War Path Report of Mille Lacs Massacre in Minnesota
Mora and St Paul dispatches report a Chippewa raid on Mille Lacs Lake settlers. Indians attacked homes at midnight, killing several men including Olaf Maguson and August Swanson, wounding others, and burning houses. U.S. troops and home rangers mobilize as the Mille Lacs reservation tension rises amid encroachments and liquor issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Parr
Minn
Michelson
Mora
Mille Lacs Lake
Wettern
Jens Magansen
Hans Jorger
Peter Swenson
United States
St. Paul
Nile Lacs Reservation
Foley Bros
Bnake River
White Snake
Great Bear
Olaf Maguson
Jacob Skoll
Christian Rasmussen
Carl Epeh
Bernt Toerdahl
Gustav Toderstrom
August Swanson
Maguson
Milae Junction
Artkin
Mille Lacs
Minneapolis
Fort Snelling
Milaca Junction
Marty
Dr. Whittier
H. M. Rice
Northwest
Minnesota
Thas
Upper
Mississippi
Mr. Rice
White Earth
Turbulent Tropics: Central America Tension and Shipping Decline
Central and South American reports through June 5 note El Salvador expanding ties with the United States while army strength remains capped at three thousand. Nicaragua and Costa Rica clash over canal region isolation, with Costa Rica opposing border disruption and plans to buy warships from Chile. US Minister Hicks arrives in Peru as Peru and other Andean regions report heavy Cordillera snow, halted traffic, and massive cattle losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Jamaica
United States
Hicks
Fern
New York
San Salvador
Congress
Cleveland
Canal Company
Chile
Lima
Peru
Valparaiso
U Cordilleras
Isthmus Exodus Deepens Panamas Hardship
Panama June 5 The canal collapse worsens life on the Isthmus as thousands are sent home and more await transport. About 100 Jamaicans have been repatriated, with many other nationalities following. Panama City shows a quiet, prewar mood as auctions clear household goods at bargain prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Canal
Jamaica
Explosion at Canada Powder Company Works Rocks Brockville
A blast at the Canada Powder Company plant two miles east of Brockville Ontario occurred at seven o clock. No workers were present, sparing lives though horses and sheep were killed and town plate glass windows shattered. Ownership was Brockville Chemical Company and cause remains unknown.
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Canada Powder Company
Brockville
Ont
Brockville Chemical Company
Extradition Battle Over Cronin Murder Case
Albany dispatch reports Governor Hill denying a requisition for John J. Maroney and Charles McDonald for Cronin murder, ordering no indictment yet and awaiting further proof. Chicago police link Maroney to the Melville alias and possible female involvement in the case.
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Albany
Governor Hill
Fifer
Uliide
John J. Maroney
Charles McDonald
Cronin
Botac- Maroney
Longenecker
Hill
Maroney
McDonald
M’ Donald
New York
WG. Melville
St Paul
McCoy's Hotel
Simone
Clark Street
Melville
Clan-Na-Gael
Buffalo
N. Y
Father Cronin
Catholic Union
Ryan
Clan-ne-Gael
Ireland
Parnell
Jone
Nationalesque
London
Dr. Cronin
Chicago
America
Death of Patrick Ward Prominent Clan-na-Gael Leader
Patrick A. Ward a 62 year old leader in Irish and political circles in Indianapolis died by taking cyanide at his supper table. Despondent over political disappointments and linked to the Cronin murder fallout he hoped for a Republican appointment his friends say. Ward’s high profile within Clan na Gael and his campaigns prompted speculation on the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Ward
Clan-na- Gael
Indianapolis
Ind
Patrick A. Ward
Cronin
Chicago
Ward
Clan-na-Gael
Michigan high license legislation reaches uniform beer tax
Lansins Michigan June 15 The special conference committee of the Legislature on the Liquor Tax bill agreed on a uniform tax of 450 dollars for retail sale of beer and whisky. The brewers tax of 65 dollars and the Abbott druggists clause remain unchanged.
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Michigan
Lansins
Mich
Abbott Druggists
Drum corps clash ends in death and injuries in Wrunscrox
A parade by a drum corps of colored men in Del on a Thursday night prompted a crowd of boys to attack. The colored guards fired in self defense, killing one boy and wounding several others. In a separate incident a man hanged himself in Tesnbs. Camillo Boncatti noted.
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Wrunscrox
Del
Frightful Accidents and Insanity Reports from May to June
The item cites a man who hanged himself in his cell at Tomis prison on a Thursday night. It notes a mother Catherine Boyle and her children Nora Frank and William declared insane and sent to Anchorage Asylum in Louisville. It also mentions an Oklahoma Territorial convention to be held July 17, and a surge in building and loan associations with state wide mortgage data, including figures for Chicago Danville Springfield Joliet and other cities.
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Francesco San Vito
Fifth Avenue
Tomis
Louisville
Catherine Boyle
Nora
Frank
Welliam
Anchorage Asylum
Oklahoma
GurTsur
Dyer
Unthrie Wednesday
Spreerie_p
John
Lord
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Isss
Cook County
Chicago
Danville
Springfield
Joliet
Aurora
Peoria
Rockford
Beardstown
Rock Island
la Salle
Shelbyville
Jack Bonville
Wassincvoys
State Department
Ister
Verlin
Loxpon
Athens
Greece
Akropolis
William
Germany
Sophie
Constantinople
Berlin
Ingh
Forest fires devastate lumber camps across Minnesota
Special dispatches report a spreading blaze along the Eastern Minnesota and St Paul & Wyruth routes burning hundreds of camps and loggers outposts. Estimated losses reach 25 thousand dollars for burned camps plus 30 thousand for ruined railway ties poles and timber with greater danger to rail lines and bridges around Sandstone Moose Lake Hinckley Barnum and Nettle River.
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Delty
Minn
Sandstone Junction
Moose Lake
Hinckley
Barnum
Minnesota
St. Paul & Wyruth
Sandstone
Nettle River
St Paul & Duluth
First Colored Priest Aims At Ordination In Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons to ordain the first colored priest in the United States at the Cathedral on June 21. The Baltimorean candidate studies at St Joseph's Seminary and attends St Mary's lectures. If ordained, he will serve among colored people. the only prior colored priest was in Illinois.
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Bantinonte
Cardinal Gibbons
United States
Lsadoelph
St. Joseph's Seminary
St Mary's Seminary
Boyne
Ilinois
St Joseph's Seminary
England
Johnstown Flood Recovery Moves Quickly Toward Rebuilding
Business leaders meet with Adjutant General Hastings to restart commerce after the flood. Plans call for tearing down unsafe structures, securing supplies, and reopening stores with long credit from Pittsburgh firms. Authorities organize house to house canvass to list living and dead as relief efforts continue.
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Jounstown
Philadelphia
Johnstown
Joosetown
Hastings
Pittsburgh
Ravages of Disease Reach New Orleans and Santos Deaths
A Brazil report describes smallpox and yellow fever spreading beyond Rio de Janeiro into surrounding states with a Santos three day death rate near seventy percent. The dispatch notes mass departures as sickness worsens.
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Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Santos
Armagh Disaster Inquiry and Priest Dies
The Board of Trade has opened an inquiry into the Armagh disaster and reports seventy five dead so far. In Omana Nebraska Father Damen, Chicago evangelist, dies at Creighton College at age 74. The Queen has sent a sympathy message to Armagh.
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Armagh
Lexpos
Board of Trade
Father Damen
Omana
Neb
Chicago
Creighton College
Death of a Faster in Gardner Me Ends After 39 Days
Watson Goodspeed, an imitator of Dr. Tanner from East Pittaton Me, died yesterday after fasting for thirty nine days.
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Gardner
East Pittaton
Tanner
Watson Goodspeed
Notable Pittsburgh Merchant Dies After Prolonged Illness
William Semple a wealthy dry goods merchant of Allegheny City and railroad interests in the region died at 7 am after a long decline. He was about 60, a self made man. The report notes a major sugar purchase by the Standard Sugar Refinery in Boston and mentions other local notices including abolitionist Levi Rathbon’s death and a bank cheque swindle in Cleveland.
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Prirrssurneh
William Semple
Willionaire Dry-Gooda
Allegheny City
Boston
Standard Sugar
Cuba
Farmer Crry
Jane
Levi Rathbon
Ohio
Garrison
Horace Mann
Phillips
Explosion at Bear Creek refinery kills several workers
On June 15 a benzine tank at the Bear Creek refinery Coleman station Al legheny Valley railway exploded after catching fire from an unknown cause. Charles A Jack died instantly and Superintendent John Kirkpatrick was fatally burned. Mike Pearson Ralph Simon and Charles Dunn suffered serious burns but are believed to recover.
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Putssanch
Bear Creek
Coleman Station
Allegheny Valley Railway
Charles A Jack
John Kirkpatrick
Mike Pearson
Ralph Simon
Charles Dunn
Interesting Paragraphs From a 19th Century Newspaper
A collection of brief items notes Edith Greer of Chicago as a Vassar graduate and mentions a planned Bar Harbor visit. Reports include robberies, fires, fatal accidents, political moves in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, a libel case dismissal in New York, medical volumes for farmers, and naval news about Samoa, drift of Bishop Leonard, and Canadian sealing vessels.
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Vassar
Edith Greer
Chicago
Blaine
Bar Harbor
George Lain
St. Paul
Brown
Madison
Wis
Brodix Printing Company
Washington
West St. Paul
Asual
St. Clair
Liamie Mull
John Haworth
Gexsie
Ind
John Price
David Evans
Scranton
Cayuga, UL
Joseph Neane
Ishpeming
Mich
McKey
Lieutenant Heath
J. K. Isgrigg
Indianapolis
Victoria
B. C
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Cardinal Gohnbons
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N. H
W. E.i Chandler
Republican Legislative Caucus
Harry Bingham
Littleton
Charles 3. Hoadley
Weare
John ME. Hill
Concord
J. C. Moore
Manchester
Edward Crawley
Reed
Cuicano
Barker
Belterbeck
Hanover
Europe
Columbus
W. B. Brooks & Son
Joseph Morgan, Jr
Cambria Iron & Steel Company
Stone Bridge
Henerous
Harrispung
Beaver
Hood
People’s
Aupany
William N. Schall
Canajoharie
Clevelasp
D. O
Sharpers
Toledo
Iesac Walker
Poland
Youngstown
Leopold de Rothchild
Court
Louvinie, Ky
Squire J.C. Melone
Jefferson County
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Pirreanuria
American Relief Association
Pennsylvania
Axline
J. Chris Lang
L. A. Warner
Menor
A. B. Flood
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