Retail Butchers Plan Stock Scheme Against Trusts
The Retail Butchers' Protective association in New York proposes a $5 million fund to counter Chicago wholesalers. $3 million from retailers and $2 million via popular subscription would fund stock sold at $1 a share, with limits per person, aiming to cut beef prices and attract labor and small merchants to oppose trusts.
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New York
Retail Butchers’ Protective Association
Chicago
Wagner
New York City
George Kahn
John D. Rockefeller
Wm. Co. Whitney
Wagener
Rockefeller
Compromised Suit Ends With Settlement in Iowa
Miss Mary E. Wright of Villisca and Rev. R. Lincoln Wilson of Chicago settled their breach of promise case in Burlington for 2000 dollars. The suit, once demanding 5000 and causing local sensation, was withdrawn and church proceedings suspended. Wilson formerly resided in Wapello and aims to become a missionary.
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Burlington
Mary E. Wright
Villisca
R. Lincoln Wilson
Chicago
Wilson
Waukesha Husband Kills Wife in Sleep Statement to Sheriff
George Eckert confessed at the Waukesha county jail that he killed his wife with a 32 caliber revolver while she lay asleep. Sheriff King heard a pounding at 4 to 5 am and Eckert and Jim Young surrendered. Officers found Mrs Eckert dead in bed with two rifle bullets, no sign of struggle, gunpowder on the face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
Wis
George Eckert
Waukesha County
Sheriff King
Jim Young
Eckert
Young
East Park Avenue
Acquittal precedes new suit over carbolic blinding case
In Oconto a law firm sued Mrs Rose Sharp for $900 plus costs for trial services. Sharp transferred property to Katherine Slattery to defeat the judgment. Attorneys seek to set aside the deed and sell the property to satisfy the judgment, alleging intent to defraud creditors. Fond du Lac reports the death of Miss Iva Scribner after a railroad accident in San Pedro with her sister Miss Mary Scribner killed. The surviving brother was trapped but uninjured.
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Oconto
Wis
Felker, Stewart & McDonald
Oshkosh
Rose Sharp
Katherine Slattery
Fond du Lac
Rosendale
Iva Scribner
San Pedro
Cal
Mary Scribner
William Scrioner
Iowa State Fair Opens With Record Attendance
Des Moines reports the Iowa state fair opening day drew the largest crowd and exhibitors in history. Livestock displays, especially heavy horses from the west, are the biggest seen on the grounds, signaling a potential grand event.
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Des Moines
West
Engineer J K Meyers Arrested on Rape Charge
Des Moines report states J K Meyers a Rock Island railroad engineer for twenty years was arrested after arriving from a run on the charge of rape. He allegedly assaulted Cecil Cher ry the seven year old daughter of W F Cherry. Meyers waived examination and was jailed in default of a ten thousand dollar bond.
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Des Moines
J. K. Meyers
Rock Island Road
Cecil
W. F. Cherry
Meyers
Harrison son ill at Santiago improves from fever
Washington report says Major Russell B. Harrison, ill at Santiago with yellow fever, now appears out of danger. Ex President Harrison, in Paris, is kept daily informed of his son's condition by military authorities.
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Washington
War Department
Wood
Russell B. Harrison
Santiago
Harrison
Paris
Fond du Lac Loses U S Manufacturing Plant to Oshkosh
Fond du Lac Wisconsin reports the United States Manufacturing company will move its plant to Oshkosh after a deal closes. The loss affects local employment and industrial presence in Fond du Lac.
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Fond du Lac
Fond du Lac, Wis
United States Manufacturing Company
Oshkosh
Iowa Bank Cashier Dead
Captain William Smith of Mount Vernon Iowa cashier of the Bank of Mount Vernon died here Wednesday night.
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Iowa
Saratoga
N. Y
William Smith
Mount Vernon
Bank of Mount Vernon
Hart factory cans 15 million peas this season
Hart Michigan canning plant reports a season output of 15,000,000 peas. Other notes include 52 chicks hatched in Oxford Wisconsin and three fatal Tyrolese Alps accidents. News from Santo Domingo speaks of bloody fighting and government losses.
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Hart
Mich
Oxford
Wis
Tyrolese Alps
Tecumseh
Calumet
Lapeer County
Santo Domingo
LaCrosse
L. J. Mansur
West Salem
Grand Lodge
Swedish Sons of America
Ishpeming
Maurice Jokai
Arabella Nagy
Frank W. Waite
Sturgis
Michigan
Oconto
Paine Lumber Company
Oshkosh
Bertillon theory of Dreyfus handwriting tested in Rennes
A Dreyfus court scene report describes M. Bertillon presenting a complex handwriting demonstration claiming Dreyfus forged the bordereau by writing in two hands. English reporter Rowland Strong testified Esterhazy confessed, while Gobert said the bordereau isn’t Dreyfus’s handwriting. The AP notes potential German document access and a proposed joint inquiry. At same time Ingham County reports severe drought damaging crops and fruit.
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Rennes
M. Bertillon
Prefecture of Police
Paris
Dreyfus
Dreyfusard
Dreyfusards
Bertillon
Rowland Strong
Esterhazy
Germany
M. Gobert
War Office
Gonse
Outlander Dynamite Fees Stay High in Transvaal
In Pretoria the volksraad upheld the dynamite monopoly by an 18 to 9 vote. Commandant generals cautioned field leaders against forcing arms on strangers and war plans included potential confiscation of property. Milner and Chamberlain argued about arbitration and redress for non British outsiders as tensions rise.
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Pretoria
South African Republic
Volksraad
Dynamite Commission
P. J. Joubert
Viljoen
South Africa
Sir Alfred Milner
Transvaal
Chamberlain
Cape Town
Alfred Milner
Alfred
LAWYER SCOVILLE'S LIFE Denial of Pipe Story Linked to Garfield Case
Logansport Indiana August 26 Recent dispatches labeling Attorney Scoville as an embittered recluse tied to Garfield's assassination are false. Scoville, 70, resides at Bass Lake Stark County near the Chicago and Erie railroad. He owns a large farm and mansion with a lake front veranda and steamer landing. The couple hosts guests in summer and receives heavy mail. An ardent free silver man he spoke in many public halls during the last presidential campaign.
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Logansport
Ind
Scoville
Garfield
Seoville
Bass Lake
Stark County
Chicago and Erie
Tle
Guiteau
Ufba
Seoville Eertain
Pastor John Mackin Dies After Twenty-Two Years At St Mary's Elgin
Rev. John Mackin longtime pastor of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church Elgin died at 66 after twenty two years in the post. Born in County Armagh Ireland he served in Chicago Lockport Lemont Peoria Joliet before coming to Elgin where he re established St Mary's Academy and helped build a new church nearing completion valued at fifty thousand dollars.
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Lockport
Lemont
Peoria
Joliet
Algin
St. Mary's Academy
Tried to Kill a Girl by the Cowboys
Telegraph reports from Engle New Mexico say Nellie McKinstry of Marion Indiana was shot by W J Spradling at his ranch home where she went to be housekeeper. Spradling wounded and escaped but was later shot and killed by a posse. the motive remains unknown amid a chaotic pursuit.
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Marion
Ind
Engle
N. M
Nellie McKinstry
W. J. Spradling
Spradling
New Mexico
Presidential policy talk at Ocean Grove sparks praise and debate
President and party arrived in Long Branch and were greeted with cheers. In Ocean Grove he urged peace first, then governance in the Philippines, arguing the flag stands for liberty and humanity everywhere, and called for a lawful government protecting life and property.
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Long Branch
N.J
New York
United States
Normanhurst
Hobart
Hollywood
Ocean Grove
Pittsburg
Porto Rico
Philippines
Stara and Stripes
Atkinson Shattue Correspondence Reveals Tense Exchange
Between Edward Atkinson of Beaton and Representative W B Shattue of Cincinnati a dated Aug 15 1899 letter from Atkinson rails against criminal aggression while dismissing treasonable materials. Shattue’s Aug 25 1899 reply condemns Atkinson and warns loyalists against anti-government treachery. Senator Fairbanks speaks at Indiana reunion. Governor Tanner’s health gradually improves in Springfield Illinois.
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Congress
Senator Hoar
Cincinnati
W. B. Shattue
M. C
Aguinaldo
United States
Ohio
McKinley
Philippines
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Nertillon
Associated Press
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C. M. Krok
Casey Bros
Reed and Sale Stable
Hotel Allen
BE. M. McConaughy
Orrien
I. Klein's Clothing
J. R. Burroughs
Orrion
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Columbia Corner
Washtanton, LA
DAS
Hull, Physicians and Surgeons
Nat'l Bank
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P. W. McElwain
Ps Alors
Washington Lowa
Marsh W. Bailey
Derice
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C.J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
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Temple Building
W. E. Anderson, M. D
Ida Bailey
Geo. W. Hay
Graham Opera House
East Washington Street
Northwestern University
Evanston
Lotkino
Eivangstem
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Kemble Flower Co
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Lowa
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Frank Rogers
G. H. Pratt
Optician
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Garment Diamond Corrine
DeLong
T. T. Keeley
W. Washington Street
H. Sanford
Speak
T. J. Dempsey
National Bank
H. Young
Ww. K. Jeperrey
Anderson
Cash
Ameron
Washington County
Capital
Ings Bank
Don General Banking
Jos. Keox
A. Warren
C. H. Keox
V. P
M. Kao
Ass't
Schneider
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wall
C. H. Keck
L. D. Robinson
Stewart
J. ¥. Henderson
W. H. Butterfield
Urall's
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