Engineers Drift Toward Wage Agreement and Strike Threat
Secret session of engineers from the Big Four road at the Grand hotel in SE cret talks on wage equalization across divisions leans toward a wage demand. If denied a strike is likely. Chief Arthur left for Cincinnati after handling Orr and Johnson cases as management maintains the discharge stands.
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Grand Hotel
Arthur
Cincinnati
Eagineer Orr
Johnson
Gan
Bradbury
Orr
Brotherhood of Firemen
Sargent
Citizens' Street Railway Tax Hike Sparks Board Controversy
The county board of equalization raised Citizens' Street Railway property assessment by 500000 to 900000 total. The company reported a taxable value of 400000 and called the increase unfair, planning to seek a reconsideration on Thursday. The new electric railway addition worth about 150000 was not included this year.
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Citizens’ Street Railway
County Board of Equalization
Citizens’ Street Railroad Company
SUN
Four bandits killed in desperate attempt to rob silver train
From San Antonio Texas June 25 Spl reports a Mexican band of raiders tried to seize a silver train bound for the United States. In the ensuing fight four bandits were killed and their leader captured and shot. Two soldiers died and several were wounded.
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San Antonio
Texas
Mexico
United States
Kettledram Promises to Be a Glorious Opening
A detailed account of Mr. Barclay Walker's Kettledram premier at the Grand opera-house. Praises the chorus, performances by Pink Hall and Harry Porter, makeup by Maurice Mesk, Mrs. Leon Bailey, Miss Jessie Oyler, and other cast members. Notes strong libretto, quality music, and overall merit deserving patronage.
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Barclay Walker
Grand Opera-House
Pink Hall
Qen
Harry Porter
Dan Thompson
Gostee
Maurice Mesk
Leon Bailey
Bluff
Jessie Oyler
Marigold
Fred Wiles
E.S Swift
Homer van Wie
Clarence Henning
Mr. Walker
Beachers Enter Hill Farm Mine Rescue in DunBak Pa
The Hil Farm mine was entered Wednesday morning as rescuers began rapid work in the soft coal. A separate item notes Southern syndicate watermelons arriving in Indianapolis despite new management, with home-grown fruit praised for flavor. A brief Washington note predicts the silver bill action returning as a measured coinage bill. A Queenstown report covers the City of New York steamer’s record-fast voyage arrival in six days eight hours.
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Hill Farm
DunBak
Hil Farm
Onds
The
Trust
Indianapolia
Queenstown
City of New York
Harter Nominated by Democrats in District 15
Mansfield Ohio June 25 Spl Harter was nominated for Congress by the Democrats of district 15 on the 15th ballot.
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St. Louis
Harter
Mansfield
M. D. Harter
Baseball and college sports notes from a crowded docket
Reports blend signings and signings and game results across leagues. Columbus signed Knauss while Inks shut down the Detroits to four hits. Yale beat Harvard 7 to 1 with Stage on the mound. Inter state, association, and state league results roll in including Evansville, Terre Haute, Peoria, Quincy, Marion, Bluffton, Peru, Muncie, Kokomo, Anderson, and Elkhart. Cleveland players Gilks and Campau plus Walls receive mentions, and Van der Abe signs Campau. A new athletic park is rumored for Virginia near Washington, while LeBlanche vs Mitchell fight is off. Ongoing league tallies show Chicago and Brooklyn combining big innings and other clubs posting decisive wins.
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Columbus
Knauss
Bert Inks
Detroits
Boston
Paul Hines
Yale
Harvard
Stage
Bob Gilks
Cleveland
Evansville
Terre Haute
Peoria
Quincy
Lehane
Columbia
Athletics
Rochester
Syracuse
Brooklyn
van der Abe
Campau
Walls
Cincinnati Indians
Grand Avenues
Brighton Beach
Cornell
New London
Marion
Bluffton
Peru
Muncie
Kokomo
Anderson
Elkhart
Fort Wayne
The
Brotherhood
Buffalo
New York
Chicago
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Virginia
Washington
Sullivan
Jackson
LeBlanche
Young Mitchell
Frisco
Cincinnati
O'Neill
Nimickia
Indianapolis
Burlington
Burke
Moore
Motors and the Nags: Horses Fear Electric Cars Train
An Boston era piece describes horses distraught by electric streetcars on Illinois Street. It chronicles a horse tied in front of Owen's Drug Store growing calmer after days near the passing cars and offers cautious tips for drivers, especially women, to acclimate horses to motors. It notes similar concerns in Boston and Cleveland and cites a proposed protective code.
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Illinois-st
Owen
North-st
Ohrost
Mr. Shaffer
Ilinotest
Meridian
Tlinois
Boston
Cleveland
Boston Herald
Bere
Cleared Elopement Mystery Grieves Wisconsin Wife
John Blackridge, once a wealthy Racine contractor missing for eight years, returns and writes to his deserted wife saying the woman he fled with has died and that he has three children. The wife plans to leave for the west with her portion of the property as the case closes.
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Racine
Wis
John Blackridge
Walting
Blackridge
Montana
West
Illinois Central strike leaves system tied up
June 4 report from Chicago notes no change in the Illinois Central strike, with the entire system practically tied up. West Indianapolis officials dispute town trustee hostility claims, pledging to enforce laws. Diphtheria outbreak in Brooklyn reports 59 deaths in the past ten days amid a local ice cream promotion.
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Ilinois Central
Chicago
Brooklyn
Doctor accused in pauper body sale scheme
Cleveland, June 25. Dr. J. E. Cook medical superintendent at the infirmary and city hospital is charged with selling bodies of paupers and unclaimed cadavers to the Western Reserve College for 12.50 each. The money allegedly went to Cook and two assistants, with the college gaining an unwarranted advantage under a system denying rightful ownership.
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Cleveland
Juans
Geo. I. Laick
Western Reserve Misica! College
J. E. Cook
Infirmary
City Hospital
Western Reserve College
Cook
John J. Orton
Michael Demnerle
Taking Down the Fence Around Menoricks Monument
The Hendricks monument fence will come down Wednesday and the lumber reused in the slate flora to speed construction. Only three or four stones remain to be placed and the two figures hoisted to complete the monument. Seats and windows will be set aside for unveiling day with limited roof access. Officials will use the southeast lawn of the Washington and Tennessee streets area to accommodate a large crowd and ensure good visibility and hearing during ceremonies.
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Lawn
Washington and
Tennessee Sts
Freight train collision near Vincennes ends in deaths
A collision between two freight trains on the EH and T railway at Bald Hill near Vincennes Indiana killed Edward D Terhill of Evansville and an unknown tramp. The engines welded together and cars piled 15 feet high blocked the road. Terhill leaves a wife and one child.
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Hazensvalle
Vincennes
Ind
Bald Hill
Hurcell
Olans
Woginser
Edward D. Terhill
Terhill
Evansville
Watch Club Lottery Case Brings Fine For Marcy
Justice Feibleman ruled that W T Marcy and his watch club breached the lottery statute by distributing watches as prizes after installments stalled. Marcy fined 10 and costs and plans an appeal. Nearby Cincinnati jeweler in a similar scheme fined 200 and jailed ten days. Also: John T. Mahoney, first Colored Democrat in city and noted labor agitator, died in Irvington aged over 60.
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Feibleman
W. T. Marcy
Marcy
Cincinnati
John T. Mahoney
Irvington
Frightful Brest accident drowns dozens at crowded foot-bridge
Brest France June 25 a crowded foot-bridge gave way as steamer San Juan docked. About 300 passengers fell into the water and at least 60 drowned before rescue efforts could save them. A tug explosion near Racine Wisconsin cost seven lives. Boston reports a sensational astride riding display on Beacon Street attracting public shock rather than safety praise.
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San Juan
Reed Schema and Harrison Ticket Boom in 1892 Race
Washington June 25 A spl dispatch says Speaker Reed’s backers seeded rumors Harrison will not run to boost Reed for the ticket. Reed likely gets a place not head, with Blind but Fair Justice. Fred King, drunk Tuesday night, smashed a bar mirror and fought officers. fined $1 for assault and $3 for drunkenness. John Cobb shot at King three times during the incident. Polisi? Lloyd? Justice Walpole also fined King and Alice Boyer for domestic whipping.
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Washington
Resodl
Harrison
Raad
Reed
Fred. King
Ben Snider
W. Washington Sr
John Cobb
Wilson
Laporte
Walpole
Cobb
Blind Justice
Fred
Boyer
Alice Boyer
Free Gas Project advances plans for annexation near city
The Free Gas Committee of the Commercial Club met at the Bates house Tuesday night and is rapidly maturing plans. They expect some territory adjacent to the city may require annexation and anticipate no legislative action. The report labels this development as highly important.
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The
Commercial Club
Bates House
Hartering
Washington gossip on finance and interstate commerce bill
Indiana militia receives 14000 dollars funding as partisan fury over silver bill grows. House debates refiring the interstate commerce commission with testimony before justices of the peace. A substitute to the Wilson package bill expands the law to all interstate commerce articles including liquor. Republican strength rises to block free coinage as Conger pushes rapid votes. Postoffice at Grange Camp Virginia shut after two patrons and alleged use to circulate the farm and fireside paper linked to Conger lard bill.
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Indiana
House
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Judiciary
Wilaon
Conger
Committee On Rules
Grange Camp
Friends
Collier Freed After Insanity Fear Over Cronin Case
Frank Collier, the lawyer set for insanity trial, was released Tuesday. He recounted his fear of being charged with Cronin's murder and described how he wandered Lincoln Park, attempted suicide, and disposed of a revolver, insisting he knew nothing of the crime and that his fear was insane.
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Cronin
Cascado
Frank Collier
Collier
Lincoln Park
Woodruff
Tragic double tragedy and Indian exile plans in Groveton
In Groveton Texas on Tuesday night a girl in Judge Turner’s parlor shot herself dead, and the judge killed Prof Davis. Kansas City reports two Kiowa chiefs Dark-on-a-Tree and Little Chief arriving from a Fort Reno reservation, seeking the Sioux and a mythical medicine chief. The rest covers local notes on weather, divorces, concerts, real estate sales, a near-fatal fall, a commencement, and a family death in Indianapolis.
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Groveton
Tex
Judge Turner
Allie
Prof
Davis
Turner
Kansas City
Fort Reno
Santana
Kaneas
Pine Ridge Agency
Black Hills
Maseigh
Death by self in Milwaukee reveals strange lineage claim
The Milwaukee story reports L. Borstell, 71, a former Milwaukee High School teacher and linguist, who shot himself after writing a coroner letter. He claimed in a private note to be a natural son of the late Emperor William and that his mother was an admiring woman in the royal court, though the name Borstell was assumed. He described a life of honors and humiliations since arriving in America at 18, spoke many languages, and fought in the Mexican War, with Union service at Appomattox.
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Oliver
St. John’s Academy
Edinburg Cabinet Company
Capital
Wemesdey
Lake Station
Julia M. Smith
Thomas J. Smith
Geo
Maus
Hoag
Troquoia Club of Chicago
Hendricks Monument
Campball
Ohio
Sullivan
State Board of Equalization
Mackay
Tom Coutney
Sim Coy’s
St Eagien’s
Masonic Hall
Marion
Ind
Marah Palmer
New Jersey-st. Ha
Major Palmer
Palmer
Ben Messck
Gounty
Hoe
Hovel
Maxweller
Fall Creek
John Hickman
Hickman
Sam Patterson
Girton
Milwaukee
L. Burstell
William
Farewall
America
Europe
Rzad
Poereon
Ott
Borstell
Alexander von Humboldt
Lee
Appomattox
Burestall
Filibuster scheme exposed by governor-general in San Francisco
Walter G. Smith, governor-general of organized filibusters, returns from a week in San Francisco and recounts the Lower California plan. He alleges Maj. Scott of an English colonization company proposed Americans relocate to Ensenada, form a Mexican government, seize the capital, and smuggle arms from the United States. Smith claims he would have profited $50,000 and planned a daily Ensenada paper, but says Scott talked too openly and undermined the plot.
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San Francisco
Walter G. Smith
Lower California
Nglish Colonization Company
Maj. Scott
Colonization Company
San Diego
Scott
Royal Enginesra
India
Smith
Ensenada
Mexico
United States
Caifornia
Essenada
California
Kasenadea
Edward Hill
Hill
Michigan Volunteers
Hin
Ensenda
A Terrible Fall From New York Store Building
Richard Douglass a brick mason aged 61 working on the New York store block fell from the third floor due to a scaffold giving way. His arms were dislocated and he suffered internal injuries. He was taken to 211 West New York Street by Flanner and Buchanan.
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Richard Douglass
New York
New York St
Flanner & Buchanan
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