End of the Great Railway Strike Across Chicago
Reports from Chicago state trains on all roads are running and passenger service is back on time. Freight traffic is resuming normal levels as companies halt new hires and rely on existing workers. President expected to appoint a commission to study the labor turmoil once order returns.
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Chicago
Sanough
Pratt
Striktara
Onlur
Illinois
Cleveland
Washington
Congress
Hayes
Knights of Tabor
McGuire
Franch
Executive Committee
Scheanfaber
Banator Hyle
American Railway Union
Tullman
Spirit of the Strike Threatens U S Rail System
A sharp editorial warns that a railway strike would cripple national commerce by halting 150000 miles of track. It condemns leaders who would paralyze transport for a dispute with manufacturers and urges railroad managers to confront the so called spirit of the strike to protect the nation’s prosperity.
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Pullman Company
Hyds
Arizona
Northwest
Statue of Gen Hancock at Gettysburg to be cast in bronze
Pennsylvania allocates 190000 for three Gettysburg statues. Gen Winfield Scott Hancock will be honored with a bronze statue on Cemetery Hill. Fr Edwin Elwell of New York has completed a plaster bust now cast in bronze. The 17 foot figure portrays Hancock seated, with a thoughtful gaze and a dignified pose, no sword, and a broad commanding presence.
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Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Winfield Scott Hancock
Edwin Elwell
New York
Cemetery Hill
Howard
Hancork
Hancock
Ward
Debs and Rail Union Leaders Charged in Conspiracy Case
Four leaders of the American Railway Union, including Eugene V Debs, were arrested in Chicago on a conspiracy charge tied to efforts to enforce a boycott on Fullman Palace Car Company. They were released on bail. the government plans treason charges and a fall trial. The Union’s general offices were seized for evidence.
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Federal Grand Jury
American Railway Union
Chicago
United States of America
Eugene V. Duss
George W.howard
Sylvester Keliber
L. W. Rocks
Order
The
Railway Times
William Skakel
William Fitzgerald
Fullman Palace
Ali
Dela
United States
Washington
Usha
Debs
Ofhers
Mar
Hmnt
Labor Joadera
Olney
Finks
Quebec Citadel Walls Threatened by Decay and Neglect
The Citadel of Quebec, famed along the continent, shows decay with tunnels collapsed and passages filled. A Militia and Defense report to Parliament urges constant engineer support to preserve the historic fortifications and sustain tourism. The present 1833 walls were built under royal plans at about $25 million, with prior costs scrutinized.
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Famona
Quebec
Canada
Royal Engineers
Department of the Militia and Defense
Walla
Quebes
Bigot
Louis XLI
Gakl
Duke of Wellington
Tragedy in Fort Wayne River Incident Claims Two Lives
In Fort Wayne Indiana on a riverfront incident three boys watched as a woman pushed a man into the St Mary's river. The man dragged the woman into the stream and both drowned in the ensuing struggle.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
St. Mary’s River
Dignified Senators Savored Lemonade in Senate Heat
A humorous notice describes daily use of twenty five to thirty quarts of lemonade for the Senate in hot weather. Drink prepared in basement cloak room with lemons sugar and apollinaris water. Served in earthenware coolers. Staff clean up with no alcohol in preparation. Bathrooms stocked with ice water liniments and tonics.
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Sergeant-At-Armes
Jamaica
Rockefeller's Donation to Chicago University Reaches Goal
The Standard Oil millionaire John D Rockefeller will give his San l0 to Chicago University. Donation was conditional on raising 440,009 to reach a full million. The final subscription of 15,000 has been paid, completing the fund.
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Rockefeller
John T. Pockefeller
Chicago University
New York City Bomb Find and Court Martial Report
Two large bombs found in New York City prompt police disposal actions. Amid fallout, Captain etc. details include court martial of W. S. Valentine at West Point for hazing and a local vote in Illinois and Indiana areas on a Columbus scale with mixed outcomes.
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Vrtelet
New York City
Loki
Lady Randolin Churchil
New York
Ron Atchugh
Crasce
Iowa
Hages
Ai National Bank Examiner
Caper
W.S. Valentine
Weat Point
Maners
Spring Valley
Til
Sirveabor
Iyo
Senate and House Proceedings on Bills and Debates
The Senate passed the naval appropriation bill after amendments and the House approved the mining claims law. District of Columbia Day in the House saw mainly local bills. the McRae grant forfeiture bill passed, returning about 64,010 acres to the public domain. The Senate adjourned after debates on pensions and foreign affairs bills.
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Dologs
Congress
Senate
House
Blackburn
Lisle
Kentucky
District of Columbia
Urnah
Daniel
Lochren
Smith
Democratic Party
Cultot
Galiturer
Palmer
Paacace
Hale
All- 600
Aldrich
Sherman
Stir Chamber
Taekhodn
Brest
Mississippi River
Dubunnes
Low
Wis
Vong
Burheraw
Ghinace
Eagle Point
Rene Vist
Dinalied
Revenie Suariis Nervies
Clarg
Waar
Asaanlé
Mallory
Dyforest
Reneiar Allen
Tiaben
Ciiteal
Indengrens
India
Allen
Murderer Prendergast Hanged for Chicago Mayor Harrison Slaying
Patrick Eugenes Joseph Prendergast was executed at 11 48 PM in Chicago for fatally shooting Carter E. Harrison, then mayor, in October 1904. He walked to the scaffold without resistance, received last rites, and died as the trap dropped, ending a highly publicized murder case.
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Tie
Father Barry
Suhimit
Harrison
Basel
Patrick Eugena Prendergaat
Carter A. Harrison
Chicago
Ashland Avenue
Prendergast
Mayor Harrison
Mr. Tlarrivan
Willian Preston Harrison
Desplaines Street
Des Plaines Street
City Hall
Jessica
Teir Corgina
Wares and Weather in Brief: Prussia Wages and Neah Bay Rain
The article notes the annual wages for female servants in Prussia and mates, cites macroscope limits on revealing early life stages, and states Neah Bay Washington as the wettest U S spot with over 12 inches of annual rainfall. It also mentions a long London district with continuous housing.
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Prussia
Neah Bay
Washington
Tris
Tows
London
Traveling insurance agent nets windfall by bluff
A traveling agent for a leading insurance company cancels policies in a town claiming insufficient protection, relocates, and returns to find the director praises his ploy. The boss rewards him with a watch and a 4 percent salary increase, while a tale of a town fire surfaces elsewhere.
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Chcago
Siti
Directory
Jayville
Chicago Dispatch
Quinine Taste Helped With Licorice and Bread
A man buys quinine to dull pain from illness. A druggist demonstrates rinsing the bitter taste with licorice and suggests bread as a milder aid, noting fruit or sugar as poorer alternatives.
Bound to Sacceet and the Money Test
A grave elder refuses immediate consent to a engagement with Grace unless the suitor earns a thousand dollars. He offers help later, urging the youth to work and save, while the hopeful candidate asks to borrow the sum. The scene hints at testing wealth before marriage.
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Mn Talbot
Grace
Mons
Alf
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