Week’s notable events shape national headlines
Rescue at sea with loss of one crewmember followed by grain pest invasion in Minnesota. Wage raises at Carnegie Steel impact Pittsburg workers. Robbery at Trooversville store yields thousands in valuables. Union violence incident ends fatally for Elwin and wounds Officer Sheppard. Baseball standings update split between National and American Leagues. Grand jury testimony exposes police corruption in Minneapolis. Ohio legislative special session looming as Supreme Court ruling marks limits on state powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Steel Company
Pittsburg
Perry J. Blough
Trooversville
George Elwin
Pueblo, Cole, Cooks’ and Waiters’ Union
Joseph LE
Sheppard
Jacob Dodson
Cooks’ and Waiters’ Union
Riverside
Elwin
National Baseball League
Wittsburg
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Chicago
Louis
Boston
New York
Baltimore
Detroit
St. Louis
Washington
Cleveland
C. C. Norbeck
Minneapolis
Billy” Edwards
Norbeck
Ames
Irwin Gardner
Ohio
Supreme Court
Toledo
Jones
Trauger
Nash
Royer
Williams College Honors Gen Leonard Wood With Degree
The Williams College confers an honorary degree on Gen Leonard Wood. Other items note a West Virginia man hanged in Pittsburg for his December wife murder, and Michigan GOP renominating Gov Bliss on the first ballot with SPL votes. Major diplomat moves include Hadmond Brawnert named to Cuba ministry, and possible successor Phenyi Meron. Also reported are a Cedar Rapids train collision fatal to two children, a railway workers’ dispute, a Boston marriage of Irene Perry to Harvey Bell, a Spanish church lightning death toll, the American ht Vote Sam winning at Wiel, and political appointments in Ohio and Illinois supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams College
Lh. Dy
Leonard Wood
Charles Davis
West Virginia
Pittsburg
Michigan
Gov
Bliss
Stearns
Hadmond Brawnert
New York
Cuba
Phenyi Meron
Rench
Chicago
Wasquety
Boston
Harvey Bell
Bishop Bell
North Carolina
Pinerio
Orense
Spain
Francois BR. Riggs
Wiel
Grev. Nash
Ohio
Tarryll. Cordon
Cincinnati
Carl le Nippert
Supreme Court
Springfiod
Hie
Harry E. Elis
Fifteenth Cavalry
Maj
Waller
Matehill
San Pranetco
Philippines
May Ellis
Hazlehurst
Bank of Hazlehurst
Allen
Jackson
Multiple 19th Century Disasters and Crimes Reported
A report from Eastern details a Lexington fire with total losses of 20000 and a trolley collision at Chestnut Hill injuring many. It notes hangings of Frank Jones and John Johnson in Ellicott City and a large mill fire in Steelton causing 25000 in damage. Other items include elopement of George Langfoss, a Brooklyn factory fire, library association sessions closing, a Minneapolis doctor elected president, and various legal and violent incidents across cities. A new 16 inch gun completed at Watervliet Arsenal is described as world leading and to revolutionize gunmaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Mass
Chestnut Hill
Philadelphia
Frank Jones
John Johnson
Israel Radetsky
Ellicott City
Bessemer
Pennsylvania Steel Works
Steelton
George Langfoss
Larksville
Helen Hestus
Brooklyn
N. Y
American Tartar Company
American Library Association
Magnolia
James A. Hosmer
Minneapolis
Frank EK
Jennison
New York
Greenwich
Conn
Jacob IF. Meyer
Buffalo
William Barrett Ridgely
Senator Cullom
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
National Banka
Henry Taylor
Pittsburg
Richard Sewall
Thomas Cremmell
Lebanon
Jacob Schmidt
Gus Ayers
Holly Springs
Barnstable
Jane Toppan
Mary E. Gibbs
Taunton Insane Asylum
Taunton, Mass
Mary D. Gibbs
Bred M. Rixby
Watervliet
United States
Sands Hook
Multiple Disasters and Deaths Across the Nation
A string of calamities unsettles the country including two Newport Oregon shocks and a Garfield Colorado forest fire. A Chicago dealer dead, a Powers murder attempt, and a north central Indiana storm injure many. Wrecks near Omaha and Cleveland claim lives while Derby winner Wyeth takes the American Derby at Chicago. Fires, floods, crashes, and political moves shape a busy news day with notable figures and communities impacted nationwide.
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Newport
Ore
Garfield
Colo
Benjamin Flj
Chicago
Anthony T Powers
Indiana
Omaha Road
Asston Town
John A. Drake
Wyeth
Chicaso
Lucien Appleby
Alladin
Irost
Nebraska
Platte Valley
Kearney
Allen Tarkee
Lancaster
Ohio
Fifth
John SS. Snook
Paulding
Kansas City
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland Court
S.C. Schultz
Northern Pacific
Hot Springs
Wash
Twelfth
Clark Streets
Jahees
Norlwek
Minneapolis
Brith
Jesse James
Shipman
Fone
Fern Glen
Fires and disasters across Texas and Tennessee
A string of 1900s era calamities reported: the St James Hotel collapsed in Dallas with many deaths. a Huobbard fire destroyed a brick block and five wooden buildings causing about 10,000 dollars in losses. a Dallas East blaze wiped out twenty homes over three blocks with several firemen injured. Severe drought threatens rice crops in Louisiana and Texas. A federal grand jury in Atlanta assesses railroad antitrust actions involving Southern and several lines. A coroner’s jury probes the Fraterville wine explosion at Coal Creek, and multiple killings and explosions occur in Tennessee, with explosions near La Follette and other incidents.
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St. James
Dallas
Texas
Huobbard
Louisiana
Federal Grand Jury
Atlanta
Southern
Seaboard
West Point
Western
Atlantic
Georgia
Coal Creek
Tenn
Coal Creek Coal Company
R. A. Shidett
Link
Ninth Infantry
John Kennedy
Knoxville
Kennedy
Washinsty
Justie Dravid T
Kiled Bhe
Smith
Knosvil Troy
Washingtonsis
Railrad
William Park
la Follette
Mecd Leones
Martha Chapman
M I
Global cholera deaths and imperial battles reported worldwide
A chaotic foreign dispatch notes ninety American cholera deaths in the Philippines and wide war news. German navy losses, ship sinkings, river wrecks, and attacks near Camp Vicars are cited alongside political tension in Europe and a scandal surrounding King Alfonso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Ivison Maeistry
James Fucks
Alfons
Camp Vicars
Island of
Mindanao
Alfor
Maria
Ning
Alfonse
General News Fragments on Labor Strikes and Politics
A split report covers a Toronto street railway employees strike near, settlements in wage talks, and ongoing company negotiations. It notes a potential US rule after a Mexican visit about souls and republic value. J Bryan defends Cleveland and calls for harmony among Democrats while Dawson City's customs chief resigns amid year’s sensations.
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Wsevelt
Iura
Gon
Amd Diev
Taft
Weal
Toronto
Mex
Republic
J. Bryan
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Senate Deliberates Cadet Numbers in West Point Bill
The Senate was not in session Saturday. In the House Mr Hall of Iowa led the military affairs panel as they took up the conference report on the military academy appropriation. Critics argued the cadet count favored by the Senate, while Hull and Parker defended the increase as necessary to properly officer the army. The conference report then passed, SS to 50. Cannon followed with the sundry civil bill conference report noting partial agreement with 44 items still in dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Hall
Iowa
Committee On Military Affairs
Hay
Clayton
Ala
Mann
House
West Point
Hull
Parker
N. J
Cannon
United Tes
Ferehee
Bartott
Supreme Court of the Islands
Supreme Court of
Cone Corporation
Milind
Stowk
Siedgy Civil Arcy
Navy
Toma See
Charleston, S.C
Civil Sovermament Bhd
Internal Revenue
Territorial bill clash and long congressional session
A Monday House discussion saw Mr. Quay move to discharge the committee on territories from further consideration of the territorial bill that would admit Oklahoma New Mexico and Arizona as states. Debate touched on Philippine and army naval appropriations and a broad range of measures, including railway equipment safety and internal revenue revisions, as members wrestled with the day and night sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quay
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Ike
Beveridge
Tne
Atse
United Business
Indiana
Shiv
Secretary of
Warry Informat
United States
Trade and harvests lift markets as rails firm and coal strikes bite
Mixed signals from the East and West show quiet trade in New York while interior and western regions anticipate bountiful harvests. Rail earnings rise, coke output hits records, and soft coal demand grows. steel contracts face price caution amid iron shortages and strike disruptions. Textile markets hold prices despite slow movement as shoeshops and leather show mixed activity with rainless Southwest forecasts. Domestic grain gains tempo but foreign news remains unfavorably influential. Exports of wheat and flour remain strong, with weekly totals and year-to-date gains offset by ongoing global fluctuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Interior
Far West
R. G. Dun & Co
Connellsville
China
New England
Lkrge
Ures
United States
Hugbistfost
Canada
Agi
France
Chicago
United States Considers Liberia Naval Station Proposal
Est is noted to rise steadily as commentary reports on William F. Curtis's view that the United States government is considering establishing a naval station on Liberia's coast. The piece discusses implications for the new Department of Commerce and Industry and questions feasibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willam EF
Curtis
United States
Liberia
Department
Ar Commerce and Industry
Regional Live Stock and Commodities Prices Across Cities
Market report lists cattle hogs and sheep values by city including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Buffalo and Susquehanna style ranges. Grain prices for wheat corn oats and rye shown with quality grades and No 2 classifications. Strong entities include Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Buffalo and west region listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Ste
Cincinnati
St.ss
Detroit
Catthey
Milwaukee
New York
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Bessemer Herald
Sherman & Hand, Publishers
Great Northern
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Wyo
P. R. Martin
Helena
Last Chance Creek
Ohio Supreme Court
William Brown
Minden
Elk River
Langzgan
Brown
Joseph Stager
Oberlin College
Uber Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Iron Range
Duluth
Minn
Portland
Morse
Amous
Nebrask
Charles D. Warner
Wi- Nam Warner
Kansas
Ison
Eastire
Lange
Leland
Scheon
Houghton
Mich
D. W. Oasis
Dawson City
Alaska
Alesander
Macie Hae
Congress
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