Epitome of the Week Domestic News Highlights
A digest of dramatic events from Bradford to Boston includes a five cent oil advance in Bradford and a hurricane at Fort Smith. Reports cover murders in Gainesville and Shreveport, blue-water cable capacity, a Cleveland teacher’s arrest, yellow fever data in Havana, a Brooklyn bridge panic, college student suspensions, and multiple factory and labor actions across Cincinnati Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Fatal accidents and public notices color the panorama.
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Wrenx
Bradford
Fort Smith
Ark
Southern
Dor .Canver
Gainesville
Miss
Charles Ar‘mold
Shreveport
J. Northcutt
A. L. O’neal
Atlantic
John Pender
Julius BuTten
Cleveland, O
National Board of Health
Washington
Havana
Rio de Janeiro
Gulf
New York
New Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
Delaware (Ohio) College
Payne
Charles River
Boston
Butler County
Ohio
Chicago
Bullides Col
Stengley
Bathurst
Tus United Presbyterian Bynod
Bualmesa
Lynchburg
Giro
Tus
Skylark
Thompson's Island
Marr Lewis
St. Louis
Knoxville
Tenn
Tax Amalgamated Association of Iron ‘and Etuel Workers
Sthult
Cincinnati
Kennedy Brothers
Academy of Music
Pittsburgh
Leveland
Wheeling
W. Va
Amalgamated Association
Robert SaIrn
Cecil Brothers
Helenswood
Tonn
Mais
Collinsvill
Énines
Lisbult
Ske
Henderson
Ranlan
Kennedy
Hanlan
Notable Losses and Elections Across Nation and State
Obituary notes Sister Mary GanntzL Semmes dies at 85 after forty five years in Baltimore convent. Ex Aldenman Jon Gehen and wife drown in a rainstorm near Cincinnati. American Unitarian Association meeting in Boston elects Henry P. Kinder president and George William Curtis vice president. Virginia election results hint at loss of the legislature to the Readjuster movement as Mahone’s party loses ground among black voters. Virginia events, other national notes include Free Trade conference in Detroit where David A. Wells urges liberty to buy and sell without restriction and calls for tariff reform. Ricando Mincoat recaptured from Cuba. Various figures and topics noted from Kentucky, Nashville, Harvard College and London treason indictments.
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Mary Ganntzl Semmes
Baltimore
Jon Gehen
Cincinnati
American Unitarian Association
Boston
Henry P. Kinder
George William Curtis
Baptist Sunday School of
New York
Virginia
Mahone
Grenxnall G. P
Burn
Ricando Mincoat
Cuba
Pui. B. Trompson
Harrodsburg
Chicinnati
Walter Davis
Bre Starworp Northcorr
House of Commons
Edith
Hamilton Fish
MacLacuxn
Whitehead
Curzon
Ansburgh
Wilson
Bernard Gallagher
London
Harvard College
Beatle
Pennsylvania
Standard Oil Company
Detroit
United States
David A. Wells
Galaway Agent Warned Under Threat Over Factory Field
Zac Hanorp, an Allan Line agent in Galway, Ireland, who has been recruiting factory girls for Massachusetts mills, was secretly warned on the 20th to quit under threat of death.
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Zac Hanorp
Allan ‘Line
Galway
Ireland
Ben
Massachusetts Mills
Otto
Death sentences for Foun and two others in Spain
The 2th sentence announced reports four Foun members of the Black Hana Society of Keres Spain were executed for murder. Pope to issue encyclical condemning secret societies and urging clergy to refuse sacraments to those linked to seditious movements.
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Foun
Black Hana Society
Keres
Spain
Buez Canal Company
Peter
United States
Corea
Corean
Irish National League
Dublin
Sexton
Paris
St. Petersburg
River
Petersburg
Montreal
The
Methodist Church of Canada
Ottawa
Calcutta
Afghanistan
Cabul
Rostoff
Russia
Stratford
Ont
Grand Trunk Railroad
Oleggio
Italy
France
Tonquin
England
America
Berfin
Gladstone
McCaffrey
Kelly
Phoenix Park
Oposars
Lenora
Apalaches
Crook
Bonora
Madagascar
Riviere
Hanoi
Paruren Guapstone
House of Commons
Cyclone strikes Greenville and a deadly crowd crush at Moscow
A cyclone devastated Greenville Texas injuring many with one death reported. Separately a crowd crush at Petrofiaky Park Moscow killed several during a coronation fete estimated at over one million attendees.
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Greenville
Hunt County
Tax
Petrofiaky Park
Moscow
United States
Warre & Ross
New York
Thomas Ca ¥Ynet
Kilmainham
Dublin
Mineola
S. 1
Bilas Abertoon
Tug Dakota Capital Commission
Bismarck
Wiraw Evans
Oakdale
Minn
Cedar Creek
Gresham
Washington
Housaton
the &d
Néromac
Panchot
Hart
Republican Brotherhood
Waterford
Ireland
Terrific June Rain Flood Destroys Council Bluffs Streets
Severe rainstorm floods Indian Creek in Council Bluffs Iowa causing extensive damage. Creeks overran Main Street and Broadway with waist deep water and swift currents. Bridges and culverts washed away, many buildings damaged, and loss of life feared as residents seek boats to escape. Estimated city damage runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Counce
Buuris
Indian Creek
Main Street
Broadway
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Bluffs
Terrible Deed in Huntsville Mother Slays Family
A Carlisle dispatch reports Mrs. Martin Douglas and her three children found dead in their Huntsville home Luzerne County with throats cut from ear to ear. Neighbors alerted by absence of activity discovered the massacre, the razor nearby, and there were prior concerns of insanity.
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Douglas
Doug- Ing
Dauglas House
Free-Trade Conference Endorses National League Structure
At yesterday's session the Free-Trade Conference approved creating a National Committee with one delegate from each State League and a General Secretary in New York. An address to the nation was adopted, underscoring tariff policy as a top issue. David Aells named permanent President. evening speakers included Thomas G. Sheartan and Congressman Springer.
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Dereorr Tuet
American Free-Trade League
National Committee
New York
United States
David Aells
Lst
Thomas G. Sheartan
Brooklyn, N. Y
Springer
Ilinois
Precautions Against Future Accidents on the Bridge
New York June 2. A Brooklyn Bridge Trustees meeting referred the disaster to a committee including the Mayors of New York and Brooklyn. Chief Engineer Martin reported no center rail will be installed immediately as an experiment. Police force will be increased and a special-hour aid request made to regular forces. A reclined stone was discussed but no action taken.
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New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
Martin
Theraad
East River Bridge
Tragedy on East River Bridge Sparks Fatal Crush
Reports from New York describe a catastrophic crush on the East River Bridge as foot traffic on a narrow promenade clogged the stairs. Dozens killed or injured, many unidentified, with crowds, wagons, and ambulance delays defining a chaotic response.
Battle at Belleville Mines Ends in Killings and Arrests
A miners militia clash near Belleville Illinois leaves one miner dead and several wounded after a mob of five hundred strikers and about one hundred women attacked Rose Hill and Rebeck mines. militia fired on the mob wounding multiple people and twenty six captured. Governor Hamilton had ordered out the militia to protect mining properties as strikes roiled Madison and St Clair counties.
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ColLinsville
Madison
St. Clair
Euch
Hamilton
Taylorsville
Edwardsville
Virden
Barkley
Springfield
Rose Hill
West Belleville
Rebeck
Belleville
Louisville & Nashville
Anthony
St. Clair County
Fred Hoffmester
Gloss-Blower
William Starkey
Will
Ames Blanchard
Martin Carroll
Elmer James
Taylorville
Phoenix Park Assassin Dustin Fagin Hanged at Kilmainham
Michael Fagin condemned for the murder of Under-Secretary Burke was executed at Kilmainham Jail. Canon Kennedy attended. weather was overcast. a strong police and military presence kept order as a small crowd gathered outside the prison. The condemned appeared pale yet resigned, and the death was instantaneous.
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Dustin
Michael Fagin
Burke
Phoenix Park
Kilmainham
Fagin
Canon Kennedy
Sage Sie
Treaty Ratified In Chile Peru Peace Negotiations Endorsement
May 2 reports from Wasronorcron say the treaty of peace between Chile and Peru has been ratified. General Iglesias, Peru’s negotiator, commands broad support with about five sixths of the country backing the accord. The conquered government yields Tarapaca and Arica territory for ten years.
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Wasronorcron
Peru
Iglesias
Tarapace
Arica
Five Persons Killed in a Feud in Tennessee
HELENWOOP Tenn May 2 A bloody feud clash between three Smith brothers and John and Riley Cecil ends with both Cecils dead and the two Smiths wounded The long feud traces to killings of Cecil brothers and Smiths father years ago with further retaliation two years later.
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Helenwoop
Tenn
Smith
John
Riley Cecil
Cecils
Smiths
Smithas
Cecil
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Board of Trade
Carr
San Carlos
A.T
General Crook
Northern Ohio Fair Association
Cleveland
Avison
Terre Bonne ‘Station
Mas. Sevaan EB. Devanass
Huntsville
Cumberland County
Short Point
Fla
Baldwin
Simon Cotton
Philip Preston
Treasury
McGeoch, Everingham & Co
Joan Rosen
N. Y
Michael Defour
Atlanta
Johnson
Gardner
Defour
Brown
Stavenger
Joan Barley
Harry Wimbush
Macon
Robert Hender
Oxford
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J. E. Busha Bazzdrano
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William H. Craft
Grand Street
Maud Crawford
West Thirty-seventh Street
Preakway
Sarah Hannesy
Washington Avenue
Eliza Karten
Jersey
Laight Street
Seaves
Ellen Riordan
Ninigowmery Street
George Bmnith
Watts Street
Emma Sherwood
Thirtyshire
Bridgeport
Conn
Margaret Sullivan
Uurteen
Monroe Street
Frank Barrett
Mott Street
Digo
Otto Bischoff
East Sixth Street
Andrew Dougherty
Pearstreet
Arles Eberwein
East Fifty-fourth Street
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Mulatto
Menhassett Place
Barbara Oranger
Indy
Thomas Reardon
Ne.ws Seniroggery
Bernhard Robchers
Cigar-Smaker
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Mina Schmidt
Houton Street
Mra. Pearing
Mark
Lizzie Jenney
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Charles Bligh
No. 59
Third Street
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New York Tower
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