Commission Arraigned Over Delaware Lands Seizure
Washington reports Justice Anderson dissolved the temporary injunction in the Dawes commission case involving Secretary Hitchcock and land segregation for the Delaware Indians in the Cherokee Nation. The suit seeks $1,000,000 for defense costs, amid allegations of conspiracy to defraud the Delawares and oil interests connected to Dawes commission members.
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Washington
Justice Anderson
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Hitchcock
Dawes Indian Commission
Ethan A. Hitchcock
Terior
Court of Claims
Anderson
Walter S. Logan
United States
Dawes Commission
Dawes’ Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Supreme Court
Watchmen lured by a decoy note in Morse safe theft
The Thebes Missouri office of McDonald & Co. contractors was robbed of a safe containing money and papers on pay day. Two night guards were decoyed by a note said to be from young women. Police believe a boat carried the safe down the river and blew it open before dumping contents in the Mississippi.
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Thebes
McDonald & Co
R‘v
Salt craving leaves girl near death in Michigan township
Ingham township near Mason Michigan 18 year old Manda Clifton stepdaughter of William Harris lies gravely ill after four weeks of salt eating She chews salt to quench thirst and consumes whole meals of salt Affected by years of the habit she is carried with feet raised above her head and requires two men to lift her The case describes unusual appetite and poor diet contributing to her condition with no water taken to aid swallowing
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Mason
Mich
Ingham Township
Manda Cliffton
Willian Harri
Five Hurt in Cincinnati Fire on East Ninth Street
Cincinnati reports five people injured by a fire on East Ninth street. Four trapped on the fourth floor jumped from windows to escape the flames. Injured include Henry Allgeyer seriously, with others C T Boggy William Weber Henry Herbreck and Albert Keyes.
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Cincinnati
East Ninth Street
Henry Allgeyer
C. T. Boggy
William Weber
Henry Herbreck
Albert Keyes
Rich Miner Plans Negro Colonization Scheme
Tacoma financier J. Hunt and Booker T. Washington unite on a colonization project aimed at reshaping the Negro question. Letters describe reclamation of Sudan lands and cultivation by African Americans from the United States, with Roosevelt said to have approved. Hunt travels to Germany and Africa to meet Washington, tracing a fortune once lost in 1893.
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Tacoma
Wash
J. Hunt
Corea
Booker T. Washington
Friends of
Hunt
Soudan
United States
Germany
Africa
Cairo
Roosevelt
White House
Hart
Will Bands Play at Centennial Parade Clash
Chicago centennial events center on the Marine band at the Auditorium mass meeting while union musicians threaten a strike if enlisted men perform. Banquet chair J C Shaffer insists the Marine band will play Thursday night, amid split views on music for the parade. Indians at Lincoln park attract tens of thousands as Frances E Willard Hospital cornerstone laid, costing 70000 with temperance advocates attending. Denver delegates clash as Wolcott and Moffat factions fight for supreme court seat and party control. New York Republicans clash over district attorney choice with police dispersing angry crowds.
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Chicago
United States Marine Band
Auditorium Theater
United States Service
Marine Band
J. C. Shaffer
Lincoln Park
Lake Front
Chicago Historical Society
Frances E. Willard Hospital
Frances E. Willard
Denver
Supreme Court
Wolcott
David H. Moffat
Walcott
New York
Timothy L. Woodruff
Creed
George Elliott
Henry Fielden Ketchum
Woodret
Ketcham
New York Gas Coal and Supply hits Indiana markets
Richmond Indiana reports a new competitor to Standard Oil, the New York Gas Coal and Supply company with a 20 million dollar capitalization. It plans to expand in Trenton limestone fields and invest heavily in productive leases and wells in Indiana after buying interests in western Ohio and West Virginia. The firm anticipates capital growth and eventual expansion of its U S territory. Paymaster Harry E. Biscoe protests Admiral Evans language after a court rebuke. In Howell Michigan a stock farm fire sparked by engine sparks destroyed twelve outbuildings including barns with hay and stain Less six thousand dollars partly insured.
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Richmond
Ind
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
New York
United States
Great
Standard O/l
Biscoe
Washington
Harry E. Biscoe
Evans
Rishworth Nicholson
Moody
Howell, Mich
W. K. Sexton
Sparke
Market Stronger Despite Opening Lows In Stocks
New York reports stocks opened weak with new lows in U S Steel but orders in large volume spurred gains across markets. Shorts covered and observers saw best buying in days as confidence grew that conditions remain sound and money stringency fears fade. Cotton rose as shorts rushed in and New Orleans leaders pushed prices up from 11.70 to 15.08, a rise of about 196 points in two days. Taylor & Mandeville on the consolidated exchange suspended after margins were unmet, signaling market stress. London consuls fell to 7 today, the lowest since 1868, then steadied amid a dour mood as Americans showed further declines.
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New York
U.S. Steel
New Orleans
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Taylor & Mandeville
wFisis
London
Stock Exchange
Church Merger Aims to Exclude New Parishes in Lincoln
Lincoln priests sign an ironclad agreement to drive out small churches and boost revenues for larger houses, asserting the field is crowded and salaries are too low. They propose uniting congregations to pay ministers more and advance religion, while targeting projected new parishes. Meanwhile Des Moines millionaire F. M. Hubbell, age 65, has endowed his estate for heirs or university, with his Grand Avenue home valued at about 150000 dollars and left to the eldest living heir for 100 years.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln
House of Worship
New Jersey
Indoy
Des Moines
F. M. Hubbell
Grand Avenue
Hubbell
Towa
Connecticut
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Lowa
Delaware grand jury ignores burning case
Wilmington Del September 29 grand jury says it will ignore the bill against those charged with burning at the stake George White the Negro accused in the Helen Bishop murder case elsewhere in the nation reports note a man in Illinois dies mysteriously and other local items include a curious Siberian crab apple tree and a church shooting in Wisconsin along with a Milwaukee resignation and a Minnesota jail suicide
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Wilmington
Del
George White
Helen Bishop
Buchanan May Give Up Position In Iron Workers War
Kansas City report says President Buchanan of the International Association of Structural Iron and Bridge Workers hinted he may quit the contest with Samuel Parks. He has not decided on reelection and notes the majority favor Parks and his methods. The Kansas City session focused on routine business with no sign of a major factional fight. An important Western locals petition urged action to force Western railroads to pay standard wages or lose bridge work to fair contractors.
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Kansas City
Buchanan
International Association of Structural Iron and Bridge Workers
Samuel Parks
Parks
Buchannan
Trial of officers ends in Belgrade conspiracy case
Belgrade on September 24 indicates the trial of army officers for conspiring against the murder of King Alexander and Queen Draga has concluded. Capt Novakovitch and Lavarovitch, the ring leaders, receive two years imprisonment and loss of command. Other officers receive three months to one year. A pardon by King Peter is anticipated.
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Belgrade
Aleander
Draga
Novakovitch
Lavarovitch
Veter
New Lord Mayor of London Chosen Today
London Sept 29 The aldermen today elected Sir James Thompson Ritchie brother of the late chancellor of the exchequer lord mayor of London for the ensuing year
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London
James Thompson Ritchie
Northern Pacific President Resigns for New Haven Post
A report states President Mellen of the Northern Pacific Railway has resigned and will become president of the New York and New Haven road, effective October 21. Paul, Sept.
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Northern Pacific
Mellen
Northern Pacific Railway
New York
Laurel Branch Lost Off Chile Coast
Valparaiso Chile Sept 2 The British steamer Laurel Branch has been lost off Stewart bay Twenty eight passengers and the crew were saved The rest it is feared are drowned
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Valparaiso
Chile
Stewart Bay
Riots and Troop Rush at Sault Ste Marie Canada
Rioting continues in Sault Ste Marie with saloons open and workers massing. About 1500 men walk toward the Weir Lumber Company site while militia and police struggle to restore order as troops arrive. Italians Finns Norwegians and French rioters threaten the Consolidated Lake Superior plans amid food demands.
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Saint Ste. Marie
Mich
Canadian Sea
Consolidated Lake Superior Company
Coyne
Shields
Line to Pipe Petroleum 270 Miles is Completed
Danville Kentucky September 29 The Cumberland pipe line system of the Standard Oil company has been completed and will provide an outlet for oil from Kentucky and Tennessee The line costs over 1 000 000 dollars and spans 270 miles extending from Tennessee across western Kentucky into West Virginia connecting with the Seaboard line The development is expected to offset declining reserves in older fields and spur further territory development
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Danville
Cumberland
Standard Oil Company
Kentuccky
Tennessee
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Illinois Central Railroad Company
Colorado
Wolcott VS. Moffat
Big Oil Trust
Alexader Clark
Evanston
Wisconsin Central
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Til
Clark
Libertyville
Madison
Wis
Darlington
Samuel G. Rogers
Henry D. Lloyd
Winnet
Lloyd
Bor
New York City
American Free Trade League
William Cullen Bryant
David A. Wells
Pana
Mike
William Clowe
LaCrosse
Herman Rossow
Milwaukee
Frederick Heiden
House of Correction
Milwaukee County
Heiden
Sheriffa
Mankato
Minn
Emil Grams
Herman Falenburg
Bridgemen
Impri
Sment
Canadian
Soo
Sault Ste. Marie
Weir Lumbe
Alger Central Road
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