Mexican mine clash kills Americans at Cananea
Desperate battle erupts as Mexican police side with Americans. at least a dozen Americans killed and many Mexicans slain. Col. W C Greene appeals for troops from Bisbee to protect the Cananea mine and refugees flood toward Bisbee Arizona. Dynamite used on Greene Company mills. Cananea population 23 000 with 6 000 Americans amid rising border tensions.
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Mex
Great Copper Company
Col. W. C. Greene
Greene Company
Col. Green
Greene
Bisbee
Cannea
Wneeo
Ariz
Culone
Bisbes
Togo
Tom Rynoing
Arizona Rangers
Douglas
Naco
Tragedy at the Capital Ends Congressman Adams Life
Congressman Robert Adams of Pennsylvania shot himself in a Metropolitan Club room in Washington Friday morning and died at 11 30. He was found unconscious in an armchair, taken to a hospital, and died. Adams reported and guided Cuban resolutions and the war declaration against Spain in the House.
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Adams
Pennsylvania
Washington
Robert Adams
Metropolitan Club
House
Senate
Spain
Miraculous Escape For King Alfonso In Bomb Plot
A Madrid dispatch reports King Alfonso escaped a bomb blast with a miraculous outcome as the chain of his Order of Santiago blocked the fatal hit. General Weyler was seriously wounded and casualties mounted to twenty killed and sixty wounded. An earthquake tremor was felt in Seattle shortly after 5 AM with no damage.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Washington
Seattle
Wash
Weigel, Roentgen Expert, Held in Rochester Case
Dr. Louis A. Weigel, the first American Roentgen ray authority, is detained in Rochester New York due to his experimental work related to X rays.
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Louis A. Weigel
Rochester, N. Y
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotations Friday
Friday’s quotations on the Sioux City live stock market list butcher steers at 4.25 to 5.15 and top hogs at 6.00. Cleveland auction results reflect notable activity with varying bids.
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Sioux’ City
Sioux City
Bomb Thrown At Royal Couple In Palace Approach
The royal procession on the way to the palace was halted by a bomb thrown from a third floor window. Several people were killed or injured as the cortege reeled in confusion. King Alfonso and Queen Victoria escaped unharmed, proceeding to the palace in a second coach amid a shocked crowd.
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Victoria
Arsenal Street
Mayor Street
Esplanade
Alfonso
Queen Victoria
Rebels Active in Guatemala Plotting New Efforts Near Border
Dispatches to Washington indicate revolutionists mass near the Mexican border awaiting a renewed push against President Cabrera. A filibustering expedition has sailed from a Mexican port toward a Guatemalan port. Nicaragua denies involvement in Guatemala’s internal crisis and says no Central American republic is tied to the trouble.
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Guatemala
State Department
Washington, D. C
Cabrera
Corea
Nicaragua
RAID ON BOODLERS CLAIMS THIRTY ARKANSAS LAWMAKERS
A statewide corruption sweep led to a bench warrant for Webb Covington in Clarksville as part of new boodling indictments. Three fresh indictments have been issued and thirty lawmakers are charged with complicity across the house and senate.
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Arkansas
Trial Delayed for Western Federation Leaders in Idaho
At Caldwell Idaho Judge Smith Thureday granted a continuance for Moyer Haywood and Pettibone officers of the Western Federation of Miners charged with the murder of Gov. Steunenberg. The cases will wait for the supreme court to pass on related questions. The outlook is that trial cannot occur before December next.
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Caldwell
Ida
Smith Thureday
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Gov. Steunenberg
Supreme Court
Woman Grapples Burglary Suspect In Independence Home
In Independence Missouri a white man stood over Mrs. W T Campbell’s bed with a razor threatening to cut her throat. She wrestled the robber from the bedside as both were seriously injured in the struggle. The attacker fled leaving a trail of blood.
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Independence
W. T. Campbell
Big German Strike Averted Keeps Metal Workers Employed
A threatened 60 percent wage lockout in Germany was averted as Dresden Breslau Frankfurt Hanover foundry workers withdrew their demand for a minimum wage scale, removing the June 2 stoppage threat.
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Germany
Dresden
Breslau
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Hanover
Assassins Are Caught Near Ba toum
Viceroy at Tifils learns that the assassins of William Stuart, American vice consul at Ba toum, have been captured and confessed to bribery by the instigators, who were also arrested.
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Tifils
William Stuart
Batoum
Yale’s A C Gilbert Sets Pole Vault World Record
A C Gilbert of Yale set a new pole vault world mark at the Decoration day Track and Field games held by the Irish American Athletic Club at Celtic Park Long Island City New York. Gilbert cleared 12 feet 3 inches surpassing the former 12 feet 1 32-100 inches record.
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A. C. Gilbert
Yale
Celtic Park
Long Island City
N. Y
Gilbert
Rice Famine Sparks Food Riots in Yangtse Valley
High rice prices in China provoke acute distress and food riots in the Yangtse valley as floods hit Hunan. Merchants withhold stocks despite strong demand from flooded areas, creating shortages and unrest.
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China
Yangtse
Hunan
Fire at Windsor Clifton Hotel Triggers Panic in Chicago
An incipient blaze on the second floor of the Windsor Clifton Hotel in Chicago early Thursday caused guests to flee half clothed into the street. Fire department quickly controlled the fire, limiting damage to eight small areas.
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Windsor-Clifton
Chicago
Vesuvius Ash Cloud Expands From Naples To Capri
Naples dispatch reports the northern main cone of Mt Vesurius continuing to fall in with explosions and ash showers reaching Capri and nearby areas. Observers note ongoing volcanic activity as authorities monitor the eruption.
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Naples
Capri
Dorsto
Eugenie
Observatory
Wednesiay
Flood drives Pendleton residents to upper floors
One third of Pendleton Oregon’s population are temporarily homeless or confined to upper floors as the Umatilla River surges in torrents, inundating homes and streets in the Northwest.
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Pendleton
Ore
Umatilla
Western League Baseball Schedule at Bronx City and Sioux City
Schedule lists Western League games to be played at Bronx City Indiana followed by a Sioux City slate with dates in May and June. Entries include Omaha and Des Moines with listed games on May 31 June 1 2 8 and other dates through late June.
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Bronx City
Sioux City
Omaha
Tes Moines Oees
Dune
Rege geUne
Uebio
Seecrer
Capitol Heating Mains Questioned in Fire Safety Plan
A historical note explains how the capitol power plant supplies heating and light, with pumps ready to start in a fire. Water from city mains feeds the capitol mains through the plant to double or triple pressure, aiming to prevent disastrous results. The plant sits directly across Grand Avenue north of the building.
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Capitol
Bcross Grand Avenue
Capt E G Miller is Dead in Waterloo
Prominent G A R leader Capt E G Miller dies suddenly in Waterloo after a paralysis stroke. A Civil War veteran and long time Milwaukee Road clerk, he served Wisconsin companies, moved to Waterloo in 1876, and earned acclaim across northern and eastern Iowa. Prison and college notices follow in brief items.
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Waterloo
BE. G.miller
Miller
Iowa
Marion
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Prisoners to Dig Dandelions In Marshall Town
Mayor O. and Ingledue launched a jail labor plan with short term prisoners to dig dandelions, likely on the courthouse square. gravel offenders work on the stone pile, a prior project deemed successful. Sunday closing spreads to Rock Rapids as shops agree to noon shutdowns. broader effort may push other firms offline on Sundays. A Northwood storm kills Seymour Berger and injures others. at Sioux City a 26 year old, Raymond De Vries, dies in a Cudahy Packing plant accident. A Quimby barn struck by lightning destroys barn, horses, mules, 200 bushels of hay and equipment, with $1700 insured. Freezing weather hits several towns. frost harms crops, vegetables, and fruit with reports from Burlington, Waterloo, and nearby areas.
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O. &. Ingledue
Marshalltown
Court House
Rock Rapids
Hock Rapids
Raymond de‘ Vries
Cudahy Packing Company
Sioux City
Shaftng, Mes
Counterfeit Detection and Civic Tensions Across Towns
An irregular fragment details counterfeit detection using transparent overlays on $5 notes and notes a community effort in Stanhope. It also references a local newspaper’s defense of publication amid distrust, a fire that affected a town, and a violent event involving a prison warden and police, all set amid a backdrop of political upheaval and a strong public reaction.
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Stanhope
Stanhope: Phoenix
Towa Witt Declares Delegation Lead for Women's Clubs
Mrs Bearley states the Ig of Women's Clubs will have more delegates, with additional individual clubs designated as delegates. The notice highlights Towa Witt's leadership and the expansion of representation within the federation.
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Towa Witt
Towa
Delegat Mra. Bearley
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