Forest Fires Ravage Wisconsin and Ohio Towns
Ashland Wisconsin faces encroaching wildfires driven by strong winds threatening the Ashland Driving Park Association buildings and Mt Hope Cemetery as residents evacuate. In Dalton Ohio twenty acres burn in the heart of town destroying over fifty houses, crippling the water supply, with Royal Insurance Company bearing the heaviest loss and post office contents destroyed.
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Ashland
Wis
Ashland Driving Park Association
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Massilion
Ohio
Dalton
Massilton
Orrville
Canton
Royal Insurance Company
Special Proceedings Set Test Case Against Mississippi Officials
Secretary Carlisle directs justice department action over warrants distribution in Mississippi. If unaddressed, other states may follow, risking government securities perception and potential penalties up to 26 000 fine or 15 years’ imprisonment. This case deemed a test. Queen of the Gypsies Dead in Cincinnati at 86. Bridget Gorman ruled in America after husband Sing John Gorman’s death. Big son Bartley Gorman Regency. Dispatches routed from Greenion nationwide. Kansas City Mo. special. Third annual convention of Confederate Order of Haowiloos in city. Maj. Davies spoke. about 200 subscribers of the Black Cat in attendance. more arriving. Hundred Miners Idle at Piliston Pit. explosion entraps none but one hundred miners escaped danger. Superintendent Dryden reported entombment. Fifth annual convention of the Postoffice Clerks National Association in session. delegates from major cities and towns.
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Washington
Mississippi
Carlisle
Department of Justice
Bardis
Bridget Gorman
America
Sing
John Gorman
Bartley Gorman
Wlundrade
Kansas
Connateaatad Order of Haowiloos Haa
Maj. Davies
Black Cat
Aldandangs
San Francisco
W.B. Barlow
American Commission
United States
Mexico
el Paso
Rio Grande
Pacific
Antica
Breveor Jloude
Madison Street
Cuca
Maine
Guetta
Youngers Uanally
Chicago
Great Lakes
Lake Ontario
Duluth
Tulalo
Lake Superior
Marie
Vessela
West Superior
Wis
B. J. Fitzgerald
Brale
Kennedy
Releif
Houle
St. Paul
Chicapo
Wisconsin Central
Steven's Point
Catholic Total Abstinence Union
Doyle
New York
Kansas City
Rte New
New Orleans
Geo
Groscent City Railroad Company
From
Berkles
Frank
Jackson
Miss
W. J. Burns
Secret Service Bureau
Gen. Stove
Wlw. Stone
Chattanooga
Times
Richmond and
West Point
Mast Tennasee
Virginia and Georgia Railway Company
Paris
Vanderbilts
Cornalius
William RK
Phera
Southern Railway
Vanderbilt
South
Atlanta
Ben Gaston
Liberia
Wancock
Gaston
Jenkins
East News Roundup Global Labor Strikes and a Lynch Refusal
The East reports a significant clothing strike involving about 1000 workers in New York. Other items note Bradstreet Bank clearings up to a weekly total, a collapse of the Anchor Insurance Company with its president missing, and Labor leader Sovereign condemning strikes as illegal. In Cleveland, Sen. Green declines a Memphis lecture after learning of a Tennessee sextuple lynching. Dun & Co Weekly Trade Review hints at mixed regional improvements and declines.
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New York
Sk. of L
Bradstreet
United States
Baltimore
Wheeling
W. Va
Anchor Insurance Company
C. E. Merwin
Massachusetts
Tingis
Ghis. Buppalo
Lourd
Is. of L
Sovereign
Cleveland
John P. Dereen
State Senate
Whittier Literary Association
Memphis
John Brown
Green
Ohio
Tennessee
Dun & Co
Crop reports foreshadow corn loss and price shifts
The government crop report hints at a major corn loss while others judge damage exaggerated. Week highlights show half-cent corn advance with weak receipts, wheat up despite reduced exports, pork prices rising, and new crop cotton offering more than world demand. Wool sales drop, failures rise, G A R encampment decorations begin, and a Lycoming County town fire report remains unconfirmed amid heavy fires near Kane. Republicans win Vermont by about 25,000.
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America
Boston
Williamport
Engiiah Canter
Lycoming County
Kane
Gbrattleboho
Surveyors finish 700 mile boundary monument work
Col W Barlow arrives after two and a half years of surveying along the US Mexican boundary from El Paso to the Pacific. 252 monuments now mark the line, with 10 miles lacking monuments and a 320 mile stretch showing one mile offset. Mexicans largely accept the boundary despite tax and residency shifts.
Foreign Jottings Shanghai panic over spies surrender
The surrender of two Japanese arrested as spies by the American consul outside Shanghai settlement caused panic among about 700 Japanese residents. They fear for five compatriots in Tao tai’s hands and prepare to leave China at once amid reports of imminent executions.
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Shanghai Special
Taotol
United States
Tao Tai
China
Rat Portagee
Ont
Sautt Rapids
Rainy River
Fort Francis
Grassy River Road
Rainy Lake City
Paris
Dapuy
Chamber of Deputies
Norwich
England
Trades Union Congress
Heahy Lloyd
American Federation of Labor
Ood
Winnipeg
Man
Little Ford
N. WP
Gabriel du Agent
Biel
Manitoba
Minnesota
Rain River
Mia
Gatnsley
Sour
ST. Petersbung
Nii Novgorod
Russian
Poland
Kringston
Jamaica
Hayti
Hippolyte
Turin
Governor Turner vows swift action after Millington riot
Southern summary desribes Gov. Turner promising a thorough investigation into the Millington mob violence and rewarding detectives, vowing to stop lynching in Tennessee. Report includes Turner’s stern stance and readiness to assist Memphis authorities, plus remarks on restoring civilization.
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Chattanomga
Tenn
Gov. Turner
Millington
Nashville
Oyar
Memphis
Mint Ba Mada
Theo
Jin Tennenses
Forest Fire Toll Deepens in Wisconsin and Minnesota
Reports from Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota recount widespread fires near Washburn Ashland Ironwood Hurley and Bruce with Porter Wing Spencer and Marengo spared by aid. One hundred men saved Spencer. seven burned to death at Marengo as Duluth faces swelled relief funds and thousands displaced amid vast economic losses from pine timber railways bridges and homes.
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Wort
Wisconsin
Michigan
Washburn
Ashland
Ironwood
Hurley
Odaneh
Bayfield
Sanborn
Marengo
Feacit
Wen
Port Wing
Duluth
Lake Superior
Spencer
Wis
Stevens Point
Thorpe
Chippewa Falls
Rib Lake
Taylor County
Bruce
Chippewas Falle
Chippewa
Carlton
Kerrick
Barnum
Minn
Empire
Olfara
Gooda
Staten
Ralief
Aad
Tans
Malons
Rallrrors
Wisconin
Minnesota
Freight tariffs force exits leave towns short of business
Damage at Sandstone, Part-Tiage and Hinckley totals 3900 for the three towns and is more than half the loss in the towns, but does not include the timber. Five freight and passenger tariffs driven out by the business downturn will not return even if there is business to entice them.
Waite Wins Easily at Colorado Populist Nomination
Gov. Waite was renominated on the first ballot by a near unanimous vote at the Pueblo Colorado Populist state convention. Opposition leader Thomas M Patterson failed to gain traction and left with a protest as Waite thanked the delegates, noting his past mistakes but accepting the endorse ment as confidence in his honesty.
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Colorado
Hira Yutla
Waite
Pueblo
Col
Thomas M. Patterison
Endeav
Waits. Ored
Fd Holden
Gov. Waite
Minnesota Democrats Nominate Ticket at State Convention
The Minnesota Democratic State Convention at St Paul nominated a full ticket by acclamation with only one position on a full ballot. Names include G L Booker for Governor General, John Ludwig for Lieutenant Governor, John B. Haines for Secretary of State, A Bloreon for Auditor, Logan Breckborough for Attorney General, Q J Lambart for Treasurer, Bengrave Smith for Chief Justice, and Thomas Kurtz for Superior Court. The platform endorses Cleveland’s administration, free coinage of silver, popular U S Senator elections, and arbitration while opposing the reactive tariff and the American Protective Association.
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St. Ponl
Minnesota Democratic Stata
Dr. Paul
G@ L Booker
Bt Paul
John Ludwig
Winonk
Alate
John B. Hainas
Morrison County
Ardtor—A. Blorroan
Goodhue County
Olmstead
Q J. Lambart
Carver County
Bengrave Emith
Minneapolia
Thomas Kurtz
Clay County
Indoraes
Cleveland
United States
Danouncon
American Protective Association
Balleves
Panic Over Japanese Surrender Sparks Exile Rush
American consulate surrenders two Japanese detainees outside settlement limits to Taotai stirring panic among locals. Japanese flee city as reports claim imminent execution. Chinese pledge fair trial and no torture. Yokohama Specie Bank moves operations. merchants rush to leave country amid war tensions.
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Conanl
Ghanghal
United States
Taotai
China
Yokohama
Eae
Trial of Debs Begins in Chicago Contempt Case
Judge Woods presides as efforts to replay the railroad strike and Pullman boycott era unfold in Chicago. The contempt proceedings target Eugene V. Debs and American Railway Union officers for ongoing offenses. trials and appeals are expected to stretch to the Supreme Court.
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Fudge Woods
A. R. CO. Officar
Judge Woods
Chicago
Ganar Aly
Eugene V. Debs
Georgen W. Howard
Sylvester Keliher
W. Rogers
American Railway Union
Shooting and assault report from several towns
Henry Loesen shot his wife four times at St Louis and then cut his own throat. Sakan Bernardt is expected to tour Scandinavia in October. In a trolley car collision at Darby Pennsylvania fifteen people were injured, some seriously. Jane Findley aged 20 was fatally shot at Germantown Pennsylvania by Matthew Dunlap a rejected lover.
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Hrieflets
Henry Loesen
St. Louis
Sakan Bernnardt
Scandinavia
Darby
Jane Findley
Germaatown
Matthew Dunlap
Weather Bureau reports show drought across states
Illinois and Indiana describe above normal temperatures with below normal rainfall retarding fall plowing. Wisconsin notes the driest week of the season while Minnesota reports warm dry conditions and forest fires. Nebraska and Oklahoma have very dry weeks with drying pastures and good cotton yields, while Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Michigan report varied rains, early harvests, and ongoing plowing delays.
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United State Weather Bureau
Chicago
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Bextrema
Safaty
Damaere
South Dakota
North
Barber
Doniphan
Sedgwick
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Michigan
Labor Day Observances Sweep Across United States
Labor Day celebrations reach prominent cities from Chicago to New York with parades, processions, and patriotic displays. Tens of thousands join nationwide observances as business suspensions and street ceremonies mark the holiday amid heavy rain in several locations.
Burglary Ends in Constable Cratsley Fatality in Warren
Sparta from the Wires reports Constable John Cratsley fatally shot by burglars in Warren Ohio. A British bark named Gleneszirn stranded near Portland Ora was sawed off. Minneapolis lumbermen discuss a proposal to raise prices by 40 canta per thousand. Three armed men robbed an assistant postmaster at University Place Nob looting the office of its valuables.
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Sparta
John Cratsley
Warren
Ohio
Gleneszirn
Portland
Ora
Minneapolis
University Place
Nob
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