Spiritual Transformation Scene In The West
The dispatch from Pine Ridge on December 29 reports a devastating clash at Wounded Knee Creek after Big Foot’s surrender attempt. About 300 Indians killed, numerous soldiers wounded, Capt. Wallace among the dead, with Two Strike and other bands active. a Second account places heavy fighting and many wounded, including Father Craft and Lieut. Garlington, as troops pursue retreating Indians across the field. News from Lincoln, Nebraska, adds eyewitness detail of a protracted engagement, listing casualties and the chaos as troops attempted to dislodge fighters near the village. Washington awaits official details while Gen Miles is left with discretionary power and no new orders.
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Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Roger
Pine Ridge Agency
Wounded Knee Creek
Big Foot
Wallace
Strike
White Clay Creek
Red Cloud
Badlands
Pine Ridge
Big Woot
Slow Bear
Kicking Bear
Two Strike
Omaha Bee
Oop
Cook
Vather Crafts
PrivaTre Frank Lewis
Stone
Sillivan
Smisu
Clirron
Davis
Haszuewoon
Tooney
Tinur
Garlington
Senet
Loup
Dinur
Kinzer
Wee JaAmms Chordenson
Mor
Serg't
Camell
Zerren
Sena’. Dyer
George Elliort
Serg't. Ward
Sera’s. HorcnxKiss
Nortally
Hirp A. Coox
Adams
Corporal Newedl
Lincoln
Neb
The
State Journal
Wounded Knee
Forsythe
Warrum
Father Craft
Lieut
Seventh Cavalry
Unsen
Proctor
Miles
S A Kean's Failure Unfolds Troubling Bank Collapse
The insolvent S A Kean bank assignees report assets of 108 400 against about 510 000 liabilities, leaving 96 000 after debts. Most bills receivable are worthless, cash and securities small, land burdened by litigation, and a $17 000 transfer prior to failure under scrutiny. Investigators seek missing private cash book and possible perjury tied to “Deacon” Kean and favored withdrawals.
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Ap Peark
Ciream- Ataoog
S. CmcaGo
S. A. Skour Hiye
Kean
Henry K. Hatfield
Mannager
New York
Keans
Vriday
John Culver
Diamonds and murder mystery shocks Belfast residents
Police in Belfast investigate a sensational case of suspected poisoning linked to the death of Mrs McDowell. McDowell, a former South African diamond fortune holder, returned with his bride to Ireland and honeymooned near Belfast Lough. The body of Mrs McDowell was found beside the roadside with an empty bottle, and officials pursue the facts amid limited disclosure.
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Belfast
Ireland
Police
McDowell
South Africa
Diamond
Kimberly
Belfast Lough
Bangor
Booth and Smith in Harmony Over Salvation Army Plan
London Dec 30 Gen Booth states misapprehension and opinions led Commissioner Smith to resign. He values Smith and urges trial of the plan with his ideas. Booth says a deed of trust for funds will be executed soon as funds are assured and a pamphlet addressing criticisms will be published in January.
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Salvation Army
London
Booth
the Dimes
Smith
Gen. Booth
Counterfeiter Arrested in Cimcaco Case
Charles Koch was arrested in Cimcaco on December 30 charged with counterfeiting. A complete set of stamps and dies capable of producing counterfeit quarters and dimes was found at his home. The city recently faced a wave of counterfeit coins and numerous complaints have been filed.
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Cimcaco
Chas. Koch
Fire destroys Clark Bros and Barrett stores at Jackson
A last night fire in Jackson, Nebraska consumed the Clark Bros grocery and the Thos Barrett dry goods store. Adjacent buildings suffered some damage. Loss set at 2000 dollars. Cause unknown. Also reports on Glasgow strike as of December 30 show improving railway company position and growing striker discouragement.
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Jackson
Net
Clark Bros
Thos. Barrett
Nine Buildings Destroyed by Fire in Deadwood
Deadwood South Dakota Christmas night fire consumed nine buildings on Main Street in the first ward. Losses include S. C. Fargo & Son livery and barn five thousand to seven thousand dollars, Renter store five thousand, Flannigan grocery around one thousand, total about twenty thousand. Fire likely incendiary. mayor Starr had ordered hoses on disruptive railroad graders earlier. Elk Point reports a resident perished in a separate Christmas fire, Lasse A Haaven, aged eighty six, found in ruins with limbs burned. cause unknown and under investigation.
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Main Street
S. C. Fargo & Son
John Renter
John Flannigan
Frank Welly
Starr
Keystone
Elk Point
Lasse A. Haaven
Mr. Haaven
Chris Lewison
Gilbert Lewison
Haaven
Davidson
GREAT LONDON FIRE Rages over Queen Victoria Street warehouses
London dec 30 fires sweep the warehouses on Queen Victoria and Thames streets near Blackfriars bridge. Fourteen engines battled a strong wind as Pevillon Freezes furniture works and adjacent buildings burned. The blaze spread to Cooperage, fancy goods stores, and the Salvation Army HQ. By 4 pm several blocks were aflame and St Bennett's church destroyed. Fire under control later. estimated loss around 2 million dollars.
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London
Queen Victoria and
Thames Streets
Black Fires Bridge
Pevillon Freezes
Queen Victoria Street
Electric Light and Power Company
Thames
London Fire Brigade
New York Fire Department
Salvation Army
Salvationists
Beavers
Army
Bennett
C. Davidson & Sons
Adolph Frankan & Co
Old Bennett's Church
Upper Thames Street
Welch
New York
St. Bennett’s Church
Fire at Ree Heights destroys multiple businesses
A Christmas night blaze in Ree Heights gutted dry goods and groceries owned by W R Ensign, Criffield, Jackson building, and hardware run by E A Young. Total losses around 13,000 with substantial uninsured damage and horse, barn, and hay fires. A Sioux Falls fire at a planing mill owned by A O Almos caused 7,000 damage with 2,500 insured.
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W. R. Ensign
W. R. Criffield
James Jackson
E. A. Young
Ensign, Criffield and
Young
Sioux Falls
Sioux Fas
South Dakota
A. O. Almos
Phoenix
Hartford
Phanix
London
Niagara
Connecticut
Paint Factory Pro Proposed for the Indians
A new industry near the Sioux agency promises employment for educated Indians returning home from eastern schools. An extensive local paint bed will be studied for feasibility of a paint manufactory to employ many Indians. Special Indian Agent Cooper supports the plan and will inspect the site. LARIMORE'S opera house opens with a ball and banquet. Deadwood licenses for saloons billiard halls and gambling dens set at 75 per month plus 25 for gambling. Andrew Ballweg of Bath reports 16.34 percent sugar in beets analyzed at Washington. Pau Faulk of Yankton travels to Leavenworth to aid Leonard in a pending pardon after Leonard’s 1883 train robbery in Kansas.
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Pixe
Cooper
Larimore
Deadwood
Andrew Ballweg
Bath
Agricultural Department
Washington
Pau K. Fauux
Yankton
Leavenworth
Kan
Leonard
Kansas
Mr. Faulk
Biscuit Bakers Plan Massive New New York Factory
A tracker trust of major U S biscuit makers plans a huge New York factory on Tenth Avenue between Thirteenth and Sixteenth Streets. The four-building, six-story complex will enclose a central engine room, 40 patent ovens, and a 125-foot smokestack, employing about 10 000 workers. Construction estimated at nearly 2 million dollars, with completion in about two years.
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New York
Tracker Trust
United States
Middle
Central States
Charles Thomas
Kd. J. Larrabee & Co
Tenth Avenue
Thirteenth
Sixteenth Streets
Worthington and Cortiss
Holmes & Coutts
Vandeveer & Holmes
BR. J. Larrabee & Co
Brincker Hodd Biscuit Company
Dozier Company
St. Louis
Judge Moore
Chicago
Union Pacific Emloyes Demand Immediate Wage Relief
Portland mayor sends letter to Union Pacific General Manager Clark describing nearly 1,000 discharged workers in destitution, fed by city and charities. Many hold unredeemable time checks as contractors cannot pay the $150,000 due, urging immediate steps to relieve destitution and ensure full payment.
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Clark
Union Pacific
Portland
Ore
Union Pacific Company
Chicago Players' League Club to Join National League
In Chicago on December 30 President Spalding announced arrangements with President Addison for transferring all Chicago Players' League club players and property to the National League. The cash consideration is $25,000.
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Chicago Players’ League
National League
Cuicano
Spalding
Addison
To Battle for Big Money
San Francisco officials arrange a May boxing bout between Jim Corbett and Peter Jackson for a $10,000 purse with $8,500 awarded to the winner. Both sides accept, setting a high profile match for the era.
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San Francisco
Calif Athletic Club
Jim Corbett
Peter Jackson
Lost ships Laura A. Smith and James B. Winters given up
In Hallifax New York on December 30 the schooners Laura A. Smith and James B. Winters, overdue at Luenberg, were declared lost after a recent storm. The James B. Winters carried a crew of five and five or six passengers returning home for Christmas.
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Hallifax
N. Y
Laura A. Smith
James B. Winters
Luenberg
End of 1890 Promises Full Labor Across Northwest
Dun's Weekly Review reports labor remains fully employed at year end 1890 with heavy Christmas trade and improved money markets. Gold arrivals bolster exports while rail and iron industries show mixed signals. hopes rise for a January revival as monetary concerns ease and western trade strengthens despite pockets of stringency.
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Northwest
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Som
Boston
Pittsburg
Bessemer
Mionths
Kansas City
Lincoln
Neb
Denver
Salt Lake
South
Louisville
Athulla
Galveston
New Orleans
Iron and Steel
Treasury
Shanghai Disaster Deepens As Death Toll Surges
Reports from Ching warn authorities that the burning steamship Shanghai near Nanking has caused far more loss of life than initially stated. The latest advices indicate the disaster may exceed early estimates, with over 200 people drowned and many others missing or injured.
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Texpox
Dee F
Ching
Shanghai
Nanking
Five Negroes Lynched After Riggan Murder Arrest
Reported last night that five black men arrested for the murder of Dr. J. W. Riggan in Mecklenburg County were taken from jail and lynched. The incident in Virginia underscores mob violence surrounding the case.
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Virginia
Verrisaunec. Va
J. W. Riggan
Mecklenburg County
United Hebrew Charities Fight Nefarious Divorce Traffic
In New York on December 30 authorities report the United Hebrew charities pushing to dismantle a practice of fraudulent divorces among Russian and Polish Jews coordinated by Rabbi S. M. Sigkind. He was arrested for obtaining money under false pretenses. bail was posted. Over ten years he issued roughly thirty to forty divorces annually, paying him from $150 to $500 per case, with many divorced parties remarried, leading to a large, uncharged bigamy pool.
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New Yorks
United Hebrew Charities
Yielhd
S.M. Sigskind
Sisekind
Partiey
Baltimore Scandal Involving Wife and Stranger
A Chicago commercial traveler, William H. Stewart, and his wife, with their 8 year old son, arrived in Baltimore. An overnight guest, William K. Richards of Philadelphia, registered at their hotel and drew the wife’s attention. Stewart, angered by the attraction, urged her to wed Richards or return to him, declaring she could not stay unless she chose the latter. The couple separated following the confrontation and the husband asserted his marital claims.
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Bin
Baltimore
Wm. H. Stewart
Chicago
Tih
Boy
Cay
Stewart
Wm. K. Richards
Philadelphia
Richards
Mr. Stewaip
Senate adjourns with election legality debates in Idaho
Washington reports a convoluted Senate session with debates on the Idaho election of three senators by the state legislature. Gov Shoup and McConnell credentials discussed while Aldrich and Hiscock addressed rules and labor accounts. The body adjourned with no further action.
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Wasnixarox
Vittie Busiss
Senate
Neusi
Benate
Cockrell
Aldrich
Stewart Eave
Gorman
Nout
Hoar
Senato Hiscock
Hiscock
Pir
Markets Report From Sioux City and Chicago Stockyards
Sioux City notes a strong hog market with steady to firm prices and about 2,500 head. Cattle receipts near 20 head loads show demand for slaughter stock, stockers steady to higher. Chicago and Omaha markets follow, with cattle and hogs mixed, prices quoted for steers, butchers, and stockers, plus wool and grain figures from Chicago and Omaha exchanges.
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Sioux City
Mit
Chicago
Onicag
Omaha
Soura Qa
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Capital
Mitchell, South Dakota
Mitchell Printing Co
S. A. Kean
Booth and Smith
Glasgow
Dakota State News
Great London
Cracker Trust
New York City
Dun’s Weekly Review
Congressional
York
New
Western
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