Floods near Ashland cause dam failure and mass evacuations
A violent rain storm in northern Wisconsin triggered floods in Mellen Ashland county when the dam broke. Residents fled Italian quarter and near Yester Latimer mill as three bridges failed and the power plant was destroyed leaving the city dark for days. Cattle drowned and communication severed with both halves of Mellen while schools and mills closed.
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Ashland
Wis
Wisconsin
Mellen
Ashland County
Yester-Latimer
Hill's speech the best noted by Gov Johnson
St Paul May 20 Gov Johnson back from Washington called the governors conference notable. He praised Mr Hill as delivering the best address, ahead of even the president's, and noted Hill's Minnesotan roots. Johnson heads to Nichiwond Virginia to speak to the Cotton Manufacturers association and then to Tuscaloosa Alabama for a university commencement address next Tuesday.
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Gov. Johnson
St. Paul
Washington
Hill
Nichiwond
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Tuscaloosa
Als
Alabama
Iowa Banker Crocker Speculated Heavy Before Death
Reports from Chinton Iowa dated May 20 indicate that in the years before his death Cashier F R Crocker of the First National Bank paid more than 50000 to a Chicago New York firm for stock trading operations. Most of the funds were used in the stock market in the last days of his life at rates of twenty thousand to forty thousand dollars daily as a last effort to save himself.
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Chinton
Iowa
F. RR. Crocker
iFirst National Bank
Chicago
New York
Mrs Iver Peterson Dies by Suicide in Grief Over Daughter
Paynesville Minnesota May 20 Mrs Iver Peterson of Irving township killed herself in front of her home by placing a shotgun in her mouth and pulling the trigger. She had been of unsound mind since January after her eighteen year old daughter died from measles.
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Iver Peterson
Paynesville
Minn
Irving Township
Burglars Blow Safe In Almena Store Raid
Burglars blown the Farmers' store safe in Almena Wisconsin early yesterday morning finding it unlocked with no money inside. They looted about 50 dollars in cash stamps and 300 dollars of silks and jewelry taken in a suitcase then fled. The criminals also blew the safe at the Olcott lumber office securing only one dollar.
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Almena
Wis
Olcott Lumber
Pelican Rapids Man Fatally Struck During Storm
In Pelican Rapids Minnesota Andres Isakson a railway section man collapsed and died in his home while closing a window during a May storm A nearby lightning strike hit a tree and the doctor cited uncertainty whether death resulted from the lightning or heart failure authorities report the incident from Fergus Falls.
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Pelican Rapids
Fergus Falls
Minn
An- Andres Isakson
Cesth
Forty Horses Die in St Paul Transfer Barn Fire
Fire of unknown origin at midnight in the rear left of the St Paul Transfer barn destroys the building and about forty horses, incurring an estimated loss of $7,000. The blaze gutted the barn and all stock within.
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Firs
St. Paul
Named University Regent in St Paul
May 20 in St Paul Gov Johnson appointed C A Smith a Minneapolis lumberman to the state university board of regents in place of the late Daniel R Noyes of St Paul.
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St. Paul
C. A. Smith
Minneapolis
Gov. Johnson
Board of Regents
The
State University
Daniel R. Noyes
Two Children Missing in Grand Forks Kidnapping Fears
Mrs T W Campbell of Grand Forks North Carolina fears her two children ages seven and five have been kidnapped. She is nearly prostrated over their disappearance on May 20.
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Grand Forks
N. C
T. W. Campbell
Rock Falls Kill Workman In Glen Flora Well
May 19 Chippewa Fells Wis Henry Mewhorter is killed in Glen Flora when lowering a heavy rock to him at the bottom of a thirty foot well. A tub collapses and the rock strikes his head injuring his neck and skull in the fatal accident.
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Rock Falls
Chippewa Fells
Wis
Henry Mewhorter
Glen Flora
Mr. Mewhorter
Forgery Suspect Sent to Reformatory in Roseau County Case
Crookston Minnesota May 19 Ole Funseth was brought in by Sheriff Richmond Roseau County and appeared before Judge Watts charged with forging a check on Hageland of Roseau County. The check was forged on the State Bank at Warroad. He was sentenced to the reformatory at St Cloud and was taken there last night.
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Crookston
Minn
Ole Funseth
Richmond
Roseau County
Watts
Hageland
State
Warroad
St. Cloud
Too Old to Mind Trains Wright Walks 12 Miles
Medford man A. L. Wright aged eighty walked twelve miles to Faribault after finding train connections unsatisfactory. He conducted business in Faribault and Owatonna, rode trains, and returned home by 2 30 PM.
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Medford
Faribault
Minn
A. L. Wright
Qwatonna
Owatonna
Baby Found Bodieshidden in Calvary Cemetery
In St Paul on May 19 a newborn infant wearing swaddling clothes and a silk necktie tied tightly around its neck was found in Calvary cemetery. The infant’s body appears to have been placed in another grave to conceal the crime and had been there for months.
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St. Paul
Calvary Cemetery
Burglary Allegation Against FifteenYearOld Boy
Fifteen year old George McMullin was arrested at Coalville and brought to Red Lodge to answer a charge of breaking into and robbing the Coalville post office. The U S district attorney has been contacted and no action will be taken until he is heard from.
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Lad
Coalville
Red Lodge
Mont
George McMullin
United States
Church Banquet Typhoid Triggers Waterloo Outbreak
Aaron J. L. Walthers died in Rockwell City of typhoid fever contracted at a Waterloo church banquet. The illness affected about thirty guests, with two deaths reported and the town in a state of alarm over the contagion.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Aaron JL. Walthers
Rockwell City
Breen killed in Boston Montana smelter belt accident
Great Falls Montana May 19 William J Breen of Butte was fatally crushed in the belting of the Boston Montana smelter. He was torn apart with every bone from his hips up broken and his neck broken in several places. Only his shoes and stockings remained when he was found.
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Breen
Great Falls
Mont
William J. Breen
Butte
Boston & Montana
Deaf inmate killed by eastbound train at Fergus Falls asylum
Henry Olsen, a deaf and mute inmate at the Fergus Falls asylum, was struck and killed by an eastbound Great Northern train while strolling on the tracks near the asylum. The incident occurred May 19 as Olsen wandered onto the rails.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Henry Olsen
Great Northern
O'con
Grandstand Falls at Iowa High School Meet
Twenty feet of the grandstand front collapsed at the Town City high school meet in Iowa on May 19. Forty spectators were knocked down but no injuries were reported.
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Town City
Iowa
Four year old girl killed when out-building tips
In Devils Lake North Dakota on May nineteenth the four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Johnson was instantly killed when an out-building tipped onto her.
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Devils Lake
N. D
Edward Johnson
Brother Inherits Fortunes From Pioneer Death
Through the San Francisco death of Henry Bews Black Hills pioneer his brother George Bews formerly of Deadwood will inherit property valued between 200000 and 300000 dollars.
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Deadwood
S. D
San Francisco
Henry Bews
Black Hills
George Bews
Stricken On Roof Milkski Dies In Fall
Winona Minnesota May 19 Peter Mil kowski sixty four years old while seated on the ridge pole of his house shingling the roof succumbed to paralysis of the heart and fell to the ground He was killed instantly.
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Winona
Minn
Peter Milkowski
10000 Acres Swept By Fire In Long Pine Forest
A Long Pine national forest fire near Belle Fourche South Dakota, begun Friday night at Plum Creek, burned for days with high winds. By the time authorities stopped it, over 10,000 acres of reserve were damaged, stretching roughly ten miles long and one to two miles wide.
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Long Pine National Forest
Belle Fourche
S. D
Here
Plum Creek
Robbery at St. Charles Hotel in Staples
Safe at the St Charles hotel in Staples is broke into and $350 missing. Bartender Edward Chemake is also missing as police seek him. If the thief waited two days more the money would have neared $1,000 from railroad men paying bills around the 20th.
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Staples
Minn
St. Charles
Edward Chemake
Man from Maine Hangs Self Near Elk River
William Collins aged seventy two of Elk River Minnesota hanged himself to a tree near the town. He had moved from Maine fifty years ago and lived with his daughter Mrs Willard Frye on a nearby farm. He bought a rope in a local store and warned several people he intended to hang himself, but they believed he was joking.
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Elk River
Minn
William Collins
Maine
St. Anthony
Willard Frye
Collins
Sudden Flood Threatens Odanah Village
Ashland Wis May 21 The Bad River at Odanah rose three feet flooding surrounding residences. Families were rescued with rowboats and others near the danger line are getting out. The White and Bad rivers meet at Odanah and the combined flood threatens the village.
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Ashland
Wis
Odanah
No Corpse For Funeral Welcomed Alive Man Carl Sorenson
Chippewa Falls Wisconsin on May 21 reports that Witcee residents gave a hearty welcome to Carl Sorenson who was thought dead after an operation. Relatives had prepared for his funeral and brought the body home, only to discover he was alive.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Witcee
Carl Sorenson
Sorenson
Warrant Issued in Crookston Liquor Case Ahead of Grand Jury
Judge Watts in Crookston Minnesota has issued a bench warrant for a person to be brought before the court on charges connected with the liquor traffic. The arrest is linked to upcoming grand jury proceedings next month and is expected to surprise the panel.
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Crookston
Minn
Watts
Jealous Saloon Keeper Charged in Wisconsin Bartender Slaying
In Marinette Wisconsin on May 21 Dell Ovorn saloonkeeper of Amberg shot and killed Louis Toboltz a bartender over alleged jealousy involving Ovorns wife. Ovorn was arrested following the tragedy.
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Marinette
Wis
Louis Toboltz
Amberg
Dell’ Ovorn
Ovorn
Laborer Slays Self at Brother’s Home in Minneapolis
Alfred Melander, after leaving supper, crawled to a rear cupola and fatally stabbed his throat with a Swedish dagger. He died from two wounds including a severed jugular vein, attributed to ill health and unemployment.
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Minneapolis
Alfred Melander
La Crosse Man Kills Himself
La Crosse Wisconsin May 21 police broke into a southern city residence to find the partly decomposed body of owner Frank Retzloff hanging from the ceiling. The body showed he had been dead at least a week.
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la Crosse
Wis
Frank Retzloff
Coroner Shot and Killed in Hot Springs Quarrel
Hot Springs South Dakota May 21 W R Stockton shot Coroner C R Cramer in the groin severing an artery and causing hemorrhage and death in half an hour Both men were blacksmiths The trouble grew from a drunken quarrel
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Hot Springs
S. D
W. R Stockton
C. R. Cramer
Tragic Drowning Of Child At Healey's Dam
Ten year old Eddie Brouillette, son of Mrs. Wilfred Chattel of Red Lake Falls Minnesota, drowned after falling into the river while fishing at Healey's dam on May 21.
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Red Lake Falls
Minn
Eddie Brouillette
Wilfred Chattel
Healey’s Dam
Brownsville affair delayed as senate schedules inquiry
In Washington on May 14 the senate postponed further consideration of the Brownsville affair to December 16 after extensive debate. Senator Rayner's resolution to appoint a court of inquiry into Col. William F. Stewart's case was referred to the military affairs committee with Rayner to appear before it for additional statements.
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Washington
Brownsville
Senate
Rayner
William F. Stewart
Army
Fort Grant
Ariz
Committee On Military Affairs
Stewart
Vreeland currency bill passes House amid party clash
The Vreeland currency bill, agreed by the Republican caucus, moves through the House 184 to 148 under a special rule. Fifteen insurgent Democrats sided with Republicans while most Democrats abstained or opposed. The vast sundry civil appropriation bill, about 120 million dollars, also passes the Senate, closing a major group of supply measures.
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Washington
House
Kahn
California
Vreeland
Bryan
Williams
Senate
Vreeland currency bill advances to conference in Senate
The Vreeland currency bill passed the house and went to the senate where Senator Aldrich offered an amended form. The senate approved it and sent the measure to conference after a lively debate. Campaign to adjourn by May 23 accelerates house action on military and omnibus public buildings bills.
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Washington
House
Senate
Committee On Finance
Aldrich
Vreeland
Senate Defers Plan to Double Home Stead Size in Idaho
Washington May 19 The senate held a short session with Senator Heyburn opposing a conference report on raising homesteads on non irrigable lands from 160 to 320 acres. The report was withdrawn after an hour. The conference report on the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill was approved. The house passed the general deficiency appropriation bill totaling 17 568 578 dollars, completing the last of the great supply measures.
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Washington
Senate
Heyburn
Idaho
House
House completes work on appropriation bills in Washington
The House adjourned for the week after clearing the legislative appropriation conference report. Reports on agricultural and fortifications bills were received and a 1.6 million dollar appropriation for the Tokio exposition was passed along with two omnibus public lands measures. Senator Taylor spoke in the Senate on tariff and currency policy. The Senate approved the agricultural bill conference report totaling 11.672 million dollars.
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Washington
United States
Tokio Exposition
Taylor
Tennessee
Senate
Lightning Strikes Waterloo Home Wounding Child
Nine year old Fay Allen daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Allen of Waterloo Iowa was stunned for several hours Monday after a lightning strike hit the Allen home.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Fay Allen
J. W. Allen
Allen
Norwegian Bishop Bang Visits U S and Plans Statue Gift
The visit of Bishop Anthon Christian Bang to the United States includes a tour from New York to Washington and Chicago, with a stop in Minneapolis for a May celebration. He will present a statue of Henrik Wergeland, funded by Norwegians and former Norwegian leaders, to the Northwest Norwegian community.
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Anthon Christian Bang
United States
New York
Washington
Roosevelt
Haakon
Chicago
Minneapolis
Henrik Wergeland
Anthon
Tofoten
Nordland
Tromsvee
Christiania
Hans Nielsen Hauge
Ecle Csiastical
Bang
Sweden Faces Food Department Talk and Emigration Trends
Reports from Stockholm detail discussions of a government food department and ongoing bank and business failures in Sweden. Consul Ljunggren notes 60 900 artisans and 2 000 laborers. Emigration fell in early 1905 due to anti emigration efforts and U.S. job shortages. The riksdag may sit long with many fiscal and political measures on its agenda. King Edward’s Sweden visit is viewed as signaling closer Sweden Norway ties aided by English diplomacy.
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J. GC. I. Ljunggren
Sweden
Riksdag
Stockholm
Edward
Norway
Charles Hardinge
Charles
Denmark Considers Socialist High School in Copenhagen
A socialist education institution may be founded in Copenhagen following a Social Democrats convention vote urging swift action. The move marks Denmark as a pioneer in higher learning dedicated to propagating socialist doctrine amidst broader debates on education and culture. The article notes other Danish educational options and discusses contemporary social and church concerns, including Easter disrupts for farmers and a bishop’s sermon, with birth statistics from 1905.
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Copenhagen
Social Democrats
Denmark
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News of the Northwest
Forger
Baby
P. C
Congress
Martin W. Odland
Order of Victoria
Gunnar Snudgen
Swedish Tailors’ Union
Antiemigration Society
Marie
Sivm
Sorensen
Balsley
St. Knud's Cathedral
Odense
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