Shaler Case Discharged as Verdict Rests 8 to 4
Gen Shaler trial in New York ends with acquittal of the defendant by an 8 to 4 vote. Senate actions on Laverty misconduct and a fire at Crosby street are noted along with various investigations into labor disputes and arbritration calls.
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aEing
Shaler
New York
Af Cyanton
oMmuduerSate
Laverty
Siste
Senate
Tholdi
Thomas Smith
Nellie
New York Treasury
Rogers & Co
Buffalo
Kingua Viaduct
Pennsylvania
Grant
Grant Monument Fund
Kansas
Massachusetts
Bay State
Indictments in St Louis Strike Turmoil and Rail Disputes
Grand Jury in St. Louis indicts Martin Irons A C Coughlin and others for tampering with telegraph lines and obstruction of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Deputies who fired on a mob in East St. Louis are charged with third degree manslaughter. The Chicago Lake Shore yard strike ends in compromise. A farmer near Elkhart unearthed twenty two crushed skulls. Transcontinental rail war ends with low fare rates. Much of Dakota Minnesota spring wheat planted. winter wheat in Kansas may be a half crop. Missouri Governor Marmaduke urges restraint and only limited use of bayonets to restore rail traffic.
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Fee Grand Jury
St. Louis
Martin Irons
A.C. Coughlin
Knights of Labor
George M. Jackson
S. M. Nichols
Messrs. McGarry
Burdett
Chase
Missouri Pacific Railroad
East St. Louis
H. Thompson
Lake Shore
Chicago
Elkhart
Ind
San Francisco
New York
Kansas City
Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Marmaduke
Missouri
Southwest
Three South A Deputy Sheriff Beaten by Strikers
The Little Rock deputy sheriff guarding Iron Mountain property was severely beaten by strikers. Jay Gould’s check for 60 accompanied his payment, while Father Ryan, the poet priest of the Confederacy, died in Louisville of heart disease. James Wasson and Joseph Jackson were executed at Fort Smith for murders in Indian Territory after Jackson cut his neck trying to sever a bottle.
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Little Rock
Ark
Iron Mountain
Jay Gould
Father Ryan
Louisville
Virginia
James Wasson
Joseph Jackson
Fort Smith
Indian Territory
Jackson
Robert Fowler
Lida Burnett
Morganfield
Henry Fryer
Druid Hill Park
Baltimore
Southwest labor inquiry opens in Washington with Powderly testimony
The House special committee on Southwest labor difficulties began hearings in Washington. T. V. Powderly testified, stating his views on the dispute and outlining issues the panel will scrutinize as it investigates causes and remedies.
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House of Representatives
Southwest
Washington
T. V. Powderly
Senate Judiciary may oppose territorial supreme court nominees
The telegram notes a strong likelihood that the Senate Judiciary Committee will report unfavorably on all newly appointed Justices of Territorial Supreme Courts. Senator Edmunds of Vermont and other Republican members argue that removals should require cause before action.
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Washington Telegram
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Courts
Edmunds
Shipping gold and rail merges set in maritime and rail news
The Labrador took 1 865 000 in gold bars from New York to Havre. Huntington buys control of Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, expanding from Indianapolis and Chicago to Cincinnati and Toledo. Canada and U S face 194 weekly business failures. 43 000 strikers reported. Kansas City Detroit Cincinnati show gains. eastern centers uneven. A Mexican mining case ends with Maravillas Mining Company victorious after 500 000 expense. Commodore Russell may command South Atlantic squadron. Belknap to head Mare Island Navy Yard.
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Labrador
New York
Havre
France
G. P. Hurtingtoix
Cincinnati
Hamilton and Dayton
Toledo
Indianapolis
Mr. Huntington
Chicago
Huntington
Atlantic
Gein
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Pittsburg
Detroit
Memphis
Peoria
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Kansas City
San Francisco
Mexico
Andres Tello
Maravillas Mining Company
Pachuca
Mandalay Fire Turmoil And European Interventions
Fifty followers of a Burmese prince set fire to Mandalay destroying one third of the city including the treasury and post office within the palace area. Stry suffered a $2.5 million loss with deaths in the ruins and continued famine driven violence. Foreign dispatches note British forces retreating against the Kadiyen rebels and Meegander police station tragedy. In Ireland a sheriff clash near Listowel ends with a stab wound as home rule gains momentum with Shaw-Lefevre victory in Bradford. European powers discuss Ottoman dismemberment and Greek threat while Paris hints at a tall iron tower exhibit.
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Mandalay
Vienna
SS Daesmiyatdigne
Stry
Siry
Meegander
Lord Salisbury
Gladstone
Ireland
Artson Gun
Listowel
Shaw-Lefevre
Bradford
Forster
Lefevre
Greece
France
Glasgow
Prussia
Incendiary Fire, Labor Strikes, and Congressional Debates
News items report a union school and library in Manistee destroyed by fire with $45,000 loss. Forty-five Great Western Glass helpers in St Louis strike, leaving 75 workers unemployed. California rail fares rise, a freight wreck near Wyandotte kills two, with a $2,500 reward offered. A mob hangs George Graham in Springfield after a murder conviction. Congress debates education and prohibition bills, pacific railroad debt plans, and Greece disarmament news from Paris and London.
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Manistee
Mich
Union School
Great Western Glass Company
St. Louis
Atchison Road
Missouri River
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Atchison
California
Southern Pacific
Mohave
Wyandotte
Kan
Ben Horton
George Carlysle
J. H. Fowler
H. M. Hoxie
Missouri Pacific
George E. Graham
Springfield
Graham
House Committee On Labor
Crain
Geronimo
Imaris
Mexico
Casita
Sonora
Sierra Madre Mountains
Paris
Greece
France
London
Greek Chamber of Deputies
A Learned Definition From a Burlington Free Press
A philosophical exchange describes chilled plows as those that have stood out in furrow all winter. The farmer’s son asks about the term and the professor explains the concept in simple terms.
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Burlington Free Press
Senate Debates and Confirmations Highlight April Activity
Amid rapid Senate and House actions, confirmations for Western appointees occur as Morgan sues over Weil case. Bills authorize pension, study narcotics effects, and honor veterans while labor quota debate animates the House. Senate approves Utah governor nominee. education and land grant matters move between chambers.
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Mx. Bur Er
Senate
Mexico
Zach Montgomery
Interior Department
Ways and Means
House of Representatives
O'Donnell
Michigan
Committee On
R Education
Territories
District of Columbia
Anderson
Kansas
Morgan
Alabama
Benjamin Weil
Supreme Court of the
Weil
L’abra
William ©.Vyent
Kentucky
Utah
House
Daniel Morgen
Commissioner of Agriculture
Plymouth
W.S. Rosecrans
Register of the Treasury
Gross
New Mexico
A. B. Keith
Denison
Iowa
George Wise
Ramburg
Jaws
Wise
Coolbaugh
Monongahela River
Adama
Cleveland
Commission of Labor
Capitol
Labor
Bureau of Labor
Hovee
Butterworth
Mr. Butterworth
United States
Congress
Messrs. Weaver
Gibson
W. Va
O’neill
McCreary
Springer
Tabor
Mgr. Reed
Quaine
Voorhees
Washington Territory
Senatte
Covington and Cincinnati
Ohio River
Indian Territory
Young Longfellow's First Poem and Early Criticism
A thirteen year old Longfellow writes a poem about Lovell's Pond fight, prints it in the Portland Gazette signed Henry, endures harsh early critique, and later gains fame though his early pieces are judged less successful than Bryant's works.
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Longfellow
Lovell’s Pond
Portland Cozelie
Henry
Gazette
Bryant
Thaziatepsis
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Clare County Press
Clare, Michigan
By Ty
Powderly
Hall
St. Louis Knights
West
Missouri Pacific Railway
Tam
Iron Mountain Railway
Texas
Congressional Labor Inquiry
Missouri ‘Pacific Road
Hoxie
Gould
Knights
Mr. Gould
Russia
Gen. Swayhe
Brown
Hopkins
The
Frederick 8. Turner
House Select Committee
Ldcal
Mr. Turner
Mr. Bailey
Turner
Sparks
Mitchell
Ore
Bowen
Colo
van Wyck
Neb
Mr. Pugh
Ala
Thre South
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Washington C
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W.T. Dowdall
Tiline
Isher
Pacific Railroads
Beeves
Bourrer—Choice Creamery
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Milwauker
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