Week's World News Digest Highlights From Washington
In United States events, the Flour Noy Live Stock case against Capt. Beck is dismissed for lack of a printed record. Rand McNally rents temporary government offices for 6150 dollars. Oregon battleship armament work begins at Washington Navy Yard. Gen. Ewing nearly fainted in court but recovered to finish his arguments. Memphis Barrel and Heading Co official A K Ward indicted for forgery and believed to be in Honduras. Outlaws West Kentucky and Ohio tragedy reported. A Nashville woman robbed of 1500 dollars by a masked thief. Two more Seth Wyatt band members lynched near Hennessey Oklahoma. Terre Haute girl commits suicide at fifteen after danger of assault. A young man accused of stealing six thousand dollars in diamonds in New York is identified as Theodore Buckhardt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Rand. McNally & Co
Chicago
Oregon
Washington Navy Yard
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Thomas Ewing
Memphis Barrel and Heading Company
Honduras
A. K. Ward
Ward
West
Andy Jack
James Hale
Mount Gilead
Ohio
Christopher Miller
Grant Thomas
Cincinnati
Charles Brombeck
Mary Freeman
Nashville
Tenn
Seth Wyatt
Jim Umbra
John
Hennessey
Oklo
Ella Duncan
Terre Haute
Ind
London’s Ugliest Man and Other Notables Declared
A bundle of brief items reports Barney Baranato dubbed the ugliest man in London as La Rose, an ex convict, was arrested in New York after alleged robbery of fifteen houses in one night. Senator John Shermar forecasts a 50 000 vote majority for Hiecker in Ohio. Seigfred Wasner, son of a renowned composer, will marry the daughter of a Munich brewer. Lady Sholto Douglas seeks a return to the stage after marriage into the Queensbury family. Alfred Robinson, California pioneer born in Boston 1807, has died. Maud Ballington Booth, wife of the Salvation Army commander, begins a Pacific coast tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Rose
New York
John Shermar
Hiecker
Ohio
Seigfred Wasner
Munich
Sholto Douglas
Marquis of
Queensbury
Alfred Robinson
California
Boston
Maud Ballington Booth
Salvation Army
Pacific Coast
Printing press propelled by dog power in Philadelphia
William Riley, a Philadelphia boy, has built a contrivance using his Newfoundland dog to supply motive power for his printing press. The device is described as a novel aid to printing.
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Berlin
Wis
William Riley
Philadelphia
Newfoundland
Louise Michel
England
M. Janssen
French Academy of Science
Mars
U. S. ¢Irant
Edmunds
Massachusetts Avenue
Washington
New York
Fires Hit Mills and Homes Across Regions
A string of disasters leaves Millhouse & Sons mills in Atlanta burned with losses near 590000, Heyworth NL grain elevator and other businesses damaged adding 40000. An accident at Miller's Station Ohio kills four when eastbound Panhandle train collides with a wagon. In West Virginia a family perishes after a tree crushes a cabin while ginseng hunting and Marion Carr heroically saves the surviving members amid flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. AL. Pumphrey
Heyworth
American
Anderson
Ind
Childrens
Stargard
Sajouschek
Polish Prussia
New Orleans
Panhandle
Miller's Station Crossing
Ohio
Edward Cogan
Samuel Cogan, Jr
Samuel Cogan
John Campbell
Marion H. Carr
David
W. Va
Carr
George
Jesse
Marion Carr
Violent Incidents Reported in Iowa Area
John Woodward attempted self harm at Keosauqua after a dull knife caused him to bleed and seek aid. Tom Tucker attacked Will Shannon at Ot tumwa with a knife, disemboweling him before capture. Rev George Mills, a Salvation Army preacher, fatally shot Charles Clem ens near Chalybeal Springs by A K Ward, the absconding manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Woodward
Keosauqua
Iowa
Tom Tucker
Ottumwa
Will T. Shannon
Tucker
George Mills
Charles Clemens
Chalybeal Springs
A. K. Ward
Healy Secures Funds to Start Dublin Daily Paper
Irish MP Timothy Healy wins 50000 dollars to establish a new daily newspaper in Dublin. Report notes the May open drew many attendees and references medals awarded to Port Arthur atrocity leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Healy
Dublin
Port Arthur
Minne sota in Brib: a Gent Resume of the Week
A miscellany of Minnesota incidents includes Rogers from Saginaw sleeping on a Sandstone track and being run over. Fires destroy the residence of R A Van Nest near Windom. Mrs. Susan Lankard, wife of Redwood Falls County Treasurer, dies at 36 from consumption. Frank M Eddy to speak in Fergus Falls on the money question. Hills post office robbed of about 200 dollars and papers. St Cloud health board acts to close the North Side ravine sewer amid brewery complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Siast Saginaw
R. A. van. Nest
Barden
Windom
Susan Lankard
J. R. Lankard
Redwood Falls
Frank M. Eddy
Congressigia Os
Fergus Falls
Hills
Walter Learn
Ayg Lee
Reformatory
St. Cloud Board of Health
Board of Health
Burglary Sentence and Local Notices from Red Wing and Winona
Judge Williston in Red Wing sentences George Owens to two years in the penitentiary for burglary. The wife of Patrick Norton, early Winona settler, dies at St Charles. The New Ulm Winthrop railroad project promises a new route benefiting Winona cities. Clough Bros Minneapolis reports an assignment. Gov Clough cites North Pacific Clarke Co failure as cause of results. James Crandall piano dealer Madeira files $10,000 damages suit against the Qimgh railway for injuries in Mankato US circuit court. Ernest Schwehm and Herrington of Winona involved in a heated dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Wing
Williston
George Owens
Patrick Norton
Winona Country
St. Charles
Clough Bros
Minneapolis
Clough
N. P. Clarke Company
James S. Crandall
States Circuit Court of Mankato
Ernest Schwehm
Herrington
Winona
Lee
First Reading Approved for Brazil AMnesty Bill
The Brazilian senate approves the bill's first reading on a restricted amnesty. A Chilean cabinet formation shows no signs yet. A German birth notice mentions a world citizen awakening to life. Balloon expedition leaders are named by Dr. Andree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andree
North Pole
Ekholm
Stockholm
Niels Strindberg
Stockholm University
London County Court
A. P. A. Headquarters Move. Preacher Potter Dies in Texas
The New York Mercury passes to a receiver while Boston becomes the secretary’s base for the national advisory council of the A. P. A. Rev. A. J. Potter, famed frontier preacher, dies in Lockhart Texas during a sermon. John Shannon finds 15000 in wartime notes hidden thirty four years in a beam. A beer boycott by the Malsters and Brewers' union of Buffalo blocks brewers using local malt. Rev Hayden Rayburn, aged eighty four, dies at Kokomo Indiana after sixty years in ministry. he married 1277 couples since 1829.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mercury
Boston
National Advisory Council
A. J. Potter
Texas
Lockhart
Tex
John Shannon
Falls of Schuylkin
Philadelphia
Mifflin
Ridge Avenue
Spencer Street
United Trades and Labor Council
Malsters’ and Brewers’ Union of Buffalo
Hayden Rayburn
Kokomo
Ind
Indiana
Montgomery County
Mathilda Johnson
Lawrence County
Multiple Minnesota incidents and business matters reported
Friday events include Hugh Manley injured while coupling cars at Anoka and a liquor related assault near Winona. The Minnesota Lake school project plans by F W Kenney were approved. Warden Wolfer leaves Stillwater for Munich Michigan after his father’s illness. Great Northern shifts Melrose operations and warns all trains stop there. Montevideo fire destroys outbuildings with no insurance likely. Incorporation papers filed for F H Kratka Land Waterpower and Improvement Co listing ex mayor and several named investors with Thief River Falls base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Manley
Great Northern
Anoka
F. W. Kenney
Austin
Minnesota Lake
Warden Wolfer
Stillwater
Munich
Mich
St. Cloud
Fergus Falls
Melrose
Earnest Lehwahn
Laird-Norton Company
Winona
Herman Felstow
Felstow
Nils Fredrickson
Montevideo
F. H. Kratka
Thief River Falls
George W. Mason
Eau Claire
Wis
William S. Jamieson
St. Paul
James A. Wellogg
Minneapolis
Lewis Johnson
Minn
Amputation After Corn Husking Accident and Owatonna Revival
D S Kennedy of Biscay injured his arm in a corn husking machine leading to amputation. Hunt revival meetings begin at the Methodist church in Owatonna with a 70 voice trained chorus, running four weeks. John Shea of Shea & Deving, Owatonna, dies after six years of consumption, survived by widow and several children. Albert Lea resident L L Murphy robbed of 275 dollars by three strangers in a saloon, likely Iowa men, not yet caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. S Kennedy
Biscay
Owatonna
John Shea
Shea & Deving
Minnesota
L. W. Murphy
Albert Lea
Iowa
Government agent distributes funds to scouts and wives in Red Wood Falls
Government agent at Red Wood Falls distributes $3,000 among six Indian scouts and two wives of deceased scouts. W. C. Wood surrenders to St. Cloud reformatory to finish a three year sentence. Rheinburger Bros of Wino na assigns to George F. Crise with assets $27,000 and liabilities $35,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redwood Falls
W. C. Wood
St. Cloud
Rheinburger Bros
Winona
George F. Crise
Hinckley
Great Northern
C. B. Kenny
John Lynch
Stillwater
E. IL. Hospes
A. T. Jenks
A. E. Edholm
George Munkel
Chandler
Pioneer
Ely
Soudan
Vermillion Range
Tower
Minnesota
Pittsburg Iron and Steel Company
North Cincinnati
Biwabic
Mesaba Range
Corrigan, McKinley & Co
Cleveland
Wheat harvest report notes Royalton yield at thirty bushels
Farmers gather wheat fields as harvest peaks. Royalton records an average of thirty bushels per acre. L Spritter, a West Concord area farmer, faces losses due to a barn fire and missing grain.
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Royalton
L. Spritter
West Concord
England Must Not Permit Venezuela to Overtake Boundary
London warns Venezuela cannot exceed the Schomberg line along the Amacura and Cuyuni rivers and will offer arbitration only for other disputed territory. The position affects a large tract recently granted by Venezuela to a U.S. syndicate led by Minnesota capitalists. Britain’s stance shapes the boundary dispute and potential reparations framing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
London
State Department
Olney
Foreign Office
Uruan
Associated Press
Venezuela
United States
Great Britain
Amacura
Cuyuni
Orinoco River
South America
United States Syndicate
Minnesota
Sygep Agige
Amelia Rives Chanler Divorced from John Chanler
Amelie Rives Chanler has divorced John Armstrong Chanler, married since 1888, a development that renews interest in the novelist who rose to prominence after Lippincott's Magazine published The Quick or the Dead. Born in 1863 to a Virginia family, she may return to writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Amelie Rives
John Armstrong Chandler
United States
Lippencott
Amelia Rives
Virginia
Mr. Chanler
John Jacob Astor
Local Briefs on Death and Business Deals in Northfield Area
Eekepananie died suddenly of paralysis at thirty four after moving from St. Joseph Missouri. Dan Milligan and Frank Upham of Chicago seek to buy the Spalding lease and furniture in Duluth at sixty thousand dollars, a price they deem too high. Sheba Chapter Eastern Star hosted by Athens Faribault with Kenyon and Waterville members, ending with addresses. W H Darling, jailed in Anaconda Montana for bank robbery, is suspected to be the former Northfield resident who once ran a Fourth Street grocery and whose store fire sparked insurance suspicions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eekepananie
St. Joseph
Dan Milligan
Leland
Chicago
Frank Upham
Briggs
Duluth
Spalding
Milligan
Upham
Sheba
Order of the Eastern Star of
Northfield
Athens
Faribault
Kenyon
Waterville
W. H. Darling
Anaconda
Mont
Bank of Hoge, Daly & Co
J. D. Potter
Fourth Street
Third Street
Darling
Receivers Appointed for Snow Church Firms in Twin Cities
Judge Willis in St Paul district court named John W. Lane receiver for the St Paul office and W. E. Noxon receiver for the Minneapolis branch of the Snow Church company. A fire destroyed the Western hotel Quady building barber shop and Murphy's blacksmith shop at Bird Island. The Quady building housed Patrick Welch's general store and living rooms. Prisoner Curtis who pleaded guilty in Anoka to attempted assault was sentenced to three years and escaped from a jail deputy. authorities seek him with no clues. Wire wiped out an entire block at Biwabik causing losses to M. H. Martin Binabik Supply Co Killo & Burnick and others. Dr Perry of Minneapolis arrested at Albert Lea for manslaughter in the death of a boy via chloroform was released on habeas corpus with bond set at $1000 signed by J A Fuller and Dr Von Beerg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis
St. Paul
John W. Lane
Snow Church Company
W. E. Noxon
Minneapolis
Concern
Western
Quady
Murphy’s
Bird Island
Patrick Welch
Curtis
Anoka
Smith
Biwabik
Virginia
M. H. Martin
Binabik Supply Company
Killo & Burnick
Dr. Perry
Albert Lea
J. A. Fuller
von Beerg
British Marines Landings Shape South American Threats
The article discusses a potential move by Britain to land marines on Corinto as a precedent for action on the Orinoco. Officials compare force readiness, noting a British fleet of sixteen warships in the Atlantic and Venezuela capable of 60,000 well armed troops, signaling serious regional tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tory
Orinoco
Corinto
Great Britain
Atlantic
Venezuela
Britain says Venezuela dispute may go to arbitration
London reports an official statement to clarify Britain’s stance on the Venezuela issue. The Marquis of Salisbury has sent a note outlining required reparations but details were not disclosed as diplomatic channels were not used. The message warns Venezuela not to overstep river boundaries while offering arbitration on another disputed area.
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London
Great Britain
Venezuela
Marquis of Salisbury
Venezela
Cuyuni
Ama‘ura
Fairchild Wiped Out by Early Morning Blaze
Fire in Fairchild village in Eau Claire county destroyed the mercantile store of N. C. Foster the Rivard store the Fairchild house and several other businesses. R. C. Hines' hall was the origin at 2 a m with little protection. Loss estimated at 75000 dollars covering three block district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eau Claire
Wis
Ffairchild Village
Eau Claire County
R. C. Hines’ Hall
N. C. Foster
Joseph Rivard
Fairchild House
R. C. Hines’ Drug Store
C. Calkins’ Meat Market
Foster's Wall
Ournt
Wall of new courthouse topples in wind at Fessenden
West wall of the new Fessenden North Dakota courthouse collapsed as bricklayers had been working on vaults earlier. High winds caused a stoppage just before the failure. Legal delays kept the project inoperative for a week, leaving the unsafe structure damaged to about 1000 dollars.
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Fessenden
N. D
Court House
Horseless Carriage Race Set For November 2
Chicago announces a motorcycle race from Chicago to Waukegan and back covering about 100 miles. The event, to be held Saturday November 2, is expected to attract no fewer than forty entrants in the main race.
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Chicago
Waukegan
Last Stone In Place At Minneapolis City Hall
The last granite stone was laid on the new city hall and court house in Minneapolis after a seven year build. The final block weighed about two and a half tons and was set on the turret near Fifth Street and Third Avenue South. The stone sits 302 feet eight inches above ground with a 40 foot foundation, totaling 342 feet eight inches of granite work.
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Minneapolis City Hall
Minneapolis
City Hall
Court House
Fifth Street
Third Avenue South
Construction Update on Court House Tower Elevation
The foundation amounts to 22 000 with a granite contract carrying a penalty near 900 000. Once the iron roof is added the tower will rise about 50 feet above the current landing, allowing higher access in the future.
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Court House
Rockefeller’s Plan to Control Wisconsin Central Revealed
Milwaukee October 29 report says John D Rockefeller aims to back a reorganization of the Wisconsin Central lines to gain full control. He would finance repairs to boost through traffic St Paul to Chicago and attract eastern traffic. Rockefeller owns Mesaba range properties and a connecting railroad and seeks ferries and Chicago connections to ship ore and products globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
John D. Rockefeller
Wisconsin Central Lines
St. Paul
Chicago
Rockefeller
Central
Mesaba Range
Range
West Superior
Lake Michigan
Market Reports From Grain and Live Stock Centers
Chicago reports Wheat 59 1 2 cents corn 80 7 8 cents oats 18 1 4 cents pork 8 05 lard 5 55 ribs 4 52 Minneapolis Wheat October closed 5 cents December opened at 5 5 8 cents May 60 0 to 59 5 8 cents on track No 1 hard 56 5 8e No 1 Northern 53 3 8c No 2 Northern 53 T-Se Milwaukee Flour quiet steady Wheat firmer No 2 spring 58 1 2c No 1 Northern 60 34 cents December 60c Corn steady No 38 32c Oats weaker No 2 white 20 1 2c No 3 white 19 20c Barley dull No 2 40c sample 30 1 2 41c Rye steady No 1 40c Provisions lower pork 8 05 lard 5 55 Chicago hogs active to lower light 3 40 3 00 mixed 3 40 3 85 heavy 3 30 3 85 rough 3 80 3 45 Cattle market quiet unchanged.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Northern
Milwaukee
Smuggles Out of an Asylum in Milwaukee
Miss Catherine Ellsworth daughter of Isaac Ellsworth a Milwaukee merchant escaped from the insane asylum with help from Mrs Evelyn Farewell. Ellsworth had been confined for months after forging Chicago checks and a prior arrest. Her father promised to take care of her and they fled by train to Chicago.
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Milwaukee
Catherine Ellsworth
Isaac Ellsworth
Evelyn Farewell
Miss Ellsworth
Chicago
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Flournoy Live Stock Company
Capt. Beck
Jefferson Market
Charles Bryant
Pocantico Hills
Theodore Buckhardt
Barney Baranato
Casulty
Millhouse & Sons
Atlanta
N Star
Aneer
Supreme Court
Calcutta
India
Burmah
Ceylon
Japan
Joseph Densmore
Fred Kemp
Grant IN Danger
Amelia Rives Chanler
Lael
Fairchild
Wisconsin Central
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