Harrison Declines for Republican Convention Return to White House
Ben Harrison announces he cannot consent to his name being presented at the St. Louis convention. He expresses gratitude to Indiana supporters and asks friends to respect his final decision. He notes no need for a resubmission strategy this year and urges party unity.
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Ison
Gowdy
State Central
Harrison
Indianapolis
Ind
al Committee
Indiana
White House
St. Louis
Benjamin Hantison
Dan Stuarts Dilemma At El Paso Carnival Fight
Mexican women demand seats at the Dan Stuart prize fight in El Paso while officials defer action. Women fistic suffragists insist their money is as good as men's and will not be denied. Across the river in Juarez bull fights admit women with tickets already sold for the carnival events.
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Punk
Des Moines
Mulet W
Funk
Sewars Young
Kilbourn
An Houten
Dan Stuart
Carn Val
el Paso
Texas
Mr. Stuart
Juarez
Twenty People Hurt In Sutro Electric Railway Crash
An accident on the Sutro electric road to the Cliff House in San Francisco injured about twenty passengers. A car carrying seventy five people lost control on a steep grade, jumped the track, and broke through sand. Several pedestrians outside were among the injured. Simon Koshland had a crushed left leg. No fatalities occurred and victims were taken home quickly.
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San Francisco
Cliff House
Simon Koshland
Fire destroys Tatellite building and Baptists publishing site in Philadelphia
A major blaze in Philadelphia's Tatellite building on Chestnut street plus the adjacent American Baptist Publication Society structure caused total losses near 1 million dollars with potential to double. The Lafayette Hotel suffered heavy damage. about 250 guests were evacuated without deaths. Actress Olea Nethersole, her brother Louis F. Nethersole, and several company members were among those present. Minor injuries reported as guests helped secure safety amid hotel chaos.
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Chestnut Street
Philaelphia
American Baptist Publication Society
Lafayette
Olea Nethersole
Louis F. Nethersole
England Disputes U S Claim to 3 Million Alaska Acres
A London dispatch to the Montreal Star reports that Britain challenges U S rights under the 1825 Anglo Russian treaty to 8,009,000 acres opposite Prince of Wales Island. Records suggest Clarence Strait boundary, not Portland inlet, and Canadian members may have erred re Alaska boundary. Also notes Madrid protests against U S stance on Cuba and Sullivan's dire injuries after a moving-train incident. Gas explosion at Wilkes-Barre injures firefighters. anarchist throws rock at King Charles in Lisbon. other brief items follow.
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England
Montreal Star
London
Lord Salisbury
M. Lon
Chamberlain
British Columbia
United State
Prince of Wales Island
Pacific
United States
Alaska
Bagot
Lord Canning
Clarence
Portland Inlet
Corre
Aliastka Boundary
Woman of aristocratic city folds under mental strain dies by gas and poison
A prominent local woman, long tormented by neuralgia, killed herself by self-inflicted gas exposure. Her son found her with rubber tubes connected to gas jets running to her bed and an empty bottle believed to contain laudanum, after her husband Anton Schwartz, a brewers' exchange member, was found dead in New York under peculiar circumstances.
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Anton Schwartz
Brewers’ Exchange
New York City
DUN & COWS REVIEW Update on Trade and Markets
R.G. Dun & Cols Weekly Review notes signs of mild improvement in business with easier money markets for collateral loans. Iron and steel show progress, woolens stay flat amid open weather and high stocks. January wool sales reach 9.15 million pounds domestic versus 13.60 million prior year. wheat up about 8 cents cash. May shows slight rise. Flour and western shipments exceed last year. exports to Atlantic trade modestly higher. Corn diverges from prior trend with limited gains. U.S. weekly failures total 404 versus 85 last year. Canada 7 versus 5 last year.
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R.G. Dun & Cols Weekly Review of Trade
Atlantic
United States
Canada
Mill Boiler Burst Kills One and Harms Dozens in Holidaysburg
A boiler explosion at Holidaysburg Iron and Nail Co. mill in Holidaysburg Pennsylvania killed five and injured twenty others. The blast shot the boiler through the roof eight hundred feet high and crashed elsewhere in the works, with windows shattered half a mile away and the earth rocking like an earthquake. Separately in Elkhorn West Virginia locals discussed lynching Alexander Jones, forming a committee to press county officials for prosecutions as authorities warned of potential mob violence. In Evanston Illinois residents faced a mysterious sewer gas stench driving people from buildings as noxious fumes from crude oil refuse likely rose to the surface.
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Wive
Holidaysburg
Holidaysburg Iron and Nail Company
Elkhorn
W. Va
Alexander Jones
Jones
Evanston Lil
Boston Miser Peters Dies in Paris After Frugal Life
A likely Boston native named Peters died in Paris after a frugal life living on 30 cents daily. A 1000 franc check was found on him with nearly 2 090 000 francs in securities in his lodgings. Separate items note a jewel robbery at the White House involving Mrs. Howard G. White, plus praise for Bayard by the London Daily News. Fire at Troup Manufacturing in Dayton causes about 20 000 in damages. Market quotes cover cattle hogs grain butter eggs and other commodities across major midwestern and eastern exchanges.
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Camerom
Boston
Paris
France
Peters
Redfield College Burns Sparks Narrow Escape at Night
Redfield College burned on the night of the 26th when embers from a stove ignited in a fourth floor students room. Most occupants were at church. one adent slept and nearly perished. The four story building dated to 1887 and faced about 3000 dollars value with 5000 dollars insured. President Patch lost goods and library, students lost belongings, town aided. sessions continue in a Congregational Church while dormitories are rebuilt. Substantial fundraising urged to help the college recover.
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Redfield College
Adent
Midland Denation of Congregational Churches
Patch
Congregational Church
Water Dry Ranges Across South Dakota Sheep Lands
Stockmen in the region confront drought by planning dam schemes to hold spring and early summer water in gulches. The aim is year round grazing access, increasing usable range despite scarce streams and dry periods.
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Pierre
Excitement at Dell Rapids Over Household Shooting
Excitement runs high in Dell Rapids following a shooting at the Byrickson household and a reported attempted robbery. Firearms dealers report depleted stock and farmers brace for further trouble as efforts to deter further incidents intensify.
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Dell Rapids
Byrickson
Verne Jaynes Succumbs in Pierre Morphine Link
Verne Jaynes met death by his own hand in Pierre after obtaining morphine from a Turon druggist. The same dealer had previously supplied the drug to Jaynes' father, a purchase tied to a prior suicide years earlier.
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Verne Jaynes
Pierre
Turon
Jaynes
Grand Larceny Charge Leads to Arrest at Alpond
Harry D. Renner was arrested at Al pond on conspiracy to commit grand larceny involving property valued at about $11,000 owned by O. F. Woodruit of Home IL. Mrs. Allie Ellis fled to Canada. Renner held on $6,000 bail for preliminary examination. Other sentences include liquor sale, cattle theft, mail opening, counterfeit, and post office robbery cases with multiple defendants.
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Harry D. Renner
Alpond
Allie Ellis
Canada
O. F. Woodruit
Home
Alpena
Renner
Will Have a Creamery in Redfield Proceeds Discussed
Citizens meet at Rousfiell to plan a creamery with strong market enthusiasm. Henry Brann of Mellette proposes moving the plant to Redfield, funded by a building and removal costs. Meade County wins a debt dispute with Lawrence County, judge ruling the floating debt beyond territorial limits null. Elimsmen rally around the Erickson case as renewed hopes surge for the wounded son. Wildcat killings near Miller highlighted by Walsh and McCarthy. Prairie corn reports question Waftiv corn in Crown County as unimpressive. Aberdeen churchs pastor resigns, Rev J D Houston leaving. Rev Albert Buxton called. Tom Holmes fatally shoots companion Lainson. motive unclear. State Bankers’ meet planned in Aberdeen. tentative June 1 date. Redfield irrigation panel forms to push experimental irrigation with county aid. Mike Daily bound over on theft charge. Vermilion fire damages reported.
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Rousfiell
Dlenry Brann
Mellette
Redfield
Peter C Shannon A Pennsylvanian Turned Dakota Judge
Biographical sketch outlines Peter C Shannon of Canton South Dakota, born to a Revolutionary era family, who studied law after years of literary work. He practiced in Pittsburgh before becoming president judge of Allegheny County district court, earned praise from colleagues like Edwin M Stanton, and played a pivotal role in Civil War mobilization and early Dakota judiciary. He later served as a territorial judge in Dakota, established court rules, oversaw multiple early courts, and continued public service including the Sioux Land Commission. A Grand Army of the Republic member, he remained a respected jurist awaiting final call.
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Walter Porward
Bur
Treasury
United States
Edwin M. Stanton
Pittsburg
Shialer
A. W. Loomis
M Hampton
Thomas Williams
W. Dlae
Stanton
Vaw
Fle
Hoe
Committee of Home Safety
West Virginia
Iad
Lie Alleshen
Uch
Sumter
Andrew Grege Curtin
John We
Cureton
Abeny Lincoln
Lincoln
Jai Shanon
Morton Te Mebaiel
Viidelphic
Mar
Trea Ny
Milly
North Dakota
Pembina
Margo
Bisn Dnod
Ald
Cass
di Pargagystimus
Jie
Federal Court
Supreme Court
Bennett
Te Hills
Arthur
Brewster
Ruppintelle Tike
Monten
Department
Peter C. Shannon
Shah
Grand Army of the Republic
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Cannibal chief quotes and aphorisms mix with blunt judgment
The prose strings together reflections on character, leadership, passion, and misfortune. Shakspow, Lucke, and taous offer maxims while a cannibal chief adds a fiery remark about a tough citizen. The fragment emphasizes harsh opinions and moral musings.
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Stutchinson
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Tom Holmes
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Walter Lainson
I. A. Lainson
Omaha
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State Bankers’ Association
FP. G. Male
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Mike Daily
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