Boundary shift between Mexico and the United States
Special report from San Antonio notes a completed boundary survey that moves the line several miles. The Wouncerow Custom House is now four miles south of the line prompting removal to the line. Mexican control of mining properties may mean levy of duties on ore smelted in the United States. Survey crews faced water shortages and desertions amid harsh conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
F. P. Cara Rello
Frontero
Mexico
United States
Wronterow
Texas Cotton Shortage Forecast in State Report
The Dallas News reports the Texas cotton crop will fall far short of last year with an estimated yield around 1.7 million bales. Causes cited include reduced acreage, boll worm damage, rust injury, and extended wet springs in parts of the state and Indian Territory. Weather aided early picking with 40 to 50 percent of the crop harvested, but top yield remains unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaxon
Galveston
Dallas Neva
Texas
Indian Territory
Terrible Death of a Child in Cincinnati
A four year old girl Katie Leesman died after choking on a lime marble sized piece. Witnesses described a horrific scene as the lime caused her mouth to burn and swell until she could not breathe, with neighbors reporting the choking and the child becoming unresponsive before rescue arrived.
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Cincinnati
Katie Leesman
Katie
London Bookseller Flirts With Record Rare Volume
A young London second hand books dealer bought a small uncut volume on early English North American settlements for £5, sold it to a private collector for £75, then faced a looming bid of £500 from another customer who might reclaim or replace it. Rumors say several American buyers would pay £1,000 or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
North America
Feats of New York Athletes
M F Sweeny of the New York Athletic Club cleared 6 feet 434 inches to lower the world running high jump record at the New York athletic games. A P Swarner broke the broad jump record with 10 feet 934 inches and J Mitchell threw a 16 pound hammer 145 feet 34 inches, beating the best mark by over three feet.
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New York
New York Special
M. F. Sweeny
New York Athletic Club
A. P. Swarner
J. Mitchell
They Miss the Salaries Pittsburg special
Hebrews in the city sold goods to pack peddlers on credit and later to Homestead mill workers on credit. The Carnegie strike left workmen unable to pay creditors, causing the failure of about six outfits within a week with aggregate liabilities over $200,000.
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Pittsburg
Homestead
Carnegie
Three Killed In Santa Fe Freight Train Wreck Near Eden
Denver report says an Eden area Santa Fe freight wreck killed Engineer Miller Fireman McCune and Brakeman Burn. The item includes terse notes on illness reports from Rome Pope Leo XIII and a yellow fever story from Santos to Philadelphia.
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Denver
Colo
Santa Fe
Eden
Miller
McCune
Rome
Pope Leo
Philadelphia
Santos
Brazil
South
Epidemic Death Toll and Global Cargo Delays Reported
An epidemic has raged in America for months with corpses piled in trenches. Otis claims more victims around San Tos than cholera deaths in Central Europe. Three hundred forty seven ships await discharge of valuable cargoes from worldwide sources, projecting a line of delays lasting a year.
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America
Otis
Santos
Europe
Desperate Escaped Convict Held After Shootout
Memphis special recounts Jack Thorne alias Jack Smith, once in Raggle Lake club housing, defying officers with revolvers and knives. He eluded capture for years after leaving Arkansas State Penitentiary, had a checkered escape history, and was brought to arrest near Earle with Deputy Williams.
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Memphis
Tenn
Matt Mitchell
Arkansas
Jack Thorne
Jack Smith
Crittenden County
Baggie Fishing and Hunting Club
Raggle Lake
Smith
Baggie Club
Arkansas State Penitentiary
Little Rock
Thorne
Earle
Frank Williams
Tennessee lynching announces Bell’s brutal assault
A special Nashville report details the Mount Pellia lynching of Alexander Bell following an attempted assault on Miss Sulie Jones in a widow J. B. Jones residence. After arrest and a gunfight with deputies, a mob of about 100 overpowered Kinard, slung Bell from a tree limb, and shot him dead. Miss Jones sustained minor facial scratches.
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Alexander Bell
Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Mount Pellia
J. 8. Jones
Sullie Jones
Bell
Phil Homan
Kinard
Kinnard
Miss Jones
Career of a Bigamy Case in Detroit
Mary Howell born Mary Ross in London Ontario married at fourteen in Canada and later to Buckingham, Robert B. Howell, and M J Brown in Detroit. After three marriages and thirteen children, no man testified to her bigamy, leading to release from custody as the events unfolded in Detroit society.
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Detroit
Mich
Mary Howell
Mary Ross
London
Ont
Buckingham
Robert B. Howell
Vic
Howell
Kentucky
M. J. Brown
Major Brown
Ann Arbor
Dastardly Bombing Strikes Non-Union Boarders in Homestead
In Homestead Pennsylvania a dynamite bomb was thrown into a boarding house housing about forty non union men. The blast damaged the building but left inmates on the upper floor unharmed aside from fright. Deputies patrol streets and guard boarding houses as the union strike advisory committee condemns the act and offers $100 for arrests. A rumor links the incident to efforts to keep troops in place. A separate item notes John L Sullivan was merely intoxicated rather than attempting self harm at a New York theater.
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Homestead
Pun
Sherifs
Skeletons Unearthed at Deal Street Scene
In Whitechapel London a building site on Deal Street yielded a rough box containing dry bones of three adults. Police recall Jack the Ripper links to the area as curious crowds gather to view the grisly find amid past crimes and current excavation.
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London
Deal Street
Whitechapel
Jack the Ripper
Oach
Moonshine Gangs Captured in Ashland Kentucky Bust
Deputy U S Marshal Lafayette Lovejoy and assistants escorted twenty seven heavily manacled moonshiners from Pike Floyd Martin and Buchanan counties toward Louisville to face federal court. Revenue men destroyed eight stills and burned hundreds of gallons of liquor while tough battles left officers and outlaws wounded. Many fugitives remain at large as authorities aim to dismantle the rings.
Sharon Divorce Case Finally Settled After Years of Turmoil
The Sharon divorce dispute in San Francisco ends after thirteen years with the state Supreme Court dismissing the appeal from Judge MecSharfer’s 1899 ruling. The case involved a forged marriage certificate between William Sharon and Sarah Althea Hill, an executor’s prayer for costs, and prior reversals by Judge Field and Superior Judge Sullivan.
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Sharon
San Francisco
United States
Haron
Supreme Court of the
Bank
Judge MecShafter
William Sharon
Sarah Althea Hill
Field
United States Supreme Court
Sullivan
Sarah Althea
The Preacher Went Away at Bathswich Bathsh ind
The Baptist church face upheaval as Rev. E F Volkenburn departs with funds jewelry and affections of several women. He left Bulhinch after a brief popular tenure and allegedly operated without a state license. Relatives of the young women may pursue action. local revival paused as investigators seek the missing assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
Bathswich
E. F. Volkenburn
Mr. Volkenburn
Bulhinch
United Brethren Church
Volkenburn
State Baptist Board
Made a Big Haul Ottawa Special Seizures by Russians
The Sealers' Association of British Columbia reports ten Canadian vessels seized by Russian cruisers off Cooper Island valued around 76000 with 1900 seal skins also confiscated. The Rosie Olsen, after initial seizure and Russian registry, was restored to owners with Capt Copp promised a remedy in Admiralty Court, as the government repudiates Russian confiscation.
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Ottawa
Ont
Sealers’ Association of
British Columbia
Victoria
Cooper Island
Rosie Olsen
Copp
Admiralty Court
Wild ride ends in fractured skull near Decatur
Elmer Kuns aged 17 was thrown fifteen feet from a saddle attempting to ride a wild bull east of Decatur Illinois. He remains at his father's home with a fractured skull after the accident.
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Decatur
Ill
Elmer Kuns
Young Kuns
Statewide school fund update from South Dakota commissioner
South Dakota’s school fund notes the 73,108.64 apportioned to counties from lease income and land sale interest this year, with 90,524 children reported and 377,676 in the permanent fund. Remaining funds total about 100,000 for loans, and over 1.2 million has been realized from sales, aiming toward 50 million with enduring interest to sustain schools.
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Oue State Commissioner of School and Public Lands
New Missouri River steamboat Castalia sparks Charles Mix boom
Intelligence from the Charles Mix County Warehouse and Transportation Company at Tadhn reports the Castalia has sailed on its first trip. Wheat and hogs valued in the thousands head to Sioux City, with more cattle and grain expected to follow. Citizens push river transport to advance prices and threaten to bypass rail lines if the railroad does not expand into the county.
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Charles Mix
Ofice
Charles Mix County Warehouse and Transportation Company
Tadhn
Castala
Sioux City
Bow
Watson Lam
Onesium Turgdon
Edwin Packer
Reeves & Co
Raper
Castalia
Capitola Butte
Aiman
Fort Pierre Celebrates Patent Receipt for Townsite
A grand celebration in Fort Pierre marked the townsite patent arrival. A daytime trade procession, a free barbecue banquet, speeches by notable locals and visitors, and a grand ball followed. The townsite square, once government land, has a history of railroad and squatters disputes now resolved with titles clear.
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Fort Pierun
Ort Pierre
Black Hills
Congress
Northwestern Railroad
Death by Own Action Shocks Pierre Community
A. W. Johnston. Republican candidate for County Register and ex-mayor of Pierre, was found dead with a bullet wound in a gulch near the city. A note cited weeks of illness and unendurable head pain. Johnston, once popular and a Capitol Committee member, had faced strange behavior before disappearing, with speculation about campaign stress and family insanity. His large property was encumbered.
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A. W. Johnst
Pierre
A. W. Johnston
Republican County
Register of Weeds
Capitol Committee
Johnston
County Register
Death of John Johnston Leaves Family in Mourning
Johnston, a former partner of Cousins now campaigning for Congress in Iowa, died suddenly after his life insurance of 10 000 dollars. He leaves an aged widowed mother who kept his house and a brother to mourn his death. His demise shocks friends across the state. he was a prominent Masonic member and well known in the community.
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Fils
Johnston
Cousins
Congress
Iowa
Ile
Masonic Order
Earthquake Disturbance Recorded in Hot Springs Arkansas
Citizens in Hot Springs Arkansas reported a loud roaring rumble lasting under a second. The quake originated northwest and moved southeast, shaking houses, rattling dishes, and disturbing the Soldier’s Home area more than other parts. It was the first recorded disturbance in Black Hills country memory.
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Hot Springs
Black Wills
Teak the Corantry Bank Suits Over Tax Assessment
Two Aberdeen national banks won circuit court suits against the county. Aberdeen National argued the 1591 assessor and county board overstepped powers by revaluing bank stock, voiding the excess tax. The court voided the board’s actions and set the tax on stock at $1,019.42, with any excess deemed general and void. List National Bank's case mirrored the first.
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Teak
Tw National Banks of
Aberdeen
Aberdeen National
Syl
County Board of Equalization
Avid Plainish
List National Bank
Extreme heat record tops September in Nineteen Years
Weather Bureau at Yanitton reports September heat surpassed any in nineteen years with a mean 66.4 degrees, seventeen days reaching 0 to 5 degrees, and only 0.36 inches rainfall. Light frost occurred on the 14th. October began hot.
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Tottest
Pireau
Yanitton
Issa
Gusher at Volin powers mill with strong artesian flow
An artesian well at Volin struck at 424 feet gushes from a six inch pipe with about sixty psi. The water will power Doughery and Alden's grist mill now being installed. Three counterfeiters detained in Lu r on awaiting U S Commissioner examination after arrest on the street. They refuse to name themselves or origins, suspected from St Joseph Missouri.
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Volin
Doughery & Alden
Tuk
Iluron
United States
St Joe
South Dakota News Roundup From Hills to Rail Plains
Recent arrivals and local incidents color a South Dakota snapshot. A man from Omaha committed suicide on Iver Paulsen’s farm in Idylwilde Township. A Howard fire destroyed sixteen houses, killing two. Two Oakes men were nabbed at Aberdeen amid a blend of romance and scandal. Homestake Mining declares a 10 cent dividend. year total and year-to-date sums noted. Rapid City suitors seek an emblem for a state World’s Fair window. Rail construction grows in the southwest. Sioux Will’s Western considers a new Yankton line survey for immediate work.
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South Dakota
Howard
Oakes
N. D
Aberdeen
Homestake Mining Company
Rapid City
Sioux Wills Western Company
Yankton
Midnight Ride On A Buffalo To The Loup River
A Nebraska reminiscence from 1856 recounts a perilous retreat across burning prairie. The narrator, guiding emigrants, is encircled by fire, breaks a horse’s leg, and narrowly escapes death by clinging to a buffalo bull and riding to the Loup River before being saved by a trailing emigrant train. The tale crowns a life of plains near misses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Loop
Loup
Plains
Gehenna
Gift Horse Prompted Mourning Color Change in Turkey
A British official recounts gifting jet black Arabian horses to the Sultan. The Turkish dragoman sought audience, explaining black signaled mourning in America. The secretary agreed, the horse was changed to a different color, and deemed sound. The tale underscores diplomacy and cultural misunderstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Legation
Turkey
America
United States
Discontent and Wealth Compare in Everyday Life
A column laments people who feel discontent from comparing their fortunes with wealthier neighbors. It notes spite of comforts, the lure of fashion, and envy sparked by others' houses and social status. It mentions pedestrian versus carriage life and a Detroit Press critic calling a woman "hen like and incongruous."
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John
Tom Jove
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NG Hell Prd
John L. Sullivan
Chicago
Western News
Tilal
Ren
Yonkers
N. Y
Speciial
National Sugar Refinery of
Gainesville
Jefferson McKey
Cordelia Reynolds
McKey
Denton County
Dallas
Fort Pierre
Deadwood
Clem Spurling
Naulieous
Spurling
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