Runaway Train Wrecks Across Mile Grade Kills Two
A deadly railroad day reports multiple wrecks on June 2. In Deadwood Central service at Lead two engineers and musicians died, seven others injured as frosty rails caused a runaway passenger train to derail. Engineer Monahan remained at his post as survivors escaped amid bloodstains and wreckage. Additional incidents include a washout near Lake Erie & Western injuring several, a Cleveland & Pittsburgh collision killing an engineer, and a Duluth line derailment that killed Fireman Dave Burroughs.
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Derapwood
America
White Wood Creek
Sax
William Thomas
Monahan
Wade
Griffin
Pan-Handle Express
Pan- Handle Express
East Livertoon
Cleveland & Pittsburgh
John Liptag
Cleveland
Wreclk
Delouth
Minn
St. Paul & Duluth Road
Here
Dave Burroughs
John Korslund
Prohibitionists Nominate State Ticket and Platform
The Illinois Prohibition convention names Gov. R. R. Link and other statewide officers with James Lamont and John T. Killam as nominees. They select trustees for the University of Illinois and adopt a platform demanding liquor suppression, free textbooks, universal suffrage, land and railroad reforms, a gold and silver coin standard, direct senate election, and a Sunday law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlmeis
Springfield
R. R. Link
Franklin County
James Lamont
Winnebago
Johnt. Killam
Shelby
S. DD. Noe
Vermillion
T. S. Marshall
Marion
A. T P. Wright
la Salle
James Felter
Sangamon
F. E L. Andrews
Whiteside
Albert G. Gepson
Lebanon
Carl Johann
Eureka
Levi T. Regan
Chicago
Illinois University
United States
Triple Lynching Reported Near Littry Rock Arkansas
Information from Littry Rock describes a mob lynching between Littry Rock and Perryville after Charles Stewart killed Jailer Julmes while awaiting trial for assaulting a 10 year old girl. Stewart confessed that his uncles the McArthurs urged the murder to aid his escape.
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Littry Rock
Ark
Here
Perryville
Charles Stewart
J.ulmes
Oliver
Little Rock
McArthurs
Verryville
Hurricanes Wreak Havoc in Mauritius Killing 1200
Reports from Mauritius recount a violent hurricane preceded by magnetic disturbance. The sea rose nine feet, destroying most houses and many churches while the cathedral survived. At least 1200 people died and 4000 were injured, with 200 Italians killed when a factory collapsed. Sugar crop losses were severe.
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Marseilles
Mauritius
Martin Estate
Cutter of Throats: Charles Hill Murders Wife Then Kills Self
BELLAIRE OH June 2 Charles Sill enticed his divorced wife from Wheeling West Virginia to Clarington eight miles below this city and after she stepped from the ferry he attacked her with a hatchet killing her and later cut his throat to end his life. He was captured and jailed at Woodsfield. the wife died Tuesday morning and the jailer found him dead at 11 o clock in his cell. In Philadelphia James McKinlay a lawyer and politician collapsed and died in the rooms of the Republican city committee from heart failure during a discussion at a meeting.
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Bellaire
Charles Sill
Wheeling
W. Va
Clarington
Woodsfield
Philadelphia
Jimes
John S. McKinlay
Republican City Committee
Minneapolis
Actress Polly MacDonald Fatally Burned in Hotel Room
Polly MacDonald, 25, an actress with Lester and Williams, was fatally burned when a lighted match ignited her clothing in her City hotel room Tuesday night. She died at 5 am. Her mother, reportedly somewhere in the west, whereabouts unknown.
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Provincxcy
Polly MacDonald
Lester and Williams’ Company
City Hotel
Death of the Oldest Turfman in America
John Wilson Tisdale, aged 87 and the oldest turfman in America, died early Tuesday at Crab Orchard Springs. He had recently received support from the Western Turf Association. An electrical storm near Greenville, Texas, killed several hundred acres of grass and cotton, with the cotton appearing burned.
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Danville
John Wilson Tisdale
America
Crab Orchard Springs
Western Turf Association
Greenville
Tex
Julie
Disaster at Bohemia mine leaves many dead
Praevr June 3 report describes a fire in the DBirk enberg silver mine near Przibram Bohemia. Fourteen bodies recovered after 500 workers were present. forty escaped. Rescue halted overnight due to toxic gases and resumed at dawn as volunteers searched for survivors.
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Praevr
Dbirkenberg
Przibram
Bohemia
MinneapolisPrepares for National Republican Convention of 1900s
The advance guard of the newspaper army arrives in Minneapol is ready for the convention. Chicago reporters and eastern guests register at the West house while big politicians are still to come. Debates and decorations planned with Chauncey Depew to lecture and John J. Ingalls discussed as probable chairman.
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Minn
Army
Chicago
East
West House
Committee On Accommodations
Ohio
Indiana
New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Press Club
John J. Ingalls
Anti Hill Convention endorses Cleveland at Syracuse meeting
In Syracuse on June 2 the Anti Hill Convention approved the district delegates to the Chicago convention and adopted a resolution endorsing Grover Cleveland for renomination. Key delegates named include R F Coudert Alexander E Orr Charles H Bishop and Edward Fitzgerald. The group fixed its protest strategy for New York’s seventy two Chicago seats. Judge Sanderlin read the delegate list and the convention adjourned sine die.
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Syracuse
Sanderlin
Schuyler County
Chicago
New York
Pease
Saratoga
Grover Cleveland
Democratic Party
R. F. Coudert
Alexander E. Orr
Brooklyn
Charles II
Buffalo
Edward Fitzgerald
Troy
Death by self destruction at Occidental hotel in Peroskey
R H Wetmore of New York city proprietor of the Occidental hotel committed death by own action in his room Tuesday afternoon. A bottle labeled chloroform indicated the cause and he died before a physician arrived. Presumption is long illness led to the act. Monica art exhibit opened with royal ceremony in Bavaria. Prince regent and many royals attended. Exhibits include works from Europe America and Japan. In Jefferson City a judge sentenced Newt Blunt to be hanged July 12 for the December 1890 shooting of Jack Majors.
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Peroskey
Mich
R. H. Wetmore
New York City
Occidental Hotel
Tie
Monica
Bavaria
America
Japan
Jefferson City
Newt Blunt
Jack Majors
Frisco
Tammany Will Go To Chicago For June Rally
New York dispatch reports a Tammany Hall committee meeting at the wigwam on One Hundred and Fourth street. Commissioner Gilroy presided and a transportation plan outlined special trains to Chicago on June 18 with expected arrivals that afternoon and evening. Delegation size ranges from thirty to sixty per district, totaling 1 056 so far.
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New York
Tammany Hall
Wigwam
Auditorium
Leland and McCoy's
Chicago
Cyclone and Flood Wrecks Hit Midwest and Indiana
Floods and storms sweep Indiana and surrounding states with White River and Fall Creek flooding areas from Indianapolis to Knightstown. Drowned and injured reported as rail lines wash out at Markleville, Jonesboro, and nearby towns. Cyclone灾 and hail damage strike Kansas Illinois Michigan with multiple buildings destroyed and roads washed away.
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Indianapolis
Ind
White River
Fall Creek
Wabash
Andrews County
Markleville
Michigan
Jonesboro
Elmer Apple
Wing
Knightstown
Blue River
Carthage
Chicago & West Michigan
Kokomo
Orris Snyder
Independence
Kan
James Sullivan
Here
Lucy M. Cecil
Sullivan
Earlville
Ill
Grand Barros
Mich
Morton House
Lexton Hannon
Milan
Gait
Dunlap
Quincy, Omaha & Kansas Road
Informer James Kelly Found Dead in Green River
Louisville report says James Kelly a noted moonshine operative and informer, 36, 6 feet tall, fearless, had his head crushed and body found in the Green River. He had supplied information to federal officers after previously making moonshine. The government takes no action as he was not a regular officer. Other items: Mrs Schumpf fatally burned after lamp set alight in a drunken quarrel in Kansas City. Michigan politics note favors Chief Justice Morse as vice presidential candidate. CreLlina, Ohio reports three men beat Daniel Benjamin to death with beer glasses.
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Louisville
James Kelly
Larue County
Green River
Kelly
Custom House
Deaths and incidents in brief from Sparks from the Wires
Henry Nelson Lincoln of Joliet dies on Tuesday. Ariel the race horse of Terre Haute dies of pneumonia. Samuel Bittner commits suicide in jail at Stuart Iowa after threatening his stepdaughter. Presbyterian assembly ends in Portland Oregon. Honolulu plotters arrested over Liliuokalani dethronement. Mrs Mary Abrams of Decatur fatally burned. Perry Launer shoots cousin in Oklahoma near Sacred Heart Mission. Natural gas strike in Danvers McLean County Illinois. Marty Kitchen of Monroeville Ohio dies after self inflicted wound. President Harrison arrives in Washington after Memorial Day events. Funeral procession wreck injures two women at Tremont City Ohio.
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Ariel
Orrin Hickox
Terre Haute
Ind
Samuel Bittner
Stuart
One Hundred and Fourth General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States
Portland
Ore
United Presbyterian Church
Liliokalani
Honolulu
Mary Abrams
Decatur
I11
Perry
Samuel Launer
Sacred Heart Mission
O. T
Ihe
Danvers
McLean County
Marty Kitchen
Monroeville
Harrison
Schofield
Noble
Henderson
Hooker
Blount
Washington
Rochester
N. Y
Tremont City
Christopher Neff
Dibbert
Robbery at Rodgers and Pollenger Jewelers in Lovitsville
Rodgers and Pollenger jewelers in Lovitsville Kentucky reported a theft of diamonds and other jewels valued at five thousand dollars. Two wallets of loose stones were taken from the false bottom of a showcase between 1 and 6 pm while clerks were on the floor. No suspects were named. In Washington a general order announces the retirement from active service of Gen David S Stanley, commander of the department of Texas, at San Antonio.
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Lovitsville
Rodgers & Pollenger
Washinetox
Schofield
David S. Stanley
Department of Texas
San Antonio
Fire at New Albany cotton mill causes partial blaze
The New Albany cotton batting mills in Louisville owned by Lawrence Bradley and others burned Tuesday night. Loss valued at $35,000 with $18,000 insured. Officials report the fire was caused by friction in machinery.
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Louisville
New Albany
Lawrence Bradley
Markets Mix Quietly Across Grain and Oil Prices
Chicago and New York market reports show wheat, corn, and oats holding firm with varying futures. Pork, lard, butter, and petroleum prices move modestly, while distillates and naphtha trade at stable levels.
Chicago May Cattle Market Prices Steady
Chicago May market reports show cattle prices steady with specific ranges for shipping steers from 8430 to 480, good to choice 3.95 to 4.30, fair to good 8.70 to 4.10, common to medium 3.10 to 3.80, butchers’ steers 3.20 to 3.70, stockers 2.60 to 3.30, Texas steers 8.65 to 4.00, feeders 3.40 to 4.00, cows 160 to 3.60, bulls 82.00 to 3.75, veal calves 2.00 to 5.25. hogs market active with day’s sales 8.85 to 8.75 for pigs, light 0.45 to 4.90, rough packing 4.30 to 4.60, mixed 6.00 to 4.06, heavy packing 0.65 to 6.65.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
May St
Texas
Hoas
Disgusted Man Snaps At Barber Over Shampoo
A Chicago anecdote recounts Capt Mere dith of the Bureau of Printing and Engraving as a barber shop heckler, provoking a clerk to rush the shave. The captain calmly defends patient work while a furious customer mutters Rats as he leaves.
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Washington
Capt. Meredith
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Jack Fuller
Chicago Press
Rabbit House
Tom
Sam
Polly as a Poet Parrot Learns Phrases and Poetry
Prof. C L Morgan notes parrots show memory and speech ability including linking phrases with objects. An English lady's African parrot correctly calls for potato or cake at meals, warns of a train, and composes new lines by mixing authors. It even rhymes with sing a song of sixpence and I love little pussy, and repeats Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.
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C. L. Morgan
Polly
The Youngest Brother’s Penny Rescue
Dr. Hamilton Burch recalls a Madison Avenue call where a boy swallowed a penny blocking his throat. The scene moved even the doctor as the younger sibling cried and questioned the outcome, then sighed with relief when the coin was retrieved and the boy’s life saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vwamilton Burch
New York
Madison Avenue
Animals and Steam Power Pose Contrasting Reactions
A German engineering writer contrasts animal behavior with steam machinery. He notes oxen on tracks unaware of danger, dogs navigating moving wheels unharmed, and birds showing a strange comfort with the steam engine. Swallows nest in engine houses and mills near powerful machines on river steamers.
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Perth
Semlin
French wood mosaic rivals painted colors in richness
The wood mosaic industry in France achieves extreme color variety with 12600 shades enabling faithful reproduction of paintings. Fading colors can be restored by planing as fibers are permeated with paint. The mosaic is fixed to boards with grain at right angles to resist atmospheric changes.
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France
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Mila Crampton
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Marshall
Hiram Howard
Mr. Howard
Arkansas
Charles Hill
Ifrimann
Neb
Henry Hyslop
Hyslop
Masonic Temple
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Kreo
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Ath
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Senate
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Sherman
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John Henderson
Canadian River
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Ilenry Luchsinger
Maprison
Wis
T. C. Richmond
Trinity
Kansas
Kansas City
George Schumpf
Grand Rapids, Mich
Grand Rapids
L M. Weston
Michigan Democratic State Committee
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John Gibbons
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