Floods threaten Milwaukee road tracks in Portage Wis
Portage Wisconsin April 25 government levee broke below the toll gate in the First ward washing away a 30 foot section. Lower ward flooded and Milwaukee road tracks at risk. A special train of 100 men arrived to shore up the levee under engineer Mann. The river rose to 11 feet just below the canal lock. Houses abandoned as waters advance.
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Portage
Wis
First Ward
Milwaukee Road
Pacific Canal
Government Lock
Watertown
United States
Mann
Wisconsin and
Lock Streets
No Serious Losses Yet From Duluth Area Fires
Fire reports say no grave damage yet around Duluth Minnesota though three freight cars burned between Hibbing and Virginia on the Eastern Minnesota line. Long distance poles and wires burned affecting Duluth St Paul and Ashland. officials fear a disaster like the 1894 fires if rain does not come soon.
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Duluth
Minn
Hibbing
Virginia
Minnesota
St. Paul
Ashland
North Montana Round-up backs cattle transit time bill
Members of the North Montana Round-up Association in Helena endorsed a U S senate bill extending the allowed cattle in transit without unloading from twenty eight to forty hours. They also condemned a proposed ban on waking pleomargarine saying it would cut $3 to $4 from each animal’s value for butter substitute production.
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Helena
Mont
North
A Boy’s Terrible Death in Lime Ridge Hunt
In Baraboo Wisconsin on April 25 Henry Wrist aged sixteen died after a hunting accident. A discharged gun wounded him in the hand and set his clothes ablaze. The resulting cartridge belt explosion caused fatal mutilation. he was found dead.
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Baraboo
Wis
Lime Ridge
Henry Wrist
North Dakota Farmer Ends Life Over Rejected Suit
Joseph Kosebud, a Walsh county farmer living seventeen miles southwest of Park River, North Dakota, shot himself in the head. He died instantly after being despondent over a woman he loved rejecting his suit. Rosebud was described as a young man of good habits and character.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Joseph Kosebud
Walsh County
Park River
Rosebud
Prisoners Escape From South Dakota Penitentiary
Four inmates who escaped from the South Dakota Penitentiary on April 19 remain at large as of April 25. Bloodhounds traced the fugitives to east of Hawarden, Iowa, before the trail was lost and officials deem further tracking likely fruitless.
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South Dakota
Sioux Falls
N. D
Hawarden
Iowa
Prof Noland P Hill Fights Extradition in Bigamy Case
Tacoma April 25 Noland Pr Hill former Puget Sound university professor arrested and charged with bigamy will contest extradition and seek habeas corpus release Sheriff Menecke arrives from Blair Nebraska awaiting extradition papers Gov Rogers absence delays papers Hill reports his first wife in Blair to press the charge of bigamy.
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Tacoma
Wash
Lutherans to Erect $3,000 Church in Balaton
At a mass meeting in Balaton Minnesota on April 25 German Lutherans vote to build a new church costing about 3000 dollars detailing plans for a local religious structure aimed at serving the community.
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Balaton, Minn
Seven Hundred Out of Employment
Joliet Illinois April 25 The red mill of the local Illinois Steel plant closed yesterday leaving seven hundred men unemployed. Rumor says the entire plant will shut down.
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Joliet
Illinois Steel Company
Roundhouse Fire Destroys Spearfish Burlington roundshouse
Spearfish April 25 The Burlington roundhouse burned to the ground with passenger engine No 254 amid total losses near 15000 dollars. Origin of the fire remains undetermined.
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Spearfish
Burlington
Hanna Speech Dominates Ohio Republican Convention
Columbia Ohio April 26 The Republican State convention featured two keynote speeches the second by Senator Hanna drawing a large audience. Hanna arrived early aided by warm demonstrations and his supporters drew seats on the new state committee amid some district contests. No references were made to tariff currency or other prior issues during the proceedings.
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Columbia
Ohio
Ohio Republicans
Hanna
Wisconsin Republicans Pick August 8 for State Convention
Milwaukee April 26 The Republican state central committee set August 8 in Milwaukee as the date for the state convention to nominate a ticket for November. A resolution asks county chairmen to survey preference for less representation, citing 1 067 delegates and auditorium challenges. Chairmen will report results at the August convention.
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Milwaukee
Wir
Republican
Iowa Populists Convene in Des Moines for Delegates
Des Moines April 26 Iowa middle of the road Populists held a state convention to select delegates for the Cincinnati national convention. About a dozen delegates attended led by A W C Weeks and L H Weller. Fusion Populists were denounced, Gen Weaver blamed for harming the party. Resolutions endorsed the Omaha and St Louis platforms and showed sympathy for Boers and Filipinos.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cincinnati
A. W C. Weeks
L. H. Weller
J. Weaver
People’s Party
Omaha and
St. Louis
Hudson Convention Chooses McCormick and Murphy as Delegates
The Tenth congressional Republican convention at Hudson Wisconsin nominated R L McCormick of Hayward and John T Murphy of Superior as delegates to the Philadelphia National Convention. Thad C Pound of Chippewa and Seawall A Peterson of Barron named alternates with Fred Severance of Pierce as elector. Resolutions endorsed President McKinley and Gov Scofield.
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Hudson, Wis
R. L. McCormick
Hayward
John T. Murphy
Superior
Philadelphia
Thad C. Pound
Chippewa
Seawall
A. Peterson
Barron
Fred Severance
Pierce County
McKinley
Scofield
Babcock Renominated by Baraboo GOP
Congress man J. W. Babcock was renominated unanimously by the Republicans of Wisconsin Third district at a Baraboo convention held on April 26. The gathering endorsed his candidacy and confirmed support for his reelection bid.
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Baraboo
Wis
J. W. Babcock
Third District
Liberal consideration leads to divorce and remarriage
Aberdeen D April 26 The Woods couple in this county faced a scandal with a Mrs Woods No 1 believed dead. after a monetary settlement she granted a divorce and a license was issued allowing Mr W H Woods to marry Wife No 2 to legalize nearly twenty years of marriage in the aftermath of the publicized relief.
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Aberdeen
W. H. Woods
Burglars Fire Post Office in Prescott Attempted Safe Blow
Burglars entered the Prescott Wisconsin post office at 8 30 Sunday morning and tried to blow open the safe. They started a fire which the alarm and fire company quickly stopped. The interior was wrecked but only the mail in the boxes burned.
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Prescott
Wis
Inmate Killed Escaping at Wisconsin Reformatory
William Douglas, about 22, an inmate from West Superior, was shot and killed at the state reformatory near Green Bay while attempting to escape. He had a Chicago family and a prior burglary sentence. superintendent J E Hey notes Douglas is a common name for the man shot.
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Green Bay
Wis
William Douglas
State Reformatory
Douglas
West Superior
J. E. Hey
Reformatory
Chicago
Two Murder Cases on Trial in District Court
District court convened with Judge Morgan presiding. Hans Thorpe faces murder charge in the death of his wife. William Curtis also stands trial for the murder of William White et al in Williston.
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Morgan
Hans Thorpe
William Curtis
William White
Williston
Fire destroys two saw mills in Michigan loss tops six figures
Fire at Atkinson Michigan wiped out two Metropolitan Lumber company saw mills. Loss estimated between 60000 and 100000 dollars. Lumber stored in yards escaped the blaze.
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Marietta, Wis
Atkinson
Mich
Metropolitan Lumber Company
Wholesale horse theft at Jamestown reported
Joseph Blunga says fourteen head of horses and colts were stolen from his farm eight miles north of Jamestown. He saw them near his prairie home last Saturday and has tracked two men leaving the county. Searches cover twenty five miles in every direction with no trace found. authorities are pursuing the suspected thieves.
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Jamestown
Joseph Blunga
Blunga
Fuller not the first Dakota delegate and a Jamestown case
An error circulated that Alpheus Fuller was Dakota's first Congress delegate. The first territorial representative was Delegate Todd, brother of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. In Jamestown Judge Pearson’s office Elizabeth Ben faced John L. Neilson in a writ of entry case. she threatened Neilsen after judgment, refused peace bonds, and was jailed.
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Lincoln
Dakota
Ben
Alpheus Fuller
Congress
Congreas
Todd
Abraham Lincoln
Pearson
Jamestown
Elizabeth Ben
John L. Neilson
Nielson
Baldwin
Fort Lincoln Named For Great President In Bismarck
War Department settles on Fort Abraham Lincoln for the Bismarck post after a citizens committee urged the name change. The new fort, under construction, will reuse the historic name from the old fort across the river, honoring a nation’s leader.
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Bismarck
Fort Lincoln
War Department
Hansbrough
Citizens’ Committee
Fort Abraham Linecoln
Scarcity of Logs Likely as Drives Continue
Eleven raft boats leave Stillwater with tons of logs for Mississippi river points and more departures are expected as the new crop begins to arrive above the city. The last winter cut on the St. Croix was 210 million feet. last season yielded about 400 million feet, so a shortage looms unless Mississippi logs reach St. Paul. Surveyor general B J drosier warns substantial fees will fund sealing rather than profits.
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St. Croix
Mississippi
St. Paul
B. J. Drosier
Deaf Pete Killed Crossing Train Near Poor Farm
Peter Donohue eighty eight year old inmate at the poorhouse was struck and killed by a morning Wisconsin Central passenger train at the crossing near Stilwater Minnesota. He died instantly with injuries to his neck and right arm. The coroner waived an inquest. He had no known relatives.
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Stilwater
Minn
Peter Donohue
Wisconsin Central
Pete
Civil and Military Organization Formed in Winona
In Winona Minnesota April 26 a meeting of new Company C members drew about fifty young men. The group planned both civil and military bodies with Capt. L D Frost elected president and William Pletke chosen secretary. An order for muster is expected soon.
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Winona, Minn
L. D. Frost
William Pletke
Lannie Scofield Sentenced for Second Degree Murder
Madison Wis April 26 Fifteen years in state prison one year more than the minimum penalty in the sentence imposed by Judge Beck er in the circuit court upon Lannie Scofield convicted of murder in the second degree for the shooting of Chas Prindle at Token Creek November 14 last A motion for a new trial was overruled.
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Lannie Scofield
Madison
Wis
C. Becker
Thabi Scofield
Chas, Prindle
Token Creek
Wilhelm Schring Dies in Carlsruhe at Ninety?
The German poet Wilhelm Schring died in Carlsruhe in his eighty fourth year. He was born at Konigs berg.
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Wilhelm Schring
Carlsruhe
Konigsberg
Notorious window smasher Maria Ricks confined in Aberdeen
Maria Ricks, described as a notorious window smasher, has been confined in the county hospital at Aberdeen after authorities were alerted of her arrival. She is expected to be sent to Wisconsin, where she reportedly belongs.
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Maria Ricks
Aberdeen
Wisconsin
Lutherans Meet in Belle Plaine Quarterly Conference
The Lutheran synod of Minnesota held a quarterly conference in Belle Plaine on April 26 with about fifty ministers in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Paine
Minn
Lutheran Synod of Minnesota
Porto Ricans and Free Trade Debate Across the Island
A long analysis argues that three quarters of Porto Rico’s land is owned by European owners who warehouse crops for free entry to the United States. It claims tariffs will lift wages for island labor, benefit Americans, and curb alien and trust interests, with projections of wage rises to 75 cents to a dollar a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
Europe
Spain
Porto Atico
United States
Porto Hico
Labor Strife Explodes at Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mine
Conner Malett reports to the House committee on the Wardner crisis in the Coeur d Alene district where union and non union factions clash. Miners drive out scabs amid pistol fire as armed masked men are transported to the mill. Sheriff Young orders the mob dispersed.
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Newcospaper
Coeur d'Alene
Bunker Hill and Sullivan
House of Representatives
Conner Malett
Spokesman-Review of
Spokane
Wardner
Bunker Hill
Sullivan
Boyle
Miners’ Union
Sheriff Young
Wallace
Canyon Creek
Young
Exports surge in March marking record year for United States
Treasury figures show total exports of American goods in March at 14.31 million dollars, more than double March of 1803 and 25 percent above last year. Nine months ending March 1900 total 1.268 million, with large gains in manufactures and agricultural exports, signaling a return to protectionism and rising employment.
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Treasury Bureau of Statistics
English cotton trust aims to corner world supply
A leading English combine led by Coats Limited and the British Fine Spinners’ Co seeks to dominate global cotton by securing control of Egyptian output. The move targets Liverpool’s diminishing market share and could enable English buyers to secure American cotton at season’s start, leveraging their financial power.
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Coats (Limited
Paisley
British Fine Spinners’ Co
Egypt
Liverpool
Glasgow
Democratic Papers Shift Sides on Money and Imperialism
The piece notes that several Democratic newspapers once backed gold Democrats and attacked free silver. Now they urge trust in the same figures they once denounced as daft on money. The shift also targets imperialism and trusts, signaling a political realignment.
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Gold Democrats
Free Silver
McKinley
American Manufacturers Trade in February Returns
The eight months ending February show remarkable foreign commerce. In February 28 days the importation of manufacturers materials totaled 25036601 dollars, about a million per day, while the export of manufactured goods reached a large amount as well.
Prosperity in Hardware Trade Through 1890
T James Fernley, secretary treasurer of the National Hardware Association, says 1890 was universally declared the most profitable year for hardware merchants and manufacturers, following a poor 1805 to early 1808 period and a fairly satisfactory stretch before.
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McKinley
T. James Fernley
National Hardware Association of the
United States
International plate glass trust advances in Europe
Consul General Guenther reports from Frankfort on March 8 1900 that German manufacturers have unanimously drafted by laws for an international plate glass trust. France and Belgium have approved it per Cologne Gazette making the trust a fact. The question asks if the American protective tariff drives this European trust.
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Aun International Treet
Guenther
Frankfort
Cologne
France
Belgium
Southern Btec Goes North
A train of twenty one cars carrying 4062 tons of steel billets was shipped from Alabama Steel and Ship building Co. Ensley to American Steel and Wire Co. Worcester Mass for wire manufacture. The billets, produced from Alabama red ore by the open hearth process, can be cheaper and sold at lower prices than Northern products.
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Southern Btec
Alabama Steel and Shipbuilding Co
Ensley
American Steel and Wire Co
Worcester
Maas
Alabama
United States urged to build a strong merchant marine
The speaker argues that Congress should act this session to develop the American merchant marine in foreign trade. He says the shipping question is national, not partisan, and that the entire American people support a robust merchant fleet as soon as Congress enables it.
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Congress
New National Banks Applications Surge Under New Laws
Since December 1 Controller Dawes has received 400 applications to organize national banks under the new laws. Most seek the $25 000 minimum capital, with many towns filing two applications. Except for ten or twelve, each plan calls for a capital of $25,000.
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Dawes
Yorkville Mills Cut Dividends and Raise Wages
The York cotton mills in Yorkville D C say next pay day they will deduct 3 percent from the annual dividend and add it to operatives wages. Some workers had recent wage increases of 88 percent, which were not included in the latest raise.
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Waygee
York Cotton Mills
Yorkville
D. C
A Shipping Alternative In Patriot Debate On Subsidies
The piece argues for a shipping policy favoring subsidies or allowing foreign ships to take up to 200 million dollars annually in payment for U S ocean freight, asserting few patriots would oppose such a plan.
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United States
Personal Grievance Man Plans German American Revolt
A gentleman once relieved from office by President McKinley is organizing a German American revolt. The so called personal grievance driven revolution stalls at its starting point and shows little progress.
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McKinley
Why They Prosper in British Steamship Subsidies
Over fifty years British steamships have earned $250,000,000 in mail subsidies. As a result they outnumber all other nations’ steamships combined.
Democratic committee urges delegates to back Bryan
The Democratic national committee calls on party workers to instruct delegates to vote for Mr. Bryan. The quote notes that a candid and unhampered mind will be scarce at Kansas City in July.
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Democratic National Committee
Bryan
Kansas City
Democratic Leaders Backing Shipping Faces Public Critique
Democratic leaders deny opposition to American shipping support, but voices claim their votes foster unfavorable opinions about national shipping policy.
A Suitable Combination for Kansas City Convention
The passage notes fans revering Bryan and Pettigrew among Aguinaldo supporters and suggests this pairing as a possible formula for the Kansas City convention. It reflects political maneuvering and candidate naming within a campaign context.
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Bryan
Pettigrew
Aguinaldo
Kansas City
The Smokestack Argument and Prosperity
The article argues prosperity would return through Republican legislation and would revive agitation over the smoke consumption question.
Open Door Policy in China Reaffirmed by Republicans
A Republican administration renews the Open Door policy toward China asserting American skill and enterprise will drive success. The statement emphasizes continued U S engagement and opportunity in China’s markets and trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Parrot Reminiscence Reveals Widow and Tom Echo
A Poston transcript excerpt recalls a parrot named Polly as a reminder of a deceased husband. The widow Shedd and others joke the bird’s chatter mirrors Tom, highlighting domestic humor and character traits in a light, dialogue driven moment.
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Barnes
Shedd
Polly
Tom
Charting the Ocean Beds by British Navy Vessels
The British government maintains eleven ships engaged in sounding ocean beds to detect dangers. Last year many miles of world and south Pacific waters were charted with careful surveying of the seafloor and potential hazards.
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Miles
South Pacific
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