Family of Dakota Farmer perishes in fire tragedy
Huroy Nebraska dispatch details the Harris family disaster fourteen miles north of Wessington, Michael Harris and his wife with seven children perish as a fire engulfs their home after a night of cold wind and smoke, eldest daughter escapes in night clothes to alert neighbors. Harris survives the ordeal, later recovers enough to recount the events. Rescue efforts fail to save others. cause suspected to be a defective flue. The piece also features a separate Aberdeen report of Miss H. R. M. Voth rescuing a freezing traveler, and notes Mexican earthquake reports and a Russian shepherd found dead near Aberdeen.
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Huroy
D. C
Wessington
Michael Harris
Harris
Aberdeen
Dak
Miss Voth
Terrible Hurricane Off Orkney Island Toll
Twenty two persons downed in the recent hurricane off the Orkney Islands. The Harper trial ends suddenly in Cincinnati with Judge Jackson directing the jury that Harper committed a crime as described in the statute. If found guilty, the sentence cannot exceed ten years.
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Orkney Island
Orkney Islands
Fidelity Bank
Cincinnati
Harper
Jackson
Sheriff Finds Armament in Prisoners Cells
CuIcaao December 10 Jail officials puzzled by how criminals obtain weapons. A 44 cal revolver and over 100 cartridges were found in Michael Lynch's cell, halting a plan to free several of the jail's worst criminals. Lingg and Engel cases remain unsolved.
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Matson
CuIcAao
Lingg
Engel
Michael Lynch
William 8
Halloran
Remarkable anarchist speech urges enlightenment over dynamite
In Chicago on December 21, a strong anarchist leader at demonstrations repudiates dynamite and urges the working class to pursue enlightenment and organization as the effective weapons of the workingman. He warns that overthrowing the present order requires conscious, steady effort rather than violence.
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Chicago
America
Vorwaerts
Capt
Black
Turner
John Gloy
Gloy
Grey
Unanimous Boycott of Milwaukee Beer at Central Labor Union
New York December 12. The Central Labor Union meeting prioritized the socialistic progressive element and admitted the Progressive Musical union, opposing by the Knights of Labor and the Carl Sahm club. A resolution to boycott Milwaukee beer was passed unanimously at the Brewers' union request to aid Milwaukee workers on strike or locked out.
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Milwaukee
New York
Central Labor Union
Progressive Musical Union
the Knights of Labor
Carl Sahm Club
Brewers’ Union
Train Robbers Stop Northbound Texas Express
Information reports a northbound train on the St Louis Arkansas and Texas railroad halted by robbers ten miles before Texarkana Texas. The express car mail and passengers were robbed of cash. Officers pursued for about a mile and a half. one robber was wounded and blood tracked the route. All robbers fled. capture hoped hourly.
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Little Rock
Amk
Whs
St .Louis, Arkansas & Texas
Texarkansas
Texas
Annual Meeting of the Sons of the Revolution in New York
More than 125 members attended the annual meeting at Delmonico's including James M Montgomery D B St John Roosa M D Commodore Elbridge T Gerry Gouverneur Morse and Generals Alexander Webb and Horatio King A committee was formed to consider erecting a statue to Nathan Hale the young spy of the Revolution.
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New York
Society of Sons of the Revolution
Delmonico
Indemnity and Settler Relief in Northern Pacific Case
Northwestern News reports at length onSecretary Lamar sending the Northern Pacific land question to the attorney general for construction of the May 1870 joint resolution. Solicitor General Jenks to rule on indemnity withdrawal while interior advisers foresee relief for second indemnity lands under the 1887 law. A St Paul minister cites Haddock murder trial in sermon, lamenting saloon power over Iowa justice.
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Washmeron
Lamar
Jenks
Gen. McNaught
Northern Pacific
Solicitor General
Secretary of the Interior
Courts of Justice
Iowa
Smith
Cost of New Buildings in St Paul and Suburbs
Statistics for the year show a brisk level of building activity. Building permits total 9,018,214 with investments spanning city and suburbs including courthouses, parks, stockyards, and individual towns, culminating in a grand total of 11,642,314. Other brief items cover Iowa legislators, Wyoming convicts, the Casino reopening in Red Wing, Washburn shipments, a forgery arrest in Winniree, a murder case in Charles City, and Ashland securing a 50,000 machinery plant nearby.
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St. Paul
Union Stock Yards
South St. Paul
North St. Paul
South Park
Lincoln Park
Inver Grove
St. Paul Park
Newport
Gladstone
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Gotlieb Handel
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Soo Road
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Ind
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Luke Boyd
Green County
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Batu
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Remembe
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Preece & Latsch CO
Minn
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Minnesota Soap Company
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Hazzard Powder Co
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Ww. J. Landon
Doud
Boots
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Gate City Carriage Company
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China, Crockery
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Winona Wagon Company
Roscoe Horton
Secreary
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H. J. Willis
Winona Flow Company
Winona Trunk Factory
Furniture, Stott & Son
General Merchandise
Eigars
J. Harsley
Keenan & Rowe
Physiccians
Thos. A. Peirce, M. D
Homqiopathioc
Euabard's Blook Begond Street
Vinont
Ming
John Torrance & Son, Proprietors
Licrosse, Wis
Sts
la Orcose
Wisconkl
Geristmas
Ana
Doud & Muir
Slade
Bry Goods
J. A. Merigold & CO
Third Street
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