Sensational Murder in Chicago Millionaire Home
J Snell a wealth west side resident was shot in his hall by burglars who entered through a basement kitchen panel. The gang ransacked the basement and safe, taking bonds and securities before Snell confronted them and was killed. His property valued at 33,000,000. He leaves a wife in Milwaukee, three married daughters and a son. Snell was 64 and came to Chicago in 1844.
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Snell
Milwaukee
Chicago
Politicians Plot to Defeat President Cleveland in 1892
Reported plan outlines a broad revolt across states led by Randall in Pennsylvania and Hill in New York, with McPherson guiding New Jersey and Barnum organizing Connecticut support. Gorman and allies target Maryland, Indiana prospects questioned, and McLean may win Ohio support as Payne influence lures remaining delegates. The aim is to deprive Cleveland of the two-thirds nomination majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Albany
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Randall
Hill
McPherson
New Jersey
W. H. Barnum
Connecticut
Gorman
Higgins
Thomas
Maryland
McDonald
Indiana
Gov
Grey
John R. McLean
Ohio
Payne
Delegate Gifford Proposes Assay Office at Deadwood
Washington reports Delegate Gifford reintroduces a bill to establish an assay office at Deadwood with origins in 1882 by Senator McMillan. A second bill would split the Bismarck land district creating a new district with a land office at New England City and a $10000 appropriation for opening and related expenses.
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Washington
Gifford
Deadwood
McMillan
Bismarck Land District
Bowman County
Ettinger County
Missouri River
Montana
New England City
The Cincinnati Bank Failure Reported Developments
Cincinnati on February 8 reports no new developments in Metropolitan bank matters though a notice says further arrests of directors were reported.
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Cincinnati
Farmers For Protection Support Tariff Policy Said
The Tribune reports that among several thousand letters from farmers agricultural societies clubs and granges the reaction favors protection against tariff effects on agricultural industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Tribune
Benefit Seen If Some Agricultural Goods Not Admitted Free
Analysts suggest that excluding certain agricultural products from free admission would yield greater advantages. Advocates argue protection supports farmers and market stability in the sector.
Dakota Admission Debate Before Senate Committee
Senator Platt presided as L. A. Johnson represented the one state delegation on Dakota admission. Johnson argued for admission as a single state and noted shifts in sentiment due to railway growth and business ties. Senators Cullom and Manderson praised his effort and cited past Dakotan acts as nonsensical.
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Ordway
Johnson
Senate
Washington
Dakota
Territories
Platt
L. A. Johnson
Col. W. E. Dodge
Fargo
Cullom
Manderson
Mr. Johnson
Springer
Preston
Aberdeen
Chamberlain News Brews Hope After Blockade Ends
Residents recover from the nineteen days of blockade as railroad engineers of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul work on the old right of way and prepare preliminary measurements for a bridge over the Missouri river granted by Congress a year ago. Local society notes greet arrivals and expect returning residents with Dakota pride.
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Chamberlain
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Missouri River
Congress
L. D. Allred
First National Bank
Place
Sue Hines
Lee
N. W. Egleston
Iowa
J. Moyer
California
Ooe
Dakota
February term opens at Dakota Supreme Court with 70 cases
The February term in Bismarck features Chief Justice Tripp and six associates, a large calendar of about seventy cases, and aims for at least three weeks of hearings. Notable lawyers from multiple states attend, including John F. McGee and Frank R. Aikens. Maj. Butts arrives with his Lisbon town lots suit.
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Dakota Supreme Court
Bismarck
Supreme Court of the
Territory
Tripp
Palmer
Thomas
Spencer
McConnell
Francis
United States Court
United States
Marshal Maratta
J. H.C. Young
John F. McGee
Minneapolis
Frank R. Aikens
Canton
C. H. Winsor
H. R. Keith
N. L. Greene
Sioux Falls
J. H. McLaughlin
Grand
Carpet-Baggers In Dakota Shakeup For Judge Post
A Dakota Democrat warns the president that Dakota has sent enough carpet-baggers and that J M Morrow may not secure the judgeship to replace Palmer. While no opposition to Morrow exists, appointment by Cleveland remains uncertain and predictions are premature.
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Washington
Palmer
J. M. Morrow
Dakota
Morrow
Sparta
Wis
Allie
Alaska
Cleveland
McCormack
Ingalls Denies Dismissal Claim Over Caucus Selections
Senator Ingalls refutes reports that he rejected a Democratic caucus nomination and claims there is no custom requiring caucus approval for special committees. He notes Beck suggested timelines for Democrats Harris Cockrell and Gray as members, adding the action was informal.
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Washingtoy
Ingalls
Beck
Times
Harris, Cockrell
Gray
Cleveland’s Radical Free Trade Stance Foretold By Henry George
In Washington on February 7 Henry George predicted President Cleveland will push free trade. He said Cleveland has set his face toward reform and is ahead of his party, certain to take a bold stride that will dwarf prior tariff moves.
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Cleveland
Washington
Henry George
Congress Demands Dodge Dismissal Over Crop Report
A communique signed by eighty eight members of congress requests the dismissal of Statistician Dodge. The move is tied to tobacco growers upset by last summer's crop report, received by the commissioner of agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
Congress
Commissioner of Agriculture
Statistician
Special Delivery a Big Success in 1887 Quarter
The special delivery system shows strong results with 217 525 letters delivered in the quarter ending Sept. 20 1887 from all free delivery post offices. a marked increase over the prior quarter. Senator Davis is seriously ill and unable to receive callers with his condition described as grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Davis
Ten Million Dollars for Sarah in Sharon Case
San Francisco February 7 A curious reaction follows the decision in the ex US Senator Sharon case with ex Senator Sharon and Sarah Althea Hill. Judge Terry says Mrs. Terry would be entitled to ten million dollars likely more than half the Sharon estate.
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Sharon
San Francisco
United States
Ater Sharon
Terry
Sarah Althea Hill
Tin Mining in the Black Hills Advances and Syndicate Plans
George Jackson, superintendent for major tin firms in the Nigger Hill district, reports active development and rising costs as owners hold 180 claims with several patented properties and water rights over thirty five miles. They plan milling facilities once indicators justify plant construction.
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Dreapwoop
Cak
George Jackson
Nigger Hill
Wisconsin Central Cuts Hard Coal Rate to St Paul
Milwaukee reports the Wisconsin Central reduces hard coal rate from Chicago and Milwaukee to St Paul to 1.15 per ton, down from 6. Other lines indicate willingness to meet the cut. Dakota railroad commissioners publish a 300 page annual report reviewing the past year. Barnes Hengerer & Co burns out in Buffalo with a loss near 1.2 million and full insurance.
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Milwaukee, Wia
Wisconsin Central
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Dakota Commissioners' Report
Bismarck, Dak
The
Dakota Railroad Commissioners
Barnes, Hengerer & Co
BufFalo
N. Y
Caiy
Unprofitable Insurance Business in Minnesota 1887
Insurance Commissioner Shandrew reports 1887 fire and marine risks written in Minnesota totaled over 220 million dollars with premiums around 3.1 million. Losses reached about 80 percent of premiums, plus other expenses, leaving insurers about 400 thousand dollars behind. State collects nearly 75 thousand dollars from the industry for this privilege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forty Thousand Dollars Bank
Minnesota
St. Paul
Shandrew
Week in Congress Outlook: Urgent Deficiency Bill Dominates
The piece outlines a busy Senate and House week with Lowry v White proceeding in the House, a monthly feature to set annual meetings, and emphasis on the urgent deficiency bill. Other items include pension, education, tariff talk, postal service inquiry, and the Paris exhibition vote.
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Washington
Indiana
Lowry
White
House
Crane
Congress
Paris
Senate
Riddleberger
Dolp
Oregon
Platt
Teller
Call
Davis
Appropriations Committee
Fourth attempt aims to form crematory society in Chicago
Cuicano Feb 7 reports three failed drives to organize a company to build a Chicago crematory. A Sherman House meeting tonight seeks to form a society advancing cremation, then incorporate and erect a furnace accessible to the city. J Q A Walker leads efforts and cites Buffalo as a model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuicano
Sherman House
J. Q. A. Walker
Buffalo
Chicago Gas Prospects Doubted By Analyst
Prof John E Stebel an analytic chemist and geologist in Chicago says natural gas in paying quantities is unlikely beneath Chicago in the Trenton limestone He argues the city sits over a low mood pocket and gas would only come from synclinals of the rock He estimates gas could exist with pressure fifty miles east or fifty west of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John E. Stebel
Trenton
G A R Parade Arrests Dismissed as Exemptions Cited
New York and Princeton brief notices report that G A R commanders Whalen and Downing were discharged after arrest for a Sunday parade with music thanks to an exemption for G A R groups. In Princeton Moses Jesmer aged 82 and his wife aged 74 died within hours of each other, ending a long life together.
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New York
Whalen
Quartermaster Downing
Peter Cooper Post
Princeton
Moses Jesmer
Sleigh Ride Delights 2000 Children in Mapison
In Mapison Wisconsin on Saturday 2000 children enjoyed the annual sleigh ride funded by popular subscription. Also Milwaukee reports Emanuel temples plans to extend a call to Rabbi S Hecht of Montgomery Alabama as the congregation leads Wisconsin's Hebrew community. In Freeport Illinois David B Staples awaiting trial for shooting Charles Winsip of Minneapolis. case continued to December due to defendant's intoxication. bail expected from Stillwater soon.
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Mapison
Wis
Milwaukee
Congregation of
Emanuel Temples
S. Hecht
Montgomery
Ala
Emanuel
David B Staples
Freeport
Ill
Chas. Winship
Minneapolis
Stillwater
Water Power Use Across Five Manufacturing Branches
Five branches of manufacturing use 85 percent of all water power. Flouring and grist mills consume 8.4 percent, sawmills 32.7 percent, cotton mills 12.1 percent, and woolen mills 4 percent. Iron industry uses very little water power.
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Boston Budger
Trial of Mrs Robin son begins in Boston
The second trial of Mrs Robin son the alleged wholesale polio ge er begins in Boston. A series of partial notices follow detailing various local and international events from fire losses to railway developments and political happenings across the United States and abroad.
Hunters misread hoofprint as deer trace in Michigan
In East Jordan two hunters tracked a six mile deer trail only to discover the print was from a pig. A string of odd farm incidents follows, including a passenger train passing through a flock of 4000 sheep near Jakima and killing 100 without derailing, and a Jefferson County heifer that entered a hollow log filled with corn and ate so much it could not escape, forcing the owner to burn the log to rescue the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakima
W. T
Robert Oliver
Jefferson County
Ind
Prohibition in Kansas Captured by Sioux City Writer
Sioux City journalist Geo. C. Miln reports from Topeka on prohibition effects in Kansas after surveying Atchison Leavenworth Lawrence Wichita Newton Hutchinson Dodge City Emporia and Ottawa. He notes no open saloons statewide and that Topeka prospers under prohibition with local offices elected on the issue. He argues public sentiment shapes enforcement and cites business growth and restrained liquor trade as signs of the policy’s reach.
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Sioux City
Geo. C. Miln
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Atchison
Leavenworth
Lawrence
Wichita
Newton
Nutchinson
Dodge City
Emporia
Ottawa
Missouri River
Colorado Line
Miln
Topeka
J. Ix. Hudson
Seymore Davis
Nere
Omatia
Lombard Investment Company
E.S. Cabe
D. D
The
States Temperance Union
United States
Maine
Foreclosure suit filed over Davison County land
The Second Judicial District of Dakota Territory issues a summons in a foreclosure action by Central Loan and Trust Company against Rosa Samuel Alexander Greenberg C S Armin and Leper Safir. The case seeks cancellation and sale of the southwest quarter of section 30 township 101 range 62 to satisfy two mortgages dated 1885 with $500 note and a second mortgage for $62.43. Proceedings specify publication notice and court dates in Mitchell.
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Second Judicial District
Devison County
Central Loan and Trust Company
Davison
Territory of Dakota
Mitchell
County of Davison
D.T
Ofice
Main
Dakota Territory
Rosa Samuel
Territory
Dakota
Alexander Greenberg
Mitchell, D.T
A. D
D. A. Mizener
Platuruif
D. T
Leper Sifir
Bartlett Tripp
District Court
Davison County
Said County
Mitchell, D. T
Foreclosure Suit Filed Over Davison County Mortgage
The Territory of Dakota docket shows a foreclosure action filed January 21 1888 in Davison County District Court Mitchell against Mrs Gustavous C Clements and Gustavous C Clements. The suit seeks a decree foreclosing a mortgage dated August 5 1885 on Lot 15 Block 4 Rowleys first addition Mitchell to recover 350 plus interest and taxes. The defendants are summoned to answer within thirty days.
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Ss. Secon
Jupician
Davison County
Armin
Tlaintil
Gutavous Co
Clements
Guetavous C. Clements
Samuel J. Teachnor
Franees
Teachoor
Davison
Territory of Dakota
Gustavous
WG. Davison
Mitchell
County of Davison
D. T
Wain Street
Dakota Territory
Gustavous C. Clements
Dakota
Rowley
D.T
D. A. Mizener
Mitchell, D. T
Bartlett Tripp
Second Judicial District
D .T
Said County
Foreclosure summons in Second Judicial District suit
The Second Judicial District of Davison County issues a summons in Mitchell Dakota to Mary E Scott and Mary F Scott requiring answer by January 21 1888. The complaint seeks foreclosure of a mortgage dated November 10 1885 on the west half of the NW quarter and west half of the SW quarter of section 17 township 101 range 60 to secure 990 dollars with 8 percent interest from November 10 1884. City and county details and order by Judge Martlett Trion are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Scott
Territory of Dakota
Mary F. Scott
A.D
County of
Davison
Mitchell
County of Davison
D. T
Minl Street
Dakota Territory
Territory of
Dakota
D. A. Mizener
Simmons
Tony
Martlett Trion
Second Judicial District
District Court
Davison County
D.T
Said County
Mitch ell adopts water service regulation amendment
The Mitch ell City Council amends the rules governing water privileges and plumbing. Applications for water use must be filed with the superintendent and approved by the waterworks committee with written owner consent. A license is issued after compliance and payment for tapping, with specific pipe depths and location rules.
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City of
Mitchell
T. F. Mentzer
KimBatt
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Atty, Mitchell, D. T
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Perstons
Capt
Kober
Pam
J.M. Adams
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