Parnell Examinations Conclude Amid Ireland League Debate
The report covers Parnell's conclusion of examinations and testimony about the Irish land league, with references to letters and private loan accounts. It notes prompts from officials to disclose correspondence and the archbishop's stand on defensive land organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parnell
Lonnox
America
New York
Witness
Ireland
Irish Parliamentary Party
Webster
Charles Russell
Hannen
League
Sir Charles
Justice Hannon
lS7y
Hannon
Iquiry
Land League
Biggar
Hirlings
Six Ladies Die As Streetcar Plunges From Speeding Engine
In Kalamazoo Michigan on May 8 a switch engine struck a streetcar as it carried seven women and two men. Six women died on or near the track, one woman died later, while the male passengers survived. Gates at the crossing were not opened during the late afternoon hours, possibly misleading the inexperienced driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Haddock
Mr. Wareless
Gertrude Tilotson
George Smiley
Middleton
Wantwerp
A. 5. Gibson
Johnathan Barnes
J.C. Lull
Sutton
Gibson
Mystery Murder Near Simcey Iowa
Carrie Turrell left her husband to visit her parents two miles away. She rode homeward across a field to the main road when a bridge over a slough proved fatal. Her body was found face down in water with a deep facial scar. A basket of eggs lay nearby untouched, suggesting foul play. The deceased was highly respected with no known enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simcey
Iowa
Carrie Turrell
Fire in Moreland Leaves 70 Families Homeless in Chicago Suburb
Seventy families in the suburban village of Moreland near Chicago were rendered homeless as a fire started in the Presbyterian church and destroyed thirty eight buildings including stores and homes. A strong wind and lack of water hindered efforts. losses reach about $100,000 with insurance only partial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamelons
Chicago
Moreland
Presbyterian Church
Adams Testifies On Interstate Commerce Law Effects
In New York on a May morning the senate committee probing the Interstate Commerce Act heard from President Charles Francis Adams of the Union Pacific. Adams said the law is in many cases cruel to law abiding shippers and added he would like to see reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Francis Adams
New York
Senate
Union Pacific
Adams
Canada and United States rail policy discussed by senators
The debate touches on interstate commissions enforcing railroad law and reciprocity with Canada. Witnesses discuss a possible common railroad law, legalized pools, and the impact on Canadian lines, farmers, and trade. Mention of Canadian Pacific routes and Asia Europe service.
A Kansas Cyclone Rips Pratt County Area
A wind storm in Pratt County Kansas culminated in a cyclone affecting Stafford Rice counties. It left a barren trail with wrecked buildings and stock. Willian Crawford was killed. nine others fatally injured and about thirty more injured. A mass relief effort formed in Stafford with volunteers aiding over a hundred homeless residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hureninsos
Kus
Pratt County
Stafford
Rice County
Willian Crawford
Damage Overestimated In Substantial Storm Across Dakota and Manitoba
A gale hit areas from Saturday through yesterday, with speeds of twenty to thirty mph. Reports from twenty three Manitoba stations say damage was light where drilled wheat existed, some minor crop injury where land was light or summerfollowed, and reseeding can fix it. Rain accompanied the wind, soaking soil and aiding crops. revival continues today as people rejoice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pava
Dakota
Minnesota
Manitoba
Bald Knobbers Condemned Men to Hang In Ozark
Governor Francis refused clemency as three Bald Knobbers David Walker Willian Walker and John Mathews face execution next Friday at Ozark after last appeals. Public and press urged commuting sentence while two Walker men showed no fear and preferred death to prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heath
Jevrerses Crry
Mays
Bald Knobbers
Ozark
Francis
John Matthews
Tostay
David and
Willian Walker
John Mathews
Stanford's Stock Auction Opens at Senator Stanford Farm
Trotting stock from Senator Stanford's farm begins sales in New York with strong attendance and satisfactory prices. Early offerings include Electioneer progeny sold to Miller & Sibley of Franklin PA for 2200 and 1000 dollars, and other yearlings and fillies to buyers in New York Syracuse Philadelphia and Milwaukee, with prices ranging around 1000 to 2400 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Senator Stanford
Miller & Sibley
Franklin
Clarissa
M. A. Dougherty
Faoso
Liela
Coln
A. J. Peek
Syracuse
Robert Steel
Philadelphia
Alva
Robert Steele
Sire Electricity
Ubland Broa
Milwaked
Glanders Reported in Illinois Towns
Glanders cases reported to the state board of livestock commissioners. One case at most towns, three at Bloomington, four at Nebo in Pike County, with identically named locales including Cerro Gordo, Deerfield, Collinsville, Danville, Hutsonville, Eureka, Streator, Heyworth, and Jacksonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uilimoim
Sraixcrignp
State Board of Livestock Commissioners
Bloomington
Cerro Garbo
Deerfield
Collinsville
Danville
Hutsonville
Eureka
Nebo
Streator
Heyworth
Jacksonville
Pike County
Spokane the Winner Proctor Knott Forced to Second Place
The Louisville spring meeting opened with a large crowd as Spokane edged Proctor Knott by a nose in a dramatic Derby clash. Noah Armstrong’s Spokane, bred in Helena Montana, claimed the $4,550 prize amid high excitement and heavy betting on Knott and the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Haggin
Ben Ali
West
Armstrong
Spokane
Proctor Knott
Knott
Kentucky
Young
Isaac Lewis Spokane
Kiley
Barnes
Murphy
Bookmaker
Warwick
Cassius
Taral
Hillis
Hindeocraft
Ferguson
Hindoocraft
Nash
Noah Armstron
Helena
Montana
Memphis
Veterans Visit the President at the White House
The Association of Veterans of 1866 with seventy members including Tippecanoe club members called on President William Henry Harrison at the White House to pay respects. Ex-Minister Schenck ex-Senator Pomeroy and ex-Public Printer Clapp attended, with Clapp presiding and delivering an address. The President thanked them for their regard and stated he valued the respect and confidence of such men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washngton
Association of Veterans of 18Y6
Tippecanoe Club
William Henry Harrison
White House
Schenck
Pomeroy
Clapp
Brutal Treatment of Incurables Inquiry Opens
The taking of depositions in the suit against the management of the home for the incurable began today under a court order. Inmates testified, often tearful, detailing neglect and ill treatment by the matron and attendants. Two patients testified about a night incident involving James Bo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bo
Death and cruelty at asylum after Bolton killed
Reports describe a conversation between Matron Barlow and an attendant about restraining Bolton. Bolton was found dead next morning with hands tied and face battered. Inmates testified to abuse including forced barefoot marches, starvation of cranic dyspepsia patients, and a spinal patient forced to sit in a stiff chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barlow
Bolton
Chicago crime rumor ties Cronin murder to Irish faction
A New York dispatch says Irish nationalists in Chicago suspect Dr Cronin was killed by factional rivals. A Chicago meeting to vindicate Alexander Sullivan reportedly debated sentencing Cronin to death but failed. Cronin's friends consider court action useless as witnesses fear testifying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutcaco
New York
Dr. Cronin
Chicago
Alexander Sullivan
Cronin
Sullivan
le Caron
Clan-Na-Gael
le Devry
Michael Breslin
William Wallace
Escape Robbers Believed Found Near Fountain
Two men suspected as escaped robbers from Florissant were arrested near Fountain after warrants were issued by J C Denny and F B Ross. One handcuffed on a southbound train, the other in town. They carried fifty to sixty dollars a revolver and forty rounds. They had prior convictions for carrying concealed weapons and were fined fifty dollars and given ten days in jail. Sheriff Jackson jailed them. Florissant parties may identify them during their sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourrain
Cole
Fountain
J. C. Denny
Ross
Patton
Florissant
Jackson
New Navy cruiser Charleston completes voyage challenges
The Charleston, the new cruiser, returned from San Francisco to Santa Barbara amid high naval satisfaction. Naval Constructor Hichborn noted severe strain on engines from heavy seas as the vessel pitched, with water washing over the bows. He added such fast ships with reduced bow and stern remain wet boats under hard speed to admit forward firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasnisctos
Charleston
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Hichborn
Sundance Quest Sparks Pine Ridge Sioux Gatherings
Report from Lamedor Montana states Grasshopper leads a large Pine Ridge Sioux party to the Tongue River agency planning a Cheyenne sundance. Cheyennes show sympathy with the Sioux and authorities may deploy troops to prevent unrest after last summer’s crow outbreak which began with a Grasshopper sundance at the same site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Custer
Mont
Lamedor
Grasshopper
Tongue River Agency
Kentucky Derby Entrants Named for Tomorrow’s Run
Louisville May 8 The Kentucky Derby field includes Spokane Come to Taw Crown Princess Casius Casta wily Outhound Hindoocraft Sportsman Proctor Knott Bootmaker and Once Again Proctor Knott is favored in noble form though strong 3 year olds contest and Come-to-Taw and Castaway may not start Castaway doubtful to run
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louuisville
Spokane
Cometo-Taw
Crown Princess
Casius
Casta
Wily
Outhound
Hindoocraft
Sportsman
Proctor Knott
Bootmaker
Castaway
The Lost Act and the Q dynamiters in federal court
The cases of Broderick, Baverison and Goding were dismissed from federal indictments on district attorney motion as they had been convicted in state courts. Bow and Smith, indicted then, released on their own recognizance after becoming informers. The matter touches the conflict between Thurmoston road and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coicavo
Broderick, Baverison
Goding
Bow
Smith
Thurmoston Road
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Imagined Himself an Anarchist in Nude March
Albert E Hopkins of Kalamazoo Michigan wandered from Charleston to Galesburg to mark the Haymarket riot anniversary. Two miles from his destination he stripped off all clothes and walked naked into Galesburg. He was captured and brought back to town in a frenzied state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
May
Albert E Hopkins
Charleston
Gilesburg
Haymarket
Galesburg
Twenty Eighth YMCA International Convention Opens
General C. C. Howard of New York opened the twenty eighth YMCA International Convention this morning with the presence of leading Evangelical laymen from the United States and abroad. One thousand delegates attended the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piniapeenia
May
The
Young Men's Christian Association
C. C. Howard
New York
Evangelical Churches of
United States
Anida
England
Germany
Sweden
Switzerland
Cronin mystery linked to coffin trunk case in Chicago
Police probe ties D H Cronin disappearance to a dramatic trunk murder involving Frank Woodruff and two accomplices William King and Dick Fairburn. Woodruff alleges Cronin helped load a body into a trunk near Lincoln Park after a horse and wagon theft, with references to Alice Williamson missing nearby. The tale situates Cronin amid Irish nationalist intrigue and a wider search by investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Cronin
Twelfth Street
John Brown
O'Donnell
Brown
Frank G. Woodruff
Dean & Co
Yoq Webster Avenue
William King
Woodruff
King
Kin
State Street
Dick Fairburn
Dr. Cronin
Cyronit
Doc
First Street
Dearborn
Lincoln Park
Cronin
Fairburn
Alice
Alilea Allice Williamson
Croinin
Tate
Conklin
Woolruff
Missing Dr Cronin Reported Seen Near Park
A man believed to be the missing Dr Cronin of Chicago was seen in town today near a park and lake. He left with another man and a woman after claims of a trunk being moved from a barn owned by Watrous, who denies knowledge of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watrous
Toronto
Cronin
Chicago
Harsus Show Wrecked As Dust Storm Ravages East
A severe May storm hit New Jersey and surrounding states with extreme heat, a violent gale, and red dust blowing from Jersey City. Wrecked barns, overturned wagons, damaged houses, and injuries followed from Fair Haven to Williamsport, with casualties at a railroad trestle in Maryland and a Barnum show stampede in Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jersey
Fair Haven
Point of Rocks
Palmyria
Williamsport
Barnum
Pittspurg
Nashville Aces Run Hot Track Card With Seven Races
At Nashville May 10 the hot track produced fast times as Orderly won six furlongs with California second and Lee Brigel third in 1.17. Gwendolin led nine sixteenths with Lillie Kinney second and Pete Holland third in 57. Schoolmaster won nine sixteenths with Festus second and Echo third. Pauline won five furlongs over Lucy Howard and Lillie Bess. Harry Glenn took one mile and seventy yards with Lena May second and Aristi third in 1.46. Riley won five furlongs with Forever second and Timothy third in 1.03. After the first race judge General Jackson announced the McLaughlin episode ruling Terra Cotta and McLaughlin reinstated and pro prietors absolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Deer Lodge
Angelus
Heartsease
Clara C
Sata Lene
McLaughlin
Santa Lene
Terra Cotta
Golightly
Orderly
California
Lee Brigel
Gwendolin
Lillie Kinney
Pete Holland
Schoolmaster
Festus
Echo
Mme
Pauline
Lucy Howard
Lillie Bess
Harry Glenn
Lena May
Aristi
Riley
Forever
Timothy
General Jackson
Santalene
Chicago
Baseball Scores From May 10 Across Leagues
The recap lists results from May 10 games including Baltimore 4 Kansas City 3, Cincinnati 10 Athletics 0, St Louis 16 Columbus 0, Louisville 6 Brooklyn 0, and Philadelphia 6 Washington 3 with Keefe debuting for New York. Five thousand attended St Louis Philadelphia where Washington built an early lead before a wind storm halted play. Cleveland lost to Indianapolis due to late errors with Gruber, Zimmer, Boyle, and Meyers mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Athletics
St. Louis
St Louis
Columbus
Louisville
Brooklyn
Pluravenoiia
Philadelphias
Washington
Philadelphia
Gleason
Schriver
Pearson
Mack
Hostos
Keefe
Boston
New York
Radbourne
Ganzell
Ewing Cleveland
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Gruber
Zimmer
Boyle
Meyers
Track meet results at Pinneo with multiple races
Weather warm and track splendid as several races concluded at Pinneo. Fannie led five furlongs with Pennes second and Insight third. Bourbon winner Joe Lee second Tomahock third. Buddhist won with Japhet second in the mile. Bess won with Defense second Hous third. Tago won three quarters of a mile with Al Reed second and Rome third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
Fannie
Pennessee
Insight
the Bourbon
Joe Lee
Tomahock
Buddhist
Japhet
Bess
Defense
Hous
Tago
al Reed
Rome
Prominent Sporting Man Shot in Morning Tragedy
Emil Weber, a well known sportsman in Powhattan and Ore, was shot and killed this morning by rival gambler Sandy Olds. Five shots were fired, all striking Weber. The dispute between Weber and Olds had reportedly existed for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ore
May
Emil Weber
Hiatt
Wile
Sandy Olds
Olds
Weber
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Moreland, Ill
Carrie Turner
Sibley
Interstate
Canada
President Hill
St. Paul
Minneapolis and
Liverpool
Erastus
Blair
Sir John Macdonald
Wiman
Kansas
Stanford's
Ciucaco
Sundance
Alice Williamson
Harsus
Pennsylvania
Nashville Aces
Association
Kansas City
Baltimore
Hattiamore Maces
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