Murder charge a Caledonia family over boy’s death
In La Crosse Wisconsin Oct 31 coroner's inquest finds Peter Sacmary’s death the result of family murder. Father mother and three siblings jailed for suspected crime after the disabled boy was allegedly starved and abused, with neighbors reporting years of mistreatment and the boy's body found near the Sacmary farm.
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Lin ‘Crosse
Wis
Peter Bacmary
Caledonia
Suemitry
John Schriver
Joe Sacmary
Sacmary
Peter Sacmary
Storm Damages Dams and Bridges Across Wisconsin
Severe floods from a historic storm in Wisconsin cause extensive damage in La Crosse Sparta and Hoksh. Rain totals exceed 7.28 inches in 24 hours, break records, washing out bridges, flooding the La Crosse River, closing the Newton Emil dam power plant, and forcing evacuations by boat with total damages estimated in the thousands.
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la Crosse
Wis
Weather Bureau
Sparta
Newton Emil
Webber
Hoksh
Olivia Wins County Seat Battle In Minnesota
After a canvass in Beaver Falls, Olivia, Minnesota, secured about 68 percent of the vote, and the board ordered records moved to Olivia. The county seat contest in Renville County ends after more than twenty years of dispute. Court house construction will begin immediately, with many workers transporting records to Olivia.
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Menville County
Olivia
Minn
Beaver Falls
Seaver Falla
Supreme Court
Renville County
Court House
Financier Greenwood Charged After Deadwood Attack
Deadwood, D. Oct 31. Douglass Greenwood, founder of the city, is jailed for assaulting Gertie Haines, a Lead waitress, attempting to slit her throat with a razor. He then cut his own throat. motive linked to jealousy and a claim of property dispute.
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Jenloux Deadwood
Faith
Deadwood
Douglass Greenwood
Gertie Haines
Greenwood
Fenlousy
Tripoll Deposits Found Near Lanrion Minn
A mineral bed of tripoll was discovered on D. A. Kemp’s farm, about a mile and a half south of Lanrion. While digging through a bluff, workers uncovered a vein of high grade tripoll of valuable quality and large quantity.
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Lanrion
Minn
D. A. Kemp
Disastrous Storm Hits Binck Tver Area
A severe storm swept the region Sunday night causing washed away arcs and deplorable road conditions. The rapidly rising river threatens higher waters than weeks ago, with flood damage reported across the city and surrounding streets. Warshouts are echoed as residents brace for potential further impacts on property.
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Binck Tver
Wis
Tracks Washed Away After Heavy Rainfall
In La Crosse Wisconsin on October 20 heavy rain totaled seven and a quarter inches in 24 hours ending 8 am. The Milwaukee line suffered the worst track damage with no east trains for a day. routes via Omaha operated to St Paul. West of here sections near West Salem faced extensive repairs while the Green Bay line had a 30 by 10 foot washout. Southern Minnesota division saw earth burying tracks needing scraper clearing.
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Lordona
Wisconain
Minneaota
la Crosse
Wis
Milwaukee Road
Omaha
Camp Douglas
Paul
West Salem
Dartington
Grand Crossing
Trafic
Green Bay
Minnesota
Whinzir Arrested by U S Marshals in Nome Capture
Special U S marshal from San Francisco arrested North Dakota Receiver Alex McKenzie in Nome. He seized about 260000 dollars in gold and placed a sentry at the bank. McKenzie was to be brought down on the Layton but sailed before readiness. The arrest will likely be brought down on the Roanoke.
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Sunn
Franago Han Alfox
Tacoma
Wash
Lawton
Nome
Roanoke
United States
San Francisco
Alex McKenzie
North Dakota
MccKenzie
McKenzie
Layton
A B Plough Dead Former VP GM of St Paul and Duluth
Alexander B. Plough, once vice president and general manager of the St Paul and Duluth railway, died at 11 40 pm Saturday after three weeks of unconsciousness and a final mental relapse following a paralytic illness. He was a prominent railroad figure in the West and had shown some signs of improvement before the decline.
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St. Paul
Minnesota Rolls Over North Dakota in Sweep at Northrop
Minnesota defeated the University of North Dakota 34 to 0 on Northrop field, displaying improving form and a strong team showing. The rout gave Gophers backers confidence they can beat Wisconsin next Saturday.
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Puckertalk
Gophers
Minneapolis
Minnesota
North Dakota
State University
University of North Dakota
Northrop Field
Maroon and Gold
Wisconsin
Craized Woman Killed Near Gayville In Rail Tragedy
The wife of Iver Bagstad, Gayville's leading citizen, escaped from home during illness and walked the railroad tracks. In the morning three freight trains passed, scattering body parts over a hundred yards of the track. Police and searchers found her remains.
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Inn Down
Nod
Yankton
Iver Bagstad
Gayville
Water Storage Plan Proposed on Sioux River
Col H M Chittenden United States engineer returns from Watertown to report on a proposed reservoir plan for storing Sioux River surplus water in spring and releasing it in dry periods. The plan includes building a dam across the Big Sioux to back water into Lake Kampeska, creating a year round running stream for stock water.
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Bloyx City
Lown
Col
H. M. Chittenden
United States
Watertown
D. D
Sioux
War Department
Big Sioux
Lake Kampeska
Escaped Will Lives After Croakaton Plane Fire In Crookston
Crookston Minn Oct 28 residence of J E Morrissey occupied by Bert Hallet family burned four sleep occupants barely escaped. Mrs Hallet burned on head and hands Vernie Hallet eleven burned neck and hands feet cut by glass injuries serious Loss 700 no保险 (note: insurance)
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Crookston
Minn
J. E. Morrissey
Bert Hallet
Interest on Depository Money Grows for Wisconsin
Madison Wis Oct 28 During the last year and nine months the state has collected 46645 06 in interest on depository money placed in banks Under State Treasurer J O Davidson the last quarter yielded 7751 15 The year 1899 saw 24041 81 in interest and that total is expected to be surpassed this year by the present deposits and earnings.
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Wisconsin
Deponita
Madison
Wis
J. O. Davidson
Lincoln County Farmer Walter Warren Sentenced for Murder
Lake Benton Minn Oct 28 Walter Warren a young Lincoln County farmer was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to seven years at hard labor at Bullwater for killing his hired man after a wage dispute. A motion for a new trial is under consideration.
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Lincoln County
Lake Benton
Minn
Walter
Warren
Bullwater
Quarre
John McKusick Dies in Stilwater Pioneer Senator Dead
John McKusick, pioneer and longtime Stilwater citizen, died October 23. Born in 1815 in Maine, he came to St. Croix Falls in 1840 and soon after built the first saw mill in Stilwater. He served several terms as senator.
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Silwater
Stilwater
Minn
John MecKusick
Maine
St. Croix Falls
Stillwater
Eleven Jurors Picked in Wise Murder Trial in Anoka
Anoka Minn Oct 28 lawyers in the Wise murder case worked all morning without success. Late yesterday one more juror was chosen, Fred Lenis, bringing the tally to eleven. It is expected the jury will be completed and sworn at any time.
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Anoka, Minn
Fred Lenis
Dynamite Accident Kills Martin Cusack in Hecla
Aberdeen North Dakota October 20. Martin Cusack an elderly resident of Hecla was mutilated and killed by a dynamite explosion as he warmed the charges to blast rock in a well he was boring.
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Martin Cusack
Aberdeen
Hecla
Kegro Actors Injured in Train Collision at Appleton
Sixteen members of Isham's King Erastus company, all negroes, were injured in a railroad collision near Appleton Wisconsin when a switch engine hit their show cars on the siding. Lights were not displayed on the troupe train. Among the injured were T Harris with a broken sex and Annie Ross with a fractured skull. A twelve year old player, John Ward, sustained a broken shoulder and internal injuries. Also in Kenosha a 12-year-old boy suffered a serious football injury. In Royalton Minnesota a fifteen-year-old, Henry Pippin, was killed by a hunting rifle misfire.
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Lighia
Appleton
Wis
Isham
King Erastus Company
T. Harris
Annie Ross
Huta
Kenosha
John Ward
Bunting
Royalton
Minn
Henry Pippin
Oliver Pippin
School library contracts awarded to St. Paul Book and Stationery
Des Moines Iowa October 30 The state board of educational examiners recommends contracts for school district libraries across the state. The St. Paul Book and Stationery Company of St. Paul has been awarded the contracts.
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St. Pant Finns
Des Maines
Iowa
Te State
State Board of Educaional Examiners
St. Paul Book and Stationery Company
St. Paul
Death by own act after gamble ends in tragedy
Louis Mech ey, thirty four, a pot her in the Helena Cah company, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head after a period of heavy gambling. He died at Mant, Oct. 20, following a Gambit in Helena.
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Helena
Mant
Louis Mechey
Helena Cah
Sunk Steamer Wilbur Sinks Barge Martha After Collision
In Lake St Clair off Grosse Point the Wilbur of Lehigh company collided with the tow Martha, sinking the barge loaded with iron ore. Martha towed by Mariposa. Wilbur badly damaged and dry docked. A. A. Parker and B. W. Parker ran aground avoiding the wreck. No lives lost. Milwaukee man sues barber for 5000 over facial damage. claim barber’s itch caused presumed inoculation.
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Detroit
Mich
Wilbur
Lehigh Steamship Company
Martha
Lake St. Clair
Grosse Point
Mariposa
A. A. Parker
B.W. Parker
Wea
Burglary at Rock Valley Post Office Safe
Rock Valley Iowa Oct 28 report says burglars attempted to blow open the post office safe. Tools were stolen from a machine shop and a diamond punch was left in the combo. An expert from Sioux City assessed whether the safe was opened.
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Rock Valley
Iowan
Sioux City
Peter Hamel Dies by Hanging in Pine City Stable
Peter Hamel committed suicide by hanging in his stable in Pine City Minnesota on October 28. His twelve-year-old daughter cut him down. Domestic trouble was blamed and his wife was absent at the time.
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Plug City
Pine City
Minn
Peter Hamel
Hamel
Durin Begins Claim North of Bemidji for 20099 Feet Gawmitt
William Durin of Mankato, visiting with his son in law CTM Jackson, filed a claim north of Bemidji to erect a gaw mitt with a capacity of 20099 feet. The move is part of Durins exploration into lake regions near Cass Lake in Minnesota.
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Durin
Balla
Cass Lake
Minn
William Durin
Mankato
C. ™. Jackson
Haa
Bemidji
Grain and live stock quotations from St Paul and Midwest markets
Oct 30 reports from St Paul Minneapolis and Chicago detail grain prices for wheat corn oats and rye across grades with spot and futures figures. Live stock prices cover cattle hogs and sheep including feeders cows bulls and market highs and lows at regional markets in Bronx City and South St Paul.
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St. Paul
Minti¢eapolis
Duluth
Northern
Wo & Northern
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
Bronx City
Iowa
South St. Paw
Commands and troop movements amid Cape disturbances
Oct 36 dispatches report burghers cutting telegraph lines nightly and Gen French near Heidelberg after Barberton. Gov Milner heads to Johannesburg then Cape Town. Gen Dewet with 4000 burghers moving in Orange Free State. Paget takes 65 prisoners including two colonels. A Cape police patrol was attacked near Hoonstad, two Maxims lost, 7 killed, 11 wounded, 16 captured after two hours. Boers claim 15,000 men in the Meld dividing into 400 strong commandoes, capable of larger operations.
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Pretoria
French
Barberton
Heidelberg
Alfred Milner
Johannesburg
Cape Town
Dewet
Orange River Colony
Paget
London
Daily Mail
Cape Police
Hoonstad
Orange Colony
Indians Decimated in Yukon Mission Suffering
Trev. Fry J. Rene, in charge of the Noman Cath Alice missions on the Yukon, reports Dawson natives are ravaged by a mysterious disease like pneumonia, measles and typhoid. At Holy Cross 60 of 150 Indians died in two months, famine looms as winter harvest fails.
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Seattle
Wash
Trev. Fry J. BR. Rene
Yukon
Hog
Dawson
Holy Cross Mission
Youth accused in attempted assassination of Wales freed by jury
The case of 90-Selpide, youth said to have tried to assassinate the price of Wales, ended with acquittal on charges of attempted assassination. Jury recommended temporary confinement in a reform institution. He fled the country before transfer to Baume reform Institution could occur.
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Youur Selphin Willo
Selpide
Wales
Pautly
Brussels
Belpida
Baume Reform
Northwestern Juventura Patent and Alarm System Patents
A list of patentees and assignees including Henry Bryan of Two Harbors Minnesota for car construction John Harmon and A Y May of Minneapolis for electrical alarm systems Ole W Olson and P A Mullertbeak of Ruthton for a cord knotting device for grain binders Seneca Salisbury and J I Salisbury of Aberdeen South Dakota for fountain pen holders John A Sandell of Minneapolis for a beer-gaueter Lothrop and Johnson patent attorneys at 023 and 012 Plomser Press Building St Paul Minnesota
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Driteria
Juventura
Henry
Bryan
Harbors
Minn
John Harmon
A. Y. May
Minneapolis
Mint
Tadder
K. J. Hersey
Gt. Paul
Mit
Ole W. Olson
P. A. Mullertbeak
Ruthton
Anecdote of the Lost Hope and Gottschalk
In an 1880s Broadway meeting at Whitlam Halt Sone music store, Gottschalk showed a printer’s proof reading The Latest Hops. He joked the title should be The Lost Hope, noting the printer’s misprint. The moment is recounted from a century past.
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William Mason
Gottedam
Whitlam Halt & Sone
Broadway
Park Place
Mu‘ Alclans
Gottschalk
Fixing the Responsibilityy and the Foolish Friend
In a heated exchange quoted by Chicago News, Biggs asks Diggs if he is a fool for being a friend or if he remains a friend because he is a fool. The dialogue centers on loyalty, self-perception, and the value of friendship amid conflict.
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Ang Biggs
Diggs
Ayered Diggs
Biggs
Chicago
Opportunity and fame through longevity debated by columnists
A Philadelphia Record excerpt contrasts opportunism and fame with the notion that lasting impact comes to anyone who endures long enough. The dialogue questions whether a person could become famous merely by living a long life, sparking debate on fame and honesty.
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Philadelphia Record
One act of friendship opens crowded streetcar car
A pretty girl asks to squeeze into a crowded car while a young man offers his free arm. The conductor signals the fare register to let them in as they seek entry amid the throng. Baltimore: American notes the moment as a small act of kindness in a crowded city scene.
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Alx
Baltimore
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