Iowa Twenty Seventh General Assembly Opens In Des Moines
The Twenty seventh general assembly convened in Des Moines with both houses organized. Emmett of Cass and Christie of Wright were sworn in as senators and representatives after contest delays. Funk elected speaker by acclamation. The assembly debated debt reduction and a new revenue law aimed at taxing previously untaxed interests. A five member inaugural committee was formed, and the governor's message was not yet delivered.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Emmett
Cass
Shelby
Christie
Wright
Hancock
Funk
Dowithout
Senate
Parrott
Typographical Union proposes unused land colony for work relief
New York Typographical Union No 6 seeks self sustaining work for the unemployed in large cities by cultivating vacant lots. H Goodyear of Buffalo offers 1000 to 2000 acres in Pennsylvania for a colony to boost rail business. Title to land will transfer after establishment. The union aims to raise 10000 dollars, with a matching land donation. A committee will study the project.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Big Six
Union
Beef Combine to Retaliate Against European Tariffs
Chicago exporters and beef producers led by the Big Four plan retaliation against France and Germany for embargoes and high tariffs on pork canned beef and lard. Representative Belknap has introduced a Washington bill proposing a 60 percent tariff on key imports from nations refusing reciprocity treaties.
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Chicago
Beef Trust
Europe
Belknap
Washington
Murdered in Their Beds in Brookfield Mass
A Brookfield farmer Francis B. Newton his wife Sarah and their 1 year old adopted daughter were found slain in their beds Monday morning. An ax was used and a missing hired man triggers a manhunt as neighbors traced the alarm to unfed cattle sounds.
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Massachusette
Francis BR. Newton
Brookfield
Mass
Sarah
Bin
Bryant Invited to Address Mississippi Legislature
The Mississippi House of Representatives passed a concurrent resolution, introduced by Rep McClauren, inviting Hon W J Bryan of Nebraska to address the current session, with only one dissenting vote. Exports from New York: 82,000 in gold and 1,102,350 in silver. imports include 317,831 in gold, 157,218 in silver, 2,390,152 in dry goods, and 7,237,104 in general merchandise.
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Bryan
Mississippi House of Representatives
McClauren
W.J. Bryan
Nebraska
New York
Reversal of Interstate Commerce Ruling by Judge Speer
Judge Speer of the U S district court in Macon Georgia on Saturday reversed the Interstate Commerce Commission decision in a case seeking lower freight rates from Cincinnati and Tounsville to Grilin Georgia. He holds Macon as a major commercial hub with competing railroads, justifying lower rates there not equaling other points. He questions federal efforts to equalize individual communities' advantages and states the ICC act has no such purpose.
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Speers
Speer
United States Court
Macon
Iterstate Commierce Commission
Cincinnati
Tounsville
Grilin
Udge Speer
Control of the Sex and a Vienna Doctor’s Statement
The New York medical fraternity shows interest in a Vienna report by Dr Selmeck claiming influence over offspring sex. Dr George Shirady contends it resembles the old theory that parental nourishment partly determines a child’s sex. Animal studies suggest diet may affect male or female outcomes, with exceptions noted.
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Vienna
New York City
Selmeck
George FY. Shirady
The
Medical Record
Sehenck
Spain Seeks U S Good Offices to Halt Cuba Fight
A Washington dispatch reports Spain asking the United States to use its good offices to stop the Cuban fighting. The Sagasta government believes U S mediation may be the only path to quell Cuba, after Canovas and Sagasta previously rejected such proposals.
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United States
Chicago Tribune
Washington
Spain
Cuba
Creek Nation opposes act to curb federal courts
Creek council votes 20000 to hire lawyers to challenge Congress granting the United States full jurisdiction after January 1. Secretary Bliss warned no approval from the president will be sought. The action follows a push against federal court reach in Indian affairs.
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Creek Council
Bliss
United States Court
United States
Mammoth Ice House Falls
Double Lynching in Mississippi At Pea Ridge Kemper County
Two Black men Jim Watts and Sam Cole were lynched in Pea Ridge Kemper County Mississippi while visiting relatives. The assailants are described as Black men. A separate note reports New York weekly bank statement showing a reserve rise of 6.476 million dollars with banks holding 22.264 million dollars above legal requirements.
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Mississippi
Jim Watts
Sam Cole
Nelson County
Pea Ridge
Kemper County
New York
New Year Opens With Confidence in Trade Review
Brady Street's Review notes a calm New Year start with confidence across business sectors. Iron trade shows activity, western glass industry resumes, and fewer business failures than in earlier years while distributed commerce remains steady. bank failures 1897 show less liability, supporting a cautious but hopeful outlook.
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Rade
Siddatveevs Weekly Review of Trade
Explosion in Kansas Mine Kills Six Workmen
An explosion in the Mt. Carmel Coal Company mine near Chicopee Kansas at 6 40 p m Saturday likely killed six workers. The blast damaged surface structures and started a timbering fire but fans quelled the blaze. Two men escaped the shaft twenty minutes after the blast.
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Kansas
Mt. Carmel Coal Company
Chicopee
Kan
Bryan Speaks in Chicago at Jackson Day Banquet
William Jennings Bryan served as Silver Champion guest of honor at a Chicago Jackson Day banquet at the Tremont House, where about five hundred attendees included Democrats from Iowa Indiana and Wisconsin. Mayor Harrison presided as toastmaster. Bryan received cheers when introduced after a reception.
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Iowa
Indiana
Wisconsin
Chicago
Tremont House
Bryan
Harrison
Mr. Bryan
Tow Boat Explosion Kills Several on the Allegheny River
The towboat Percy Kelly departing Pittsburg with coal barges exploded near Glenfield. Six or eight crew members were killed and at least four injured as the hull sank and wreckage floated downstream, with the cause still unknown.
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Allegheny River
Percy Kelly
Pittsburg
Glenfield
Quick Justice in Indiana Sentences Burglar Same Day
Early Friday a burglar was captured in John P. Thomas store at Claypool Indiana. Clarence Thomas grandson of the proprietor pleaded guilty in Warsaw circuit court and received an indeterminate sentence of two to fourteen years in Jeffersonville prison.
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John P. Thomas
Claypool
Ind
Clarence Thomas
Warsaw
Clarence
Biggs
Jeffersonville
Conference with Gomez Rumors Stir Layana
Rumors allege that Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and Capt. Gen. Blanco will join Cuban leader Maximo Gomez for a field conference. Claims Cesar Lexwor Estrada Palma will arrive in Havana to accompany them to the field. The circulating reports have caused a sensation in Layana.
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Blanco
Lee
Palma
Pilzhugh Lee
United States
Havana
Lexwor Estrada Palma
Fitzhugh Lee
Maximo Gomez
Layana
Four Men Lynched Near Bearden Arkansas Mob Executions
Four colored men were lynched in the Bearden area within days two by rapists Deve and Huntly three miles north of Bearden and two murderers south of Bearden. Two mobs carried out the killings with little reported excitement. The rest of the article notes money surplus in the West and various market and crime items.
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Arkansas
Dearden
Ark
Deve
Huntly
Bearden
Gang of Swindlers Arrested in St Louis District
Four Italians Carlos Pasquino Jose Arno Charles Cerutti and Frank Bassi were arrested in a cramped Italian quarter room on swindling charges. Pasquino carried 4000 dollars and could not explain its source amid a nationwide pattern of alleged cons.
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Sr. Louis
Carlos Pasquino
Jose Arno
Charles Cerutti
Frank Bassi
United States
Pasquino
Russian farmer jailed for cruel treatment of waif boy near Huron
Ernest Rutschbach a Russian farmer north of Huron abused a ten year old waif from an Illinois orphanage. A knife nose wound and extensive bruising were shown at trial. Judge Kemp fined him 100 dollars and gave a fifty day county jail sentence.
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Ernest Rutschbach
Huron
Illinois
Kutschbach
South Dakota Manslaughter Trial Opens for Gilman
The jury has been secured in the manslaughter case State of South Dakota versus Gilbert Gilman and the trial has begun. Gilman reportedly offered to settle via a $1,000 payment in four equal installments to Mrs. McDonald, whose husband died after a holiday incident. A Sioux Falls gas franchise request proposes $1.10 per 1,000 cubic feet with 1 percent off for prompt pay, replacing the current $2 gas price.
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Wailbnan
South Dakota
Gilbert Gilman
Gilman
McDonald
Sioux Falls
Warm Weather and Ice Floats at Pierre River Scene
The Pierre area reports two feet of river rise with early season ice floating. No bridge crossings currently. pontoon boats removed from the east channel. Breakup anticipated if cold weather fails to return. Trees budding. January feels more like April. James Douglas named postmaster at Carthage Miner County.
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Pierre
Dairymen Gather for South Dakota Meeting in Brookings
The South Dakota Dairymen's Association will hold its annual meeting in Brookings on February 15 and 16 with strong state and national participation expected. Creameries and cheese factories from across the state are to attend, along with butter and cheese dealers from major cities. An exhibit of fifty firkins of butter and a large cheese display will be sent to the National Dairymen's Association in Topeka after the meeting. The aim is to win the national prize and secure the next national meeting in a city within the state.
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South Dakota Fair Association
South Dakota State Fair Association
Fred Schnauber
Walter B. Dean
Ed. A. Bruce
Fred Sehnauber
W.S. Stockwell
William Powers
George Brown
Franklin Wells, Jr
Ibarry Eller
W. H W. Edmunds
Fred Donaldson
A.W. Peterson
Ole Peterson
Dean
South Dakota
Brookings
South Dakota Dairymen’s Association
New York
Chicago
Elgin
Boston
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Omaha
Sioux City
National Dairymen’s Association
Topeka
Kan
National Association
Cattle Buyer Reports 500 Arizona Cattle for Spring
James Philip of the Dakota and Minnesota Cattle Company returns to Pierre from a southwest shopping trip with about 500 heat of Arizona cattle for spring delivery. Prices rise but remain profitable for the northern range and the buffalo grass Dakota country is praised for cattle raising. Federal Court in Deadwood expected to host the most prolonged term yet led by Judge Amidon with Homestake and Buxton cases likely.
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Dakota and Minnesota Cattle Company
Pierre
Southwest
Arizona
Buffalo Grass
Dakota
Deadwood
United States
Amidon
North Dakota
Homestake
Buxton-Golden Reward
Tom Sweeney
Grand Island and Wyoming Centrali Railroad
Cigar Dealer Arrested for Selling Inferior Rialto Cigar
J. D. Shorb owner of the Cataract house cigar stand in Sioux Falls for fifteen years was arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Ludlow on information from a local manufacturer. He faces a charge of selling an inferior cigar from a box labeled The Rialto with potential fine of 100 dollars and up to one year in jail.
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Sibley
Persley
Iowa
Sioux Falls
G. W. Barnside
Change
Libney
J. D. Shorb
United States
Ludlow
Smith
Chamberlain
Marshall Somers
Fred Widdman
Mitchell, Plankinton
Alta L. Scott
Armour Creamery
Pine Ridge Reservation
Pine Ridge
South Dakota
Senate
Huron Land Office
Co. A. Blake
John Westdahl
Pierre Land Office
Joseph Donotue
Thomas Conniff
Aberdeen Land Office
Deadwood
Mmes
Will Dawson
Milo Brown
Frank McLaughline
Rapid City
General Land Office
Horseshoe Mining Company
Josie Swenson
Rock Rapids
L. S. Swenson
Denmark
Alexander Ross
First National Bank of Lead
Great Bonanza Gold and Silver Mining Company records
Articles of incorporation filed for the Great Bonanza Gold and Silver Mining Company consolidated of Lawrence County with HQ in Terry and capital of 8 million dollars. Other notes: appointments, resignations, bank sales, legal actions, and local civic updates across South Dakota towns.
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Great Bonanza Gold and Silver Mining Company
Consolidated
Lawrence County
Terry
John W. Harding
Charles Mix County
Yanktora
John R. Jones
Presbyterian Church
Huron
Wil
Los Angeles
Cal
J. Leslie Thompson
Chamberlain National Bank
Publc
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