Minnesota Republican primary election circular outlines voting rules
The Minnesota Republican State Committee issues a circular to county chairs detailing primary election provisions from 1895 law. It covers notice timing, delegate allotment, precinct posting, oath requirements, residency rules, judge duties, credentialing, vacancy handling, county-wide districts, and penalties for violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Republican State Central Committee
Minnesota
Pelmerlee
Republican Party
Tams Bixby
Republican State Committee
Harris Richardson
Republican Committee
Montana Banker Weds Chicago Social Leader in St Paul
Aaron Hirschfield of Miles City, a wealthy banker, married Mrs. Cluxton in Aberdeen with Judge William Mitchell presiding. The couple departed for a new home on the Northern Pacific, after a private ceremony amid illness and social prominence.
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Montana
Ether Wise
St Paul
Aaron Hirschfield
Miles City
Aberdeen
William Mitchell
Supreme Ecourt
Hirschfield
Ornoon
Baron Hirschfield
St. Paul
City
Cluxton
Orly
Minnesota
Chicago
D’episy
Potter Palmer
Windy City
News Resume Recap of Prominent Global and Domestic Happenings
A concise review sampling key events from the past week. Items span international and domestic affairs, major developments, policy shifts, economic notes, cultural moments, and notable figures drawing public attention.
National news and obituaries disperse through Washington
The Nation's Capital reports government loan receipts of 111 million dollars and a Chippewa delegation in Washington seeking 85 cents per day. It lists a wave of deaths including Oscar C. McKinney, Judge Joseph Allison, and Dr. William S. Armstrong, with other events from politics to crime and a family feud ending in deaths near Clifton Prairie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Minnesota
Senate
Hansbrough
Secretary of Agriculture
World's Fair Board of Control
Columbian Commission
Multiple Disasters Reported In Brief Casualties and Wrecks
Bodies and wreckage portend tragedies across several sites including Amesbury Massachusetts Waterloo Indiana Pittsburg Pennsylvania Gloucester Nova Scotia and Ohio A suspected Florida schooner captain presumed dead a Waterloo brick block fire a near hundred thousand dollar loss a gas furnace explosion in Pittsburg injures workers a Cape Breton wrecking leaves a drowning Isaac Rogers a Bristol Conn bridge disaster accounts find six dead on the Bristol bridge and rail wrecks near Roseville Ohio and Dell Rey Ohio with eight injured and one fatality F B Tripp a miner among the deaderal
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Arthur Brown
Florida
Amesbury
Mass
Wayne Street
Waterloo
Ind
Jones & Laughlin's Iron Works
Pittsburg
Martin Skrensky
Gloucester
Louisberg
Cape Breton
Loraine Island
Isaac Rogers
Hall
Bristol, Conn
Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley
Roseville
Ohio
Fisher
Cleveland, Canton & Southern
Dell Rey
F. B. Tripp
Multiple crimes and convictions across regions reported
Louis Frank dies after being shot by Maud Clifford in Kansas City. Maud Clifford, released on bail, is arrested. US deputy marshals capture Dane Putty and John Patoka after a house shooting. A Salem murder results in Annie Maude Brewer receiving seven years for killing Gideon Lattimer Jr. in 1894. Burglars steal 2500 to 3000 dollars in goods from Crocker & Co. in Cincinnati. Alaska dispatches report four white men and one woman allegedly killed by Kiake Asiana Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Frank
Maud Clifford
Kansas City
United States
Dane Putty
Indian Territory
John Patoka
Ennis
Salem
Mass
Annie Maude Brewer
House of Correction
Gideon W. Lattimer, Jr
Lynn
Sanmuoel A. Crocker & Co
Cincinnati
Alaska
Kiake Asiana
Insurrection in Formosa and World News Roundup
The report notes Formosa’s uprising spreading amid global tensions. It cites Lord Dunraven quitting yacht racing in major classes and Nicaragua restoring civil law removing martial rule. Dispatches from Madrid mention Spanish forces under Gen Godoy defeating insurgents at Santa Claray.
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Formosa
East Anglian Times
Lord Dunraven
Nicaragua
Madrid
Havana
Godoy
Lacret and
Nunez
Santa
Quebec
Devo
Several Corporate and Rail Moves Reported Across Regions
Eben Peek of New York assigns rights. Wheeling & Lake Erie elects A G Blair as president. Denver to Cripple Creek rail line planned with electric operation. Bar Iron Association in secret talks to raise prices. New Orleans council approves free wharfage urged by business groups. Cleveland street railways likely to consolidate before summer. Crescendo the three year old tied to Nagle Burke's Pueblo stable severely injured. Canada Club of Chicago backs Chicago day at the Montreal exposition opening May 24 and closing Oct 12. Dis tilling and Cattle Feeding group completes reorganization plan. Mrs. Rountree and Mrs. Greene settle $25,000 slander suit for $5,000 plus costs. City Bank of New Philadelphia depositors face heavy losses, expected to be paid about 20 cents on the dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eben Peek
New York
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
A. G. Blair
Toledo
Denver
Cripple Creek
Bar Iron Association
Cleveland
New Orleans
Crescendo
Nagle-Burke
Pueblo
Canada Club of Chicago
Montreal Exposition
Mc Guards Under Orders After Ammunition Taken at Fort Frankfort
Reports from Frankfort Kentucky indicate guards have been ordered to prepare amid rumors of danger near Fort Frankfort. Ammunition disappearance and heightened caution spark concern as authorities assess potential trouble on February 18.
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Frankfort
Fort, Ky
Mare
Augusta lynching fears after alleged killings and arson
Eyewitness reports and rumors swirl as Robert Laughlin allegedly killed his wife and his thirteen year old niece, then set his house ablaze to cover the crime. The town expects a lynching at Augusta during Mrs Laughlin and May Jones funeral day amid widespread anger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Fred
Runaway Electric Cars Narrowly Miss Collision at Butte
A frightening runaway on the Butte streetcar line involved two heavily loaded ore cars gaining control of a motorman. They chased a passenger car up a two mile grade then leapt the track at the foot of the grade. Motorman Joe Nelson suffered a broken left leg in three places. Superintendent Wathy was slightly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Hfe
Joe Nelson
Supt
Wathy
Tandy Found Guilty in Embezzlement Case
Jefferson Wisconsin February 18 In the county circuit court H Tandy of Hewitt Minnesota was sentenced by Judge Bennett to six years in the penitentiary at Waupun with the first day in solitary confinement. He wept bitterly when sentence was pronounced. He is an attorney about thirty five years old. His wife and two children live at Red Wing Minnesota. He was convicted of embezzlement at Water A p Wisconsin and is well known.
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Oscar C. McKinney
New York Cotton Exchange
Samuel G. Creden
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Missoula
Mont
Fort Hospital
J. H. McVicker
Chicago
Crown Princess
Denmark
Europe
Joseph Allison
Court of Common Pleas
Philadelphia
William Floyd-Jones
New York
Massaquepau
L. I
Helen M. Arion
Lew Wallace
Los Angeles
Cal
Jefferson
Wis
Tefm County
H. Tandy
Hewitt
Minn
Bennett
Testate
Waupun
Waterap
Red Wing
Despondent man dies after swallowing carbolic acid
George von Sr an elderly resident of this area died this morning after consuming carbolic acid on Tuesday in an apparent act of despair. He leaves a family and had lived in the wake city region for many years.
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Wake
City
Minn
George von, Sr
Driver identifies suspects in Pearl Bryan murder case
George Jackson, a private coachman, says he drove a survey with three men to the river bend where Pearl Bryan was taken. He identifies Walling and Jackson from a lineup as the men who threatened him and helped the woman, while detailing the night of the crime.
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Bryan
Walling
Jackson
Cincinnati
Pearl Bryan
George Jackson
Maj
Widdlefield
McGregor Avenue
Mount Auburn
George H. Jackson
Surge in Deaconess Order Across America Gains Strength
The ninth annual conference of the Deaconess Order gathered soberly at Wesley M. E. church as deaconesses from across the country met. Founded nine years ago as a church auxiliary, the order now runs 31 hospitals and homes, with 527000 members and property exceeding 648,900. In 1895 the group made over 200000 sick calls and held 9000 meetings caring for 1830 hospital patients and 2500 home patients. Hospitals span Ashbury, Cincinnati, Portland, Omaha, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Washington, Kansas City and Boston. two orphanages are run at Lake Bluff and Urbana.
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Orader
America
Minneapolis
Wesley M. BE
Methodist Church
Asbury
Cincinnati
Portland, Or
Omaha
St. Louis
Washington
Kansas City
Boston
Lake Bluff
Ill
Urbana
Evidence Points to Railroad Rail in Murder Case
Daas NCO testifies he found a foot long railroad rail with two holes and a leather strap used as a hitching weight while waiting for two men who left with the girl. The rail matches a piece found in Jackson's bloody coat. Detectives locate the surrey and gray horse tied to Mullen's stables. driver Burrey identified them. A blood stained seat and a bloody lead pencil were recovered from the surrey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daas
Zion Colored Baptist Church
Jackson
Grim and McDermott
Walling
Mullen
Walnut Hills
Burrey
Fire on the British Flag Quelled Rebellion in Tahiti
L Paris Le Claire, former French prosecutor at Papete Tahiti, reports a January skirmish as natives rebelled against French rule raising British flags in Raitoea. A French ironclad shelled and destroyed flag poles and masts but landed no troops or shells. The warship then returned to Tahiti.
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South Sea Islands
San Francisco
L. Paris le Claire
Papete
Tahiti
Raitoea
le Claire
Paris Senate Stand Spurs Threats of Rescue Crisis
The Times Paris correspondent reports that if the Senate remains firm, France faces either minister resignations or a mob expelling the Senate, risking a revolutionary convention that would supersede the constitution. The situation is described as the most delicate in twenty-five years.
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France
London
Paris
The
Times
Senate
Wolf head bounty smuggling warned to states
In St Paul on February 14 Governor Clough received a letter from Secretary Olney forwarding a notice from Leon Platky of Cloaks and Furs New York. It warns that a firm ships fox and wolf heads to Chicago and plans to smuggle them into Minnesota the Dakotas Montana and Wyoming to claim state bounties under older rules that paid only for scalps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Gov. Clough
Olney
Leon Platky
Cloaks and Furs
New York
Chicago
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Fishermen Licensed St Paul Feb 14
The state game and fish commission granted licenses to local fishermen in St Paul on February 14 marking a step in regulating angling activities.
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St. Paul
State Game and Fish Compansion Ipan
Licenses Issued for State Fish Fund Transfers
The report notes money directed to the general fund rather than the fish commission. A total of 228 licenses were granted this period, compared with 280 licenses issued last year.
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General Fund
Fish Commission
Pine County pardon for man sentenced 1889 murder
County Attorney L. H. Mechusick and Otto Kowalke met Gov. Clough to secure a pardon for Henry H. Scott who received a life term in 1889 for the Hinckley murder of Sidney Irwin. The crime stemmed from believed seduction of Scott’s wife. The entire county, including the sentencing judge, supported the clemency.
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St. Paul
L. H. Mechusick
Otto Kowalke
Board of County Commissioners
Pine County
Clough
Henry H. Scott
Sidney Irwin
Hinckley
Irwin
Scott
Hinebaugh Divorce Action Heard In St Paul
Eva L. Hinebaugh did not appear for the defense in the divorce action filed by Edward G. Hinebaugh. Judge Kerr heard plaintiff testimony and ordered findings in favor of the husband after the February 13 filing date.
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Hinebaugh
St. Paul
Eva L. Hinebaugh
Edward G. Hinebaugh
Kerr
Captain I M Thomas Dies in Detroit Minn at 72
Capt. I M Thomas of Detroit Minnesota died of heart trouble linked to the loss of his wife two weeks earlier. A charter member of the local Masonic lodge, he came to Detroit in 1871 and was seventy two. He leaves three daughters and four sons.
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Thomas
Detroit
Minn
I. M. Thomas
Masonic Lodge
Lent Letter Eases Fast Rules for Workers
Archbishop Ireland's annual Lent bulletin to St. Paul priests follows Rome and prior years but relaxes fast day strictness and grants more privileges to laboring men.
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St. Paul
Ireland
Rome
Despondent farmer George Watson dies after carbolic acid attempt
Despondency is cited after George Watson Sr., a 73 year old retired farmer of Lake City Minnesota, attempted suicide by swallowing four ounces of carbolic acid this morning. He cannot recover.
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Lake City
Minn
George Watson, Sr
Elevator accident claims life of Michael Rackner
In Minneapolis on February 13 an elevator boy named Michael Rackner, employed by the Northwestern Soap company at 411 Main street northeast, was fatally injured in an accident this morning.
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Minneapolis
Michael Rackner
Northwestern Soap Company
Main Street
Fata
Press First Appears in Winona Daily Daily
Democratic Daily at Winona Minnesota reports the Press, a morning daily published by M. D. Baton, made its first appearance on February 13 in Winona.
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Democratic Daily
Winona
Minn
the Press
M. D. Baton
Return to Work at Kennard Shoe Plant in Cleveland
Ohio news brief reports forty striking 5 shoemakers at the Kennard Shoe company returned to work in Cleveland today on a compromise settlement. The action ends a labor dispute and restarts production at the plant.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Kennard Shoe Company
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Nodaway County
William 8. Anderson
James H. White
George Drages
Edward Barrington
Danville
William Way
William Lutz
William Riggin
Lutz
Way
Riggin
Max Eglau
Clifton Prairie
Sulphur Springs
Charles
Will Walker
Efton Walker
Williams
Walker
London Daily Telegraph
Michael Davitt
Justin McCarthy
Irish National League
London Standard
Government Commission
Richard B. Hartshorne
John S. Waterbury
Frederick M. Lockwood
Jules S. Bache
William E. Hutton
Distilling and
Charles Rountree
George Greene
Waynetown
Maude Clark
City Bank of
New Philadelphia
Tandy
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