Wealth and world notes from The Newton Record
A survey of international tensions and American fortunes. The piece cites Canada and the Yukon issue, German opinion on Kaiser Wilhelm, J P Morgan buying cotton, Pacific railroads, a giant Li Hung Chang statue, New York police reorganization, and legal estates of prominent figures like James G. Fair, Jay Gould, and Commodore Vanderbilt, noting wealth fluctuations and global concerns.
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James G. Fair
Jay Gottld
Commodore Vanderbilt
Preacher in Grassy Creek Firearms Incident
The Rev. Lemuel Penrot confronted a layman John Slate over unbaptized infant damnation. Penrot drew a revolver fired at Slate, the ball lodging in a boot and then Penrot slashed Slate with a knife. The congregation’s doctrines appear under the preacher’s control.
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Kentucky
Lemuel Penrot
Grassy Creek
John Slate
New Wool Cleansing Advances and Market Views
American wool growers see little encouragement but dealers resist surrender to foreign markets. Two New England cleansing methods using naphtha and hydro carbon solvent improve wool for dyeing. Boston Commercial Bulletin reports small insurance losses in 1894, with higher premiums bolstering company incomes. Copyright fines criticized as absurd with pending amendment in Washington.
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New England
Boston Commercial Bulletin
County ends probe into county warrants and fraud
Sioux City reports that a citizens committee and the board of supervisors have agreed to dismiss most cases arising from an investigation of fraudulent warrants and county irregularities. The county will share $10,000 of warrants with Farmers Loan and Trust, pay the rest, and issue bonds to settle the matter. The ex-treasurer’s defalcation settlement improves county finances, with one remaining case against John C. Kelly over county printing charges. The effort aimed to prevent swindles and save future public funds.
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Sioux City
Citizens Committee
Board of Supervisors
Farmers Loan and Trust Company
Citizens’ Committee
John C. Kelly
Sioux City's Parkhurst Crusade Divides Community Leaders
Jan Mahood, pastor of the Church, continues pursuing alleged demi monde figures in Sioux City with limited success. Police and courts show little direct evidence, while Mahood faces strong church criticism yet gains support from the Ministerial Association and several prominent ministers.
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Sioux City
Jan Mahood
Demi-Monde
Justice Court
Cra
Mr Mahood
Mahood
Life in danger marshal shot by moonshiners in Albia
Deputy United States Marshal Wray survived a moonshiner shooting in Albia. A Keokuk federal grand jury indicts Lushaw, who turned state's evidence against Krensen and accomplices. Lushaw’s letter to his Pilot Grove wife urged sending a revolver to kill the jailer or deputy.
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Orremwa
Jan
United States
Wray
Albia
Keokuk
Lushaw
Krensen
Pilot Grove
Lee County
Ottumwa
Important Case The Agency Druggs Evasion of Liquor Law
The federal jury found 8. V. Sampson guilty of retail liquor sales without tax payment. He used a glycerine rock candy mix marketed as cough syrup to dodge the law, a palatable beverage fueling widespread drinking. The case was hotly contested and may set a federal precedent.
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Agency Druggs
Exoxox
Sampson
Agency
Train Robbery Case Stars Bateman Hearing at Ottumwa
Preliminary hearing of Frank Bateman, alleged train robber, reveals $3,400 in cash and $2,000 in checks and drafts taken from a Burlington express car on January 12. Bateman’s trial is set for February 11 and he remains jailed on $2,000 bail.
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Ottemwa
Frank Bateman
Burlington
Bateman
Fort Dodge Mulet Law Question Sparks Saloon Closures
In Fort Dodge Iowa a dispute arises over the mulet law which bars saloons within 300 feet of a church or school after Lutherans buy land for a school. Two licensed saloons lie inside the distance and face possible closure, with bar owners prepared to contest any eviction.
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Fort Dodge
Fort Donor
Germ ‘Lutheran Society
Broken record lands man dead after storm in Davenport region
Davestoun Jan 29. Minard Whitfield a 60 year old bachelor lived miles from Davenport. Neighbors found him dying in his cabin after the recent storm with three empty whisky bottles nearby. Rats gnawed his feet as he bled, a long time heavy drinker unable to recover.
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Davestoun
Minard Whitfield
Davenport
Cattle swindles and prison terms mark Iowa notices
In Dubuque county income tax delinquency is rising with over 200 subjects. A Sioux City cattle swindle leaves feeders out thousands after notes and mortgages foreclose. Anamosa prison terms for Elmer Dustin, George Bagley’s earlier case, and a dangerous shotgun accident near Gifford are noted along with federal oleomargarine prosecutions.
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Dubuque County
Shiras
Sioux City
Woodbury County
Union Stock Yards
Oh. G. Pratt
Pratt
Monona County
War Looms Over Mexico Guatemala Boundary Row
Guatemala asserts territory rights and seeks indemnity, prompting U S mediation efforts. Reports from City of Mexico and Washington on January 25 to 31 describe escalating tensions, possible war, and regional Central American unity against invasion.
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City of Mexico
Guatemala
Mexico
United States
Gresham
Barrion
Wasmsotox
Barrios
Arias
Honduras
Gomez
Nicaragua
Estupinan
Salvador
Central America
Revolution Brews in Colombia Prompting Naval Watch
Cable from Capt. Cromwell aboard the Atlanta at Colon reports a revolution erupting in Buenavenera on Colombia's Pacific coast. Wires are down, martial law proclaimed at Itagena, and American protection expected as Atlanta coals and New York sails in. Rebels were routed in a Pradera clash with government troops in Cauca.
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Colombia
Navy Department
Cromwell
Atlanta
Colon
Buenavenera
Pacific
Ranger
Cotox
Cauca
Bolivia
Magdalena
Antioqua
Itagena
United States
New York
Pradera
Department of Cauca
Labor Troubles Signal Possible Railway Strike
Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Engineers travels to Caxtano to poll locals on a general strike across roads. Arizona Oregon and Nevada delegations report dissatisfaction with Southern Pacific positions. Debs of the ARU awaits Chicago trial and urges officers not to antagonize engineers if a strike occurs.
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Caxtano
Cal
Arthur
Brotherhood of Engineers
Southern Pacific
Arizona
Oregon
Nevada
Debs
Chicago
Highwaymen Rob Cotton Belt Train Near McNeil
In Arkansas near McNeil highwaymen robbed the Cotton Belt train and secured 25000 dollars. Authorities suspect elements of the Cook gang were responsible for the heist.
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Cotton Belt
Arkansas
Ark
McNeil
Cook
Illinois capitalist wins judgment against Sedalia bank ex-president
In U S district court Patrick H. Coney of Illinois was awarded 36000 dollars against Newkirk former president of the First National Bank of Sedalia which failed last July. Coney had traded 7100 acres in Benton County for a Polo Illinois manufactory worth 200000 dollars and sue to complete title. The judgment awards Coney deeds to his Illinois property and a personal judgment for 3000 dollars.
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Kansas City
United States District
Patrick H. Coney
Newkirk
First National Bank
Sedalia
Benton County
Coney
Polo
Ill
Newkettle
The Brooklyn Strike War Updates Across Borough Roads
Justice Gaynor signals mandamus to force Brooklyn Heights railroad to run cars in sufficient numbers. Strikers lose ground as violence and wire-cutting hinder lines. militia deployed, some return to work, others threaten boycotts. Master Workman Connelly offers terms, but officials hold firm.
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Sinooklys
Gaynor
Supreme Court
Brooklyn Heights
Haooxiyx
Brooxtus
Brook Heights
Haooxtys
Jan
Connelly
Lewis
Will of James G Fair Stolen in San Francisco
The will of the late ex Senator James G Fair was stolen from the county clerk’s office in this city. A pile of worthless papers was substituted. About 20 million dollars is at stake. Copies exist with attorneys but their accuracy may be questioned in any contest. The dead man’s signature is missing and cannot be produced for expert scrutiny.
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James G. Fair
Boiler Explosion Kills Eight in Mandota Hla
A boiler explosion at a mill in Mandota Hla caused massive damage and nationwide alarm. Eight men died and six were seriously injured as the blast shattered nearby buildings and sent debris across the streets in the city. Local authorities launched inquiries into the cause while rescuers searched for victims and stabilised the scene.
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Mendota
Hla
Mexpora
Shing
Henn Wery
Eastern war report and San Domingo tension
The text notes twenty six crew lost and a flour cargo valued at 814000 with no insurance. It covers Lord Randolph Churchill’s death in London and political career from 1874 to leadership roles, plus a cable from Admiral to Che Foo about marines. It also reports U S ships at Che Foo and mutinous Chinese troops, and a San Domingo dispute with France over 200000 indemnity with French warships in port and threat of bombardment.
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Wiere
Lord Randolph Churchill
London
Lord Churchill
House of Commons
Salisbury
India
Lord Randolph
Jennie Jerome
Leonard Jerome
New York
Carter
Navy Department
Chee Foo
United States
Baltimore
Yorktown
China
Denby
Puerto Prenta
San Domingo
France
Income tax yield eyed as revenue aid in Congress
Washington January 20 Members of Congress see the income tax as key to a fair revenue plan. Preliminary canvases by collectors under Secretary Carlisle indicate possible yields ranging from millions to over fifty million dollars, boosting support for keeping the tax in five year Wilson era. Proponents argue higher revenue strengthens the policy and raises odds of reenactment, with estimates initially from 15 to 4 million and later expanding toward 30 million and beyond.
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Jax
Wanutxorox
Congress
Carlisle
Sentative McMillan
Tennessee
Hall
Missouri
Treasury
Sugar duty bill reported to abrogate minor sugar tariff
The committee has reported to the house a bill to remove one tenth of a cent per pound from sugar imports from countries paying export bounties. The bill questions treaty obligations and argues against altering existing tariffs that affect beet and hog products and related trade relations with Germany and other nations.
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Mittee
Congress
Tee
Germany
Sweden
Denmark
Railway Wreck Kills Two and Injures Thirty Two
A train wreck occurred when rails spread after a two minute delay. The private car of ident M left the track and plunged down an embankment. The rear cars derailed and caught fire but were extinguished as rescuers worked.
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Jinge
Doubly Fatal Duel Ends in Northwest Deaths
In Stowaxr Washington on January 27 William Condon known as Wild Goose Bill was shot dead in a duel with another man who also died. Condon was a noted northwest figure. Also reported, thirteen drowned near Point Judith Connecticut as Sea King reports the loss of five barges with eight men and five women perishing. Demonstrations against the government’s Proposal continued in Riotio Aries and at Harras Corinth and Phillatra.
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Stowaxr
Wash
Con- Wm
Condon
Wild Goose
Bill
Northwest
Point Judith
Conn
Sea King
Barrett Scott Case Reveals Local Lynch Ring in Holt County
O'Neil Nebraska January 26 Developments in the Scott case expose a conspiracy behind a lynching. An oath-bound group of about fifty men, many of state prominence, operated for a quarter century in Holt County defying law and equipping authorities to track the conspiracy.
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O'Neil
Neb
Scott
Holt County
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