Forest fires sweep New York to Nova Scotia in vast loses
Adirondack fires spread despite crews from Glens Falls to North Creek. Long Lake Indian Lake and Cedar River regions report major blazes with 21,000 acres at stake near Newcomb Lake. Vermont Nova Scotia and New Brunswick also see extensive timber losses and destitute communities.
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Adirondacks
Long Lake
Neowcomb Lake
Mt. Marcy
Cedar River
Indian Lake
Robert Phurn
Albany
Newcomb Lake
North Creek
Tis
Take George
Silver Bay
Hague
Lake Champlain
Saratoga
N. C
North Croek
Blue Mountain Lake
Glan Lake
Greenfield Mountain
Manchester
Nashua
Diamond Match Company
Burlington
Vermont
Island Pond
Banby
Tialifax
Nova
Thut
Murder Charge Pending for Mrs McKnight in Kalkaska
Assistant Prosecutor Totten says a warrant will be issued soon for Mrs Marcy McKnight on murder charges. She is jailed for poisoning her brother John Murphy, his wife, and their eight month old baby. Post mortems by Dr Perley Pearsall in Ann Arbor aimed to confirm poisoning as the cause.
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Mra
McKnight
Kalkosky
Mich
W. B. Totten
Marcy McKnight
John Murphy
Murphy
BL. Smith
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
Perley W. Pearsall
Ita
Topeka flood death toll climbs toward one hundred
In Topeka the flood's toll reaches seventy eight with fears of many more bodies to be found as waters recede. The north and west sections suffer extensive damage with sand piled high, crushed streets and buildings, and forced closures. A separate item reports Salvel Mitchell White being sentenced to ten years for leading a mob that lynched Thomas Gilyard in Joplin.
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Topeka
Topeka, Kun
Sis
Mock Island
Topela
Carthage
Salvel Mitchel
Thomas Gilyard
Joplin
Fire in Ottawa destroys factory and homes
A blaze in Ottawa Ontario damaged Davidson and Thackery’s sash and door factory Mortimer and Co’s lithographic establishment and several dwellings on Queen Street. Loss reported at $400,000 with extensive property damage and industrial disruption.
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Ottawa
Lumbermen Strike at White River Lumber Company
A strike is underway at the White River Lumber Company's saw mill with about 85 percent of workers striking after a 15 percent raise was granted in part. A speedy settlement of the dispute is hoped for.
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Mason
Fatal Feud in Kansas Leaves Three Ranchmen Dead
Reported from southern Kansas describe Trewer cattlemen killing three Berry ranchmen amid long standing hostilities. Dewey faction led by Chancer Dewey claims self defense, with coroner’s jury absolving the Berry side of blame. The clash stems from a two year land and water dispute across counties.
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St. Francia Kan
Trewer
Berry
Terry
Dewey
Channeey Dewey
Jones
Berrys
Dewerys
Dewers
Deweya
Rawlins
Sherman
Thomas
Chancer Dewy
McBride
Wilson
Chasbery Dewer
Young Students Drowned In Chicago Lagoon Tragedy
Two students, Jesse Miller of South Ride academy and Frances Evelyn Moore of Davenport Illinois, were found drowned in a lagoon at Jackson Park Chicago. Authorities believe a sudden death related to jealousy drove the incident while police consider the case a possible murder suicide scenario.
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Chicago
Jesse Miller
South Ride Academy
Frances Evelyn Moore
Davenport
Jackson Park
Fortane Race Track Tragedy Ends Man’s Fortune
Harrin Cohen Maile, longtime Cohen of Baxter Street, dies poor after losses at the Glorhee and Baxter Street clothing trades and a failed race track venture. Once a successful dealer, his fortune vanished as business collapsed and debts mounted.
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Glorhee
Itay
New York
Hharrin Cohen
Cohen
Baxter Streat
Bagster Street
Crone Chonan
Hhixster Street
Elortitte Baeitens
Pha
Orven Reek
Fights Amid Balkan Turmoil Reported Across Frontiers
Turkiye and Bulgaristan forces clash as guerrilla warfare rises near Adrianople. Reports describe searches for refugees and punitive actions. Battles erupt between Bulgarian and Turkish-aligned factions with casualties. Meanwhile, robberies, a conductor killed, and a fatal house blast punctuate a day of violent incidents across cities including London and Seattle.
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Vlissatohesy
Silhiyet
Adrianople
Abel
Missing Assessor Paul Maguitz Found Near Missoula
Fragmentary report notes Assessor Maguitz disappeared April 24 and is found in Clack’s Bark River about 180 miles west of Missoula and Hinly-eight miles west of Miaius. Also mentions a burglary at Guld Brabeck Mill with $24 stolen, a Jewish land restriction in St. Petersburg, and the Hamburg America liner Deutschland going aground near Gedney channel New York.
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Cuanuts
Paul Maguitz
Dinay
Clack’s Bark River
Hinly
Miaius
Muaguitz
Deutschland
New York
Plymouth
Chepbourge
Hamburg
Gedney
Channel
Italians and farmers clash on Grand Trunk fence work
In Laporte Indiana a fight erupted between fifty Italian laborers from Chicago and a group of American fence builders on the Grand Trunk Railroad. Sheriff Craft received a call. two Marcellus residents were seriously injured and Wallace Stonecipher of Marcellus was believed near death. The Italians fled to Chicago as officers arrived.
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Laporte
Ind
Craft
Union
Mms
Chicago
Grand Trunk Railroad
Wallace Stonecipher
Marcellur, Mich
Savas
Endl Buyer
Rayney Miller
Marcellus
Tinlians
DIES CONFESSING TO MURDER IN FATAL CONFESSION
In Meyersville Frederick Maryland Samuel Betts dies from a pistol wound and confesses before death that he and his brother Josiah Betts murdered their father Samuel Betts seventeen years ago to inherit land. He also confessed involvement in the murder of Walter Long and the boy was secretly buried seven years ago, his disappearance long a neighborhood mystery.
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Ramuel Rotta
Tella
Nia
Frederick
Samuel Betts
Meyersville
Josiah Betts
Reno
Betts
Walter Long
Tong
Elephant Attacks Trainer During Circus Act in Danville
In Danville a half grown elephant attacked trainer John Wells during a ring performance. The animal stood on a barrel as Wells urged it to roll, then struck with its trunk and legs as Wells tried to regain his footing. The trainer suffered injuries but the act continued amid crowd excitement.
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Danville
John Fells
Welly
Que
Welle
Stenek
Five Die As Excursion Train Derails Near Sumter Washout
An excursion train on the Atlantic Coast line derailed eight miles from Sumter after a washout. Conductor Clements killed and four others, including a woman, are among the deceased. About thirty passengers injured as rescue efforts continue and details emerge.
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Sumter
Cottinthia
Buinter
Rao
Clements
Ans
Acer
Caostaut
Bart
Tepes
Cancer cured with X rays claim French doctors say
Paris report from Halle doctors describes experiments with X rays on a cancer patient claiming complete restoration of health. The article notes the patient regained vitality and even spoke after treatment, with the cure observed over several months.
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Paris
Martin Sage
Halle
Death Explains How Two Men Fell Foul in Creek Fight
In Michigan near Vote Creek a dispute between Tierre Stamos and Avery, described as an older companion, led to Avery drawing a revolver. The weapon misfired or misdirected, and the intended target was killed. Avery has not been arrested. An excursion steamer Flying Mus sank near the Laonibul bridge with three children among the dead, many passengers rescued.
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Tierre Stamos
Avery
Quincy, Ohs
Laonibul Bridge
Hannibal Methodist Suilay School
Damaged dam and wrecks shutter Pine City scene
A nighttime attack by disguised men blew open the Chengwatang dam gates at 1 30 in the morning. Several passengers were badly injured in a separate wreck near Peoria when a Rock Island and Peoria line train derailed after an axle broke. Atttorney Albera Not Guilty in bribery case tied to Cedar Rapids water stop scandal. Government seizes White Mills Distillery making 40 000 barrels of whiskey amid crackdown valued around 500 000.
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Pine City
Mion
Tate
Louisville
Cole
White Mills Distillery Company
Peoria
Rock Island
Alta
Indian contract awarded for blankets supply
The Indian department in New York awarded the bulk supply contract for blankets and related goods to In Minne Field & Co. of Chicago. The award covers various items and secures the major portion of the department's needs.
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New York
The
Indian Department
In Minne Field & Co
Chica
Des Moines River flood toll and damage rise
Des Moines flood losses reach 750000 with 150000 on factories railways and bridges as river tops at 24 feet then falls three feet by Monday. Over 5000 displaced many sheltered in churches and schools. One death reported amid fears of illness and relief work organized by the governor. Sixth Avenue bridge spans damaged with falsework and steel losses. streetcar system shut. residents walk home long distances.
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Des Moines
Hooda
Ier
Street
Ofcer
Gonda
Jnne
Sixth Avenue
Bridun
Pengecotemio
Notable Legal Error Omission Slows Negotiable Instruments
A code supplement misspells an important clause in negotiable instruments law by omitting the word not. The error changes meaning in provisions about unconditional instruments and payments from a specific fund. Attorneys statewide report confusion and expect possible litigation over the miswording.
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Secretary of State
Big Gathering at Waterloo As Masons Elect Leaders
About 1,000 Masons from across the state attended the Waterloo meeting to elect grand lodge officers. Cedar Rapids ties held re-elections with N. St. Parvin as the sole returning officer, while Charles C. Clark becomes grand master and other officers named include Bure Iington, P. J. Martin, Thos Arthur, T. J. Davis, and N. R. Parvio with Waterloo and Marion connections. Sioux City selected as next meeting place for the grand lodge of Town Masons.
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Unicorn
Sioux City
Grand Lodge of Town Masons
Waterloo
N. St. Parvin
Cedar Rapids
Charles C. Clark
Bure Iington
P. J. Martin
Thos
Arthur
Logan
T. J. Davis
Marion
N. R. Parvio
Cigarette Tax Law Upheld By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court overruled a petition for rehearing in the case of C. P. Cook and Ed Plunkett versus Marshall County. Des Moines announced the decision upholding section 8007 of the code which imposes an $800 mulet tax on buildings selling cigarettes. The ruling means the law remains in effect in all respects.
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Supreme Court
Lua
C. P. Cook
Ed Plunkett
Marshall County
Appetlee
Des Moines
Danger of Malaria Along Iowa Rivers Warned by Doctor
Dr. J. K. Kennedy, secretary of the state board of health, warns that people living along Iowa rivers face malaria and related diseases due to decaying vegetation. He notes an unprecedented amount of vegetation will decay as skies clear, requiring great care.
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Kennedy
J. K. Kennedy
State
Boged of Health
Iowa
Young Girl Assaulted In Home Hallway
Edna Muntz 16 daughter of Edwin Muntz a prominent Dubuque grocer was seized and blinded by an unknown man in the hallway of her home. She could not identify the assailant. The incident occurred as authorities continue inquiries in the Webster City area where the Boons River team event is noted.
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Edna Muntz
Edwin
Muntz
Dubuque
Nan
Experiments With Flax At Spencer Near Green Ranch Planting
Owen Sheehay superintendent of the flax mill at Spencer received a large consignment of flax seed from France Germany and Russia. A tract on the Green ranch northeast of town is leased to grow flax and more land will be rented if seed can be secured. Last year home grown flax failed but imported seed yielded better reed and fiber quality. This year only imported reed will be used. Seed costs eight dollars per bushel plus freight. Despite last year s unfavorable conditions a margin of profit was reported and the project aims to have local farmers grow flax to meet home mill demand.
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Spencer
Owen Sheehay
Green Ranch
Town
Mort
Sheehan
Germany
Russia
Naz
Gas Plant Explosion Shatters Farm Home Near Red Oak
A acetylene gas plant in the cellar of Thomas Shires's farm home six miles northeast of Red Oak exploded tearing a hole in the first floor. The blast wrecked the house, started a fire, and caused major injuries to Mr and Mrs Shires while the area suffered extensive damage. The total loss is estimated around 4000 dollars.
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Thomas Shires
Red Oak
Montesmery County
Last Buffalo Slayer Dieing Year Rest in Iowa
James Allen an elderly farmer near Sergeant Bluff Woodbury County reputed to have killed the last buffalo in western Iowa died at his home after a fall from stairs at about 2 am. He reportedly stumbled, breaking his neck, and died two hours later. He was about 65 years old and described as of large frame.
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Jame Allen
Iowa Plains
James Allen
Sergeant Bluffs
Woodbury County
Iowa
Atlew
Athen
Drowned in the Mississippi at Davenport
The body of Miss Benetta Conk, a society figure in Davenport, was found in the Mississippi on Saturday morning. Coroner’s jury ruled death by drowning but left open whether it was violent or self inflicted. post mortem noted she had been missing since Tuesday and the body showed long immersion.
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Randsome
Davenport
Benetta Conk
Efydes
Diavenport
Ktoss Seandrett
Ling
Cook
Man Killed by Freight Train Near LeMars
An unidentified man about 30 was killed by an Omaha freight train north of LeMars at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, while sitting on the track. He wore laboring clothes and a notebook bearing the name A. Miller, Justice of the Peace, Sibbley, plus a tax receipt made out to John George. The coroner will hold an inquest.
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LeMars
Omaha
Ile
A. Miller
Justice of the Peace
Sibbley
John George
John Wrey
Flooding Submerges Vast Farmland South of Keokuk
Six hundred square miles along the Mississippi River south of Keokuk are under water with crops deemed a total loss. Much of the land had not flooded in thirty years. Alexandria lies entirely submerged as residents shelter on second floors. Livestock losses are expected to be severe as people prepare to move.
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Keokuk
Mississippi River
Alexandria
Fruit Faring Well Despite Wet Iowa Weather
Secretary Wesley Greene of the Biate Horticultural Society says extreme wet weather in Iowa has not seriously damaged the fruit crop. Pils and cherries were nearly all destroyed by May frosts, but other fruits are progressing well. June reports from correspondents are favorable. strawberries still need more sunshine.
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Wesley Greene
Biate Horticultural Society
Iowa
Eddyville Flood Strands Town as Homes Engulfed
Advices from Eddyville fifty miles below Des Moines report every house surrounded by one to six feet of water. Five hundred are homeless. Kellet is being sent from Oskaloosa. Des Moines jury found Plunk guilty of assault with intent to inflict bodily injury on a horse thief.
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Eddyville
Des Moines
Plunk
Toy & Horse
Inventions and political shifts described a century ago
One hundred years ago a British English inventor created steel pens, a copper plate engraving machine emerged from London, and a steam printing press was developed by two Germans. Napoleon visited Antwerp influencing dock construction as Brazil and Argentina ended their war by forming Banda Oriental as an independent state.
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China
Pirrel
London
Argemend
Konig and
Bauer
Napoleon
Antwerp
Brazil
Argentina
Banda Oriental
Seventy Five Years Ago In Briefs From The Era
Seventy five years ago reports described water cure treatment proposed by Vincer Pries in Grafenburg Austria. A London theater wall collapsed during rehearsal, killing many. Henry Clay as traveling secretary raised 810000 in Philadelphia for a Kentucky election fund. Francis Smith conducted a New York demonstration of a flying machine deemed successful. Lead mines newly discovered in Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin were said to produce 12000 tons yearly.
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Grafenburg
Austria
Walla
Heunswick
London
Henry Clay
Philadelphia
Kentucky
Francis Smith
New York
Mlinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Fifty Years Ago in Brief News Items
Fifty years ago reports noted one nineteenth of Cuba under cultivation. All French ships in English ports were seized by the British government, and Napoleon retaliated by making all Quebec sailors prisoners of war. The second relief expedition departed New York to search for Sir John Franklin’s lost party.
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Cuba
Nepoleon
France
New York
Sir John Franklin
Forty Years Ago in Illinois Civil War Era
A historical recap notes mass arrests of women in Demagsville and Williamstown for sympathizing with rebels and deportation south. Camp Douglas infantry seized the Chicago Times presses and burned part of the edition. A Cooper Institute peace convention in New York denounced the Civil War as unconstitutional. The London Times foresaw endless war unless men or enthusiasm failed. A national convention in Chicago advanced a ship canal plan linking the Great Lakes and Mississippi, presiding by Vice President Hannibal Trumlin. The Illinois House condemned Burnside over suppressing the Times. Gen Payne began hiring ex-slaves to their former masters at monthly wages of eight dollars for men and five for women.
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Williamstown
Itx
Camp Douglas
Chicago Times Ofles
Cooper Inratl
Uite
New York
London Times
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Mississippi
Chicago
Hannibal Trumlin
United States
Mlindy House of Representatives
Gen. Burnside
Chienge ‘Times
Gen
Payne
Thirty Years Ago Headlines Mix Reform, Tragedy and Disaster
A Massachusetts labor reform party appeal urges workers to support a shift from old parties seen as corrupt. Mansfield Walworth, a novelist, was killed by his 10-year-old son in New York’s Sturtevant House. A Dixon Illinois bridge collapse during a baptism killed over twenty spectators, blamed on guard day negligence by the United Presbyterian of Philadelphia. Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase died soon after a Sunday ride.
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Massachusetts Labor Reform Party
Mansfield T. Walworth
Sturtevant House
New York
Dixon
United Presbyterian of
Philadelphia
Salmon P. Chase
Li Hung Chang Threatens France Over Annam Claim
A 19th century recap notes Li Hung Chang’s pressure on France to recognize China's claims to Annam. It also mentions ex Governor Hendricks praising Samuel J. Wilden, a Detroit Free Trade Convention opening with Stokes Adams Jr and Marton, and Bechuanaland pressures on England. The Bartholdi statue committee seeks 150000 dollars for the Liberty pedestal as Brooklyn Bridge opening fatalities and injuries are reported.
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Li Hung Chang
China
France
Annam
Samuel J. Wilden
Thumway A. Hendricks
Indiana
America
Detroit
Anson Phelps Stokes
Charles Francis Adams, Jr
J. Sterling Marton
England
Bechuanas
Orange Free State
Bartholdi
New York
Brookdyn Bridge
Ten Years Ago Ignatius Donielly Arrives in Chicago
A fragment recalls Ignatius Donielly arriving in Chicago with plans to reduce suffering through reform of the trust system. The Playkinton bank failure in Milwaukee drained liabilities, with figures cited as over 60 million in gold.
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Ignatius, Donielly
Chicago
Playkinton Bank
Milwaukee
Wew
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