Water Works Havoc Destroys Indian Village in Washington
Heavy rain caused the Nooksack River to overflow Whatcom County Washington creating a mile long jam that redirected the river into Lammi Village. The flood wiped out the village housing 200 people at the Lammi reservation destroying church schoolhouse stores and the winter food stores. The inhabitants were saved by swift boat and canoe use.
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Nooksack
Whatcom County
Wash
Lammi Village
Fireman Killed as Train Crash at South Cumberland Md
The seventh section of Baltimore and Ohio passenger train No. 1 westbound, known as the oyster train, crashed into the first section in South Cumberland Maryland. Engineer L B Windle of Baltimore remained at his post and checked speed, saving the second section from telescoping but severely injured. His mate Lewis Misery of Baltimore was killed in hospital. The rear sleeper of the passenger section burned. The accident blamed on the flatman not backing far enough after stopping at a switch.
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Wurt
South Cumberland
Severth
Baltimore and Ohio
Westborne
Mad
L. RB. Windle
Baltimore
Lewis Misery
Pasenger
Bodies of Mother and Three Children Found at Farm
The undyed bodies of Mrs Birnie and three children were found at their Montgomery area home. Neighbors noticed no signs of life on the farm. two bodies were discovered hidden beneath a straw stack. The father, Dheumell, was seen in Montgomery the day prior but has not been located since. The investigation continues. State Fair schedule fixed. The American Association of Painted Expositions released the circuit dates and locations for September through November, listing Omaha Milwaukee St Louis Syracuse and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of Paiis
Moatne
Omaha
Uaanline Maan
Milwaukee
Taddamaye Alis
St. Louis
Syracuse
Conan
Bas
Ohi
Chamd Rapids
Mati
Brothers Found Dead In Apparent Double Tragedy
Relatives report Frank Bailey and his brother George Bailey were found dead in the rear of their bicycle and jewelry shop in Stechbridge Michigan. George was dead on arrival. Frank is dying after a self inflicted shooting. Frank had reportedly been under a doctor's care for several days with no prior mental trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prank
George
Young Student Found Dead at Penate College
A medical student at a Penate college was found dead in Whitfield Ville amid torn clothing and head contusions. Officials say the death is being investigated as possibly murder. sheriff notes the body showed signs of struggle and the scene is under examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bhromtrs
Penate
Dies Ville
Osuburt
Dhois
Phenas
Prices Hold Firm Across Markets With Mild Shifts
Beadstreet reports continued strong business with prices largely unchanged. Manufactured textiles show the most value strength, cereals and hides also firm, while pork products raw cotton and tin edge lower. Wheat and corn shipments for the week rise from prior levels as cotton goods demand stays active against tighter stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beadstreet
Grand Forks to Duluth Canal Plan Formed
A syndicate of Eastern capitalists has formed the Great Northern Canal and Transportation Company to build a canal from Grand Forks North Dakota to Duluth Minnesota. The project links the Red River valley wheat region with Lake Superior and uses Red Lake, multiple lakes, and portions of the Mississippi. G Mellowan of Trenton New Jersey leads the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks
N. D
Duluth
Red River Valley
Lake Superior
Eastern
Great Northern Canal and Transportation Company
Great Northern Railway
G. Mellowan
Trenton
N. J
Rubber Trust
Red River
Red Lake
Mississippi
St. Louis River
Rock Island Road Mulcted in Death on Free Pass
In Fairoury Nebraska a jury awarded 9000 to the heirs of W H Hambell for his death in a wreck near Lincoln five years ago while riding a free pass. The railroad argued the wreck resulted from vandalism by George W Davis, now serving a life sentence. The verdict may be appealed.
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Fairoury
Neb
Keck Island Railroad Company
W. HH. Hambell
Lincoln
Hambell
George W. Davis
Notable Crimes and Political Notes Across Regions
A digest of violent crimes and legal outcomes includes the killings near Six Mile Church in Dickens County by Sam Lanier, with Mrs Lanier present. Other items report a moonlit duel in Selma, Alabama, a U S Navy command change under Schley, and desertion-related shootings in Nebraska. Also covered are a Missouri bank founder found guilty, a will set aside in Ohio, and a Pullman shop site dispute in Denver plus Hobart's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Javies
Greenville
S.C
Wade Hampton James
Six Mile Church
Dickens County
Sam Lanier
Ocean Storm Sinks Maple Leaf. Brothers Die at Sea
The Maple Leaf schooner, into Port Stanley, Ont., wrecked off New Glasgow after a Lake Erie gale. Captain Ralph Robson of Leamington and his brother Evan drowned. crew David Adams and J A McIntosh survived. Robson, engaged to Miss Clara Foster, was to wed the next day. Evan fell overboard, his brother went after him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Leaf
Port Stanley
Ont
New Glasgow
Ralph Robson
Leamington
Evan Robson
David Adams
J. A. McIntosh
Cleveland
Robson
Clara Foster
Board bans corporal punishment in classroom after student death
Kansas City school officials adopt a rule prohibiting any bodily punishment in class following the death of Blanche Nippold, a 10 year old at Morse school, from convulsions after a mild slap. Existing policy allows incorrigible punishment with parental notice but not in view of pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Morse
Blanche Nippold
City Board of Education
Three Robbers Blow Brooklyn Bank In Furious Raid
Three explosions rocked the Exchange Savings Bank in Brooklyn Michigan at 2 30 in the morning. Robbers fled as citizens pursued them. The safe was blown open leaving about 2800,000 taken and 2000 in damage. Two marshals and a merchant were slain in Indian Territory in a separate incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Mich
Exchange Savings Bank
John Werden
Werden
Shekell
Methodist Missions Get $263317 Increase in Foreign Field Appropriations
The Methodist Episcopal Church missionary committee in Washington approved funds for global work led by North India 67166, North West India 82612, Southwest India 23664, Bombay 23164, Bengal Burma 15516, Boo Chow 21080, Hing Tina 6658, Central China 35106, North China 2269, West China 1344. Total 263317, up 52107 from last year.
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Methodist Committee
Missionary Committee of the
Methdist Episcopal Church
Washington
North India
Northwest India
Southwest India
Bombay
Bengal-Burma
Boo Chow
Hing Tina
Central China
North China
West China
Heiress to One Million Dollars Chosen in Stevens Point
Miss Hattie Smith, 18, daughter of Thomas Smith, a retired farmer, is named heiress to a million dollars. Her granduncle Richard Smith, a Glasgow businessman, signs to settle one million on her at age 21 in exchange for her moving to Glasgow to live with him.
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Hattie Smith
Stevens Point
Wis
Thomas Smith
Miss Smith
Richard Smith
Glasgow
Scotland
Child Reunites with Parents in Ohio Divorce Settlement
Mrs. William Miller of Bradner, Ohio filed for divorce on cruelty grounds. An arrangement let the father give up his interest in the daughter and the son choose between parents. The boy could not decide, and his pleas led to a reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Miller
Bradner
Ohio
Honduras Prosperous Says Special Agent Parker
Frank M. Parker Jr a special agent of the North American Trust Company of New York to Spanish Honduras discusses the republics finances He claims Spanish Honduras is in better financial shape than other Central American nations with exchange at 125 versus about 500 in Guatemala.
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Honduras
Frank M. Parker, Jr
North American Trust Company of
New York
Republic
Guatemala
Bank of Carl Junction Robbed in Missouri Heist
Four armed men robbed the Bank of Carl Junction Missouri blowing open the safe and taking between three and four thousand dollars. A pursuing crowd followed a short distance out of town but failed to reach the robbers who exchanged no shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Bank
Carl Junction
Two Prospectors Lost in Battle Lake Snow Storm
W. D. Jacobs and Ed Harrison, prospecting nearby Battle Lake Wyoming, are believed missing after a severe snow storm. Their camp and dead horses were found in a deep ravine about six miles from town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Jacobs
Ed Harrison
Battle Lake
Wyo
Masked Men Slay 3 000 Sheep in West
Two thousand sheep from Cieddes Sheep Company were driven from Wyoming to Beatt County California range forty miles northwest of Craig. Fifty masked men captured the Berders and killed the entire flock in a brutal raid. Dewey son title transfer to Admiral Dewey’s home by the nation’s people to George Goodwin Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cieddes Sheep Company
Wyoming
Beatt County
Cal
Craig
Dewsy Houss
Admiral
Dewey
George Goodwin Dewey
Murdered While Asleep in Taunton Home
Joseph F. McMahon was shot probably fatally while asleep at his Taunton Massachusetts home. John Gallagher, McMahon's brother in law, is alleged to have fired the shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. McMahon
Taunton
Mass
John Gallagher
Slays His Father's Murderer in Virginia Shootout
Henry Tate shot Sherif Evan Bledsoe near Jonesville Virginia killing him. Tate is son of John M. Tate who was killed by Bledsoe over politics days earlier in the same vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Tate
Sherif Evan Bledsoe
Jonesville
Young Tate
John M. Tate
Bledsoe
Typhoid Closes State Normal in Greensburg North Carolina
An epidemic of typhoid fever forces the shutdown of the State normal and industrial college at Greensburg North Carolina. The school will be closed until January 4. The outbreak prompted authority to suspend classes and implement quarantine measures across campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Normal
State Normal and Industrial College
Ghreensburg
N. C
Trance Mistaken for Death Weeps Life in Coffin
Nora Johnson a 16 year old girl near Braymer Missouri was pronounced dead and prepared for burial when she suddenly sat up in her coffin. A physician soothed her and she said a vision from an angel warned she would die within a week.
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Missouri
Nora Johnson
Braymer
Dynamite Plot Fatalities Shake Wisconsin Household
In Janesville Wisconsin a man named O'Brien placed a ten pound dynamite stick under his wife bedroom causing a blast that damaged the home. The blast involved two small bedrooms with Mr and Mrs Frank O'Brien and two children plus Mrs Fred O'Brien and child all escaped injury. Separately stock market notes report a stock of twelve million dollars and a planned consolidation of carriage spring and axle manufacturers into the American Spring and Axle Company capitalized at twelve and a half million dollars with forty concerns controlling fifty percent of the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Wis
Red O'Brien
Frank O'Brien
Fred O'Brien
Cagiial
American Spring and Axle Company
New Iron Concern Formed in New York
The Stoss Shefield Company is organized in New York with a capital of $20,000,000. The company has $700,000 cash paid in to acquire properties outside the Stoss Iron and Steel Company and to develop coal and ore properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoss-Shefield Company
New York
Stoss Iron and Steel Company
Carnegie Buys Cutan Mines
Officials of the Santanillo and Moroto Railway and the Pompo mine at Santiago de Cuber admit both properties have been sold to the Carnegie company after weeks of rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
Cutan
Santanillo and
Moroto
Pompo
Santiago de Cuber
Carnegie Company
Posse Fights with Indians in Colorado clash
Glenwood Springs report says Game Warden Johnson and his posse engaged Indians who crossed from Utah to hunt. One Indian was killed during the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood Springs
Cole
Johnson
Utah
Chicago Father Kills Four Children Then Ends His Life
Cornelius Corcoran of 5401 Dearborn Street Chicago killed one child and fatally wounded three others before fatally shooting himself. Neighbors say he had been insane for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Corcoran
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Port seeking Pacific terminus for Transsiberian steamers
Representatives of the Russian Government scout the Pacific coast for a suitable port to serve as the terminus of a fleet of freight steamers linked to the Transsiberian Railroad. Cubans seek February vote for president vice president and Cortes members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Transsiberian Railroad
Congress
Cortes
Moody Cancels Engagements After Illness
The Rev. Dwight L. Moody, severely ill with heart trouble, has canceled his remaining engagements amid his health crisis. Reports say he remains under medical care as church followers await further word.
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Moody
Dwight L. Moody
Chicago to New York Live Stock and Grain Markets Overview
The report lists bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across multiple markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with prices for Wheat Corn Oats Rye and Butter Eggs Potatoes and Haver seed. Notable centers include Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with varied grades and prices across commodities.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Mckinley's Message Outlined for Congress
Washington World correspondent outlines President McKinley’s coming message. Plans preserve Philippine peace commission results, discuss Cuba Porto Rico and Hawaii, civil rule, tariff reforms, currency changes, and naval needs. A Panama Canal link and Canada boundary note also appear as key points.
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Washington
New York World
Melinley
Congress
Philippine Peace Commission
Philippines
United States
Philippine Archipelago
Cuba
Porto Rico
Littl
Hawaii
Special Commission
Honolulu
Samoa
Pago- Pago
Chen
Root
Spain
Long
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Board
Panama
Nicaragua Canal
Great Britain
Canada
Payne Seen as Likely Next GOP Campaign Manager
Henry C Payne, long trusted by Senator Hanna, is viewed as a potential successor to lead the Republicans’ national campaign. Since 1872 he has held Milwaukee and Wisconsin party posts, served on the national committee since 1880, and was Milwaukee postmaster for ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Payne
Hanna
Payne
Young Men‘s Republican Club of
Milwaukee
State Central Committee of
Wisconsin
National Committee
Cooked for 200000 Loss Hit Chicago Apple Dealers
Chicago commission merchants mourn heavy losses as three weeks of hot weather wrecked apple shipments from Michigan New York and other growers. National loss on apples alone threatens to exceed 1 million as cold storage could not save many consignments. A Los Angeles judge condemns coursing rabbits kept in confinement. John Y Filmore Blake, West Point graduate and former Sixth Cavalry lieutenant, is said to hold colonel rank in the Transvaal army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Appler
John Y. Filmore Blake
West Point
Sixth
United States Cavalry
Transvaal
Bremen Sells Cotton Bales to U S Market
Bremen exported 1.7 million bales of cotton from a total of 11.6 million raised in the region, signaling a large portion of the crop directed to United States markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremen
United States
This and That
Athens bank in revolver case. Guthrie Tennessee fire. James Smith Cleveland Quiv killed by pivotor car. Jennie Coleman of New York died after handling bulic acid. Chicago to New York rail link may be planned. Southern lime manufacturers form 2 1/2 million combine. Railway workers strike over non union coal. Lattimer of Columbia troubled by money woes shot himself. Hunn of Philadelphia died by accidental shooting. Edwin Lappine died. Charles Cross of Stamford confessed to wishered Mrs Free wan Ning.
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Athens
Guthrie
Tenn
James Smith
Cleveland
Jennie Coleman
New York
Chiscago
Backtown
Wm. Hunn
Philadelphia
Edwin Lappinecott
Charles Cross
Stamford
Conn
Freewan Ning
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Freeman
Ato
Louisville
Meier
Tetak
Malton
Wiais
Lesine Irene
Siena
Mingaeine
Arc
Ronneville
Cnd
Batiite Giri
Sulille
Pousaede
Phu
West Lawreme
Co Tegm
Adelph Blofstadt
Opti
China
Chicage
Rock Island Road
India
Selma
Ala
Wesley Ethridge
John CL Stevenbere
Stevenbere
Ethridge
Schley
Uheage
Tompkinsville
Winfield Scott Schrey
South Atlantic
Faire
Tenth Infantry
Fort Crook
Lane Morgan
la Platte
Vlaire
Morgan
Dravid Vo Mieger
Missouri National Bank
United States District Court
Oat Nausas City
Penitentas
Satit Ayers
Dlavid Ayres
Daval
Bea Ayres
Wats
Sandusky
Bellinger
Ritual Resthiuser
Pullman
Descoht Hartwell
Binghamton
N.Y
Polan
Joan M. Fourston
John M. Phurstur
Nebusha
Iola Burtian
Mirs. Wood. Purnia
Vlc
Denver
Pullmu Company
Garret A
Hobart
Dent
Garret A. Hobart
Patucsen, N. I
Ontario
Lake Erie
White
Asia
Michigan
Indian Territory
Doakesville
James
Ennis
Doug Everidge
John Kelly
Goodland
Bishop
Frey
Kelly
Portelas
Turkey
Lady Salisbury
Gavulysin
M’kinley
Peace Committee
Army and Navy
Maria Jenks
Pontiac
Gen. S. Grant
Gen. Grant
Grant
Albany
Wein
Daisy Leiter
Colin’ Powys Campbell
Campbell
Duda Tore
Yous
Levi Z Lvitgr
Teer
S'Ster
Lord Curzon
Oklahoma
Kruger
Wolldier
Fritzlof
Henry ¢. Payne
Ms. Jenks
Mies Leitere
Campaiun Lokcal
Whiokkes
Wmandsun
Los Anguses
A. L. Lattimer
Columbia
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