A DAY'S DOINGS. Crime and Industry Notes
A sensational poisoning case from Winona Minnesota inland reveals Mr C C Rice and wife poisoned by wine brought by Harry Smith from St Paul. Rice denies knowledge. no arrests yet. The wine was analyzed and found poisoned. Separately, Montana railroad progress reports push rail expansion from Havre west toward the Rockies with 2000 men at Assiniboine and 6000 planned. Pacific townsite and Butte Inter-Mountain notes hint Anaconda extension to Deer Lodge and possible Brent refinery at Great Falls.
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Winona
Mins
C. C. Rice
Harry Smith
St. Paul
Hayre
Mont
Assinaboine
Rockies
Flathead
Pacific
Havre
Columbia River
Shepard, Siems & Co
Butte Inter-Mountain
Great Northern
Anaconda
President Hill
Deer Lodge
Anaconda Company
Brent
Great Falls
Starvation Fueled Murder of Chicago Father
Paul Holtz confessed to killing his father in Chicago on the 16th after claiming his parent withheld meals and wages from his job in a picture frame factory. He said he acted from hunger and cited a quarrel, while neighbors describe him as quiet and possibly mentally unbalanced. The boy denies any insurance motive. He was taken to the police station and cried during questioning.
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Paul Holtz
Chicago
Howe
Suicide of Frank M Carlson in Minneapolis
A young man named Frank M Carlson committed suicide in Minneapolis on the 16th by shooting himself in the head with a revolver. His body was found by Officer Wald in a vacant lot at the corner of Washington and Fourteenth avenues south. He dealt in real estate, with $3000 in currency and receipts for real estate payments with M Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Carlson
Minneapolia
Wald
Washington and
Fourteenth Avenues South
Minneapolis
Tis
Thompson
Great Fistic Struggle Promises New Orleans Duel
The upcoming boxing match in New Orleans pits Bob Fitzsimmons of New Zealand against Jack Dempsey, American middleweight champion. Traffic of fans from New York Boston and other cities will attend in mid January to witness a Marquis of Queensbury bout set for January 14 at 9 am. The purse totals $12000 with $11000 to the winner and $1000 to the loser. Both fighters will weigh under 145 pounds five minutes before the bout. Betting favors Dempsey.
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New Orleans
Olympic Athletic Club
Bob Fitzsimmons
New Zealand
Jack Dempsey
America
Sullivan- Kilrain Mill
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Crescent City
Plana
Marquis of Queensbury
Jack Dempsy
Fortune in Aluminum Found by Emanuel from Kaolin
P A Emanuel of the Alken bar claims a cheap method to extract aluminum from kaolin using sulphuric acid. He contends the process costs about 2.50 dollars per ton and has secured proper patent protection after presenting it in Washington.
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P. A. Emanuel
Alken
Bar
Emanuel
Aiken County
Washington
Emanouel
Great Northern Track Laying Extends Pacific Line
Railway reports indicate track has been laid on the Great Northern Pacific extension advancing toward western markets. Officials note completion will boost freight capacity and reduce travel times, with construction milestones expected later in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
Radical reform in our Indian policy urged after Sitting Bull
A Minneapolis Journal view argues the Sitting Bull era shows the need to end sentimental policies and treat Indians as a business matter. It proposes abolishing church state schooling, placing Indians under general allotment laws, and offering military or agricultural paths with two years of transition and a five year plan to settle the Indian question.
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Sitting Bull
San Carlos Rede
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Supreme Court
Indian Bureau
Spain
Chings Dilemma in China Over Money and Reform
Private Pekin dispatches say the imperial government is in desperate straits for funds and refuses offers from global capitalists seeking a Chinese loan. Li Hung Chang uses Japan as a cautionary example as the emperor contemplates Western aid. Six Japanese people have declined in comfort since reforms, while few elites grow wealthy and the masses suffer. Chinese statesmen are uncertain if foreign adventurers caused the hardship, a factor that may delay China's openness.
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Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Japan
China
Violent clashes mar Ballina Hill political rally in Ireland
At Ballina Hill a Parnellite meeting and an anti-Parnellite rally sparked a fierce riot. Davitt and Tanner led attacks against Parnell supporters, with blows, lime, and stones injuring many. Parnell suffered eye injuries from lime as Davitt proclaimed defense of free speech. The clashes continued to Castle Comer then back to Kilkenny where Parnell was treated and Davitt’s side claimed hired mobs. In Dublin a woman from the Albert hotel, Frances Rhind, died after being wounded in the melee. her father identified the body. The Rhind family, Boston natives linked to Commodore Rhind, mourns the loss.
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Tanner
Outekirta
McCarthyites
Davitt
Dr. Tanner
Harrison
Parnell
Taner
Weilding
Kilkenny
Castle Comer
Ballina Hill
Parnellites
St. Stephen's
The
Albert
Frances
Hie
Miss Rhind
Albert Hotel
Boston
Commodore Rhind
United Ktates Navy
Miss Frances Rhind Falls to Death at Hotel Albert
Frances Rhind, resident of the Hotel Albert at Eleventh Street and University Place in New York, died after falling from a fourth story window on the morning of the 15th. A nearby window at St Stephen's hotel reported a loud crash and a woman's shriek as the body was found in the yard.
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Frances Rhind
Cures for Skin Ailments Promoted by Boston Company
An advertisement touts a cure for skin conditions described as eruption blemish and blotchy skin in children. It claims economic relief and lists a range of products including Cure onmeting cof CunICH NAL thi Bh am and Coricura Icon viEN luod Purifier with endorsements of physicians.
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Curie
Coricura
Ottian
Cothuras
Itu
Chemient Corpsration
Boston
Wo burn switchman battles intoxicated woman at crossing
James M. Orllahan a switchman at Green street Wo burn Masa faced a thrilling encounter as an intoxicated woman named Hannah Dillon on the up track fired at him. He seized her arm and wrested the revolver after a struggle and she was dragged into a shanty and secured. Police locked the woman up and she is thought insane.
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James M. Orllahan
Green Street
Woburn
Masa
Hanah Dillon
Callahan
Great Northern Progress Report On Expanding Rail Network
Great Northern reports new branch service in North Dakota from Gratton to Cavaller a thirty two mile route with Naah Hoople and Cryptal as intermediate stops. It also opens 121 miles on the Pacific extension in Montana with rapid track laying two miles daily and a target toward Puget Sound. Regular service begins on the Great Falls and Canada line between Great Falls Montana and Lethbridge Alberta, with two trains daily. Surveys continue on Belt mountain line to Barker and Neiburt opening mineral regions near Great Falls.
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Great Northern
Great Northern Railway
Red River Valley
North Dakota
Gratton
Cavaller
Naah
Hoople
Cryptal
Gear Valley
Ceasan
Trafic
Pacific
Montana
Great Falla
Montaniyy
Lethbridge
Canadian Territory
Alberta
Progecea
Monareh
Mont
Barker
Neiburt
Great Falls
American sailor Ford jailed in Mexico for 20 years
Acapulco reports say Frank Ford third mate of schooner Indiana, from Bangor Missouri, killed the first mate in December 1884. Tried locally, condemned by a superior court to twenty years. His appeal to Mexico City stalled and Ford remains in a wretched prison with scarce food. The killing was not in self defense.
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Acapulca
Frank Ford
Indiana
Acapulco
Bangor
Ford
Mexico
Waedont
Patent medicine notice touts Stomach Bitters cures
A dated plea from JOSUVA Zly IMERMAN of Wotheradville Md endorses Mostoworls Stomach Bitters as a remedy for rheumatic pains nervousness and stomach bowels issues asserting quick relief and health benefits. It praises Syrup of Figs as a superior laxative and links the product with the California Figgy Pip Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Cleveland Mayor Driven From Office Amid Transit Drama
The report notes Mayor Gardner of Cleveland was suddenly removed from office on the 13th, amid charges connected to a noted linemaker Augnally. It mentions Belmidt of the Cleveland judiciary declaring large sums of money involved, and references a push for direct supply of wines and liquors to consumers. other items include a health advertisement for throat diseases and a patent medicine.
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Pricon
Oko
TNE & Bonh
St.Paul
Minn
Gardner
Cleveland
Ohio
Augnally
Ulhe
Gariee
W. Belmidt
Clevelland
Dr Pierae's Golden Medical Discovery Promises Cure for Scrofula
An advertisement touts Dr Pierae's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier that cleanses impurities, strengthens the system, and cures maladies from impure blood to consumption. It claims universal benefit or a full refund, noting low cost and guaranteed results by druggists.
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Pierae
Windsor "Frederick" statue unveiled by Queen in 1900s
At Windsor England on the 18th viot a statue of the late Emperor Frederick of Germany was unveiled by the queen. The prince of Wales and other members of the royal family were provent at the ceremony.
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Windsor
England
Frederick of
Germany
Prince of Wales
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