End of Great Anthracite Strike Brings Wage Increases
The Great Strike of Pennsylvania coal workers ends as Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Tron Company and Lehigh Valley Coal Company agree to abolish sliding scales and grant a 6 1/2 percent wage raise in waves. The advance lasts until April 1891 or later, meeting Scranton miners' convention demands after talks with operators and coal carriers.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Tron Company
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Lyer Cent
Scranton Miners’ Convention
Berlin special edition reports chancellor relief and honors
The Reichs Anzeiger says Emperor Wilhelm II agrees to Prince von Hohenlohe stepping down as chancellor. He will receive the Order of the Black Eagle and a diamond set. Count von Bülow is named chancellor president of the Prussian ministry and minister of foreign affairs.
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Berlin
Reichs Anseizer
William
Prince von Hohenlohe
Prince von Hohentlohe
Count von Buelow
Havana Special: Major Peterson Dies of Yellow Fever
Major Peterson, chief commissary of Cuba, dies from yellow fever. His wife Mrs Peterson, who arrived from Cincinnati to nurse him, shoots herself an hour after his death and dies instantly. Peterson, from North Carolina, a West Point graduate, held the rank of captain in the commissary department.
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Havana
Peterson
Cuba
Cincinnati
Tie
West Point
North Carolina
Edict Allegedly Forged Aimed at Hindering Allies
The alleged imperial edict ordering punishment of high officials is regarded as forged. Prince Ching and Li Lung Chang deny its authenticity. Small marauders near the summer police are troublesome, and a punitive expedition is being organized against them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan-Ting-Fu
Prince Ching
Li Lung Chang
Florida orange crop outlook and pricing for the year
A conservative Florida orange crop estimate reaches 7,000,990 boxes with large yields in Manatee Hillsborough and De Soto counties. Groves are healthy and fruit should market within two weeks. Prices have risen from 50 cents per box before the 1495 freeze to about $2 per box this year.
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Florida
Manatee
Hillsborough
de Soto
Indiana Dr Conda Beck Kills Sweetheart's Father
Dr Conda Beck of Wasmansville Indiana shot and killed William Barton after Barton objected to Beck courting his daughter. Two years earlier Beck killed Grace Cohee for refusing marriage. he was acquitted. The killer is still at large amid public uproar.
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Conda Beck
Wasmansville
Ind
William Barton
Barton
Beck
Grace Cohee
U S Potato Harvest Totals From Orange Judd Report
The October 20 issue estimates the US potato crop at 239,009,000 bushels at harvest end, about 5,000,000 bushels below last year. Acres total 2,807,000 with an average yield around 3 bushels per acre, vs 2 bushels in 1809.
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United States
Orange Judd
Tragic Chesapeake Bay Storm Claims Eleven Sailors
A schooner returning from Gloucester County to Maryland capsized in Chesapeake Bay and all eleven crew drowned. Captain John Thomas, 60, and his son Walter, 28, perished in a separate canoe crossing Chesapeake Bay during the same storm.
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Gloucester County
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
John Thomas
Walter
Roberts Declines Advancement to Commander-in-Chief
London special from the Daily Express reports General Sir Redvers Buller summoned from South Africa to succeed Lord Wolseley as commander-in-chief. Roberts declines the post without a free hand.
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London
The
Daily Express
Redvers Buller
South Africa
Lord Wolseley
Lord Roberts
Eight Die In Fire At Hester Street Tenement
Eight people perished in a house fire that totally destroyed a three story frame double tenement at 43 and 457 Hester Street New York. The blaze caused suffocation and burn injuries among occupants and left the building a total loss.
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Hester Street
New York
Archbishop Ireland Arrives in New York
Archbishop Ireland of St Paul arrived in New York aboard the steamer Majestic after a lengthy overseas voyage.
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Archbishop Ireland
Archbishop Ireland of
St. Paul
New York
Majestic
Census Shows Arizona Population Spike After New Enumeration
The Census Bureau reports Arizona’s population at 122,272, an increase of 104.09 percent. The gain results from counting 28,628 people on the Indian reservation who were not previously enumerated.
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Census Bureau
Arizona
Dillingham Elected U S Senator by Vermont Legislature
Former Governor W. P. Dillingham secures a U S Senate seat as the Vermont Legislature elects him on the third ballot after C A Sprouty withdraws among four Republicans.
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W. P. Dillingham
United States
Vermont
C. A. Sprouty
Eastern News Roundup: Notable deaths, studies, and incidents
In New York James Gordon Bennett returns from Europe after three years away. Sophia Tolmes, first colored woman employed by the United States, dies in Washington. Panama Canal officials arrive in New York asserting completion. New Haven rolling mill layoffs protest wage cuts from 5 to 17 4 per cent. Thomas F Lane, son-in-law of a Kentucky senator elect, dies by self-inflicted gunshot. Holland submarine placed in commission for Annapolis cadets. William Ziegler plans two vessels to search for the north pole in 1901. Louise Sxuhn, 38, in Grace Church in boys’ clothing causes a disturbance and is arrested. A fatal grade crossing crash near New Castle, Pa. Holyoke tragedy as lamp explodes burning four children. Bernard Katz of Katz Brothers notes Rogers locomotive works sold to New York capitalists. John White of Kingston shoots two men during a mock serenade. White, 27, recently married Mary Tier.
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James Gordon Bennett
New York
Europe
Sophia Tolmes
United States
Washington
Panama Canal Company
New Haven
Holland
Naval Academy
Annapolis
William Ziegler
New
Paterson
N. J
Rogers Locomotive Works
Jacob Rogers
John White
Kingston
Thomas Sullivan
William Logan
White
Mars
Mary Tier
Multiple Events Reported in Wri... Notable Killings and Disasters
A collection of brief items notes deaths from a train collision in Colorado, a fatal knife wound in Missouri, a train collision in Ohio, a deadly home explosion in Arkansas, and other incidents. Also listed are insolvency filings, church decisions, a presumed murder suspect in Chicago, a rail disaster in Elyria, and a firm’s bankruptcy details with losses and assets.
Rail and train wrecks flood Kansas era headlines
A chaotic roundup reports multiple railway disasters across states. A Prohibition ticket omission arises from a drunken messenger delaying filings. Conductor Heath injured near St Marys, Ohio, and a fly ing machine factory cornerstone laid at Freedom labor colony.
National Fire Chiefs pick Indianapolis as next meeting site
In Charleston D C the National Association of Fire Chiefs selected Indianapolis as the venue for the next gathering. In Huntington W Va car makers struck demanding an extra dollar per car. Rev Sam Jones needs months of rest to regain health in Atlanta. Two convicts escaped Tennessee penitentiary by sliding down telephone wires from a high cellblock.
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National Association of Fire Chiefs
Charleston
D. C
Indianapolis
American Car and Foundry Company
Huntington
W. Va
Sam Jones
Atlanta
Tennessee Penitentiary
Buried treasure legends and a Georgia suicide scare
Pigs belonging to a Wallace of Columbia, South Carolina recovered a pot of gold alleged to be buried by the British during the Revolution. The items bore dates before 1775 and were valued at thousands. In Pearson, Georgia, Mayor Henry Corbett attempted suicide in a dramatic scene firing two shots, both missing due to a shaking hand, before his wife wrestled the pistol away.
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R. S. Wallace
Columbia
S. C
Henry Corbett
Pearson
Ife
International News Blinked With a World War Tone
Bulgaria demands end to persecution of its citizens in Roumania as a royal betrothal is announced in Holland Queen Wilhelmina to wed Duke Henry of Mecklenburg Schwerin. Private O Hearn of the Twenty sixth Volunteers burned at the stake in the Philippines. London underground scheme origins claimed by two civil engineers. Highland Prince arrives Montevideo with plague aboard. captain and four others dead. Rescue of Captain Shields and fifty-one men from Marinduque island. Imperial Museum foundation stone laid at Saalburg by Emperor and Empress of Germany. Mrs Daniel Manning photographed leaving a Paris hotel. A S a rare jewel sunburst valued at 2 50. US matinee lady jewel losses at Paris expo. Costa Rica dispatches report Port Simon destroyed. over 2 million in losses. Typhoon ravages Formosa and Southern China. thousands killed and Taipeh inundated.
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Bulgaria
Roumania
Wilhelmina of
Holland
Henry
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
James O’hearn
Phiippines
Yerkes
Montevideo
Shields
Iilipinos
Marinduyque
Germany
Imperial Museum
Saalburg
Daniel Manning
Paris
United States
Costa Rica
Port Simon
Republic
Formosa
China
Nuumerous
Taipeh
Disputed boundary survey reports American control at Mount Baker
Surveyor Deane states all valuable mines in the mineral belt lie within American territory while the Canadian survey of the Mount Baker boundary is completed. The Stand ard Flour Milling Company forms as successor to United States Flour Milling. Alaska copper fields noted by census enumerator George Sexton and Gov Geologist Schrader. Arctic coal field found near Cape Sabine. Baseball season ends with standings led by Brooklyn. Brisk but mixed business signals from Bradstreet facing 1899 benchmarks.
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Mount Baker
Deane
Standard Flour Milling Company
United States Flour Milling Company
George Sexton
Copper River
Alaska
Schrader
Corwin
Port Washington
Cape Sabine
Arctic
Brooklyn
Chicago
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Boston
New York
7& Bradstreet’s
Market Reports Across Cities Show Broad Grain and Livestock Pricing
The market ledger lists prices for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. Grains show wheat No 2 red corn No 2 white oats No 2 mixed rye and barley with mixed regional quotes. Butter eggs and potatoes note dairy and produce values in multiple markets.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Wagers Hit Record Levels Ahead of Election
The piece notes unprecedented betting activity with Wall Street staking $1 million and investors in New York holding $2 million in play as the election nears.
William L Wilson Dies: Ex Postmaster General and Tariff Architect
William Lyne Wilson, ex postmaster general, longtime congressman, soldier and lawyer, died suddenly at Lexington Virginia. A Democratic leader born May 3 1843 in Jefferson County Virginia he helped craft the Mills tariff bill and served on the Ways and Means Committee before becoming postmaster general.
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William L. Wilson
Lexington
Wilson
Congress
Washington
William Lyne Wilson
Jefferson County
Virginia
Columbia College
University of Virginia
Columbian College
Charlestown
W. Va
Isso
University of West Virginia
House of Representatives
Bissell
Financial and naval notes from the year’s first months
The report aggregates imports and exports for manufacturers and Cuba US naval finance and policy items. Imports for Cuban and US materials total indicate trade imbalances while manufactured exports surge. Navy delays bounty payments until court decisions and Congress funds. Native Puerto Rican forces may grow as US edges toward troop reductions.
Dream Reveals Hidden Civil War Gold in Indiana
Wealthy miller David Schwarze of Galena finds $150 in gold buried during the Civil War after a dream directs him to the site. The Indiana pickle crop expands with the Pittsburg firm leading thirty salting houses. Detective Sutherland reports Indiana millionaire Moses Fowler Chase’s mysterious Paris disappearance. Evansville Terre Haute line wrecks south of Vincennes injuring three, fatally one, with eight missing as train burns after colliding with a cow.
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Chase
David Schwarze
Galena
Schwarze
John Morgan
Morgan
Indiana
Pittsburg
Young Chase
William J. Sutherland
Mooney & Boland Agency
Chicago
Paris
Moses Fowler Chase
Duhme
Cincinnati
America
Evansville and
Terre Honte
Vincennes
Explosion Blinds Four In Shelbyville Chemistry Class
In a Shelbyville chemistry session a lamp near a chemical pipe caused an explosion, blinding teacher John Jacklin and three pupils Roy Lee, Frank Amos, and George Billingsley. Jacklin held a lighted lamp close to the pipe as chemicals were passed.
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Shelbyville
John Jacklin
Roy Lee
Frank Amos
George Billingsley
Jacklin
Local Indiana News Roundup of Fires Murders and Labor Strikes
A northern Indiana tomato pack is unusually large as death tolls rise with 78 year old Jesse Rhoads of Shelbyville found dead. Robberies hit Valley Ridge as John Bennett’s residence loses 957 dollars. An incendiary fire at Howell causes damage totaling 50 HS. A wolf killed sheep after escaping from Fort Wayne zoo. farmers killed it. A vandalized Golden Rule store in Logansport suffers 4000 dollars in carpet department damage. Independent window glass workers push 5 percent raise. Muncie union members will receive 10 dollars weekly while awaiting trust settlement. Dublin farmer Amos Coffman dies in a wagon accident with broken neck. Logansport switchman Joseph Brown, 24, killed under an engine derailment. Hobart dedicates German Lutheran Church costing 38000 with 2000 attendees. Kankakee valley promoters push Boer settlement aid in La Porte Lake Porter Stark counties. Indiana bills aim to create state fire marshal to investigate fires and save losses. Greene township resident Wesley Hummer arrested in Elkhart for passing counterfeit money. Counterfeits include nine ten-dollar pieces and eighteen five-dollar pieces. Local man Joseph Poker, 27, dies from falling rock in Shelburn coal mine. Pittsburg capitalists buy Alford & Heald oil holdings near Van Buren for 85000. Benjamin Steele family poisoned by tea. narrow escape. Night watchman Peter Quirk exchanges shots with burglar. no injuries. Edward Doran, Michigan City, chief engineer of State prison construction, dies.
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Indiana
Jesse Rhoads
Shelbyville
John Bennett
Valley Ridge
Howell
Fort Wayne Zoological Garden
Tire
Golden Rule Dry Souls
Logansport
Muncie
Amos Coffman
Dublin
Joseph Brown
Panhandle
Hobart
E. H. Scheip
Peru
H. Dan
Hammond
Whankakee
South Africa
Holland
Kankakee
la Porte
Lake
Porter
Stark
Hart
Wesley Hummer
Greene Township
Elkhart
Hummer
South Bend
Plymouth
Joseph Poker
Shelburn
Pittsburg
Alford & Heald
van Buren
Benjamin Steele
Elwood
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Corydon
Thomas & Ellis
Ma FM
N. M
Lsme
Von
Roberts
Dillingham
Daniel G. Sawtelle
Conneaut
Ohio
Lake Shore
Gus Colliander
Presbyterian Synod of
Largo
N. D
Andrew Christy Brown
Omaha
North Dakota
Oriinder Longnecker
Dayton
United States Court of Cincinnati
Colorado and Southern
Littleton
Colo
W. J. Watson
el Paso
Texas
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Escalon
Mexico
Herrick
Mathew Merseh
Mitchell County
Kan
Anna Smith
McKinley
S.C. Lawrence
J. R. Ritchie
Senath
Lawrence
Ritchie
Martin Sayers
Elyria
I. H. Parks
Breedon’s Grocery
Sixty-third Street
Taylor
Pawnee
Burton Brothers
Sullivan
People’s Theater
Dawes Commission
Bartlesville
I. C
Delawuares
Sells
Ark
Amanda Fairman
Phillipsburg
Mont
Douglas County
Curryville
John Mason
Roadhouse
William H. Ketcham
Antlers, I. T
Washington, D. C
Ketcham
Muscaren
Tiffin
Lewis Seewald
Michigan Southern
South Chicago
Michigan
Pingree
Grand Forks College
Grand Forks
N. I
Norwegian Lutheran Synod
Dollie Richardson
Ao Hatpin
Ile
Baltimore and Ohio
Edgemore
Nurace A. W. Tabor
Denver
E Gany
Lawndale
Burlington
Plattsmouth
Neb
F. Roberts
St. Louis Flyer
Jerry Kennard
Schuyler Iecal
B. B. Brown
Brownstown
Seattle
John Koote
Athens
Maxwell
A. Booth Packing Company
Southern
Market Reports
Wall Street
M'Einley
Yal
Gara
Navy Department
Cervera
Santiago
Court of Claims
Pekin
Davis
Department of
Porto Rico
Treasury Department
Philippine Islands
Post Office Department
State Department
Turkey
Peter Quirk
Cowan
Edward Doran
Michigan City
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