Brisk Week With Fires Floods and Wrecks Across Nation
A rapid news roundup notes Topeka freshet rescue operations on the 11th, Rome reports mill and sash factory fires, and a bank burglary in Franklin New York. Also cited are rail construction gains, lynching in Marysville, university fire in Indiana, and a cyclone in Indianapolis. Other items include money orders, petroleum sales, and a fatal scaffold accident in Philadelphia. Weather, crops, and several severe storms across multiple states are listed with ensuing damage and casualties.
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Selden
Planing
Sage
Rome
N. Y
New York
London
Stiles, Goldy &McMahon
Chicago
California
Montana
Puitney
Marysville
Col
University of Indiana
Richmond
Volga
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Hamilton County
Neb
Berry
Indianapolis
Mann
Lansingburgh
Alice Gunn
Falls City
Springfield
Philadelphia
Thomas Lecompte
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Laurens
D. C
George Boozer
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Tempe
Jackson
Miss
Horace Greeley
Chapipaqua
Treasury Department
Washington
New Orleans
San Francisco
Louisiana Colored Baptist State Convention
Baton Rouge
Africa
Baptist Foreign Mission Society of
United States
May Stutz
Waterford
Iowa
Illinois
Scott County
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Moberly
8. Louis
Prohibition Convention Nominates Minnesota Ticket in St Paul
The Minnesota State Prohibition Convention at St Paul on the 19th nominated a slate headed by Governor Charles Evans Holt and Lt Governor E S Payne with C B Shore for Secretary of State and C M Anderson for Treasurer. They condemn both parties on liquor and back woman suffrage and popular election of all officers where possible. Other items note Miss Rathbone’s arrival in New York and religious figures at Archbishops Purcell funeral.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Charles Evans Holt
E. S. Payne
C. B. Shore
C. M. Anderson
Miss Rathbone
New York
Pennsylvania
Republican Convention
Harrisburg
William Lindsey
Jerome B. Niles
Arthur
Purcell
Cincinnati
Iowa
Treasury
Mason Andrew J. Greerne
Baltimore
Tubo
General Moore
Callao
Peru
Decatur
Apollo Commandery
Chicago
Orange Jupp
San Francisco
New Hampshire Senate Ballots Stalled After 18 Counts
United States Senator ballots in New Hampshire reached 18 counts without a clear winner. On the latest ballot W. E. Chandler held 52 votes while Harry Bingham led with 113. President DeSoto and party from Hunduras reached Chicago on the 13th. Louis Watson, a Lake George Indian Chief, died aged 109 on the 13th.
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United States
New Hampshire
W. E. Chandler
Rep
Harry Bingham
Dem
DeSoto
Honduras
Chicago
Louis Watso
Lake George
N. Y
Global Death Toll and Conflicts Reported in 19th Century News
Reports detail cholera deaths in Damietta Mansurah Samanoud and Shirbin Egypt with new outbreaks at Zifteh and Menzaleh. Battles in South Africa Cetawayo versus Cham ended with Cham as prisoner. Bomb explosion kills Tripoli soldiers. fires in Rostov threaten city. Anarchy in Tonquin, Peru executions, and Irish mob assaults noted.
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Damietta
Egypt
Mansurah
Samanoud
Shirbin
Tentah
Tripoli
Cetawayo
South Africa
Lucan
Ont
Vera Cruz
Glapstone
House of Commons
France
Tamatave
Zifteh
Cairo
Malta
Rostov
Ostrog
Russia
Lisson
Pimpon
Boston
Fayal
Tonquin
China
Huarica
Peru
Purley
Newry
Ireland
Assassins Nabbed. Clingan Murder Confession Tied
In Elkhorn Grove Shelby County Iowa, two gunmen captured on the 14th. Benjamin Gates fatally wounded, Smith captured. Gates confessed to killing R L Clingan post master and Mayor Stubbs in a robbery motive. Elsewhere, tragedy and disease reports fill the day.
Three Die in Cokato Hotel Fire in Minnesota
A two o'clock Saturday blaze in Cokato’s hotel office left about twenty occupants fleeing through smoke and fire. Three railroad workers burned to death and a guest broke his leg leaping from a window. Willingham of Montrose dies. others unnamed. Loss estimated at 360000 as drought‑dry wooden buildings fed the flames.
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St. Paul
Minn
Cokato
Shepard and Willingham
Willingham
Kelly
Shepard
Montrose
Storm
Waverly
Capture of the Polk City Postmaster murderers
Des Moines dispatch details the capture of two murderers in Shelby County Iowa after a siege in a 150 acre grove. Willi s Halleck was shot fatally by one fugitive Gates confessed to killing Mayor Stubbs and Postmaster Clingan while Hardy alias Smith faced mob justice and was spared only to reveal key details. The pursuit drew about 800 volunteers and included a lynch mob near the railroad bridge before legal arrest in Harlan. Wess Maddy was also shot.
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Elkhorn Grove
Shelby County
Iowa
R. L. Clingan
Polk City
Benjamin Gates
Smith
Gates
Clingan
Stubbs
Roanoke
N. Y
Phelps
Phelps, Jr
Lackawanna Road
Ghizeh
Cairo
Mansourah
Damietta
Paducah
Barnsley
Eng
Cokato
Minn
Havana
Charles Heywood Stratton
Genera Tom Thumb
Middleboro
Mass
Liptoszentmiklo
Hungary
Frederick Smith
Tonawanda
Buffalo
Frederick Schuldt
Reading
Tre Éash
Havens
Rutland
Des Moines
Angus
Willis Halleck
Halleck
Hardy
Crawford
Littleton
Harlan
Wess Maddy
Maine
Thames Flood Drowns and Destroys London Ont Suburbs
A disastrous freshet on the Thames at London Ontario reports thirty two dead and extensive property loss. A tornado and heavy rains caused widespread flooding destroying bridges and mills while residents fled in night clothing. Cyclones in Kansas leave several dead and many buildings ruined.
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Thames
London
Ont
Kansas
Can
Miss Wright
Orr
Hopkins
Kensington
R. F. Lacey
London West
Mr. Orr
Ann Street
George Stratford
Napier Street
D. T. McLean
Blackfriars Street
William Maylon
Ann
Ingersoll
Lake Ontario
Niagara County
Howton
Kan
Soldier City
Here
Stephenson
Cimarron
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Dodge City
Assassination Shocks Polk City Iowa Postmaster K L Clingan Killed
Two unknown men shot Polk City Postmaster K L Clingan as he closed his store. He died instantly. A countywide manhunt follows with armed citizens and vigilante tempers running high amid rumors tying the case to last year’s Mayor Stubbs murder. Local farms idle as hunting for the killers intensifies.
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Des Moines, Jr
K. L. Clingan
Polk City
Clingan
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
D. C. Hauger
Stubbs
Sheldahl
Railways Extend to Distances Eight Times Around the Earth
The railways now constructal and being operated cover a distance that would reach eight times around the earth, illustrating vast scale of expansion.
Atin Mine Discovery Reported in Black Hills
News reports confirm the discovery of the Atin mine in the Black Hills region. Local and regional authorities indicate prospecting yields and potential ore significance, prompting mining interest and site evaluations by companies and officials.
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Atin
Black Hills
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