Railroad Wreck Fatal to Eight Near Great Falls
A head on collision between a freight train and a work train on the Great Northern railroad near Midcanyon siding leaves eight dead and four seriously injured. The freight heavy ore train collided with the work train. seven bridge carpenters died, two injured. crew escaped with minor hurts. Names include J I Headline Faribault Minn and H C Morrissey Great Falls.
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Great Falls
Mont
Great Northern Railroad
Midcanyon Siding
J. I. Headline
Faribault, Minn
Pastor Dougherty Found Dead in Buchanan Pool of Blood
Searching party locates Rev. Robert L. Dougherty, pastor of Buchanan Congregational Church in North Dakota, in a pool of blood at his apartments after failing to appear for Sunday service. A note and revolver indicate self inflicted death, with neighbors noting concern over his mental state.
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Fargo
N. D
Robert L. Dougherty
Congregational
Buchanan
Jamestown
Buchanan State Bank
Escape and Recapture in Mississippi River Shootout
Five miles below St. Paul Hugo Dufour a French ex convict escaped in an open rowboat across the Mississippi under heavy fire from United States Deputy Inspector Harris who had eluded him at the St. Paul union spot yesterday noon Leo Zychi a Polish Swift Packing employee on the opposite shore collided with Dufour and the fugitive was recaptured Harris and his charge reached the union depot from Portland bound for Boston where Dufour will be deported as an undesirable citizen.
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St. Paul
Mississippi River
United States
Harris
St. Paul Union
Hugo Dufour
Leo Zychi
Swift Packing Company
South St. Paul
Dufour
Union
Portland
Boston
Mass
Pioneer Peter St German Killed by Falling Limb
In Chippewa County near Fifield, 55 year old pioneer Peter St German died when a tree limb fell during logging. He was sawing a tree when the limb struck his head, breaking his neck.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Peter St. German
Chippewa County
Fifield
Embezzlement charge issued for Nu gent Smith & Co junior
A warrant was issued in Winnipeg on December 30 naming Park A. Smith junior of Nu gent Smith & Co as embezzling more than $10,000 from the firm. Smith left for Toronto and the East to spend Christmas. an accidental post departure book check uncovered the shortage.
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Winnipeg
Park A. Smith
Nugent, Smith & Co
Smith
Toronto
Watertown
Main Street
Peter Reichert Found Dead in Mondovi Home
Peter Reichert, age sixty, was found dead in his Mondovi Wisconsin home yesterday after neighbors did not see him for ten days. He lived alone and is survived by several adult children.
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Mondovi
Wis
Peter Reichert
Andrew Krejci
Chippewa Falls
Krejci
Longboat Married in Toronto Church Ceremony
Indian long distance runner Tom Longboat wed Loretta Maracle last night at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Toronto Ontario. The couple's nuptials were attended by family and friends with the ceremony conducted in a traditional style.
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Longboat
Toronto
Ont
Tom Longboat
Loretta Maracle
Church of St. John the Evangelist
Tremors Shake Virginia City Montana Amid Seismic Onslaught
Virginia City records the severest quake in a week long sequence. The electric plant ten miles away failed, plunging the town into darkness and triggering widespread alarm. Over thirty shocks have rattled the area with cracks, falling plaster, and scattered dishes reported.
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Virginia City
Mont
Massive West Gallatin River water rights case set for Bozeman
Judge Cheadle will hear the largest water rights case in U S history next month in Bozeman. The dispute covers the West Gallatin river and nearly the entire Gallatin valley, with water rights valued at about 1.5 million dollars. Around 600 farmers and companies filed complaints asserting rights along the river.
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Helena
Mont
Cheadle
Bozeman
United States
West Gallatin River
Gallatin Valley
$14,000 Gift for Squaw in Wisconsin
Black River Falls Wis Dec 29 A. P. Jones former Winnebago agent gives $14 000 land gift to an elder squaw On his Nebraska trip he settled 25 heirship cases The squaw receives clear title to an improved eighty acre farm and a half interest in 360 acres
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Black River Falls
Wis
A. P. Jones
Waterloo woman shoots at son in law in failed murder bid
Waterloo Iowa December 29 Mrs Will Kelly says she knows who killed Patrolman Fred Widmann and then tries to shoot her son in law Fred Cordell from his house firing four shots three hit him causing flesh wounds Mrs Kelly is under arrest
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Waterloo
Iowa
Fred Widmann
Will Kelly
Fred Cordell
Gasoline Tank Explodes Wrecking Blacksmith Home
Marshalltown Iowa December 29 The gasoline tank explosion at a brazier furnace wrecked and nearly destroyed the home of Matthew Cox a blacksmith Injuring Cox his wife and five Cox family members Cox burns are very serious and may prove fatal while the others suffer only slight injuries
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Union
Matthew Cox
Cox
Capture Bank Suspects Identified as Danube Robbers
Sioux Falls police identify three men arrested weeks ago as the Danube Minnesota bank robbers who struck the State Bank of Danube on October 6. Sheriff Vick of Renville County takes the suspects to Minnesota for trial.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Danube
Minn
John A. Vick
Renville County
Minnesota
Panic in Wild Panic at WHLDREN Yuletide Fire
A gas generator in the WHLDREN Minnesota Methodist church ignited during Christmas tree decorating causing a stampede of about one hundred frightened women and children. Many escaped with minor injuries from glass and trampling as the blaze was quickly extinguished and the church sustained little damage.
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Echo
Minn
Yuletide
Methodist Episcopal Church
Free Fare Swindle Targets Labor Agencies Across Cities
Police uncover wide swindling rings using the telephone to impersonate prominent representatives and request transportation for workers who will call later. Arrests anticipated in Chicago and Duluth as the scheme expands beyond St. Paul.
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St. Paul
Chicago
Duluth
Alleged Forgers Jailed in Pre Election Case
Waseca Minnesota December 27. Jesse Richter is charged with forgery after allegedly passing seven counterfeit checks for ten dollars each on his employer's account to local saloonkeepers. He was at large since fleeing and was captured in Virginia Minnesota, one day before Christmas.
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Waseca
Minn
Jesse Richter
Richter
Virginia
Robber Steals $10,000 in Diamonds in Helena Store
In Jacque min's jewelry store in Helena Montana a tray of diamonds valued at about $10,000 was snatched by a thief just as the clerk set it on the counter. The robber and an accomplice fled the scene in a rig and drove away toward the outskirts after untethering a horse.
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Helena
Mont
Jacquemin
Bribery Guilty Plea by Milwaukee Former Alderman
Former Milwaukee alderman Charles Jungman pleaded guilty in municipal court to bribery linked to a 1903 special ordinance. He was fined 600 dollars or eighteen months in prison, and paid the fine.
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Milwaukee
Charles Jungman
Robbery at Lobdell Meat Market in Mankato
Fred W. Lobdell's meat market in Mankato Minnesota was robbed of 150 dollars in cash and checks last night. A suspect used a meat cleaver to break the safe compartments. The man remains unknown and a police inquiry is underway.
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Mankato
Minn
Fred W. Lobdell
State Superintendent Carr Calls For Reform In Education System
State Superintendent C P Carr releases a biennial report urging changes in electing county superintendents and improving township and rural schools. He notes high teacher turnover lowers outcomes and argues for limits on high school funding while stressing permanent, professional county leadership.
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C. P. Carr
Cary
Wisconsin income tax and inheritance tax reform debate
Wisconsin faces a tough task as the legislature must draft laws for income tax collection following a recent constitutional amendment. Debates focus on taxing low incomes, hearings, and reforming inheritance tax distribution to favor counties over the state. Many favor a fairer two thirds split with broader inheritance tracing.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Woman Dies After Two Month Fasting At Asylum
Mrs. Mary Lloyd of Stevens Point who was admitted to the Outagamie county insane asylum last September refused all food for eight weeks, aided by artificial feeding. Doctors believe stomach cancer and distress at meals caused the fast, ending in her death. remains sent to Stevens Point for burial.
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Mary Lloyd
Stevens Point
Outagamie County Insane Asylum
Rice Lake faces water and light plant financial turmoil
An expert accountant from St. Paul reports Rice Lake’s municipal water and light plant is $3,000 in the red over seven months and the city overall behind about $7,000. A petition to the state public utilities commission seeks investigation and guidance. Taxes are 25 percent higher than last year.
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Rice Lake
St. Paul
State Public Utilities Commission
Wisconsin President seeks higher university funding and raises
President C R Van Hise urges the Wisconsin legislature to raise professor salaries to match rising living costs and emulate Minnesota Harvard and Yale. He also calls for increasing permanent income and expanding educational improvement to 300000 annually. Dormitory funding should rise from 100000 to 200000 to support growth.
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van Hise
Wisconsin
Solons
C. R. van Hise
Univeristy of
Minnesota
Harvard
Yale
False Dairy Reports Tossed to Prosecution
Farmers near La Crosse face possible prosecution after a complaint to State Veterinarian Clark alleges unreliable tuberculosis tests. The claim states several cattle with TB were sold by farmers whose herds were tested with government tuberculin, now under review by the state veterinarian.
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la Crosse
Clark
Sheriff Nets Two Horse Rustlers in Stanley County
Pierre South Dakota December 29 Sheriff Huston rounds up horse rustlers in Stanley County arresting Elmer Ziegler and Tom Barnes. Horses found in Barnes possession who says he purchased them.
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Pierre
S. D
Stanley County
Huston
Elmer Ziegler
Tom Barnes
Barnes
Quarantine Modifications in New York State
Buffalo reports no foot and mouth disease cases in New York for nineteen days and authorities issue orders to modify quarantine regulations accordingly.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York State
$30,000 Blaze Threatens Waseca Business Block
A $30,000 fire in Waseca Minnesota on December 29 burned Preston and Stucky druggists and endangered a main business block that housed the post office and the Farmers National Bank.
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Waseca
Minn
Preston & Stucky
Farmers’ National Bank
Assault Charged to Negress in Grand Forks
Mrs. William Green, a Black former St. Paul resident, was arrested in Grand Forks North Dakota on December 29 charged with attacking Mrs. Fred Sherlock with a knife. Sherlock sustained a chest wound.
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Grand Forks
N. D
William Green
St. Paul
Fred Sherlock
Sherlock
Fall Kills Rough Rider in Duluth
Duluth reports the death of A. V. Townsend aged sixty five of Coleraine a former rough rider and member of John C Greenways company after a six foot fall from a steam shovel Townsend died from injuries sustained in the accident occurring December 29 at the scene
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Duluth
A. V. Townsend
Coleraine
John C. Greenway
State Insurance Chief Ill From Canned Meat Illness
Fargo North Dakota December 25 State Insurance Commissioner E C Cooper is seriously ill here reportedly after eating canned meats at the Great Northern diner.
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Fargo
N. D
E. C. Cooper
Great Northern
Land sale near Mitchell fetches 20000 dollars
M H Ohlman sold a quarter section of land near Mitchell for 20000 dollars cash to D A Mezner and Robert Little of Mitchell. The sale occurred yesterday in Yankton South Dakota on December 25.
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Yankton
S. C
M. H. Ohlman
Mitchell
D. A. Mezner
Robert Little
Hotel and restaurant fire owner claims arson
Grand Forks North Carolina December 25 John E Worth owner of a Conway hotel and restaurant burned recently insists the blaze was incendiary. An investigation is in progress and arrests are expected.
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Grand Forks
N. C
John E. Worth
Conway
Four-Year-Old Dies After Boiler Scalding in Meridan
In Eau Claire Wisconsin on December 25 the four year old son of I. E. Brack of Meridian fell backward into a wash boiler of hot water. He survived a few hours but died last night from the severe scalds.
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Eau Claire
Wis
I. E. Brack
Meridian
Bank Officer Ends Life in Massachusetts Home
Frank Cutting, longtime employee of the Worcester Mechanics Savings Bank and seven years its treasurer, was found dead by his own hand at his home in Mabigsise, Massachusetts, on December 25. The death ends forty years of service with the bank.
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Mabigsise
Mass
Frank Cutting
Worcester Mechanics’ Savings Bank
Frank Fields
Mainville
Joseph Lemans
Luxemburg
Green Bay
Frank Woods
Grover
Kenosha
Weisman death ruled as death by own action
Red Wing Minnesota December 25 County Attorney William M Erickson says George Weisman of Cannon Falls died in convulsions while ill and that the death was by his own action according to the implication of the illness.
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Weisman
Red Wing, Minn
George Weisman
Cannon Falls
William M. Erickson
Cars Demolish Tower Injuring Fond du Lac Towerman
A. A. Tilton, night towerman for the North Western road at Forest Avenue crossing Fond du Lac, was seriously injured when two cars of an extra freight train derailed and toppled the tower. He was buried beneath wreckage, which caught fire. two car repairers arrived to free him. Tilton suffered bruises and his artificial limb broke. Traffic delayed and crossing gates halted briefly.
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A. A. Tilton
Fond du Lac
Forest Avenue
Tilton
Man Dies Freezing After Struggling to Save Team
David Mulkins, 56, perishes in a snowbound attempt to reach help from Plover to Buena Vista. His body is found in a drift two miles from where his team is tangled with a telephone pole. Neighbors report he aimed to free the team then seek aid but became lost in the storm.
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David Mulkins
Plover
Buena Vista
John G. Ingalls Dies at 59 in Menomonie
John G. Ingalls longtime Menomonie High School principal from 1876 to 1887 died at home of Bright's disease at age fifty nine. Civil war veteran of the Twelfth Wisconsin infantry he enlisted at fourteen. He was a Mason and funeral was conducted by the order. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Menomonie
Wis
Bright
John G. Ingalls
Twelfth
Wisconsin Infantry
Masonic Order
Retired Manufacturer Leaves Sum to Eau Claire Church
Conway B. Daniels, a retired manufacturer, wills the balance of his estate to the First Presbyterian Church of Eau Claire after several personal bequests. The estate is valued at $40,000 to $50,000, with an expected church bequest of about $20,000.
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Conway B. Daniels
First Presbyterian Church of
Eau Claire
Expulsion of Hebrews in Finland Orders Emigration
A periodic expulsion effort in Finland compels thirty Hebrew families to leave the country immediately, marking a sudden mass migration maneuver within the denomination.
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Finland
Pussyfish Chief Surrenders Tepee after Fifty Years
John Whitefeather known as Pussyfish a Chippewa chief claiming to be over a century old gives up the tepee he has occupied for fifty years. Solon Springs residents provide a home for him where he will live until death.
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Pussyfish
John Whitefeather
Solon Springs
Death of Dr Richard A F Penrose in Philadelphia
Dr Richard A F Penrose father of Senator Boise Penrose died at home in Philadelphia of pneumonia at eighty two. His death ends a long career in medicine and public life. He was a prominent physician and civic figure in the city for many years.
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Richard A. F. Penrose
United States
Boise Penrose
Philadelphia
Stock Stolen After Fire At Menasha Plant
An insurance representative says arrests for larceny will be made in Menasha after the Fox River Valley Knitting Company plant was destroyed by fire. About $1,000 worth of stock is reported stolen following the blaze.
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Fox River Valley Knitting Company
Menasha
Eau Claire
Chippewa Falls
Ladysmith
Holcombe
Beckitt Hill Liverpool Manager of Allen Line Dead
Beckitt Hill, noted as Liverpool manager of the Allen steamship line, has died in Liverpool. The obituary notes his leadership role and the ship line’s operations in the port city.
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Beckitt Hill
Liverpool
Allen Steamship Line
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