Levee Break Floods Part of Portage Wisconsin
Portage Wisconsin faced a levee break below the toll gate washing out a 30 foot section. The lower first ward and Milwaukee road tracks are flooded threatening passage as officials rush 100 workers to reinforce the levee and stop the spill.
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Portage
Wis
First Ward
Pacific Canal
Government Lock
Watertown
United States
Mann
Milwaukee Road
Wisconsin and
Lock Streets
Forest Fires Rage Around Duluth With Few Losses Yet
Duluth Minnesota April 25 fires sweep surrounding areas with no major losses reported to Hight. Three freight cars burned between Hibbing and Virginia on the eastern Minnesota road. Telegraph and telephone poles and wires down disrupt long distance service to Duluth St Paul and Ashland. Fears of a repeat of the 1904 disasters grow if rains do not come.
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Duluth
Minn
Hibbing
Virginia
Minnesota
St. Paul
Ashland
Cattle in Transit Bill Backed by Round-Up Club
Members of the North Montana Round-up association in Helena endorsed a senate bill to extend cattle car time without unloading from twenty eight to forty hours. They also condemned a proposal to ban oleomargarine, arguing the ban would reduce each animal’s value by three to four dollars due to loss of butter fat.
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Helena
Mont
North
A Boy's Terrible Death in Baraboo Area
In Lime Ridge, Baraboo County, Henry Wrist aged sixteen died after a hunting accident. His gun discharged injuring his hand, causing blood loss and clothes to ignite from the burning wad, a cartridge belt then exploded, leaving his body severely mutilated.
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Baraboo
Wis
Lime Ridge
Henry Wrist
North Dakota Farmer Shoots Himself Over Rejected Suit
Joseph Kosobud a Walsh county farmer near Park River died from a self inflicted gunshot after his suit was rejected by a young woman. He was described as a young man of good habits and character and had been despondent over the romance.
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North Dakota
Grand Forks
N. D
Joseph Kosobud
Walsh County
Park River
Khosobud
Prisoners Escape From South Dakota Penitentiary
Sioux Falls April 25 four inmates escaped from the South Dakota Penitentiary on the 19th. Officials report no new leads and have halted active trails. Bloodhounds followed the fugitives to a point east of Hawarden Iowa, where the trail disappeared.
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Sioux Falls
Hawarden
Iowa
Tacoma Professor Faces Bigamy Extradition Fight
Noland I. Hill a former Puget Sound university professor was arrested on bigamy charges and will contest extradition. Sheriff Menecke from Blair Nebraska seeks papers but governor Rogers is absent from Olympia, as Hill’s first wife presses the charge in Blair.
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Tacoma
Wash
Noland I. Hill
Puget Sound University
Menecke
Blair, Neb
Rogers
Olympia
Hill
Blair
Lutherans to Erect Church in Balaton Minn
At a mass meeting of the German Lutherans in Balaton Minnesota the group decided to erect a church costing three thousand dollars.
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Balaton, Minn
Local steel plant shuts down leaving seven hundred jobless
Joliet April 25 The red mill at the Illinois Steel companys plant closed yesterday. Seven hundred men were thrown out of employment. It is rumored the entire plant will be shut down.
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Joliet
Illinois Steel Company
Burlington roundhouse fire destroys engine in Spearfish
The Spearfish Burlington roundhouse burned to the ground. Passenger engine No. 254 was destroyed and total losses are about 15000 dollars. The origin of the fire is unknown.
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Spearfish
8. D
Burlington
Hanna dominates Ohio Republican state convention
The Ohio Republican state convention in Columbus featured two keynote speeches, with Senator Hanna delivering the standout address that sparked a large demonstration. Hanna spent the morning meeting visitors and shaping the new state committee, while afternoon sessions showed committee selections amid district contests, all without references to tariff or currency issues.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Republicans
Hanna
Wisconsin Republicans Plan August Convention In Milwaukee
The Republican state central committee set August for the state convention in Milwaukee to nominate a ticket for November. A resolution asks county chairmen to survey counties on reducing representation at state conventions due to the large number of delegates, currently 1067, and the difficulty of securing an auditorium. Chairmen will report results at the August convention.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Republican State Central Committee
Vention
Iowa Populists Hold Small State Convention in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa April 26 middle-of-the-road Populists met to choose 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 especially Gen J B Weaver. Resolutions endorsed the Omaha and St Louis platforms and expressed sympathy with Boers and Filipinos.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cincinnati
A. W. C. Weeks
L. H. Weller
J. B. Weaver
People’s Party
Omaha and
St. Louis
Hudson Convention Nominates 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 were named alternates with Fred Severance of Pierce as elector. Resolutions endorsed President McKinley and Gen 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 in Unanimous Vote
In Baraboo Wisconsin on April 26 the Third district Republican convention unanimously renominated Congress man J W Babcock. The meeting affirmed his candidacy and endorsed his record in Congress.
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Baraboo, Wis
J. W. Babcock
Third District
Appears After Twenty Years In North Dakota Divorce Case
Aberdeen North Dakota April 26. The domestic relations of Mr and Mrs W H Woods of this county have been disturbed by the appearance of a Mrs Woods No 1 who was supposed to be dead. Upon payment of a nice sum of money Wife No 1 allowed a divorce to be granted her husband and now a license has been issued and Mr Woods will again marry Wife No 2 to make legal the relations they have borne toward each other to nearly twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
W. H Woods
Burglars Shoot Fire at Prescott Post Office
Burglars entered the Prescott Wisconsin post office at 8 30 Sunday morning and attempted to blow the safe. They set a fire inside the office which the fire company quickly extinguished. The interior was wrecked but only mail in boxes burned.
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Prescott
Wis
Inmate Shot and Killed During Escape Attempt
Green Bay Wisconsin April 26 William Douglas a 22 year old inmate at the state re formatory near Green Bay was shot and killed while attempting to escape. Douglas was sentenced from West Superior for burglary and was identified by Superintendent J E Heg as the man shot. He belonged to a Chicago family but had fallen into evil ways.
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Green Bay
Wis
William Douglas
State Reformatory
Douglas
West Superior
J. E. Heg
Reformatory
Chicago
Trials Set For Twin Murder Cases In Minot
District court convenes with Judge Morgan presiding. Hans Thorpe faces murder charge in the death of his wife first on the docket. William Curtis also stands trial for the murder of William White at Williston, to be heard here.
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Minot
S. D
Morgan
Hans Thorpe
William Curtis
William White
Williston
Fire destroys mills in Michigan lumber firm loss at eighty thousand to a hundred thousand
Marietta Wisconsin April 26 fire at Atkinson Michigan destroyed two saw mills belonging to Metropolitan Lumber Company with losses estimated between 80000 and 100000 dollars. Lumber in yards escaped the flames.
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Marietta, Wis
Atkinson
Mich
Metropolitan Lumber Company
Horse Thieves Reported Stealing Blunga’s Horses North of Jamestown
Joseph Blunga reports a wholesale theft of fourteen head of horses and colts from his Jamestown area farm eight miles north. He noted animals were last seen near his prairie home last Saturday with no trace since. Authorities pursue two men who left the county as the case unfolds. Blunga searched wide areas but found nothing. the loss cripples his farm work as horses command high prices.
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Joseph Blunga
Jamestown
Tle
Blunga
Fuller not the first Dakota delegate to Congress
The article corrects a rumor that Alpheus Fuller was Dakota Territory’s first delegate. It states the first representative was Delegate Todd, brother of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. In Jamestown Judge Pearson’s office, Elizabeth Ben faced ejectment by John L. Neilson and, after threatening to kill him, was jailed for refusing to post bond to keep the peace.
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Lincoln
Dakota
Ben
Alpheus Fuller
Territory
Congress
Todd
Abraham Lincoln
Pearson
Jamestown
Elizabeth Ben
John L. Neilson
Nielson
Fort Lincoln Named for Bismarck Post in Honor
The War Department approves Fort Lincoln as the name for the new Bismarck military post. Senator Hansbrough recommended the name, praising its lasting appeal and honoring President Lincoln. Citizens’ committee urged using Fort Abraham Lincoln, but the approved name preserves the legacy of the old fort and the nation’s presidents.
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Bismarck
Fort Lincoln
War Department
Hansbrough
Citizens’ Committee
Fort
Abraham Lincoln
Scarcity of logs in Stillwater due to light drive
Eleven rest boats left Stillwater with logs bound for Mississippi river points as mills run full and new crop begins. The 210,000,000 feet cut last winter leaves few old logs. last summer’s drive reached 400,000,000 feet, so this season will be about half that. Mosier warns few fees will be cleared as sealing costs eat into funds.
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Stillwater
Mississippi River
St. Croix
Mississippi
St. Paul
B. J. Mosier
Deaf Pete Struck by Train in Stictwater Crossing
Peter Donohue, a long time poorhouse inmate with no known relatives, was killed by a Wisconsin Central passenger train at the crossing near the poor farm in Stricktwater. He was sixty eight, deaf, and on his way to town when the collision occurred. the coroner ruled no inquest necessary.
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Stictwater
Minn
Peter Donohue
Wisconsin Central
Pete
Civil and Military Organization Formed in Winona
A meeting of about fifty new Company C members in Winona Minnesota last night led to the creation of civil and military organizations. Capt L D Frost was elected president and William Pletke secretary, with a muster order expected soon.
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Winona, Minn
L. D. Frost
William Pletke
Lannie Scofield Sentenced for Second Degree Murder
Madison April 26 Judge Beck er sentences Lannie Scofield to fifteen years in state prison for second degree murder in the shooting of Chas Prindle at Token Creek on November 14. A motion for a new trial was overruled.
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Lannie Scofield
Madison
Wis
8. C. Becker
Lanni Scofield
Chas, Prindle
Token Creek
Poet Wilhelm Schring Dies in Carlsruhe at 83
Wilhelm Schring the poet and historian died in Carlsruhe in his eighty fourth year. He was born in Konigsberg.
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Wilhelm Schring
Carlsruhe
Konigsberg
Maria Ricks Confined in Aberdeen County Hospital
Maria Ricks, the notorious window smasher, is confined in a county hospital cell for the insane in Aberdeen South Dakota after authorities were alerted of her arrival. She is expected to be sent to Wisconsin for commitment.
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Maria Ricks
Aberdeen
S. D
Wisconsin
Lutherans Meet at Belle Plaine Minnesota Conference
The Lutheran synod of Minnesota held a quarterly conference in Belle Plaine with about fifty ministers in attendance.
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Belle Paine
Minn
Lutheran Synod of Minnesota
Portos Ricans War Tariff Ties Labor Choice to Free Trade
The article argues Porto Rican workers suffer under land owned by European aliens who warehouse crops for free trade. It claims tariffs uplift wages, fund island improvement, and favor American labor over alien interests, while opposing immediate free entry benefitting trusts. It also recounts violence in Wardner with federal troops arriving to quell miner unrest.
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Porto Rico
Europe
Spain
Porto Rco
United States
Sugar and Tobacco Trusts
Destructive Wardner Labor Violence At Bunker Hill Mine
A Spokane reporter testifies to the House about the Wardner labor clash in the Coeur d'Alene district. Unionists drive out nonunion workers at the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill amid threats, masked men, and loaded dynamite while Sheriff Young commands the crowd to disperse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarna
Coeur d'Alene
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mill
House of Representatives
Conner Malett
Spokesman-Review of
Spokane
Waardner
Bunker Hill and Sullivan
Boyle
Miners’ Union
Sheriff Young
Wallace
Wardner
Canyon Creek
Bunker Hill
Sullivan
Young
Exports rise sharply under protective system boosts
Treasury figures show total American exports in March at 184.31 million dollars, more than double March of 1893 and 25 percent higher than last year, with nine months ending March totaling 1.054 billion. Agricultural exports hold steady while manufacturing gains drive overall export growth and employment.
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Treasury Bureau of Statistics
English cotton trust seeks world control of Egyptian crop
An English combine led by Coats Limited and the British Fine Spinners' Co plans to secure a seventh of Egypt's cotton crop. The move aims to bolster English manufacturers as Liverpool markets lose influence, potentially coordinating with U S and Egyptian growers to lock in supplies at season start when prices and quality are favorable.
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Coats (Limited
Vaissey
British Fine Spinners’ Co
Egypt
Liverpool
Glasgow
Puzzling Shifts in Democratic Newspapers Over Gold Standard
The piece notes inconsistency among some Democratic papers once allied with the gold Democrats. Four years ago they attacked free silver wings and warned the public against the gold standard. Now they urge trust in the same figures they once derided, shifting to opposing imperialism and trusts.
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Gold Democrats
Free Silver
MelSinley
Foreign commerce eight months end February shows strong totals
The eight months ending February report remarkable foreign commerce figures. In February alone manufacturers materials imports reached 25,986,601 dollars, about a million daily, while exports of manufactured goods were also sizable.
Export Trends Show Surge in Manufactures Exports
In the eight months ending February, daily exportation of manufactures averaged about $1,000,000, higher than $851,700 the prior year and well above 1895-06 levels. By comparison, 1806-97 saw $700,000 and 1895-06 $593,000 daily. Imports of manufacturers' materials in the same eight months rose by about 25 percent from 1806 levels and approached double 1805 figures.
Profitable Year for Hardware Merchants Declared
T James Fernley secretary treasurer of the National Hardware Association notes a shift from a deplorable 1805 to 1808 to a universally profitable 1899 for hardware merchants and manufacturers in the United States.
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T. James Fernley
National Hardware Association of the
United States
International plate glass trust advances in Europe
Consul General Guenther from Jankfort reports, per the Cologne Gazette, that German plate glass manufacturers unanimously agreed on by laws for an international plate glass trust. France and Belgium have approved, making the trust a fact. The piece questions whether the American protective tariff influences this European pact.
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Guenther
Jankfort
March
Cologne
France
Belgium
Southern Steel Goes North
A twenty one car train carrying 462 tons of steel billets shipped from Ensley Alabama to Worcester Massachusetts for wire production. The billets are from Alabama red ore produced by the open hearth process and priced to compete with Northern steel.
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Southern Steel
Alabama Steel and Shipbuilding Co
Ensley
American Steel and Wire Co
Worcester
Maas
Alabama
American ships wanted to build merchant marine abroad
The piece urges Congress to act in this session to strengthen the American merchant marine in foreign trade. It denounces partisan spin on the shipping issue and states the entire American people support developing a national merchant fleet.
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Congress
New National Banks At $25,000 Capital Seeded By Applications
Since December 1, Controller Dawes has received 400 applications to organize national banks under the new laws. Most are for banks with the $25,000 minimum capital. In several towns two applications appear from the same place, and aside from ten or twelve cases, each proposed bank carries $25,000 capital.
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Dee. 1
Dawes
Wages Rise For York Mills Amid Dividend Changes
York cotton mills in Yorkville D C announce next pay day they will raise wages by a percentage and add it to the yearly dividends. Some workers had recently received a 38 percent wage increase which is not included in the recent adjustment.
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York Cotton Mills
Yorkville
D. C
A Shipping Alternative Debate for U S Freight Policy
The piece argues for subsidies to bolster American shipping or allow foreign ships to take $200,000,000 yearly from U S freight payments, a policy few patriots would oppose.
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United States
The Personal Grievance Man Organizes Revolt Claim
A gentleman relieved of office by President McKinley allegedly engages in organizing a German American revolt. The personal grievance is described as a revolutionary effort that never progresses beyond its start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
British Mail Subsidies Inflate Steamship Fleet
Over fifty years Britain has granted subsidies totaling 250 million dollars to mail carrying steamships. As a result British ships outnumber those of all other nations combined.
Democratic Party Urges Delegates to Support Bryan at Kansas City
The Democratic national committee calls party workers to direct delegates to vote for Mr. Bryan. The candidate with the unhampered mind is expected to be less visible at the July Kansas City gathering.
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Democratic National Committee
Bryan
Kansas City
Democratic Leaders Duel Over American Shipping Policy
Democratic leaders deny opposing American shipping yet their votes create opinions against encouragement, reflecting a clash between stated stance and political impact.
A Suitable Combination for Kansas City Convention
The text notes reverence for Bryan and Pettigrew among Aguinaldo followers and suggests this pairing could suit the Kansas City convention, implying political alignment or strategy.
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Bryan
Pettigrew
Aguinaldo
Kansas City
The Smokestack Argument Reappears in Prosperity Debate
The article discusses revived agitation over smoke consumption following Republican policy proposals. It frames prosperity gains as drivers of renewed dispute over industrial emissions and public health standards.
The Open Door in China Political Prophecy
A Republican administration claims to have opened China to American skill and enterprise and predicts action will follow. The piece frames U S policy as inviting business and opportunity while downplaying risk or opposition. It emphasizes American initiative and optimism about cross border cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Parrot Reminds Widow of Foregone Husband in Poston Transcript
In a Poston transcript a widow cites her late husband Tom while colleagues joke about a parrot named Polly reflecting their memories. The conversation hints at social dynamics and personal loss in a humorous backdrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnes
Shedd
Polly
Tom
Charts of the Ocean Track Dangers Across Global Seas
The British government maintains eleven vessels charting ocean beds to locate dangers. In the past year they mapped 10 000 square miles across Asia Africa and the south Pacific to chart hazard zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Africa
South Pacific
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Noland P. Hill
Columban
Mid-Roaders
McCormick
Murphy
Babocock
Buurglars
Idaho
Mike Flynn
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Becker
Devine
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