Wreck on St. Louis and San Francisco Line Kills and Injures
A west bound St. Louis and San Francisco train derailed near Sullivan Missouri after spikes and fish-plates were removed at a sharp curve. Fifty passengers injured and several fatally hurt. A $1000 reward offered for the culprits. Train carried doctors from Springfield to aid victims and the wreck is blamed on bandits or wreckers.
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St. Louis
McIntyre
Springfield
D.S. Weikert
Wentzville
George S. Simpson
Hancock County
Ill
Patrick Q. Day
Kate O'Day
Martin O Day
William Doherty
Mary Griffith
Fair Creek
Ma Y Ash
Emma Paterson
Decatur
His
W. J. Wright
Tis
J. Co
Hovele
Litchfield
Croel Cresler
Galveston
Ind
C. J. Wright
Baggageman
Paul Horn
Mr. Pulaski
Iils
W. J. Wayne
O'Day
John O’day
St. Louis and
San Francisco Railway
Morrill
Sullivan
Medical’ ‘Corps of the
Movement on the Galt Railway Spur
A substantial relocation appears underway as the colony advances along the Galt railway line, signaling a broad transit operation.
Local Test Data Reflects Incomplete Entry
Fragmentary OCR reads and garbled terms from Carnegie and Phipps records. The text lacks clear event, date, or names, offering only disjointed fragments and no coherent summary or outcome.
Color Line Wiped Out in Presbyterian Assembly Vote
The Northern Presbyterians debated co operation separating white and colored members and adopted the amended report by 400 to 50. A telegram showed the Southern assembly also approved the co operation report as applauded.
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New York
Presbyterian Assembly
John Fox
Kentucky
Dr. Stryker
Chicago
G. T. Purvis
Pittsburg
Southern Assembly
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterians Adopt Co operation Report
The Southern Presbyterians adopted the cooperation report by 90 to 27 after many members abstained and recorded their views. The Home Mission committee report was approved proposing $10,000 for work among the negroes. A number of other routine reports were read and acted upon.
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Southern Presbyterians
Chattanooga
Tenn
Home Mission Committee
Governor Approves Michigan Legislation in Senate Action
The senate passed the house bill to confine all female convicts in Joliet penitentiary and approved an $80,000 military appropriation plus funds for a Chester insane asylum. The street railway motive power bill moved to third reading while a probe into boodlerism in the Merritt anti trust vote was authorized. The Chicago drainage bill with senate amendments is ready for governor sign with a 95 to 37 concurrence vote. A $6,000 soldiers monument bill for Gettysburg was approved and Kankakee insane hospital funding sent to conference. The military code bill was killed.
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Michigan
Sprincke
Senate
House
Joliet Penitentiary
Chester
Chicago
Berry
Shutt
Matthews
Washburn
McDonald
Gettysburg Field
Kankakee Insane Hospital
2 Cent Fare Bill Passes In Michigan Legislature
The Michigan house approved a 2 cent fare in the lower peninsula and 3 cent fare in the upper peninsula. A Senate bill for 1000 mile tickets at $20 was amended to include the same fare provisions but was rejected by the Senate. A Lake Shore charter tax amendment to 3 percent failed with a motion to reconsider filed.
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Lansine
Mich
Thea House
Lower Peninsula
Upper’ Peninsula
Senate
Lake Shore
Aged Workmen's Insurance Bill Passed in Reichstag
The aged workmen's insurance bill was passed in the reichstag Friday. The bill deducts a small monthly amount from workers wages and deposits it into an insurance fund. The state adds one third to the fund. Herr Boetticher thanked supporters on behalf of the emperor as the house adjourned.
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Reichstag
Herr Boetticher
Gladstone and Lorpon Incident in Piccadilly
Gladstone attempted to cross a street in Piccadilly on Thursday evening and was knocked down. The report notes the event in a brief, factual style with no graphic detail.
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Gladstone
Lorpon
Piccadilly
Blood Evidence in Cronin Case Points to Cottage
Chicago reports detail a cottage at 1763 North Ashland Avenue near Roscoe Street where Cronin was murdered. Blood stains, a bare foot coating with yellow paint, and a trunk key found in the scene bolster the claim that the body was placed in a trunk at the murder site.
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Cuicano
Cronin
Ashland Avenue
Roscoe Street
Lane Park
Lake View
P. O. Sullivan
Conklin
Carlson
Dr. Cronin
William Mertes
Woodside Avenue
Addison
Brandt
Hedoern
Cook County Hospital
Costly Mansion Burned as Guests Flee in Panic
Gen. A. G. P. Dodge's suburban home near Danville Illinois burned at 1 AM. Fire started in the roof from hanging lamps over the art gallery skylight. About 200 guests including prominent figures escaped, with Dodge narrowly avoiding the falling porch roof as flames consumed the upper floors.
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Art Gallery
Disastrous Elkhart Blaze Destroys Nine Businesses
A disastrous fire struck Elkhart early yesterday morning, home to ex Govern or Oglesby. Nine business houses burned to the ground with contents, losses estimated at thirty thousand dollars.
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Elkhart
Lincoln
Oglesby
Partisan administration at Chicago Insane Asylum debated
Murray Nelson a former county board member testified that partisan control of the asylum harms good government. He blamed the spoils system for failures, including the death of patient Burns from alleged mistreatment. County Commissioner Kimball urged abolishing the county board and replacing it with appointed managers for stability.
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Chicago Insane Asylum
Curiaco
Murray Nelson
Burns
Nelson
the Times
Kimball
Riot anticipated as miners threaten to close Seatonville mines
Sheriff Henderson, in Seatonville twelve miles east of Princeton, telegraphed for reinforcements as striking miners from Spring Valley La Salle and Streator threaten to shut the coal mines by force. Seatonville remains the only operating mine in northern Illinois.
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Princeton
Ill
Henderson
Seatonville
Here
Spring Valley
la Salle
Streator
Ball Playing Scores and Standings Update
Anson and his colts fell to fifth in the league after yesterday's defeat in New York. Scores: Chicago 7 New York 9. Boston 5 Cincinnati 3. Philadelphia 5 Cleveland 4. Washington 9 Pittsburg 7. Columbus 4 Cincinnati 0. Omaha 14 St Joseph 3. Milwaukee 8 Minneapolis 2. Sioux City 8 Denver 3.
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Cariaco
New York
Anson
Colts
Chicago
Boston
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Washington City
Pittsburg
Washington
American Association
Columbus
Cincinnati
Columbus U
Omaha
St. Joseph
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Sioux City
Denver
Slioux City
German Propaganda Plan Outlined by Milwaukee Citizens
A. B. Geilfuss and fourteen prominent German-Americans issue a manifesto urging intensified agitation to promote German-American interests in schools and public life. They propose organizing branches statewide to form a consolidated state society focused on expanding German instruction in public schools.
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Milwaukee
Laura Bridgman Dead at Sixty After Groundbreaking Recovery
Laura Bridgman, long famed for overcoming deafness blindness and loss of speech, died at the South Boston asylum at age 60. Born 1829 in Hanover New Hampshire, she learned to read write sew and even spoke a word through Dr. S G Howe's teaching via touch and sign language.
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Breif
Laura Bridgman
South Boston Asylum
Hanover
N. H
S.G. Howe
Asylum For the
Boston
Howe
Internal Revenue Scandal in Cincinnati District
In Cincinnati on May 25 reports reveal that storekeepers for Collector Bishop have been absent from posts up to three days, leaving keys with distillers. This enabled tampering with spirits and mispricing, swindling the government for thousands of dollars. some store-keepers allegedly were paid for their absences and handing over keys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Bishop
Further Honors for Capt Murrell and Crew of Missouri
The lord mayor received Capt Murrell of the Missouri and his officers and crew at Mansion House on Friday and presented testimonials for rescuing passengers from the sinking Danmark. A letter from Prince Bismarck was read praising Capt Murrell and the men.
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Murrell
Lonnon
Missouri
Mansion House
Danmark
Frince
Bismarck
Mind Reader’s Mother Testifies on Bishop Trance Death
In New York on May 25 a coroner’s inquest heard that Bishop suffered lifelong trances in which he appeared dead and was dead to medical tests. Trances lasted from hours to a week, a point used against doctors who performed the autopsy.
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Bishop
New York
Telegraphic News Snippets From Around The World
Rose Terry Cooke suffers heart neuralgia fears as physicians warn of danger. European steamers ship 8.6 million dollars in gold from New York to London and Paris. President Harrison to review Decoration Day parade in Brooklyn. Queen Victoria turned seventy with holiday observances in England. The Interstate Commerce Commission plans hearings in Chicago on hog rates, under recent orders for wartime offices and large numbers.
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Rose Terry Cooke
New York
London
Paris
Harrison
Brooklyn
Queen Victoria
England
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Chicago
War Office
Legislative Action Sought to Stop Phoenix Mutual Sale
Hartford May 25 Legislative interference is sought to prevent the sale of controlling Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance stock to ex State Senator McFarland of Philadelphia. A reorganization bill to mutualize the company and retire stock was proposed, opposed by President Goodman and McFarland, with a hearing set for next Tuesday and a rush to pass before June 1.
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Ite
Wis
Hartford
Conn
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company
McFarland
Philadelphia
Goodman
Phoenix
Legislative Committee On Insurance
Insurance Commissioner
Fyler
Unveiling of Robert E. Lee Statue in Alexandria
A large crowd gathered in Alexandria for the May 25 unveiling of the Robert E. Lee statue to honor Confederate dead. Capt. Raleigh T. Daniels delivered the artists speech as Miss Virginia Beverly Corse unveiled the monument and Governor Lee accepted it for the Confederate camp. He contrasted Washington and Lee, praising their devotion and American resolve despite differing outcomes.
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Alexandria
Robert E. Lee
Raleigh T. Daniels
Virginia
Virginia Beverly Corse
Gen. Corse
Lee
Washington
George Washington
Six Men Die as Rock Bucket Falls at DL&W Shaft
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on May 25 a broken wire rope dropped a rock bucket from the Pettibone shaft near Kingston. The bucket, weighing over a ton, struck ten men blasting at the bottom. Edward Jones was killed instantly. James Coyle Samuel Cossman Cornelius Conn Geor Veet and George Gresley were fatally injured. the others are seriously hurt.
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Wilkesbarre
Pettibone
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railway
Kingston
Edward Jones
James Coyle
Samuel Cossman
Cornelius Conn
Geor Veet
George Gresley Nangled
Hartford Seminary Opens Courses to Women
The Hartford Theological Seminary trustees vote to admit women to all courses on the same terms as men. The change marks a major policy shift at the Hartford institution.
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Hartford, Conn
Hartford Theological Seminary
Pipe Line From Parker To Chicago With Lima Link
A Grove City Pennsylvania special reports an eight inch pipe line now being laid from Parker to Cygnet to connect with the Lima line and thence run to Chicago.
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Chicago
Prrrspurg
Grove City
Parker
Cygnet, C
Lima
Weather outlook across states for next 36 hours
Indications for thirty six hours from yesterday evening show Iowa with fair weather and showers in the west, northerly winds and mild warmth in the north. Illinois and Indiana expect fair weather with southern showers, cool in the south, northerly winds. Lower Michigan cooler in the southeast and warmer in the northwest with northerly winds. Upper Michigan and Wisconsin see generally warmer conditions with variable winds.
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Washington City
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Grain and Livestock Prices Mixed on Chicago Board and Yards
Quotations on wheat corn oats and lard report minor gains and declines. Livestock at Union Stock Yards shows higher hog prices and firm cattle demand. butter eggs potatoes apples and strawberries listed with varied regional quotes.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Union Steel Yards
Texas Storey
Elgin
Lin
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San Francisco
Galt Railway
Rapp
Carnegie, Phipps
Bronca Wemhe
the .Times
Jared
Patrek Ae
North
Ning
Coughlin
Couz’ bin
Chicago Raven
Gen. Dodge
Charles Dickens
the Phoenix Mutual Life
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