Indiana Progress Varies Across Regions In Early News
Indiana Progress reports on various events from Spartansburg to Kilbuck. It notes a Woodrow moderator win 74 to 63, a dynamite blast at Charles Payman’s saloon, and ongoing tensions in Chickasaw county over the McKenna-Doud affair with guards at Doud’s house. Also mentions New Orleans mayor indictment, a fast mail trial run, Mexico earthquakes, and railroad traffic deals. A Kokomo oil train wreck kills three, with wreckers blamed, and a Forest Fairy schooner story lacking crew updates as of now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Spartansburg
Woodrow
South Carolina State University
Kilbuck
Charles Payman
Chickasaw County
Dennis Fierney
Doud
Benz
New Orleans
Burke
Louisiana
New York
San Francisco
City of Mexico
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
St. Paul
England to import 16,400,000 quarters wheat says Lewes
Sir John Lewes, England’s crop expert, warns the country must import 16,400,000 quarters of wheat this year, a larger figure than The Times estimated. Emperor William I offers 5,000,000 marks for a castle-adjacent monument to his grandfather. A railway crash near Agra kills 15 and injures 40. Five thousand Borinage miners strike. The Bolan sinks with 33 crew lost. Ville de Esest boiler explosion causes multiple deaths and injuries. Zerlon Hatzfeldt weds Clara Huntington in Brompton history. The ceremony is private at the German Embassy before travel to Southern Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lewes
England
William
William I
Harras
Agra
Borinage
Bolan
Calcutta
Liverpool
Trans-Atlantique Company
Tonis
Brompton
Zerlon
Prince Hatefeldt
Clara
Collis P. Huntington
New York
Eamons
Prince
Princes Hatzfeldt
Italy
Patrons of Husbandry Grow in Michigan Politics
More than 75,000 Michigan farmers have joined the Patrons of Husbandry since last May, with rapid growth and plans to influence state politics and expand nationwide. They pledge to buy only from one merchant per line of trade with strict price margins and have lodges in 47 counties led by Rev. E. W. Verbocan as supreme president. A February Flint state convention and a Lansing national gathering are planned. the group includes prosperous farmers and a few unsuccessful politicians, with no rich men among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Kent
E. W. Verbocan
Flint
Lansing
Express Wreck Near Council Bluffs Kills Engineer
An east bound express and a west bound freight collided near Council Bluffs. Engineer James Pullen was killed and Ansel Gillow burned. Injured include James Oper and S F Stewart. Freight crew escaped with minor bruises. Collision likely due to order disregard near Greendale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Council Bluffs
James Pullen
Ansel Gillow
James Oper
Milwaukee Foe
S. F. Stewart
James Ryas
Grennie Cosdignano
Greendale
Probing Cronin death plot as Cronin trial opens
The opening Cronin trial hears Napier Moreland describe hiring a white horse May 4 and the horse’s return in a fast, dusty state. Witnesses identify a mechaniclike man. Mrs. Conklin details the visit and Cronin’s hurried departure with medical gear. Other testimonies cover Cronin’s circle, the Clan na Gael camp, and the triangle inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnifred Dinan
Coughlin
Lincoln Park
John F. O'Connor
Clan-na-Gael
Beggs
Burke, Coughlin
O ° Connor
Thomas F. O'Connor
The
O'Connor
Cronin
Foy
Camp 2
Dr. Cronin
Buffalo
Witpees
John F. Beggs
Labor news notes glass price rise and industry shifts
The Pittsburgh Window-Glass Manufacturers vote for a price increase across districts citing higher chemical costs rising the single and double sheet rates. Demand remains strong as Belgian and French glass lose market share to American, with potential new plate-glass plants in Western Pennsylvania. Leechburg Foundry molders resume work after agreeing to the advance, subject to strike outcomes in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Chambers & McKee Company
New York
Pennsylvania
Belgium
Leechburg Foundry and Machine Company
Fifteen Seamen Lost In Sea Disaster Off False Cape
The schooner George T. Simmons from Camden New Jersey wrecked near False Cape three miles south of Cape Henry in a late storm. Five men lashed in rigging were lost, leaving one survivor by Sunday evening. Life saving crews waited but surf prevented any rescue. Also reported were the Lizzie Haynes wreck at Bodies Island with five drowned, and the A. E. Blackman crew lost except for Captain Charles Edwards who swam to safety. two bodies recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Simmons
Camden
N. J
False Cape
Cape Henry
Oregon Inlet
Lizzie
Haynes
Savannah
Baltimore
Bodies
Steward
Weasel
A. E. Blackman
Charles Edwards
New Innet
Desperation in Dakota prompts relief committee
The Minneapolis Board of Trade sets up a special winter committee to collect and distribute supplies in North and South Dakota counties hit by two poor harvests. Churches will be asked to aid a relief fund as 1009 South Dakota families face destitution. South Dakota officials authorize coal purchases amid broader cooperative relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade of
Minneapolis, Minn
North
South Dakota
Cam Dowo
The Howards Seize Harlan Court House in March on Enemies
In Harlan Court House Kentucky Wilson Howard leads a 40 man band to seize the town and occupy the court house. Judge Lewis and his 50 man Law and Order posse retreat toward Crittenden creek but pass the ambush as Howard followers move into town to secure the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Court House
Wilson Howard
Court House
Judge Lewis
Law and Order
Howard
Crittenden Creek
Lewis
Fires claimed Edmond Ebbert. Shinnston man dies at home
Edmond S. Ebbert age 83 died Tuesday night when he fell into an open fire at his residence in Shinnston Harrison county West Virginia. Ebbert claimed to have built the first house on the site of Chicago after arriving there in 1819 and returning home in 1825, never visiting Chicago again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond S. Ebbert
Shinnston
Harrison County
W. Va
Mr. Ebbert
Chicago
Officers Assassinated After Childish Ambush in Seminole Nation
Five assailants, all African American, killed five officers including Robert Reed and Wiler after they pursued horse thief Corley Brunner in remote Seminole nation territory. The horse thief, a Mexican and Indian man, was shot dead during the encounter. The attackers were named Cudge Barnett Ross Riley Prince Hawking Doug Brown and Luke. The event followed the officers being lured into an ambush by Brunner’s associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Reed
Wiler
Corley Brunner
Cudge Barnett
Ross Riley
Prince Hawking
Doug Brown
One Luke
Dithridge Glass Works workers return to duty
Local industry resumes as employees of the Dithridge Glass Works at New Brighton go back to work. A slate of legal and civic items follows, including probate for Henry G. Borebeck and a Pennsylvania Christian Endeavor Society convention in Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dithridge Glass Works
New Brighton
Two McCoy Gang Members Hanged After Jail Lynching
Information from Hamlin West Virginia reports a midnight mob seized Lincoln County Jail and hanged Green McCoy and Milton Haley near the jail. Both Kentuckians allied with the McCoy faction, tied to the Hatfield feud. Earlier McCoy and Haley ambushed Al Bromfield and wife, wounding them. Bromfield later recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlin
Lincoln County
W. Va
Green McCoy
Milton Haley
Haley
McCoy
Kentucky
Fields
Paria Bromfield
al Bromfield
Adkins
Brumfields
Ben Post
Martin County
Hatfield
Bloody duel over old grudge ends in severed fingers
In Teas county New Mexico Indian Wakenstee and Mexican cattleman Juan Verega fought at dawn with butcher knives to settle an old feud. Each cut the other's fingers in silence until Verega shot the Indian after losing four fingers and the Indian cut Verega's thumb. Verega wounded, expected to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teas County
New Mexico
Wakenstee
Juan Verega
Toas
Confession Emerges in Six Year Old Indiana Murder
A widow and her daughter were slain near Trader's Point Indiana on May 9 1883 wealth suspected robbery motive. No solid evidence against relatives at trial. Mrs W H Maucham claims her husband and two others confessed and shared 400 dollars. Grand jury hears Brownsburg resident Cassiday's tale of witnesses Kate Weaver and her father. Arsons expected. Also reports Great Jumbo gas well near Somerset Indiana vented out leaving town gasless. another well to be drilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreman
Trader's Point
Indianapolis
Indiana
W. H. Maucham
Insane Asylum
Joseph Cassiday
Brownsburg
Kate Weaver
Somerset
Wabash
Ind
Trenton Rock
Cannibalism Survivors Reveal Shipwreck Ordeal aboard Earnmoor
Carl Grave fireman and Ludwig Loder seaman, two Earnmoor crew survivors, recount days adrift after a cannibalism survival. They describe first feeding on a flying fish and seabirds, then killing for food, including William Robinson, and carving his body while others urged killing for sustenance. Loder notes wounds, swellings, and believed poisoning from human flesh, with grim details of blood intake and mental anguish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Grave
Ludwig Loder
Earnmoor
Loder
Wm. Davis
August Plagge
Davis
Plagge
Bost
William Robinson
William Wright
Robinson
Ina
Thomas Hunt
Grave
Kentucky Feud Casualty List From Harlan Fight
The report details the casualties in a factional skirmish near Harlan Court House Kentucky. Turned on by the Law and Order Party five attackers led by County Judge Lewis engaged the Howard forces at E E Howard s house one mile from town. One Howard man Millard Dean was killed six others wounded including Bird Spurlock mortally and Robert Napier critically. Ben Mitchell Gen Cole Jim Spurlock Will Jennings were wounded and Wilson Howard escaped unhurt. Howard suffered a flesh wound to the thigh and the attackers suffered no listed casualties. The Howard faction fled three miles from the Court House and established E M Howard s house as headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Court House
Law and Order Party
Turner
Harlan County
Lewis
Court House
Howard
E. E. Howard
Millard Dean
Bird Spurlock
Robert Napier
Winchester
Napier
George Napier
Ben. Mitchell
Gen. Cole
Jim Spurlock
Will Jennings
Wilson Howard
E. M. Howard
Poor Fork
Jesse James Slayer Survives Bar Shootout in Colorado
Bob Ford, famed for killing Jesse James, faced a fatal encounter at a Walsenburg saloon. Ernest Kerry, intoxicated, declared intent to kill Ford and fired. Ford ducked and fired back, hitting Kerry in the hip and side as Kerry fell. Ford continued until his revolver ran dry. Kerry was removed for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Ford
Jesse James
Kehrs
Walsenburg
Col. Ford
Ernest Korry
Kerry
Bob
Ford
Heat
Cowboy
Kurry
Five Barnard kin condemned for Sutton murder in Tennessee
The Supreme Court affirmed death sentences for John Barnard Sr and four relatives all of Hancock County Tennessee. They were condemned for the January 11 murder of Henry Sutton near Sneedville in a feud over a real estate dispute. Sutton was shot through the heart as he rode along. the five men hid in bushes and carried out the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barnard
Anderson Barnard
Elisha Barnard
Clint Barnard
Hancock County
Tenn
Henry Sutton
Sneelville
Supreme Court
Sutton
Barnard
Sneedville
John Barnard, Sr
Revolution in Guatemala Sparks Wide Backed Conflict
A large scale revolution is reported in Guatemala with alleged backing from New York parties. Government officials deny Mexican support for any uprising. Letters to El Pabellon Nacional claim a looming war between Guatemala and San Salvador. authorities warn against external involvement and emphasize internal instability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
New York
Mexico
el Pabellon Nacional
San Salvador
Money market eases as trade grows. widespread reports
R G Dun weekly review notes easier money conditions with no looming season disturbance. Crop movement strong. exports up 14 percent year over year while imports rise 10 percent. Lumber and iron trades steady, coal dull. wool and cotton markets mixed with declines in some areas. A railroad traffic shift hints at consolidations. US and Canada business failures rise to 225 last week. Fatal coal mining boiler explosion near Scranton kills two. a driver dies of injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Philadelphia
Boston
Tomas
Canada
Mexico
Union Pacific
Chicago
Northwestern
Presidents’ Association
Pennsylvania
United States
Central Droves Yards Trade Report Commercial Movements
Movements and prices at the Central Drove Yards East Liberty show cattle selling slow but steady with top firm at 24 2c for stock and 3 35 for feeders. Common dry cows and heifers bring 14 2c, common bulls weaker, prime heavy corn fed export stock scarce and selling at full prices. Sheep and hog remarks outline varied lots from Western and Ohio origins with prices per hundredweight and deck goods noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liberty
Pittsburgh
New York
Oerenee
Oon & Se
Ohio
Baltimore
Derae No
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
N. Y
York
State
Penn
Thrift and Shopping as a Womanly Art in Early 20th Century
A column highlights the virtue of thrifty shopping as a civic virtue and womanly accomplishment. It contrasts disciplined, economical buying with extravagance, cites education as extending to shopping, and notes mothers and girls should cultivate prudent spending amid broader social expectations. It also includes sketches of French domestic life and a Geneva washerwomen contest as cultural vignettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buat
New York Star
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Indiana Progress
Lake Erie and Western Road
Kokomo
Jacob Mehl
E. Burnell
John Spellman
Peru
Lake Erie and
Western
Forest Fairy
Diaz
Flores
Fayal
Gracioso
Westen Islands
Azores
Hughaxdey Organizing & Combine OF
Bosts Couss
Liam
Tenner
New York City
Martin
Sarah Earnhardt
O'Sullivan
White Horse
T. T. Conklin
Conklin
Chicago Avenue
Bchaack
Pinkertons
Jence Lewis
Barbourville
Harlan
Lew
Buckner
Labor News
Dakota
Howards &Teal
Scauper
Supreme Court of Ohio
Lesve
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Edwin F. Ewart
J. x. Campbell
West Newton
Land Office
Washington
W. J. Campbell
Henry G. Borebeck
Bethlehem
Angeline Rinker
Edwin Bright
Peter Young
New Castle
Pennsylvania Christiaan Endeavor Society
Market Square Presbyterian Church
Harrisburg
Beckley
Beaver
George B. Stewart
Erie
St. Joseph’s
Stoneboro
Binner
Irwin
Thomas
James Thompson
Robert Robinson
Samuel Hemming
Benjamin Stubbs
Hemming
Thomas Thompson
Stubbs
Zachary Taylor
Greene County
Wm McCausland
Allegheny City
Paxson
Taylor
George Clark
Clark
J.T. C
M’coy
Farnmoor
Howard Gaxg
Jesse James’ Slayer
Taexe
Simon Henry
John Moyles
Pierce Coal Company
Archibald
Scranton
Thomas Dougher
Commercial
Deck Fair
Washington County
Atic
Good Western
Deck Goods
Deek Fair
Lawrence County
France
Alfred
Monsieur Alfred
Geneva
Switzerland
Rome
Leman
Maile Lefevre
Tros
Whea
New England
Hudson River
Troy
Peike
Freehold
Agate
Morley
Whitenack & Bordine
Tecumseh, Mich
Oncan Ane Piano Ge
Orgas
Peirson & OR
Maple Grove Nurseries
Waterton
ALES
teiPince
Bere
Aes
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