Winnipeg and Southeastern railway charted to link Winnipeg Duluth
Winnipeg capitalists push charter for a Winnipeg and Southeastern railway with leaders including J H Ash Con W F Alloway and Hon G McMicken. The line will run southeast to meet the Winnipeg and Duluth at the boundary forming a near direct Duluth route shortening Winnipeg to Duluth distance to about 300 miles. Aimed to tap a vast lumber district via Lake of the Woods area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wissireg
Man
Winnipeg and Southeastern Railway
J. H. Ash- Con
W.f.alloway
Hon. G. McMicken
K. J. Whitla
K. McKenzie
W. Watson
Johin
Winnipeg
Duluth
Nea
Windoutheastern Railway
Lake of the Woods
St Ignace and Sault Ste. Marie Rail Line Forms
The St Ignace Sault Ste. Marie and Northern railway directors met in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan. William Chandler was elected president. A 6 percent assessment was paid by all stockholders and an engineering corps will begin the preliminary survey today. Right of way arrangements are in place and work will be pushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shape
Sal? Ste Marie
Mich
St. Ignace, Sault
Northern Pacific Timber Lands Sold and Tacoma Southern Line Planned
Vice President Akes of the Northern Pacific says 80,000 acres of timber land in Washington territory have been sold within thirty miles of Tacoma. The sale funds a new railroad line to be known as the Tacoma Southern, at an estimated cost of 2 million dollars. A separate Chicago note reports a $1000 reward for the switch thief near McCormick's reaper factory and a $300 reward for information on vandalism to railway switches. Also Chicago reports a fare cut by the Chicago and Atlantic road to Boston and notes ongoing declines in railroad earnings with few exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
New York
Akes
Washington Territory
Fuco Mah
Nvolves
Tacomah
Tacomah Southern
Q. Ciicaco
Burlington Ompany Iis
Peron
Mcormick
Chaco
Chicago and Tantic Road
Boston
Stewart
Dane County
Wisconsin
St. Paul
F. J. Meyst
Charles Maddin
Pickering Hill
Duluth
Conkling Improves. Life Chances Still Uncertain
Reports from New York on April 16 say ex Senator Conkling continues to improve though faint symptoms linger. Doctor Baker notes the same toxicosis remains and gives the patient a seven to life chance with twenty four hours of similar care. Paris dispatches report Daniel Wilson visiting tours with his colleagues and prompting a hotel owner to remove the party after price disputes. Minnesota group forms to promote horticulture in western region. London announces provisional manager appointed for American Exchange pending liquidation. New Jersey notes Jefferson club observing the 145th anniversary with a reception. Dr Cornelius Amen is reported seriously ill in New York and worsening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Wilson
Paris
M. Daniel Wilson
Tours
Nuincipal
Ests
Rioting Rail Workers Clash With Recruits in Sioux Falls
In Sioux Falls Illinois Central graders strike for higher wages, facing repeated clashes as new men arrive from the East. About 100 new workers are brought in but driven off by the strikers who vow to force company concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Cak
Illinois Central Railroad
Dakota Alliance elevators push hard grain to English markets
H L Loucks says fifty elevators already operate in Dakota and Minnesota with aims to build 300 more by fall. Alliance plans map direct shipping to Duluth Minneapolis and Liverpool to raise pure grain prices. 550 alliances exist in Dakota with 1000 expected this year. Buildings cost about 2000 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Alliance
Jamestown
Dak
H. L. Loucks
Dakota Farmers’ Alliance
Dakota
Duluth
Minneapolis
Liverpool
Minnesota
Seeding Progress and Upcoming Fair Plans Across States
April reports from Manion Jusection Dak and Mankato Minn describe favorable seeding weather with corn plowing to come next week and a large corn crop anticipated. The Southern Minnesota Live Stock and Fair association fixed Sept 18 to 21 for the next annual fair in Mankato. A Dolphin pleasure boat was launched in Monango under Jubilee Boating Club auspices. In San Pratriz Wis a grain buyer E A Wigler made a voluntary assignment to creditors with liabilities of 17000 and assets of 8000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dak
Mankavo
Minn
Southern Minnesota Live Stock and Fair Association
Monanco, Dak
Dolphin
Jubilee Boating Club
San Pratriz
Wis
E. A. Wigler
Decoration Day Services Held Inside
The committee on Decoration Day agrees to hold memorial services indoors in Minneapolis on April 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sensible Minneapolitans
Minneapolis
Committee On Decoration Day
Flint Glass Makers Gain Ground in Wage War
Flint glass syndicate concedes after failed hiring drive. With labor scarcity, producers prepare to reopen under terms set by the glassworkers' union Pirrspurc on April 15, signaling a shift in prices and production plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint Glass Syndicate
Glassworkers’ Union
Pirrspurc
First
Four men assault railway switch tender in fatal Wood Street attack
Four men entered a Wisconsin Central switch shanty on Wood Street Friday night and seized control. When switch tender William Studner tried to eject them they assaulted him with stones and clubs causing fatal injuries. the assailants fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicaco
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Wood Street
William Studner
Chicago bakers poised for morning strike over union ties
A Chicago bakers strike appears imminent as journeymen threaten to quit after boss bakers refuse to recognize the union and insist on hiring who they choose. In New York City, Secretary Seifert warns brewers will lock up every brewery if workers do not permit owners to run their businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicago
Bakers
Chicago
New York
Seifert
Master Brewers’ Association of
New York City
Brewers' Strike Situation Quiet in Curcaco
The brewers resume beer making with nearly all breweries back in operation. A general malt cleaners strike expected for Saturday morning did not occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curcaco
Brewers Struck, New Men Inexperienced At Hand
Reports from Cuiaico April 16 say brewers have plenty of new, inexperienced men. The strike will cripple breweries for a time to some extent. Also Cumberland Gap reports verify another fight among strikers Friday, with one man dead.
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Cuiiaco
CuatrTaxcoca
Enn
Cumberland Gap
Destructive Mississippi Flood Submerges Upper Levee Huts in St Paul
By April 16 the Mississippi at St Paul reached 14.01 feet, five inches above midnight and above danger. Floodwaters left hundreds of Bohemian and Polish huts on the upper flats uninhabitable with many roofs serving as rafts. About 400 families were rendered homeless while some residents moved to upper floors to escape rising waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St.paul
Mississippi
Lyons
St. Paul
State Street
Floods Bring Heavy Losses Across Minnesota and Wisconsin
Reports from Jordan Minnesota describe flood damage nearing $100000 with railway losses up to $40000 to $50000 as Sand Creek continues to surge. Prescott Wisconsin warns of an ice gorge at Lake St Croix threatening steamboats and boat houses. St Lawrence flood in Montressor prompts low land evacuations while New Ulm Minnesota notes Minnesota River rising inch per hour. La Crosse Wisconsin records a 13 foot stage and ongoing water rise with minimal timber loss.
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Jordan
Minn
Sand Creek
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Company
Here
Helena
Prescott
Wis
Lake
St. Croix
Mississippi
New Ulm
Minnesota
LA Crosse
River floods and resignations amid regional notices
Farco Dak April 1 Red river rises about an inch hourly and Island Park may submerge if reports hold. Durand Wisconsin April 16 Chippewa river floods with washouts. Red Wing Minnesota April 16 Rev Claude Raboteau resigns from church May 1 leaving four city churches without pastors. Winnipeg Canada April 16 bank teller William Cameron fled across the boundary with unknown shortage. Ottawa April 16 Judge Henry of the Supreme Court suffers apoplexy, unconscious, aged 72.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farco, Dak
Red River
Specret
Island Park
Red Wing
Minn
Claude Raboteau
Raboteau
Winnipeg
Man
William Cameron
Union Bank
Cameron
Ottawa
Henry
Supreme Court
Winnipeg redistribution bill in progress
Winnipeg Manitoba April 16. The new redistribution bill of seats in the legislature is in course of preparation. There will probably be thirty eight members pereneter giving Winnipeg three mem ere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
Pereneter
Exports rise in dairy and breadstuffs during 1865 and 1888
Values of dairy products for the eleven months ended March 1 1865 were 10 370 801 dollars up from 8 056 738 for the prior year. Exports of pork and hog products for five months ended March 31 totaled 52 457 250 dollars versus 30 413 807 in 1887. Domestic breadstuffs exports for nine months ended March 31 1888 reached 100 844 778 dollars, against 119 571 581 in 1887.
Springer Foresees Omnibus Bill Passing Both Congress Chambers
Washington dispatch reports Springer affirming the omnibus bill will pass the House and Senate after seventeen years of study on Dakota and Western territories. He says opposition misreads the measure and cites its benefit to Dakota and other territories while noting river and harbor appropriations and Sioux reservation settlement efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Senate
Passage of River and Harbor Bill Faces Opposition
In Washington on April 16 the house committee on rivers and harbors plans to call up the bill Monday and pass it under suspension. Reed and McKinley intend to oppose to use it against the tariff bill due Tuesday. The Northwesterners seek river and harbor appropriations including Haylake channel and Soo canal at 1.5 million while Minnesota and Wisconsin aim for favorable sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Reed
McKinley
Haylake Channel
Soo Canal
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Montana Reservation Bill Opens Lands to Settlement
Washington April 16 Delegate Toole and ex Delegate Maginnis welcome the Montana reservation bill. Maginnis calls it the best Montana legislation in ten years and says it opens vast northern lands for settlement by energetic Americans, boosting wealth and hastening statehood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Washington
Toole
Maginnis
Republic
Third Party Hinted in National Politics Plans
Washington April 16 Dr McGlynn discusses national politics and predicts a third party ticket backing the single tax idea. He notes a strong chance United and Union Labor factions may pool issues in May in Cincinnati with land reform as the main platform element.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sioux Bill Clears House End of Anxiety
The conference report on the Sioux reservation bill passed the House ending long anxiety on the issue. Other items note favorable Senate action on Brig. Gen Crook’s nomination, troop redeployments in the department of Dakota, and a combined legislative appropriation bill of about 20.47 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasshington
Senate Military Committee
Crook
Col. Crook
Missouri
Brook
Department of the Platte
Clark's Fork Bill Reported Through Crow Indian Reserve
Washington April 16 The conference report on the Billings Clark's Fork and Cook City Railroad right of way through the Crow Indian reservation was reported to the House and passed. Glover contested election case Frank vs Glover St Louis district vote.
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Clark’s Fork
Washmeton
Billings
Clark’s Mork and
Cook City
Crow Indian Reservation
Te House
Tic Glover
Vy Ashington
Glover
Frank Vs. Glover
Miraculous Escape on Bow River Bridge Accident
Travelers report a near disaster on the Canadian Pacific Bow River bridge in the Rocky Mountains. A beam blew onto the track and the east bound express struck it. the engineer slowed, preventing a plunge into the river. Locomotive derailed, freight and baggage cars overturned. passengers unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bow River
Rocky Mountains
Truin
Destructive City Fire Destroys Block In Thriving City
A morning blaze in Derenk Wisconsin gutted a south end commercial block including the M C Connors building and the old California hotel. The Brown County Democrat plant also burned, with total losses near 75000 dollars, insured about half. fire remains a mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derenk
Wis
M. C. Connors
California
Brown County Democrat
Fires rage near Teaticket as winds drive fast blaze
Falmouth Massachusetts reports disastrous forest fires beginning Friday at noon with strong winds threatening Teaticket village. By 1 1 1 p m the fire remained uncontrolled and danger persisted. In Petersburg a powder factory blast on the St. Petersburg Moscow line killed seven and injured many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falmouth
Mass
Teaticket
Sr. Petersburg
St. Petersburg and
Moscow
Mrs Diss de Bar Transfers Madison Ave Property
Mrs Diss de Bar and her husband transferred to Luther R Marsh the Madison avenue premises given by Marsh to Mrs Diss de Bar in August last. The deed lists $11 000 as consideration with other unspecified movings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diss de Bar
Rwger Marsh
New York
Luther R. Marsh
Madison Avenue
French Teachers Urged to Back Bou langer for Independence
Paris April 16 M Paul de Poulde former president of the Patriotic league issues a fiery appeal to French school teachers urging them to influence the election of Bou langer. He says general success would bring absolute independence for France and peace with self respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Paul de Poulde
The
Patriotic League
France
Boulanger
Gillig Sails for Europe Amid Blizzard Alert
Concluded to Skip New York April 15 Henry Gillig manager of the American exchange sailed for Europe Saturday morning. His lawyer says Gillig knew the blizzard was coming and he had better skip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Gillig
American Exchange
Europe
Summary of Early Baseball Scores by City
A sequence of game results lists multiple city teams and opponents with scores. Notable outcomes include Kansas City Americans 14 to Western 1, Brooklyn 16 over Lowell 6, Philadelphia 8 over Athletics 2, and Baltimore 6 tied with Boston 6.
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Davenport
Paul
Kansas City
Americans
Westerns
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Wheeling
Cleveland
New York
Jersey City
Brooklyn
Lowell
Philadelphia
Athletics
Baltimore
Boston
St. Louis
Detroit
Extesminating the Fish threatens Lake Winnipeg industry
April 18 Winnipec reports fish in Lake Winnipeg dying faster than they breed due to large shipments to St Paul and Chicago. The shallow lake allows extensive fishing from the south end, with plans for northern fishing next summer and fears that Doghenad to Norway House Indians will suffer severely from the industry’s impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipec
Lake Winnipeg
St. Paul
Chicago
Doghenad
Norway House
Numerous 19th century items span politics crime sports and deaths
A broad item list notes W. E. Watts death by suicide in Cedar Rapids, a state house vote on pension bills, D. W. Irvin winning a Minnesota oratorical contest, and the Ohio district convention nominating Thompson on a long ballot. It covers a Newark brewer lockout, a steamer fire in New York harbor, a Darke county ex-treasurer’s six-year sentence, and locals fighting trichinosis. It also mentions rail liability, cable car incidents, and a mix of baseball chatter, salaries, and tours involving Detroit, Pittsburgh, Toronto, and Boston with various players and figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Watts
Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids
House
D. W. Irvin
Thompson
de Grassie Bulkley
C. J. Hillyer
Washington
Glenburn
New York Harbor
Bedlow Island Flota
J.5
Simon
Darke County
Ohio
John Green
Ridgeville
Ind
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Ralas
Mabey Jepol
Vm Y Rift iniDy
Ars
Zaresi
Slass Cific
Muluth Air Line
Great Lakes
Southesstern
Soo Road
Railway News
St. Ignace, Sault Ste. Marie and
Northern Railway
BIG Land Sale
Minnesota Horticulturists
Mankaro
Westin
Minnesota Horticultural Association
Loxpos
Ker
Petiny
Jefersonian
NaWank
N.J
Jefferson Club
Thomas Jefferson
Agnew
Cornelius Amen
T. Ie
Day
Argus
Farnac
Edwards
Daily Argus
M. H. Day
Brruixcuama
Ala
Board of Prison Commissioners
Jordan, Minn
St. Lawrence
Montress
Durrand
Chippewa River
Springer
Fboth
Wasiun Gros
Secretary of War
Third Infantry
Twenty - Fifth Infantry
Department of Dakota
Bismarck
Texas
Kirith Cavalry
Fort Meade
Republicans
Republican Caucus Committee
Depere
Pelahatchee, Miss
Armistead Lumber Company
Perkins
Jon Hill
Deming
Allen Lendsay
Haverhill
Harold F. Blake
Indianapolis
State Militia
New Yorky
Pacific Mail
Newport
Aspinwall
Dr. Royce
Riverside Hospital
Jane Street Methodist Episcopal Church
de Witt Talmadge
Harrison
Newark
N. J
League
Berlin
London
Austria
Hungary
McQuade
Louisville
Patton
Glasscock
Brooklyns
Toronto
Pittsburg
Jimmy Galvin
Browning
Hecker
Wolf
Syracuse
Danny Richardson
New Yorks
Beatin
Allentown Wonder
Ned Hanlan
Australia
Spalding
Athletic Club
Welch
Gleason
Stovey
Larkins
Poorman
Robinson
Jim White
Ned Hanlon
Detroits
Ayer
Ayers
Hess
Sarton Springs
A. Y. Ayer
J. C. Ayer
Pensions
Capt. Kober
T Am
Mitchell
AMS
Territory OF Dakota
Thomas Fullerton
George Fullerton
Wilkin Fullerton
Owen
Iiswell
J. M. Adams
Mr Dunham
Henry Ahern
Lowit
Mitchel
Dinviso Courty
Ai Mitchell
Sul County
OW. D. Orsweil
Jeprcran
Ithin
Dayoon
R.d. Washburn
Aleandey
Crawford
Statera Crawford
Diavinon
Baviseu
Dakota Territory
Davises
Secre
Daeion
Dad
Stanchpleld
AL Mizener
AV Divison Co
Vian
Moetland
Vania Rich Yatewarte
WWE
Riize
National Ban KK
Miepcu
Ten Rota
John D. Lawler
J. £. Gilbert, Cushia
A.M. Bowdle
Vice Prest
N. Grant
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