Desperate Miners' Train Wreck Sparks Anger in Suam?poin
In Suamokin Pennsylvania on January 5 a Pennsylvania railroad miners train with 500 men returning from work was wrecked. A road bed sill was wedged on the track marking the third attempted wreck. Miners, all Knights of Labor, threaten reprisals as they seek to understand the motive behind the sabotage. No one was seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suamoxin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Knights of Labor
Cleveland
New York, Pennsylvania
Meadville
George and McFarland
Murray
H. C. Barton
Daniel Oakley
Alexander
Emanuelson
John Bordon
Chas, Ord
R. D. Hamblin
Eugene Hanlon
Anderson
Ind
Elliott Overshind
Dayton Warfield
Freght
Indianapolis
John Triddler
Princess Skating Rink
O’connell
Humbrecht
O’connel
August Ott
Ott
Blackmail case dropped for Urbana physician
In Wasau, Indiana, Justice Russell discharged Dr. M. M. Martin of Urbana after evidence showed he was not in Fort Wayne on the night in question. The illegitimate parentage accusation stemmed from a boardinghouse domestic. The case created a sensation locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasasu
Ind
Justice Russell
M. Martin
Urbana
Marti
Fort Wayne
Deputy Sheriff Fatally Shot Near Vienna Illinois
F A Boyt coroner of Jackson county was assassinated while riding along a public road near Vienna Illinois. He was found with a bullet hole in the back of the head and his revolver nearby with three empty chambers, suggesting a struggle with the attacker. He had left town with warrants for parties in the county’s western part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Ill
F. A. Boyt
Jackson County
Speaker Carlisle Criticizes House Committees’ Action
The Times voices dissatisfaction with the speaker’s performance and the committee lineups. It notes Randall heads the appropriations panel, Archie Bliss leads pensions, and Clements heads civil service reform amid claims the speaker’s choices risk hindering needed legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
House
the Times
Randall
Appropriations
Archie Bliss
Civil Service Reform
Clements
Fatal Gas Explosion Wrecks Home Injures Several
A South Thirtieth Street home was wrecked by a natural gas explosion after a lamp sparked a leak. Annie Burcher died from burn injuries sustained in the blast. In Su pman Texas five people were hurt as the Southern hotel and two houses burned, with losses about 20000 dollars and 5000 dollars insured. Franquin Falls New Hampshire saw the Cross pulp mill of the Winnepesogee paper company burn at four this morning, with estimated losses of 75000 dollars not counting stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prerspared
Annie Burcher
A. A. Leard
Franquin Fallzs
N. H
Cross Pulp
Winnepesogee Paper Company
Convexand
New Central
Louisviniz
Beck
Indianapolis
Edward Shaeffer
Sarven Wheel Works
Jasper
Ind
Buck Shoals
White River
Dubois County
Indiana
Chicago City Railway Company
Grand Forks
Dak
Holland
Bachelora Grove
Louisiana
Breach of Promise Suit Brought by Miss Campbell
New York on January six Miss Clara Campbell seeks one hundred sixty thousand dollars from Charles Arbuckle wealthy coffee merchant in breach of promise suit now in its third day at court. Defense argues Arbuckle remained loving on his sick bed while Miss Campbell pursued damages and reputation. Arguments scheduled for Monday as witnesses testified about Arbuckle’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clara Campbell
Charles Arbuckle
Arbuckle
Miss Campbell
Mies Clara
Campbell-Arbuckle
John E. Parsons
Death acquits him Ami Baldwin dies at Cincinnati home
Ami Baldwin former Fidelity National bank cashier died at Walnut Hills Cincinnati from a paralytic stroke. Indicted with bank officers, his bond stood at 10000 allowing him to stay free until death. He had a brief earlier illness and collapsed after a recente return to health. He was fifty eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ami Baldwin
Fidelity Bank
Cincinnati
Fidelity National Bank
Walnut Hills
Mr. Baldwin
Quarrel Ends With Narrowly Missed Decapitation
At East Bend Kentucky yesterday Charles Liggitt and his brother in law Kent argued during hay pressing when Kent seized a corn knife and nearly severed Liggitt's head from his body in a violent quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Liggitt
Ristxe Sun
Ind
East Bend
Kent
Liggitt
Newark Mayor Attacks Railroad Directors in Annual Message
Newark New Jersey on January 6 Mayor Haynes condemns the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad company accusing its directors of neglecting a city of 165 000 inhabitants that pays them large sums. He suggests removing some directors as a merciful act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Haynes
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Road
Hoboken
Buffalo
Death of Archie McNeill Under Suspicion of Foul Play
London January 7 post mortem findings state Archie McNeill the correspondent who traveled to France to cover the Kilrain Smith prize fight died from foul play. Doctors believe he was thrown into the water at Logne while alive but unconscious, leading to his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Archie McNéill
France
Gano
Logne
Archie McNeill
London Sportsman
Bolongne
Cleveland
Nickel Plate Road
Willoughby
Ohio
Impoverished Invalid Henry Burns Dies at Home
Henry Burns known as Doyle dies suddenly in his Columbia Street room after a year of poor health. Coroner inquest pending likely heart disease. survived by wife and four children. Burns was a member in good standing of Lion 8 Bass Post No 40 G A R. family relied on $4 monthly G A R aid and the wife’s washing to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Gerardin
Columbia Street
Atlantic Garden
Henry Burns
Doyle
Lion $8
Bass Post No. 40
Stellhorn
Rebecca Geake
John J. Geake
West Street
J. H. Ungemach
Barr Street
Euphonia Quartet
Lafayette Street
Lafayette
Lewis
Wallace Streets
East End
Warren Sayre
Wabash
Indianapolis
Narrow Escape for Mortar Maker at Government Building
William Waggand, a mortar maker by the government building, barely survived when a heavy tile slipped from workers above. The tile hit the side of his head, leaving a three inch scalp wound. He was treated at Loesch's drug store and then returned home, expected to miss work for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Waggand
Loesch
West End
Deaths Reported by City Undertakers Last Week
The city undertakers list a week of deaths across ages from infancy to 77 years. Causes include concussion bed brain typhoid fever cancer consumption lung fever measles and heart disease among many infants and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry S. Occleston
Magdalena Wagner
Rebecca Geake
Joseph Schwieters
N. Julian Kaough
Diena Bunett
Maude Brown
Maude E. Ogden
Frank Quinn
Roy Doudrick
Clara Arautz
Charles A. Swinney
Lawrence Emerick
Idith Belle Schaefer
Emila
Marasmus
Murthel Beach
Explosion at Canal Port stores leveled shop injuring locals
At 6 o clock this morning a fire engine battled a blaze at a general provision store on Canal Port avenue and Hal stead street. A saltpetre packed meat shop opposite exploded, destroying the shop and injuring several, including Lieutenant Foley and a druggist named Franklin. Loss totaled $1,000. In Pittston Turner hall on Ganal street in Allegheny City burned, causing $18,000 in damage, partly insured.
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Curcaco
Canal Port Avenue
Halstead Street
Foley
Franklin
Pittssono
Turner
Ganal Street
Allegheny City
Masterly Address on Voltaire by Notre Dame President Walsh
The Very Rev T E Walsh of Notre Dame University spoke at Library Hall last Wednesday on Voltaire the French infidel. The address covered Voltaire’s birth in 1694, education at Louis le Grand, pleasures and libertine circles, imprisonment in the Bastile in 1717, and his later exile and writings ending with his death in 1778.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Walsh
Notre Dame Univer
Library Hall
Notre Dame University
Voltaire
J. F. Lang
Francois-Marie Aroud
Chatenay
Chamber of Arcanuts
Poitou
Louis le Grand
Paris
Ninon de L’enclor
Holland
Louis XIV
Bastile
Henriade
Cedipus
Count de Rohan
England
Lord Bolingbroke
Collins
Wollastin
Madame du Cabatelet
France
Ferbey
Switzerland
Bloody revolt at Jefferson Barracks stirs St. Louis
A clash at Jefferson Barracks between white and colored U S soldiers left many injured and three likely dead. Recruits received pay and mob violence spilled onto the sutler, river bridge, and Carondelet. Hundreds pursued a riot, with hospitals reporting three white troopers near death.
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Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis, Mo
St. Louis
United States
New York
Carondelet
Livingston
Peterson
Krummenkrocker
Dayton Fort Wayne Chicago road case shocks stockholders
Judge Harmer reads the road’s answer denying bond issuance and claims a fraudulent transfer by Henry 8 Ives type. Auditor Ramsey reveals notes issued in New York totaling 198000 dollars among the road’s liabilities. The disclosures come as Charles Heinsheimer seeks a receiver.
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Darron, O
Charles Heinsheimer
Dayton, Fort Wayne
Chicago
Harmer
Henry 8. Ives
Ramsey
New York
Iron and Steel Output Hits Record Heights in 1887
James M. Swank of the American Iron and Steel Association reports a strong, prosperous year for 1887 with pig iron production reaching about 6,250,000 gross tons and Bessemer steel rails at around 195,000 gross tons. Domestic consumption included roughly 300,000 tons of imported pig iron and 160,000 tons of imported rails.
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Pomapebraia
James M. Swank
American Iron and Steel Association
Bessemer
A Lucky Accident at Davis Dam Narrow Passage
The tow boat Little Bill struck a broken wicket at Davis dam while threading a narrow passage and toppled a wicket, clearing a 200 foot gap. About 000 bushels of coal will move to Circizuati and Louisville, totaling around one million bushels. No damage to the Little Bill occurred as the barge passes. The channel is opening slowly with seven feet six inches remaining.
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Pittspurc
Little Bill
Davis Dam
Circizuati
Louisville
Letters Seek Owners Through Uncle Sam's Service
List of names appears in a post office uncalled for week ending December with many spelling variants and possible misreads. Letter recipients include Mrs Eison, Gertie Kollert, Mary Latham, Chas Kelly, Emily, James Park, Ed Patterson, George Smith, Frank Shayter, Jennette Schlesser, Columbus Wood, and others. Postmaster seeks owners via Uncle Sam's service with this catalog of uncollected letters.
Burns Spends 73955 in Improvements Over Year
The report shows a total of 73 955 dollars spent by Burns on improvements during the past year. The allocation covers upgrades across multiple projects and entities within the organization.
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Burn
Fires and accidents dot early January across the country
A round of brief reports from January 3 to 6 details fires in Seymour Illinois and Sauipa Colorado, a brass foundry incident in Philadelphia, a fatal shooting in Enansville, university disturbances in St Louis and other scattered events. The items cover shipwrecks, rail collisions, executions, and notable deaths and legal actions across multiple states.
Local items from a Wabash and Bluffton area page
A roundup of neighborhood news includes engagements and marriages, business changes, and local incidents. Licenses granted for Charles F. Fought and Florence E. Emerick, grocery purchases, travel plans from Wabash to Texas, shop hours set to six, and county court actions involving arrests, fines, and institutional dealings. Reports on deaths, funerals, and civic notices accompany political and legal updates across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Fought
Florence EK. Emerick
J. F. Bennett
T. W. Blair
East Main Street
Fires hit three city properties in single night
A Tuesday night blaze damaged Phillip Nestle’s building at Lafayette and Lewis, with a boot shop and adjoining tailor store affected though insured. A Wednesday morning cellar fire at Boltz Mannix on Calhoun Street caused under 200 dollars in damage, insured. At 6 30 a.m. firefighters fought a mansion blaze at Hon. F P Randall’s East Berry street home, destroying attic rooms and securing the lower floors. the house is insured for 5000 with the Randalls moving furniture to a temporary residence until repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inprana Ponis
Chicago
Indianapolis
Southport
Anna Bronson
Crnoinnatl
Southern Railway and Store Ship Association
Burnet House
Tucson
Mt. Gilead
Wm. Crugan
Elijah Elm
Crusan
Elm
London
Waterford
Ireland
Alfred B. Snow
Willey
San Francisco
Liverpool
Vanpaula
Mich
Curtis’ Drug Store
Mosaic, Ind
Yorktown Mills
Here
J. H. Williamson & Co
New York
DeWitt Talmage
Henry Ward Beecher
Masron
Ind
Alexander Patton
Boots Street
Srarxe
Fla
O. O. Hiller
Lewis
Dolph Rycard
Harvey Rycard
Boston
United States Law and Order League
Philadelphia
Law and Order Leagues
National Congress of Law and Order Workers
Mriongapouis
Tollefson
Erwin
Timothy Barrett
Thomas Tollefson
Commers
Ohio
F. D. Mussey
Washington
The
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Foster
Mussey
Phillip Nestle
Lafayette and
Lewis Street
Boltz & Mannix
Calhoun Street
F. P. Randall
East Berry Street
Mr. Randall
Hartford Company
Hartford
Conn
Randall
Hanna
Peculiar Strike Shuts Wood Carving Dept at Pullman Works
In Omoaco on January 6 a strike began among about eighty wood carvers at the Pullman car works. Workers quit Tuesday afternoon not over wages but to protest cabinet department classification. They demand recognition as a separate department and the appointment of a foreman to lead the wood carving room. The action was referred to the Wood Carver's union national executive committee and officially endorsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omoaco
Pullman Car Works
Cabinet Department
Wood Ccarver’s
McNulta Discusses Illinois Governor Bid at Fifth Avenue
Gen John McNulta, a vocal Illinois gubernatorial hopeful, spoke with a reporter at the Fifth Avenue hotel. He said he is not campaigning actively due to time constraints, acknowledged his candidacy, and noted stiff competition from Generals John O Smith Colonel Clark E Carr Major James Connelly and John Binnaker while praising his status as an original 306 Grant man with a medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John McNulta
Illinois
Fifth Avenue
John O. Smith
Clark E. Carr
James Connelly
John Binnaker
Street Ice Clearance Order Sparks City Debate
The street commissioner demands immediate sidewalk clearing citing sidewalk danger. A columnist mocks the uneven enforcement favoring larger property owners, noting pedestrians suffer while vacant lots remain snowbound. Reform is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
St. Louis
Columbia City Elects First Town Officials
Columbia City voters chose the first town officers last week. Mayor J W Adair, Clerk Arthur Hoover, Treasurer Walter J Tyree, Marshal Frank Supple, Assessor John Weinderlich, and councilmen across three wards. The Democratic ticket won by up to 150 votes except in the marshal contest where Republican Frank Supple defeated B Tully by 56 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia City
J. W. Adair
Arthur Hoover
Tressurer
Walter J. Tyree
Frank Supple
John Weinderlich
James Washburn
A. P. Mitten
O. J. Edwards
O. J. Evanson
James Hoarth
John B. Taller
Marshal
Dead Youth Geo Belmy Seeks Family Ties
Postmaster in Fort Wayne Indiana reports the death of a young man named Geo Behney or Belmy and requests help locating his sister Mrs. Lilly Raymond. The letter notes the uncle may live nearby and asks the local paper to publish a notice and send a bill. A misdirected ad section also promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carlisle
New York Times
Nogaues
Ari
Sixoton
Senora Vicinta Hernandez
Henry Barns
Mrs. Hough
Mrs. H. G. Dawkins
Sity
Hood
Frank Becker
Syracuse, N. Y
Uncle Sam
Dee
Pbuure, UU
Minawema
Margareth , Tronde
HCOLL
George Smith
Howard Snitcher
Henry Schultz
Mra MG Tavlay WA
Bamyavaygwy Aa Tanner
Frank Warner
Henry C Wilson
Columbus Wood
James Wm. Kaovuag
Noble County
uGrange County
New Haven
Contn
Seymour Manufacturing Company
Sauipa
Col
Phadelphia
R. H. & H. Cramp
York
Thompson Streets
Enansville
Jan
Newitt
Ziegler
Abram Smock
Crry
Mexico
Sr. Peterssoura
Logansport
John Stombaugh
Eli Greensfelder
Lowdon
Dayton
Bogardus
Winston
America
Hurlingham
Ward
Edwin Cowles
Leader
Europe
Bournamot
Cicinnati
Cincinnati Baseball Club
Schmelz
Millwauket
Wis
Bragg
Copenhagen
Conant de Sponneck
St. Petersburg
Oil Exchange
Valparamo
John B. Park
Koutz
Chicago and
Atlantic Road
Erb
Dezs Morags
Iowa
Henry Schmidt
Fayette County
Inpianapolis
State Board of Agriculture
W. B. Seward
Gray
Denny
Woman’s State Fair Association
A. M. Noe
Mary Heron
Hattie Seward
Hattie Seward. Wasasz, Ind., Jan. 5.—Yesterday the Death of John Parrett
New Holland
Parrett
Parrott
Mapisonvinix
Tex
Reformers
Bill
Boto
Red Page
Alf Whitten
Black
Rosas
Evansvillle
Wilkesbarre
Laurel Run
Terre
Havre
W. H. Gilbert
Kokomo
Board of Health
Lee Linn
Huntington
Texas
Mowrer
Schrader
Frank Merriweather
Young Devany
Reform School
Jane
Samuel Eyeler
Bluffton
St. Patrick’s
A. D. McConehey
State Hospital For
Andrews
Buck Stanley
James Neverton
Grand Rapids
Stanley
Amer Green
Luella Mabbits
John B. Gough
Egypt
Dr. Buil
Nels Monsir
Daniel Nestle
Commodore Foote
Fairy Queen
Mr. Monsir
Mr. Nestle
Costa
Justice France
Lindenwood Cemetery Association
Board of Trustees
I. D. G. Nelson
O. P. Morgan
B. Bond
J. H. Bass
George H. Wilson
Isaac Mowrer
Cas Hunter
Allen County
Lake Shore
Messrs. Case
Frances Shulze
Shulze
Root & Co
Sentinen
M. A. Britton
Mt. Morenci
Carrie Satherthwaite
Holloway
Aveline House
Woolpert
Michigan
Pierce
Leach
Wabash Railroad
Casian N. Leach
United States District Court
Fishback
Supreme Court
Lagrange
Baird
Robertson
O’rourke
George W. Hand
Dr. Barnett
Antwerp
M. Hench
Oppenheim
Joseph Jenkinson
W. G. Watson
Henry O. Taylor
O. M. Dawson
Lewis Emerick
Nu Township
Whitley County
Mahler
John 9. Booker
Taylorsville
Wayne
Messrs
O. H.worden
Charles Olds
Baptist Church
Rockhill
Lake Township
Logansport Asylum
Cooleston
Aboite Township
County
C. 8. Hubbard
American Humane Association
Father O’leary
Chas Prange
Washington Township
Swann
Mary Bright
St Joe Hospital
W. M. Wilkinson
Academy of Music
Robert Downing
Tragedian
South
Telephone Company
Salvation Oil
Jo Gavin
Messenger Dunroe
Mr. Hunter
Thomas Johnson
Justice Ryan
Henry Clay
Mr. Johnson
Shelley
Bradley
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Mr. Bradley
James Polk
Wabash Valley
Polk
Frank Scheid
William Stuerman
Bass Works
Maumee
Lindemann
Strodel
Ortman
Mergel
Foehlinger
Sheffer
Wabash Road
Zollinger
Indiana Pension Agency
F. P. Rasdall
McNulta
Geo
Belmy
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