Union Pacific Sold in Omaha for 57 Million to Reorganization Committee
In Omaha Monday the Union Pacific railroad and assets were sold to the reorganization committee for 53.5 million plus 4.0 million sinking fund, totaling 57.56 million. Fitzgerald and Krech purchased bonds at 13.65 million after submitting the winning bid, with no other bidders. Master in Chancery Cornish oversaw the sale before about 600 spectators. The receivers will manage the line temporarily with S H Clark likely to assume leadership once arrangements are complete. A second sale under foreclosure is planned for Tuesday addressing construction bonds.
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Great Railroad
Union Pacific Road
Omaha
Neb
Reorganization Committee
Cornish
Trumbull
Union Pacific
Denver
Gulf Road
Fitzgerald
Himself
A. W. Kreeh
Krech
S. H. Clark
Blanco arrives in Cuba with dual proclamations sworn oath
The new Spanish captain general Blanco arrives in Havana and takes an oath of fidelity to Spain. He issues two proclamations promising a broad policy to restore peace, preserve order, and grant clemency to law abiding inhabitants while fighting those who continue the war. The armed forces are praised for two years of campaign and urged to crush the rebellion with harsh measures, ending the war that dishonors Spain. No autonomy is mentioned in the proclamations.
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Havana
Blanco
Cuba
Spain
Public Health Move Aims Free Oxytuberculin for Consumption
San Francisco reports supporters plan free distribution of Dr Hirschfelder s oxytuberculin for consumption via city health departments and public hospitals. Hirschfelder sanctions the move and reserves no proprietary rights. Brig Gen Wade urges abandoning Fort Custer and Fort Assiniboine. Gen Miles seeks court martial for Capt Lovering over alleged maltreatment at Fort Sheridan.
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San Francisco
Hirschfelder
Austria Crisis In Reichsrat Prompt Resignation Report
Emperor Francis Joseph returned from Budapest and granted an audience to Count Badeni as crisis in the reichsrath deepens. Reports say Badeni tendered his resignation amid the political turmoil. Body recovered of John Foyle, wreck victim, pulled from Hudson mud at Garrisons using grappling iron after locomotive plunge.
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Austria
Francis Joseph of
Budapest
Count Badeni
Reichsrath
John Foyle
Paughkeps N. Y
Burclay
Hudson ‘Et
Wreck Near Hinsdale Montana Kills Two in Freight Collision
A double header freight and a stock train collided three miles east of Hinsdale on the Great Northern. Two men were killed Harry Neal of Glasgow and John Garton of Beatrice Neb. Injured include John Hayfield John Owens and Alphonse Landonette. Fire destroyed twenty cars. Cause of the crash is undetermined.
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Hinsdale
Mont
Great Northern
Harry Neal
Glasgow
John Garton
Beatrice
Neb
John Hayfield
John Owens
Alphonse Landonette
Neal
Ngine
Mail Clerk Arrested in $14,000 Postage Theft
Postoffice inspectors in Cheyenne Wyoming arrested Walter Houghton a Cheyenne postal clerk traveling to Ogden on a charge of stealing a registered package valued at $14 000 that went missing about a month ago. A telegram says Houghton confessed. The package was mailed by a Chicago bank to a Sacramento California correspondent around September 26.
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Walter Houghton
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ogden
Houghton
Chicago
Sacramento
Cal
Hez Rasco Convicted of First Degree Murder
In Maryville Missouri the jury found Hez Rasco guilty of murder in the first degree for the killing of Mrs Kate Bawmle near Akroe a year ago. Rasco was sixteen at arrest and his youth weighed in his favor during the nearly five hour deliberation.
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Sissouri
Hez Rasco
Maryville
Rasco
Kate Bawmle
Akroe
Expedition to search for Andree balloon near Prince Charles promontory
Dr Otto Nordenskjold will lead a jointly funded Norwegian and Swedish expedition to investigate latest reports of Prof Andrees balloon. The men will fit out a voyage at once to seek any trace of the balloon near Prince Charles promontory.
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Otto Nordenskjold
Norway
Sweden
Prof
Andree
Prince Charles Promontory
Coal Traffic Heaviest in Years Says Alton Officials
Freight officials of the Alton road report unusually heavy coal traffic across their lines since the strike ended. West bound freight demand far exceeds available cars, with a tendency to rise steadily. Officials see promising prospects for the road and a likely quick restoration of any percentage dividend.
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Alton Road
Train wrecking attempt halted near Milan Missouri
A loaded box car was set to derail two northbound and southbound trains on the Burlington and Kansas City line at Milan on Sunday. The north switch was thrown and the car rolled onto the main line but was discovered in time to save the south bound train.
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Milan
Burlington and
Kansas City Railroad
Ottawa dry goods house closed on executions
The Leader Company of Ottawa, Iowa, had its dry goods store closed by sheriff actions totaling 48000 dollars. Judgments include National City Bank of Ottawa 8190, Ankey 18000, Howell and Paschel 2500, Florence A Russell 2000, Valley National Bank 22800. Creditors mainly based in Des Moines. Israel Bros. operated another store there.
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Ottawa
Leader Company
National City Bank of Ottawa
Ankey
Howell & Paschel
Florence A. Russell
Valley National Bank
National City Bank
Des Moines
Iowa
Israel Bros
Sixports of Specie and Trade Figures
New York disturbed trade data show last week exports of gold totaling 39 890 and silver 65 915. Imports include gold 189 829, silver 89 669, and dry goods and general merchandise 6 416 171. A Ludlow Pennsylvania dispatch reports John J Curtis tannery and bark suffered a Sunday fire destroying a large facility with losses at least 150 000.
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New York
Ludlow
John J. Curtis
Mexican Mine Disaster Claims Thirteen Lives at Grand Sentral
A massive blast at the Grand Sentral mine in Minas Priestas Mexico on the fourth level destroys sections of the shaft. Thirteen workers are killed and three others are seriously injured, likely fatally in the incident.
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Grand Sentral
Minas Priestas
Mexico
General Hernandez Arrested in Venezuelan Conspiracy
General Hernandez an unsuccessful presidential candidate and four other leaders in Venezuela were arrested on charges of conspiring against the government.
Peerless Refining Company Faces Failure in Ohio
The Peerless Refining Company of Friday Ohio shows asset and liability details as not provided. The large company has been in bad shape for two months and was assigned Saturday.
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Ohio
Peerless Refining Company
Watka Executed After Choosing Death Over Escape
The Creek Indian John Watka was legally executed for killing Jonas Deer amid a tribal feud over a woman. He refused to flee, stood kneeling with wrists bound and blindfolded as a marksman fired, ending his life after a public, lawful sentence.
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Chelsea
I. T
John Watka
Jonas Deer
Watka
Deer
Kansas City
Reds
Ile
Honored in Death Henry George Lie in State in New York
Henry George lay in state Sunday at Grand Central Palace as about 125000 to 30000 people viewed the body. Eulogies were delivered and a solemn funeral procession moved through New York and Brooklyn to Greenwood for burial after a Fort Hamilton homecoming.
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New York
Henry George
Grand Central Palace
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
Brooklyn City Hall
Fort Hamilton
Greenwood
Weyler Returns to Madrid After Cuba Stand
General Weyler goes home to Spain aboard a ship, addressing Cuban crowds to thank them for sympathy over his withdrawal. He says his duty was guided by patriotism, leaves Cuba with a serene conscience, and dismisses critics who sympathize with the rebellion.
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Madrid
Weyler
Cuba
Spain
Ile
May outlaw football proposed after Georgia player death
Georgia football player Von Gammon died from injuries after a game with Virginia in Atlanta. Legislators in session consider a bill to make football a misdemeanor in Georgia. Other items include Baltimore expected to sail to Honolulu and Hawaii guard precautions amid tensions with Japan. Chilean monetary reform requires banks to issue gold standard notes through December. Newfoundland election results favor the opposition. Sir William Whiteway trails by about 830 votes in Trinity district.
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von Gammon
University of Georgia
University of Virginia
Atlanta
Georgia
Special Finance Committee
Newfoundland
New Foundland
Trinity District
William Whiteway
Goddard Jury Fails To Reach Verdict In Jackson Case
The jury in the Dr. Jefferson I. Goddard murder case at Kansas City reported they could not agree on a verdict against him for the death of Frederick J. Jackson. A tie vote on the last ballot led to their discharge without a decision.
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Dr. Goddard
Jefferson I. Goddard
Frederick J. Jackson
Kansas City
Goddard
Forty One Years in Pulpit Reverend Taylor Dies
Rev. L. F. Taylor aged 70 died in Napa California from typhoid fever after forty one years as a minister in Towa Colorado and California.
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L. F. Taylor
Towa
Colorado
California
Napa
Cal
Bradstreet's Review Sees Little Change in Trade
Bradstreet's Weekly Review notes trade retains features from the prior week with a continued check on staple merchandise. In major eastern and central western cities seasonable goods sales meet expectations but do not rise. Chicago St. Louis Baltimore New York and Providence report reduced business in several lines due to weather and yellow fever quarantines. Mercantile collections slow and filling orders become rarer with October staple trade, apart from wool and metals, somewhat disappointing.
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Bradstreet
Chicago
St. Louis
Baltimore
New York
Providence
Encyclical on Church Music Opposes Haydn Mozart Chopin
The pope drafts an encyclical on ecclesiastical music disapproving Haydn Mozart and Chopin works. It urges restricting religious music to Gregorian chant and condemns using sopranos from opera or concert stages in divine services. The pope notes that Trent-era bans on female solo singing remain in force.
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Haydn
Mozart
Chopin
Mayda
Holy Father
Minstrel Hart in a Hospital
Daniel Hart once top minstrels paid 250 a week in Haverly's troupe lies in a St. Louis hospital at 61, famed for world travels and generous living, yet ruined by a self indulgent pace. Also: in Chicago a dynamite blast kills William Sullivan Knight and fatally injures Patrick Laurence as workers were displaced in a lake tunnel project.
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Haverly
Daniel Hart
St. Louis
William Sullivan Knight
Chicago
Patrick Laurence
Angell and Abdul Visit Turkish Sultan in Selamlik
United States minister James B. Angell attended the selamlik at the Turkish court by invitation of the Sultan and was later received in a private cordial audience with the majesty.
Market cattle hogs and grains across cities
A dense market listing shows prices for cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with grains including wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and potatoes. Values span several grades with specifics like No 2 red No 2 white and No 2 yellow across the regions.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Diphtheria Epidemic Strikes Eureka Area Killing Twenty
Reports from Eureka and vicinity describe a severe diphtheria outbreak with over twenty deaths in town and countryside. Five Russia families fled in a single day seeking safety as fear and illness spread through the community.
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Fureka
Russia
Swindles His Employes
Sioux Falls police seek arrest for J. J. Son of Grant City Missouri over $20 wages and a $10 bad check. Son left thrashing gear with mortgages and vanished after promising to pay workers.
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Sioux Falls
J. J. Son
Son
Grant City
No Clue to Robbers Steals Samples in Webster Case
No trace has been secured of the others who joined George J. Doll of Wright and Bar Eth Suilwell of St. Paul at Webster last week. They reportedly divided about $390 worth of samples.
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George J. Doll
Wright
Bareth Suilwell
St. Paul
Webster Lasteek
Sioux Falls Transit Company Faces City Assessment Question
City treasurer notes a 1071.26 assessment against Sioux Falls Rapid Transit Railway, later renamed Sioux Falls Transportation Company after receivership and reorganization. Unclear if the levy remains binding as the company undergoes settlements and account adjustments, with interest accruing since entry.
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Sioux Way
South Dakoad Rapid Transit Railway Company
Y. Mt Railw.y
Fom Pany
Sioux Falls
Treaseurer
Sioux Falls Transportation Company
Ex-Auditor Hipple Bound Over After Pierre Hearing
The state case against ex-auditor Hipple concluded in Pierre on October 27. The judge ruled sufficient evidence for a public offense and bound Hipple over to district court in 379 dollars with C. C. Bennett and A. Cummins as sureties.
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Hipple
Pierre
Mr. Hypple
C. C. Bennett
A. Cummins
Auditor Mayhew Bound Over In City Case
Hearing in the Stan case against Auditor Mahew concluded Friday October 29. Judge Jacobson ruled noncompliance with the law and bound Mahew over in the sum of $500.
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Justice Jacobson
Stan
Mahew
Jacobson
Ms Mayhew
Randall Reserve Opens to Settlement at Fort Randall
The old Fort Randall military reservation opened for settlement on October with two days of homesteaders arriving by train and team. Many in line were squatters who had improvements on the land. The 100000 acre parcel spans South Dakota and Nebraska. A rush formed as doors opened and officers limited entry to one person at a time, making it a test of physical strength.
South Dakota National Banks Report Summary
Comptroller Eckels releases abstract of the Oct 3 condition for 27 South Dakota national banks. Key figures show loans and discounts at 3,049,170. stocks and securities 615,122. due between banks 456,700. reserves and deposits with reserve agents 1,690,200 of which 825,999 is gold. total resources 7,588,864. Liabilities include capital stock surplus and undivided profits 228. deposits and other liabilities 362,559. Average reserve level is stated.
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South Dakota
Eckels Oeber
County to sue state over unorganized county costs
Presho County and the state clash over about $1500 in costs from Press County cases. The air court viewed the claim but the state editor refused payment. County commissioners authorize proceedings to recover the amount, though doubt remains on state auditor power without legislative appropriation.
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Presho County
Press County
Air Court
Uit
Tax receipts rise in September call this year
The September tax call shows faster payments with receipts of 68 822.76 dollars versus 61 248.28 last year. The levy dropped from 4.7 mills to 4 mills, amplifying the apparent gain in compliance.
Farmer Barney Mines Drowns in Missouri River
News from Yankton reports farmer Barney Mines of Haggin's Bend twelve miles east of the city was found dead in the Missouri River. He was discovered hanging to a skiff and is believed to have died by accident.
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Armor
Jones
Whitewood
Yankton
Barney Mines
Haggin’s Bend
Missouri
Bad Prairie Fire and Local Tragedies Reported
A prairie fire west of Aberdeen burned over 600 tons of hay and destroyed grain stacks and farm buildings in New Hope Township. An English soldier Charles Kersh of Troop K Eighth Cavalry died by self inflicted morphine. A gasoline explosion near Mazzeppa killed Mrs Liddy and left one child unable to live. A snow storm swept the state as Christina Wolf, 15, was mortally wounded by John Fischer, 17, who found the revolver at hand.
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Aberdeen
New Hope Township
J. W. Adams
Charles Kersh
Eighth Cavalry
Fer Meade
Manchester
England
Christina Wolf
Christian Wolf
Eureka
John Fischer
Charles Mix Celebrates Harding Appointment
Charles Mix County marked the appointment of John W. Harding as Indian agent at the Yankton agency in October with bonfires speeches and songs by local celebrants.
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Charles Mix
John W. Harding
Yankton Agency
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