Land Office Reports Decrease in Entries and Land Uses
The commissioner of the general land office presents annual figures showing declines in land entries compared with last year. Highlights include reduced homestead entries, state selections, and swamp land patents, with Indian allotments and railroad grants noted. Recommendations urge continuing surveys under current systems and larger funding for examinations, forest reservations, and protection of lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washnatoy
Tamay
Tans Offce
Semetary of the Interior
Toendes Ling
Land Office
Dsl
Tush
Ovis
Bari
Treasery
Eytensiean
Evergrient
Efile Pedoredal
Dlarre
Stetesisa
Syed
Aktas Ch Pruce
Leen
Inter Department
Sts
Nateonal Commission
Shot at Col Crofton by Lt Pague in Fort Dort Sheridan
The Lifteenth Infantry commander Col Crofton survived three gunshots fired by Lt S O Pague of Company I at Dort Sheridan yesterday afternoon. One bullet pierced the overcoat and groin area, the second and third narrowly missed. Pague, recently released from hospital after mental trouble linked to liquor, claimed no responsibility for the act as they met by chance at the fort.
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Trovgo
Genel Roel Froften
Dort Sheridan
S. OS. Pague
Fifteenth Infantry
Leutenant
Payne
Livnten Rt
Crofton
Death of Ex Representative John Teel at Nevada Asylum
Ex Representative John Teel of Lawrence Junction dies at the Nevada asylum. He was a lawyer and prominent Democrat who had been brought to the asylum early last spring after a prolonged illness. Teel had recently spent time in St Louis before admission.
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John Teel
Nevada
Lawrence Jointy
Nevada Asylum
Teel
St. Louis
Chiaca tribe favors mill exhibition for revenue hopes
Inuns Qat for the Money reports Chicla caw tribal authorities leaning toward allowing the Cor qoett-Filssimmons mill to proceed for a satisfactory pecuniary consideration. Kilgore, the federal judge at Ardmore, says no oral impediments exist to his jurisdiction. No tribal law bans such exhibitions. Colbert's Ferry near the Red River on the Texas side lies about eight to ten miles from Denison, Lexas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anowent
Kilgore
Ardmore
Colbert's Ferry
Red River
Texas
Denison
Lexas
Lost in darkest Africa and Dr Smith’s perilous voyage
A chaotic report traces Dr Dunaldson Smith’s African expedition from England in May to the Somali coast. He reportedly crossed Abyssinian lines and may be moving southwest toward Mweli or near Lake Yangansik while British and native forces guard the region.
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Dunaldson Smith
Whelis
Smith
Gonai
Beinetas
Mwueli
der Smith
Shuerhood
Lake Yangansik
Alore
de Smith
Philadelphia
England
Rudolph
Stefanie
Northeat
Tani
Shibesh River
Russa Gallus
Health and Liquor Proposals At Sanitary Committee Session
The American Public Health Association colony elected officers for the coming year with Dr Eduardy Kicegu of Mexico City as president and Dr Henry Sewall of Denver as secretary. A report by Felix Furmenta of New Orleans urged higher penalties for adulteration, higher taxes on beer wine and coffee, broad prohibition in vicious areas, higher liquor licenses to reduce taverns, and strict sanitary inspection of all sold drinks. The committee supported promoting grape culture, doubling drunkenness penalties, forcing work for jail inmates, and establishing eating houses, while opposing Sunday closing laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association
Disutu
Col
American Public Health Association
Eduardy Kicegu
City of Mexico
AL Aa
Woodhull
United States Army
Henry Sewall
Denver
Irving A. Watson
Concord
Felix Furmenta
New Orleans
Famine Warning From Cuba Report
A New York paper quotes a private Cuba letter forecasting famine if the war endures. It describes interior troops starving and demoralized, with officers noting insurmountable hardship. Regions including Santiago Puerto Principe Santa Clara and Matanzas are devastated and rebels roam, robbing and firing property.
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New York
Qeto
Cuba
Santiago
Puerto Principe Santa Clara
Matanzas
Will Wed the Priest
In Mo. Oct 5 a jail wedding is planned as Maude Steidel will marry Father Dominick Wagner after her mother relented in prosecuting him. Wagner agrees to transfer about $10,000 to the girl if the case is dropped and marriage is permitted.
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Josura
Maude Steidel
Dominick Wagner
Embezzlement Scandal Hits Episcopal Missions Officials
In Minn slush, the Episcopal bishops reveal embezzlement by Henry Oakley and Rev. William A Newbold. The report cites Oakley as misappropriating about 21 823 dollars and Newbold about 19 034 dollars since last September. Reimbursement by Oakley occurs but Newbold has no funds or supporters to pursue repayment. Prosecution appears impossible as no external source can cover Newbold’s loss.
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Oskley
Newbold
Indians complain over treaty fulfillments at Indian office
William F Cody and a large delegation from the Wild West show met Acting Commissioner Smith at the Indian office. They alleged treaties were not carried out, citing shortages of rations clothing and blankets on reservations. Several speakers praised Cody's ways, noting they were being treated well by him.
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Wasmixeron
William F. Cody
Smith
Ile
Cody
Commissioner Wampton Urges Thurman Act Revisions for Railroads
Washington Oct. 4 Commissioner Wade Hampton of railroads reports Union Pacific earnings fell by $10,000 a month during hard times. He urges Thurman Act amendments to include all Pacific roads, raise net earnings retention to 60 percent, extend debt relief, and protect United States rights if subsidized lines are diverted. He notes improved conditions and outlines debts of Union Pacific and Central Pacific, and criticizes past railroad legislation as impractical in current economic mood.
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Wasiixcton
Wade Mampton
Secretary of the Interior
Union Pacific
United States
Oii
Pacific
Treasury Department
Union Pacific Company
Union and
Central Pacific Railways
Central Pacufic
Central Pacific
United States Treasury
Hampton
Actress Margaret Mather and Gustave Pabst Traded Blows
Mrs Gustave Pabst formerly Margaret Mather the actress created a sensation by striking her husband with a horse whip in a Milwaukee street scene. The couple married in 1902 and the quarrel ended with Pabst taking the whip as she struck him, then he vanished. Police and neighbors offered no explanation for the fight.
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Mitwacthern
Wis
Gustave Pabst
Margaret Mather
Twenty-ninth and
Cedar Streets
Twenty-fourth
State Streets
Mr. Pabst
Insurance Tax Money in Missouri Counties
State Auditor Seibert apportioned the 1895 foreign insurance tax moneys totaling 107 608.84 to counties and St. Louis city based on 11.3928 cents per capita of school children per the last enumeration. This money replaces county and municipal taxes on net premiums from foreign insurers in 1894 and will fund county revenue and city/town funds when distributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Seibert
St. Louis
Texas Legislature Bans Prize Fighting in Three Hours
In a swift session, the Texas legislature passed a bill prohibiting pugilistic encounters and fights with animals for money or wagers. Governor Culberson’s allies hailed the vote as a victory amid a rapid three hour debate and final passage.
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Dallas
Senate
Dean
Lasker
Ases
Tuo
Texas
Culberson
Lone Star
State of
Wagner Confession Shocks St Joserar Parishioners
In St Joserar Missouri Father Wagner admitted intimate relations with Maude Steidel for eighteen months and said he would resign to marry her and leave the country. He offered to provide for a wife with a private legacy, as relatives discuss reparation while Mrs Steidel opposes the match. Maude says the affair began about a year ago and favors marriage, with plans to move to Chicago if wed.
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St. Joserar
Tfather Wagner
Ife
Steidel
Ile
Alexander Podvant
Podvant
Miss Steidel
Maude Steidel
Chicago
Mrs. Cummings Acquitted In Poison Trial At Linneus
Mrs Cummings of Linneus was arrested July 4 on a charge of poisoning her husband to collect a $2000 life insurance policy. A Linn County jury acquitted her.
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Cummings
Milan
C. G. Cummings
Linneus
Linn County
Ship Europe Burned at Sea En Route to San Francisco
Private advices from London report the British ship Europe, traveling from Leith to San Francisco, burned at sea. The crew were rescued by the Oscar II and landed at Liverpool, with news of the disaster carried by the lifeboat.
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San Francisco
Ndvices
London
England
Leith
Oscar LI
Liverpool
Ardmore Lawyer Named Special Assistant U.S. Attorney
Charles B. Kendrick of Ardmore Indian Territory has been appointed a special assistant United States attorney for the Southern district of Indian Territory.
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Territory
Wasuington
Charles Bb. Kendrick
Ardmore
Ind
Ter
United States
Southern District of
Indian Territory
Corbett Faces Pre Fight Trouble Over Fitzsimmons Deal
Sporting men say Corbett is building a foundation to avoid the bout with Fitzsimmons. He demands $10 000 in side bets be posted with a $10 000 prize attached. Corbett and manager Bing Brady press for early referee selection, while New Orleans doubt their fight will occur.
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Corbett
Fitztimimens
Pitasim
Dwyers
Corbet
John I. Sullivandits
Witzsimumneans
Fitzsimmons
Metropolitan Printing Company
Phil Dwyer
New York
Pra
Loval Sporting Men Nore
Bing Brady
Simaedttae
Sly Whee
New Orleans
Trade Review reports 1895 third quarter failures and price shifts
R G Dan Co notes 1895 Q3 commercial failures total 8782 with 52167170 liabilities averaging 11721 per firm. Failure rate 234 per 1000 firms, lower than last year. Prices show lowest wholesale levels around Sept 3, with varied movements since March across cotton goods boots and shoes iron and steel products woolen goods and food.
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New York
R. G. Dan & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Plans for the big Corbett and Fitzsimmons fight at Ardmore
Ardmore in Indian Territory expects the Corbett Fitzsimmons bout. The Chiclas Indians want to attend. The Santa Fe Railroad plans free train service from Dallas to Ardmore. Dan Stuart keeps wires hot on conditions. Dallas Fort Worth and Caviesville hotels ready to host up to 5000 visitors for the event.
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Arpmone
Ind
Ter
Big Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Ardmore
Santa Fe ‘Ailroad Company
Dallas
Smphitheater
Dan Stuart
Fort Worth
Caviesville
Mob executes Neal Smith after prison take by mob in Cole City
Neal Smith, a black convict who assaulted a white woman in Cole City Georgia, was seized from prison guards by a Knoxville Tennessee and Alabama mob and shot dead. In St Louis Marie Cabanne, noted heiress, declares she will enter the Visitation convent as a postulant on October 17.
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Cnatrranooca
Jenn
Neal Smith
Cole City
Tennessee
Alabama
St Lois, Mo
Marie Cabanne
Visitation Convent
Australian Cattle Seen as Major Competitor to U S
A special report from U S Consul Bell at Sydney outlines Australia as a rising rival in European cattle markets. It notes New South Wales and Queensland possess vastly more arable land, artesian wells opening water supply, large cattle herds, and potential for cheaper, higher quality live cattle exports to Europe despite longer shipping distances.
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Uncle Sun
Uin
Towa
Queensland
New South Wales
United States
Europe
London
Globe
Yale trained oil stained apprentice faces court for drunkenness
Charles Osborne, an apprentice in the Northwestern railroad shops, stood in Justice Underwood's court in Chicago on a drunken charge. He denied habitual drinking, saying a social glass overwhelmed him, and noted his Yale education and reading Virgil in his spare time. A Kansas City capitalists group plans a forty mile electric road from Kansas City to Leavenworth.
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Cmicanco
Charles Osborne
Tam
Yale
Virgil
Liemer
Justice Underwood
Kansas City
Kan
Leavenworth
Italy and France press Brazil claims in dispatches
Italy and France have joined to press their claims against Brazil. The British Parliament has been prorogued until December 23. Bettina Ordway Gerard Wolfe sues for divorce from her latest husband J. Ewing. George Bebout and George Bebout were arrested at Bedford Indiana for assaulting young girls. Father Gentile of Shreveport Louisiana has received two threatening letters from the Mafia.
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Italy
France
Brazil
Bettina Ordway-Gerard-Wolfe
J. Ewing
George Bebout
Bedford
Father Gentile
Shreveport
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Health and Liquor
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