Germans Declare War Over Samoa Disputes
Advices from Auckland and Apia report Germany has declared war on Mataafa in Samoa. Samoans rally to Mataafa's standard while German forces tighten control in Apia. Senate debates Samoa policy as Washington approves funding to protect US interests and a new conference with Germany is sought.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Samoa
Mataafa
Apia
Loapos
Samoan Islands
Samoan
Samoan Times
Washington
Berlin
Prince Bismarck
Count von Arco
State Department
Klein
Tamasese
United States
America
England
Bismarck
Walker for Chairman The Railway Presidents Unanimously Recommend an Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Western road presidents back A F Walker of the Interstate Commerce Commission for chairman of the new Interstate Commerce Railway association. Action delayed until all companies sign. Two executive board members to be elected by managers. Burlington and Northern seen as main obstacle. VP Harris undecided but likely to sign.
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Railway
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Cuhicagco
Western Roads
A. F. Walker
Interstate Commerce Commission
New
Interstate Commerce Railway Association
Burlington and Northern
Harris
Five Michigan Lines Consolidate Under Flint and Pere Marquette
In East Saginaw on February 1 stockholders of the Flint and Pere Marquette East Saginaw and St. Clair Saginaw and Mount Pleasant Saginaw and Clare county and Manistee railroads met to consolidate into one company named the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad, totaling 420 miles of track. No officers or management changes were made.
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Michigan
Flint
Pere Marquette
East Saginaw
Mich
St. Clair
Saginaw
Mount Pleasant
Clare County
Manistee
Flint and
Pere Marquette Railroad Company
Irish Editor Prostrated by Prison Disciplin e
Reports from Dusky Feb 1 describe William O'Brien’s prison intake at Clonmel jail. He refused prison dress, was forcibly shaved, fought wardens, then weakened to the point of collapse. a priest was summoned as officials feared death from the rough handling.
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William O'Brien
Clonmel
One Jury's Work Indicts 165 in Federal Grand Jury
The Federal Grand Jury at Indianapolis returns total 165 indictments after adding 88 to prior counts. Only four indictments concern non election law offenses. It is noted that Dudley has not been indicted. Deputy Marshal Ward reports five arrests in the county, all prominent men.
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Federal Grand Jury
Indianapolis
Dudley
Ward
Fireman fatally injured as boiler explodes near Puawna Ill
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy mogul engine pulling westbound passenger train explodes two miles east of town. Fireman W. H. Rankin of Galesburg dies. engineer unhurt. Other items include barn fire at North Aurora destroying 30 cows 18 hogs 3 horses, suspected incendiary. New Iberia lynching of Jim Rosemond by regulators. Sheldor Axle Company solvent. rowing match set for Sioux City. dynamite explosion on streetcar track at Dousauque Iowa with passengers shaken but unharmed.
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Puawna
Ill
Burlington and Quincy
W. H. Rankin
Galesburg
Etain
North Aurora
John Rhuthal
New Orleans
New Iberia
Jim Rosemond
Rosemond
Quiet on the Lines as Strikers Face Police Clashes
The third day of horse car strikes in New York sees many protesters with head injuries from clashes with police. Sixty cars are moved by the force while unions recruit more workers, and officials warn of further confrontations as arson rumors and tense standoffs rumble around the Belt line stables.
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New York
Broadway Road
State Board of Arbitration
Moore
Sixth Avenue
Eighth
Ninth Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-Third Street
Belt Line
Murray
Police Urge Shoot to Kill If Crowd Resists
In New York on February 1 inspectors ordered police at Sixth Avenue car stables to use pistols without restraint if crowds attack. They warned no play and to shoot to kill if necessary as 3,000 protesters gathered at Fifty Ninth Street and Tenth Avenue, threatening a riot and obstruction.
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New York
Williams
Sixth Avenue
Fiftyninth Street
Tenth Avenue
Deserting the K. of L A National Movement Withdraws Labor Assembly
Describing a broad national split, labor assembly No 791 of Pittsburg comprising machinery constructors and blacksmiths decides to withdraw from the Knights of Labor. A meeting is set for next Saturday night as investigation reveals the move affects machinists boiler-makers pattern-makers and molders from New York to Chicago.
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Pittsburg
Labor Assembly
K. of L
Knights of Labor
New York
Chicago
Strikes and Lockouts Rise Amid Yearlong Workday Trend
New York reports Bradstreet's 679 strikes and lockouts for 1888, averaging over two per working day and involving 211,841 workers, down from 84 strikes in 1887 affecting 345,584 and 350 strikes in 1886 with 445,600. Declines from 1886 total by 236,359 and from 1887 by 134,013. An Arkansas Pass railroad strike in Texas precedes wage cuts, while Castle Garden hires replace strikers at $1 to $1.25 daily. A World dispatch notes unpaid Arkansas Pass workers, leaders Lot and Yoakum in New York seeking funds.
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New York
Bradstreet
Castle Garden
Birmingham
Conn
W. J. Hawkins
San Antonio
Tex
Arkansas Pass Railroad
Lot
Yoakum
California recount confirms Clunie elected in Fifth District
The California recount completed on a Wednesday shows Thomas J. Clunie Democrat ahead by nine votes over Republican opponent Phelps. Phelps had claimed he was miscounted but stipulates to accept the result and forgo appeal, allowing Clunie to take the seat in the next Congress.
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Thomas J. Clunie
San Francisco
Clunie
Phelps
Legislative Proceedings Across Twin States Daily Assembly Focus
Minnesota lawmakers in St Paul debated two years desertion in a divorce bill and advanced several measures including district judge increases and prize fight bans while a new commission to revise statutes was proposed. Dakota sessions saw hot springs soldiers home petitions, a rail commission abolition bill, and a fire damages provision gaining passage amid veto actions and university funding proposals. Arthur Pomeroy faced fraud charges with a Feb 12 hearing date and denied being C H Warner amid a dress pattern sale case.
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Minnesota
St. Pau
Itasca
Aitkin
Grand Rapids
Senate
Whiteman
Bower
Judiciary
St.Paul
Brown
Dakota
Bismarck
Dak
Hot Springs
Railroad Committee
Warehouse and Railroad Commission
Valley
Agricultural College
House
Crawford
Poindexter
Walsh
Judiciary Committee
Morris
Palmer
Agricultural
Brookings
White
Dakota University
Vermillion
Warner
St. Pav
Arthur Pomeroy
United States
McCafferty
Pomeroy
C. H. Warner
Union Block
A Pauper Heir in Germany Flings 500000 Fortune Claim
Postmaster Wadsworth in La Ports Indiana reports a German letter seeking George Zinn once housed in the county poor house. The message says Zinn has fallen heir to a fortune of 500,000. He recently escaped from confinement and their own concerns are noted. The Fisheries Matters Otraw Ont Feb 1. It is understood the governor general will urge the U S senate to ratify a fisheries treaty. Canada pledges to uphold 1818 convention rights pending new accord. The Winnipeg special notes Canadian Pacific seeks court relief to halt rail construction at the boundary as Manitoba and Northern Pacific oppose local legislation.
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la Ports
Ind
Wadsworth
Germany
George Zinn
Zinn
Our County
Otraw
United States Senate
Canada
Red River Road
Minneapolis
the Journal
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Northern Pacific
Manitoba
Boundary Line
Diverse 19th Century Incidents Stir Ohio and West Virginia
A Pueblo flour mill fire causes 30000 dollar loss and injures George Lomason in Bucyrus Ohio. An Ohio legislative committee probes pools and trusts while another suit tests local option law constitutionality. A bill aims to consolidate state institutions under one management and heirs of Francis Kendall seek control of an Australian estate. Senator-elect Higgins pushes for James H. Wilson as secretary of war. Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe roundhouse fire in Galveston burns for 100000 dollars due to a lamp blast. Prospectors in Wayne County West Virginia report 40000 dollars in gold seized this winter. West Virginia lawmakers consider free transport for state officers. Williamsport lumber dealer B. Bart & Co. assigns assets of 160000 dollars with 25k to 50k preferred. Howell B. Jackson rules Lidelity National bank shares second issue illegal. holders denied face value recovery.
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Pueblo
Colo
Slitz & Middlekamp
George Lomason
Bucyrus
Ohio
Cincinnati
Ohio Supreme Court
Francis Kendall
America
Higgins
Delaware
Indianapolis
James H. Wilson
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, Company
Galveston
Pittsburg
Wayne County
West Virginia
B. Bart & Co
Williamsport
Howell B. Jackson
United States Court
Lidelity National Bank
Market Quotations for Jan 31 Grain and Provisions
Market quotations show January prices for Chicago grain and provisions with figures across months. Entries include January February and March values for grains and meats, with notes resembling futures and cash prices for corn, wheat, and short ribs.
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Chicago
York
Libeled by Larabee and pardon matter before grand jury
Des Moines reports Governor Larabee faces scrutiny over the Turney pardon case. A pamphlet defending his actions is said to contain libelous statements about Mrs Turney. The Polk County grand jury has the matter, but indictment is unlikely.
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Des Moines
Larrabee
Chester Turney
Preston
Jackson County
Ehaif
Indian Logs Allowed Under Existing Contracts
Indian Agent Gregory reports a dispatch from Commissioner Oberly permitting logs already cut and contracted to be hauled from reservations. Many idle workers have left town after the suspension of cutting. The move is viewed as prompted by Secretary Vilas to avert business harm in the Northwest. Lumbermen welcome the decision.
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Ashland
Wis
Gregory
Oberly
Vilas
Northwest
Mason City Stirred by Unsavory Affair in Court
Mason City Iowa reports a sensational case as Vern Cutler is jailed on kidnapping charges involving a young girl named Moore. Fred McEwen, entangled in a divorce suit with his Mount Vernon Ohio wife, abducts the child from Cutler’s household then is arrested at Clear Lake for kidnapping his own daughter. The case involves connected families and has Mason City gossips buzzing.
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Mason City
Iowa
Vern Cutler
Moore
Fred McEwen
Cutler
Mount Vernon
Oak
McEwen
Clear Lake
Senate Caucus Sets Measure for Statehood Push
A Republican Senate caucus debates a bill to admit Washington, Montana, and the Dakotas as states, omitting New Mexico, and aims to move the proposal through Congress this session if feasible.
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Senate
New Mexico
Washington
Montana
Dakotas
Congress
Washburn Talks Politics on Cabinet Prospects
Gen W D Washburn arrives in Chicago en route to New York as Minnesota’s senator-elect. He calls reports of his illness exaggerated and predicts Harrison will form a cabinet including Blaine, Allison possibly serving, Wanamaker as postmaster general, and California possibly receiving the interior post. He recalls Harrison’s remark about cabinet geography troubling the president-elect.
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New York
California
Chicago
W. D. Washburn
Minnesota
Washburn
Harrison
Blaine
Senator Allison
Wanamaker
Gen. Washburn
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Clear Lake Bank
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Wisconsin Poultry
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Black River Fatts
Goodyear & Sons
Sperbeck
Green Bay Road
Wasasia
Minn
Sheriff Crotte
Joseph Baker
Paine
J.T. Copeland
Primus
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington
B. A. Dow
Burlington, VI
Mitchell
M. H. Rowley
N. Kratz
H. Ratuman Cash
Frank Weller
Rowley
Whighell Rational Bank
W.G. Davison
L. N. Seaman
J. B. Perwiliager
N. L. Davison
Cashier
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Adam's Ex
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