Full particulars of the Scholten disaster at sea
New York cable reports heavy loss of life after the Scholten steamship wreck Saturday night. Two officers and several steerage passengers saved. many prepaid America tickets listed as missing. Two bodies recovered at Deal, including Captain Foot. The ship lies in twenty fathoms. survivors to sail to New York Wednesday on a company steamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. H. Vandertoon
Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company
Scholten
America
Larer Devisch
Marie Koenig
Carl Jeske
Carl Mueller
Barbara Shultz
Jessie Solander
Jan Lagerwelt
Fanny Loef
Kath H. Vandroegeller
Fritz Sallbrig
Elsie Mollenkoff
Josefa Danteneile
Anna Freest
Lonpcon
Deal
Foot
Northern Pacific v Cannon land suit over mineral patent
In Helena on November 21 the United States district court considered Northern Pacific Railroad v C W Cannon over 160 acres in western Helena. The railroad seeks possession, arguing the land is agricultural within its grant while Cannon holds a mineral patent and has demurred, which the court overruled. The case proceeds to trial on its merits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
United States District Court
Northern Pacific Railroad
C. W. Cannon
Cannon
Three Men Open Fire With Police Near Grocery
Cleveland police early morning confronted three men who fled from behind J. P. Davis' grocery after questions about a covered casket. Shots were exchanged. one man, later named Robert Monroe, died at the station after refusing to name his companions or purpose. An inquest is under way.
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Cleveland
Doyl and
Corrigan
J. P. Davis
Polceman
Robert Monroe
National Grange Session Votes Colman Honorary Member
The morning session of the National Grange in Lansing voted Commissioner of agriculture Colman an honorary member. A Portage improvement association letter urged reduced seed and plant rates, reissuing fractional currency, and abolishing postal notes in favor of money orders under five dollars. The afternoon focused on fifth and sixth degree work with about 1,000 delegates in attendance. Commissioner Colman is scheduled to address the convention before it closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
National Grange
Colman
Portage Improvement Association
Two Hightoned Thieves Sentenced
Philadelphia report states Henry V. Leslie and James A L Wilson, embezzling secretary and treasurer of the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal Co, pled guilty to conspiracy to cheat and defraud the company of over 760,000. Judge Mitchell sentenced them to eighty and six years respectively in the Eastern Penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Henry V. Leslie
James A. L. Wilson
Delaware and Cheaspeake Canal Company
Mitchell
Fisheries Commission Opens In Washington Session
At the Department of State the fisheries commission convened at noon to arrange hours, settle procedure, and finalize details for today’s session. The group met in the diplomatic reception room to outline actions and next steps in their oversight and policy work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fisheries, Commission
Department of State
New Gas System Demonstrated in New York Exhibition
A large crowd of men gathered to view a novel gas lighting system backed by the Chicago Gas Trust. The device uses a conical cotton net hood coated by a chemical to render it incombustible, covering a bunsen burner flame so it burns with electric-like brightness. Invented in Austria, the system could fit existing gas fittings and is set to be introduced in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago Gas Trust
Austria
Illumination Boom for Public Buildings in Vienna
The Austrian government adopts the new lighting method for several public buildings in Vienna. A large capitalized firm has been established to promote the technology’s adoption in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
United States
Exorbitant rents in Washington spark cost of living questions
The Washington dispatch notes high furnished-house rents for Congress members. It argues rent plus living costs far exceed salaries, with a typical furnished house costing 50 to 60 dollars monthly in rent and 100 dollars per month for living. The piece suggests members shift to furnished flats or hotels to save money, noting the fourfold living cost relative to rent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Sweat says Blaine will be renominated and defeat Cleveland
Ex congressman L D M Sweat, fresh from Europe, says he met Blaine in Paris and believes Blaine will be renominated and will make a strong run. He adds Cleveland will also be renominated, noting Cleveland is stronger now than before. Sweat says Blaine is in good health and spirits and will not worry about attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
L. D. M. Sweat
Europe
Blaine
Paris
Cleveland
House Partisan Balance in the Fifty-Second Congress
Washington observers note the House will open with 168 Democrats 153 Republicans and four Independents. Democrats hold a tentative majority of eleven, or fifteen over Republicans if Independents act as a separate party. Three Independents hail from Republican backgrounds and one from Democratic.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Repubpublican
Lawrence O. Gale
Katie E. Gale
Mitchell
Ee Territory
Mary M. Martindale
Brooklyn
Kings County
New York
Biterele
Davison County
Dakota Territory
Lawrence C. Gale
Register of Deeds
Shi da E
Theity
Eacd
Davison
Territory of Dakota
D. T
Winsor & Mentzer
Remarkable Surgery and Lung Disease Treatment
The science of surgery has advanced to undertake delicate lung operations like pneumotomy for consumption though risks are high and recovery limited. For early stages, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is urged as the safer plan, said to cure the disease by removing causes and healing the lungs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Free man seeks injunction to stop Hyde Park annexation
Henry VY Free, representing Hyde Park trustees, moved before Judge Shepard to enjoin the county board from formally annexing Hyde Park to Chicago at their meeting this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ChicaGo
Henry VY. Freeman
Hyde Park
Shepard
Printers’ dispute nears amicable settlement prospects
In Cmcaco on November 21 the seventh week of the printers strike shows signs of better talks and a possible amicable settlement, with both sides testing endurance.
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Cmcaco
National W C T U opens 11th convention in Nashville
The 11th National W C T U convention began with Miss Willard presiding in Watkins hall Nashville with 834 delegates from most states and territories. Highlights include Ramabai’s introduction, Willard’s annual address, topics on prohibition and reform, a near $13,000 year’s receipts, and a packed Cumberland Presbyterian church for evening exercises.
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Nashville
Tenn
Miss Willard
Watkins’ Hall
Friends of the Cause
Union
Nevada
Arizons
Idaho
New Mexico
India
Pundita Ramabai
Tenne
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Christ
United States Supreme Court
Prohibition
National Prohibition
Internal Revenue
Press Department
Department of Work
Esther Pugh
Ohio
I. B. Carse
Union Signal
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Rhode Island
Mary B. Willard
Signal
Brent
Maine
Herbert
Monmouth
Mus
D. E, Hyde
Cor
Sec
Dakota
Townsend Marries Gentile Bride in Secret City
In Sioux City Iowa on November 19 Henry J Townsend a young commission merchant and Miss Bessie Schullin heiress from one of the city's wealthiest Jewish families were secretly wed this afternoon and left for parts unknown. The girl's parents had forbidden visits and two years of clandestine meetings preceded the marriage. Townsend is described as worthy, with the sole objection being his lack of conversion to Jewish faith.
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City
Iowa
Henry J. Townsend
Bessie Schullin
Townsend
Martyrs Theme Marks New York Speech on Chicago Anarchists
Mrs Lazare Wischnewetzky daughter of Congressman Kelley of Philadelphia spoke to New York ladies about the Chicago execution mob. She praised the four as martyrs to the cause of people and urged wage slavery concerns and the rational mess of anarchism or socialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lazere Wischnewetzky
Floresce Kelley
Kelley
Philadelphia
Chicago
Socialist speaker clarifies stance on anarchists at rally
Mrs. Wischnewetzky dissociates from anarchist methods, affirming belief in peaceful reform and social rights. She stresses she is a socialist, not an anarchist, and argues Chicago anarchists fought for free speech though none condemned the executions as conspiratorial.
Fire destroys United States Land Office building
Aberdeen News reports a blaze engulfed the west half of the United States Land Office on Main and Nicollet. Water problems delayed suppression until nearby hydrants were opened. county records were evacuated as flames consumed the structure. Clerks saved most books, plats, patents, and papers, with some risk to back-room letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen News
Land Ofice
Main Street
Nicollet Avenue
Main
Fourth
Columbia
New Court House
Hedger
Wim Ward
McCoy
Mejor Burke
Land Office
Kk. Lodewick
Barney Block
Mitchell
Price
R. R. Station
Plankinton
Aurora County
School House
Senator Colquitt Heats Down Interior Secretary Rumor
In Washington on November 19 Senator Colquitt denies the report he will become secretary of the interior, calling it baseless and stating he is a Senate re election candidate. An unrelated legal-ad line offers money to loan on city property with low long term rates from Daviron Broce and Seaman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Colquitt
Lamar
Interior
Senate
Daviron Broce
Seaman
Sneak Thief with a Coat Offer Identified by Police
A Morning Madison Square incident describes a jobless bookkeeper who offered his coat for sale, then stripped it, fled when confronted, and was later called a Sing Sing pensioner by an ex policeman. The officer noted similar pleas from the suspect targeting others and taking money. Also mentioned is a photography study by M de Gothard on stellar motion, indicating an eleventh magnitude star in cluster 4411 G.C. shifting 2.3 seconds yearly.
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Madison Square
Sing Sing
Bing Sing
Alfred Trumble
New York News
M. de Gothard
Vogel
Cluster 4
G. C
Shooting at bats and viewing politics in Catskill
An experienced sportsman notes that shooting bats is hard because they are quick and turn sharply. wing shots rarely drop them, with a tale of a bat having twenty wing holes. The Catskill housekeeper demands clear views, insisting she will indicate state views with her anger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rarous City Times
Catskill Boarde Bny House
Potatoes Reach the Pots and Tops in Kansas Field
A touring collage of humorous quips from various papers notes oddities in farming, theater and everyday life. It mentions Kansas potato crops climbing tops, Shakespearean musings, Jenny Lind’s tickets, Mrs. Potter, and light newspaper jokes about dentures, Irish maids, collar buttons, and social manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Springfield Union
Shakespeare
Ignatius Donnelly
Bacon
Jenny Lind
Boston
New York
Righteously Indignant in a Quaker World
A terse Omaha World column quotes a worker’s fury after being discharged. The man explains he was kicked out and plans to resign immediately, reflecting social mood and labor tensions of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Jinks
Young
Omaha World
The Czar Spoke English and Spiders in Washington
The article recounts Maj Mordecai from North Carolina meeting the Russian czar in French, who urges to speak English. It notes Washington electric lighting drawing insects and thus spiders weaving numerous webs on public buildings, obscuring architectural outlines in many cases.
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Maj
Mordecai
North Carolina
Russia
Gen. McClellan
Atlanta Constitution
Washington
Chicago Times
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Blaine and
Endurance
National
United States Land Office
New Orleans Picayune
Dansville
George
Custer
Takem
Omaha Bee
New Jersey
Journal of Education
Omaha
Harlem
New York Star
Top. Geo, A. Macbeth & CO
Pittsburgh, Pa
Chie iGy
Stpaul
Clinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
R. Miller
A. V. H. Carpenter
Gen
Ticket & Ap
J. F. Tucker
H. Hrafford
Milwaukee, Wisconatn
Milwaukee
ST. Pav Railway Company
H. G
Haugan
James S. Foster
Realstate and Loany
Aurora
Hanson
Sanborn
M. L. Scoggin
B.W. Padley
S. M. Little &Co. Commission
Cvs Potaboes
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Menai
At. Bnk
Lennar
Ath Bey Mitchoa
Ron
Kratz
Attorney Tans
John K.caster
Willa James Te
Fe Rugg
Franz
Carpenter
Attorne
Lata
Telell
Ellie
John Ro Custer
Witkes
Ey Ethof
Charles G.blackman
Albart E. Portoons Burkett
Joe M. Post
All of Rome
Sigy Ad Gro
B. Everby
Regie A
Tes O
B. Hager
Step
Iesepy
Mitchell, Dak
Folloys
Hils Elaine
Deveney
James Smith
Charles ©. Phillips
Henry Keingety
Jamin Morse
Gov. Moyer
Gko
B. Everitt
Rayisr Blanchard & Hannett
Samuel Marshall
C. P. Morse
Wm. Dean
Geo. H. Ball
Jewett
Hazelton
D. T. Gro
Reiser
Dak
John Ward
J. W. Mason
Wm. Mason
John Smith
Ward
Sanford Washburn
Hanson County
George Stolp
Thorson Jorgenson
John Stuble
Frederick Brenneis
Everitt
Register
Ruble
Wis
L. Eben Booth
Iver Peterson
George Jackson
Emma E. Jackson
Kate Crompton
Kate Anglum
Township
John Hohn
Michael Grady
William Graily
Blanche Palmer
Plainview
Gro. B
Atty
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