Settlers Win the Land in Wisconsin Timber Grants Case
Madison September 1 Judge Bunn with Justice Harlan opinions on a land ownership dispute over 100000 acres of timber lands tied to the Wisconsin Central and Omaha grant. The ruling favors settlers pre empting fourteen acre parcels, overturning a prior jury verdict that favored the railway, and restrains ejectment while the case advances to the Supreme Court.
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Madison, Wis
Bunn
United States Court
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Harlan
United States Circuit
Secretary of the Interior
Central Company
Alo
BE. A. Berkin D
J. Lentz
William ©. Forsyth
Central
United States
Eupreme Court
Two Lives Sacrificed in Grand Mound Tragedy
In Grand Mound Iowa a jealous suitor confronted Langdon and his wife at a boarding house. A quarrel led to a pistol shot that killed Mrs Langdon, and Langdon then killed the attacker before surrendering. The couple had earlier been engaged at Wisconsin State University before marriage.
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Chytos
Iowa
Grand Mound
Here
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Clinton
Ceda
Rapids
W. M. Langdon
Langdon & Co
Twogood
J. W. Deavon
Chicago
Langdon
Deavon
Manpison
Wis
George Smith
Ella Langdon
Jack Bevan
Bullen & Co., Masters
Grand Forks Prisoners Escape From County Jail
Eight prisoners escaped Monday afternoon from the Grand Forks county jail by sawing off outside window bars. They were all awaiting trial at the October term of court. Four of the escapees were charged with highway robbery. None have been recaptured.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Senator Farwell Improves Returns Home From Illness
WAUKESHA Wis Sept 17 Senator Farwell of Clinvis who had been seriously ill at Fountain house for weeks left for his Lake Forest home. His physician says the patient is much better and in favorable condition. Jonathan R Wilson a Rogerstown Pa leading citizen was struck by a passenger train at Swaar’s crossing and killed instantly.
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Farwell
Waukesha
Wis
Tparwell
Clinvis
Fountain House
Lake Forest
Jonathan R. Wilson
Rogerstown
Swaar’s Crossing
Northwest News Roundup From WEWS Briefs
A Michigan lumber accident near Gladstone leaves Galen W. Bradley grievously injured. Montana Democratic convention in Helena nominates W. W. Dixon to lead the party. Daily of Anaconda named party chairman. Forest City Iowa hosts a palace fair with a unique three story oats and flax clad building. Ottumwa coal palace opened with Governor Boies addressing crowds. Helena sheriff reports Capt. Arnold says Indian forces killed Head Chief and Young Mule. police seek murderers. Remains of a baby found near Devils Lake. badger scavenging suspected. St Louis Railroad files to build from Fond du Lac, Wis. to Walbridge, Douglas Co. Montana Union derailment fatal for Engineer Hatter, serious for Foreman Fitzgerald. Lively grain traffic at West Superior yards. seven day runs by Great Northern elevators. Northern Pacific grain deliveries to Sawyer system rise. Philadelphia brewery paid $650,000. Curtis of San Bernardino nominated by California Democrats. Lafayette College suspends two students for a year. Violent street shooting involving Turpin and Dustin. teacher injures. Fatal accident on Reading railroad track for Miss Hollihan and others injured. Foreign: canal plan Birmingham to Mersey discussed. czar exempts widowed-mother dependent men. Volhynia maneuvers involve 150,000. strict security for outsiders. Sultan of Sereng over 12 million subjects gifts Queen Victoria a lion. arrival in Liverpool. English coal imports to Russia fall sharply in 1890. Gladstone praises Irish author Ball. Ball’s Starland hailed with a letter from Gladstone.
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Galen W. Bradley
Soe
Gladstone
Mich
Battle Creek
Montana
Helena
W. W. Dixon
Butte
Anaconda Millionaire
Democratic Central Committee
Forest City
Iowa
Ottumwa
Boies
Arnold
Fort Custer
Hughyle
Devils Lake
The
St. Louis Railroad Company
Secretary of State's
Madison
Wis
St. Louis
Fond du Lac
Minn
Walbridge
Douglas County
Northern Pacific
Moulton Mine
Hatter
Fitzgerald
Minnesota
West Superior
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railroad
Philadelphia
W. J. Curtis
San Bernardino
California Democrats
Crindino
Lafayette College
Eaton
Juan Antonio Medina
George Smith
Scranton
Shickley
Milford
Del
Dastin
Glen Anert
Turpin
Dustin
Jane Holihan
Winnie Cannon
Charles Woods
Locust Gap
Reading Railroad
Miss Hollihan
Birmingham
Mersey
St. Petersburg
Volhynia
Ser
West Africa
Geeeen Victoria
Liverpool
Zoo
Russia
Robert Bleemere
Marie Bashkirtseffs
Mr. Ball
Theatrical Manager Meade Weds Mrs Edson in Chicago
In Chicago on September 17 James H. Meade prominent in American theatre and current manager of the Bluebeard Jr organization at the Chicago opera house married Mrs. S. P. McC. Edson of New York. The couple received many fine presents.
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James H. Meade
America
Drowned in hunt seal skins retrieved by schooner
San Francisco reports the Sophia Sutherland arrived from Sand Point with 1,188 seal skins. Captain Harriswen, William A. Sutherland and George Chapman left in a boat to hunt seals and were lost.
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San Francisco
Sophia Sutherland
Sand Point
Harriswen
William A. Sutherland
George Chapman
Ina
Rush to pass tariff amendments sparks protest in House
In Washington on September 16, the House debated two hours on Senate tariff amendments. Democrats angrily protested what they called a method to stifle free speech and rush business. Speakers attacked the rules move, warned of diminished representation, and urged fiscal restraint while favoring or opposing specific duties and free-list changes.
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Washington
McKinley
Committee On Ways and Means
Senate
Committee On
House
Yeas
Blount
Georgia
McMillin
Tennnessee
Committee On Rules
Flower
New York
Congress
Republican Party
McRae
Arkansas
Farquhar
Payson
Ilinois
Turner
Wheeler
Alabama
Debate Over Tariff Bill and Senate Amendments
The text notes extended debate on the tariff bill with two hours devoted to discussing 460 senate amendments. It suggests the majority used a secret confab to veil their actions, framing the issue as a fraud upon the returns and a matter of general interest.
Windom plans to relieve money market stringency
Secretary Windom announced a plan to purchase 16 million dollars of 4 percent bonds and prepay interest on 50 to 60 million dollars of 6 percent bonds to ease monetary tightness. The move, issued from Washington, targets surplus use and signals future shift to 4 percent purchases only if cooperation continues. The plan aims to reduce market strain with treasury action, though officials caution it is not administration policy.
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Windom
New York
Washington
Treasury
Ericsson
Republicans Get Everything Elected in Wyoming
Cheyenne Sept 16 Returns from ten Wyoming counties show the Republicans carrying the entire state ticket. C D Clark defeats George T Beck son of the late Senator Beck for congress by about two thousand votes. The state legislature will be Republican by thirty five on joint ballot. Legislative session to start within sixty days and senate candidates emerge led by J M Carey. Ex Governor John W Hoyt ex congressman S Downey Jade M C Brown all of Laramie and De Forrest Richards of Douglas vie for the other seat. Governor elect Warren may join Carey as colleague.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
C.D. Clark
Congress
George T. Beck
Beck
United States Senate
J. M. Carey
John W. Hoyt
S. Downey
Jade M. C. Brown
Laramie
de Forrest Richards
Douglas
Warren
Carey
Minneapolis and St Paul Populations From Census
Superintendent Porter announces Minneapolis recount shows 164,728 residents, up 117,951 since 1880, a 251.25 percent rise. St Paul counts 133,801 residents, up 91,?28, or 221.41 percent, reflecting significant growth in the Twin Cities.
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Twin Cities
Washington
Porter
Census Office
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Blaine to Attend Sioux City Corn Palace Opening
Sioux City Iowa reports private telegrams indicate Secretary Blaine will accept the invitation to attend the corn palace formal opening and deliver an address, with plans to travel to the event around September 15.
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Blaine
Sioux City
Iowa
Southampton Strikes Lockout Halts Work at Docks
London reports the Southampton lockout by dock companies against laborers began Monday with work on the locks entirely suspended. The action follows a payroll dispute and affects the port operations.
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Southampton
London
Potter Lovell Firm Members Arrested on Larceny Charges
News from Boston reports Walter Potter and W D Lovell of Potter Lovell and Co were arrested on warrants accusing embezzlement and larceny. The case involves 70000 worth of Edge Hill Furnace company bonds pledged as security and allegedly misused to cover firm advances. A temporary injunction against bond disposal was involved, with civil and criminal complaints mirroring the accusations.
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Boston
Walter Potter
W. D. Lovell
Potter, Lovell & Co
Charles Richardson
Philadelphia
C. Richardson & Sons
National Bank of the Republic
Edge Hill Furnace Company
Richardson
E. G
E. Wallace
Rochester
N. H
Incendiary Fires Destroy Calmar Town Buildings
Fires at 1 a.m. burned the old Scott building and the new town hall in Calmar Iowa, with fires spreading to Moens carpenter shop the George house barn and residence and the Draper building. Loss around 8000 dollars with limited insurance. The town hall remained unturned over to the town by contractor L O Moen.
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Calmar
Iowa
Scott
Town Hall
Moen
George House
Draper
L.O. Moen
Drowned in Snake River Body Found of Hamilton
Helena dispatch reports Rob ert Ray Hamilton, the New Yorker linked to a high profile Atlantic City dispute, was found dead in Snake river by a party of tourists near his ranch. J D Green, son of Western Union’s president, identified the body after locating it on a hunting trip in Yellowstone region. The body and horse were recovered, and Hamilton’s family notified.
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Rober
Ray Hamiltton
Helena
Mont
J. D. Green
Norvin Green
Western Union Telegraph Company
Yellowstone Park
Mr. Green
Park
Union Pacific
Robert Ray Hamilton
Atlantic City
N. J
Mr. Hamilton
Garnett
Kan
G. W. Cooper
G. F. Rose
Pottowatomie River
Marius Claudius Marcellus
Viridomar
Pompeii
Italy
Spain
France
Marseilles
Throat-Cutting Case Shocks Crucisnati Victim 22
In Crucisnati Carrie Winner 22, a domestic, dated Sept 16, was killed after accepting a drink with hack driver Joe Kavanaugh. At a saloon Kavanaugh drew a knife and cut the throat from ear to ear. This marks the third such case in 24 hours.
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Carrie Winner
Joe Kavanaugh
Kavanaugh
Policeman Shoots Burglar in Joplin Hardware Store
In Joplin Missouri on September 16 a burglar was shot dead by Officer May after failing to surrender. The officer was wounded by a gunshot during the confrontation at the Joplin Hardware Co store. The burglar was named Bill Meredith.
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Joplin
May
Joplin Hardware Company
Afay
Bill Meredith
Clemency Plea Pleases Ticino Insurgent Leaders
In Lonpoy on Sept 16 friends of Ticino revolutionary leaders appeal to Berne for clemency. Authorities may grant pardons to all involved in the uprising. Public mood aims to move the event from attention and minimize its significance.
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Lonpoy
Ticino
Berne
Don’t Want a Sport for Minister in Northboro
Rev Obed Eldridge, pastor of the Unitarian society for six years, resigned after parishioners accused him of not setting a good example to the young by attending a horse trot visiting a pool room and smoking. Eldridge’s supporters say his actions were respectable and he remains popular.
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Northboro
Mass
Obed Eldridge
Unitarian Society
Eldridge
Non-Concurrence in Appropriations Reported
Washington Sept 16 The house committee on appropriations agrees to report the general deficiency bill back with a recommendation that the senate amendments be non concurred This completes the appropriation bill.
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House Committee On Appropriations
Senate
Chicago Elevated Terminal Railway proposal announced
The Journal of Finance reports a plan to build a vast Chicago terminal system. An independent company will manage it with major Chicago New York and European investors. A grand central station near Twelfth and State Streets will serve as a general union depot with elevated iron and steel and brick arches. Freight and passenger trains will use the lines and hydraulic elevators will lower freight cars to the streets.
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Chicago
New York
Wall Street
The
Journal of Finance
Chicago Elevated Terminal Railway Company
Europe
Grand Central Station
Twelfth and
State Streets
London
Cold shoulder to borrowers as Chicago banks restrict loans
Chicago bankers keep strong reserves amid a weak Atlantic trade, turning away large volumes of commercial paper. Borrowers pay 6 to 7 percent for time loans while demand loans on collateral stay at 6 percent. Country calls for funds to move crops are present but not heavy, and speculative schemes are notably absent in this unpropitious period.
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Chicago
Curiaco
Hunting Gems Pearls Found in Wisconsin River
In Carlt on Wisconsin on September 16 authorities reported pearl producing clams found in the Manitowoc river within the city and county. Over 3,000 gems have been recovered by four men in three weeks with Frank and Nicholas Cheseboro accounting for about 2,000 pearls last week and Henry and William Cheseboro about 1,000 including a day with over 200 pearls. The pearls vary in color and some are considered highly valuable by experts as news spreads and more hopeful divers head to search.
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Wisconsin
Carlton
Wis
Manitowoc River
Frank
Nicholas Cheseboro
Henry
William Cheseboro
Switchmen in session at Buffalo convention opens
Nearly 200 delegates from American and Canadian railroads gather in Buffalo for the annual Switchmen Mutual Aid Association meeting. Officials from the grand lodge convene at Genesee House as tensions rise from recent strikes and a Federation of Railway Employes conference.
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Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Canada
Switchmen’s Mutual Aid Association of North America
Grand Lodge of the Order
Federation of Railway
Federation of Railway Employes At Terre Haute
Ind
Knights of Labor
Genessee House
John Ericsson The Engineer in Swedish Home Life
The excerpt characterizes the Ericsson family as plain living yet loving. Caroline's beauty, Nils's spirit, and baby John are highlighted with a cheerful home. Young John shows early engineering interest drawing, copying mine engines and studying their motion to learn their workings.
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Ricason
Ericsson
Caroline
Nils
John
John Ericsson
Cok W. C. Church
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Filipstad
Admiral Peyron
Royal Palace
Drothningholm
Fort Dopee
Baker, Savages & Co
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Snake River
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