Washington news brief from Oakes Republican summary
A fragmentary Washington column reports Senators and representatives from North and South Dakota testifying before commerce committees on river and railroad rate bills. It notes Indian prisoners surrender talks, a Virginia election case report, House debates on a Supreme Court package, and efforts to open Mille Lacs lands under homestead law with officials urging interior action.
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Senatore
Mensino
North
South Dakota
Aunate Committee of Commerce
Mnet
Somdo
Miraburi
E. B. Stahlman
Loulevile & Nashville Railroad Company
Hones
Commerce & Low
Interstate Somméres Commission
Pon Railroada
Geo. Schofield
Bniefing Ae
Life
Roger
Astarre
Cheyennas
Wre CO
Hanghen
Wisconsin
Langaton Vernua Vi
Virginia
Committee On Election
Reeglt
Anneat Venable
Metal Langston
Howe
Senate
Supreme Court
Mille Daca
Millé Lace County
Washburn
Comstock
R.O. Dunn
Princeton
Capt. Ryan
Interior
Foumif Quye Thera
Railroad Tragedy Near Joliet Causes Engineer Death
A freight collision near Naperville and Joliet on consecutive days leaves engineer J. A. Holmes dead after an open switch caused a rear collision on the Burlington line. Several freight cars damaged and a brakeman fatally injured.
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Coliston
Sante Perall
Joliet
J. AT
Holme
Burlington Road
Naperville
Mere Huen
TRE CRIMINAL RECORD AND PUGILISTIC HIGHLIGHTS IN REPORTED CASES
Rochester Minnesota grand jury reports scandal case indicts Milan Hart for rape of Mrs Hart and Dr Bear for abortion amid testimonies from fifty witnesses. Other items cover a fatal quarrel in South Carolina, a shooting near Middlesborough Kentucky, a brutal murder confession in Sheboygan Falls, a jewelry shop theft in Chicago, and multiple robberies and trials across Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin, with deaths from mob violence, hydrophobia cases, and a major fire in St. Jerome.
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Grant
Rochester
Dash of tragic accidents across the Midwest and South
Reports detail a youth found near Superior Wisconsin after a death in winter, Oberlin students injured in a parade incident, two grain shovellers suffocated in Chicago, a drowning near Huron South Dakota, poisoned cake deaths in Marion South Carolina, a San Antonio rainstorm causing crop and rail damage, a Cincinnati bridge jumper death, and a note on Meredith Stanley and a child’s death in the South with other sparse casualties.
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Peteraon
Superior
Wis
Aix Atudenta
Oberlin College
Bues
Chicago
Danville
Simon Gorman
Timothy Lynch
Charles Rindon
Huron
South Dakota
Risdon
Earicer J
Reaves
Marion
Nous
Ste Soma
Special
San Antonio
el Paso
Cincinnati
Ohio
Toseph Backer
Meredith Stanley
Southern Bridge
Mater
Little Willie Dodd
Disappearance of Clergyman Berrion in Washington County
A Washington Pa clergyman named Personal Berrion and a companion Young left home on the 7th to conduct services in De Haven Pa. He was a married man about 21 years old. Friends fear foul play. Albert Gates Junior, a local real estate and mortgage agent at Tremont Street Horton Mane, and creditors in town, are mentioned in connection with peculiar estate transactions though no large sums are alleged.
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Denver
Col
Rush
Michelin
New England
Canada
Wasar
Booton
Masa
Ts Gnece
Dominica Brotherhood
Silver Leaf Social
Pittsburg
Castle Skanton
Frank Morrigon
Charles Soiles
Allen
Quarr
Young
Washington, Pa
de Haven
Albert Gates
Tremont Street
Horton, Mane
Jamies
Gates Ia
Redwood Falls Council to test water supply link
Miscellaneous items report Redwood Falls Minnesota plans to connect two artesian wells to evaluate potential water for city works. Other notes mention unsettled debts at Oriental Mille Co Providence and a series of legal and business assignments tied to Rex brothers amid a hardware firm failure. Weather and crop damage updates reflect heavy rains and higher pest activity.
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Redwood Falls
Minn
United States
Shicila
New York
Bix
Oriental Mille Company of
Providence
Samuel Ames
Advicus
Pointe
California
Mexican Land Company
Compan
H. M. Len
England
Walter E. Rex
Merchante
Philadelphia
George A. Rex
Thakreforta
Murder at a Chicago Saloon Ends in Tragedy
At Dalton's Chicago saloon on the ninth, painter James Johnson and carpenter Walter Jacobson drank and argued all night. About seven, Johnson slept while Jacobson, drunk, lunged with a knife. The blade struck Johnson in his sleep and he died shortly after. Jacobson was arrested.
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Chicago
Dalton
James Johnson
Walter Jacobson
Johnson
Jacobson
Pelcnokieyar
Jacotaon
South Dakota Democrats Convene at Aberdeen in 11th Instant
South Dakota Democrats held a two day delegate convention in Aberdeen on the 11th and 12th, electing temporary leadership after the death of chairman Hundley. They adopted a platform denouncing McKinley tariff, endorsing equal suffrage for the ballot, and nominating a state and congressional ticket headed by Bartlett Tripp for U.S. Senate and M Thomas and W J Quigley for Congress. The gathering named a new state central committee and adjourned after midnight.
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New York
McCarthy
Graney
McCarthye
Tim
Gurney
Aberdeen
South Dakota
F. M. Cram
State Central Committee
Hundley
Col
M. W. Sheafe
Codington County
E. M. O'Brien
Yankton County
Sheafe
Judge Bangs
T. Hundley
Haran
State Democratic Central Committee
Democrate
Harden
Huron
Committee On Platform
St. Louis
Grover Cleveland
Mckinsey
Inez National
Ena Ve
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Amid
Evan Piratora
Ita
Juel
Iowa
Safogui i
Republic
United States Suentors
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Volkmar
Dlatiee
Congrant
M. ‘Thomas
W. ¥. Quigley
Mario Taylor
Pater Coueshmar
C. H. Freeman
J. H. Wick
Tressirer
Henry P. Hornwall
Geverai
B. van Bus
Wheat Crop Reports From Dakotas Show Strong Growth
Sergeant Grenn’s letters from Huron ND and county replies in SD reveal unusually good wheat and crop conditions. In SD Beadle Clay Codington Custer Day Edmunds Grant Kingsbury Lawrence Lincoln Miner Bon Homme and many others report excellent or promising yields with favorable weather, though some wind damage and cutworm in corn persist. ND notes wind damage limited and crops overall good to excellent with growing flax and cereals.
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Grenn
United States Simal
Huron
D. D
North Dakota
South Dakota
North
Laval
Beadle County
Rown
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Denel
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Asion
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Bonzane Brule
Clarg
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Hyds
Moody
Buffalo
Pension Bill Shaped in Senate Conference Action
Senator Davis explained the conference bill on pensions with graded amounts from 6 to 12 dollars, widows pensions of 8 to 12 dollars, and an anticipated total cost around 41 to 42 million dollars. He said several features were amended to secure passage this session, including dependency timing and a cap of 6 to 11 dollars monthly for some beneficiaries.
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Minnesota
Congress
Senate
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Davie
Gorman
Platt
Eatmunds
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Conferrees
Conforces
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Plumb
Day~ie
Henderson
Iowa
Pam
TOBA
AIG
Two Men Drown Rescuing Across Damaged Canal in Ashley Lake Area
During high water in the Ashley lake region, workers repaired a breached canal along the valley. Mr Wimmer crossed with a horse when the embankment failed, saving him but drowning Workmen and Bird who rushed to his aid. Both young men were praised for their bravery.
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Ashley Lake
Ubob
Ashley Creek
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