Flooded Chippewa Valley Gorge Reaches Five Miles Long
Residents of a Wisconsin town endure panic as a widening gorge 50 miles above and a growing ice pack at Badger Mills threaten to flood multiple streets. Mills and yards submerged. courthouse likely in danger as water climbs. Reports warn Eau Claire residents of rising upstream flood risk.
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Badger Mills
Fas
Wis
River Street
Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company
Little Falls
Eau Claire
Chippewa Falls Abandoned as Flood Threatens City
The Chippewa River flood forces early stock removal in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin with the business district along Spring and Bridge streets deserted. Stores pack goods into safe structures while the post office moves seven blocks inland to avoid rising water.
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Chippewa Falls
Cmprewa Falls
Wis
Spring Street
Bridge Street
Center Street
McCall
Weather Grim Nov brings deep cold to the Northwest
Novembers record cold grips North Dakota Minnesota and surrounding areas. Thomas Anderson and Henry Burroughs die in snow for near Devils Lake and Fargo while others, including Frank Hach and a trainman, perish or freeze on the prairie. Ten carloads of sheep are frozen at Grand Harbor. Suffering widens as cattle losses loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moormrap
Minn
Thomas Anderson
Devil's Lake
N. D
Henry Burroughs
St. Paul
Fargo
N.D
Frank Hach
Chicago
Churches Ferry
Grand Harbor
Devil’s Lake
Destructive cyclone hits Ralston Oklahoma area
News from Perry Oklahoma reports a cyclone near Ralston on the Arkansas River destroying homes and killing Mrs Dorman and two children. The J H Comer store and Foley's livery barn suffered severe damage with horses killed. The storm crossed the Arkansas River into Payne County and the Osage Nation, leaving many farm houses wrecked and several wounded. The path was about a quarter mile wide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
O. T
Ralston
Arkansas River
Mississippi river gorges ten miles below Lake Peppin
Peppin Wisconsin dispatch reports the Mississippi River swollen to a ten mile stretch below Lake Peppin with crews in the river bottoms ready to rush stock and residents to safety. Watchmen on the Burlington track monitor rising waters as levels climb hourly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pau
Pioneer Press
Peppin
Wis
Mississippi River
Lake Peppin
Burlington
Erne Wins Featherweight Title in 20 Round Decision
Frank Erne of Buffalo defeated George Dixon by decision after a 20 round bout at the Broadway club arena in New York earning the world featherweight championship. The crowd packed the venue as both fighters trained hard and prior December’s draw had heightened suspense and betting on the full distance. Dixon long claimed the title though Erne secured the crown with the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dixon
New Yeak
Frank Erne
Buffalo
Broadway Club
Dixon
Erne
Tom
Vards
Hin
Work of Life Savers
Washington December 1 The report of Mr Kimball general superintendent of the life saving service for the year ending June shows the most satisfactory results yet. Disasters were higher than before but life and property losses were smaller. The service lists 256 stations 186 on the Atlantic and gulf coasts 62 on the great lakes 14 on the Pacific coast and one at Louisville Kentucky. Disasters to documented vessels numbered 437 affecting 4608 persons with only 13 lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinton
Kimball
Athletic
Gulf Coasts
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Falls of the Ohio
Louisville
Big Fighters Quit Training in Boxing Standoff
Fitzsimmons and Sharkey stop training and plan rest until Wednesday night, with managers choosing a referee at the last moment. If none is named by noon Wednesday the National Athletic Club will appoint. Betting favors Fitzsimmons at about 3 to 1 or 4 to 1, while Julian bets Sharkey to be knocked out in four rounds.
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San Francesco
Fitzsimmons
Sharkey
Hach
Lynch
Antil
National Athletic Club
Mach Pugilist
Tod
Witzsimmons
Martin Julian
History of Government Loans From 1776 to 1895
S Fount Tilmin, register of the treasury, presents a condensed history of all United States loans from 1776 to June 30, 1895. The report includes exact copies of obligations since 1798 and details premiums and discounts on loans. It shows loan premiums totaling 55,022,218 and related costs of 123,670,680 with loan commissions amounting to 12,348,808 from 1885 to mid 1895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loma
Washington
S. Fount Tilmin
Register of the Treasury
United States
Dawes Considered for McKinley Private Secretary
A Canton special says Charles Gates Dawes of Evanston Illinois, a Republican national committee member, is slated for President-elect McKinley’s private secretary. Others named include James Boyle, Joseph P Smith and Perry B Heath, but they are said to seek different posts. Dawes, former Cincinnatian, married to a Blomer daughter of this city. He is son of ex-Congressman R Dawes of Murvietta Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mctintey
Cincinnati
Conerscial Tribune
Canton
Charles Gates Dawes
Evanston
Republican National Executive Committee
McKinley
James Boyle
Joseph P. Smith
Perry
Heath
Ma. Dawes
Five Perons Burned in New York Farmhouse Fire
A fire at Luther Greenman’s farm four miles northeast of Penny New York destroyed the house and killed the entire family of five. Victims include Luther Greenman 40 Mrs Greenman 87 Aim ee Greenman eight Lottie Greenman eight and Arthur Greenman eleven months. The building was completely consumed and bodies were found in charred condition. Officials say a defective stovepipe likely started the blaze.
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Penny
N. Y
Luther Greemnan
Farmer
Luther Greenman
Mrs. Greenman
Aime Greenman
Lottie Greenman
Arthur Greenman
Porter and aides plan inauguration ceremonies in Cleveland
General Horace A. Porter of New York, chosen as grand marshal for President-elect McKinley’s inauguration, arrived in Cleveland and conferred with M. A. Hammad about ceremony plans. Colonel A. Garrison and Webb C. Hayes of Troop A, to escort the president-elect to Washington, also met with the national chairman in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prauguration Plas
Cleveland
Horace A. Porter
New York
McKinley
M. A. Hammad
A. Garrison
Webb C. Hayes
Fire Destroyed County Court House Records and Furnishings
In FBAstanp Texas on November 30 the court house and all furniture were destroyed. The vaults records and contents were saved. The law library and many attorneys’ offices were wiped out. Masons Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows rooms suffered heavy losses. Building value 65,000 dollars with 40,000 dollars insured.
Opening For American Wheat
United States Consul Horton in Athens reports Greece faces high wheat prices due to a poor Russian harvest and notes a strong opening for American hard wheat. He offers to assist exporters seeking to enter the Greek market.
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Washington
United States
Horton
Athens
State Department
Russia
Greece
Archbishop Martinelli Celebrates Mass in New York
Archbishop Martinelli presided at a pontifical high mass in St. Augustus Church New York marking the first public event of Mgr Satelli’s successor in this country outside Watkinston.
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New York
Martinelli
St. Augustus Church
Mgr. Satelli
Watkinston
Happenings From Home and Abroad Chronicle It All
A wide array of political gossips and incidents from Cleveland to Arkansas are noted. Henry C C Payne is tipped for postmaster general while Boston street railways pass to a syndicate. Events include a Windsor castle dinner, arson sentence in Indiana, a Michigan asylum claim, a drowning in St Louis, a Chicago colored publication, and public notices on disarmament and local legal matters.
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Cleveland
Henry CC. Payne
Milwaukee
West End Street Railway
Boston
Kidder-Peabody-Morgin Syndicate
Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
United States
Thomas J. Bayard
Windsor Castle
John Cheselski
Whiting
Ind
Nelson DeLong
Muskegon
Mich
Martin G. Schuricht
St. Louis
Daily Leader
Chicago
Methodist
Northville
Carl Peters
General Council of
Seine
Mary Miller
Decker Perkins
John Tucker
Flat Rock
Villa Park
Trenton
N. J
Minnie Hazelhock
New York City
B. J. Corts
Little Rock
Ark
J. B. Lawrence
John Pigmore
Alma
Tex
Mc Seeds
William Byrum
Atkins, Ark
Henry White
Jackson
Columbus
Gia
Louis Levi
Pittsburg
Montreal
Canada
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Fort Scott
Kan
Minter
Ala
Gus Cooper
Andy Adams
Adams
Fray of events highlights early 20th century turmoil
A compact roundup lists multiple incidents including a football death in Brooklyn, the acquittal of a murder case in Carthage, a Dallas street power shift, a Chattanooga choir death, a former ambassador’s death, a horse bite incident in Hopkinsville, a Chicago race dealer bankruptcy, a Kansas City fire scare, a Brownsville financier suicide, Missouri pardons and embezzlement, railway union mass meeting in St Louis, a Leavenworth hotel fire, and a Clinton Fishing Club steamer grounding with a rescue at sea.
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Wit Rue
Brooklyn
Dr. Verteh
Mira Jones
Carthage
Dallas
Tex
G. W. Nelson
Chattanooga
Enn
M. C
Hopkinsville
Stone
Missouri
ID. Lee
Turd
Jork
Leavenworth
Wash
Great Northern
John JE. Moore
New York
Clinton Fishing Club
Cavalry to be stationed at El Paso and other notes
A mixed set of brief items reports a cavalry stationing at El Paso Texas a new internal revenue commissioner oath taken by Forman a Bristol Tennessee man the suicide of Louise S man a San Francisco elder and other scattered notices including a Denver engineer dismissal a Missouri representative a threatened football felony a Darton Iowa night hold up a Charleston professor dead Kansas horse disease and a Stockton rifle accident fatality.
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Il Paso
Tex
M—W
Forman
Louisseman
Bristol
Tenn
W. Greer Harrison
San Francisco
San Jose
Harry Oatridge
Oakland
Cal
H. G. Clark
Peck & Bishop
New Haven
Conn
Cowles
William Morley
Denver
Colo
Crisp
Missouri
Norman
Darton
Beauregard Beaz
College of Charleston
Kansas
Benton
L. D. Benton
Stockton Til
Deaths and accidents across several states and incidents
John Payne fatally shot himself while hunting near Mexico Missouri. Annie Meyers a 7 year old Chicago girl was run over by a wagon and probably fatally injured. William Weller a switchman was run over and killed in the yards of the Northwestern railroad at Chicago. The Phoenix hotel at Fort Worth Texas was destroyed by fire. Safe blowers secured 200 at Eau Claire Wisconsin from Cooper Bros meat market.
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John Payne
Mexico
Eau. Claire
Mich
Cooper Bros
Annie Meyers
Chicago
William Weller
Northwestern Railroad
Phoenix
Fort Worth
Tex
Multiple disasters and incidents flood the freighted news
A long dispatch lists numerous tragedies and events from December in cities across the Midwest and Northeast. It notes drownings, shootings, fires, a missing man found, an earthquake tremor in Cairo, paralysis during court, a fatal gasoline fire, burglaries, a river recovery, labor strikes, and shipwrecks with cargo losses estimated near $60,000.
Then at Law At Law at Lawat Wins Elevator Privilege Denial
Nebraska Supreme Court upholds denial of a grain elevator at Elmwood. Farmers Alliance sought permission from Missouri Pacific Railroad to build, but court finds it private property for private use without due process. Justice Gray notes alliance as a voluntary group, not a corporation.
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Farmers’ Alliance
Nebraska Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Gray
National G A R Council Meets in Buffalo for Encampment Plans
The National Council of Administration of the G A R chaired by Commander-in-Chief T S Clarkson gathered in Buffalo New York with members including Will iam H Armstrong Alfred Schechler Thomas W Scott Charles W Shaw Roscoe D Dye d Jd Kent General Burbank Albert Traynor J O Winans to set the encampment for the last week of August starting August 23. A telegram from President McKinley was read inviting Clarkson and staff to Canton on Wednesday. A reception and banquet followed at Elliott Square club honoring Clarkson and the council.
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National Council Administration of
Qu A. KR
Buffalo
Bervano
N. Y
Deco
National Council of Administration of the
T. 5S
Clarkson
William H. Armstrong
Indianapolis
Alfred Schechler
St. Paul
Thomas W. Scott
Fairfield
Charles W. Shaw
Brooklyn
Roscoe D. Dye
Michigan
d.Jd. Kent
Trenton
General Burbank
Chicago
Albert Traynor
Council Bluffs
J. 8. Palmer
J. O. Winans
Troy
Hled McKinley
General Clarkson
Canton
National Council
Elliott Square Club
Drunken Riot at Duryea Ends in Fatal Shootings
A Thanksgiving night drunken riot at Duryea Pa left three men dead James Matsh shot in the abdomen Frank Lambert shot in the breast and died John Betts fatally wounded. Several others were injured including John Toy and William Mockiness. A note on Chandler Writes For English Readers appears at the end.
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Duryea
Prerston
Navy
James Matsh
Frank Lambert
John Betts
John Toy
William Mockiness
Premier Allison Cited in Cabinet Gossip as Secretary Talk Intensifies
Major McKinley and Mrs McKinley attended the English Lutheran church and dined with his mother. Cabinet gossip grows more animated as days pass with Senator Allison's possible post of secretary of state being widely discussed.
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Allison
Canton
McKinley
Woolen Mills Start Up In Rockville Conn
The Warren woolen mills at Stafford Springs have started up on full time employing about 300 workers. The Underwood Belting company of Tolland reports heavy orders as 60 mills nationwide resume operations. Several local mills in this city recently extended running time. A dispatch from Marion Ohio reports Henry Powers a patient released on a trial visit from the asylum murdered his wife and killed himself.
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Rockville
Conn
Warren Woolen Mills
Stafford Springs
Underwood Belting Company
Tolland
Co tmBts
A. B. Richardson
Asylum For the
Marion, O
Henry Powers
Marion
Captain Templeton Missing in Georgia Voyage
Captain Templeton of the bark Janet Ferguson left Brunswick for Savannah by rail on November 22 and has not been heard from. Foul play is suspected.
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Templeton
Savannah
Janet Ferguson
Brunswick
Dock Strike Continues at Hamavra Harbor
Dock laborers and workers in the shipping trade persist in the strike at Hamavra harbor. The stoppage disrupts cargo handling and port activity, drawing attention from local officials and shipping firms. The conflict centers on labor conditions and pay, with no immediate settlement announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamavra
Cer Arenial
THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION OF NEW YORK WORUP
Announcing a transition from a twice weekly to a thrice weekly Worup edition. It will publish 18 pages weekly, priced at one year’s subscription of one dollar, delivering crisper news with frequent issues. Special offer bundles include the Turion aA Wrerk World and the Dillon Tribune with annual prepaid rates.
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New York
Dillon Tribune
Tribune
Tribune Pub, CO
Newspaper options offered to readers of the World
The offer lists alternative papers and magazines including Inter Ocean weekly Toledo Blade weekly Ladies Home Ideal Cincinnati Enquirer weekly Heep and Wool weekly Boston Traveler semi weekly San Francisco Chronicle weekly and Cosmopolitan Magazine with 25 cent extra charges.
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N. Y. World
Inter Ocean
Toledo Blade
Ladies’ Home Ideal
Cincinnati Enquirer
Heep
Boston Traveler
San Francisco Chronicle
The
Cosmopolitan Magazine
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Chippewa’ Falls
Oklahoma
Prom
A. T. Harris
Himelf
George Johnson
Emphriam Kelley
Selina
Kelley
Johnson
John Bishop
Knightsville
Susan Alsop
Effingham
Ill
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Aarelius Carew
Chester
Daville
John Button
Albert Myers
Chestnut Street
Alton Road
Bloomington
Spokane
Woman's Northwest Mining and Investment Company
Edgar Hyans
Kansas City
Kansas City Tribune Printing Company
City
W. 4S
Hotchkiss
Northwestern University
Fleet Dan W. Jones
Arkansas
Arthur Neill
Batesville
Neill
General Neill
Hugh L. Henry
Della County
Arkansas Supreme Court
J. M. Elliott
Rhea ‘Theatrical Company
Donaldson
M. Fitzgerald
Bath Bell
Toraee Stearns
Perrysville
M. B. Ail
Bentonville, Ark
Ernest, Carl
Fred Denson
Herman Denson
Ahnapee
Chark Griffith
Bevier
Bewaukee
James Gallagher
Max Voight
Mary Billman
Allentown
Kr. Leibman
Whie
George Dunbar
Hohnes & Pyott's
John Chaillagher
Shullsbury
Lorre Haute
Tnd
Henry Suddarth
Old Monro
Crawford
Kowalski
Hammond
M. Ware
Brockton
Maass
Kenilworth
Fort Wayne
Cairo
Hale
Ohio Southern First
Samuel Grabfelder
Smith & Gaylor
Tod. S. Davenport
National Convention of Lumbermen
Congress
General Stumpf
Immigration Bureau
Europe
New York State
Thomas P. Fenlon
Supreme Court
Topeka
Santa Fe
Lynn
Mass
Emit
Fulton County
Pennsylvania
Tno
Lancaster Mills
Clinton
Everett Mass
Bennett
Walter Stevens
Wabash County
Lizzie Wilson
Frank Flickinger
Worcester, Mass
Polytechnic Institute
Philadelphia
City of
Atlawat
Elmwood
Chandler
Post
London
William HE. Chandler
New Hampshire
National Review
Helena
Butte
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
Grad Forks
Winnipeg
Nh. P
M. U
M. U. No
Garrison
W. M. Tuchy
E. Broadway
Montana
Charles S. Fee
General
ST. Paul, Minn
Poindexter & Oak, Jillan, Beaverhead Co
M. T. Brand
Deer Creek Valley
New York. World
Scientific American Agency For
Mann & CO
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