Wheat crop damage feared in western states and Midwest
The March cold snap threatens winter wheat in Western Kansas and Oklahoma with uncertain injury estimates. Eastern Kansas and Michigan fair better while Nebraska and Nebraska reports vary with centralized damage in parts of Nebraska and Illinois. Indiana Ohio and Minnesota show mixed prospects depending on freeze-thaw patterns and root exposure.
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the Herald
Kansas
Oklahoma
Central
Minnesota
Ohio
Nebraska
Indiana
Sparta
Michigan
North
South Dakota
Battle Over Beauty Sparks Omaha Easter Disturbance
Irving Gardner son of the Trinity cathedral dean and Harry Colpetter son of a lumberman fought 20 rounds in a 16 foot ring to settle a dispute over a noted beauty. Gardner was knocked out and the event drew shock from Omaha society.
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Omana
Trinity Cathedral
Omaha
Irving Gardner
Dean Gardner
Harry Colpetter
Queensberry
Colpetter Mansion
Stevig and Harrington End Bout Over Miss Beggs Suit
In ToLepo March 28 Charles Stevig and Albert Harrington fought for the hand of Miss Mamie Beggs. Stevig was knocked out in the fourth round and relinquished his claim. Harrington remains a suitor.
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ToLepo
Charles Stevig
Albert Harrington
Mamie Beggs
Stevig
Three Thousand Quit Strike Threat Looms at Crane Plant
Chicago march 28 The Crane Manufacturing Company and its workers failed to settle by arbitration. Strikers met at Bricklayers hall Peoria and Monroe streets and formed a union. A general strike involving 3000 men will be launched against Crane in Chicago plants though elevator workers keep wages and do not strike at present.
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ChicaGo
Crane Manufacturing Company
Peoria
Monroe
Northwest wheat stocks drop in Minneapolis and region
The Northwestern Miller reports Minneapolis private elevators hold 1,138,000 bushels of wheat, down 20,000 from last Monday. Including Duluth and Superior, total regional stock falls to 2,454,583 bushels, down 45,918. Country elevators in Minnesota and the Dakotas total 4,702,000, down 256,000. Northwest stock excluding mills and storage sits at 29,247,583 bushels, down 201,918 for the week.
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Minneapolis
Duluth
Superior
Minnesota
Dakotas
Northwest
Brazilian minister denies wholesale executions
A Rio Janeiro dispatch quotes the Brazilian minister saying no prisoners were executed without trial. The decree mentioned relates only to military tribunals and crimes tied to the revolution in Rio and other points in Brazilian territory.
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London
Rio Janeiro
New Minnesota Map Sent to Lithographer
The new Minnesota map, drafted for months by the land office, has gone to the lithographer. It will take two to three months more before the map is ready for public use.
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Minnesota
WashinaTon
General Land Office
Principal witness Marguerite Wright Disappears
Mrs Marguerite Wright the principal witness for the state in the Dan Allen murder case has vanished making a conviction unlikely. Allen remains jailed in Neilisville as his trial set for April 16.
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Neilisville
Wis
Marguerite Wright
Dan Allen
Allen
French Minister Marries American Bride in Quiet Ceremony
Jules Paternotre the French minister to the United States wed Eleanor Louise Elverson at 2024 Walnut Street. Witnesses included Sir Julian Pauncefote and Prince Cantacuzene. Cardinal Gibbons performed the ceremony amid lengthy French authorization and religious differences.
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Edwin 8. Stuart
James Elverson, Jr
Cardinal Gibbons
Arrests Made in Roscoe Train Robbery Case
Los Angeles police report two men in custody over the Roscoe train robbery. Arrestees include Alvah Johnson described as wealthy and John Smith formerly employed by Johnson on his ranch, with detectives claiming sufficient evidence for conviction.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Alvah Johnson
John Smith
Johnson
Georgia Senator Colquitt Dies in Washington at 71
United States Senator Alfred Holt Colquitt of Georgia died at his Washington home at 7 40 a m. Surrounded by family and colleagues, his career spanned Georgia governorates war service and a lengthy senate term. He leaves a wife a son and four daughters.
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Georgia
Washington
United States
Colquitt
Senator Gordon
Jones
Senator Colquitt
Mr. Bunn
Marshall
Chicago
Alfred Holt Colquitt
Atlanta
Walton County
Walter T. Colquitt
Princeton College
House of Representatives
United States Senate
Senate
Congressional Temperance Society
Era of Economy Hits Southern Pacific Personnel
The Chronicle of San Francisco reports an economy drive in Southern Pacific affairs. Thirty one clerks have been discharged from the general freight office and the Western division superintendent has dismissed 50 trainmen, forty of them in a single day. Beginning April 1 the division faces monthly expense cuts of at least two thousand dollars.
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San Francisco
the Chronicle
Southern Pacific
General Freight Office
Western Division
Talk of Bouncing Breckinridge From Chicago Club
The Union League club weighs expelling Congressman Breckinridge from honorary membership as Chicago’s leading social group debates the move. Its honorary list includes only three names President Harrison Chauncey M. Depew and Breckinridge.
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Breckinridge
Chicago
Union League Club
Harriso Chauncey M. Depew
Kentucky
Ohio Supreme Court orders removal of Pennsylvania Railroad from Eggleston Ave
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled the Pennsylvania Railroad occupied Eggleston Avenue in Cincinnati with its tracks illegally. The franchise had been held for years and is of great value, and the court directed the railroad to be ousted.
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Cincinnati
Supreme Court of Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Eggleston Avenue
Additional Judge Sought for Eighth Circuit
The House Judiciary Committee reports favorably a bill by Representative Cobb of Missouri to appoint an additional judge in the Eighth judicial circuit.
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Washmeton
House Judiciary Committee
Representative Cobb
Missouri
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Wealthy Miner Carrol Wright Missing in Chicago
Carrol E. Wright a wealthy Wyoming miner has been missing for two weeks in Chicago. Friends fear foul play and authorities investigate possible foul play as concern grows.
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Chicago
Carrol E. Wright
Wyoming
Haseen
Severe frost devastates fruit crops across multiple states
A January cold wave from St Louis to Kentucky destroys early fruit buds and foliage. Reports from Marshfield, Tamaroa, Grayville and Bonne Terre describe temperatures from 20 to 21 degrees below zero, killing peaches apples and wheat. Damages run into thousands of dollars while insurance statements detail business risks and capital held by the Caledonian Insurance Company.
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St. Louris
Post Dispatch
Marshfield
Ills
Perry County
Grayville
Bonne Terre
Nicholasville
Commercial Union Fire Insurance Statement 1893
The annual statement for December 31 1893 of the Commercial Union Assurance Company of London shows assets liabilities income and expenditures for the year 1893. It lists total liabilities 3 555 199 56 total income 2 952 576 35 and expenditures 2 926 185 87 with net losses and other figures. Chas Sewell manager signs the sworn statement noting capital held and validity of authority for Fire Insurance in South Dakota until December 31 1894.
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South Dakota
R. R. McHarg
N. P
Office of State Auditor
Department of Insurance
Ees
Caladonian Insurance Company
Cerof
J. E. Hipple
South Dakotas
Pierre
J. E. Hiphle
Ur Eee Commercial Union Assurance Co
London
Ewede
South
County of
New York
Chas. Sewell
Commercial Union Resurance Company
Asid Company
United States
Dharles Sewell
Joan A. Hitery
Commercial Union Resurance
Lawe of England
I. J. E. Hipple
Daxora
Marc . D
Geo. W. Babb, Jr
Northern Adsurance Company
Eaid Company
Raid Insurance Company
Geo. W. Bass Jr
Jno. A. Hitler
South P Dakota
Northern Assurance Co
England
Missouri Frozen at St. Joseph
Early morning temperature reached 6 degrees above zero as Missouri froze from bank to bank. Officials say the apple crop remains safe since buds were not yet fully open. Reports indicate widespread freezing across the Burlington system and region.
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Missouri
St. Joe
St. Josep
Burlington
Tennessee Strawberry Crop Killed by Freeze
Nashville Tenn March 27 The entire strawberry crop of Tennessee has been killed by the freeze. Considerable attention is paid in this state to this and other fruits, and the loss will be heavy. The preceding warm weather, by the advancement of growth, added to the damage.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Weather Brings Record Cold Across the Nation
A weather bureau bulletin reports an abrupt shift from extreme warmth to unusually severe cold. Freezing and subzero readings spread east of the Rockies, with the coldest season on record for Georgia Tennessee Louisiana Texas Arkansas and Southern Missouri. Frosts hit Gulf states and parts of the South Atlantic region, with temperatures expected to fall further into Northern Florida.
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Washinaton
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Florida
Minnesota
Dakotas
Georgia
Tennessee
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Missouri
Sugar Trust Upheld In Sugar Refinery Absorption
In Philadelphia on March 27 Judge Butler ruled the sugar trust did not violate the law by absorbing Philadelphia sugar refineries. The government had sued to dissolve the trust arguing illegality of the combination. A separate item notes Union Pacific telegraphers settling wage disputes after late night negotiations with road officials.
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Philadelphia
Butler
United States Circuit Court
Omanda
Caldwell
Union Pacific
Korty
S. H. H. Clark
Caledonian Insurance Company Annual Statement 1893
Annual statement of the Caledonian Insurance Company of Edinborough for the year ending December 31, 1893. It lists assets including cash in office and on deposit, cash value of real estate, and stocks owned, with amounts such as 1,886,670.00 in stocks and 07,990,250 in other cash items.
Balance Sheet of U S Branch Northern Assurance Co 1893
The 1893 report to the Auditor of South Dakota shows capital stock 1 500 000 and total assets 1 657 090 89. Liabilities include unpaid losses 183 546 89 and unearned premiums 1 014 487 69. Income totals 1 298 677 69 with expenditures 1 897 040 47. Net risks in force 164 902 17 and premiums on risks written 1 252 378 43.
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Okra
Levsaeeve Capenesis
Beadle County School Lands Offered for Lease at Auction
The Office of Commissioner of School and Public Lands announces that on March 30 1891 all unleased school lands in Beadle county will be offered for lease to the highest bidder. Auctions run daily from 10 a m to 5 p m at the Beadle county courthouse front door until all tracts are bid. THOS H RUTH Commissioner of School and Public Lands.
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Pussio Lawps Presse
South Dakota
Beadle County
Said County
Thos. H. Ruth
Illiam M. Jones
Register of Deeds
Mre.l. H. Chase
Huron
Soutty Dakota
M. Weer
L. H. Cuasez
Ferdinand Noes Sgremes
Register of
Leeds
C. A
H. A. Clark
Mort
J H. A. Clark
Ira Hoyt
Beache Counts
Eaid County
Ra Horr
Isenne
Mortgacgee
Treasurers' Receipt Note for School Funds Sale
Treasury receipt lists school money for sale at this office with funds to be sold locally.
Summons In Beadle County South Dakota Court Case
Summons notice in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Beadle County SD to defendants John W Alderson and Anna B Alderson. Complaint filed February 1894 at Huron court clerk’s office. Attorney S. M. Wiser listed. Includes P Q address for service in Huron SD.
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State of
South Dakota
Beadlejown
Elihue O Lyman
Ernest C. Lyman
Elihue U. Lyman
Huron
Beadle
Oebdru
Joun Woup
H. G. Wolfe
Alice L. Lyman
Alice Lyman
Srettienen
Ated
A. D
John Wood
H. G. Wolf
H's. Ballou
Beadle County
S. D
Epwarp - Patmex
Alonzo P. Strone
Fifth Judicial Circuit
County of
Joseph EB. Cornish
John W. Alderson
Anna B. Alderson
John Y. Alderson
Circuit Court
St Huron
Sau Dakota
M.wiser
Anne ‘B. Alderson
M. Weer
P.O
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Paternotre-Llverson
M. Patenotte
Miss Elverson
Lees Ee
Sng Tm
Agemis
Thos. F. Goodrich
Chas. H. Post
Caledonian Insurance Company
Edenborough
Couny
Exit Insurance Company
H. Post
PANY
Otter R
Ttt Er
Ei Beeweny
Loueses
State of New York
the Sugar Trust
Edinborough
Scotland
South Ota
U.S Sd
U. S
Northern Assurance Company of
Londs
Badedes
J. E. Hirpis
Lawrence K. Chamberlin
Haro
Beade
Liuron
Neum J. Unamberlin
N. W. Stephena
Peter Dacy
Sidger
Lehill
City of
St. P. m
Uardian
Ter Darcy
E. H. Aplin
Territory
Dakota
Prince
Beadleconn
City of Huron
South Dkota
City
Fleet Railway
Astate
Siouxvall
Edmund R. Persons
C. M. Harrison
Summons
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