Parker New Era Adopts Six Column Format In North Dakota
The Parker New Era shifts from eight column folio to six column quarto. The Union County Republican debuts Vol. I No. 1 in a Populist leaning county. News covers crop prospects led by corn, postmaster Tinsley in Sioux Falls awaiting commission, and a mix of national topics from Coxey to railroad strike impacts. The report notes trials and outcomes from law cases, government suits, river improvements, and political disputes shaping state and national affairs.
Sugar on Free List Move Discussed by Senate
Conservative senators acknowledge possible steps toward placing sugar on the free list. A motion to discharge tariff conferees and push a receded senate amendment is under consideration, with Republican senators watching developments as talks proceed.
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Washington
Senate
Chamber
Voorhees Interview Fails to Move Senate Tariff Talks
Washington August 8 The publication of Senator Voorhees position on free coal and iron ore sparked speculation in the Senate cloak rooms but produced no clear changes in official proceedings. Conference leaders remained rigid, and House conferees offered no firm reply leaving tariff talks as unsettled as before.
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Voorhees
Washington
Senate
House
Tenement Fire Sparks Panic on West Fortieth Street
A blaze broke out in a row of tenement houses at West Fortieth and Ohio streets causing a panic as about a hundred families scrambled to save their belongings. Neighbors fled in fear while the fire threatened to consume the entire block.
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CuicaGco
Aug
West Fortieth
Ohio
Fruit Market Glutted by Heavy River and Rail Shipments
San Francisco reports 29 000 packages of fruit from Sacramento river steamers with heavy rail shipments. Prices drop to five cents per basket as margins fail to cover costs. Six days ahead cyclist Frank Devlin arrives in Hastings after Boston to Denver wager. Slav Colony buys 30000 acres in Arkansas with delegation en route for final inspection. Elks injunction dissolves. Jamestown faction loses. Pullman militia withdrawn leaving town without protection. Raid on blind pigs in Roberts county targets whisky sales to Indians. several arrests in Sisseton City and Effington.
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Sacramento River
Hammonpd
Ind
Frank C. Devlin
Boston
Denver
Picrssure
Aug
State of
Arkansas
Slav Colonization Company
Browns Vaulley
Minn
Roberts County
S. D
Sisseton City
Effington
Farmer Dies After Fight in Rotre
In Rotre Iowa Herman Barnes and Joseph Wiley quarreled and agreed to fight. Barnes was severely injured and died Monday. Wiley was arrested on a murder charge.
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Rotre
Herman Barnes
Joseph Wiley
Barnes
Wiley
Lincoln Tomb In Springfield Faces Dilapidation And Vandalism
A report from Curiaco notes Republican resolutions urging state control of the Lincoln tomb and monument in Springfield amid decay and vandalism. Steps and mausoleum fissures worsen with seasons. statues are damaged and the museum shows damp decay. Only 25 cents admission funds upkeep. advocates push for state maintenance in the upcoming campaign.
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Curiaco
Lincoln
Springfield
Elizabeth
Indian Teachers Institute to Convene in St Paul
An Indian education institute directed by the Indian department will be held in St Paul from August 13 to 18. Attendees include superintendents teachers matrons industrial instructors and others, with participants Archbishop Ireland Bishops Whipple and Gilbert and officials such as C D Rak estraw A H Heineman Governor Nelson and W F Canfield.
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Indian Teachers Institute
St. Paul
Indian Department
Charles D. Rakestraw
Archbishop Ireland
Whipple
Gilbert
C. D. Rakestraw
A. H. Heineman
Nelson
W. F. Canfield
McLaughlin
W. W. Pendergast
Shandon Arrives in Distress at Honolulu Bound for Calcutta
The Shandon from Australia limped into Honolulu after 103 days at sea from Calcutta with jute and gunny cargo. Shipping and insurance circles monitor its safety amid distress signals and anxiety.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Australia
Shandon
Calcutta
St Paul Post Office Funding Wins House Committee Vote
The house committee on public buildings approved a 200000 dollar extra appropriation for the new St Paul post office and customs house by a 9 to 7 vote. The decision marks a victory for Congressman Kiefer who had fought against steep odds throughout the process.
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St. Paul
Washington
House Committee On Public Buildings
Custom House
Kiefer
Corn Volatility Grips Chicago Board as Prices Jump
The Chicago board sees wild corn trading with prices climbing from 54 to 60 cents as drought and bleak forecasts push up futures. Wheat follows with gains, while shorts scramble to cover amid a buzzing, crowded pit and frantic public interest.
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Chicaquo
Board of Trade
Weather Bureau
Chicago Board
Nebraska
Iowa
Liverpool
Senate endorses anti anarchist bill and moves to conference
Washington August 8 The anti anarchist bill passed by the Senate was sent to conference with a favorable recommendation by Secretary Carlisle. It accompanies a report opposing Representative Stone of Pennsylvania who had proposed consular inspection of immigrants at foreign ports. Pettigrew remains ill and plans to return to the seashore. no tariff action expected soon.
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Washinedton
Senate
Carlisle
Representative Stone
Pennsylvania
House
Pettigrew
Washington
Pickler Endorses Irrigation Lands Bill Before House Panel
Congressman Pickler spoke to the house committee on arid lands in support of a bill already approved by the senate. The measure would grant states lands for irrigation reclamation, a policy strongly desired by North and South Dakota.
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Washington
Pickler
House Committee On
Senate
Dakotas
Militia Company Refuses to Eat with Scabs at Pullman
At Pullman Illinois on August 8 Company M of the First Infantry refused to dine with non union Pullman workers. Lieutenant Bowra led the unit to the mess tent but Sergeant Cook moved them to the street after William Byrnes declared soldiers would not sit with scabs. The men were reassigned to their own mess, with promises of separate seating in the future.
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Pullman
Cuiiaco
Bowra
Hotel Florence
Cook
Pullman Company
William Byrnes
Illinois
Byrnes
Hawaiians Seek Restore Queen Aims Veiled in Mystery
Congressional chatter centers on Parker Cummings and Wideman royalist envoys from Hawaii. They met lawmakers but offered no clear aims. Some think they push for restoration of the queen or compensation, but they deny these goals.
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Washington
Messrs
Parker
Cummings
Wideman
Hawaii
Congress
Stevens
Willis
Standish Nears Withdrawal in Attorney General Race
Fargo August 8 Attorney General Standish hinted to an AP reporter that he plans to withdraw from the race in favor of Burke the Democratic nominee after speaking in Fargo last night.
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Standish
Fargo
N. D
Associated Press
Burke
Wealthy Goshen Man Found Dead at Windsor Hotel
August 8 reports Mart in E Yates of Goshen Indiana found dead in his Windsor hotel bed from an opium overdose. He had stayed at the hotel for a week and was described as wealthy.
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New York
Martini E. Yates
Goshen
Ind
Windsor Hotel
Yates
Mark Richardson kills brother in barn burning dispute
Milwaukee case recounts Mark Richardson avenging the destruction of his barn and grain stacks. He and his young son waited near the road for George to return from Galena. When George halted and allegedly confessed, Mark fired killing him then surrendered to authorities.
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Mark Richardson
Milwaukee
George
Mark
Galena
Forest Fires Threaten McAapDrville Area
Forest fires threaten serious damage around McAapDrville Pennsylvania as the fire department battles a long line of flames reaching the city limits on the southeast. Firefighters remain on duty through the night to protect outskirts if rain does not come.
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Pennsylvania
Mcaapdrville
Bluefields Taken by Nicaragua in Mosquito Coast
Dr. Guzman, Nicaragua’s minister, received an official Managua telegram announcing that Bluefields on the Mosquito coast has been captured by the Nicaraguan army. The telegram provided no further details of the action.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
Washington
Dr. Guzman
Managua
Mosquito Coast
Prominent locals named in Colorado Springs outrage
In Denver Aug 8 the News reports Joe R. Wilson a former El Paso deputy sheriff confessed to authorities naming prominent community figures linked to the tar and feather outrage in Colorado Springs. Wilson, jailed in Denver, cites a political plot against General Tarsney and lists several officials and residents as participants.
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Joe R. Wilson
el Paso County
General Tarsney
Missouri
Armstrong
Colorado Springs
Wilson
Cross
Springs
el Paso
Tarsney
Bull Hill
Sheriff Bowers
Bob Mullins
Saxton
Troop A
William Bancroft
J. R. Wilson
Quackenboss
Sherman Crumsley
Walter Crumsley
Cripple Creek
Colo
Campbell
Foiled Express Robbers Ride Through Obstruction
Lake Shore Express No. 12 bound from the west faced a robbery attempt at Kessler Indiana. Engineers split switch and plowed through a pile of ties and lumber while masked men fired on the train. Bank money aboard the express car survived the attack.
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Lake Shore
Cleveland
Union Station
Plains of
Indiana
Kessler
Ind
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