Pentwater Attorney Kills Family Then Ends Own Life
S B Minshall of Pentwater Michigan after firing on William B O Sands then shot his wife Ruby and two young children before killing himself at his home The tragedy follows a dispute over business matters with Sands president of Sands Maxwell Lumber Co and a noted local figure Minshall left a letter asking a Chicago friend to care for his family if they survived him The motive appears linked to business grievances and a plan to “take him along with him” to face the proper elements.
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Pentwater
Mich
Amd
S. B
Minshall
William B. O. Sands
Sands & Maxwell Lumber Co
Sands
Wfinshall
S. W. Fincher
Winchester
George
Ile
Pentwaters
President Cleveland to Act Cautiously on Cuban Resolutions
Washington April 11 The Cabinet meeting lasted barely an hour and a half with no Cuban action. The president gave no program on Cuban affairs and will act in his own time on the concurrent Cuban resolutions of Congress. Close advisers emphasize the duty to observe international obligations in the annual Message.
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Washington
Olney
White House
Congress
The Conscience Fund Receives Iowa Penitent
Washington April 11 The post office department reports opposition to treasury funds as it records a donation from a Dubuque resident. An unsigned letter accompanied seven dollars admitting false reports from years ago and offering to pay the remainder of a debt described as eighty nine dollars and ninety cents.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Post Office’ Department
Dubuque
Ollat
Between Two Fires in Cuba Sugar Planters
A New York merchant cites a Havana letter reporting four sugar plantation owners in Cuba were imprisoned at Cabanas by Gen Weyler for not grinding. Planters say Gomez’s prohibition and rebels’ raids force grinding or ruin. Weyler warns armed private troops but assigns responsibility for arms given to rebels. A Cuban planter in New York says planters are between two fires, facing seizure or destruction.
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Weyler
New York
Tvho
Cuba
Havana
Cabanas
Gen. Weyler
Remedios
Senor Larrondo
Gomez
Maximo Gomez
Spain
Conference seeks African American colony in Arizona
A conference of colored people from Virginia North Carolina and southern states met in April to discuss founding a colony for African Americans on irrigated lands in Arizona. Speakers cited south side outrages and hardships and argued Arizona offers opportunity and abundant resources for a better life.
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WasuiInGran
Arizona
Virginia
North Carolina
South
Minister Terrell Enjoys Short Break From Public Duties
Washington April 11 United States minister to Turkey A W Terrell has left the capital to visit his aging mother in Lynchburg Virginia He notes dangers to American lives and missionaries in Turkey and highlights the value of American school and college property there while acknowledging the burdens of safeguarding citizens abroad
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Washington
A. W. Terrell
United States
Turkey
Lynchburg
Jealous fiancé kills fiancée over playful remark
In St. Louis on April 11 a 21 year old man named George W Trout shot and killed his 17 year old fiancée Blanche Simpson at her home 3903A Lee Avenue after she teased him about leaving him for another man who had been pressing her to run away. He claimed jealousy and used whisky to fuel the crime.
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St. Louis
George W. Troutman
Blanche Simpson
George
Lee Avenue
UNS COMMERCIAL REVIEW OF TRADE APRIL 1 REPORTS LITTLE GAIN
The weekly Dun and Co review notes no overall rise in business volume or prices. Failures in the U S and Canada increased slightly. Railroad traffic remains heavy, earnings weak, and domestic trade shows modest gains while foreign trade drops. Wheat losses from storms cited. livestock and textile sectors show declines as production trims.
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New York
R. G Dun '& Co
United States
Canada
Chicago
Winter grain and livestock health report issued by USDA
The USDA issued a report on April 1 1896 detailing winter grain conditions in nine leading states with rye results and national averages. It notes dry seeding weather retarded germination, light snow, variable winter kill with milder western conditions, Hessian fly presence in few Atlantic slope counties, and livestock mortality rates showing improvement over last year across horses cattle sheep and swine with swine losses highest in Illinois Iowa and Missouri.
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Wasnixeton
United States Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Kentucky
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
California
New York
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Nebraska
Atlantic
Mississippi River
Iowa
Death of John A. Cockerill Slayer of Col Alonzo Slayback
John A. Cockerill, famed as the slayer of Col. Alonzo Slayback, died of a deadly fit described as popliteal? poplexy in a distant era. The report notes his end following a turbulent life tied to the slayback case.
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Col. Alonzo Slayback
Homeseeker Excursions to Kansas and Nebraska
Homeseeker's Excursions will run on April 7, 21, and May 5 from Missouri River points to Kansas and Nebraska stations at one fare plus $2 round trip. Land sells by Union Pacific at $2.50 to $10 per acre on ten years time with 1-10 down. Kansas 1605 crop yielded 201,000,000 bushels on 8,000,000 acres, value over $46,000,000. gold output exceeded by $7,000,000. Receipts refundable toward 820 acres purchase. rates from railroad agents. Write B A McAllister, Land Commissioner, Omaha.
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Homeseeker
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri River
Chicago
Peoria
St. Louis
Union Pacific Railway Company
United States
Union Pacific
B.A. McAlliister
Omaha
Neb
Consolation in sorrow, a Rousseau reflection on pain
A brief quoted meditation notes that consolation pressed upon us in affliction only deepens our suffering and makes grief more poignant, attributed to Jean Jacques Rousseau. It frames consolation as potentially unhelpful during hardship.
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Rousseau
Deafness Cure Claim Led by Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad
An advertisement asserts deafness from catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies, offering one hundred dollars for a cure not addressable by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It promotes Hall's Family Pills and includes a jail-breakers note with a blunt message.
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Hall
Cuexny & Co
Toledo
Spring Excursion Tickets South to Nashville Route
Tickets go on sale April 21 and May 5 from northern towns to all Louisville and Nashville points in Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Florida and part of Kentucky at one round trip fare. Return within twenty one days for $2 at destination and allow stop overs on southbound trip. Contact agent or C P Atmore Louisville Ky or Geo B Harmer St Louis Mo. Wayso- This physiognomist says that aggressive impulsive people generally have black eyes. Knowso- If not at first they get them later. Truth.
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Louisville & Nashville
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississipni
Florida
Kentucky
C. P. Atmore
Louisville, Ky
Geo. B. Harmer
Ch. P
St. Louis
Wayso
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