Doubly Fatal Wagon and Trolley Collision Near Jamaica
Twenty six college party riders from College Point on a May night traffic trip were struck by a trolley car near Distler's hotel Jamaica. Two died Michael Schneir and Joseph Picker, several injured, wagon wrecked, driver arrested claiming no fault. Mattie Debovise suffered severe chest and hip contusions as the worst injury.
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New York
College Point
L. I
Michael Schneir
Joseph Pickel
Distler
Jamaica
Picker
Schneir
Mattie Debovise
Theman
Thugh
World’s Largest Bridge Across Hudson to Link Hoboken and Manhattan
May 13 report that North River Bridge Co backed by Pennsylvania Railroad Co plans a Hoboken to Manhattan bridge. Contracts with railroads soon. construction could start and be finished in about four years. An 80 million dollar passenger bridge with 16 rail tracks, trolley lanes, driveways, bike paths, and footways.
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Hudson River
Hoboken
New York
William J. Amend
North River Bridge Co
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Manhattan
Hamburg American Line Buys Atlas, Expands World Fleet
The Hamburg American line acquires the Atlas steamship line, adding seven ships and enlarging its fleet to 630000 tons across 120 vessels in 30 services. Emil L. Boas confirms the deal and says service will improve on the Atlas route as new ships are built for South American service.
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Wamburg-American Steamship Co
New York
Ballin
Hamburg-American Line
Hamburg- American Line
Atlas Steamship Line
Jamaica
Haiti
Central America
Atlas Line
Hamburg-American Steamship Line
North America
Emil L. Boas
Atlas
Trolley Car Runs Away Down Leonia Hill
An open trolley car packed with about 115 passengers lost control near Ft. Lee New Jersey and sped down Leonia hill. All aboard were bruised three were seriously hurt and one may die. Conductor Frank Sunstruck is severely injured and may not survive. The car failed to stop before the curve and overturned trapping riders beneath.
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New York
Ft. Lee
N. J
Leonia Hill
Frank Sunstruck
Veterans seek quarters for encampment in Cleveland
Col. John W Patterson and Col Geary posts from Pittsburg and Col Hassendeubel post from St Louis have sent representatives to Cleveland in the past days. John R Cook, a Grand Army veteran from West Union Iowa, as a special excursion agent for the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul, has secured quarters for 300 veterans arriving by excursion. Postmaster Denstoe, chair of the réunions committee, urges early applications for reunion quarters.
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Cleveland
John W. Patterson
Geary
Pittsburg
Hassendeubel Post
St. Louis
John R. Cook
West Union
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Denstoe
Machinists Urge General Strike May 20 Over Pay
Washington May 13 A general strike involving directly 150000 machinists and indirectly 500000 metal workers is planned for May 20 unless a settlement is reached. President James OConnell of the International Association of Machinists says union demand is nine hour day and a 12 percent wage increase or ten hours pay for nine. Employers would not arbitrate nationally but would discuss locally. union leaders fear indefinite delays.
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Washington
James O’connell
International Association of Machinists
O'Connell
Machinists’ Association
International Association
National Metal Trades Association
Metal Trades Association
New York
O’connell
City
$800000 Fire Devours Delray Lumber Mill and Dredge Yard
Fire driven by a 35 mph wind swept the Rouge river west bank in Delray, destroying the Salliote & Ferguson lumber mill, dredge No. 5 of Carkin Stickney & Cram, and Brownlee & Co. yards. The blaze, aided by a large cedar pole yard storing 100,000 poles, burned for hours as Detroit sent three engines and the Battle to assist.
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Detroit
Mich
Rouge River
Delray
Salliote & Ferguson
Carkin, Stickney & Cram
Brownlee & Co
Detroit Department
Brownlee
Western Union Telegraph Co
A Dusky Hero Sacrificed Life For Married Friend
In Indianapolis two Richmond Ky. man William Phelps and Indianapolis James Stansbury were inside an eight foot boiler at Cerealine mills when steam leaked. Phelps urged Stansbury to escape first due to marriage, giving his life as he was cooked alive while dragging his comrade to safety. Both men were Black.
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Indianapolis
William Phelps
Richmond
James Stansbury
Phelps
Jim
Stansbury
Murder Trial Ends In Bridge Shooting At Jasper
Jasper Ind May 13 In a desperate battle with a deputy sheriff George Reeves was shot to death Saturday night on a bridge over the Patoka river while being taken from Jeffersonville to Jasper to be tried for murder. Reeves and his brother John who is also to be tried for murder broke away from custody. John was recaptured and George Reeves was about to brain a deputy sheriff when slain. The crime for which the Reeves were to be tried was the murder of two deputy sheriffs in 1885.
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Jasper
Ind
George Reeves
Patoka River
Jeffersonville
John
Reeves
Maine family slain by unknown assailants amid arson
A Maine family of three the Allen household is found murdered and set ablaze near a stage road from Monson to Moosehead Lake. J Wesley Allen a selectman his wife and 14 year old daughter are the victims with few clues linking a highway robbery suspect seen intoxicated with four men.
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Tather
Shirley
Maine
J. Wesley Allen
Monson
Moosehead Lake
Johnson
Willimantic
Charles Tibbetts
Allen
Steel Hoop Plant Planned Near Monessen by Pittsburgh Capitalists
Pittsburg capitalists plan a new steel hoop and bar plant on the Monongahela river near Monessen, with a 40 acre site from American Tin Plate Co. land toward Belle Vernon. The $1,000,000 facility is to be built this year, employ at least 2,000 workers, and will be larger than U S Steel’s individual hoop plants. The charter is pending but deeds will be transferred this week.
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Pittsburg
Monessen
the Post
United States Steel Corporation
South Monaca
Ohio River
Monongahela River
American Tin Plate Co
Belle Vernon
Morgan Syndicate Aims to Control Union Pacific
The World reports Senator William A. Clark bought Union Pacific stock for the Hill Morgan faction while Morgan battles Harriman for control as a retaliatory move over Northern Pacific. Kuhn Loeb & Co. counted stock held by allies. no decisive edge yet though deliveries could tilt control.
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Morgan Syndicate
Union Pacific
Harriman
New York
William A. Clark
Hill-Morgan Party
Morgan
Harriman Syndicate
Northern Pacific
Hill-Morgan
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Smallpox Ravages Western Indian Reservations
Reports to the interior department indicate widespread smallpox among western Indian communities. At Cheyenne River Sioux agency in South Dakota, 22 quarantined near Pierre show one death and 16 ill. Yankton agency areas report cases among whites and Indians with several fatalities.
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Washington
Max
Interior Department
Cheyenne River Sioux Agency
South Dakota
Pierre
S. D
Yankton Agency
Philadelphia Doctor Held on $1500 Bail in Morphine Plot Case
Dr. Thomas F E Eldridge a Philadelphia specialist facing charges of plotting to drug his wife with morphine or blow her up to obtain two letters in her possession was remanded on $1500 bail. Paul E Schroeder testified he was hired as a private detective to secure the letters and that Eldridge offered dynamite to destroy the house if needed.
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Philadelphia
Thomas FE. Eldridge
Paul E. Schroeder
Eldridge
Gambler Indictments Follow Raids in New York
Twelve men were indicted by the grand jury for operating gambling houses after evidence from the committee of fifteen was presented. The jurors acted on the material gathered during Justice Jerome's raids with rapid indictments. Additional evidence exists on seventeen more suspected gambling houses awaiting action.
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New York
Jerome
Army Reorganization Reduces Philippine Forces to 40 000
The War Department issued a detailed order outlining a total army of 77 287 with 2 783 officers and 74 504 enlisted men. It specifies corps strengths, assigns regiments and batteries to send to Manila, and directs transfers to achieve a 40 000 regular force in the Philippines after volunteer withdrawals.
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Washington
War Department
Coast Artillery
Secretary of War
Guere
MacArthur
San Francisco
Regular Army
Philippines
Steamboat City of Paducah Sinks After Snag Strike
The steamer City of Paducah sank in 25 feet of water near Brunkhorst landing five minutes after hitting a snag. Two passengers drowned. 22 crewmen are missing, mostly deckhands. Offiers were saved. Dr. J. W. Bell and a young woman identified by card were recovered. A diver searches for the passenger list as the wreck lies partly submerged.
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Grand Tower
Ill
City of Paducah
Brunkhorst Landing
Tobias
St. Louis
J. W. Bell
Bell's Landing
Tenn
Harry L. Allen
Eads Avenue
Texas
Ilinois
Thomas Johnston
Porto Rican Exhibit Seized at Pan American Grounds
Buffalo N Y May 14 The Porto Rico exhibit arrived Monday at the Pan American grounds and was seized by Collector Brendel. The material came on an army transport and was unloaded in the Brooklyn navy yard evading customs inspection. The grounds act as bonded warehouses and no warehouse entry had been made for the Porto Rican goods.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Porto Rico
Brendel
Porto Rtico
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Stricken Docket Removes Noted Utah Indictment
The unlawful cohabitation case against Drigham H. Roberts was struck from the supreme court docket in Salt Lake City on May 14 due to a defective indictment, signaling the likely end of the celebrated case.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Drigham H. Roberts
Supreme Court
Machinists Strike After Wabash Discharges 30 Workers
In Springfield Illinois on May 14 thirty Wabash machine shop employees were fired amid labor cost concerns and as a warning to strikers. A union machinists strike was ordered at a meeting last night affecting more than 130 workers who had urged increased wages.
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Springfield
Ill
Wabash
California Welcomes President McKinley With Floral Pageant
The president and party toured California from Redlands to San Francisco May 9 through May 14. Host cities and crowds celebrated with flower shows in Redlands Los Angeles Ventura Santa Barbara and San Jose, while Mrs McKinley’s illness briefly altered the itinerary. A 25 foot tall telegraph-pole bouquet near James Square framed the San Jose events.
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Gage
California
Redlands
San Bernardino
Los Angeles
Cal
Ohio
McKinley
Say
Ventura
Santa Barbara
United States
San Francisco
Henry T. Scott
New Orleans
Mrs. McKinley
San Jose
Scott
MANY NEW OFFICES And Military Additions In 56th Congress
Washington May 11 The appropriations volume for the second session of the Fifty six congress shows total spending of 730 338 575 dollars with 3 826 new civilian offices at 2 500 601 dollars annually and 211 abolished at 2 453 226 dollars. It records a net civilian rise of 3 615 jobs costing 2 239 074 dollars and a military increase of 77 194 personnel at 16 312 910 dollars plus 30 officers and 5 000 seamen at 1 802 425 dollars. Net salaries rise by 528 totaling 75 473 dollars per year. Overall congress appropriations total 1 440 489 4 or 127 722 19 less than the prior congress figure.
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Washington
Senate
House
Naval Establishment
Fifty-sixth Congress
Pan-American Exposition Night Show Draws Big Crowd
Buffalo May 8 The Pan-American exposition built as a night show attracts growing crowds with evening concerts and the Court of Fountains showcased in full beauty. Visitors praised the forest of water as a standout feature.
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Buffalo
Taggart Elected Ohio G A R Department Commander
Col E F Taggart of Akron elected department commander of the Ohio G A R with 319 votes against Squire 145 and Dunn 123 Maj Joseph Swisher of Bellefontaine elected vice department commander Matt J Day of Cincinnati chosen delegate at large to the national encampment in Cleveland Mrs Anna Howe unanimously elected president of the Ohio W R C H V Speelman of Marietta elected colonel of the Sons of Veterans and W S Patterson of Bellefontaine senior vice commander Encampment to meet next year in Lancaster
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Taggart
Bellefontaine
E. EF. Taggart
Akron
Ohio G. A. R
W. I. Squire
Toledo
E. T. Dunn
Findlay
Squire
Dunn
Maj
Joseph Swisher
Matt J. Day
Cincinnati
Mysterious safe robbery at Brown Bros store Ontario Street
A peculiar robbery occurred between Saturday night and Monday morning at Brown Bros. on Ontario street. The safe, opened without tampering marks, contained a large sum of money. The money had been placed in the safe Friday night by Brown Bros. and Cecil, Aldrich & Co. cashier as usual.
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Cleveland
Brown Bros
Ontario Street
Cecil, Aldrich & Co
Machinists Refuse Wage Increase in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on May 11 the Metal Trades machinists reject a 121 percent wage rise and shop control demands. The only concession is a shorter work week from seven to five and a half hours daily, effective May 20, with a potential strike likely as wage demands remain unresolved.
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Cincinnati
Metal Trades Association
Storm Hits Delaware City Fire Destroys Church
Severe storm sweeps the southern part of Delaware city. Lightning strikes the Second Baptist church tearing off the roof and starting a fire. Miss Sarah Washington is knocked unconscious and two nearby babies are knocked senseless as the fire department saves the church from total destruction.
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Delaware
Second Baptist Church
Sarah Washington
Death of Hon. M. Burnham in Akron at 77
Akron May 10 Hon M. Burnham prominent citizen dropped dead of heart disease yesterday He served in the Ohio legislature from Summit county in 1872 as county auditor for four terms and was a longtime trustee of Buchtel college since its founding in 1870 He was 77 years old.
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Burnham
Akron
M. Burnham
Ohio
Summit County
Buchtel College
Wade Claims Self-Defense in Akron Murder Case
Sheriff Kelly returned from Massachusetts with Joe Wade who faces murder charges for shooting Joe Turner in Tallmadge over a year and a half ago. Wade initially denied his identity but now admits it and says he acted in self defense.
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Akron
Kelly
Massachusetts
Nepro
Joe Wade
Joe Turner
Tallmadge
Wade
Turner
Railroad Tax Valuation Raised for Cleveland & Pittsburg Line
Cleveland officials report the Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad valuation increased from five million to five million eight hundred eighty thousand dollars. Auditors in the counties through which the line passes raised the tax basis from twelve to thirteen percent of cash value.
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Cleveland
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Ohio
Johnson
Bridge Builders Strike at Nickel Plate Bridge
Sixty workers on the Nickel Plate bridge in Conneaut went on strike yesterday led by local laborers. They demand time and a half for overtime and double pay on Sundays and holidays. The American Contracting Co. of Cleveland is the contractor on the project.
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Conneaut
American Contracting Co
Cleveland
Mechanic killed in belt incident at Cincinnati shop
Samuel Rodgers of the Cincinnati Roofing Co was caught in a six inch belt and whirled around a wheel. He suffered fatal injuries with every bone broken and body parts scattered, dying instantly at the workshop on Friday.
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Cincinnati
Samuel Rodgers
Cincinnati Roofing Co
Ury Trial Begins in Murder Case at Upper Sandusky
George Ury, the second of five defendants in the W. Johnson murder case, was brought into Upper Sandusky court Monday with his wife and his six year old daughter Bernice. The proceedings opened in what is described as the early stage of the trial.
Union organizes in Mahoning valley plants demand higher pay
Roll turners in every plant in Mahoning valley organize a union and demand a wage rise from 30 to 35 cents an hour. They threaten a strike on May 15 if the demand is not met.
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Youngstown
Mahoning Valley
Strike at Kenton Hardware Over Foreman Race
One hundred twenty five workers at Kenton Hardware Manufacturing Co struck Friday after a Spaniard was appointed foreman in the shops. The incident highlights labor tensions and management decisions during the period.
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Kenton
Kenton Hardware Manufacturing Co
Lockout at Dayton Halts 1050 Carpenters in City
Dayton carpenters including union and non union workers totaling about 1050 are laid off indefinitely after contractors warned they would not rehire. The move ends a looming strike over union recognition, suspending spring building amid plasterer strikes pending in the city.
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Dayton
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