South Dakota News Briefs Cover Meetings Roads and Mines
Circular from South Dakota editors outlines the annual meeting in Huron on the 25th with a business session at 4 pm and a multi-city excursion including Pierre Deadwood Sturgis and Rapid City. Tin and mica relationship in Black Hills discussed. Lawrence County valuation up about 200k. Deadwood projects and state news note licenses, deaths, and local governance developments.
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Schlosser
South Dakota Press Association
Huron
Pierre
Rapid City
Sturgis
Fort Mead
Deadwood
Lead City
Homestake
Whitewood
Buffalo Gap
Sioux City
Riette
H. C. Wicker
James Wilson
Harney Peak
Black Hills
Wort
South Dakota
Appalling cyclone devastates Minnesota lakes and towns
A deadly cyclone swept from Lake McCarron north of St. Paul to Lake Gervais and beyond. The storm crushed boats and buildings at Lake Coleman and Lake Joanna, killed several, and injured many including Mrs. J. H. Schurmier and Mrs. George Miller. The train crews aided by quick action escaped major loss.
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Lake McCarron
St. Paul
Lake Coleman
Lake Joanna
Lake Gervais
Lake Vadenis
Lake Canada
White Bear Lake
St. Paul & Duluth
White Bear
Gladstone
Chicago Express
Chisago
Milwaukee & T- Paul Road
Lake Pepin
J. J. Schurmier
Simon Good
Col. Hmelleser
Schurmier
J. H. Schuns
Charles Schurmler
EV. M. Phaeiler
Brennan
Tex
RG Miller
First National Bank
Pile
Minnin Ginter
Little Canada
North St. Paul
Gervais Road
St. Jan
Nat Getzky
George J. Miller
Sea Wing disaster on Lake Pepin claims hundreds
The steamer Sea Wing left Red Wing Minnesota with about 350 people aboard including 150 passengers and 100 on a towing barge. A cyclone struck mid lake near Lake City causing the boat to capsize and drift. About 200 or more remained missing as the barge reached shore with around twenty survivors.
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Lake Pepin
Sea Wing
Red Wing
Minn
Lake City
Brave Sea Wing Disaster At Lake Pepin Kills Many
After a violent gale on Lake Pepin the steamer Sea Wing capsized twice while returning from the Minnesota National Guard camp. Sixty two bodies were recovered by morning with many victims from Red Wing and nearby towns. Captain Weber attempted to beach the ship but brute waves and wind overwhelmed passengers.
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Sea Wing
Lake Pepin
Sea Kinx
Mississippi
Minnesota National Guard
Red Wing
Weber
Wisconsin
Lake City
Lakeside
John Winters
Fred Sewers
A Gallant Corporal at Maiden Rock Wreck
Corporal E. L. Perry of St. Paul rushed to a storm wreck near Maiden Rock. He demanded to be taken to the overturned boat and, after a confrontation, helped save fifteen or sixteen women with aid from a reluctant helper. Adjutant General Miller commends his actions and notes the military was deployed to assist at the wreck.
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E. L. Perry
St. Paul
Adjt
Miller
Maiden Rock
Death List prompts tally of Lake Pepin disaster victims
The death toll from the Lake Pepin disaster rises as reports confirm at least 125 lives lost, with about seventy bodies recovered and fifty more believed buried in the lake. In St. Paul, two killed and a dozen injured are reported, as rescuers search the wreck and identify recovered victims including Alice Palmer of Trenton.
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Lake Pepin
St. Paul
Tivo
Battery A
Ug Wanderer
Ethel Howard
Luella
Alice Palmer
Trenton
J. W. Serrell
Miss Waldee
P. T. Potts
Lou Gleason
J .R
Wreck Toll Reported Near Lake City With Many Missing
The wreck near Lake City leaves fifty or more missing beyond identified dead. Red Wing undertakers’ shop crowded with mourners while business stalls. John Jerkin and his family of six perished. Rad Mero and family also drowned. Morgue scenes described as beyond words.
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Willy Niles
T Piersop Fiby
Cardy Johnson
Etavy Smith
Myrtle Merc
Fulton
Lake City
Red Wing 18
John Jerkin
Rad” Mero
One Who Was In It Storm at Kohlmans Lake
Eye witness Mr A L Ronald of St Paul describes a Sunday storm at Kohlmans Lake. He and his wife escaped injury after landing at the wharf was swept away, the hotel crowded with frightened guests, and houses along the north shore swept or damaged. The storm lasted about thirty minutes and affected a half to three quarters of a mile. Fire, stretches of debris, and wounded were tended as rescuers moved across the lake.
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Kohlman’s Lake
A. L. Ronald
St. Paul
Mr. Ronald
Kohlman
Aggie Bartron
Lake City
Enus
Tim Foley
Watson
Tie Tian
Tion
Mattie Elgun
Storm rips through St Paul area causing multiple deaths and damage
Eyewitnesses near Snail Lake describe a bounding storm uprooting barns windmills and cottages from Schurmeyer and Good to Little Canada and Jake Gervais. Five deaths near the shore, with injuries and widespread destruction of farms and windmills as boats vanish near Little Canada. Reports of missing boaters and unconfirmed rumors spread.
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Snail Lake
Lake Gerand
St. Paul
Schurmeyer
Little Canada
Jake Gervais
Gaetzke
White Bear Lake
Fickle Fortune and a St. Louis Plunger on Change
A long tale contrasts a once celebrated St. Louis plunger with a sudden windfall from a Tinens Colorado mine. The report centers on Benjamin W. Lewis the failed wheat speculator whose 1885 Black Friday collapse halted his fortune. The disputed telegram notes McCormack and Lewis mine ownership. a letter from Wayman McCreery confirms Lewis’s fortune and future wealth. In Irendale Alabama preacher Martin killed Samuel Waller over a love triangle.
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St. Louis
Messrs. McCormack
Lewis
Benjamin W. Lewis
Waterloo
St. Louis Merchants’ Exchange
Wayman McCreery
Irendale
Aia
Ray
Martin
Samuel Waller
Walker
Loss at Lake Pepin sparks somber search for drowned sailors
At Red Wing and Lake City a day of sorrow follows a Lake Pepin disaster. About 130 missing or drowned as crews, residents, and military guard keep vigil along the shore. Coroner prepares bodies for inquest in Med Wing, while authorities determine county lines and the disaster’s reach.
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Lake City
Geoishue County
Wien
Red Wing
Med Wing
Red Wing in Mourning After Sea Wing Disaster
Gloom pervades Red Wing as the Sea Wing wreck near Pepin Lake claims about 130 lives. With 84 bodies recovered, patrols search shores near Lake City while inquests begin for E A Johnson of Dakota. Coroner Kylie views the scene and a Goothue county prosecutor hints the case may go before a grand jury.
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Pepin Lake
Red Wing
Sea Wing
Lake City
Kylie
E. A. Johnson
Dakota
Wis
Goothue County
Storm Threat Averted By Lake Michigan Proximity
Chicago officials say cyclone conditions were ideal Monday and only sidestepped by Lake Michigan. The edge of the storm caused havoc in Minnesota the previous day with winds near fifty miles per hour in Chicago and one point three inches of rain in thirty five minutes. Reports say corn was leveled in Joliet and nearby areas as Illinois Missouri and Iowa felt extreme weather with temperatures dropping.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Minnesota
Joliet
Spain Might Offer Cuba for 200 Million Says Mission
A Spanish special commission visiting Washington claims Spain could seriously consider selling Cuba for 200 million dollars. The group says the cabinet change signals a republican shift seeking peace and a protracted alliance with France, with potential broader colonial realignments.
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Hipolito Mura
Pilbary
Munoz
Washington
Bnye
Yznoo Munoz
Spain
Senor Canovas del Catillo
Cuba
United States
France
Portugal
Portneal
Arrest at Chinese Laundry Raid Ends in Fines
Police raided a Chinese laundry at 245 Federal Street in Wittsburg, detaining two white women and three Chinese men. The women face fines and possible county workhouse. two men and one other man receive small penalties.
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Wittsburg
Alleghany
Federal Street
Littsburg
Het
King Lee
Charles Gun
Vinsy
Wing Lee
Charles
Murphy
Seafaring Losses Reported From Iceland Waters
A letter from Captain Ryan of the schooner A. D. Storey, dated Dynetion Ireland June 4, notes heavy storms and a snow storm at writing. Two crewmen Otto Johnson and Thonee of the Senator Salisbury were lost in a collision with an iceberg. The Rite, a first halibut vessel, is missing, with sixteen crew aboard all unmarried.
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Capt. Ryan
A. D. Storey
Ireland
Senator Salisbury
Thonee
Otto Johnson
Rite
Wen
Mahdi
Tee Yin Ag
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Mitchell Printing CO
UBS
Soulis Dakota
Lawrence County
Day County
Anromm County
George H. Willard
England
Farmers’ Alliance
Hand County
Deadwood Pionerx
Prof
Culver
University of Dakota
School of Mines
E. Vv
H. A.bury
Crow Creek Agency
Dolzako
John J1. King
Pepin
Rell
Ias
Roll OF the Dead
Minneapolis Journal
Tied Wing
John Heffler
Peter Geyelet
Blaker
Hemforling
Schuellerg
Minnie Fisher
Marle
Roglund
Katy Daly
Sherf
Fred Christ
Annie Steiger
Francis Steiger
George Nelson
John Bahrus
Chas, Diaslager
Fred Seis
Tom Laks
Addie Wing
H. Redlts
Fred Hattemyer
Damie Adams
Henry Syeffney
Katie Burkhardt
A. O. Anderson
Eddie Christopherson
Herman Hipper
A.M. Hipper
George Harris
Nellie Woburn
Sprain
Iceland
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