Navassa Slavery Exposed On Island Brutality and Commutes
President Harrison commutes three Navassa rioters from death to life hard labor after reviewing a case that exposed brutal conditions on Navassa Island. Officials found contracts kept workers under harsh discipline, with fines and imprisonment for refusals. A navy inquiry supported reform, urging government supervision and safe labor conditions. Also notes Wisconsin tax share, Taft’s illness, and other May 19 items from Washington and beyond.
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Washington
Navassa
Circuit Court of Maryland
Harrison
United States
Navyussa
George G. Key
Henry
District of Maryland
Wisconsin
Treasury Department
No Dagos Wanted Mob Attacks Italians at Buckley
A train carrying Italian laborers was met by a large mob in Buckley Illinois. Striking Illinois Central section men demanded higher wages prompting contractors to send in workers. Italians were attacked as they deboarded and several injured before the group retreated into their car and were moved on to Chicago.
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Buckley
Ills
Champaton
Michigan Centralist
Chicago
Bryan
Marine Engineers Strike Holds Firm In Ohio
Cleveland May 16 There are no new developments in the marine engineers strike says President Gallway of the Engineers Protective Society The report of weakening is unfounded Vessel owners report smoother operations as few boats run Once navigation opens up both sides insist on no concessions and demand their terms
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Marine Engineer's
Clevela
Ohio
Marine Engineers
Gallway
The
Engineers’ Protective Society
Washington Critic Suspended
The Evening Critic newspaper company in Washington is placed in the hands of receiver P. E. Davis after a petition by creditors Stilson Hutchins and Richard Weightman. Judgments against the property prompted a stockholders meeting to suspend publication, though assets are hoped sufficient to meet liabilities.
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Washington Critic
Washington
Evening Critic
P. E. Davis
Stilson Hutchins
Richard Weightman
Industrial Order Organized in Jackson Tenn Main leaders named
Jackson Tenn May 16 The National Order of United Labor and Professions organized here with N P McChesney Clarksville Tenn as president D H Smith vice president W P McMillan Jackson Tenn secretary and treasurer J H McDowell Nashville ex president of the Farmers Alliance grand lecturer The new organization claims to be non political in its purposes Two officials stand high in Alliance councils and may coalesce
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Jackson, Tenn
National Order of United Labor and Professions
N. P. McChesney
Clarksville
Tenn
D. H. Smith
W. P. McMillan
J. H. McDowell
Nashville
Farmers’ Alliance
Pittspord
Hocking Valley
Lyons Firemen Parade in Lyons Iowa May 16
Nearly 300 visiting firemen joined Lyons 125 strong force for the tenth annual Lyons parade. Total in line exceeded 400 with bands. Uniformed firemen enjoyed a grand free dinner and a complimentary dance funded by Lyons hosts. Afternoon contests featured a balloon ascent with chute descent.
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Lyons
Iowa
Lyons Firemen
Aberdeen Line and Dickey County Extend 180 Miles of Rail
North Dakota rail work began May 19 with the Aberdeen and Bismarck line extending about 80 miles and the Dickey county branch adding roughly 40 miles, totaling 180 miles by harvest. Plans to connect with the Canadian Pacific at Calgary appear abandoned for the year. A Western gauge widening of the Chicago Fort Madison and Des Moines line arrives seven cars of steel rails for immediate work.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Aberdeen
Dickey County
Oakes
Soo Company
Canadian Pacific
Calgary
Mavison
Iowa
Chicago, Fort Madison
Des Moines
Beardstown
Fort Madison
Sioux City
Forest Fires Afresh Near Duluth City
Forest fires rage in all directions from Duluth Minnesota with smoke covering the city. West Duluth outskirts face danger and a Bayview Heights family evacuated belongings. The fire shifted northeast in the afternoon and also burned along the Duluth and Iron Range railroad line.
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Duluth
Minn
Bayview Heights
Duluth and
Iron Range Road
Former land boomer dumps on Dakota boom
Pat Donan, once a land promoter in Dakota, told a Tribune reporter that both North and South Dakota have peaked in boom times. He praised only the Red River valley as having potential, questioned irrigation schemes, and criticized the two state split as unwise while calling locals ignorant and conceited.
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Thix
Pat Donan
CubcaGco
Dakota
Tribune
Red River Valley
Arrest in Morton Shoves Queer Counterfeit Ring
In Morton Minnesota on May 19 a young man Kimero and his sister were arrested for passing counterfeit money amid a surge of counterfeit nickels in recent days. The marshal had been tracking the case, and the United States marshal has been notified.
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Morton
Minn
Kimero
United States
Assessors' Work Made Void By Court Ruling
Supreme Court voids two revenue law sections used to deduct indebtedness from personal property and credits for assessment lists. The ruling forces redoing much assessor work. Also reports: Paine embezzlement trial in Ashley. Milwaukee freight wreck at Falk switch injuring engineer McDonald and fireman McLean, blamed on a switch left open by careless workers.
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Pierre
S. D
Supreme Court
Persecution of Jews Triggers Russian Commercial Turmoil
In Moscow and major cities the anti Jewish expulsion disrupts trade. Debt resulting from unpaid Jewish loans worth millions of roubles swamps bankruptcies and unsettles commerce. Wealthy Moscow Jews plan to leave as others are moved in chain gangs to transport, while synagogues in St. Petersburg and Moscow are slated for sale.
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Lospex
Moscow
Kieff
Russia
Rer
Pale
Commercial Court
St. Petersburg
All for a Woman. Man murders for a sweetheart in Paris case
Paris police arrest Meunier, ex-officer and widower with two sons, for a spree of robberies. He courted Jachel, a wealthy girl who refused him, then murdered a priest and servant, set fire to the Jactel residence, smothered his eldest son, and wounded the girl's brother before confession, claiming all but the double murder.
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Paris
Landres
Meunier
Customs
Jachel
Jactel
Eunier
Mennier
Revenge in Manipur and other May dispatches
Calcutta reports propose annexing Manipur and describe British troops looting idols near the rajah’s palace and desecrating sacred forms. In St Louis a widow, Mrs Kezzia Thomas, died by suicide after spells of temporary insanity following her husband’s death. In New York Stewart litigation continues over 115 East Thirty-fifth Street as heirs pursue property claims. In Boston Florence reports mob violence against an American, not aware they were targets. The Feurst Bismarck set a new Southampton New York maiden record with Richard Croker aboard.
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London
Calcutta
St. Louis
Kezzia Thomas
Robert Thomas
East St. Louis
Thomas
Stewart
New York
Thomas Stewart
Alexander Stewart
United States Circuit Court
William P. Smith
Sarah Branaugh
Smith
East Thirty-fifth Street
A. T. Stewart
Wallace
New Hamburg American Packet Company
Feurst Bismarck
Hamburg
Southampton
Richard Croker
Champlin, North Star Mills Supt, Dies by Self-inflicted Wound
Minneapolis May 18 Charles H. Champlin superintendent of the North Star woolen mills shot himself in his home at 1011 Fifth street south at 5 50 am after long rheumatic suffering.
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Minneapolis
Charles H. Champlin
North Star Woolen Mills
Fifth Street South
Stephenson Company Buys Byrnie Farm for New Car Works
The John Stephenson company, car builders, purchased the Byrnie farm between Larchmount and Marmonek and will erect extensive works likely the largest in the country. The firm will keep its Twenty Seventh street property for now and aims to have the new factory operating within two years.
Naval chase rumored as Itata case nears
A San Blas dispatch says Chilean Esmeralda may intercept the Itata to protect her, with talks of a naval engagement if the Charleston pursues. Acapulco reports Himeralda in port. officers deny purchases while signaling intent to escort Itata. A low rakish craft with steam up is observed off San Blas, guarded by guns.
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City of Mexico
Lato
Acapulco
Himeralda
United States
Charleston
Esmeralda
Nurih
War Department
Hendroza
San Blas Tepic
Charleston Returning Sighted Northbound Off San Diego
A San Diego dispatch reports the U S steamship Charleston sighted off the port bound northward and expected at Acapulco May 16. Telegrams to Charleston suggest orders to stop there while the Esmeralda anchors offshore fifteen miles south. The Esmeralda did not coal here, only water and provisions.
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San Diego
San Francisco
United States
Charleston
Acapulco
United State
North Dakota Railroad Commissioners Tour Schedule
North Dakota railroad commissioners begin their annual circuit under state law on June 3 at Davenportport in Cass county, continuing to Wahpeton and Ahpeton by June 10, with hearings on railroads and elevators and other complaints sought along the Northern Pacific lines and branches.
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North Dakota
Bismarck
Northern Pacific Road
Daverport
Cass County
Ahpeton
Wahpeton
Great Northern
Five South Dakota citizens indicted for murder of Indian Few Tails
Grand jury at Starguin, Storois, 5 D., May 18 indicted five citizens for the murder. Sheriff and deputy U S marshal pursue the suspects. They will be arraigned immediately and tried in October. Also in La Crosse Wisconsin, May 18 the log case Gates vs Young ruled for the defendant. The dispute over 11,000,000 feet of logs involved shrinkage up to 30 percent.
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South Dakata
Starguin
Storois
United States
la Crosse
Wis
James L. Gates
E. E. Young
Gates
Young
Charges Filed Against Milwaukee Official in Bribery Probe
A circuit court petition seeks removal of Supervisor Charles Fingado on malfeasance and bribery charges. Notably implicated as a briber is Henry C. Payne, prominent politician and president of the Cream City Railroad Company.
Nesopolis Flour Output In Minneapolis May 18
A Northwestern Miller report notes many mills lost time last week yet total flour output reached 141 225 barrels. This compares with 125 150 barrels the previous week and 186 450 barrels for the same period in 1890. River water declined slightly but remains ample for mills wishing to operate.
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Nesopolis
Minneapolis
Northwestern
Missing Evans From Wis Hospital In May Despondency
Ellis Evans 23, patient at Oliver Wendell Holmes hospital in Hopson Wisconsin, wandered off Wednesday at noon in a mental despondency fit and has not been heard from. He comes from a wealthy St. Louis family and was last seen wearing a cashmere suit and a derby hat. A reward is offered for his apprehension.
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Hopson
Wis
Ellis Evans
Oliver Wendel Holmes
St. Louis
Death of Chevalier M Finota Former Italian Consul
Chevalier M Finota formerly Italian consul to the United States and a noted figure in New York and Boston business and politics is dead at 78. He resided in Maryland during the war and has lived here since a Boston business collapse twenty years ago. In North Dakota, Attorney General Spencer rules state banks in Wahpeton and towns with 1000-2000 inhabitants may organize with capital over 10000.
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North Dakota
Bismarck
N. D
Spencer
Wahpeton
Muskegon Fire Destroys Twenty Blocks Amid Losses
Muskegon May 19 Twenty blocks of business houses and dwellings burned with an estimated loss of 500000 and 300 homes. Public records in the court house were saved but the structure was destroyed and a child is missing. The jail inmates were freed and a postmaster’s assistant Harry Stevens died during rescue efforts. Moscow reports German and English exhibitors withdraw amidRussian Jewish persecutions. A separate note from Bismarck N D May 1 records a premature burial of laborer Joseph Bayn on the Northern Pacific track West of the river.
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Muskegon
Mich
Pine Street
Philabourn
Eckerman
Matthew Wilson
Sedgwick
McMichael
Launkewall
Court House
Lamkewell
Harry Stevens
Postmaster Stevens
Bismarck
N. D
Joseph Bayn
Northern Pacific
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