Fogbound Ferry Collision Kills Three in Bay
In San Francisco a heavy fog disaster between the ferries San Rafael and Sausalito near Alcatraz island left three dead and about twenty injured. The San Rafael carried about 300 passengers when a misread signal caused the Sausalito to strike the San Rafael on its port side, sending panic through the crowd as the vessel sank. Distressed passengers were rescued by the Sausalito, which later headed for the city and was towed to port hours later.
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San Trancisco
San Rafael
Sausalito
Marin County
Alcatraz Island
Sun
Sigounta
San‘salite
Sauomduto
Inés
Hausalito
Henda
Debatable Death Toll From Wabash Wreck
Detroit paper claims six percent death rate in the Wabash wreck at Sereca Michigan. It details Train No 4 with ten passengers and a colored porter, and Train No 13 with firemen Baldorf and Bond, four Italians among the identified dead. Overall eight dead and many unaccounted for in the fatal list.
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Wabash
Detroit
the Tribune
Sereca
Mich
Sbaldorf
Bond
Italien
Fire destroys Woolworths and Burke Fitzsimmons stores in NYC
A midnight blaze in Manhattan's business district damaged Woolworth's stock by 30000 and the building by 20000, with Burke Fitzsimmons & Howe also damaged. Seven firemen were overcome and sent to hospital as flames touched F F Me Farland's clothing stock. Insurance covered the losses.
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Itater
N.Y
N. Y
Pire
Ted
Woolworth's
Fatal Football Injury in Humboldt Player Dies in Game
Roy Anid left rib injuries after a collision in a Humboldt Nebraska football game. Aged nineteen, Power, member of a well known Humboldt family, was tripped during a run for a touchdown, fell, and was crushed by players. He was carried off unconscious and died from the injuries.
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Wirebraska Roy
Hroken
Horseph
Humboldt
Neb
Eturn
Oator
Che Vibe
Markets Wrap: Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Wheat and corn prices shift across Minneapolis Duluth Chicago and Sioux City with bids for No 1 Northern wheat at 721-8c No 2 hard winter near 718-7c and corn No 2 at 631-20c. Livestock markets show cattle and hog values in varied ranges in Chicago South St. Paul and Sioux City with mixed and prime cuts and weekly market summary by Edwards Waos & Co.
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St. Paul
Nort Northern
Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Der
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago
Sioux City
Towa
Reeves
Des
South St. Paul
Taney
Edwards, Waos & Co
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
Bradstreet
Southwest
Dakota
Gulf
Gilmour Found Guilty in Murder Case at Paris
Paris December 3 Gilmour the convicted murderer of Kolb was found guilty and sentenced to penal servitude for life He admitted he believed in sandbagging and that the only trade he ever learned was robbery leaving little doubt about his criminal career and fate
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Gilmeur
Paris
Gilmour
Kolb
Venexualia President Reopens German Trader Murder Case
Through the rearrest of the alleged murderer of a leading German trader at Caracas, recent trial orders and the president's actions ease tensions between Germany and Venezuela. The prisoner will face a new trial under announced arrangements.
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Venexualia
Germany
Rinidad
D. W
Caracas
Castro
Two Lumberjacks Die After Wood Alcohol Drinking
Two lumberjacks at Nestor camps on the Gonseberry river near Two Harbors Minnesota David Cummings and Mike Montroy died yesterday from drinking wood alcohol They had no liquor in camp but procured the poison and drank it A cook also drank some but is expected to recover The bodies were brought to the morgue and will be held pending relatives identification of Cummings and Montroy with Montroy reportedly from Detroit conclusions uncertain
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Harbors
Minn
David Cummings
Mike Montroy
Nestor Camps
Gonseberry River
Cummings
Montroy
Detroit
Missing Montague bank cashier leaves trail of deeds
Henry H Terwilliger cashier of a private Montague bank is missing. A note and two deeds enclosed in a letter to William S Nufer show the bank’s business assigned to Nufer and C L Streng as trustees. He says the bank’s assets exceed liabilities by 15000 and that he will wander. Local belief is his mind may be affected by long business strain.
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Syy Ile
Dank
Montague
Mich
Henry H., Terwilliger
Montague Bank
William S. Nuter
Whitehall
Best business block in Osnabrock burned in blaze
Osnabrock North Dakota December 3 The best business block burned with fire starting in Dan McAllin s general store from unknown cause. The flames consumed the Ivory building and most contents. nearby shops Syverud Bros McAllin Bros Eldlake Kitchin Bonnief t Kelstad Bangs and Port s general store were heavily damaged or saved with difficulty. Desperate efforts to stop the fire failed as one building after another caught fire and burned out.
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Smate
Grand Yorks
N. D
Osnabrock
Dan McAllin
Syverud Bros
Dan Mellin
Eldlake & Kitchin
Traveling Man Clad Dies After Narcotic Overdose
CL Edwards a traveling salesman for Foster & Co. in Chicago died in his room in this city from an overdose of narcotics. Ill health and despair marked his months, and he did not report to supper. A clerk found him unresponsive just after midnight, with emergency services called to a death scene.
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Tver Falls
Wis. Ree
L.P
CL. Edwards
G H. Foster & Co
Chicago
Mresman
Jidwards
Waverly Philanthropist Gives Walantic Gift to Charity
Abram Slimmer of Waverly Iowa donates his fine home and twelve acres near the city to the Sta ters of Charity. The gift follows earlier largess including 50000 to Finley hospital Dubuque 25000 to Cedar Rapids home for the aged and 50000 to the Hebrew home for the aged in Chicago plus other gifts to worthy institutions.
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Waverly
Walantic
Dubuque
Iowa
Abram Slimmer
Summer
Finley Hospital of
Cedar Rapids
Hebrew Home For
Chicago
Rattlesnake Hunter Boy Sets County Record In South Dakota
James Donegan, a Aurora county farm youth, killed 441 rattlesnakes this season near a Missouri river rattlesnake den while herding cattle. Township authorities paid a 16 cent bounty per snake, adding over 50 dollars to his summer earnings.
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South Dakota
Sioux Falls
James Donegan
J. F. Donnegan
Aurora County
Atte Oaat
Missouri River
Young Donegan
Winnebago City Man Pleads Guilty to Blind Pig Charge
Winnebago City Minnesota December 4 Phil Spats pleaded guilty before Justice Smith to keeping a blind pig. Fine set at 50 dollars and costs. Sam Mitchell Gert Mitchell Max Nagle and Harry Copeland in custody on similar charges. hearings set for Wednesday. The new law allows officers to search premises and confiscate liquors and fixtures, alarming blind pig keepers.
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Winnebago City
Hlaine
Minn
Phil
Spats
Justice Smith
Agd
Sam Mitchell
Gert Mitchell
Max Nagle
Harry Copeland
Plekeepers
Fire at Champion Iron hay barn in Michigan
In Champion Michigan a big hay barn owned by Champion Iron Co. burned last night with eighty tons of hay lost. The blaze is labeled incendiary and marks the fourth arson within eighteen months against the barn. The incendiary also tried to burn the warehouse and other buildings. The town lacks fire equipment, but hundreds used puckets to avert a larger fire.
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Champion
Mich
Champion Iron Company
Sheriff Megaarden Suspended Over Malfeasance Charge
Minneapolis news reports Sheriff Philip T. Megaarden of Hennepin County suspended from office and placed under a cloud until the governor reviews the evidence. Governor issued order Saturday appointing a commission to hear the case for and against the accused. The charge is malfeasance in office.
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Mennepin County
Ofleial
Minneapolis
Philip T. Megaarden
Hennepin County
Robert Stratton
Thomas H. Salmon
Megaarden
Verdict in damage suit against Northern Pacific
Judge Amidon awards Louis Cudieux six thousand seven hundred dollars in a United States court ruling under chapter 61. Cudieux, a former switchman at Jamestown yards, sued Northern Pacific for sixteen thousand dollars alleging damages. The verdict assigns contributory negligence to Dalley Geer and notes the ruling as a flat decision of the court. In Deadwood, Chaplain Daley plans to move his family from Huron to Grand Junction Colorado to continue in church work, serving Colorado and Wyoming communities.
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Cutlieux
Wargo
N. P
Amidon Latsset Nalda
United States
Louis Cudieux
Northern Pacific
Cudieux
Jamestown Yards
Jestlex
Cardleux
Dalley Geer
Colorado
Deadwood
Daley
Phlippines
Huron
Grand Junction
Golo
Black Hills
Wyoming
Fire destroys seven frame buildings in Plainfield
A blaze in Plainfield Wisconsin on December 1 destroyed seven wooden frame buildings valued at 30 000 with stocks worth 20 000. Firefighters used dynamite to blow up adjacent frame structures to halt the flames. Insurance covers the loss.
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Ccesaary
Plainfield
Wis
Fatal cattle disease mystery hits Anoka area
In Burns, Minnesota, Frank Ruprecht loses several cattle to a peculiar illness. He suspects fodder overfeeding, but evidence is inconclusive. He reported the case to the state board of health as other local farmers report similar losses with unfamiliar symptoms. An investigation is planned.
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Anoka
Minn
Frank Rupprecht
State Board of Health
Boy Buried Alive in Sand Fill Well Tragedy
La Crosse Wisconsin December 3 A ten year old boy Frank Lel bel was buried alive while digging sand when a rotten board broke and sand caved in. He was rescued hours later but died from injuries. Two companions were injured in the accident.
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Abnyvo Nm
la Crosse
Wis
Dee
Frank Lel~bel
Fin Old Well
Rancher Kills Employee in South Dakota Interruption
James Meld a rancher near Whitewood shot and killed his employee Charles Ramsey during an argument. Meld says he acted in self defense after Ramsey’s revolver was found twenty feet from the body. Meld surrendered and is held on a murder charge.
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Whitewood
S. D
James Meld
Charles Ramsey
Pleldsnyx Stamasay
Ramsey
Piet
Mother's Mistake Kills Three Year Old In Crandon
Claude Waite, son of Walter Waite, Park hotel proprietor, died after his mother, in darkness, gave him a dose of hydrochloric acid left with medicine by mistake. Fears arise for the mother's sanity as police or authorities note the tragedy occurred in Crandon Wisconsin. The report also notes Phoenix Act at Cutter and improvements in Custer with steady business and rising mining activity.
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Crandon
Wig
Claude ‘Wailte
Walter Waite
the Park Hotel
Phoenix
Cutter
Catter
S. D
Custer
Inas
Crater County
Ranchera
Farmera
Wisconsin hunter killed in Fontana accident
Principal of Fontana High School Thomas J. Crew and local resident Guy Baker were hunting near Geneva Lake when Crew slipped and a gun discharged. The shot struck Guy Baker, the pair crawled through rough terrain, and Baker died at once.
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Fortans High School
Willams
Bay
Wis
Geneva
Thomas J. Crew
Guy Baker
Crow
Fontana
Baker
High Gensa
Linker'a
Williams 15 Pros. Walker Man Acquitted in Self Defense
In Walker Minnesota a jury returned a not guilty verdict after thirty five minutes in the Solomon Williams trial for the murder of James Morris. Attorney Frank H. Price argued that the killing was entirely in self defense, leading to the acquittal.
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Walker
Minn
Solomon Williams
James Morris
Frank H. Price
Eisteddfod Association of Iowa Meeting at Ottumwa
In Ottumwa Iowa on December 26 the Eisteddfod Association of Iowa will hold its annual meeting with T J Phil Ups as president the Welsh musical group offering large prizes and an elaborate program. In Winona Minnesota flour trade booms as Bay Brute Milling runs night and day shipping 348 car loads in November mainly to Eastern markets.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Dee
Eisteddfod Association of
T. J. Phil Ups
Boowinsg
Winona
Minn
Winona Ia
Bay Brute Milling Company
United States
Lard Fire Fatality at Gordon Bros Farm
A cook Martha Elvick died after a lard rendering fire set her clothing ablaze at Gordon Bros farm five miles north of Michigan City N D. The blaze also destroyed the men's quarters and contents valued around $800.
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Michigan City
N. D
Gordon Bros
Nouth
Here
Martha Elvick
Lost Boy Alfonso Disappears Then Found on Hilltop
Dec 1. Alfonso Bulger, four years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bulger, vanished from home in Deadwood South Dakota. A full day air and ground search by the neighborhood ended at dusk when the boy was found atop a high hill above Van Buren Avenue near the nine quarry. He was poorly clothed and would likely have frozen through the night if not found.
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Deadwood
Alfonso
Thomas Bulger
van Buren Avenue
Hartman shoots waitress in Cherokee Iowa restaurant
Florence Porter, 25, a waitress at White's restaurant in Cherokee Iowa, was shot twice in the breast by Harry Hartman. The victim is not expected to survive. Motive for the crime is unknown.
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Hartman Kotney
Wias
Florence Porter
Cherokee
Iowa
Harry Hartman
Fiorence Porter
Life Crushed One Farmer Dies in Threshing Accident
Madeira Minnesota December 1 Halvor A Olson a farmer ten miles north was yesterday run over by a threshing engine and crushed to death He was forty years old and leaves a wife and all children.
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Madeira
Minn
Halvor A. Olson
Aix
Grand Forks Real Estate Deal For New Transfer Center
Grand Forks North Dakota December 1 J I Cace company general agent Techtonius closed a deal to purchase valuable real estate where a 40 by 160 building will be erected in the early spring Grand Forks will become the transfer point for northern and western state business Dr Elsell of Alderman received a four dollar per month pension and T G Wells of Lisbon a twelve dollar pension
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Grand Farka Centra
Grand Forks
N. D
Techtonius
J. I. Cace Company
Ceaters
Dr. Elsell
Alderman
T. G. ‘Wells
Lisbon
Infant cremation after cooling blanket fire tragedy
In Sioux City Iowa on December 3 Mrs J Fred Meyers residing five miles from Correctionville wrapped her five months old baby in a blanket and placed it in the kitchen stove oven to keep warm. She left the house to gather fuel and returned to find the oven flames roaring and the infant badly burned collapsing before aid could reach it.
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Sioux City
Iowa
J. Fred Meyers
Correctionville
Stevens Declared Gulley and Mitchell Guilty
Dec 4 Fred Stevens former bank cashier in Phinkinton found guilty of receiving money knowing the bank insolvent He secured a stay of judgment for sixty days.
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Stevens
Gulley
Mitchell
Fred Stevens
Phinkinton
Pasteur Treatment Sends Fargo Official Westward
Fargo North Dakota December 4 Railroad Commissioner Lord of Cando travels to a Pasteur Institute for treatment after being bitten by a dog last week. The group feared rabies as the animal acted peculiarly. The note mentions ongoing legal action in Reynolds and a Tennessee source about prosecuting Reynolds in relation to a murder case in Crofton Iowa.
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Pasteur
Fargo
N. D
Lord of Cando
Pasteur Institute
U S Marines Enter Colomba Town as Liberal Surrender Follows
Capt Perry delivers command to Gen Alban as Liberal forces surrender in the town. American marines withdraw except a guard for Panama Railroad property. General De la Rosa surrenders his sword. Bogotá reports about 400 killed or wounded in clashes. Christsown and Buena Vista fights noted with initial reports of Gen Prince Castro's death.
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Fielone
Perry
United States
Panama
Alban
Chiistowha Colon
de la Rosa
Oerigina
Punama Hallroart Company
Colomba
Bohle
Prancince Castro
Buena Vista
Depletion of Boer forces noted in Orange River Colony
Pretoria dispatch reports Boer losses continuing at a steady rate with many districts now clear. In the past fortnight significant progress in the southeast Orange River Colony, where around 200 Boers are accounted for and Commander Ackerman's group suffered heavy losses. Boers struggle for food and ammunition, raising anxiety among leaders as supplies wane.
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Britain
Pretoria
Orange River Colony
Ackerman
Conalier
Paat Port
Gold Extractor Dead Prof Wynn claimed to have a method
Denver December 1 Prof C C Wynn who announced a process to extract immense gold values from low grade ore died last night at St Josephs hospital His claim was discredited by many mining men and his death is not expected to affect the plant materially
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Wyn
Denver
C. C. Wynn
St. Joseph's Hospital
Wyman
Americans may bid for Clyde shipyards in Britain
Liverpool December 1 The shipping weekly Fair Play reports a contemplated scheme by which a United States syndicate might acquire all Clyde shipyards. It suggests purchase or a US Steel like combination may be formed. Fair Play doubts Americans would run under British trade conditions but notes the matter is seriously discussed.
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Awerienna
Liverpool
Fair Play
United States
Clyde
United States Steel Corporation
Confidential Clerk Admits Bank Shortage in East St. Louis
Theodore Duddleston, a confidential clerk at the Nu Honu Bank in East St. Louis, confessed to bank president G. Knox that his books showed a shortage of between 11 000 and 42 000 dollars. He blamed losses on speculation especially in sut tle. The admission caused a local sensation where he is well known.
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Louis
Theodore Duddleston
Nu- Honu! Flock Yarde Bank
Mast al. Louly
G. Knox
Suttle
Duddleston
East St. Louis
Papal Delegate Named for Canada and Washington
A Vatican dignitary letter from New York notes Mer. Falconio, papal delegate to Canada, will likely succeed Martinelli in Washington. Falconio’s Burcaror in Canada will be Mer. Zardotti, former Bishop of St. Cloud Minnesota and now Archbishop of Moves in Italy.
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Zardetti
Cload
New York
Vatican
Rowe
Falconio
Paps
Canada
Martinelli
Washington
BuccaRdor
Mer
Zardotti
Italia
Moves
St. Cloud
Minn
Merrimac Fame Officer Stricken by Nervous Breakdown
Seattle dispatch reports Gabriel Deignan accompanying Lieut Hobson to Merrimac and that the subject is in a UK hospital with a nervous breakdown from overwork. Despite the condition, those close describe his mental state as perfect. A separate Rio dispatch notes Marley Louise, a 12 year old girl, the last slave representing imports from Africa.
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Uahorn Diespoun
Merrimac
Seattle
Wash
Jelters
la Thinelty Gaborn Deignan
Hobson
Santiago
Uklah Hospital
New York
Herald
Rio Janeiro
Brauwhl
Saya
Marlee Louise
Village Parity Destroyed In Des Moines Fire
A fire destroyed the north part of Waukee village in Iowa on December 1, burning both telephone offices. The blaze left the town nearly erased with extensive damage and no immediate means to contact nearby communities.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Waukee
Detalla
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St. Paul’s Church
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Idwa
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