Seven Days of Happenings From May 16 21
A long column of brief notes reports a child killed and multiple injuries from a Lehigh Valley wreck near Oswego New York. embezzlement suit in Omaha against County Treasurer Snyder. a Flint Michigan schoolhouse fire causing $3000 damage. captures in Michigan including James Donovan. various political church and labor events across Illinois Wisconsin Kansas and New York. California Colorado and Missouri criminal cases. rail and mining strikes. notable deaths and civic happenings.
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Lehigh
Oswego
N. Y
Omaha
Snyder
Flint
Mich
James Donovan
Tonia
Calwell
Wisconsin Veterans' Home
Waupaca
Wis
Minoak
Ills
State Firemen’s Association
Kansas City
Cripple Creek
Hegner
Colorado
Washington
Julia Faulkner
Arcola
William Galemyer
Marion
Ind
Germany
B. F. Holcomb
Galesburg
Ill
Princeton
Owens
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Danvills
Missionfield
Dr. Kelly
Southern Methodist Episcopal Conference
Hargrave
Ohio River
West Virginia
Governor Stone
Harry Jones
John Clark
Wright
Milton
Cal
Danville
Bookwalter
Wishman
Thomas
Greenwald
San Francisco
William N. Brainard
Chicago
Evanston
Abilene
Kaw
Engle
J. E., Stauffer
Illinois
Henry Woolwine
Mexico
Montgomery County
New York
Europe
Wall Street
Senate
Cuba
England
Great Britain
Wisconsin
Iowa
Joliet
Brooklyn
Grand Lodge
B’nai Brith
Nashville
Tenn
Admiral Farragut
Junction City
Kan
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of
Supreme Council, Commercial Pilgrims of America
Council Bluffs
Delos Matthews
Fanny Dennison
Anderson
Matthews
Fort Wayne
Kansas
Walter Lilly
Burlington
Fonte
Robert Gordon Hardie
S. M. Cullom
Mlinois
Quincy
Kelly
Iowa Knights of Labor
State Federation of Labort
van der Muellen
Editor Edmund Yates Dead at Loxton
Edmund Hod Yates editor and proprietor of The World has died in Loxton on May 22. The obituary notes his leadership in journalism and his long tenure in the publishing world.
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Edmund Yates
Loxton
Edmund Hod ‘Yates
the World
Industrials and Coxey followers linked by trains and trials
Reports from several western cities describe Coxey movement actions. Judge Riner and United States Attorney Fowler lead a hearing for Idaho industrials. Approximately 40 industrials left Echo aboard an eastbound freight under marshal guard.
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Green River
Judge Riner
United States
Fowler
Cheyenne
Idaho
Malloy
Wyoming
Union Pacific
Echo
U. T
Manston
Riner
Boise
Forty-Three Coxeyites Sentenced in Helena Case
Federal Judge Knowles sentences forty three Coxeyites captured at Forsythe to county jail for 30 days to six months. Leaders among them receive terms while others are released on promises to refrain from interfering with Northern Pacific trains.
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Washington
Miller
Coxey, Browne
Christopher Columbus Jones
Capitol
Coxey
Browne
Carter Et al
Salt Lake
H. E. Carter
Union Pacific
Lehi
Merritt
Carter
Coxeyites Flood Idaho Railways Influx Grows
Reports from northern Idaho indicate hundreds of Coxeyites are flooding the countryside and swelling with arrivals from the west and northwest. Rail lines are crowded and deputies struggle to control the inflow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Green River
Governor McConnell Powerless Over Coxeyite Threats at Mines
About 600 Coxeyites near the Couer d Alene mines threaten to help the Union oust nonunion men. Governor McConnell is powerless as the last legislature refused to fund militia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McConnell
Boisz
Ida
General Kelly Vows to Lead Regiment to Washington
In Quincy Illinois on May 24 General Kelly spoke to a large audience. He said with additions to his army and those awaiting him at St Louis the number would reach 1650. He received hearty applause and promised to take the regiment to Washington in spite of hell if he lives.
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Kelly
Quincy
Ills
St. Louis
Washington
Famine and relief struggles in Shensi China amid five months of drought
Reports from Shensi describe tax remission and relief efforts after a brutal crackdown on starving villagers. Rainless five months worsen hardship as 2,500 houses burned by a March fire in Anhui and preparations for Empress Dowager’s birthday raise funds. Other items note sheep losses in Sonora and the sudden death of Rev Peter J Teespon in Detroit.
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Shensi
China
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Yokohama
China News
Schuch Eng
Anahui
Yen
Confucius
Peking
Senate debates tariff and bribery charges across May sessions
Reports from Washington in mid May outline Senate and House actions on tariff measures. Allen proposes inquiry into protected industries and wage impacts while Speaker Crisp faces family bereavement. Bribery investigations widen to include possible sugar trust influence and broader campaign funding connections.
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Washington
Senate
Allen
United States
Wasmgton
Crisp
McCann
Cummings
Lodge
Kyle
Hunton
North Dakota
Congress
House
Committee On Labor
Springer
Washinnton
Sugar Trust
Cockrell
Hoar
Chandler
Faulkner
Vilas
Gallinger
Chickering
N. Y
Committee On Railways and Canals
Hudson River
Great Lakes
Herman
Finance Committee
Peffer
Hill
Bland
J. Sorg
Restorative Nervine Praised By Complainant
James Kane of La Rue Ohio credits Dr Miles Restorative Nervine with curing creeping paralysis and restoring health after a year and a half of treatment. He reports weight gain and complete relief after using the product, and notes others have benefited as well. The medicine is sold by druggists or sent by mail from Elkhart Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nydros
Miles
Dr. Miles
James Kane
la Rue
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Fifth Judicial District
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General Assembly of the
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Joe” Young
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Decatur
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