Restoration of forests and immigration in early America
A wide range of topics fills a front page piece: debate on forest restoration in Europe as a model, arguments against importing foreign paupers and criminals, critique of the phrase heart failure in public death notes, and reflections on disease history from diphtheria to the grip. The tone is editorial and cautionary with moral and civic focus.
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America
Europe
Fathers of the Republic
United States
Colorado Springs Builds New Baptist Church For Forty Thousand
Colorado Springs announces a new Baptist church costing 40000. The Pueblo mineral palace opens July 1. An Episcopal church is organized in Pueblo. Bodies from Crested Butte snow slides are being recovered. A Denver woolen mill will employ fifty workers, turning out fifteen dozen garments daily. A private lake at Arvada sees two men beat a boy in charge, seeking to fish. Mrs. E. F. Kokowsky becomes Silver Cliff school board secretary for three years by a sixteen vote plurality. Leadville reports rival police factions. Judge Goddard rules for Republicans. A Denver court case involves O. H. Henry suing the Denver News for libel.
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Colorado Springs
Pueblo Mineral Palace
Pueblo
Crested Butte
Fred. Emerson
Arvada
E. F. Kokowsky
Silver Cliff
Leadville
Goddard
O. H. Henry
State Land Board
Denver News
News
T. A. Henry
Townsend
Professor Headden
Denver
Barnaby
Worrell
Dr. Graves
Boulder County
Cooper
Colorado
Yule Creek
Routt
Collier & Cleaveland
Seventh General Assembly
Legislative Department
Genre Court
Grand jury report defends lynching actions in New Orleans
The New Orleans grand jury issues a sweeping report arguing leniency for those who carried out the vigilante killing of Italian suspects. It indicts attempts to influence jurors in the Hennessy murder case, cites Mafia ties, and portrays public uprisings as justified by perceived failures of the justice system.
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New Orleans
O'Malley
C. Hennessy
Grand Jury
Hennessy
Adams
Talesmen
Thomas M. Crystal
John Cooney
D. C. O'Malley
Talesman
Bernard Glaudi
Charles Granger
Bernard Armant
J. C. O'Malley
Girod
Basin Streets
Cleveland
Ohio
Lionel Adams
Mafia
Italy
Sicily
Nebraska Governor Ousted in Quo Warranto Case
The Nebraska Supreme Court declares Thayer the legal governor, ousting Boyd for disqualification over citizenship. The opinion explains if the governor-elect is ineligible, the lieutenant governor serves as successor, and the writ was served around 5 pm. Boyd prepared a stay but the judgment stood.
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Nebraska Supreme Court
Boyd
State Department
John D. Howe
Omaha
Supreme Court Room
Cobb
Norville
Maxwell
Supreme Court of the United States
Major
President Harrison visits Denver after Millington trial verdict
Denver correspondence reports the Millington case ending in a not guilty verdict. President Harrison arrives May 12 with grand preparations in Denver, including a militia parade, schoolchildren welcome, and celebrations preceding the Western Commercial Congress. Railroads offer half fare. events feature governors, senators, and business leaders, with Idaho excursion details and mining town prospects in Idaho Falls.
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Millington
Harrison
Western Commercial Congress
Denver
Colo
Larimer County
Colorado
Glenwood Springs
Routt
United States
Hill
Tabor
Chamber of Commerce
Denver & Rio Grande
Union Depot
Fort Logan
Capitol Grounds
Grand Army of the Republic
Colorado Pioneers
Jclly
East West
trans-Mississippi
Congress
Wyoming
Louisiana
Gulf States
Texas
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Interior Land and Immigration Company
Bank Block
J.D
Three Girls Die in Fire at New York Fireworks Factory
Three young girls burned to death in a one story frame building at 1902 Union Avenue in Morrisania annexed district New York. The building housed George Kramer fireworks maker. Fire started by a powder explosion. Flames spread rapidly, entire building quickly afire. Firemen unable to save structure.
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New York
Union Avenue
Morrisiani
George Kramer
Massacre Scare at Fourmies Riots Sparks Immediate Uproar
Reports from Paris recount a violent labor riot at Fourmies where a mob of about 1200 attacked gendarmes and town hall. Troops under orders fired after brick and stone volleys, killing three and wounding many as rioters seized arms and dynamite. Leaders flee to Belgium.
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Fourmies
Town Hall
Gens 'Armes
Gens D’armes
Sil
Popular Movement
Lab
Belgium
Another Striker Killed in Leisenring Trouble
A Monday clash in Scotdale Pennsylvan ia leaves Mahan dead and another seriously hurt as Hungarian workers trigger a mob at house No 17. Superintendent Gray and two others arrested after deputies exchange gunfire amid growing fears of further disorder at Leisenring.
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Scotdale
Pennsylvania
Morewood
Lessenring
Maban
Gray
No. 17
Mahan
Trouble in South Africa according to Kruger promises
The London Globe reports Kruger cannot stop 20 000 Loers from trekking into Mashonaland or Manica Land amid a dispute between the English and the Portuguese. The trekking force is now said to be quadrupled from the promised 5,000 Boers, making it unlikely Transvaal authorities can restrain them.
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London Globe
Transvaal
Kruger
Hoers
Mashonaland
Manica
Explosion of Natural Gas Destroys Stable Front of Ruth’s Grocery
A Greenville Ohio dispatch reports an explosion at Mrs. Creager’s stable after a fire alarm. Natural gas in a cistern ignited, blasting the fire engine into a formed crater and lifting it eight feet. The Ruth grocery front was blown inward. Two men were fatally hurt.
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Greenville
Ohio
Toast to the Queen Provokes United States Official
United States Consul Jay Ewing refused to drink a toast to Queen Victoria at a Vancouver Board of Trade banquet. He cited his status as an official representative of the United States, declining the courtesy. A petition in Ottawa calls for an inquiry and Ewing's withdrawal amid strong local hostility.
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United States
Jay Ewing
Blaine
Board of Trade
Vancouver
Ottawa
Ewing
Turbulent World News and Local Incidents
A condensed bulletin reports: Costa Rica revolution. Italian immigrants in New York. earthquakes in New England. frost damage in Kentucky. fires in Island lumber yards. high Rio Grande levels near Albuquerque. Italian exodus to America. Russian expulsion suspension. long global cycling voyage planned. low wheat rates Chicago to New York by lake routes. Stanford hires a champagne maker for Tehama county. Beloit bans saloons after a dry vote. Texas and Kansas incidents include a jail break attempt and legal cases. Belgian-style dress smuggling seized. a Brooklyn pastor’s cork inhalation accident. Indian agent Hopkins arrives seeking peace. two New York firms linked to Chilean factions amid arms and funds trades.
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Costa Rica
Bismarck
Reichstag
New York
New England
Massachusetts
Florence
Italy
Rio Grande
Ries
Albuquerque
America
New Kentucky
Stairs
Africa
Stanley
King Lee
Globe
Chicago
Erie Canal
Stanford
Lyons
Tehama County
California
Beloit
Wiscoin
P. B. Hutchinson
Europe
Canada
Japan
London
Yokohama
St. Louis
Haring
Custom House
York
Paris
George W. Bowell
Congregational Church
Classon Avenue
Brooklyn
Salina
Kansas
Gang
Chamberlin
South Dakota
Cial
A. Hopkins
Clear Creek
Pine Ridge
Roseby
Sam
Crow Creek
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Nebraska
President Harrison
South Africa
Telegraph
Thayer
United Stas Preme Court
Rolla Hickes
Winchester
Kentucky
Perry Cove
Frank Poll
William Reel
Waco
Balmaceda
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