Awful Accident Kills Decatur Planing Mill Worker
Charles Eyman aged 31 dies at Lyon & Armstrong planing mill in Decatur Illinois when a 3/4 inch by four foot stick breaks free from molding equipment and drives through his left side just above the hips. He removes the stake and dies. inquest returns verdict of accidental death.
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Charles Eyman
Decatur
Miinois
Decatur, Lr
Lyon & Armstrong
Horatio Eymian
Eymian
Eyman
Iams Loses Case Colonels Cleared In Assault Trial
In Pittsburg a jury found Streator and Hawkins not guilty of assault. Judge Porter urged jurors to follow Supreme Court law, noting any contrary view should yield. The prosecutor Jams from Virginia hinted at damages and a U S Supreme Court appeal, with suits expected in federal court.
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Streator
Hawkins
Pittsburg
Iams
Porter
Jude
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the United Stites
United States
Jams
Virginia
Rease
Doub
Jealousy end leaves widow Miss Lizzie Albert death
Miss Lizzie Albert a 22 year old Pennsylvania waitress died after a rare operation at Medico Chirurgical College Philadelphia. Daniel Love a New York stock broker's son threatened her when refused and shot her in the kitchen. Doctor Ernest LiPlace attempted to locate the bullet with a special instrument but found no trace inside the skull.
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Piladelpha
Medico-Chirurgical College
Lizzie Albert
Daniel Love
New York
Caladensis
Monroe County
Delaware
Warren County
N. J
Jersey
Ernest LiPlace
Preacher Vanishes With Family After Preparations to Move
Rev W Z Stovall of Graves County Kentucky reportedly sold his possessions and planned to move to Missouri. He sent his wife and baby to Tennessee and then left with his two children and Winn’s daughter, taking a route to parts unknown. Authorities have not recovered the party, and Stovall’s wife awaits the truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah, Wy
W. Z. Stovall
Graves County
Menntucky
Missouri
Babe
Tennessee
Eve
Wes. Winn
Stovall
Winn
Stovuail
Stovilla
Panther devours settler's wife and child near Deep Fork
Guthrie Oklahoma special reports a horror near Deep Fork in Potta Wattumie Country. A settler's wife and baby vanished three weeks ago. The head of the child and portions of the mother's body were found in a pantier in the woods. Fifty armed men chase the panther.
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Guthrie, Okl
Potta- Wattumie
Mysteriouly
Stranger shoots farmer and robs house in Fordyce
A stranger shot and killed Pierce, a wealthy farmer, at his Fordyce Arkansas home and fled after stealing $2,000. Authorities pursue a suspect described as unknown with a possible motive linked to a large cash theft. A separate report from Valparaiso Chile notes Eduardo Galler absconding with $2,005,000 from a clearing house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Chilli
Speci
Eduardo Galler
Artic Explorer Lieut Schwatka Dies in Portland Morning
Lieut Frederick Schwatka once famed for Arctic exploration died in Portland Oregon after being found unconscious on a sidewalk near a Tamdanum bottle. Officials report apparent opium poisoning from an accidental overdose and an inquest will follow at the morgue.
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Jeut
Schwatka
Artic Fame
Portland
Ore
Frederick Schwatka
Alasikaun Exploration Fame
Schatka
Landanum
Lieut. Schalks
Stevenson Club
Medical College
Fatal accident on Potomac River steamer Wakefield
The Wakefield of the Potomac River Steamship Co. blew its steam chimney on a return trip to Washington near Maryland Point forty miles downriver. Three men died instantly from flying wreckage. a fourth may have perished. Several others were injured, including E. L. Germond bruised, and deckhands William Motley and William Carney badly burned. The vessel sustained minor damage and was towed to Quantico.
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Washington
Wakefield
Potomac River Steamship Company
Maryland Point
Alexander Tolman
James Johnson
William Clark
E. L. Germond
Alexandria
William M. Motley
William Carney
Providence Hospital
Quantco
Sbont
Potomac River
London Express Train Wreck Near Thirsk Kills Many
A Edinburgh to London express crashed into a freight near Thirsk York shire. Nine to thirteen killed and many injured as rescue and recovery continued. A woman burned alive beneath the engine and a distraught husband pleaded for help during the flames.
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Pngians
London
Edinburs
Scotland
Ene
Thirsk
Yorkshire
Rug
Whidowers
Indian Land Purchase Contract Reported at Siletz Reservation
Special Judge FR H Boise reports on the Siletz Reservation land purchase. Comino contract covers 130000 acres for 142000 dollars, about three cents per acre. Government pays 75000 cash with interest to benefit Indians. 522 Indians received eighty acres each and lands have been allotted after survey. Also notes a Philadelphia leprosy case of a 67 year old woman admitted to municipal hospital with advanced symptoms.
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Philadelphia
War path fears and jail fire report across regions
Albuquerque reports Black Horse and his band angered by Mormon killing and Lot Smith death as Lieut. Wallace moves toward 100 mile distant trouble. Sonoma jail burned after two drunken prisoners die, while seven Indians perish in a Spokane cabin fire. insupportable disaster notes follow in London and London like maritime distress.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Shipley
Black Horse
Lot Smith
Lieut. Wallace
Eleventh Cavalry
Fort Wingate
Spokane
Wash
Okanugan County
Chicago Man Marries His Daughter-in-Law in Suspicious Union
Samuel Clinton Willets of Chicago, aged 62, wed his son’s widow two years ago and may have married his own daughter by his first wife. Details from his lawyer describe a tangled family history with two marriages, a child, and a London wedding, prompting Cleveland detectives to investigate.
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Samuel Clinton Willets
Chicago
Willetts
Willets
George
Pittsburg
Cleveland
London
England
Willet
Wright
Miss Wright
Canadian Cattle Slaughter Orders Shocks Canadian Trade
London orders 12 000 Canadian herd slaughtered after pleuro pneumonia found in 65 lungs. Canada seeks delay while inquiries continue. Also reports from Chicago elevated rapid transit plan and a Wyoming horse theft clash, Nova Scotia infant grave discovery, a mine accident killing John Sellers and family hardship.
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British Board of Agriculture
Montreal
Quebec
London
English Board of Agriculture
Dundee
Canada
Harona
Monkseaton
Deptford
The
Times
England
Cansala
Detective killed in botched arrest shocks New York
Central Office Detective John Carry was shot and killed while attempting to arrest notorious thief J Blanchett. Carry had a brilliant career in law enforcement. Dispatches from Ottawa note Japan preparing a crusade against seal poachers next season.
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New York
Central Office
John Carry
Washot
Carry
Japan
Ottawa
Ont
Unprecedented Campaign Trade Boosts Business Activity
Dun and Co Weekly Trade Review notes continued high activity in the week before the presidential election. Trade remains robust as many shift to political activities, with some price upticks in certain sectors. Wheat hits new low around 73 1/2 cents, large Western receipts persist, exports rise, and total business failures rise to 238 from 187 last week.
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New York Special
Dun & Co
Weekly Trade Review
Morty
Rmia
Mrs Deacon Loses Paris Divorce Bid and Custody
Mrs Deacon loses a Paris divorce suit on grounds of cruelty. The Seine Tribunal dismisses her petition, censures her for frivolous charges, and orders the eldest child, held in a convent, delivered to Mr Deacon. The ruling crushes Mrs Deacon and alters custody.
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Paris
Mrs Deacon
Mr. Deacon
Bank Robbery in Spearville Ends in Quick Chase
Three men robbed Floyd County Bank in Spearville Kansas at about two pm taking 1700 dollars from cashier Baird. Hunters fired as the robbers fled on horseback but all escaped. a mounted posse pursued leading to a running gun battle with uncertain injuries. A 150 dollar reward is offered for their capture.
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Kansas Bank
Spearville
Kan
Floyd County
Baird
Robers
Colorado Land in Litigation Sparks Territorial Claim
A claim filed in the United States Court of Private Land Claims at Santa Fe concerns land in southwest Colorado. The suit names Benjamin Hodges and relatives of Rockford Ohio as heirs of a Spanish grant to Senor Corpus Christi made 214 years ago. The dispute targets nearly 700000 acres in Montezuma County and could affect Dolores and Mancos precincts with many homesteaders. The United States government and others with claims are defendants and the case is expected to be hotly contested.
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Colorado
Denver
Colo
Special
United States Court of Private Land Claims
Santa Fe
N. M
Corpus Christi
Benjamin Hodges
Rockford
Ohio
United States
Montezuma County
Rhode Island
Cortez
Dolores
Mancos
Arrested on a Murder Charge in Helena Montana
Helena special reports Dr Thomas Butler a Park City physician arrested on a murder charge in connection with W M Miller a ranchman who died nearly a year ago. Miller was Butler's patient and arsenic poisoning was suspected after exhumation and chemical tests led to the arrest. Butler is jailed.
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Helena
Mont
Thomas Butler
Park City
W. M. Miller
Miller
Butler
Buller
W. M. Bullird
Fat Cattle Shipments Boost Pierre as Shipping Center
Fat cattle shipments from Pierre reach twelve train loads and over 100 cars in two days. Fall totals near 10,000 head with projections to 15,000. cattlemen reap about 300000 dollars as the western stock industry rapidly grows, signaling Pierre as a future major shipping hub.
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New York
Pierre
South Dakota
Barred from the Ballot in Yankton Reservation Vote Case
Mandamus denial to compel Charles Mix County to set polling places on the Yankton Indian Reservation. Henry Benin leads about 300 Indigenous claimants, citing Dawes Act citizenship and rights to vote. Court rules the state lacks authority to establish precincts within the reservation.
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South Takets
E. G. Suir
Charles Mix County
Yankton
Alete
United States
South Dakota
Dakota
Seoti
Clare
O P Case Tests South Dakota Tax on Original Packages
Uriggs, Cooper & Co. sues Minnehaha Brown Codington counties Sioux Falls Aberdeen Watertown and officials over state and city taxes on merchandise shipped in original packages to South Dakota. Sugar shipments valued to test legality faced seizures. suit seeks $5,000 damages and a temporary injunction prevents further seizures pending trial.
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South Dakota
St. Paul
United States Circuit Court
Uriggs, Cooper & Co
Minnehaha, Brown
Codington
Sioux Falls
Aberdeen
Watertown
St Paul
Dakota Endeavorers Fifth Annual Convention at Yankton
The fifth annual South Dakota Christian Endeavor Union convention gathered at the Yankton Congregational Church and drew the largest, most enthusiastic attendance in state history. Rev. J. A. Rondthiler of Indianapolis led sessions, with programs including Rev. Thompson’s opening address and Yankton’s pastor Rev. W. Lubard presenting impressions from the New York Convention.
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Yankton
South Dakota Christian Endeavor Union
Congregational Church
Christian Endeavorers
J. A. Rondthiler
D. D
Indianapolis
A.thompson
W. 2
Lubebard
New York
Edward Burgh
Gur
Christian Endeavor Convention Honors and Honors List
A Sunday through Saturday program led by Dr Rondthaler and Rev A Z McGagney featured sermons, conferences on youth work and missions, and a Sunday prayer meeting. Attendees adopted resolutions thanking supporters and opposing Sunday World’s Fair openings. Esther A Clark was elected president with a full slate of officers. Sioux Falls was selected for the 1893 meeting.
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Rondthaler
Rondathaler
Christian Endeavor Work
Wilbur Laurence
Columbia
A. Z. McGagney
Huron
Ronathaler
J. Hi. Dixon
Chamberlain
Christian Endeavor Prayer Meeting
A. E. Thomson
Yankton Christian Endeavor Society
Congregational Church
New York
Esther A. Clark
Yankton
D. W. Smith
J. J. Sisson
Sioux Walls
W. S Brown
Templeton
Oscar Wancuff
Mitchell
Gcek
Wisher
Rapid City
Rey. N. SF
Nickerson
Centerville
J. M. J. Pryne
Madison
Wilbur Lawrence
Lizzie Graves
Plankinton
Wheat Blockade Persists in South Dakota Rail Lines
Chairman Rice of the State Railroad Commission cites no immediate relief from a wheat famine as telegrams from northern South Dakota warn that without cars no more wheat can be bought. Conditions echo November with scarce storage, high demand, and eastern lines unable to keep pace. The commission acts to aid buyers at warehoused and elevator sites, while railways rush car requisitions.
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South Dakota
Rice
State Railroad Commission
Mitchell Kennel Association Hosts First Coursing Meet
Mitchell hosts the Mitchell Kennel Association first coursing meet marking the state’s initial event of this kind. Entrants include hounds from Huron Montrose Tyndall Alexandria and other towns in the state plus Luverne Minnesota Great Bend Kansas and more. Arthur Massey of Great Bend served as judge.
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Mitchell Kennel Associatir
Mitchell Kennel Association
Mitchell
Huron
Montrose
Tyndall
Alexandria
Luverne
Minn
Great Bend
Kan
Arthur Massey
Will Fight Sunday Opening at World’s Fair
The South Dakota Christian Endeavor Union, meeting in Yankton, passed resolutions condemning efforts to open the World's Fair on Sundays. It pledged to discourage any Young People's Society exhibits if the fair starts on Sundays.
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South Dakota
Christaan Endeavor Union
Yankton
Young People’s Society of Christaan Endeavor
Doctor Bryner Heads for China with Mission Group
Dr Regina Bryner after eight years in Mitchell sails to Canton to join Dr S Halverson under the United Brethren Foreign Mission Society based in Dayton Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Regina Bryner
Mitchell
Canton
United Brethren Foreign Mission Society
Dayton
Ohio
Diphtheria scare ends as Huron reopens schools
Diphtheria scare in Huron subsides with only two families affected. Prompt measures by the Board of Health prevented a wider outbreak and schools will reopen. Officials foresee no further trouble.
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Huron
Board of Health
Grading Contract Let for Sioux Falls to Yankton Line
The contract for grading twenty miles of railroad from Sioux Falls to Yankton has been let and work will begin immediately. The Yankton and Norfolk line grading is nearly finished with ties and rail on site, and track laying will proceed rapidly.
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Sioux Falls
Yankton
Yankton and
Norfolk Road
Centenarian Memories and Unusual Claims from Past Parish Records
A Burlington pastor records a widow aged 102 praising her faculties in 1746, while a Canadian electrician claims tides are caused by electricity and demonstrates it with a rubber comb. The Salt Lake Mormon Temple opens April 6, 1893 after forty years of construction costing $2.5 million.
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Colin Campbell
St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church
Hurlington N. J
Henry Cooper
Northampton
Peels
New England
Min’r. Burlington
Salt Lake City
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Caspér
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Ifnard
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Kiilled
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Birmingham
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