Tillman Address Draws Militia Siege in Columbia
Governor Tillman spoke to the militi a at the South Carolina capitol claiming opposition newspapers and whiskey traders fueled recent troubles. He defended the dispensary law, vowed to execute laws, but warned against an armed state, and announced a forthcoming proclamation giving him control over municipal police. Soldiers cheered as John Gary Evans read general order No 10 and troops were thanked for their prompt response.
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Columbia, & C
State Capitol
Tillman
Goveror
John Gary Evang
Aiken County
DiHtarteston
S. C
Charleston
Ponce
Unrest in Connellsville Coke Region Sparks Strikes and Guard Deployments
Sheriff Wilhelmen reports the coke region quiet at night as strikers plan a march to the Oliver plant to reclaim 1500 tons of coke left from the strike. Foremen warn of potential battle, with Frick Coke Company funds for sheriffs and possible military aid. Foreigners seen buying ammunition amid tense crowds.
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Uniontown
Wilhelm
Coke
Connellaville Brewing Firm
Connellsville
Frick Coke Company
Wilhelmenya
Oliver
Acrony
Divorce Granted to Mary A Mechin in Fa vor
Sr. Louis April 2 Judge Dillon filed a decree of divorce in favor of Mary A Mechin from Gna V Mechin and awarded her 2500 alimony. Within two hours Mrs Mechin’s ex husband married Flora J Becker who had been divorced from her husband Monday last, by Rev John Snyder after obtaining the license.
Marital Drift Ends in New York Seach and Split
Recorder Robba reports on two high contracting parties delayed by law from marrying. Four months earlier Meobin and Mrs Becker vanished, were traced to New York City by Mr Becker, then to Syracuse, N Y. Meobin returned to St Louis while Becker refused reconciliation as yesterday's second marriage and divorce loom.
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Robba
Meobin
Mrs. Becker
New York City
Becker
Syracuse
N. Y
Mechin
St. Loui
Idle in Indian Territory as strike halts mining work
Laura McAllester reports in J. T. that nearly all mines in the Indian Territory are idle after a planned April 1 strike. Whistles at Krebs McAlester Lehigh and Coal Gate signaled work yesterday but workers are idle. About 5,000 families are directly affected as agitators threaten drastic measures to force miners to side with them.
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Hattwin Indian Territory
Laura McAllester
J. T
Alderson
Krebs
McAlester
Lehigh
Coal Gate
Spitfire Letter Duel Plays Out In Court
Colonel Breckinridge and Mrs Pollard testified over an alleged 1885 letter to Mrs Louise Howell who swore she copied a letter from Breckinridge in 1880 and signed envelopes for him with Pollard’s name. Breckinridge denied copying the letter or signing envelopes but said Lowell wrote letters for him. The day emphasized the testimony and arguments with Breckinridge set to testify again tomorrow on a new line.
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Capitol
Breckinridge
Louine
Misas Pollard
North Upper Street
Lexington
Mira Pollard
Washington
Spitfire
Louisa
Wilson
Indians and settlers at war in Cheyenne country
In Cheyenne country west of El Reno Oklahoma a fierce clash left two white men and five Indians dead after a quarrel over grazing on Indian lands. A cavalry troop and an infantry company moved toward the area last night as settlers fear further violence in a thickly settled region.
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el Reno
Oklo
Cheyenne Country
Here
Local Elections Held Across Ilindia with GOP Gains
Across Ulincia and Civcano April Township elections were held without national significance and focused on local issues. The American Protective Association did not figure prominently with Republicans showing substantial gains where party lines appeared.
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Civcano
Ilindia
American Protective Association
Pennsylvania Streams Opened for the Spammer Season
Wilkes-Barre April 8 The Pennsylvania Canal Company reopened for the Spammer season with notable activity. Over fifty empty boats arrived at Nanticoke and will be loaded with coal by the Susquehanna Company and forwarded to tidewater.
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Wilkes—Barry
Pennsylvania Canal Company
Nanticoke
Susquehanna Company
Tidewater
Chester opens fine new public library building
Fragmented report notes Chester opens a new public library. It mentions unrelated local incidents in Wilkes-Barre, Allentown, Lebanon, Lancaster and Harrisburg, including fines, a fatal scalding, a suicide, and various agricultural and mining mentions. The piece mixes multiple unnamed events with uncertain details from a single page.
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Chester
John Himmel
Frank Bush
Wilkes-Barre
Coxey Receives An Ovation In Pittsburgh Parade
Coxey's army passes through Pittsburgh Allegheny on April 3 escorted by about 5,000 to 6,000 mourners and a 1,000-strong escort. Chief Browne and police direct entry via Brighton pike amid holiday decorations. Public meetings planned at Exposition Park and Monongahela wharf tomorrow.
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Sneneral
Coxey
Pittsburg
Burrows
J. H. Stevenson
Pittsburh
Wood
Allegheny City
Allegheny
Browne
Allegheny Public Safety Department
Murphy
Stevenson
Woods Run
New Brighton
Coxity Brigade
Smoky Island
Bicycle Brigade
Smith
Woo Chen
Exposition Ark
Mononga Elu
Ola City Hall
Fatally Wounded After Killing an Officer While Resisting Arrest
In Binghamton on April 3 Will Manning was fatally wounded during an arrest attempt at his boarding house after police linked him to a violent robbery at Binghamton Wagon Works that left two watchmen chloroformed and bound. Officers Jones and Clapper pursued Manning who fired a revolver at them. Clapper was wounded in the side while Manning was killed by a head wound from Clapper.
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Binghamton
Will Manning
Manning
Jones
Clapper
Rescuing Party Near Gaylord Mine Debris
Wilkes Barre April 4 rescue teams at the Gaylord mine near Gaylord have nearly reached the point where workers were when the disaster occurred. They expect to locate the remaining two bodies under debris by morning. A cap found today belongs to George Picton, whose body is believed nearby.
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Gaylord
Wilkes
Barre
George Picton
Rioting Catholics and A P A Members Kill Politician in Kansas City
A clash between Catholic supporters of Johnson and American Protective Association members erupted in Kansas City Missouri in the late afternoon. Mike Callahan a well known Catholic politician and Johnson supporter was killed. Jerry Pate died and six others were seriously injured in the riot.
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Kansas City
Catholica
American Protective Assoiciation
Mike Callahan
Johnson
Jerry Pate
Cambria Iron Denies Coke Strike Threat
An official of Cambria Iron company in Jonsstown Pa says reports to outside papers that the Connellsville coke strike could force plant suspension are false. The firm maintains a large coke reserve and expects no disruption.
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Jonsstown
Cambria Iron Company
Connellsville
Fatal duel in Werneraville ends in death after Saturday shooting
John Hagen, a Black man, was shot by George Hartman, a White man, during a Saturday evening fracas in Werneraville, Reaping, Pa. Hagen died from injuries days later, marking a fatal outcome in the incident. Hartman involved in the duel faces investigation by local authorities.
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Werneraville
Reaping
John Hagen
George Hartman
Duel at asylum leaves one dead at Hartman hospital
In a dispute at the new insane asylum where both men worked, Hayes and Hartman were ordered off the premises. They stepped onto the road, each firing five paces apart. Hayes sustained a fatal wound, while Hartman remained uninjured.
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Unning
Hartman
Casto
New Insane Asylum
Hayes
Promotions and Retirements From National Guard Headquarters
National Guard headquarters announces promotions and retirements for two months. Major Alexia Dupont Smith, former surgeon of the Firat regiment, and Firat Lieutenant Charles D Harris of Company A Second regiment are placed on the retired officers roll. Commissions include Major Walter D Green and First Lieutenant Pearson Conrad among others, with several resignations noted and officers reassigned.
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Harrissung
National Guard
Alexia Dupont Smith
Firat
Charles D. Harris
Walter D. Green
Pearson Conrad
Thomas D. McGlathery
George B. Wright
David Morton Bond
Robert A. Cavin
Harry A. Mitchell
Samuel A. O'brien
Jonathan B. Shepperd
William J. Pierce
Frank A. Boyer
Elmer F Barkheleer
William H. Pierce
A Dictator for Peru Proclaimed Amid Turmoil
Ex President Cacares proclaims himself dictator of Peru backed by the army while congress and the public oppose him. Del Solar resigns. Borgeno becomes president with a cabinet. Banks closed. business suspended. troops patrol streets and Del Solar reportedly a fugitive.
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Lita
Peru
Cacares
Congress
Thuy
Senor del Solar
Senor Bermudaz
Senor Borgeno
Commemoration of Kosciusko’s Oath Ends With Unrest
In Cracow on April 3 crowds marked the 100th anniversary of Thaddeus Kosciusko’s oath to defend Poland. The event included the unveiling of a monument but ended in riotous disturbances. Military were deployed and troops patrol the streets to restore order.
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Kosciusko
Cracow
Thaddeus Kosciusko
Republic of Poland
Poland
Mrs Merryman Dies By Suicide in Nashua Visit
Mrs Marie Merryman of Marion Massachusetts was found dead in a Nashua New Hampshire home where she was staying. She shot herself through the heart during the night and left letters blaming illness for her act.
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Merryman
Nashua
N. H
Marie Merryman
Marion
Mass
Cornell Sophomore Suspended Over Contempt Case
Ivnaca April 3 Cornell sophomore W L Taylor jailed for contempt of court in the chlorine poisoning case has been notified by the faculty of his suspension from the university. The reasons given are that he was behind in his studies.
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Ous
Ivnaca
W_ L. Taylor
Cornell
Frenly
Unstable Tragedies and Rants Mark News In Early Dispatch
A Ky distiller attacked in a family quarrel with a hatchet. An Upper Sandusky man shot his mother in law and fled. A Boston agitator berated officials and decried capitalism. A Chicago librarian is thought to have killed herself. A Leavenworth preacher sermonized as a fire alarm triggered a panic. Nebraska returns hint a non partisan spring outlook on prohibition wind and high license.
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Lowla J. Routliffe
John Mahoney
Hawanistown
Isador Taylor
Upper Sandusky
Rock
Boston
M. I. Swift
Greethaiga
Havard
God
Niswing
Swiss National Council rejects plan to abolish Washington legation
The Swiss Nationalrat rejected a proposal to abolish the legation at Washington. A troubled Samoan situation has calmed under an armistice and no foreign warship will be needed there. Brazilian bishops are urged to back the proposed election Wieema. The rebels’ remaining warships, Republich and Aquidaban, lack coal and have disabled engines.
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Wieema
Republich
Aquidaban
Joy Voted Out Of His Seat In Missouri Contest
In a dramatic House session the Democratic quorum voted Joy out and ONeill in from Missouri's Eleventh district. The final tally was 155 yeas to 25 nays with 25 Democrats and 3 Populists dissenting. ONeill took the oath while Republicans abstained.
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Wastisat
Paria Tribunal of Arbitration
Senate
Peffer
Kansas
Committee On Finance
Sherman
Ohio
Alien
Nebraska
Allison
Iowa
O'Neill
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Geary
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Kem
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Committee On Elections
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Bartlett
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Ark
Crawford
N.C
Harris
Kan
Latimer
McSworin
Shell
S C
Strait
Bail
Cole
Bown
Abn
Pence
Zola
Lost Miner Missing After Abandoned Mine Fall
Suamokis Pa April. James Krighbaum toppled on Gurtiolil slope marked boarded due to abandonment. Rotten planks broke as he slipped and clutched timber. Suffered a fall into darkness from a 69 degree slope. rescuers seek whether he is alive, dead, or unaided. No trace by nightfall.
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Suamokis
James Krighbaum
Gurtiolil
Krighbaum
Surgery to Cure Cholera by Abdominal Operation
St Louis report by Dr Hein Marks, superintendent of the city hospital, claims surgery can cure cholera typhoid fever and similar germ diseases by opening the abdomen near the ileocecal valve and inserting a silver tube to inject antiseptic solution after animal experiments.
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Wentera
St. Louis
Hein Marks
City Hospital
Situation in Coke Region Reports Critical Condition
Adjutant General Greenland cites Pittsburg dispatches noting a critical situation in the coke region. Strikers are said to be marching on the works and no troops have been requested. Improvised reports from Hannspaure, Pa, dated April indicate growing unrest and possible disruptions in production.
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Tant
Pittsburg
Hannspuare
Greenland
Coke
Wage Dispute Halts Easton Quarry Work Sparks Union Call
In Easton area, a wage dispute leads to a threatened strike across Bangor and Pen Argyl district quarries including Bangor-Excelsior Royal Columbia Bangor and Seek-No-Further. Workers warn of action as wage cuts deepen tensions and unite several quarry crews.
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Bangor
Pen Argyl
Excelsior
The
Royal
Columbia
Ettack
Albion
Pen Argyl slate quarries shut as workers press for raise
Fidelity United States and other Pen Argyl quarries see 1000 plus workers already out. They seek a general price advance from 6 cents to 1.20 dollars per square. Industry, just reviving, faces broad work cessation until a settlement is reached.
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Fidelity
United States
Pen Argyl
Weidman Silk Dye strike escalates in Patterson New Jersey
At Weidman Silk Dye works fifty non-union employees remained at work as archist organizers led a renewed strike. Charles Starke president of the dyers union orchestrated agitation. This afternoon strikers assaulted non union workers and stormed the plant with stones. Starke Herman Fischbach and John Curtis were arrested on conspiracy assault and battery and malicious mischief and jailed.
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Starke
Herman Fischbach
John Curtis
Chicago Emulates Troy in Riots at Ward Polls
Chicago April 3 rioting and voter intimidation erupted at noon around the Lovee district and Clark street in the First ward. Combatants included Bathhouse John Coughlin the regular Democratic candidate and Bill Skakel the independent. Gunfire rang out as Schwartz was beaten and wounded, then shot in the street. John Dey, a Coughlin loyalist, was later shot in a saloon by Lewis Luther a Skakel supporter who was arrested.
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Chicago
Lovee
Firet
Clark Street
van Buren
Polk Streets
John’ Coughlin
Bill” Skalee
Gambling Clock
Coughlin
Skakel
John Dey
Schwartz
Lewis Luther
Luther
Phillipsburg miners vote to reject cuts. strike spreads
In Phillipsburg the miners voted not to accept the proposed reduction and most work was suspended. Reports say Cambria county coal fields are nearly all on strike, with mass meetings planned as miners await decisions from Dubois and Reynoldsville districts.
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Phillipsburg
Cambria County
Dubois
Reynoldsville
Brazilian insurgent leader barred from landing in Portugal
Lisbon on April 3 reports Admiral Da Gama cannot land outside Portuguese territory. Landing allowed only under conditions to prevent return to Brazil for renewed warfare against the Brazilian government.
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Lisbon
Admiral da Gama
Portugrso
Brazil
Government to Keep New York Ware House at Origin
The Indian supply warehouse will remain in New York rather than move to Chicago. The naval appropriation bill includes 6,500,000 for armor and armament, with figures under the estimate. Captain K. E. Shepard of the warship Minnesota faces court martial for criticizing senior officers.
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New York
Chicago
KE. M. Shepard
Minnesota
Notable Pittsburgh Area Officials and Lawyer Die in Allegheny City
Pierson Mitchell of Bristol National Bank Langhorne Pa. and James Owen O Conor father at Morris Plains New Jersey insane asylum, Ek T Brown 58 Cape May N J West Jersey conductor, Edward R Wall Pittsburgh area Pennsylvanias lines west of Pittsburg, Col Edward L Gaul New York Odd Fellows grand master, O W Robb prominent attorney Allegheny City residence died of liver abscess aged about 75.
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Odd Fellows
New York
Hudson
N. Y
O. W. Robb
Thigatata
Allegheny City
Robb
Weather forecast for Washington and Pennsylvania regions
Forecast dated April 3 notes eastern Pennsylvania warmer and fair in morning with rain in the afternoon and night, light air, brisk south winds. Western Pennsylvania expected light rain then clearing, with brisk southwest winds and potential severe local storms.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
FINLEY Laces Offers Unparalleled Seasonal Lace Designs
FINLEY announces an extensive lace lineup this season featuring Point Venise Point De Gene Point De Esprit Honiton and Marquise laces in White Ecru and Butter shades. Also showcasing Platt Vals Torchons Medicis and Black laces in Marquise Bordeaux Chantillys with real laces and lace handkerchiefs in Duchesse English Threads Valenciennes and Ete.
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Marquise
Bordeaux
Chantillys
Duchesse
Valenciennes
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