Troops Called Out After Mob Burns Union Ill Town
Acting Governor orders Illinois National Guard to Union near Carbondale after a night of battle between union miners and non union workers. Fire destroys nine miner homes. no lives reported lost. Guards deployed from Carbondale and Mount Vernon to preserve peace.
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Illinois
Union City
Carbondale
Brush
Fredonia
Union
Sherif
Walter Warder
Fourth Infantry
Ilinois National Guard
Mount Vernon
Gray
Williamson County
Sim Brush Wthest
Louis
Big Muddy Coal Compines
Street Car Collision Kills Two in Pittsburg
A Monongahela Traction Company street car crash near Highbridge Pittsburgh results in two deaths, about fifteen injured and several with serious injuries as two heavily loaded cars returning from Kennywood Park collided in darkness after one car lost power.
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Pittsburg
Pittsbus
Monongahela Traction Compriny
Highbridge
Kennywood Park
Griffith
Kirkland
Osakis Man Recovers Four Children From Kidnapers
George L. Fry of Osakis Minnesota returned from North Dakota with four of his children after six masked men stole them and headed toward Canada. Fry, a well to do businessman, confronted the raiders at gunpoint and demanded his children. The kidnapers fled, and their identities remain unknown. The children include three girls under ten and a four year old boy.
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Minnesota
George L. Fry
Osakis
Minn
North Dakota
Canada
Mr. Fry
Exploding Blast Furnace Injures Six in Indianapolis
Six people were injured when a portable blast furnace used to weld rails for the streetcar company exploded in Indianapolis. A brilliant pyrotechnic display lit the area for about half a mile, followed by molten iron covering streets and nearby buildings.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Ltd
CAPT DREYFUS ARRIVES AT QUIBERON PRISON TRANSIT
Capt Dreyfus landed at Quiberon and was moved by train to Bruge near Rennes then to Rennes prison escorted by gendarmes and detectives. A silent crowd watched the arrival. Rumors say he landed from Sfax at Orient and health concerns delayed public viewing.
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Quiberon
Rennes
France
Dreyfus
Bruge
Paris
Capt
Sfax
Orient
Azores
Payal
Troubles in Cuba: Robbery and Violence in Matanzas
The Diario de la Marina reports rising crime in Matanzas with two armed Cubans robbing Bachisha store and killing its proprietor, a bound man killed at Cabenzas, and Spaniards attacked at Presto plantation near Cardenas. Governor Wilson’s stance against rural police suggests prolonged trouble ahead in Matanzas and Santa Clara.
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Matanzas
Havana
Guanajay
Diario de la Marina
Bachisha
Poir
Cabenzas
Presto Plantation
Cardenas
Wilson
Santa Clara
Floods Wreck Texas Railroads and Crops Across State
Terrific rainstorms across Southern Western and Central Texas flood hundreds of acres of farmland especially cotton. The Brazos River region reports severe damage as Ric Braves and Little Brazos overflow. Five major railroads are blocked and fourteen large bridges washed away on main lines.
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Texas
Brazos
Ric Braves
Little Brazos
Storm Rips Bathgate North Dakota and Other Local News
A Bathgate N D storm described as the heaviest in fifteen years tore through town destroying buildings chimneys and shade trees with some hail and thunder but no crop damage. Also reports judge Alexander Jester fighting for freedom in Wichita and Tecumseh alibi issues, rail company actions against non union miners, a Cleveland rail shooting incident, and five river laborers drowned near Clarksville Missouri.
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Bathgate
N. D
Missouri Supreme Court Writ Bars 73 Foreign Insurance Firms
The Missouri Supreme Court issues a writ of ouster against seventy three foreign insurance companies operating in St. Joseph for violating the state anti trust law. They are barred from conducting business in Missouri.
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Missouri
Missouri Supreme Court of Application of the Attorney General
Aginst
St. Joseph
Strike Averted as Steel Scale Signed in Pittsburg
John Barrett signs amalgamated scale for the Association of Iron and Steel Manufacturers in Pittsburg. It covers 50,000 workers with 25,000 skilled and 25,000 unskilled men, raising wages by 10 percent.
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Pittsburg
John Barrett
Association of Iron and Steel Manufaccturers
Street Car Strike Ends in Wheeling Labor Peace
The Wheeling strike by Wheel Railway Company motormen and conductors ends after a compromise. The Tube Trust absorbs the company and related plants in Youngstown and Middletown, with a price reportedly large though not disclosed. Arthur F. Carey completes his round the world wheel tour, arriving in Lynn, Massachusetts, after starting June 1, 1896.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wheel Railway Company
The
Tube Trust
American Tube and Iron Company
Youngstown
Ohio
Middletown
National Tube Combine
Arthur F. Carey
Lynn
Mass
Pingree Strike Triggers Detroit Shoe Factory Lockout
In Detroit Pingree Smiths shoe factory of over 600 workers shuts down after a noon strike by the turning and welt departments. The dispute centers on machine operator boys, new labor practices, and exclusion of union labor. The firm will hire non union workers to avoid a long shutdown while offering a reasonable time for strikers.
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Detroit
Pingree & Smith
Mich
Frank C. Pingree
Miners Attack Kills Two In Illinois Reed County Field
Report says two African American miners from Hanna, Sr. were killed and twenty wounded by gunfire as they approached the Fredonia coal mines in Williamson County Illinois. The incident occurred as they attempted to reach the mine entrance after being met with a fusillade of bullets.
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Illinois
Hanna, Sr
Williamson County
Fredonia
McKinley Plans Western Trip Still Under Consideration
Senator Warren of Idaho spoke with President McKinley regarding a Western tour. The President denied reports of abandoning the trip and said he still intends to go if circumstances allow, but no detailed plans or schedule have been set.
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McKinley
Senator Warren
Idaho
Murder Case in Foster RI Shocks Community
Sadie B Mattewson aged 26 was killed by her alleged lover Samuel R Owens 57 in Foster Rhode Island. Both were intoxicated authorities say Owens drove her into the yard knocked her down and hacked her head with an axe then stabbed her chest poured kerosene and set her alight her body burned severely Owens was arrested in connection with the brutal crime.
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Sadie B. Mattewson
Samuel R. Owens
Foster, R. I
Owens
Murder Clocked On Main Street Prominent Citizen Killed
Weatherford Oklahoma reports Alderman C I L Griffiths, a noted local figure, murdered by Dan Ashby who urged violence while walking Main Street. Griffiths died minutes after the knife attack. Ashby transported to Arapahoe to avoid swashing. Also notes reports of Pope’s prostration and other violent incidents including a Birmingham, Alabama hanging for murder, a street shooting in Lowell, Massachusetts, and broad market quotations from multiple cities.
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Weatherford
Oklahoma
C. IL. Griffiths
Dan Ashby
Ashby
Main Street
Griffiths
Warn- Ine
Arapahoe
Chancellor MacLean Accepts Iowa Presidency
Chancellor George E. MacLean of the University of Nebraska accepts the presidency of the University of Iowa. He informs Judge Babb, chairman of the Board of Regents, that he leaves a united faculty and a prosperous university ready for cooperative progress in Town. He has received congratulatory messages from educators nationwide including Draper, Northrop, Judson, Chaplain, Barrett, Maxwell and Gov. Shaw.
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MacLean
George E. MacLean
University of Nebraska
University of Iowa
Babb
Board of Regents
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Grange E. Maclean
Draper
University of Illinois
Northrop
University of Minnesota
Judson
University of Chicago
Charles Chaplain
University of Washington At
Iowa Officials Back Diegnan Misquote and School Path
State Treasurer Herriott says the Elkhorn Wis dispatch misquoted Merrimac hero Diegnan and vows to help him enter Annapolis if he chooses. Iowa will ensure he can attend the academy. meanwhile Des Moines groups oppose an army post and call for civil liberties protections.
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Herriott
Diegnan
Osborne W. Diegnan
Iowa
Elkhorn
Wis
Annapolis
Milwaukee Railway Strike Over Jobs West of Sabula
About 200 men walk out from construction on the Milwaukee Railroad line west of Sabula over orders issued by the Chicago based superintendent. No disorder is reported as yet. Ames Church Hit by Lightning causes partial wreck and about $1000 in damage.
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Milwaukee Railway
Milwaukee Railroad
Sabula
Chicago
Extradition Trial Opens Over Mexican Murder Charge
The Hattie Rich extradition case begins in El Paso to decide if she will be surrendered to Mexico for the Juarez murder of her husband last April. Mexico sought her extradition. Rich, an American citizen, had declared in an ante mortem statement that she fired the fatal shot. The Juarez proceedings and surgeon testimony are part of the record.
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Mexico
Hattie Rich
el Paso
Texas
Juarez
John D. Tueh
Rich
Fort Dodge
Northwestern Veterans Hold Annual Reunion at Sac City
The Northwestern Veterans Association held its annual reunion at Sac City with good attendance. Honored guests included Aunt Becky Young of Des Moines Judge G W Wakehclu of Sioux City Ion P A Smith of Scranton and Mrs Sarah FP Rothrock of Cedar Rapids. Relatives of Adam Switzer Sioux City plan to exhume his body in St Louis after his death suspected foul play.
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Northwestern Veterans
Northwestern Veterans’ Association
Sac City
Becky Young
Des Moines
G. W. Wakehclu
Sioux City
Ion. P. A. Smith
Scranton
Sarah FP. Rothrock
Cedar Rapids
Adam Switzer Sioux
City
St. Louis
Switzer
Murderous strike in Muskegon mayoral row shock
John W. Tayer, former city poor director, shot Mayor James Balbirnie on Muskegon Michigan’s Main Street then killed himself with carbolic acid and a pistol. Witnesses say Tayer sought the city job. Balbirnie refused, motive described as morbid despondency.
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John W. Tayer
City Poor
Jamies Balbirnt O
Muskegon
Mich
Moon Thesday
Dain
Balbirnie
Tayer
Ma. Balbirnie
William Barnett
Balbirnie Dell
Loss of Steamer Margaret Olwill in Lake Erie
Nine crewmen drowned when the steamer Margaret Olwill ran aground in a northeast gale off Lorain Ohio. The vessel, loaded with stone from Shelley's Island to Cleveland for the lake breakwater, sank in fifty feet of water eight miles off Lorain after yielding to shifting cargo. Rescued crew were saved by passing steamers amid heavy seas and later praised for heroism.
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Margaret Olwill
Lake Erie
Ina
Marret Olwill
Wel- Tela
Cleveland
Lorain
Ohio
Oswill
Olwill
Ta. Pe
J. A. Smith
Rol
Shelley’s Island
Newfoundland Warns Americans on French Fishing Violations
The Newfoundland colonial government issues a circular warning American fishermen to avoid aiding French violators under the bait act. The British cruiser Indefatigable is ordered to Newfoundland, likely to join the fleet on the French coast for fishery service.
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Newfoundland
St. Pierre
Explorer Andree Reported Dead in Norweg ian Coast Letter Confirms
J Baron, from Wreangel Alaska, quotes a letter attributed to Andree the Arctic explorer. The letter, sealed and washed ashore off a Norwegian coast, mentions a balloon and provisions. Latitude 74 north is given and the balloon was west of Leeland.
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Norway
J. Baron
Wreangel
Alaska
Andree
A. Nor- Weshin
Skaguay
Leeland
Anedree
Sir Julian Pauncefoot to retire from Washington post
London Standard dispatch reports Sir Julian Pauncefoot British ambassador to the United States plans to retire from the Washington embassy in April. He will remain in England after the conference until October unless the Alaska affair requires him in Washington sooner.
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London Standard
Llique
Julian Pauncelfote
United States
Gation
Washington
Titian
Hneland
Alaska
Meeting Put Off Two Months at Quebec in October
An international commission’s meeting planned for August 2 in Quebec has been postponed to October. The exact date remains unannounced. Roosevelt Not a Candidate in 1900 GOP Nomination. Roosevelt of New York states he is not seeking the Republican presidential nomination.
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Sheldon
J. W. Lister
Oscvola County
Sioux County
Lester
Lyon County
Trans-Mississippi
Iowa Trans-Mississippi
International Commission
Quebec
Ort
Roosevelt
New York
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Mitchell Printing CO
Puntasi
Ill
Missouri, Kansas
Patrick County
J. Thompson
Jb. Dy McMillan
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Robert Montgomery
W. M. Branch
Lee Puckett
White
Puckett
Lanatic
Thompson
Galloway
Frank B. Galloway
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Capt. Dreyfus
Cuba
Jester
Alexander Jester
Gilbert Gates
Wichita
Kan
Tie
Tecumseh
Pesas
Pana Goy
Big Four
Linois Central
Pana
Illinois Central
F. Connor
Central Avenue
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Vive
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Clarksville
William Hodge
Tenry Howland
J. W. Philips
Arnold Philips W
J. Jiumuson
Pingree
Holds Steamship Company
Mme. Resal
la Bourgogne
Cromartyshire
ISYS
Sable Island
Nova Scotia
Pope
London Daily Mail
Ile
Frank Cook
Birmingham
Ala
John Blackburn
William Kelly
Lowell
Bit Kelly
Butte Chores Creamery
St Cincinnati
Toledo
Milwaukee
Ste
McLean
Nebraska
Des Moines Trades and Labor Assembly
Commercial Exchange
Boland
Dubuque
Shiras
Combination Bridge Company
Stuart
Lyons
Cat Tail Slough
Clinton
Melle Burroughs
Boardman
Marshall County
Ing
C.ir. Ball
State Agricultural College
Ames
Division of Agrostology
United States Department of Agriculture
J. Q. Pruitt
Jessie Porter
Palmer House
Davenport
Barbers Farm Trust
Barbers of
Doon
Gilmore City Men
Waterloo
Will Barrett
Vera Cottage
Barrett
Neya Powers
Charles City
Lockjaw
George W. Hart
Lamoile
Andrew Hart
Klart
Margaret Dinnell
Mason City
State Board of Control
Marshalltown
Ministerial Association of
Board of Control
Kenry Grady
Lowa City
Anamosa Penitentiary
Anamosa
Will Thiede
William Whielman
Highland Park College
Henry
C. BE. Inman
Inlaw
F. L. Inman
Mike Nugent
Livermore
James Balbirnie
Julian
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