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Newspaper
Winona Daily Republican
Location
Winona, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1895
Page
1
The copy touts the Columbian Garland Steel Range with the Portable Aerated Oven for easy removal and cleaning. It claims superior construction, fresh heated air to keep meats moist, and contrasts it with cheaper ranges, inviting readers to view the range in person.
North American company stockholders in New Jersey seek access to the company books to inspect records and inform about stockholder names. They allege mismanagement benefiting Henry Villard, claim $6 million in stock among 1,900 holders, and seek change in management. The court set June 18 in Newark to show cause.
In DeLith June 14 a U S court jury returned a verdict for Alfred Merritt against John D Rockefeller for 940000 in a suit seeking 1250000 damages over alleged fraudulent representations related to Merritt properties on the Mesaba range included in Lake Superior Consolidated mines now controlled by Rockefeller. The claim centered on promises that stock issued to the Merritts would be worth par versus a market price of 10 per share. The jury deliberated four hours.
President Cleveland signed an order moving about 2,500 positions in the government printing office into the classified civil service. Most office roles join, possibly 100 exceptions such as charwomen and coal heavers. Total civil service positions rise to about 53,000 nationwide.
The steamer Bestia brought nine seamen rescued on June 5 from the sinking Norwegian bark Ragnhild. Captain Ranie reported the men had been at the pumps for eight days and were near exhaustion after the ordeal from Glasgow to port.
Southampton on June 14 reports Henry White commenting on the St. Louis maiden voyage. He said the boat is sure to be popular and its success will promote shipbuilding in the United States.
Senator Hansbrough publishes a letter in the Bismarck Tribune addressing the financial question and endorsing free coinage while stating he will follow the party decision reached in the convention in Farce North Dakota on June 14.
Berlin June 14 The National Zeitung reports most federal governments have replied to the inquiry on whether an international conference should be convened to settle outstanding disputes and promote reconciliation.
The text suggests a belief that a certain meeting will be fruitless and that responses indicate skepticism about any real outcome. Currency appears as a tangential element in the fragment.
Washington dispatch reports Minnesota Republicans, led by National Committeeman R. G. Evans, arriving in New York then Washington. Evans says Minnesota will send a delegation to the Cleveland convention backing Senator C. K. Davis, viewed as a leading candidate with broad party support and favorable foreign and financial positions.
In Mexuruis on June 14 a meeting of leading Democrats from multiple states met at the Gayoso hotel after the silver convention. They aim to organize a national bimetallic league to direct and receive reports from all Democratic bimetallic leagues nationwide and spur county leagues. Senators Harris Tennessee Turpie Indiana and Jones Arkansas were named to form a national executive committee with appointees from each state.
The formality of Formosa’s transfer to Japan is announced by Japan’s foreign office. The island officially changes hands on June 8 and is reported by dispatch boat due to lack of telegraph links. Chinese envoy Lord Li and likely John W. Foster attend, while Admiral Kabsuyama represents Japan. foreigners are safe and natives welcome the new possession. Ceosotton convention hears support for a pork packing plant in the valley, with a capitalist ready to fund upon farmer backing.
The Memphis silver convention faces schism as pro silver factions push for a new party while others urge staying within Democratic and Republican lines. Delegates from 1,500 attendees heard heated calls to choose between party loyalty and national policy. The committee on resolutions favored a cautious free silver stance, yet factions diverged on independent action versus party-bound strategy. Separately, settlers on Indian land fear displacement as county lines shift east, with some 23 squatters already facing loss of crops and seeking government leniency to stay until harvest.
Gustave H. Schwab of New York Chamber of Commerce says the silver craze has peaked. He points to the Des Moines Populist convention where radical Weaver followers were rejected, calling the Populist party disintegrating and education work bearing fruit among farmers as the 1900 election nears.
Secretary Hoke Smith issued a decision on appeal affecting Western homesteaders. J A Weiss of the Alliance land district Neb requested more time to pay on a pre-emption claim. the land office denied it. Smith cites a recent act extending final payment by one year when payment failure is due to uncontrollable causes amid nationwide distress.
GALVESTON TEX June 14 The mail car on train No 4 International and Great Northern arrived at Pales tine without a postal clerk A masked man crawled into the car after leaving Tucker and at revolver point demanded the safe keys When told he was not in the express car he then demanded the registered mail keys Upon their surrender he ordered the clerk to jump out Clerk Orrin Davis was badly hurt by the jump Eight registered packages are known to have been taken.
A silver bowl found in Denmark’s Gunderstrup bog, likely buried and later covered by peat, prompts archæologists to weigh Danish versus Gaulic origins. Dr Muller argues Danish makers learned Gaulish skill, while French scholars claim Gallo-Roman roots. elephants, hyenas, a figure with a severed head, a hunter, and inner decoration emboss the surface.
A private letter from a seaman aboard the cruiser Charleston reports Japanese torpedo boat No. 16 foundered at sea on May 10 near Panghai island in the Prescadores. All hands except one drowned, including two English and two American seamen, as onlookers Chinese fishermen refused rescue despite rewards offered by Japanese soldiers.
The president named Alen Thomas as United States minister at Venezuela. Emory Best of the District of Columbia was appointed assistant commissioner of the general. Further details follow in the dispatch.
A survey shows 60 settlers located on the Rosebud reservation as of February 10, 1890. Gregory County previously part of the Sioux reservation was included in a vast relinquished area opened to white settlement. The Rosebud soil is described as first class and settlement quickly followed.
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