and nationwide reports indicate tens of thousands of dollars in damage across Minnesota Iowa and surrounding areas.
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Aberdeen
McPherson County
Leola
Prairie fires scorch towns across the Dakotas and Minnesota
A series of prairie fires near Rapid City Vermillion and Ree Heights caused extensive damage and loss. Eloise Madison died from severe burns after a fire in Rapid City while Vermillion reported multiple buildings torched including saw mill wood and several farms. In Jackson County Minnesota a blaze destroyed barns hay and cattle with total losses over ten thousand dollars. A fire in Ree Heights nearly wiped out the town as wind drove the flames at forty miles per hour. Arrests followed in Jackson County where James Travenick pleaded guilty to setting fires and paid a fine.
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Rapid City
Ramp City
Rapid Valley
Eloise Madison
Jackson, Minn
Jackson County
Lucas Henry
Louis N. Larson
Michael Michaelson
Frank Briley
William Spiceard
James Travenick
Vermillion
Gillette
Minier
Ree Heights
Fourteen Buildings Lost in Omaha Fire
A large blaze in Nelson Nebraska, April 6, caused by a butcher shop fire, destroyed fourteen buildings and produced losses near fifty thousand dollars. The incident highlights extensive urban damage and raises concerns about surrounding properties.
Two L&N Workers Killed in Nashville Collision
Louisville April 5 E G Green and M L Eby brakemen on the Decatur division were killed in a wreck at Brown s Cross Road near Nashville Fireman Albert Finch was severely injured A misunderstanding of orders caused the accident The two engines and sixteen cars were demolished
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Louisville, Ky
E. G. Green
M. L. Eby
Decatur
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Brown's Cross Road
Nashville
Albert Finch
Falling wall injures several at Clarke's sausage factory
In Montreal Quebec on April 5 the south west section of Clarke's sausage factory on Canal Bank point in St Charles collapsed. The three flats were ruined when the heavy roof precipitated and drove the southern walls into the yard several people inside were seriously injured.
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Que
Clarke's
Canal Bank Point
St. Charles
Seyral
Reduced Coal Tolls and Notable Deaths in New York
Reduced coal tolls announced to tidewater and Buffalo on Lehigh coal Wyoming to tidewater and buckwheat. sales agents to meet Monday to discuss schedule changes. Col. George A. Williams U.S. Army retired dies at his Vicksburg era injuries. survived by widow and son, a New York lawyer.
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New York
Tidewater
Buffalo
Lehigh
Wyoming
Vicksburg
Newsarean
N. Y
George A. Williams
U.S. A
Edwin Booth Stricken With Dizziness Minutes Before Third Act
Rocnestra N Y April 5 The Lyceum Theatre audience faced a sad disappointment as Edwin Booth suddenly fell ill just before the third act. He grew dizzy and could not speak, a doctor summoned promptly to the stage.
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Rocnestra
N. Y
Lyceum Theatre
Edwin Booth
Edwin Booth Downplays Illness on NY Trip
Theodore Barrett announced Edwin Booth had a partial stroke and feared the end may be near while Barrett described Booth as the greatest English speaking actor. Booth left Rochester for New York at 10:35 AM with Lawrence Barrett and the company heading to Buffalo, walking unaided to the train with a light satchel and a wooden toothpick.
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Barrett
Booth
Rochester
N. Y
Edwin Booth
New York
New York Central
Lawrence Barrett
Buffalo
German cipher seeks U.S. navy strength details
A Washington dispatch to the World reports Prince Bismarck ordered a ciphered telegram to the German minister. It requests the names of ships bound for Samoa to replace wrecks from a March hurricane, crew complements, tonnage horsepower gun details torpedo status and whether reinforcements would weaken other naval forces.
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Isis
New York
Washington
Prince Bismarck
Secretary of the Navy
Samoa
Foreign Office
Brooklyn Strikes and Citywide Labor Turmoil
Brooklyns public transit scene shows only twenty five cars running on four routes as seventeen new drivers leave for home after tickets to New York or Albany. Union funds cover fares while Cantor law repeal petitions gather signatures. Separately Gould links offer, Central Labor Union considers cooperative plan, and New York labor actions prompt widespread unrest.
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Rocnesten
N. Y
Bower
Street Car Company
New York
Albany
Grain and Provisions Market Quotations April Fourth
Market quotations from St Paul and Chicago show Wheat bids for No 1 Northern and No 2 Northern, Corn bids for No 2 mixed and No 2 white, ground feed and meal prices, hay and flax seed figures, potatoes and other staples. Chicago listings include futures for Wheat Corn Oats Lard and Short Lines, with live stock receipts and price ranges for hogs cattle and sheep across categories.
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Northern
Iran
Timothy
Bakers
Chicago
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Brooklyn
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P. H. Anson
Northwestern
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Minneapolis, Minn
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S. H. Scallin
Sole Avent
Mitchell, D.T
John C. West & CO
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Y. Scallin
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3D Street
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Phooration
C. WY. Adans Merchant Tailor
the Security Bank
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M. H. Rowley
Pres
R. N. Kratz
Vics
Pres Geo
HW. Rathman Cash
Frank Weller
Rowley
Mitchell National Bank
Djfactors
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N. L. Davison
Cashier
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H. G. Chandler
J. 8. Sterwilliger
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Stoke
Dark Bay
Wm. Smith
England
Stud Book of
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Galbraith Bros
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Andrew Armstrong
Green Aman
Lucky Getter
Lady Mary
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Clyde
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F. M. Duncan
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