Hawaiian Question Pending Arrival of Commissioners
Washington special notes informal cabinet discussion on the reception of Provisional Hawaiian Government commissioners and says actions will be deliberate. Navy plans are unsettled, with no immediate dispatch of forces to Honolulu, while a flying squadron could reach Barbadoes soon if needed. Representative Stanford urges immediate annexation to protect commerce and flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Provisional Government of
Hawaii
Congress
Navy
Honolulu
Boston
Mariposa
San Francisco
Athinta
Charleston
Yorktown
Barbadoes
Stanford
New York
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Extradition Pact With Sweden Promises Broad Surrender Rules
Washington reports a new extradition treaty with Sweden authorizing surrender for crimes including murder arson robbery fraud and crime at sea among others. Citizens are protected from surrender. political offenses preexisting claims barred. final decisions rest with the requesting government. treaty to take effect after ratification exchanges and supersede the 1850 pact with limited retroactivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sweden
Aig
Big Steal on the Santa Fe Road
A wide scheme of rail theft on the New Mexico Division of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad is exposed. Conductors brakemen engineers and agents are under arrest as detectives recover silks velvets cigars tobacco clothing and other valuables. The theft spanned from Thatcher Colorado to La Junta Colorado with an estimated loss of about 15000 dollars per month over six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raton
N. M
New Mexico
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Wnolesal
Firemnen
Secret Service Department
Waytons
Chicago
California
Thatcher
Colo
la Junta
Trade upbeat but uncertain outlook in R and R Review
The R and R G Dun & Co Review notes a weekly rise in manufactured goods demand and firmer distribution, yet gold outflow may exceed 3 million pounds this week, shrinking treasury reserves and stirring risk about new ventures. Western business shows mixed signals amid weather impacts and tighter finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R&r. G. Dun & Co
Treasury Reserve
Chicago
Omaha
Taken to Cuba and Sold City of New York tale
Mrs Flora Walter a young widow and passenger on the City of Washington arriving from Havana testified to a Government Inspector that Henry Cohn of New York lured her to Havana under pretenses. She was taken to a disorderly house and sold for 25 dollars after causing a disturbance. She escaped with great difficulty and alleges Cohn habitually abducts girls from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
New York
Flora Walter
Washington
Havana
Amuan Nated
Henry Cohn
Colin
Uavana
Walter
The Last Sad Rites For James G Blaine
Washington special reports James G Blaine could not have a private funeral as public interest swept the capital. The President and Cabinet, Supreme Court Justices, and diplomats attended while crowds lined Pennsylvania Avenue. The funeral included simple prayers, organ music, and a later service at the Church of the Governor. Blaine’s will leaves about 800000 dollars to his wife with Mrs Blaine named sole executrix without bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Blaine
Washington
Blaine
National Capitol
Congress
Harrison
Pennsylvania Avenue
Treasury
War
Navy
Dr. Hamlin
Walter Damroschi
Two Murders and a Lynching in New Orleans District
In New Orleans Fifth Municipal District a grocery clerk Mrs. Martin McMahon employed a former convict William Wisher. After a rage driven murder of Mrs. McMahon he killed Mr. McKnight and wounded William Barrett. A mob pursued Wisher, trapped him in an outhouse, then hanged him from a tree after shooting him several times.
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Miunine
New Orleans
Martin McMahon
Atlantic and
Pacific Avenues
William Wisher
Fisher
State
McMahon
William Barrett
T Fisher
Barrett
Wisher
Misher
Fatal Baltimore Gas Stove Explosion Claims Rice Family
Mrs Muggle Rice and her two children die in a kitchen blast at 2024 St Paul Street when a temporary gasoline stove ignites a fire that engulfs the room. Husband Owen Rice, chief clerk of the Northern Central Railroad passenger division, is badly burned and distraught as the scene is brought under control by city firefighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
H. Evans
Philadelphia
Frank
Mazie
Mr. Rice
Sis
Burning of the Canton Temple Terrible Loss of Life
San Francisco special cables from Shanghai via Vancouver detail a horrific fire at the great temple near Canton on Dec 30. Brigands raided an exhibit, guards fired, and after a night of terror many fled to a temple that burned, trapping crowds. Over a thousand died, most bodies burned beyond identification, seven hundred coffins sent for burial. two hundred eighty houses burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Shanghai
Vancouver
Canton
Coal Dealers Indicted in Rochester for Conspiracy
Grand jury indicts eighteen Chester Coal Dealers Exchange members for conspiring to raise coal prices. A second court charges them with blocking nonmembers from coal supply and barring others from joining. Presentments also leveled at the Western Anthracite Coal Committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Chester Coal Dealers Exchange
Exchange
Western Anthracite Coal Committee
Underground Railway bill eyed for New York from Battery to Yonkers
Albany lawmakers discuss a plan to build an underground railway in New York extending from the Battery to Yonkers. The city would own and lease the road, at an estimated cost of 25 to 35 million dollars. The governor is expected to sign, and the bill will be drafted in about three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
New York
the Battery
Yonkers
Indians Fight to the Death at Eagle River Wisconsin
Special report from Rhinelander notes a deadly clash between Chippewa and Potawatomi bands near Eagle River ten miles east of town. The drunken melee followed saloon trouble and liquor runs to the reservation. Three Potawatomi reportedly killed, two Chippewas badly injured, others wounded. Sheriff and two deputies head to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhinelander
Wis
Eagle River
Here
Protects Bank Depositors in Indiana Case Discharges Cashier
Erasmus Ball cashier of Virt National Bank faced contempt charges for refusing a Grand Jury subpoena to produce books on depositor accounts. The court ruled the Fifth Amendment protects depositors from compelled production via an agent and Ball was discharged. Ottawa Parliament opens as Gov Gen Stanley notes retaliatory tolls and Canada speeds canal works toward independence from U S canals.
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Vidparaiso
Ind
Erasmus Ball
Virt National Bank
United States
Bell
Ottawa
Ont
Stanley
Canada
Train collision kills many in St. Petersburg special
A passenger train traveling from Wiloa to Minsk collided with a freight train halted by a heavy snowbank. The disaster left fifteen dead and thirty seriously injured, with rescuers racing to aid survivors.
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St. Petersburg
Wiloa
Minsk
Edison shows kinetograph in Chicago World's Fair
Chicago report describes Thomas A. Edison displaying a kinetograph that records a speaker's gestures and words on a phonograph cylinder, with the image reproducing the talking head. The device, shown for amusement, images the speaker on screen as if talking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edlison
Chicago
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Important ruling on bank mortgage receivership in Sioux Falls
Judge Sanborn denied discharge of a receiver for Mathews general store after finding Mathews acted as a bank clerk under a charter mortgage. The ruling challenges chattel mortgage devices that favored certain creditors, stating the mortgage creates a trust and preference. It aims to end this mortgage class and protects creditors outside the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Court
Sioux Falls
Sanborn
St. Paul
Mathews
Armour
Wyman
Douglas County
South Dakota
Firemen's Tournament Programme for Mitchell
South Dakota Wiremen's Association met in Mitchell with officers named. Tournament dates set for June 6 to 9. Prizes listed for events including Single Coupling, Green Lose, Ladder, Hook and Ladder, Steamer, Hose, Hand Engine, and Band contests. Board predicts one of the association's most successful tournaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
State Board of Control
South Dakota Wiremen's Association
James Kingsbury
Yankton
Dennis B. Donahoe
Sioux Falls
Henry Schatz, Jr
Scotland
E. Pp. Muellar
Madison
C. W. Gillis
Creditors Hope Dwindles In Scougal Bank Failure
Cravens, receiver for the defunct Scougal & Co. Bank at Yankton, reported the bank's affairs are badly mixed with liabilities at 127000 and assets at 77000. Excluding unsettled accounts, liabilities reach 50000 and assets about 7000, leaving depositors hoping for about 15 percent realization. Insolvent for over eight years, the bank once paid well. the report hints at complex liabilities and weak prospects for recoveries. A separate note mentions scandal in a domestic case titled A Faithless Wife and a Hunon man, detailing strained relations and public interest in the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scougal & Co. Bank
Cravens
Yankton
G. R. Scougal
Scougal
Amidon and Copeland Affair and a New Rail Venture
The article details a marital scandal involving Copeland and his wife with William F. Amidon fleeing with Mrs. Copeland and the child after suspicions of infidelity. It also reports on the Aberdeen bankruptcy of Hagerty & Co and the Duluth Pierres Black Hills Railroad contract from Aberdeen to Pierre, backed by New York capitalists, with work set to begin midyear. The piece notes modest recovery of assets and unresolved claims, and predicts intensified Western railroad construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Hills
Twe
Duluth
Pierre
South Dakota
Chicago & Northwestern
Milwaukee
Black Hills
Flynn, James A Wayne Held on Embezzlement Charge
James A Wayne, long time agent for United States Express in Sioux Falls, was arrested for embezzling funds. Bound over in 1000 dollars, facing allegations the shortage ranges from 350 to 1100 dollars. Flynn is jailed without bail and known among expressmen in Iowa and the Dakota Territory after seven to eight years with the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flynn
James A. Wayne
United States Express Office
Sioux Falls
Express
Iowa
Dakota
Swindling Portrait Agent Reported In Yankton
A portrait agent named G H Allen, employed by Horton Portrait Co of St Paul, left with a woman from a loose house and moved to the Jim River House four miles from Yankton. He did not return. Powers recovered the team but not the man, who refused arrest without a warrant and left unpaid board and hotel bills. Nearby items note a self cause death near Primghar. a squatter named Joan E Young hanged herself over land fears. H O Burien charged with assault on his son in Yankton. a missing Mitchell girl found near Mt Vernon. Frank Patchen the sewing machine embezzler resting at Summit after embezzling about 3. General Enrique Lopez of Buenos has answered a divorce suit. County Treasurer Loken of Kintbury County is short over 2,000 from early disbursements.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Copeland
William F. Amidon
Menzis
Tf. AH. Hagerty & Co
Aberdeen
G. H. Allen
Yankton
Horton Portrait Company
St Paul
Jim River House
Powers
Gayville
Primghar
Joan E. Young
Primgher
Young
South Dakota
Mitchell
Mt Vernon
Frank Patchen
Rochester, Min
Summit
Enrique Lopez
Buenosan
Verrick
Loken
Kintbury County
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Cheadeckly Capital
Mitchell, South Dakota
Itchell Printing Co
Sliathy
Ceath
Retor Bay
Tie Island
Carlos Genisles
Puebla
Iris
Rhea Jorthies
Irws Ars
Fuaneia
St. Louis
Tiune
Min
Alexander C Forestry
Mississippi
Cairo
Spokane
Louis Hogglund
Henry
Hogglund
Hogelund
Natonal Capitol
Vu. Markets
Hutter
Estern Dairy
Pittsburg
Julia Truedell
Humboldt School
Carnegies
Cincinnati
Homestead
Carnegie Company
United States Court At
Hurop
Hunon
H. O. Burien
Yauton
L'Eter Sorense
Benjalu
Oasy
Ewo Ing
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