Fires in Dakota Burn Hay and Crowded Claims
Disastrous prairie fires along Cain Creek south of Huron cause extensive hay loss and ruin several tree claims. Authorities seek unknown arsonists with possible rewards from county commissioners. Other items note a Pierre fire destroying old barns and shops, Pickler defending his prohibition stance, South Dakota liquor rules ahead of June, rich silver ore near Rapid City, aid shipments from Washington, and a mixed harvest outlook across the Dakotas.
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Dakota
Cain Creek
Huron
Board of County Commissioners
South Dakota
Jim Creek
Rapid City
Deacon Jones
Black Hills
Train wreck tears Staunton depot and derails Pullman
A Chesapeake and Ohio express brake failure sent a Pullman sleeper off the tracks in Staunton Virginia at eighty mph, ripping the depot roof. Fifteen Pearl of Pekin troupe members were aboard. Miss Knox died, Miss Millen injured, others hurt. The accident preceded broader news including Indian uprisings and court cases.
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Chesapeake & Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Staunton
Baltimore
Mies Myntle Knox
Woith Millen
Destructive Alabama Tornado Ravages Geneva County
A tornado swept seven miles through the upper Geneva region damaging houses barns and fences. The path five miles wide at first widened to seven miles with a second strike two miles farther on. Reported deaths and injuries range from nine to fifteen with no names available yet as telegraph access was twenty miles away.
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New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Spanish Fort
West End
Geneva County
Destructive Floods Sweep North Texas On a Great Deluge
Report of the Trinity River flood passing the fifty year high mark. North Dallas areas submerged to attics and second floors, with bridges and rail lines washed out. Rescue efforts continue as residents move to higher ground and floods rise toward Tuesday.
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Texas
Baltimore
Trinity
Dallas
Flander
Ward Street
Santa I’e
Sioux City and Chicago Live Stock Markets Report
Market notes show mixed cattle and hog activity with variable receipts. Sioux City and South Omaha report steady to easy conditions. Chicago hogs weak and cattle steady with Beeves priced between 3.50 and 5.50, sheep trading around 5.00 to 5.75.
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Sioux City
South Omaha
Chicago
Lambe
The Two Dakotas Weather and Irrigation Notes
The article reports on North and South Dakota crop conditions with rain boosting wheat prospects, notes drought risks, and mentions summer fallowing and seed concerns. It covers irrigation survey plans led by Hubert Hay and J B Greenwood in Huron, plus related weather updates across counties and a fatal Milwaukee fire incident.
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North Dakota
Dickey
la Monte
Dickey County
Dakotas
North
South Dakota
United States Signal Office
Burleigh
Dicky
Nelson
Ramsey
Steele
Stutsman
Traill
Wells
Custer
Denel
McPherson
Pennington
Sully
Walworth
Yankton
Hubert Hay
J. B. Greenwood
United States Irrigation Survey
Muron
Col. Nettleton
Washington
Huron
Prof
Updyke
Agricultural College
Brookings
Missouri River
Silk Mill Fire Kills Several Firemen in New York
A Silk Mill fire at Union Silk Manufacturing Company in New York caused multiple deaths among firemen and many injuries. Explosions of vitriol and acids followed as walls collapsed and debris flew, inflicting about 1000000 in building damage and heavy losses to machinery and stock.
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Fifth and
State Streets
Milwaukee
Robert Rirtell
Union Silk Manufacturing Company
New York
John Good
Joseph Lodigiana
Anyssis G. Everett
George Pfaff
Duan Les Frick
Michael Morgan
Captain Couch the Veteran Oklahoma Boomer Dies in Fight
Captain Couch a famed Oklahoma Boomer died from wounds after a clash with J C Adams over a claim near Oklahoma City. Adams fired after the struggle for a rifle, with Couch sustaining a knee wound that led to blood poisoning and death in Wichita.
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Couch
J. C. Adams
Adams
United States
Walker
Wichita
Oklahoma
Captain Couch
Congress
Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe Railrad
Okahoma City
J.C. Adams
Springfield
Ill
Coch
Boomer
Coach
Col
Payne
Stillwater
Kansas City
Kan
Left nineteen children wife deserts for handsome man
Francis Smith of Newcastle Wyoming searches Denver for Ellen Smith his missing wife believed to have left with a younger lover. Ellen, mother of nineteen, is said to be 48 with dark features and stylish dress, last seen with her child Sammy and traced to Grand Island Nebraska before losing the trail.
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Francis Smith
Newcastle
Wyo
Denver
Ellen Smith
Francis
Sammy
Ellen
Mr. Smith
Mrs. Smith
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