Homestead Riot Cases Set for September Term
The Pittsburgh Homestead indictments for riot conspiracy treason and murder against the ex-strikers will be carried to September term for final disposition. Pleas of nolle contendere will be entered and suspended sentences requested by the defense. Burleigh will then move to halt prosecution in murder and treason until further court order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Carnegie
Pinkertons
Burleigh
Commonwealth
Riots In Paris As Two Thousand Students Attack
Two thousand students surrounded the prefecture of police in Paris, jeering officers and throwing stones. Police charges scattered the mob after several clashes leaving wounded students and two policemen unconscious. The riot followed the death of clerk M. Nayer, injured by police, with a funeral protest expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael
M. Nayer
Nayer
Sherman Act Support and Debate Between Senators
Senator John Sherman defended the Sherman Act at the Lexington Hotel in Chicago, saying he would not vote for its repeal and criticizing Democrats for blaming the law for financial woes while supporting a stable currency. The report also notes a deadly fire and riotous events tied to a gas fault, with multiple fatalities and injuries at Newport Torpedo Station and surrounding disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phore Das Meyer
John Sherman
Lexington Hotel
Chicago
Senate
Cleveland
Carlisle
Silvet
Amalgamated scale signed and other 1893 items
The Eastern Amalgamated Association scale was signed at Pittsburg. Fire at Newark's Standard Oil plant caused 350000 in losses. 1893-94 iron and steel sheet scale settled in Pittsburg. Anthony J. Drexel dies in Carlsbad. Yale awards M A to Burnham McClurg and Manierre. Harry Hupsarp shoots himself in Milwaukee. may recover. Queenie Kassar widow marries William Lynch in New York. Albany Argus case ruled for Speer party against Manning. Nail spark causesExplosion at Newton Upper Falls plants. three hurt. Dr Charles E Simmons settles for 40000 after Tilden case. NY State Fish and Game interprets law banning Sunday fishing. Gas explosion at Green Ridge Colliery. several injured or dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Anthony J. Drexel
Philadelphia
Carlsbad
Yale College
Daniel H. Burnham
Alexander C. McClurg
George Manierre
Chicago
Harry T. Hupsarp
Stahl Bros
New York
Plankinton House
Milwaukee
Wis
Harry Kernell
Queenie Kassar
William P. Lynch
New York Court of Appeals
Albany Argus
Speer
Manning
Hill Men
United States Fireworks Company
Newton Upper Falls
Mass
Charles E. Simmons
Samuel J. Tilden
State Fish and Game Association
Green Ridge
Mount Carmel
Dominick Enderlay
Chestira Kesner
Adolph Menepact
Anthony Patseo
Ignatz Grofsky
Joe Carlina
Cashimere Allinosky
Notable Western figures and crimes in scattered reports
A collage of terse items describes John Seaman of Wilshire Ohio fleeing with 86000 public funds and bondsmen secured. Walter Lawson from Austin Illinois appearing in Norwalk with unclear details. George Schafer, the inmate known as Crazy George, declared insane after a murder. Joan Hazalens and Harry Williams jailed in St Paul for counterfeiting. George Sontag, train robber, wounded in a break from Folsom. Gov Altgeld dismissing press attacks over pardoning anarchists. a World’s Fair exhibit accident injuring many in the color department. a Missouri Pacific train hold-up near Norman Connecticut ended by the conductor. a Chicago telegram touting Nepetown’s purported tobacco cure with large syndicate. and Wheat prices hitting new lows in Chicago.
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John Seaman
Wilshire
Ohio
Walter H. Lawson
Austin
Norwalk
George Schafer
St. Louis
Schafer
George
Henry Grattan
Joan Hazalens
Harry Williams
St. Paul
Twin Cities
George Sontag
Folsom
Cal
Sherty Sontag
United Stress
Covernor Altgeld
Missouri Pacific
Norman
EmGuty
Color Department
Jimergency Hospital
Tlardly
Nepe
Chicago
Sue Wonderful Sieross
Ornes
Canada
Chigavo
Wheat market jolt widens carry and price drop
Tight money and heavy speculative long interest in July options pulled prices down two cents to 62 cents as money holders balked at delivery. Some sellers of tight September delivery paid a six cent spread, with statisticians estimating a 40 percent carry cost. In Kalamazoo County, sixteen business places and four homes burned in a Wednesday blaze, $850,000 loss, only $15,000 insured, Seth Gregory narrowly escaped. Wisconsin’s fisheries exhibit at the World’s Fair is pulled as the Wisconsin Board of Managers split with the Fish Commission over bills and acceptance, after late executive sessions and failed peace efforts by Governor Peck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Kalamazoo County
Michigan
Clinton Street
Webster Street
Seth Gregory
Wisconsin
The
Fish Commission
Madison
Wisconsin Board of World
Board of Managers For
Pard
Peck
Southern Cow Race Heads for World Fair in Tyler Texas
A peculiar contest opens as Southern era novelty races at Tyler Texas feature cows pulling gigs for a $3000 purse at the World's Fair event. The item mixes rural spectacle with a broader news roundup including a burning incident in New Orleans mint vaults and multiple crime notes.
Proclamation Calls Congress to Capitol for Relief Legislation
President Grover Cleveland issues a proclamation declaring an extraordinary occasion and ordering both houses to convene at the Capitol on the jth of August at noon to relieve the nation from financial distress caused by unwise laws. It urges action by members of the Fifty-third Congress to repeal harmful policies and restore stability to business, farming, and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iveland
Executive
Washington, D. C
Congress
Grover Cleveland
United States
Washington
Victorious German Army Bill Gains Strong Support
At least 240 of 301 Reichstag members favor the measure with 187 opposed, signaling certainty of passage. In faraway reporting, Tripoli dispatches confirm Victoria disaster resulted from strategic misjudgment rather than machinery failure, as Vice Admiral Tryon’s orders caused risky column changes.
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Gibraltar
Lothian Nicholson
Kingston
Jamaica
Edmund Paul
Reichstag
Tripoli
Tryon
Edger
Phaeton
Malta
Cleveland to Heat at Buzzard's Bay Cottage on July 17
General Cleveland plans a summer retreat at his Buzzard's Bay cottage, weather permitting, with family likely summoning him home earlier if needed. Horperr Dewole, lately remarried after a divorce from his second wife, wed Edna Wallace of Charles Frohman’s company. The first U.S. hay cargo to Europe sails to France, with promising prices. National League standings show Philadelphia leading, Boston and New York near the top, while Cleveland and Chicago trail in a congested race.
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Cleveland
Buzzard’s Bay
Dewole Horperr
Edna Wallace
Charles Frohman
United States
Europe
New York
France
National League
W. Il. Pe
W. I. Pe
Rostona
Baltimores
Philadelpiaaa
Cincinnatin
Brooklyne
Waahi
Clevelands
Chicagos
Pitteburgs
Loule
New Yorks
Louisvilles
Vast, scattered items mark a brief market and events page
The report enumerates a cross of the Epworth League with nearly one million youths, a Farragut statue dedication in Marine Park, a large mine cave‑in in South Dakota burying six, troop movements near Tushka and a train clash, a denial of Russo‑German treaty death, Choctaw enrollment for district money, and a Minnesota Supreme Court decision on the Mineral Land case favoring Robert Jamison and an Eastern Iron syndicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Farragut
Marine Park
South Bostion
Homestake
South Dakota
Tushka
Germium Press
Musca
St. Louis
Minn
Minnesota Supreme Court
Robert Jamison
Minneapolis
Oy Syndicate
Eastern Iron Man
Courta
International Epworth League convention in Cleveland
The first Epworth League international convention met in Cleveland for four days. Delegates from Canada Mexico Japan China India Italy England and other nations attended alongside U S. representatives. Wilson M Day opened the gathering with city and state officials extending welcomes to Governor McKinley receiving praise for his address to delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Cleveland
Young People's Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
FiTz@ERaup
Mexico
Japan
China
India
Italy
England
United States
Wilson M. Day
Robert Blee
Gov
McKinley
Ohio
Epworth League Born in Cleveland Grew Across Nations
Rev James N FitzGerald and other church leaders discussed the Epworth League birthplace in Cleveland where it began on May 15 1889. The organization has expanded to Canada South United Anglian and other regions with 1100 chapters and 3000 junior chapters. The league’s constitution has been translated into multiple languages reflecting broad growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James N. Fitzgerald
Methodist Episcopal Church
Alpheus Wilson
Methodist Episcopal Church South
A. Carman
Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada
Hugh Price Hughes
London
Epworth League
Methodist Church of Canada
Wesleyan Methodist Church of England
Cleveland
Becaue
Young People's Methodist Alliance
Oxford League
Young People's Chrisstian League
Young People’s Methodist Union
The
Methodist Episcopal Alliance
Old Central Church
Methodist Church
India
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Frank Lowsulin
Michael Reap
Adart
Kascieleisoe
Tosas
Nathaniel
Amalgamated Association
Standard Oil
Newark
N. J
Western
Southern
Tyler
Texas
United States Mint
New Orleans
William Pinkney
Daniel Barber
Marlboro
Mad
Francis M. Bowie
City National Bank of
San Antonio
J. D. May
Gouvernor
Kew
Gideon BP. Machlin
German
TH. Fllix
Warren County
Abraham Ludlow
Springfield
S. J. Young
Portage
Supreme Court
L.A. Gallaher
Bellaire
S. H. Todd
Wakeman
Board of Public Works
EF. . Brosius
Clark County
Olney
Treassury Department
Gorges
Paso
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Congress of the
Cross of the
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