Barker Montana Fire Destroys Mining Camp Leaves Families Missing
Great Falls Mont Sept 4 News arrives Barker near Darker district almost razed by fire sweeping from a miner camp along the valley. Ilis and his wife with four children feared dead while three men are missing. Hay and tools lost. Barker center of the Darker mining area with mines Pride of the West Silver Beet Silver King May Ana Anna May Belle of Highwood and Barker Grey Eagle and Wid wards ore producers. The east bank burned where stores and homes stood. rebuilding expected.
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Great Vauns
Mont
Barker
Zeigler
Ilis
Neibles
Great Walls
West
May
Anna May
Highwood
Grey Eagle
Wright
Montana Forest Fires Quelled by Heavy Rain and Snow
HleLuna Montana September 4 Heavy rain and four to six inches of snow have quenched forest fires in the Elliston Ten Mile area after six days of flames. Fifteen hundred residents fought the blazes over the weekend. bridges and miners' cabins burned. Sturrock Brown's sawmill and nearby timber were destroyed. vast tracts of fir cedar and pine forests were wiped out.
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Montana
HleLuna
Mont
Elliston
Jay Gould
Ten Mile
Sturrock & Brown's
Wisconsin News Roundup From Racine to Sioux Falls
In Racine a 50 year old man calling himself Professor O P Case and a 12 year old girl are jailed after the girl recounts severe abuse. Other items note a fatal train accident in Neenah, a lightning damage suit settlement in Superior, a skull fracture in Ashland, a amputation after a train incident in Menominee, and widespread Dakota wind storms halting threshing. Sioux Falls reports bond disputes, the start of electric motor work, and a Sioux Falls and Denver railway plan with routes via Parker, Wheeler and Aberdeen. Minnesota coverage mentions a Madison fair with Donnelly and Stevens due to speak.
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Racine
O. P. Case
Dayton
Ohio
Main Street
Leona Gorton
Case
Neenah
Charles Melullen
Escanaba
Mich
Chicago and Northwestern
Dakota Doings
Webster
Sioux Falls
Court House
Bailey
Denver
Parker
Wheeler
Missouri River
Charles Mix County
Jim River
Aberdeen
Campbell County
South Dakota
M. Gilleas
C. K. Dixon
Illinois Central
J. H. Drake
St. Paul
Thieves, Fires, and Fairs Reported in State News
A rash of losses including a flax cash missing after payment to Purcell, a $800 theft arrest of William Conway, and fires destroying a Dalen residence, a Jack Hanna threshing outfit, and Tacandard Oil storehouse. Anoka hosts its seventeenth county fair with races. San Francisco Chinatown honors the god of charity with a 100 foot dragon parade led by Chinese guards and children in ornate costumes.
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Rochester
Martin Purcell
William Conway
Conway
Purcell
Little Falls
Thi
Dalen
Jack Hanna
Austin
Tacandard Oil Company
Ashby
Larson & Sands
H. O. Melby
St. Oloff
Otter Tail
St. Paul
Charles Wagner
San Francisco
Chinatown
Typhoid Fever Spreads in Dundee and Orr Boarding House
Typhoid fever prevails in Dundee, Hartrorp Curry, Indiana, with several deaths reported. In Evansville, Indiana, a malignant typhoid outbreak has appeared at Orr boarding house, with at least seventeen cases confirmed and rising.
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Hartrorp Curry
Ind
Dundee
Reviow
Ersville
Orr
Chamberlain Proposes Denominational Endowment for Ireland
In Birmingham Joseph Chamberlain urged government to preface its Irish land bill with a resolution declaring Ireland, like England and Scotland, entitled to denominational educational endowment. He spoke to his constituents outlining this stance amid Ireland Ireland questions and Catholic university debate.
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Loxton
Joseph Chamberlain
Birmingham
Balfour
Ireland
England
Scotland
Nihilistic Papers Unearthed by Khar koff Police
In St Peters burg the Kharkov police unearthed a large quantity of Nihilistic documents presses and material with many arrests connected to the seizure. In London Protestant Alliance objects to a Catholic university in Ireland. Kantzorik village buried by lava with 136 lives lost. Union labels of no value ruling impacts cigarmakers in US and Canada. Corn crop in Northern Iowa praised for resistance to frost with 40 bushels per acre. Des Moines Greenback Union Labor convention expects full ticket amid factional fight.
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St. Petersburg
Kharkoff
Protestant Alliance
London
Ireland
Kantzorik
St. Louis
United States
Thayer
Canada
Mason City
Iowa
Bell
Des Moines
Greenback Union Labor
Weaver-Weller
Lenox Banking House Closes Its Doors
The Lenox banking house of L B Brooks closed its doors with liabilities unknown. In August 1889 the U S Mint in Congress minted 8 288 000 coins valued at 5 668 200 including 875 000 standard silver dollars. George O Eaton of Montana named surveyor general of that state.
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Brooks
Lenox
Washington
United States
Montana
George O. Eaton
Archbishop Riordan in Failing Health Plans Bishop Conference
San Francisco reports Archbishop Riordan is in failing health and has called a conference of bishops to meet soon to name three candidates to recommend to the pope for a coadjutor. London reports betting favors Searle in the world sculling championship with odds of 6 to 4 against O'Connor.
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Riordan
San Francisco
London
Searle
Mrs Neta Not Dead In Unfounded Death Report
The reported death of Mrs. Parnell mother of Charles Stewart Parnell in BorpExtown New Jersey is unfounded according to a local clarification. The notice corrects earlier death rumors and confirms she remains living.
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Neta
BorpExtown
N. J
A Very Old Sandwich Celebrates 250 Years
Yarmouth Massachusetts marks the 250th anniversary of its incorporation with bells at 6 a.m. and a four-division procession. Citizens gather the Casino for the welcome address and a big tent dinner after the exercises.
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Yarmouth
Sandwich
Mass
Yarmouth marks 250th anniversary with townwide enthusiasm
The Yarmouth 250th settlement anniversary draws crowds from across the country. Festivities begin with First Congregational Church services as the town decorates streets with arches and flowers. An antiquarian exhibition in the church vestry showcases ancient relics, battle flags, firearms, and maritime mementos from early sea captains.
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Yarmouth
Mass
First Congregational Church
Congregational Church
MISSISSIPPEACE TRIBULATION Averted Governor persuades whites to return home
Governor Lowry arrived in New Orleans from Greenwood and urged armed whites to stand down, averting a threatened race war. Three military companies left Greenwood by boat at midnight but no word reached from them, and officials expect no conflict unless it occurs before troops arrive. The governor seeks a meeting with Cromwell, the negro leader, who has reached Jackson, as quietness persists.
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New Orleans
Jackson
Miss
Playune
Lowry
Greenwood
Cromwell
Cattle Theft Arrests Involving Four Men In Nevada
Four men Lee Griffin T with T. J. Griffin John Pritchard and James Howard were jailed after stealing forty head of cattle from a pasture near Irying. The herd was driven to Sheldon to be sold to a cattle buyer. T. J. Griffin released on own recognizance.
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Nevada
Lee Griffin
T. J. Griffin
John Pritchard
James Howard
Irying
Sheldon
Silent Witness of His Guilt in Counterfeiting Case
A uripsack left by Philander Jester of Muncie, now jailed in Indianapolis, yielded snide jewelry and a large quantity of counterfeit coins including dollars halves and nickels during an opening in Marion Indiana.
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Marion
Ind
Philander
Muncie
Indianapolis
Fifteen Threshers Poisoned Near Tiffin
Fifteen threshers were poisoned near Tiffin when they ate cheese. All became violently ill and officials fear several may die amid the Cleveland report dated September 3.
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Cleveland
Ohio
The Order Dwindling in Special Session
The Order of railway conductors holds a secret special session in Kansas City with about three hundred delegates to avert dissolution amid pressure from a rival brotherhood. Meetings are closed to the public.
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Kansas City
Order of Railway Conduct of the
United States
Brotherhood of Railway Conductors
Coal Goes Up Serenely and Wyoming Statehood Convention
Coal prices rise with new tariff lists showing a five cent per ton increase and wholesalers adding 25 cents per ton. The note says the squeeze is just beginning and coal may be as high as last year. In Cheyenne, the Wyoming Statehood Convention organized with H. G. Elliott as president and John K. Jeffrey as secretary.
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New York
Wryorming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
H. G. Elliott
Johnson County
John KK. Jeffrey
Laramie County
Wages Rise in Duluth and Rail Incident Reported
Duluth raises day labor wages to 1.75 per day. Fort Laramie and other posts to be withdrawn. A deadly assault and arson involving a negro near Monticello, Kentucky ends in death by fire. Shah of Persia carriage train derailment near Bar Podolia. no serious injuries as all reach Eliza Belgrade.
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Duluti
Duluth
Fort Laramie
Wash
Fort Diays
Port Lyon
Col
Monticello
Persia
Russia
Bar
Podolia
Eliza Belgrade
Northwest briefs from Neche to Minneapolis in 1900s
Various notes from North Dakota and Minnesota towns report personnel changes, accidents, fires, and local events. Inspector of customs TH M Schlossen resigns and moves to Minnesota, a hunting accident injures A Brownson, a Fort Sisseton coal shed is wrecked, fires hit The Journal office and a central barn, and Iowa Good Templars push prohibition enforcement. Other items cover a worm plague in Wanamingo, a foreman losing a leg, farm fires, Fort Snelling barracks contract, a murder trial, a fatal wagon accident, a steamboat incident, and significant milling and railroad developments in Duluth and Minneapolis.
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Yankton
Brownson
Webster
Fort Sisseton
Pierre
Journal
Marriage in High Life in Manchester Balloon Ceremony
Miss Addie Brooks and James J. Boyd wed before a massive crowd in an enclosed space. The ceremony occurred in a white draped car attached to a giant balloon named Glory of the Skies, which lifted the couple away as they launched their life together. The bride received gifts from local firms and a $200 outfit from the New Hampshire Agricultural Society.
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Manchester
N. W
New Jrampshire
Addie Brooks
James J. Boyd
Mrs. Boyd
New Hampshire Agricultural Society
Bonds May Be Lower Under Treasury Offerings
United States government bonds may see lower prices as the Treasury Department receives heavy offerings from leading banks and foreign capitalists. Acting Treasurer Batchellor says a lower price is likely in coming days as the department purchases bonds at its own price, with substantial recent activity and a large surplus decline.
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Treasure Department
Pashington
United States
Batchellor
United Press
Treasury Department
Treasury
Labor Day Parade In New York Draws Twenty Thousand Wage Earners
New York observers report Labor Day activities with about 20 000 wage earners in a six division parade starting at Washington square and moving along Fifth Avenue to Cooper Union. Police estimated 750 officers guarded orderly crowds as ships in harbor hoisted colors.
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New York
Washington Square
Fifth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Union Square
Seventeenth Street
Eighth Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Lexington Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Second Avenue
Sturtevant Square
Cooper Union
Broadway
Labor Day Parades Mark Chicago Observance
Chicago observed Labor Day with two parades and picnics. Knights of Labor, about 5000 in line, marched downtown then to Willow Springs for games and speeches. Trades assembly parade drew around 10000. pony engine novelty drew crowds at Kuhn's Park.
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Chicago
K. of L. and Trades Assembly
Knights of Labor
Trades Assemblies
Chicago & Alton
Willow Springs
Trades Assembly
Bricklayers’ Hall
Monroe
Peoria
Kuhn’s Park
Milwaukee
Wis
Brown
Milwaukee Garden
Paul Grottkau
Charles Leib
St. Paul
St. Pach
Banholzer’s Park
West Seventh Street
Labor Hall
East Seventh Street
Detroit
Mich
Sept. J
Knights
Jersey City
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Louis
Inubor
Lindell Park
Pensions Committee Reports on Veterans Aid Progress
The report details efforts by the Grand Army of the Republic pensions committee, noting enlarged clerical and medical staff, new examining boards, and steps to broaden disability and widows' pension benefits. It calls for vigorous work and outlines bills to extend pensions to all honorably discharged veterans and to grant a daily rate per service day, aiming for early congressional action.
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Mu.navKen
Committee On Pensions
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Grand Army Pension Committee
Adjutant General’s Office
Commissioner of Pensions
Encampment Notes and Minnesota Grain Office Actions
The Women's Relief corps held its annual convention and conducted routine business while Gen Sherman visited the Soldiers' home and reviewed Chicago military units at the park. A Confederate ex-members delegation arrived seeking support for the Blue and Gray reunion in Vicksburg next month. Minnesota railroad and warehouse commissioners met in Minneapolis to set grain grades for the year, discuss private elevators as public warehouses, and consider the Manitoba line dispute with a decision postponed.
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Women’s Relief Corps
Vicksburg
Minnesota Warehouse Commission
Minneapolis
Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Becker, Gibbs
Williams
Minnesota
Clausen
Capitol
Grain Lsw
Manitoba Road
Breckenridge
Barnesville
Clapp
Annual State Grand Lodge Opens in Fort Dodge
The Town Good Templars in Fort CopGk, Iowa host the 36th annual state Grand Lodge with 100 delegates. Grand Chief Templar Hutchins of Iowa and Grand Templar Chaffin of Wisconsin attend as welcome addresses are given. the convention aims for strong enforcement of prohibitory laws.
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Good Templars
Fort CopGk
Iowa
Grand Lodge of Good Templars
Grand Chief Templar
Hutchins
Grand Templar
Chaffin
Wisconsin
Fatal buggy crash at Vliet street crossing Milwaukee
Two women in a buggy were killed when it collided with a Chicago and Northwestern train at the Vliet street crossing at 6 55 p m They were Mrs Hi P Bennett and her sister Mrs Dodson residents of Wanwaukee They were sisters of Milwaukee merchant Hiram Bond Glasgow dock laborers threaten general strike August 29 in Glasgow with all industries anxious over the prospect
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Vonsings
Milwaukee
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Vliet Street
P. Bennett
Dodson
Wanwautosa
Hiram Bond
Glasgow
Daredevil Graham promises more Niagara stunts for money
C D Graham of Niagara Falls says he will risk his life again to go over Niagara Falls if paid. He earned $1000 from William Devere and Constable Hiorn for the last trip, claims many witnessed the feat, and challenges doubters to bet on another plunge.
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Niagara Falls
Graham
Niagara Pants
N. Y
C. D. Graham
William Devere
Constable Hiorn
Sonation
News Briefs Span Royal Letters to Queen Mother to Public Debt
Young king of Servia pleads for Queen Natalie to return to Belgrade. At Stockholm Oscar opens Orientalist congress. Freight handlers strike in Toledo. Fire destroys Harbor Grace cathedral with 150000 dollars loss. Kansas City judge rules Sunday closing law unconstitutional. Warrants issued for eastern men tied to Sullivan prize fight. Abbott and Wonderly address Newark mass meeting. Hippolyte's army enters Port au Prince. quiet but complete triumph. Mrs Parnell frail in Bordentown. Ireland freedom unlikely. Bratt Lumber Co. in Little Rock placed with receiver. Empress of Austria abandons pilgrimage to Mariazell due to publicity. Barkentine Nicanon ashore near Great Egg Harbor with 180000 dollars in cargo. four aboard saved. Public debt up 6076692 dollars. July up 1017811. Bonded indebtedness reduced 16200000 to 573578802. Surplus 43489909, 22307150 less than prior month. Thomas declines Venezuela commission. Little of Ohio accepts. Andrade named Venezuelan member. White House cottage idle as Harrison rests. cold slows public affairs.
Jesuit Estate Act Cleared by Crown Law Officers
Sustain the Jesuit Grants Ottawa Ont Sept 8 Crown law officers report governor general acted correctly in not vetoing the Jesuit estate act. They say the measure lies within Quebec legislature competence. Kimberly and Rittenhouse Banqueted San Francisco Sept 2 Admiral Kimberly and Lieutenants Rittenhouse and Merriam banqueted at Apia Aug 14 with English and American residents in attendance.
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Ont
Crown
Quebec
Kimberly
Rittenhouse
San PraNcisco
Merriam
Apia
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