House duel over Hearst attack stirs Jan. proceedings
In Washington the House heatedly debated an early career tale of John son of California and editor Hearst. Johnson and Maguire traded personal remarks stemming from Maguire’s Record remarks on Johnson’s life in Syracuse. The fight included Johnson recounting a forgery indictment 324 years ago and a debate over expunging remarks. The session also saw the Pacific funding bill advance on a point of order.
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Washington
Johnson
California
Hearst
Maguire
Dem
Cal
New York
Mr. Maguire
Cooper
Wisconsin
Mr. Hearst
Mr. Johnson
Poole
McMillin
House
Free Homestead Bill Sparring Moves Senate Debate
In Washington on January 14 the senate debated the free homestead bill with sharp exchanges. Vilas of Wisconsin clashed with Allen over party platforms, while Nelson, Allen, and Peffer supported the bill. Hill urged a four year term for fourth class postmasters.
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Washington
Senate
Allen
Vilas
Wisconsin
Chicago
Indianapolis
Nelson
Rep
Minn
Peffer
Pop
Kan
Hill
Dem
N. Y
Harmon Silent on Pacific Railroads Action
Attorney General Harmon declined to discuss government plans after the funding bill failed. He indicated action likely within 30 days, with foreclosures expected against Union Pacific as first steps, as foreclosure proceedings by first lien holders proceed in court.
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Harmon
Washington
Pacific Railroads
Union Pacific
Favorable Report on Francis Nomination
The committee on finance favorably acted on the nomination of Hon. David B. Francis for secretary of the interior and reported it to the senate in executive session. The nomination has been held up in committee since December at Senator West’s request.
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Francis
Washington
David B. Francis
Interior
Committee On Finance
Senate
Decemar
West
Prominent Chicago Society Woman Goes to China as Missionary
Mrs. Cuthbert Clifford, a well known Chicago society figure, has departed St. Paul for China to assume missionary duties. Despite considerable wealth, she chooses missionary work over worldly pleasures, continuing a career begun in India.
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Jrefers
St. Paul
Cuthbert Clifford
Chicago
China
India
Wheelock to Locate Battle Ground for Fight
Dan Stuart’s private secretary Mr Wheelock left for Lower California to locate the battleground for the Corbett Fitzsimmons encounter. Reported aim is to scout a suitable Mexican site for the bout.
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Dans, Tex
Wheelock
Dan Stuart
Lower
California
Corbett- Fitzsimmons
Militias Reinforce Mine Shaft As Strikers Clash
Deputies and 20 Ottawa militia members arrive at Routanp Illinois to guard Hakes' coal shaft. Foreign miners from Austria Poland and Italy gather and sing war songs before a dawn clash ends with militia charging, dispersing strikers and securing the shaft under military rules.
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Routanp
Ottawa
Hakes
Poisoned Meat Sickness Strikes Chicago Families
In Chicago on January 11, twelve people including six children fell gravely ill after eating fresh pork and sausage. Two are near death, three more in danger, one fully recovered, and four children remain at home while parents can move about. Doctors remain at bedsides and hope for recovery for most patients. The family and the butcher dispute whether poisoning caused the illness.
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ChicaGo
Cooper lynched after Wilson family killings in South Carolina
Simon Cooper, a black man accused of killing three members of the Wilson family and a colored servant, was captured by a sheriff's posse and hanged by a mob near Scumpter S C while being led toward Sumter. Deputies were overpowered as the lynching occurred. The hanging ended when a shot severed the rope and the body dropped, later found by the coroner.
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Scumtrer
S. C
Simon Cooper
Wilson
Cooper
Sumter
Protest to the Porte Demands Change of Venue in Mazhar Bey Trial
In Constantinople Jan 11, French and Italian ambassadors protest after Turkish authorities bar their dragomans from Mazhar Bey’s trial. They recall their dragomans and demand the murder case of Italian Father Salvatore at Jenidjekale convent in 1895 be moved from Marash to an impartial tribunal here.
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Constantinople
Mazhar Bey
Porte
Salvatore
Jenidjekale
Marash
Primate of England Enthroned as Canterbury Archbishop
The Rt. Hon. and Most Rev. Frederick Temple, D. D., was enthroned at Canterbury Cathedral as archbishop and primate of all England. He is noted as a liberal, proponent of Darwin's evolution theory, with a controversial confirmation in London on Dec. 22. Born in 1821, Temple has served as headmaster of Ruby, bishop of Exeter, and bishop of London.
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Canterbury
Frederick Temple
All
England
Benjamin F. Smith
George R. Eden
F. W. Farrar
St. Augustine
Darwin
Amos Ruise Sues Club Over 1897 Membership Reservation
TrenTon New Jersey January 11 Amos Ruise, famed pitcher for the New York club, sues the National Exhibition Company of New Jersey in U S circuit court to have his 1897 team reservation declared illegal by the club.
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Trenton
N. J
Amos Rusie
New York Baseball Club
United States
National Exhibition Company of New Jersey
Erastus Wiman Secures Lease for Canal and Lake Co
Erastus Wiman representing the Consolidated Canal and Lake company obtained a lease from the board of docks at a special meeting in New York. He said the firm plans to bring 1,000,000 barrels of flour yearly into the city via the Erie canal.
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Erastus Wiman
New York
Consolidated Canal and Lake Company
Board of Docks
Government to Seek Court Settlement After Funding Bill Defeat
Washington January 13 The government contemplates court action to settle the long disputed Pacific railroad funding issue after Congress defeated the funding bill. Bonds totaling 64 613 000 issued under the 1864 act secure a first lien on the roads. foreclosures may await first lien holders. Assistant Attorney General Russell argues Congress can declare forfeiture of land grants and property for breach of conditions.
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Washington
United States
Russell
Congress
Pacific
Bell
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Harrison
House
California
Middle West
Defeat of Pacific rail funding bill in House opposition
The Pacific railroad funding bill failed in the House with a 102 to 168 vote on the motion to engross and read the bill a third time. Opposition spanned Republicans and Democrats, with 86 Republicans and 16 Democrats for the measure and 99 Republicans, 58 Democrats, 6 Populists, and 5 Independents against it.
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Reilly Pacific
House
Powers
Pacific Railroad Committee
Tariff hearings conclude amid broad industry representation
Washington January 32. The ways and means committee closed formal hearings for tariff rate changes after weeks of testimony from diverse industries. A large crowd filled the rooms including the Davis delegation from West Virginia seeking a higher coal duty.
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Wassington
Ways ‘Uc
Davis
West Virginia
Utah Legislature Organized in Salt Lake City
The second Utah Legislature organized with the Senate led by clerk Mrs Lilly R Pardee and the House in session under Secretary of State Hammond. The session opened January 13 in Salt Lake City.
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Utah
Salt Lake
Centennial Celebrated as Albany Marks Century as Capital
Albany New York Jan 8 coinciding with the legislature a centennial celebration honors Albany as the Empire state's capital. A civic and military parade precedes remarks by ex Governor Morton and permanent chairman Governor Black. Chauncey M Depew delivers the oration. ex Lieutenant Governor Thomas G Alvord also speaks.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Empire State
Bleeker Hall
Morton
Black
Chauncey M. Depew
Meadowcrofts' Sentences Commuted by Governor Altgeld
Governor Altgeld commuted the sentence of Chicago bankers Charles J. and Frank R. Meadowcroft from a penitentiary term to 60 days in jail. The clemency followed both the state's attorney and trial judge recommending mercy in the case of receiving deposits when the Meadowcrofts bank was insolvent.
New York Biscuit Co. Names New President and Director
At a board meeting in Ont Caicanco on January 8, William H. Moore resigned as president and director. Henry J. Evans was elected president and Clarence Buckingham named director to fill the vacancy.
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Moore
Ont
Caicanco
New York Biscuit Company
Wiliam H. Moore
Henry J. Evans
Clarence Buckingham
South Carolina Outlaw Simon Cooper Slays Four in Mayesville
Simon Cooper, a black outlaw, killed Ben Wilson and son Wesley Wilson with an axe at sunrise, then murdered Mrs. Wesley Wilson and another bystander as he fled. He had previously shot at Magnolia, adding four more murders to his record.
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Mayesville
S. C
Simon Cooper
Magnolia
Cooper
Ben Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Wesley Wilson
Pine land suits in Ashland court fight $500000 stake
In Ashland Wisconsin civil suits worth 500000 are being argued in the circuit court. The Central Railroad company has been ruled by the supreme court to own pine land in northern Wisconsin once claimed by settlers who hold patents. About 100 families resist eviction, with valuable improvements, and have secured injunctions preventing the company from cutting pine while lawyers seek dissolution of the injunctions.
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Ashland
Wis
Circuit Court
Central Railroad Company
Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Central Company
Central
Rotary snowplow aids Hastings and Dakota line clearing
Aberdeen 8s D January 9 The Milwaukee Railroad brought a rotary snowplow from Mason City Iowa to clear drifts on the Hastings and Dakota division end. No train has run over the Milwaukee since Saturday evening and no eastbound car since Sunday morning. Twin City and Chicago mail matter now via Mason City and lines south. With the rotary on this end the line should be dug out by Saturday. James River division trains moving on time and Northwestern well cleared.
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Aberdeen
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Mason City
Hastings
Dakota
Milwaukee
Twin City
Chicago
James River
Northwestern
Accused of Wholesale Swindling in New York
Moritz Bauer, a real estate dealer and president of the Manhattan Investment and Construction company, was arrested on an indictment for swindling investors out of 100,000 through land deals in Westchester County and other parts of Greater New York.
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New York
Moritz Bauer
Bauer
Manhattan Investment and Construction Company
Westchester County
Greater
Jail break as trio escapes city lockup
Minneapolis inmates John Quinn Frank Frost and Mickey Ryder escaped the county jail by sawing cell bars and slipping to the roof during a night shift with two guards on watch, an unusually bold break.
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Minneapolis
John Quinn
Frank Frost
Mickey Ryder
Another Prize Fighter Dying
New York January 9 Daniel Flanagan prize fighter paralysed after a bout with William Katskill is dying at Carthage Landing New York with concussion of the brain and spinal column.
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New York
Daniel Flanagan
William Katskill
Carthage Landing
N. Y
Northwestern flour output in Minneapolis and Superior Duluth
Flour production in Minneapolis last week reached 173 965 barrels up from 170 345 the prior week and 254 250 in 1895. Superior and Duluth output totaled 46 050 barrels, with 31 200 the week before and 28 830 in 1895. Foreign demand was brisk while local trade was dull.
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Northwestern
Minneapolis
Superior
Duluth
American National Bank Reopens Under New Management
Denver January 9 The American National Bank reopened with 600000 dollars in cash on hand to meet liabilities and conduct business. Only 200000 dollars of liabilities remain to be provided for from other bank assets.
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Denver
American National Bank
Foreclosure on Beadle County Farm Mortgage
Mortgage foreclosure notice for 160 acres in Beadle County South Dakota to clear $536.05 due including $500 principal $86.05 interest and $10 attorney fees. Sale set by public auction February 6 1896 at 2 pm at the courthouse front door Huron SD. Property described as NW quarter section 25 township 109N range 62W. M H Prichard mortgagee Richards Trust Co agent Kemp attorney. First pub Dec 24 last Feb 4.
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Norton D. Walling
Mary L. Walling
Beadle
Territory of Dakota
State of
South Dakota
Robert Romanes
Mort
City of
Huron
S. D
Rospert Romanes
Henry C. Hincksey
Foreclosure Notice on Beadle County Mortgage Assignee
Public foreclosure notice for the Beadle County mortgage assigned to Robert Romane(s) on December 21, 1888. The $1,536.80 claim includes $1,206 principal and $336.80 interest plus $100 attorney fees. sale set for January 30, 1897 at 10 AM at the Beadle County courthouse front door, Huron S D.
Mortgage Foreclosure Notice Beadle County South Dakota
Beadle County South Dakota mortgage foreclosure notice warns of sale to satisfy an 863.24 debt plus taxes and fees on the Roster O Smith Ida Smith mortgage. The front door of the Beadle County courthouse in Huron will host the auction on January 23, 1897 at 2 PM for the northwest quarter of section 25, township 112, range 63 west containing 160 acres more or less. Fredericke Broward Trust Co. acts as mortgagee with L C Kemp attorney for the holder.
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Roster O. Smith
Ida Smith
Huron
Beadle
South Dakota
Mortgage Foreclosure Notice for Huron Property
Notice of foreclosure under a mortgage dated September 4 1895 by Martha Atherton and H W Atherton to H A Maxfield. Taxes unpaid and insurance and interest due total 229.00. Sale at the front door of the courthouse Huron SD on January 16 1896 at 2 pm for Lots 24 and 25 in Block 3 First Railway Addition to the City of Huron.
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Martha Atherton
H. W. Atherton
Beadle
South Dakota
H. A. Maxfield
Utota
Huron
Mor
Ofadle
Towit
Mortgage Foreclosure Notice for Beadle County Property
Beadle County South Dakota mortgage dated October 15 1890 secured by Charles Bahling Adaline Bahling to Kerr assigned July 21 1896 to H A Maxfield. Notice announces foreclosure sale January 16 1897 at 2 PM at the front door of the Beadle County Courthouse Huron. Attorney L C Kemp for assignee. First pub December 3 last January 14.
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H. A. Maxfield
L. C. Kemp
Mortgage Sale Notice in Beadle County South Dakota
Default has been made in a mortgage dated February 20, 1891, securing property in Huron Beadle County. The amount due is $169.41. Foreclosure by public sale to highest cash bidder on February 20, 1897 at 10:00 am at the front door of the Beadle County Courthouse Huron SD.
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William J. Smith
Hole
Mortgreece
Register
Beadle County
Ska Dakota
H. P. Brown
Huron
South Dakota
Court House
Beadle
L. H. Howe
Jonn L Pyxie
Huron Bindery Offers Cheap, Neat Magazine Binding
In 1896, readers are urged to have their magazines bound by the Huron tre book bindery, praised for neat work and low prices.
Foreclosure Notice of Beadle County Mortgage Sale
Public auction to foreclose the mortgage of Isabell Farley to Hamilton Kerr assigned to Elbert O. Leonard. The two Beadle County parcels in Huron will be sold at the courthouse front door on January 30, 1897, for $261 due including principal, interest, and attorney fees.
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Isabell Farley
Beadle
South Dakota
Hamilton Kerr
Elbert O. Leonard
County of
Orange
Vermont
Huron
County of Beadle
State of
S. D
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M. H. Prichard
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Richarps Trust Co
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Adaline Bahling
Hon Kerr
Mattenge
Dente
Mame
South Dekowa
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H. A Maxfield
Adie
Richards Trust Agents
L. C. Kempe
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