Murder drives for notoriety ends with Chicago mayor death
Carter Harrison, mayor of Chicago, is shot by Robert Prendergast on Oct 24 during a dinner at Ashland Boulevard. Prendergast seeks fame after failed attempts at public notice and is later captured as Harrison dies in the arms of Miss Anna Howard of New Orleans, who was to marry him soon.
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New Orleans
Bodies Recovered in Two Drownings at Vine Bond and Buffalo County
The bodies of Mrs. George Schreimer of Dubuque and Wesley Kieron of Chicago, drowned from the yacht Mignon above Vine Bond, were recovered and embalmed. Deputy Coroner Axel Johnson deemed inquests unnecessary and the pair were sent home. In a separate incident near Buffalo County, Osten Owen and Sanson Sorekhon, 12 and 10, sons of local farmers, drowned after an overturned skiff near their creel.
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Wreck toll rises as train collision injures passengers
Reports describe a deadly wreck near a rail line about 23 miles from a city. Several cars were derailed and passengers injured as baggage cars and the day coach were thrown from the track. The incident followed prior rail instability warnings and rail replacements. Doctors were summoned for the injured.
Missippi Superior canal bill advances survey plans
The amended river and harbor bill authorizes surveys for a Mississippi to Lake Superior ship canal route. Major Jones will lead the local survey in St Paul, with directing oversight by the secretary of war. The Sandy Lake route is viewed as most feasible.
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No Bet Programme Washington July 17
There is no settled programme for this week in the house. Everything will be displaced for the conference report on the tariff bill when agreed. House managers will not allow excessive debate time if a disagreement remains on vital differences between the two houses.
AFL Rebuffs General Strike Deliberations In Debs Era
The American Federation of Labor conference adjourned after rejecting a general strike while endorsing Presidents Debs and the A R U. A defense fund of 1000 dollars was voted for Debs’s upcoming trial. The executive council discussed the great industrial upheaval shaping the nation.
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Switchmen's Mutual Alliance Denounces Strike Action
The grand board of the Switchmen's Mutual Alliance and North America condemn a pending strike by the American Railway Union. They state all members governed by their constitution and fully support the directive against the strike, signaling a discouraged outlook for continuing the action.
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New Jersey Electric Railway Incorporation Granted
The New York and Philadelphia Traction Company, capital 10000000, is incorporated in New Jersey to build an electric road network from New York to Philadelphia with about 150 miles of main line. It will run from Paterson via Montclair Bloomfield and Newark, extend to Trenton, Princeton Lawrenceville and Camden, with branches to Elizabeth New Brunswick Woodbridge and Perth Amboy. Construction to begin at once after securing right of way and completing surveys.
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Wellsman party feared crushed in Arctic voyage
A Times dispatch from Tremerce Norway reports the Wellman expedition’s steamer Ragnvald Jarl missing after leaving Danes Island on July 6. The yacht Saide found Professor Oyen at Spitzbergen guarding a depot, with supplies dwindling for eight men six months. Captain Johanneson plans a northwest search when ice permits.
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Phelan Found Guilty by Judge Taft in Contempt Case
Judge Taft of the United States court found Phelan guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to six months imprisonment in the Warren county jail at Lebanon Ohio.
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Debs Proposal on Reinstating Old Railway Employees
Debs and allies present a plan to reinstate all old railway workers not charged with crimes. Mayor Hopkins negotiates with the General Managers' Association while Debs and associates await a response. A special meeting was declined. the strike remains unresolved.
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Strike Status and Train Incident Report
In Chicago July 14 P J McGuire of the Miners union declares the strike over noting cornbe and Gomipers refused to order men out. Det plans to report mayoral visit results to an executive board meeting. At Duluth a Northern Pacific train was pelted with stones as it arrived, delaying departure.
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