End of the railway strike sparks tense Chicago fight
Milwaukee reports all St Paul employees back at work except those dismissed. Judge Gresham denies an injunction in the Rock Island Burlington case. Engineers and railway men discuss post boycott moves as Burlington faces freight surges and policy questions. Prince Bismarck resignation rumors swirl in Berlin amid royal marriage talks.
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
W Town
Milwaukee
Miller
St.Paul Road
OmIcAgo
Rock Island Vs
Burlington
Gresham
Trust
Rock Island
Inn
Alever
Birlington
St. Pave
Dixon
Milwaukee Road
Arthur
Crevenann
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Blackstone Block
Chicago
Loge
Sargent
Barlington
Tomaine
Hutarions
Ee Ais
Cmicano
Times
Engineers
Alexander
Victoria
Tesien
Berlin
Cologne Gazette
Bismarck
Prince Alexander of
Battenburg
Prussia
Queen Victoria
Germany
Reichstag
Bulgaria
Freie
Pecora
Eo Peterick
Prince Bismarck
Herbert Bismarck
Tremendous Lake Street Fire Endangers Block
A three alarm blaze at the five story Lake and Peoria streets block caused wooden tenement fires across the street and injuring several firemen. One man is believed killed as a wall section collapsed and a blast knocked down Marshal Murphy and his squad. Losses are estimated at 800000.
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Cimcano
Lake
Peoria
Lake Street
Marshal Murphy
Death of Jacob Sharp in New York at 9 20 PM
Jacob Sharp died after a severe coughing fit leading to coma and death from heart disease bronchitis and worry over legal troubles tied to a 1884 bribery charge related to a street railroad charter. Family present. funeral plans not announced.
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New York
Jacob Sharp
Kinneys
Board of Aldermen
Lower Way
STILL THEY STICK. House Holds Filibuster On Direct Tax Bill
The House meets in a long session debating the direct tax bill, a recess is taken as members grow weary and disgusted. Elsewhere the Bond bill passes the Senate and the House, with conference committees appointed, proceeds on fiscal measures including sugar duties and revenue reduction. The British extradition treaty shifts prompt opposition led by Mr Riddleberger, while western states decide convention sites and delegate apportionment for Chicago.
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Congressional
Senate
Wasiixerey
Wilken
Wilson
House
United States
McPherson
Beck
Comiitres
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Republican Convention Planned For Jamestown May Sixteenth
The Republican central committee in session fixes Jamestown as the site for nominating delegates to the Chicago national convention and May 16 as the date. Deadwood and Watertown dispute the second convention location to nominate a congressional territorial delegate. Deadwood offers free train transport from Aberdeen to the Black Hills.
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Watertown
Altendren
Dak
Territorial Republican Committee
Jamestown
Chicago
Deadwood
Congress
North Dakota
St. Pau
Pioneer Press
Aberdeen
Republican Central Committee
Grigsby
Sioux Falls
Ride to Death as Milwaukee Train Plunges Into Creek
A Milwaukee Road crash near New Hampton Iowa leaves at least a dozen dead and fifteen to twenty injured. A train from Chicago ran into a washed out bridge as ice filled the swollen creek, with engines and cars submerged. Rescue efforts followed, relief trains sent, and identities of victims and injured slowly learned amid chaotic scenes.
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New Slimeron
Milwaukee, St Paul
Chicago
Itsloo
Mason City
Charles City
Cuannes
Gageman
Ronte Dzont
Myeinary
W. Anderson
Leavensor J. Dencles
James S.cagier
Mitchell
Dora Haidecker
Weill Rata
Nick Giorrin
Medea
Fae
Danmee
Wreck Near Monticello Claims Several Lives and Injuries
Five surgeons worked at the scene as authorities and townspeople aid the injured after a railroad wreck near Monticello Wisconsin. Names listed include Ernuk Studebaker Booze Henry Schwarz Adam Bauch and wife Gus Behane Elwod Eweir Phillip Cross and others. Rescue crews reported waters about six feet deep and that hopes were high no further deaths would be added.
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Dno
Giauvenor
Monticello
Wis
Ernuk Studebaker
Booze
Hlenry Schwarz
Nora Springs
Adam Bauch
Prussia
Gus Behane
Germany
Elwod Eweir
Marshall
Phillip Cross
Ft. Atkinson
California Prohibitionists Platform Adopted in San Francisco
The California Prohibition convocation adopted its platform on April 2, aligning with the temperance party and calling for disqualification of the manufacture, import, export, transport, and sale of intoxicating beverages except for medical and mechanical uses. It endorses grape cultivation and warns against extending alcohol in industry while supporting women’s franchise and female rail and telegraph control.
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San Francisco
Prohibition Convcation
Prohibition Party of
California
Teational
Prohibition Party
Dead settler Goodale found in shack near Dickinson
April 8 dispatches report Goodale a lone settler eight miles south of Dickinson found dead in his shack. Neighbors entered the home, noting a weathered cabin, decayed fire, and bedding disturbed, suggesting illness at time of death. A prior memorandum hints he was alive in March. The case joins county business notes on road petitions and spring work.
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Dickinson
Dickson
Dax
Goodale
Burck
Merehyth
Board of County Commissioners
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Mr. Stone
Burleton
TRE
Chicago Fire
Juke Sharp
Blaive
Phrasans
James W. Drape
Idiganot Veterane
Sr. Paul
First Minnesota Regiment
Durant
Stillwater
Minnesota Regiment
McGill
Yaweron
Dan
Missouri
Here
Elk Point
Ict
Wiy Hiddleberger
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Bayard
Riddlebirger
Siabbe
Haze Ball
Mespmis
St Louis
Detroit
King
Boyle
Terry
Wasatnctos
Alfred H. Terry
Army Retirin Board
Miajor
Sohateld
Hhe
Tustice Waktes
Territories
Wasatxaton
Cox
Democratic Caucus Committee
Thistlon
New Territories
Loxpon
The
Independence Belge
Morocca
Enterprise
Dungiera
Uskaloosa
Kas
Bear River
Nes
New Hampton
Mr. Campbell
Preme
Fort Bennett
Miss Fellows
Chaska
Swift Bird's Camp
Episcopal Church
Iss Fellows
Mrs. Campbell
Courier
Marrac
France
Tolquet
Clemenceau
Boulanger
Uarcyay
Sargeant Powers
Keogh Mont
Mies City
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