Fire destroys large Colorado cyanide mill complex
A blaze in the Golden Cycle Mining reduc tion plant near Colorado City devastates three quarters of the one million dollar facility, injuring ten acres and burning thirty seven freight cars. Water shortages and weak fire response hindered efforts. the plant, once Telluride mills, had just reopened after ownership changes and upgrades.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Golden Cycle Mining Company
Colorado City
Telluride Mills
Eastern
Cripple Creek
J. T. Milliken
Illinois and Associates
In Bed With a Corpse in Junction City Hotel
Major James Morton editor of the Hardeman Free Press missed his train and, assigned to a crowded room, mistakenly shared a bed with a corpse. He overheard talk of sitting up with the dead before recognizing the body and shouting.
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Junction City
James Morton
Hardaman Free Press
Hotel witnesses recount near deathbed scare in tense moment
A sheet covered a man as he lay in a room when bystanders feared the corpse could revive. Two watchers fled toward the door and all converged in the hotel office seeking explanations about the strange scene.
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Rtsneo
Ern
Western Federation of Miners to Decide Pettibone Counsel
In Denver a meeting of the executive committee is called as President Charles H. Moyer arrives. debate centers on whether Clarence Darrow should be retained to defend George H. Pettibone, with some leaders favoring dropping him while Moyer wants Darrow kept for Boise trials.
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Denver
Western Federation of Miners
Charles H. Moyer
George H. Pettibone
Pettibone
Ywood
Darrow
Moyer
Boise
Lawyers Exchange Blows in Hal City Courtroom
In a courtroom disturbance, Attorneys Johnson and Schiessinger fought briefly while judge Dunne mediated. W. H. Cook suffered a nose injury from a stray strike as the two combatants were separated. Johnson was found to have accused Schiessinger first and started the brawl.
Wind and Rain Wreck Winona Buildings Over 100000 Loss
Wind and rain caused extensive damage in Winona Minnesota as several major structures including the Bay State flouring mill and elevator the Winona Opera House and the Empire Lumber gash mill suffered severe damage. Rail lines along the Trempealeau north of town washed out and telegraph and telephone service were crippled.
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Winona
Minn
Era
Trempeleau
Aboug
Bay State Flouring Mill
Winona Opera House
Empire Lumber Company
International Harvester Company
Severe Mississippi Valley Storm Disrupts Telegraph Lines
Wires disabled by late storm across the Mississippi valley hindered Western Union and Postal facilities. In the city the wind reached speeds near sixty miles an hour causing tree damage and the destruction of small outbuildings.
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Mississippi Valley
Western Union and Postal Companies
Chicago
Aug
Cyclone Strikes Iowa Resort Area Killing Three
A cyclone hit Mason City Iowa Aug 8 causing three deaths and four injuries. Ashland Tweed a Hanlantown farmer his wife and son died. Des Moines resident Mrs Harrison sustained a broken arm and internal injuries. Clear Lake resorters Mrs Quimby Elma Indiana suffered internal injuries. Gladys Verney of Clear Lake broke an arm. Fred Ginnatt of Lake Mills suffered a crushed shoulder. Dozens of cottages were ruined near Clear Lake and Rockwell damaging barns and property.
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Mason City
Iowa
Ashland Tweed
Hanlantown
Harrison
Des Moines
Quimby
Elma
Clear Lake
Gladys Verney
Fred Ginnatt
Lake Mills
Rockwell
Iowa village destroyed in Aug storm across Winnebago county
A cyclone swept across Winnebago county Iowa on August 8 damaging property and destroying Joice village near Lake Gadlripe. One person was killed and several injured as the storm, moving southeast, made the Minneapolis and St. Louis line impassable while trains run over the Rock Island line.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Winnebago County
Lake Gadlripe
Joice
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Rock Island
Fatal Auto Crash Claims Milwaukee Men
In Milwaukee a fatal auto accident claimed the lives of Joseph Kus Inbreert and driver George Post. Hogac son of a former Milwaukee resident suffered fatal injuries while others were hurt in the crash.
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Milwaukee
Joseph Kus Inbreert
George Post
Hogac
Four Men In Car Crash At Cross Road Ditch
A sedan with four men veered from a road at a crossroads and overturned into a ditch when the steering gear allegedly jammed. All occupants were reported uninjured though shaken as rescue crews attended the scene.
Strike Leader Petriella in Duluth Seeks Labor Support
In Duluth Petriella, strike leader, travels to enlist support from the local Federation of Labor. A Hibblas speech is cited as having attacked the Federation. The region reports quiet conditions with no immediate unrest.
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Duluth
Alg
Federation of Labor
Petriella
Hibblas
Indictments Charge Rebating By Major Rail Interests
Indictments returned in federal court accuse A. Booth & Co known as the fish trust and the New York Chicago and St Louis Railroad and Lehigh Valley Railroad of rebating violations under the Elkins law. Booth & Co faces seventy five counts, NY Chicago and St Louis 51 counts, joint charges 54 counts. Penalties may reach from 1,000 to 20,080 dollars per offense, or 1 to 8 years in prison.
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Chicago
United States District Court
A. Booth & Co
Fish Trust
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Elkins
A. Booth & Cv
New York, Chicago and
Lehigh Valley Road
Boy rescues infant from blaze after mother dies in Oregon fire
Eleven year old Richard Conley entered a burning house near Portland to save a few months old baby after Mrs. Thomas Ryan died from burns. The Ryan family home southeast of the city was destroyed and a three year old boy perished.
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Portland
Ore
Richard Conley
Thomas Ryan
Ryan
Auburn execution of Bonier for German couple murder
Charles Bonier an 01 year old resident of Buffalo was executed by electrocution in Auburn Virginia for the double murder of Franz and Johanna Fréhr.
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Auburn
Charles Bonier
Buffalo
Franz
Johanna
Fréhr
Snake bite cures cancer in Port Jervis case
In Port Jervis New York on August 8 Mrs Wilhelmina Lodwig a farmer s wife was bitten by rattlesnakes while picking blackberries Her leg swelled then the snake poison allegedly worked through her cancer turning the wound into healthy flesh Over four days the discharge stopped and healing began Her condition improved by Tuesday with the wound healing and she nearly cured as she went to town
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Port Jervis
N. Y
Wilhelmina Lodwig
Lodwig
Karl Ludwig
Prominent St Paul Businessman Dies By Suicide At Cottage
Ross Clarke aged fifty three a leading figure in business and politics killed himself with carbolic acid at his White Bear Lake summer home He had been dead for days when found after his wife and son left for Fond du Lac Wis following a family quarrel Friends say jealousy and distrust fueled his troubled mind and the accusations against him were unfounded.
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St. Paul
Aug
Ross Clarke
White Bear Lake
Clarke
Fond du Lac
Wis
Hind
German Rail Disaster Derailed Train Near Thorn
A passenger train derailed between 1 and Thorn in Germany. The two engines overturned and three cars demolished. The minister of railways said twenty bodies had been recovered by noon.
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Berlin
Thorn
Gardner City secretary charged with forgery in city arrest
Duncan Campbell Sayers secretary of St. Pauls Cathedral society Garden City L I was arrested at Ashland House New York on a forgery charge. Rev Paul S Swett a committee member of the school named in the warrant filed the complaint.
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New York
Duncan Campbell Sayers
St. Paul’s
Osceola Woman Dies After Street Car Accident
Miss Bessie Emerson of Osceola Missouri was thrown from a street car at Main and Washi streets in Los Angeles. She suffered a fractured skull and died at the receiving hospital minutes later.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Bessie Emerson
Osceola
Main and
Washi Streets
Death of G W Delamater Newspaper Governor Candidate
Pittsburg August 8 Hon G W Delamater Republican candidate for governor in 1891 died by his own hand in his Diamond Bank Building office around 1 30 pm Despondency due to ill health is given as the cause His son James Scott Delamater died of heart disease weeks earlier Contributing factors may include the recent defeat for governor and his former role as head of a Meadville bank which later closed its doors authorities note his private affairs are in good shape
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Pittsburg
G. W. Delamater
Diamond A Bank
Delamater
Prudential Insurance Company
James Scott Delamater
Meadville
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