Forest Fires Ravage Hinokiey Region Killing Two Woodmen
Inferno rages four days near Hinokiey Minnesota burning lumber camps and hay plus destroying the Brennan Timber company mill and forcing residents like Louis Mott and wife to flee to the river. Dan Sullivan age 44 and Tom Johnson age 37 perished as flames swept through camps near Pine City and Mora with about 130 mill workers aiding firefighting efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinokiey
Minn
A. J. Tammers
Cccu
Louis Mott
Brennan Taimber Company
Tina
Dan Sullivana
Tom Johnson
Ans
Sullivan
Jeeves
Mora
Johnson
Eau Claire
Wis
Town in Danger as Major Fire Roars Through Minnesota
Terrific forest fire sweeps Northwestern Minnesota threatening Pine City. More than 250000 dollars in timber and land damaged. Many homes and two schoolhouses burned forcing residents to flee. About 5901 men fight the blaze as it threatens farms, crops, and livelihoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Orr
Uvasruiei
Tauroly-Oscaphigs Seine
Pine City
Town Fire Destroys Bradley Business District
A fire in Bradley eradicates seven general stores with stock, one bank building and contents, one church, one dwelling, and a hotel. The total loss ranges from 40,000 to 50,000 dollars with no businesses left in the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
Te Anhoa
Windstorm Threatens Village Fire Frenzy in Minnesota
Sept 24. A severe wind storm drove toward the town of Hinckley Minnesota causing destruction fears. Fire from burning pine trees spread to village outskirts as residents and rail officials worked through the night to save homes. Two lumber piles burned. families were evacuated and later returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soven Fintayson
Yhaman
Fistaysox
Minn
Thia
St. Paul and
Duluth
Egatab Binlayson
Hinckley
Herce
Topeka printer shoots at reporter then dies
In Torna Kansas on September 25 Miss Kate Halloran a compositor for The Capitol was shot by Elijah Watt a printer who then shot himself dying instantly. Watt had asked Halloran to marry him after she refused. Halloran is fatally wounded. pursuing details include a double murder report and a garryman disappearance in nearby towns as excitement spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeks
Tandy
Torna
Kan
Kate Halloran
Capitol
Elijah Watt
Watt
Miss Halloran
Pine Fire Ravages Northern Minnesota Timberland
Dense smoke and widespread wildfires sweep through northern Minnesota rail lines and settlements from Duluth to Ashland. Fires threaten timber near the railroad, destroy baskets plants in Ellsworth, and cause extensive property damage with insured losses around 72 000 dollars. Strong winds and dry conditions hamper efforts as crews race to save timber, crops, and buildings along the St Paul and Owatonna line and nearby towns.
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Athading Thabert
Minaprota- Duluth
St. Paul and
Ovlath
Buroying
Mahtorwa
Sturgeon
Kettle River
Minnesota
Bingh Jey
Northern Pacific
Ashland
Tron River
Three boys killed at stock yards while stealing ride
Three boys, aged about 11 to 13, were killed at stock yards while stealing a ride aboard a timber car on a Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago line. The car was loaded with timber near Valparaiso. Names reported as Goorgea Peter Pister and Arnest Gar ros. No suspects yet identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qoorgera
Peter Pister
Arnest Garros
Mormon Problem Seen Easing in Utah Polygamy Decline
Ex United States Senator Alvin Sanders attends the Utah committee’s annual meeting in Nebraska. The committee’s two months of Utah investigation reports polygamy is gradually dying out. It notes Mormon acceptance of broader American public opinion and a nationwide 65,000,000 population with ties to their customs.
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Soraialtah
Rinle Thai
Polygnymy Ie
Cmaco
United States
Alvin Sanders
Nebpanka
National Utah Committee
Riga
Utah
California cabinet honor eyed for M. M. Estee in White House plan
The Post reports President Harrison may place M M Estee of San Francisco in his cabinet. Estee, prominent San Francisco lawyer, led the Chicago convention that nominated Harrison and served as a American delegation member at the Pan American Congress. Ottumwa reports a Republican rally for McKinley drawing about 25 000 attendees despite heat. Special trains and officials from nearby towns joined a large crowd and speakers including Allison Gear and Henderson spoke outdoors due to heat.
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Marricon
Hurricon
California
M, M, Estee
San Francisco
Estee
Chicago
General Harrison
Ottumwa
Coal Palace
Major McKinley
Wapello County
Pairfield
Keonangna
Bloomfield
Centrefield
Calcaloons
Mount Pleasant
Sp. m
Benator Allison
Gear
Henderson
McKinley
Fatalities from Pennsylvania wreck near McKims Station
A rear end collision on the Pittsburgh and Western railway at 6 am killed five men and seriously injured eight. A work train, carrying about twenty five laborers including Finns and Italians, was obscured by dense fog when Engine Villars on regular No. 68 struck from behind. The wreck left the work train off the track with workers crushed. Among the dead is John Houghton, engineer of the craft work train, and other names listed.
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Primsuens
McKinna
Pittsburgh and Western Railway
Morth Bewkiley
McKims
Villars
John Houghton
Crafaaia
Weeartse
Gertie John Wennar
Joh Ossidk
Jobo Pats
Icke
Ex-Governor Morehouse Commits Suicide After Sunstroke
Marysville Missouri September 24 ex governor Morehouse, recently ill from heat and illness, fatally wounds three tramps and then takes his own life with a penknife. He had been in poor health, suffered a sunstroke on his farm, and after delirium inflicted a four inch gash, dying soon after with neighbors at hand. The region mourns the tragedy and the governor’s family faces the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morehouse
Missouri
Marysville
Vic
St. Tomph, Mo
Mix Morelmse
Tramps Shot at Engineer Finch Home Warms Own Revolver Fire
In Owosso Michigan on September 24 Engineer Finch and his wife faced five tramps who demanded money. Finch retrieved a revolver from his room and fired through a window, injuring one tramp in the arm while the others returned fire. three tramps were wounded and all are jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serluney
Owosso
Mich
Finch
Gan Lunt
Rex Volver
Pingh
Pinch
Trye
All Bye
Panic at Harmony Baptist Church Kills One, Injures Many
In Jacksonville Florida on September 25 a panic at Harmony Baptist Church killed Maggie Clark, 16, and fatally injured three others. About fifty seriously injured and over a dozen lay bleeding before aid arrived as the lights failed and worshippers jumped from windows. The crowd of nearly 2,000 dispersed only after dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville Colored Church
Yoor
Jacksonville
Fla
Harmony Baptist Church
Maggie Clark
Women Superior in Meat Work Say Experts
Secretary Rusk cites tests at Chicago where sixteen men and sixteen women were tried at meat inspection tasks. results favored women who are light, clean, careful, and deft. Separate notices report England and Germany seeking five acres each for world fair exhibits, totaling ten acres, plus other race and collision news from Independence and Spain.
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Rusk
WasmaTtox
Bent
South Omaha
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Boston
Chicago
Namen
Carcaco
England
Germany
Rev Dr Burchard Dies After Illness in 1884 Campaign
Saratoga N Y Sept 2 Rev Dr Burchard longtime controversial figure dies after brief illness. Born Sept 9 1813 in Steuben he studied theology in Danville and began preaching in 1838. He led a New York church for forty years and later became president of Rutgers Fetuale Valley.
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Saratoga
Burchard
Bripchard
G Blaine
Maine Statesman
Gamuel
Cioer
Steuben
Center College
Danville
New York
Rutger’s Fetuale Valley
Milwaukee buys Prairie du Chien bridge to expand through traffic
The Milwaukee company acquires the Lawler pon toon bridge on the Mississippi at Prairie du Chien and will reroute all through traffic via the Prairie du Chien division instead of La Crosse. Madison becomes principal through-station, replacing Portage, with plans to enlarge yards and handle more freights reaching ninety frames daily on the Prairie du Chien line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acronn
Mississippi
Prairie du Chien
Mavison
Wiv
Milwauke
Lawler
la Crosse
Maison
Madison
Portage
Tux
Discovery of copper hardening method promises millage factory
Dassel resident Peter Johnson and machinist Nils Nilson announce a long lost copper hardening process. They plan a factory in the city employing about 1,000, producing durable, cheaper items rivaling steel. The claim hinges on ancient techniques revived by the pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Peter Johnson
Dassel
Minn
Johnson
Nils Nilson
Tt Ie
Wrecked warehouse explosion rocks Detroit dock area
A severe blast at Griswold street near the Starline dock in Detroit Michigan leveled the southern wall of a warehouse and shattered windows. Ten drums of carbonic acid were stored on the wharf awaiting shipment to Toledo. Nearby bystander Charles W. McCorkle suffered a serious skull fracture. Separate reports note a fatal freight train collision near Hawleysville New York and a World’s Fair exhibit plan for Nicaragua in Jackson Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Whartermorr
Mich
Griswold Street
Starline Dock
Toledo
Charles W. McCorkle
Rohriven
Army Special Commission
Central America
Nicaragua
Jackson Park
S T
Fire Fights Turn Deadly in Minneapolis Blaze
A catastrophic fire in Minneapolis destroyed Elevator C Moore Bros machine shop and nearby properties, with loss estimated at 225000 to 250000. Dozen or more firefighters were injured, several fatally, as crews battled flames from a grain elevator annex amid strong winds and smoke. Assistant Chief Canterbury and William Mitchell among the gravely hurt. Firefighters fought for hours until control was gained around 5 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Ninth Avenue
Third Street
Milwaukee Railway
Minneapolis Millwood Company
St. Paul
Tribune
Canterbury
William Mitchell
Five Farm Hands Burned Fighting Forest Fires
Pove City Minnesota September 25 five farm hands died when surrounded by flames while battling a forest fire several miles from town. The region has seen extensive burn over with excitement subsiding as safety returns and Cross Lake and Snake River protect the town on three sides.
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Teo
Pine City
Pove City
Minn
Cross Lake
Snake River
Fires menaced two Wisconsin towns in wood county disaster
Sept 2 Milwaukee report says Pittaville and Dexterville are surrounded by wildfires with residents fighting flames. Cranberry marsh near Dexterville burned. rains later quieted the region. In California prison plot details emerge as convicts coordinated an assault with smuggled arms. seven held in solitary confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Pittaville
Dexterville
Wood County
Wis
Samtel Hiles
Sentinel
Hartley
Weyanywnaga
Wanpaca County
San Francisco
W. Sullivan
Watsonville
Cal
C. Sullivan
Welles
Exfoliation Case Shocks Patriotaville Doctor Reports
Dr B P Bell of Patriotaville Tenn describes a remarkable exfoliation case in which Sarah Hens a Caney Branch resident aged 28 has shed more than six hundred bones over twenty one years. The process began in her left index finger with bones appearing and healing without pain or infection in rapid succession. Some bones reached six inches in length and one inch in diameter and resembled cotton contents, prompting examination by a fraternal group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anistor
Tenn
B. Py Bell
Patriotaville
Fnat
Tennessee Medical Scciaty
Sarah Hens
Caney Branch
Ras
Miss Hens
Ballwald
Exin
Mayor In Beuth Carolina Town Faces Mob After Clash
J. A. Honteman, mayor, attempted to break up a disturbance between John Williams and a Black woman in Spartanburg. Williams shoved the mayor, who fell backward. the assailant is charged in a serious case and threats of mob action loom amid tense conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beuth
Carolina
Collossus
8. C
Spartanburg
J. A. Honteman
John Williams
Williama
Shot on the Street Kills Railway Official in Montgomery
James Cunningham, about 20, was shot dead on a Montgomery street by Bradford Durham. Durham, a prominent railroad executive, had long served as general manager of the Louisville and Nashville and was recently a Baltimore and Ohio supervisor. Rumors blame domestic affairs for the shooting amid social prominence in Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Taomany
James Cunningham
Bradford Durham
Dunham
Cunningham
Dann
Louisville and Nashville
Baltimore
Ohio
A Brutal Assault Victim Pleads for Legal Justice
Delan special anus Lee Bailey, a naga who attacked Mrs. Witherill Priday in her home, was lynched after the plea of the victim to let the law run its course. Bailey, employed by Mr. Witherill, entered the room Friday night, forced restraint, and threatened with a pistol while committing the outrage. Only a small child was nearby. no neighbors within 300 yards. The offender was captured quickly. authorities delayed the mob after the victim's appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorpin
Hiv Fiotim
Pion Jan Nagra
Tacksoxvinur
Fla
Delan
Lee Bailey
Bailey
Witherill
Rain checked Northern Wigconnis state forest fires
Weather aided by cool clear skies halted a week of intense fire across the region. Hundreds of men battled flames, with Drummond narrowly spared as fighters covered districts from Hayward to the coast and heavy losses reported west of Hayward. Garcia narrowly escaped lynching in Lansbo Texas as pursuing Mexican forces closed in with U S troops nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wincousty
Chi Asmann
Wis
Tha Daily
Wigconnis
Drummond
Fiw
Hayward
Garcia
Lansbo
Tex
Man
Tess
United States
Train wreckers foiled near Elk Point in high profile attempt
A bold plan to wreck a Chicago Milwaukee and Paul railroad train carrying officials near Elk Point was foiled when an alert foreman found iron obstructions on the line minutes before passage. If discovered later, the collision could have killed many. Mollie King and an accomplice were arrested at Canrobn Minn near Th in connection with a separate theft case, the pair dressed as men and armed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukgal
Elk Point
Porst
Chicago, Milwaukee and Paul Road
Ught
Mollie King
Canuroy
Minn
Well King
North ‘West
Annvette
West Duluth
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Ashes
Finlayson, Minn
Jontesseis
Des Mourss
James Robertson
James
Gairymen
Harlan
J. K. Cumberland
Council Butta
Aileworth
Wic
Ellawornt
Ellsworth Manufeturing Company
Ellsworth Basket Factory
Linas
Converns
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Allerton
Nelson Matoky
Independence
C. ‘W. Williams Lng
Don J. Leathers
Nelson
Grand Rapids
Fonvtsen
Manni
Borges
San Sibastian
DR. Burchard
Prrreutna
Biscot
Baltimore Express
New Muvorp
Conn
Hawleysville
New England Road
Engineer Day
James Larner
G. A. Sprague
Onal
Fire Fighters
Burt
Baily
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