Gov Waite Arrested In Denver Mail Case Scandal
Denver Aug 3 a warrant for Gov D H Waite on charges of opening and retaining a lever addressed to Mrs Likens also conspiracy under statutes 5892 and 3440 carrying up to 10000 fine or two years prison. Warrants for President Vennis Mailins of the police board and others followed. Waite created a scene in the commissioner's office and pleaded not guilty. Bail set at personal recognizance 1400.
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Denver
D. H
Likens
Maron
United States
Trinsdale
Vennis Mailins
Police Board
Namilton Armstrong
Kate Dwyer
Meehan
Johnson
Hinsdale
Marshal Israels
Waite
United States District
Hodes
Walmingte
Aind
Guv. Waites
Stamps for playing cards flood St Paul dealers
The new four cent stamps for playing cards arrived from Washington and met heavy demand in Minnesota. Deputy Wars sold about 40,000 stamps to St Paul dealers before noon, with estimates showing at least 70,000 needed for the city. The Twin Cities district may require over 140,000 stamps, while Minneapolis and Duluth had not received any yet. The playing card stamp boom highlights a bustling, surprised revenue office and strong dry goods and drug store sales.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Twin Cities
Internal Revenue Authorities
St. Pat
Charges Are Groundlews
The board of school inspectors met to review the panel's report on Supt. Gilbert and the public schools. The inquiry exonerated Gilbert and denounced the accusers, with a discussion on further salary cuts.
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St. Paul
Gilbert
Dickson
McGill
McNait
Dawson
Yanish
Willrich
Abbott
Harvesting ends as shipping shifts to farmers direct
Crookston Minnesota reports harvesting finished with threshing well advanced after two dry weeks. Labor is tight as workers for machinery are scarce. A shift in wheat shipping is noted with increased track loading as farmers ship directly rather than via elevators. Ashland Wisconsin records a cow poisoning spree from Glidden with many cattle losses. An officer and District Attorney Sleight gathered evidence for an arrest.
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Crookston
Minn
Ashland
Wis
Glidden
Rew Papes ktracy Tracy Aug 2 Tracy Herald debut
The Tracy Herald begins publication today under H. J. Rea editorial management. It is the city’s third paper and the venture’s outcome will be watched. Rea founded the Trumpet previously. Death of a Diplomats Wife in Graham Virginia notes the minister’s wife Kate Campbell Smythe dies at forty five.
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Rew Papes Ktracy
Tracy
Graham
Kate Campbell Smythe
United States
Hoyt
San Domingo
Vanderbilts Split Possible Divorce Rumors Rise
Reports from American friends in London and Paris say negotiations for a judicial separation between Mr and Mrs William Vanderbilt are advancing. A suit for divorce by Mrs Vanderbilt is also rumored as she seeks counsel amid deteriorating relations. The yacht Valiant incident last spring intensified the family rift abroad.
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Aus
William Vanderbilt
London
Paris
Vanderbilt
Nelly Newstretter
Madrid
Deauville
Valiant
Mediterranean
Riot as Poles resist smallpox removal in Milwaukee
A mass riot on Milwaukee's South Side erupted over removing a smallpox patient. Five hundred Poles clashed with fifty police, injuring officers and rioters before authorities sought injunctions and state help. The scene included a demolished removal van and pepper spray injuries.
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Health Department
Milwaukee
Supttchlon
Ryan
Milwal
Swede farm hand jailed for libel in Crookston
Gustave Gustafson, an eighteen year old Swede and correspondent for Worthein writing as Lars Bolin in Black River, was arrested Saturday in Crookston for libel. He pleaded guilty and received a thirty day jail sentence for multiple articles including a report of Knute Sandberg's death by hanging.
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Crookston
Minn
Gustave Gustafson
Black River
Knute Sandberg
Gustafson
Worthein
Minneapolis
Lars Bolin
Sandberg
Watertown man commits suicide in home
August Eichhorst a confectioner and fruit dealer in Watertown died this morning by shooting himself through the head at his residence. He left a wife and two children and was described as being in comfortable circumstances with no stated reason for the act.
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Watertown
Eichhorst
Cranberry Crops Ravaged by Fires in Wisconsin
A Cranberry Center report says cranberry growers near Mather suffered enormous losses as fires destroyed bearing marshes and uprooted railway shipments. Milwaukee dispatch notes farmlands around the station produced thousands of barrels yearly, now nearly all gone.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Cranberry Center
Mather
North Dakota Board Cuts NP Railway Assessments
The state board of equalization in Grand Forks during August 1920 set the assessment on all Northern Pacific Railway branch lines at $3000 per mile, $500 below the prior year.
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Grand Forks
N. D
State Board of Equalization
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Adjourned Fifty third congress closes amid placid scenes
Washington Aug 29 the last of the second session of the fifty third congress ended with a light senate attendance and crowded galleries nearly all spectators being ladies and Knights of Pythias. Members departed after thanks to Vice President Stevenson and President pro tempore Harris and a brief recess.
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Washington
Pythias
Tomas
Nansom
Dem. N.C
Ransom
Manderson
Senate
Congress
Stevenson
Harris
Fifty-third Congress
Knights of Pythias
Fight With Robbers near Ohio City Leaves Two Wounded
In Lima Ohio on August 2 a night vigilante pursuit ended after a clash with thieves at Charles Coch’s store. Watchman Thomas Risser was wounded twice and a hat bullet scarred his head. Joseph Leiman and Attorney Frank Lewis were also badly hurt. The robbers fled south as a posse scoured the timbered area, with little chance of capture.
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Lima
Ohio
Ohio City
Thomas Risser
Charles Coch
Risser
Frank Lewis
Vesper Destroyed by Forest Fires in Wisconsin
Flames razed the lumber town of Vesper and its Sherry Cameron mills along with all 23 buildings. Communication cut off, only train abandoned, fire engines sent from Grand Rapids. Additional dispatch reports fires along the Wisconsin Central line. a separate note covers Solomon Frankel of Chicago killing himself in Sheboygan.
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Verdap
Win
Milwaukee
Sentinel
Marshfield
Grand Rapids
Vesper
Sherry-Cameron Lumber Company
Port Edwards
Marengo
Ashland County
Wisconsin Central
President plans early departure for Buzzard’s Day trip
Gray Gablen reports from Washington that the president and his private secretary Thurber are arranging to leave at the earliest possible moment. The exact time hinges on how quickly he can dispose of lagging legislation and other pending matters.
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Gray Gablen
Washington
Mr. Thurber
Desperate Chicago Street Battle Ends in Multiple Injuries
A violent clash on Ashland Avenue in Chicago left two dead and several injured as residents and outsiders clashed with fists knives and a pistol. Names tied to the Dunworth family and Cassidy figure in the melee, with many neighbors involved and rushed to hospital after the chaotic street fight.
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Chicago
Wrashland Avenue
Queant
Diworth
Jeti
Philip McGrith
James Dunworth
Warrick Casetly
William Dunworth
Dunworths
Marshall
Cassidy
Tores
Hin
John Dacey
Ted
Miurehall
Persoe
Joe Warrens Taken In The Bank Robber Had Too Much Money
Chicago Aug 20 Joe Harris a notorious bank thief with a continental record was arrested on Clark street and jailed at central station A companion was seized at the same time and found to possess several thousand dollars Harris formerly hit the Minneapolis State Bank two years ago entering during a cashier’s busy moment he stole fifteen thousand dollars and tried to flee but was trapped by a surrounding mob and a detective He faced Northwest legal talent but was sent to Stillwater penitentiary and had been out only six weeks.
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Stillwater
Chicago
Joe Harris
Clark Street
Central Station
Joe
Harris
Minneapolis
State Bank of
Terrible Outrage as Masked Fiends Rob Widow in Des Moines
A widow, Mrs. Kate Potthoff, and her children were menaced by two masked intruders at 2 a.m. on West Grand Avenue. After demanding money and threatening rape, one assailant tried to assault her daughter. The looters, in the dwelling about an hour, left without trace and are believed to have escaped.
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Des Moines
Kate Potthoff
West Grand Avenue
Iowa crops show considerable improvement in corn
Des Moines August 29 report from the Iowa weather crop bulletin notes a warm dry week with mean temperatures 2 to 4 degrees above normal and light rainfall. Corn is improving, pastures and meadows show gains, fodder cutting is advancing, potatoes promise 20 to 10 percent of a crop, and plowing and shi seeding proceed where soil allows.
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Des Moins
Tariff bill debate and presidential letter criticized
The article reports on tariff legislation and President Cleveland's letter to Mr. Cutchings drawing Democratic and Republican reactions. J W Babcock voices sympathy for Cleveland, criticizing party influence and trusts. Republicans call the president's stance a rebuke to Democratic reform, while the letter is described as an excellent document for the Republicans.
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Mr Wilkon
Wilson
Wilson Wats
Chevelial
Ma Catchings
Cleveland
White House
State Department
Government Printing Office
Houses of Congress
United States
J. W. Babcock
Naational
Republican Congressional Committee
Cutchings
Kim
Hill
Pelf
Two Complaints Filed With State Rail Commission
FB M Vope of Mankato filed two complaints yesterday with the State Railroad and Warehouse Commission. One seeks lowering the hard coal rate from Duluth to the Twin Cities from 1.0 to 1 per ton. The other asks for reductions on soft coal and salt rates between Duluth and Mankato via St Paul and Minneapolis. Gen Pope previously prevailed in a related action, with the Duluth to Mankato rates under appeal in Hennepin County District Court.
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State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
St. Pat
Warehouse and Railroad Commission
FB. M. Vope
Mankato
St. Paul & Duluth
Duluth
Twin Cities
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Gen. Pope
Railroad Commission Iy
St. Paul & Duluth Company
District Court
Hennepin County
Markets and Dairy Prices Sketch From Minneapolis Market
Market notes from Minneapolis dated August mention wheat, rye, oats and corn trends with prices and delivery notes. Cattle hogs and calves are listed with bids and ranges, including hogs around 15200 heads and calves at 1.75. Traders focus on packing, beef cuts, and seasonal shifts in commodity values.
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Monn Krom
MiWeago
Wardey
Minneapolis
Wishoxt
Shaos
Miei Sty Maul
Tragic Factory Accident and Legal News From Aug 20
A factory tragedy near Cedar River left a worker fatally crushed under a moving electric car wheel, with another man badly injured trying to stop the machine. In Minnesota, U.S. Grant received a seven year sentence for forgery in the first degree, pending a new hearing. Shy Watson faces two years for an illicit act, while Brent Osage and Cedar River mill developments mark local industry moves as a Brush mill site is rebuilt with water power.
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Kehwond Palla
Minn
U. S
Grant
Sillwater
Witsebing
NieaHen County
Omneer Electric
Iawa
Erhy Osage
Mont
Dany Kitye
Brush
Cedar River
Drowning at Spring Park Lake Linked to Mental Strain
Miss Lacy, a domestic in the August Kwying family of Spring Park Lake Miiinclouka, drowned at the lake near Spring Mark point on Sunday night. Authorities suspect accidental death due to mental distress. A separate report notes Denver authorities naming Frank Melbourne, the rainmaker, as the man who died by his own hand last Friday at the Hope hotel. Other items include Cairo’s sale of enslaved girls to Pachas, a Montreal hardware firm assignment for 30,000, and Mahdi forces gathering to attack Kasala, recently captured by Italians.
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Miss Lacy
August Kwying
Spring Park
Lake
Miiinclouka
Rainmaker
Denver
Hope Hotel
Frank Melbourne
Wyoming
Blaze Causes Major Damage in Rochesterville Suburb
A large fire last evening in Rochesterville, a Ottawa Ontario suburb, caused extensive damage estimated at over 200000 dollars. No further details available on casualties or cause at this time.
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Ottawa
Ont
Rochesterville
James Sample Nominated for Congress in Twenty third District
Pittsburg Aug 20 James Sample a farmer of Avon received the Democratic nomination for congress in the Twenty third district Civac Chautauqua N Y Aug 28 The Chautauqua Assembly association of 1804 closed yesterday with appropriate exercises
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Pittsburg
James Sample
Avon
Civac
Chautauqua
Chautauqua, N
Chautauqua Assembly Association of
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Wright & Davis
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Galleview
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Hitler
Sheboygan
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Joe Warrens
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Willy Cale
Cairo
Waday
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