New State Elections in North Dakota Report
Montana Democrats show confidence in gubernatorial ticket. In North Dakota, Republicans project victory for state ticket but foresee a tight result. Legislature will elect two U S senators with Republicans holding a slim majority and Democrats likely 20 to 25 seats. Ex Governor Pierce expected to win the senate race. Majority may be as small as 5,000 to 7,000 votes.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
United States
Pierce
South Dakota
Sioux Fairs
Ricamont
Cameron
John
Wise
White Republican League
Mahone
McKinney
Montana Democrats Confident In State Election Bets
In Helena on October 2 a close race is forecast with Democrats carrying the governorship and legislature. Bets total at least 250000 with Toole favored for governor over Power, Maginnis and Carter also backed. Republicans may win lieutenant governor and justice of the supreme court. statewide results suggest a Republican edge.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Toole
Maginnis
Carter
Congress
Maginn
Legislature
Judge Blake
Justice of the Supreme Court
New York Democrats Endorse World’s Fair at Saratoga Convention
The New York state Democratic convention in Saratoga endorsed the World’s Fair plan and passed a resolution backing New York as the site for the 400th anniversary celebration of Columbus discovery. The meeting named Edward F. Jones temporary chairman and appointed temporary secretaries. A separate Maryland Republican convention and other items followed in brief summaries.
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New York State
Maryland
Saratoga
Syracuse
N. Y
Murphy
State Committee
Edward F. Jones
Charles R. del Reest
F. Qoulahon
Joseph E. Newberger
Frank W. Gethofer
New York
America
Winsimuister
State Central Committee
James A. Gary
Baltimore
McComas
Washington County
Jacob J. Weaver
Carroll County
Frank Duhurst
Tank death and horse attack haunt Midwest news
Milwaukee reports a fatal tank painting accident where two workers used paraffin paint in a twenty foot deep tank. William Kreuger died, Emil Lohde survived. Iowa tale says farmer De Poe McCord will die from bite and internal injuries after a stallion attacked him. Other items note elopement, political nominations, teachers forming an association, and a jailed prisoner’s escape.
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Milwaukee
Pfister & Noeelle Peet
William Kreuger
Emil Lohde
Kreuger
Lohde
Iowa
de Poe McCord
Here
McCord
Sentenced for Life in Waterlooo Case
In Waterloo Iowa on October first Judge Ney sentenced Billings to life in prison for his crime. He stated if he had been a juror he would have favored acquittal. Billings remained calm and asserted innocence while criticizing the court rulings. His wife cried in court as the sentence was read. Bail set at $7000 pending appeal.
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Billings
Waterloo
Towa
Ney
Prison guards beaten and jail escape in Waterloo
Sheriff Hoxie, while serving supper to prisoners in Waterloo jail, was struck senseless by three Grundy county horse thieves who fled as a 200 strong posse hunted them. Lawyer Billinus raised the alarm as the attackers used a chair leg and a garden hose with a wooden plug as weapons.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Hoxie
Grundy County
Billinus
Three Villages in Mexico Devastated by Cyclone
A telegram from San Cristobal Las Casas Chiapas reports a cyclone over the Palenque district with heavy rains destroying three small towns and crops. No casualties have been reported to date.
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Mexico
City of Mexico
San Cristobal
Las Casas
Chiapas
Palenque
Eight Die After Schooner Erie Wave Capsizes Near Port Rowan
Port Rowan Ont Oct two eight people drown when the schooner Erie Wave capsized between Port Rowan and Clear Creek while being freed. Capt Thomas Staf ford George Bell Edward Soper and Robert Marlette named among the dead others from Clear Creek. Two swimmers survived. The Erie Wave grounded days earlier and extra crew aided in salvage. A squall struck and sank the vessel.
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Port Rowan
Ont
Erie
Clear Creek
Thomas Stafford
George Bell
Edward Soper
Robert Marlette
Grand Haven Fire Leaves City in Shock and Loss
A devastating early morning fire in Grand Haven Michigan consumes the hotel district and surrounding homes, costing near 1 million dollars. The blaze spreads across blocks destroying churches residences a millinery shop and the Cutler hotel built in 1872 with 160000 cost. Aid comes from Spring Isle Grand Rapids and Muskegon as authorities assess total losses and speculate on remaining safes.
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GraNd Haven
Mich
Grand Tavon
Slayton’s
Cutler House
Baar’s
Washington Street
Miss Ball
Unitarian Church
Spring Isle
Grand Rapids
Muskegon
First National Bank
Burned Cambria business area reports $125000 loss
The business portion of Cambria in San Luis Obispo County California was burned with post office telegraph and express offices destroyed. Estimated loss stands at $125000 and insurance is trifling. In Naples tunnel collision, fifty killed or injured as two express trains collide. Rome Oct 1. The navy plans rapid deployment of new warships to foreign stations, with Chicago to Europe and Atlanta to follow. Yorktown ready for cruise. Vesuvius and others near service as year ends.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Holland
Williams
White
Neal
Neat
Reinbeck
California
San Luis Orispo
Cal
Cambria
Naples
Rome
Forggia
Washington
Department
South Atlantic
Pacific
Chicago
Atlanta
Navy Department
Yorktown
Baltimore
Charleston
Petrel
Vesuvius
Great Dueber Co
T. Evans & CO
Continental Nat'l Bank
Duns Agency
U.S
Butterworth Reception Draws Three Thousand In Ohio Delegation
Ohio Republican supporters greeted Representative Benjamin Butterworth on his return from abroad with an ovation. About 3,000 people packed the event in Washington as Second Assistant Postmaster General Whitfield presided and Col. A. S. Worthington delivered the introduction. Sousa’s marine band performed as Butterworth spoke mainly of his travels and pledged support for Foraker in the current campaign.
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Ohio
Washington
Benjamin Butterworth
Whitfield
Col
A.S. Worthington
Ormerly
Steubenville
Congressman Butterworth
Foraker
Camaign
Marine Band
Sousa
Destitution on the Yukon Reported by Miners
Reports from Forty Mile creek and the Yukon river confirm severe famine among 800 miners on the Upper Yukon, 1,600 miles from any settlement. Arrivals at Port Townsend say the situation is dire, with many lacking food and resources in isolated camps along the river.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Forty Mile Creek
Yukon River
Alaska
St. Michaels Island
Ounalaska
Yukon
Canadian Ontario Insurer’s Dakota Territory Fire Insurance Statement
The document presents a territorial audit and certification for Dominion of Canada’s Dominion Fire Insurance Company, detailing capital cash assets, deposits, and policies. It covers assets totaling 707,746.81 with liabilities and expenses, including unpaid losses, claims, premiums earned, and taxes. The governor and notary attest to the accuracy and the company’s authority to transact fire insurance in Dakota Territory through January 31, 1889.
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British America Assurance Company of Toronto
Canada
Dakota
John Morrison
Percy
John Leys
W. H. Banks
Ofice
Toronto
Front Street
Eust
Perc Or Incorporated
Nts
Territory of
Ontario
Bank Theritish America Assurmance Company
Uhat
Bona
United States
Evil Assurance Company
J. Moriison
BAN Asst
Lyterhary
Ies
Ui. D. Gamble
Notary Public
Takota
Insurance Department
J. James A. Ward
da. Bola
Origial
Statenon
Bismarck
Likab
James D. Ward
Territory OF Dakota
Ommce
Department of Insurance
Brivell Alneriew Assurance
Uder
Cananthis Office
Certifcare
James A
Bismare
James A. Ward
Consumption Cured by Simple Vegetable Remedy
An aged physician, long retired, receives from an East India missionary a formula for a basic vegetable cure claimed to treat consumption. The report notes a physician’s old method and a novel remedy introduction from distant sources.
Free cure recipe for lung and nerve ailments advertised
A physician claims a tested remedy cures consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and other throat and lung diseases and nervous complaints. He offers to mail the full recipe with usage directions in German French or English to any requester, free of charge, upon sending a stamp and naming the paper. Address W A Noyes 149 Powers Block Rochester NY.
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W. A. Noyes
Power’s
Rochester
N. Y
Land Office Notices from Mitchell Dakota Sept 1889
Land Office at Mitchell announces multiple settlement notices. Bartholomew Godin seeks final proof for section 19, township 102, range 6 west with witnesses Livingston Kocher Stevens and Ewart of Mitchell. Andrew J Smith seeks proof for section 14, township 104, range 60 west with Dondelinger Perry Gillifan and Dondelinger of Mitchell. Herman J Stretton seeks final homestead proof for section 34, township 105, range 59 with Gilbert Brown Walker and James Gilbert of Hazleton. Charles Tuckey seeks final proof for northwest quarter of section 15, township 102, range 62 with Broadbent Orn Taylor and Alfred Taylor of Mt Vernon. All notices require appearance before the Mitchell Register and Receiver in Oct and Nov 1889.
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Mitchell
Dak
Rao Wis
Dakota
Bartholomew Godin
Robert Livingston
Abraham M. Kocher
Kidd. Stevens
James Ewart
P.O. Dak
M. H. Rowley
Register
J. M. Adams
Oak
Andrew J. Smith
Nick Dondelinger
Charles Perry
Joseph Gilfilian
John Dondelinger
Pak M. HH. Rowney
Mitchell Oak
Mitchell Dakota
Herman J. Stretton
Andrew J. Gilbert
Chester E. Brown
Charles Walker
James Gilbert
Hazleton
Mitchell, Dak
Mitchell, D.T
Charles Tuckey
Walter B. Broadbent
John Orn
Arthur Taylor
Alfred Taylor
Mt. Vernon
Dak M. H. Rowey
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NEW York Democrats
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Conybeare
Clonmel
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Omaha
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Black River Falls
Marshfield
West Superior
Northwestern Adamant Company
Davenport
Henry Tressler
Adolph Bringman
Tressler
Creston
Afton
W.W. Morrow
Union Township
J. B. Waray
Lincoln Township
J. R. Young
Lincoln
S. Ferris
Newhope Township
A. B. Stayt
H. K. Burker
M. V. Ashby
Minnesota
Wadena
Presbyterian Academy
Presbyterian Synod
St. Cloud
Minneapolis and Pacific
Glenwood
August Anderson
Anderson
Montevideo
Jacob Anderson
Amondson
Hotel Ryan
Eugene Mehl
the Dakotas
Huron
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Tracy
Black Hawk County
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George A. Royce
Michigan
Marquette
L. M. Lange
Marshall, Minn
Horace R. Mann
Wyoming
Buffalo
Wyo
W. E. Griffin
Nevada
Eureka
Joseph H. Perrault
Idaho
Boise City
Henry R. Tarpley
Salem
Ore
District of
Elisha Applegate
Oregon
Klamath Agency
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Charles Tupper
London
Department of Agriculture
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Rusk
West
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Pennsylvania
Butterworth
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Minneap Rem Ember ‘Olis & St. Louis Railway
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Horton
C.H. Holdridge
Gen. TK & Puss
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Guy Mare CO
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Chuteau
G V. Parmelee
Mitchell National Bank
H. J. Mohr. Ors Leyat Law
Johnstown
Orroe
Forshee & McMakin
Cincinnati
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Scrip
L&cationy
Y Toustes
Raver Yorp
Ettler
Stinson & Co
Portland
Maine
Sanden
LaSalle
Chigagd
John D. Lawler
J. E. Gilbert
A.M. Bowdle
Vice Press
J. N. Grant
Dor
Ipsa
Roth
Herald
6Th Ave
20Th St
New York City
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Wrorld
Trues& CO
Augusta
Maines
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