Mournful dispatches and court notes from early today
Reported events include Secretary Tracy bound for Norfolk aboard the Fish Hawk, a Washington DC circuit court session with district attorney Alpin presenting before a grand jury, and news of Bell Allen and Witherford’s mob killing after a murder in Murcer county. A Mississippi Supreme Court reversal on John L. Sullivan, Rae the pension forger arrested in California, a fatal infant murder case in St Louis, and a Schenectady jail break with several inmates freed. The Blairlynchers verdicts in Vite Hall find Olden Hanson and Stoste guilty of first degree murder, with rioters fined and one defendant sentenced to prison.
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Tracy
United States Finh Commission
Fish Hawk
Norfolk
Washington, D.C
B. H. Alpin
Pwest
Haw
Princeton
West Va
Bell Allen
Witherford
Goustabe Retcher
Murcer
Belcher
John L. Sullivan
Mississippi Auproma
Sullivan
Churton
Milwaukee
Timaha
J. W. Dayhol
A. Ne Kolleg & Co
St. Louis
Hig
Schenectady
Joe Farnam
Nana
John Griffin
James Powdin
Charles Mitchell
John Burma
Bechtel
Scotin Inatfall
Micka
Aie
Blairlynchers
Vitehall
Win
Mra
Olden
Ole Hanson
Ole Stoste
Ole Oleson
Park
Charlea Johnnson
Rail and railway updates from early 20th century sources
Reports cover rail concession talks between Duluth Superior and Fargo areas, Chicago and Michigan line attacks near Holland Michigan killing a man and injuring his wife, and plans for DuluthWinnipeg rail operations. Also notes depot land deals for Texas Pacific, bridge sites on the Rio Grande, new Great Northern apartment car service Minot to Great Falls, and rumors about Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha shop moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gould
Texas Pacific
Texas
Magoffin
Hymas
Rio Grande
Mexican Central Railway
Great Northern
Minot
Great Falla
Minot and
Butte
Tle
Poletiea
Crime Tales From Various Towns Spark Alarm Across States
Fragmented OCR notes report arrests for counterfeiting in Georgetown Illinois and jail breaks near Faribaul Mints Blondoyango. A $100 reward is offered. A Welsh traveler robbed in St Paul and a suicide in Pleasnap Hill Missouri are noted amid a rash of violent incidents and mysterious thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Flsher
Dr. Fisher
Georgetown
Ill
George Elaworth
Ative Harmon
Olina Bowenland
Faribaul
Mints
Blondoyango
Nill
Tema
Grand Yorke
England
Baguio
Paul
Fred Henro
Pleasnap Hill
Atkin
Toreeback
Popundrel
Col. Ettinger
Cleveland
Ohio
Jewel
Atore
Louis Gold- Soll
Tie
Guldwall
Brown Station
Chicago, Milwaukes & St. Paul
Clinton County
Tawa
Henry Nurre
Farmer
King
Colon Depot
Bloomington
Chisago & Alton
Mia
Numerous Accidents and Disasters Highlight 19th Century News
A roundup of fatalities and wrecks across multiple states. Patrick McNally dies after being run over by a train near South Pearl Street. F Augustus Cartland and wife burned in a Lansing, Minnesota house fire. Faribault Consolidated Gas and Electric fire destroys machinery with $10,000 loss, no insurance. Miners John and James Snowden drown in a Weaverville, California landslide. Frank M. Leggett and William C. Crockett killed in Alma, Kansas mine accident. Arch Ura fatally hurt. Harvey Mite injured in a Chippewa Falls incident. a boy wounded by a stray bullet. Two freight trains collide near Hastings, Nebraska, killing Grant Norton and Miller, with fire spreading to cars. Regina, capital of the Northwest Territory, suffers a major urban fire, $100,000 loss. Rio Grande line clears snowdrifts up to 60 feet, with 36 to 40 foot depths along the range. Vulcan mine in Norsey, Michigan, suffers a severe shaft-house fire. A Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling passenger train derails on a bridge in Ohio, with several passengers fleeing unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick McNally
Chicago, St. Paul & Kanenna City
Bouth St
F. Augustus Cartland
Lansing
Minn
Saat
Faribault
Consolidated Gan and Electric Light Company
Weaveraville
Cal
John
James Snowden
Frank M. Leggett
William C. Crockett
Alma
Kor
Harvey
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Haatinge
Burelington & Missouri Railroad
Grant Norton
Miller
Regina
Northwest
Territoris
Flumien
Lowe
Rio Grande Railway
San Juan Range
Cumbres
Divide
Vulcan
Noresy
Mich
Tantly
Houe
Miners strike and Lisbon student threats in UK and Labrador rail plan
A coal miners strike begins in Yorkshire Lancashire and Derbyshire as mine owners meet some demands. Lisbon students threaten to attack Mr Glynn Petro the British minister, amid government exequator disputes. In Canada a Quebec legislature discussion proposes a North Shore railway from Quabec to St Bay Labrador coast, aiming to cut 1832 miles off travel, saving about three days.
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Yorkshire
Lancashire
Derbyshire
England
Etudenta
Lisbon
Glynn Petro
Miniater& Leagum
Themuel Rea
Pou
Petre
Thair Action Ig
Miniater
Quaber
Que
Mr. Blanchett
Quabsc
Bt. Bay
Labrador
Pronent
Notable letters and legal notices from distant cities
A newspaper snippet reports resolutions adopted with an amendment banning subsidies, calls in Minnespotia for Rav. De. C. Fy Thwlog to lead, and notes Rev. Dr. T. B. Matsell’s trial outcomes in Pittsburgh. It covers the will of John T. Lenter probate in Chicago, a $700,000 estate, a Laport mayor’s fraud tip, and artist Tompkins’ hospitalization after a revolver incident amid long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inta
John T. Lenter
Board of Tracts
Chicago
Han
Kobanst
Lester i
Scott
Laport
Ind
Horn Moon Hunsber
Heira
Hunaber
Frank H. Torpking
N ‘Treet
Boston
Maas
Limaell
Tompkian
Cleveland
Ohio
Ant
Muniah
Miscellaneous News Items Include Appointments and Strikes
The article lists varied notes from Liverpool docks wage unrest to Harkness named postmaster in South Dakota. It mentions Mitchell division appointing O H Taylor as assistant state superintendent, Harrison and Loder selling assets in New York, and a Philadelphia Times reward for Annie Lo Coney’s killer. It also notes wire nail strikes shutting plants, Findlay mills joining the movement, and efforts against independents in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
FL Harkness
Wavrely
Codington County
South Dakota
S. P. Munswy
Remavea
0. H. Taylor
Mitchell
Pink Kem
Edward Harrison
Noah Loder
Harrison
Philadelphia
Timoe Priita
Times Publishing Company
Parson
Nemona
Newarney
Annie Lo Coney
Thien
Autoroay
United States
Tha Combina
Findlay
Ohio
Prince Bismarck Resigns Amid Imperial Rift
Berlin dispatch dated the 17th reports Prince Bismarck’s resignation over a divergence with the emperor on factory inspection. The emperor is said to have refused Count Herbert Biemarck’s resignation. General Von Caprivi is named as the chancellor’s successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Bismarck
Berlin
London Daily News
Enya
Herbert Biemarck
General von Caprivisa
Death of Old Gabriel Aged About 150 Years
An Todland known as Old Gabriel died at Saline County Hospital in California on the 17th inst. Born around 1740, he lived a peaceful life without liquor or tobacco. He left children and grandchildren but outlived them all, with no direct descendants surviving.
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Todland
Gabriel
Saline
Cal
California
Two Yale Students Drown Off West Haven Coast
The bodies of Edwin Rowe Jr and Jarrey Koonan Yale seniors in science were washed ashore at West Haven on the 17th. They had sailed from Milford about five o'clock in a rowboat against a strong wind and heavy seas. Rowe was the son of broker Edwin Rowe of New Haven Conn and Koonan resided with Su Shepard of New York and New Haven road, son of a western railroad superintendent living at Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Edwin Rowe, Jr
Jarrey Koonan
West Haven
Milford
Mos
Rowe i Aon
Edwin Rowe
New Hi Conn
Kenown
Su Shepard
New York and New Havi Road
Saven
Western Railroad
Pino Bivd
Arkanana
South American Free Trade Advocates Debate Expansion
A South American free trade advocate spoke for an hour supporting extending commute paths between the United States and South American nations. Delegates presented figures showing duties on imports from the region, with totals around 120 million dollars in trade and duty rates over 90 percent for southern and central American shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Cnatorie Union
Con Titernet
Soasion Saenz Pon
Republis
Congress of
United States
Staend
B. Flint
Morthanta
Amer Ar
Idaho admission bill faced with Mormon disfavor
Representative Manwar of Missouri on behalf of the minority on the territories committee filed a report opposing the bill to admit Idaho. The objection centers on rights of way through the Ston and Wahpeton Indian reservations in Dakota to the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad. The record notes concern over the Mormon disavowal in the context of the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayaan
Staneed
Mur
Bill
Senate considers bridges bill and Oklahoma outlet details
The senate reports favorably on a bridges bill across the Mia sour river near South Pierre and similar measures. Amendments were discussed, with public building bills including Stillwater funding. Oklahoma territory provisions set Cherokee outlet terms, county seats, judicial districts, and land open to homesteading with Indian consent. A Detroit tunnel and Mille Lac railway right of way measures were also introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
South Pierre
D. D
Columbia River
Washington
Oregon
Senate
Committee On Commerce
Aew
Stillwater
Atlau
Alna
United States
Nebraska
Wro
Guthere
Oklahoms City
Norman
Lisbon
Kingfisher
Beaver
Uccratary
Interior
Indian Territory
Chipman
Michigan
Detroit Railroad and Telegraph Company
Detroit River
Detroit
Canada
Mille Lac Indian Reservation
Minnesota
Little Falls
Mille Luca and
Lake Superior
Senate takes up relief for farmers and laborers amid crisis
In the Senate on the 17th Voorhees offered a resolution urging Congress to drop party disputes and focus on relief measures for farmers and underpaid laborers. He planned to submit remarks after closing business. The Senate discussed a $150,000 Mankato public building bill and moved the urgent deficiency bill with amendments for district judges, district attorneys, and marshals in several states. Amendments for agricultural stations and preliminary arterial well investigations were not acted on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Voorhees
Congress
United States
Mankato
Minn
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Washington
Bill Introduced on Civil War Pensions for Widows and Veterans
Representative Morrill of Kanane introduced a bill providing a pension of 3 per month for certain soldiers of the late war and their widows. It would add about 400,000 pensioners to the roll and grant about 62,000 each year thereafter.
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Morrill
Kanane
Rollembon
Landslide Buries Troy House Killing Three Inmates
In Troy New York a severe landslide from Warren's hill swept down during a rainstorm, burying a double brick house and killing three residents, including Mrs. Johanna Hogan and Mrs. Mary Noonan. Rescue crews pulled survivors from debris as inquiries began into the disaster.
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Troy
N. Y
Staines
Warren's Hill
Johanna Hogan
Mary Noonan
Annie Burns
Patrick Canfield
Canfield
Sergt. Lawton
Cunningham and
Sox
Burke
Noonan
Ha Anid
Ruina
Havermany Avenue
James Carroll
The Burlington Deal and Hidden Rail Plans
The New York Times suggests Wall Street may not grasp the full Burlington & Quincy deal, noting Manitoba and Pennsylvania rail links could be deeply involved, hinting at a broader network expanding from ocean to ocean while Pennsylvania officials deny the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Wall Street
Burlington & Quincy
Manitoba
Pennsylvania
Pacife
Ocean
Smoker's Effect on Butter Prices Reported
A fragment from an Ontario Agricultural report notes two butter makers and exporters, one a habitual smoker and the other a non-smoker. The non-smoker reportedly earned higher prices for butter in a foreign market, suggesting odor sensitivity impacts dairy quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario Agricultural and Experimental Union
Leeann
Twos
Butter Taste Mystery Stirs Brotherly Tobacco Doubt
A long analysis reveals a strange change in butter taste after reversing labels on packages. An agent reports one brother’s butter now tastes bad while the other’s tastes sweet and fetches a premium of two and a half cents, suggesting tobacco taint as the culprit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ataate
English farm youth Neville Pickthall disappears in Woodstock
Neville Pickthall, an English youth once aided by Reginald Burchell, vanishes after mortgaging his farm to raise funds. Witnesses recall a last seen meeting in Woodstock with Burchell and a telegram from Arizona. His wife and counsel cite financial trouble. investigators consider Burchell's alleged misdeeds in the Benwell affair.
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Woodstock
Ont
Neville T Pickthall
Pickthall
Burchell
Benwell
New York
Neville Pickthall
Told Country
Reginald Burchell
Curry Station
Raven
Johnston
Transuge
England
Nisgars Falls
Burvhell
Bils
Arizona
Disastrous Fire Destroys Stern Mayer & Co Building
A five story Cincinnati clothing firm building at Third and Vine, Stern Mayer & Co, was gutted in a blaze shortly after 1 am. Loss estimated at 450000 with 250000 insured. Firemen battled flames as telegraph lines hampered access. injuries included a firefighter knocked from a ladder and a driver with a skull fracture after a collision near Sixth and Baymiller streets.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Third and Vine Streets
Stern, Mayer & Co
Met
Burnet House
White
Baymiller
James Sheppard
Hebrew Bluebeard Clue Ties Woman to Jacobs in School House Death
New York police link a murdered woman found in a coal bin at an Eldridge school house to Isa a Shapiro a Hebrew 14 year old who had lived with Izgac Jacobs. Jacobs previously killed Herman Rogoginski and tried to kill his wife and son then shot himself. Shapiro identified Jacobs coat and a bed ticking fragment, and Jacobs was janitor at the school.
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New York City
Eldridge
Isaac Shapiro
Izgac Jacobs
Herman Rogoginski
Shapira
Jacobs
Hoalao
Shapiro
Jacoba
Rogovinski
Jacobm
Bela
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Minneapolia
Lincoln Western Railway Company
Secretary of State of
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State Line
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Yankton
Covington
Cedar County
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Boraine
Huare
Thomas Donahue, Jr
Ators
Crabtrie
Fy Atkinon
Thomas Holman
Witack
Our Sevinn
Will Drotey
First Congregational Church
Eau Claire
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Washington High School
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Funt Aftartechool
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Georgs McGregor
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