Railroad Smashup Near Jones Avenue, Cleveland
A Cleveland Ohio collision shattered the crossing between the Cleveland and Pittsburg line and the Cleveland Canton Southern track. Passenger train No 6 plowed into a freight engine leading to heavy damage and multiple injuries. Passengers were aided from the car as wrecking trains cleared the line hours later. Medical aid treated head and spine injuries among several passengers including Mr W R Carver and Mrs Joseph Nash. Rev Dr Muller of Canton survived with facial cuts after being dragged to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cleveland, Cantona& Southern Railroad
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Jones Avenue
Ohio
Cleveland, Canton & Southern
James Clancy
Kelly
Cleveland, Canton & Southern Road
W. R. Carver
Kent
Case Avenue
Joseph Nash
J. K. Saun- Gora
Muller
Buffalo
Canton
Dr. Muller
Stupendous Deal Rumored In Baltimore & Ohio Sale
Reports indicate Ed ward R. Bacon may purchase the Baltimore & Ohio holdings with ties to the Richmond Terminal and likely Northern Pacific involvement. Leaks suggest use of B&O terminals for a seaboard route to New York, with Chicago facilities and port privileges part of the complex negotiation. The deal aims to connect New York and Philadelphia traffic via Baltimore sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore
Edward R. Bacon
Richmond
Northern Pacific
Baltimore & Downs
Chicago
Bacon PLC
Willard
Baltimore & Obie
Seaboard
Wal
New York
Ann Arbor
Philadelphia
Plan to extend agreement with Reading and Jersey Central railroads
The narrative outlines an arrangement with Reading and Jersey Central to run into New York City, completing the Richmond terminal and Northern Pacific linkage to reach New York. It claims success in securing accord from these roads and notes a side promise to Brice and Thomas to give the Northern Pacific an immediate Tacoma connection with the Pacific Mall company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Jersey Central
New York City
Richmond Terminal
Northern Pacific
New York
Villard
Brice and Thomas
Th Pacific Mall Company
Tacoma
Not An Outbreak in Tongue River Valley Debate
Rumors of a Cheyenne outbreak in Tongue river valley are debunked by Capt Harmon and others. Officials in Ashland and Fort Keogh deny any war threat, noting camps are misidentified sand hills and stumps. Gov Toole leads inquiries with no evidence of hostility or casualties, urging calm among settlers and tribes.
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Chayannes
Tongue River Valley
Montana
Enat
Harmon
Jadvicus
Ashland
Tovgee River
Yellowstone Journal
Campa
Guv. Toole
Col. Swaine
Fort Keogh
Gov. Toole
Custer County
Capt
Murder arrest rattles Denver grocer in Butterfield case
Harry Walls, a Denver grocer, was arrested May 13 for the murder and alleged assault of Mia Kate M Butterfield. The victim was found at her residence May 4, with torn clothing and head injuries. Coroner's jury found the murder occurred the day before. Walls stated an alibi for May 3, and a torn shirt and bloody handkerchief among his belongings spurred the arrest. City mood remains volatile.
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Harry
Walls
Denver
Col
Mia
Kate M. Butterfield
Butterfield
Increased Land Office Staffing Request
The secretary of the treasury sent a senate estimate for an $80,620 appropriation to hire 50 additional land office clerks and to rent extra quarters. The General Land Office notes over 6,000 more entries approved recently than received, with 17,000 final entries awaiting action, requiring diligent work by the entire staff.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Department
Land Office
Representative Payson
General Land Office
Bio Office
No New Entries Yet Likely Increase in Administrative Hándling
Months providing no further entries were received. It is believed the number of entries will rise with new offices. The arrearances may persist indefinitely unless relief is granted, threatening settlers interests and causing hardship, expense, and inconvenience.
Farmers' Alliance Address at Huron South Dakota Meeting
The South Dakota Farmers' Alliance reports a June 6 1890 gathering in Huron appointing a central committee and drafting an address to the people. It denounces wealth concentration, advocates an independent party, and promises broad state distribution of the message. The committee lists members by county across Brookings Beadle Brown and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
South Dakota
Central Committee
South Dakota Farmers' Alliance
Independent Party
Brookings
FH. Goodfellow
Beadle
A. M. Brootsh
Brown
R. B. Bentley
Butte
James Unian
Brula
Elmer Schultz
Clark
J. J. Carrier
Charles Mix
Leroy Walker
Codington
D. C. Disbera
Campbell
J. Binnalan
Custer
John Strater
Day
W. E. Fisk
Douglas
Lyman Haen
Deuel
A. G. Warren
Edmunds
R. B. Griffith
Faulk
W. Collins
Fall River
Horace Crocket
Grant
John Burrell Hanson
J. R. White
Hand
A. Kirkpatrick
Hamlin
A. 0. Arneson
Ughes
Charlen H. Travis
Hyde
G. L. F. Robinson
Jerald
W. N. Hill
Kingsbury
J. Hoffma
Lawrence
A.T. Adams
Lincoln
Jerry Gehon
Tributes to Samuel J. Randall Remembered in House
Public business paused on the 14th as the House paid tribute to Samuel J. Randall of Pennsylvania. Members from many states eulogized his public life, integrity, and long service on the Appropriations Committee detailing his friendship with colleagues and his upright character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houas of Representatives
Samuel J. Randall
Pennsylvania
Mc. O'Neil
Mutchler
Porney
Alabama
Committee On Appropriations
Randall
Butterworth
Ohio
Prince
Vaux
Caswell
Wisconsin
Bloust
Georgia
McCamaa
Maryland
Dannell
Minnesota
Mills
Texas
Osbourn
McCreary
Kentucky
Dalzell
O'Ferrall
Virginia
Buchanan
New Jersey
Manaur
Missouri
Willares
Breckenridge
Herbert
Kerr
Trio of Robbers Arrested in Texarkana Train Raid
Detectives captured Job Williams Napoleon McDaniel and James Radcliffe at Texarkana Arkansas charged with a recent train robbery near town. The men were described as having good prior reputations. Detective Williams seized a coat found at the scene and dismissed it as a clue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job Williams
Napoleon McDaniel
James Radcliffe
Texarkana
Ark
William Ias
MsDaniel
Oficer McGraw
Williams
Abérl
Williams Arrest Follows Room Search in Plantation Robbery Case
Williams is arrested after a rapid search of his room uncovers a vest matching the coat used in the robbery. He owns a country plantation and summoned a doctor the morning after the crime to treat a man at his plantation who had reportedly shot himself by accident. The wounded man is Radcliffe, in critical condition, and prosecutors view the evidence as overwhelming.
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Williams
Radcliffe
Retu in the Nuns Satisfactory Solution of Indian Contract School
Bishop Shanley of North Dakota urged retention of Catholic nuns at the Indiana Fort Totten industrial school. He met with Secretary Noble to oppose removing the nuns and supported keeping them as teachers. The Indian bureau plans to retain nuns if the industrial school is fully established.
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Shanley
North Dakota
Washington
Indiana
Fort Totten
Noble
Ung
Indian Bureau
Hansbrough
Morgan
Acoc
Flood Damage Ravages Rockford Area in 1957 Style Debacle
Floods on the 14th devastated Rockford Hill and nearby areas. Rivers swelled and flooded streets, cellars, and first stories, forcing many from their homes. Bridges and rail lines were crippled as Kent and Keith creeks overflowed. The Milwaukee road wreckage and widespread destruction signaled a disaster recalling 1957.
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Rockford
Hill
Kent
Keith Creek
Railroad Avenue
Sixth
Fifth Streets
Woodruff
Kent Creek
Cedar Street
Johnstown
Milwaukee Road
Kent and
Keith Creeks
Infamous Brute Haag Arrested for Attempted Assault in Superior
Ferdinand Haag about 45 was arraigned in Superior Wisconsin police court on the 13th for attempting to commit a criminal assault on Fred Hoefling's six year old daughter. August Knapp detected Haag in the act, kicked him out, and found the child assaulted under a building with clothes disarranged. Knapp cared for the child and delivered Haag to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Haag
T Superior
Wis
Fred Hoefling
Hans
Hass
Knapp Nob
Knapp
Local man Hale held after threats in town
Citizens threatened to hang a loafer from a telegraph pole after reports of a man named Haas loafing in saloons. Police moved him to a county jail for protection as tensions cooled overnight. He appeared frightened when removed from the station.
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Haas
Hans
Tragedy as Youth Fatally Shoots Father Over Quarrel
El mira New York state area report says a 16 year old, Herbert Warren, shot his father Frank Warren in the right breast during a domestic quarrel after the father returned from travel. The victim died instantly. The boy, arrested, claimed he shot in defense of his mother during the dispute.
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Frank Warren
Second
Columbia Streets
Elmira
Warren
Owego Wagon Company
Herbert
Fred
Buried Alive Four Blood-Curdling Chicago Corpse Tale
A Chicago paper recounts the funeral of John Burke who died suddenly. Despite belief of death by a doctor, tapping from a coffin suggested life, leading to a controversial burial. The coffin was later opened revealing brutal murder by attendants, Burke's body bearing signs of a terrible struggle and mutilation.
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Chicago
John Burke
Burke
Burglar Shot by Minneapolis Man in Home Invasion
William P. Ives of Minneapolis awoke to a burglar demanding money. Ives shot the intruder, wounding him in the neck and abdomen. the thief fled, later found on the sidewalk, and Ives was taken to a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
William P. Ives
Minn
Manitobs Road
Fourth Street
Ives
Mr. Ives
Noted burglar Frisbee's grand larceny case ends in prison
Doyle and Lawrence identify J. W. Frisbee as a known housebreaker who robbed Paul Martin's home on West St. Paul in December 1884. Indicted for grand larceny, he pleaded not guilty but later pleaded guilty and received a three year sentence in the state prison on February 1, 1888.
Young man and partner arraigned in Harlem court
Robert L. Wallace and Ignatz Lowitz faced venary court on charges of larceny and boundary in the second degree for allegedly receiving 520,000 in money and bonds from John H. Wallace of Wallace's Monthly. Lowitz pleaded not guilty while Wallace initially pleaded guilty then withdrew and entered not guilty after a prison interview with ex Judge Gildersleeve.
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Staal
Robert L. Wallace
Ignatz Bach Lowit
New York City
Martineto
Lowitz
Wallace
John H. Wallace
Havana
Gildersleeve
Waa
Remarkable Electrical Display Near Lockport NY Farm
A farmer Jasper Bacon and his family fifteen miles northwest of Lockport report a four hour severe rainstorm event with a bluish hazy light surrounding their house and balls of fire dancing on chairs mantels and a banging lampshade. They became paralyzed unable to move before muscles recovered once the electricity vanished.
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Lockport
N. Y
Jasper Bacon
Cattlemen's Leases Discussed by Cherokee Nation
From Little Rock reports advise that Chief J B Mayes may convene an extra Cherokee legislature session to address cattleman leases voided by the U S government and order the stock removed President Harrison set vacate terms to October Lease demands 100001 due but Cherokee insist on deduction for time allowed A cattlemen delegation met with Chief Metios and left with expectation of legislative action.
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Eraving
Little Rock
Ark
Cherokee Nation
J. B. Mayes
United States
Harrison
Lesaces
Sfetios
The Cleveland Child-Abductor
The sensational abduction case of Florence Cowles from Cleveland unfolds as Sheriff Sawyer seeks help from Buffalo police. Detectives traced Eugena H. Cowles to Niagara Falls and the Welland hotel in St. Catharines, finding him later moving toward Toronto with the child. Mrs. Cowles and her attorney arrived in Buffalo to pursue recovery despite her husband’s refusal.
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Eugena H. Cowles
Cleveland
Florence
Sherif Sawyer
Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Police
Mr. Cowles
Niagara Falls
Welland Hotel
St. Catharines
Toronto
Cowles
Objects to Being Kissed in Eau Claire Scandal
Grace Laventure a St Paul book agent says F L Harrison a prominent lawyer groped and attempted a kiss when she delivered books on the 13th inst in his office. Harrison denies the charge and calls the tale a total fabrication. The case has stirred local interest after coverage in a prominent paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Laventure
St. Paul
Eau Claire
Wiz
F. L. Harrison
Bae
Serious Collision Delays Train Near Plymouth Wisconsin
A serious crash on the Milwaukee Northern line 10 miles south of Plymouth injures ten or more lightly and four seriously. Orders misunderstanding caused the accident. Among the gravely hurt are Thomas Raspintog of Green Bay a car smith with a skull fracture John Burker of Appleton a section man with a fractured leg Matt Aaron of P Piston with chest and shoulder injuries Emil Bass 89 of Appleton among the injured in the sem i final report totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Wis
Milwaukee « Northern
Thomas Raspintog
Green Bay
Car Smith
John Burker
Appleton
Ike Os Lathlea
Matt Aaron
Ppiston
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Har Roo
Farmers’ Alliance
Mia Son
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