Stevens Indicted in Bank Overdraft Case
Ramsey county grand jury charges Congressman F C Stevens with a 2200 overdraft at Minnesota Savings Bank when he served as trustee and acting president. Receivers say Stevens was a bank creditor for 2250 in legal fees with two 1000 credits for 1892 and 1893. overdraft repaid within a month. Stevens arraigned before Judge Lewis, pled not guilty, freed on 10000 bail and seeks immediate trial set for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Ramsey County Grand Jury
F. C. Stevens
Minnesota Savings Bank
Stevens
Lewis
Northwestern crops favorable with rain bringing relief
Reports from the Northwest indicate favorable crop conditions with wheat coming up well. The only issue, prior to recent rains, was a lack of rain in sections and surface drying, but moisture remains high and late sown grain benefits from rain, now improving overall prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Northwest
Federal Supreme Court closes term with 36 decisions rendered
The U S Supreme Court adjourned until October after issuing 36 final decisions this term and reviewing remaining docket items. 359 cases remained unresolved, including appeals from the Court of Private Land Claims and a notable ruling on the San Miguel del Bado land grant. The court also held that the Interstate Commerce Commission cannot review rates before they take effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Court of Private Land Claims
San Miguel del Bado
New Mexico
Sandoval
United States
United States Interstate Commerce Commission
Minnesota to Lead Iron Ore Exports This Season
Strong ore sales reported in Minnesota with at least 6 million tons sold, surpassing early season expectations. Duluth expected to ship more ore than any lake port, with Escanaba previously feeding shipments. Minnesota to exceed all other states in early-season exports.
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Vth
Minn
Duluth
Escanaba
Minnesota
Iowa Miners Strike Over Pay Change Near Boone
About one thousand miners at Milford Fraser and Lehigh coal camps near Boone Iowa quit work in protest of a wage cut from 80 cents to 65 cents per ton for mine run coal after a change in pay policy. The stoppage affects several camps within a few miles of Boone and reflects tensions over revised mining pay rules.
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Boone
Milford, Fraser
Lehigh
Pingree Pardon Probe Hits Irregularities in Wixom Case
Detroit May 26 A Lansing dispatch reports the legislative committee found the pardon of Jackson prison inmate Wixom by Governor Pingree irregular and suggested Rail Commissioner Sybrant Wesslius was responsible. The panel cited testimony that Wesslius would have received 500 dollars for influence in securing the pardon.
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Pingree
Detroit
Mich
The
Tribune
Lansing
Wixom
Jackson State Prison
Sybrant Wesslius
Wesslius
Improvements planned at West Superior yards this summer
James J. Hill of the Great Northern railway and a party of officials met E N Saunders of the Northwestern Coal Railway in West Superior Wisconsin and inspected the Duluth and Winnipeg terminals. Hill said work would be done this summer including rearranging yards and possibly building a new elevator.
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Superior
West Superior
Wis
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
E. N. Saunders
Northwestern Coal Railway Company
Duluth
Winnipeg
Hill
McKinley Considers Naval Mission to Havana
A Washington dispatch says President McKinley weighing sending a warship to Havana next week. No decision yet, but administration members expect a naval vessel may be ordered to Havana within days.
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CuicaGo
Washington
McKinley
Havana
Blythe Estate Dismissed in Supreme Court Case
The Blythe versus Hinckley case was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. The ruling leaves the California millionaire Blythe's estate in the hands of Mrs. Hinckley, his daughter.
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Blythe
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Blythe Vs. Hinckley
Millionaire Blythe
California
Hinckley
Sundry Civil Bill Conferees Agree on Forest Lands Order
Washington May 26 Conferees approve amendments removing President Cleveland’s Feb 22 1897 order setting aside 21 000 000 acres as forest reservations. Lands not disposed of by March 1 1898 revert to reservations or as directed. Other changes include Hawaii Pearl Harbor cut to 10000 and Omaha exhibit kept at 200000. Total bill 53622651.
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Washington
Cleveland
Senate
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Salmon Bay
Wash
Omaha Exposition
Mississippi River
Secretary of War
Mobile Bay
Secret test torpedoed Brice metal transmutation claim
Washington May 26. Three mint bureau experts studied Brice claim that he could extract silver and gold from base metals including antimony. Brice had sought a patent but was denied pending tests. Experts found he failed to recover the full amount of precious metals present in the materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mint Bureau
Treasury Department
E. C. Brice
Senator Petti seeks removal of land office official over proof deadline
Senator Petti of South Dakota has filed charges with the secretary of the interior against Clark Rowe, register of the Chamberlain land office, asking for his removal. The charge says Rowe ordered homestead settlers on the ceded Sioux reservation to complete final proof within seven years, shortening the period from the nine years allowed by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Pettigrew
South Dakota
Secretary of the Interior
Clark Rowe
Register of the Land Office
Chamberlain
S. D
Rowe
Sioux
Independent telephone companies convene to challenge Bell toll system
Representatives from Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee Virginia Michigan Missouri Illinois Indiana Arkansas Iowa Minnesota South Carolina Wisconsin and Texas meet in Fort Wayne Indiana to devise a toll system in opposition to the Bell Telephone company.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Virginia
Michigan
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Arkansas
Iowa
Minnesota
South Carolina
Wisconsin
Texas
Bell Telephone Company
Dissent in Greek Cabinet Prompts Rising Resignation Talk
Reports from Vienna say serious conflicts have split the Greek cabinet and prepare the way for the possible resignation of M. Ralli as of May 24 in London.
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London
Vienna
M. Ralli
Indictments in St Paul Bank Probe Narrowed
The St Paul grand jury released new indictments linked to the failed Minnesota Savings Bank. Trustees Alfred S. Kittson and John F. Baker face grand larceny charges over unauthorized loans and withdrawals. William Bickel is charged with illegally taking 2200 dollars. Bickel? last heard in California. Baker serves as Managua secretary of legation. Kittson is son of the late Commodore Norman Kittson.
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Kittson
Commodore Norman Kittson
John F. Baker
Managua
Central America
Lewis Baker
United States
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
William Bickel
Minnesota Savings Bank
Bickel
California
Steamer Florida Sinks After Fog Collision Near Port Huron
The Lackawanna line ship Florida bound from Chicago to Buffalo collided with the George W. Roby between Middle Island and Presque Isle in fog at 9 a.m. All crew aboard the Florida were rescued by the Roby, which then returned to port badly damaged. The Florida carried 56,000 bushels of wheat and about 560 tons of merchandise, mainly flour, with losses around 60,000 dollars.
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Port Huron
Mich
Florida
Lackawanna Line
Chicago
Buffalo
Lake Huron
George W. Roby
Middle Island
Presque Isle
Roby
Chicago and Western Millers
Robber on Tacoma electric car shot dead after hold up
A lone robber on the Stellacoom electric line in Tacoma attempted a robbery on a moving car. He ordered Superintendent Dame and Motorman Wellman to a rear compartment and began taking valuables from passengers. Dame fired, the robber was killed, Dame was wounded in the arm, and passenger Jewett Smith was shot in the leg.
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Tacoma
Wash
Stellacoom Electric Line
Dame
Motor Line
Wellman
Jewett Smith
Chicago triangle rate war heats up between rail and lake lines
The Chicago May 24 report notes a renewed triangular rate war among the Chicago St Paul roads the Lake Michigan car ferry line and the Lake Superior steamboat lines. It mentions prior heavy losses to revenue between Chicago and St Paul Minneapolis last summer and signals fresh competition this season.
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ChicaGo
Chicago-St. Paul
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior Steamboat Lines
St. Paul
Minneapolis
North Dakota Rail Commissioners Granted Temporary Injunction
Milwaukee Great Northern and Northern Pacific lawyers faced Judge Amidon to block North Dakota from enforcing new maximum freight and passenger rates. The temporary injunction pauses the tariff set by the state commission, which cuts rates about 22 percent on freight and 11 percent on passengers. The case hinges on whether the North Dakota law authorizing rate ceilings is constitutional or confiscatory, with show cause scheduled for May 25.
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Farno
N.D
Peck, Grover and Bunn
Milwaukee, Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Amidon
United States Circuit Court
Iowa
North Dakota
Secret Meeting Targets Sash Door and Blind Makers
Davenport Iowa May 21 Leading manufacturers of sash doors and blinds held a secret meeting Involving Fred Weyerhauser interests of St Paul and other Mississippi valley and Northwest concerns The aim is to form a combine raise prices and cut office and traveling costs by 100000 dollars yearly The association has no name or formal organization and secrecy was tight The plan would expand to stair building and inside finishing.
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Davenport
Fred Weyerhauser
St. Paul
Mississippi Valley
Northwest
Iowa mutuals consider suit over Minnesota action
Des Moines May 21 Representatives of Iowa mutual insurance companies affected by the war with Minnesota met in Des Moines. If the Minnesota commissioner does not accept a proposed settlement, steps will be taken to recover damages in federal court for the action driving Iowa firms out of Minnesota.
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Des Morines
Mutual Insurance Companies
Iowa
Minnesota Insurance Department
Des Moines
Minnesota
Armenian Outbreaks Reported Near Van and Ineboli
A Daily Telegraph dispatch from Constantinople says serious Armenian outbreaks occurred in a village near Van and at Ineboli, an Asia Minor seaport. The Russian consul at Ineboli has telegraphed requesting a warship.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Constantinople
Van
Ineboli
Asia Minor
Presbyterians Open Assembly as Harrison Gifts New Gavel
Ex President Benjamin Harrison presented a gavel to Moderator Jackson as the Presbyterian general assembly opened in Eagle Lake Indiana. The ceremony featured remarks on the wood symbolism and leadership announcements followed by reports on the Presbyterian building in New York and a public meeting on board of publication and Sunday school work. John Wanamaker of Philadelphia drew applause during the assembly's first session.
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Eagie Lake
Ind
Presbyterian General Assembly
A. Forbes Irwin
Hutchinson
Kan
Jackson
Benjamin Harrison
Presbyterians of
Indiana
Presbyterian
New York
Board of Publication
Withrow
James A. Worden
Joseph Brown
Wisconsin
R. F. Sulzer
Minnesota
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Weekly trade review notes uptick in several regions
Bradstreets reports slight improvement in trade with gains in the Northwest Pacific coast and the South Atlantic and Gulf states. Increased buying occurs in Baltimore Atlanta Birmingham and New Orleans as flood districts in Louisiana Mississippi and Arkansas move toward cultivation and damage proves less severe. Exports of general merchandise and lumber rise from San Francisco while Milwaukee Omaha Chicago and St Louis see higher sales though manufacturing areas like clothing mining iron and steel face disruptions.
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New York
Bradstreets
Northwest
Pacific Coast
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Baltimore
Atlanta
Birmingham
New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Milwaukee
Omaha
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
Campaign of Education for Gold Standard Literature
The National Sound Money League executive committee met twice in Curiaco on May 24. Plans were laid to disseminate gold standard literature nationwide and to educate the public ahead of the next congressional elections. The league’s financial standing for four years was guaranteed and state vice presidents were chosen. The afternoon session reviewed the monetary commission with general praise but no formal action.
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Curiaco
National Sound Money League
Monetary Commission
Government troops defeated by fanatics near Canada
Reports from Rio Janeiro say government troops were again defeated by fanatics near Canada. Juan Brandas, a fanatics leader, is dead. The vanguard of the troops has been destroyed.
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Rio Janeiro
Canada
Juan Brandas
Bank to Pay Depositors in Fall
In Devus Lake North Dakota on May 24 Judge Morgaz signed an order allowing Merchants National Bank stockholders to settle all depositor claims, after which they regain control of the bank assets.
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Devus Lake
N. D
Morgaz
Merchants’ National Bank
Durrant Attorneys Appeal Supreme Court Over Stay
Theodore Durrant’s lawyers launch another appeal to the supreme court claiming errors by Judge Bahrs in denying a postponement and additional testimony. They also challenge San Quentin confinement until the execution date, though authorities expect no delay to the sentence.
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San Francisco
Theodore Durrant
Supreme Court
Judge Bahrs
Durrant
San Quentin
Duke of Buccleuch Unveils Sir Walter Scott Bust at Westminster
In Westminster Abbey the memorial bust of Sir Walter Scott was unveiled in the chapter house at 2 o'clock. The ceremony, presided by Dean Bradley, featured a eulogy by Colonel John Hay the American ambassador to the United States and drew a distinguished crowd with enthusiastic reception.
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Hay
London
Duke of Buccleuch
Westminster Abbey
Sir Walter Scott
Chapter House
Dean Bradley
John Hay
United States
Manic Murder Accusation Ties San Francisco Pastor to Body
Monte Vista reporter states William T. Bryant, inmate at the soldiers' home, swore he was in Emmanuel Baptist church in San Francisco when Blanche Lamont was killed and that he saw Pastor Gibson carry her body to the belfry.
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Monte Vista
Cal
William T. Bryant
Soldiers
Emmanuel Baptist Church
San Francisco
Blanche Lamont
Gibson
Wind and Hail Wreck New Catholic Church in Winton City
A heavy wind with hail and rain hit Winton City at 4 30 p m damaging the new Catholic church which was completely wrecked. No other damage reported.
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Winton City
N. D
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RoyAl Baking Powper Co
Northwestern Crops
Federal Supreme Court
L. E. Parsons
Northern District of
Alabama
Court of Claims
Parsons
Reneval
House
Mr. Brice
Pettigrew
Kate
Huron
North Dakota Railroad Commissioners
Sash
Presbyterian Assembly
Harrison
Weekly Trade Review
Campaign OF Education
Sound Money League
Parson Gibson
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