Albany Under Siege as Traction Strike Sparks Riots
Albany New York May 16 Thousands of soldiers occupy the city to quell rioting over the Traction Company strike. Non union workers are escorted to depots amid a frenzied crowd. Police and cavalry clash with stones and saber strikes as violence escalates around the depot and state streets.
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Albany
N. Y
Traction Company
Odell
Troy
Odell Se
Quail Street
Third Signal Corps
Union Depot
Broadway
State Street
Capitol
Tenth Battalion
Chapel Street
St Vari
McKinley Abandons Northwestern Tour Over Mrs McKinley Illness
The San Francisco crowd learns the president will cut the Northwestern trip and return to Washington as Mrs McKinley remains gravely ill. Doctors consult experts and the cabinet notes her condition while the public expresses sympathy and hopes for a possible rally. The journey home may take five days by direct route without stops.
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San Francisco
Lie
Henry Gibbons
Hirschfelder
Rixey
Gibbons
McKinley
Scott
Mrs. McKinley
Union Pacific
He Carried a Torch A Weat Virginia Miner Breaks a Rule
A West Virginia miner faces scrutiny after an incident described as carrying a torch during a rural workday. Officials say the act violated company policy and safety rules, prompting an internal review and potential disciplinary steps.
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Virginia
Mine Explosion at Farmington Kills and Injures Miners
Six miners died and several were injured in a Georges Creek Coal and Iron mine explosion at Farmington near Fairmont West Virginia. The blast followed a torch smuggling incident amid new operations and dense smoke, but the shaft area prevented a larger fire.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Georges Creek Coal and Iron Company
Farmington
Baltimore and Qoble
Baltimore
The Winter Campaign Opening in South Africa
Pretoria May 16. The South African winter has arrived and unless the Boers are prevented from moving north to the Bushveld and hostilities end there will be another spell of severe and unsuccessful campaigning. Five months of comparative peace in the two colonies would be broken by renewed guerrilla operations across the country when spring rains allow the enemy to operate on the high veld.
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Pretoria
Bushveldt
Porte orders Turkish minister to ratify postal convention
Vienna reports from Constantinople that the porte has directed the Turkish minister in Washington to ratify the international postal convention agreed at the Washington postal congress years ago. If true, it suggests Turkey regrets its earlier clash with the powers.
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Vienna
Constantinople
Porte
Washington
Turkey
Southern Presbyterians Open General Assembly in Little Rock
In Little Rock Arkansas on May 16 the Southern Presbyterian general assembly opened with about 200 commissioners in attendance. A reception is set for this evening and sessions will run for ten days. The opening sermon was delivered by Rev. N M Woods of Memphis Tennessee.
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Southern Presbyterians
Little Rock
Ark
Southern Presbyterian General Assembly
General Assembly
N. M. Woods
Memphis
Tenn
Not Guilty Verdict In Woll Murder Case
Williamson WV May 16 The jury returned a verdict of not guilty for S D Stokes charged with the murder of Rev J J Woll a Presbyterian minister last November Stokes killed Woll after the minister preached a sensational sermon criticized Williamson society
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Williamson
W. Va
S. D. Stokes
J. J. Woll
Stokes
Mr. Woll
Williamson Society
Russian fleet to be reinforced in Chinese waters
May 14 report from St. Petersburg states that at Admiral Alexief request the government will send two additional battleships and four cruisers to reinforce the Russian fleet in Chinese waters in anticipation of serious trouble.
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St. Petersburg
Alexief
GOES 70 ANDERSON ENCAMPMENT DOINGS
Logansport Indiana May 10 about 4000 veterans took part in the annual parade of the Indiana department G A R The encampment sessions drew interest with topics vital to the Grand Army in the state Anderson was chosen as the next encampment site Campfires were held to accommodate the crowd Speakers included Maj Leo Sassleur Senator Fairbanks and representatives Landis Watson and Steele Also the W R C and Ladies of the G A R drew women from across the state Mrs Etta Lee Toby national president hosted a reception at the Murdock Mrs Mary E Swain Richmond was elected state president of the W B and Mrs Lizzie Brown Logansport senior vice president
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Logansport
Ind
Department of Indiana
Grand Army
Anderson
Leo Sassleur
Comander-In-Chief
Fairbanks
Landis
Watson
Steele
Department
Etta Lee Toby
Murdock
Mary E. Swain
Richmond
W. K
Lizzie Brown
Boat Goes Down in Owensboro Tragedy Four Die
Evansville dispatch reports the City of Owensboro a tugboat trading between Evansville and Calhoun Ky burned to the water line at Calhoun with four fatalities Fireman Grenshaw Brinkman and two roosters among the dead Captain Eastman and Engineer Robinson survived valued loss about 6000 dollars the vessel had no watchman and towed lumber was detached to save the towboat parts.
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Owensboro
Evansville
Ind
Calhoun
Eastman
Robinson
Dew
Grenshaw
Brinkman
Roosters
Wife of Dr Overmeyer commits suicide in Rochester
Rochester Indiana May 16 The wife of Dr B Overmeyer swallowed carbolic acid while her husband was at the barn preparing to take her out driving She called a neighbor and died within half an hour She had been in failing health Dr Overmeyer a prominent resident of Lesters Ford in Fulton county
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Rochester
Ind
B. *. Overmeyer
Overmeyer
Lester’s Ford
Fulton
Slain By An Officer In Desperate Battle
Winslow Indiana May 16 During a desperate three handed battle between officers and suspects a fatal shooting occurred as the confrontation ended with a weapon discharge and one man killed by police.
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Winslow
Ind
Double Homicide as Officer Falls to Arrest Attempt
Joe Hook, resident of Miinceton aided by his brother Ben Hook and Ben Wright town marshal of Winslow, was shot and killed at 3 o'clock last evening. Wright was stabbed multiple times while trying to arrest Ben Hook, who attacked the officer as the confrontation escalated.
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Joe Blook
Miinceton
Ben Hook
Ben Wright
Winslow
Joe Hook
Wright
Marshal Wright
Joe
Judge grants permanent injunction against Dunkirk gas firms
Portland Ind May 16 Judge Smith of the circuit court granted a permanent injunction requested by the town of Dunkirk against the Dunkirk Fuel and Light company the Bantz Patterson company and the Kerlin brothers to stop them from cutting gas service to customers on Brantz Patterson gas lines that the Dunkirk company and the Kerlins had purchased.
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Portland
Ind
Smith
Circuit Court
Permaneto
Dunkirk
Dunkirk Fuel and Light c Company
Bantz-Pattersop Company
Kerliu Brothers
Brantz- Patterson
Dunkirk Company
Kerlins
Indiana W C T U department board meets in Columbus
The annual Indiana W C T U department board gathering will be hosted at Central Christian church in Columbus June 4 to 6 with preparations underway to entertain visitors. Thirty six departments will be represented on the program. Adjudged Insane in LaPorte Charles Reece of Attica was found insane after a suicide attempt with a razor and is confined under guard at the county infirmary.
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Columbus
Ind
Indiana
W. C. T. U. Department Board
Central Christian Church
Laporte
Charles Reece
Attica
Reece
Hood Hoppess Fatally Struck by Electric Car in Anderson
Hood Hoppess aged about 40 and described as feeble minded was fatally injured in Anderson Indiana on May 16 when crossing the street railway he was struck by an electric car confirming a fatal railroad street collision in the city.
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Anderson
Ind
Beveridge sails for Europe to study expanding markets
Capital Doings: United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge left New York for Europe with plans to visit London Paris Berlin and St Petersburg and likely Siberia and China. He aims to study markets and the Russia China dynamic for American interests and may frame his findings in senate speeches upon his return in October. Governor Mount attends annual G A R encampments with staff in full uniform amid veterans’ grumbling over showmanship. A past Richmond incident involved the staff using Culver Academy’s Black Horse Troop horses for a procession delaying veterans in the sun.
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Indianapolis
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
New York
Europe
London
Paris
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Siberia
China
Russia
Senate
Governor Mount
Richmond
Black Horse
Culver Military Academy
Logansport Encampment Details and Monument News
General W J McKee will receive one dollar a day at the state encampment from July 21 to 28. Liquor, including beer, will be smuggled into camp. no canteen but drinkers won’t go dry. The Soldiers and Sailors Monument work advances with a peace group scene. Sculptor Rudolph Schwartz plans an Indianapolis office near the Monument after naturalization. Indianap olis arsen al grounds discussed for national guard use and barracks. Rival factions in Lafayette prepare for mirror state races with Storms and Marshall. Governors of surrounding states invited to dedication with a one fare round trip to suit President McKinley.
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W. J. McKee
National Guard
Guard
Miller
Adjutant General's Office
Rudolph Schwartz
Indianapolis
Berlin
Bruno Schmitz
Schmitz
Indianapolis Arsenal
John F. Miller
Adjutant General’s Office
Indiana National Guard
Daniel Storms
Henry W. Marshall
Lafayette
Indiana
McKinley
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Indiana Veterans
State Department
The
Grand Army tAt
Womans Relief Corps and
Ladies of the G. A. R
India
Desert
Orient
America
Philippines
Wallace
Congress of National Dancing Girls
Far East
New Albany
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