Jeff Davis Dies After Brief Illness in New Orleans
Jefferson Davis died at 12 45 a m in New Orleans after a brief decline in health sparked by high fever. Born June 3 1808 in Christian county Kentucky, he rose from military cadet to Mexican War commander and later led the Confederate States as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Davis
New Orleans
Beauvoir
Miss
Mr. Davis
Kentucky
Yodd County
Monroe
United States Military Academy
Zachary Taylor
Vicksburg
Congress
Mexico
Mississippi Volunteers
Taylor
Rio Grande
Monterey
Grand Plaza
Buena Vista
Polk
Senate
Mississippi
Franklin Pierce
Pierce
Fort Sumter
Army of Mississippi
Lincoln
Montgomery
Richmond
Davis
Thither
Manassas
Bull Run
Provisional Congress
Woman Accused of Forgery Arrested in Beebe Ark
Mrs J O Rube a well connected St Louis woman was arrested at Beebe Arkansas on forgery charges totaling five thousand dollars She claims she acted under orders from her husband and did not know she was committing a crime
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Rube
St. Louis
Beebe
Ark
Dr Gorter and Garrett settle $18,000 professional services suit
The case against Robert Garrett for $15,000 for professional services, pending in Baltimore, was settled after Dr Nathan R Gorter offered to compromise for $18,000. The proposition was accepted and the money paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan R. Gorter
Robert Garrett
Baltimore
Gorter
Buffalo Bill Faces Cancellation of Sioux Contract
The commissioner of Indian affairs announced plans to refuse Buffalo Bill’s consent to renew the contract for 300 Sioux Indians who form the signature element of his European show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Buffalo Bill
Bill
Europe
German Steamer Doburg Feared Lost After Typhoon
The German steamer Doburg with 400 passengers aboard has not been heard from since the recent typhoon, heightening fears for hundreds of lives lost or at risk at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doburg
Sincspore
Tsong Kong
Bold New York Bank Forgery Gang Strikes Lincoln National
A gang of skilled forgers targets New York banks with rapid robberies. The Lincoln National Bank suffered the fastest hit among the recent incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lincoln National Bank
TILLERS AND TOILERS
Three agricultural groups at St Louis plan a federation between the Farmers Alliance and the Farmers and Laborers Union. A two thirds state vote will consolidate, with nine states in play and five already favorable. New headquarters for union business agents set in New York. J B Dines elected president and Oswald Wilson secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Farmers’ Alliance
George W. Sprague
Minnesota
Alonzo Wardell
South Dakota
J. H. Ashby
Iowa
J. H. Powers
Nebraska
Walter Muir
North Dakota
Farmers and Laborers’ Union
Messrs. Sickman
Patty
Page
Clowse
Mitchell
New York
J. B. Dines
Missouri
Oswald Wilson
Cronin Trial in Chicago Sees Day of Legal Arguments
The Cronin trial proceedings in Chicago centered on courtroom arguments. Prosecution and defense counsels including Longenecker Ingham Donahue Hynes Beggs Foster Forrest and Mills presented their positions as verdict expected by week’s end.
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Cronin
Chicago
States
Longenecker
Wing
Mr. Ingham
Mr. Donahues
Mr. Hynes
Mr. Foster
Beggs
Mr. Forrest
Luther Laflin Mills
Persistent Burglar Nabbed After Two Months
Police in St. Louis captured a burglar who for two months robbed about fifty homes. Bystanders described him as a negro but police found him white when arrested leaving a residence. He claimed the name August Strecher and confessed to ten burglaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Four Courts
August Strecher
English Capitalists Buy 200000 Acres in Kentucky Coal Lands
A Middlesborough dispatch reports the sale of 200000 acres of coal and timber lands near Middlesborough to English capitalists. They plan to build the largest coal iron and steel enterprise in America at Middlesborough. The price is said to be 1500000 dollars with contracts for new enterprises totaling 1125000 dollars while real estate sales reach 400000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesborough
America
Jimmy Hope Released from Custody in New York
Jimmy Hope the noted bank burglar was discharged by Judge Wheeler in the U S Circuit Court New York. He was allowed two days to leave the State after serving a term for the crime for which he was extradited from California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy” Hope
Wheeler
United States Circuit Court
New York
California
Two Men Killed in Iowa Train Wreck
A collision between two freight trains on the Chicago St Paul Kansas City road at Durango Iowa killed Conductor Berry of local train No 62 and Fireman John Hickey of No 68 and wrecked several cars and an engine. Several other trainmen were slightly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durango
Iowa
Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Road
Berry
John Hickey
Deaths by Own Action Among Apache Hanged Group
Five Apache men condemned at Florence faced execution for murder. Three of the condemned died in their cells by hanging themselves using cloth strips with double knots. Two killers were responsible for Jones’s Dudleyville murder on Sept 15 1888 and one for Dieh of San Pedro on June 3 1876.
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Florence
Jones
Dudleyville
Dieh
San Pedro
North Carolina Steel and Rail Company Organized at Greensboro
The North Carolina Steel and Rail Company with a $1,000,000 capital is organized to build a Bessemer iron furnace a Bessemer steel rail mill and a rolling mill at Greensboro North Carolina. Railway presidents bankers and others show interest in the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Steel and Rail Company
Greensboro N. C
Bessemer Iron
Bessemer
Fire Devastates Pullman Lumber Kilns and Cars
A disastrous blaze in Pullman Illinois destroyed between 75 000 and 100 000 dollars worth of car lumber and burned ten of the sixteen lumber kilns at the Pullman Car Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman
Ill
Pullman Car Company
Lynn Fire Destroys Shoes and Machinery
Fire in Lynn caused losses of 2.126 million dollars to shoes leather and shoemaking machinery. About sixty percent of the city’s shoe and leather houses were burned out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Alabama town backs Chicago as 1909 exposition site
Citizens of Greenville Alabama adopt resolutions urging Chicago Illinois be chosen for the 1909 world exposition. The motion reflects Alabama support for a northern city as the fair’s location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Ala
Chicago
Kansas City Extends Its Municipal Area
City council action adds twenty two square miles to Kansas City corporate limits expanding the city boundaries and extending its jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Fight in Leadville Ends with Fatal Wounds
In Leadville Colorado Bart Dunley was shot through the heart and Frank Cole was mortally wounded in a street fight. The incident leaves Dunley dead and Cole severely injured. Investigators are exploring the motive and pursuing possible suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leadville
Bart Dunley
Frank Cole
Pope LEO S Bank Plan Symbol of Church Finance Modern Era
The Universal Association Bank and Trust Company proposes a New York charter under papal benediction with 100 million capital to manage church revenues and members' fortunes. It would have trust, deposit, executor, and liquidation powers and establish branches in London Paris Rome Berlin and more with U S cities including Chicago St Louis Omaha and San Francisco. The pope seeks a safe depository shielded from European war and Italian government issues, selecting America as secure ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal Association Bank and Trust Company
New York
Rome
London
Paris
Berlin
Hamburg
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Barcelona
Havana
United States
Chicago St. Louis
Omaha
Topeka
San Francisco
Europe
America
Reunion of Iowa Drummers Banquet At Des Moines
The ninth annual reunion and banquet of the Iowa State Traveling Men's Association was held in Des Moines last Friday with 150 covers. W. A. Park presided and toasts covered topics including Business and Men, Little Things, Facilities and Difficulties, Application and Perseverance, National Progress, and The Press. Vocal and instrumental music and dancing followed the toasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Traveling Men’s Association
Des Moines
W. A. Park
H. O. Breeden
M. W. Ward
L. M. Martin
Large business failures hit Philadelphia and New York firms
The sheriff seized the New York office of Lewis R. Cox & Co. knit goods manufacturers in Philadelphia, with liabilities around 500000 dollars. Last week Mellor & Rittenhouse Co. drug and chemical makers in Philadelphia also assigned, liabilities about 300000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lewis R. Cox & Co
Philadelphia
Mellor & Rittenhouse Company
Fire Engulfs Monongahela House in Pittsburg
A large fire swept the well known Monongahela house in Pittsburg Pennsylvania on Thursday. Several guests escaped with narrow losses but no serious injuries were reported. The loss is under 100000 dollars with insurance totaling 197500 dollars. Papers for sale and transfer of the hotel were to be delivered at 3pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Florida Orange Crop Arrives in New York Slowly This Season
Florida oranges are arriving in New York with about 70,000 boxes in the last two weeks and heavier shipments expected in December. Last season produced roughly 2,000,000 boxes, but the current crop is downsized to about 1,000,000 due to April and May drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Florida
Destitution in South Dakota Reported in Mellette County
Gov A C Mellette returning to Yankton from Minor county reports about 3000 people in Mellette County in absolute want and at risk of death without immediate relief. Local officials warn a mounting humanitarian crisis demanding urgent aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Mellette
South Dakota
Yankton
Minor County
Fire destroys bakery. Gustave Gross family tragedy
A blaze at Gustave Gross bakery in Philadelphia early Monday morning killed Grosss wife and four children. Gross and another family occupant escaped the fire from the rear of the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Gustave Gross
Gross
Whisky Break Up Sours Creditors Across States
Assignment filed Thursday by A Furst Distilling Co of St Joseph MO triggers concern among principal creditors. Reported holders include wholesale whisky dealers in New York Chicago St Louis and Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Furst Distilling Company
St. Joseph
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Central Elevator Co. of Chattanooga Fails on Heavy Liabilities
In Chattanooga Tennessee the Central Elevator Company collapsed with liabilities of 169 298 dollars. Rumors say some warehouse receipts were duplicated triggering local excitement and concern among creditors and stakeholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Elevator Company
Chattanooga
Tenn
Leadville Mining Firm Assigns Assets to Hill
At Leadville Colorado the Agassiz Mining Company represented by Eastern capitalists made an assignment to Charles L Hill. Liabilities aggregate 114000 dollars while assets total 200000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leadville, Col
Agassiz Mining Company
Eastern Capitalists
Charles L. Hill
The New South expands to Fort Payne Alabama plant
The New South a large Connecticut hardware company signs contracts to move its facility to Fort Payne Alabama. The project will relocate 500 skilled mechanics to the new plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Fort Payne
Ala
New Haven Uses Australian Ballot System in Election
In New Haven Connecticut last week voters used the Australian ballot system and officials found the method satisfactory noting its orderly and secret casting of votes. The report highlights positive reception and smooth operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Funerals Held for Tribune Disaster Victims in Minneapolis
Three funerals were held last Tuesday for victims of the Tribune building disaster. Milton Pickett of the Pioneer Press was buried at Lakewood with Pioneer Press colleagues as pallbearers. Prof. Edward Olson, former South Dakota university president, had services at his brother’s home with students attending. Robert McCutcheon was buried from Warner’s and interred in the Typographical union lot. BE. J. Jenkinson’s body was taken to Sioux City by relatives. Additional burials followed the next day. Relief funds are being raised for the bereaved families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Tribune
Milton Pickett
Pioneer Press
Lakewood
Sevices
H. M. Simmons
First Unitarian Church
Northrup
State University
Edward Olson
South Dakota University
Robert McCutcheon
Warner’s Undertaking Establishment
Typographical Union
Takewood
BE. J. Jenkinson
Tribune Chapel
Sioux City
Brewer Named Associate Justice of U S Supreme Court
President appoints Justice David J. Brewer of Kansas as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. About 50, native of Smyrna Asia Minor. Son of missionary Rev Josiah Brewer. Yale classmate of Judge Brown and John Mason Brown. Kansas jurist, former Kansas Supreme Court judge, later eighth circuit judge. Nephew of Justice Stephen J Field through his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Brewer
Kansas
Supreme Court of the United States
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Josiah Brewer
David
Yale College
Judge Brown
Detroit
John Mason Brown
Kentucky
New York City
Brewer
Supreme Court
Arthur
Eighth Judicial Circuit
George W. McCrary
Stephen J. Field
Field
Providence Engineer Loses Life in Self Sacrificing Run
Engineer George Burnham of Providence Rhode Island died while attempting to avert disaster. The switch engine appeared on the track ahead and Burnham rushed from the tender to pull the coupling pin. He aimed to take the shock and save passengers but was decapitated. No injuries to others were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Burnham
Providence
R. I
Burnham
Handsome Harry Strangled for Murder at Tombs
Harry Carlton also known as Handome Harry was hanged at the Tombs New York last Thursday for killing Policeman Brennan. Father Gelinas spent three hours beside him the night before and offered consolation. Carlton confessed and faced death with remarkable nerve, remaining stoic under the looming execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Carlton
Harry
Brennan
Tombs
New York
Father Gelinas
Carlton
Wild
Fitzgerald
Omaha mayoral race and Missouri River bridge vote
In Omaha Nebraska last week Richard C Cushing the Democrat defeated George W Lininger the Republican by about 1100 to 1200 votes Bonds totaling 250000 were approved to aid the construction of a 1000000 bridge over the Missouri River at Omaha
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Richard C. Cushing
George W. Lininger
Missouri River
Straw and Rag Paper Trust Heads West Toward Formation
Agents have been active across the West seeking to form a straw and rag paper trust with Chicago as its headquarters. The venture would become one of the nation's largest, with more than $1,000,000 invested in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Chicago
Dauga Condemned to Death for Pont a Mouisson Murders
Dauga was condemned to death for four murders at Pont a Mouisson and will be executed at Nancy France. His prison transfer was guarded by Hussars while an agitated crowd trailed the convoy.
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Dauga
Pont A Mouisson
Nancy
France
Hussars
Drury Lane
London
West End
Krupps
Harmening
Weimar
Germany
Duke of Coburg
Servia
Wienchen
Shantung
China
Nation's Finances Revenue Taxation 1889 Receipts and Outlays
Secretary of the Treasury reports year ending June 30 1889 receipts from all sources totaling 2 523 950 60 with ordinary receipts 281 996 615 0 and a net surplus of 470 129 56 after redemption and sinking fund purchases. It lists internal revenue profits on coinage customs and other revenue streams and outlines expenditures by civil foreign Indian military naval and miscellaneous categories. It also notes the District of Columbia and sinking fund transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Eyom Cusuouis
Pacific Tollways
Pacific Railways
District of Columbia
Ccco
Ertahin Agebanteava
Various Local News Items and Fatal Incidents Across States
Reports include fish die-offs in the Gulf of Mexico from a mysterious disease, Hartland Bank suspensions, robberies in Paw Paw Illinois, cold Mexico weather with fatalities, a sane verdict in a Wisconsin murder case, postmaster fines in Connecticut, a New York to Argentina steam line, Lower Brule Indians visiting Washington, a jail incitement in Maryland, a suicide in Appleton Wisconsin, a man’s suicide and hidden gold in Albany, a Fremont fire with heavy losses, probate misconduct charges in Michigan, elopement of Ewing Watterson’s son, celebratory beard cut in Kansas, a Spokane Falls homicide-suicide, dismissals in New York conspiracy case, pension-related death in Williamsport, a Kansas City medical neglect case, a Bloomington Indiana death, route-car worker Keane’s death, a Norwegian ship raft sighting, and a Chinese laundry owner’s assault on a reporter with a hot iron.
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Upper Marlboro
Joe Vermillion
Appleton
Wis
Samuel Spencer
A'bany
N. Y
Fremont
Neb
Franklin Ward
New York City
Theobald Dreiss
Ontonagon County
Michigan
Ewing Watterson
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Jennie Black
Thomas Black
McMinnville
Tenn
John W. Tatfe
Kansas City
Kas
Fort Sumter
Jeff Davis
Spokane Falls
Wash
Albert Senderlind
New York
Swinton
Josh Mann
Robert Ray Hamilton
John Chapman
Williamsport
Patrick H. Keane
Chicago & Alton Road
Bloomington
Christian Scriver
Delaware
Hop Long
Saco
Iowa Items Show Range of Local News and Incidents
A digest of Iowa reports includes Keokuk pickle shipments to London, Red Oak lighting plans, a Dubuque road incident, a laborer’s death near Rockwell, fraud against Hardin and Grandy farmers, a Tama county monument project, a Dubuque water claim, a Cedar Rapids mare sale, the death of Waterloo druggist William Snowden, a murder feud in Monona county, and a Cedar Rapids doctor halting an elopement plot. Also noted are stock breeder elections, Iowa corn output, state canvass results, veterans at Iowa soldiers’ homes, asylum superintendent meetings, a Monona feud murder, a doctor-patient confrontation in Cedar Rapids, a Dubuque livery manager’s suspected defalcation, and Fort Madison official arrest over a daughter abduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Hardin
Grandy Counties
Tama County
Toledo
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
New York
Axtell
William Snowden
Waterloo
Iowa
Henry O’brien
Cascade
William Fairburn
James Atchison
John Tallman
Davenport
Stoutenburg
Eldora
Samuel Martin
al Ames
Hampton
James Wilson
Tama
Cc. C. Carpenter
Martin Flynn
United States
State Board of Canvassers
Des Moines
Boies
Hutchinson
Payneer
William James Cannon
Alamo
Iowa Soldiers
Iowa Insane Asylums
Drs. Hill
Mt. Pleasant
Llewellyn
Clarinda
Gillman
Independence
Polk
Madison
Dallas
James Dugeon
Monona County
James Shannon
Elmer Thimpble
Shannon
Thimpble
Dugeon
Albert Shoepfli
Byrne Brothers
Koepfli
J. Huntsman
Fort Madison
St. Madison and Northwestern Railway
Keokuk
Rock Island
Hrs
Clara Adams
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Express
J. W. Doxsee
Doctor Bill
Indians
Southern Enterprise
Alabama
Pope Leo’s Bank
American
New South
The
Foreign News
William Windom
Vessensee
Gulf of Mexico
Bank of
Revoir
Hudson, Wis
Argentine Republic
Vera Cruz
Washington
James Lythe
England
Red Oak
Rockwell
A. Marple
Willie Pye
KE. M. Rogers
Radcliffe
William Weimer
Weimer
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