Comptroller Eckels Reveals Sedalia Bank Collapse Details
Comptroller Eckels faults Senator West and Congressman Cooney over the First National bank failure at Sedalia on May 4 1894 with a $428 857 liability and 708 claimants. Latimer as receiver defends depositors while cashier Thompson fled to Mexico. Vest allegedly delayed examination.
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Sedalia
James Cooney
Missouri
First National Bank of
James N. Eckels
the Treasury
Cooney
W. A. Tallmer
Vest
Latimer
Comptroller
Senator Vest
Chicago
O. 2
Tucker
First National Bank
St. Louis
California
West
Thompson
Mexico
Warrant Issued for Judge Limbecker in Embezzlement Case
Fort Scott Kansas August 24 A deputy sheriff departed with a warrant for Judge J M Limbecker formerly of this place now residing in Harris Texas charged with embezzling funds from the estate of Mrs Ming Paulson insane for whom he acted as guardian The warrant issued at bondsmen's urging and a Texas extradition requisition from Governor dwedy accompanies the case Limbecker long prominent in local law serving as county attorney probate judge and police judge under Governor Humphrey The charge specifies embezzling 90 dollars
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Kausis
Fort Scott
Kan
J. M . Limbecker
Harris
Tex
Ming Paulson
Dwedy
Texas
Steinitz Fails to Pay Bills in New York
James K. Frothingham secures an order restraining G P Putnam's Sons from paying $9,000 to William Steinitz and Steinitz from receiving funds until an accounting. Steinitz, the renowned Russian chess master, faced financial trouble after Frothingham lent money to publish his chess book. The Putnams published the work, reportedly profitable.
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Fapious
New York
James K. Frothingham
Justice Beekman
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
William Steinitz
Steinitz
Mgr. Frothingham
Brooklyn
Manhattan Chess Club
I Frothingham
Veterans Arrive in Buffalo for Grand Army Week
Buffalo August 24 Grand Army week opens with fair weather as train loads of veterans and friends arrive. Commander T. S. Clarkson arrived this morning and was escorted to headquarters.
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T. S. Clarkson
Buffalo
N. Y
Lovers End Their Lives Over Parental Opposition
In Ashtabula Ohio on August 24 authorities report Edna Mitchell a 19 year old who died in Cincinnati earlier was linked to the death of her sweetheart Fred W Slater of Niagara Falls whose body washed ashore four miles from Ashtabula. The couple known since childhood faced parental opposition and planned their deaths after letters and travels with relatives. Investigations suggest a joint suicide.
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Ashtabula
Edna Mitchel
Cincinnati
Fred W. Slater
Niagara Falls
Miss Mitchell
Slater
Cleveland
T. D. Slater
Queen City
Buffalo
Murder on Pike's Peak Sainted Tourist Key Shot at Sunrise
The body of H. S. Key of Wisner Nebraska was found near Pike's Peak summit with a close range bullet wound and signs of robbery. Key, a 25 year old tourist, had stayed in Manitou and walked toward the sunrise when killed. a revolver lay near the body to suggest suicide.
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H. H. Key
Colorado Springs
Colo
IL Is
Key
Wisner
Manitou
Woman proposes plan to force bachelors to marry
Charlotte Schmidt of the Woman's Rescue League argues before the Central Labor union a scheme to compel marriageable bachelors to wed. She links bachelorhood to labor questions and plans a Boston campaign against bachelor mayors, claiming wages rise if men marry.
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New York
Charlotte Schmidt
Resident Woman’s Rescue League
Central Labor Union
Boston
Mar
Fatal boiler blast at Cairo brick works kills three
A boiler explosion at the brick gate of W. R. H. lid a in Cairo Illinois Aug 24 instantly killed three men and injured eight. The dead are Rudy Bradley Gideon ic Henry Schiller. All the dead and injured were Black except Schiller.
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Cairo
Ill
W. R. H. Lida
Ruly Bradley
Gideon
Henry Schiller
Schilier
Manifesto Calls Labor to Rally Over Miners Strike
A lengthy call from the national executive board of mine workers appeals to organized labor and reform groups to oppose government coercion and defend civil liberties. It urges delegates to a mass convention in St. Louis on August 30 1897 to plan a return to free government principles amid the 1897 miners strike.
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Columbus
National Executive Board of Mine Workers
Temple of Justice
Great Plain
St. Louis
Ratchford
Pittsburg
Board of Arbitration
Healthful Work in Open Air and Bitters Remedy
Confinement and hard indoor labor drain the body more than outdoor exertion. Sedentary workers tire after office hours and seek invigoration. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is promoted as a reliable, especially adapted tonic to restore natural energy and aid dyspepsia kidney liver and rheumatic ailments.
British Patent Shows Wood Pulp Bicycle Parts
A recent British patent covers bicycle components including rims and frames made from wood pulp. The filing highlights sustainable materials and potential applications in lightweight, durable cycling parts.
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Congressman Cooney
Senator West
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Pike's Peak
Teasons
New York Press
A. J. Tower
Massa
DR. S. Staads
Sioux City, Iowa
O'Farrell
Washington
Castoria
Gamuel Pitcher
Hyannis
dMassachusetts
Saan
LG Lelie
Mothers of America
Oad
Lede Wraz Per
Centaur Company
Chas. H. Fletcher
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Ene Lal
Lal Tatal
Youn
Murray Otacet
Columbia Bicycles
Standard OF the World
Columbias
Hartfords
Pope Mfg. CO
Hartford, Conn
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