Knights of Labor Urge Suing Carlisle Over Bonds
A Philadelphia dispatch reports J R Sovereign of Des Moines calls for immediate injunctions in US Supreme Court to stop Secretary Carlisle from issuing 50 million dollars in bonds. He warns the public burden of debt must be halted and asks for counsel to proceed. Secretaries Hayes replies there are grounds to seek an injunction and court action will begin at once.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
Knights of Labor
J. R. Sovereign
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Haynes
Treas. K. of L
Hayes
J. B. Sovereign
Senators Debate Extra Tax on Beer in Revenue Bill
Washington January 20 Some senate finance committee members favor an added beer tax to help cover the deficit. Senator Jones of Arkansas says it would yield about half the Wilson bill shortfall and would hardly affect consumers. Senator Voorhees opposes such a tax, warning of public reception.
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Senate Finance Committee
Washington
Jones
Arkansas
United States
Sam
Voorhees
O'Neil Election Contest Report Opened in House
In Washington the House opened with the elections committee report in favor of Democrat O'Neil in the O'Neil vs Joy contest. The tariff bill was resumed, Johnson's steel rail free-list amendment failed 79 to 100, and a long agriculture debate followed with Hopkins Hull Springer Haugen among those debating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Committee On Elections
O’neil
O'Neil
Joy
Johnson
Dalzell
Wilson
Johnson Steel
Henderson
Iowa
Hopkins
Illinois
Hull
Springer
Haugen
Wisconsin
Important Dispatches Carried by Minister Thurston
Chicago January 20. Minister Thurston travels to Washington with important dispatches. He passed through Chicago from Honolulu aboard the Northwestern flyer and departed immediately on the Baltimore and Ohio. He declined to expand on his Omaha interview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ChicaGo
Washington
Thurston
Honolulu
Northwestern Flyer
Baltimore and Ohio
Omaha
St Paul Business Man Ends Life Over Private Woes
St Paul January 20. B Jilson of Jilson Satterlee prominent railroad supplies dealer shot himself at his Nina avenue residence. A letter to his wife cited business low mood but authorities doubt financial distress as the cause.
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St. Paul
St. Pau
B. Jilson
Jilson & Satterlee
Nina Avenue
Desperate Battle with Escaped Convicts Kills Sheriff
A posse led by Sheriff J F Dexter of Blocton fought four of seven convicts near Goethe ten miles from Pratt City. Dexter died in the clash and Jim Davis, one convict, was fatally wounded. Two other convicts were captured as guards pursued the rest. The gang, led by Jim Morrison, had escaped from Tennessee Coal and Iron Company stockades at Pratt City using dynamite to blow entries.
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St. Louis
J. F. Dexter
Blocton
Goethe
Pratt City
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Dexter
Jim Davis
Jim Morrison
Ard
John Patton
Mystedeny
Would Fight Corbett After Jacksonville Bout
New York report says a match between Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons is likely after the Jacksonville battle. Al Smith talked with Arthur Lumley about a possible Corrbett vs Fitzsimmons bout with bets up to 5 000 or 10 000 dollars and a side bet of 1 000 for Nat Illustrated News. Lumley expects Smith to wire word after a conference with Corbett representatives and Fitzsimmons plans to attend the Corbett-Mitchell fight.
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New York
Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Jacksonville
al Smith
Arthur T. Lumley
Jim Corbett
Bob Fitzsimmons
Smith
Natal Illustrated News
Corbet
Corne
Lumley
Last of Johnson County Invasion Cases Ended
Cheyenne Wy January 20 The last of the Johnson county invasion cases has been disposed of in the Red State court Clayton Cruz who faced conspiracy to murder Deputy U S marshal George A Wela was discharged Ed Starr and Henry Smith were jointly indicted with Cruz Smith was found guilty but Starr remained at large.
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Johnson County
Cheyenne, Wy
Red State Court
Clayton Cruz
George A. Wel
United States
Joneson County
Ed Starr
Henry Smith
Cruz
Smith
Starr
Silver Crisis Deepens in Far East as Mexican Dollar Shortage Affects Trade
A Times dispatch from Hong Kong reports the silver shortage intensifying the crisis with currency scarcity in Shanghai Hong Kong and Singapore. Mexican dollars and change have not kept pace with the sharp fall in silver, complicating trade in the East.
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Loxpon
the Times
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Singapore
Utah bankers protest wool tariff removal in Wilson bill
At a Utah convention in Salt Lake City on January 20, leading bankers representing all Utah banks passed resolutions protesting to Congress against removing the wool tariff as proposed in the Wilson bill.
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Utah
Sal Lake
U. T
Congress
Car Crushes Man at City Railway Yard
John Shea 50 a longtime Minneapolis resident was killed at the Midway barns of the city railway company when a jackscrew failed and a car slid down crushing him to death.
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St. Paul
John Shea
Minneapolis
Midway Barns
City Railway Company
Burns pleads guilty in hotel robbery case
Winona Minnesota January 20 James Burns connected to the robbery of a commercial traveler at the Hotel Winona last summer and who jumped bail has pleaded guilty to the charges framed by the grand jury.
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Winona, Minn
James Burns
Winona
Valuable volume on military uniforms found by Historical Society
The Historical Society of St. Paul received a volume from the quartermaster general of the U S Army detailing laws rules and regulations on uniforms for Continental and United States troops from the Revolution to the present. Water color plates illustrate colors and styles of Continentals officers and men minute men volunteers and regulars across eras with portraits of notable soldiers.
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St. Paul
the Historical Society
Quartermaster General
United States Army
Continental
Three Illinois Train Robbers Plead Guilty in Salem
In Salem Illinois on January 19 Hardin Jones and O Dwyer who held up an Illinois Central train on September 20 pleaded guilty and were sentenced by Judge Burroughs to twenty years each in the Ches S penitentiary.
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Salem
Ills
Hardin
Jones
O'Dwyer
Illinois Central
Burroughs
Ches S
Denial Issued Over Rome Mobilization Rumors
The government denies alarming rumors of army mobilization and says the Red Cross has not been placed on standby to go to the field. The Rome correspondent notes no immediate military danger or official orders to mobilize.
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London
The
Chronicle
Rome
Red Cross Society
Bomberger Hanged for Krieder Family Murders in N C
Albert F. Bomberger was hanged at 1 40 p m in Canoo North Carolina for the Krieder family killings. He faced the crowd calmly, bid farewell, confessed to the crime, and was executed after a trial that promptly convicted him. Remains sent to Pennsylvania, survivors returned to Lebanon county relatives.
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Canoo
N. C
Albert F. Bomberger
Krieder
Bomberger
Grand Forks
Pennsylvania
Lebanon County
Bomberger's Crime Murder of Kreider Family Near Cando
Bomberger killed Daniel Kreider his wife and four children at daylight on July 7 near Cando North Dakota. He fled toward the Turtle mountains but was captured in Deloraine Manitoba after a mass manhunt. A $500 reward and national guards kept the jail secure amid public demand for immediate justice.
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Bomberger
Daniel
Kreider
Lebanon County
Pennsylvania
Lehman Street
Lebanon
Annie Kreider
Dan Kreider
Bernice
Merry
Mary
David
Annie
McCune
Turtle Mountains
Market Place
Deloraine
Manitoba
Cando
Notorious Kentucky Outlaw Howard Hanged in Missouri
Willard Howard, a Kentuckian tied to a blood feud, was hanged at Lebanon Missouri at 9 15 a m for the 1869 murder of Thomas McMichael a deaf mute. He robbed the victim and was linked to a later murder in Marion county and later to a California prison after fleeing. The trial in Laclede county cost the state over 12000 dollars.
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Lebanon
Will Howard
Marion County
Howard
Kentucky
Thomas McMichael
Maries County
McMichael
Pacific Coast
California
Missouri
Laclede County
Tragic Hanging in Joliet Ends Life of Ernest Lacore
In Joliet Illinois on January 20 Ernest Lacore was hanged at 10 34 a m the fall broke his neck and death followed police report states this completes the case
Marler Execution Set for February 9 in Kentucky
Middleboro Kentucky January 20 Bob Marler will be hanged February 9 the governor fixed that day for his execution in the state.
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Middlesboro
Bob Marler
Ambuscaded Whites at Rouse Ridge Ga Result in Fatal Wounds
Report from Augusta says a white constable's posse was ambushed by negroes at Rouse Ridge, Paul Green is dead and Rhett Green mortally wounded. The raid aimed to stop arrest of a desperado Jude. A white man suspected of betraying the officers is to be lynched if found.
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Rouse Ridge
St. Louis
Post Dispatch
Augusta
Paul Green
Rhett Green
Jude
Northern Pacific Officers Resign Over Unpaid Salaries
New York report states the treasurer secretary and general auditor of the Northern Pacific Railroad have resigned after the receivers refused to pay them for current management work. The receivers seek court order to compel salary payments.
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the Northern Pacific
New York
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Fifty Colored Families of Monroe County to Emigrate
Fifty negro families in Monroe county plan to emigrate to Liberia. They placed all property with Governor Fishback to cover expenses and arranged with the American Colonization Society of Washington for transport.
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Monroe County
Ark
St. Louis
Post Dispatch
Little Rock
Fishback
American Colonization Society of Washington
Liberia
Durand Board Sends Roetter Children to Sparta School
The Durand town board ordered three of Lewis Roetter’s children sent to a dependent children school in Sparta Wisconsin citing the alleged failure of the father to provide support.
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Durand
Wis
Lewis Roetter
Sparta
Oshkosh trade groups meet to review wholesale price list
Oshkosh Wisconsin January 19 two associations the Oshkosh Lumber and Manufacturers' Association and the Wholesale Sash Door and Blind Association of the Northwest are in session with a large attendance. A revision of the price list will be considered but extensive changes are not expected.
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Oshkosh, Wis
Oshkosh Lumber and Manufacturers’ Association
Wholesale Sash, Door and Blind Association of the
Northwest
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Carlisle
Sovereign
Congressional
Wyoming
China
Minnesota State Historical Society
Cando, N. D
Lebanon, Mo
Prendergast
Cuicano
Karn
Harrison
Brentano
Chambers of Agriculture
Berlin
Herr von Heyden
Danvilee
Jason Blackerty
John Drye
Junction City
This County
Drye
Blackerty
Kentuckey
Culver
Red Cross
Garland
Huron
Culver & Smith
M- L- Tobin
Frank Wilson
Second and
Kansas Streets
Huron, S. D
JOY Bros
Crockery
JOY Brothers
E. H. Boos,o
Dakota Avenue
UA. Bryall
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