Virden Riot Report Sees Troops in Virden Illinois
State troops hold Virden as ten killed and twenty wounded are tallied. Local authorities report heavy fighting and a tense aftermath with security forces patrolling the town.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1898
Page
1
State troops hold Virden as ten killed and twenty wounded are tallied. Local authorities report heavy fighting and a tense aftermath with security forces patrolling the town.
Virden Illinois riot aftermath reports ten dead and twenty wounded with state troops patrolling. Colonel McKnight warns stockade disarmament while guards distribute, crowds dispersed and town quiets. Reina Maria Cristina sails with 1078 officers and troops and military archives for Spain.
Adjutant General Corbin states the Fifth Illinois regiment, now on furlough, would be assembled for Governor Tanner’s use if needed. The unit orders report at Springfield immediately with troops A B OC and D command. Washington Oct 13.
Miss Viola Kathryn Clemmons the actress married Howard Gould son of the late Jay Gould and brother of George J. Gould at the Holland House in New York on October 15. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Milton Merles Smith with no bridesmaids or best man. No Gould family members attended.
Fire at the Winn Johnson candy and cracker factory in Macon gutted the building and the adjoining T O Burke painters supplies shop. Losses listed at 45000 for Winn Johnson 40000 for Burke and 25000 for the structures with partial insurance.
Frank R. Mason, a 46 year old West Point graduate, pleaded guilty to burglary in Kansas City on October 15 and was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary for stealing a watch and chain from a physician’s home. In Paris labor returns rise as the strike ends. Pittsburg firms J McR Scott & Co. assign for creditors liabilities about 200000.
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