Miles Doubtful What to Expect at Pine Ridge Struggle
Gen Miles reports from Pine Ridge that Brooke’s force camps five miles from White Clay creek while the Indian main body lies between commands. He hopes for settlement without more bloodshed though risks remain as confidence must be restored and arms are feared to be taken. Wounded women and children intensify despair among families, yet military gains are noted.
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Washington
Schofield
Miles
Pine Ridge
Brooke
White Clay Creek
Doubtario
Prine Riyce
Cody
Colby
Nebraska
Lieut
Taylor
Ninth Cavalry
Red Cloud
Wounded Knee
Whitesides
Seventeenth Cavalry
Capron
Col. Wheaton
Col. Offley
Seventeenth Infantry
Indias
Associated Press
Big Toot
Col. Forsythe
Stone
Hunts
Indian Hostiles Near Agency Amid War Preparations
Reported developments describe about 1000 hostiles approaching the agency within a mile, causing alarm in the allied camp. Gen Miles plans cautious measures with troops including Miles forces, Brooke commands, and infantry, while negotiations and potential delegation to Washington loom. Private Stone and Hunts Alone die from Wounded Knee injuries.
O'Donnell Spencer & Co. Assigns for Creditors
O'Donnell Spencer and Co a large planning mill sash door and blind factory and lumber yard have assigned for the benefit of creditors. Liabilities about 100000 dollars assets around 200000 dollars. The firm is said to be only temporarily embarrassed.
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Ouidarraks Sacrxaw
Dakota Statistics and Relief Committees Report
Sioux Falls reports on the state board of charities and correction with praise for the warden and proposed two year budget boosts including wages, clothing, repairs, and a light manufacturing plan. It notes parole success and new employment aims as the penitentiary population rises. Relief committees are formed by Farmers Alliance to systematize aid across five districts with named district coordinators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Wawa
State Board of Charities and Correction
South Dakota
J. M. Talcott
Elk Point
Marek
G. A. Allne
del Rapids
Richey
Yankton
C. M. Howe
Mollette
Robert Wi Haire
Aberdeen
Penitentiary
Deaf Mute School
Sioux Falls
Insane Asylum
Reform School
Plankinton
T. D. Kanouse
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Huroux
W. H H. Curtis
Kimball
Farmers’ Alliance Relief Committee of
Campbell
Walworth
McPherson
Edmunds
Brown
Marshall
Day
Roberts
Grant
Potter
Faulk
Sully
Hyde
Wand
Hughes
Buffalo
Jernald
Brule
Aurora
Davison
Douglass
Charles Mix
Black Hills
Spink
Clark
Codington
Deuel
Brookings
Wamlin
Beadle
Severe Storms Hit New England Coast Across Region
The Jan 13 dispatches report severe storms from New York to Quebec. Housatonic River freshet in Birmingham Conn flooded river valleys and disrupted rail service. Nauga tuck valley barns and boat houses swept away. Providence Newport tracks and wharves under water. high tides, northwesterly gales, and widespread flood damage reported.
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New York
New England
Birmingham
Conn
Housatonic
Naugatuck
All River
Mass
American Printing Company
Metacomist Mill
Providence
Newport
R. 1
Highland Light Mass
Eastport
Camden
Quebec
Allentown
Wilkesbarre
Pennsylvania
Slatington
Franklin Dam
Vermont
No Revolutionary Movement Claimed in Chile Disturbances
London report states the Chillan minister said there is no revolutionary movement in Chile and that current disturbances are a protest against illegal tax collections. He noted the unrest remains limited to protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chillan
Chili
Worries Span Western Kansas and Notable Unfoldings
Sparks from the Wires reports western Kansas counties fearing famine like conditions while16 blast furnaces shut in the Mahoning Valley Ohio and Chicago sees a murder arrest. Other items note school desegregation rulings in Kansas, a disastrous electric car crash in Pittsburg, a $85,000 Emma Abbott monument planned for Quincy Massachusetts, a Springfield boiler makers firm failing, Chauncey Derew’s debut in New York, a Shelbyville Indiana couple beaten, Dueber and Hampden Watch resumes, a Chicago robbery, and a call for a joint industrial conference in Washington next July to craft a political industrial platform.
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Kansas
Mahoning Valley
Ohio
T. Wenpryx
Chicago
Joseph Hawkins
Goshen
Ind
Supreme Court of Kansas
Pittsburg
Chauncey M. Derew
Broadway
New York
New York Press Club
Charles Shafer
Shelbyville
Dueber Watch Company
Canton
Hampden Watch
Charles M. Tealowoney
England
Michigan Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Maser Workman’owderly
Washington
Marklet Summary of Hogs Cattle and Commodities on Jan 1
Hogs in Sioux City quoted heavy at 5.55 5.40 with common and mixed 3.25 3.30. receipts ~2,000. Cattle ~700 receipts with active fat cattle were aided by Dressed Beef and Canning, strong demand for well bred stockers and yearling steers. South Omaha reports dull openers with 5 10¢ lower trend. cattle receipts ~2,300 with steady to lower tone. Chicago and New York quotes show wheat around 1.04 1.05 and corn around 6 7¢, pork around 11.00 12.00, lard near 6.15, and various other lines steady or easing.
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Union Stock
Sioux City
Chicago
South Omaha
South Omana
New York
Trust Breakup Amid War Over Farm Prices
Chicago January 10 The harvesting trust has fractured with plans to raise prices and centralize supply. McCormicks Deerings Whitman Barnes Warder Bushnell Glesner opposed the move and withdrew after a stormy meeting. A price war among firms now seems inevitable to aid farmers through increased production and lower costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cmiaco
Harvesting Trust
American Harvester Company
Combine
Auditorium Hotel
McCormicks
Deerings
Whitman-Barnes
Ohio House of Warder, Bushnell & Glesner
Farmers Seek Fusion for Illinois Senator in Joint Assembly
Three farmer representatives in the Illinois General Assembly vow to insist on fusion between Republicans or Democrats for the U S Senate seat. They will block any quorum to force a nonmajority vote, seeking a senator loyal to the Farmers Mutual Benefit Association and free from old party ties. Names like Grand Master Thompson and Cicero D Lindsay are discussed as ideal candidates.
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Springfield
Taubeneck
General Assembly
United States
Farmers’ Mutual Benefit Association
Palmer, Farwell
Oglesby
Thompson
Cicero D. Lindsay
Alliance caucus eyed for U.S. senator race in Kansas
At Topeka Kansas most alliance lawmakers favor a caucus to nominate a United States senator. If eighty three votes form a majority on joint ballot Ingalls could be defeated, but Republicans doubt the process will end quickly. Judge Frank Doster is touted but deemed ineligible by farmers as a lawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toreka
Kan
Alliance
United States
Ingalls
Frank Doster
Marion County
Spain Feared To Demand Damages Over Caroline Islands
News from San Francisco and New York reports insurrection and bloodshed in the Caroline islands between natives and Spanish troops. U S tensions rise over potential damages from Spain for losses of American citizens. Admiral Belknap sent cruiser to Ponapi to protect missionaries. officials deny new insurrection claims and await fuller details.
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Blaine
San Francisco
New York
Caroline Islands
United States
Spain
Belknap
Allianze
Ponapi
Council
Carolines
Rand
Islands
River rises as ice gorge threatens Johnstown
Johnstown Pa Jan 12 heavy rains last night set the river rising rapidly this morning and at noon it was still climbing at about six inches an hour alarm spreads over the town as a heavy ice gorge above may break loose at any moment.
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Johnstown
Stables and Horses Burned at Caicaco Fire
A fire at Caicaco destroyed the stables of the French Amusement Company and traveling circus this morning. About twenty five to thirty horses were killed and the loss is estimated at forty thousand dollars.
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Caicaco
French Amusement Company
May Soon Retire Justice Lamar’s Growing Feebleness
Washington January 13 Justice Lamar’s frailty grows apparent with ill frequenters of the supreme court noting his forgetfulness and reveries during sessions. Though Cleveland appointed him to honor friendship, he rarely lightens court labor yet writes opinions. If retirement occurs within a year he lacks ten years on the bench and would not reach 70, though he has a comfortable private fortune.
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Justice Lamar
Washington, D. C
Laman
Supreme Court
Cleveland
Lamar
Kansas Women Demand State Suffrage After Campaign Role
In Torreka Kansas on January 13, women active in the people’s party say Republicans would have won without them and press for full state suffrage. They back a bill making women eligible for all offices and voting rights in all elections while a secret caucus of sixty legislators and Alliance leaders heard speeches led by Mrs. M. E. Leese and Mrs. Annie L. Diggs urging justice for women.
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Torrekka
Kan
Peoples’ Party
People’s Party
Alliance
M. E. Leese
Annie L. Diggs
Cattle Syndicate Eyes Vast Kansas Range Plan
A Kansas City dispatch reports mortgage firms in Kansas and the East forming a syndicate to consolidate western Kansas into a single cattle range. With drought driving settlers out, foreclosures on over a million acres loom in the western counties, to be rented to cattlemen or used by lenders to create a large range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Dan
Kansas
Blaine Demands Spain Explain Indignities to Missionaries
Secretary Blaine opened a correspondence with Spain over alleged indignities to American missionaries on Ponapi in the Caroline Islands. The American Board of Foreign Missions seeks reparations for indignities and property destroyed, with Capt. Taylor's report corroborating the missionaries. The case tests treaty obligations and may lead to future Spanish compliance or reparations after explanation.
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Blaine
Washington
Ponapi
Caroline Group
American Board of Foreign Missions
The
Methodist Church
Capt
Taylor
Alliance
Caroline Islands
Tracy
Spain
United States
State
Navy Department
The Coming Mill Boxers Arrive for Dempsey Fight Plans
New Orleans January 13 Dempsey and Jackson arrived under secrecy. Kilrain and Corbett are sought for a $2500 side purse, with local club offers. Fitzsimmons makes weight at 152 pounds, odds favor him by many. Bud backs $30000 to bet on Witzsimmons at favorable odds. McAuliffe to face Carroll for a $10000 purse.
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New Orleans
Dempsey
Peter Jackson
San Francisco
Jillain
Muldoon
Frank Stevenson
Kilrain
Corbett
Baltimore
Fitzsimmons
Chary
Witzsimmons
Bud
McAuliffe
Carroll
Fire destroys premises in Montreal district
A blaze last night burned the premises owned by R. B. Angus in Montreal and tenanted by several firms. The fire caused an estimated loss of $125,000. No injuries are reported.
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Montreal
R. B. Angus
Senate and House Action in Early January Session News
Reports from Washington across January detail multiple bills, votes, and debates. Key items include proposed pay for civil and military personnel, public buildings appropriations for Joliet and Rockford, and discussions on silver policy, Cree coinage, and a national election law bill. The period covers executive sessions, adjournments, and committee actions regarding appropriations and territorial relief.
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Wasnrecros
Jan
Psa
Stewart
Wigs
Tirpis
Senate
Sonaygy Steware
Call Tail Hie Bi
Davenpark
Illinois
Wheeler
Michigan
Grosvenor
Ohio
House
Waassmington
Maj. Whan
Anly Payminster
Arizona
Fort Dodge
Joliet
Rockford
Lil
Washington
Oklahoma City
Choctaw Coal & Railroad Company
Court of Claims
Citizens’ Bank
Louisiana
United States Treasury
Gen. Butler
Idaho
Dubois
Committee On Privileges and
Dolph
Committee On Public Lands
Legislative Assembly of
Oklahoma
Committee On Appropriations
Butterworth
Quay
United States
West
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Frye
Secretary of the Treasury
Seil Islands
Alaska
Dawes
Secretary of the Interior
Omaha
Plumb
Record and Pension Office
War Department
Washmnaton
Dockery
Committee On Rules
Exiled London Preacher Spurgeon Seeks Health Abroad
The great Mr Spurgeon of London, famed as preaching to more English people than any other living, is an exile due to ill health. He is in South France seeking the pear of all temporal blessings, good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Spurgeon
London
France
Reading and Writing Indians and Europeans in Print
The article notes that Parisians send millions of letters and postal cards yearly and claims Austrians use mother of pearl hairpins to aid a local industry. It also mentions a tragic incident with a widow near Platte Center attempting suicide and being moved to Columbus jail after a mental breakdown.
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Countess Taaffe
Austria
Amnest
Bruvol Recier
Platte Center
Columbus
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Mitchell, South Dakota
Mitchell Printing CO
Gen. Miles
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Dakota Statistics
Report OF Charities and ‘Correction Board
Farmers’ Alliance Relief Committeek
Dakota
Sefc
G. B. Geoyker
Lennok
Tos. Neill
Deadwood
Wentworth House
Harvester Trust
Finngas
Pipty-Idirst Congr
Vetrious Ronitan
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