Indiana miners head to Kentucky to shut Western mines
About 600 Southern Indiana coal miners left on steamboats for Eastwood Landing Kentucky to press Western Kentucky mines to join Indiana wage scales. They plan to target Sebree next, seeking Kentucky cooperation after a wage dispute caused mine paralysis. Miners are said to be armed and equipped for a multi day standoff.
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Evansville
Ind
Indiana
Pointe
Eastwood Landing
Union
Western
Kentucky
Sebree
United ‘Mine Workers of America
Terre Haute
No Strike After McKeesport Labor Dispute Settlement
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers reaches settlement with American Sheet Steel Co at McKeesport. Reinstatement of discharged workers agreed, Holloway delayed four days. Mill to operate under old contract terms through July 1 while locals remain unrecognized by the company.
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Pittsburgh
American Sheet Steel Co
DeWees Wood
McKeesport
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
John Jarrett
Holloway
Amalgamated Association
Wright Wilcox gang held for double Pittsburgh murders
The coroner's jury in Pittsburgh held the Wright Wilcox gang for the murders of Grocer Thomas D Kahney and Detective Patrick Fitzgerald. Verdicts name the Biddles Dorman as Kahney killers and the Biddles and Jessie Bodine Biddle as Fitzgerald killers. A steel plant project also appears with W Jessops & Sons planning a large plant at Washington Pennsylvania on land bought from Gordon Farm and Canton Land Co. The sentence commuted for two...
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T. D. Kahney
Detective Fitzgerald
Pittsburgh
Wright-Wilcox
Thomas D. Kahney
Patrick Fitzgerald
Biddles
Dorman
Kahney
Jessie Bodine-Biddle
Fitzgerald
Washington, Pa
W. Jessops & Sons, Steel Manufacturers
Sheffield
Eng
Mammoth
Washington
Engglia
Gordon Farm
Canton Land Co
North 4
Town
Indiana Knights Templar Elects New Officers at Muncie
The Indiana Knights Templar held a grand reception in Muncie with 200 couples attending and announced officers led by L. H. Newby as Grand Commander and S. W. Douglass as deputy. The conclave reported one new commandery at Newcastle and a net gain of 110 members, with affairs in good order.
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Muncie Ind
Indiana Knights Templars
Muncie Commandry No
South Bend
L. H. Newby
Knightstown
S. W. Douglass
Evansville
Frederick Glas
Madison
Charles Golthra
Crawfordsville
N. L. Agnew
Valparaiso
C. W. Carter
Muncie
Joseph W. Smith
Indianapolis
Calvin W. Prather
Anderson
Gus Woodward
Charles Day
New Albany
Luther Short
Franklin
Newcastle
Travel doctor tarred and feathered after alleged seduction
A traveling physician named Taylor in Knox county Indiana faced a mob assault led by the farmer father who stripped him, tarred and feathered him, and displayed him in the street this April. The man was ordered to leave the county and not contact the daughter.
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Laporte
Ind
Taylor
Knox
Monument to Nancy Hanks Lincoln Planned in Lincoln City
Gov Durbin received word Culver Construction Co plans to move Abraham Lincoln’s body to the new Nancy Hanks Lincoln monument crypt this month. Temporary vault stone will be shipped to Spencer county for foundation work at Lincoln City. Indianapolis justice includes a capstone ruling on saloon liability for damages to a jailed intoxicated man’s family.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Durbin
Culver Construction Co
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Spencer County
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Lincoln City
Double header freight wreck near Kokomo injures four
A Lake Erie & Western double head freight wrecked near Kokomo Indiana after a boiler explosion. Injured: engineer Erton Redmond firemen Milo Wallace John Bender and brakeman Otto Warder. Patients sent to Peru hospital for care.
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Kokomo
Ind
Lake Erie & Western
Erton Redmond
Milo Wallack
John Bender
Otto Warder
Peru
Fire Chiefs Set Next Convention Date in Pittsburgh
The executive committee of the International Association of Fire Chiefs headed by M. S. Humphreys of Pittsburgh met and fixed the date for the next annual convention in late August in that city. Fatally Crushed.
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Indianapolis
Ind
International Association of Fire Chiefs
M. S. Humphreys
Pittsburgh
Cebu adds San Nicholas to city and appoints new leaders
The Philippines commission reports Cebu province gains a city extension with San Nicholas joining Cebu City. Julio Llorente of the Philippines Supreme Court is named governor amid native faction opposition. Lieut Frederick S. Young becomes Cebu treasurer and Lieut Case as supervisor as the United States pursues pacification under military oversight.
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Cebu
P. I
Julio Llorente
Supreme Court of the Philippines
United States Philippines Commission
San Nicholas
McClernand
Senor Liorente
Siere
Frederick S. Young
44Th Volunteer Infantry
Lieut
Case
Jurors In Goebel Murder Case Receive Instructions
Judge Cantrill delivered jury instructions in the Garnett Ripley Goebel murder case. The instructions mirror those used in the Powers case with eliminations for a new trial. Defense led by Judge Majors, prose cution by Judge Williams, then O Neall for defense and Franklin for the commonwealth.
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Frankfiort
Cantrill
Garnett Ripley
Goebel
Georgetown
Powers
Court of Appeals
Majors
B. G. Williams
O’neall
Commonwealth
Franklin
Divorced Wife Killed by Husband in Jackson
In Jackson Michigan David H Creech a 70 year old capitalist shot his wife in the street. He held her with his left arm while firing four bullets into her head neck and mouth. The couple had been estranged since a 12 year marriage ended by divorce approved two days earlier by the supreme court. Creech was arrested and a second revolver found on him. He said he intended to kill himself.
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Jackson, Mich
David H. Creech
Bank failure victim found insane in Chicago
John Pruyn of Grand Rapids Michigan who lost forty thousand dollars in the Niles national bank collapse is declared insane in Chicago. He was taken into custody by order of relatives and committed to the Dunning asylum pending arrangements for removal to Michigan.
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Chicago
John Pruyn
Grand Rapids
Mich
Niles National Bank
Pruyn
Dunning’ Asylum
Michigan
Gideon R Brainard Dies at Home in Springfield
Springfield Newfoundland and Labrador, April 1949 Gideon R Brainard died at his home in Springfield. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Springfield
Gideon R., Brainard
General Schwartzkopf Dies in Peking Fire Rescue
Berlin reports the body of Gen Schwartzkopf found after a palace fire in Peking. His dog died first, and it is believed he re entered the burning building to save the animal. Fire destroyed art treasures and records as Count Von Waldersee and staff escaped in night clothing.
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Berlin
Schwartzkopf
Peking
Neendigrisia
von Waldersee
Col. Marchand
Count von Waildersee
von Lessel
William
Count von Waldersee
War Department Telegram Denounces Press Exaggeration
A war department cable from Manila via Adjutant General in Washington states press claims about officers' subsistence and commissary theft are greatly exaggerated. It notes drastic measures already taken, three officers and several enlisted men are being court-martialed, and a military commission is involved.
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Washington
War Department
Manila
Sheridan
Citizens Military Commission
McKinley to Press Button Early at Pan American Exposition
A revised opening ceremony plan for the Pan American Exposition moves the presidential button press to 1:30 p.m. Buffalo time on May 1, aligning with President McKinley’s Jackson Mississippi appearance. The act will start machinery and convey a public message through exposition officials.
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Buffalo
N. Y
McKinley
Jackson
Miss
Greater New York Democracy party formed to challenge Tammany
A mass meeting at Carnegie Hall on Thursday night organized a new political party named The Greater New York Democracy to oppose Tammany Hall. John C. Sheehan E Ellery Anderson Peter B. Olney and Joseph P. Daly signed the call. About 2 000 people attended former Surrogate R S Ransom presided.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
Greater
British expedition advances against Ogaden Somalis on Towata Island
On Towata island in the Ogaden region the British expedition reached the far end as Somalis offered stiff resistance. The campaign reports claim Somali villages were burned and crops destroyed while the British advanced.
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Mombaza
Africa
Towata
Universal Wireless Telegraph Co Incorporation Filed
Articles of incorporation for the Universal Wireless Telegraph Co filed in Pierre South Dakota with capital of 20 million dollars. Incorporators listed as James Huston Thomas B Bishop and I C Smoth.
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Wireless Telegraph Company
Pierre
S. D
Universal Wireless Telegraph Co
James Huston
Thomas B. Bishop
I. C. Smoth
Baron Fava Placed on Retired List as Carbonara Becomes Washington Envoy
Rome April 19. King Victor Emmanuel signed the royal decree retiring Baron Fava the former Italian ambassador to the United States and appointed Marquis Carbonara di Malaspina his successor in Washington.
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Baron Fava
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
United States
Marquis Carbonara di Malaspina
Washington
President's Western Tour Readied for Pacific Coast Route
The president's itinerary is complete and no changes will be considered. The party will spend Sunday, June 2, in Salt Lake City, with the original plan for the trip intact.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Salt Lake
City
Storm Lashes South Bank Areas Wrecks Bridges and Buildings
A southern storm caused river steamer sinking at Bridgeport Alabama and widespread damage in Carrollton Gadsden and Guntersville. Churches mills and homes were damaged and one engineer died near Jackson Alabama. New Orleans flooded and Arkansas Texas frost hit crops with limited impact.
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Montgomery
Ala
Arkansasn
Texas
Louisville
Bridgeport
Carrollton
H. B. Upchurch
H. G. Elwood
Jackson
Mobile and Birmingham
Gadsden
Guntersville
Chattanooga
McKeesport Strike Demands 45 Minute Dinner Break
In McKeesport Pennsylvania workers on the connecting railroad struck over a longer noon break. About 50 engineers firemen and brakemen at the National Tube Co yards and nearby mills walk out, seeking a 45 minute dinner period backed by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
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McKeesport
National Tube Works
Monongahela Blast
Monongahela Steel Works
National Tube Co
Brotherhood of Railroad
Child the only witness in Chicago murder suicide
Lindell Phillips a frightened 5 year old stood by as his aunt Wilhelmine Sweeney was shot by her husband Charles H Sweeney of Greenville Ky Thursday morning the killer then killed himself The child son of tobacco merchant W L Phillips lived at Dubuque flats 65 Rush street with his parents The aunt had disagreed with her husband and was seeking a divorce
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Chicago
Lindell Phillips
Wilhelmine Sweeney
Charles H. Sweeney
Greenville
Sweeney
Water Street
W. L. Phillips
Dubuque Flats
Rush Street
Continental Creamery Co Expands Creedery Network
Topeka, April 19. The Continental Creamery Co. of Topeka has purchased nine more creameries, bringing total owned and operated to 193. Of these, nine are in Oklahoma, three in Colorado, two in Nebraska, and the rest in Kansas.
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Topeka
Kan
Continental Creamery Co
Kansas
The
Continental Co
Oklahoma
Colorado
Nebraska
Brooklyn and Phillies open National League season in rain
Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia 7 to 4 in the opening NL game played in raw damp conditions. Attendance was 4,593 as Donovan and McGuire opposed Dunn Suggleby and McFarland. The game featured uneven batting and a breezy, chilly day at the ballpark.
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Philadelphia
Brooklyn
R. HE
Phila
Donovan and
McGuire
Dunn
Suggleby and McFarland
Old Time Ball Player Chas Wright Dies at 69
Charles Wright an old time baseball player died in City Island hospital Thursday night of pneumonia at age 69. He was a long time figure in New York baseball circles and records indicate his service to the sport spanned decades.
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New York
Chas. Wright
City Island Hospital
Market reports from Cincinnati and Chicago on April 18
Flour prices show spring patent 3.70 and various grades from 1.80 to 3.90, with northwestern rye at 2.85 to 3.10. Wheat and corn futures move with May and July contracts quoted. Live stock in Cincinnati includes hogs from 5.75 to 5.95, cattle 3.75 to 5.25, sheep and lambs around 4.25 to 5.75, veal calves 4.75 to 5.50. Indianapolis quotes steer values from 5.15 to 7.55 and other classes at varied prices.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Selec
Indianapolis
Palmer candidacy sparks city council interest in Chicago
The piece argues young men of education wealth and leisure should serve in public life. It says Palmer’s bid as an alderman candidate reflects a broader need to engage citizens beyond voting. Municipal reform groups push for active participation and integrity in politics.
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Palmer
Honore
Chicago
Little Chronicle
Indian in the Navy: Oneida Chapman Schenandoah on USS Atlanta
The United States cruiser Atlanta lists Chapman Schenandoah, an Oneida and the Navy’s sole American Indian, born on the reservation 29 years ago. He is the grandson of the famed Schenandoah known as The Deer, who rose as a notable tribal figure. At 18 he could not read or write but showed mechanical talent after seeing a steam engine, pursuing skilled work through Hempton Institute.
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Atlanta
Chapman Schenandoah
Schenandoah
Deer
Hempton
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