Murder in Anthracite Regions Echoes Molly Maguires Tale
Reports from Tamaqua and surrounding coal areas say a revived Molly Maguires influence fuels a spate of unsolved murders in northern Pennsylvania. Authorities fear an oath-bound gang, similar to the 1870s era, is behind the violence as detectives press hunts in Luzerne, Columbia and Lackawanna counties amid ominous skull and crossbones threats.
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Pennsylvania
Tianaqua
Cval
Iran
Molly Maguire Brotherhood
Schuylkill
Chicago pastor marries wife to stranger at Hindu wedding
Rev Thomas Hayes of Chicago accidentally marries his wife to a stranger during a church benefit Hindu ceremony in Starlight Susquehanna New York. The groom William Hall is engaged to a local social leader. the misbond becomes legally binding and the fiancee ends the engagement awaiting court action. Hayes bars his wife’s name from divorce filings.
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Chicago
Thomas Hayes
Starlight
Susquehanna
N.Y
William Hall
Hall
Mr. Hayes
Lying Turk and other 1900s items on trial and race
The itemized note covers a bundle of early 20th century briefs: a Russian and Austrian inquiry in Uskub shows few officers dismissed. Alfred Knapp sentenced to be electrocuted in Columbus for multiple murders. a New Jersey trolley directors’ manslaughter case dismissed. Mrs Ogden Goelet’s Newport engagement to the Duke of Manchester. America’s Cup race where Bellamee won decisively and Shamrock III faltered. Pacific salmon shortages raising prices. Silver Lake bank robbery and loss of securities. American Buyer Refining Co buys nine Michigan sugar plants. rebel fatalities in Cavite. Chile forms a new ministry under Matteperez. Annie Peck and Dr. Alve Wight summit Mount Sorata in Bolivia.
Philippine Education Bill Funds 72 000 First Year Aid
A proposed Naw Education Bill would appropriate 72 000 dollars for the first year to cover Font expenses. It would send the 100 best qualified students with at least 8 percent in each subject to the United States to complete their education. Applicants are limited to children of the bab le schools and ages 10 to 12, must take an allegiance pledge with parental approval, and upon return face a civil service exam for possible government appointment. Estimated cost per student is 600 dollars annually, excluding transportation.
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Naw
United States
Phillipines
Chicago School of Crooks Boy Shoplifter Confesses Plot
A boy shoplifter in St Louis on seven larceny charges confessed to Detective Desmond that he was trained in a Chicago school of crooks. He said he was sent to St Louis to purloin goods and that stolen items were sent to Chicago where accomplices disposed of them and shared the proceeds. Desmond aims to round up the gang with names provided.
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Fred Sples
St. Louis
Desmond
Chicago
Feco
Desmond Bopes
Turki sh troops routed near Adrianople as insurgents strike
Insurgents estimated at 6,000 in the vilayet of Aurianople rout Turkish re enforcement troops sent to Kirk-Silisseh about thirty two miles from Adrianople. Constantinople strengthens garrisons while a railway troop train moves to Tcherkes koi near Bulgarian incursions.
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Garrsson
Kirk-Silisseh
Adrianople
Vilayet
Aurianople
Constantinople
Jess Urn
Tcherkeskoi
Vlayet
Pinca
Wounding and deaths in St Louis and surrounding crime
Reported shooting incidents include William Schlicker wounding his wife Nora three times and killing himself after failing to persuade her to leave St Louis. Officer Connors is severely wounded and Officer White seriously wounded after a misdirected exchange while pursuing a fugitive.
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Sesk
St Louis
Nora
St. Louis
Willam Schlicker
Schlicker
Schucker
Connors
White
Independent Packing Company formed to rival packers trust
Westward grass country stockmen met at the Midland Hotel in Kniss City to organize the Independent Packing Company with a $6,000,000 capital. Sixty one percent will be held in escrow to assure control by stockholders, while the rest may be sold to other stockmen. Two million shares will be issued initially and placed under corporate control to prevent Packers’ dominance.
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Westertt
Mid-land
Kniss City
Au Packing Company
Packers’ Trust
Cuisern
Independent Packing Company
Lawn of
Arizona
Iwo
Revolt on Isthmus Gains After Canal Treaty Rejection
Tension rises on the Isthmus of Panama after the Colombian congress rejects the canal treaty. Only strong government action, led by Gen. Huertas at Fort Oburriqui, may curb revolts. Sympathy leans toward the canal project while American influenced naval and engineering crews hold key roles.
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Panamana
Bogota
Huertas
Fort Oburriqui
Panama
Hron
Soldiers in a Wreck Reported in Udine
A disastrous railway accident near Udine, sixty miles from Venice, during a royal visit to observe maneuvers. At 10 PM a soldiers’ train collided with a freight train, killing twenty soldiers and injuring eighty including six officers. The colonel among the injured and a captain killed. an engine driver burned. Both engines destroyed and carriages crushed.
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Italy
Harter
Udine
Venice
Aan
Important Discoveries Made S J Marsh Arctic Spends Two Years
S J Marsh spends two years exploring a previously unmapped Arctic region between Colville River and the international boundary. He reaches Nome after 128 days without human contact and travels to Fort Yukon emaciated on a flour diet. He mapped five rivers and gathered data, reporting a nonmineral Arctic coast and a mineralized area toward the Koyukuk region.
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S.J. Marsh
Arctic
Marsh
Nome
Arctic Ocean
Colville River
International
Fort Yukon
Gen. Punston
Noma
Jeff Jayis
Koyukuk
Reading Company to Curtail Anthracite Output
The Reading Company leads a cutback in anthracite production after 40,000,000 tons mined since January, with 10,000,000 tons above normal. Washeries shutting for pea and smaller sizes. about 2,000,000 tons of small steam coal unsold. Prices drop as producers seek to move surplus.
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G Vis
Indians Refuse To Cede Lands In Southern Georgia
Historical items report southern Georgia Indians resist ceding lands between the Okmulgee and Oconee rivers, declaring the land, water, trees, and hair their body. London theater fire, Napoleonic orders arrest travelers in Italy and Switzerland, a Washington census notes 6000 outside Georgetown. Ships fly US flag to enter The Ingue, where Americans are the only allowed.
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Georgia
Oconee
Aatley
Royal
London
Italy
Switzerland
Washington, D. C
Georgetown
United States
Ingue
Notable 19th Century Events Fragment Summary
Ex President James Monroe’s claims against the United States for extraordinary expenses were unpaid by Congress. A stone coffin linked to King Duncan’s murder was reportedly buried in Inverness ruins. A Liverpool paper forecast Andrew Jackson’s presidential win over John Quincy Adams due to Irish influence. Cholera began in Newcastle and later spread to England. Copenhagen and St Petersburg outbreaks were under control. Victoria visited Ireland. Hawaii endured smallpox mortality. Chester Creek mill resumed under a modern system. Leviathan cholera deaths cited. Davenport broke ground for railroad. Virginia’s Union governor fixed capital at Alexandria while Richmond remained rebel capital. Leavenworth residents demanded Gen Schofield’s removal after Lawrence massacre. A severe frost damaged cotton, corn, and fruits. Grand Rapids leased land for a conscript camp. indirect pursuit of Canada deemed necessary. Rail link between Washington Baltimore and the West resumed post Civil War.
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James
Queen Victoria
Ireland
Hawaii
Chester Creek
Del
Benjamin Franklin
Copenhagen
St. Petersburg
Antoine le Claire
Davenport
Towa
Mississippi and Missouri Railroad
Chicago, Tock Island
Gov. Pierpont
Virginia
Alexanders
Richmond
Leavenworth
Kxan
Gen. Schofield
Btn
Llinely
United States
Grand Rapids
Mich
Canada
Washington
Baltimora
West
Pennsylvania
Grain price relief and currency moves ripple through markets
France ends grain and flour duties to ease bread costs in Paris while in the U S the War Department signals possible coin certificate seizures under the March 1803 act. Pennsylvania coal operators plan to strike and Pittsburgh barge traffic could halt if mine owners pay above scale. tensions widen across sectors.
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St. Louis
T. B. Carruther & Co
Nason, Bartholow & Co
France
Paris
Tha ‘Wrengury
Pennsylvania
Pitsburg
New Orleans Grand Jury Reports Hoodlums Control City
The New Orleans grand jury says hoodlums hold the city, police are powerless, and crime flourishes under city officials. Across the nation roads own vast land, volcanic eruptions kill thousands, and in Java, Russia bars Jews from liquor trade. President Arthur finishes a western tour in Billings, Montana.
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Orleana
Rairoads
United States
Teventy
Java
Chester A. Arthur
Billings
Mont
Banking Decline And Rail Earnings Drop Ten Years Ago
August bank clearings in Previlling New York fell 84 percent from 1902 amid a low business mood. Seventy-two of 128 railroads reported lower earnings. Senator A P Gorman of Maryland blocked free silver legislation in the Senate and urged supporters to heed President Cleveland. Nancy Hanks broke the Leetwood record, trotting around in 2064 with Budd Doble aboard.
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New York
A. P. Gorman
Maryland
Senate
Cleveland
Nancy Hanks
Ao Undlp
Trade outlook brightens as industrial clouds lift
Dun and Go Weekly Review of Trade notes no ITDL New York impact yet, with conservatism easing amid inflation readjustment. Demand rises across sectors, with surveys showing liberalization of mercantile, stronger steel activity, planned structural steel orders for 1904, and robust railway purchases. Grain movement delayed by weather, but West merchandise flows surge. railroads report expanded capacity and cars.
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New York
R. Gs. Dun &Go
Wxag
New Yorke
Englaand
Chicago and nationwide market quotes for cattle hogs sheep wheat and more
Prices listed by city include Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Denver Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo and New York for cattle hogs and sheep with grains and butter products. Ranges show No 2 red wheat No 2 corn and No 2 white oats with various quality grades and per bushel or cwt figures. Market tone reflects active shipping demand and mixed quality across regions.
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Chicago
Jay
Timothy
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Deirsk
Milwaukee
New York
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