Wheat Receipts Show Minneapolis Lead in Region
Last Saturday's wheat receipts across several cities show Minneapolis at 351120 bushels, followed by Duluth Superior 177376, Chicago 48034, and New York 33125. The piece notes Minneapolis as the wheat and flour city of the country and discusses voting education and bi-metallic currency debates with figures from state races and national sentiment.
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Minneapolis
Duluth
Superior
Chicago
New York
Lucas and Old Soldiers Conflict Over Perry Pension
A Deadwood Times item recalls Congressman Lucas pressuring Commissioner Lochren over William N. Perry’s pension claim. Perry, bedridden with dropsy, was sent to Salem for exam. Lochren refused to grant relief yet Lucas denounced the denial as theft from 10,000 aged veterans. Perry later received a pension before his death.
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Deadwood
Wm. N. Perry
Mitchell
Gulesspie
Jack Hills College
Congressman Lucas
Lochren
Perry
Salem
Lucas
Treasury
Congressman
Silver Price Fixing Rumor Targets Rockefeller Rothschild Link
Reports claim a syndicate led by John D. Rockefeller and the Rothschilds would control U S and Mexican silver smelters to fix prices. A conference in DeEnver involved Guggenheim Barton Nash Hananur and Allen of Pueblo with local smelters. A second plan would unify control under one agent to stabilize prices and avoid sudden declines.
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DeEnver
Rocky Mountain News
Daniel Guggenheim
New York
Messrs
Barton and Nash
Omaha
Hananur
Salt Lake
Allen
Philadelphia
Gugenheims
Stamp quality disputed by Bureau of Engraving
Washington officials defend stamp quality saying recent prints rival the American Bank Note Co after months of work. Claude M. Johnson notes initial flaws but claims modern machines and materials yield best results and exchanges will be provided for unsatisfactory stamps.
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Bureau of Engraving
Washington
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Claude M. Johnson
Bureau
American Bank Note Company
Minnesota State Prison Biennial Report Details Rise in Convicts
Warden Wolfer submits the biennial report to the board noting 502 inmates as of July 3, 1894, up 173 since two years prior and 84 from last year. Parole proves successful with no parolee lost and strong progress in schooling, tuberculosis care, and chol stages. The female department reports no punishments in two years and one inmate paroled. Financials show two-year cash earnings of 103,826.25 and receivables 131,662.14, total credits 235,488.39, expenses 266,62.80.
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Wolfer
Str. Paul
Board of Managers
United States
Mount Pleasant Torn Up Over Gambling Scandal In Town
In Mount Pleasant Iowa the grand jury indicted five druggists amid state push for temperance. Charles Stribbey secretary of the Salem Fair association and E J Parsons president were charged for running and permitting a gambling place on the fair grounds. Stribbey recently elected county clerk.
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Iowa
Peasant
Pleasant
Charles Stribbey
Salem Fair Association
E. J. Parsons
Stribbey
Venerable Texas Editor Dead
Hamilton Stewart editor of the Galveston News is dead at 81. he arrived in Texas in 1838 and led a 66 year journalism career, remaining active through Thursday. Other notes span William Whitmarsh injured by a bull, editor Preston James Lidale’s suicide, and college cane rush results.
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Texas
Galveston
Tex
Hamilton Stewart
Galveston News
Texas Republic
Perrin
Wis
William Whitmarsh
Company K
Mounted Rifles
Lyons
Preston
James Lidale
Preston Times
Railroad Legislation Favored by Storer Ahead of Session
Washington November 21 Representative Bellamy Storer of the commerce committee says the national strike commission's recommendations cannot be enacted this session due to time constraints. He prefers a general law and supports interstate pooling limits plus a Nicaragua canal bill, with the interstate commerce commission possible to oversee railroad laws.
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Washington
Bellamy Storer
Commerce Committee of the House
Railroads and Commerce
National Strike Commission
Storer
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nicaragua
Raised the Dead D Arsonville Method on Electric Death
London reports D Arsonville describes his resuscitation method after a Pittsfield Mass man survived 4 000 volts. He says recovery rests on breathing restoration and links death to nervous rather than organ failure, citing prior animal trials and a faulty spinal trigger. Fire in Chicago Fath details a blaze at Victor flats causing $100 000 in losses.
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D’arsonville
London
D’ Arsonville
Pittsfield
Mass
United States
Institute l’Academie Des Science
Toreader
Chicago
Victor Flats
Fourth Street
Greenwood Boulevard
Abduction by Gypsies Reports Second Kidnapping in Illinois
In Mattoon Illinois Ella Parse daughter of Mrs James Parse was seized from her home as a Gypsy wagon pulled away. Neighbors saw a man in women's clothes brandish a knife and abduct her, with speculation that Will Beaton the Gypsy chief is involved.
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Illinois
Mattoon
Ills
James Parse
Ella Parse
Beaton
Ella
Asiatic Leprosy Case Reported in Grand Forks County
A case of Asiatic leprosy has appeared in western Grand Forks county, involving Jens Olson, a 17 year old Swedish orphan. He is isolated on a farm cabin with daily food deliveries as authorities describe the victim’s condition and neighborhood commotion.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Jens Olson
Labor Rift Escalates Between Carpenters and Knights of Labor
In Philadelphia on November 21 reports say the Knights of Labor declare war on the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. The United Brotherhood, led by P. T. McGuire, asserts supreme authority over the craft in the U S and Canada and will not recognize other cards. The Amalgamated Association, based in Amsterdam New York, pressures to draw locals away, warning of mass defections and further losses.
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WashHington
Washington
White House
Woodley
Philadelphia
Knights of Labor
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
P. T. McGuire
American Federation of Labor
Amalgamated Association of Carpenters and Joiners
McGuire
Knights
United Brotherhood
Indianapolis
United States
Canada
Carpenters
General Executive Board
Amalgamated Association
Amsterdam
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The
Sovereign Re-elected Grand Master of Knights of Labor
New Orleans November 21 Grand Master Sovereign was re elected without opposition by the Knights of Labor general assembly. Bishop of Massachusetts and Merritt of Colorado were nominated for foreman with Merritt elected. Secretary Treasurer Hayes was re elected amid some opposition. Also noted, two hundred worsted weavers in Pawtucket Rhode Island returned to work after a seven week strike arbitrated by Mayor Tiepke marking a major textile dispute in Pawtucket.
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New Orleans
Knights of Labor General Assembly
Messrs
Bishop
Massachusetts
Merritt
Colorado
Foreman
Hayes
Pawtucket
R. L. Navy
Tiepke
Scientists to Visit Yucatan and New York in November
A. V. Armour of Chicago travels from Progresso aboard the Seneca to arrange tours for American scientists to explore Yucatan ruins. He visited Merida and other towns, believing the expedition will yield important discoveries.
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New York
Ward Line
Seneca
Progresso
Mexico
A. VY. Armour
Chicago
Mgr
Armour
Meredia
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