Chippewa Falls Flood Forces Blocked Rail Service
Water rises rapidly in Chippewa Falls as the river floods streets and stores. The business district on Spring and Bridge streets is deserted while stock and furniture are moved to safety. Post Office moved, several firms inundated, and newspapers merge operations as rescue trains aid residents. Durand reports no mail since Friday.
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Chippewa Fall
Wis
Chippewa Falls
Spring Street
Bridge Street
Center Street
Gorge Holds Firm Extends for Fifteen Miles Along Chippewa
Flood report from Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls details a solid ice gorge up to 15 miles long, anchored by logs. Lafayette frozen, Badger Mills area flooded then frozen. water levels rose and fell, with 21 feet rise above low water at Chippewa Falls. Officials doubt dynamite can clear a path. City leaders discuss relief plans amid a cold snap.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Chippewa Valley
Big Dam
Chippewa Falls
Lafayette
Badger Mills
Badger Lumber Company
Callaghan
Wisconsin Central
Flood Hits Chippewa River Farm Losses
Reports from Chippewa Falls Wisconsin say the Chippewa river overflowed at Flambeau Farm destroying 300 head of live stock and ruining a dozen farms and buildings. Fear remains that the river may alter its course toward the town, risking further property damage and loss of life.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Chippewa River
Flambeau Farm
Damage at Durand Ice Gorge Reaches Round Hill
The ice gorge on the Mississippi and Chippewa rose water levels near Durand Wisconsin. Beginning at West Newton last Friday the gorge has extended to Round Hill three miles below the city. The Chippewa below Round Hill covers 18 miles with packed ice and the CM&StP railroad grade lies beneath flood ice with uncertain impact.
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Durand
Wis
West Newton
Mississippi
Chippewa
Round Hill
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Floods raise Mississippi eight feet in four days
At Wabasha Minnesota on December 2 the Mississippi rose eight feet in four days and advances an inch per hour. Flood waters backed by the Chippewa and the Minnesota Boom company create an ice gorge eight miles below. Affected areas include Alma and streams with river bottoms now flooded. Rail traffic on the Chippewa Valley division of the Milwaukee road is suspended as officials consider legal action to clear obstructions. Millions of logs ride the flood waiting to be swept downstream, risking incalculable damage if the gorge breaks and warmer weather arrives.
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Wabasha, Minn
Chippewa
Mississippi
Minnesota Boom Company
Alma
Chippewa Valley
Milwaukee Road
Reeds Landing
Durand
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin River Flood Halts Rail Line Near Granite Heights
Milwaukee reports the Wisconsin River flood weeks as of December 2. At Granite Heights ten miles north, the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul tracks lie about half a foot under water for a half mile. Ice sheets vary in strength, delaying attempts to clear the line. No track washout yet, but running through the water is deemed unsafe. The northbound passenger train managed to pass earlier but is now confined to service only between Minoqua and Merrill.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Wausaw
Wis
Granite Heights
Chicago
St. Paul
Minoqua
Merrill
Two Boys Drowned After Vanishing In River
Des Moines readers learn that Eddie Bean aged 13 and John Jesser Jr aged Y were found in the river at noon after disappearing Saturday afternoon at 4. They were last seen going up the river together while skaters crowded the river all day. Parents had feared they had run away.
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Des Moines
Eddie Bean
John Jesser, Jr
Chicago Capitalist Injured in Pasadena Car Collision
Los Angeles December 2. P G E Frost a Chicago capitalist is in critical condition at Westminster hotel after a head end collision of two electric cars near Pasadena. He was pinned in the wreck with a fracture above the knee a crushed foot and a head cut by glass.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Pasadena
E. Frost
Westminster Hotel
Fire destroys John Holdsworth block causing huge losses
A blaze in John Holdsworth and Son's block at Forster square proved far more destructive than believed. About 40 firms were burned out including the Anglo American Cable and Commercial Cable offices, with damage estimated at 1,500,000.
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Brrapfrord
Eng
John Holdsworth & Son
Forster Square
Anglo-American Cable Company
Commercial Cable Company
Booming Cochrane for Senator in Grand Forks
At a mass meeting in Grand Forks North Dakota on December 2 resolutions were adopted endorsing J M Cochrane for the senate. Cochrane was introduced and he stated he was a candidate for the office.
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Grand Forks, N. D
J. M. Cochrane
Senate
Cochrane
Stricken in the Courtroom in Topeka Supreme Court
Topeka Kansas December 2 Thomas P Fenton a noted Leavenworth lawyer collapsed with paralysis during a supreme court argument. He is believed to recover and is receiving medical care as the court session continues.
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Topeka
Kan
Thomas P. Fenton
Leavenworth
Supreme Court
Commercial bodies seek national convention on currency
Fifty two delegates from 16 Central West cities met at the Denison hotel Indianapolis and issued a call for a national convention of commercial bodies to meet January 5 1897 to press Congress for currency reform. The group formed a permanent committee and adopted resolutions urging a convention to assess legislation for a sound stable currency.
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Indianapolis
Central West
Denison Hotel
Cit
Congress
J. C. Adams
Indianapolis Board of Trade
Standard of Missouri
Secretary Smith
W. H. H. Miller
United States
John R. Wilson
National Democratic Party
Lodge Rules Out Other Posts After Canton Visit
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts returned from Canton where he met President-elect McKinley and stated there is no other post he would accept. He emphasized no applications on file and declined to have anyone speak for him, reaffirming his commitment to the Senate.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Canton
McKinley
Denton
Cuban Relief Committee Organized in St Louis
City Comptroller Isaac H. Sturgeon appoints a Cuban relief committee to organize a permanent association. The group will aid Cubans in lawful ways, alleviate war sufferings, and help secure peace and prosperity as rights for all people in the American continent.
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St. Louis
Isaac H. Sturgeon
Man Who Killed Little Crow Dies at 96
Browns Valley Minn Dec 2 Nathan Lampson aged 96 last residing on a farm seven miles from Browns Valley in Roberts county died. During the Minnesota Indian outbreak of 1862 he lived on a farm in McLeod county and is known as the man who killed the great Sioux leader Little Crow.
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Browns Valley
Minn
Nathan Lampson
Roberts County
Minnesota
Lampson
McLeod County
Budget committee hears call for forty million men of war
Paris December 2 The budget committee in secret session heard ex minister of marine M Lockroy urge adding 40 million dollars to the naval estimate for constructing new men of war.
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Paris
M. Lockroy
Naval
Distributing Strike Funds in Hampura
In Hampura on December 2 the distribution of strike funds began. Seven thousand men are receiving aid as about 14,500 dockers remain on strike. The boatmen of the upper Elbe have decided not to strike.
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Hampura
Elbe
New York Meeting Votes to Dissolve Nail Makers Group
At the Wire Nail Manufacturers association meeting in the Waldorf hotel New York on December 2 organizers voted to dissolve the association.
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New York
Destructive Northern Pacific Wreck Near Helena
A 30 car freight bound west ran away on a steep grade east of Mullen tunnel. Ed Jarbeau head brakeman died after being buried by cars. Fireman Young, Engineer Flynn, and Conductor McBean injured. Eight miles of track torn up, repairs expected in 48 hours. through trains routed via Butte. It is described as the worst wreck on the Northern Pacific for damage to track and rolling stock.
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Helena
Mon
Mullen Tunnel
Northern Pacific Railroad
Ed Jarbeau
Young
John Flynn
John McBean
Butte
Northern Pacific Railway
Famine in India Seen Improving as Rain Prospects Rise
London reports a Calcutta dispatch indicating optimism on famine relief. Viceroy speeches are viewed as more accurate, with signs of a developing winter storm in Baluchistan potentially bringing rain to Punjab and the Northwestern provinces. Prices are easing though above normal, while Madras and Bombay report active farming and abundant rainfall easing fodder shortages for plow cattle.
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London
Times
Calcutta
Baluchistan
Punjab
Madras
Bombay
An Extensive Operator Arrest in New York Post Office
Richard C. Monks alias Wellington Thornewaite, wanted for forgery in Bay City Michigan, was arrested in the New York general post office. Authorities found blank checks on at least 200 banks from Texas to Maine, a bank punch, and a loaded revolver. he faces possible extradition.
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New York
General Post
Richard C. Monks
Wellington Thornewaite
Bay City
Mich
Texas
Maine
Cincinnati Chamber Seeks New Cabinet Post Commerce and Manufactures
The Cincinnati chamber of commerce passed a resolution urging Congress to create a cabinet position for commerce and manufactures led by a secretary. It also asked the national board of trade to adopt a similar resolution and petition Congress at its Washington meeting set for January 26, 1897.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Commerce and Manufactures
National Board of Trade
Washington
Window Glass Manufacturers meet adjourn. furnaces to start Dec 14
Indianapolis, Dec 2 The convention of Window Glass Manufacturers of the United States adjourned and announced that all furnaces will restart on Dec 14. The executive committee said the old associations would be reorganized on current lines and stock prices would stay unchanged.
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Indianapolis
United States
Sold Washington Letters to Arthur Young Auctioned
Thirteen signed letters from George Washington to Arthur Young the agriculturist dated 1786 to 1788 were sold at Southeby s auction in London for 470 pounds after spirited bidding.
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Washington
London
George Washington
Arthur Young
Southebys
Earthquake Shocks Cairo Illinois Felt at Noon
An earthquake shock of considerable violence was felt in Cairo Illinois at 12 20 p m preceded by a rumbling sound It rattled dishes and furniture and caused buildings to tremble according to local observers The event occurred December 2 according to the dispatch.
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Cairo
Ill
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Tyles
Childs
Phillips & Donovan
Austin
McCall
Heller & Jacobs
Jenkins Bros
E. Posnansky
Wirenberg Bros
Goddard & Wilson
Goodluck Drug Company
Rowid Hill
Buffalo County
Plum Island
the Mississippi
Fiver
Wabasha
Milwaukee Tracks
Booming Cochrane
Boards of Trade and Commercial
Rency
Little Crow
Royal Baxinc Powdrer Co
Northern Pacific
Nlinois
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