War at a Glance shows Turkish advantage in Epirus and Velestino battle
The week reports Turkish forces advancing toward Janina with 30 000 troops and Greek resistance at Pentepigadia near Arta. Velestino sees a Greek rout led by General Smolenski while Banes in Cuba is recaptured by Spanish forces. Greek Ralli ministry tightens control as Elassona falls and Turkish raids grow. A foreign officer tallies 8000 Greeks against 2000 Turks. Fire devastates a large urban area Sunday leaving two firefighters missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osman Pasha
Janina
Epiros
M. Ralli
Greece
Athens
Pentepigadia
Arta
Epirus
Pharsala
Macris
Saponissa
Mastropas
Auntoniades
Velestino
Smolenski
Banes
Santiago de Cuba
Calixto Garcia
Sagrada
Roloff
Gomez Roberto
Navarro
Elassona
Damasi
Zarkos
Larissa
Trikhala
Queen Regent Maria Christina in Spain suffers nervous prostration
In Foreign Landa the queen regent Maria Christina is reported as suffering from nervous prostration. A collision off Girdlenes lighthouse Scotland sinks the Coldynee with 11 crew drowned. Wake shocks in Leeward islands cause deaths and damage, greatest loss at Guadeloupe. May day passes quietly in France. Hyde Park features socialist songs by children. Queen regent signs Cuba reforms decree after Weyler reports western island pacified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landa
Spain
Maria Christina
Girdlenes Lighthouse
Scotland
Gringos
Leeward Islands
Guadeloupe
France
London
Hyde Park
Cuba
Weyler
Multiple Disasters and Crimes Across Several States
A fire nearly destroys Newark Arkansas and a landmark in Indianapolis. deaths and injuries from lightning, pneumonia, and violence are reported across Kansas Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma and Tennessee. Paralyzing illness strikes ex Senator Richard Coke. outlaws captured. riots amid a Hindu cleric protest. murder and rape accusations surface including Hillstead case. a waterspout kills a farmer family in Kentucky vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Ark
Dr. Goodmanson
Ponca
Neb
Sentinel
Indianapolis
John Carlson
Bunch
Richard Coke
Texas
Waco
Samuel H. Cole
Fort Scott
Kan
William Epps
Leadville
Colo
Caldwell
New York City
Ed Newcomb
Newkirk
O. T
Elizabeth Sandt
Kansas City
Michigan
Holland
Hindoo
Woman’s Congress
San Francisco
Sioux City
B. Deitzer
Larimore
N. D
Elm Grove Township
Rounte Hillstead
August Norman
Teoey
Sunnyside
Walse
Allen Named M K T Vice President and General Manager
A. A. Allen becomes vice president and general manager of the Missouri Kansas and Texas to replace T. C. O. Pardy who has resigned. An interstate mass convention is planned for Topeka or Wichita in June to push freight rate cuts to the gulf. The Kansas railway commissioners move toward a general conference on rates. Union Pacific reports a 747 032 dollar income loss despite higher freight and passenger business. The Order of Railway Conductors backs Michael Kelley in a suit against Allen for alleged blacklisting aiming to end the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Allen
Missouri, Kansas
Texas
T. C O. Pardy
Topeka
Wichita
Gulf
State Board of Railway Commissioners
Kansas Railways
Union Pacific
Michael Kelley
Allen
National Capital Notes Overview
Senator Orville H. Platt wed Jennie P. Hoyt of Upper Montclair New Jersey. The Supreme Court adjourns to May 10 for opinions only. A revised tariff bill passes senate with changes and retroactive clause removed. National bank note circulation reaches 232 000 244 with yearly gain and monthly loss. US delegates to international metallic conference sail May 8 from New York to London then Paris. President pauses Dunlop sentence for four days to allow business arrangements before Joliet prison term. Neuvo Laredo consul reports Gulf and Interstate Transportation Company delegation visits and notes potential corn trade growth in Mexico where corn costs a Mexican dollar per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Capital Notes
Orville H. Platt
Connecticut
Jennie P. Hoyt
Upper Montclair
N. J
Supreme Court
Senate
Comptroller of the Currency
National Bank
United States
New York
London
Paris
Joseph R. Dunlop
Chicago Dispatch
Dunlop
Joliet
Neuvo Laredo
Mexico
Department of State
Gulf and Interstate Transportation Company
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Extensive imports and business shifts across regions and sectors
Sugar imports surge via New Orleans while Wisconsin Beet Sugar completes a Menominee Falls plant. Bacon Paper assigns to Snow. Anderson glass workers strike over monthly settlements. Nashville opens the Tennessee Centennial. Oshkosh to run a grass twine plant employing 800. Congress urged to probe Sedalia bank. Loda bank closing triggers firm failures. Chicago building trades face a near general strike. Omaha cattle and hog receipts rise. sheep up. Thorne actor dies in New York. Berry, Cram, Peyton, and others pass away. Bristol of Western Union dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Wisconsin Beet Sugar Company
Menominee Falls
Wis
Jerome A. Bacon
Bacon Paper Company
Boston
Lawrence
Frederick E. Snow
Garen & Snow
Anderson, Ind
Nashville
Oshkosh
James Cooney
Seventh
Missouri
First National Bank
Sedalia
Plumbéra
Structural Iron Workers
Omaha
Dan's
Rview of Trade
Europe
Austria
China
Congress
Wide Range of 19th Century News Clippings
A mixed roundup notes the Iowa house defeating an anti Sunday baseball law, Illinois approving a drainage bill, and global items from India famine relief to German milch cows. Other items mention baptisms in St Louis, deaths, Shakespearean prizes, mining deals, earthquakes, and political races.
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Iowa
India
Chicago
Illinois
Madison County
Kentucky
United States
St. Louis
Horace H. Ayres
Keokuk
Beverly J. Gordon
Columbia
Missouri
Alabama
Free Silver Republicans
Birmingham
Delaware
Nancy W.coy
Cicero Coy
Lyons
Connelly-Lavigne
Broadway Athletic Club
Lavigne
Heptosophs of
Louisville
John Campbell
Elwood
Ben Brown
Furst Bros. Stables
Newport
Padlaski
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
Kendall County
Texas
Bob Fitzsimmons
Yarrum
Pittsburg
W. J. Deboe
Daniel Macomber
Grand Army
California
Dowagino
Mich
Warden Hancock
Frankfort
Richard Hysell
Kansas City
Swift & Co
William M. Aiken
Treasury
Gage
Denver
Iowa Senate
Joe Patchen
Patchen Wilkes
Grain markets decline on favorable weather in Chicago
May grain trading opened weak and worsened as bears gained control. Wheat corn oats pork lard and ribs futures fell with May and July prices listed and cash quotations for No 2 red wheat and No 2 corn noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bears
Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices Reported for May Fourth
CATTLE Receipts 2500 steady with native and western steers priced at 5.79 to 6.00. cows and heifers 2.80 to 3.00. calves 4.00 to 5.00. HOGS Receipts 8000 firmer with heavy 4.70 to 4.85, mixed 4.70 to 3.75, light 3.75 to 3.17. SHEEP Receipts 4.00 steady with natives 1.60 to 1.80, western 3.00 to 4.50, lambs 4.00 to 5.40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Omana
Texas
Chicago Livestock Market Report May 4
Prices and receipts for hogs and cattle at CHICAGO LIVESTOCK show mixed results. Hog receipts ranged around 36.00 with light to moderate demand. steers and heifers steady to firm, feeder cattle and mixed grades noted. Cattle receipts included steer and heifer categories with stable prices and some variability across lots.
Greek Policy Signals Wider War Control and Pharsalos Fight
Athens reports Ralli ministry plans greater military and naval control as victory at Velestino boosts General Smolenski. Turks 2 000 to Greeks 8 000. decisive battle expected at Pharsalos, possibly today. Crete troops recalled to Thessaly. Greek defense holds but fatigue grows. Arta panics as stores close and possible further withdraws loom. An armed priest preaches to morale in the square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pharsalos
Smolenski Ie
Velestino
Athens
Ralli
Smolenski
Matos
Epirus
Larissa
London
Valestino
Siglenski
Crete
Thessaly
Paniic
Arta
Filliapada
War ministers return from Pharsalos report may end war
The Athena correspondent for the Daily Mail reports the minister of war and the minister of the interior have returned to London and briefed the cabinet. It is understood their inquiry leads to a decision to discontinue the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Athena
The
Daily Mail
War
Interior
Pharsalos
Paris Charity Bazaar Fire Kills and Traps Hundreds
A devastating blaze at a crowded charity bazaar on Rue Jean Gougon in Paris trapped 1,400 to 1,800 attendees. Dozens died and many more are missing beneath ruins as patrons and patrons’ guests fled toward jammed exits while the building burned. In Pittsburgh a separate fire at Jenkins wholesale grocery on Penn avenue and Liberty street destroyed several blocks, with losses over 3 million dollars and multiple buildings damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins’ Wholesale Grocery S
Horne
Horne’s
Duquesne Theater
Methodist
and Hall Bros
American Press Association
Paris
Jean, Gougon
d’Uzes
Palais de Industrie
Pittsburg
Prttscure
Thomas C. Jenkins
Penn Avenue
Liberty Street
Liberty
Fifth Street
Sixth Street
Jenkins
Methodist Book Concern
Huck’s
Cigar Factory
Hall Bros
Book Concern
Surprise
George ‘Acheson
Cecilalley
Jenkins Iwall
Admiral Meade Dead After Illness and Surgery
Admiral Meade retired U S N dies in Washington after three weeks of illness. An operation for appendicitis followed grip and he failed to rally. Funeral at Miss Patterson’s home with military honors at Arlington. noted for Civil War service and later diplomatic missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Patterson
Vermont Avenue
Arlingtown
Admiral Meade
Reagan Eulogizes Jeff Davis at Dallas Confederate Monument Unveiling
The Dallas Daughters of the Confederacy unveiled a 50 foot Texas granite shaft dedicated to Jefferson Davis and other Confederate leaders. Jeff Davis pulled the cord for his grandfather statue, Lucy Hays aided Robert E Lee, and a Stonewall Jackson descendant unveiled Jackson and Johnson. John H. Reagan delivered the eulogy as flowers were laid on the base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Daughters of the Confederacy of Dallas
Texas
Jefferson Davis
R. E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Sidney Johnson
Jeff Davis
Lucy Hays
Robert J. Lee
Jackson
Johnson
John H. Reagan
Davis
Japanese War Talk as Warships Rapidly Move Toward Honolulu
Japanese government complains over Hawaii denying Shinshin Maru immigrants landing. Tokyo orders warships to Honolulu and Kobe halts further immigrant departures. Japanese papers claim US sending Philadelphia signals annexation, with warlike rhetoric and heightened tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Honolulu
Foreign Office
Hiogo Kendo
Kobe
United States
Philadelphia
Islands
Chicago Plumbers Strike Over Helpers At Build Sites
About 1,200 plumbers went on strike this morning halting work on most new buildings. The dispute centers on hiring helpers with the union demanding no more than one helper per shop. A dozen master plumbers representing roughly 100 workers signed an agreement. If nonunion workers are hired to replace strikers, a general union-wide strike among building trades may occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Quicaco
Building Trades Union
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edwin F. Thorne
John J. Berry
Portland
John V. Cram
Des Moines Hospital
Jesse KR. Peyton
Haddonfield
Hammond
United
Helga
South Omaha
Chicago Livestock
Sog Awe
Spo Setgereagh
Blader
Hebven
Sita
Leewan
NEW
Reagan
Jeff. Davis
Gururir
Catedyam
West Guthrie
George Owen
Charles Ruffins
Henry Simmons
Washington
Robert N. Patterson
Tennessee
Calcutta
Stanton Sickles
Madrid
Elmer E. Johnston
Rockwell City
C. A. Merrill
North Springs
John Knapp
Parkersburg
J. E. Vincent
Hutchinson
William H. Halsinger
Cottonwood Falls
B. J. Prentiss
Bethany
William T. Ager
Beaver City
James N. Brooks
Rushville
Lincoln
Sheldon
Dawes County
Hs Wa Aay
Rae
Helena
Butte
Spokane
Tacoma
Seattle
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Fargo
Grand Forks
Winnipeg
Mointe
N. P. Locepot
M. U
Ermediate Pointe
c.s.De M. U
Garrison
N.P
N. P. Jocal
Whitehall
N. P
Pony
Norris
Mos
Atendard Pullman Sleeping Cara
W. M. Tuchy
E. Broadway
Montana
Charles 8
Fee
Paul
Minn
Poindexter
Beaverhead Co
M. Z
Square
Compan
Deer Creek Valle
Draggista
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
St. Mary’s Academy
Salt Lake City
Utah
Sisters OF the Holy Cross
Lesmen
Warmanto Hock Ercole
Trae
Minnetonka
Florista L. L. May & Cd
Seedamen
Bt. Paul, Minn
Nntire
Valle van
Pn Tran Veabinatans
D. C
Dillon
Ontana
Tripunn Prsursurne Co
Salt Lake
Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune
Fearn E
Reni
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