Miners Riot in Dayton Wounds City Official in Knife Attack
Fort Dodge dispatch reports 30 miners from Frazier Iowa went to Dayton to disrupt a dance fatally wounding the city marshal and a deputy. Eleven rioters jailed. In St James Minnesota village marshal Reieplinger is badly wounded in the throat by C S Ingalls a sign painter who fled but was captured with the knife recovered.
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Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Frazier
Dayton
St. James
Minn
Minon
Reieplingerie
Ingalls
Secretary of State narrowly escapes jail in libel case
Topeka Kans Jan 38 district court judge Hazen sentenced Cyrus Leland of Troy to 500 fine and costs in a libel case against Secretary Osborne. The sheriff warned jail if unpaid, Osborne and allies secured a withdrawal. Attorneys are blamed for late papers and Osborne plans to appeal to the supreme court.
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Topeka
Kan
Osborne
Hazen
Cyrus Leland
Troy
Supreme Court
Dunn Likely to Die in Shootout at Folsom
Dunn who shot and killed Dick Curtis at Folsom last Wednesday is likely to die from wounds received in the encounter. The coroner's inquest found Dunn's shooting of Curtis justifiable, as Curtis was the aggressor.
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Dunn
Frank Dunn
Dick Curtis
Folsom
Curtis
Palmer sentenced for brother murder in Sacinaw
Sacinaw Mich Jan 3 William Palmer who faced four trials for killing his brother Albert has been sentenced to Jackson for 25 years.
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Sacinaw, Mich
William Palmer
Albert
Jackson
Republican Conference Opened at Windsor Hotel
Leaders of the Republican Party met in St. Paul on January 8 at the Windsor hotel with the state central committee and the State League of Republican clubs executive committee. Tams Bixby chaired, with F. C. Stevens as secretary, to discuss early convention plans and unify efforts for a victorious outcome. John Goodnow outlined the meeting’s purpose and the agenda for initiating joint work.
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St. Paul
Republican State Central Committee
State League of Republican Clubs
Windsor Hotel
Tams Bixby
Bixby
F. C. Stevens
John Goodnow
State Republican Leave
State League
Wisconsin Heiress Elopes With Chicago Businessman
Miss Charlotte Davis daughter of the late Captain Davis U S N eloped with J. R. McGann a Chicago businessman. The ceremony occurred in Kenosha on Friday but remained undisclosed until Tuesday. The 17 year old heiress faced opposition from relatives prior to marriage.
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Wisconsin
Ractive
Wis
Charlotte Davis
Captain Davis
U. S N
Racine
J. R. McGann
Chicago
Kenosha
Manchester Canal Opened
The Manchester ship canal was formally opened Monday in brilliant weather with a notable ceremony.
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Manchester Canal
Manchester
Jan
Manchester Ship Canal
Anarchist Chief Franch Captured After Long Chase in Spain
Spanish police cornered Salvador Franch in a Sara gossa house after a tense assault. He wounded himself and tried to poison himself, fought officers, and confessed complicity in the Lyceo theatre bombing as doctors fight to save his life before transport to Barcelona for trial.
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Salvador Franch
Maprio
Saragossa
Franch
Lyceo Theatre
Franck
Barcelona
Sensational Phase of a Failure Shocks St Louis
In St Louis on January 3 a new broken building and loan society, the Blackstone, under president Walter F. McIntyre and secretary H. W. Lindhorn, is linked to Henry O. Sigmund. Lindhorn has vanished, with books missing and believed to be in Chicago, adding a sensational twist to the case.
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St. Louis
Blackstone
Walter F. McIntyre
H. W. Lindhorn
Henry O. Sigmund
Lindhorn
Chicago
Prisoners From Texas
Early U S prisoners arrived from Paris Texas in charge of Marshal H A Dickson and eight deputies and were confined at Kings County penitentiary which now holds United States prisoners under contract. Among them two Indians and two Negroes serve terms for horse stealing and felonies.
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Brooklyn
United States
Paris
Tex
H. A. Dickson
Kings County Penitentiary
Public meetings forbidden in Delano amid diphtheria cases
Delano Minnesota reports a surge in diphtheria with many cases and two deaths. The board of health closes schools and bans all public gatherings to curb the outbreak under strict regulations.
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Delano
Minn
Board of ‘Health
Iwo
Kent Tron and Hardware in Sheriff’s Hands at Wiarton
Wiarton Delaware January 3 The Kent Tron and Hardware company is in the hands of the sheriff with executions entered up for judgments totaling 82743 51 dollars.
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Wiarton, del
Kent Tron and Hardware Company
Court orders clash over strike enjoinment in railroad cases
Jan 8 report from Little Rock on the Milwaukee primary jurisdiction over Northern Pacific receiverships. Judge Caldwell in St Paul refused to enter the Milwaukee enjoining clause against labor, but accepted the part restricting interference with replacement workers. Caldwell outlines hearing rights and steps before any wage cut, stressing unions receive notice and transportation to hearings. He notes no danger of strike in his circuit but would protect workers if wage actions proceed.
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Little Rock
Northern Pacific
Jenkins
Milwaukee
Caldwell
St. Paul
United States Circuit Court
United States
Associated Press
Bey
Dockery Commission Says It Is Doing Good Work
Washington reports indicate dissatisfaction in the Senate with the Dockery Commission. Critics claim it oversteps committee boundaries and enjoys unlimited expenses without congressional appropriation. Experts, led by J. W. Reinhart, are hired with annual salaries of six and nine thousand dollars. The commission aims to overhaul all departments within the current Congress and deliver reforms and justified spending.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury
Congress
J. W. Reinhart
Atchison
Conference ends with no results from Northern Pacific talks
St Pan reports the Northern Pacific engineers and railroad officials concluded a conference without releasing results. At 11 a.m. firemen will meet officials. E. E. Clark of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, grand chief of the Order of Railway Conductors, has arrived from Chicago.
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St. Pan
Northern Pacific
E. E. Clark
Cedar Rapids
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Chicago
Executive Committee Met Over Northern Pacific Troubles
The executive committee of the Brotherhood of Railway Employes met in Cuicano on January 3 in secret session to consider the Northern Pacific railway troubles. The outcome of their deliberations is unknown.
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Cuicano
The
Brotherhood of Railway Employes
Northern Pacific Railway
New York Firm Refuses Denver City Bonds
A New York firm has refused 400000 dollars of Denver city bonds they contracted for citing the extra session of the legislature as the reason. The city faces a setback in financing plans as officials reassess funding options.
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Denver
Jan
New York
Hale predicts rapid Senate passage of federal elections repeal
Senator Hale says the federal elections repeal bill will be taken up soon after convening and passed with little delay, becoming law early with the president's signature. He dismisses Republican chances to delay, calling passage a revolution and the end of Reconstruction era legislation.
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Hale
Senate
Washington
Congress
Baldwin to seek second term in congress
Baldwin announces intention to run again for Congress amid renewed Democratic support over his stance on the Wilson bill. Once discouraged by politics he now believes re election is possible thanks to endorsements from party allies.
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Baldwin
St. Pau
Pioneer Press
Washington Special
Congress
Cholera News Delays St Nicholas School Pupils
In St Peterssure cholera concerns rise as pupils at St Nicholas School are dismissed. The government declines a concession to the syndicate of naphtha manufacturers.
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St. Peterssure, Jan
St. Nicholas School
Plot to dynamite mayor sparks California alert
The authorities in Oak Lane and San Francisco are stirred by an alleged plot to kill Mayor Pardee. The motive is tied to the mayor's veto of an ordinance he deemed illegal.
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Oak Lane
Cal
San Francisco
Pardee
St Paul Curlers Sweep Milwaukee Matches
St Paul curlers won all honors in Milwaukee with the Mitchell match ending 82 to 2 and the District clash 35 to 18. The strong performance gave St Paul a dominant win in both events.
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St. Paul
Milwaukee
Mitchell
Ten Business Houses Burned in Red Key Fire
Portiano Ind Jan 3 ten business houses at Red Key burned at 1 o'clock a m with a loss of about dollars. Several buildings caught in a grocery and others were consumed in the blaze.
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Portiano
Ind
Red Key
Two Cremated as FireKills in Boston Theater Block
Fire at Mrs. Annie Hackett lodging house 12 Swan street Boston destroys a four story brick block. Four killed or injured in fire and panic with no ladders or fire escapes. Part of the day’s losses noted with insolvency of the American Building Loan and Investment Co. and a separate lumber contract in Tacoma Washington.
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Burrao
N. Y
Annie Hackett
Swan Street
Globe Theatre and Nearby Buildings Destroyed in Fire
The Globe theatre in Boston, owned by John Stetson and used by Hanlons' Superba company, burned for the first time in its history. Firefighters limited the damage to the theatre and adjacent Globe cafe, with further loss to the Harvard College trustees building, Bryant & Stratton college, and R. E. Allen clothing store. Estimated total loss about 350,000 dollars.
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Globe Theatre
Boston
John Stetson
Hanlons’ Superba
Globe Cafe
Harvard College Trustees
Washington Street
Hayward Place
Bryant & Stratton College
R. E. Allen Clothing
Freight collision near Lawrence leaves multiple dead and injured
A Rock Island freight crashed into a Union Pacific freight ten miles east of Lawrence Kansas at 6 a.m. The wreck burned a caboose a passenger car lumber and hogs. Five railroad workers were hurt and one Union Pacific passenger is missing. A later report revised totals to four killed and four injured with two likely fatally.
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Lawrence
Kan
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Explosion Fatalities In Roxbury District
Three men were killed and several injured by a premature blast at Townsend and Washington streets in Roxbury Boston. The incident occurred January 8 in the Roxbury district.
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Boston
Townsend and
Washington Streets
Roxbury
West Texas sheepmen face winter starvation and clashes
Discouraged sheepmen report as Fort Stockton dispatch estimates 50 percent of West Texas sheep may die this winter due to scarce forage. Water exists but is fenced by cowmen guarding ranges. With grass killed by frost, flocks move toward Mexico while armed ranchers warn they will shoot to defend their grazing lands.
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Texas
San Antonio
Tex
West Texas
Fort Stockton
Mexico
Five Jail Breakers Captured in Wisconsin Arrests
Police arrest all five burglars who escaped from Phillips jail in Price county Wisconsin last week. Hastings and Johnson were taken Sunday. Longway and Murray alias Williams were nabbed at Fourth and Robert streets Monday. John O’Brien, last fugitive, was captured in South St Paul and brought here for safekeeping by Detective Pothen.
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St. Paw
Phillips
Price County
Wis
Hastings
Johnson
William Longway
John Murray
Williams
Fourth
Robert Streets
John O’brien
South St. Paul
Pothen
Judge Grosscup Hears Receiver for Investment Firm
In Cacao on January 3 Judge Grosscup of the United States circuit court presided over a proceeding to appoint a receiver for an investment company, indicating the case involves financial controls and asset management. The ruling sets the stage for further proceedings and asset protection measures.
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Cacao
Grosscup
United States Circuit Court
Bank of England warned of disaster over policy drift
The Investors' Review predicts catastrophe for the Bank of England if 1846 act drift continues. Wil son notes the bank's discount rate and risky moves, leading to heavy losses from second and class business.
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London
Wilson
Bank of
Prohibition wave sweeps Ontario districts in plebiscite
In Montreal on January 8, reports show a strong majority for prohibition in almost all Ontario counties surveyed. Ottawa's English voters favored prohibition while the French section opposed. The Prohibition party fielded a vigorous campaign, with liquor interests lacking organized opposition beyond major towns.
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Canada
Montreal
Ontario
Prohibition
Ottawa
Sioux Have Taken Lands
Sioux allotments on the reservation were expanded as Indians took lands in during the year. Allotting Agent Winter and his party traced many settlers to choice farms and met Indians who had previously seized allotments in the ceded area. These individuals have abandoned those plots and moved to the main reservation opposite Crow Creek agency where new land will be assigned.
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Chamberlain
Crow Creek Agency
Ps mill in Jordan leased to Minneapolis parties
Leased to Minneapolis parties the Ps mill at Jordan Minnesota. The mill was erected last summer by a company of local citizens. The business has not proved profitable thus far.
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Minneapolis
Jordan, Minn
Riots Over Octroi Duties Rock Several Sicilian Towns
Riots over octroi taxes on food in Sicily continue with disturbances at Pietra Perzia Spacea Forno Salemi Campobello di Mazara and Mazara della Valle. Troops bayoneted to protect municipal authorities amid mob violence.
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Palermo
Sicily
Pietra Perzia
Spacea
Forno
Salemi
Campobello di Mazara
Mazara Della Valle
Board of Charities meets in Olathe over Lease succession
The state board of charities convened at Olathe with Mrs. Lease presiding as president. All members except Freeborn attended, deciding whether they will recognize her as successor, while Ms Lease was present to lead the meeting.
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Lease
Kansas City
Star
Olathe
Kan
State Board of Charities
Freeborn
Four Prisoners Escape Jail After Beating Deputy Sheriff
In Greenville Illinois four prisoners fled the jail after beating Deputy Sheriff J. Wright so severely his life was despaired of. They allegedly received a weapon from a jailed woman described as a negress passing the item on while jailed on murder charges.
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Greenville
Ills
J. Wright
Cold weather hits Rome with heavy snowfall
Rome records a freezing spell on January 3 with intense cold and heavy overnight snow blanketing the area. Local observations note continued chilly temperatures and accumulating snowfall across the city.
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St. James, Minn
Minnesota
St. Paul Ford
DS Price
Seganaid
the Dockery Commission
Panad
Power
U.S. Gov’t
Buffalo
Globe Theater
American Building, Loan and Investment Company
Tacoma
Wash
Illinois University
UK Ills
St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company
Boston’s Blaze
Kansas
Lawrenceville
the Bank OF England
Rome
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