Water loo Interurban Wreck Injures Fifteen in Waterloo Iowa
The Waterloo and Cedar Falls Electric Interurban car left its track on a trestle near the river bridge at Waterloo at about twenty miles per hour and plunged fifteen feet to the bank. Thirteen passengers and four employees were aboard. all passengers were injured, two employees unhurt. listed injuries include motor man E. G. Tibbitts. conductor Frank Later. W. H. Morton of Chicago. D. B. Morris of Chicago. Miss Charlotte Cunningham of Waterloo. Fannie Flieckenger of Cedar Falls. Frank Foulk of Waterloo. eight others with lesser injuries.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls
River Bridge
Iowa
Tibbitts
Frank Later
Morton
Chicago
D. B. Morris
Charlotte Cunningham
Fannie Flieckenger
Frank Foulk
Sacred Emblem Degraded In United States Red Cross Insignia
Miss Clara Barton, president of the American Red Cross Society, reports that the United States lacks laws protecting the Red Cross title and emblem. She cites widespread private usage by 18 groups and firms and says Congress has not prohibited the sacred emblem’s prostitution.
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United States
Red Cross
Clara Barton
American Red Cross Society
International Red Cross Conference
Vienna
Miss Barton
Republic
Congress
Robbers Hold Up Portland Streetcar Masked Men Target 35 Riders
Two masked men boarded the Oregon City Electric Line at Meldrum Station near Portland four miles from Oregon City Monday night. They searched 35 passengers, took about $40, and forced the motorman to stop. Conductor John Anderson dimmed the lights but was held by the rear robber as the other searched passengers with a revolver visible.
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Portland
Oregon City
Meldrum
John Anderson
Ex Queen Liliuokalani Gravely Ill in Washington
Ex Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii is reported very ill at her Washington apartments after a trip to San Francisco. A heavy cold during the journey and developing pneumonia symptoms prompted secrecy, with two physicians in almost constant attendance as her condition grows worse.
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Liliuokalani
Hawaii
Washington
San Francisco
Train Smashes Street Car on Elgin Line
A Chicago and Northwestern train derailed a street car on Elgin Illinois State Street line, lifting the car from the track and demolishing it. Three riders were injured Henry J Pelix Frank Fiske and Mrs Frank Fiske with scalp wounds bruises and head injuries, their escape from death described as miraculous.
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City Railway
Elgin
Chicago and Northwestern
Henry J. Pelix
Frank Fiske
Paige
Drought Deepens in Illinois Across September Heat
Illinois experiences an extreme drought with record September heat. Weather bureau notes September precipitation fell far below normal as temperatures reached historic highs.
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Illinois
Jbl
Weather Bureau
Drouth Checks Distribution of General Merchandise
Bradstreet's Weekly Review reports drought across Kentucky Illinois Kansas Missouri Nebraska Iowa Minnesota and the Dakotas halting general merchandise distribution. Wheat in Kansas and Nebraska suffers early growth while later planted crops may fail. Six weeks without rain dries pastures and forces stock feeding. iron and steel manufacturing remains active and interior merchants show quicker payments. Chicago trade declines but remains above recent years. slight business gains noted in the south.
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Drouit
Bradstreet’s Weekly Review
West
Northwest
Kentucky
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Bradstreet
Chicago
South
Big Chicago Gas Deel Consolidation Reported
Two old Chicago gas companies, Universal and Mutual Fuel Gas, near completion of consolidation. Stock to be held in trust by Illinois Trust and Savings Bank. McMillan & Co issue prospectus for the new company with bond and preferred stock subscriptions. Bonds at par plus two and a half shares of preferred stock per bond. Payment due December 1, 1897. Authorized stock of 4 million dollars 6 percent cumulative preferred and 10 million dollars of first mortgage forty year gold bonds dated December 1, 1897.
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Universal and
Mutual Fuel Gas Companies
Chicago
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
McMillan & Co
Submarine Wrecking Boat Argo Naut Successful Test
Baltimore dispatch reports a private trial of the submarine wrecking boat Argonaut in the dry dock where built. The craft submerged twenty one feet for two hours with constant communication via rubber tube. Engines tested and inventor says results show capability to perform its intended wrecking work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimore Dispatch
Arrest at a Wedding Sparks Ohio Outlaw Capture
Members of a feared Ohio gang led by Charles Hysal and Bert Wines were arrested at a wedding near Pomeroy. Hysal stood beside bride hopeful Miss Georgia Manley when officers halted the ceremony capturing him. Wines fled but was chased down. Rewards totaling $2,000 had been posted for their capture.
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Ohio
Charles Hysal
Bert Wines
Meigs
Hysal
Georgia Manley
Squire Long
Pomeroy
Wines
Three Villages Destroyed in Ontario Fire
Casselman Ontario reports a devastating fire wiping out the village of Casselman and burning South Indian and Cheney. Bush fires sweep the central lumbering district as flames spread, with communities fearing further loss and damage.
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Ontario
Casselman, Ont
South Indian
Cheney
Guiteaus Pistol Recovered by Washington Police
Washington police report the pistol believed to be used by Guiteau in Garfield's shooting has been recovered and stored at headquarters. The weapon, once taken by Col Geo Corhill on July 2 1881, vanished and is now traced to a civilian possession.
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Guiteau
Washington
Garfield
D Property
Sylvester
Col
Geo. B. Corhill
Paris steamship fleet to serve Havre New York route
A Paris special reports a French steamship company will soon build a fleet of steamers for Havre to New York service capable of averaging 2 percent knots an hour. The plan aims to boost transatlantic speed and service competition.
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Paris
Havre-New York
Woman Burned Alive in Canton Home Tragedy
In Canton Ohio residents reported a deadly fire at the home of Wm De Peyster in the Tenderloin district. Mrs. De Peyster died after her clothing was burned from her body with neighbors and Maggie Greathouse linking prior violence to the couple. De Peyster was arrested on suspicion of murder.
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Tenderloin
Canton
Ohio
Wm. de Peyster
de Peyster
Maggie Greathouse
de Peysters
Kansas Governor Pushes Capital Punishment Plan
Gov. Henry J. Leedy of Kansas advocates death by hanging for murder in the first degree. He criticizes the long delay before execution and says he will sign death warrants for all murderers sentenced to hang during his term, reversing past practice. About fifty convicts await execution. current law requires a one year minimum before hanging after death warrant.
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Leedy
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Treasury Dept Denies Alleged Joseph Ball Estate
Treasury officials respond to inquiries about a supposed Philadelphia estate tied to Joseph Ball. They state no such fund exists in the treasury and the only record is an $8,000 French spoliation claim filed in 1801 by Ball as an underwriter against the government.
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Treasury Department
Joseph Ball
Philadelphia
Ball
Treasury
Weyler Trusts to Accept Government Policy After Recall
Weyler cables that he will always be the first to accept and enforce government orders and will limit demonstrations to personal affection. The Spanish cabinet confirmed his recall from Cuba after a brief session. Charles Gallagher, veteran Missouri journalist, dies at 77 after typhoid fever.
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Sagasta
Dube
Weyler
Gen. Weyler
Charles Gallagher
Missouri Republican
St. Louis Republic
West
Eight Burned to Death In Manitoba Prairie Fires
Monday reports reveal Mrs Bree kin a halfbreed and her six children along with a man named Yeneau perished in prairie fires near St Anne Manitoba. Horatio C King has been nominated for Congress by the Shepard Independent Democracy in New York's Third district.
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Breekin
Yeneau
St. Anne
Manitoba
Horatio King
Congress
Horatio C. King
Third
New York
St Paul Electrician Tests Independent Telephone Dial System
John J. Schoenleber of Northwest Engineering Co. in St. Paul has invented a device allowing practical telephone operation without central switching, protecting users from interfering calls while communicating with distant parties. The simple instrument uses a dial switch that locks the receiver from use and prevents hanging up until the switch returns to normal.
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St. Paul
John J. Schoenleber
Northwest Engineering Company of
A Carnival of Crime Closes Kansas City Festival Week
The Kansas City festival week ended with multiple violent deaths and accidents. John W. Dunlap was stabbed in a fight. W. H. Gould was beaten to death. L. B. Noah died of morphine. Andrew T. Brennan was killed by a switch engine. John Bennett died under a moving car. The Kansas City Transfer Company barns burned with eighty horses lost, and the Wales Building on Fifth and Delaware suffered fire damage.
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Kansas City
John W. Dunlap
W. H. Gould
L.B. Noah
Gallatin
Andrew T. Brennan
San Francisco
John Bennett
Kansas City Transfer Company
Wales
Fifth
Delaware
Asheville Bank Officials Arrested on Embezzlement Indictments
Officials of the Asheville North Carolina Bank including Wm E Brooks president W H Pherland cashier and J C Dickinson director of the defunct First National Bank of Asheville were arrested on United States court indictments in Greensboro charging embezzlement and conspiracy. They were released on thirty thousand dollars bail each. National Bank Examiner Maway reported discovery of two hundred fifty thousand nine notes allegedly signed by insolvent individuals and some forged papers in the bank. C B Leonard who arranged signers is said to have fled to Mexico.
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Asheville
N. C
Wm. E. Brooks
W. H. Pherland
J. C. Dickinson
First National Bank of
United States Court
Greensboro
National Bank
Maway
C. B. Leonard
Mexico
Capt J A Wiborg Freed After Sixteen Months In Prison
Captain J A Wiborg of Philadelphia was released from a sixteen month sentence for filibustering aboard the Danish steamship Horsa bound for Cuba. A $300 fine and $500 costs were assessed but funds could not be raised, and a further 30 day term awaited. A local subscription, led by a Philadelphia paper, raised the money and he was reunited with his wife and children on Saturday night.
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J. A. WH. Wiborg
Philadelphia
Cuba
Wiborg
Jobs to hire 1500 men for woods and railroad work
Minneapolis employment agents report ready work for 1,500 men. Wages are good and rail fares are advanced to send workers to their destination, though men are hard to obtain. Also, a bottle washed ashore near Chesterton, Indiana, contained a letter from Ed Mason, a Chicora steamer crewman missing since nearly three years ago.
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Minneapolis
Ed Mason
Lake Michigan
Chesterton
Ind
Death by suicide of Chicago liquor firm president
Thomas A Dillon, president of Cavanaugh Co., distillers and wholesale liquor dealers in Chicago, died by jumping into a lake. Ill health is reported as the cause.
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Thomas A.dillon
Cavanaugh & Co
Chicago
Forest Fires Rage Southwest of Easter Park Colorado
Forest fires burn in the timber southwest of Easter Park, Colorado. Officials warn that without rain the damage could be enormous. Local crews battle the blaze amid dry conditions and gusty winds as residents brace for possible evacuations.
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Colorado
Easter Park
Colo
Market Quotations From Across Cities
Market prices for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes listed by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with ranges for each commodity and grade.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Harney Peak Tin Co Faces Tax Levy and Legal Challenge
Pennington County treasurer levied on the Harney Peak Tin Mining Milling and Manufacturing Company for back taxes totaling 10700. The lien covers machinery hotel fixtures horses wagons and harvested hay and grain. Stockholders allege a repealed tax law and seek a restraining order from the United States court to halt sale. The dispute could affect other mining properties with back taxes.
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Harney Peak
Pennington County
United States
Harney Peak Company
Seven Girls Cremated in South Dakota Reform School Fire
The South Dakota State Reform School dormitory in Plankinton burned after midnight Tuesday, killing seven girls and a teacher. Six students aged 9 to 18 and the sewing supervisor Tillie Hooper died as flames spread through the wooden building. Twenty five escaped in night clothes. estimated loss is 25000 dollars, caused likely by a lamp explosion and panic at the rear exits.
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South Dakota Reform School
State Reform School
Plankinton
Tillie Hooper
Nellie Johnson
Grafton
N. C
Mabel Fobert
Sioux Falls
Bessie Kirby
Hot Springs
Iva Warner
Watertown
Christine Bergman
Yankton
Lillian West
Iowa Falls
Iowa
Hills at Omaha Exposition Highlight South Dakota Mining Region
The executive committee in Deadwood voted to secure 6000 square feet in the mining building at the Omaha exposition with extra space reserved. Lawrence County may seek 3000 dollars for an exhibit while Edgemont pledges eight dollars and Custer five hundred for individual displays. Hot Springs and Custer contest Wind Cave miniature exhibits as several camps like Ragged Top and Galena plan representations along with Rapid City and Pennington County exhibitors.
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South Dakota
Deadwood
Lawrence County
Edgemont
Custer
Hot Springs
Wind Cave
Ragged Top
Galena
Hill City
Rapid City
Pennington County
Tragic Self-Inflicted Death Near Webster
Gustave Buechner, living two miles west of Webster, died by suicide in a rural clearing after a brief conversation with his wife. He had been practicing medicine without a license, prompting a warrant and likely contributing to his desolation. He leaves a widow and five young children in destitute conditions.
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Gustave Buechner
Webster
Huron Lights Up With Electricity For First Time
Huron displayed electric lighting at night after a two year gap. Harry Sterling, formerly of Helena, Montana, bought the old plant and arranged it for use. The Risdon artesian well supplies power for the dynamo, producing strong even light and satisfactory operation for patrons.
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Huron
Harry Sterling
Helena
Mont
Huron Electric Light and Power Company
A Fine New Church Edifice in Lead
A large church building has been commenced in Lead by the Presbyterian denomination. It is to cost when completed six thousand dollars and will be one of the finest church edifices in the Hills.
Supreme Court reviews county debt cases in 19th century ruling
The court discusses two cases Lawrence County against Meney and State Dakota against W W Taylor. It upholds that warrants within lawful levies may be paid from existing funds and that bonds may impose full liability beyond the nominal legal limit. The decision affirms a $844,277.43 defalcation judgment and the validity of the Taylor bond to that extent.
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Supreme Court
Mai
Haney
Lawrence County
Meni' Ty
Lawranon Hill
Shannon
Beatie County
State
Dakota
W. W. Taylor
Uth
Taylor
Gaffy
Lower Crag
Seyioa Bhe
Ad Corson
ISS
Indians Claim Land Near Armandale and Rondell
Sioux and Crow Creek landholders in Aberdeen pressed Senator Kyle to support their claim to lands near Armandale and Rondell, basing it on a 1825 treaty and a supposed 1870s executive order. They seek historic Creek lands due to poverty, while five draft horses burned in a Lakeside fire damaged Fayette Williams and Henry Latter properties. Public Examiner Maris Taylor confronts misidentification in press coverage and a Chicago paper miscaptioned his photo.
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Armandale
Rondell
Aberdeen
Drifting
Kyle
Rondelwii
Goose
Hayes
Seusler Kyle
T Tu
Lakeside
Huron
Tolefayette Williams
Henry
Maris
Maris Taylor
W. W. Taylor
Chicago
Aylor
Gover
Sisseton Agency Trouble Draws Senate Attention
Senator James Ross of Marshall County met with United States Senator Kyle to discuss the Sisseton Agency difficulty. Ross says Agent Johnson will be removed for alleged incompetency as an inspector's report on the case sits with the Department of the Interior.
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Sisseton
James Ross
Marshall County
United States
Kyle
Johnson
Department O the Interior
Accidental Shooting and Fire Threats Reported
Accidental gunshot injuries involve Mrs Babcock of Minnisela amid domestic conflict linked to alcohol. Wind shifts reportedly saved Preston and Raggedtop from large fires. A separate road accident near ten claims the life of a six month old baby carried by Mrs Yengte. Judge Carland sentences Big Boy and Kis ward Hunter to prison for cric Tage.
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Carland
Pierre
Big Boy
Kis Ward Hunter
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Eng
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America
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Kent
England
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Simmerton Packing Company
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Cassiar District
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Victoria
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Chinatown
Long
Secretary of the Treasury
Moore
Frankfort
Harney Peak Tin Mining, Milling and Manufacturing Company
Omaha Exposition
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John E. McMahon
G. R. Krause
H. G. Hundredmark
W. F. Bruell
Redfield
Claude L. Jones
Parker
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Clark
Fred W. Dicken
White
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Brookings
Chas. M. Stillwell
Tyndal
Emma Nadeen
Centerville
Miss Rochford
State Fair
Morris H. Kelly
State Fair Association
Walter B. Dean
Kelly
Preston
Raggedtop
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