Mandan Threateed Plot to Attack Fort Lincoln and Burn City
A Sioux warning from the Standing Rock area reports plans to seize Fort Lincoln, seize ammunition, and attack Mandan with fifty soldiers absent. Settlers flee ranches south of Mandan as Indians trade for guns, and Mandan seeks federal protection and armament for citizens. Reports also note Indian authorities at Standing Rock and Mesiah fears subsiding at Fort Niobrara.
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Ft.Lincoln
War Department
Standing Rock
Manpan
Joseph Buckley
Railroad War Next Cut Rates Thursday If Not Patched
St Paul Nov 18 Official notice to Chicago St Paul lines says if a settlement is not reached by Nov 20 chairman Finley will authorize a general rate reduction to equalize the lines. He cites a North Western line undercutting the $11.50 standard and failing to withdraw lower tickets. If no adjustment by next Thursday the roads will cut to meet the unfair competition.
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St. Paul
Chicago-St. Paul
Finley
Robbers Steal From Merrillan Drug Store Safe
At Merrillan Wisconsin two masked men forced Jay Trumbull to open the safe at his drug store after midnight. He was bound and gagged for about an hour before Dr McMillan released him. About $1000 in cash and items were taken from the safe before the robbers fled through a back door.
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Mbull
McMillan
Trbull
Express Company
TESTING IRRIGATION CONSOLIDATED LAND COMPANY
Consolidated Land Company of Huron reports an artesian well on its ranch north of the city began a strong water flow Friday afternoon and continued to rise in volume into Saturday. A six inch stream is now pouring out with further increases expected as rock at 810 feet yields more water. The 500 acre tract, with canals and ditches, was turned to flow Saturday to soak the land in preparation for seeding. The project aims to provide a practical irrigation demonstration for farmers statewide.
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Huron
Consolidated Land and Irrigation Company
Arteaian
Northwest
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Pacific Coast
Texas
New Jersey
United States
Europe
Dakotas
Nebraska
Congress Agust
Great'Plains
Congress
Proctor
Stove Blacking Explosion Injures Addison Servant
Rocuesgr New York November 14 Miss Kata, a servant employed by E. Elis at Addison, was preparing to black a stove with a liquid packing when an explosion occurred. The incident caused injuries and disrupted the work setting.
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Rocuesgr
N. Y
Kata
E. Elis
Addison
Tragic Boiler Explosion at Trexler Works Kills Three
A boiler blast at Trexler & Bro copper shops in Mertztown Reading County at 6 am kills three men Charles Oswald Sassaman Hilbert and Henry Epler and seriously injures several others. The 33 foot boiler tore into three pieces and was hurled 150 yards, the victims thrown 140 feet from the wreckage as debris filled the ruined boiler house and mill.
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Reading
Trexler &Bro
Mertztown
Charles Oswald
Sassaman Hilbert
Henry Epler
Charles Walborn
Samuel Epler
Alfred
Two New Canadian Bishoprics Created by Pope
Romer reports that the pope will establish two new dioceses in Canada. One will be carved from part of the Montreal bishopric and the other from part of the Quebec bishopric.
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Romer
Montreal
Quebec
Northwest News Briefs Cover Crime and Markets
Canton jury convicts Martin Gunderson of Stanway robbery near Canton last month. Great Northern Railway plans to sue Manitoba for 200000 over alleged breach of contract. Fargo editor W H Matteson vanished after election news trip. last seen leaving home November 5. Market notes list stocks, hogs, cattle, sheep prices in St Paul Chicago and Kansas City. grain futures quoted for Wheat Corn and Oats. Foreign notes include Liams rail project and divorce trends in Japan.
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Canton
S. C
Jry
Martin Gunderson
Stanway
Great Northern Railway Company
Manitoba
Orquay
Greenway
Northern Pacific
W. H. Matteson
Fargo Sun
Fargo
Grand Forks
Georgia Editor Performs Impromptu Wedding in Editorial
A Georgia editor who is a real estate agent and church pastor was pressed to marry a couple during a heavy tariff editorial. He fastened the knot with none of the ceremony, asking for one dollar and a request for a load of wood: one third pine, balance oak.
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Georgia
Building and Loan ‘Association
Atlanta Constitution
Facts for Farmers and Coast Defense Urged in Reports
Secretary Rusk highlights beet sugar and flax as key Northwest crops with expansive U.S. cultivation zones and a 800 ton daily beet factory in Nebraska. He notes beef and dairy export gains, pleuro-pneumonia eradication progress, and artesian wells. Secretary Proctor urges strengthened coastal defenses, lake defense clarity, higher NCO pay, easier officer promotion, and closer militia regular army coordination.
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Washington
Rusk
Department of Agriculture
Great Britain
Nebraska
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
New England States
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Dakotas
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Slope
Europe
Wanamaker Promises Penny Postage Report to Congress
The Postmaster General will ask Congress to consider penny postage while preparing his annual report. He notes increased postal demand from new states and a larger Congress, predicts a small rise in expenditures, and cites possible revenue loss but long term recovery. He stresses regional funding tensions and higher Western costs.
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Congress
Washington
Wanamaker
Post Office Department
Astern
Althea Terry Scandal at Fresno Court Scene
Sarah Althea Terry attacks Lawyer M C Caldwell in the Fresno estate sales dispute. Caldwell calls her insults and she threatens, later arrested for disturbing the peace. O'Shea divorce case verdict announced in London with Emmett Parnell leadership rumors dominating debate. William Dillon potential Irish leader debated.
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Fresno
Cal
Sarah Althea Yerry
M. C. Caldwell
Judge Terry
Caldwell
Terry
Sarah Althea
O'Shea
London
Justice Butt
Mrs. O'Shea
O'Shea-Parnell
Parnell
Dillon
Gladstone
Wall Street Opens Steady Amid Nervous Trading
On November 18 in New York the stock market opened steady with few losses. Lackawanna weakness and early assignments unsettled traders while firms like Ranji & Weiram and Gregory Ballou warned of obligations and suspensions.
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Wall
New York
Wall Street
Lackawanna
Mills, Robinson
Ann
Rani & Weiram
Businger No
Exchange Place
Gregory
New Street
Ruined by Their Partye Peculation at Robeson & Smith
New York reports the brokerage firm Robeson & Smith at 96 Broadway ruined by Albert H. Smith’s $350,000 defalcation over six years. Watson the cashier uncovered irregularities after noticing raised certificates. Smith confessed, returned $30,000 and real estate, and was arrested. Mills and Robeson face losses estimated at $350,000. assignee William A. Watson appointed. Boston clears to issue certificates at 7 3 10 percent rate, with banks voting in favor.
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Robeson & Smith
New York
Broadway
Albert H. Smith
William A. Watson
Smith
Watson
Esa -Bome
Mills
Rom
Byrnes
Smithtie
Brooklyn
Henry Ward
Beecher
Paris Papers Praise Bank of France Aid to England
Paris reports applaud the Bank of France for aiding the Bank of England during last week's financial storm. Miléroy d Beatlien, a leading French financier, says the London market will not be greatly affected in the end.
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Paris
Bank of France
Bank of England
Miléroy d’Beatlien
London
Baring Bros. & Co. Resume Business Normal in New Cable
Boston November 15 Kidder Peabody & Co have received a cablegram from Barings stating all matters are arranged satisfactorily and permanently authorizing Kidder Peabody to proceed with business as usual, signaling a return to normal operations after prior disruptions.
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Baring Bros. & Co
Boston
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Kidder, Peacee
Hired Man Attacks Iowa Farmer and Wife with Hatchet
In Halltown Iowa on November 17 Marcena Stone a wealthy farmer four miles south was attacked by his hired man with a hatchet injuring him and his wife who appeared at the scene. Neighbors pursued the assailant who fled and then wounded himself with a knife before capture. Doctors sewed the assailant’s throat wound and he may recover.
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Iowa
MaRs Halltown
Marcena Stone
Peasants Massacred in Russian Riot Near Moscow
News from St. Petersburg reports a riot near Moscow where troops attacked peasants and workmen resisting new district officials. Hundreds were shot or wounded as rioters seized and bound officials and sent them to Moscow.
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London
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Took a Variety of Poisons in Creston Case
Dr F W Oliver of Bronx City Iowa advertised a phrenology course in Creston and was found unconscious after a breakfast call. He had taken morphine belladonna angelica and other poisons. doctors call the case hopeless. Flooding sinks at Mount Carmen colliery delayed by pump work completed yesterday.
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Creston
Iowa
F. W. Oliver
Bronx City
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