Land Grant Forfeiters Bill Sparks Senate Debate
The Senate faced fierce criticism from Morgan over the land grant forfeiture measure and Northern Pacific lands as Congress neared adjournment. A party caucus mapped remaining business including timber culture repeal and eight hour work bills while duties on telegraphs and other issues were slated for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Marine Service
Treasury
Navy Department
Panifork
Torrey Bankruptcy
District of Columbia
Mn Aa Far Ae
Outle
Substitution Motion and Railroad Land Grant Bill Discussed
A brief political note outlines a quick time frame for debate on the pure food bill in the Beniite and a motion to substitute the Sorrel lard bill recently passed in the house. Senator Plumb reported favorably from the public lands committee on a bill restricting railroad land grants from including mineral deposits unless specified in the grant. The census office lists city populations Cedar Rapids at 17,997 and Du… with Maine’s population at 660,201, up 11,225.
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House
Plumb
Public Lands Committee
Cedar Rapides
State of Maine
Secretary Rusk Discusses Crops and Markets
Secretary Rusk in an interview downplays a grain market squeeze amid modest cereal yields. He cites multiple sources and government reports as stabilizing factors, noting oats and barley conditions and suggesting continued imports and exports with no severe disruption.
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Busk
Wheat Crop Estimates From Northern States In Debate
A New York Press correspondent reports wealth figures on the Northwestern wheat crop. Senator Calvin Brice and Thomas Lowry discuss a Minnesota-Dakotas yield near 80 to 100 million bushels. Traffic managers estimate 80 to 85 million. Lowry cites his farm returns for a stronger turnout, while Brice argues for a lower figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Calvin
Brice Weking
Thomas Lowry
Minneapolis
Lowry
Minnesota
Dakotas
Canary
Brive
Mississippi constitutional session debates negro suffrage
At the Mississippi constitutional convention on the 12th, Judge Calhoun urged restricting negro suffrage, arguing whites cannot tolerate mixed rule with another race and warning of possible conflict with Congress over voting rights. He asserted local self government mattered more than the presidency and candidly stated the convention’s purpose to pursue negro suffrage.
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Mississippi
Calhoun
Ite
Burt
Congress
North Dakota and South Dakota News Briefs
Summary of key North Dakota items reports a fatal boiler explosion at a threshing unit in Grand Forks and a coal depot fire in Devils Lake burning nine hundred tons of coal valued at five thousand dollars. A derailment near Mandan injures cattle, with many killed or scattered. Warmer notes discuss Indian affairs and a push to cede tribal land to state control for a militia encampment site.
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North Dakota
Grand Forks
Devils Lake
Great Northern Railroad
Northern Pacific
Mandan
W. J. Anderwan
Reil Lodge
Mont
DeVoy Joing
Indian School
Detijs Lakely
South Dakota Items From a Troubled Era
Reports from Sturgis and Yankton detail deaths and accidents across the region. Charles Asiner, proprietor of the St Sharles hotel in Sturgis, dies. A deputy sheriff is injured during an arrest at Hill City when his revolver discharges accidentally. Mrs. Melinethon Hoy, widow of a late minister to Dakota, dies at 83. A jockey named Cha Allen dies at Aberdeen track after a cart wheel breaks. A fatal derailment near Fort Pierre kills Judd Belden, Mrs. Snider, and a boy, injuring many others during an excursion train picnic. Gold has been found near Littlestinity with high prospect returns claimed, but exact location withheld.
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Melinethon Hoy
Hoythy
Dakota Territory
Focoused
Yankton
Northwest
Cha. Allen
Djoree
Aberdeen
Fair Grounds
Black Hill
Fort Pierre
Judd Belden
Rapid City
Dake
Ordicatu
Allysle
Tude Kiown
Washington Senate Passes Tariff Bill On Lochinet Vote
The Senate approved the tariff measure by a 40 to 20 vote, prompting immediate adjournment. September crop reports show national averages slipping, with winter wheat up to 78.8 and spring wheat improving to 79.8. Population apportionment would grant extra seats to several states, with Ohio potentially losing one seat while Minnesota and Nebraska gain.
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Senate
Dunnell
Minnesota
Une
Wis
Seach
Mabuma
California
Colorado
Michigan
Missouri
New
Toray
Oregon
Texas
Washington
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Kinois
Kaneas
Pennack Sania
Nebraska
Ohio
Great Northern Railway Mortgage and Route to Seattle
The Great Northern railroad in Seattle is recorded for a $30,000,000 mortgage to fund construction from Assiniboine to Seattle. Estimated costs total $25,000,000 for the line and $5,000,000 for equipment. Two years hence the road is expected to reach the coast. The interior department ruled against Hastings & Dakota on park land claims, cancelling prior filings and allowing the railroad to select other lands within sixty days while relinquishing its current claim.
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Great Northern Railroad
Seattle
Assiniboine
Cauat
Secretary of the Interior
C. N. Perkins
George D. Griawel
Hastings & Dakota
Redwood District
Perkins mi Griaeol
Wotrica
Wiens
Plas
Indictments Grow as Grand Jury Targets City Enumerators
A Minneapolis federal grand jury has indicted two St Paul and two Minneapolis enumerators with more indictments expected. Reports shout sensational jail breaks from Hope Arkansas as four prisoners remain at large after sawing iron bars. Other items include a Joliet convict’s confession of a family murder and various local crimes and disturbances across multiple states.
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Grand Jury
United States District Court
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Bnt
Hope
Ark
Simber
McCarty
Dan Nati Esperado
Iniian
Alexer
Huestolon
Mit
Tom Harris
Joliet
Kentenot
Borgary
Wacol
McCoombe
Minnesote
Hurria
Prater
Freudoncan
Vienna
Austria
Drave
Preesburg
Nuah
Grau
Waite
Perth
D.M. Avery
T He Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Chicago
Loui Dyckman
Joan
Avery
Dyckman
Tamesaly
Hawthorne
Binbeo
Arizona
Heer
Pueblo
Col
Uw County Recorder
Mexico
Brockville
Cisen Agiinet
Andrew Nicol
Frank Metinyern
Panssutawney
Waleton
Adrian
Jefferdon
Personal notices and social events amid town gossip
The item records multiple personal mentions including Ruwkin planning to publish two poetry volumes, a Salvation Army leader Booth associated book project, Franela Murphy and Rebecca Fisher active in temperance groups, a wedding near Rock Talund, and a note about Jak Johnston with local business ties. It also mentions a disturbance with five policemen accompanied by strangers, near Margen City.
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Ruwkin
Nils Awit Menigne
Goi
Booth
Salvation Army
Durkont Kuydund
Franela Murphy
Aryacate
Rebecca Fisher
Christian Teper Union
Corneil Chattay
Rock Talund
Jak Johnston
Multiple Disasters Hit Nation Amid Epidemics and Floods
A jumbled report details casualties from an epidemic in Ohio and Europe, plus a deadly powders explosion near Wilken burre. It notes several deaths from typhoid fever and cholera, shipwrecks, and a hurricane aftermath. Floods devastate Canistees valley and Canistees area, with rivers over banks, trains stalled, and bridges damaged. Local officials fight to secure infrastructure as waters rise and communities endure widespread inundation.
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Anton Mickelson
Cooleston
Minboguy
Gli Nee Cureulton
Ohio
de. Williams
John Wahifort
John Hiun
Michal Pastello
Wilkenburre
Wahlort
Dares
King Frode
Rowton
Port Antonio
Reparty
TL. Cunpldzglin
Sind
Ambrosia
Nihenson
Saton
Cornelisville
Nuy
Canistee
Fir
Evia
Canistes
Hydrophobia and wrecks dominate storm reports
A dog bite outbreak sparks postmortem findings as hydrophobia is suspected. A Chicago and Grand Trunk collision near Schootcraft, Michigan, injures crew and wrecks trains. Northern Ohio reports heavy rains flooding Bucyrus and Akron, with widespread damage to streets, railways, and utilities.
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Dra. Wright
Finnrey
Chicago & Grand ‘Trunk
Schootcraft
Mich
Esgincer
Ohio
Bucytus
Sandusky
Akron
Howard Street
Census figures and global events in a scattered notice
The item lists population figures for Minneapolis and St Paul, Swedish celebrations in Duluth area, a Santa Fe earthquake felt by residents, a Wisconsin potato crop turning average, a gas ignition in Des Moines, and a Chicago fire writers meeting with insurers. It notes a mysterious Australian nobleman found dead in mountains, and an American Pharmacists Association meeting in Hessina Fort Monroe with officers named. It mentions Montgomery commercial pressure on a bill and Alaska and Alaska Commercial Company shipments from Siberia along with Russian contract details and hunting in the Japan Sea.
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Duluth
Delaware
Santa Fe
Ditackson County
Wis
Carrie
de Moines
Dlinifa
Cyberwritera” Association of the Northwest
Chicago
George P. Shelden
Piamix Insurance Company
Wiewonai
Michigan
Missouri
Indiana
Wallington
Baron von Sirituss
Buda Pesth
Hungary
Sing
Slurge
Hessina
Fort Monroe
Reuldant
Aberth
Taylor
Philadelphia
Stev
Ann Arbor
Mich
HB Dovlme
Charles Goude
St. Louis
Xecretary
D. M. Muishe
S.A. H. Shepard
Horton
Condilla
Mobile
Goodian
Omaha
Montgomery Commmercial
Tnduntrial Association
Mentire
Entron
South
Montgomery
Congresa
Aaskn Commercial Company
Ateniner Kuluk
Petrospavloshk
Siberia
Alpka Commercial Company
Japan
Russia
FOREIGN GOSSIP Highlights From Across Nations And Markets
Reports note Dr Kuck’s inoculation work on claimants with tuberculo sis, British troop withdrawals from Egypt debated, Chicago shoe factories eyed by a rich English syndicate, Rochester options on four plants, quiet in Canton Fi cino, detainees held over maur Fants, and Salvadorian congress to elect a provisional leader until January.
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Chicago
Rochester
N. Y
Sagent
D Henshaw
Ficino
Talen Prigonera
New York Herald
Beata Backed by Supporters in Anticipated Presidency
From Rome reports indicate the pope rejected Cardinal Manning’s labor utterances and Gen Beata’s backers claim solid backing. A Berlin dispatch notes Lutheran trials and bans in Russia Baltic provinces, while Bulgaria refuses to pay a Russia claim for war supplies citing a $100,000 rouble shortfall and czar hostility.
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Wouke
Thane
Gen.Beata
Rome
Cardinal Manning
Hix Holinepuda
Adisputch
Berlin
Baltic
Russia
Nol
Germany
Bulgaria
Turkey
Floods devastate New York rail and mill towns
Torrential five day rain swells streams in New York across Rome Ogdensburg and Black River valleys. Rail line washouts near Mannville and Pierrepont Manor destroy track other bridges and workshops. Sawmills cheese-box factories and mills lose structures, farms flood, cattle swim to highlands. High water expected to rise further with ongoing showers.
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New York
Rome
Watertown
Ogdensburg
Mannville
Pierrepont Manor
Centreville
Richland
Copentay Wen
Lewis
Campbell’s
Lamphe & Key
Warner's
New Boston
Lewis County
Champion
Black River
Lust Spring
Assaulted in the Woods Near Corry Pa
Mrs. Mary Batchelder, wife of lumberman Benjamin Batchelder, was robbed of 1800 dollars and left for dead while returning from Corry to the Glyn don area. She was found wandering in a demented state with bruises, a lacerated throat, and the missing purse. Police pursue leads. her exact condition and the assailant remain uncertain.
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Glyndon
Corry
Mary Batchelder
Benjamin Batchelder
Batehelder
Lost Boy Henry Meyers Found On Broadway Steps
A boy named Henry Meyers from Butterfy Mont traveled toward Belgium with his mother guiding him to the Belgian consul in New York. After delays at the consulate and a misstep ending at Mulberry Street station he wandered a second time before reaching a boarding house to await sailing.
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New York
Davis
Cit LF
Broadway
Henry Meyvs
Butterfty
Mont
Belgium
Henry
Henry Nat
Steuner
Mulberry St
Theatrical Manager James Mead Weds Mrs Edson in New York
Theatrical boss James Mead longtime husband of Lucille Western wed Mrs B P Edson at the bride's home 201 West 43rd Street New York. Edson, long known in professional and society circles in New York and Chicago, has been linked to major spectacular ventures with the Chicago Opera Hotel.
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Janos Mead
New York City
James Mead
Lucille Western
East Ort
Golden Gate
Hue Beart
B. P. McEdson
W 43
Edson
Cireles
New York
Chicago
Happ
Chicago Opera Hotel
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Oakes
U. S. Senate
Morgan
Cailing
Pelican
Committee On Public Lands
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
United States
Morgan Sid
Northen Pacific
Northern Pacific Railroad
Edmunds
Secretary Rusk
South Dakota
Kossip
Charles Asiner
St. Sharles
Sturgis
Aberdeen and Pierre
Hill City
Shevitl
Miles City
Cheyennn
Tigh Hayle
Mo Indl
Wettlers Agence
Obounes
Red
Theuwelver
Maj. Carroll
Chiahout
W. F. Eno
Indiahuln
Lawite
Lown
Parkersburg
W. Va
Tuab
Kanawha
Will
Burr Phelps
Knoxville
Paulier
Vr. Kuck
Hag
Michchigrinix
Lord Bulisbury
Egypt
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