State News Highlights From Week of Labor Strife and Fires
Weekly state summary reports 295 business failures, 650 workers on Woolen Mills payroll, and widespread labor turmoil with 56,000 on strike. Notable incidents include a large gas well fire in Murraysville Pa, a fatal tenement suffocation in New York, and fires destroying Fall River City Hall and Helena opera house.
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New Albany Woolen
Patriot
Sol Smith Russell
Cincinnati
House Election Committee
Hurd
Toledo
Bradstreet
Paris
Germany
Sicily
Admiral Nelson
Avenue C
New York
Maria Maria Bech
Fall River
Mass
Helena
Ark
Swan Peterson
la Porte
Armstrong Furniture
Evansville
Murraysville
Denison
Texas
Round House
United States Military Academy
West Point
Indiana
Court House
New Albany
Grant Ward case rules Warner must pay receiver over funds
Referee in the Ferndinand Ward case finds all Ward payments by individual or Grant Ward checks fraudulent. Julien T. Daviess, receiver, is awarded the funds over $1.8 million including interest. Warner and his wife must convey deeds and releases within thirty days to satisfy the judgment.
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Warner
Daviess
Ward
Hamilton Cole
George C. Holt
Ferdinand Ward
New York Supreme Court
Julien T. Daviess
Grant & Ward
Julien T. Davies
Pension bills, Hancock widow bill near Monday action
The floor discussion included pension bills and presidential prerogatives as the House adjourned until Monday. The Hancock widow pension bill, supported by Bing ham and opposed by Price, was the last up for consideration and was laid over.
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Senate
Crisp
Georgia
Biles
Gen
Hancock
Bingham
Penn
Price
Wis
Indiana Farmers Drowns After Fainting In Ditch
Richland township Fulton county farmer Jarvis Jeffries fainted and fell into a shallow ditch with six inches of water and drowned before discovery. A north-bound passenger train derailed near Marshall due to sabotaged rails, with rewards offered by company and Knights of Labor. A Montgomery county will contest ends with defendants favored after years of litigation leaving little estate. Eugene B. Vandevier, eluding officers for fourteen years, died soon after arriving at his sister's Evansville home. Archibald Stitt's son paid a legacy to his mother, conscience money settling a tax overpayment.
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Beda
Cape Perpetua
Pacific Ocean
Healey
Fearless
Portland
Oregon
Knights of Labor of
Brazil
Ind
Harrison and Voorhees
Johnston
Hennepin Canal
Hoxie
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Powderly
Knights of Labor
Marmaduke
Martin
Oshkosh
Mich
Minnesota Knights of Labor
Crow Wing County
Jarvis Jeffries
Richland Township
Fulton County
Martinsville
Eugene B. Vandevier
Evansville
Warren Pitts
Posey
John Hicks
Jeffersonville
Marshall
Company
Archibald Stitt
Wabash
Indiana mob tries lynching near French Lick
A mob of about thirty five captured Kinder Smith at Bennet Grigsbey’s house and hanged him briefly before floggings and threats. They demanded Smith tell of the Archer gang crimes, then released him after he vowed to leave the section of the state.
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French Lick
Orange County
Kinder Smith
Thomas
Matt Archer
Smith
Bennet Grigsbey
Archer Gang
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Miller
Call
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THS
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New Orleans
Indiana State News
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California
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M.D
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Tas Carrace Company
Fulton Street
J. W.cooper
Dackwall
South Side
Square
Chars and Tobaccos
Kerr
Arnold & Harris
Fashionable Barbers
South Main Street
Salem
Walter
Stea
Craig
PD Cuatch
Hopepaxx
Helen Orndorff
Shanon
Mays
Riverros
Nel
KE. van Deusen
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Oa Ling
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Walter Durasu
North Evanston
Ill
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Pany
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C. Hagar
Sisacuss
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Dealern
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Albert F. Lane
Buran
Tex
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Jagentay
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Auenge
Caldwell
Irgy
Rael
W. T. Carman
Satem, Inc
North Side Public Square
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Queensware, Glassware
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Will WM. Linscott
Orrick and Yarp
Satem. Inprana
Goa
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