Tornado Hits Wichita District Causing Destruction
Wichita special reports a west and south cloud collision spawning a tornado that demolishes the Missouri Pacific division HQ and Eighteenth Street Depot, injuring three children and two men while destroying houses, barns, shade trees, and electric railway facilities. The cyclone's path was about fifty feet wide and passed near Governor Lewelling's home.
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Wichita
Kan
Division
Eighteenth Street
Missouri Pacific Road
Hupps
Fifteenth Street
Electric Railway
Fairmount Electie Street
Kechit
Lewelling
Lome
Indictments for Refusal to Answer Questions in Sugar Trust Case
Washington special: Indictments returned against Havemeyer and Searles of the sugar trust asking why they refused to answer questions before the Senate Investigating Committee. Allan Seymour and R Chapman also indicted for similar refusals. Two others were only part reports. the rest faced demurrers. The panel asserted questions were not pertinent.
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Frida
Washington
Boory Havemeyer
John Bb. Searles
Auger Trust
Allan
Seymour
Mek
Grm
Seymour & Young
Wie Sunate Sugar Trust
Alan
Kn R. Chapman
New York
W McArtnay
Caceon & McArtnay
Javh
Western mail train holdup in Arizona near Maricopa
Three masked men stopped the east bound Southern Pacific train near Maricopa Arizona. They forced the engineer to uncouple the cars and fled after grabbing cash reports vary from 100 to 20000 dollars. Sheriffs and posse hunts underway as suspects head south toward the Mescalin line.
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Southern Pacific
Arizona
Havemeyer Et AL
Phenbx
Maricopa
Maricop
Heir Horaes
Well Fargo
Tucksenger
Gala
Japanese Cruiser Sightings Stir Concerns At Port
A dispatch notes daily appearances of unidentified Japanese cruisers near the port and mentions a reported landing to the north. The activity is deemed significant and may relate to earlier reports of unrest in Shang-Teng, amid tensions and neutral positions in the wider Sino Japanese dispute.
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Che Foo
Shang-Teng
Northwestern frontier push for stronger police system
Hamlin reports a drama tour of the customs district on the Pacific coast and a brief visit to the Pribulati Islands. He warns the northwestern frontier needs a comprehensive police system as seal herds decline rapidly. He does not rule out suspending sealing to save the sealing industry.
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Partment
Pacific
Pribulati Islands
Hamlin
Paper mills in Wisconsin put under grand syndicate
A Wisconsin paper and pulp consolidation sale secures control of Caparand pulp mills on Fox River totaling 50 plants with joint capacity of 1,300 miles of 76 inch strips and 00 tons of pulp valued at 50 000 daily. The syndicate aims to own three fourths of the state’s industry, with selective acquisitions and six month options from October 1. Final possession set for April 1.
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Wisconsin
Appleton
Wis
Fox River
Luis
Combine
Wade
Crow Wing County Forest Fires Cause Losses and Fatalities
A dispatch from Crow Wing County reports serious forest fires early today with several fatalities. Counties mention farmers losing buildings and crops as flames swept through eastern Crow Wing, with residents evacuated and hope rising as winds calm.
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Crow Wing County
John
Joseph Een Hord
Jan
Wreck at Grover's Crossing Delays Freight Train
A Chicago bound freight train on the Chicago and Northwestern line derailed at Grover's Crossing a mile west. Five men were killed and several injured as cars toppled and wrecked. A resorting crew found a severely injured survivor under a derailed car and the lumber car was unloaded to recover bodies.
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Woodatuck
Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern
Grover
Lucy
Trade Shows A Reaction In Staple Purchases
New York special reports a moderate reaction in countrywide general trade with staples in the west quiet and prices flat in the east. Southern business slowed by river and orange crop damage. Leading distributors note mixed activity with cautious optimism. Wheat hits new lows while Indian corn and oats fall. Sugar, coffee down. cotton also weak, exports off slightly to 2.562 million bushels versus 3.435 million last year. Wheat also declines with slow exports.
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New York
Bradstraedts
Amesty Granted to All Mormons by President Cleveland
President Grover Cleveland issues a proclamation granting amnesty to all polygamists and Mormons who violated acts of polygamy or unlawful cohabitation. The text cites the church’s stance, prior amnesty by Harrison, and conditions for eligibility while excluding noncompliant individuals.
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Cleveland
Washington
Harrison
J. Grover Cleveland
United States
Jan Irarry
Entombed Miners Rescued From Northwest Con Company
Miners entombed in the Northwest Con Company pit near Carbondale were rescued after a long wait. All are reported alive and well, with surface access restored. One man required assistance leaving the shaft, but none show signs of serious injury. Details remain unclear as to the condition of others and future repairs.
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Willy Manes Witte
Ford Vnn Venneylands
Carbondale
Pat
Paeda
John, Patining
Willson B. Mitchell
George Carney
Andrew Klahexiy
Wie
Fant
Northwest Con Company
Agaon
Tax and labor unrest across ports and nations
Reports from New Hartford Massachusetts note a Weavers' Union strike at Piers M L with workers demanding work specifications and the company poised to pay the old tax under new law. Simultaneously Korean rebel forces attack Japanese troops at Taiki prompting foreign presence claims and troop reinforcement, while a separate suit seeking $10,000 is filed in Sandinsky court over a car crash injury case involving a laid-out ex-President family member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hertford
Mass
Weavers’ Union
Wark
Unclear historical proposal on abolition of words in Lords debate
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss abolition of certain terms and the role of a proposer or authority. The text references London, Foseph Cialis Visin, and a question to Lords about presenting a proposal to the Tetra. Details are garbled and many names unclear.
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London
Spesahi
Prinyis
Japs Repulsed Taiwan Move In Two Places
Native officials report that Japanese forces attacked Chinese troops at Anchow and Yichow, but were repulsed in both locations. The Shanghai special notes the responses and local commotion as the news arrives.
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Shanghai
Dipanesa
Anchow
Yichow
Freight hearings show Iowa shippers organized and prepared
At the Des Moines freight rate hearing the Iowa shippers presented a detailed case that current rates are already adequate and not lower than those given to shipments in other states. A federal census table of Iowa products and rail tariffs from major lines contrasted with Eastern routes. The commission adjourned the hearing for further investigation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
Oata
Northwestern
Missouri Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Thorsardly
Konistané Body Identified in Woods Near El Dora
The body of N. G. Konistan was found in the Moroze woods near El Dora and identified. Letters reveal he acted as surety for ungrateful persons and faced sudden embarrassment leading to his death. He wrote a will naming his daughter Tennig sole beneficiary and executor, with residue to Sawverville, Ontario.
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Jrlon van Pogo
Tennig
Sawvervilie
Ont
Jury Acquits After Murky Vere Bennett Case
A high street murder trial in Marshalltown ends with acquittal for Vere Bennett after a six hour jury deliberation. Jurors leave court to a murmur as verdicts are read, with one for conviction and others for acquittal recorded. Officials, including United States Marshal Desmond and local officers, arrest George Lord in Floyd County for counterfeiting related crimes.
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Vere
Bennett
Marshalltown
Avere
Ead
Mre
Hennatt
Fick Farthong
United States
Desmond
Capnty
Werth
Fhanks
Vlayl Conte
George Lord
Floyd
Floyd County
Ltr
Local Banker Dies From Corn Cure Tragedy
Dr R T Snfferd, vice president of the First National Banke of acrude and major Jefferson County landholder, died at his Fairfield home Sunday morning. Officials attribute his death to food poisoning after using a Tatond corn cure eight months ago. He was 84, born in Washington County Pennsylvania, came to Fairfield in the early 1850s.
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R. TF. Snfferd
First National Banke of
Acrude
Jheferon
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Fairfield
Grinnell area figures in blaze and pardons report
Fram Far and Wran Burgas operate in Grinnell while David Gregory and Cyrus Vermil yen of Oskaloosa receive pardons after three months in the penitentiary. A Davenport fire at Rothschild Grain Company destroyed Tak malt house of the 12 with thousands of bushels of grain. A Waterman resident, Jon Miilen, dies after being kicked by a horse. Insurance for 46 Iowa dollars is noted. The Great Western widow and other named locals are mentioned amid ongoing investigations and indictments involving state committees and officials.
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Fram Far
Wran Burgas
Grinnell
David Gregory
Cyrus Vermilyen
Oskalooss
Sha Avernor
Rothschild Grain Company
Davenport
Jon Mii
Waterion
Bota Winget
Brent
Asia
Maina
Tun
Jesse Mebl- Wain
Myckiel
J. N. Coldran
Vreven
Talline Threuch
Turbulent Iowa items highlight railway, crime and weather
A forage of late 19th century notes reports accidents and misdeeds across Iowa towns. Postmasters short on funds, a freight collision, a runaway injuring a farmer, a diphtheria outbreak near Morse, lethal shootings, and a terrible rain hail storm damaging Des Moines skylights. A child dies from a curling hair mishap, and a Davenport man is found dead from a gunshot wound amid local political intrigue. The乱 mix includes a labor wage survey, river dynamiting fears, and a fatal electrical accident at a power plant.
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Lae
Council Bluffs Medical College
Andrew Welch
Abner
Edward Nichols
Adel
Panora
Jacos Foster
Pomergy
Ear Algoma
Botenius
Westey
Ronaway
Morse
Georgk Brown
Des Moines Union Railway
Des Moines
Rowley Homs
Othe
Dorinc
Burlington
L. Thompson
Hans Wirr
Davenport
Walet Jan
East Dubuque
Chicago
C. F. Hinckley
Chisago
Minnie
Gorge E H. Carson
Quakelousa
W. P. Aiseroot
Central
Awa
Din
Pew Iidorado
Taraysis
Law and Order League
Wainsharger Gang
Lin
Reuben Lurlingarte
Hetarean Gardier
Vatahelder & Wiainlile
Lyons
Santa
Corgarints
Final Gateting of the Season by the AVenther Crop Service
Sinal reports completed. The weekly bulletin notes cooler than normal week, severe frosts in northern areas, very heavy rainfall in central and southeastern districts, and hail and wind damage in central counties. Corn cutting and plowing progress. winter wheat seeding incomplete. early fields grow well. pastures strong where not burned. late potatoes yield under half a crop. This ends the season’s bulletins.
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Aventher Crop Service
Wester
BENNETT WISEE MURDER TRIAL ENDS WITH NOT GUILTY VERDICT
In Marshailt own the Bennett Wiese murder case concludes as jurors find Jory not guilty after four ballots. Court erupts in subdued cheers. Bennett receives congratulations from a crowded courtroom including Judge Weaver. The trial centered on the murder of Anna Wiese with intense emotion as verdict is read.
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Jory
Anna Wiese
Bennett-Wiese
Marshailt
Fi Tal
Mrs. Bennett
Fragmented tale of a crime and a home remedy tale
A garbled report describes a man named Tonndt near Patigte and a violent act ending in a fatal shot. The text veers into an odd advisory on treating a rash with cucumbers, claiming a home remedy rivaling others.
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Considine
Patigte
Eas
Tle Wits Ratuoning
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Hull
Kansas
Havemeyer ET. AL
Kassin Willowmain
Pan Chronicle
Mt Petersburg
Hilys
Kassin
Thehinese Tapaese
Untess Dapat Annexes Cynra
Dean Dreppen
Washington Special
The
Treasury
Cbienge Society
Allen G Wilde
James IL. Wildy & Co
Hrof. Garrison
Chivage
Garrison
Mary Jerry
England
Mar Wilde
Ned Lady Berry Sveral
Lourenvo Margie
Delaga Bay
Portugosa
Kaine
Anoa
Seitate
Mar Ret
Providence
Soralons
Elsoube
St. Washington
Carliste
Corean
Taiki
Corea
Seon Ley
Hayes Pamity
Loreto
Dean
Sandinsky Cormon
Leustan Smith
Thas City
Aeliastic
Tte
Maintiy
Aliaenstat
Henerd
Anne Weise
Mary. Monnett
Ackley
Ita
Cidson
Joh Ar
Rock
Bey
Evans
Billy Edmonds
Billy Lewis
Tie
Vie
Laibar Commins
Fleness
Ako
Apeld
Thor Pachy
Dyersville
Wygltam Operkuxs
Caunei
Hieht Power Hong
Ashoes
Mika
Indy
SINAL
Mas
Manning Camp
Atways
Matt Smith
Reel Island Road
Hegre Iough
Lewis
Jack
Butcher Kuffa
Tell Smith
Yall
Swivid
Tresanrer Batok
Board of Supervisory of
Wendbury County
Entty
Wo AL Kifer
Kirkiendd
Kirkwood
Prichard
Probaly
Woman's Telief Corps of
Iowa City
Sinty University of Iowa
M. B. Contermee
Clurch
Diluyue Tshop
Bowman
South Dakota
Tows
Winoin
Blaly Texehere
Daniel Stevenson
Minnie Carton
George Carton
Catstonia
Tepinon
Hillman & Co
Neo
Hermie Ha Wits
Vang Witter Davenport
Raed
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