Notable Happenings Highlight Week From Telegraph Reports
A review of major events: Choctaw legislature rejects the Dawes commission lands proposal. Interior official says fraudulently obtained pensions require refund of fees. Carriers gains hearing before removal becomes law. Red Dick placer title questioned amid stakeouts and tents. Costa Rica envoy Calvo reports Central American union favorable. Parker Block fire in Lowell causes 350000 plus losses from whisky explosions. Cincinnati physician Minor critically ill after belladonna mix up. Fulton Missouri baptism causes bridge collapse. no fatalities, recovery ongoing.
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Dawes Commission
Reynolds
Interior Department
John E. Hammond
W. R. Hasbrouck
United States
Cripple Creek
Secretary of the Interior
Senor Calvo
Costa Rica
Washington
Lowell
Mass
Parker Block
T. C. Minor
Cincinnati
State Board of Health
National Board of Health
Stinson
Fulton
Gerhardt
Londres recital nets Ladeeszki five thousand five hundred
At his last London recital this year Ladezewski earned 5485 dollars as his share of the receipts. The earl of Derby has accepted Liver Pool mayoralty after serving as governor general of Canada. Calve is identified as Emma de Roquer born in Madrid to a Spanish father and French mother. Prince Christian Victor, Victoria's grandson, shows notable vigor and will depart for Ashantee. Prof. Dyche, a noted naturalist, is self taught having learned the alphabet by age thirteen.
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London
Ladezewski
Earl of Derby
Canada
Liverpool
Calve
Emma de Roquer
Madrid
Christian Vietor
Queen Victoria
Ashantee
Dyche
Thireen
Notable suicides and crimes reported across several states
Reports from multiple cities describe suicides by Arthur Dacre in Sydney and Miss Dudley in Ottumwa, and deaths by suicide by Fred J. Pickard in Alexandria. A street duel in Birmingham left two dead and one fatally wounded. Other items note kidnappings thwarted, whitecaps trials in Anderson, and a 15 year old boy murderer in New York confessing to the Krauer case.
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Arthur Dacre
Sydney
Fred J. Pickard
Alexandria
Ind
West Point
Joseph Kilgore
John Jones
John Handley
Birmingham
Ala
Anderson
Hudson
Moss Bluff
Fla
Mary Dudley
Charles Dudley
Beatrice
Neb
Ottumwa
William Barrett
Massachusetts State
James S. Chaffey
Boston
Jersey City
William Krauer
Second Avenue
New York
Joseph Beresheim
Krauer
Noted figures and events in brief from various cities
The list mentions incomes of five thousand dollars yearly in England affiliated groups. David J. Hill resigns as president of the University of Rochester at year end. Clara Campbell of Ironton in a prior breach of promise suit against Arbuckle dies in a sanitarium. Wisbury sails to join the international chess tourney in St Petersburg. Blakeslee completes a cross continent bicycle journey from New York to San Francisco in forty seven days and nineteen hours. George W Gibbs dies suddenly in San Francisco at seventy one, long leader of the YMCA and iron firm founder.
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Ingland
David J. Hill
University of Rochester
N. Y
Clara Campbell
Ironton
Arbuckle
Wisbury
St. Louis
Southampton
St. Petersburg
EK. PD
Blakeslee
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
George W. Gibbs
Young Men's Christian Association
California
Multiple disasters and fatalities distress regional news
A boiler explosion killed engineers Cecil Kidwell and Washington Price in Grassey Kentucky, a Madisonville blaze destroyed business districts with losses around 50000, forests burned near Parkersburg West Virginia, and a series of deadly accidents including a fatal fall in Alabama. Additional reports detail drownings from the steamer Solferino and a pistol accident in Milan Missouri, plus a Pittsburgh Tennessee tenement fire killing two children.
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Cecil Kidwell
Washington Price
Grassey
Madisonville
Divorce Suit and Damages Over Custody Battle
A wife sues her husband for divorce alleging gross cruelty from jealousy and seeking custody of their two children. Subsequently the husband sues his father-in-law Jacob Mandelbaum and his brother-in-law Moses J. Mandelbaum, prominent merchants, for $50,000 claiming they took his two children away.
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Baker
Jacob Mandelbaum
Moses J. Mandelbaum
Cholera Appears in St Petersburg Gazette Report
The St Petersburg Gazette notes a cholera outbreak in the city. Rustem Pasha, former Turkish ambassador to Great Britain, dies in Constantinople. Princess Kaiaulani may receive a 6000 dollar annual pension. Rumors of Turkish massacres and attacks on missions emerge amid regional tensions.
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St. Petersburg
Rustem Pasha
Great Britain
Constantinople
Honolulu
Kaiaulani
Turkey
Philip Currie
Marquis of Dufferin
France
Constitutional Union Party of
Cuba
Mantanzas
Geo. de Campos
Aldave
Suarez Valdes
Luque
Maximo Gomez
Madrid
Havana
Constitutional Union Party of Cuba
Two New York Women Sail to Atlanta for a Bet
Two New York women plan a twenty foot row boat voyage to Atlanta to win a bet. Chairman Caldwell is re elected as head of the Western Passenger association in a unanimous vote. The Midway theaters at the Atlanta fair were shut for immorality with fines of 100 dollars to each proprietor.
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New York
Atlanta
Caldwell
The
Western Passenger Association
T. C. Coombs
Newberry
Mich
Westinghouse- Church-Rivers Company of
Chicago
Minnesota Diphtheria Toll Shocks Local Towns
Minnesota items report Mrs. C H Nixon of Hector dies of diphtheria as outbreaks spread in Faribault while two teachers fall ill. Mrs. Thomas Brown dies in Lake City at 72 from pneumonia. A 15 year old Duluth youth, Andrew L Dibbell, is killed when a gun falls and shoots him in the groin during a hunting trip with Capt. Fred Holmberg.
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C. H. Nixon
Hector
O. J. Skyr
Madison
Thomas Brown
Lake City
Faribault
Fred Holmberg
Company H
Third Regiment
Andrew L
Andrew Dibbell
Duluth
Thomson Road
Holmberg
Indictment and court actions across Minnesota region
O B Turrell pleads not guilty in Redwood Falls grand larceny case and bound over on 2000 bond. Dell Hammer pleads guilty to assault with dangerous weapon and fined 25. Great Northern freight wreck near St. Cloud destroys cars and engine. Montevideo district court opens with forgery trial for Abram Hanson. Bridge burned on Eastern Minnesota line. freight train crosses before fire stops. St. Cloud council orders fresh water tests amid suspected tampering. Town mother Mary Town dies at 82. Second grade teaching certificates granted in New Paynesville. Gibbon builds new village hall. grand ball ends festivities. Reports from St. Cloud, Richmond, Eden Valley and Northfield note various local events.
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O. B. Turrell
Redwood Falls
Dell Hammer
Lizzie Welch
Great Northern
St. Cloud
Robert A. Turrell
The
Citizens' Bank
Mary A. Town
Bailey
Aardner Tings
Long King
America
St. Croix Valley
Tsceola
Pr’s Falls
Es May Wielty
New Paynesville
Rocholl
Eeker County
Man Charged with Embezzlement Totals in Bank Missing Funds
A man was indicted on a first degree embezzlement count for 4500 dollars and arraigned on another charge of 11000 dollars. The funds vanished from the bank. Examination is set for December 2 and a trial this term seems unlikely.
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Deeny
Postmaster General Wilson Reports Annual Postal Deficiency
Wilson reports the post office had 1895 receipts of 76.171 million and expenditures of 86.790 million. For 1897 estimated receipts reach 89.793 million with 94.818 million in expenditures, the gap to be covered by Congress. He argues government use of free postal services for other departments would wipe out the deficit and urges civil service and second class reforms. Mint figures show gold deposits of 87.48 million and silver deposits of 15.71 million. coinage totals include gold 43.93 million and silver dollars 3.96 million.
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Washington
Wilson
Post Office Department
Post Office
Secretary of the Treasury
Old Roman Allen G Thurman Seen likely to live long
Columbus reports that Allen G Thurman born 1813 and longtime Democrat leader has regained strength after a fall and may have many more days to live. Once a congressman chief justice and senator he ran with Grover Cleveland in 1884 and has lived retired in Columbus the past decade.
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Allen G. Thurman
Columbus
Ohio
Mr. Thurman
Congress
Ohio Supreme Court
United States Senate
Grover Cleveland
Allen W. Thurman
Notable verdict denies Hayward new trial
The supreme court denies Harry Hayward's request for a new trial. In Crookston Dr Mathew Watts a prominent local physician and long time Red River Valley figure dies of typhoid fever. The report notes several local incidents and civic happenings including indictments in St Cloud and a Masonic anniversary in Sauk Centre.
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The
Supreme Court
Harry Hayward
Drownings and Crimes Reported in Nov 23 Edition
Frank Wright drowned in Ver million lake at Tower while en route to camp. Le Sueur County Leader editor Frank W. Wrabek wed to Mary Kubat of Montgomery at New Prague. Peter Strief, 40, From Underwood Redwood County, sentenced to six years at Stillwater for carnal abuse of his niece Sophia Rock, age under sixteen.
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Frank Wright
Tower
Frank W. Wrabek
le Sueur
New Prague
Mary Kubat
Montgomery
Peter Strief
Underwood
Redwood County
Stillwater
Sophia Rock
Selected Slayton contest winners head district delegation
Declamatory contest in Slayton names Miss Patline Fowler and Frank Morse to represent Slayton high school at the district convention in Laverne. Also notes local deaths, an accidental shooting near Mora, and planned Stearns county teachers meetings led by County Superintendent Rochell.
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Pythian Castle
Winona
Slayton
Patline Fowler
Frank Morse
Slayton High School
Laverne
John Swan
Dodge Center
Claremont
Swann
H. Harner
Anna Plank
New Paynesville
Dana S. Coleman
Anoka
Mora
William Graeber
August Schultze
Schultze
Rochell
Stearns County
Belgrade
George W. Chisholm
Inmate dies at Houston county poorhouse aged 106
An inmate known as Montgomery at the Houston county poorhouse died Thursday aged 106. The report notes the long life and death of the elderly resident, with no further circumstances provided.
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Houston County
Montgomery
Patrick ¥. Lally
South St. Paul
St. Paul City Hospital
George A. Klein
Rich Valley
Waldo Ohman
Monetary facts and railroad earnings of 1894 95
The report reviews silver and gold values for 1894 95 including silver prices from 59.8 to 68 cents, bullion averages, and gold to silver ratios. It lists U S industrial arts use 21 541 652 and metallic stock July 1 1895. It covers world production 1894 and notes demonetization of silver per Preston. It also presents Interstate Commerce Commission data for 650 railroads 164 529 miles with gross 1 003 022 853 operating expenses 677 667 635 and net 320 137 670 in 1894 per mile measures.
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United States
Preston
House of Representatives
Interstate Commerce Commission
Statistician
Tragedy in Rome: Woman Found Hanged at Home
George Payne discovered his mother aged sixty five dead in her Rome New York residence after a rope was seen tied to a door knob this morning. The woman apparently hanged herself.
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Ierself
Rome
N. Y
George Payne
Russians in Asia the Bear to Control East Affairs
A St. Petersburg dispatch cited by the New York Herald claims Vladivostock reports Japan has allowed Koreans to cut pigtails, corean rebel troops form two divisions, and Chinese forces sent to quell rebels in the west are defeated with officers killed. Rebels reportedly control parts of several provinces.
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New York
Herald
St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Vladivostock
Japan
Market Reports from Chicago Minneapolis Milwaukee and St Paul
Chicago and surrounding markets report grain prices for November and December contracts with corn oats pork lard and ribs, plus hog and cattle movements. Minneapolis notes wheat and track bids, Milwaukee lists flour demand and grain prices, St Paul records hogs at 3.25 to 3.35 and cattle at 1.40 to 2.75 with firm to weak tones.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Deadly triple tragedy near McGregor Iowa shocks town
Nov 26 192X report from McGregor Iowa describes a farmer Hans Allen as the possible killer in a triple tragedy. William Cross is dead Ida Mink age fifteen fatally shot and a boy wounded. Allen is said to have killed himself, with a possible woman involved and a motive varying by account.
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Iowa
McGregor
Hans Allen
William Cross
Ida Mink
Cross
Allen
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