Twenty four poisoned at Chattanooga church festival
Weekly Peake reports that twenty four persons were poisoned at a Chattanooga church festival on Thursday night, all recovering. Other items note missing defalcations totaling 20800, Governor Butler's letter to a colored politician, and various idiosyncratic mid May events.
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Chattanooga
New Brunswick
N. J
Cox
Jarrard
Davis
Louisville
J. Proctor Knott
Ottawa
Port Walch
Vickburg
Butler
Massachusetts
Economite society sells 12000 Pittsburg & Lake Erie stock
Pittsburg on May 18 reports that the Economite society has sold to Commodore Vanderbilt 12,000 shares of Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad stock for 100 dollars per share, totaling 1,200,000 dollars.
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Pittsburg
Amrade
The
Economite Society
Commodore Vanderbilt
Pittsburg & Lake Erie
Peter McClellan Challenger for $1000 Prize Fight
New York May 18 Prof William H McClellan has challenged Peter McCoy for a prize fight under the London prize ring rules for $1000 a side to occur in four weeks Wo Madden McClellan’s backer has posted $250 with Richard K Fox proprietor of the Police Gazette New York
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New York
Wm. H. McClellan
Peter McCoy
London
Wo. Madden
McClellan
Richard K. Fox
Police Gazette
Mobbing the Chinese at Victoria a brutal attack
May 17 report from Mainland describes a cowardly mob assault on Chinese residents in Victoria. Whites attacked during the night, nine left for dead, houses burned, and several wounded with severe head injuries. Chinese救 taken to town. no local doctor would treat them.
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Victoria
B. C
Yie
Fook
Luton
Yale
Dodge's Trouble in Dodge City Faces Governor's Militia
May 17 Dodge City reports quiet but tense conditions as Sheriff Hinkley, ordered by Governor Glick, guards Luke Short and companions. Bob Masterson, former county sheriff, is present with ousted officials. Short and Harris control cattle interests and a large saloon employing twenty eight men. The governor says state law must be enforced while a militia company at Sterling awaits orders as possible clashes loom.
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Dodge City
George T. Hinkley
Glick
Luke Short
Bob Masterson
Short
Harris
Dodge City Bank
Sterling
Hanging in Pittsboro Ends Murder Case in One Instant
Jackson Mississippi May 17 Henry Fleming was hanged yesterday at Pittsboro for a murder two years ago. An immense crowd witnessed the execution. Fleming, calm at the gallows, attempted suicide with a pocket knife, slashing his throat but not fatally. The fall broke his neck and the death struggle was brief.
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Jackson, Miss
Henry Fleming
Pittsboro
Fleming
Missing New Jersey postmaster amid $10,000 county deficit
Levi D. Jarrard former postmaster and ex county collector is missing in New Brunswick on May 17 with over $10,000 unaccounted in the county account. Bondsmen worry as a government agent seizes the post office from them. He is believed to be in Canada.
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W. B.wortham
Hoe
Wortham
Hancock
New Brunswick
N. J
Levi D. Jarrard
Jarrard
Canada
Chicago and Rock Island Leave Iowa Pool
The Chicago and Rock Island Railway withdraws from the Iowa pool for passenger business. The pool cannot be carried out while Milwaukee and St. Paul wish to join, making the arrangement a dead letter.
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Chicago
Chicago & Rock Island
Iowa
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Central Pacific Railroad Suit Continues in New York
Judge Barrett in the supreme court denied a motion to dismiss the complaint in the suit of David Stewart against city railroad Huntington to recover 76000 dollars alleged due on stock transactions. The court said the plaintiff could not pursue two causes of action and required an election of which to proceed.
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New York
Barrett
Supreme Court
David Stewart
CO. P. Huntington
Cyclone Rips Racine and Wis as Midwest Storms Strike
Across the Midwest on May 18 a cyclone blasted Racine Wisconsin and caused widespread damage. Reports describe houses leveled in Racine and fatalities feared, with telegraph lines down and communications disrupted. Other towns including Lincoln and Springfield reported tornado activity, injuries, and property loss, while Chicago described a severe storm with ongoing unsettled conditions.
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St. Paul
Lake Michigan
Lincoln
Neb
Valparaiso
Springfield
Ill
Neva
Harvard
East River Bridge Opening Plans and Bayard Will
Arrangements are made to open the Brooklyn bridge on the 44th with a holiday proclamation by Brooklyn mayor. Public offices courts and schools to close. President and governor to be hosted at the Academy of Music. The will of Mrs. Elizabeth McEvers Bayard, daughter of James McEvers, valued near 10 million dollars, leaves the entire estate to her husband, Robert Bayard.
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New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
Academy of Music
Elizabeth McEvers Bayard
James McEvers
Robert Bayard
Minister Given Life Sentence for Murder
Galveston May 17 A verdict of murder in the first degree and life imprisonment was returned yesterday against Rev Henry Smith a Baptist minister for killing Deputy Sheriff Day of Henderson county three years ago during a dispute over the arrest of Smiths brother for cattle stealing.
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Galveston
Carton
Henry Smith
Sheriff Day
Henderson County
Smith
Open shops declared by Cincinnati shoe manufacturers
Cincinnati shoe manufacturers announced resolutions blaming union men for the lockout and stated their shops are open to any workers not directly excluded by arbitration terms. In Pittsburg, miners of the interstate convention discussed open versus secret sessions, with eight delegates present and a sympathy resolution for striking miners adopted after opposition.
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Arbitration Board
Pittsburg
Ohio
Maryland
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Underage Girls Testify Against Ber berman Cigarmaker
In Chicago on May 17 the Cigarmakers' Union heard six girls testify about working from 6 am to 9 pm and three nights to 11 pm making cigar bunches for Ber berman on Kenzie Street. They report only $3 weekly and deductions for minute lost time, plus hiding underage workers from health inspectors. The testimony suggests such practices as common in the city.
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Chicago
Cigarmakers’ Union
Berberman
Kenzie Street
Acts of an Insane Woman in New York
Alice Zimmerman, wife of artist Frank Zimmerman, killed her twelve days old daughter and attempted to kill her mother in May. She had expressed hatred for husband, mother, and friends, and had made two prior suicide attempts since illness. She sent her mother from the room then stabbed the infant. attacked her mother and was overpowered. She will be sent to an asylum.
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New York
Alice Zimmerman
Frank Zimmerman
Riot at Gallatin City Reported by Telegraph
In Bozeman on May 17 the Gallatin County sheriff received a telegram claiming a laborer riot on the Northern Pacific line left the town under mob control. Sheriff Blakely and a posse quickly surrounded Gallatin, forcing arrests of leaders who were jailed in Bozeman.
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Montana
Gallatin City
Northern Pacifica
Blakely
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