Morristown Cyclone Kills Seven In Saloon Tragedy
Morristown Minnesota was hit by a cyclone about 6 o clock sending a barn it center town from its foundation and damaging property. Seven men were killed in a brick saloon where they had sought refuge and many others injured. The dead include Henry Wait Elmer Brooks Jacob Wheer Frank Pitman Jacob Miller John RohER Nelson. The storm also caused fire damage and scattered debris as doctors from nearby cities were summoned to help the seriously wounded.
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Waterville
Minn
Morristown
Thinelty
Minneapolis
Paul’ Gattake
Henry Walt
F. Pitman
Elmer Brooks
Jacob Wheer
Frank Pitman
Jacob Miller
John Roher
Nelson
Toy
Fa Fey
Paul Gottskey
Frank Wilder
Porter
White
Pitman
Waseca
Faribault
Te City
Faiitault
County Seat Removal Moves Forward in Renville County
Olivia Minn Sept 26 The county society to of Renville county met to consider the petition for removal of the county seat from Beaver Falls to Olivia This petition filed Sept 3 is the largest ever secured containing 3365 names or over 80 percent of the voters of Renville county There have been six or seven contests for removal prior to this one though the great majority of the people have desired that removal some technless error has prevented it in each case Beaver Falls was made the county seat about thirty years ago Little improvement has been made since that time as there is no railroad and no hotel accommodations.
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Olivia
Minn
Renville County
He Ray
Beaver Falls
Lost boy recovered after woods picnic in Minnesota
At a September picnic in May Lost by the Woods near Renville Minnesota John Larkins two year old wandered away and was lost. The search lasted all night with about twenty teams mobilized. The child was found early morning 100 rods from the picnic site, exhausted and soaked after heavy rain.
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Renville
Minn
John Larkin
Bull Against Commission Men in Milwaukee Market
Milwaukee September 26 news reports the Chicago Board of Trade and several Milwaukee commission men in a dispute. A temporary injunction to bar use of market quotations was argued, with Judge Seaman to render a decision after advisement.
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Bull
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago Board of Trade
Milwaukee Commission
Board of Trade
Commission
Seaman
United States
Diatrict
Burglars Seize 28 Million Marks In Berlin Residence
Berlin reports burglars entered Dr. Wrede's home and took 20,000 marks cash plus securities valued at 8,000,000 marks. Police recovered all but 15,000 marks. Rainfall in India through Sept 28 totaled 30 inches, with about 7 more inches since. Weather is improving and expected to settle.
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hWore
Berlin
Dr. Wrede
India
Heavy September Rains Halt Threshing Across States
In Minnesota and North Dakota the monthlong rains and a Sunday night deluge disrupted nearly all threshing operations. Farmers report soaked stacks, potential grain damage, and delays of up to a week as heavy showers from Langdon to Devils Lake soak fields and hinder harvest progress.
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Mann
Langdon
Minn
Devila Lake
N.D
Ralne
WCTU Reports and Officers Named at North Dakota Convention
The North Dakota WCTU convention heard Mrs Dove report evangelical and home reform efforts in Stanton Grand Forks and Larimore with 200 cages evidence from the enforcement league. Officers elected for the next year include President Miss Elizabeth Preston, Vice President Dr J H Knox, Corresponding Secretary Mrs A Vandebogard, Recording Secretary Mrs Carrie Allen, and Treasurer Mrs Addie Carr.
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N. D
Enforcement League
Gilzabeth Preston
J. H. Knox
Fisherman Drowned in Gulf Storm Near Vancouver
Four men die in the equinoctial storm over the Gulf of Georgia as a fishing boat capsizes near the narrows. A rescue boat is upset but its crew are saved by a tug. the four fishermen remain missing. Several small steamers and acorns break from moorings and damage wharves, alarming other fishermen at sea.
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Gulf of Georgia
Vancouver
B. C
Narrows
Thieves Strike La Crescent During Vigilance Session
La Crosse Wisconsin September 26 Thieves remain active in the area despite a vigilance committee meeting in La Crescent Minnesota opposite. During the session a thief entered a committee member's house, ransacked the interior and escaped with goods.
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la Crosse
Wis
la Crescent
Minnesota
Prohibition Rally Stand Collapse Hurts Dozens in Brookings
At a Huron meeting for presidential and vice presidential candidates a sidewalk over a subway gave way, dropping attendees about nine feet. Between 74 and 100 people were carried from the scene with bruises and shock, with three in serious condition.
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Brookings
Huron
Coal for Japan trial shipments from East Kootenal
Consul General Shinuger of Vancouver forwards trial shipments of Crow's Nest coal from East Kootenal to Japan. He expects it will partly replace Welsh coal for the Japanese navy. British Columbia coal companies hope that Pennsylvania strike may push miners to BC collieries short of white labor.
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East Kootenal
Vancouver
B. C
Shinuger
Japan
Crow's Nest
British Columbia
Pennsylvania
Grain and Livestock Prices in Midwest Markets Summary
Wheat and corn quotes span Minneapolis Duluth Chicago and Milwaukee with No. 1 hard No. 2 northern and No. 8 yellow corn listed alongside oats rye and barley grades. Livestock prices in Sioux City Chicago and South St. Paul show cattle calves and hogs varying by grade, with ranges for steers cows bulls and sheep. Market activity notes mirror regional demand through Sept. 25 26 across multiple grain and livestock centers.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Northen
Duluth
Chicago
Aio
Oate
Milwaukee
Wis
Northern
Sioux City
Iowa
Cattla
South St. Paul
Jail Delivery Five Prisoners Escape From Lisbon Jail
Five men jailed on charges of illegal liquor selling indecent assault burglary escaped from the Lisbon North Dakota county jail early yesterday. An inmate in poor health used the corridor to reach and open steel cell doors, aiding a planned breakout likely with help from outside accomplices. One prisoner remained claiming he was locked in by others. In La Crosse Wisconsin Charles Lindaurst, claiming penitentiary parole breach, was detained after an incoherent story. In Aberdeen, the Aberdeen District Medical Society elected officers for the coming year: President William Edwards, Vice President Frank Miller, Secretary Treasurer G H Countryman, with Doctors Fowler Kennefus Mallory and Censors Jones McNutt Coyné.
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Lisbon
N. D
la Crosse
Wis
Charles’ Lindaurst
the &Tilwater
Minnesota
Aberdeen
Aberdean District Medical Society
Wiliam Edwards
Frank Miller
GHH
Countryman
Board of
Ithica
Fowler
Kennefius and Mallory
Board ‘of Censors
Jones, McNutt and Coyné
Tax ferrets uncover back taxes in Osage county
Osage Iowa Sept 26 A good record will appear as a result of the tax ferrets who have been at work on the county books for several weeks Over $400 has been collected with $000 paid in one day Twelve different persons paid more than $100 each back taxes Also a report from Dickinson North Dakota Sept 26 states Mrs Clara L Lowery fell into an uncovered well on a vacant lot owned by P McGinley Madison hotel proprietor at Madison ND and will sue for damages the wife of a prominent stockman
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Osage
Towa
Dickinson
N. D
Clara L. Lowery
P. McGinley
Madison
Lowry
Atociman
Hog Cholera Prevalent in Osage County Flocks
Hog cholera is very prevalent in Osage Iowa with thousands of hogs aging throughout the county. This will be a bad season as farmers rely on hogs to work with their steers during fattening as the disease spreads widely.
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Osage
Iowa
Iowa Flora Donation From Prof Pammel to Society
Towns Flore Ames Iowa Sept 26 The state historical society receives a flora collection donated by Prof Pammel of Iowa State College at Ames. Plants are mounted by him for display and study across the state historical archives.
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Towns Flore
Ames
Towa
State Historical Society
Prog
Pammel
Iowa State College
Noted Prosecutor Melville Z. Wines Dies by Morphine Suicide
Melville Z. Wines, longtime prosecuting attorney for Silver Bow County and prominent criminal lawyer, ended his life by taking morphine while temporarily insane in Butte Montana on September 21.
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Butte, Mont
Melville
Wines
Silver Bow County
Early Settler Peter P Goodman Buried at Sheldon
Peter P Goodman an early settler in the Northwest and a man of prominence was buried in Sheldon yesterday afternoon. He leaves a wife and three children.
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Liston
N. D
Peter P. Goodman
Northwest
Sheldon
Rogers Locomotive Works to Close in Patterson New Jersey
In Patterson New Jersey the Rogers Locomotive Works will close by December 1, ending hundreds of years of operation. About fifteen hundred workers will be laid off as contracts end and the plant may be sold. the city faces a severe downturn as 10,000 people may suffer indirect hardship. The closure follows tariff changes and declining orders amid a long history of industrial prominence.
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Patergon
Itation
Rogers Locomotive Works
Washington
Carnegie
Jacob
Rogers
McKinley
Kia
Robert S. Hughes
Rogers Locomotive Company
John Clark
Paisley
Scotland
Charles Danforth & Co
Rogers Company
Open Door Policy Critique Pins England as Gainer
The essay argues U S policy favors Great Britain in the Orient, labels open door a pretext for trade with weak nations, and notes American exports to China and overall trade imbalances. It questions whether the United States benefits as England keeps doors open while American doors close behind high tariffs.
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Hon
China
Hngland
Russia
Great Britain
United States
America
England
Orient
Bis
Chrisia
Secretary Wilson on imperialism in a Toledo speech
The Hon. James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, condemned U S expansionism in a Toledo Iowa speech. He argued for keeping colonies under U S control for economic reasons and warned against granting self government to island territories while mocking opponents as racist and citing McKinley era imperial policies.
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James Wilson
Toledo
Tssti
Manila
Rslands
Luzon
Uberty
Kill Imperialism or Save the Nation Voice
A fiery plea warns that re electing McKinley will advance imperialism, a strong standing army, and trust backed power. It argues Bryan's stance as pivotal, urges voters to defeat imperialism this fall by opposing Hanna Republicans and their policy, and to vote against the party to prevent post election militarization.
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Hanna
Fusioniata
McKinley
Hanne
China
Bryan
Bhd
Republicans Apathy Open Debate Over McKinley Win
Portland Maine editors argue Republicans show apathy not just overconfidence in McKinley. The piece suggests many Republicans do not care which McKinley wing wins and that a leader’s fate depends on his own will.
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Portland
Maine
McKinley
Campaign Lie Exposed In Campaign Paper List
A Sunday issue shows Republican claims that 18 papers switched from Bryan to McKinley. Investigations find only three actually did so, with totals from deserters at 52,760 and Bryan supporters rising to 773,558 across major papers and regions.
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Repullean
Chicago
Bryan
McKineley
Denver
Colo
Times
Republican
Welleton
Sentinel
Bolott
Wis
Dally Nowa
Loulaville
Post
Dispatch
New Haven
Conn
Register
Hartford
Detroit
Mich
Free Press
Worcester
Mudd
Pont
Manchester
N. H
Union
Nashville
Tenn
Banner
Richmond
Galveston
Tex
Globe
Raleigh
N. C
Observer
Burlington
Gazette
Charlotta
Charteaton
8. C
Hyening Post
McKinley
Denver Times
Witvar Repue
Denver Republican
Galveston Tribune
Papera
Louisville
Courier-Journal
Times Dispatch
Wellstown
Baltimore Sun
Worcester Post
Cleveland Plaindealer
Washington ‘Times
Chicago American
Ita
Chicago Record
The
Chicago News
New York Herald
New York Post
Bry An Ag
ShKinley
Bryan quotes on Philippine policy challenge
W J Bryan denounces Republican silence on a plan for the Philippines and accuses leaders of secrecy. He asserts a long proposed plan is open for public choice and contrasts it with administration handling of Cubans, urging transparency toward Filipinos and Americans alike.
Play the Baby Act and Bryan’s Treaty Debate
The piece criticizes the imperialists for shifting responsibility to Mr. Bryan by accusing him of backing materialism tied to the Parla treaty. It argues that their charge exposes weakness in their cause while noting Bryan’s stance on treaty adoption rather than pursuing an amendment.
Missionaries in Ching Plan Shipment of 100000 Books
Report notes missionaries in Ching have orders for 100000 books amid ongoing trouble. No further details on dates or parties involved are provided.
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Ching
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