Late News In Brief From Across The Nation
A sweeping bulletin lists numerous incidents including Kate Dunsmith shot in New York by Albert Stoll who then wounded himself. workers in Burlington, Lina drink poisoned water from an old well causing five deaths. naturalist John Cahoon drowns near Placenta, N F after a cliff fall. Max Hunger fatally shoots Martha Magowsky in Roseville N J and kills himself. Detroit streetcar workers strike paralyzing service. Keokuk former mayor Merriman dies at 81. a child bitten by a black snake in Ohio. various accidents and crimes across New York Ohio New Brunswick and Indiana. fires destroy Harrisville Whitewater Normal School. census places population center west of Columbus Indiana. Italian rioters and court actions in New York. notable deaths and legal rulings. several duels and violent incidents reported with no graphic detail.
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Gilbert, Hedge &Co
Burlington
Lina
John C. Cahoon
Taunton
Mass
Placenta
N. F
Max Hunger
Martha Magowsky
W. M. Littell
Roseville
N. J
Coyple
Wisconsin State Normal School
Whitewater
Monroe
Mich
Gue
United States
Columbus
Ind
New Haven
New York
Manuel Castro
Remont
Castroville
New Tabernacle Opened in Brooklyn Nigh Spotlights Wealth
Rev. T DeWitt Talmage opened the new Greene and Clinton avenues tabernacle in Brooklyn with three dedicatory services drawing over six thousand each. The edifice cost about 410000 with 40000 more needed. seating 6000, organ with 66 stops and 4443 pipes. Talmage’s income from lectures and sermons cited as near 40000 annually. he reportedly worth at least a quarter million dollars and optimistic for 23 more years of work.
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New York
T. DeWitt Talmage
New Tabernacle
Greene and
Clinton Avenues
Brooklyn
Hastings
Wendell Prime
Talmage
Hamill
Washington
Dr. Talmage
Beacher
Beecher
Wildcat financial schemes collapse in Philadelphia panic
In Philadelphia on April 27 the Beneficial Order of Harvest Workers and other co operative schemes failed after short existences. The Beneficial Earnest Workers owed 2.75 million to 27 500 members with only 130 thousand on hand. The Universal Order of Co operation faced about 2.5 million in liabilities for roughly 25 000 to 30 000 dollars in available funds.
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Wildcat Financial Institutions
Philadelphia
Beneficial Order
Harvest Workers
Wildcat
Benevolent Endowment Association
Guarantes Trust Company
Universal Order of Co-operation
Earnest Workers
Order of Earnest Workers
Grip Epidemic Fades. Pittsburg Reports 955 Deaths Since March
Since the grip began in March, Pittsburg reports 955 deaths to the Bureau of Health through April 27. Of these 96 were due to grip, 244 to pneumonia, 81 by bronchitis, and 36 to cerebro spinal meningitis. Weekly deaths totaled 187 for the week ending April 18, with distribution across districts and marital statuses noted.
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Pittsburg
Bureau of Health
Old City
Washington Notes delayed Behring Sea case and officials changes
The Sayward jurisdiction case in the Behring Sea was postponed to October due to Justice Bradley’s illness. Enos Nebecker was sworn as U S treasurer and named Jason H. Baker private secretary. Treasury warrants issued for direct tax funds California 208246 and Arkansas 151277 dollars. Senator John C Reagan of Texas resigned to join the Railway Commission of Texas. Attorney General Miller sent District Attorney Grant’s report on the parish prison killings in New Orleans to Secretary Blaine, who refused publication or disclosure of its contents.
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Sayward
United States
Behring Sea
Supreme Court
Justice Bradley
Enos Nebecker
Jason H. Baker
Indiana
Treasury Department
California
Arkansas
John C. Reagan
Texas
Railway Commission of
Atorney
Miller
Grant
New Orleans
Blaine
Blanco Encalada Sunk by Torpedo Near Caldrea Bay
The rebel seized warship Blanco Encalada was torpedoed April 22 in Caldrea Bay by the gunboat Lynch. Many lives lost with about half the crew killed. reports cite up to 500 aboard. A separate note reports William Terry died in Anchorage, Kentucky, from poisoning related to a wedding incident, marking a fifth casualty.
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Tquique
Chile
Galveston
Blanco Encalada
Caldrea Bay
Almirante Lynch
Fossa
Dorea
William Terry
Anchorage
Barnett
Cincinnati
The Presidential Tour Across California 1889
The president’s west coast journey included arrivals in San Diego Riverside Santa Barbara and San Francisco. Welcomed with flowers cannons and cheers the party toured Coronado Beach Oakland San Francisco and Golden Gate Park while officials and residents offered receptions and addresses. The president expressed concern for his sister Jettie Eaton as reports were clarified.
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San Diego
Cal
Coronado Beach
Hotel del Coronado
Murray
Gunn
Torres
Lower California
Mexico
L. L. Wright
Riverside
Santa Barbara
San Francisco
Harrison
Oakland
Bay
Piedmont
Oakland Pier
Charleston
Markham
Sanderson
Stanford
Palace Hotel
Golden Gate Park
Presidio
Blair repudiated by Chinese authorities in Pekin
Washington reports say Henry W. Blair recently named Minister to China was declared personal non grata after China received a document detailing his anti Chinese Senate remarks. Secretary Blaine was informed and Blair could not be received. China’s premier communicated his recall. A fruit grower notes a promising crop year aided by low sugar prices, with strong prospects for fruit and vegetables nationwide.
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Washington
Henry W. Blair
China
Pekin
Dupont Circle
Blair
Senate
United States
Li Hun Chang
Blaine
R. Blair
Mailtrain Wrecked Near Washington Injuries Reported
The Cincinnati Express clashed with a freight train at 4 p.m. in a cut at Warrings, about 25 miles west of Washington on the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio road. Engineers Elliott and Groff, Fireman Murphy, and Postal Clerk Burrette died. Postal Clerk Heacock and Fireman Miller were seriously hurt. Passengers escaped serious injury. All killed and injured were reported in Baltimore. The Western rail line sustained partial damage.
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Washington
Cincinnati Express
Warrings
Metropolitan
Elliott and
Groff
Murphy
Burrette
Heacock
Miller
Express
Baltimore
Large-scale labor unrest across multiple regions in 1900s
The article details numerous strikes and labor actions including Knoxville miners settling a one-year contract affecting 7,500 workers, Detroit streetcar surrender, Boston painters, Pittsburg clerks forming protections, Chicago coal stockpiling, Reading colleries full-time, Minneapolis plasterers demanding 350 a day, and Bradford weavers resuming after terms. It also reports violent evictions in Connellsville and a sheriff clash with striking cokers, including gunfire and injuries to Sheriff McCormick and Mrs Blashko, with militia involvement. The piece notes casualties among women shot at Adelaide.
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Hocking Valley
Hiv
Ohio
United Mine Workers Association
United States
Pennsylvania
Monongsfeale
MacDonald and Midway
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Irwin Maton
Ennsylvania
Pittsburg
Charfield
Venter
Jefferaon
Dubois Guinera
Marylands
Pocahontas
Cheampeake and Ohio
Uiivers
Goings
Linvia
Pitsburg
Otoumwa
Iowa
Knoxville, Tenn
Detroit
Ilinois
Chicago
Reading
Minneapolis
Northumberland District
Eng
Michigan Car Company
Bradford
England
Connellsville
Cormick
Co. C
Frasher
Andy Blashko
Martin Strurobiz
Mrs. Blashko
Subsidized Steamlines Planned by Canadian Government
The Canadian Government will subsidize three new steamship lines. The Servian Government will expel Queen Natalie from the country. Bulgaria seeks Turkish recognition of Prince Ferdinand and warns of independence if refused. Peru suffers floods washing out a cemetery and an entire railroad. Germany pursues funding for its World’s Fair exhibit in Chisago. Colonel Miguel Lopez, said to have betrayed Maximilian to Juarez, dies in Mexico City. An English lady commits suicide after losses at Monte Carlo.
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Natalie
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
Peru
Chisago
Germany
Miguel Lopez
Maximilian
Juarez
Mexico
Monte Carlo
Signs Point to a Return of General Activity in Trade
R Ge Dun and Co Weekly Review notes a return to activity in trade with 11200000 bushels of wheat, 680000 bales of cotton, and 2242000 shares traded. Interior business improves with better weather but real estate and building slowdown curb momentum. Coal miner strikes loom, yet overall volume remains large for the season with varied city readings and steady money markets.
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R. Ge Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Baltimore
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Detroit
United States
Canada
Dominion of Canada
Funeral Services Over Von Moltke in Berlin
Funeral services for Count Von Moltke were held at 11 a m yesterday in the house where he died. The ceremonies lasted 45 minutes before the body was moved to a hearse drawn by six imperial horses. The cortege, led by the baton and decorations from his military career, proceeded to the railroad depot with the Emperor and many royals present. Soldiers and spectators lined the streets along the route.
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German Empire
Berlin
Count von Moltke
Reichstag
Helmuth Kerl Bernhard von Moltke
Parchins
Mecklenburg
Egypt
Buitan
Frederick William
von Noltke
Denmark
UOSG
Austria
Black Eagle
Couti
Ag Jong Forasen
France
von Moltke
Germany
Sted
Count von Maltke
Ptaff
Count von Waldemee
Bo- Schetng
Johnstown Population Noted. Varying Local Dangers Reported
A Pennsylvania directory notes Johnstown population near 30 000 with high homeowner rates. Reading features Maria Rumpf, a German orphan en route to her uncle, carrying a paper marked Jacob Rumpf Tremont. Reports include local drownings, hail in Huntington County, a fatal accident from glass, and a perjury arrest for C L Grove. An act of horse poisoning is reported near Greensburg.
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Johnstown
C. B. Clark
Maria Rumpf
Germany
Jacob Rumpf
Tremont
Tionesta
Onoville
H. Closen
R. W. Wiel
George McIntyre
Trough Creek
Hantington Co
Joseph Polinsky
Iewin
Penny
Constable Miller
Christ Dill
Lue
World’s Fair Promises Exhibit From Ireland And Cabin To Chicago
World’s Fair items include an Irish promised exhibit and a German interest in aiding preparations. A historic log cabin in St. Louis County, built by General Grat, is to be moved to Chicago for display. In Philadelphia two endowment orders collapsed with liabilities around 120,000 and rejection of certificates by members.
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St. Louis County
U.S. Grat
Chicago
Italian Laborers Feared Dead In Rock Point Crash
A Pittsburg Rock Point railroad accident injured three workers and killed two Italian laborers. Traffic halted for three hours as wreckage blocked the line and Train No 10 ran three hours late after the incident on the Pittsburg and Lake Railway.
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Pittsburg
Rock Point
Pittsburg and Lake
Dhe
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Andiana Progress
United Mine Workers
Iinola Senate
Haymarket
Michigan Lower Hoes
Torenes
Gat
Gest Nigit
United
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Rochester
American Oil
John Breechcess
Jobs Miller
Kropix
London
Calcutta
Winnipori
Kate Dunsmith
Albert Stoll
Stoll
City Railway Company
Merriman
Keokuk
Jerrycott
Bath
Sullivan County
N.Y
John Callahan
East Twenty-third Street
St. John
N. B
Nellie McAllister
Ethel Allen
Delaware River
Walter Price
Charles Christy
James Scheuuren
Elizabeth Gramly
Jobo
Harrisville
Lewis County
N. Y
W. H. Bigier
Robert Harlan
Harris Theater
Webster Jackson
Hermann
Labadie
Jackson
Alexandra McVickers
Bettie Eaton
North Bend
Robert Warren
Joseph Pappen
Kaw
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Big Four Railroad
Aberdeen
S.C
Chillicothe
X. K. Flood
Charles L. Ross
Roanoke
Ross
Flood
Turnkey Terver
White Pigeon
J. L. Brick
Buck
H. Schneider
Montefiore Home
John Devin
Fourth Avenue
Forestport
Franklin
Louisiana State Supreme Court
Johe
Clarkson
John S. Clarkson
Committee On
Wisconsin
Fava
di Rudini
Rome
Baeron Fava
Marquis di ‘Rudini
Tsaly
Washington Notes
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Missouri
Secretary of State Board of Agriculture
Associated Press
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Showers-M Moore
Court House
Charlie Moore
William Showers
Showers
Lena Moore
Bloomington
B. & O. Railroad
Boston Painters and Decorators
Marshfield Steel Company
Springfield
Albany
C. L. Grove
Clambersburg
Bertie Gilmore
Jacob Kemerer
Greensburg
Ireland
Quaker City
Benevolent Order of Active Workers
Benefit Association
Lake Erie
Hexany
Wnsylvanwta Zi
Harrisburg
Conan Os Eres
National Guard
Brocky
Philip Gaiter
House
D. B. Jones
Morrisburg
Civil Service
Bethesda
Pittsh
Morey Hospital
Colored Omson
Pittsh Hospital Association
So Side Hospital
Allegheny General Hospi
Superintendents of Public Instruction
Steel
Farrinsburg
Pattison
Commission
Harris
Tegalature
Goshen
Lake Shore Road
Kipton, O
Smal
Sieg
Rhine
Hhem
Cat Lam
Aves & Sem
Ion Chiber Ora
Healltien
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