Prairie blaze and Duluth elevator fire devastate region
A massive prairie fire sweeps 20 miles across the countryside north of Angus, burning hundreds of tons of hay and disrupting rural lines. In Duluth, the Great Northern elevator and related facilities burn, with losses around 3 million and several mills and ships destroyed. Four fires in the Upper Midwest leave multiple buildings and homes lost and several people missing or feared dead.
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Duluth
Minn
Great Northern
Superior
Wis
Duluth Superior Storage Company
Great Northern Elevator
Freeman
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co
Mankato
Webster Chair Company
Superior Ship-Building Company
Whitney Bros
Northern Pacific Railway Bridge
St. Paul
Arthur Glanders
Fred Dielschneider
Northern Cooperage Company
Concerl
Arthur Streets
Bowwbells
Bowbells
N. DD
Lutz’ Hvery
Conflagration in Iquique Chile Burns City Homes
A major fire in Iquique Chile, the port city reached by Saturday, caused losses over 1 million dollars. The blaze burned seven and a half bricks of area before containment and left about 2,000 people homeless. Dwellings for the poor were largely destroyed, near the commercial district one mile away.
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Iquique
Chili
Arctic quake shrinks McCullough Peak near Unalaska
Captain Tilton of the whaler Herman reports a terrific earthquake near Unalaska about a month ago. McCullough peak, formed by an earlier quake and rising 3,400 feet above the sea, has dwindled to almost nothing due to submarine disturbances.
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San Franciseco
Tilton
Herman
Arctic
Unalaska
McCullough Peak
Italy Braces as Rainstorms Flood Regions and Railways
Severe rainstorms sweep across Italy causing rail tracks to wash away and houses to be destroyed. Reports confirm multiple fatalities as rivers rise and floodwaters disrupt towns and transportation. Emergency crews urge caution as conditions persist.
Fatal duel over election bet ends in deaths in Fernaldo
A quarrel over an election bet led to a duel in Fernaldo Kentucky on Sunday. William Hopkins was killed instantly while Frank Foley sustained fatal wounds.Local authorities investigated the fatal confrontation between the two men from Fernaldo.
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Fernaldo
William Hopsins
Frank Foley
Hopkins
Foley
Fleet Nears Sailing for Pacific Ocean
Washington reports the battleship fleet is nearly ready for its December 16 departure from Hampton Roads. Provisions, coal, and repairs are in hand, four anchors per ship are recommended, and testing of aboard provisions will occur during two ocean cruises. The navy plans small arms ranges at Magdalen Bay or Guantanamo style sites to accommodate up to 2,000 men daily.
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Admiral Evans
Pacific Coast
Navy Department
Magdalena Bay
Guantanamo
Santa Fe fined $330000 for rebating in Arizona case
In Los Angeles Judge Olin Welborn fined the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe 230000 as an intermediate penalty for rebates to Grand Canyon Lime and Cement. The verdict followed a October 11 jury conviction on 66 counts. rebates on time and cement shipments from Nelson Arizona to Los Angeles ranged from 35 cents to 15 dollars. U S District Attorney Ler announced further rebating prosecutions for ten remaining counts at the January term.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Olin Welborn
United States District Court
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Company
Santa Fe
Grand Canyon Lime and Cement Company of
Arizona
Nelson
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Wellborn
Federal District Court
United States
Lawler
Earthquake Toll Rising in Karatagh District
First direct reports from Karatagh in Russian Turkestan reveal the town destroyed and the death toll about 4,000 in Karatagh and 10,000 in nearby Denaušk. Numerous surrounding villages were wrecked and further fatalities are expected as inquiries proceed. A separate quake near Valecombre caused a landslide as villagers fled.
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St. Petersburg
Karatagh
Russian Turkestan
Jamarkan
Denausk
Barcelona
Valecombre
Central American leaders seek peace at Amapala conference
Presidents Zelaya of Nicaragua Davila of Honduras and Figueroa of El Salvador met in Amapala to consolidate peace in Central America. They agreed to forget past differences and said fraternal relations exist and previous friendship treaties remain in force.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Davila
Honduras
Figueroa
Salvador
Amapala
Central America
Anna Gould Rumors On Marriage After Divorce
Paris reports a claimed marriage of Mme Anna Gould to Prince Helie de Sagan after her divorce from Count Boni de Castellane, but sources say the tale is untrue and unsubstantiated.
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Paris
Mme
Anna Gould
Boni de Castellane
Helie de Sagan
Atlantic City Man Edmund Morrow Missing
Edmund A Morrow a 66 year old retired shoe merchant from Philadelphia and later a cottage resident in Atlantic City has disappeared his wife fears foul play according to late night reports from Atlantic City New Jersey authorities are calling for inquiries into his disappearance and possible foul play by unknown suspects
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Atlantic City
Atlantic ‘City
N. J
Edmund A. Morrow
Philadelphia
Hoosier Happenings Expert Accountant Reports on Former Treasurer
An expert accountant has prepared a formal report detailing the accounting of the former treasurer's books. The document outlines discrepancies found and recommendations for reconciliation and future oversight. The findings focus on asset records, liabilities, and internal controls.
Dupont Company Pays Compensations After Explosion
Mount Vernon and Terre Haute report that Dupont Powder Company will compensate injury claims from the Fontanet explosion. Grace Brannon receives 1250 dollars and Anna Heine 200 dollars in settlements. suits sought 1500 dollars each. Codefendants Lafin & Rand Powder company. minors represented by Barras Brannon and Albert Heine.
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Terre Haute
Dupont Powder Company
Fontanet
Grace Brannon
Anna Heine
Vigo Superior Court
Lafin & Rand Powder Company
Barras Brannon
Albert Heine
Thomas
New Masonic Temple Dedicated in Muncie Indiana
Calvin W. Prather of Indianapolis dedicated the new Masonic temple in Muncie with a gavel from a stone of King Solomon’s Temple. Delaware lodge 46 Muncie chapter 31 AA M and Muncie commandery 18 funded the building, costing over 60 000 dollars. The Grecian styled temple houses separate lodge apartments and social spaces plus a large banquet hall. D H Shewmaker presented the ceremonial gavel after obtaining it from the temple ruins abroad.
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Muncie
Calvin W. Prather
Indianapolis
Masonic Lodges of
Indiana
King Solomon’s Temple
Delaware Lodge
A. M
Muncie Commandery
Discrepancy Linked to Abandoned State Balance System
The article notes a discrepancy arising from an old state balance system now abandoned. Mr. Fisher protests innocence, claiming he settled with the county andturned over all due funds, but payments were placed into a general fund rather than the appropriate specific funds.
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Fisher
Frog with Six Legs Shown at Local Store
Marion F. T. Landers displays a frog found in a swamp near town with six perfectly formed legs two extra hind legs growing at the sides. The creature leaps in multiple directions and lands back where it started, a curious anomaly.
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Marion
F. T. Landers
New State Bank Opens in Connersville Glenwood
Connersville Glenwood opens a new state bank with capital of 25009 dollars. Local stockholders include Rush and Fayette county men. Francis T Roots of Connersville serves as bank president.
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New State Bank
Connersville
Glenwood
Rush
Fayette County
Francis T. Roots
Murderer Pleads Guilty in Circuit Court
Lawrence Smith pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the circuit court. Surrounded by his wife and 11 children, including three sets of twins, he received a prison sentence of two to 21 years for killing James O. Lane near Cloverdale last September by ambush with a club after a quarrel over garden truck disposition.
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Brazil
Lawrence Smith
Smith
James O. Lane
Cloverdale
Gkull
Attorney J Roach Involved In Multiple Pending Suits
J Roach represents the powder company in several cases expected to be filed soon. The company aims for equitable settlements in many matters, but some disputes may not be resolved out of court and will go to the judiciary for decision.
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J. Roach
Powder Company
Aged Man Survives Heavy Iron Fall at Wabash Shops
Thomas Catren, 75, was struck on the head by a heavy iron eight feet above the Big Four shops. He was taken to be dressed, thought fatally injured, but recovered and returned to work within two hours. His vitality, near eighty, remains remarkable as he continues full shifts.
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Wabash
Thomas Catren
Slaughterhouses Condemned in Hartford City
Inspector B. W. Corn of Indianapolis reports Hartford City abattoirs unsanitary and will force rebuilds. Six slaughter houses were unsatisfactory with one exception. Local dairies also face disapproval from the inspector.
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Hartford City
B. W. Corn
Indianapolis
Hurty
Cattle Die After Ingesting Explosive At Quarry
James W. Wood sues neighbor Scott Browning for 160 damages claiming decayed quarry fence allowed cattle to intrude and ingest powder from the neighbor’s stone quarry leading to their deaths. Both men are prominent farmers.
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James W. “Wood
Scott Browning
Wood
Bank Reserve Loss Leads to Mixed Signals in Europe Trade
New York reports a rare week of financial movement with bank reserves down 29 million in cash though government deposits offset much of the loss. Two thirds of the reserve decline stem from loans shifted from trust companies. Europe must pay gold for exported cotton and wheat as demand for gold supports outward shipments.
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New York
Europe
Mexican engineer sacrifices life saving Nacozari town
A Mexican train engineer Jesus Garcia ran a burning narrow gauge train away from Nacozari before the blast. The explosion killed him and at least 14 or 15 others, including a 13 year old boy aboard the train, as workers nearby were killed helping secure the section house.
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Douglas
Ariz
Nacozari
John Chisholm
Pilares
Jesus Garcia
Former banker sentenced in federal case
F J Tygard, president of the Bates National Bank of Butler Missouri, who failed September 20 1906, was sentenced Wednesday by Judge McPherson in federal court to five years in the penitentiary. He pleaded guilty to misapplying bank funds and, aged over 70 and nearly paralyzed, may receive clemency if a pardon is sought.
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Kansas City
F. J. Tygard
Bates National Bank
Butler
Wedneyday
McPherson
Tygard
Liberty man found guilty in manslaughter pact case
In Liberty Missouri Jesse B Webb was found guilty of manslaughter in the fourth degree after a trial over the death of Inez Walkup whom he had been living with. The jury set an eight year penitentiary punishment. Webb claimed Walkup shot herself in a hotel room, while the state argued he shot her and wounded himself.
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Liberty
Jesse B. Webb
Inez Walkup
Webb
Woman commits suicide after mother’s death in New York
Miss Helen Schwab twenty three, distraught by her mother’s death, drank a half pint of poison and leaped from the seven story roof of her West One Hundred and Fourteenth Street apartment Friday. She was killed instantly.
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New York
Helen Schwab
West One Hundred
Fourteenth Street
Fire Rips Building. Two Men Missing Friday Night
A fire destroyed a building on Friday night and two men are reported missing. Authorities investigate the blaze and search for the missing individuals.
Creoles Denied Separate Jury Rights in Supreme Court
New Orleans reports the Louisiana Supreme Court rejected a bid to classify creoles as a distinct group with juror rights. T. M. Laborde argued his parishes and heritage warranted juries largely of creoles, but the court did not recognize the distinction, keeping jury eligibility on standard lines.
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New Orleans
Supreme Court
T. M. Laborde
Laborde
Louis E McComas Dies A Longtime Jurist and Politician
Washington obituary noting Louis Emery McComas associate justice of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia, former U S senator and four term Maryland congressman, died at home from heart failure. Born 1846 in Washington County Maryland. Funeral will be held in Hagerstown where he formerly lived.
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Washington
Louis Emery McComas
the Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
United States
Maryland
Judge McComas
Washington County
Hagerstown
Three People Burned in East Main Street Fire
Three persons were badly burned in a fire on east Main street Columbus Ohio early Sunday morning. Edward Brown and his wife, both badly burned and the wife not expected to recover, were found unconscious on the third floor. Other occupants escaped from upper floors.
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Columbus, O
East Main Street
Edward Brown
Body of Bolivar man found near Johnstown
The badly mutilated body of William Cline a prominent Bolivar resident was found Sunday in a field near Johnstown. He bears marks of gunfire and brutal beating and authorities suspect robbery as the motive.
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Johnstown
William Cline
Bolivar
Italian minister Gianturco dies in Rome
Italian public works minister Emanuele Gianturco dies in Rome. Born in Naples he served as a key figure in Italian governance and infrastructure policy.
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Binet
Rome
Eanule Gianturco
Italan Ministe Public Works
Peace or Fight: Labor Leaders Target Rights at AFL Convention
In Norfolk the 27th AFL convention opens with speeches and reports. Samuel Gompers praises Virginia and the exposition, then defends labor patriotism. He vows to stand for workers rights whether the issue is peace or conflict and notes a Navy fleet move to the Pacific.
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Norfolk
American Federation of Labor
Swanson
Tucker
Gompers
Virginia
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Red Evans
Pacific Coast
Labor Movement
Burglars Torture Old Woman in Perinton Rochester Case
In Perinton near Rochester two men forced entry to the home of Stella Mauthmeer an elderly resident. They bound her to a chair and burned her hands with lighted paper before ransacking the house and fleeing after finding four dollars. Neighbors found her Sunday and she is not expected to recover.
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Rochester
N. Y
Stella Mauthmeer
State Road
Perinton
Five Die in Hotel Garde Fire in New Haven
A hotel fire in New Haven Connecticut at the Hotel Garde on Tuesday morning killed at least five people. Four suffocated on the fifth floor servants quarters and one man died attempting a rope fire escape. Several others injured as flames were confined to the north wing fifth floor and one below, with damage likely over 25000 dollars.
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New Haven
Conn
Garde
Receiver Appointed for Virginia Bank in Norfolk Insolvent
The Peoples Bank of Portsmouth suspended days earlier and was placed in receivership Monday after directors petitioned. A statement said insolvency resulted from defalcations by the cashier.
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Virginia Bank
Norfolk
Peoples Bank of Portsmouth
Man Dies After Week Long Peanut Diet in Fremont
Fremont resident Archie Venuto extreme diet of only peanuts ends in death after four days of madness and a week of eating peanuts. The case highlights dangers of extreme food fads and potential mental distress observed in the subject.
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Fremont
Neb
Archie
Venuto
Wyoming town blaze wipes out business district
A Worland Wyoming fire swept through the entire business section Sunday night, starting in a grocery store, destroying multiple shops and leaving a devastated town center.
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Wyoming
Omaha
Neb
Worland
Wyo
Woman Lived as Man for Nearly Six Decades in Trinidad
A historical notice reports Catherine Voshanet, born in Missouri and raised as a man for about 60 years, died Monday in Trinidad, Colorado. She adopted male attire and pursued work as a bookkeeper, living under a male identity after moving from St. Joseph, Missouri, about thirty years ago.
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Trinidad
Col
Catherine Voshanet
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