NEW OILFIELD AWAKENS Gaines Promise in Tioga County
In Tioga County Pennsylvania the village of Gaines awakens to oil fever as wells produce 15 to 70 barrels daily. Reporters describe the glow of gas flares, towering derricks, and the dangers of drilling including windlasses and nitroglycerin shooting. The oil is touted as premium quality, second in the nation, with strong early profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaines
Tioga County
New York Boundary Line
New York Herald
Derrick No
Assassination of Santo Domingo Leader Sparks Crisis
Fort de France reports the murder of President Heureaux of Santo Domingo in Moca by four assailants. General Figuerdo becomes acting president and orders continued money printing. Precautions rise as rebels gather and Santiago de Las Caballeros fortifies with arms and troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort du France
Martinique
Heureaux
Santo Domingo
Moca
Jacobo Lara
Santiago de Las Caballeros
Rue Colon
Caceres
Heaureaux
Santiago de Las Cabaleros
Santiago
Juan Pichardo
Horacio Vasquez
Pepin
Coal field riot shatters Evansville miners clash
In Evansville Indiana July 27 a crowd of children taunted nonunion Colored miners as they left the First Avenue mine. The miners drew pistols firing into the crowd wounding one. Police struggled to disperse nearly 1000 mourners at the John Ingle mine as both sides paraded armed. Mayor Akin issued a proclamation banning street parades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Evansville
Ind
First Avenue
John Ingle
Akin
Young Parsons Adjudged Insane
Mrs Lucy Parsons widow of anarchist Parsons testified against her son Albert R Parsons claiming mental unsoundness The defendant answered intelligently and said his mother planned to place him in an asylum to seize his property The jury found him insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Chicago
Lucy Parsons
Albert R. Parsons
Freight Handlers Strike Spreads to Major Lines
Freight handlers on the Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley railroads met and decided to continue the strike for six months if needed and to call out Baltimore and Ohio workers for further aid if required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley
Baltimore and Ohio
Milwaukee Mayor Opposes Silver as Dominant Issue
Chicago July 28 Mayor David Rose of Milwaukee writes an open letter to W W Meagher Chicago secretary of the National Jeffersonian Democratic league arguing silver should not be the defining issue. He cites a hostile senate and highlights trusts tariff and imperialism as concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
David
Rose
Milwaukee
Democratic Party
W. W. Meagher
National Jeffersonian Democratic League
Ross
Senate
Reformer Amos Butler Speaks at Winona Assembly
The Winona Lake assembly audience grows as Amos W. Butler of Indianapolis delivers a lecture on The Reformatory Idea in Indiana after a day of boating fishing and lectures by the Cincinnati Enquirer Household club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Lake
Ind
Winona Assembly
Cincinnati Enquirer Household Club
Amos W. Butler
Indianapolis
Indiana
Carriage Workers Strike Over Wage Cut in Cincinnati
Carriage trimmers at Brown Carriage works in Cincinnati have struck against a 15 percent wage reduction effective this week. With a strong union, they warn that a general citywide strike may spread to all carriage works if the dispute is not quickly settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Brown
Smallpox Rages as Frankfort Agents Order Church Closures
Frankfort Kentucky July 29 The city council held a special session on health board guidance and ordered churches closed and public gatherings prohibited amid rising smallpox cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Health Board
Messenger Boys Strike Fails To End In Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on July 27 a conference among business leaders the mayor the police chief and messenger company officers produced no accord. Striking messengers vow to continue the fight aided by labor organizations promising funds for ten more days. Several new boys were badly slugged with two badly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Miners Won't Be Brought In From Other States
Employment agents from Arkansas Kansas Missouri and Indiana territory are in Pittsburg recruiting coal miners to move and work elsewhere. They offered free transportation and one dollar per ton. Eighty men had agreed to go before miners officials learned of an ongoing strike and persuaded workers to stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Indiana Territory
Miners Report Strained Ties With Soldiers at Cape Nome
From Seattle dated July 27 miners arriving on the Elihu Thompson from St Michael report tense relations with soldiers at Cape Nome. On July 11 soldiers dispersed a miners meeting protesting acts of U S officials. A broad protest is being signed and will be sent to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Elihu Thompson
St. Michael
Cape Nome
United States
Washington
Tailors Strike: 1500 Quit United Brotherhood Action
In New York on July 27 the United Brotherhood of Tailors and independent unions agreed to pursue the coat makers strike. About 1500 tailors left the union and an executive committee was appointed to manage the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Brotherhood of Tailors
Parade of Striking Newsboys Postponed to Thursday
New York on July 27 reports the parade of striking newsboys postponed until Thursday night. The event will be led by a band and carriages, with several thousand boys expected to march. A recent mass meeting drew five thousand attendees, including two thousand from Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Visit of Count Vinchi on Italian inquiry at State Department
Count Vinchi the Italian charge had another interview with Assistant Secretary Hill regarding the inquiry into the killing of five Italians in Vicksburg Louisiana. Governor Foster has not submitted his report but unofficially three of the victims were Italian citizens and two were naturalized Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Vinchi
Washington
Hill
State Department
Vicksburg
Foster
Weyler Warns of Revolt Over Army Bill
In Madrid on July 27 the senate debated the army bill as General Weyler argued against any reduced force. He warned the government that the present mood could spark a revolution though he claimed he never planned one. Senor Dato condemned Weyler, drawing strong senate applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weyler
Madrid
Senate
General Weyler
Senor Dato
Interior
Senar Dato
New Ship Canal Plan for Oswego to Hudson River
Engineer George W. Rafter reports completion of a preliminary survey for a proposed ship canal from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. The canal would be 30 feet deep and 240 feet wide, bypass Niagara Falls, pass Oswego to Oswego River to Oneida Lake and Mohawk Valley to the Hudson. A single lock would be 1000 feet long with walls over 50 feet high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Ship Canal
Albany
N. Y
George W. Rafter
Great Lakes
Atlantic Ocean
Niagara Falls
Lake Ontario
Oswego
Oswego River
Oneda Lake
Mohawk Valley
Hudson River
National Steel buys nine steel steamers and mining firms
Cleveland reports a major merger as National Steel Company purchases nine steel steamers from M. A. Hanna & Company. The deal also secures nearly all stock of Chapin Mining Company and Winthrop Iron Company, expanding National Steel's lake carrier and mining holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Marine Review
National Steel Company
M. A. Hanna & Company
Chapin Mining Company
Winthrop Iron Company
Calamba Capture and Aftermath in Laguna de Bay
General R H Hall with 1000 men seized Calamba on Laguna de Bay, defending 300 insurgents. Four US killed and twelve wounded. insurgents later attacked posts before retreating to hills. Calamba becomes a permanent US garrison site and the expedition surprised the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manilla
R. H. Hall
Calamba
Laguna de Bay
United States
Twenty-first Regulars
Washington Volunteers
Malbar
Luzon
Napidan
Oeste
South Talim Island
Twenty-first Infantry
Fourth Cavalry
McGrath
Batesman
President McKinley Briefly Resting in Plattsburg Visit
President and Mrs. McKinley spent July 28 at Hotel Champlain in Plattsburg with the president taking long solitary walks in the park. Mrs. McKinley remained in her rooms resting while the president dictated a condolence dispatch on learning of the Santo Domingo president’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsburg, N. Y
Command dispute at Fort Porter over who leads
Buffalo July 28 Lieutenant Colonel William E Dougherty has arrived under orders from General Miles to assume command of Fort Porter. Major Allman currently holds command under a secretary of war order issued April 5. The dispute hinges on whether secretary of war orders supersede General Miles, and the matter will be referred to the war department for resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
William E. Dougherty
Miles
Fort Porter
Allman
Secretary of War
War Department
Fort
Deadly Hurricane Strikes Yokohama Coast
A hurricane swept the Japanese coast causing widespread damage. In Ushiga mamura 70 houses were washed away with 50 killed and 30 missing, while Inisai Mura saw over forty houses demolished and many unaccounted for. Aigu Mura suffered a landslide with five houses crushed and 28 people killed or injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Ushigamamura
Inisai-Mura
Aigu-Mura
Cattle Journey To Klondike Reaches Victoria
H V Jones who crossed the Edmonton trail arrives in Victoria from Swift Current April 9 1898 with 75 beef cattle and four men including Joe Butler who drowned on Lizard river. The herd endured hardships and was sold for profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
H. V. Jones
Edmonton Trail
Swift Current
Northwest Territory
Joe Butler
Lizard River
Convicts Rebel Over Tobacco Ration Cut in Iowa Penitentiaries
Des Moines July 27 The state board of control refused to rescind its order reducing weekly tobacco rations for convicts at the two Iowa penitentiaries from four to two. Warden fears serious trouble though no reversal is made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Hunter
State Board of Control
Des Moines
Labor official cites cheap immigrant labor split in nation
William Weihe of the contract labor bureau testifies before the industrial commission that about half of the low wage newcomers, described as Slavs Polaks and Russian Poles, head to Pennsylvania. He says they work on railroads and in mines and also compete in iron and glass works in industrial centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Industrial Commission
William Weihe
Contract Labor Bureau
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Pennsylvania
Iron and Glass Works
Clay county Bakers trial gathering in Barboursville
Barboursville Kentucky on July 27 factions Baker and related figures arrive for the Wiley and James Baker trial with John White Dough White and James F Marcum present. Reported that Baker Howard White factions are on better terms and a compromise may stop prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barboursville
Clay County
Wiley
James Baker
John and
Dough White
James F. Marcum
Bakers
Depositions Resumed in McGraw Scott Senate Case
In Charleston on July 27 depositions resumed in the McGraw Scott dispute as McGraw protests keeping Scott’s senate seat. State Senator Osenton State Senator Ashby and Delegate Haptonstall testified before adjournment to August 3 due to the absence of Democratic committee chairman Ohley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
McGraw- Scott
United States Senate
Osenton
Ashby
Haptonstall
Ohley
Democratic Committee
Oil well blast near Bishopville kills three men
In Glouster Ohio on July 29 George Palmer John Jamieson and Arnold were readying to shoot an oil well when Arnold dropped a nitroglycerin can. It exploded creating a 10 foot deep hole 20 feet across. Arnold is missing Palmer was thrown into a tree with fatal injuries and Jamieson escaped with severe injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jehu
Raanb
Glouster
Bishopville
Here
George Palmer
John Jamieson
Arnold
Palmer
Jamieson
Dewey Home Fund Says Subscriptions Reach 16700
The national Dewey home fund committee reports cash received totals 16700 from over 23000 subscribers. One hundred three donors gave 10000 and a 5000 pledge from the New York Journal would raise the total to about 21700. The fund plans to close subscriptions before Dewey’s New York visit and decide on home purchase location and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Dewey Home Fund
George Dewey
National
Dewey Home Fund Committee
Roberts
New York Journal
Admiral Dewey
New York
Manilla
Duty of the Troops Cited as Cleveland Stabilizes
Cleveland's mayor asserts control over National Guard presence, aiming to retain troops until order is secure while Adjutant General Axline urges limited police duties. City calm returns as streetcars resume heavy use. dynamite blast injures no one on a vacant car near Euclid Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Farley
Axline
Adjutant General
National Guard
Pingree Proclaims Honoring Alger Return to Detroit
Governor Pingree calls on Michigan residents to greet former Secretary of War Russell A. Alger upon his Aug 2 return to Detroit from Washington. The proclamation urges a hearty reception recognizing Alger’s national service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pingree
Detroit
State of
Michigan
Russel A. Alger
Washington
Alger
James Cofer Killed by Accidental Rifle Discharge
James Cofer was shot and killed instantly by an accidental rifle discharge while on his way to hunt near Jackson, Ohio, on July 29. The incident occurred as he walked along the road, and no other persons were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
James Cofer
Hunt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dominican Republic
McKinleys
Klondike
OWA
Virginia
Alimore
Akery
Sarven
Sears, Roebuck & CO. (Inc
Ill
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!