Interstate rail rulings loom as Fourth Section disputed
ALSINGTON June 7 The interstate commerce commission plans to stay in Washington after July 1 to review rulings on the Fourth Section. Britsh and American manufacturers clash over markets with shipping costs shaping competition from Liverpool to inland points. Chicago & Northwestern stockholders meet as Marvin Kitt is named president after earnings and dividends. Dr Albert Brisbine of St Paul dies after a fall at Bridal Veil falls. Storms flood Missouri Pacific yards and kill two riders. Two Chicago & Northwestern trains near Proviso carry horses to Rockford races. one rider hurt. Convicts to be sent from Caledonia to San Francisco.
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Alsington
Washington
Chicago
St. Louis
Liverpool
United States
Seaboard
waGo
Chicago & Northwestern Rail
Marvin Kitt
Albert Keep
Hughitt
Eceed
Keep
Nneapoliss
Albert Tisbine
St. Paul
Bridal Veil Falls
Brisbine
St. Paul ¢ Falls
Asace
Kcians
Eeport
Chicago & Northwestern
Here
Rockford
Ww. N. Johnson
Teen, Dak
G A R in St Louis row over Cleveland visit
A clash within the Grand Army of the Republic erupts over President Cleveland attending the St Louis grand encampment. Generals Tuttle and Noble dispute plans with posts threatening to skip or snub if Cleveland attends.
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St. Louis
Cleveland
Grand Army of the Republic
Executive Committee
J.M. Tuttle
Department of Iowa
Gen. Noble
Grand Army
Gen. Tuttle
Sam
Striking Office Lightning Carries Unusual Trail
In Vesper a freak lightning strike hit a telephone pole and flowed into a business office injuring J. W. Cameron and P. J. Salscheider while P. G. Ayres escaped unharmed. Cameron felt a path through his body leaving toe holes in slippers and a floor cut. Salscheider suffered foot and sole injuries. all are convalescent with headaches and fatigue.
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Marshfield
Wis
Vesper
P. J. Salscheider
Sedalia
J. W. Cameron
P. G. Ayres
Fort Wayne
Ind
Mr. Cameron
Mr. Salscheider
Grover Cleveland Plans Far Western Presidential Tour
Washington reports the president intends a wide continental journey from early August to early October. He will travel in a private car with household staff and a few cabinet members, visiting Ohio Indiana Missouri and the Pacific coast to Portland Oregon. The trip, self funded at an estimated minimum three thousand dollars, aims to energize Western and Northwestern Democratic support ahead of the fall elections.
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Washington
St. Louis
White House
United States
New York
West
Vilas
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Ohio
Indiana
Missouri
Northern Pacific Railroad
Portland
Oregon
Cleveland
Dan Lamont
Yellowstone
South
Cloud burst floods Oberlin causing extensive damage
A thunderstorm in Oberlin yesterday produced a cloud burst that sent a torrent down the town’s creek, flooding streets and cellars. A house floated from its foundation, two lumber yards were wrecked, 300 feet of Lake Shore railroad washed away, and a passenger train halted. Estimated damage ranges from 15000 to 20000 dollars.
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Cleveland
Oberlin
Lake Shore
Thunderstorm Shorts Spire and Wires in Cincinnati
A severe afternoon thunderstorm in Cincinnati caused continuous detonating lightning strikes. Lightning hit the Second Presbyterian church spire and a nearby shade tree, tearing the tree to splinters and melting wires that disabled about 400 telephone instruments. No other major damage reported.
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Cincinnati
Second Presbyterian Church
Crop Prospects From Territorial Statistician Report
From sixty counties the territorial statistician reports crop conditions this year versus last. Winter wheat 102 and 100. rye 105 and 90. spring wheat 130 and 104. barley 113 and 96. oats 116 and 99. clover 112 and 90. All reports predict abundant crops.
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Oroway
Land Refilings amid Resistance in Hamlin County
In Hamlin county several valuable quarter sections with cancelled entries have been refiled. Some original entrymen remain on the ground and plan to resist settlement efforts.
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Watertown
Hamlin County
Knights of Labor organize coop to buy planing mill plant
Faree on June 8 reports the Knights of Labor formed a cooperative stock company with five thousand nine dollars capital to purchase the old planing mill and operate a sash door and blind factory locally.
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Faree
Knights of Labor
Kerr to Start Preliminary Line for Rail Route
Pierre report states John Kerr chief engineer of the Duluth Pierre and Black Hills railway arrived today with his corps to commence running the preliminary line.
Death of ex Vice President Wheeler in Malone New York
Ex vice president William A. Wheeler died Saturday in Malone New York after a gradual illness. The funeral will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Congregational church with a sermon by the pastor. A citizens memorial service is planned for Tuesday evening with friends of his youth and manhood attending. President Cleveland has been apprised of his death.
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Cleveland
Adirondacks
Wheeler
Butte Rancher Charged in Rail Wreck Plot Near Silver Bow
Detective M Cleary of the Utah Northern arrests Lewis Beyer a wealthy ranch man and Thomas Locard for wiring rails to wreck a passenger train near Silver Bow Junction over six weeks three attempts. Beyer sued the company for 300 dollars after a bull killed. jurors awarded 25. The Feely station crash injures engineer J W Else fireman Davis and clerks. passengers shaken but unharmed.
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Feely Station
J. W.else
Davis
Fires claim farmer's wife and two children at Manuel
Grand Forks reports: while Bodkin was away, his home burned fatally harming his wife and two children. The piece also discusses frost reports in northern Minnesota and Dakota and a critical letter from Major C Boyd Barrett to Gov. L K Church about railroad appointments and land policy amid Beadle county homesteader tensions.
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Grand Forks
Bodkin
Manuel
Omaha
Neb
Dakota
Mitchell
Fargo Land Office
C. Boyd Barrett
Aberdeen, Dak
Railroad Commission
Church
Explosion Injures Boy In Blacksmith Shop Accident
In Marseilles Ohio a 17 year old, Charles Phillips, assisted by a bellows, heated a two inch iron pipe filled with water across a forge. An explosion drove the hammer end through his right groin area and out three feet to the other side. He pulled the hot pipe from the wound burning to the bone and remains alive with doubtful recovery.
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Marseilles
Ohio
Charles Phillips
Phillips
High Priced Experience in Tracy Bank Scam
J. J. Hartigan of Tracy Minnesota was victimized for 11000 in a bank scam. A stranger named Powell formed a bogus bank, issued a 11000 certificate of deposit to a supposed brother, who cashed it in New York after telegraphic verification. Powell fled Tracy after completing his part. Hartigan faces liability under the incorporation act.
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Tracy
Minn
J. J. Hartigan
Powell
New York
Hartigan
Maniac's Deed Leaves Three Dead in Dakota Feud
In Truron Dakota June 9 Nelson a farmer lost a land contest and swore to settle it with two Win chester rifles. He shot and killed C Lyman and Corwin Shaw then wounded Mrs Flora Shaw and killed Mrs Shaw as she begged for mercy. Nelson then killed his wife and child with suicide. George A Kelsey died later.
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Flora E. Shaw
Corwin
Flora E. Lyman
C. Lyman
George A. Kelsey
Nelson
Lyman
Kelsey
Jury tampering alleged in Sharp bribery case New York
New York reports a sensational claim that jurors were offered large sums to help Jake Sharp escape bribery charges over alderman Fullgraff Broadway franchise. Three jurors say they were approached. Sharp's lawyers deny the tale as false. District attorney Martine has not commented on possible actions.
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New York
Jake Sharp
Arm of Justice
Alderman Fullgraff
Sharp
Martine
George Ruppel
Tragedy in Balltown: Husband kills wife and himself
In Balltown, 22 miles from DouBuQus, Christian Osthoff 62 attacked his wife 38 with a hatchet and wounded himself with a pistol. Both died instantly. The unborn child showed life during autopsy and inquest. Family quarrel given as motive.
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DouBuQus
Balltown
Christian Osthoff
Milwaukee Company starts first Sioux City to Chicago train
The Milwaukee company will begin its first train from Sioux City to Chicago at 6:05 this evening on the new Sioux City line. The service will run daily with a Pullman sleeper and a prepared depot. New track and an extended baggage room improve facilities as the schedule shows connections with Mitchell, Sioux Falls, and Yankton trains, offering a shortest route to Chicago. Bismarck has a cricket club.
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Milwaukee Company
Sioux City
Chicago
Beardsley
Mitchell
Sioux Falls
Elk Point
Raid on Balsa cutoff drives bandits from Mexican refuge
In a dawn raid amid rain near the Balsa cutoff above Santa Maria Mexican territory, Sheriff Breto of Cameron County and Hidalgo deputy Clansuer led about fifty rancheros and deputies against thirty bandits. A clash with a Third Cavalry detachment wounded Col. Nieves Hernandez. one bandit killed, several wounded, many captured and some executed on the spot. Substantial stolen stock recovered and returned. two men Florencia Almanzar and Dolores jailed. Some criminals escaped through dense brush.
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Texas
Balsa
Santa Maria
Breto
Clansuer
Hidalgo
Nieves Hernandez
Col. Hernandez
Florencia Almanzar
Dolores
Double Murder on Arkansas Shore Near Fulton
On a Arkansas river bank opposite Fulton Tennessee a planter reports a double murder by Sam Hays a black man who mistook his targets. He killed John Strickland instantly and mortally wounded his wife before fleeing downriver and being captured.
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MeEmMpPius
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Fulton
Tennessee
Sam Hays
John Strickland
Strickland
Hays
Man Shoots Man Over Elopement Pasture Incident
At Anatone in Asotin county Charles Mayers fatally shot Elmer Stimson after Stimson eloped with Mayers's wife. Mayers, who confronted Stimson near his farm, fired a shot that struck Stimson in the chest. Stimson died the next day. Mayers surrendered to the sheriff.
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Walla Walla
W.'l
Anatone
Asotin County
Charles Mayers
Elmer Stimson
Stimson
Mayers
Plague Hit Key West and Other Global Turmoil
Thirteen yellow fever cases reported in Key West with six deaths. A farm dispute near St. Louis ends in Henry Gaulot’s death. Chihuahua cathedral panic leaves five dead and sixty injured. Austin offers ten thousand dollars and eighty acres to aid indigent printers. Chicago bricklayers total 3600 with 2100 unemployed. Yale’s Sumner joins naval academy board of visitors. Toledo cadets challenge Lomax rifles for five thousand a side. Lomax declines. Memorial hall Harvard to host a Longfellow memorial window valued at ten thousand. Florida senator-elect Pasco the only ex Confederate private in U S Senate. Baron Seilliere confined in lunatic asylum after returning from America with wealth tales. Spanish mails thefts traced to Barcelona post office. officials arrested. Thess river dykes break submerging fifty miles of Alfold near Szegedin. damage estimated at five dollars. U S railroad mileage set record for January to June with 3351 miles, mostly in the west. Northwest farmer Roderick McLean found with head injuries on Round Lake reserve, likely attacked by natives. Warsaw lawyer Van Luton shot dead after dispute with Davidson.
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Lomax
George W. Childs
Memorial Hall
Harvard
Longfellow
Pasco
Florida
United States
Senate
Baron Seilliere
France
America
Goulds
Mackays
Barcelona
Thess River
Hungary
Alfold Plain
Szegedin
Roderick McLean
Round Lake Indian Reserve
Northwest Territory
van Luton
Warsaw
Benton County
Davidson
Week's Doings Chronicle Wide Headlines
A condensed column notes storms in Kansas. Chicago bricklayers depart. Senator Sherman to speak in Chicago. Gen Logan's tomb draws crowds. Indian lands allotment proceeds. stove molders strike in Pittsburgh. Gov Till vetoes Vedder bill. Various accidents, arrests, and international notes follow with local and national updates.
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Shepherd
Oss
Charleis
Nice
Frank Ross
Peter Irish
Fargo
Harry Cortisse
The
Dramatic News
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Walter Kempster
Oshkosh
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William Kissane
Rogers
Behring Sea
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Retriever
Godiva
England
James Fargo
Grand Forks
Dakota
North Chicago
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