Reconvening votes in Michigan counties sparks salaries scandal reprise
Lansing reports a Supreme Court order for reconvassing 1801 Gratiot county and correcting Gogebic county results. The Glategorized frauds prompt a review of salary recovery, with stark language on falsified returns. Other items include a near fatal gasoline stove fire in Detroit, a severe burn case, and weather crop conditions in Michigan for May.
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Four Men Drowned Near Port Huron After Shipwreck
A schooner named Shape, bound for Tonawanda from Port Huron, sank off Fort Gratiot after waterlogging near Port Sanilac. Lifesaving crews rescued the Shape’s crew, but four men drowned. Captain Nelson Lite had purchased Shape this spring. the rescue effort highlighted perilous nighttime conditions and swift ship breakup.
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Tonawanda
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Lake Huron
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Henry Howard
Fight at a coal mine near Litton Station Indiana
A violent clash at Little’s coal mines near Litton Station on the Evansville and Indianapolis line left two men dead and five wounded. About 250 miners from Washington and nearby mines gathered with rifles and ammunition to force workers to join the strike. Deputies were present but overpowered, strikers remain entrenched with militia expected to be sent to the scene.
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Lenawee County items and regional notices briefed
Friday notes: Lenawee Soldiers and Sailors union to hold annual reunion at Tecumseh on June 21. water works projects underway in Howell. Procedural suit by Charles F. Dotty vs Dr. Geer of Holly seeks 10100 for alleged malpractice. Monroe bids open for street cleaning and sidewalk work by May 20. Alfred Taylor, 70, Adrian, a former Kentucky slave, dies. Saginaw Woman’s Christian Temperance union presses for a police matron. Otia Newaygo bones broken in Lathe incident. Bay City Grand Army men plan Memorial Day exercises and cornerstone laying. Menominee River mills mostly running. lumbermen wary of spring demand. Manchester children face Dutch measles outbreak. Croswell soldiers plan Decoration Day basket picnic. Freeman store in Fennville looted of shoes. fruit crop damaged by late cold, rain. County jail prisoners surprised by dignitary arrivals of Harrick W. Chapman et al.
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Sajtors’ Association
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Charles FY Dotty
Geer
Hunter
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Monroe
Alfred Taylor
Adrian
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Charles Fitch
Otia
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Menomines
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Manchester
Croswell
Freeman
Fennville
Riday
Manny
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Tobin
Richard ‘McNabb
Local notes from Thompsonville and surrounding towns
May updates report Wood selling for 12 cents at Carsonville and 6,000 pounds of milk daily at Helleville’s station. Knights of Pythias organized at Marshall with 35 members. Farmers in Darry County discouraged after last week’s story causing damage. New temperance lodges formed. waterworks wells contracted in Thompsonville. Sunday School organized with many pupils. Ice cold week spared fruit. crop outlook favorable. Sheep thieves burden Laer County farmers at shearing time. Lapeer city used 132,550,000 gallons of water last year. 30 cords of wood needed to pump. Bay City postoffice fight settled with recommendation for William H. Phillips. St Johns court presents Judge Cabell with engraved cane for 50th birthday. speech by General Spaulding.
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Markets Report Markets and Livestock Prices
Market notes show wheat and corn prices with mixed bids. Chicago Livestock receipts 18,000 natives sold lower with Texans steady. prime to choice steers around 110 dollars. heifers and other cattle varied. Pigs and hogs mixed. beef, veal, and lamb markets shown with futures and monthly figures for July and August.
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Lamis
Cabinet Resigns After French Chamber Defeat
Paris May 28 The government faced defeat in the chamber of deputies over the railways issue as Premier Casimir-Perier failed to push the order of the day. He and his ministers presented their resignations to President Carnot after the vote. A Socialist push for an eight hour day sparked heated interruptions, with the session ending as the motion was sent to the labor commission.
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Commission On Labor
Washington Industrials Arrive Led by Michael Fitzgerald
A band of forty to forty eight unemployed men arrive in Washixoton and take quarters in Mount Zion Methodist church chapel. They appear well dressed and intelligent, plan to present a socialistic petition to Congress, and state they are not affiliated with Coxey's army though sympathetic to Coxey's aims. They expect to stay three or four days.
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Son of Mine Owner Dies in Chicago Hotel
Howell Ford aged 24, son of Colonel J. S. Ford a wealthy Enarlington Kentucky mine owner, committed suicide at the Vendome Club hotel in Chicago after a brief stay from California. He left letters to his parents and to the hotel proprietor asking for a forwarding address to Earlington.
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Earlington
Riot at Wayne C. H. Circus Breaks Out
A riot broke out near Wayne C. H. twenty miles south of the city as Robingon's circus was about to perform. W Watts and K Daron led into fighting. about twenty men were injured and several wearers shot. In Cheyenne, Hughes Food and O'Brien, leaders of a wagon train robbery, were sentenced to two months in jail. twelve others received four months.
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Fatal Shootings in Harlan County Fight
In Harlan County two men Jamea Middleton Sinclair Middleton and R S Hudkleford were killed in a clash with Gilbert Snyder Endbert and Noble Henaley. Authorities have issued warrants and the suspects fled to the mountains. The dispute reportedly centered on a wife of one of the men.
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Middleton
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Harlan County
Gilbert Snyder Endbert
Noble Henaley
Mount OS Meoly
Ony
Fight to Save Sonal Boat Sparks Sydney Dispatch
A terse Sydney dispatch notes a dispute involving the Gormses and an advices column about a Sonal boat. The fragment references a maritime matter and tensions between parties, with no further concrete details available.
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