Train Collision Kills Miner After Disregarded Orders
A southbound freight on the Cleveland Lorain and Wheeling railroad collided with a work train west of Bridgeport. About 100 miners were aboard the work train. Eleven injured, one later dying. Officials blame the freight engineer and conductor for the fatal crash.
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Samuel Tracy
David Moore
Wathan Clay
William Stitt
David Richardson
John Johnson
Thomas Marten
Czar and Grand Duke Arrive in Berlin For Royal Welcome
The year opened with the Czar and Grand Duke George arriving at Lebrier station in Berlin. Emperor William, princes, Bismarcks, officials, and generals greeted them as a guard of honor and band welcomed the imperial party. They rode to the Russian embassy amid vast crowds and lavish decorations.
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Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
Cincinnati
Boot and Shoe Worker’ International Union
Boot and Shoe Workers’ International Union
Bits of News and Notes From The Nation
A wide collection of brief items covers lawsuits over railroad crossings in Toledo, admissions refusals at Baltimore medical schools, a Sanity case from St. Louis, and a daring test at Coney Island. Reports from Warrenton, Georgia, and Chicago detail shootings, elopements, and a forensic inquiry into Colonel Danks. South Dakota election tallies favor Republicans, while the Bey of Tunis dispatches troops to Sfax and farm labor unrest brews elsewhere.
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James O. Credit
Baltimore University School of Medicine
Maryland University
St. Louis
Louisa Ernest
Coney Island
N. Y
Boynton
Knights of Labor and AFL Hold Harmony Conference
Representatives of the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor met at the Girard House in Philadelphia for a three hour session on the eight hour movement. Leaders from both sides outlined views, proposed mutual card exchanges, and planned future conferences, with notes on relations among labor groups and potential action at the Atlanta assembly.
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William Martin
Pittsburgh
Henry Ehman
John B. Lennon
New York
General Assembly
Atlanta
Federation
Gompers
The
Confederation
Boston
Supreme Court ruling shocks Chickasaw Nation over citizenship by marriage
The Chickasaw Supreme Court upholds the seventh amendment denying citizenship to white men by marriage to Indian women, sparking plans to appeal to Congress. White men seek allotment in severalty and westward settlement while cattle interests warn of disaster. The extra Chickasaw Legislature convened as senior members lose seats over the decision.
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Gay Party
Congress
Supreme Court
United States
Four Swinomish Indians Held for Murder in Seattle
Charles Williams Tom Alexis Charles Geatit and Big Bill of the Swinomish reservation Skagit county Wash were jailed in Seattle charged with killing Big Bob Sattoo an Indian dubbed tenanimous or Indian doctor. Four assassins waylaid him and cut his throat at a tribal meeting amid sickness and unrest with no claimants to the title appearing.
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Tom Alexis
Charles Geatit
Big Bill
Swinomish Reservation
Skagit County
Wash
Seattle
Big Bob Sattoo
Big Bob
Justice of the Peace
Laconner
Williams
Alexis
Scout
Deadly Inclined Plane Crash in Cincinnati Tragedy
A car on Cincinnati’s Mount Auburn Inclined Plane derailed after cables snapped as the descending car ran uncontrollably. Nine aboard the rear car were killed or injured, including Judge William Dickson and Joseph McFadden Jr. Passengers in the opposite car at the foot of the hill were trapped awaiting the impact.
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Mount Auburn
Main Street
William Dickson
Joseph McFadden, JR
Caleb Ives
Mary Ehret
Michael Kneiss
Agnes Hochstetter
Mra
Lillian B. Oskamp
George Miller
Joseph Stuetle
Lizzie Yanney
Pennsylvania Notes Highlights and Local Incidents
John 8 Schull, a deserting soldier, was captured at Beaver Falls where he had lived with his mother for months. Typhoid outbreak hits Reading cotton mills with twenty five cases. George Williams, a colored preacher, linked to an English heiress, once partnered with Robert Cochrane of New Castle. Otto Stolz named gauger in the Twenty third Pennsylvania district. John McKeon, famed oil producer, gravely ill in Washington. James E. Brice, longtime Templeton historian, dies at eighty. Mrs Rebecca Taylor marks her eightieth birthday at West Chester.
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New Castle
Otto Stolz
Pennsylvania
John McKeon
Hts
Washington
James E. Brice
Templeton
Rebecca Taylor
Bayard Taylor
West Chester
Kentucky Vendetta Reported Near Harlan
A letter from Louisville reports John Cawood, a wealthy farmer, and Samuel Hall were shot dead in an ambush at Cawood’s home ten miles from Harlan. Cawood’s brother in law is Judge Lewis who once tried to arrest Will Howard’s gang. Wilson’s arrest is linked, and Charles Cawood, living with him, faces murder accusations by the Howard faction. Charles vows to punish the guilty.
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Samuel Hall
Cawood
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Will Howard
Wilson
Charles Cawood
Howard
Runaway Wife Murder Foiled by Arrest in Lodging House
Antonio Mendoza, a San Francisco barber, shot Maggie Mendoza while confronting her at a lodging house after she deserted him for another man. He was arrested as he aimed to kill his wife’s lover and himself, just as officers entered.
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Antonio Mendoza
San Francisco
Mendoza
Pilot boat Jennie Carli sinks after storm off Zack's Inlet
The Jennie Carli grounded early Sunday, took water, and sank by Fire Island after a gale. All on board were saved by life-saving crews. The vessel, built four years ago and valued at $16,000, had departed Staten Island on Tuesday with pilots John W. Stanton Gideon L. Mapes Wm H. Anderson George Cisco and twelve crew members.
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Zack's Inlet
Staten Ieland
John W. Stanton
Gideon L. Mapes
Wm. H. Anderson
George Cisco
Allan
Mapes
Jesse Carll
Dissent on Organic Union Shapes New Orleans Presbytery Session
The New Orleans Presbytery debated organic union after a Chattanooga May vote. Dr. B M Palmer urged dissent, arguing union by presbyteries is improper and the church should not dissolve its separate existence. Palmer’s motion failed 13 to 3 as younger members opposed.
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B. M. Palmer
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W. W. Elwang
F. R. Marham
H. M. Smith
Brooklyn Tabernacle Burns for Second Time in Fire
The Brooklyn Tabernacle, led by Rev Dr T DeWitt Talmage, burned for the second time, discovered at 2 49 Sunday morning. Fire damaged interior wires possibly from a thunderstorm while workers were gutting electric lights. Insurance totals about 129 45 thousand dollars. building cost 118000, organ 20000, furniture 26000, improvements 37000, ornamentation 1000, carpets 2000. Dr Talmage appeals for 100000 to aid rebuilding, postponing Holy Land trip. Academy of Music to serve as temporary worship space.
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Wreck on Big Four line kills four near Trautman station
On the Big Four road half a mile west of Trautman s station a wrecking train collided with a freight. Engineer Morris was instantly killed and Fireman Whitestine fatally injured. Two tramps and the freight brakeman also died. The wrecking train was behind time and both engines were demolished. The loss may reach 100000 and Cincinnati physicians were sent to the scene.
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Trautman
Two Die After Crane Collapse on Railroad Job
A Michigan Central wrecking engine crew faced tragedy when the armor crane broke and debris struck workers. George Ruby a 56 year old Jackson machinist died at once. Peter Quinn 42 West Bay City conductor and John Tanblevitch 29 Bay City brakeman perished later.
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Peter Quinn
West Bay City
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Bay City
France hit by floods in Jura department
Heavy rainfall floods across the Jura department. Bridges are carried away and the capital Le Ganinier is submerged. Several villages are surrounded by water as military units work to rescue residents and protect property.
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Jura
Leos le Ganinier
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