Robbery Attempt Fails After Pepper Attack on Cashier
J A Schleuter cashier at First National Bank of Aberdeen and his wife were assaulted as they walked home from the grain palace. Two men threw red pepper in his eyes and fired at them while attempting to seize a satchel with the grain palace’s receipts. Mrs Schleuter defended with a cane. both escaped unharmed though Schleuter remains bedridden for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
J. A. Schleuter
First National Bank of Aberdeen
Grain Palace
Mr. Schleuter
Pierre Cattle Shipments Reach Average Expectation
Cattle shipments from Pierre are trending up to average highs after early forecasts of a lighter season. Strong movement from range districts toward Pierre increases future volumes, with October expected to be a heavy shipping month as roughly 850 cars head out around mid month. August opened slow, September reached 285 cars, and October is anticipated to top these figures. Bank robbers from the Belle Fourche heist remain at large, with the Jones brothers and George Curry identified as suspects. Postmaster in Powderville recounts include a shooting incident, while a Denver official tracks the crew across Montana and toward the Hills. A $1,590 reward stands for each man’s capture.
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Pierre
Black Hills
Belle Fourche
Deadwood
Jones Brothers
George Curry
George Watterbury
Denver
Montana
Powderville
Wyo
Sontag Fires On Officers In Huron Barn
James Sontag and a woman calling herself Nellie Williams hid in a southeast Huron barn. When Chief Bussey and Constable Coomer arrived with an arrest warrant Sontag fired. Sheriff Medbury threatened to burn the barn. Sontag surrendered. Williams fined 25 dollars and ordered to leave town. Sontag held to bail 1000 dollars. no bondsman found, jailed. Also report of a Canton home robbed of 600 dollars in gold and 600 greenbacks missing. series of nightly robberies and dynamiting at Farmers' Lumber Company. large patrols out, suspects believed to live in Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sontag
Nellie Williams
St. Paul
Huron
Bussey
Coomer
Sontag
Medbury
Kemp
Jacop Johnson
Canton
Mr. Johnson
Farmers’ Lumber Company
Relics of War Collector Displays Cuban Items
A. J. Olwin of Aberdeen exhibits Cuban relics brought from Santiago by Corporal Barr. The assortment includes Mauser cartridges used by Spanish at Santiago and by mint state regulars, a machete from the San Juan battle, a fragment of San Juan block house wood, El Caney shrapnel, and a Cuba newspaper copy. The collection is shown at the brain palace during exposition week. May Clear the Mystery reports a murder case near Watertown where an unknown man’s body was found. John Kiefer found two photographs. one shows a man and woman together and may link to the murdered man, potentially identifying the perpetrator. P. M. Hardin, pioneer of Twoly, died in Spearfish on October 4 after long illness at 65, leaving a wife and three sons. Gen. Mark W. Sheafe left Watertown for Camp Meade to resume command. weather permitting troops may head to Cuba. A Casey post office has opened with Jol F Backus as postmaster.
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A. J. Olwin
Aberdeen
Santiago
Barr
Minta States
Battle of
San Juan
el Caney
Cuba
Collecion
Brain Palace
Watertown
John Kiefer
Camp Meade
Mark W. Sheafe
Middletown
Teatth
Erau
Yellow Fever Grips Mississippi Spreading Statewide
The Mississippi State Board of Health warns that without frost the yellow fever would engulf the entire state. Jackson faces the worst outbreaks among negro communities, with 465 cases in Lowndes and 351 in Mississippi total, and a $2,000 Memphis relief effort underway.
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Mississippi
State Board
State Board of Health
Memphis
Jackson
State Government
Brandon
Miss
Queen and Crescent Road
Mississippi State Board of Health
United States
Harrison
le Flore
Phillips
Lowin
Navy's Small Record of Lost Seventeen Men Killed
A table of Spanish War casualties sent to Secretary Long notes seventeen killed and sixty-seven wounded across actions from Manila on May 1 through engagements at Guantanamo Santiago and Porto Rico. One later death leaves the tally, with most wounded due to ear drum ruptures, and many discharged or invalided.
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Spain
Long
Mavy
Manila
Cienfuegos
Cardenas
San Juan
Porto Rico
Guantanamo
Santiago
Eagle
Amphitrite
Wood Takes Command Of Santiago Department
Gen Leonard Wood is assigned to command the Department of Santiago by a War Department order. He will hold the post during Gen Lawton’s two months sick leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Lawton
Gen. Leonard Wood
Department of Santiago
War Department
Gen. Lawton
Tagales Land in Viscayas Defeated by Spanish Column
A Madrid dispatch reports Tagales landed in Antigua province and were defeated by a Spanish column after a sharp fight in which ninety four insurgents were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viscayas
Madrid
Viscayas Islands
Antigua
Spaniards to surrender Cuban custom houses by December first
The United States demands that Spain surrender all Cuban custom houses and public buildings by December 1. If needed, American troops will seize Havana and other ports and use force to ensure compliance. Washington expects Spanish authorities to yield to avoid wider conflict as Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's Seventh Army Corps prepares to occupy Havana outskirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
United States
Havana
Custom House
Santiago
Fitzhugh Lee
Seventh Army Corps
A Survey of Contemporary Global Facts and Projections
A collection of notes covers wide topics from China street widths and French chimney hats to Greece population by sex. It reports Swiss hotel capacity, Bank of England bars untouched for two centuries, Quebec newspapers, and projected electric railways for Riesengebirge. It adds plague death estimates for Foochow and England hop crop gloom with yield halved from last year.
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China
France
Greece
North Africa
Switzerland
Bank of England
Quebec
Riesengebirge
Germany
Foochow
Vienna
England
Grandville M Dodge named Army Scandals Commission Chief
Gen Granville M Dodge president of the commission probing war management and Army scandals is noted as a distinguished soldier. Born 1831 in Danvers Massachusetts, he built a career as engineer financier and railroad leader and served as a Civil War brigadier general and Union Pacific chief engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville M. Dodge
United States
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
Sherman
Dodge
Danvers
Mass
Norwich University
Illinois Central
Rock Island
Pacific Railroad
Gen. Dodge
Baldwin & Dodge
Council Bluffs
Iowa
New York
Iowa Infantry
Missouri
Kentucky
Union Pacific Railroad
Crusade Inaugurated Against Ticket Scalping Trade
The National Association of Merchants and Travelers held a Chicago banquet for railroad men with 250 guests. John V. Farwell Jr. presided as members called for a central anti ticket scalping committee to pursue drastic federal legislation at the next Congress.
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Chicago
National Association of Merchants and Travelers
John V. Farwell
Congress
Fever Scare Impedes Rail Transit Across Southern Lines
Illinois Central losing about 15000 dollars daily from a yellow fever quarantine. Yazoo and Mississippi Valley division halted. main line traffic restricted. passenger service reduced to through vestibule trains. Other lines into New Orleans face similar delays due to the outbreak.
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Illinois Central
Illinois Central Railroad
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley Division
New Orleans
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Texas
Reinforcements Ordered to Ghedaref as Soudan Tensions Rise
From Omdurman reinforcements head to Ghedaref where Col Parsons forces repel a Dervish attack with light losses. No news from Fashoda, but Maj Marchand likely to retreat soon. In Bellefontaine Ohio a boy lassoes a horse, throws rider, Lee Paul severely injured.
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Soudan
Omdurman
Ghedaref
Parsons
Fashoda
Maj
Marchand
Lee Paul
Bellefontaine
Ohio
The Indian War and Dooley on Indians in 19th Century
Mr Dooley and Mr Hennessy debate Indian policy in sharp comic dialogue. Sherman quotes, then satire on white civilization and removal of Chippeways, with a plan to move Indians west and convert homes into profits. The piece lampoons attitudes toward Indians and government policy.
Malolos Assembly and Aguinaldo Civil List Row
The Malolos national assembly voted Aguinaldo a civil list of 75000 dollars, but he refused payment until the army is paid. Paterno proposed an office allowance, but it was rejected. The Spanish seek prisoner releases while insurgents demand favorable terms before freeing captives.
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Filippinos
National Assembly
Malolos
Aguinaldo
Paterno
Agricultural News Highlights From The Midwest And West
The report notes 51 150 horses exported last year at an average of 120 dollars each. Missouri and Kansas sowed their largest fall wheat crops on record. Utah experiment station says separated milk fed to calves is worth 22 cents per hundred pounds live weight. A ranchman imports Russian wolfhounds to scare coyotes and wolves threatening stock. Missouri still has about half a million acres open for homestead entry with state efforts to settle it. Chicago Omaha St Louis and Kansas City packers slaughtered 1 173 000 sheep in 1887 and 4 654 000 in 1897, questioning any rise in mutton consumption despite more retailers.
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Gatlin
Dimitryi
Young Men's Christian Association
Hinnissy
Indyan
Snakes
Mary Ann
Terence
Robert Immitt
Dilygate
Wurruk
Th’ Polis
Th’ Mills
Schwartzmeister
Hogan
Pacific Ocean
Mr. Hennessy
Misouri
Kansas
Utah
Missouri
Chicago
Omaha
St. Louis
Kansas City
Vanderbilt's Model Village Expands At Biltmore Estate
George W. Vanderbilt orders further development of the Biltmore model village in North Carolina. New dwellings with modern amenities, a rectory, a residence for the musical director, and a schoolhouse for white pupils will rise. Electric lighting, estate water, and varied rental options from ten to eighty five dollars monthly follow early applicants. A new neighborhood school for residents and nearby children will teach practical crafts alongside standard coursework, with a separate building and teacher planned for African American pupils. A temporary reading room near the church will offer literature this winter.
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Zgeorge W
Biltmore
N. C
George W. Vanderbilt
Carry] Fiorio
All Souls’ Church
Springfield
Mass
Republican
Flowers in History and a Chestnut Tale Endings
A collage of blossom lore from ancient times to modern tales links flowers to rulers and fate. The piece notes violets in empresses gardens and legends from Lanthis to Diana, then shifts to light fiction snippets about Miss Willing and a weary patient in a monthly medical record.
Unclear dialogue on patriotism and bravado in a circus of talk
A fragmented dialogue snippet shows characters debating patriotism, cowardice, and a preacher in trouble for courting many girls. The passage parodies speech patterns and references a Washington Star-like voice, hinting at social satire and crowd chatter.
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South Dakota
P. M. Hardin
Twoly
Spearfish
James
Charles S
Louis
Casey
Ziebach Coussy
Wit Jol F Backus
M’kinley
Neb
Kan
St.louis
aKi
D. Nee Idianaps
Mich
Penn
W. VA. Va
Washyngton
NAVY
Bacon
Pekin
Port Arthur
Tve
Wei-Linai- Wei
Agricultural News
Vanderbilt's Model Village
Mies
Eugenie
Prince Imperial
Mary
Violet
Lanthis
Diana
Apollo
Ianthis
Miss Willing
Mr. Woodby
Clara
George
Tim
Tina Night
Smith
Jones
Brown
Uncle Eben
Washington
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