Sherman Praises South Progress and Tariff Plan
Senator Sherman urged tariff steadiness arguing for a surplus and defending protection on coal and iron. He opposed an income tax, criticized Pinkerton riots, and defended McKinley act effects while urging same duties for northern products and urging a clear Morrill tariff model. A Arkansas tornado hit Baincey county, delaying trains and damaging track.
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Washieton
Sherman
Senate
England
Ohio
Democratic Party
Alabama
JM. Morran
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Sherman
Republican Party
West
South
Voorhees
Pennsylvania
Ile
Mr. Voorhees
Finance Committee
Proclamations and Advice Stem Miner Disorder in Indiana
Gov Matthews proclamation spurs sheriffs to disperse rioting crowds in Indiana counties. Sheriff Long pledges to enforce law and break up trains blockades. President McBride urges order, signaling strike nearing end. Rosedale miners and families had kept a silent vigil for two weeks. A box car was pushed from side to main line at Vandalia as strikers checked a freight for coal.
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Gov
Matthew
McBride
Indiana
Brazil
Ind
Matthews
Sheriff Long
Rosedale
Chicago
The Sugar Scandal and Sugar Tax Debate
The Sugar Scandal reports a committee examination of finance members Senators McPherson Harris and Mills who deny Edwards letter claims that the treasury secretary sought favorable sugar duties and high rates for sugar. The Kentucky Republicans note a June convention near Praykroer with several leaders and 400 delegates. Ida Bell wins eight thousand dollars in a betrayal suit against Pink Wilson. the court awarded her the sum in Promussure Indiana.
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Wasnineroy
Finance Committee
McPherson
Harris
Mills
Edwards
Secretary of the Treasury
Sugar Trust
Kentucky
Promussure
Ind
Ida Bell
Here
Obioa
Tenn
W. H. Stull
Pink Wilson
Kinman
Treasury shows eleven month deficit of 72 million
Treasury figures indicate government expenditures exceed receipts by about 72 million for eleven months of the fiscal year with receipts around 268 million and expenditures near 340 million, forecasting a yearly deficit near 78 million. Coxey’s hired hand killed near Massillon. body found on Ft Wayne trestle over the Tuscarawas River identified as George Hughes from Coxey’s stone quarry.
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Washington
Treasury
Coxey
Massix Boy
Edward Matthews
Ft. Wayne
Tuscarawas River
George Hughes
J. 8S
Suit Over Liquor Led To Man's Death Link
Mrs. Lavina S. Whitesman sues Chester saloon keeper John Kreiger for 3000 dollars claiming he sold liquor to her father James Rhoda who, intoxicated, was killed crossing a railroad. incident cited in Parlor City court filing. The case frames a broader Prohibition era dispute as regional authorities report labor unrest and state actions.
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Valparaiso
Lavina S. Whitesman
John Kreiger
Chester
James Rhoda
Fraser River Flood Drowns Eight. Vast Valley Submerged
Vancouver reports the Fraser River rising toward the 1882 flood level as the entire Fraser Valley becomes a lake. Eight lives lost, thousands displaced, Ninety farms submerged at Annacis Island, steamboats aiding rescues, trains halted, and widespread track washouts from Canon City to Santa.
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Vancouver
B. C
Fraser
Westminster
Nicomen Island
Canadian Pacific
Annacis Island
New Westminster
Ruby
Drenvveer
Col
Canons
Canon City
Santa Fe
Santa, Col
Maniac at Large Slashes Two in Chicago Violence
Cuiiaco June 1 A unknown man armed with a dirk knife terrorized the north and west sides. Two victims were critically slashed and hospitalized. Within three hours both assaults occurred, triggering swift police alerts as the assailant remained at large.
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Cuiiaco
Louisville to Pittsburgh coal by towboat barges first time
The Pennsylvania miners strike has created a coal shortage in Pittsburgh. For the first time coal will be sent upriver from Louisville to Pittsburgh in barges pushed by towboats. Pittsburgh coal dealers pay more now than they did several months ago.
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Louisvile, Ky
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Pirrarumen
Despondent youth and fatal alleyway stabbing in St Louis
A Polar Ridge resident named Russell committed suicide by hanging from an apple tree, later found cold with feet inches from the ground as physicians noted slow strangulation. In St Louis a drunken quarrel at Sixth and Elm left Guy Rothschild mortally stabbing Fritz Clark, who died. Rothschild was arrested.
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Manna City
St. Louis
Sixth and
Elm Steets
Guy Rothschild
Fritz Clark
Clark
Rothschild
Glouster Quiet as UMWA Anticipates Short Strike End
June 1 report from Glouster says no new incidents. United Mine Workers headquarters express hopeful outlook that the strike may end in a few days.
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CoLuusBus
Glouster
United Mine Workers of America
Graves sells Larabee Wyoming coal lands to eastern capitalists
J K Graves of Ia announces the sale of the Larabee coal lands in Wyoming. The deal was closed in Chicago with eastern capitalists as purchasers. The coal is described as superior and abundant, but sale figures are not released.
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Dvupugukr
J. K. Graves
Larabee
Wyoming
Chicago
Man shoots wife in Burra Montana amid family ridicule
In Burra Montana on June 1 Michael Jansen, 58, shot and fatally wounded his wife after alleging she and her grown children mocked him. He then attempted suicide but only received a scalp wound. The incident ends with authorities investigating motives and chronology.
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Burra
Mont
Michael Jansen
Only Colored Congressman Delivers Oration at Tuskegee
Tuskegee Alabama June 1 Hon D We Murray the only colored member of Congress delivered an oration at the Thursday exercises of the college highlighting progress and representation.
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Tuskegee
Ala
D. We Murray
Bongressy
Tde Vered
Pueblo Inundated Rages. Town Communications Cut Off
A two day storm overflowed the Arkansas and Fountain rivers flooding Pueblo. Towns like Dover City and Piraramumen report cut communications, submerged buildings, and extensive damage. Bridges swept away, trains halted, and the area braces for rising flood levels.
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Poueero
Col
Arkansas
Fountain
Dover City
Kas
Pueblo
Union Avenue
Victoria Avenue
Canon City
Colorado Springs
Santa Fe Avenue
Fountain River
Local Strike Looms Over Taft Ruling on Ten Percent Cut
Cincinnati reports indicate a general rail strike across the Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific after Judge Taft declined to halt Receiver Felton’s 10 per cent wage reduction. The grievance committee and Cincinnati switchmen warn of an immediate shutdown, with union organizers ready to mobilize if engineers firemen brakemen and conductors do not act. The American Railway union backs coordinated action to back a broader stoppage.
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Cincinnati
New Orleans
Texas Pacific
Taft
Yelton
Dennison
Switchmen’s Union
N. C
T. P
American Railway Union
Great Northern
Second Ainsworth manslaughter indictment quashed
The War Department pension record chief Col Ainsworth had a manslaughter indictment over the Old Ford's theater repairs and collapse. Judge McComas quashed the indictment on demurrer, ending the prosecution and releasing Ainsworth from bond.
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Hisner
Col. Ainsworth
Pension Record Division
War Department
Ford
Trapeze Fatality At Courtland Beach Nebraska
Mrs. Clark a trapeze performer fatally injured in a fall at Courtland Beach a resort near Omawa Nebraska. In a flying jump by Clark he was caught by a rope held by Mrs. Clark who hung by her feet from the highest trapeze and the pair fell about twenty feet. Clark escaped serious injury.
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Omawa
Neb
Clark
Courtland Beach
Drownings and assorted events headlined in brief items
A Mississippi River crossing ends in tragedy as S W King and his two daughters drown after a skiff is pulled under by river suction at Hobbs Island Alabama. In London a man known as Gen John Hewston is remanded on bail for eight weeks for an umbrella stabbing death. A man near Scio r ville in Ohio fasts 39 days claiming Christlike power. Bank of Enterprise in Kansas closes with about 97000 liabilities. In Paris a Communist meeting plans a weekly Pere La Chaise cemetery demonstration. In London rumors say the Dukes of Devonshire and Portland may retire from racing and sell their thoroughbreds. The Bard Dunraven ship Valkyrie brings news to Glasgow.
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Bounrsenam
Ala
S. W. King
Tennessee River
Hobbs Island
King
London
Clerkenwell Police Court
John Hewston
George Burton
Commeiate
Paris
Pere la Chaise
Sunday closures among Goshen barbers and local notes
Condensed telegraph roundup reports Goshen barbers agreeing to Sunday closure. new U S army recruiting office opens at Fort Wayne. Bristol man John Osborne loses a leg after being hit by a Pennsylvania train near Warren Ohio. coal strike talks in Kanawha valley near resolution with miners to receive full wages. Rounds up several civic, legal, and social items from across the country.
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Goshen
Ind
United States Army
Ft. Wayne
John Osborne
Bristol
Pennsylvania
Warren
Kanawha
Justice Fuller
Supreme Court
Washington
Chicago
Richmond
Senate
Maurice Rohreimer
Ohio
Cuyahoga
Louis Redmond
Franklin
Cumberland
Lucy Stottlemeyer
U. S. Senate
Hawaiian Islands
Cleveland
Gray Gables
Ruth
Esther
Thurber
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
West Virginia
Piney Creel
Guyandotte
Wooster
Samuel Lowther
Stacey
Pennsylvania Railway Co
Pius IX
St. Peter's
Rome
Gibbons-Johnson
Norfolk
New County
Gibbons
Johnson
Wellston
Johns. McGhee
Zach Thompson
Markets Report From Cincinnati and Nationwide Prices
The report lists grain and livestock prices across Cincinnati Baltimore New York and Chicago with figures for flour patent rates wheat corn oats and rye along with cattle veal calves hogs and sheep. It notes scarce wheat and corn and mixed livestock demand with prices ranging in several dollars per unit.
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Chicago
Burley
The Girls We Meet All Charming Yet Different Types
The Philadelphia Times essay describes how hundreds of girls differ in demeanor from Miss A- old fashion and regal to Miss B- bold and teasing. It notes demure, coquette, serious, and studious traits, and how men misjudge by comparing women, while suggesting gentle tactics can soften indifference and reveal common charm.
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Philadelphia Times
NO WONDER This Man Would Make Any Woman Weary of Life
In a Niagara streetcar a large red faced woman tries to cheer herself amid a gloomy companion with gray hair and a dyspeptic manner. He snaps at her remarks while she foils the tension with observations about flowers a baby and church music as the car moves through Pearl Street.
Oranges for Export from Florida to England Trial
American oranges are being introduced into England with shipments planned to Holland and Belgium and possibly North Germany. Fruit is shipped from Jacksonville to New York or Philadelphia for repacking before ocean transport. First Jacksonville shipment occurred September 21 with Liverpool sale October 6 at 11 to 16 shillings per box, average about 13 shillings. Florida orange cultivation has grown since 1886 when yield was under one million boxes. this year’s crop is estimated at a large figure, despite a single past drought year.
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England
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Jacksonville
Fiat
New York
Philadelphia
Ocean
Liverpool
Florida
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Faith
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Kan
Bank of Enterprise
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Lonpor
Duke of Dévonshire
Duke of Portland
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Castle
Toledo
Bias
Pearl Street
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