Indiana Progress highlights a string of 1897 incidents
The Indiana Progress reports a wide range of events from June 24 1897 including a high peeling price season in Qi City, scarce workers in several counties, the Cleveland ore hammer strike ending in compromise, a Philadelphia suicide by carbolic acid, a derailed freight train near Altoona injuring two tramps, a drowning in New Castle and other fires floods and accidents. Government bills signed by Gov Pattison touch turnpikes elections and judicial matters.
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Qi City
Lik, Warren Mc
Keany
Purest
Cleveland
Philadelphia
John Emmett
Nicetown
Vennsylvania
Vandyke
Altoona
Weather and crops show mixed nationwide conditions
Weather reports indicate uneven effects across regions with drought and frost in some areas while others enjoy improving growing weather. Foresters note forests faring better in regions, with fruit crops showing strong potential though uncertainties persist in eastern areas. Overall prospects for fall crops appear favorable with district forecasts optimistic.
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Gieuel Ogser Greely
Desorgivenis
Disaster on Swiss bridge leaves dozens dead at Rhine
A passenger excursion train toppled a bridge over the Moerichey near Basle, Switzerland, causing at least 14 deaths and hundreds injured. Rescuers, troops, and firemen battled the river as families mourned, with hoards of survivors and bodies recovered amid a ghastly scene.
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Switzerland
Germany
Tle
A Southern Cloudburst Destroys Neumanville Drainage
A cloudburst at Neumanville Green County Tennessee Saturday washed away T N Ring store residence and outbuildings. An iron safe weighing 1200 pounds was carried a quarter mile by floodwaters. Several houses and crops were destroyed with no lives reported though danger was high.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Neumanville
Green County
T. N. Ring
Superintendent Meredith Sustained in Printing Bureau Row
Washington reports the secretary of the treasury will sustain Assistant Secretary Nettleton in the dispute between Superintendent Meredith of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Knights of Labor over the dismissal of plate printers for insubordination. The workers will not be restored but may reapply for vacancies.
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Meredith
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Nettleton
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Knights of Labor
Separate coach bill takes effect on Tennessee railroads
Nashville Tennessee June 13 Today the separate coach bill passed by the last legislature goes into effect on all railroads in the state. The Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis railway will run a coach exclusively for colored people at the front of the train. In it no smoking will be allowed and it will be equal to the other coaches in appointments and comfort. The law provisions allow the conductor to place white passengers in the coach if the rest of the train is overcrowded but not otherwise. The second coach may be used for smoking if there is no objection from passengers otherwise no smoking will be allowed except in Pullman cars. The Louisville and Nashville system will use partitioned coaches for white and colored.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville, Chattanooga and
Louisville and Nashville
Wedding Interrupted by Liquor Smell Ends in Suicide
In Wilkesbarre Edward Mc Bousid, engaged to a Carbondale heiress, broke a temperance pledge after a whiff of liquor ended their engagement. He left and shot himself at dawn. Separately, Thomas Rowland brought a peculiar apple tree branch to a presentation in Pennsylvania.
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Wilkesbarre
Parone
Edward Mc Bousid
Carbondale
McDonald
Thomas Rowland
Ape
Burglary and fires plague cities amid violence and accidents
Thieves broke into Hilton Hughes Co in New York stealing diamonds worth ten dollars. A dozen poisoning cases from tainted ice cream sickened fifty Loomington children, with several deaths. Texas floods on Red River cause extensive damage. Fires destroy Carmy Dye house in Philadelphia. Multiple shootings, hangings, and wrecks reported across states.
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Hilton, Hughes & Co
New York
Loomington, Ti
Red River
Texas
Hinds Houses
Seabright in Flames destroys large New Jersey resort
A disastrous fire at Seabright N J reduced the larger portion of the town to ashes. About 400 buildings burned and several hundred families were rendered homeless. Loss estimated at at least 500000 dollars. The best buildings in the town were buried.
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New York
Seabright
N. J
Freight Train Collision Hits Passengers in Illinois
A Big Four passenger train was struck perpendicularly by a freight train in Litchfield Illinois on June 15. The wreck damaged a passenger car and a coach with about twenty passengers aboard. all sustained injuries. Thomas Clagg of Mathcon Illinois died. Conductor A B Nixon and brakeman J Miller were severely injured.
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Litchfield
Big Four Road
Thomas Clagg
Mathcon
A. BR. Nixon
Mr. Miller
The Robert and Minnie Released Under Bond
The Robert and Minnie left San Pedro on June 13 after bond set at 3,500 dollars, sailing to Eureka California. Captain O Parrell is released on 5,000 dollars bond. Original crew remains jailed in Los Angeles county awaiting bonds. A new crew has been shipped from San Pedro.
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San Pedro
Cal
Robert
Minnie
Sailad
Eureka
O'Parrell
Los Angeles
The Country's Crops June Wheat and Barley Acreage Shifts
The June report notes wheat and barley area changes across states with winter wheat at 96.6 and spring wheat at 92.6, oats at 35, and notable expansion in Washington and California. Drought and frost affected early sowing in Wisconsin and Minnesota, while Texas saw fewer widespread planting issues.
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Department of Agriculture
Iinois
Missouri
Kansas
California
Washington
Oregon
Dakotas
Iowa
Wisconsin
New York
Pensylvania
Georgia
Texas
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Pacific
Trade Outlook Shows Gold Exports Boost After May Strain
R.G. Dan and Co reports May gold exports stress productive industry but note improved season outlook. Wheat expected to surge within 30 days while oats dip, corn rises. Cotton weakens, lard and petroleum fall, and coffee declines. Money looser, silver down, foreign exchange at a loss to buyers sending gold abroad. Regional notes: Milwaukee up in factory activity. St Louis and Kansas City see mixed trade. Memphis rains boost prospects. overall national trade softer than last year with 244 failures this week versus 247 prior.
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R.G. Dan & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Vaulraing
St. Louis
Kansas City
Denver
Louisville
Memphis
Awful mistake ends in fatal shooting in Uniontown
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on June 16 Alex Boyd a storekeeper at Beeson coke works woke to a trespass alert and fired upon a figure at the door, killing his elderly grandmother who stood there. Boyd, noted as a desperado, was jailed amid questions at the coroner’s inquest.
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Uniontown
Alex Boyd
Beeson
Here
Boyd
Many Global Headlines Mark Turbulent Times
Foreign fragments report a queen’s impaled-offer scene in Amatonga and a Behring sea law grant in London. Berlin bars Russian Hebrews while Chilean insurgents seek recognition. Verona quake shocks cause collapses and panic. The prince of Wales faced jeers at Ascot amid ongoing Mt Vesuvius eruption. Argentina recognizes rebels. US seal ban spurs Tasmanian limits. London omnibus strike ends. 12-hour day wins, other demands fail. Irish Land Bill advances. French trade shows May imports minus 63 million francs, exports down 31 million.
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Amatonga
South Africa
London
Berlin
Verona
Italy
Tragnaga
Badiaalagena
Prince of Wales
Ascot Races
Siberia
Volsuot Nijul
House of Commons
French Board of Trade
Industrial and labor unrest across several states
Ground broken at Kensington for a new Excelsior grass plant and a bottle factory proposed for Steubenville, with 150 jobs. Coal operators challenge Pattison law as strikes hit Keystone mine near Wilkes Barre and Huntington lime quarries threaten factory shutdowns. Wall street leaders push wage disputes in New York and Ashtabula dockers settle.
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Kensington
Pattison
Pittsburg
Train Plunges Down Hill Demolishes Station
A South Shore train failed to brake on D Ansa Hill in Marquette Michigan. It derailed and smashed the station, killing two men and injuring others. Twelve cars were wrecked, one carrying horses whose screams added to the horror. Engineer Dam Harrington is expected to die.
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Marquette, Mich
South Shore
D' Ansa Hill
Dam Harrington
Animle
Riots in China and Guatemala Prisoners in Guatemala
Dispatches report fresh anti European riots in China with attacks on missions. Chinese troops reportedly sided with rioters near Kin Kiang and Takalang, forcing women missionaries to seek safety. Looting and destruction affect multiple mission stations by Lake Poyang. In Guatemala, editors of El Popular at Guatelantanos are imprisoned and forced to perform degrading labor after publishing an article attacking the quasi government. Revolutionary sentiment grows amid outrage.
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London
Shanghai
China
Taksiang
Kin Kiang
Yongtse Kiang
Dicinity
Lake Poyang
Takalang
Chinege
City of Mexico
Guateman
Nicholas Cufuentes
Manuel Alfero
Ventura Paz
Popilar
Guetelantanos
Guatemala
Barillas
Bavidas
Attus
Night coal train wreck near Bellwood claims several lives
At Lloudaville Bellwood area Altoona June 15 a heavy coal train failed to control descent down a dangerous grade. The engine and twenty five cars derailed and piled into a ravine, killing the conductor, engineer, and brakeman. Other crew escaped injured. track torn up and long blockade. Passengers moved via city and Cresson.
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Altoona
Lloudaville
Bellwood
Pennsylvania and Northwestern
Cresson
Fritz Emmett Dead A Popular Comedian Dies In Cornwall
Cornwall June 16 Fritz Emmett known as a celebrated comedian died yesterday morning at the Storm King House. His career began as a saloon barkeeper who entertained patrons with songs after a round of drinks. A New Yorker who heard him sing persuaded him to quit drinking and pursue musical instruction. He rose to fame as a gifted Dutch and godler comedian with profitable shows and large audiences though later years saw notoriety as a heavy spender despite limited profits.
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Cornwall
J. K. Emmett
Fritz Emmett
Storm King House
Emmett
Slavin Defeats Kilrain In Ninth Round
New York June 17 A glove contest for a purse of 10002 dollars with 2500 to the loser ended in the ninth round. Referee Jere Dann refused to render a decision. Slavin of Australia and Kilrain of Baltimore exchanged blows with Kilrain leading early but Slavin gaining the upper hand by the seventh round. Kilrain was knocked down repeatedly and finished the ninth round knocked out.
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New York
Frank P.sSlavin
Australis
Jake Kilrsin
Baltimore
Jere Dann
Slavin
Kilrain
Salvin
Stayin
Jake
Uniontown superintendent convicted in strike intimidation
Uniontown Pennsylvania June 13 John A Esser superintendent of the Frick Leisenring No 1 sworks was convicted yesterday of threatening workers to stay on the job during the strike The ruling marks the first striker victory and offsets earlier convictions of John McStoy and Mike Dis mon for conspiracy and riot at Leisenring Four Lives Lost Cedar Rapids ta June 16 A D Cooley and C H Anderson of this city and two Rockford young ladies went boating last evening The boat capsized and all four drowned
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Uniontown
Ingham
John McSloy
Mike Disman
McSloy
John A. Esser
Frick Leisenring No. 1 Sworks
John McStoy
Mike Dis Mon
Leisenring
Cedar Rapids
A. D. Cooley
H. Anderson
Rockford
A. D. Cooler
C.H. Anderson
Illinois legislature adjoins with education law held
The Illinois legislature adjourned sine die leaving the present education law in force for at least two years. Moore, a former representative, had rules suspended and the senate bill adopted granting women the right to vote in school elections. The Michigan senate passed the senatorial gerrymandering bill. Hon J N Gilchrist, a leading Alabama legislator, died by suicide in Montgomery by morphine.
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Ilinois
Moore
Senate
Michigan Senate
J. N. Gilchrist
Alabama
Montgomery
Markets and prices for produce in Baltimore and Cincinnati
Regional exchange notes list prices for apples butter cheese turkey potatoes seeds and grains. Entries include wheat No 2 red 105 107 corn No 2 yellow 7 oats white 40 49 and rye No 1 96, with hay timothy and various mixtures, maple syrup, syrup and tallow also quoted alongside regional city references.
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Ohio
New York
Alifornia
Flooded Red River Claims Underestimated Damage Near Gainesville
A Lecher, Illinois man reports Hood disaster on the Red river bottom forty miles west of Gainesville with widespread dead cattle and other livestock along river banks. He notes furniture and beds found in the flood debris as waters recede. At Cedar Rapids two locals, A D Cooler and C H Anderson, are involved in additional details.
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St. Louis
Lecher
Jen
Red River
Gainesville
World’s Fair Notes On Exposition Exhibits And Plans
A review of World’s Fair preparations mentions the Lithographers Association exhibit on lithography and a working post office model. An international regatta is proposed, with top oarsmen invited. Carib Indians from St Vincent and Peruvian antiquities are slated for displays, plus interior government features. Building contracts proceed at about one per week, with the first structure due for completion in December for the new U S Government station.
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Tar National Lithographers Association
Coloxel Meserave
Island of
St. Vincent
Chicago
Lherenast Sarvoro
Lingag
Peru
Deena
Veig Bo Tie Amarkan
T Department
Gamiente Puama
U. S. Govers
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