Tragic Gas Explosion Destroys Broad Ripple Block
A natural gas fueled boiler explosion in Broad Ripple near Indianapolis on a Saturday morning killed six and injured many. Two major blasts toppled seven buildings, wrecking a grocery and adjoining shops while rescuers tried to save victims amid flames and gas fumes. The toll included several burned or crushed residents with extensive injuries and a total property loss around ten thousand dollars.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Broad Ripple
Amos Day
Jesse Day
Frank Featherstone
Orville Heady
F. W. Heaton
Emiley Johnson
Thomas Jones
Charles Jones
James Mitchell
New Augusta
Ed Morris
Norvill
Will E. Privette
Charles Roberts
Vinton Record
Frank E. Watts
Edgar Watts
J. B. Watts
Joseph Wambaugh
Clare Whittaker
Oakland
Oliver Wright
J. M. Watts
Gresh’s Grocery
Adljaining
Two Girls Die in Peoria Explosion at Beyer Mill
At Morton County near Peoria Illinois a Sunday blast tore through a brick mill power house injuring Albert Frank and Cassie White and Mrs Louis Moschel. Tillie and Emma Beyer were killed when the boiler exploded and the building collapsed damaging the water tower and nearby houses. Fireman George Grima reported 25 pounds of steam and no clear cause. The Beyer children were playing nearby and were unable to escape the debris.
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Peoria
George Grima
Beyer
Embezzlement Charge Sworn In Superior Wisconsin
A criminal warrant accusing ex-town treasurer Charles H. Gill of embezzling 7000 dollars from Superior funds was sworn before Judge Parker. Gill will be arrested as the case proceeds. Across Havana another update reports August deaths at 500 from epidemic diseases among Cubans refugees and troops, with yellow fever malaria and dysentery driving mortality.
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West Superior
Wis
of Superior
Parker
Charles H. Gill
Gill
Jacob Erickson
Havana
Gaines
Cuba
Spain
End of great miners strike nears as 65 cent rate proposed
The United Mine Workers executive board will recommend to miners a 65 cent per ton price through year end, aimed at an immediate settlement. A convention of suspended miners is set in Columbus to ratify, with hope the deal ends arbitration delays and restarts mining.
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Columbus
National
United Mine Workers
Pittsburgh
Tratchford
Ratchford
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
de Armit
de Armits
Andrews Accepts Presidency Of New Cosmopolitan University
Dr E Benjamin Andrews president of Brown University has accepted the presidency of John Brisben Walker's Cosmopolitan University. He resigned Brown over silver policy and says tying Brown and the new venture would only be a temporary expedient.
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New York
E. Benjamin Andrews
Brown University
Providence
I. C
New Cosmopolitan University
John Brisben Walker
Andrews
Dr. Andrews
Walker
New York Business Tone Improves Across Most Trades
Bradstreet's reports sustained activity across trades with stronger demand for wool leather clothing hats groceries and hardware. August wholesale volume peaks in western centers while cotton demand rises in the south and coal and iron markets stay busy though coal strikes weigh on central western output.
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Southern
Western Iron and Steel Mills
Western
Pacific Coast
National W C T U Holds Trio of Conventions in Toronto and Buffalo
The twenty fourth annual National W C T U convention will be held in Buffalo Music Hall from October 29 to November 3, 1897. It will follow the World W C T U biennial meeting October 23 to 26 and the Dominion W C T U annual convention, both in Toronto. This trio marks a historic sequence of women's gatherings.
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W C.st. U
Buffalo
N. Y
Woman’s Christian Temperance Unon
Music Hall
Dominion of Canada
Toronto
Ont
Labor Conference at St Louis Adopts Pro miner Strike Resolution
The Labor Conference in St Louis adjourned after two days with a resolution condemning miners who desert their posts and urging a special congressional session to define judicial authority in injunctions. Debs urged mass action while praising labor unity and denouncing the courts as hostile to workers. Jimmy Michael set a new American hour paced record on the Detroit Cycle track, covering over 32 miles in an hour.
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St. Louis
Mahon
Detroit
Pomeroy
International Typographical Union
McKinley
Convention
Congress
America
United States
United Mine Workers
Chicago
Eugene Debs
Debs
Civil Lberty
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Justice of the Peace
Supreme Court of the
Mr. Debs
Michael
Mich
Jimmy Michael
Detroit Cycle Association
Lesna
Charles River Park
Boston
Nile
Banker Enrico Mathou Linked to Multi Million Collapse
Reports from San Francisco dated September 2 indicate Enrico Mathou, noted banker and promoter of Central American ventures, has failed for over 2 million dollars. The downturn follows silver depreciation and a real estate boom collapse sparked by Barrios administration.
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San Francisco
Enrico Mathou
Central America
Barrios
Missionary Donation Update From Rockefeller Promises
d D Rockefeller has sent in the balance of 250000 dollars pledged to the American Baptist Missionary Union and the American Baptist Home Missionary Society on the condition that those two groups raise 236000 dollars. The payment was reported from Handome Missionary Gifts, Toston, dated September 4.
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Toston
D. D. Rockefeller
Ammerican Baptist Missionary Union
American Baptist Trome Missionary Society
Fusion in Nebraska Unites Three Parties on Single Ticket
Lincoln and Lincoln County reporting fusion among the democratic, populist, and silver republican factions. The ticket names John J Sullivan for supreme judge Columbus LE von Forell for state university regent Wisner George F Kenower for the other regent. Fusion moves amid late bargaining and committee reports urging separate ballots with majorities from two conventions. Emblems chosen cottage home for populists and liberty bell with a crack for silver republicans.
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Lincoln
Neb
John J. Sullivan
Columbus
State University
LE. von Forell
Kearney
George F. Kenower
Wisner
W. HH. Thompson
Wen
Neville
Mr. Sullivan
Scott
Thompson
Sullivan
Colorado
Congress of Farmers elects new officers and broadens scope
The Farmers National Congress at St Paul elected Ex Gov W B Hoard as president, chose John M Stahl as secretary, and N G Spalding as treasurer. An amendment allowed all agricultural bodies to send delegates, while resolutions covered railroads, disease control, and dairy industry support. Fort Worth was chosen as next meeting site.
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St. Paul
Minn
Farmers’ National Congress
W. Randall
Minnesota Agricultural Society
W. B. Hoard
Wisconsin
B. F. Clayton
Stahl
John M. Stahl
N. G. Spalding
New York
Farmers’ Convention
Fort Worth
Tex
L. H. Maxwell
Louisiana
Congress
Great Lakes
Committee On
Secretary of Agriculture
German Demand For France Explanation On Alsace Loraine Dispatch
Berlin reports reliable authority that Germany will demand from France an explanation of Meline's reply to the Alsace Loraine society about the Franco Russian alliance and hopes of reunification. Berlin also says Germany will seek satisfaction for excesses at the German embassy in Paris during Faure's return from Russia.
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Berlin
France
M. Meline
Alsace-Loraine
Germany
Paris
Faure
Russia
Embezzlement Warrants Issued for Charnley Missing
Warrants issued for Charles M. Charnley former treasurer of the Presbyterian board of aid for colleges and academies after alleged confession of a $50 000 shortage. The American Surety company says the funds were used in speculative trades and Charnley cannot be found.
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Chicago
Charles M. Charnley
Presbyterian Board of Aid For Colleges and Academies
American Surety Company
Charnley
Board of Trade
Labor Day across cities features rallies and speeches
Chicago, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Springfield, Pittsburgh and Milwaukee mark Labor Day with parades, speeches by Bryan and Altgeld, varied protests of government by injunction, and mixed outdoor gatherings. Attendance reaches thousands as workers celebrate with demonstrations and citywide closures.
Penny introduction in Phoenix and other notes
A Phoenix firm buys 5000 pennies to enter local trade. The London Lancet links alcoholism and unrequited love as solvable by separation. A bicycle trust forms with seven major manufacturers to stabilize prices by November. Boston plans annual vacations for firemen and pasture for horses. The Parthenon in Athens teeters on ruin, propped by timber scaffolding to prevent collapse.
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Phoenix
London Lancet
Boston
Department
Miniature Klondike sparks gold rush from Michipicoten
A party of 14 Sault Ste Marie businessmen returned from Michipicoten with rich quartz samples and plans to file for 4000 acres. They report white quartz veins with free gold along Lake Wawa and say the Eldorado is as rich as rumored, sparking a new rush toward Klondike.
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Micheipicoten
Sault Ste Marie
Mich
Lake Wawa
Michipicoten
Orone
Mary Bell
Two Soo
Klondike Jr
A Just Fate Lynching Follows Va Murder Case
A white man Henry Wall about 21 was said to have abducted and fatally assaulted Sadie Cook near Friends Mission Virginia. After brutal blows and a fatal throat wound he was lynched by a mob near the crime scene.
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Raleigh
N. C
Mount Airy
N.C
News and Observer
Friends Mission
Sadie Cook
Henry Wall
Wall
Jealous Man Kills Wife Then Shoots Self in Toledo
S R Ashwell killed his wife at 1513 Scott Street after she sat with her sister, then shot himself after repeatedly threatening her. The tragedy occurred Monday afternoon as the jealous husband entered the home and opened fire.
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Toledo
S. R. Ashwell
Ife
Ashwell
Scott Street
Banker’s Clerk in Bank Loot Scandal Dies by Suicide
Altoona Pennsylvania September reports Harry Calbough a former clerk at the Second National Bank who was implicated in the bank looting and altered ledgers at the cashier Gardner’s dictation shot himself Monday. He had been mentally troubled since the scandal and recently worked at the Juniata shops Pennsylvania storehouse. This follows Bank Examiner Miller’s suicide tied to the same bank failure.
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Altoona
Harry Calbough
Second National Bank
Gardner
Ife
Pennsylvania
Juniata
Miller
Clarke Smashes World High Dive Record at 165 Feet
Chicago reports George W. Clarke leapt from the Halsted Street lift bridge railing as it rose to 165 feet. He was rescued unharmed from the river but arrested after evading a policeman before his perilous jump.
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Chicago
George W. Clarke
Halsted Street
Clarke
Amoskeag Mills Return to Full Time in Manchester
All Mils Running. Manchester Illinois September 7. Amoskeag mills restart full time after one month shutdown. Eight thousand operatives return to work as the city's big mills resume operation.
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Manchester
N. IL
Sandwich fillings and butter spreads from an old cookbook
A guide to making varied sandwiches with mustard butter lettuce and mutton or beef fillings. It covers anchovy butter mayonnaise water cress Russian salad with olives and capers, and emphasizes using old bread sliced thinly with rose colored coraline butter and lemon juice.
Cost of the Strike in Pittsburgh Ends Near
Miners' union officials indicate a compromise offer of 65 cents per hour may be accepted, though many miners favor 69 cents. The strike has halted 12,000 workers across several states for ten weeks, costing miners roughly 10.5 million in wages, with operators claiming a 1 million loss despite selling idle coal and refuse at high prices. If accepted, it will take two years of steady work to recover earnings.
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Pittsburgh
Miners’ Union
Columbus
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Durand bank collapse stalls in Rockford
In Rockford Illinois on September 6 the Durand bank case shows no new developments as Norton’s father and Blake, his father in law, surrender all their property to creditors. Bank remains closed and Norton’s whereabouts are unknown while depositors attach assets and local business stalls.
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Rockford
Ill
Durand Bank
Young Norton
Blake
Norton
Parricide in St. Louis: Father Fatally Shot by Son
Robert Meyer is jailed after killing his father Michael Meyer who attacked him at home. The shooting occurred as the elder man smashed furniture amid family tensions over infidelity and a pension for an old soldier. Family members have not visited the suspect in custody.
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Michael Meyer
Robert
St. Louis
Robert Meyer
Vagrants Die in Jail Fire After Conway Robbery
In Conway Walsh County North Dakota a jail fire killed three vagrants who had been captured after a daytime robbery spree. The city marshal and posse had jailed three leaders. the blaze began around 1 am Sunday and two more inmates died from severe burns.
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North Dakota
Fargo
N. D
Conway
Walsh County
Germans Celebrate Anniversary in Cincinnati Parade
The Germantown settlement anniversary drew over 40 000 attendees to Zoological Gardens. Carl Schurz delivered the oration as more than 100 German societies joined in the largest German demonstration in Cincinnati. Rail excursions ferried visitors from all rail lines.
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Cincinnati
America
Germantown
Zoological Gardens
Carl Schurz
Fatal Railway Wreck Near Etna Camp Meeting
An excursion train on the Maine Central railroad wrecked two miles west of Etna station killing one and injuring 32. The derailment occurred when a flange broke on a car carrying 65 passengers en route from Dover and Foxcroft to the Etna camp meeting.
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Waterville
Maine Central Railroad
Iitna Station
Dover
Foxcraft
Etna
Drowned Sons of Adam Majewski In Wisconsin River
Two of Adam Majewski's sons, Mike aged seven and August aged five, drowned while playing on the Wisconsin river bank at Stevens Point on Saturday. Exact cause of the accident is unknown. The bodies were recovered.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Adam Majewski
Mike
August
Wisconsin River
Hawkins Captured in Toronto After $9,000 Robbery
Washington police announce that W Hawkins, a district tax office employee who robbed a safe of $9,000 and fled, has been captured in Toronto.
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Washington
Toronto
W.hawkins
District Tax Office
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