Miners' Hill Fight Ends as Troops Recede After Ambush
Knoxville detachment under General Carnes clashes at Coal Creek as 100 miners led by Bud Lindsay are captured and later flee to the hills. Casualties include two miners killed and one wounded, while three militiamen die or are wounded. Captain Anderson released after hours of siege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Lindsey
Anderson
Knoxville
Fort Anderson
Tenn
N. B. Humphrey
Coal Creek
General Carnes
Carnes
Clifton
Memphis
Tennessee
Bud Lindsay
United States
Captain Anderson
Offutt’s
John T. Wathall
Bruce Givens
Knox County
Chattanooga
Thomas L. Carty
Sam G. Heiskel
John Milton
George Miller
George Neil
Oneida
John Whatson
Battle in the Sluffs near Coal Creek ends in ambush
In Knoxville on August 20 a special train brought volunteers killed in the Coal Creek battle and wounded men, while 125 volunteers arrived Thursday night. Major Carpenter led the relief march for Fort Anderson but three men dressed as friends guided troops into a well planned ambush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Coal Creek
Offutt’s
Carnes
Fort Anderson
D. A. Carpenter
Walden’s Ridge
Walden Ridge
Ledgerwood's Troops Hit By Ambuscade Near Fort Anderson
Ledgerwood's company advanced led into an ambush near Fort Anderson as they neared sandstone ledges overlooking the valley. Rifles opened fire just as the Stars and Stripes came into view. Ledgerwood's rear faced a volley after the main line had passed the ambush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledgerwood
Fort Anderson
Des Moines Meeting Aims at Route Reform and Road Board
A Des Moines convention at the Y M C A on Aug 16 promoted better state roads. Judge Thayer urged 15 000 miles of improvements in five to ten years and suggested bonds and a road commission. Governor Boies spoke in support. committees were formed for a State Better Road association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Thayer
Clinton Age
J. C. Cummins
Boies
Judge Thayer
Day
Tupper
State Better Road Association
Democratic State Convention of Iowa Nominates Ticket
The Iowa Democrats met in Davenport and named presidential electors led by George F. Smith and Irving B. Richman. The platform backs the national Democratic stance with pro workingmen planks, opposes violence, supports popular senate elections, and endorses Boies administration while resisting religious entanglement in politics. The ticket includes J. H. McConlogue as secretary of state S. P. Van Dyke as auditor Charles Rougnitz as treasurer Ezra Willard as attorney general Kent as railway commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Nebraska
Davenport
George F. Smith
Irving B. Richman
C. F. Couch
W. L. Eaton
C. C. Schuler
J. R. Burgess
H. M. Funston
H. F. Dale
W. T. Cleveland
L. F. Danforth
W. D
J. H. McConlogue
S. P. van Dyke
Charles Rougnitz
Ezra Willard
Senator Kent
Nebraska Prohibition Party nominates statewide ticket
Hast Tinas Neb Aug 19 The Prohibition state convention yesterday nominated the ticket for governor C F Bently lieutenant governor James Stevens treasurer Jerry Denston auditor J C Thomas secretary of state Isaac Boostrom attorney general Martin J Brown commissioner of public lands and buildings C S Smith state superintendent of public instruction Mrs Belle C Bigelow.
Uncle Will Found Dead After Sudden Vertigo Seizure
In Lebanon Ohio on a Saturday noon a well known rider Dan Greathouse fainted briefly during dinner and announced Uncle Will is dead. He searched and located the old man dead in a house he owned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Dan Greathouse
Will
Death notices and obituaries from Oberlin to New Orleans
The page lists deaths including Hugh Mosher of Oberlin Ohio, George Victor Drogo Duke of Manchester in London, Grattan Hall in Boratah Illinois, Rev Dr Joan V Talmage in Bound Brook New Jersey, Dr John Drysdale in London, Colonel RishoN A Moore in Mascoutah Illinois, Dr A Everhard of Apon Wisconsin, Ex Chief Justice Berunde z of Louisiana in New Orleans, and the Daly theatrical family. noted figures include Hovis the colored physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Mosher
Willard
Oberlin
George Victor Drogo MontaGu
Duke of Manchester
London
Grattan Hall
Boratah
Ills
Joan V. Talmage
T. DeWitt Talmage
Boundbrook
N. J
John Drysdale
Rishoon A. Moore
Mascoutah
Lils
A. Everhard
A Pon
Wis
Berundez
Supremee Court of Louisiana
New Orean
Union switchmen strike halts Western New York and Pennsylvania yard work
Buffalo reports 45 switchmen at the Louisiana Babcock and Emslie yards walk out after failed bargaining as New York Central freight from competing roads is barred. The strike risks spreading with railroad men meeting at Gammel's hall and reports of further walkouts. Captain Edwin Gould and other officers camped at Camp No 7 amid preparations for possible telegraph worker action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
New York and
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Babcock and Emslie
New York Central
Lake Shore
West Shore
Erie
Lehigh Valley
New York
Bell
C. Dabley
Dadley
Albany
Amsterdam
Troy
W.N. Y
Lackawanna
Rochester
Pittsburg
Gould
Signal Corps
Seventy-first New York Regiment
No. 7
Jay Gould
Edwin Gould
Bailey Avenue
Sargent Seeks Unified Strike Action Across Rail Workers
Buffalo Aug 23 Frank P Sargent grand master of the firemen s brotherhood says a sympathetic strike will not occur alone but only with all railway employes He and Sweeney switchmen plan a conference to decide on a unified plan with 1200 local members and no secrecy in the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sargent
Sweeney
Arthur
Clark
Wilkinson
Buffalo
Frank P. Sargent
Firemen’s Brotherhood
Knights Gather at Camp Shaw for Pythian Week
Thousands arrive as Camp Shaw opens to Knights from every state and Canada. The convoy brings 70 000 visitors by sunrise with 150 trains, while the day sees receptions by local Pythian sisters and reunions among old friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Camp Shaw
Union
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Seventh Regiment of
Ilinois
Alton
Lake Erie
Western
Chicago and Alton
Bloomington
Indiana Knights
New Jersey
Tennessee
Ohio
Maryland
Delaware
West Virginia
Florida
Kansas
Pythian Sisters
Nancy Hanks Sets World Trotting Record
In Chicago at Washington Park Nancy Hanks trotted a mile in 2:07 to topple her own 2:00 mark and break all trotting turf records. The crowd of about twelve thousand witnessed the mare surpass Sund’s 2:08%4, establishing a new supreme standard in trotting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nancy Hanks
Washington Park
Maud
Robert Bonner
Peerles
Trotters
Pointer breaks harness mile record at Washington Park
Hal Pointer clocked 2:05 for the mile at Washington Park beating Johnston’s 2:06 mark set in October and shredding Direct’s pacing record to become the world harness riding champion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ChicaGo
Hal Pointer
Johnston
Washington Park
Harrison imposes tolls on St. Marys Falls canal tolls
President Harrison, invoking the Canadian retaliation act, proclaims a 20 cent per ton toll on all freight passing through the St. Marys Falls canal destined for Canadian ports. The tolls take effect September 1, 1892, suspending free passage for cargoes in transit to Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harrison
St. Mary’s Falls Canal
Benjamin Harrison
United States of America
Congress
Dominion of Canada
United States
Shot at Him Through the Window
An attempt to assassinate pawnbroker George Fox occurred Sunday night in CuicaGco. He went to the kitchen for water when a shooter fired through the window, wounding Fox in the arm but not seriously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CuicaGco
George Fox
Fox
Illinos University Names Harvard Physicist as Chair
Dr Daniel W Shea A M Ph D of Harvard University has accepted the chair of Physics at the University of Illinois after being called to the post some time ago in Chicago on August 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
ChicaGo
Daniel W. Shea
Harvard University
University of Illinois
Weekly History Highlights From August News
Edinburgh work begins on the Chicago and St Louis Electric railroad with rapid progress claimed. The Republican national committee will not set up branch HQ in Chicago. Duke of Devonshire, Lord Hartington, marries Countess Louisa dowager duchess of Manchester. New York Supreme Court says fishing in a private pond on Sunday is a crime. Geologist F J Schermerhorn reports a large glacial field in Central Idaho with lakes beneath. Gilman & Co faces £300000 deficit. Paris cab drivers strike. Rev Henry Cannon leaves Free Methodist church over mustache issue. Blacksmith Neff sets up a mail box violating postal laws. arrest possible. Native tribes represented at Pawnees gathering with no hostilities expected. William Harrison Bradley reassigned from Nice to Copenhagen amid embezzlement case. Parliament adjourned until December 4.
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Edinburgh
Christiana County
Lit
Chicago & St. Louis Electric Railroad
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Duke of Devonshire
Lord Hartington
Louisa
Dauchess
Manchester
Supreme Court of
New York State
F. J. Schermerhorn
Idaho
James K. Gilman
Gilman, Cheney & Co
Boston
Paris
Henry Cannon
Knox
Ind
Free Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Society
C. H. Neff
Dousman
Wis
Reid
Neff
William Harrison Bradley
Illinois
Nice
Copenhagen
H. B. Ryder
Democratic Convention Endorses Jerry Simpson for Congress
The Democratic congressional convention of Kansas seventh district endorsed Jerry Simpson for congress. The trial of Benton Hodson for the murder of Levi Sloan at Aledo Illinois March 25 has begun. Sloan died seventy eight days after being shot. The defense contends death was not due to Hodson s shot.
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Kansas
Jerry Simpson
Benton Hodson
Levi Sloan
Aledo
Sloan
Hodson
Wayland University
Beaver Dam
Wis
Dr. Vosburg
Lincoln, IL
Caleb W. Mitchell
Saratoga
N. Y
Delmar
Del
John A. Bostwick
Standard Oil Company
Lindell
Cotton Belt
Pine Bluff
Ark
Frances Willard
Hongland
Stead
Pall Mall
New Orleans
Wyoming
Washington
Congress
Jones challenges Holman to three joint Indiana debates
Captain Samuel Jones, Republican candidate in Indiana's third district, calls for three debates with W S Holman across the district's eight counties during the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Jones
Congress
Indiana
W.S. Holman
Fire destroys Geneva business district in Ohio loss at 175000
Fire devastates Geneva Ohio business area with estimated damages of 175000. The report also notes a 15 year old from Crawfordsville Indiana killed by trains at Riverside on the Kankakee. Other items include Italy and Germany official actions and a river steamer wreck with drownings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Ohio
Elbert Scott
Crawfordsville
Ind
Riverside
Kankekee
Mme. Trebelli-Bettini
Linois
A. D. Metcalf
Knox County
Congress
Germany
World events mingle from Flag to Fair and on
Officer Thomas Spires of Jeannette Pennsylvania tore down a French flag on Decoration Day and was discharged. Newkirk and Parker from Elco Illinois were arrested for counterfeiting silver dollars in Cairo. World's fair souvenir coins priced at one dollar. Fourteen year old Marvin Northrup reappears after a year missing. Rumors swirl about Sunday opening of the World's Fair and a dedicatory survey on October 6 21 and 28. Reverend John Vancest Talmage dies at 73. he served as a China missionary for the Reformed Church beginning 1846. Talks of a Kansas City streetcar strike during Knights of Pythias encampment. A Russian grain law punishes market rate purchases from distressed peasants by six months imprisonment. Australian Jim Hall defeats Ted Pritchard in a Brighton prize fight earning £2000. Judge Lambert Tree visits Gray Gables as Grover Cleveland’s guest.
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Thomas Spires
Jeannette
Washington
Spires
William Newkirk
William Parker
Elco
Ills
Cairo
Marvin Northrup
Winona
Minn
Chicago
United States
John Vancest Talmage
T. de Witt Talmage
China
Reformed Church
Kansas City
Knights of Pythias
Russia
Jim Hall
Australia
Ted Pritchard
London
Brighton
England
Hall
Lambert Tree
Gray Gables
Grover Cleveland
Various 1908 incidents and deaths across nations and cities
The report lists multiple events including a Chicago club suing officials for 160 000 over racing interference, a Tacoma man killing his daughter and himself, a German town destroyed by fire, a British steamer wreck near Algoa Bay with presumed drownings, and notable deaths such as Rev Dr Hiram Buck. It also notes fortifications in Alsace, a Sing Sing escape casualty, a 108 year old Kokomo widow, a lockout of English tailors affecting 55 000 workers, Bolivia under siege, dynamite finds in La Paz, an injury in St Paul from an electric car, European heat waves with Trieste at 110 degrees, and a Wesley mine disaster misreported as a cave-in but quickly cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Park
Chicago
Henry Tiarris
Tacoma
Sontra
Germany
Rome
Algoa Bay
Hiram Buck
Decatur
Ills
Methodist Police
West
Alsace
Neuf Brieach
Strasburg
Rhine
Vincent
Welch
Sing Sing Melson
Patsy Sears
Kokomo
Ind
England
Baptista
Republic of Bolivia
la Paz
Mary Sunderberg
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Europe
Trieste
Wesley
Peoria
Quotation Board and Market Report from Chatengo and New York
Quotations on wheat corn oats and lard from ChatengoAug 22 show August wheat opening and closing figures and September options. Live stock prices at Union Stock Yards detail hogs cattle and sheep ranges with packing and shipping demand. Produce and dairy prices listed for butter eggs poultry potatoes apples berries and broom corn followed by New York trade quotes for wheat corn oats rye and barley with settle prices and cash bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sie
Udign
Park
Union Stock Yards
Hoge
Texas
Western
Minnesota
Kansas
New York
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Gen
Coal Creek, Tenn
Carty
Walthall
Givens
Heiskel
Offutt's
Carpenter
Woolford
W. L. Ledgerwood
D. D. Anderson
8. L. Woodford
Clinton Street
Nickel Plate Road
Porter
Tifft
Twenty Second Regiment
Ia Tipo
Daly
Htovis
Gammel’s Hall
Seneca Street
Keiser’s Hall
Cleveland
Detroit
Jersey City
Knights OF
Pythias
Canada
Viscount Mandeville
Yznaga
Griffin
Nathan Ellis
Bar Association of
Fuller
Rockland
Camden
Russian Empire
Charles H. Peckham
Fall River, Mass
The
People’s Party of
5. C. Thayer
Supreme Court
RE. D. Stark
J. D. Payne
W. R. Boiles
Board Public Works
James Houser
B. F. Marsh
Georgia
L. T. Livingston
Alliance
Thomas F. Cabaniss
B. C. S Lutchinson
Alice Crocker
Carlsbad
W. B. Crocker
Nijui Novgorod
Black Bear River
Ponca, I
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