Sweep of Flames Hits Iron Range Towns and Wisconsin Fires
Reports from Minnesota and Wisconsin describe extensive fires across Mesaba Merritt Virginia and nearby towns with Iron River Ashland and Ewen severely damaged or wiped out. Refugees flood to Duluth while hundreds left homeless and relief scarce. casualties and missing persons reported as fires burn timber and buildings in northern Wisconsin and Michigan border areas.
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Nowsuth
Minn
Mesaba
Duluth
Thesmost Meyerer
Virginia
Ashland
Wis
Iron River
Wisconsin
Washburn
Kun River
Ashlana
Ewen
Ovlston
St. Paul
Wiehington
Cagger
Wash
Mich Knights of Pythias Leader Dies at 43
Graxpapis Michigan June 20. N L F dlastings generalissimo of the Michigan brigade Knights of Pythias died at age 43. He was past eminent commander of Knights Templar and past commander in chief of DeWitt Clinton Consistory Scottish Rite Masons.
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Graxpapis
Mich
NL. F. Dlastings
Michigan Brigade
Knights of Pythias
Tie
Knights Templar
DeWitt Clinton Consistory
Drowned in Chequamegon Bay Yacht Disaster Near Ashland
At Chequamegon Bay a prize yacht capsized during a 4 PM squall off Washburn. Five young men were aboard. three, including Lyle Kellogg, Will Ford, and John Gay, drowned after struggling toward shore and mast supports. Separate drowning at Merrill involved Warren, James, and John Keaton in the river.
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Ashland
Wis
Merrill
Sheeney
Chequamegon Bay
Washburn
Lyle Kelloge
J. L. Kellogg
Wisconsin Central
Will Ford
Lunder
John Gay
Shepherd
Fred Carr
Feather Sanhout
Fashion
Carr
Merrnine
Crerar Will Upheld by Supreme Court in Chicago Library Gift
The Illinois Supreme Court sustains John Crerar's will granting over 2 million dollars for a public library in Chicago. Contenders to the bequest failed to overturn the bequest after two years of lawsuits across three courts, ending with the final ruling upholding the gift.
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Winvis Supreme Court
John Crerar
Chi-Calo
Cuenco
Chicago
Supreme Court of Slinvis
Crerar
Supreme Court
Desperado and Feud End in Fatal Shootings in Indian Creek
Lovrevin i E Wy Osborn, dubbed a desperado for killing ten men with one shot, involved in a Sunday quarrel at Indian Creek in Dard county. Osborn shot Dave Short and Jim Mullins, then fled with two Branhams. authorities have not located him. Cassell Publishing Company of New York enters liquidation after claims of a $165,000 defaulter and a receiver appointed. assets at end of 1892 stood at $10,351.75 with greater liabilities to be detailed.
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Lovrevini E. Wy
Sol Osbern
Tndian Creek
Dard County
Krauham
Mullen
Indian Creek
Kentucky Mountains
Osborn
Branhams
Dave Short
Shortshead
Jim Mullins
Cassell Company
New Yousdune
Cassell Publishing Company
Fourth Avenue
Judes Lawrence
Oscar M. Dunham
Dunham
Fatal buggy accident shocks Carbon Cliff couple
Mr and Mrs E G Eames aged about 40 living on a farm near Carbon Cliff were killed when an east bound express struck their buggy on the Reek Island road tracks. Their horse died and the buggy was wrecked. They had several small children.
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Rock Is.ann
E.G. Eames
Carbon Cliff
Reek Island
Army Bill Compromise Aims 60,000 Men Increase
German social democrat Liebknecht says the government will win Reichstag support for the army bill via compromises with factions. The plan: raise the army by 60,000 and shorten service to two years. In Michigan, James Morrison and William Henson escaped Jackson Prison at night by scaling walls and avoiding guards.
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Berwig
Herr Liebknecht
Reichstag
Jackson
Mich
James Morrison
William Henson
Painter Falls 100 Feet to Death in Factory
John Thornly, 100 feet above on a scaffold in the Manufactures building at 11 pm, fell and was killed instantly. He was among a crew of interior painters. loss of balance sent him to the fatal fall.
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Cnicano
John Thornly
Manufactures
Thornaly
Lynched Innocent Man Bellows Tenn Mob Mixup
A mob in Gleason failed to lynch Lee Bennett and instead hanged Jim Morris, an innocent man. Bennett remains jailed in Dresden under heavy guard.
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Mian, Tenn
Lee Bennett
Gleason
Jim Morris
Bennett
Dresden
Light Registration of Chinese Under Geary Law
Washington June 20 complete returns of Chinese registration show that 18 179 of 110 000 complied with the Geary law.
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Washisgton
Fatal Plunge From Brooklyn Bridge Prompts Mystery Death
A hatless man on the Brooklyn Bridge parapet leaped to the Clyde line shed below and died from injuries after a fall that followed a failed water jump. He carried a coffin plate for Margaret A Mulrenin who died June 10 1898. A Boston dispatch notes Mulrenin’s wife died in surgery and he later left with their children. The incident prompts questions on his motives and past.
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New York
New York Tower
Brooklyn Bridge
Clyde Line
Brooklyn
Hawkins
Chambers Street
Boston
Margaret A. Mulrenin
South
John J. Mulrenin
Hampshire Street
Maggie
Boston Dispatch
Mulvenin
New Library
Oak Grove
Brighton
St. Elizabeth's
Solvent Lake County Bank Paused After Run
The Lake County bank at Painesville Ohio suspended last week due to a run but remains solvent assets reported at 450000 with liabilities 350000. Meanwhile the steamer Khiva carrying 1000 pilgrims to Mecca caught fire en route from Jomunbay to Jeddah causing a capsize and twenty drownings.
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Cleveland
Lake County
Painesville
Mecca
Jomunbay
Jeddah
Life sentence for stealing three chickens in Columbus
David Blackburn was sentenced to life in prison for stealing three chickens marking his third penitentiary offense. The sentence follows the third offense rule under the law. The report also notes the pope's encyclical on the school question and a jail escape recaptured near the Indian territory border.
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ColumBus
David Blackburn
Ysea
Baltimore
Mgr
Satolli
Ireland
Carthacee, Mo
Colvin
Indian Territory
Double Tragedy in Leavenworth Husband Kills Wife
Am brose S. Arnold head bookkeeper for Denton Bros. grain commission merchants shot his wife and then killed himself after accusing her of infidelity. Mrs. Arnold survived to tell the tale and two 5 year old twins are left homeless as the couple had no property to leave.
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Wleavenworth
Kan
Ambrose S. Arnold
Denton, Bros. Grain Commission
Leavenworth
Dermort
Mich
N. L. James
Water Office
Water Commission
A. T. McLogan
M. F. Grenner
A. W. Goodsell
August Kenzal
Universal July Fourth bell plan to ring nationwide
A Chicago committee plans a nationwide celebration on July 4 where bells in schools and churches will toll at noon with a new liberty bell. Cast in Troy, N Y this week, it will be made from revolutionary relics donated by children and travel to all forty four states visiting local events.
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Chicago
Troy
N. Y
Berty
President and Mrs Cleveland to spend summer at Gray Gables
The president and Mrs Cleveland with their daughter and household staff will depart Washington at 9:40 AM Tuesday for Gray Gables Buzzards Bay summer home. He will stay a few days then return to Washington and later spend July and August at Gray Gables before the September extra session.
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Cleveland
Washington
Washinton
Gray Gables
Buzzard’s Bay
Med Trate
Moyes
Sea Shore
Congress
Californians Dedicate State Building at World’s Fair
The California state headquarters at the Columbian Exposition was formally dedicated in Cuicaco with remarks by Governor Markham and James D. Phelan. The piece notes a planned Methodist boycott over Sunday opening and reports attendance figures at Sunday events.
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Curiaco
Merrill
Ile
General Commission
White City
Wesley
Methodist Church
Cuicaco
California
James D. Phelan
H. H. Markham
California Building Opens at Expo with Seeds Souvenirs
The California state building opened with a band concert and extended an invitation to sample California products in the roof garden. Souvenirs from the Southern California association included small seed boxes of fruits vegetables and grasses. The building covers over 100000 square feet and cost 110000 for the structure with total exhibit prep exceeding 750000.
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Tue
California Building
George R. Davis
M. HH. de Young
John M. Samuels
Department of Horticulture
8S. W. Ferguson
California
State Building
Southern California Association
Illinois
Council of Administration
Four Volcanos Active in Allutian Islands Eruption Reported
A wide range of incidents appear in this digest with four volcanoes in the Allutian Islands listed as active. Other items note New York banks reporting a weekly deposit loss of 12 889 200, drownings of several youths, a theater incident in Boston, farm wage tinkering efforts halted by anti trust threats, and various local accidents and legal woes.
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Allutian Islands
New York
John Ruppert
Peoria
Ill
Kickapoo Creek
Louis Beherne
Joseph Pumbell
Chicago
Harvard
Boston
Kansas
Johanne W. Winn
Madison
Wis
William Kuydendail
Missouri
W. H. Smith
Council Bluffs
New Orleans
H. H. Boyesen
Low
Columbia
National League Standings in the Championship Contest
The table lists NL clubs with their won and lost games and current positions in the championship race. Includes teams and standings but lacks detailed team names in the provided text.
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National League
National Baseball League
Hawaii Floats National Flag over Palace in Provisional Era
The Hawaiian national flag was raised over the palace on June 1 marking formal occupation by the provisional government. Annexationists hail the act as a final blow to the monarchy while many natives view it as a decisive turn in Hawaii’s political history.
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Honovely
San Francisco
Peking
Hawaiian Islands
Noted Irish Founder Buried at New York
John Neary, founder of St. Patrick's brotherhood and associate of the Manchester martyrs, buried Sunday in New York. The acting secretary of the navy accepted the cruiser New York after trials, awarding builders about $700,000.
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New York
John Neary
St. Patrick’s Brotherhood
Fenian Organization
Manchester Martyrs
Kelly and
Deasy
Herbert
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Hhis
Markets Echo Quiet Trading Across Wheat and Grains
Chicago markets show steady prices with spring and winter wheat variations. Cash and futures drift modestly, oats and barley hold near steadiness, fats like pork and lambs are quiet with stable ranges. Rail goods, butter, and liquors quote modest shifts as Toledo notes tame wheat and corn movement.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Boy Killed When Horse Bolts After Dog Bite
Joseph Franks a 10 year old boy died in Nuwanrk New York after a horse he rode was frightened by a dog and he was thrown. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon.
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ToLepo
Miller F. Leng
Napoleon, O
Emanuel
Nuwanrk
N. Y
Joseph Franks
Chicago Livestock Market Notes From June 1
Chicago market report shows steers prices down about 10 cents with varied quotes across grades. Cattle and hog sections list ranges for feeders, cows, heifers, veal calves, pigs and packing stock, noting overall sluggish demand and mixed price shifts.
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Chicago
Texas
Hoca
Cambodian Arithmetic Among Ancients Described by Post-Dispatch
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch outlines Khmer number work showing quintecimal counting up to five and unique adding subtraction and multiplication methods. It notes a noncolumnar addition, a left-to-right subtraction with fictitious ten, and complex multiplication and division procedures.
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Imouille
Beye
Boun
Pram
Prammouille
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Trapping Wolves in France
The article describes a wolf trap with two concentric stake circles and a deceptive outer gate that traps a wolf chasing a decoy sheep. It notes small government rewards for wolves may incent mercenary slaughter and questions whether wolves can be extirpated without strong pursuit.
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France
Stone Crusher Campaign Sparks Lettered Appeal
An item notes Mrs Berry and Elder Berry circulating a paper to raise funds to buy a stone crusher. It mentions the quote There are sermons in stones and references a Sunday— suggesting a local personalities effort to promote the project.
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Elder Berry
Joblots
Vogue
Ex-prize Fighter Opens Cheaper Physical Culture School
A town sees an ex-prize fighter establish a physical culture school as a cheaper alternative to college, prompting a shift in plans for a family considering higher education for their son.
IceHouse Magnate Spencer That Miss Gotrox Worth Quiz
In a brief exchange, the mock dialogue claims Spencer That Miss Gotrox owns all northern state ice houses and is worth about 3 million dollars as speculated by Ferguson and noted by Vogue.
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Spencer
Miss Gotrox
Ferguson
Vogue
Brown Duo Recounts DIY Carpet Fight Over Thumb
Mrs Brown says she grew tired waiting for a reply and laid the carpet herself. Brown responds with a sharp demand to see the other person’s thumb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Brown
Brown
Puok
Judge Questions Burglary Motive in Locked Safe
A burglar testifies to the judge that the safe was locked, offering the remark with a pitying smile. The anecdote appears in Texas Siftings as a brief, ironic note on the case.
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Texas Siftings
In a Sculptor's Studio Looted by Conversation
In a Sculptor's Studio a speaker questions the craftsman about mud tread creation. The exchange hints at a defensive studio mood and an offhand boast about not making a specific piece. The dialogue flavor suggests a theater or literary ferment rather than a factual event.
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Cholly Dudely
St. Goodens
Jos
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O. W. Richardson Colmins
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Ginn Publishing Company
Vose & Sons
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Rome
Mgr. Satolli
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Treland
J. & G. Butler
Charles Butler
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Ciscaco
Samuel IF. Walens
Globe Building and Savings Association
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Maxwell Street
Exe
Jessie Hamilton
D. Tramilton
Lilly Lake
Kane County
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Mahoning Valley
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Newton
Skunk River
John Selbhen
George I’eas
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Cor
J. M. Akers
Russell House
Racine
Racine Hardware Manufacturing Company
Jackson Park
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Cairo
Curceaco
Grosscup
Wanamaker and Brown New Jersey Corporation
World's Fair Company
Olney
Carlisle
Caiiaco
Terminal Station
Aspury Park
N. J
Bertie Wagner
Louis Warner
Howell
George Wood
Wagner
Monmouth County
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Eee
Erte Ene
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