War Path Rumor and Indian Uprising Reach Manitoba
A baseless rumor of a major clash near Batoche sparks panic. Reports say Colonel Otter faced stiff resistance, with Poundmaker and other chiefs on the war path. Settlers flee, homesteads burn, and news from Edmonton notes prisoners’ fate and missing Major Steele. Names John Walkinshaw and Albert Harkness cited.
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Poundmaker
Winnrrea
Manitoba
General Middleton
Batoche
Middleton
Gabriel
Clark
Northcote
Lord Melgund
Battleford
Otter
Little Child
Steele
Edmonton
Eleanor
John Walkinshaw
Albert Harkness
Ontario
Big Bear
Bold Milwaukee burglary frees loot to robber at family vault
A daring burglar cut wires, forced Charlies Bay Ray and wife at Prospect avenue home to reveal cash and jewelry totaling nearly $1,000. He abducted Mrs Ray and two servants, threatened them, and fled on a Chicago train after forcing the husband to surrender valuables. A little girl kept her own jewelry hidden, the only escaped piece.
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May
Charlies Bay
Millenaure
Prospect Avenue
Hine
Mr. Ray
Chicago
Wife of missing Chicago man dies after taking poison
A Chicago woman, grieving over the weeklong disappearance of her husband Charles A. Libby, killed herself with carbolic acid in her apartment after detectives gave up hope of finding him. Her death occurred at 12:15 AM with her family at her side and no last words spoken.
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Curiaco
Charles A. Libby
James A. Libby
Woodworth
Anglo Russian Compromise Stated by Official Despatch
An official despatch reports divergence between Russia and England over the March agreement. It says an arbitrator will decide the issue while frontier negotiations resume on a new basis with prior understandings, on site demarcation, and joint commissions. Border posts remain until the first commission arrives.
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St Petersouxe
Russia
England
Illinois Strikes Prompt Troop Deployment to Lemont
Governor Oglesby ordered state troops to Lemont in Cook County to quell a mining strike disturbance. Adjutant-General Vance reported strikers attacked troops with stones, prompting self defense fire that killed two, wounding several others. Troops remain to preserve order as needed.
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Cook County
Oglesby
Vance
Scott County
Milton Weston
Chicago
Western Penitentiary
Pennsylvania
Murraysville
J. W. Vance
E. B. Hamilton
Fred. L. Matthews
Vespasian Warner
J.A. Shaffer
A. Charles Potter
Louis Hutt
R. B. Kennedy
James A. Sexton
Henry H. Evans
Fred C. Pierce
Frank Clendenin
Arthur McIntyre
Charles Bogard
Illinois Legislature News Highlights And Smallpox Warning
Illinois lawmakers reported little business on May 2 and 4 with several bills advancing from first to second reading. A notable item addresses prohibiting railroad companies from keeping employees’ money in hospitals, while a resignation payroll controversy stalled. In joint sessions Morrison led votes for U S Senate over Logan, with scattered choices. A smallpox case was reported in Union County poor house traced to visiting Cairo inmates.
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United States
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Crafts
Morrison
Logan
Black
Senate
House
State Law Library
Scattering
Cook County
House—U
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Trexler
Sittig
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