Mayor Starkweather Impeached in West Superior
West Superior Wis Aug 3 by a 17 to 1 vote the common council impeached Mayor Starkweather on a charge of extorting money from firemen and policemen. The trial spanned weeks with closing addresses. Another charge was not voted on as one sufficed to impeach. President Howe becomes mayor and will take the case to the supreme court.
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West Superior
Wis
Starkweather
Common Council
Howe
Supreme Court
End of Rope in Holmes Case as Leads Run Dry
Curiaco Aug. 3 police report no new breakthroughs in the Holmes murder case and say they are at the end of their rope without tangible charges. Lawyer Copps travels to Little Rock to consult Allen and potential pardon prospects while Pat Quinlan remains silent after a six hour interrogation. Detectives pursue a lead about several large boxes hauled from the Castle during Holmes residence.
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Curiaco
Holmes
Copps
Little Rock
Allen
Quinlan
Pat Quinlan
Holmes House
Castle
Doubt on Holmes Statement in Emiline Cigrand Case
Miss Philia Cigrand and her mother arrived from Chicago saying they doubt Holmes’s claim Emiline Cigrand married him and joined a Minnesota convent. The missing girl’s sister and relatives believe Emiline was murdered by Holmes, with a skeleton thought to be hers found recently.
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Holmes
Anderson
Ind
Philia Cigrand
Chicago
Emiline Cigrand
Minnesota
Cigrand
Cage
Enmiline
Men Hear Wage Proposals As Ishpeming Miners Weaken
Ishpeming Mich Aug 3 business leaders urged miners to return to work and hear wage offers. Workers are being paid balances in full and signs point to a probable meeting at the mines to learn of possible improvements while sentiment shows some wavering toward resuming labor.
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Ishpeming, Mich
Myron R Kent on Stand in Medina Bank Case
Myron R Kent testified most of the day in the Medina Ohio case. He admitted leaving his home in 1872 and being an embezzler of a large sum from the First National Bank. He said he has traveled the world and used as many as ten aliases.
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Kent
Parco
N. D
Myron R
Miller
Medina
First National Bank
Editor Perkins personal crisis reports
Cincinnati Aug. 3. Mr. George Yerkins, formerly lead Enquirer editorial writer, was found dead in his Grand hotel room about midnight. He left a letter stating his health failed his eyes failed his power failed and this last resort was less humiliating than dependence on relatives.
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Perkins
Cinncinnati
George Yerkins
Enquirer
Grand Ot
Porter the Bank Teller Arrested Over Wheat Trading Losses
Quispec reports Porter, a teller for the Bank of Montreal branch, was arrested after dabbling in wheat. He bought 400,000 sacks at prices between 481 and 74 cents, then deposited $65,000 of bank funds as prices fell to 6215 cents, with $50,000 potentially lost.
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Quispec
Porter
Bank of Montreal
Deeds Returned unsigned by Governor Clough
Governor Clough has returned unsigned the deed from the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Company for 14 000 acres of land because the deed lacked the State Auditor’s certificate as required by law.
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St. Paul
Clough
Duluth and Iron Range Railroad
Comay
Dunn
Denver Plumbers Strike Demands Higher Daily Wages
In Denver on August 3 a strike by the journeymen plumbers was ordered by President Burg of the car union. They demand per day wages and accuse master members who refuse to pay of delivering inferior work.
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Denver
Jorneymen
Haseen
Burg
Car Union
Emma Dicer Arrested for Poisoning Children
At Amsden, village near this, Emma Dicer, 14, was arrested on charges of attempting to poison two children of Uray Shiley. She allegedly placed arsenic and lye on apples and gave them to the children.
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Tirrin, O
Amsden
Here
Emma Dicer
Ury Shiley
Omaha Trouble Riot Proclamation Issued by Mayor Bemis
Omaha reports Mayor Bemis issues a riot proclamation as a precaution against violence and unlawful assembly. Chief of Police White says reserve forces stay at police headquarters to suppress trouble if inflammatory talk leads to disorder, though no incidents have occurred yet.
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Omaha
Bemis
Nebraska
White
Missing messenger Footner in Montana allege murder and robbery
H. M. Footner a Great Northern Express messenger between Butte and St. Paul is reported missing with $1,000 in currency sent from Anaconda to the First National Bank of St. Paul. Friends of Footner, brother of W. J. Footner, believe foul play occurred due to his long service and high reputation.
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Messenger Footner
Denver
Butte
Mon
H. M. Footner
Great Northern Express Company
St. Paul
W. J. Footner
Hodge, Daly & Co
Anaconda
First National Bank of
Carland Resigns From Timber Case Prosecution
Judge John E. Carland has resigned as assistant United States district attorney assigned to the Homestake Mining timber case. He cannot afford to leave his practice to travel to Deadwood for about two months of trial work on the $700000 matter.
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John E. Carland
United States
Homestake Mining Company
Same Old Tammany Prompts New York Tammany Revival
The Tammany primary elections in New York were held last night to choose members for general and district committees and leaders for all 33 assembly districts. Reorganization tickets favored by the old machine leaders mostly passed quietly and promise a return to the traditional Tammany methods.
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Tammany
New York
Tammany of
Freight Movements Highlight Duluth Traffic Rise
Customs records show July shipments from Duluth and Two Harbors at 605,044 tons, up from 563,092 in June and 543,756 in July last year. Receipts totaled 143,946 tons, versus 101,042 in June and 108,186 in July last year.
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Duluth
DuLouth
The Chinatown War Escalates in San Francisco
The Chinatown unrest worsens daily with frequent clashes between rival societies. The consul general and the Six Companies abandon peace efforts as conferences fail and no further meetings will occur.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Treasury official Aiken asked to resign
Washington August 2 It is stated here that the supervising architect of the treasury department Aiken has been asked to resign. He and the chief clerk of that office have not been getting along together.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Aiken
Backers Seek Peter Jackson Corbett Bout in London
London August 3 Levi a prominent sporting man offers to back Peter Jackson against Corbett for ten thousand dollars with the match to be held in London in January or February.
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Jackson
Corbett
London
Levi
Peter Jackson
Miners Win Largest Labor Victory With New Contract
The Pittsburg settlement grants wage increases to about 100000 miners across Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois. Wages rise from 69 cents to 79 cents by January first with a 5 cent differential for operators without company stores and a move toward cooperative stores. Pat McBride is credited with planning the victory and a new district association will include all operators.
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Pittsspurg
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
W. P. Dearmitt
Illinois
W. P. Read
Chicago
Reisig
Pat McBride
Ishpeming Strike Demonstration Sees 3000 March For Union Recognition
In Ishpeming Michigan 3000 workers marched from the park amid calls for company concessions. Leaders urged mine reopens but rank and file rejected compromise talks. By night, companies showed no sign of recognizing the United Miners and kept mines closed until union splits lessen.
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Ishpeming
Mich
Negaunee
Iowa Democrats Face Silver Question at Marshalltown
The Iowa Democratic convention opens August 7 in Marshalltown with silver as the central issue. County conventions largely express views, and a formal contest is expected. Sound money advocates and some silver moderates may push to shelve the topic, while silver movement leaders among workers vow a strong effort to raise it.
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Wesster City
Iowa
Marshalltown
Divorces Granted Over Religious Disputes in South Dakota
Sioux City reports Dr. L. C. Smith of Armour obtained a divorce on grounds that his wife Nellie M. Smith is a Seventh Day Adventist and has since their marriage tried to convert him, making life burdensome.
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Sioux City
South Dakota
L. C. Smith
Armour
Nellie M. Smith
Harhaway & CO
MD Petsanee
Staten Reralay
Annals of Medicine
United States
DRY Hathaway& CO
4Th
Nebraska Sts
Miners Strike at Dunn Mine Demands Wage Parity
Iron Mountain Aug 5 Miners at the Dunn mine a Schlesinger property in the Crystal Falls district strike for wage parity with local scale. All work is at a standstill as talks are sought to resume production and settle the dispute.
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Iron Mountain
Mich
Dunn Mine
Schlesinger
Crystal Falls District
Forcing Non-Union Men to Leave
Strikers in BLUEFIELD West Virginia threaten non-union workers with violence to quit coal fields. Governor McCorkle arrives amid reports of imminent trouble as non-union labor faces pressure and potential clashes in the field.
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Bluefields
W. Va
McCorkle
Colonists in Quarantine at Eagle Pass
Four teen negro colonists arrive from Mexico and are placed in strict quarantine. A total of 258 are at the quarantine station with 26 smallpox cases fully developed.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Mexico
Insurgent Captures and Cuban Movements Reported
Tampa reports from Cuba claim Jiguani and Guantanamo fall to insurgents. General Salcedo sent back to Spain after shooting prisoners. Maceo had treated Spanish captives. La Discussion suppressed for reporting Bairre’s capture. Insurgent forces numbered 600 at Amarillas, 300 at Tagaruamara, 500 at Cumanagua, and 200 at Banaguaves in Matanzas.
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Tampa
Fla
Cuba
Jiguani
Guantanamo
Salcedo
Spain
Maceo
la Discussion
Bairre
Amarillas
Tagaruamara
Cumanagua
Banaguaves
Matanzas
Monterra predicts earnest Cuban crackdown this autumn
Maprio reports Count Monterra, head of the Cuban Reform party, declaring in an interview that operations against insurgents will begin in earnest early in the autumn and that the rebellion should be over before winter.
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Maprio
Count Monterra
Cuban Reform Party
Cuba
Oklahoma Supreme Court Nullifies Many Divorces
Guruing Oklahoma Territory August 8 The state supreme court rules the 90 day residence clause for divorce seekers did not apply to probate judges and limits their jurisdiction to two years residency. The decision voids several hundred divorces granted to outsiders and reinforces earlier rulings.
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Guruing
O.T
Supreme Court
Grave suspicion at Milbank courthouse vaults opened before fire
In Milbank South Dakota Aug 3 investigators report the vaults in the burned courthouse were opened before the blaze. Five books of record including three mortgage and two deed records were removed and cannot be found. The apparent purpose was to destroy these records.
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MillBank
Rival Mayors Clash Over West Superior City Hall
West Superior Wisconsin August 5 Rev Starkweather refuses to vacate mayor’s office while President Howe has not qualified. The split leaves the city without a functioning chief executive and delays payrolls and city business. Starkweather vows to take the dispute to the supreme court.
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West Superior
Wis
Starkweather
Howe
Supreme Court
Kent Case Nearing End In North Dakota Murder Trial
The defense rested in the Kent murder case as the state prepared rebuttal. Voss of Morton county opened for the state and all evidence is in with a verdict expected after Tuesday or Wednesday next.
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Kent
Farno
N. D
Voss
Morton County
Bandit Holds Up Coulterville Stage for Wells Fargo Box
The Coul terville stage was robbed six miles from Mercep California by a masked thief who secured the Wells Fargo treasure box with valuable contents.
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Mercep
Cal
Coulterville
Trade activity boosts iron steel orders across regions
Bradstreets reports a broader weekly trade volume with strong steel and iron orders. Western mills buy Eastern billets to fill demand while confidence rises among western and interior merchants as crops look favorable. Charleston shows improved sentiment, sugar bounty delays hurt Louisiana trade, Pacific coast export totals rise to 1,460,000 bushels.
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New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Milwaukee
St. Paul
South
Charleston
Louisiana
Pacific Coast
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
United States
Montreal
Populist Convention in Columbus Fails to Nominate
In Columbus Ohio on August 3 no nominations were made as the resolutions committee failed to agree on a platform and speakers dominated the day. General J S Coxey was expected to be nominated for governor while paving work continued in Fargo North Dakota.
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Columbus
Committee On
Coxey
Kashing
Fargo
Farco
N. D
McDonald & O'Neill
Broadway
Front Streets
Fall Brook Irrigation Directors to Appeal Supreme Court
Appeal announced by Fall Brook irrigation directors in San Diego to challenge Judge Ross ruling that the Wright irrigation law is unconstitutional. The move seeks Supreme Court review of the district court decision.
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Supreme Court
San Diego
Cal
Fall Brook Irrigation
United States District
Ross
Frightful Drop At CuicaGo Chutes Injures Crowd
A car with about 20 riders on the CuicaGo chutes broke its cable and plunged 300 feet. Passengers were thrown from seats as the car crashed into timbers then the bottom. several injured, some possibly fatally, with ambulances aiding the wounded. Levarman John Pavin urged passengers to jump. George Emerson leaped and was badly hurt.
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CuicaGo
John Pavin
Pavin
George Emerson
Patchen Captures Free-for-All at Cleveland Track
Ten thousand spectators watched Joe Patchen win the free-for-all at Cleveland Driving Park as Robert J. faltered after leading early heat. Patchen won heats two through four, while Robert J. finished runner-up. fastest four-heat pace recorded at the track with an average around 2:04.5.
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Joe Patchen
Cleveland
Robert J
Cleveland Driving Park
Mascot
Patchen
Geers
Socorro Flood Destroys Homes and Crops
A Santa Fe Republican report says thirty houses in Socorro were destroyed by a two to three hour downpour. Adobe buildings were common. Floodwaters from several arroyos spread across most of the town reaching depths of 10 to 15 feet at times, with wider flow up to three quarters of a mile. Farmland along the river suffered extensive damage as the Rio Grande rose higher than in years past.
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Denver
Republican
Santa Fe
Socorro
Rio Grande
Lamp explosion triggers panic at Fennimore lecture
In Fennimore Wisconsin on August 3 a lamp exploded during a United Brethren church lecture at the opera house. The blaze and smoke caused a panic as about 600 people rushed for exits. Several people including women jumped from windows but no fatalities were reported before the fire was put out.
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Fennimore
Wis
Opera House
United Brethren Church
Water Rises Twenty Feet Destroying Buffalo Wy Structures
A cloud burst in Buffalo Wyoming sent Clear Creek rising twenty feet in minutes destroying the city hall engine houses a two story building the Knights of Pythias hall and many other business blocks including key commercial houses.
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Denver
Buffalo
Clear Creek
Knights of Pythias Hall
Florence and Cripple Creek RR Tracks Washout Threat
Heavy rains washed away 15 miles of the Florence and Cripple Creek railroad track from a point 18 miles south of Cripple Creek and the roadbed must be rebuilt. Three miles north of Adelaide the canyon is impassable making passage difficult.
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Florence
Col
Florence and Cripple Creek
Cripple Creek
Adelaide
Canon
Missouri River Pushes Covington Town Away
Sioux City reports Covington across the river is being washed away by the Missouri. Once known as a tough western town, Covington is disappearing as the river erodes its shores.
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Covington
Sioux City
Missouri
Hawaiian annexation push and damages claim grow
Honolulu reports pressure in the Hawaiian legislature to authorize President Dole to reopen annexation talks with the United States. The first damages claim from the January revolt centers on James Durrell, an American citizen held seven weeks without charge, seeking 25000 dollars.
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San Francisco
Sydney
Auckland
Samoa
Honolulu
Dole
United States
Senate
Hatch
Willis
James Durrell
State Department
Washington
Hawaii
Durrell
State university summer school enrollment tops 1134
Minneapolis August 3 The registration at the state university summer school closed at 4 p m with 1134 names enrolled. The figure is 126 higher than last year and may reach around 1200 when physical culture students are added.
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Minneapolis
State University
Ex Mayor Hugh OBrien of Boston Dies
Telegraphic briefs note the death of former Boston mayor Hugh O’Brien. Other items announce six jurors chosen in the Durrant case in San Francisco and the Standard Wagon Co of Cincinnati assigning to Edward Ritchie with assets of 300000 and liabilities of 400000. Additional notes cover Secretary and Mrs Carlisle sailing near the lakes, a fatal axe murder by a wife in Redding California, the Big Four rail survey from Black River Ohio to Lorraine, and Heller Town furnace owner Heller raising wages by ten percent in Bethlehem Pennsylvania.
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San Francisco
Standard Wagon Company of Cincinnati
Edward Ritchie
Carlisle
Chicago
Redding
Cal
Frank Miller
Big Four Railroad
Black River
Loraine
H. D. Heller
Heller Town
Bethlehem
Hurst Nominated for Governor on First Ballot
Baltimore August 2 John E Hurst nominated for governor on the first ballot in a party convention.
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Baltimore
John E. Hurst
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