MOB NONUNION CREW BEATEN AS CHICAGO CROWD DEMOLISHES CAR
A mob of about 100 union men attacked a Halsted Street electric car crew at Archer Avenue in Chicago. Conductor F. W. Hughes and motorman Paul Ring fled amid stones and sticks. Ring escaped, while Kennedy was knocked down. John O'Hara from the Thirty-fifth Street police station aided the conductor to safety and police later escorted him to the car barns.
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Halsted Strect Electric Cay
Archer Avenue
Halsted Street
Chilengo
Hhey
H.C. Kennedy
Paul Ring
Torman
Johm O'Hara
Thirty-fifth Street
Podel
Widow Ada Ambrose Wins Civil War Pension Fight
Ada T Ambrose of Chicago wins an eight year battle before the pension commissioner securing an $18 monthly pension with back pay for a widow whose husband served in both Confederate and Union forces during the Civil War. The case details a complex loyalty shift with back history of service and eligibility issues surrounding Confederate service. The outcome affirms her entitlement despite the earlier denial based on Confederate allegiance.
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Ada T. Ambrose
Chicago
Nineteenth Sinois Infantry
Ambrose
New Colorado Road to Charge by Weight at Ticket Offices
Passengers on the Pueblo and Beulah Valley Electric Railway in Colorado will pay by weight once completed. A registering scale at ticket offices will assess charges at 1.5 cents per pound, a method the president says corrects inequality between heavy and light passengers.
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New Colorado
New Pueblo
Beulah Valley
Colorado
Mim
Jean
Massive Salina Fire Causes Half Million Dollar Loss
A blaze in Salina, Kansas devastated the H. D. Lee Mercantile Company and several wholesale and hardware firms, triggering an estimated 500000 dollars in damage. The fire started in the paper bag department of the grocery building on the fourth floor, with a stiff north wind feeding the flames and forcing residents to form bucket brigades. H. D. Lee, president and New York resident, chaired the Wholesale Grocers Association minutes.
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D. Las
Kansas
Duslness
Salina
Tdi-Atcry
LH. D. Hoe Wholesale Gro
Eaty Company
H. .D. Lee Hardware Company
Aintiller
Deaware Company
Ia A
H. D. Lee Mercantile Company
H. D. Lee
New ‘York
Sumes
Yarlong
H. D. Led
Wholemle Grocers’. Association
Wnited States
Five of Family Diein Fire in New Jersey Home
A deadly fire in Clarksburg New Jersey destroys a two story frame house killing Clayton Fowler 42 his wife and their four children aged 13 36 2 and 6 months The eldest son escaped with minor injuries after leaping from a second story window The blaze started on the lower floor and the parents and three younger children perished in the smoke and flames.
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New Jersey
Bay
Fowler
Wireless Will Conquer Ocean Says Inventor
Famous inventor Thomas A. Whlison predicts wireless telegraphy will conquer sea travel and connect ships to shore, while land use remains limited. He notes Marconi will span the world, and cables will still exist. Whlison claims to have originated wireless telegraphy and patented in 1885 before focusing on electric lighting.
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Marconi
Thomas A. Whlison
Holison
Maveout
Fraser Mountain Copper Company Crashes Investors Struck
Investors in the Frazer Mountain Copper Company of New Mexico learned the firm is in receivership with 107000 in assets and only seven to pay. Reported debts include 40000 still owing on property, leaving no clear title. The article notes other corporate shifts, economic moves, and notable figures involved.
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Fraser Mountain Copper Company
Frazer Mountain Copper Company
New Mexico
Interior overrules widow homestead entry in public lands case
The Interior Department overturns prior rules granting widows of soldiers or sailors a right to homestead entry without residence. In Nebraska, Anna Bowes claimed the right as a Civil War widow under an agreement with Standard Cattle Company for option to purchase. The decision requires Bowes to reside on the land, invalidating the entry.
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Secretary of the Interior
Department
Ara
Anna Bowes
Broken Bow
Nebraska
Bowes
Kills Wife Then Shoots Self in Pennsylvania
Joseph Hindman killed his wife at their home in Coraopolis Pennsylvania after a quarrel while intoxicated then shot himself in the head causing instant death. Neighbors note he had been drinking for weeks and this may have led to the tragedy.
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Joseph Hindman
Joseph Stindman
Coraopollir
Hindman
Galveston Grade Raising Bids Opened for Major Fill Project
Bids were opened for raising Galveston’s city grade to meet a sea wall plan. The lowest bid by Goodhart & Bates of New York at 181? cents per cubic yard covers about 11 million cubic yards of filling. The project would raise the grade by seven feet on the gulf shore, cost nearly $2,000,000 funded by bonds, and expected completion in about three years after a sixty day start.
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Galveston
Goodhart
Linden
W. Bates
New York
Goodhart & Bates
Slays Wife and Self in Brooklyn Hotel Tragedy
Lester O. Witzgernd a Brooklyn glass maker shot his wife through the temple at the Guilivant Hotel on Driggs Avenue and Broadway, then killed himself. In the next room actress Misa Hi Bruce witnessed part of the tragedy as Fitzgerald shot his wife and himself. The woman wore valuable diamonds and had a note asking her to return to him after a six month separation.
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Brooklyn
Lester O. Witzgernd
Driggs Avenne
Broadway
Misa Hi. Bruce
Tenderfoot
Kansas Birth Trend Shocks Leavenworth County Doctors
Reports from Missouri Valley physicians note an unusual birth pattern in Leavenworth County Kansas with two thirds of recent births being boys and nineteen of twenty confinement cases attended by Dr Re L Yes a male predominance that mystifies experts. The phenomenon draws comment from old lore and medical observers alike amid a climate controversy.
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Kansas County
Sehenek
Missouri Valley
Kansas
Leavenworth County
Sis
The
Board of Health
Re L. Yes
Congress Session Notes and Bills on Cuba and Finance
A lengthy report outlines Senate and House activity with the Cuban reciprocity bill, Panama Canal treaty, and various finance measures. It notes executive sessions, readings of the President's message, and debates on post office reforms, treasury deposits, and a proposed MeKinley Day.
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Senato
Regitar
Enual
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Prince
Ilinois
National Bank
Secretary of the Treasury
Honda
Dwight
New York
W. A. Smith
Michigany
Melkinley
MeKinley
Wiliam Alden Builth
Michigan
Lacomes Inn
Henry Burk
Pao
Gorman
Lodge
Teller
General Wood
Clapp
Hoar
Secretary of State
Republic of Columbia
Collon
Frye
United States
Philippine Archipelago
House
Committee On
Postoffices
Post Reads
Postmaster General
Postoffice Department
Judiciary Committee
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Floppurn
Bonator Gallinger
Congress
Judiciary
Charles Swayne
United States District Court
Epidemic Smallpox Closes Schools in Goodland Kansas
An outbreak of smallpox in Goodland Kansas led to school closures and bans on public gatherings. A Louisiana Purchase Exposition agent traveled to Africa to recruit representatives for the exhibit. In St. Louis the state court dismissed the idle charge against Councilor Myeenburg, with the Supreme Court remanding.
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Goodland
Kan
Africa
L’yguvies
St. Louis
Myeenburg
Supreme Court
Mitigating Horrors of Dark Cell
A prisoner reflects on coping strategies in punishment cells, noting how inmates seek mental relief through tasks like backward spelling. He recalls the cruel evils of enforced idleness in New York State Prison and credits work as a key blessing for prisoners.
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Menim State Prison
New York
Jumbled Moral Comment Sparks Quick Witty Exchange
A fragmented exchange features a taunt about speed and honesty with lines like Ehara no joke and Sometimes the jockey is brib able, reflecting a satirical rhythm as two voices spar over improvised morals. The text reads as odd dialogue clipped from a larger segment with unclear context.
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Ehara
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Henry Snepatrick
Tina
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Huntington, Conn
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Eller
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Payne
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