Riots and Murder Amid Pennsylvanian Coke Strike Violence
A Uniontown dispatch reports violent clashes in the Pennsylvanian coal region as strikers attack non-union workers at Frick Coke plants. Deputy sheriffs mobilize, Paddock killed at the Davidson plant, fights spread toward Connellsville, with many wounded and 64 prisoners in Uniontown jail. Governor appealed for troops as regiments mobilize nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Penn
Penasy
Vania
Itynor
Frink Coke Company
Teetta
Trotter
Assantin
Davidson
Frick Coke Company
Joseph H. Paddock
Paddock
Connellsville
Ongeny
Menn
Wilhelm
Enginoer Cole
Jt ix
Connellaville
Pittsburg
Everson Grove
Scottdale
Time and Season Rheumatism Cure Advised
A 1893 notice from Trenton Ohio quotes Miss Gina Gunckle praising St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism, claiming cure after years of suffering. The reader is urged to start treatment early to avoid future trouble and enjoy lasting wellness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gina Gunckle
Trenton
Ted
St. Jacobs
Pennsylvania strike chaos and political shifts in 1900s
Riotous Pennsylvania coke region strikers face deaths and arrests as investigations unfold. American politics show party losses with Democratic gains in state assemblies, while labor actions and robberies, boat incidents, and shipyard events ripple nationwide.
FATR BUILDINGS SOLD AT CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR
Booth Park Commissioners sold all World’s Fair structures in Chicago. L. C. Garrett of St. Louis bought the lot for 475 500. Purchases include Manufactures Building and major halls for Administration Electricity Mines Agriculture Fishers Transport. Art Building remains with Columbian Museum. La Rabida Convent and pastry building are excluded. Purchaseeer plans demolition of structures at Jackson Park.
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Tig World
Chicago
Booth Park Commissioners
LL. C. Garrett
Bt. Louis
Neiwtes
Flett Columbian Museum
la Rabida
Bagi
Wir Narth
Jackson Park
Onay
New Jersey Elections Produce Republican Gains
In New Jersey, elections yielded Republican victories in most towns. A fire killed Joux Hrupzn and fatally burned his wife in Clearfield Pennsylvania. A Brooklyn apartment building collapsed trapping ten. two bodies recovered and rescuers burned. Laborers in Chicago voted to lock out 60,000 workers. A Tulsa–Oklahoma City train incident ended without casualties. Cavalry to stay in Cheyenne and Aspen counties to quell unrest. Navy retirements and political shifts follow. Queen Victoria greeted in Florence as Italian king and queen. Portuguese refugees refused to leave warships. San Jose del Norte captured. A vault blast in Farnham, Quebec, stole $12,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor Chanor
New Jersey
Joux Hrupzn
Clearfield
Penn
Chicago
Ronaens
Oklahoma
Italy
Queen Victoria
Ploradce
Avuinar da Gana
Admim Mollo
San Jogo del Norte
Bt. Hyacinthe
St Farnham
Quebec
Canada
Fifty-Third Congress Senate debates and House actions recap
The Senate discussed tariff, Mexican silver dollars, and the Bering Sea award with speakers including Mr Allison and Mr Mills, while an executive session addressed a Florida appointment. The House moved through postal and appropriation bills, with debates on the Bureau of Engraving Printing, Yellowstone botus sites, and a failed Bland bill passage. District of Columbia day yielded little general business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Ore Dar
Allison
Towa
Mills
Texas
Georgs
Florida
Ramon
Poffer
Bering Sea
Tm Dart
Ill
Walsh
Georgia
Lodge
Walcott
Cockroll
United States
Sarah N. Colquitt
Benator Colquitt
House
California
W. D. English
Dar
Hous
J. P.islar
Boath Énrollan
E Browley
Boatner
Olney
Department of Justice
Union Snelfie Reeeivership
Dax
Secretary of the Interior
Yellowstone Park
Dunpay
Bureau of Engraving
J. Livingston
Atlanta
Bpringer
Ab- Bentoos
Reed
Oru Dar
District of Columbia
Rit Dar
Postoffice
Billfon
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Postofiga Department
Gort
Voorhoen
Harris Baanikon
Borlngdon
Bir
Afr
George
Lanson
England
Wil
O'Neilljoy
Missouri
O'’Neill
Hillboro
English
Grosvenor
Ohio
Timan
South Carolina
J. ¥. Istar
Brawley
Bontoer
Aites
Dunphy
Livingston
Springer
Hood
Brown Re-elected Governor Sparks Rhode Island Sweep
Rhode Island voters backed Governor Brown and the Republican ticket in a landslide, reshaping the General Assembly with a Republican Senate and a Democratic House. Democrats may hold only about four dozen seats, while three Democratic Senators and three Democratic Representatives were elected, with Pawtucket gains possible. The result ends ex Governor Wetmore’s Senate bid and signals a major Republican surge under the Plurality law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Govednor Crew
Rhode Island
Repubicnns
Brown
General Assembly
Senate
House
New Assembly
Pawtucket
Providence
Family
Democrats
Repub
Mn Hhody Island
Panera
Hoxie
Grand Committee
Westerly
Woonsocket
Cotcs
Tiverton
Franklin P. Owen
House of Representatives
Beltante
George Peabody Wetmore
Dixon
United States
Senate tariff debates and party clashes on day by day notes
The record chronicles daily Senate and House proceedings on tariff legislation, nominations, and votes. It notes Mr Allison and Mr Mills speaking for and against the tariff bill, amendments submitted, executive sessions, and various motions. It also mentions the House passing bills, seating new members, and adjournment after contentious votes.
Senator Hill Opposes Income Tax in Senate Speech
Senator David Bennett Llil of New York denounces the income tax and what he calls undemocratic tariff bills of Wilson and Voorhess. He criticizes the Renato and Hanes measures, delivering the longest Senate speech of his career with calm, deliberate rhetoric. The crowd filled the chamber as Republicans largely applauded, while Democrats faced internal division over tariff policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Bennett Llil
New York
Wilson
Voorhess
Renato
Hanes
United States
Senate
Atrife
Ingalls
Benato
Capitol
Apouch
Boxgto
Avery Avat
Aod
House of Representatives
Ebaira
Secretary of the Treasury
New Democracy
Beantor Hill
Blaze destroys Milwaukee theatre with eight firemen dead
A Milwaukee fire roared through the Davidson Theatre and Hotel destroying the Onest playhouse and house scenery. Eight firefighters perished when the roof collapsed onto the stage while rescuers worked. Lillipations and company members faced ruin as the stage and vast scenery burned, with total losses estimated around 225000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davideon
Milwaukee
Wis
Rcenery
Liliputions
Stanager Rosenfald
Enyoit
Onme
Fromen
Ollie Ries
No. 4 Engine
Archibald Campbell
James Foley
James A. Freeman
John Carroll
August Jonsaco
John T. Janssen
Proderick Kroosehmuer
Chemical
Frank McGurk
Thomas Morgan
OU Kics
Prook Winno
James Crowley
Sodoff
Davidson
Mars
Insurance Fire Patrol
Dobria
Ambu- Janes
Michiel Donn
Dunn
Loto
Yeo
Nosenfeld Brothers
Lutlputians
Joseph Claudor
Prominent Figures Move Through a World of Honors
A garbled 19th century notice lists figures from Nevada to Texas and abroad. It names Bexaton Srewaur and Cyaniyr DE Lesarr, omits De Lesarr from the Legion of Honor, mentions Henry Fowler as Indian Secretary, Professor Brown-Sequany, and the alleged inventor of the "ellxer of Life" dead. It notes John Boyle O’Folily’s Boston grave marker shipped from Ireland, Kiyo Witt Jane’s Order of the Garter hopes, and William’s College student Beauwow returning to lead a kingdom. It also references Pruprxtr Monags, a Brazilian presidential figure, and explorer Daton vor Nonnrvarionn planning a Greenland rescue expedition. It mentions Bin Anrucy Spnllivan’s musician father, Wona Cum Foo’s embargo issue, Bexaton Corn retiring March 4 1895, and public reverence for Dolley.
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Bexaton Srewaur
Nevada
Holyhood
Boston
O'Kollly
Ireland
Kiyo Witt Jane
Wartemburg
Alten
Pruprxtr Monags
Rlad
Brazil
Daton Vor
Nonnrvarionn
Aedes
Bjorling
Greenland
Swaden
bin Anrucy Spnllivan
Royal Military College
Edigon
Finah
Bexaton Corn
Texas
King Deelident
Dolley Lap
Tox
Seven Men Die In Accident Near New Era Michigan
Seven men returning to camps of Staples and Covell near New Era Michigan die when a locomotive strikes a fallen tree, plunges down an embankment, and engulfs them in steam and hot coals. Frederick Chowkee sustains total injuries.
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Staples & Covell
New Era
Maske Kon
Mich
Frederick Chowkee
Late New York prices spark higher country produce demand
Readable lists show milk and cream price shifts up to April with trade action at milk receiving stations. Prices include platform surplus 1.47 per 40 quarts and exchange 25c per quart, dropping to 2c per quart on April 1, affecting butter, creamery items, and on hand lots across Western and State stations.
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New York
Milliarthos
Gala
Creamery
X- Reme
Western Factory
Riato & Penn
Jersey
A — Torany
Pale
Wentern
Baquba
Wilor
Florida
Hubbard
Southern
Jeraey
Popular Science truncated items from a late 19th century issue
A survey of curiosities and scientific notes covers topics from geology and fossil corals to bullet ballistics and rapid-fire guns. It notes looming images in mirages, a Cordolo rifle shot, a self-igniting lamp, fish buoyancy, wasted factory friction, microbes in Indian soda water, wood paper durability tests in Berlin, lightning cooling myths, and a shift toward hypnotic therapy in British medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Indian Medical Gazette
India
Berlin
British Medical Association
Freceion
Indians Failures as Soldiers Reveal Discharges Reduce Units
The New York Times reports that Indian troops show high discharge rates as soldiers. From eight cavalry and seventeen infantry companies, only six cavalry and nine infantry remain, with most applicants citing desire to return to field life or family duties. The War Department does not confirm benefits of enlistment, noting the costly experiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standing Rock
War Department
Indiana
New York Times
The Nerve System and Vitality in Health
The piece discusses nerve fluid as the body's electrical force, produced by the brain and carried through the nerves to organs. It highlights the pneumogastric nerve as crucial for heart, lungs, stomach and bowels, and notes that brain disorder can reduce this supply, weakening organs. It critiques physicians for addressing only organs rather than the root cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Telegram
California Fig Syrup Co
Angora Goats Band Expands on Western Range
A band of Angora goats north east of town grows from 100 to about 500 in two years. They subsist on ranges where cattle starve, with little snow and light losses from coyotes after shepherd dogs were obtained. White sage on the range provides nutritious feed, aiding the herd’s health and growth. The note ends with a remark on rising demand for Western cow ponies used as polo ponies, with prices climbing as the business prospers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Ney
Deadly fireworks blast at Petersburg factory injures and kills
A firework factory explosion at C N Tomaine & Brother in Blandford near Petersburg Va. killed twelve workers and injured six. Names of the dead include Chas N Romano J B Binnoch Captain James W Tosh and James Rowland. Mayor Coltier called for a citizen meeting at the Court House to aid affected families. Separately three Austrian laborers died and three were badly hurt in a Brinton Station Braddock Pennsylvania powder and dynamite blast as crews excavated for a power plant foundation. In Lancaster Indiana a boiler explosion at a mill owned by Christian Weber killed three workers and injured others.
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Petersburg
Fowder
Brinton
Penn
Lancaster
Ind
Blandford
C. N. Tomaine & Brother
Chas
N. Romano
John B. Binnoch
James W. Tosh
Jonn W. Porkina
James Rowland
Robert Rowland
J. IF. Harris
Howard Traylor
W. Parker
Quincy Liveaay
Jamoa Bryant
Thomas Woolfolk
E. Y. Parley
Foint
Charles Wells
P. W. Rodgray
Walter Nanally
F. Stith Bansley
William Parker
Willa Taylor
Quincy Livesay
Tosh
A. P. Hill
Richmond
Tobacco Exchange
Peteraburg
Foun B. Binnd
C. N. Romaine
Mr. Binnd
Teave
Bir
Romano
Vustocesboro
John O. Barham
Bland
Diand Crothers & Wright
Perkins
W. A. Perkins
Thomas Woodfolk
Romaino & Brother
Englover Farleys
Coltier
Cuanurs F
Westinghouse Electric Company
Brinton Station
Pennsylvania Road
Braddock
Thamen
Alectris
Nick Glehnervich
Port Perry
Mike Spalin
Walls
Fred Gunter
Walle
Owen Dogan
Nreman
David Livingstone
Ivod
Hunts
Mike Wogser
Christian Weber
Spencer
Weber
Lewis
Clifton Tinchnart
Labor unions and wages across regions in 1900 era report
A scattered labor world update notes Mason earn 83.20 weekly in Ceylon, crafts like stair builders opening schools, English banks expanding, Saxony police salaries at 261 yearly, and South West mining news. It cites unions in Boston and Cumberland, a longshoremen group, and New Central Coal Mines labor issues. Also reports a protective union bureau in Astoria and a chief’s income over 20000 annual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groxvaxr
Ceylon
Boetox Stair Builders
England
Poticeues
Saxony
Score
New South Warts
Lowrin
Mass
Demott Isbor
Mrontraax Building Trades
Tur
St. Louis
Joekout
National
Longshoremen’s Association of the
United States
Escortuousaxp
Birmingham
Atc
New Central Coal Mines
Cumberland
Almch
Columbia River Fisherman's Protective Union
Astoria
Oregon
P.M. Arthur
Locomotive En Placers' Brotherhood
Crrvetano
Ohio
Cleveland Central Labor Union
Fragmented Global News Brew From Vast Text
The fragmentary OCR reads like a 19th century wire service montage. It cites Mexico's economy, Nova Scotia prohibition, Kansas City packing, US nurses and hospitals, a Berlin student count, Antwerp Expo costs, canal stockholders, Indian supply warehouse, Governor’s Guards disbandment, Argentina Brazil peace talks, railroad mileage in New York and Pennsylvania, a Mexican railway, church glass initiative, English dividend totals, a Manchester death, Austrian German imperial talks, socialist unrest in Belgium, North Dakota grain shifts, and Minnesota wheat acreage expectations.
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Ynz Mexican Congress
Ig Innteston
Mxxico
Nova Scotia
Kansas
Citz
Taxox
Jaran
University of Berlin
Antwerp
Delgium
Paxama
Secretary of the Interior
New York
Oldcat Company
South Carolina
Fasexasona
Argentina
Cleveland
Prince of Wales
Aaa Ag
Pennsylvania
Mexican National Bathway
Tax Central Presbyterian Church of
Rochester
Alster
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Davidson Works
Joseph Kollas
Ol City
Peno
Follas
Joseph Fessnar
T Wis
Tarworld
Kilmer
Binghamton
Litchfield
Lee
Bratt
Onto
Car
Toledo
Placer
Wok VY. Gleason
Brat—— Notary Public
Hall
Moanta’ Tree
PJ. Caxxny & Co
Drorgiats
Dh Postal
Rlrau
Ini
Waest
Iver
E.A. Ifall
Charleston
Louis A. Wroe
Tagerstown, Md
L.A
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Hagenstown
Oldrugelssy Morhts
Middle States
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Davin
Jolt
Acliante
T. I
Young
Bruster
Smith
Assembly
Foiot
Scottsdale Association
Blava
New York City
Connerts Faaxcen Coaren
Endre
Woodlawn
Abasa
Poon
Mantrx Wrexorr
Asbury Park
N. J
Largo
Jonx- Gram
Turbark Belmont
Trinidad
Dencon Hill Bar
Manss
Mason
Southend West
Wren Renxwtam
Will Lavender
Will Adams
Milt Driggs
Chattahoochee River
Columbus
Govraxon Tratwax
Florence
Darlington
Hayy Relurom
Ongar
Wnn
United States Court
Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Musa Manretta Perry
McAdunaville
N. C
C. P. Hoffoer
J. L. Wyrick
Thomas Brady
Albert Mansker
Ailwaukee
Pacifi
Bex Krxa
Michigan Post
Opie Read
Bowling Green
Tooxy
Baptist Miasion College
Wawako
Indian Territory
Taz J. B Watkins Land
Ifortgate Company
Lawrence
Pioneer Land Mortgage Company of the West
Pettis County
Humboldt
Schoonee
Pania Amon 8
Washington
Holman
Tug
Haraway
Chilean Claims Commission
Gilbert Borden
Chile
Central American Telegraph Company
Navy Department
McMonnlea
St. Goudans
Carraix Bowis M. Suzrano
Navy
United States and
Edward A. Etrobol
Ecuador
Willan ' Rockbill
Maryland
Edward H. Strobel
Supreme Court
Samoa
Rosehelcu Mins
Breslau
Gertans
Patin
Bomt
Bevex New Foundland Creamers
Exanaxo
Pondoland
South Africa
Vasquez
Houdams Presidency
Bontila
Casta Hina
Nicataras
Boutin
da Gana
Alipa
Buenos Ayres
Mello
Rio Grande
Tue Rosabery
Dezeat
Tonge of Commons
Ventor
Huevatan Islands
Brooklyn
N. Y
The
Cheyeone
Ampshoe
Apuinar Drxnax
House Democrats
Lo Caron
Charles Stewart Parnell
London
Henry Lo Caron
Parnell
London Times
Times
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Ohlesgo
Pondergast
Carter Hi
Harrison
Big Gaultry
Senator Hill
Pell
Milwaaukee,Wis
Popular Science
Tre Nauvoo
Iil.) Fruit Company
Royal
U.S. Gov't Report
Tus
Austria
Germany
Abbasis
Belgium
Mass Roettinga Bare Peen
North Dakota
Harris
Covery
Gabon
Nbc
Lafayetts
Ark
Mia
EA. Cleary
Pati Borm
Galden
Dulansy
Campbell
Fk KE
Marlow
Baldwin Co
Ala
Easil Litthaetsca
Golden Medical
Patrick Walsh
Colquitt
Patrick Wallil
Northern Toll
Senato
Gordon
Offlos
Congress
Paris
Great Britain
J. Grover ‘Cleveland
United States of America
Galted States
Gnroven Clayelasp
Sapolio
Hick
Dankors
Broadway
Stadt
I Ventoin
Clare OF Laventions
Ovary
Stampa Revely Book Publishing Co
Leonard Bt
Eero
Stlcmc Remedies Company
New Yorks
Colchester Rubber Co
Douglas
Sey Acre Derby Mall
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St Genet
Drogeteds
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