Pine straw bagging closes mills in Salem mass layoff
A Salem dispatch reports the jute industry collapse as pine straw bagging gains in the south. About 500 workers are to be laid off as the cotton bagging trust wanes. Leander Burdick of Toledo is elected grand master of Masons amid Cerneauism debate.
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New York
Salem
South
Cotton
Leander Burdick
Toledo
Ohio
Grand Lodge of Masons
Masonic Veteran Association
L. F. van Cleve
Monster Republican Demonstration in Peoria
Peoria Illinois October 25 crowds fill the city as Governor Fifer arrives to speak in the afternoon. The Republican event includes four meetings and an evening parade with thirty towns and sixteen bands in line. Congressmen Post Plumer Reese and others will speak making it the campaign’s biggest demonstration.
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Peoria
Prorta
Ills
Fifer
Post
Plumer
Reese
Two Hundred Braves Threaten Sioux Fight at Cannon Fall
A noon dispatch reports 200 Crow warriors moving toward the Sioux and expected to reach Cannon Fall River, 20 miles below the agency, as panic and unrest spread among Standing Rock and other Sioux. Major McLaughlin, who accompanied Standing Rock chiefs to Washington, is due at the agency, while the Eighth Cavalry and Indian police pursue the Crow threat.
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Stanpina Rock
D. T
Cannon Fall River
Washington
Eighth Cavalry
Major McLaughlin
Standing Rock
Zeigler’s Body Found Near Randalls Shooting Site
The body of Zeigler, the Randalls victim, was found about two miles below his island home. A bullet entered the lower back and exited above the heart. Summers testified the body matched the Oct. 2 shooting and Sheriff Rosicot held Zeigler in custody. The coroner moved the body to Little Falls and Randalls’ examination is postponed to Friday.
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Randalls
Fort Ripley
Zeigler
Young Summers
Rosicot
Frank Randalls
Little Falls
East Grand Forks Man Attacks Pedestrian After Bond Release
Ted Reilly of East Grand Forks who had been freed on bonds weeks earlier confronted a pedestrian on Third street demanding money. After the victim refused, Reilly punched him in the chin loosening several teeth and kicked him in the abdomen. Police arrested him that evening and bondsmen later turned him in. Reilly is described as a hardened criminal.
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Grand Forks
Dak
Ted Reilly
East Grand Forks
Third Street
Reilly
Divorced wife fires at intruder in La Crosse
Frank Dworak, who came to his ex wife’s home, became quarrelsome and refused to leave. The woman drew a revolver and shot him in the leg. doctors report the wound is not serious.
Mandan Territory Convention Advocates State Division
The Democratic county convention passed a resolution urging Missouri river division of the territory, admission of the eastern half as a state, and creation of the Territory of Mandan from the western portion. Separately, Ottawa reports a timber theft patrol planned along the Manitoba boundary, and Ashland notes the Chippewa Logging and Boom Co bought 1,280 acres in Ashland and 480 in Sawyer counties for $125,000.
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Mandan
Bismmarck
Dak
Missouri River
Ottawa
Ont
Mounted Police
Manitoba
Dakota
Ashland
Wis
Chippewa Logging and Boom Company
W. J. Stair
Chippewa Falls
Ashland County
Sawyer County
Thirty Years Behind the Times in Free Trade Critique
The piece argues honest free traders ignore new global conditions affecting Cleveland's re election. It claims a sound theory from thirty years ago is now impractical due to political shifts, progress of knowledge, and expansions into tedious domains.
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Times
Cleveland
British Minister West Letter Stirring Political Debate
Washington reporter says Lord Sackville West wrote a personal letter urging an American citizen born in England on how to vote in the upcoming election. Officials deem it indiscreet and the State Department will not discuss the matter. Secretary Bayard calls the letter not for publication and declines to comment.
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Vite
New York
Fierald
Washington
Lord Sackville-West
Bayard
State Department
West
Herald
Georgetown
Del
Plumed Knight Reiterates Bayard Tariff Views in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn Blaine addressed a large crowd after a reception arriving at 10 p m He praised Bayards statistics via Atkinson showing growth in population and various industries since 1870 87 and argued prosperity under protective tariffs benefits workers and exports Speakers included Senator Hiscock Chauncey Depew and Gen A E King of Maryland A three mile Republican parade later gathered in Xenia Ohio for a cannons bursting rally ending at the courthouse with a major meeting.
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Brooklyn
Blaine
Bayard
Edward Atkinson
Mr. Bayard
Atkinson
Mr. Blaine
Senator Hiscock
Chauncey M. Depew
Gen
A. E. King
Maryland
Xenia
Ohio
Immense Coshocton Crowd Hears Senator Sherman Speech
An immense audience packed Coshocton opera house on October 25 to hear Senator John Sherman. The hall was full from footlights to gallery, with many turned away and a parquette reserved for ladies. The stage hosted about fifty 1840 voters and Democratic wool growers backing Harrison. Harrison Never Was a Know Nothing.
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Coshocton
Ohio
John Sherman
Opera House
Harrison
Resignation Over Charges of Negro Blood in Officer
Columbus Georgia police lieutenant Warren resigns after a sharp accusation of possessing Negro blood and refusal to submit to inquiry. In Washington the comptroller declares final dividends for failed banks Stafford Springs and St Louis totaling over 100 and 80 percent respectively. Roger Mills speaks in Newport advocating the house tariff bill.
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Columbus
Warren
Palmer
Washington
Stafford National Bank of
Staffords Springs
Newport H
N. Y
Roger Q. Mills
Public debt figures prompt call for frugal tax relief
The Cincinnati Volksblatt notes total public debt at 1.84 million dollars with 1.1 billion in interest bearing obligations. It cites 1891 and 1907 bond maturities of 250 million and 737.8 million, a surplus of 19 million this year, and urges extreme economy to meet obligations, contending surplus should reduce debt per Harrison.
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Harrison
Cincinnati Volksblatt
Women’s War at New York Convention Ends in Clash
The Great W C T U convention in New York ends with sharp exchanges among leaders led by Mrs Foster Iowa and Miss West editor Mary Allen West. Resolutions on public schools prohibition and party alignment are debated amid accusations and a vote to adjourn sine die. The report details a split in Iowa and repeated calls for harmony despite factional tempers. Nearby items note Jacksonville epidemic easing with 383 deaths total and a Bunker Hill robbery suspect capture in Indiana.
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New York
Prohibition Party
Blair
Woman's Temperance Publication Association
Temperance Hospital
World’s Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Mary Allen West
Union Signal
Union
Wisconsin
Pineries
Fallows
National Methodist Conference
Ingalls
Foster
Wholesale freight theft ring uncovered on Mexican Central
Eagle Pass Texas reports a large scale freight robbery system on the Mexican Central railroad with losses around 50000. Arrests include three conductors and a brakeman in Guanajuato and an ex agent named Smith at Jimutio. Investigations indicate the scheme operated for two years and could bring 20 to 30 more arrests.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Mexican Central Railroad
Guanajuato
Mexican Central Railway
Smith
Jimutio
Ohio school official E T Tappan dies at 63
Prof E T Tappan state school commissioner of Ohio dies in Columbus after a brief illness of paralysis aged 63. The report notes his long service in public education and his death follows a short period of illness.
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E. T. Tappan
Ohio
Columbus
Willmington, del
Academy of Music
Chicago Market Notes Wheat Corn and Live Stock Prices
Grain and provisions data from Chicago and St Paul with Wheat oats pork lard ribs and live cattle receipts and price ranges. Reports include Hogs Cattle Sheep with price bands and quality terms and a note on balloon ascent by Zölisher and new compact railway timetables.
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Chicago
St. Paul
Northern
Timothy Hay
Timothy
Territorial and Judicial Officials of Dakota Territory
A detailed list of territorial officers and judiciary including Governor Louis J. Church, Secretary M. J. McCormack, and Attorney General E. F. Pempleton, plus county city officers, boards, and secret societies. Also enumerates church leaders, school boards, and fraternal organizations with meeting notes and locations in Mitchell, Dakota.
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O. S. Gifford
Louis J. Church
M. J. McCormack
John. Gawler
James A. Ward
Govers
Maris Taylor
Eugene A. Dye
U.S
W. 1. Purcell
United States
Dan Maratta
Tyler
North Dakota
Fargo
M. ‘Phos
Deadwood
James Spencer
Wirth
Huron
J. H C
Yankton
King
M. D
Superin
Mitchell
Dakota
Jerome Wiltze
N. G
E. B. van Alstine
Irehell Linc
Mitchell Mitchell
Odd Fellows
J. M. Adams
G. P
H. J. Bingham
Scribe
Ransom Post
G. A. R. Mitchell
O. W. Hall
Capt
Hal
Clark
Add
Daniels
Kansum
Davison Bros and Seaman Offer City Property Loans
Money to loan on city property for long or short time with low rates. We can give specs on brick or stone business blocks. Davison Bros and Seaman.
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Davison Bros & Seaman
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William C. Douglas
Sandoval
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Andrew Morgan
Delaware County
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McClure
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Haseen
Sam
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Josiah B. Rourkee
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Yale
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Chicago, Burlington & Saat
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Illinois and Mississippi River
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Consolidated Exchange
Zlaisher
Exerton
Detroit Free Press
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Anchor
Loos
Ed F. Ad. Richter & Co
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Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
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Pissenger
C. M
Passenge Freighit
Freiglit
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Seeeery
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D. Prescott
John Melsride
L. W. Adams
W. W. Gardne
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E.G. Malmsberry
WH. McCormick
J. L. Stannett
U W. Bennett
ST. Mary's Church
Protestant Episcopal
John di
Babcock
Tin Presbyterian
T. C. McFarland
Church of the “Holy Family
George Sheehan
Kscasin
Gati Iry Sren
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