Packers Organized Form Missouri River Packers Association
Omaha report: Western packing houses meet at the Omaha Union Stock Yards to form the Missouri River Packers association for mutual protection. John Knox presided, A Epperson named secretary, executive committee includes Knox Sioux City and Wathandingham Kansas City. Freight rates from Missouri River points discussed as a key issue. Also notes on Mississippi Valley Lumber men and other regional items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Packing Houses
Omaha
Missouri River
Western Packers
W. O. Babcock
Omaha Union Stock Yards
John
Knox
Cudahy Company
Epperson
Kansas City
John Knox
Omuliz
J. V. Mulhoney
Sioux City
A. J. Wathandingham
Missouri River Packers’ Association
Great Winter Storm Harms Cattle Across Route to Texas
Thousands froze to death in New Mexico and Northern Texas. An estimated 29,000 cattle perished along the Denver Texas and Gulf line between Trinidad, Colo. and Fort Worth, with more losses north and east of Trinidad. The storm, however, proved a salvation for northern Texas wheat, which looks finer than in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Texas
Denver, Texas and Gulf Road
Trinidad
Colo
Forth Worth
Nothern
Pretty Miss Davis Elopes with Father's Hired Man
Ware Massachusetts reports a sensational elopement as Miss Belle Davis, 24, daughter of farmer B F Davis and niece of Congressman George K R Davis, marries Frank L Booth, her father's hired man from Northampton. They moved to Chicago to begin life together. Director General Davis comments philosophically that they will manage themselves and she is as lovely as ever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Davis
Belle Davis
B. F. Davis
George KR. Davis
Ware
Mass
Frank.l. Booth
Northhampton
Booth
B. EF. Davis
Chicago
Davis
Jamestown Man Perishes Protecting Family in Northern Storm
Frank Braithwaite, 30, started home with wife and three children in a two sleigh when a blizzard struck near Jamestown North Dakota. He freed the horses and shielded his family with buffalo robes and fur before freezing to death. The wife and children survived beneath the sleigh until found after the storm eased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
N. D
Frank Braithwike
Braithwaite
Age No Bar Elopers Laugh At Disroy In Years
In Columbus Ohio last September an 18 year old man named John Hahn brought a 50 year old woman home and they lived as a married couple with no suspicion. Recently a young woman from Spindes arrives, claims the man as Koster a farm hand, says he eloped with her mother and deserted her husband and four other children. She declines to name herself, but says her father is a farmer near Spades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elopers
John Hahn
Columbus
Ohio
Spindes
Koster
Spades
Death bed confession reveals two men killed for twenty cents
In Hancock County Bud Collins gives a death bed confession naming Sterling Collins as his partner in a murder. The pair reportedly obtained only 20 cents from the crime. Sterling Collins died years ago when struck by lightning near the hill where the murder occurred. A doctor who vanished years earlier is suspected to be the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Bud Collins
Hancock County
Sterling Collins
Too Much Cotton The World Unable to Use All the Cotton
The March report of the Department of Agriculture shows world cotton production exceeded consumption by over 1.5 million bales in 1890 and visible stock rose by 1.1 million bales in 1891. Midland upland prices in Liverpool slid from 61 26 pence in January 1900 to 59 pence in January 1892. A large acreage reduction is the suggested remedy. Lindsay Porter, a wealthy Plainview Minnesota farmer, wed Miss Ev Daniels of Oneida County New York, aged significantly younger. he is 70. The couple married by arrangement with Rev. L. L. West after she arrived from New York. A Pittsburgh case reports Michael Cloonan beating his wife to death with a chair and expressing willingness to hang for it. one son vows to kill his father. Embezzlement charges are filed in Deming, New Mexico against C. H. Dane, former bank president, and cashiers I. A. Seibold and Mec. Chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Midland
Liverpool
Tod
Lindsay Porter
Plainview
Minn
Evi Daniels
Oneida County
New York
Porter
Rev. L. L. West
St. Pittsburg
Michael Cloonan
Cloonan
Missouri Judges Jailed for Contempt in Bond Payment Case
In Kansas City Judge Phillips of the United States Circuit Court jailed Cass County Missouri judges Ray Blaine and George until arrangements are made to pay bonds voted twenty years ago for a road project by Cass and St Clair counties. Each judge faced a £500 fine after repeated refusals to issue a special tax levy for the debt. the road bonds, though never used to build the road, passed to innocent buyers who have pursued judgments without success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Uwigher
Kansas City
Phillips
United States Circuit Court
Ray
Blaine
George
Cass County
Misouri
Cass
St. Clair
Paris bank collapse ends in directors’ deaths and arrests
Banque Chem de Ver et Industrie suspended operations after a director killed himself and two others fled. one was arrested. Bank speculated in French, Spanish, and Russian securities with 24 million francs liabilities and 5 million assets. Failure did not affect the bourse. Authorities planned fraud prosecutions for suspected misappropriation of funds from the 1891 French national loan, totaling over 2 billion francs subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Banque Chem de Ver Et Industrie
Negroes Starving Report From Oklahoma Anti-Immigration Bureau
Memphis special reports Secretary P. Mitchell of the Oklahoma Anti Immigration Bureau returns from Langston City with claims that wintering black migrants face hunger and privation. Dugouts provide no weather protection as immigration agents encourage departure. Bureau plans meetings in Helena, Arkansas, on March 25 to curb the exodus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
P. Mitchell
Oklahoma Anti-Immigration Bureau
Langston City
Helena
Ark
Spreckels Seen Near Sugar Trust Deal In Philadelphia
Reports say 18 Spreckels joined the Sugar Trust talks with Secretary Scarles in Philadelphia. Warrison Frazier & Co. and E. C. Knight Co. discussed American Refining Co. terms for Harrison refinery at 10 million dollars and Knight's refinery at about 1.5 million. Evidence suggests Spreckels nears surrender though he does not confirm joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarles
Sugar Trust
Philadelphia
Warrison, Frazier & Co
E. C. Knight Company
American Refining Company
Harrison
Spreckles
Knight
Allerton Stallion Declines Grand Rapids Race Entry
Allerton, an expensive stallion owned by C. W. Williams of Independence Iowa, will not enter the 20,000 pound Grand Rapids August meeting race. Williams fears crowds against him if Allerton races Axtell, preferring to await a solo match to avoid shared favor toward Axtell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
C. W. Williams
Independence
Iowa
Allerton
Axtell
Scottish bill creates a Scottish legislative body
Liberal and many English members back a bill in Parliament to establish a Scottish legislative body to enact laws for Scotland except imperial matters. The executive is vested in the Queen, run by the Secretary for Scotland and a provided council. The judiciary remains but could be altered or the judges removed by the Legislature with royal assent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Cleveland Denies Candidacy in 1892 Letter
A Grover Cleveland letter addressed to General Edward S. Bragg from Fond du Lac Wisconsin dated March 9 1892 is interpreted as a formal statement that he is not seeking the Democratic nomination. Written from Lakewood New Jersey on March 4 the missive explains he cannot pursue a self serving campaign and urges voters to freely nominate their choice while supporting Democratic principles and party organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Cleveland
E. $. Bragg
Old Iron Brigade
Fond du Lac
Wis
Cleveland
Lakewood
Edward S. Bragg
Anu
United States
Guove
Senator Morrill Critically Ill With Pneumonia
Washington report says Senator Justin Morrill of Vermont is critically ill at his residence on Thomas Circle with pneumonia. Doctors note little immediate danger of death but scant hope of recovery. He will be 82 on April 10 and has often been away due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justin
Morrill
Vermont
Thomas Circle
Congress
Morrite
Capitol
Bussy
Lynchers murder a guard in Forsythe Missouri
A mob of seventy armed men seized John Bright from Forsythe jail after he killed a wife in Laney County. Deputy James Williams was shot while preventing removal. Bright was hanged near Forsythe as deputies pursued mob participants. Ozark sends a posse to pursue identified perpetrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laney County
Missouri
Forsythe
John Bright
James Williams
Williams
Bright
Taney County
Ozark
Cook
Street Car Collisions Rise in Chicago and Across the Nation
The Buffalo Commercial notes rising street car crashes with railroad trains in Chicago and Des Moines Leader cites a lonesome day as a street car is struck on a grade crossing. The Kansas City Journal urges the grade crossing must go to prevent further deaths and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Buffalo
Des Moines
Kansas City Journal
Hill Tour Across the South Draws Large Crowds
New York politician Senator Hill tours Mississippi Alabama and Georgia garnering crowds from Roanoke Virginia to Birmingham. Delegations meet trains in Jackson and Meridian while Gov Stone and local officials welcome him. He speaks to thousands in each city, including a joint Mississippi legislature session and stops in Birmingham and Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ssippi
Senator Hill
Meridian
R. H. Henry
State Ledger
Stephens
Harrison
Representatives Street
Vardavian
Jackson
Gov. Stone
Col. Hewitt
Hill Club of Birmingham
Birmingham
Atlanta
Dr Scudder Case Rivals Suspects in Chicago Murder
Chicago special coverage outlines Dr. Scudder accused in a sensational murder tied to a forged will. The ex-pastor’s son in law allegedly tried to poison Mr. Dunton then killed Mrs. Dunton to gain control of a $125,000 estate. Witnesses include Hannah Johnson and Mrs. Dunton’s servants. Scudder faces murder indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Svonin
Chicago
Scudder-Dunton
Cronin
Scudder
Spirit of the Turf
Dunton
Mrs. Dunton
Aldine Square
Aldine Square and Beat Mrs. Dunton
Mr. Dunton
Hannah Johnson
Unites i Artistic
Gy 2
Bequest From Basle Doctor Funds Soul Research
A $200000 bequest from Dr Ignaz Hoppe of the University of Basle, Switzerland finances soul nature studies. Interest will pay salaries for scholars who live in a house and study quietly, devoting time to reflection. The Madagascar note references a two day work period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ignaz Hoppe
University of Basle
Switzerland
Congress Debates Bills and Appropriations in Busy Session
Actions in the Senate and House include bills for Indian rights in Oklahoma, post office facilities, currency reforms, and a military academy appropriation. The urgent deficiency bill passes, river navigation and flood control measures are advanced, and adjournment follows after executive business and memorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Berg
Morgain
Tee
House
ITV Nakhiz
Gil Blufts
Iowa
Peifer
I Gill
Allison
Des Moines
Parist
Mississipppi River
Hiss
Plumb
Kansas
United States
Wisconsin
Enloe
Secretary of the Treasury
Missing Links and Oddities From a Restless Era
A compilation of curiosities and notes: remarks on Daniel Dougherty and a Chicago wigwam, a New Orleans Confederate reunion planned for April, trends in novel sales, rhinoceros horn structure, the American three masted schooner Wyer G. Sargent abandoned in 1891 and sighted near Cape Verde, a new house-numbering scheme in Contra Costa County, a report on ancient shipbuilding by Archimedes for Hiero, and lavish ancient vessels with mosaics, baths, and a primas of arching galleries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Dougherty
Chicago
Daniel
M. Bouchon Brandeley
Wyer G. Sargent
Matteras
W. J. Radcliff
Cape Verde Islands
Contra Coxra County
California
Westmaster General
B. C
New Zealand
Vancouver Island
Ptolemy Philopater
Venus
Bacchus
Fragmentary note hints at morning transit issue
A damaged OCR fragment references a morning transit event or notice with unclear wording about a person and color cues, indicating a disrupted report on travel or delivery. The legible bits mention a morning time and a red item, but crucial names and details are missing.
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Packers
THE
Minneapolis
Mississippi Valley Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Nelson
IF. Weyerhausa
Nock Island, Ill
W. J. Young
Clinton, Jowi
Burmah
Calcutta
Senair
Salibur
Corbett
Mitchell
Charley Mitchell
James Corbett
Charley
Sarah Althea
Stockton
Cal
Sarah Althea ‘Lerry
Asylum
Atunt
Roberts
Cambridge
Boston
Anderson Bros
Hayes Agnew
St. Louis
Liebde Firebrick Company
Guenos Ayres
Slo Janeiro
Alliance
St. Paul
Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Calderon Carlisle
Sayward
United States Supreme Court
White Plains
N. J
Dykman
Edward M. Field
Field, Lindey & Weichers
Robert Editz
Indianna
Indiana
Libau
Salvador
Salvador Cable
Wyoming
Colorado
Deming
N. M
C. H. Dane
Silver City and
Deming National Banks
I. A. Seibold
Mec. Chase
Silver City
Carrie
Lax
Western Dairy
Mmoux
Umor
sSugar Trust
Miss Currie Sankey
Samuel Sankey
San Francisco
Miss Sankey
Mr. Sankey
Lycoming County
Pennsylvania
East Jordan
Mich
East Jordan Lumber Company
James Carter
John Ringle
Glearson
Dispatches
Mr. Cleveland
Leveland
Morrill Criticall
David Down
Dinne
DR. Scudder
Madagascar
Nat Edings
Ance
Ort
Au Thi
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