Philadelphia Street Car Strikes Halt City With Riots
A Telegraph report describes a citywide street car strike in Philadelphia turning chaotic as 300 cars are wrecked, with rioters and sympathizers causing extensive destruction while Mayor issues a peace proclamation and police mobilize. In Indianapolis a penitentiary revival sees over 100 convicts convert and a Christian Endeavor Society form among inmates.
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Philadelphia
Union Traction Company
Indianapolis
Haley
State Prison
North
Christian Endeavor
Young People’s Society of Christian Eneavor
Flag Vandalism at Cragl yn Wis School Arrests Attention
In Cragl yn Wis the flag over a local school was shot down and staff cut by rifle fire. The next day staff broken again after repairs and flag hoisted by four teachers, drawing considerable town comment as State Superintendent of Schools investigates the incident.
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Craglyn Wis
United States
Wchkools
Adventures From Constantinople to the Cuban Smallpox Crisis
Dispatches report no Turk injuries in Harper disturbance and no Christian shots fired. Missionaries in the region feel secure and stay at posts. Cuba faces a more deadly smallpox variant imported from Africa. about 90 percent of cases die. A railway accident in Newcastle, Indiana, kills Panhandle engineer Frank Lewellen. President Cleveland’s Venezuela message to Congress stirs Washington.
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Constantinople
United Press
Harper
Royal M. Cole
Myosh
Bitlis
Bisck
Cuba
Havane
Afeia
Frank Lewellen
Panhandle
Newcastle
Ind
Lowell
Richimond
Cleveland
Congress
Olney
Lord Salisbury
Washington
United States
Notable Miscellany From Late 19th Century News
The report covers varied items including Evans the Shaker head fleeing with singer Mabel Franklin, German lecturer Ahlwaldt’s New York debut, a man found dead in Fort Wayne from laudanum after toothache, a fatal New York fire in Troy blamed on kerosene lamp, Red Bank authorities clamping down on street swearing with a penny-per-word fine, Labor Federation debate on immigration policy, and dispatches about schooners Hattie D. Linnell Willar Mabel R. Bennett Jennie Seavertus driven ashore at St Pierre and Little Miquelon with losses and salvage concerns.
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Lfer Evans
New Lebanon
Mabel Franklin
Herr Ahlwaldt
New York
H. Lants
Geneva Electric Company
Buffalo
Randall
Fort Wayne
Ind
Troy
N. Y
H. E. Sliter
Mary Harrie
Red Bank
N. J
Grover Reeves
Justice Childs
American Federation of Labor
McBride
Gloucester, Mane, Mutual Insurance Company
Hattie D. Linnell
8. P. Willar
Mabel R. Bennett
Jennie Seavertus
St. Pierre
Little Miquelon
Linnella
Bennett
Pouver Quiertier
Willard
Seaverns
Western News Roundup From Shreveport to London
Violence erupts as Josie and Ole De Miller and Mrs Kate Flugie attack William Crossman in Shreve, while a day coach arcan t heater bursts near Sterling Kan injuring Mrs R M Honey and her children. Durrant death warrant set for Feb 21 after San Francisco court blocks removal. Mitchell man George T Coleman killed on B&O train near Hamers Crossing. Chicago hospital ethics clash over Dr Booth amid hospital staff walkout threat. Chicago Northwestern Granaries reports a deficit despite ownership of 200 elevators. Wanp Building fire in St Paul causes $65,000 loss displacing 500 Guiterman Bros workers. Judge Allen Thurman dies in Columbus Ohio aged 73. Detroit trolley panic after power fault. mayor Pingree refuses fare. Rochester cemetery desecration provokes North Topeka mob action and college grave robberies. Armenian massacre reports prompt international alarm. White Star liner Germanic collides with Cambrae near Mersey. Germanic sustains bow hole. Cambrae sinks with passengers rescued by tug.
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Shreve
Ohio
Josie
Ole de Miller
Kate Flugie
William Crossman
Crossman
Ster-ling
Kan
R. M Honey
San Francisco
Theodore Durrant
San Quinlan
Durrant
Mitchell
George T. Coleman
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
North Vernon
Employes
Hamers Crossing
Youngstown
Carlos
Booth
London
Chicago
Northwest
H. Scton-Karr
H. Wretts Smith
Wanp
St. Paul
Henry
Price & Robbins’ Wholesale Paper House
Guiterman Bros
Allen G. Thurman
Columbus
Lynchburg
Chillicothe
Thurman
Judge Thurman
H. Schmidt
Pingree
Detroit
Citizens” Street Railway
Rochester Cemetery
North Topeka
Kansas Medical College
Battery
Topeka
Aheriff
Lawrence
P. H. Lillis
A. N. Drake
Walter Sparks
Anderson
Goshen
Brazil
Evansville
Cuba
Boone County
Kokomo Glass
G. T. Coleman
B &O
Jacob Huffman
Elwood
William Bohen
Gas City
Frankfort
Jacob Hostetter
Charleston
Hostetter
David Stewart
Clay County
Arthur Councellor
New Castle
Frank Fuquay
Mary J. Maxwell
Shelbyville
Big Four Railroad Company
Fairland
American Plate-glass Company
Alexandria
New Albany
Delaware
Esaspes
Boyer
Roval Freight No
Clover Leaf
Russiaville
8. E. Emery
Shelburn
Robert Yelvington
Dongan Clark
Richmond
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Sanitarium
Indiana
Laporte
Mary Colling
Franklin
George L. Barney
F. F. of
Ipdieneis
Albert W. Grossous Saw
John W
Boundary dispute clouds mail contract from Juneau to Forty Mile
A Canadian government mail contract from Juneau Alaska to Forty Mile Creek sits in disputed territory claimed by both nations, risking further border tensions as the service begins. Counterfeit $20 Hamilton notes surface with poor engraving and red linen paper. Louis Smith arrested in Toledo after passing five notes. Red Cross pledges relief for 350000 Armenian sufferers. Miss Barton urges rapid fundraising. AT&SF chief unveils sweeping contract cancellations sweeping away old deals and vendor agreements across the entire railway.
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Juneau
Alaska
Forty Mil Creek
United States
Canada
Secret Service
Hamilton
Louis Smith
Toledo
Ohio
R. G. Duo & Co
American Red Cross Society
Miss Barton
Johnatown
Bea
Red Cross
Atchison, Topeke and Santa Fe Railway
Railroad Corporation
Senator Quay Declines Presidential Nomination on Gold Plate
An alleged infernal machine was found at the Spanish Minister's Washington residence and seized for examination. Senator Lodge's immigration bill prompts confusion over language on literacy tests. Lodge says prohibiting all immigrants who cannot read English would be absurd as many educated newcomers lack English literacy.
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Quay
Washington
Lodge
Benator Lodge
Mission station Ramaiandro destroyed by anti European group
A report from Antananarivo Madagascar says an anti European force numbering 6000 destroyed the Ramaiandro mission station. Rev. Mr McMahon and his family escaped a few hours before the attack and all Europeans in the country districts have been ordered to the capital.
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Antacanarivo
Madagascar
Ramaiandro
Mr. McMahon
Market Reports Provide Wide Range of Prices Across Cities
Regional commodity tables list cattle hogs sheep and grains with varied values from Chicago to Milwaukee. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye butter potatoes broom corn and pork with multiple city quotes and unit ranges.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Anata
St. Louia
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
Multiple Indiana events tied to towns show varied unrest and progress
Reports from Cass, Porter, and surrounding counties note a mix of death by illness and accident, new waterworks in Alexandria, expanded telephone service in Goshen, legal actions over injuries and libel, and elections or licenses under new laws. Several incidents involve fires, shootings, and rail accidents, with community efforts in schools, policing, and infrastructure ongoing.
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Masonic Temple Theater
Ft. Wayne
Judlana
American Extravagants Co
David Garrick
Alabama
Walker Whiteside
Major Payne Deadmar
John Scott Payne
Army
Western
Silottatia
Armenia
White Star Line
Germanic
Mere
Liverpool
Queenstown
Mersey
Cambrae
Eitner
Terre Haute
L. B. Perry
Samuel Dowdall
Spencer
Cass County
Shelby County
Bine River Park
Cassius Downer
Porter County
Henry Cook
Alexanas
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