Four MAD PREACHER Kills Wife Child Then Self
Aurora Missouri February 2 Rev Bud Ellis pastor of Clay Hill Methodist shot killed his wife and infant daughter then killed himself after a morning quarrel over money matters. He left a note directing his brother that Ellen and he were dead and had made a will leaving all to his two children by his first wife. Also report of eleven Whitecappers attacking the McGinnis boys near Crutcher with Walter escaping and brothers nephews of late Senator J McGinnis of St Louis.
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Aurora
Bud Ellis
Clay Hill
Ellen
Manswatt
Saline County
William McGinnis
Crutcher
Harry
Walter McGinnis
Walter
McGinnis Brothers
Senator J. McGinnis
St. Louis
Comprehensive university reform bill introduced by Major Bittinger
A broad bill guiding the state university, prepared at the board of curators’ request, seeks to overhaul the university law. It limits curators to five per political party, with the governor empowered to reappoint meritorious members regardless of party. As vacancies arise, appointments aim to fulfill the law quickly, nullifying the Woodward rider’s effect.
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Jerverson
State University
John L. Bittinger
St. Joseph
Toattsin
Senate
The Elbe Disaster Official Advices Show Losses
The Elbe disaster claims 832 lives with 50 cabin passengers and 149 steerage among the missing. Only 20 saved. Other items report January receipts of 27,804,199 and expenditures 34,523,447, plus mint figures for January 1895: gold 5,098,300 and silver 564,000 with 200,000 silver dollars in the total.
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New York
North German Lloyd Company
Bremen
Elbe
Ja. Wasasxgros
Wasurserox
Trade Review Signals Relief as January Ends with Gold Exports
R G Dans weekly trade review notes January closed with the heaviest gold exports and treasury withdrawals, sparking hopes for a new loan and a price lift. It cites the lowest average prices for cotton iron wool silver and a near bottom for wheat while industrial activity remains diminished and interior credit demand weak. Bank clearings in New York show mixed but improving activity per Bradstreets table.
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New Yeas
R. G Dan
Review of Trade
New York
Missouri to Join Uniform Laws Effort Across States
Missouri joins New York and others in appointing commissioners to promote uniform legislation on marriage and divorce insolvency notarial forms descent and distribution of property acknowledgment of deeds execution and probate of wills and negotiable paper. A three member nonpaid board will report to the next biennial general assembly. New York militia returns home to Buffalo NY orders the city wide mobilization ends with armory stores remaining. The piece ends with a standard ad line about Dr Price's Baking Powder.
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Missouri
Derrenses
New York
United States
Senate
Eeaven
General Assembly
Notable Crime Blends With Weather and Cited Notices
Wire briefs report Chet Long captured near Chandler Oklahoma, and a Mrs. John Hudson of Oak Grove Missouri killed by a runaway team. Ward McAllister funeral set for Grace Church with Bishop Potter officiating. Kansas City board of trade backs the president’s financial message after a fight. Brower & McGoun suspended on the New York Stock Exchange amid $400,000 in liabilities. Snow in Nebraska. zero in temperature and high winds. Three babies born to a wife of Douglas Balls near Oklahoma City. Rev W E Hinshaw linked to his wife’s murder case in Belleville Illinois. A Cheney raid on safes near Wichita yields no crew left behind. Pred Heitz’s glass furnace in St Laws, $100,000 project. North Bates county Missouri to Palisade Nebraska flour aid shipment totals 23,000 pounds. Severe weather across Germany hobbles rail travel. Matt Ryan captured at Pittsburg Kansas and jailed in Douglas County. Pension Agent Van Leuven near death in Anamosa Iowa. pardon sought. Grand jury probes clerk’s office theft of James G Pair will. Memphis Merchants support Cleveland’s message for currency reform. State Jovanan’s column notes reach per day readership higher than any other paper.
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Chet Long
Chandler
John Hudson
Oak Grove
Ward McAllister
Grace Church
Bishop Potter
Kansas City Board of Trade
Brower & McGoun
New York Stock Exchange
Nebraska
Douglas Balls
Oklahoma City
W. E Hinshaw
Belleville
Cheney
Wichita
St. Laws
United States
Bates County
J. F. Dye
Palisade
Neb
Germany
Matt Ryan
Pittsburg
Kan
Douglas County
George M. van Leuven
Anamosa
Iowa
Grand Jury
James G. Pair
Grand
Memphis
Cleveland
Tennessee
Congress
Treasury
Teller Talks on No Hasty or Weak Legislation in Senate
In Washington on February 9, Senator Teller warned against hasty or weak financial legislation as Congress reviewed the District of Columbia appropriation bill. Credentials for Warren S. Reese of Alabama were presented, while Treasury data dated January 31 showed total debt at 1,646,827,487 with cash in treasury of 761,470,392 and a gold reserve of 44,705,967.
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Wasumeton
Senate
District of Columbia
Teller
Congress
Gorman
United States
Allen
Warren S. Reese
Alabama
Mr. Morgan
RF. Kolb
Montgomery
Ala
R. F. Kolb
Tonville
Reese
Hawaii
District of Columbia Committee
Treasury Department
Washington
Treasury
National Bank Circulation Reports Decline in February
The comptroller of the currency shows national bank circulation at 205,205,344 dollars, down 1,307,709 for the month and 2,560,036 for the year. Outstanding circulation against bonds totals 175,674,240 dollars, down 993,217 for the month and 7,117,487 for the year. Circulation secured by lawful money stands at 29,531,695 dollars, down 314,492 for the month but up 4,557,441 for the year. Registered bonds on deposit to secure notes are 15,826,100 dollars, and to secure public deposits 14,973,000 dollars.
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Wasuinetos
Comptroller of the Currency
Dr. Price
Gladstone and Liberal Money Theatres on Banknote Policy
Financial writer Robert Ewen argues Gladstone favored government issued currency and a national bank. He cites England’s 1844 banking acts, warns against monopolized Bank of England control, and proposes treasury issued national notes as legal tender across Britain and its dominions.
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Robert Ewen
Giadstone
England
Bank of England
Treasury
Gladstone
Missouri Solons Pass Engrossed Phipps Bill In House
Missouri lawmakers in Joplin discuss and engross a Phipps department store tax bill, set at 50 dollars per line over two carried, amid cigarette bill debates. The session also handles bonds for state officials, a university building commissioner, university salary data requests, a Macon Road law, and a Price’s Baking Powder plug.
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Phipps Department Store
Jorrenson City
Phipps
New York
Pears
the Supreme Court
State University
Senate
Jesse
Goodykoontz
House
Sam
Dr. Price
Army
Navy
Havemeyer Plans Twenty Story Fireproof Building
New York February 2 H C Havemeyer announces plans to erect a twenty story fireproof office and business building on the Herald site at Broadway Park Row and Run streets. Construction starts after May 1 lease expirations on a 100 by 200 foot corner plot with rear Crosby street elevator. Havemeyer also contemplates a twelve story preproof building for stores.
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New York
New Yeurs
H. C. Havemeyer
Herald
Broadway
Park Row
Run Streets
Prince Street
Crosby Street
Havemeyer
Theater hat must go in New York bill against obstructed views
Appany N Y Feb 2 Assemblyman Cutler of Rockland county introduces a bill aimed at obstructed views in theaters. If enacted patrons may demand a refund and violators face misdemeanor charges with fines up to 20 dollars. The measure progressed to the house committee, signaling seriousness despite initial laughter.
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New York
Appany
N. Y
Assemblyman Cutler
Rockland County
Cutler
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