Big Game Preserve Proposed in American West
English investors back a plan for a private hunting park west of the Missouri to stock buffalo, bears, deer, antelope and elk. The idea, sparked by Col. Cody in England, aims to satisfy British sportmen as western hunting declines, with Colorado and California among proposed sites and the Prince of Wales contesting involvement.
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Colorado
England
Missouri River
Elorado
Prince of Wales
Duke of
Shooting in San Francisco Chinatown
A Highbinder named Li Ling fatally shoots Sloey Wing, a Christian Mongolian, in Washington Street near Stock ton. Wing had earlier rescued a young Chinese girl from a brothel. the Chinatown shooting follows threats from the Wing-sympathizer group the Wighbinder Society. The crime occurs close to the new police station in Chinatown.
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Hyun
San Francisco
Chinatown
Sloey Wing
Washington Street
Stockton
Li Ling
Wing
Wighbinder Society
Lung
Ilee
Chisnatown
Rooster vs Bull in Barnyard Clash Ends in Draw
Farmer J. McDermott’s game cock and an Alderney bull vie for barnyard control. The bull was defeated when the cock blinded one eye, and earlier the bird slew geese turkeys and roosters. The fight concluded as a draw after ten rounds in Minneapolis coverage of the Kemmie Wilkes bout.
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HW. J. McDermott
Minneapolis
Kemmie- Wilkes
Blaine Campaign Hopes Center on Mrs. Blaine Abroad Return
Reports from two local papers say Mrs. James G. Blaine will play a key role in the campaign if her husband is nominated in Minneapolis. She currently travels abroad and plans to sail home in June to support her father-in-law. Col. Richard Nevins was asked about publishing love letters, and he answered, Certainly. In Hong Kong dispatches, Shen leads four warships toward the Tagean Shan rebels and cooperates with land forces. Seventy rebels are captured and may be executed locally.
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Blaine
New York
James G. Blaine
Minneapolis
Jines
Richard Nevins
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Admiral Shen
Washington
Department OF State
Washington, D. C
Secretary of State of the
United States
Department of the State
Executive Mansion
Secretary of State
The
Benjamin Hairison
Lower Stttle
Rosebud
Chicago
Wessetl
Sioux Falls
Wessel
Mrs. White
Five Ton Drop Kills Foreman at Waterworks
A five ton casting broke through supports at a Cincinnati waterworks pumping house, plunging twenty five feet and killing foreman Thomas Diver with four others seriously injured.
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Cincinnati
Thomas Diver
Wreck on Vermont Canal Railroad Hurts Dozens
A serious accident on the Delaware and Hudson Canal Railroad near Waydeville Vermont leaves Conductor Wood fatally injured and about twenty others injured.
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Vermont
Rutland
Delaware & Hudson Canal
Waydeville
Wood
Bohemian Mine Disaster Toll Surpasses One Hundred
Reporters describe grim aftermath at the Prague mine where over 100 bodies were recovered and no survivors found. Faces of victims bore signs of a frantic struggle as rescuers faced heartrending scenes at the pit mouth. One woman is among those identified in the tragedy.
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Bohemian
Prague
Miners Rescued Amid Smoke as Dynomite Exposed
Rescuers rushed to free trapped miners after a bell sound drew them to an adjoining pit where several workers were imprisoned. They faced deadly smoke and heavy threats to life as they pursued the dangerous scene. Officials claim 120 pounds of dynamite were stored in the mine though managers deny it reachable by fire.
Motor Train Smashes on Omiahi Bridge Two Die
An interurban electric line crash on the Omahu bridge over the Missouri River killed Mr and Mrs Charles Cole and injured seven others. The train, running at high speed, struck a couch on the track causing fatal head injuries to the couple and wounding several passengers. Motorman Hoyt and Conductor Smith were arrested.
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Omiahi
Grodaha
Omuha
Council Lutts
Omahau
Missouri River
Charles Cole
O'Gorman
Lewis Terhill
Hoyt
Smith
Omaha
Wyoming
Hostilities Likely Among Ranchers and Mexicans in Wyoming
At Bellet That Hostilities Will Be Re cu svun a rustler conflict looms as seventeen men from Texas camp near Fort Fetterman eight miles away It is claimed they plan to drive cattle owned by Union Beef Company toward Montana Officials warn of armed bands and martial law rumors persist with warnings sent across Converse Nu trona and Johnson Counties Four killed and twenty five injured in a deadly collision near South Carrollton as trains collide due to a timetable mix up.
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Nutrona
Texas
Fort Fetterman
Johnson County
George W. Baxter
Union Beef Company
Montana
Campi
United States Marshal’ Commission
Converse
Nuatrona
Johson
Louisville Sp
South Carrollton
Nashville & Owensboro
Missouri
Charles Mix County
Sioux City
Castalia Landing
Miles Burke
Roland
Reeves & Co
Talbot
Rapid City
Charles M. Ankeny
Wm. Franklin
John Freed
Keystone
St. Paul
Homestake
Wrecked Trains and Floods Hit Several Regions
A cyclone wrecked the mail train from Agram to Brodwearth Nowsko causing cars to derail and injure twenty people, three critically. Nearby Now sko suffered uprooted trees, killed cattle, and ruined barns. A Michigan cloudburst flooded Detroit, with three feet of water in the Grand Trunk Tunnel and 600 feet of track washed away.
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Vienna
Agram
Brodwearth Nowska Station
Nowsko
Michigan
Destructive flood and fire devastate Titusville and Oil City
In Titusville and Oil City a catastrophic flood and ensuing fire caused massive loss of life and property. About 100 dead or burned, up to 800 homes destroyed, 250 to 800 houses gone, 3000 plus left homeless. Total damages estimated near 21 million dollars. Rescue efforts and body recoveries continue as heat worsens conditions. Local railroads, factories, refineries and streets were obliterated, with high casualties on Mechanic Street. Authorities report fifty five bodies recovered and many victims unaccounted for.
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Titusville
Jyoney
Mechanic Street
Rice
Spartansburg
Oil City
Oil Creek
Calcutta Fire and Plague Trample District of Seymagur
Dispatches report a cholera epidemic in Seymagur with 1600 deaths in a week and thousands homeless. Fires, looting, and arson devastate villages as burials lag and sanitation collapses, Sringagar nearly erased by flames with 60,000 displaced. In Harper Kansas a cyclone ruins wheat, 15,000 acres lost, town appeals for aid, $200,000 claimed in losses.
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India
Calcutta Special
Seymagur
Sringagar
Wheart
Harper
Kan
Lynch Law and Early 1900s Crime Reports From Port Jervis
Port Jervis details describe a mob lynching of Bob Jackson after he assaulted Lena McMahon by a revolver. It notes Jackson’s confession and a white ally William Yeley implicated, leading to a mob execution. Also reports Harrison family health concerns and a Toronto railway injury suit, plus Wyoming rustlers and a rattlesnake death in Oklahoma.
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New York
Port Jarvis
N. Y
Lena MceMahon
John McMahon
Bob Jackson
Jackson
Theillage
William Yeley
South Dakota lands sale urged after county inquiry
Governor Mellette writes Minnehaha County Superintendent AH Whipple urging reauction of northwest quarter section 16 township 101 range 47 Valley Springs after alleged fraud in the sale. He praises county superintendents, notes bids near 14 to 15 per acre, and suggests readvertising with costs covered beyond appraised value if the school fund’s interests demand it.
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Gov
Mellette
AH. J. Whipple
Minnehaha County
Section 16
Township 101
Range 47
Valley Springs
South Dakota
Seven Day Wind Register Invention From Yankton
Grenagh W. Scott of the Weather Bureau in Yankton develops an improved seven day wind register avoiding daily attention. Washington officials endorse and plan production for high altitude stations. The article also notes a steamboat cargo on the Missouri and May 1892 Yankton weather figures.
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Grenagh W. Scott
Weather Bureau
Yankton
Scott
Marvin
Central Office
Washington, D. C
Washington
Tur
Yankton Station
Counties guarantee fund shares ready when called
Counties report their guaranteed fund portions will be ready when needed. Brown Minnehaha Hughes Davison Brookings Kingsbury Union Turner Sanborn Clay Houghton Marshall and surrounding counties have portions under way. The Star Press Association backs about $1000, with total about $22 000 ready for distribution.
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Brown
Minnehaha
Hughes
Davison
Brookings
Kingsbury
Union
Turner
Sanborn
Clay
Hon Homme
Marshall
Jack Hills
Star Press Association
Tuth
Lon Homme
Coddington
Grant
Deadwood Central wreck kills Scott and injures Wim Thomas
A disastrous wreck on the Deadwood Central Railway two miles from Deadwood killed James Scott and seriously injured Wim Thomas. The single coach, filled with passengers, slid down an 8 percent grade at 75 mph after a fresh track caused brakes and sand to fail. Engineer Vim Mahan survived, found alive in the cab, but injured.
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Deadswood Central
Deadwood Central Railway
Deadwood
James Scott
Wim Thomas
Vim Mahan
May 1898 US circulation rises for Treasury report totals
The Treasury Department posts a May 1898 circulation increase of 6,437,985 with a June 1 total of 1,020,010,229. Net shifts show declines in United States notes and bank notes offset by gains in Treasury silver notes and gold certificates, detailing money stock by type.
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Treasury Department
United States
Treasury
Tre
National Bank
Wealth Of The West Census Valuation Of States
The Census Office bulletin shows total and per capita property valuation for 1890 and 1880 by division, including Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Kansas and Missouri. It notes Illinois assessed value was halved by 1880 board, thus fourfold adjustment for true increase.
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North Central
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
Bulletin
Board of Equalization
Ilinois
United States
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St. George
Hamilton
Grand Trunk Company
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Wyo
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Oklahoma
A. B. McFarliand
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Board of Charities and Corrections
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T. D. Kanouse
Kanouse
I. R. Spooner
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Glendale
Cal
Tlunt
Foote
Iu Creek
Chicago & Northwestern
Huron
Beadle County
L. G. Oschenrelter
Oliver Gibbs
Wim
Taylor
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