Mayoral Fight Splits Democrats Henry George Nominated
The United Democracy, a free silver and Bryan club coalition, unanimously nominates Henry George for mayor of Greater New York. They denounce the state committee for not reaffirming the Chicago platform and question Parker’s loyalty to Bryan-Sewall lines. Republican leaders in Manhattan name Tracy for mayor and Fitch for comptroller, with Tammany Hall endorsing Lohmer McClellan Knox Plunkett and Allen for city offices.
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New York
Henry George
United Democracy
Mr. George
Sfhe
Demning
State Committee
Chicago
Court of Appeals
Alton B. Parker
Bryan
Sewall
Borough of
Manhattan
Benjaminf. Tracy
Ashbell P. Fitch
Ross Appleton
Tammany Hall
William Lohmer
George B. McClellan
Charles H. Knox
George W
Government receipts vs expenditures show smaller deficit
Washington reports the September monthly statement will show a material decrease in the deficit from August. The excess of expenditures over receipts so far this month runs about 8.25 million dollars, expected to drop to around 3 million by October 1, leaving a first quarter deficit near 28 million. Internal revenue receipts exceed last year by about 6 million. customs gains are not expected until after year’s start.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Route to the Seaboard Deep Waterways Report Near Ready
Albany Sept 29 The Deep Waterways Commission set to report on a lake to sea canal has nearly settled a route from North Tonawanda to Lake Ontario near Wilson then Oswego to Lake Oneida and Mohawk river linking to the Hudson. The plan, echoing Nathan Sweet, would cost about 82.1 million dollars, compared with the Suez canal at 100 million.
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Deep Waterways Commission
Albany
N. Y
McKinley
Upper Lakes
Seaboard
Harrison
Tonawanda
Lake Ontario
Wilson
Oswego
Lake Oneida
Mohawk River
Hudson
Nathan Sweet
Dividends Declared For Creditors Of Insolvent Banks
Washington September 29 The comptroller of the currency has declared dividends for creditors of insolvent national banks. Union National Bank of Minneapolis receives 10 percent Marine National Bank of Duluth 10 percent Huron National Bank of Huron South Dakota 12 percent.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Union National Bank of
Minneapolis
Marine National Bank of
Duluth
Huron National Bank of Huron
S. D
Locomotive Boiler Explodes Killing Engineer in Harrisburg
Harrisburg dispatch reports engineer E Bennett Mitchell killed and fireman John R Cawley seriously injured when a locomotive on the Northern Central railway at Georgetown exploded. The boiler was blown about 150 feet and the wreckage settled on a mountainside.
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Harrisburg
E. Bennett Mitchell
John R. Cawley
Northern Central Railway
Georgetown
Reward Offered for Northern Pacific Train Robbers
MoorneaD Minn Sept 29 A reward of 1500 dollars has been offered for the capture of the Northern Pacific train robbers. The sheriff has a man who can identify them. United States deputy marshals and government detectives are energetically at work on the case.
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Moornead
Minn
Northern Pacific
United States
Twelve bushels an acre of wheat yield falls short
Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota crop reports show a combined field average under 12 bushels per acre. Minnesota reports across 2565 fields yield 12.6, North Dakota 12.4, South Dakota 9 1/6, with officials cautioning final totals may rise slightly but likely remain below 12.0. Colonel G D Rogers notes early estimates are typically low and projects 140 to 145 million bushels for the three states this season.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Ali
North Dakota
South Dakota
G. D. Rogers
Chamber of Commerce
Rogers
Spain Pledges Port Dues for Navy Works
A Madrid dispatch reports Spain's government negotiating a loan guaranteed by port dues to fund new naval construction.
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Spain
London
Madrid
McKenna rules tariffs shield Canadian port shipments
Washington announces that goods entering the United States via Canadian ports are not subject to the 10 percent discriminating duty, and that foreign goods aboard British vessels or traveling through Canada are also exempt. The attorney general finds no reason to burden shipments through Canada differently from direct imports and questions Congress's stated intent.
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Washington
McKenna
United States
China
Vancouver
Canada
Chicago
Chili
Philadelphia
Congress
Doings of Odd Fellows Parade Prizes at Springfield
At the sovereign grand lodge session in Springfield Illinois the secret work dominated the day a grand parade led by General J P Ellacott of Chicago followed by a prize drill. Canton Muncie No 4 of Muncie Indiana won 300 dollars in class A and Canton Mikeen No 28 of Terre Haute Indiana won 150 dollars in class B.
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Springfield
Ills
Sovereign Grand Lodge I. O. O. F
J. P. Ellacott
Chicago
Canton Muncie No. 4
Muncie
Ind
Canton Mikeen No
Terre Haute
Last Cabinet Meeting Before President's Departure
Washington dispatch notes the final cabinet gathering before the president leaves. Absent were Secretaries Gage and Long, both out of town, with Attorney General McKenna there for under thirty minutes. No discussion of the Cuban situation appears to have occurred.
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Washington
Gage
Long
McKenna
Spain's Path to Cuban Settlement Rumors
Maprio reports that poor par lours seek a friendly settlement between the United States and Spain over Cuba with a Liberals cabinet likely and Weyler expected to be recalled upon the queen's return to Madrid Autonomy would follow avoiding U S intervention.
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Maprio
Correspondencia de Espana
United States
Spain
Cuba
Epoca
San Sebastian
Madrid
Weyler
Island
Miners End Idleness as 150,000 Return to Work
The Pittsburgh coal strike ends with 150,000 miners resuming after 11 weeks, with wages up 20 percent. Wage scale committees wrap up, miners gain nearly all demands, and operators report ample car supply and strong mine runs. The key battle centers on New York and Cleveland Gas Coal, aiming to enforce 65 cents per ton. Desultory clashes may continue.
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New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Pittsburg
Federation Meeting Focuses on Miner Organizing and West Virginia Convention
Washington September 23's AFL executive council session aimed at aiding miners in Illinois and West Virginia and planning a West Virginia convention to settle state difficulties per Columbus convention action. Auditors verified the secretary's books and reported flourishing finances with a notable membership increase.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Illinois
West Virginia
Columbus
Many Collieries Resume in Anthracite Region
Hazleton Pa September 23 Peace has been restored in the anthracite region and nearly every colliery is working. The Lehigh and Wilkesbarre company's Andenried mines employ 2500 men and led the return prompting a stampede of other strikers. Over two thirds of regional miners are working. Only Wentz and Co at Silver Brook and Lehigh Valley at Jeansville and Yorktown remain idle.
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Hazleton
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Company
Wentz & Co
Silver Brook
Lehigh Valley
Jeansville
Yorktown
Sheriff and Deputies Charged in Lattimer Miners Killings
Wilkes Barre Sept 23. Sheriff James Martin and about 40 deputies were arraigned on murder charges for the Sept 10 Lattimer strike killings. After witness testimony the court set bail at 4000 dollars each, and the defendants posted bond and returned to Hazleton.
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Wilkesbarre
James Martin
Lattimer
Hazleton
Miners Strike After Weighman Dispute in Ohio
In Steubenville Ohio on September 23 Long Run and Dillonvale miners walked out in the morning strike after the company objected to a weighman elected by the miners union from Dillonvale.
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Steubenville, O
Dillonvale
Middle-of-Readers Win Ballot Contest Victory
The state election board ruled in favor of the middle-of-the-roaders in the ballot contest. They will appear on the ballot under the Peoples party name. The regular Peoples party merged with Democrats and free silver Republicans on June 23. The middle-of-the-roaders bolted and held a convention on August 19.
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Des Motives
State Election Board
Peoples Party
Democrats
Free Silver Republicans
Meriden crank arrested at White House after threats
Joseph Bloomfield Jackson of Meriden Connecticut, described as a crank, was arrested at the White House door after an unsuccessful entry attempt. He was heavily armed and had lingered in Washington for days, boasting of harm to a high government official and sending a threatening letter to a local paper.
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Washington
Joseph Bloomfield Jackson
Meriden
Conn
White House
Executive Mansion
Jackson
Raleigh House
School Teacher Arrested for Forgery in Yercvs Fals Minn
Lewis A. Lavalley, a well known county schoolteacher, was arrested on forgery charges. He allegedly forged directors' names on district paper and disposed of large quantities of it.
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Minn
Lewis A. Lavalley
Frost Grips Ohio Valley Causing Crop Damage
Reports from across the Ohio valley indicate heavy frost damage last night, hitting tobacco and late corn hard. The frost was widespread in Southern Ohio Indiana and Northern Kentucky with effects felt throughout the region.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Revolt Looms Across Central American States
A Washington dispatch states Pan American diplomats expect a general upheaval in Central American republics. Guatemala’s victory over Barrios and Morales’s rise to the presidency could trigger revolts in Honduras and Nicaragua, while Costa Rica’s consul general’s imprisonment strains international courtesy. Salvador remains quiet for now.
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New York
The
Herald
Washington
Guatemala
Barrios
Morales
Eduardo Beoche
Honduras
Bonibila
Salvador
Republic of
Central America
Price Put on Morales and Aide in Guatemala
San Francisco news wires report Guatemala's President Barrios has issued a decree placing a $100,000 price on the heads of Prospero Morales, a revolutionary leader, and his aide Manuel Fuentes. The order is said to be officially promulgated.
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San Francisco
Guatemala
Prospero Morales
Manuel Fuentes
Barrios
Ready to Cede Kassala to Britain
Rome Sept 29 All arrangements for the cession of Kassala to Great Britain have been completed and every thing is ready for the occupation of that town by British troops.
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Kassala
Rome
Great Britain
Five underwriters meet in Chicago as interest grows
The 28th annual meeting of the Five Underwriters of the Northwest is under way in Chicago this week. Other items note Young Griffo and Jack Daly boxing six rounds in Philadelphia where Griffo led throughout. Treasury reports show cash balance of 215,048,458 and gold reserve 147,275,285. Over 300 delegates attend the ninth annual United States Brew Masters' association convention in Detroit. Rutland McEnery, nephew of Sen McEnery, was shot fatally while trying to arrest a rapist near Canderville Alabama. George C. Thorpe, reported killed by Turks in Crete, arrives in Minneapolis and cannot explain the rumor. A St Joseph Michigan letter reports a typhoid fever outbreak in Klondike with three deaths daily. Duluth wheat receipts and shipments reach record weekly totals.
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Northwest
Chicago
Young Griffo
Jack Daly
Wilmington
Philadelphia
Griffo
Treasury
United States Brew Masters’ Association
Detroit
Rutland McEnery
Senator McEnery
Canderville
Ala
George C. Thorpe
Crete
Minneapolis
St. Joseph
Mich
Frank Phiscator
Alaska
Klondike
Duluth
Baseball Scores and Standings From Early Games
On the diamond St. Louis defeated Cincinnati five to four while Baltimore beat Boston ten to nineteen. New York lost to Washington three to six as Pittsburg topped Chicago five to four. Clubs standings show Boston .705 and Baltimore .608 leading. New York .683, Cincinnati .574, Cleveland .535, Brooklyn .465, Washington .465, Pittsburg .452, Chicago .438, Philadelphia .419, Louisville .398, St. Louis .210.
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Boston
New York
Washington
Pittsburg
Chicago
Cleveland
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Louisville
Market Report Wheat Corn and Oats Prices
Late market report from Milwaukee dated September 27 lists wheat prices No 1 Northern No 2 spring at 87 88 cents for December. Corn No 3 at 27 percent? Oats No 2 white at 22 44 22 9e. Barley No 2 percent 44 cents, sample on track 27 4ic.
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Milwaukee
Yirgo
Wheat price report from Duluth market
The Duluth wheat market reports cash No 1 hard at 5 percent, No 1 Northern around 9144 cents, new No 2 Northern at 8744 cents, No 5 spring at 83 cents, with arrivals of No 1 hard at 24 gc, No 1 Northern at Whigc, and September and October blends noted for No 1 Northern at 10 and 90 respectively.
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Duluth
Northern
Wheat futures close steady in Minneapolis trade
Wheat futures in Minneapolis settled with September at 88 cents a bushel and December at 80.5 cents. On Track No 1 hard reached 91.5 cents, No 1 Northern 90.4 cents, and No 2 Nor. Beet at 82. BEbec.
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Minneapolis
Market notes on live poultry and dairy prices in Chicago
Chicago market report lists live poultry with turkeys at 9 100, chickens at 8 8 cents, spring chickens at 8 8 cents and related rates. Butter is firm with dairy products showing creameries at 14 20.5 cents and dairies at 12 18.0 cents. Eggs are firm and fresh at 1 cent.
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Chicago
Hog and cattle market update from South St. Paul
SoutH St. Paul reports hogs in short supply for market, eastern market down. Cattle market quiet with stockers 3.45 to 3.75, steers 4.00, cows 2.60 to 3.16, calves 4.35, sheep steady with muttons 3.50 and lambs 4.65.
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South ST. Paul
Grain and pork price snapshot with monthly figures
The listing shows Wheat with September 91c, December 913c, May 905c. Corn September 28c, October 2830, December 20. Oats September 19%, October 193c, December 20c. May 2c. Pork September $5.22, October $8.22, December $4.00, January $9.30.
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Chicago
Umpire Chosen For Boundary Arbitration Without King Oscar
Umpire named by arbiters convening to decide the British Guiana Venezuelan boundary dispute remains withheld. The fifth arbitrator was agreed on without involving King Oscar of Sweden or Baron Courcel, and the choice is an European referee, with no Monroe Doctrine questions to be referred. Venezuela is represented by Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Brewer of the U S Supreme Court.
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Wasnhineton
Baron Courcel
Oscar
Sweden
Venezuela
Fuller
Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Ottawa Conference Hitches Over Seal Experts
Report from Ottawa on September 27 says the United States may demand Russian and Japanese experts at the Washington conference on seal life. Canada opposes this, preferring only study-qualified experts, risking the conference’s dissolution.
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OtTawa
Ont
United States
Washington
Insurgent Actions Reported in Champerico and Barrios
Private dispatch from Champerico Guatemala via Acapulco notes insurgents control Champerico and San Felipe. Barrios arrests prominent supporters and wives of revolutionists, while chaos reigns in Guatemala City. The dictator enforces loans by force, with death for refusals.
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San Francisco
Champerico
Guatemala
Acapulco
San Felipe
Barrios
Timber bid wins Red Cliff Chippewa reserve sale
Washington report states the interior department accepted Frederick L. Gilbert's bid for all timber on Wisconsin's Red Cliff Chippewa Indian reservation. The 100,000,000 foot claim totals 416,000 dollars with conditions to erect mills on site, process lumber locally, cut 10 to 20 million feet yearly, and employ Indian labor when feasible.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
Frederick L. Gilbert
Red Cliff Chippewa Indian Reservation
Wisconsin
Gilbert
Social Democracy dissolves Branch 2 over incendiary speech
The national executive board revoked Branch 2 charter and expelled four insubordinate leaders after violent utterances and refusal to submit to board discipline. Eugene V. Debs William E. Burns Roy O. Goodwin and Sylvester Kelcher led the unanimous action to place the party on record against incendiary speech.
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ChicaGco
Branch 2
The
Social Democracy of America
National Executive Board
Eugene V. Debs
William E. Burns
Roy O. Goodwin
Sylvester Ke
Manitoba wheat crop forecast trims export total
Winnipeg reports estimates place Manitoba wheat production at about 15,000,000 bushels this year, far below the government August forecast of 23,000,000 and underling no greater export availability than last year. The latest figures show a crop yield near 16 bushels per acre, with the export total not exceeding 15 million bushels.
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Manitoba
Winnipaca
Victory at Victoria de las Tunas Boosts Cuban Struggle
New York dispatch reports General Calixto Garcia’s Aug 29 capture of Victoria de las Tunas. Junta officials see the victory as confirming prior advice and anticipate major impact, delivering over 1,000 rifles, 2 cannons, 1,500,000 cartridges, plus clothing, medicine and provisions.
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Victoria de Las Tunas
New York
Calixto Garcia
Mortgage Sale Notice in Beadle County South Dakota
Default on a 1886 mortgage to Colonial & United States Mortgage Company leads to foreclosure by Investment Guaranty Trust Company. Sheriff sale scheduled November 6, 1897 at 2 p.m. at the courthouse front door in Huron to satisfy $1147.03 plus interest and costs. G. L. Eppy, attorney.
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Anna Westdahl
Andrew Westdahl
American Banking & Trust Company
Auburn
Maine
Register of Deeds
Beadle County
South Dakota
David H. Ives
Office of the Register of Deeds
City of
Huron
Davin H. Purves
Frank Turner
Faulkton
Territory of Dakota
Thomas B. Williams
Mort i
Colonial & United States Mortgage Company (Limited
United States Mortgage Company (Limited
Investment Guarantee Company (Limited
Investment Guaranty Trust Company
Seal] (Limited
G. L. Eppy
Order to Show Cause on Guardian Sale of Real Estate
Beadle County South Dakota. In the matter of Martin Issenhuth deceased guardian ae Issenhuth requests an order to sell real estate for wards Alice and Issenhuth. Next of kin and interested parties must appear October 9, 1897 at 10 a.m. in Huron court to show cause why sale should not be approved. A copy of this order will be published three weeks in Dakota Huronite. Attest J H Alexander Clerk. Dated Huron SD Sept 7 1897.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County of
Beadle
South Dakota
Martin Issenhuth
Ae. Issenhuth
Issenhuth
Alice Issenhuth
City of Huron
Beadle County
Dakota Huronite
Jed
J. H. Alexander
Huron
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