Extortion in Chicago sparks defiant denouncement from Argus-Leader
The Argus-Leader rails against Chicago extortion claims as sensational and biased. It urges readers to verify prices, cites affordable meals and famed stores, and defends Chicago’s honesty while criticizing local press hysteria. It also cites Ignatius Donnelly’s critique of Doc Fish and a libel challenge framing a public reform clash.
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Argus-Leader
Chicago
Windy City
A.S
Saratoga
Kinsley’s
Palmer House
Marshall Field’s
U.S
Bunco
Clark Street
John
Doc” Fish
Johnnie Pease
Ignatius Donnelly
Jail Proceeding For Sheriff Staedt After Forfeited Bonds
In St Louis Judge Edmunds commits Sheriff Patrick Staedt to 10 days in jail for failure to pay court forfeited bonds tied to prisoners arrested by police. Execution stayed as attorney seeks habeas corpus writ. May 24 report notes related liquidation of Navon Bank of Deposit with depositor assurances.
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St. Louis
Edmunds
Patrick Staedt
Staedt
Louisville Tornado Wrecks Homes and Roundhouse
Louisville Kentucky May 24 a tornado struck at 4 am wrecking many buildings and roofs while chimneys collapsed and several lives were at risk. The Louisville and Nashville Roundhouse was demolished with engines buried under debris. Dozens of residences and stores suffered damage across Clay Hancock Campbell and East Green streets. No deaths reported though injuries included bruises and broken limbs.
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Louuisville
Roundhouse
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Dr. Sower
Clay Street
William Johnson
Jacob Krizier
Hancock Street
Campbell Street
W. A. Crosby
East Green Street
E. G. Foster
Fifth
Chestnut Streets
Frick
Cudahy
Smith and Broadway
Louisville
Suicide linked to bank failure in Chicago losses
Laidley and mis wie, having failed money dealings with the Columbia bank in Chicago, died by their own hands with morphine. They left considerable property. Sanger won the King's Prize in Brussels, in the opening day of the international bicycle tournament on Monday.
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Laidley
Mis Wie
Agen
Columbia Bank
Chicago
Sanger
Brussels
Monésy
Report on Sabbath Observance from Presbyterian Assembly
Washington May 23 Rev Thomas Bracken of Kansas led devotional at the Presbyterian general assembly opening. The Sabbath Observance committee noted Colonel Elliott Shepard’s death and urged Sunday closing while lamenting scant secular press aid. Briggs case references were debated before the judiciary committee.
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Washington
Thomas Bracken
Kansas
Presbyterian General Assembly
Craig
Young
General Assembly
Committee
Elliott E. Shepard
W. R. Worrall
New York Presbytery
Shepard
Congress
Friends of the Sabbath
Europe
Friends of Sunday
Briggs
New York
Judiciary Committee
Baptists In Session In Denver For Annual Convention
The annual Baptist meeting in Denver gathered at the First Baptist church with under 100 delegates present for welcomes by Rev Kerr B Tupper. Sessions spanned nearly a week as reports and enrollment were handled alongside committees and officer symposiums. The gathering featured three major organizations including Women’s Baptist Home Mission American Baptist Publication Society and American Baptist Mission Union.
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Denver
Baptists of the
United States
First Baptist Church
Women's Baptist Home Mission
American Baptist’s Publication Society
American Baptist Mission Union
Kerr B. Tupper
Bogus Order Triggers Telegraphers Walkout and Wreck
Cuicano May 24 A phony dispatch led telegraphers on the Chicago and Northwestern to strike at 4 am causing a 20 car freight wreck near North Evanston. The outage halted the Milwaukee division as cars piled and signals failed. Ramsay later denounced the bogus order and urged workers to return to duty. Officials say the wreck was not caused by the strike and Ramsay reports the trouble settled after talks with management.
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Cuicano
Chicago and Northwestern
Milwaukee
Evanston
Chicago
Ramsey
Order of Telegraphers
Ramsay
South Evanston
Rain Say
Whiteman
Chicago and Northwestern Road
Accused Kenyon Struck in Capitol Street Encounter
St Paul May 24 John H Burke filed a complaint against Public Examiner Kenyon alleging malfeasance. The two men met outside the capitol where Burke says Kenyon struck him in the jaw. No arrests reported.
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John H. Burke
State Bank
St. Paul
Kenyon
Burke
Capitol
Strange Deaths in Fairmont Couple Found Dead
In Fairmont Minnesota on May 24 a Nashville wife died suddenly in apparent health. Coroner Rice found no inquest warrant due to lack of suspicious signs. The husband Harvey Lester was found dead next morning after a hearty supper. The house held a married son and an unmarried daughter. no foul play suspected.
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Fairmont
Minn
Harvey Lester
Nashville
Rice
All to Be Remembered Memorial Day Graves in South
Milwaukee May 24 A GA R movement led by Commander in Chief Weissert will decorate every Union soldier grave in the South this Memorial Day with flags and flowers. Northern posts raised a fund to cover potted plants and other tributes, ensuring no grave in Southern cemeteries goes overlooked. Weissert will travel to the South Wednesday to oversee the efforts.
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Milwaukee
Weissert
South
Clue Grows on Clearwater Murder Case Near St Croup
In St. Croup Minnesota on May 24 authorities chase a suspect in the murder of Alice Leonard Hayes near Clearwater. A farm hand vanished after the crime and wages unpaid. Sheriff travels to the Hayes farm area as investigators press forward. In Topeka Kansas on May 24 Governor Lewelling and state officers served as pallbearers for the janitor Cook’s wife, linking official attendance to the capital building funeral.
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St. Croup
Minn
Alice Leonard Hayes
Clearwater
Peter Vallaly
Sanborn
Hayes
Alice
Wallaly
Topeka
Kan
Lewelling
Cook
Capitol
Demolitions and Disappearances Reported in May Storms
Dexter Minnesota reports the Hearstead home wrecked by a storm with the family injured, a Pleasant Valley barn struck by lightning burning stock, and many windmills toppled. In Minneapolis a disappearance alarms Miss Gusta Reyerson. Creston bank suspends as cashier flees with depositor losses, while Mexico City detains a counterfeiter gang and seizes counterfeit coin and equipment.
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Dexter
Minn
O. A. Hearstead
Here
Leech Lake Man Dies in Wagon Wheel Accident
Park Rapids Minnesota May 24 Archie Burnie of Leech Lake was fatally injured when a loaded wagon wheel rolled over his head after he fell from the wagon He was reportedly intoxicated at the time of the accident.
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Park Rapids
Minn
Archie Burnie
Leech Lake
Briggs Case Drama Dominates General Assembly Action
Washington May 24 The judiciary committee urged the assembly to hear the Briggs case. The panel said the prosecution appeal from New York presbytery was regular in form and the record correct. The committee split on disposition with a 4 to 1 majority favoring entertaining the appeal while sending the matter to the New York synod for hearing.
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Washington
Judiciary Committee of the
General Assembly
Assembly
Briggs
New York Presbytery
New York Synod
World press congress opens with women leaders in Chicago
The first formal session of the world's press congress is led by representative newspaper women from around the globe. Antoinette Wakeman, Mary Krout, and Helen Winslow speak on the educational value of newspaper work and the press as a factor in modern civilization. An evening program features A K McClure, William Smith, Murat Halstead, and Elizabeth Wetmore.
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Chicago
ChHicano
Washington Hall
Clinton Locke
Antoinette W. H. Wakeman
Chicago Post
Mary H. Krout
The
Inter Ocean
Press Congress
Helen M. Winslow
Boston
Pauline Givens Swalm
Iowa
Jackson Park
Hall of Columbus
A. K. McClure
Philadelphia
William Henry Smith
Murat Halstead
Elizabeth Bisland Wetmore
New York
Disastrous Fire Destroys Belding Buildings and Claims Lives
A havoc filled blaze in Belding Michigan started at 1:30 a m and razed twenty three buildings along Main street. Edward Young and Allen Armstrong died helping save property. Loss pegged at 150000. Separately railway mail service changes extend St Paul to Miles City route adding 400 miles to total 744 miles.
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Belding
Mich
Main Street
Lansing Fire Department
Edward Young
Allen Armstrong
Washington
Railway Mail Service
St. Paul and Helena
Jamestown
N. D
Miles City
Mon
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Reform
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New See
Navon Bank of Deposit
Ohio
Cleveland
Dean
Superior
Erie
Defiance
Toledo
Wisconsin
Doppeeville
Wis
Moscow
Pecatonica River
Sioux City
Ontario
Tuscyaunra
Ont
George Boyce
Union City
Ind
Henry B
Presbyterians
Baptists IN Session
Rome
Senate
Humbert
Chamber of Deputies
Osage
Mitchell
J. Bartle
Winipeg
Winnipeg
Buckle Company
Albany
Joseph P. Cleary
State Department
Noah L. Farnum Post
New York City
St. Helaire
Worwp
Fair Grounds
L. P. Hunt
C. McC. Reeve
Minnesota
Novaerns
Minneapolit
Gusta M. Reyerson
Tenth Street North
Yellow Medicine County
Creston
Exchange Bank At
Tingley
Robert Bennett
City of
Mexico
DR. Briggs’ Case
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