Devastating Cyclone Annihilates Carrabelle and Lanark Island
Reports from River Junction Florida describe the storm as the most disastrous to strike the area. Carrabelle, Melmyre, and Lanark Island were razed with only a handful of houses standing. The railroad to Carrabelle destroyed for miles, a passenger train derailed injuring many. One death reported Mary Williams. several with severe injuries. Dozens left homeless as ships run aground and sailors unaccounted for. Insurance was minimal and relief funds fall short.
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River Junction
Fla
Florida
Carrabelle
Melmyre
Lanark Island
McIntyre
Gulf
Carrasbelle
Tallahassee
Lanark
Dog Island Cove
Anchorage
St. George
Dog ‘Islands
Almost killed the girl in Fort Wayne outraged crime
William Hilker, a 60 year old grocer and widower, is jailed in Fort Wayne on a criminal assault charge after taking Minnie Reamer, 16, in his wagon to a roadhouse where she was beaten and dragged for two miles as farmers chased them. The girl, unable to recall events or identify relatives, survived the incident.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
William Hilker
Hilker
Minnie Reamer
Catmot
Silker
Bilker
Brandt Man Kills Children Then Ends Own Life
In Susquehanna County Pennsylvania Charles Yager 40 of Brandt murdered his three children aged 3 to 12 by slitting throats then killed himself. A widower since his wife’s death he had cared for the children at the family home near the Susquehanna River. Police say the motive appears to be a sudden breakdown after the loss of his wife.
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Brandt
Susquehanna
Charles Yager
Chart
Big Day for Hangings in Louisiana South Carolina and Arkansas
Reported executions on August 4 in New Orleans Louisiana Charleston South Carolina and Van Buren Arkansas. Frank Naska killed three countrymen and wounded two others in New Orleans. Jin Phelps and Sam Bailey allegedly killed. Phelps killed a policeman Bailey killed another in Charleston. John Maxey was hanged in Van Buren for rape, maintaining innocence to the end.
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Louisiana
South Carolina
Arkansas
New Orleans
Frank Naska
St. Ota
Lan
Charleston
S.C
Jin Phelps
Sam Bailey
Hanseld
Phelps
Bailey
van Buren
Ark
John Maxey
Peavey Buys Elevators Expanding Capacity to 35 Million Bushels
Peavey & Co acquires fifty elevators along the Northern Pacific Great Northern and Milwaukee lines. Combined capacity exceeds 3.5 million bushels per unit and pushes Peavey’s total capacity beyond 2 million bushels, with Kansas houses underway. Also reports on a drowned aeronaut at Leech Lake and other short items.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Dakota
F.H. Peavey & Co
Northern ‘Pacific
Great Northern
Milwaukee
Peavey Company
Idow
Kansas
Yaqui Uprising Surges in Batuceo Mountains Conflict
Reports from Hermosillo indicate a large Yaqui resistance with 1000 regular troops dispatched. The planned force includes three cavalry regiments, four infantry regiments, and two artillery battalions marching toward the Yaqui stronghold as outrage over prospectors’ encroachment and government concessions grows.
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Yaqui River
Hermosillo
Mex
Batuceo
Diaz
Cornerstone Saga Threatens Federal Building Ceremony
Chicago reports delays in laying the cornerstone of the new Federal Building. Union officials demand the president or another visiting official perform the task personally to ensure mortar work and alignment. Dispute centers on John Peck the contractor and non union labor.
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Chicago
Federal
Chicago Stonecutters’ Union
McKinley
John Peck
Assassins Shot as Santo Domingo Quieted After Uprising Threat
Two assassins of President Heureaus were shot after capture in Santo Domingo. Commander L C Logan of the US gunboat Maulias visited President Figuereo while former Vice-President Gen. Figuereo took oath and assumed full powers with a February term end. Authorities continue arrests including M. Vouchard.
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Heureaus
L. C. Logan
United States
Maulias
Figuereo
Fort de France
Martinique
Congress
Executions by electricity report from Auburn prison
Two murderers are executed by electricity in Auburn prison. Rice and Kennedy die after killing spouses in western New York and Buffalo respectively. The piece notes other Civil War figures and moves to exclude African Americans from international law machinery.
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Auburn, N
Iowa Republicans Nominate Full Ticket at State Convention
The Des Moines meeting endorsed McKinley era policy and the gold standard, renominated Gov. Shaw and other officials, and settled the Burnham Sherwin contest for district judge. Sherwin won on the fourth ballot amid shifts from Burnham and Sloan, with Gear forces blamed for Burnham’s defeat. Governor Shaw addressed the convention praising Iowa’s national role and urging unity behind protectionist and sound money platforms.
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Dent A Nor
GQ Oe
Des Moines
Towa
McKintey
United States
John C. Sherwin
Cerro Gordo County
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Leslie M. Shaw
Iowa
National Congress
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Gear
J. C. Milliman
E. A. Dawson
Barrett
G. W. Burnham
Virth
Sherwin
Burnham
Robert Sloan
First District
G. 8. Robinson
T. M. Pee
Judge Sloan
Sloan
Robinson
McWinley
Congress
McKinley
David B. Henderson
House of Representatives
Lowa
Ite 1
Pulleles
Gould
Asd
Orday
Chicago
Truncated OCR Brief Notes Soldiers Near Trunk Line
A fragmentary line notes Amalgamated forces with men near the trunk area. It mentions fatalities and about fifty men involved, but details are incomplete and unclear.
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Ternational ’ Amalgamated ‘Assad
Prominent Indian Resident Jumps to Death in Hotel Window
James R. Turpie, a well known Lafayatte resident, registered at the Hotel-Lahr at midnight and leaped from the third story, his body striking the stone pavement. Police and ambulance attended. he died at a hospital. He was married with a family and there was no known reason for the act.
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Citlen
Lafeyatte
Ind
James R. Turpie
Hotel-Lahr
Turpie
Masked attackers kill sheep in Colorado grazing war
In northeastern Colorado near Sterling, four disguised horsemen attacked sheep flocks along Two Mile Creek, shooting and killing about 150 sheep and crippling 25 more. Two sheep herders were reportedly beaten, though verification is lacking. The incident marks ongoing hostilities between cattle and sheep interests in the Cheyenne area.
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Colorado
Cheyenne
Wyo
Tventy
Sterling
Strange Chicago Murder and Cripple Creek Shooting Reported
In Chicago Geo Gallagher employed by Marshall Field was shot in his room by an unknown assailant. His mother heard him cry out and saw a fugitive escape through a window before Gallagher died hours later. In Cripple Creek David Connell, ex deputy marshal, was wounded at the depot while recruiting miners and a mob attacked his party, with two shots striking Connell and a companion. No arrests reported.
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Geo. Gallagher
Chicago
Geo. C. Gallagher
Marshall Field
Gallagher
Cripple Creek
Colo
David Connell
Goldfield
Florence Tid Cripple Creek
Ife
Coeur D'Alene
Connell
Any
Immurs” Union
Far Reaching Injuries From Blast On Wyoming Railroad Work
Thomas Potter was badly burned and an iron wheel pierced his leg when a premature blast he prepared on the new railroad cut near Piedmont exploded. His condition is feared fatal as rescue works continued at the scene on Wednesday.
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Swek Springs
Wyo
Thomas Potter
Piedmont
Potter
Market Quotations From Several U S Cities
Market quotes list cattle hogs sheep and grain prices across Chicuxza Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee and Chicago. Prices include No 2 red wheat corn oats and rye with varied ranges and regional notes for futures and cash trades.
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Indianapolis
Ste
Tulse
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Boss
Detroit
Toledo
Harley
Familiar Hawaii Story Sparks Class Etiquette Clash
An 19th century tale from a Family Herald piece recalls native workers who refuse Christian honorifics, calling employers by first names. A British woman commands that her husband stop hearing her named aloud, a cook’s teasing reply ends with the staff calling her Mary instead.
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Hawaii
Jennie
Smith
John
Ashe
Turbulent Farm Attack and Local Disappearances Spark Iowa News
A farmer named Dirk was mauled by an enraged bull while tending cows at his Pa Leath farm. his wife aided him but she sustained two broken ribs. Neighbors were alerted after Dirk’s cries for help, and the bull was later driven away by shots after Dirk died. Nearby, reports describe a mysterious disappearance of a farmer and other violent incidents, including a hospital guardian’s injuries, trainyard robberies, and a public waterworks suit in Sioux City.
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Dirk
Goth
Mrs. Dick
Mr. Dick
Henry Metzgar
Metzgar
Ottumwa
John Adams
Hubbart
Tack
Adams
Hey
Anite
Herron
Bats
David Calhoun
Jay Manufacturing Company
LeMars
John Beangwine
King
Eing
LeMars Gas Company
Hranzsies
Barbed Wire Phones Link Iowa Farmers’ Homes
Robert Baxter and Christy Bleakly in Silver Creek Township Ida County Iowa connected barbed wire fences between two farms to run telephone instrument lines. The experiment worked as well as city phones. They plan to expand to most area farmers along routes to Galva and Ida Grove, using fence lines with two crossing poles and home phones. Low cost, practical convenience ahead.
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Robert Baxter
Christy
Silver Creek
Ida County
Galva
Ida Grove
Bohemian Picnic Ends in Fight Injuries
The CLS B S Bohemian social society members from Marshalltown Quarry and Le Grand held a picnic north of Quarry. A fight broke out during a dance and Tim Breckley was severely injured by a club blow. He suffered multiple bruises and a neck wound needing stitches.
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Quarry
CLS. B.S
Marshalltown
Quuarry
le Grand
Tim Breckley
Ed Mutford Recaptured After Escape From Amanosa Prison
Ed Mutford, who escaped from Amanosa prison amid a May search, was recaptured in Ashland Wisconsin and sent back to custody. Mutford had been sentenced from Cedar Rapids for burglary to three years with fifteen months remaining.
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Ed Mutford
Ed Mumford
Amanosa
Ashland
Wis
Muuford
Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge man dies after four story fall
Will Thiede died from a skull fracture after falling four stories in Fort Dodge. Prompt medical care could not save him despite immediate attention and operative efforts. George Nashamblin died at Mrs. McDonald's Glenwood residence from morphine and strychnine poisoning after a personal crisis. He left a note stating intent to poison himself and had connection to a Glenwood woman with a husband in Missouri.
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Will Thiede
Fort Dodge
George Nashamblin
One Third of Crop Lost in Recent Storm
Damage to the corn crop near Duns by the heavy storm is estimated at one third with torrents and severe wind, though no buildings were harmed. The report attributes the loss to adverse weather and notes the local minister.
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Duns
LeMars Roy to Captain of LeMars Baseball Team
LeMars Roy tor Captain, Art Hillybrand of LeMars, last year's Princeton football captain who pitched for this year's baseball squad, has been elected captain of the coming season's team.
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LeMars
Roy Tor
Art Hillybrand
Princeton
Fatal Shooting Sparks Rome Affray Over One Dollar
In a row over a dollar Roy Branet shot Al Jones and fled. Jones died. Branet jailed as the sixth shooting affray in Rome this spring. Also note Noctorate in San Francisco and Rev. A C Wilson, former LeMars pastor, appointed in San Francisco. Postoffice at Morse robbed of stamps valued at fifty dollars. burglars blew open the safe and escaped.
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al Jones
Branet
Rome
San Francisco
A.C. Wilson
Episcopal Church
LeMars
San Fran
Isco
Morse
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