Cyclone Destroys Biwabik Mines Killing Nine People
A southeast to northwest cyclone struck Biwabik late Saturday, ripping through the town and three mines. Nine lives were lost, many injured, with entire families buried in debris. wreckage scattered for miles as buildings, shaft houses, and engines were leveled. Remarkable providence spared most workers, who found shelter as the storm tore through in about three minutes.
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Biwabil
Norte
Biwabik
Atx Aing
Elwark
Mra Marowitz
Dillon
piHaing
Hale
Bihed
Duluth
Duluth, Memaba & Northern
Snow Flurry Hits New Richmond Wisconsin Town
New Richmond Wisconsin reports the first snow of winter on October 9 with gusty winds. Heavy wind damaged plate glass awnings and signage in town businesses as temperatures drop rapidly.
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Wisconsin
New Richmond
Wis
Robbers Hide Faces During Sioux City Motel Heist
Two men entered a local rambling house in broad daylight and forced the manager and three others to the floor. They took cash and valuables before locking four men in a back room and escaping.
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Tyre
Wes Bob
Sioux City
City, Sons
Oct
Expo
Sind
Round Lake plan for vast Armour project detailed
Round Lake in ML area sees Armour & partner planning a large scale development this fall. Grading on the lake's south bank is done and the lake is up the Bt. The Fox Lake extension and related works cover about forty miles, with reports indicating a major new project and expansion in the vicinity.
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Round Lake
Armour & Will
Eget
Fox Lake
Miners to Meet as 10 Percent Wage Offer Debated
Philadelphia reports President Mitchell urges miners to convene in Scranton to consider operators' 10 percent wage increase. Delegates to represent one per 100 on strike, aiming for early settlement. Quiet scenes across anthracite regions as talks raise hopes of return to work with parades planned in Shamokin and Scranton.
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Philadelphia
Mitchell
Scranton
Bhamokintas
Bennington Man Shoots Self During Court Arraignment
In Bennington Vermont on October 10 in the municipal court room Dennis M. Blackmer aged sixty, a suspect in an eight year old girl assault, rose from his seat and shot himself in the forehead. The wound is reported fatal. Blackmer, a well known resident and married, faced arraignment when the incident occurred.
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Smut Himech
Coset
Bennington
Dennis BM. Blackmer
Teloniour
Jamaault
Niy
Mr. Blackmer
Murderer Reward Offered in Deadwood Case
A $250 reward is offered by county commissioners for the capture of Mrs. Herdman's killer, with Lead and Deadwood citizens contributing toward a near $1,000 fund. No clue yet. Also notes plague alarm in Wales New York, and tin plate factories expanding in Pittsburgh with 85,000 workers to be employed. Chicago presbytery backs supplementary creed.
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Mig Heward
Deadwood
County Commissionera
Herdman
Garden City
Lead
Wales
New York
London
Sys
Trittine
Lension
Metropolig
American Tin Plate Company
Tn Plate
The
Tin Plate Company
Jealousy motive in murderous shooting at Norfolk hotel
A jealous man, Moot, shot and killed Mrs. Elisabeth Steinbauer and fatally wounded Mrs. Alberta, both traveling with him and Mile Alberta, in Norfolk Virginia after a day of drinking. Moot surrendered, claiming misery over Milo Albertos fickleness and saying he could no longer endure. The Sun-Paramount reports from Dover to Bayonne via Lancaster and Columbia.
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Wilitem
Norfolk
Lust Sveninir
Milo Alberts
Elisabeth Steinbauer
Mile Airth
Anne Furlong
Chicago
Moot
Brennan
Bayonne
N. J
Dover
Del
Lancaster
Columbia
Breinbauler
Moot Bean
Steinbauer
Mile Alberta
Steli
Thrilling desert trek leaves three men near death
In Arizona between the Grand Canyon and Utah line, Hanna, Herman, and Pierce of the Forest reserves crew nearly died after their horses escaped near Lee's Ferry. Pierce went astray. Hanna, exhausted, lay unconscious as Herman found water five miles ahead and led them to safety. They were later found and transported to Flagstaff.
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Denert
Fenix
Ariz
FR. Hanna
Mark Hanna
Arizona
New Mexico
A. F. Herman
Herman
W. H. Pierce
Grand Canyon
Utah State
Lee's Ferry
Pierce
Hanna
Flagataf
State Treasurer Sued Over Alleged Interest Misuse
Topeka Oct 10 State Treasurer Travk Grimes and his associates faced a $25,000 suit in Osage county district court. The claim alleges Grimes deposited state funds in Topeka banks and kept $25,000 in interest for personal use. The action is brought by Osage county attorney A. B. Crum on behalf of the county.
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Topeka
Kan
Travk Grimes
District Court
Osage County
Grimes
A. B. Crum
Proclamation to End War Expected in South Africa
A dispatch from Cape Town reports a peace proclamation to be issued on the war anniversary. Field Marshal Roberts to remit the proclamation on Thursday. Lord Roberts will depart for Tingland at month end to assume command of the British army.
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New York
Journal and Advertiser
Cape Town
South Africa
Field Marshal
Roberta
Lord Roberts
Tingland
Florida orange crop expected to top 1894 output
Jacksonville Oct 30 Well informed railroad men and fruit growers say Florida's coming orange crop should exceed any year since 1894 with about a million boxes to be whipped. The fruit is selling at two dollars a box on the trees.
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Finkin
Jacksonville
Pia
Florida
Bank Pwindler Barton Dies by Poisoning in Jail
New York City history records John D. Barton alias Harry Odell suspected of swindling banks and businessmen nationwide with forged checks. He died by his own hand in Riverhead County Jail, after facing multiple aliases and charges.
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Jobe D. Barton
New York
John D. Bartot
Harry Odell
Riverhead 1
Interior Department to dispose of Minnesota lands
Washington October 10 The Secretary of the Interior has decided to dispose of the Todian lands ceded the Chip rewas in Minnesota totaling 74 125 acres. The lands include pine and agricultural tracts adjoining the White Earth reservation.
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Interior Department Se
Minnesota
Drouth in India Raises Anxiety Over Tea Crop
Calcutta October 10 reports an unprecedented drought across Cachar and Sylhet in Ansar province. The heat and lack of rainfall threaten tea and other crops, sparking widespread anxiety among growers and merchants. Local officials monitor rainfall and implement emergency measures to protect harvest prospects.
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Somard
Calcutta
Cachar
Sylhet
Ansar
Untrounding the Boers in Southern Africa
Dispatch from Cape Town dated Oct 18 reports Boer forces occupying Wepener Roxville and Ficksburg in the Orange River Colony while British troops attempt to seal them in. Strategic maneuvers indicate a widening engagement in the theater.
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Cape Town
Wepener
Roxville
Ficksburg
Orange River Cojny
Therm
Emperor Denounces Boxers and Punishes Ringleaders
The imperial decree at Tai Yuenfu dated Sept 26 denounces the Boxer movement, rebukes the emperor, and punishes nine ringleaders including Prince Tuan Prince Chung and Duke San Kang. They are deprived of titles removed from office and referred for trial. Li Hung Chang travels to Pekin with released missionaries, while German forces clash with Chinese troops near Tianjin and retreat.
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Pekin
Tien Tsin
Shanghai
Tai Yuenfu
Shangshi
Kwang Su
Tuan
Prince Chung
Taal Lien
Tsai Ying
Duke San Kang
Ying Nien
Consurate
Chai Su Chino
Board of Punishment
Fuan
Board of Clans
Sheng
Washington
Department of State
Tung Fu Liang
Shang Si
Pei Ta Chu
Tien-tsin
Tien-tain
Li Hong Chote
Trains Collide Near Monticello injuring three
At 2 PM a head-on crash between Monon privenger trains 1 and 35 south of Monticello Indiana left three people injured all from Indianapolis. Engines buried, baggage cars damaged, crews escaped by jumping. Engineer Irvington found unconscious but expected to recover. Other victims bruised and cut.
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Monticello
Ind
Privenger
Monon
Indianapolis
Traios
Irvington
Woman Kills Two Children Then Dies in Manhattan Tragedy
In New York on October 7 Mrs. Billy Smith, driven by insanity, shot her two children aged twelve and eight, attempted to force them to drink carbolic acid, and then killed herself with a pistol. A third child, three, died from carbolic acid burns. The Moores, caretakers for the Smiths, found the scene when they returned from a ride. authorities including Policeman Schiffert were notified.
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New York
Bily Smith
Tynwood
Borough of Manhattan
Othel
Theodore
Les
Fordham Hospital
Moores
Mabel
Ethel
Mrs. Moore
Schiffert
Elkes Sets 39 Mile Pace At Shoe City Oval
Harry Elkes shattered records in Brockton at the Shoe City Oval clocking 39 miles 1 045 yards in a race with Arthur Ross. He beat the Paris exposition mark of 38 miles 464 yards set two weeks earlier, aided only by ordinary bikes with no wind shields. The feat contrasts with Chase, who used protective gear. In New York a theft robbed Dr and Mrs Wardlow of jewels worth 2000 dollars and a 687 dollar draft during their honeymoon trip. the couple were married in Asheville on Sept 2.
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Brockton
Mess
Harry Elkes
Shoe City Oval
Arthur Ross
Chane
Wile Chase
New York
Journal
Featman Wardlow
Columbus
Ohto
Mra. Wardlow
Asheville
N. C
Wardlow
Wants to Fight Duel Pang Al Oct 7
Judge Righter in Bhelhy county received a letter from Ralph Corti an Italian asking permission to duel with Peter Cameli to settle a $200 dispute from mine work in Moneque Corti proposes ten paces and a single shot until death. Paddington reports wreck off New Orleans with no survivors and high seas. In London the Oct 7 elections yield 431 official electees with party splits listing Ministry, Edgbats, Nationalists and Laborites.
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Pang
Righter
Bhelhy County
Ralph Corti
Peter Cameli
Moneque
Corti
New Orleans
Paddington
Marseilles
Jong
Rset
Markets Report From Oct 3 Weather and Prices Across Regions
Wheat and corn bids from Minneapolis through Chicago show No. 1 hard and No. 2 Northern grades rising or steady with futures. Oats, rye, barley and flax prices listed, plus Minnesota and Chicago cash and future quotes. Cattle, hogs, and sheep markets in Bronx City, Chicago, and South St. Paul report varying grade ranges and weights for buyers, with notable highs for prime steers and hogs.
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Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
Becample
Bronx City
Towa
South St. Paul
Baroness von Ketteler Leaves Japan for Home
Henry B. Ledyard, president of Michigan Central Railroad, reports by cable that Baroness von Ketteler, widow of the murdered German ambassador, has reached Yokohama and will sail home aboard the Empress of China. The party is expected to arrive in Vancouver around the 18th.
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Ambassador von Kettel
Japan
United Sixt
Detroit
Henry B. Ledyard
Michigan Central Railroad
Baroness von Ketteler
Yokohama
Vancouver
Truat Charged With Designs to Disrupt Gold Reduction Co
In Denver on October 9 the emett of New York In charged with trying to disrupt the Kelton Gold Reduction Company which controls 24 small smelters in mining camps. At the annual meeting New York directors captured control with Joralson Co bankers of New York active against stockholders.
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Truat
Denver
Emett
New York
Kelton Gold Reduction Company
Joralson & Co
Bankers
Maroon Triumph by Wireless System Across Sixty Miles
Marconi on Saturday achieved a wireless transmission from Boulogne to Dover Court covering sixty miles. The message was sent using a new cylinder receiving method, abandoning the old pole-based setup for the test.
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London
Marconi
Snemage
Boulogne
France
Dover Court
Actor Killed by Woman in Huntington WV
W VA actor William J. McCauley of the Philadelphia stage company A Woman in the Cane was shot dead in Huntington yesterday by Pearl Newman who fled to Ohio after the incident. McCauley and three friends were dining with Miss Dorsey Brown when Newman entered and fired, the motive given as jealousy over Brown.
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Wom Huntington
W. Va
William J. McCauley
Philadelphia
Cane” Company
Pearl Newman
Ohio
McCauley
Dorsey Brown
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