29 May 1894
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1894
Page
1
Negotiations end as about forty operators meeting in Philadelphia Barswind White Coal offices decide to stop bargaining with striking miners. They plan to hire fresh workers, likely from New York, even if deputies are required for protection, and resume mining immediately.
Justice Kenneth F. Sutherland, tied to Gravesend election frauds, surrendered to police after conviction and harsh sentence. Bondsmen faces forfeiture as court recovers bonds. other items note Berlin dynamite findings, aristocratic nihilist list, and various regional updates.
Reports claim Princess Alix of Hesse is in bad health, but officials deny the rumor. The Presbyterian Church assembly convenes in Saratoga to set dates for a Pittsburgh meeting next year. John A. McBeath, ex-register of the Denver land office, is found dead, suspected suicide. An earthquake shakes Lagonegra Potenza causing panic. The Church of England missionary conference opens at St. Paul’s Cathedral with leaders from Canterbury and York.
Philadelphia reports a violent afternoon storm with over an hour of rain and vivid lightning. A lighter Mars at Williams Street wharf struck and killed 75-year-old mate John Ogden, while Captain Edward Knickerbocker was severely burned. Across towns in Norristown and Bethlehem, lightning and floods damaged rail lines, buildings, a seminary, and crops, with substantial losses estimated in thousands.
In Washington the Senate spent eight hours discussing free lumber with no vote. Maine and Oregon senators pressed Hale's amendment to put lumber on the free list under McKinley rates. Sugar tax fights loom as House district day shifts focus to District of Columbia bills.
Resolutions by Representative Hayner of Maryland accuse Russia of denying entry to Dr Krauskopf, a Philadelphia Hebrew ecclesiastic, breaching a treaty granting American rights to enter Russia. The move seeks a full treaty observance and possible severance of relations if Russia refuses.
National League reports two Pittsburg games with Pittsburg beating Louisville 4 to 2 and 12 to 6. Boston defeated Washington 11 to 2 while all other gates were postponed due to rain.
A French Canadian inventor, Hubert Devan, patents a “grave signal” device to awaken those buried alive. The system uses a gas pipe with a glass globe and a red cloth flag to signal, plus fresh air forced down to the nostrils when movement occurs. Also reports a missing professor in South Dakota and other varied items from New York to Hungary.
The piece notes women's leisure often goes to fancy work, knitting and crochet. It praises needle skills, outlines silk stockings, black silk socks, feather edge braids on gowns, crocheted baby jackets, and thread lace for underwear, highlighting French interest and enduring wear.
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