Birth of the Farmers Alliance strengthens Pennsylvania movement
The Pennsylvania Farmers Alliance, formed April 26, gathers farmers from Harrisburg to discuss its aims. The movement emphasizes profit for farmers, political reform, and education, with officers and organizers expanding the network across Lebanon, Berks, Lancaster, and other counties.
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Pennsylvania Farmers’ Alliance
Hagrisevure
Farmers’ Alliance
Pennsylvania
New York State
Middle States
Alliance
Suisaece
South
West
Harrisburg
L. L. Polk
National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
E. D. Eldred
Lycoming County
Israel Garretson
State Board of Agri
M. Kelogg
Lancaster County
Geowteh
Shark sighting at Locust Point shocks harbor bathers
A 12 foot shark was spotted near Locust Point around 3 PM by Captain James B. Boone and Lawrence McHugh. The monster headed toward the Will iam A. Marbury slip as bathers fled, some diving ashore naked, while police threatened warrants. A huge coal pier skin was torn loose as the shark jumped a coal pier.
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Baltimore
Locust Point
James B. Boone
Lawrence McHugh
William A. Marbury
Mr. McHugh
Opening of Great Agricultural Display at Mt Gretna
The Mt Gretna encampment site hosts a 3000 to 4000 crowd for the auditorium dedication by Dr DeWitt Talmage. Campers occupy 16 platforms 150 feet by 32, with 20 cars more to unload. Twenty seven states display diverse agricultural machinery as Governor Beaver opens the exhibition tomorrow afternoon.
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Pistatch
Mt. Gretna
American Farmers
DeWitt Talmage
Harrisburg
Lebanon
National Guard
Williams Grove
Beaver
Auditorum
Plucky Yankee Maiden Fends Off Shark on Connecticut Shore
A Wild Quonochontaug beach incident tells of Annie Babcock who fought a 5 foot 10 inch, 200 pound shark stranded by a surge. With a club and boat hook she felled the beast and helped drag it ashore with beach campers nearby.
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Disfator
New Loxpoys
Corx
Connecticut
Annie Babcock
A. 5
Briges
Annie
City of Rome Wins Atlantic Crossing In Contested Race
The City of Rome and the Cunarder Aurania completed a transatlantic voyage with Queenstown departures only hours apart. City of Rome reached Sandy Hook first in six days, twenty three hours and forty minutes, while Aurania finished seven days and one hour, longer by about one hour and twenty minutes. The Aurania reported passing one iceberg. the Rome passed three.
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New York
City of Rome
Atlantic
Queenstown
Aurania
Rome
Albany Riot Ends In Bloodshed At Pinkerton Clash
A New York Central Railroad strike riot in Albany left fifteen Pinkerton men injured and five citizens hurt. Stones and gunfire accompanied clashes at Van Woert street crossing as Pinkerton guards fired into crowds. one boy, Richard Dwyer, age 15, was wounded in the hip. Police and guards clashed with rioters, arrests followed, and fears of further trouble persisted.
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Albany
Pinkerton
New York Central
van Woert Street
Ceneral Road
James Hatton
New York
Onoc
Richard Dwyer
Dwyer
Hatton
Thomas Hogan
Hogan
Willard
Anit Is
Bissell
Frank Parks
West Albany
Dunn
Davidson
Russell
Foster
Knights and switchmen clash as strike actions unfold
J M Lee arrives to support strikers while Murphy returns to work amid misunderstandings. Grand Master Sweeny laments curt handling by Superintendent Burrows and says the union will seek a settlement with New York Central, aiming to resolve the dispute without public fighting.
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J. M. Lee
Knights
Sweeny
Switchman’s Mutual Aid Association
Burrows
New York Central
Trains On Schedule As Conference With Powderly Looms
Passenger trains on the New York Central ran on schedule today and arrivals were punctual. No freight movements occurred, but officials expect regular service to resume tomorrow. Vice President Webb declined to discuss whether Mr. Powderly would be treated as a labor representative, saying the public would hear details soon.
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Buffalo
New York Central
Lake Shore
East Buffalo
West Shore
New York
Webb
Powderly
Mr. Webb
Conference at Buffalo to discuss strike situation
Terese Hart reports that Grand Master Sargent of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Grand Chief Howard of the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors travel to Buffalo to meet with grand officers of the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Society and the Brotherhood of Trainmen to assess the strike situation.
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Terese Hart
Sargent
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Howard
Brotherhood of Railway Conductors
Buffalo
Switchmen’s Mutual Aid Society
The
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Millionaire Jameson Found Dead in Fifth Avenue Suite
John H. Jameson stock broker and banker known as a Broad Street financier was found hanging in his 835 Fifth Avenue residence. Family away at Pleasure Resorts, illness and loneliness cited as factors while doctors note throat trouble and recent illness. Funeral arrangements overseen by Superintendent Jenks.
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New York
Amos Cotting
Fifth Avenue
John H. Jameson
Broad Street
Jameson
Stock Exchange
Jameson, Smith & Co
Exchange Place
James Dawe
Mr. Jameson
Mre. Jameson
Mra. Cotting
Mra. Jameson
Miner
Thorough Beach
Kate Purcell
Jenks
Murray Hill
E. J. Janeway
Forty Horses Burned Alive in New York Stable Fire
Fire at Bernheimer and Schmidt Lion Brewery stables on One Hundred Seventh Street and Ninth Avenue, igniting hay and grain, trapped about 40 of 150 horses as flames tore through multiple floors. Loss estimated between 35,000 and 90,000 dollars, with blaze visible from the Battery and police and fire crews rushing to free animals.
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Spator
New York
Bernheimer & Schmidt
Lion Brewery
One Hundred and Seventh Street
Ninth Avenue
Anton
Anton Schwarz
St Eustace Shooting Follows Tragic Self Harm
At St Eustace a young man Henry Bawden shot and killed himself instantly with a heavily loaded rifle. The incident occurred yesterday in the village. further details are sparse as authorities investigate the self inflicted fatality.
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Wirwipes
St. Eustace
Henry Bawden
Monarchs Meet Amid Guards and Prestige in Reval Reception
The Kaiser and Czar met at Reval with 21 ironclads and plain clothes police surrounding a lavish welcome. Officials then traveled to Narva for an official reception as horses and carriages overwhelmed the parade.
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Emperor William
Reval
Russia
Narva
Meeting of Emperor William and the Czar at Reval
Emperors William and Alexander arrived in Reval and Narva with escorts and grand receptions. Bread and salt welcomed the Czar and Czarina as plainclothes police and detectives secured the crowds. A vast royal perfumed villa prepared for state use, while 21 ironclads and guards accompanied the Kaiser's party.
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William
Reval
Dunslap
Hohenzollern
Narva
St. Petersburg
Polowzeff
Empire
Paria
Nice
Alexis
Vyborg
Vladimer
Cml
Kaiser
Henry
Prince of
Saxe-Altenburg
Duchess of Manchester Robbed on London Rail Journey
The Duchess of Manchester found her satchel and valuables missing upon arriving at Euston, believed stolen by a fellow traveler who knew her movements. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone hosted one hundred deaf mutes at Hawarden, with Mrs. Gladstone translating Mr. Gladstone's shorthand speech into the deaf alphabet.
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Duchess of Manchester
Gladatone
Euston
London and Northwestern Railway
Loxrpow
Mrs. Gladstone
Manchester
Hawarden
Mr. Gladstone
Missionary jailed for death of servant girl in Emden
A missionary named Siemens in Emden Prussia was confined for one week in the city prison for causing the death of Sophie Frischer a 20 year old servant girl by baptizing her in icy water from an open roof tank during a winter snowstorm. The emperor received three Silesian miners seeking details on the eight hour movement before leaving the country.
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Lpot
Berlin
Siemens
Emden
Prussia
Sophie Frischer
Brettrx
Germany
Halle
Horrible double tragedy in Mengel
PrstH-One Giza Golks, a wealthy Mengel farmer, killed his wife for dancing against his wishes. He fled to the forest tried to hang himself, rope breaking. After funeral bells rang, he returned, shot himself, dying by a loaded rifle.
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Prsth
Giza Golks
Mengel
Notes by the Cable Eastern Continents Briefs
Russia orders rifles in France. Madrid reports cholera death. Argentina proposes tobacco tax. Construction workers killed by scaffolding collapse in St. Petersburg. Cholera toll rises to nineteen.
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Russia
France
Madrid
St. Petersburg
Cholera Deaths Reported in Mecca and Jeddah
Four and one persons died from cholera in Mecca on Saturday and in Jeddah respectively as the Italian Government prepared a draft proposal for an international Red Sea maritime service convention to Powers.
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Ettas Q Swee
Mecca
Jeddah
Red Sea
Gloom Over Union Stockyards Amid Watered Stock Scandal
Reported sale disclosures spark a small but active group of former stockholders visiting Springfield. Escalating tensions reveal misused funds, drainage battles, and a plan to issue bonds totaling up to ten million dollars, with English syndicates and Vanderbilts shaping the crisis despite a bleak forecast for the stockyards.
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Curiaco
Springfield
Cates
Aimee of Lake
Chicago
Battle Under the Ground
Reports from Johns mine near Birmingham Alabama say 5 miners were killed or fatally wounded after a quarrel divided workers into two factions. The attack occurred at the mine shaft mouth as the second group emerged. No further details or arrests available tonight. Coroner has gone to the scene.
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Birmingham
Ala
Johns
Asaman
Misalesippi Debate Over White Supremacy Apportionment
Jackson Mississippi August 17 rumors say the Elective Franchisee Committee of the Constitutional Convention leans to a plan like Senator Georges or Chancellor Mayes to secure white supremacy by apportioning the state so whites control the Legislature. Debate is expected to be intense if such proposals are reported.
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Jackson
Miss
George
Mayes
Senate
House
Runaway Harlem Division Engine Escapes Serious Damage
A Harlem division collision near Melrose station left engine 841 tearing loose a tender from train 542. The runaway engine 842 sped toward the city with no control until Grand-Res yard engine halted it. the engineer and two firemen of engine 542 were injured. foul play is suspected.
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New York
Harlem
New York Central Railroad
Melrose Station
No.41
Grand — Res
Melrose
Cyclone Strikes Belmont in Eureka Oil Field
A cyclone hit Belmont in the Eureka oil field along the Ohio river between Wheeling and Parkersburg causing several thousand dollars in damage. Oil derricks and bridges were leveled. no lives were reported.
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Belmont
Wheeling
Eureka
Ohio River
Parkersburg
Rock Island Switchmen Strike Ends and Reinstatement Follows
The Rock Island switchmen strike, which began yesterday, ended this evening after the switchman who triggered the walkout agreed to an investigation. His reinstatement led to all other workers returning to duties.
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Rock Island
Curiaco
Steamship Arrivals at New York City
Yesterday's steamship arrivals list ships City of Rome from Liverpool Arizona from Liverpool Aurania from Liverpool with arrival notices.
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New Youk
City of Rome
Liverpool
Arizona
Aurania
Western Railroad Robbery Nets About 90000 in Loot
Seven masked bandits seized the Kansas City Limited after stopping the train at Otterville Missouri. They forced engineer and fireman to move the train and opened the express safe taking roughly 75000 in cash and 15000 in valuables. Detectives and a sheriff's posse pursued east toward Sedalia but the robbers disappeared into the Missouri countryside.
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Kansas City Limited
Kansas City
Pacific Express Company
Missouri Pacific Railway
Kansas City Limited Express
Express Company
Tipton
Otterville
James
Frank Drover
Sam Avery
Sedalia
St. Louis
Sheriff's
Avery
Chinese Minister Warns Against Korean Loan Efforts
The Chinese Minister in Washington reports that some Americans claim to represent Korea and seek a loan from U.S. capitalists. He states the Chinese Government does not approve such negotiations for Corea, a poor, tributary state with limited resources. Corea owes China substantial past loans.
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Waashington
Corean
United States
Joan
Corea
Ita
Sixth Annual German Veterans Festival Opens in Davespearr
The sixth annual festival of the German Veterans' Federation of North America opened in Davespearr Illinois. A parade of visiting delegates and local military groups moved from 11 to 12 and then to Schuizen Park for a general tournament. Attendance at the park was about 10,000, with activities continuing through Wednesday.
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Davespearr
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