Fall of Cyrus Field Kin as Son Robs Family Fortune
New York December 2 Cyrus W Field lies in critical condition while his son Edward M Field faces disgrace and legal peril as he is accused of draining the Field fortune. Reports say Edward used power of attorney to seize funds and securities leaving Cyrus ruined and son’s partners harmed. A legal pursuit continues with warrants retried and a court ordered commitment to an asylum.
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New York
Cyrus W. Field
Edward M. Field
Edward
Mr. Field
Cyrus Field
Edward Field
Manhattan
Mail and Express
Washington
Field
Gramercy Park
Isabelle F. Judson
Gould
Union Pacific
Daniel A. Lindley
John F. Wiechers
Herman
Hilmers
Justice Pratt
Brooklyn
Frederick A. Ward
R. E. Diez
Diet Manufacturing Company
Laight Street
Sheriff Gorman
Superior Court
West Thirty-ninth Street
Honored by Children in St Louis Jubilee
Catholic children of St Louis paid tribute to Archbishop Kenrick with a jubilee service in the exposition building’s music hall. From parishes schools orphanages and institutions thousands rallied with banners and song. Archbishop Kenrick sat center with prelates as child speakers and a pantomine with deaf mute orphans followed.
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St. Louis
Kenrick
Exposition Building
Christian Brothers’ College
Ryan
No Shaves on Sunday No Work Day Union Grows
Graxp Barins Michigan December 2 The fourth annual meeting of the Barbers International union opened with J C Meyers of St Paul in the chair and seventy delegates. Reports show eighty one unions now exist up from thirty one last year. The group plans to push Sunday rest eastward next year and shorten work days.
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Graxp Barins
Mich
Barbers’ International Union
J. C. Meyers
St. Paul
Southwest
East
Tennessee
Minnesota
Colorado
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Fire destroys Lincoln Paint & Color building in Lixcoux Neb
Fire at 8 o'clock Tuesday night totally destroyed the four story brick building owned and occupied by the Lincoln Paint & Color Company. Loss on building estimated at 20000 and stock at 6000 with about half insured. The firm did a large jobbing trade supplying territory west and south and throughout Iowa and western Sioux.
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Lixcoux
Neb
Lincoln Paint & Color Company
Iowa
Sinois
Tragedy at Hotel Warwick: Husband Kills Wife Then Dies
SpringfieldMass report says George H Barr, hotel owner, shot his wife at the Hotel Warwick Monday night and then killed himself with the same weapon. They were found dead Tuesday morning with no known motive.
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Mass
Warwick
George H. Barr
Public Debt Dips in November With Cash Total at 743 Million
The November public debt statement shows a net decrease of the interest and non-interest bearing debt by 2,570,139.50 dollars. Total cash in the treasury stands at 743,356,760.19 dollars.
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Washington
Burglars Hit San Francisco Wholesale Grocery House
Expert safe burglars robbed the Tillman Bendal wholesale grocery in San Francisco Monday night and escaped with about $2,000.
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San Francisco
Dec. J
Tillman
Bendal
Immense haul by Missouri train robbers shocks city
St Louis reports a Glendale train holdup on Monday night where robbers stopped the St Louis and San Francisco train and looted the Adams Express car. Dynamite shattered the door and the express messenger Mulronen was injured. Amounts taken vary from 20000 to 50000 dollars with 75000 cited at Frisco.
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St. Loouis
Damsel
Adams Express Company
St. Louis
San Francisco
Glendale
Frisco
Old Orchard
Express
North Springfield
Mulronen
Damsal
Express Company
Omaha
Mill Destroyed in Owatonna Fire
The Owatonna roller mill owned by H. M. Hastings and J. M. Diment burned to the ground Tuesday morning. The blaze destroyed 8 019 bushels of wheat three cars of flour and tons of bran and shorts. The lantern explosion caused the fire. Loss estimated at 80 000 dollars with no insurance.
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Owatonna, Minn
Owatonna
H. M. Hastings
J. M. Diment
Lynching mob target leads to 21 year sentence for Bisso
Charles Bisso, center of the lynching mob incident, was sentenced in Indianapolis to twenty one years in the state prison for the criminal assault on Blanche Staton a nine year old girl. Judge Cox stated the maximum term and ordered Bisso sent to the penitentiary after the court hearing.
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Bisso
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Bisso
Blanche Staton
Langenberg
Cox
Trustees mull funds for Knightstown soldiers home
Indiana trustees discuss two state appropriations for the Knightstown soldiers orphans home as the auditor delays recognition. The 95,000 base and a 15 per month per capita grant provoke questions on spending amid 700 inmates and staff. the school reports success with only two deaths.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Knightstown
Death of Isaac M. Brown Indiana editor and founder
Isaac M. Brown longtime editor and founder of several Indiana newspapers died at age nearly 75 in Columbus Indiana He published in Bloomington Sullivan Terre Haute and Columbus served as postmaster of Sullivan in 1878 and led the Sullivan Union He reportedly hid his printing material in a cellar and joined the Sixth Indiana cavalry in 1862.
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Isaac M. Brown
CoumBus
Ind
Indiana
Bloomington
Sullivan
Terre Haute
Sullivan Union
Sixth Indiana Cavalry
Fire destroys Inpr Anvvers livery stable in Indiana
A fire wiped out J. Fisher’s livery stable in InprAnvavers Ind injuring six horses vehicles and feed. Loss about 2000 with 1500 insured. The ruined building carried a superstition due to a 1879 murder by Merrick who killed his wife and buried her by Eagle Creek before his execution.
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Ind
J. Fisher
Merrick
Eagle Creel
Arson trial moved to March in Pike county court
Washleton Ind December 2 The trial of ex Auditor James C Lavelle and Aaron Hawes of Daviess county for arson was set for Monday in the Pike county circuit court at Petersburg 12 miles south of the city The defendants appeared with counsel and asked for a continuance until March The request was granted ensuring a later date amid strong interest surrounding the case.
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Washleton
Ind
James C. Lavelle
Aaron
Hawes
Daviess County
Pike County
Petersburg
Postmasters Meet in Indianapolis Seek Higher Pay
Fourth class postmasters met in Indianapolis on December 2 to urge legislation for light fuel and rent allowances and higher compensation. They preferred a yearly salary to commissions on canceled stamps and selected five delegates for the national fourth class postmasters convention in Washington.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Washington
Planing Mill Boiler Explosion Kills Two in Texas
In Lodi, Texas, the Dun, Wurtzburg & Randall planing mill boiler exploded Monday night. Jack Bickman and W S Warner, both white workers, were killed. The boiler and mill were reduced to wreckage within yards of the blast site.
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Jeffrenson
Tex
Dun, Wurtzburg & Randall
Lodi
Jack Bickman
W. S. Warner
Boundary line shift gives Ohio 100 square miles of Indiana land
Prof. T. C. Mendenhall reports the Indiana Ohio boundary is about one mile east at Butler and three quarters of a mile east at Union City. The line zigzags and favors Ohio. Indiana loses about 100 square miles. A joint commission is recommended to settle the boundary. Senator Sheckney's fence sits on the line, risking dual state status.
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Buckeye State
Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
T. C. Mendenhall
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Chase
Ohio
Butler
Union City
Mendenhall
Senaator Sheckney
Randolph County
Few Absent Minded Americans In Dead Letter Office
Annual report by Superintendent Saibharam shows 7 289 240 pieces of dead mail were received, up 311 904 from last year. Misaddressed letters total 422 639 and 104 673 letters were held for postage. Many undelivered items included blank letters with money drafts and checks. Of 32 273 money items totaling 47 988 dollars, 21 183 or 70 percent were delivered, while 90 040 with 11 223 dollars were undeliverable.
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America
Washieton
Saibharam
Vacancy Filled in Democratic State Committee Vote
The Democratic state committee met at the Hoffman house and quickly elected Lieut. Gov. William F. Sheehan to replace Herman Oelrichs who resigned from the national Democratic committee.
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New York
Democratic State Committee
Hoffman House
William F. Sheehan
Herman Oelrichs
National Democratic Committee
Five Die in Fire in Detroit Private House
Five persons were burned to death in a house fire discovered at Catharine and Orleans streets in Detroit early Tuesday. Their identities were not yet known.
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Detroit
Mich
Catherine
Orleans Streets
Count Tolstoi Feeds Starving in Demkoff District
Count Tolstoi and his daughters organize kitchens in the Demkoff district to feed the starving. About 13,000 grain wagons are blocked on the Vladikivakakas railway, delaying supplies.
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St. Prrerspurc
Count Tolstoi
Demkoff
Vladikivakakas
White admits embezzlement in Call ex-manager case
In San Francisco on December 2, John White former business manager of the San Francisco Call confessed to stealing $50,000. He said most of the funds were committed to horse racing and speculation.
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San Francisco
John White
San Francisco Call
White
Sawtelle Declares Maine Killing Motive For New Trial
Isaac Sawtelle, sentenced to hang January 5 for his brother Hiram's murder, swears he killed Hiram but in Maine where capital punishment is not practiced. He seeks a new trial as the court reviews the affidavit.
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Concorp
N. H
Isaac Sawtelle
Hiram
Maine
Austria to participate officially in world fair
Austria decides to take part in the world fair. The union of international press clubs meets in San Francisco on January 4. The Windom two dollar silver certificates issue begins in Washington, with No. 1 allotted to Mrs Windom. Congress discussions and cabinet meeting occur in Washington.
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Austria
J. S. Drew
Nea Winona
Minn
Lizzie Darneille
Springfield
Ill
International League of Press Clubs
San Francisco
Windom
Washington
White House
Congress
Wesley Scott
Scottsville
Ind
United States
William J. Coombs
Brooklyn
Francisco Hernandez
Eleventh Battalion
Chihuahua
Mex
el Paso
Tex
Philadelphia
Detroit River
Chicago
Milwaukee
Buffalo
Span@in
Germany
Royal Arsenal
Four Fatally Burned In New Orleans
Four deaths from burns occurred in New Orleans on Tuesday. Mary Boumester, 33, died in hospital. Mrs. Louisa succumbed to injuries. Kate Reed, 72, died at hospital. Mary Evans, 4, colored, died after clothes caught fire from a grate near New Orleans street.
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New Orleans
Mary Boumester
Louisa
Kate Reed
Mary Evans
Hotel Burned in Leadville Fire Destroys 125-Room Grane
The Grane hotel in Leadville Colorado with 125 rooms burned Tuesday morning and nothing saved. A sick man named Matthews is missing and believed burned. Fire suspected incendiary as a second arson attempt targets the Grand hotel, a city landmark.
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Leadville
Col
Grane Hotel
Matthews
Markets in Chicago and New York Quietly Firm Across Commodities
Wheat prices rise with firmer tone in Chicago while New York shows firm wheat and corn futures. soybeans and oats show unsettled movement as pork, lard, and beef markets hold near steady levels with varied cash quotes and forward ages.
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New York
Live Stock Market Update From Chicago December 1
Cattle market active with strong prices for top quality steers and cows. Veal calves and hogs show broad ranges. buyers paid 22.30 to 293.40 for pigs and 3.30 to 6.60 for light to heavy packing hogs and packing lots in Chicago.
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Chicago
Dee
Pountrry
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Des
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Archbishop Kenrick
International Barbers’ Union
Lincoln, Neb
Missouri
State News
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Crawfordsville
Sugar Creek
Henderson
Lafayette
Ohio-Indiana
James
Newnare
N. Y
Sisters of Mercy
Ogee
Columbus. O
George K. Nash
Republican State Central Committee
Brice
United States Senate
St. Peterspurg
Tolstoi
Sawtelle
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