Decrees Invalid In New York Divorce Case
Supreme Court decides North Dakota divorce invalid for McGown and McGown in New York. Mrs McGown, daughter of Dr I D DeMarest, married to McGown in 1887, obtained North Dakota divorce and remarried to Bell. Court rules she remains McGown’s wife under New York law and he is entitled to a decree.
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New York
North Dakota
Harry P. McGown
Supreme Court
Mary Emma McGown
I. D. DeMarest
McGown
Harry W. Bell
Bell
Justice Russell
Miss Drake Eloped with George Sturdivant in Denver
Miss Mary Lord Drake daughter of Iowa Governor and George Sturdivant of Centerville wed secretly in Denver on October 28. The nuptial was a disappointment to Governor Drake who learned of the marriage upon visiting Denver about ten days earlier. The couple’s youth and Sturdivant’s lack of employment were cited as main objections.
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Des Moines
Mary Lord Drake
Iowa
George Sturdivant
Centerville
Denver
Colorado
Sturdivant
New Japanese Railroads Contemplate Two Thousand Miles
Four prominent Japanese engineers from the imperial railway bureau visit Tacoma to study American and European systems. Rinkaro Moura K Takber T Yamaguchi and H Iwaska say Japan does not intend to build 2000 miles of railway nor an elevated Tokyo street railway. The commission proceeds to San Francisco New York France and Germany.
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Tacoma
Wash
Imperial Railway Bureau
Messrs
Rinkaro Moura
K. Takber
T. Yamaguchi
H. Iwaska
Yamaguchi
Japanese Empire
Tokio
San Francisco
New York
France
Germany
Plague Toll in Bombay Exceeding One Thousand Deaths
Official count shows 1,511 bubonic plague cases in Bombay with 1,094 deaths to date. The exodus continues as about 200,000 residents flee the city.
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Bombay
Hearings Start Next Week On Tariff Bill At Capitol
Washington reports that the Ways and Means Committee will begin hearings on the tariff bill next Monday and may sit ten hours daily. Chairman Dingley is urged by manufacturers wool growers and importers for changes while members Dolivar Tawney Grosvenor and Payne travel to consult constituents.
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Ways and Means
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Capitol
Dingley
Messrs. Dolivar
Iowa
Tawney
Minnesota
Grosvenor
Ohio
Payne
New York
National Bank of Illinois Closes as West Banks Fail
The National Bank of Illinois, once a leading West institution with 2 million in capital, closed its doors after loaning funds to Calumet electric and Dreyer & Co. The failures pulled down E. 8. Bryer & Co. Wasmansdorff Heineman & Co. and the Rose land bank. The clearing house will cover 75 percent of deposits. most banks are expected to reopen and depositors be paid in full.
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Curiaco
National Bank of Illinois
Bryer & Co
Wasmansdorff, Heineman & Co
Roseland Bank
Calumet Electric
Dreyer & Co
Clearing House Association
Sheriff Shoots Desperado During Rolette Arrest
A robbery suspect wanted for the Bank of Caledonia theft in Caledonia North Dakota was fatally shot by Sheriff Gunderson at Rolette. Police say the desperado resisted with a gun before the sheriff fired. the man, described as an old hand, is dying. Authorities noted possible ties to a Faith store robbery but offered few details.
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Apa
Minn
Bank of Caledonia
Caledonia
N. D
Gunderson
Rolette
Bosworth
Faith
Secretary Carlisle Gives Estimated Deficiencies for 97 and 98
Secretary Carlisle releases annual financial report showing 1896 receipts of 409,475,408 and expenditures of 434,678,654, a deficit of 25,204,245. For 1897 to 1898 he projects receipts of 421,227,076 and expenditures of 466,946,047, with a 45,718,970 deficit for the year ending June 30, 1898.
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Carlisle
Washington
Three Hiles Brothers In Nitro-Glycerine Explosion
In Dunnville Ontario on December 23 three Hiles brothers obtained nitro glycerine cartridges to thaw stumps on their farm. They heated them on a stove causing an explosion that wrecked the house. Mrs Graves near the stove was injured but should recover. Two brothers were mangled and likely to die, the third escaped unharmed.
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Dunnville
Ont
Hiles
Graves
Miners Accept Wage Scale Avoiding Major Strike
Pittsbure district railroad miners vote to accept operators wage proposal. District rate set at 60 cents after December 31, officials say. The decision averts a strike by more than 6,000 workers.
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Pittsspurg
Senator Allison Offered Secretary of State Post
A Dubuque dispatch says Senator Allison has been offered the lead cabinet position under Major McKinley as secretary of state. The offer came through a prominent Iowa figure, and Allison is said to be considering the proposal.
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CubcaGco
the Tribune
Dubuque
Allison
Major McKinley
Iowa
Conaty to Declare Stance on Church School Conflicts
Montreal December 23 Dr Conaty of Washington University who lectured here says on his inauguration day he will state his position on the conflicting schools of thought troubling the Catholic church in America He adds I leave the people to judge me by my past record In religion I am a Catholic in politics an American.
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Conaty
Montreal
Washington University
United States
Decree Sells Duluth Transfer Railway Property in Bankruptcy Plan
United States circuit court Judge Lochren orders sale of the Duluth Transfer Railway property to satisfy bonds held by Metropolitan Trust Co of New York. Bonds amount to 1 284 000 dollars. Master in chancery Captain T H Presnell named to conduct sale in Duluth. Minimum bid set at 500 000 dollars with 20 000 dollar deposit required. Sale part of ongoing reorganization.
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Duluth
United States Circuit Court
Lochren
Duluth Transfer Railway Company
Metropolitan Trust Company of New York
T. H. Presnell
NP to Extend North Dakota Lines Toward Turtle Mountain
Farno North Dakota December 23 authoritatively states the Northern Pacific will add two spring time extensions. One from Leeds to Dunseith joining the James Town Northern opening Turtle Mountain country. A longer Fargo Southwestern branch run from Edgeley to the Missouri river via Kulm Ashby and Eureka boosting McIntosh county wheat shipments.
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Farno
N. D
Northern Pacific
North Dakota
Leeds
Dunseith
Jamestown
Turtle Mountain
Fargo
Edgeley
Missouri River
Kulm
Ashby
Eureka
McIntosh County
U S and Canadian Deep Waterways Meet in Joint Session
Detroit December 23 The United States and Canadian deep waterways commissions opened a joint session at the Russell house. Members are overwhelmed by the data gathered over the past year. Canadian commissioners O A Howland Thomas C Keefer and Thomas Monroe share United States enthusiasm for the project.
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Detroit
United States
Deep Waterways Commissions
Russell House
O. A. Howland
Thomas C. Keefer
Thomas Monroe
Valiconye Dies at Lodgeroom Meeting in New Ulm
J M Valiconye long time Brown County schools superintendent and early New Ulm resident collapses and dies of heart disease during Sons of Hermann monthly meeting in New Ulm Minnesota on December 23. He was active in the 1862 Indian War.
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New Ulm
Minn
Hermann
Valiconye
Brown County
Train No 71 Derails Near Danville Junction
Train No. 71 on the Grand Trunk railway derailed about two miles below Danville Junction Me three cars were partially wrecked ten passengers were hurt but not seriously injured and taken to Boston the cause cited a broken rail.
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Danville Junction
Grand Trunk Railway
Boston
Mrs Baxter Dies by Strychnine at Kennedy Farm
Faroe North Dakota December 23. Mrs C Baxter a housekeeper on Alderman Kennedy’s farm near Horace died by her own action using strychnine. Authorities indicate she was possibly insane.
Dozen Injured After West Superior Dance Brawl
A raucous dance at Lakeside hotel ends with a dozen injuries after a 30-strong party from West Superior becomes intoxicated and riots. Officer Osborne is assaulted, disarmed, and beaten. Officer Christopherson aids in clearing the hall as women faint from blood on the floor. William Hermanson, the outbreak’s spark, is captured after a fierce struggle. wholesale arrests expected.
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West Superior
Wis
Lakeside
Osborne
Christopherson
William Hermanson
End of Durrant Case Opens With Briefs Filed
The Durrant case moves toward closure as the brief from Theodore Durrant is filed in the California supreme court. The court grants a resubmission and the Attorney General Fitzgerald files a reply brief. Durrant has 10 days to submit a reply brief before Blanche Lamont's murder case is finally decided.
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San Francisco
Durrant
Supreme Court
Theodore Durrant
Fitzgerald
Blanche Lamont
Two More Die From Poison Substitute in Benwood Tragedy
Two more victims died after drinking a whisky substitute in Benwood Monroe county O twenty five victims total five dead include one with arsenic in the stomach. Bodies turned black and decomposed quickly as Cameron county authorities investigate to locate those responsible. Some drinkers were saved by physicians but several remain seriously ill.
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Wuce Ine
W. Va
Benwood
Monroe County
Cameron County
Boys Are Highwaymen In Decoy Robbery Case
Fred Holland age 13 and John Jordan age 11 were arrested for a hold up and pocketbook robbery of stenographer Miss McIIn tyre two weeks prior. Detectives traced the younger boy who confessed and implicated Holland, who denies the charge.
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Dontouru
Fred Holland
John Jordan
Miss McIintyre
Young Holland
Attorneys not Worried Over North Dakota Divorce Ruling
Granpv forms North Dakota December 23 reports local lawyers are unfazed by a New York judge ruling that a North Dakota divorce is not legal in that state. Revenue from divorce cases grows each year, and lawyers vow to fight to preserve this income source against adverse legislation or rulings.
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Granpv
N. D
New York
North Dakota
Drop the Clover Leaf Boycott
A Cleveland report states the Joint Traffic association in New York adopted a resolution to drop the Clover Leaf boycott. The action follows assurances the Clover Leaf would not press its injunction case against Lake Shore Nickel Plate and Michigan Central. The injunction is not expected to be pursued.
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Cleveland
Joint Traffic Association
New York
Clover Leaf
Lake Shore
Nickel Plate
Michigan Central
Protest Against the Cameron Resolution
In St Louis on December 23 a called meeting of the Cotton Exchange condemned the Senate Foreign Relations Committee action recognizing Cuban liberty as hasty and premature and the group unanimously adopted a resolution protesting the move.
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Cameron Resoluton
St. Louiis
St.Louis
Kentucky silver men forfeit contest in election
Louisville December 23 30 days allowed for a notice of contest by the silver men of Kentucky has expired with no action taken. Republicans contest the election of Smith the Bryan elector who has received a certificate of election.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Smith
Bryan
Northwestern Postmasters Named by President
Washington Dec. 23. The president appointed postmasters including Robert M. Cameron of Belmont Iowa Orrin L. McKie of Woodbine Iowa and Nettie J. Vanwagen of Ortonville Minnesota in the latest federal appointments notice.
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Northwestern
WasHinoTos
Robert M. Cameron
Belmont
Orrin L. McKle
Woodbine
Nettie J. Vanwagen
Ortonville
Minn
Junta Without Hope Doubt persists on Maceo death claim
New York reports Dr. J Castillo asserting the Cuban junta believes Maceo is dead and attributes his death to treachery. Emissaries search inland for surviving insurgents while wounded soldiers offer conflicting accounts. The junta aims to bring a staff officer to Washington to testify before the Senate committee.
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New York
J. Castillo
Maceo
Zertucha
Havana
Junta
Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Rumors of Fighting in Havana and Trocha Operations Under Way
Report from Key West dated December indicating rumors of fighting near the trocha in Havana. Troop movements increase. reports claim Maceo may be alive. Authorities inspect bodies, newspapers urge verification to protect Spanish cause. Matanzas unclear with Gomez or Rivera in action. Fortifications and siege preparations seen on Havana walls.
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Havana
Key West
Fla
Trocha
Maceo
Gomez
Matanzas
Rivera
Weyler
Weyler on Probation After Maceo Death in Cuba
Madrid dispatch notes Antonio Maceo’s death tempers Weyler’s fate with premier Canovas and war minister ready to recall him. Weyler must crush the Havana and Pinar del Rio insurrection and curb army waste to stay in Cuba, while Philippine reinforcements are sought for Gen Polavieja.
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New York
Madrid
Antonio Maceo
Weyler
Canovas
Maceo
Trocha
Havana
Marin
Porto Rico
Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Ex-Congressman Roswell G Horr Dies in New Jersey
Plainfield New Jersey December 21 Ex Congressmen Roswell G Horr dies at 11 p m after two weeks illness bronchitis and Brights disease Born November 26 1830 Waitsville Vermont educated in public schools moved to Elyria Ohio and then Saginaw Michigan elected to Congress as a Republican in 1878 served three terms later joined New York Tribune editorial staff in Plainfield 1890 He debated W H Harvey in Chicago 1895 and spoke for the national Republican campaign committee last fall delivering over 90 speeches
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Plainfield
N. J
Roswell G. Horr
Waitsville
Elyria
Bat
Saginaw
Mich
Roswell G. Horn
Congress
The
New York Tribune
Chicago
W.H. Harvey
Cain
Financial School
National Republican Campaign Committee
Lynching of Arch Dink and Bill Proctor in Kentucky
In Russellville Kentucky on December 21 a mob hanged Arch and Dink Proctor and shot Bill Proctor for the November murder of Dr. and Aaron Crofton. Bodies were found hanging near a cedar tree as spectators watched. Bill is believed shot while crouching in his jail cell.
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Russellville
Bill Proctor
Sharkey Cleared in Prize Fight Case and Cashes Purse
Tom Sharkey and backer Dan Lynch collected 8500 from the purse after the Fitzsimmons KO. A $10,000 certificate of deposit faced $1500 in attachments. Sharkey took the remaining balance. He seeks another bout, preferably against Maher, as the grand jury declines indictments for prize fighting.
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Saxs Francisco
Tom Sharkey
Fitzsimmons
Sharkey
Dan Lynch
Anglo-California Bank
Maher
Peculiar Train Accident Near Hamden Injures Crew
Train No 8 on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern struck a cow near Hamden Ohio. The impact pushed the switch stand and partly opened the switch, diverting the engine and several cars to a sidetrack. Postal Clerk M G of Greenfield Ohio was killed and Clerk O H Smith was badly injured. several trainmen suffered minor injuries.
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Cincinnati
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Hamden
M. G
Greenfield
O. H. Smith
Jamestown Fire Levels Jimtown, Leaving A Thousand Homeless
Jamestown, Calif known as Jimtown was nearly wiped out by a daytime blaze that began in a bakery. With wooden structures and no local fire department, the fire consumed all but a few houses before help from Sonora could arrive. The town served nearby mines including the Rawhide mine and left many residents homeless.
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Sonora
Cal
Jamestown
California
Jimtown
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