Forced Out by Water Threatens Chippewa Valley Calamity
Dramatic Chippewa Falls reports flooding as ice gorge pushes toward Eau Claire. Water and ice jams stall business, force moves, and rekindle fears of fifty years ago when floods swept the valley. Upper Chippewa and Flambeau streams tail off as authorities warn of potential disaster if jams hold.
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Lacrosse
Eau Claire
Chiprewa Fall
Wis
Chippewa Falls
Chippewa Valley
Mississippi
Spring Street
Chippewa
Wisconsin Central
Flambeau
Bold Break for Liberty at Kearney Industrial School
A group of 28 older boys attempted to flee the Kearney Industrial School in Nebraska after supper on Saturday night. About 100 were implicated, but 50 or 60 refrained after an instructor warned with a revolver. Town officers mobilized, telegrams sent, and by now all but 15 were captured or located, with some believed headed toward the Kansas line.
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Kearney Industrial School
Kearney
Neb
Industrial School
Snyder
South
Kansas Line
Thrasher
Plattsmouth Leader Captured. Omaha Man Still At Large
Plattsmouth led the break and was captured around midnight while his associate Yates of Omaha remains at large. Some members are armed with butcher knives and sugar beet knives and may resist arrest if confronted.
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Plattsmouth
Yates
Omaha
Agreement for speedy trial in Santa Fe receivership case
Topeka December 7 an agreement has been reached for a speedy trial of the Santa Fe railway receivership. County Judge Louis Myers of Oska Joosa orders that no property of the company in Kansas be interfered with pending the hearing in the court of last resort. The stipulation requires both sides to seek court orders barring any receiver from taking or demanding property unless the final decision favors the defendant. The parties will seek modification of existing orders to align with this aim.
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Santa Fe
Topeka
Santa Fe Railway
Louis Myers
Oska- Joosa
Kansas
Faulkner May Resign Rumor Shocks West Virginia
Rumor swirls that United States Senator Faulkner will resign this winter to accept a lucrative attorney post with a New York corporation. His current term ends March 4, 1889, and state watchers cite the potential political shakeup in Faulkner’s home region.
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Faulkner
Parkersburg
W. Va
United States
New York
Iowa
BreruLenox
Lehigh University
F. H. Gonzulas
Tipton
Gonzalas
Fisher to discuss abolishing cattle quarantine in Washington
Ottawa reports Hon. A. B. Fisher minister of agriculture will visit Washington on December 15 or 16 to negotiate with U S authorities on ending the international cattle quarantine. If the Americans agree, Canada will drop quarantine on American cattle. He will stay about two weeks.
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Ottawa
Fisher
Washington
Bayard Declines Gift for Peace Efforts
London reports Mr. Bayard has declined a proposed gift honoring his work for US England peace and goodwill. He thanks the Daily Telegraph but, as ambassador, cannot accept the testimonial. Weston fire destroys a block. $20,000 loss with 25 cavalry aid from Fort Leavenworth. Snider & Son 10,000. Bailey & Bros 8,000. Baptist church 2,500. Five homes burned.
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Bayard
Washington
London
United States
England
Daily Telegraph
Weston
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Snider & Son
Bailey & Bros
Baptist Church
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Louisville
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Europe
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Maprio
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Cuban Revolutionary Committee
Raven & CO
Ceresco
Michigan
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