Wheat speculation drains profits from local traders
The article surveys a dramatic surge in wheat prices over ninety days ending March, naming key beneficiaries and losses. Hutchinson leads gains with estimates up to $600,000 to $5,000,000 in average profits, while Baker and others on the board also profited. A diverse group including a Hebrew trading circle and a St. Louis crowd known as The Art club are noted as big winners, with pockets filling as farmers and country traders rushed to buy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
W.T. Baker
Baker
William Young
Aleck Young
Charles A. Marr
E. A. Driver
Big Bears
M. C. Mitchell
Dash
Dunham & Co
William Doon
St. Louis
Art Club
Logan & Co
Northern Pacific Forms Transcontinental Route Via Chicago Assets
The Northern Pacific railroad plans to seize the Chicago & Great Western and Calumet Terminal properties to forge a transcontinental link. The deal may involve $30,000 in new bonds and aligns with a broader tie to Baltimore & Ohio. Chicago offices will move, with a July occupancy expected for key departments. reports on the Calumet purchase remain contested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
Chicago Journal of
Mnet
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Chicago & Great Western Railroad Company
Calumet Terminal Company
Chicago
Great Western
Harrisan Street
Fifth Avenue
Wisconsin Central
Lske
Caluimet
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Henry Villard
Pith Avenue
Hanniford
Chicago Times
Calumet Terminal Railroad
Torrence
Irish Land Purchase Debate and Gladstone's Shifting Views
The piece argues that Conservative sources misinterpret Mr. Gladstone's Commons speech on Irish land purchase. It contends he never was a simple champion of land purchase and favored strict conditions before any large state-backed purchases. It notes his 1886 bill move showed cautious, conditional stance rather than unconditional support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstones
House of Commons
Thoraday
Gladgtons
Gladstone
Ireland
Debated Irish Land Purchase Policy Faces Opposition
In parliamentary debate the speaker condemns the land purchase acts as dangerous and unsafe, warning they force Irish debtors to the British treasury. He notes unionists opposed Gladstone's bill but many now back Balfour's plan, while 1886 opposition to Gladstone's measure is recalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
To & Mah
Ee Gladstone
Trish
Editorial Machinery Cuts Confoundedly Out of Coal
The Detroit Free Press quotes the Arizona Kicker about a half-sheet issue. It recounts post office meddling, a violent altercation with Wanamaker and his man Friday, a gun misfire, threats to Jim and his brother, and internal staffing chaos as the paper battles to publish with a wounded hand and dictation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Arizona
Wanamaker
Swan
Jim
Bieter
Asticutus
J. Melville Graham
New York
Erehrete
Col. Hagen
Bill Ellis
Ellis
Corfal
Bill
McKinley tariff bill gains broad backing in Congress
A Washington dispatch reports Philadelphia Press interviews showing strong support for the McKinley tariff bill among key lawmakers. Representatives Carter, Wilson, and Sabroage back the measure as pending speedy passage. Senators Moody and Allen express cautious approval with calls for changes on tin and woolen duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pacific
Philadelphia
Carter
Equire
McKinlay
Allen
Congress
Wilson
Passage of the McKinley bill faces Mar tinadale petition
Citizens of Martinadale including several leading Democrats press for immediate passage of the McKinley bill, sending a petition to Carter ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Martinadale
Sharks Exposed in Washington Land Fraud Scheme
Special telegraph report from Washington says Congress will expose and abolish a bold scam by land lawyers preying on settlers in Minnesota Dakota and other Northwestern states. About 200000 undelivered land patents exist in the general land office with many claimed invalid or forgotten. A firm of land attorneys has menaced patentees offering to secure titles for $5 while threatening loss of lands. The scheme is said to have netted about 100000 dollars and prompted a House resolution to investigate the interior department with possible headrolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Special Telegraph
Congress
Minnesota
Dakota
General Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Vanderbilt Deal Aims to Control Great Northern Coastward
Prominent railroad interests led by the Vanderbilt group expect to gain control of the Great Northern at the upcoming election. The plan envisions extending the Chicago and North Western to the Pacific, building Dakota links, and connecting Spokane Falls to Puget Sound via an interlined route with Beattle Lake Shore and Eastern.
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Vanderbilt
Great Northern
Vanderbilts
Pacific Coast
New York Central
Michigan Central
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
Omaha
Union Pacific
San Francisco
Dakota
Hill
Helena
Puget Round
St. Paul
Spokane Falls
Beattl Lake Shore & Eastern
Chica
Northwestern
Idaho
Puget Sound
Senators Propose Public Land Survey Funding
North Dakota Senator Casey and Montana Senator Power introduce bills to fund public land surveys. Casey seeks 300000 dollars with per mile rates of 9 for standard and meander lines, 1 for township lines, 5 for section lines, adjustable to 13 11 7 in rugged terrain. Montana requests 250000 dollars with rates 9 7 5 per mile, adjustable to 15 15 10 in mountainous rocky areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Casey
North Dakota
Senator Power
Montana
Casey
Mountaimores
Rocky
Three Fatalities in Marengo From Tree Collapse and Fire
In Marengo Wisconsin a tall pine fell crushing two young boys aged 5 and 7 as they sheltered beneath it. Later that afternoon Ole Hanson’s burning home claimed his infant, the cradle empty after the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Ashland
Wic
Anton Foraker
Ole Hanson
Irrigation Commission Meets in Huron Over Artesian Wells Plan
Several parties interested in irrigation traveled to Huron South Dakota on the 28th to confer with the United States irrigation commission about adopting a system using artesian wells. Members include Col Edward S Nettleton and Prof Robert Hay with the field geologist Prof E G Streetie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
South Dakota
United States Irrigation Commission
Edward 5. Nettleton
Washington
United States Irrigation Survey
Robert Hay
Junction City
Kan
E.G
Sreetie Unives
North and
Restoration plan stalled by low water season
A fragmented note reports a wartime survey urging restoration of farms in the region. The interior secretary favors restoration and 410 acres are sought for settlement by nearby residents to aid national development.
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The readable fragment presents a local item about a pet and a tie related to a community event. Specific names, dates, or places are not clear in the text.
Washington Quinlan Vanishes After Stock Exchange
Washington Quinlan of New York stock exchange fame disappears under suspicious circumstances. His family, wealthy with a brother as Chemical National Bank cashier, reports contracts in his account and heavy trading before his absence. Brokers note 12,600 shares bought under his account just before he vanished.
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Weshington Quinlan
Atock
Acing
Washington
Quinlan
Stock Exchange of New York
Ely
Ateck
Washington Quinlan
Chemical National Bank
Deima Stan
Arbitration settles carpenters wage and hour dispute
Two committees from the new boss carpenters association and the strikers met at the Grand Pacific hotel with judges Driggs McConnell and Taley. After a three hour session they reached a settlement. Journeymen gained concessions on most points and a minimum wage of 35 cents per hour through August, then 32.5 cents, with overtime at time and a half and Sunday time double. Eight hour workday begins at 5 AM. noon hour may be shortened by foreman majority but not reducing hours below eight. overtime limited to specified night hours. Apprenticeship concessions shared. employers to hire only union men for foremen also.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Boss Carpenters Association
Grand Pacific Hotel
Driggs
McConnell
Taley
Anderson Tragedy Affects Carthage Couple Known in Iowa
The Minneapolis murder of a man named Anderson and his wife has stirred Carthage North Dakota. Records trace the couple from 1881 Britt Iowa to 1883 marriage and a move to Carthage then Minneapolis. Anderson praised by friends. his mother is ill and may not recover, delaying funeral arrangements.
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Anderson
Minneapolis
Carthage
N.D
Britt
Hancock County
Iowa
Lacy Sloper
Gunder Lerm
Miss Sloper
Mise Sloper
Governor Gordon on Race Problem and Emigration
Gov Gordon of Georgia spoke to a convention of representative colored citizens from several states. He argued no emigration solution exists and urged cautious progress, favoring peaceful stay in the South and aiding wise counsel for better mutual outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov
Gordon
Georgia
Radical Party
Senate report on lands restored to public domain in Midwest
The Senate favorably reports a bill after House passage to restore 65 000 acres in St Cloudland Minnesota and 135 000 acres in Eau Claire Ashland and Wareaw Wisconsin to public domain for homestead settlement and flood control. The land was withdrawn in 1880 to allow government dam and navigation works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
House
St. Cloudland
Minnesota
Eau Glaire
Ashland
Wareaw
Wisconsin
Killed by a Negro in Richmond Incident
A young white man, John Thomas of Richmond Virginia, died after an altercation with an unknown black man. Thomas offered a nickel to remove a whisky bottle cork, insulted the rescuer, and was stabbed causing a severe abdominal wound with exposed intestines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thomas
Richmond
Thomas
Thoms
Mixed US legislative actions and international dispatches
The president sent Henry L. Whiting’s nomination to the Senate. A Butte City rebuilding bill seeks 150000 dollars. Boundary disputes trigger African dispatches. Senate passes pre-emption law and Indian affairs bills. Paris Times notes Pandemics negotiations. Indian training school funding in South Dakota. Dahomey war reports describe fierce fighting and a notable Amazons warrior.
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Senate
Henry L. Whiting
New Eay
Mississippi River Commera
Sion
House Committee On Public Buildings
Butte City
Mont
Banatar Pettigrew
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Eunate
Paris Temps
Pansma Osos
M. B. Wyne
Mr. Wyne Gom
Government of
Columbia
Conteen
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Black Hills
United States
Republican Party
Representative Pickler
Sabroage
Pierce
America
Isbor
the Irrigation Commission
Pettigrew
Pierre
Ntarioris
Ramary
Malta
Brazil
South Atlantic
Astraschias
M Feaire
Welmart
Berlin
Dowbringur
Montha
Mina Lommar
Lettara
Thalr
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Neons of War
Dahomey
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