FOUR POACHERS SHOT IN CROWN POINT MELEE
In a tense clash on the Totteston club preserves near Chicago, five men were shot during a duck hunt dispute. Wounded include Frank Costwick, Pratt, Charles Pratt, and Join Hinckburn. two may die, one fatally. Sheriff Kurley arrested Barney Whitweek and others. The incident occurred after poachers fired at game keepers at close range.
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Crown Point
Ind
Jan
Totteston Chub
Chicago
Mar
Frank Costwick
Pratt
Sveiwiore Shoteun
Charles Pratt
Vead Botweil
Wit
Hinckburn
Duck Swamp
Hoya
Roth Range
Blackbur
Sherif Kurley
Barney Whitweek
Blackharn Brothers
Alfred Taylor
Theodore Pratt
Gomtick
Mrs Lease Rival Mary Hobart Aims For United States Senate
Olympia Wash Jan Colonell Mary E B Hobart emerges as a native candidate for the United States Senate in Washington state She is a vigorous speaker on finance author of several books and has clashed with Henry George over monetary theory She claims too much credit worsens distress and bank failures and proposes a novelty bid offering $400 to anyone who can disprove her interest theory In the commonweal era she spoke against General Jumbo Cantwell to soldiers warning of British tendencies and looming monopolies and landlords.
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Olonel
Mary Hobart
Washington U. & Senate
Olympia
Wash
Mary EB. Hobart
Washington
United
Senate
Georg
Kane Yor & Jong
Washington State
Jumbo" Cantwell
Gift to Los Angeles Creates World Largest City Park
G J Grimth of Los Angeles presents 3 000 acres to the city for a park near Elysian and Cahuenga valley. The trail lies over a mile from the city limits and will connect with Elysian park via boulevard. The land spans river flats, foothills, oaks, and canyons, with deer, native birds, and extensive improvements included as part of the gift.
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Los Angeles
G. J. Grimth
Nord
Elysian Park
Cahuenga Valey
Fenan
Ban Fernando
Sierra Madre
Canyore
Walter
Coffee business ruined by rebellion and resource report
Washington reports United States Consul Hyatt at Santiago furnished a detailed description of Chile's coffee resources, noting plantations thrived until the rebellion and likely few will survive until peace returns. Lima reports election riots injuring several in Cerro Paseo. Des Moines clerk testimonials praise for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with relief from indigestion and pains. Prices 25 and 10 cents.
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Washington
United States
Hyatt
Santiago
State Department
Seays
Lima
Peru
Cerro Paseo
Wm. H. Penn
Des Moines
Pension Day parley turns House floor into wheat pit scene
Washington January 20 the old soldiers had a full day in the House devoted to private pension bills. Of 900 on the calendar 52 were disposed of in five hours. A notable moment came with a widow granted 318 monthly amid cheers as peers pressed to gain the chairman’s eye. The day closed at 5 10 p.m. with the House adjourned.
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Washington
Ola
Margaret O'Donnell
22Nd Regiment of
New York Merit Artillery
Thomas
Rep
Mich
Crisp
Hannah B. Rodgers
Whisky Trusts Work Ends Denver Warehouse
Revenue Collector A L Newbak ordered the bonded warehouse in Denver to close and notify bonded alcohol owners to withdraw by May as the facility will be abandoned. The acting internal revenue commissioner says three barrels of alcohol entered there for one barrel of rye whiskey, contrary to warehouse policies. Local dealers blame opposition from Louisville warehouse syndicates for the move.
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Denver
Interna
A. L. Newbak
G. W. Wilson
Internal Revenue Department
Louisville and Co
San Diego Carnival to Host Naval Parade
Interviews with Witt officers reveal orders for the Pheasant Comus and Imperious to rendezvous in San Diego around February 23 to join a water carnival in honor of Rear Admiral Beardslee. Detachments from Southern California and crews from USS Oregon Philadelphia Monterey Monadnock Adams and Albatross plus British ships total about 6900 men in the parade. A grand naval review under Beardslee is also planned.
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San Diego
Cal
Witt
Bay of
Beardasset
United States Navy
Squadro
Navy
California
Salors
United Bretes
Oregon
Philadelphia
Monterey
Monadnock
Adama
Albatross
Pheasant
Comtus
Imperious
Hear
Miners Rebuff Adams and Debs After Arbitration Plea
Leadville miners reject the final mine managers proposition approved by Governor Adams and E V Debs. The nearly unanimous vote ends negotiations for now as the strike continues. The miners insist on arbitration as the path forward while the governor returns home at midnight.
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Leadville
Adams
Debs
E. V. Debs
Earthquake Kills Many on Kishasa Island in Persian Gulf
A Teheran dispatch reports a devastating earthquake on Kishasa Island in the Persian Gulf on January 41, causing enormous loss of life. Kishasa lies near the gulf entrance, about 70 miles long and 1.5 miles wide, with an estimated population around 5,000 Arabs.
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London
Teheran
Persia
Kishasa
Persian Gulf
Eightnaia
Utah Ballot Deadlock Delays U S Senator Pick
Salt Lake City June 2 legislative session held the first ballot for United States senator with votes split among Rawlins Thatcher Henderson Nebecke Lawrence and one abstention. House tally showed Rawlins Thatcher and others with scattered figures as deadlock persists in state politics.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Senate
Rawlins
Thatcher
Henderson
Nebecke
Lawrence
Alain
House
Brown
Chambers
King Oscar Opens Righdags Speech on Arbitration
King Oscar opened the righdag today and expressed gratification at the request to him to cooperate in arbitrating future Anglo American disputes. The event signals a cooperative stance in resolving international tensions through arbitration.
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Oscar
Stockholm
Dubois behind in ballots sparks party split
A chaotic report from yesterday shows candidates Frank Walter and Lewis on Democratic ballots, with Populists backing Nel sun Boputist and other factions backing Walten 2 and Dubois. The messy tally reflects party divisions and shifting loyalties amid a tense primary process.
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Dubois
Boles
Minho
Jan
Frank Walter
United States
Walten
Lewis
Nelsun Boputist
Belmonts Circle Faces Shifted Roles at Elite Ball
New York reports uneasy social undercurrent as Mrs Belmont, amid royal and high-society ties, faces absence from a major ball. Perry Belmont and allied circles maneuver to preserve favor while Mrs Ogden Mills and others reassess invitations. Meanwhile, Mrs Astor’s inner circle shows nuance in acceptance and exclusion as family loyalties and social standings shape plans for the forthcoming event. Carnegie donates books to a Brooklyn institution, including Round the World and American Pours in Hand.
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New York
Glover
Belmont
Mit Belmont
Jamie i Kermiorhen
Horna
Orillia
O. H. P. Belmont
Amo
MONT
Oyden
Hare Stone
Wille K. Vanderbilt
Alva
Perry Belmunt
Nocely
Henry Stoane
Ogden Auth
Milix
Bel Mont
Oliver H. Felmont
Ferry Belmont
John Jacob
Ogden Mills
Ars
Ames P. Kerhochkan
Formiaire
Is¢Mochasys
Jon
Delmont
Oliver
Bins
Milik
Tel Pont Sun
Jon Ahe Wawa
Wre
Astor
Ahe
Mre
Bormant
Carnegie
Brooklyn
Henry
Kndney Association
Hypnotic Habits and Postum Health Coffee Claims
The piece discusses coffee and tobacco habits as hypnotic, urging a switch to Postum Cereal Coffee made from grains. It claims Postum improves health, skin and blood, and criticizes giving coffee to children while urging readers to adopt Postum as a safer alternative.
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Postun Cereal Co
Hit
Battie Creek
Mich
Java
Mamine
Lodge Bill Is Changed In Immigration Debate
Conferees from both chambers reached agreement on the immigration bill. Provisions from both the senate and house bills were kept but altered to produce a markedly different measure. The Lodge educational qualification was approved with age limits from 16 to 20 years and the Corliss amendment was adopted with substantial changes. The final proposal narrows the alien employment ban to migrants who habitually come and go.
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Washington
Senate
House
Corliss
Tragic French girl dies amid tight lacing fear
Matthia Bartha Bist, a young French girl in New York, hanged herself to a transom, fearing insanity from a spinal injury caused by tight lacing. Her ribs were distorted, and she endured severe pain after a spine collapse a year earlier. Her mother is insane in a Flatbush asylum, and Bartha Bist warned her sister in a letter detailing her troubles.
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New York
Matthia Bartha- Bist
Flatbush
New Joss House Opened In Chinatown Temple
New York residents celebrate the installation of Quong Jung in a new joss house in Chinatown. Masons and carpenters finished the temple while Chinese onlookers watched the ornate niche and altar. Fireworks and a parade were planned to welcome Quong Jung.
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Chinatown
New York
Quong Jung
Joss House
Senate
Summit of the Andes Swiss guide tops Aconcagua in ascent
The Chronicle reports that Zurich guide Zurbriegen, after three attempts, reached the summit of Aconcagua in the Andes with a height over 26 000 feet. The party bivouacked at 20 000 feet January 12 and reached 22 000 feet January 14 before Zurbriegen finally summited at 5 pm.
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Menoma
Argentina
Zurbriegen
Aconcacum
Antes
Nem
Pahrenfelt
Zutlignen
Witeseraid
Zuroringen
Fitz Seraid
Thousand for a Dinner Tobacco Men Celebrate Market Stroke
A fragmentary early 20th century report notes a club of tobacco men in Bellevue Dayton New Covington Seaion and Alexandria meeting to celebrate a market stroke. The text mentions a prize pool around 200 dollars and a banquet with steaks roasts and various vegetables.
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Clocinnst
Bullevue
Dayton
New
Covington
Seaion
Sirlanger
Alex
Andria Bean
D Arville Sues Hammerstein for Salary and Contract Breach
New York January 24 Camille d Arville the singer who led the opera Santa Maria at the Olympia has two suits against Oscar Hammerstein owner of the Olympia The suits seek 31050 for salary alleged due and 12005 for breach of contract She says she was obliged to quit the part she owed to Mr Hammerstein’s timing and plans.
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D'Arville
Hammersten
New York
Camille d'Arville
Santa Maria
Olympia
Oscar Hammerstein
Misa
Escape of a Fort Scott Prisoner
Fort Scott on June 2 reports Squires a prisoner charged with stealing goods from Kansas City Port Scott and Memphis freight cars escaped the city prison yard yesterday. He scaled an eight foot fence, slipped past the guard, dropped over and has not been recaptured.
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Fort Scott
Jun
Squires
Kansas City
Port Scott
Memphis
Mason Named for Senator in Illinois Republican Caucus
Springfield reports Mason captured the United States Senate nomination after a bitter Illinois Republican joint caucus. The shift by Cook County forces and Lorimer's withdrawal triggered a stampede enabling Mason to win by acclamation amid machine opposition and McKinley opposition fractions. Mason accepted with a brief speech as defeated candidates spoke.
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Springfield
Mason
United States
Semantee Party
Tifinois
William Lorimer
Chicago
Cook County
Cook ‘County
Rae
Minon
Machine
Arciieley
Aio
Martin B. Madden
Lorimer
McKinley
State House
Winter Verses and Gossip in a Fragmented Page
A collage of poems and clippings from a New York Journal page. Includes verse about winter, wit from R. K. Munkittrick, brief reflections on aging and romance, misspelled bits on fashion and theater, a Boston Journal anecdote about church seating, and a Crawford Opera House notice for The Paiges repertory company with nightly changes and ticket prices.
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The
Paiges
Crawford Opera House
Pills
Weather plotter quarrel over climate and marriage
In a Chicago Post excerpt, Zohar and Maryt spar over controlling the weather. John faces pressure to influence conditions as the couple debates mercy and mischief, with playful digs about thermometer nudges and political petty concerns.
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Jonn
Jackie
John
Abe
Chicago Post
A Treacherous Memory and Fragments of 19th Century Speech
A collage of fractured lines and character snippets from a playful memory page. It includes mock dialogues and snippets involving neighbors, professors, and a cadaverous figure, with snippets about weddings, schooling, old marriages, and social evenings. The piece reads as a pastiche of era speech and social interactions.
Call's $100000 Suit A Damage Suit Against San Francisco Paper
A damage suit filed in San Francisco alleges Charles A. Schweteer hired John Haker to entice Solomon Lehman, aiming to extort against Schweteer’s life insurance policy of $60,000. The grand jury found a conspiracy to blackmail Schweteer and investigated an ambush shooting attributed to the case.
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San Francisco
Freano. Cal
Charles A. Schweteer
San Francisco Cail
Tossed by tidal waves aboard the Dresden in peril
New York reports two massive tidal waves within three hours nearly wrecked the North German steamer Dresden in January. The vessel entered port after a rough night. waves struck at 4 a.m. and around 7 a.m. causing damage but no loss of life. Captain Grows ordered power to stabilise, calmed the sea, while officers and crew endured injuries. chief steward injured by debris but survived.
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Dresden
New York
Kate Wren
Harary
Golger
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