Fatal explosion at largest steam flour mill in Illinois
A massive blast at Weller's steam flouring mill in Litchfield Illinois destroyed the mill, a grain elevator, and many buildings. The blast caused widespread damage, shattered shop windows, knocked residences off foundations, and was felt 50 miles away in Decatur. One mill official died. other fatalities unknown. Insurance valued around 590,000 with losses possibly reaching 500,000 to 1,000,000.
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Illinois
Ditchfield
Weller
Decatur
Litchfield
Millright
John Curve
Waterloo
N. Y
Kehler Bros
St. Louis
L. A. Smith
River
Kisham
New York
Scheme to Sink a Ship Dynamite Bombs Found on Cyrus Wakefield
A New York to San Francisco passage tale reports two dynamite bombs found in the Cyrus Wakefield’s hold before sail. Officers refused to sail, fearing a deliberate sinking plot. a second bomb caused further mutiny concerns and the vessel finally departed with another captain at the helm. Also noted are mutiny details aboard the Hesper and a fatal forest fire near Saltillo, Mexico, with extensive losses and travel peril.
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Cyrus Wakefield
New York
San Francisco
Wakefield
Morton
Waukefield
Pirates wiped out by Chinese villagers in fan tu massacre
A Yokohama report describes villagers in a Chinese village attacking and slaughtering a band of pirates after they sheltered from a storm. Nearly all pirates were killed, two were executed, their hearts offered to the dead man, and the junks burned. Plunder was shared among the village families.
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San Francisco
Rio de Janeiro
Yokohama
Hong Kong
Fan-Tu
Meno
Pitiable Boomers Waiting for Cherokee Strip Opening
Thousands of hopeful settlers crowd the Arkansas border awaiting the Cherokee Strip opening. 7 000 families already gathered with boomers and new land speculators. many lack funds and stores, hoping for spring planting.
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Arkansas City
Iran
Interior Department
Cherokee Lands
Arkansis
Cherokee Council
Tahlequih
Brent
Washington
Indian Industrial School
Kansas
Strip
Locomotive Explosion Kills Three in Butte
A 55 ton Grint locomotive exploded in Butte Montana killing Conductor P J Winkenwon of Water town Wisconsin and Switchman John Kane of California. Engineer Paul Peatherkite of Missouri also died and Fireman James Mulligan was seriously injured. May Depopulate Iceland Winnipeg. Local government plans to bring 2000 Icelanders to next summer. It may move the entire Icelandic population over 60000 to Manitoba.
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Butte
Mont
P. J. Winkenwon
Watertown
Wis
John Kane
California
Paul Peatherkite
Missouri
James Mulligan
Iceland
Winnipeg
Man
Au Line
Manitoba
Four Die in Saw Mill Boiler Explosion Near Lockridge
In Jefferson County Iowa at a Skunk River saw mill three miles north of Lockridge a boiler ran dry and an worker flooded it to avert danger. The blast killed four men John Adams engineer Gites assistant engineer Dildosier and a boy Eshelman, with Michael Hovern and Theodore Lillyblade badly hurt. The disaster drew hundreds as mangled remains were identified by clothing.
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Burlington
Jefferson County
Skunk River
Lockridge
Atomus
John Adams
Dun's Weekly Review notes large trade despite harsh weather
G Dun & Co reports distribution remains large for the season though storms and cold slow tireing and collections. Money pressure grows from imports over exports with Europe restricting shipments and lending. Yet confidence stays high as business remains busy with signs of improvement. Exports in February fall short of last year while imports rise, and seven day business failures dip slightly. Clearings rise year over year across major cities.
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New York
G. Dun & Co
Europe
Philadelphia
Ghastly Freight Find Packs Body in Barrel at Newport News
A freight handler at Newport News and Mississippi Valley depot uncovered a mutilated human body packed inside a barrel while loading goods bound for Big Clifty Kentucky. A man named W T Gweens appeared to ship household items and may be a stranger. authorities question his identity and whether the body was intended for medical dissection.
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Louisville
Newport News
Mississippi Valley
Big Clifty
W. T. Gweens
St. Louis
Confessed to Murder by Mrs Shaw and Farmhand Gallin
Baker City Oregon special reports Mrs Shaw and farm hand Gallin arrested for the murder of Alfred P Shaw. She claims he was kicked to death by a stallion but later confesses they killed him with a hatchet. Severe gales in Japan and Yokohama coast cause vessel losses. Eureka Springs Arkansas reports sixty dwellings burned with losses around £30,000.
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Baker City
Ore
Special
Shaw
Gallin
Alfred P. Shaw
Eureka Springs
Ark
Insurance fraud case shocks nation in Thrun arrest
The New Orleans arrest of Fr. Thrun, linked to bold life insurance frauds, challenges police as details emerge of a burning home near Romeo and a suspected staged death. Investigators say Thrun, insured for 57000, fled after a supposed fatal fire, with three prominent men suspected of paying premiums.
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Oshkosh
Wis
New Orleans
Fr. Thrun
I. J. Thrun
Romeo
Spencer
Thrun
Wisconsin
Chicago
Ship Belknap wreck details reach San Francisco
The China steamer Rio de Janeiro brings first details of the loss of the American ship Robert K Belknap. It struck a reef near the Naturus Islands in the Indian Ocean on January 16 while en route Kobe to New York. Only two boats reached Linggi after three days with two coconuts to live on. The captain owned half the ship and faced accusations of shabby treatment by the crew. A young Russian prince aboard survived with the others but will return home from Singapore aboard a Russian man of war.
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San Francico
Robert K. Belknap
Naturus Islands
Indian Ocean
Singapore
Kobe
New York
Staples
Linggi
Indian Girl Nabbed by Cougars in Cascades
A heavy February snow year has propelled cougar depredations near Tacoma Washington with reports of attacks on camps and a 10 year old Indian girl killed and eaten by a big female and her cubs. Her father Thomas Jones traced the animal two days and killed it. bones and clothing confirmed the tragedy. Other attacks and abductions are rumored but unconfirmed.
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Tacoma
Wash
Cascade Mountains
Tilden
Louis County
Tacomia
Thomas Jones
Divorce Law Changes Do Not Slow Proceedings, Lawyer Says
Aberdeen lawyer Wilcox argues lawmakers added no time to obtain a divorce. He notes the old ninety day residence and six month minimum decree timelines remain, implying the law will keep the divorce business booming without reductions in duration.
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Attorsey P
Wilcox
Aberdeen
Faulkton
Wilson
Complete list of Guv Sheldon appointments across state boards
The roster of Governor Sheldon’s choices includes William J. Sibbison of Dell Rapids for the Board of Charities and Corrections, Lemuel L. Laughlin of Kridgwater, Zina Richey of Yankton, and others. Rail commissioners, public examiner, state surveyor, adjutant general, World’s Fair commission members, and education regents are named with their home towns and counties. Female members of the World’s Fair Commission are listed, alongside state agents and inspectors.
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Guv
Sheldon
Rapid City
Pennington County
C.'. Myers
Watertown
Coddington
H. J. Wallace
Wessington Springs
Sanborn County
George A. Silsby
Mitchell
Davison County
L. G. Ochsenreiter
Webster
Thomas H. Brown
Sioux Malls
William
Chamberlain
W. Stafford
Waubuay
Day County
C. & Fassett
Witchcock
Beudie County
Regents of Education
J. G. Hale
Scotland
J. P. Ward
Plankington
Alexander McIntyre
J. W. Shannon
Huron
L.ty. Bouchie
Eureka
M. R. Heminger
Westport
Women’s World's Fair Commission
A. ©. Mellett
W. A. Burleigh
Yankton
J. A. ‘Trow
Madison
J. E. Bennett
Clark
J. S. Oliver
Wild Bill Johnson linked to fatal hold up and amputation tale
Denver dispatch reports James Brennan a Sturgis attorney was crippled after Wild Bill Johnson forced him and Hert Twillinger into a dangerous walk during a January hold up at Thompson Springs Utah. Brennan walked 23 miles to Cisco in a near frozen state, contracted pneumonia, and had both feet and legs partially amputated. He remains in precarious condition.
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Denver
Colo
Wild Bill” Johnson
James Brennan
Sturgis
Grand Junction
Brennan
Hert Twilliger
Thompson Springs
Utah
Wild
Swillinger
Cisco
Ile
San Juan
Bill
Fragmented South Dakota session details and abduction incident
The passage notes legislative adjournment with clerks and printing costs, plus state office and debt expenses for 1893. It also reports South Dakota farmers beginning seeding amid favorable weather, land transfers to new settlers, and a high wheat oats rye harvest outlook. A funeral incident in Aberdeen describes Engle attempting to abduct his niece during services. authorities intervened and the court found him unfit to care for the child.
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South Dakota
St. Louis
Yay
South J
Funen
Engle
Aberdeen
Jay
Marsh Jones
Engie
Artesian Water Sink Begun Near Pierre and Legal Notes
Worx has begun sinking an artesian well eight miles east of Pierre at the United States Government Indian School. Swan Bros. expect to reach water at 1,000 to 1,100 feet. The Supreme Court in Pierre reversed the Hand County Circuit Court on the Northe Loan and Trust Company case, involving $45,000 and a key legal point. Agricultural College in Brookings plans a winter dairy science course and new herd acquisitions. An Indian candidate, Jouy T. VAN Merne, seeks the Cheyenne Agency post. Mrs. Thompson faces mail obscenity charges and bail. Coomer-Breton suit ended with $1 verdict for the plaintiff. Real estate men meet in Woonsocket. Sioux Falls votes on wet status and city water. Temperance Convention set for Huron is postponed indefinitely.
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Worx
United Sta Government Indian School
Pierre
Swan Bros
Pie
Supreme Court
Northe Loan and Trust Company
Othet and
United States Mortgage
Opany
Hand Cou
Jaces Kellam
Bennett Concord
Corsen
Agricultural College
A. H. Waravon
Brookings
Wissin
Jouy T. van Merne
Cheyenne
Cart
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Capita
Mitchell, South Dakota
Mitchell Printing Co
Prai
Tichfield
Ilinois
St. Clair
Spars
Hansen
Tulatt
Frisca
Monterey
Mexico
Sierra Mountains
Saltillo
Internal Revenue
Quinnet
James C. Carter
J. Wubley Ashton
New York City
Mr. Choate
Africa
Cairo
Barca
Tripoli
Hulf
Benzusi
Cadi
Egypt
Malta
Towa
Dun's Weekly Review
Japan
Prine
Fedaes
Butte —Western
Omaha
OntenWestern
Davis
Jackson Park
Piedras Negras
Mex
Presidio County
Tex
Geronimo Trevino
Marathon
Buchel County
Ferry
Paris
Jules
Das. E. Todd
State Board of Regents
Regents
James E.yodd
State University
School of Mines
W. E. ‘Vipton
Hale
P. D. Kribbs
Leola
C N. Herried
Crawford
Thompson
Mothe
US States
Grant
Lse
United States Court
Sioux
Coomer-Breton
Haney
Coomer Breton
Bro
Breton
Tir
Ed Lill Fielder
Squaww Mally Forest City
United States Commissioney
Real Es Association of the Corn Belt of
Dakota
Mert Hotel
Woonsocket
United States
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