Northwest troubles and Middleton's camp at Clark's Crossing
General Middleton's army remains in camp as reports claim Indians and half-breeds have been robbed. A scout says Eli Dumont, Gabriel's brother, was killed, and Albert Monkman is with Riel. In Parliament, Militia Minister Campbell denied robberies and blamed buffalo shortage plus possible agent dishonesty for the uprising.
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Riel
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Sir A. Campbell
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Showine
Illinois Legislature Excursion Brings Disorder and Violence
A Fallon Ky dispatch reports the Illinois Legislature excursion train split into two groups with heated disputes and a violent incident in a sleeper. A Springfield marshal clerk was assaulted, his lip injured and teeth knocked out amid alleged Cook County toughs. Indignation followed as sections regrouped in Cairo.
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Evening News
Fallon
Tennois Legislature
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Springfield
Tie
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Cook County
Canvassing the Chicago Election Returns and Prison Strikes
The Chicago canvass of municipal returns resumed by the Common Council shows the Third ward giving Smith a slim gain. In the Bridewell, Amazon Hosiery workers strike for better food and pay, with 60 held for punishment. 150 inmates walk out, while police fear serious trouble. North Chicago Rolling Mills sees rail and steel workers strike for higher pay, risking a year’s shutdown. Separate notes report a Bloomington-area tram robbery unsolved, and a secret conference between iron manufacturers and Amalgamated Association near Portsunam, hinting at possible wage scales and no imminent strike. Also, Montreal actress Camille Henrie elopes with James Downes, prompting pursuit and arrest in St Johns.
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Common Council
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Weihie
Amalgmated Association
Savage Prize Fight in Dakota Between Two Champions
Manitoba’s McKeown and Montana’s Ben Arthurs met in eight savage rounds at Niche Dakota. Arthurs was unable to rise after a devastating blow in the eighth, and McKeown was awarded the fight. A special train carried sporting men to witness the bout.
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Manitoba
Ben Arthurs
Montana
Savage
Niche
Dak
Arthurs
McKeown
Indian Schools in Alaska and Public Debt Report
Reports from Sitka Alaska reveal a court ruling voiding written parental agreements for Indian children to enter the Home Mission Presbyterian School, sparking calls for cooperation among Sitka authorities Indian officials and the Attorney General. Separate items note appointments resignations and a large April public debt reduction figures with discrepancies between old and new forms including cash balances and coin adjustments. Commodore C E Garrison dies at 75.
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Sheldom Jackson
Sitka
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Tresbyterian Church
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Atking
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United States
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Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
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Tenn
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W. W. Hanna
St. Louis
C. E. Stevens
Augusta
Charles Field
Boston
Garland
Axiel
Supreme Court of New Mexico
Agriculture Colman
Waltham
Litleton
Littleton
Manning
Treasury Department
Pacific Railroad
Russian Corvette Strelok Enlistments at New York Harbor
A crowd gathered at the Russian vessel Strelok in New York as enlistments were discussed. Officials characterized the ship as strong but not formidable and pledged no imminent war while amid talk of guarding Russian merchants. Separately a Baltimore woman attacked her husband with teeth, tearing his ear and biting his chest before being sent to an asylum. A Philadelphia petition urged the Russian czar to avoid war in Afghanistan, and a Pennsylvania court upheld burial arrangements for a man buried in Greenmount Cemetery. A lynching was feared after a murder near Langston Alabama, and a Michigan man faced manslaughter sentencing.
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Canton
Spring Grove Insane Asylum
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Brown
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Philadelphia
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Greenmount
Afghans demand arbitration over Russia breach in Balkans crisis
An Afghan envoy at Sir Peter Lumsden's headquarters protests Britain’s conduct after Afghanistan’s Pul-i-histi advance spurred General Komaroff’s attack. The message claims England betrayed Afghans as Russia did in 1878, while British and Berlin correspondents debate peace terms and Russia's reply.
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Uweu
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Daily News
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Penjdeb
Marveliuk
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Kennedy
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D’armes
Petersburg
Merv
Sisters of Charity
Odessa
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Komaroi
Bent
Koch
University of Berlin
Legion of Honor
Marwitz
Marshal von Moltke
Vienna
Austria
Styria
Plague Strikes Plymouth District. Doctors Called Across Wilkssparre
In Plymouth the plague-stricken district sees doctors from Wilkssparre aiding the sick. Estimates place at least 1,600 ill out of 8,000 residents with fourteen funerals yesterday and eight deaths reported. Dr Higgins warns the disease likely comes from contaminated water and urges boiling water before drinking. Painters Injured in Boeron accident as a heavy plank collapses in a post office mailing department, dropping twenty-five feet.
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Boeron
Masa
Mey
Gwernl
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