Fires destroy Murphy Bros. portable mill and lumber stock
Brush fires in Wisconsin destroy the Murphy Bros. portable sawmill and about 250000 feet of lumber and 1000000 shingles, with losses totaling around 30000 dollars. A nearby farmer loses his home, stock, barns and machinery as fires threaten cabins in northern Minnesota. Rain may slow the fires, while fishermen are blamed for many flareups and smoke blankets Portage Entry area, Portage Lake.
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Superior
Wis
Murphy Bros
Minnesota
Houghton
Lake Superior
Portage Entry
Wese
Portage Lake
Boy 12 Held in Manslaughter over Fatal Shot
Sam Nelson twelve was held on a manslaughter charge after a fatal shooting of Rudolph Waxvik twelve. A coroner's jury found no criminal intent and urged reform school placement. Jury also condemned trashy literature sellers and urged strict enforcement of the curfew. The youths planned to go to the Red River to confront a fisherman who had driven them off. Nelson showed two revolvers. one fired causing Waxvik’s death about thirty minutes later. Nelson has prior reform school history and is described as a bad boy.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Sam Nelson
Rudolph Maxvik
Nelson
Reform School
Waxvik
Demers Avenue
Red River
May Be Stephens Robbers Linked to Grand Forks Jail Case
Grand Forks North Carolina authorities link detained Thomas Payne and Joe Miller to the Sunday morning robbery of the Manvel store owned by C B Colesky and suspect involvement in the Stephen bank robbery. Accomplice George Simmons was captured near Oslo and Payne shows signs of powder burns on his leg.
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Grand Forks
N. C
Thomas Payne
Joe Miller
Meais
Manvel
C. BE. Colesky
Stephen
George Simmons
Miller
Payne
Oslo
Prank Kills Chum In Winthrop Youth Incident
Siegfried Flygare, 19, accidentally killed Frank W. Anderson with a shotgun he did not realize was loaded. After the shooting he attempted suicide by hanging and again by drowning, but friends intervened. He is currently confined as the inquest proceeds today in Winthrop Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Winthrop, Minn
Frank W. Anderson
Siegfried Flygare
Figgare
Wisconsin Students Breakup of keg parties by Police
Madison police halted nightly keg parties by students after weeks of gatherings on the state historical library steps and lower campus. Chief Shaughnessy warned brewers and saloonkeepers who supply kegs to students of possible arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Shaughnessy
State Historical Library
Woman Shot Dead in Musselshell. Two Men Held
A Mussel shell town tragedy in Montana left Mrs. Weston dead from a gunshot. Two men were arrested and detained as county officials travel to the scene for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Helena
Mont
Lewistown
Musselshell
Weston
Eva Visits Washington A Grain Inspector on Trip
F W Eva chief grain inspector for Minnesota grain inspection service and his wife travel through Washington en route to New York. Eva says he will not appear before any committee regarding the grain inspection bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva
Washington
F. W. Eva
Minnesota Grain Inspection Service
New York
Mysterious Fire Destroys Three Barns in Winona
Three large barns in Winona’s Second ward burned yesterday forcing residents to evacuate as several houses faced danger. The origin remains unknown and investigators probe the blaze.
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Winona
Minn
Second Ward
Five Charges Against Him Former Cashier Ruth Arraigned
Joseph Ruth former cashier of the Arcadia bank was arraigned in Whitehall Wisconsin on embezzlement charges. Five formal counts include embezzling 5000 from the Bank of Arcadia false entries in registers perjury and false statements to the state bank examiner. Bail set at 8000 and he posted bond for October term.
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Ruth
Whitehall
Wis
Joseph Ruth
Arcadia Bank
Bank of Arcadia
Forest Fires Continue in Beltrami County Blaze
Bemidji Minnesota May 14 Forest fires in Beltrami county have burned for days but rainfall Monday night slowed them. Rainfall was not enough to end the danger and more damage is possible before the fires are fully stopped. Complaints arise over careless people who set fires near timber.
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Bemidji
Minn
Forest Fres
Beltrami
Umber
Train Kills Foreman In Sunrise Minnesota
Ole Anderson foreman for Westerdahl & Carlson railroad contractors was killed when a brake failed while he rode a loaded dump car train on the Twin City and Lake Superior line at Sunrise. He fell in front of the seven car train as he attempted to halt it.
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Sunrise
Minn
Ole Anderson
Westerdahl & Carlson
Twin City & Lake Superior Railroad
Srade
Rockefeller Gift to Macalester College Conditional
In St Paul on May 14 the Rockefeller General Education Board pledged 75000 dollars to Macalester College on the condition that trustees and friends raise the college endowment and building funds to 150000 dollars, with the gift counting toward that total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macalester College
St. Paul
Rockefeller Board
General Educational Board
Red Socks Poison Corn Incident Prompts Hospitalization
Waterloo Iowa May 14 E A Edgington trimmed a corn with a pocketknife and wore new red socks. Within hours he developed blood poisoning and was moved to Presbyterian hospital in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
E. A. Edgington
Presbyterian Hospital
NAB SUSPECT MURDERER TAKEN TO LAKE BENTON
Ellsworth Minnesota May 14 Martin Schwab a transient butcher and barber suspected of killing John Sorensen at Lake Benton Minnesota on May 6 was arrested in Estherville Iowa last night and brought to Lake Benton by the sheriff
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Schwab
Lake Benton
Ellsworth
Minn
John Sorensen
Estherville
Iowa
Whitaker Held Without Bail for Murder of Steenerson
Jefferson Whitaker was held without bail at a preliminary hearing in Yowner North Dakota on a murder charge for the death of Conrad Steenerson in a pool room quarrel. Steenerson was a nephew of Congressman Steenerson of Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Steenerson
Yowner
N. D
Jefferson Whitaker
Steenerson
Congressman Steenerson
Minnesota
Beloit man shoots self on train in Illinois incident
Beloit Wis May 14 BE H Smythe aged 66 a wealthy retired farmer with properties at Bertram Neb shot himself in the head aboard a train at Davis Junction Illinois. He died from the self inflicted gunshot according to reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beloit
Wis
BE. H. Smythe
Bertram, Neb
Davis Junction
House votes against reestablishment of canteen at soldiers home
Congress records a decisive 167 to 46 vote against reintroducing the canteen at the national soldiers home after a two hour debate. A man named George Gridley from Providence interrupted with an American flag and an address on temperance before being escorted out. The Senate also bans employment of children under fourteen in many DC establishments with school hours and curfew rules.
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Washington
House of Representatives
National Soldiers’ Home
George F. Gridley
Providence
R. I
Senate
District of Columbia
Senate debate on forestry provision and sundry civil bill
The forestry provision of the agricultural appropriation bill faced Senate scrutiny with Senator Teller denouncing it as ill advised and administration bureaucratic, while Senator Depew urged extending forest reserves. After ten days of talks the House completed consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill and recessed. The bill totals 106,966,269 dollars, about 1,241,000 more than committee estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Teller
Colorado
Depew
New York
House
Army raises pay with 7.06 million appropriation
Washington reports the House approved the conference report on the army appropriation bill. The measure provides 7.06 million dollars, with five million for enlisted men. Senate debate centered on forest reserves, opposing a lump sum for reserve development while Senators Nelson and Dol liver voiced support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Teller
Nelson
Minnesota
Dolliver
Iowa
Senate approves forest road fund and halts Bennings betting
The senate passed the agricultural appropriation bill totaling 12 142 146 for national forest roads and permanent improvements with an extra million over the house plan. The house, focusing on miscellaneous business, adopted senate amendments to an anti gambling rider on a local bill, banning horse race betting at Bennings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Bennings
Senate passes post office appropriation bill totals
The senate approved the post office appropriation bill totaling 229,027,867 dollars. It allows one dollar per day for railway postal clerks away from terminals, costing about one million dollars. Senator Rayner urged a court of inquiry into charges against Col William F. Stewart at Fort Grant Arizona. House adopts conference report on naval appropriation bill by 186 to 124.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Post Office
Rayner
William F. Stewart
Fort Grant
Ariz
House
Dance with Society Dames Show Warm Navy Fun
In San Francisco on May 14 the fleet entertainment program featured bluejackets and petty officers as guests of honor at an Auditorium ball hosted by the California club ladies. Attendees included many officers and wives, with couples dancing across divisions and a lengthy supper shaping a very enjoyable evening for the sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
Three of Eight Get Final Papers at Grand Rapids Naturalization
Under new naturalization laws requiring ninety days' public notice and proper hearing, only three of eight applicants were granted petitions for final papers by the circuit court at the opening of the spring term in Grand Rapids Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Wis
Circuit Court
Prisoners Escape in Simferopol Jail After Incident
A large number of inmates escaped from a Simferopol jail after a serious incident. The deputy governor, the prison doctor, and two wardens were harmed, and the jail governor sustained injuries.
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Simperopol
Russia
Great Northern Discharges Men at Devils Lake Shops
Grand Forks North Dakota May 14 An order has been issued by the Great Northern railway to lay off forty men who are employed in the shops at Devils Lake permanently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
Grand Forks
N. D
Great Northern Railway
Devils Lake
Sued for Kindness Sparks City Horse Dispute
Miles Mitchell of Drywood files suit against Chiprewa Falls city after police move his horses from a shed to a livery barn and back. Mitchell, who objected to care, is now under arrest as authorities say the horses were unattended in a shed for over a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiprewa Falls
Wis
Miles Mitchell
Drywood
Mitchell
Alderman Mills Loses Despite Majority After Missed Returns
In Billings Montana a Fourth ward race ends with Fred Q Mills declared elected by 67 to 33 on paper but no official returns were canvassed. Judges gave results to reporters and locked ballots with no entry in the book, so the council refused a certificate and Mills may be unable to contest. Alderman Terrill to hold over until next election.
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Fred QO. Mills
Billings
Mills
Terrill
F. O. Brown
Alderman Mills
Minnesota Man Secures Big Grant for Irrigating 30 000 Acres
The Glass Lindsay Land Company of Helena contracts H A Whittier of Northfield Minnesota to reclaim about 30000 acres north of Big Timber Sweet Grass county. Whittier ships horses grading machinery and starts work immediately building two reservoirs on Otter and Sweet Grass creeks with main ditches and laterals. Water flow totals 70000 acre feet in summer. irrigation runs to mid July then reservoirs supply water for the rest of the season. Completion date set for November 15 to enable cultivation next season.
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Minnesota
Glass-Lindsay Land Company
Helena
H. A. Whittier
Northfield
Minn
Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
Mr. Whittier
Otter
Sweet Grass
Whittier
Montana State Fair Dates Move Up To September 28
Montana shifts the state fair to the week starting September 29 to avoid clashing with the Spokane fair opening October 5. The change promises top attractions and many horse entries, with Montana debuting an airship exhibition secured by Secretary Pece and a contract expected from Spokane's Cosgrove.
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Montana
Spokane
Pece
Cosgrove
Continental Express and Telegraph Companies Incorporate in Montana
Articles filed at Butte establish Continental Express and Continental Telegraph, capitalization $100 and $300,000 respectively. Both may increase capital stock as needed and will operate over the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul lines in Montana North and South Dakota and the St Paul system coastbound once completed. They were recently incorporated in Wisconsin.
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Continental Express and Telegraph Companies
Butte
Continental Expres Company
Continental Telegrap Company
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Pan Railroad
Montana
North
South Dakota
St. Paul
Wisconsin
Expect heavier clip for Montana sheep and wool prices
Sheepmen foresee a wool harvest increase this year with lambs and sheep heavier than last season in Montana. Wool growers around Miles City estimate about 2,500,000 pounds of wool will come from areas tributary to Billings as prices are seen not exceeding 20 cents, down from 24 in 1906 and 22 in 1907.
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Montana
Yellowstone
Miles City
Billings
Norway
America
Ranch hand faces murder charge in train blast
Lewis Ferris a ranch hand was arraigned at Butte on murder charges in the killing of Engineer Albert C Bussey of Missoula. Bussey died when the Burlington east bound train was dynamited last Friday night. Ferris confessed to the county attorney and waived preliminary examination, being remanded without bail.
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Lewis Ferris
Butte
Albert C. Bussey
Missoula
Ferris
Scandinavian News Highlights From Myrbo Dairy To Royal Weddings
The Myrbo dairy introduces its first milking machine. Copenhagen hosts the Gjoa polar exhibit while Haugesund publishes Naturlaegen a new natural living periodical. Norway prepares a ministerial school and treks to the US for Wergeland statue. Amundsen returns from the US planning a Pole voyage. Sweden and Russia ease tensions after the Gustav wedding with renewed goodwill.
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Naturlaegen
Haugesund
O. Olvik
Stockholm Population Cited in 1963 Census Report
The 1963 census records the population of Stockholm at 324 779. King Gustaf plans visits to several European courts during the coming summer. The crown prince offers to protect the Society for Beautifying the City of Stockholm. Queen Victoria arrived in Venice in April and is in Italy for health reasons, having left Sweden soon after King Oscar's death.
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Gustaf
Stockholm
Victoria
Venice
Italy
Sweden
Oscar
Danes travel more than others to Berlin and Odense birth site turned museum
Berlin statisticians report 364 Danes visited Berlin in March beating French English and Italian visitors. Hans Christian Andersen’s birthplace Odense becomes a public museum with six rooms displaying relics including manuscripts and a special breast skin bag with a controversial letter. Copenhagen dispatch cites King Edward’s warning to Denmark about Kaiser policies. Denmark’s ambassadors and naval news conclude with the launch of the ironclad cruiser Peder Skram.
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Berlin
Odense
Hans Christian Anderson
Andersen
Copenhagen
Edward
England
Denmark
William
Holland
Russia
Baltic
France
Great Britain
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Stephens
Prank
Chum
Train
Foreman
Rockefeller
E. H. Smythe
Ilincis
Congress
Montana News
Martin W. Odland
Myrbo
Jaederen
National Museum of
School For Ministers
Christiania
Odland
Liz Larsen
Ringdal
Trondhjem
Ove Gude
J. C. C. Dahl
Christania
Queen Alexandra
London
Queen Maud
Bishop Bang
Roald Amundsen
Northwest Passage
United States
Amundsen
North Pole
Agriculture
St. Petersburg
Wilhelm
Pavolona
Taarskoe Selo
Moscow
Tolstoy
Japan
Marit
Hie
C. Brun
Carl Moltke
Cornelia van Renslaer Thayer
Boston
Mr. Brun
Peder Skram
Frederick
The
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