Boycott Begins in Rail Strike Against Pullman Cars
The Railway Union launches a citywide boycott against the Pullman Company with police guarding yards as crews falter on Illinois Central. Freight crews may walk out if palace cars are removed, threatening a broader strike. officials aim to show a solid front and deter arson threats in Colorado Springs after warnings of attacks on mine owners.
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Atwood
Ind
van Wert
Railway Union
Pullman Company
Chicago
American Hallway Union
Illinois Central
New Orleans
Ilinois Central
Colorado Springs
Col
W. H. Brooks
Cripple Creek
General Tarsney
Howers
Syracuse cyclist breaks mile record at Waltham track
John J Johnson of Syracuse New York rode the fastest mile on the Waltham track aided by two tandems. He lowered Windle s private mark of 1 56 4 5 to publicly run 1 53 breaking the old record by about a second.
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John 8. Johnson
Syracuse
N. Y
Waltham, Masa
Johnson
Windle
Stung to Death by Locust at Atwood Indiana
Miss May Holmes aged 16 of Atwood Indiana died after a locust stung her neck. The insect bite caused rapid swelling and severe pain. A physician arrived but could not save her, and she died in agony.
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May Holmes
Atwood
Ind
Robbers break in at Van Wert home in farmer attack
Five robbers forced entry at Christian Reeser’s residence near Van Wert Ohio clubbed the farmer and his wife until they disclosed hiding money. The couple suffered injuries including two broken ribs. The band escaped with 40 dollars. A Columbus dispatch notes an Indian convict in peril of death if not pardoned.
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van Wert
Christian Reeser
Ohio
Columbus
Bowles
George Scott
Indian Territory
Scott
Henry Capus
Magnolia
Ark
J. J. Lancaster
Puducab
Dallas
Texas
Lancaster
Paducah
Henry Woodford
Indianapolis
Earl Jackson
W. F Auer
Indiana
Novel death by action aboard Lake Shore train
A passenger aboard an incoming Lake Shore train in Chicago stabbed his throat with a window blade near Grand Crossing while attempting theft. The victim’s name is not given. In Columbus Junction Iowa Isaac Wainwright shot and killed Henry Campbell while Campbell robbed his house. the coroner's jury exonerated Wainwright.
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Chicago
Lake Shore
Grand Crossing
Columbus Junction
Isaac Wainwright
Henry Campbell
Mr. Wainwright
Clara Newton
Maude Madison
Anoks
Minn
Rum
Frank White
James Perrine
Valparaiso
Ind
Grand Jury
Brasil
James Booth
William Wilsom
Robert Rankin
Ernest Pear
William Carr
William Gardner
William Warren
Charles Stock
William Barr
Charles W. Steel
Independence
Colorado
William HU. Yatt
William Hatfield
Goshen
Fox’s Station
Fox's
Charles Warmkessle
Shamokin
Carey Convicted of Conspiracy to Injure Nashville Bank
George A. Carey was convicted of conspiring to injure the Commercial National Bank of Nashville Tennessee. He received a two year prison sentence and a ten thousand dollar fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Carey
Commercial National Bank of Nashville, Tenn
Prion
Springer Renominated for Eleventh Illinois District
The Democratic Congressional Convention of Illinois renominated William M. Springer for his eleventh consecutive run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleventh District
Illinois
William M. Springer
Turbulent Crime Roundup Across States And Seas
Reports from battles in the Philippines, a Philadelphia murder mystery, jailbreaks, railroad swindles, drownings in Minnesota, attempted assassinations in Indiana, shipwreck off New York, fatal accidents in Indiana and Arkansas, lynching aftermath in Arkansas, and a suspected homicide in Indiana. The era’s grand juries consider conspiracies and killings, while officials hunt W F Auer for a hired man’s murder.
Fire record and industrial losses in early 1900s
Fifty miners were trapped and four suffocated in a burning Lewisburg Alabama mine. Mrs Truitt tried to refill a gasoline stove in Hannibal Kansas leading to severe burns for her husband and two children. A Newark New Jersey tannery suffered 40000 dollars in damage and Armour’s Chicago packing house sustained 40000 dollars in losses from a fire.
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Lewisburg
Ala
William ‘Truitt
Hannibal
Ma Khe
Newark
N. J
Benger & Rothschild
Armour
Chicago
Obituary and notices from various cities and officials
William Brephenson of War paw Indiana dies at 65 at home. Obituary items note Hugh M. Walters in Hannibal Missouri, Alfred Kappes in Yonkers New York, William C. Brephenson in Wa bash Indiana, Jerome Habo in Elkhart Indiana, Archabbot Tache near Boniface Manitoba. Also mentions dwindling gold reserves and legislative moves on road land grants and a Washington move to manage Harrison's presidential campaign. Bank conference pledges relief to stop treasury depletion.
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William Brephenson
Warpaw
Ind
Hannibal Ma
Hugh M. Walters
Kisheoquillan
Fa) Railroad
Yonkers
N. Y
Alfred Kappes
N. A
Arlish
Wabash
William C. Brephenson
Elkhart
Jerome Habo —Archbbishop Tache
Boniface
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Treasury
Iim
McRae
Arkansas
Congres
Washington Dispatch
Charles Foster
Harrison
New York
Treasury Department
Treasury gold rescue promises disbursement support
The movement pledged to replace missing gold within a day or two and implied banks would meet further demands to sustain the Treasury through July disbursements. Afterward gold is expected to flow back from Europe. Amendments to the tariff bill cut the estate exemption from $4,000 to $3,000.
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Europe
Global tumult and trials fill early reports of 19th century turmoil
Reports from Hong Kong record forty six plague deaths while Austrian floods submerge thirty villages and three people drown in Waay valley. In London Frank Guiodo wins damages over libel claim linked to death claims about Patrick Henry Cronin. Princess Colonna sues for separation in Naples, Carnot of France stabbed and dies, and Spain sees tax riots with fatalities.
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Hong Kong
Waay
Austria
London
Frank Guiodo
Evening News
Guiodo
Patrick Henry Cronin
Chicago
America
Princess Colonna
Naples
Carnot
Lyons
Leone
Conant von Kotze
Spain
Rich Pike's Peak gold find looms in Cripple Creek region
A new vein in Pike's Peak metals district yields an eight inch quartz and talc streak averaging sixty ounces of gold per ton. The Pike's Peak property stakes claim as Cripple Creek's richest discovery to date, with similar vein character to prior finds.
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Pike's Peak
Delaware
National Travelers’ Protective Association
San Antonio
Texas
Nebraska
Anson
Marshalltown
H L Get
Cook County
Illinois
Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul
J. Nellis
Joseph Tidball
Fehipper
Cragin
Columbus
Ind
New Mexico
Pecos
Spring Creek
United States
Sife
Edward Searles
Episcopal Church
San Francisco
Horace G. Platt
Fearles
Everett Truestry
Boston
Ohio Supreme Court
James Thomas
Huntington
Mercury
The
Colored Voters’ Lingue
Pennsylvania
New York
West Virginia
Newcastle
League A
Troubled patrols and arrests amid late war era turmoil
Reports recount Brig Gen Wiley's troops reaching Punxsutawney and marching toward Walston to confront unrest. General Kelly and Colonel Baker are jailed in Louisville for vagrancy. Other items note salvaged ship C White, Rattler in Hakodate, Union Stockyards probe in Bronx City, wheat stocks 77,141,000 bushels, Minnesota rail warfare on ticket scalpers, chinch bug disease measures, Ingalls offered NY Commercial Advertiser post, and National Western League standings.
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United States
John A. Wiley
Punxsutawaey
Walston
Minera
Kelly
Baker
California Industrial Army
Louisville
San Francisco
Achooner C. White
Rattler
Hakodates
Chicago
Bronx City
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Trust Company
Canada
Minnesota
Supreme Court
Ingalls
New York Commercial Advertiser
Financial and Industrial News Briefs
Bankrupt author Robert Buchanan is valued at £15 000 with copyrights among assets. Plans to reorganize Santa Fe via foreclosure bonds submitted. Diamond Match director notes earnings up 10 percent year over year. Irrigation ditch contract awarded for Elkhorn project, 90 000 acres, completion by Nov 1, 1804. Westbound freight rates to rise from Chicago to Missouri River region. Williama Aluminium will power a new palace car company in St Joseph Missouri, saving weight. Ex Governor John Evans sues for $100 million over Union Pacific rail consolidation. Dun's Review notes lingering strike effects, modest trade improvement, Mercantile Trust and others involved.
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Robert Buchanan
London
Banta Fe
Diamond Match Company
Elkhorn River
Elkhorn Irrigation Company
Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri River
St. Louis
Palace
St. Joseph
Mao
Williama
Sach
John Evans
Union Pacific
Denver and Gulf
Union Pacific Railway Company
Central Trust Company
American Loan and Trust Company
Mercantile Trust Company
Dun
Headstreet
Tno
Doings of Congress in Washington Report
The article outlines actions in both chambers, noting Aldrich pushing anti-option and tariff debates in the Senate, and House passage of the Minnesota Chippewa land relief bill and a Pittsburg and Mansfield Railroad bridge bill. It covers tax, income tax, and anti-option votes, Speaker pro tem Bailey duties, and adjournment after France sympathy resolutions.
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Senate
House
Aldriah
Minnesota
White Earth
Red Lake
Pittsburg
Goldzier
Walker
Harter
Richardson
Michigan
Bailey
Benator Hill
Hour
Aldrich
Hill
Finance O Committee
Br. Peffer
Hatch
Grosvenor
Wheeler
Stockdale
Berry
Mesera Covert
Bartlett
Quigg
Heather
Mr. Pence
Nile
New York
Harris
Tennessee
J. Hutch
C. W. Stone
Pennsylvania
Bayers
Breckinridge
Houses
Congress
France
Tigers and Their Prey
A correspondent with Indian forest experience explains tiger hunting methods. He doubts the common ambush theory, noting tigers often sprint openly and use speed to overwhelm prey. They strike with a paw or jaws, sometimes crushing the spine, and display notable strength in dragging large quarry.
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India
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Bawley
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