News of the Week Highlights From Across the Nation
Strikes at Western Co operative mine in West Belleville Mo ignite a fire with $100000 loss. Convict labor in Clinton County Prison contracted at 35 cents a day. Rangers deployed to suppress Rio Grande smugglers. Fire, storms and explosions cause multiple deaths injuries and property damage nationwide.
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Western Co-operative
West Belleville
P Uattspurgh
N. Y
Clinton County
Sth
Rio Grande
Texas
Pennsylvania
Penn Haven
Hazleton
Charles E. Monroe
Lynchburg
New Haven
Conn
Forney
Tex
Park Grimes
Cassius Ide
Vermontville
Mich
Henry T. Gillett & Sons
Buffalo
Third Avenue
New York
Indiana
Florida Ship Canal Company
Washington
Brown
Tennessee
William Windom
Crook
Mexico
War Department
Baltimore
Adams
Ireland
Boston
Illinois
Wisconsin
Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Michigan
Ilinois
Missouri
New Jersey
Warp McConkey
Pittsburgh
George A. McClure
Standard Oil Company
Communipaw
N. J
First Baptist Church
St. Albans
Louisville, New Albany
H.B. Johnson
Leroy
8. E. Burt
Batavia
Highland Station
New York Central Road
St. Louis City Hospital
Notable deaths and political notes spread across nations
Mrs E B West dies visiting her daughter's grave in Brooklyn while John Jay Knox is named Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue. George Biss closes his Star route prosecution. New York Chamber of Commerce marks its 115th anniversary with a banquet. Pulitzer buys the New York World for 400000, taking control on the 9th. Tennessee’s gambling felony law closes Memphis houses. many political and legal moves unfold nationwide.
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E. B. West
Josiah West
Brooklyn
N.Y
Greenwood Cemetery
George Biss
Washington
New York Chamber of Commerce
New York World
Joseph Pulitzer
St. Louis
Alexander H. Stephens
Henry D. McDaniel
John Egan
New Jersey
House of Representatives
Elizabeth
Armitage
Newark
Pennsylvania Senate
Catholic Knights of America
National Temperance Society
New York
Bishop Hopkins
Massachusetts
John N. Stearns
Charles Lyman
United States
Civil Service Commission
Honry D. McDanies
Georgia
Amasa Stone
Cleveland
Hannah S. Grant
Grant
Mary Corbin
Jersey City
N. J
Andrew J. Situ
Manhattan Fire Insurance Company
Shufeldt
T. E. Fillebrown
Colorado Supreme Court
Packer
Third Trial Convicts Dublin Murderer and Executed Man
The third trial of Timothy Kelly, a Phoenix Park murder suspect in Dublin, ended on the 9th with conviction and a death sentence after earlier juries failed to agree. William Hugus, colored, was hanged on the 9th in St. John New Brunswick for his wife’s murder. An Armenian editor in Constantinople received life imprisonment for disloyal articles amid Ecuador’s critical national scene and sluggish business.
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Timothy Kelly
Phoenix Park
Dublin
Ireland
William HuGuss
St. John, N. B
Constantinople
Ecuador
Sus
Global turmoil and violence fill late reports from around the world
Dispatches detail Irish unrest and executions in Wu Chang as armies brace for coronation in Moscow. Fires destroy businesses in Hamilton and a London broker fails. Mexico fights Apache raiders while Pope warns Dublin clergy over the Parnell fund.
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Guayaquil
Department of State
Washington
United States
Ireland
Hamilton
Ont
R. Lennox
Hayti
Miragoane
Joseph Mullett
Dublin
Field
Paris
London
Aldershot
Curragh
Moscow
Bank of England
Castar
Sonora
Mex
Berlin
Bismarck
Warwick Farm
Saledo
Tex
Lewin Morvey
Calcutta
Ameer
Afghanistan
Shinwarris
O’connor
Wu Chang
China
Torres
Sierra Madre Mountains
Croke
Parnell Fund
Cyclone in Kansas City Causes Heavy Loss and Loss of Life
A powerful cyclone struck Kansas City Missouri shortly before five pm on the 15th, destroying about 300000 dollars of property, killing four people and injuring many others. The storm left hundreds homeless in the surrounding countryside and caused widespread damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Washburn
Maine
Philadelphia
New York
Havana
Cuba
Prince of Wales
Cincinnati
Fort Walsh
British Northwest
Montana
Lemberg
Austria
District Court
Virginia
Nev
Theresa Fair
United States
James G. Fair
Moscow
Russia
New Orleans
Glenn
Tenn
Bill Conner
Deadwood
Dakota
Anderson Pressed
Chicago
Civil Service Rules Adopted On Arthur's Orders
President approves twenty two civil service rules governing appointments. Open competitive exams test penmanship arithmetic English grammar and geography with sixty five percent proficiency. prohibits political coercion. no discrimination for opinions. probation six months for all appointments. promotions to be set by future rules.
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Washington
Civil Service
Classified Departmental Service
Classified Customs Service
Classified Postal Service
United States
Civil Service Act
Classified Department Service
Abject Poverty and Suffering in Ireland
Washington reports from State Department inquiries show Irish poverty is widespread but not exceptional. Consuls in Ireland describe miserable peasant conditions in poorer agricultural areas, yet authorities have means to relieve need and starvation point is not reached. Prospects for immediate improvement remain discouraging.
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Washington
State Department
Butter
Folger
Ireland
Merritt
London
United State
Missing boy Demers found by hotel keeper in Montreal
In Montreal on May 9 a man of dark complexion claimed to be Demers the nine year old disappeared thirty years ago after his parents died. He told of being kidnapped in Tennessee by a planter, living with slaves, joining the Confederate army, and later working as a trader in the South. Relatives accept his tale. Also rail lines adopt a rule banning baggage over 250 pounds in cars starting June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Demers
Durand
Tennessee
South
Massachusetts Senate Supports Beets Tax Reward Plan
The Massachusetts Senate passed two bills proposing a one dollar per ton bounty on beets grown for sugar. In Louisiana, the Supreme Court ruled that municipal bonds cannot be taxed.
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Massachusetts Senate
The
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Massive Jersey City Oil Tank Fire Lit by Lightning
A Standard Oil Communipaw complex tank fire caused by a lightning strike in a May storm engulfed eleven tanks and surrounding facilities. About 500,000 gallons of oil burned, with property losses estimated at 1.5 million dollars and several workers reported missing.
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Jersey City
N. Iu
Standard Oil Company
Communipaw
Halliday Street
Ferrier
John Herbert
Joseph Jenkins
Cooper
Joseph Davis
Henry Kegler
Dick Conklin
William Curry
Wheat Crop Shortage Report Highlights 77 Million Bushel Loss
The Agricultural Department reports an overall 77 million bushel drop in wheat acreage and yield. Frosts and a backward season reduced spring wheat, with notable declines in Missouri Indiana and New Jersey while California and Oregon show gains. International notes mention England sown area down and frost affecting continental crops.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
New York
Michigan
Ohio
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
New Jersey
Pacific Coast
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
West Virginia
Kentucky
Kansas
California
Oregon
London
England
France
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Commissioner of Agriculture
One Hundred Million Aires in Philadelphia Allegation
A claim circulates that Philadelphia contains one hundred million aires. No corroborating sources or specifics accompany the assertion.
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Dixon Sun
Ww. M. Kennedy
Dixon, Ill
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Niagara County
White Plains
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Daniel Cash
Jackson, O
John W. Jackson
Samuel L. Hull
Jacksonport
Ark
Jerry Blalock
Thomas Brandenburg
East Providence
Henry Rivals
Henry Hyams
Pottsville
Baker
Portland
James Goodgame
Holly Springs
Arthur
Fort Wayne
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