Meadow Valley Wiped Out By Forest Fire
Forest fires driven by strong winds devastate Meadow Valley on the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul line. The cranberry village of about 100 residents is destroyed after the blaze starts in a cranberry marsh and spreads to homes and businesses. Surrounding areas near Luxemburg report families burned out and others forced to flee as flames threaten the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction City
Wis
Meadow Valley
Valley
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
St. ©. Treat
Huffman
Green Bay
Luzemburg
Four Men Die At Panhandle Crossing In Ohio
A Stuebenville special reports an eastbound Panhandle train No 56 hitting a wagon at Miller's station crossing. Victims Edward Cogan 18 Samuel Coan Jr 20 Samuel Cogan Sr 45 John Campbell 26, all plasterers or wagon driver, residents of Youngstown near Latrobe Pa. The crash mangled bodies. engineer says curve prevented stopping in time.
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Stuebenville
Ohio
Panhandle
Miller's Station
Edward Cogan
Samuel Coan, Jr
Samuel Cogan
John Campbell
Youngstown
Latrobe
Explosion at American Wire Mills in Anderson Ind
A boiler pipe burst at the American Wire Mills in Anderson Indiana injuring ten men. Eight seriously and two fatally, with two hundred workers caught in a crowded room. Surgeons were summoned as chaos followed and a will was badly damaged. Named seriously injured include Clamp Finan Rogers Jones McNear Sheets Wykoff Myers.
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Anderson
Ind
Clamp
Tom Finan
James Rogers
John Jones
Mike McNear
Andrew Sheets
Henry Wykoff
Henry Myers
Yadinga presents a November slate at Ft Wayne temple
The Masonic Temple Theater in Ft Wayne advertises a November lineup headlined by Yadinga in A World of Trouble on Nov 1. Seabrooke appears Nov 1 and 2 with My Wife's Friend and Ottis Skinner performs The Grave De Grammont on Nov 4. Minnie Maddern stars Nov 6 in The Queen of Liars, The Cotton King runs Nov 9, and William Gillette appears in Too Much Johnson.
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Thomas
Seabrooke
Ottis Skinner
Corbett Walks Out Declares Fight Off in Heated Meeting
A tense gathering of parties eyeing the prize fight ends with Corbett declaring he washes his hands of Fitzsimmons after demanding a private bout within four days for 10000 dollars or a public match eleven days later. Julian refuses and Corbett leaves. Also a Havana cable reports a cyclone damaging Navana port, suspending ferries and trains with rising rivers but no casualties yet.
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Corbett
Julian
Fitzsimmons
Havana
Navana
Amin
San Juan
Russian armor contract with Carnegie Steel reported
A St Petersburg dispatch says Russia has closed a contract with Carnegie Steel for a large amount of patent armor. Tests at Washington were remarkable. The order is for immediate delivery and will occupy the Homestead works for five months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Carnegie Steel Company
Washington
Tramp cremated as barn fire claims life near Valparaiso
A barn owned by William Smilansford near Valparaiso Indiana burned completely in an incendiary fire. A tramp seen near the barn is believed dead. George Glancy, a farm hand, was badly burned saving three horses. Loss pegged at 3000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Smlansford
Valparaiso
Ind
George Qlancy
Barcraig Lost At Sea With 32 Sailors On Board
The British ship Barcraig, sailing from this port to Shanghai on April 25, is presumed lost with all hands after 170 days at sea. The crew numbered 32 and the vessel carried about 1,200,000 gallons of oil.
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New York
Barcraig
Shanghai
Prophet's death foretold wife obituary in Kentucky
Mrs Sarah Vaughan dies at her Mercer County home as a prophetic husband who passed in August claimed she would outlive him by less than three months. The striking coincidence drew wide attention to the odd belief and its eerie precision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Vaughan
Mercer County
Kentucky
Post Office Blocks Maile Use in Lottery and Loans
The Post Office Department denied the use of the maile to the Kansas Mutual Coupon Investment Company of Kansas City Kansas for conducting a lottery business and also barred the British American Loan Syndicate of Chicago Illinois from maile activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Kansas Mutual Coupon Invetment Company of
Kansas City
Kans
Chienge
Chicago Reformers vow purge of North Side burglars
Chicago police chief Badenoch orders Inspector Schaack to drive out a gang terrorizing North Side and Lake View residents. A recent fatal home invasion of Charles M. Collins and a bold string of robberies spur actions, with arrests demanded over excuses to curb raids. The Evanston trolley car holdup is cited among recent exploits by the gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Badenoch
Inspector Schaack
North Side
Lake View
Capt. Schuettler
Charles M. Collins
Sigel Street
Collins
Evanston
Grover's Message Foretells a Firm State Paper
Cabinet officers hint that President Cleveland's forthcoming annual message will be the most important state paper yet revealing a firm foreign policy. The speech will discuss financial questions, possibly retiring greenbacks, and propose tax measures raising $30 to $50 million though details remain unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Congress
Swift Cruisers Urged as Budget Talks Open
Vice Admiral Besnard told the Paris Budget Committee that the China Japan war shows need for swift armored cruisers. The navy plans raise annual outlay by 400000 pounds, to forty million pounds over twelve years for ironclads cruisers and Vision patch vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Besnard
Adopts Income Tax Amendment in South Carolina convention
In Columbia South Carolina the convention adopted a graduated income tax amendment for the taxation article. Senator Tillman pressed a one dollar per dag tax for schools, but the convention rejected taxation of dogs. A bank capital stock tax bill failed as stock is returned by shareholders. An appeal to the People urged mass meetings for Cuban sympathy on September 30 and to hold similar events nationwide by October 1 to strengthen the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
Tillman
Uhl
Japanese Victory In Formosa Captures Takaa
Dispatches from Formosa report Takaa on the west coast captured by Japanese forces and indicate plans to bombard Tai-Wen-Fu, the island's capital, as part of the ongoing campaign. The report notes strategic aims and upcoming operations in the Formosan theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formosa
Takaa
Tai-Wen-Fu
Ohm
Falls Down Stairs to Oath In Canastota Resident
Commodore de Grasse Livingstone a leading Canastota financier aged about 65 died after slipping down stairs at his home shortly after midnight on Wednesday. He was among the town's wealthiest residents and his death ends a long public career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oath
Commodore de Grasse Livingstone
Canastota
N. Y
Bank cashier flees with funds amid snow storm
A Duluth bank run followed the flight of cashier Stuckey with $15,000. He reportedly used bank money to finance two establishments and heavy poker games. A $1,000 reward is offered for his capture as police anticipate his arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Duluth, Miana
Stuckey
Galena
Algiers Fire Destroys 100 Buildings Leaves 700 Homeless
A Sunday Algiers fire destroyed about 100 small structures and twenty larger ones including the courthouse and residences. Bounded by Morgan Alex Lavergne and Bourney streets the area left around 700 people homeless with losses over 450000. Injuries included thirty people and three children plus a woman missing as crowds crossed the ferry bridge. Wet weather relief began Sunday for the destitute.
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Algiers
New Orleans
New Orleana
Morgan
Alex
Lavergne
Bourney
Lavergnes
Ferry Landing
Bank Robbers Fail to Loot Hennessy Bank and Hardware Safe
Bank robbers damaged the Bank of Hennessy and the Smith Hardware Company safe but failed to gain the cash and valuables. They took $75 from the hardware safe and overlooked $150 in a secret compartment. A Western Union messenger found the mortgages and notes near Wichita stockyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Hennessy
Smith Hardware Company
Western Union
Wichita, Kan
Lost Securities Recovered in Topeka Case
State Bank Commissioner Breidlenthal learned through Rock Island Railroad officials that his satchel containing 120000 in Fort Scott Bank securities, believed stolen, was recovered in Denver after trainmen found the grip at the end where he left it and reported the find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bank
Breidlenthal
Topeka
Kan
Rock Island Railroad Company
Fort Scott Bank
Denver
Bank Makes a Run on Depositors in Puyallup
The First National Bank of Puyallup Washington run its depositors Saturday night, likely a historical first. Before midnight all were paid as the bank faced a demand to cover 4544 dollars owed to Pierce County's treasurer before others. Snow Ten inches Deep at Erie.
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First National Bank of
Erie
Buffalo
Cleveland
Toledo
Weather Office
Sault Bte
Reform in Armenia scheme accepted by Pasha
The reform plan drawn by Great Britain France and Russia for Armenia was accepted by the Pasha awaiting the Sultan's signature. It follows the May proposals that governors and vice governors of Van Eraeroum Sivas Bitlis Khartum and Trebizond be chosen by population inclination with a Christian or Moslem governor. local officials collect taxes and funds cover local administration before forwarding to Constantinople. Tennessee guard orders prompt drill to prevent Corbett Fitzsimmons boxing in state.
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Aid Pasha
Said Pasha
Armenia
Great Britain
France
Russia
Van
Eraeroum
Sivas
Bitlis
Khartut
Trebizond
Constantinople
Tennessee In
A. R. Taylor
Tennessee National Guard
Memphis
Peter Turney
Asa
Tennessee
Corbett and Fitzsimmons
Tragedy in romance ends in death on Minnesota farm
Frank Kantwitz killed his wife at his Ortonville area farm in a sensational tale dating back ten years. Once a wedding guest, Kantwitz later became her husband, then she left him for another man. On learning of the affair he killed her and then killed himself, and the widow later married the man who killed her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kantwitz
Ortonville
Minn
Kantwitz
Three Man Killed in Wreck at Ceylon Indiana
Grand Rapids and Indiana pay train wrecked at Ceylon on Friday night killing three men and injuring several. A bridge gang's hand car was not properly cleared from a switch as the pay car approached at fifty miles per hour, causing a deadly collision. The pay car and engine were destroyed.
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Grand Rapids and
Indiana
Ceylon
Ind
No Hanging Murderer Escaped at Mount Pleasant
Bud Overton, slated for the first legal hanging in Warlaw County Kentucky, escaped before Friday's scheduled execution for the murder of Gus Leed and his wife, causing a broad postposed event and crowds to assemble. Indiana Thief Captured. James Robert Barnett of Terre Taute Indiana, linked to a $16,000 theft on Sept 16 with John Donarden, was arrested in New Orleans. He claimed only $160 possessed and denied taking more than $200 from the express company.
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Duke
Hiis
Duke of Marborough
New York
Vanderbilt
Gotham
Central Park
Long Hill
South Street
110Th Street
Valiceman Sweeney
Marlborough
Wheeliman
Sweeney
Sweney
McGowan’s Pass
Roundsman
Ryan
Mount Pleasant
Bud Overton
Gus Leed
Warlaw County
Overton
Indiana
James Robert Barnett
Terre Taute
Ind
Vandalia Road
John Donarden
New Orleans
Express Company
Markets Across Cities Show Varied Farm Prices
Market listings from Chicago to New York show cattle values from $2.50 to $8.50, hogs $3.00 to $4.75, sheep $2.00 to $4.00, and grains with No. 2 red wheat around 50 to 68 cents, corn 28 to 38 cents, oats 17 to 28 cents, and butter 18 to 24 cents per pound. Regional notes include Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Buffalo, Milwaukee, and New York city price ranges for wheat, corn, oats, rye, and livestock in an omnibus commodities roundup.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Dee
Toledo
Earu
Milwaukee
Ste
New York
Lilliputian Oxen of Ceylon Achieve Tiny Size
A historical note describes Ceylon dwarf cattle known as sacred running oxen. These animals stay under thirty inches tall, with one specimen near twenty-two inches and about 109 pounds. They reportedly pull light loads quickly and travel long distances, though their origin remains unclear. A popular legend ties their origin to a Buddhist priest escaping imprisonment through a two-foot square opening, giving rise to a breed celebrated for its small stature.
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Caylon
Canterbury
Ceylon
Buddha
The Glowing Crater Lake of Mauna Loa and Pele’s Hair
A description of Mauna Loa and Kilauea with a vast boiling lava lake. The lava forms glassy filaments, knobs, and shapes resembling trees and grass. Pele’s hair, formed by steam-quenched lava, filled with balloon like bubbles, was once used in native ceremonies and now attracts curiosity seekers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauna Loa
Nawaiian
Kilaues
Kilauea
Pele
Boston to add underground pneumatic tube mail system
Boston plans underground three inch diameter pneumatic tubes three feet deep to link every postal substation with the central office. Parcels up to forty pounds travel at a mile per minute. Philadelphia and London already use similar networks and Paris is expanding. Forty letters per carrier move, and daily mail volume could rise beyond eighty thousand letters. French cities prepare statues for President Carnot.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Central Post Office
Central Post Office and Station 2
Fess
London
Parle
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Telegraph
the News Record
Anderson, Ind
Masonic Temple Theater
Ft. Wayne, Yadinga
Protection
Grover
Stickney
Larry McGann
Yerkes
Ninth Street
Viking
Manufacturers' Association
Walter
John L. Waller
United States
Tamatave
Clairvaux
Nimes
Department of Gard
Chung Pu
Amoy
Fu-Kien
Hinglish
Cairo
Egypt
John Andrews
St. Joseph
Mich
High Seas
Thomas St. Clair
Tani Hansen
San Quentin Prison
California
Nate Witzgerad
Lilliputian Oxen
Carnot
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