Bloody riot at Detroit endangers Sheriff and workers
In Dernoir Michigan on April 18 a riot erupted in Grosse Point township as Polish laborers clashed with water works staff and Sheriff Collins. Foreman Cathey was gravely injured by a shovel blow while deputies and guards fired into the crowd. multiple rioters and officers were wounded and a violent confrontation ensued around the water works site.
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Cathey
Collins
Dernoir
Mich
Grosse Point
Colllon
Eiot
Anl
Hilly Bort
Aendis
Williams
Water Works
Water Board
Engineer Williams
City Water Department
Guovela
James P. Murtagh
Turnkey Slevekal
Iteyakall Wan
Andrew Bersig
Soute
Antwerp society figure Mlle Joniaux arrested for murder plot
Madame Maris Therez Joniaux wife of M Henry Joniaux Antwerp chief state engineer was arrested on charges she poisoned relatives to claim life insurance. Victims include her sister Leonie brother Alfred Ablay and Jacques Van den Kerchove. Bodies exhumed show poison traces.
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Astwenp
Madame Maris Therez Joniaux
M. Henry Joniaux
Antwerp
Madame Joniaux
Kkingdom
Ablay
Frederick Faber
Madame Faber
M. Jonianx
Ho Joniang
Rue de Nerviers
Mme Joniaux
Leonie
Joniauxs
Mme
Jonianx
Alfred Ablay
Puenca Ayres
Mile
Junianss
Jacques Vanden Kerchove
Jonia
Rioting in Polish Quarter Ends with Arrests and Shooting
Deputies searched the Polish quarter after a brief riot and by nightfall fifty rioters were in custody. Anthony Powki was shot in the leg by a deputy sheriff and hospitalized. A planned march to the jail was forestalled by police as crowds remained vigilant and restless.
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Anthony Powki
Jerome Mining Camp Destroyed by Fire in Arizona
Jerome the largest mining camp in Arizona was destroyed by fire yesterday. All business houses and records were burned, with an estimated loss of 20000 dollars and minimal insurance. Many miners and families are left homeless.
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Jerome
Arizona
Prescott
Ariz
Posicies
House Leaders Urge No Action on Breckinridge Case
Leading members of the house of representatives favor no action or recognition of the litigation involving Representative Breckinridge. They say any wrongdoing should be pursued by a member's constituents, not Congress, and that Congress should accept a member's election certificate without reviewing returns or private conduct claims.
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Houms
House of Representatives
Breckinridge
Congress
Wild Parsnip Poisoning Claims Three Children in Willamport
In Winitanscent, Pa, on April 18, Alva Beemer aged 10 died after eating wild parsnip roots. Thomas Miesimer and W TH Meager, aged 5, are dying from the same poisonings. The children pulled the roots and ate freely, with convulsions following within hours and no hope for the others.
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Winitanscent
Alva Beemer
Yeure
Thomes Miesimer
W. TH. Meager
Alva Beemar
Notable Deaths and Obituaries in North America and Europe
The notice lists several prominent deaths and commemorations: Grant Allen’s mother Mrs A Allen of Kingston Ontario. Ernest Kanbe of the Baltimore piano firm William Kanbe & Co. aged 56. Mrs A H Siegfried of Mont Clair North Carolina, wife of the Ladive Home Journal manager. General Oliver L Sheard of New York, veteran of three wars. Innes OW Keim, recorder of Rorke County Reading Pennsylvania, aged 40. Dr Joseph C Tache former Canadian agriculture deputy minister and historian, at Toronto aged 73. Mrs Lucy Rossetti, wife of William M Rossetti, critic and model for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, at San Remo.
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Kingston
Ont
Mra
A. Allen
Grant Allen
Ernest Kanbe
William Kanbe & Co
Baltimore
Mont Clair
N. C
H. Siegfried
Ladive’ Home Journal
New York
Oliver L. Sheherd
Innes OW. Keim
Rorke County
Reading
Onl Democrat
Joseph C. Tache
Agriculture
Canada
Toronto
Lucy Rossetti
William M
Fee Taeite Brotherhood
San Remo
Silver and a high tariff bind together by necessity
In a Senate debate dated April 18 in Washington D C the tariff bill and silver issue are linked as twin pillars of policy. Speakers defend protection while urging silver action, arguing united force is needed to sustain national industry and wage levels amid international competition.
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Senate
House
Wastusatos
D. C
Turpie
Turple
Cameron
Pennsylvania
United States
Europe
England
Germany
Solpe Tn
Bitten by a mad dog in Eggarbor City
Mad dog owned by Jacot Kimmick chased a boy in Eggarbor City. Mrs Kimmick and Otto Boysen shot the animal. The boy sustained wounds and was taken by Dr. Boardman Read to Paswwar Institute in New York for hydrophobia prevention.
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Atlantig City
N. J
Jacot Kimmick
Eggarbor City
Mra Kimmick
Otto
Thadore H. Boysen
Paswwar Institute
New York
Zimmerman’s Prospects
New York April 18 Zimmerman the American champion bicycle rider has announced plans to turn professional and sail for Southampton this afternoon on the New York A great gathering of cycling friends saw him off A banker a well known cyclist accompanies Zimmerman on his European tour Inducements offered to make him a financial success have stirred sporting interest
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New York
Zimmerman
Southampton
Coxey's Commonweal Detected by Hancock Visit
In Hancock Maryland April 18 a crowd greeted Coxey's flotilla but local officials refused aid. Lizzarro Smith and Childe, once Coxey's advance agents, arrived claiming authorization and raised money before heading to Williamsport. Browne and Coxey denounced imposters and called for arrests. A town council member identified Browne as a former patent medicine fakir, Browne denied the charge.
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Haxcogh
Hancock
Lizzarro Smith
Childe
The
Commons
Weil
Coxey
Williamsport
Browne
Charles Habert
Econncil
Lorman
Coroners Jury Blames Error of Judgment in Gaylord Mine Disaster
The Wilkes-Barre coroner's jury reports thirteen mine workers died due to judgment errors by party leaders who stayed in a dangerous area too long. It cites insufficient pillar size in the Red Ash vein and damage from chipping and blasting. The jury urges legislative action to bar crews from entering such perilous locations when danger is present.
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Wilkes-Barne
Gaylord
Nll
German Belief Pushes Gas Motors for Street Cars
In a Frankfort dispatch United States Consul General Mason reports German investigators favor the gas motor as the cheapest and best propulsion for street cars. The study contrasts cables and electricity with gas power as the ideal motive force.
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Mackinson
United States
Mason
Frankfort
Germany
Encounters Delight Bleachera Yesterday at City Venues
Fragmentary notes record encounters that delighted the Bleachera yesterday at Brooklyn and Baltimore locations plus Philadelphia. The entries list venues and scattered numbers, hinting at scores or visits but lack complete details.
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Brooklyn
Springel
Ctra Aera Or
Syraound
Baltimore
Monumentale
Philadelphia
Wilkoa- Barre
Various 19th century mishaps and notices span cities and crimes
A sprawling garbled page mentions 215 million dollars, NAS meeting in Washington, smallpox in Chicago pest house, a Cincinnati hotel supper, New York drum merchant, currency transfers, Boston streetcar wires underground by November 16, and a fatal ball collision in Ballaton. Also robberies, a reformer killer suicide before his wedding, a Fort Buford shooting, Twain publishers arraigned, a Pennsylvania Guards bill, a mysterious murder in Keedly Washington.
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Chicago
Pest
Wille
Cincinnati
Henry & Carson
New York
Charles Collaner
Point St. Charles
Barry & Downing
Noshvilly
Tenn
William Watson
Fobello
Canton
Ming
Ball Williams
Dol Hartwell
Fort Buford
N. C
Samuel L. Clemons
Mark Twain
Fred, Hall
Charles Jd. Webster & Co. Publishers
Pennsylvania National Guarda
Columbia
Wiliam Wooten
Keedly, Val
W. F P. Sanders
Great Northern Strike Deepens As Chiefs Condemned
Earth Mont April 18 James Hogan condemns Chiefs Brainard and Clark of the old railway organizations for seeking to steer strikers through their unions. He says only the Railway Union will handle the adjustment, while sympathies grow among citizens and merchants for living wages.
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Brainard and Clark
Hogan
Earth
Mont
James Hogan Ie
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Railway Union
Brainerd
Clare
Kaya
W. W. Currier
Great Falls
United States
Hetaxa
Graat Northern
St. Paul
Dtto
Brotherhoods of
Tiremen
Mart Buzzard Guilty in Groffdale Burglary Case
The jury found Mart Buzzard and Joseph Brownsweiger guilty of burglary and shooting Tawiah Sheaffer near Groffdale last October. Abe Barnard testified as a principal witness against his brother, denying involvement while claiming to have overheard plans at Mart's mountain home.
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Laxcasten
Mart Buzzard
Joseph Brownsweiger
Tawiah Sheaffer
Groffdale
Abe Barnard
Mart
Abe
Shaafs
Brownsweiger
Body of Loganton youth found near Lock Haves
The body of a young man named Ryan from Loganton was found along a mountain road south of Lock Haves. He had been missing for some time and perished in last week’s severe storm after collapsing from exhaustion. Snow cover delayed discovery until it melted.
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Lock Haves
Ryan
Loganton
Fire destroys Logan Iron and Steel works in Bresxnam
A blaze at the Logan Iron and Steel works in Bresxnam, Pennsylvania, last night leveled the plant. The loss is pegged at about $150,000 with part of it insured. The plant employed around 600 men when operating full capacity. The fire’s cause remains undetermined.
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Bresxnam
Logan Iron and Steal
Thwarted Leaders of Los Angeles Regiment Face Plea
In San Bernardino California on April 13 the second Los Angeles regiment of the commonweal army, eight leaders arrested locally, were moved from the county jail to Colton to plead before Justice Bingham on charges of attempting to defraud.
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San Dernardino
Cala
Los Angeles
Commonweal Army
Colton
Bingham
Railroad men charged with inciting riot seek separate trials
Southern Pacific Railroad men faced incitement charges after preparations to deliver inflammatory speeches. The district attorney acted to prevent disturbances. Each defendant demanded separate jury trials and sought to compel army witnesses, hoping for pay at two dollars a day during the eight trial cases.
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Enbycena
United Mine Workers Issue General Order No 1
Headquarters of the United Mine Workers of America issued General Order No 1 on April 18. The order prohibits coal loading except for company needs such as engine operation water handling timbering or repairs, and requires wages to be paid at the convention scale.
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The
United Mine Workers
Conmunys, O
United Mine Workers of America
Kelly Army Struggles for Food in Nebraska Camp
Omata Nebraska April 18 The Kelly army remains in camp east of Council Bluffs amid shortages. Citizens and labor groups plan a dinner to feed the troops as rail links falter and authorities pull militia from the transfer depot. Reno Nevada men travel to join, while locals denounce authorities with incendiary rhetoric. police disperse a heated meeting.
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Omata
Neb
Etx Milwa
Council Bluffs
Alice
Onnabe
Chicago
Iowa
Kelly
Council Clutts
Jackson
Tne
Reno
Nev
Grand Island
Thin City
National Guard Knapsack Adopter Chosen for Harrisutra
The military Board selects a brick leather knapsack design similar to the canvas model for National Guard use. William H. Hortemann Company of Philadelphia will receive the contract worth about 25,000 dollars.
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Harrisutra
National Guard
Military Board
Baxter
William H. Hortemann Company
Philadelphia
Lynching Follows Threats of Arson in Tennessee
Henry Montgomery, a Black man, was lynched by unknown men Monday night one mile north of Luwrsitnd, Tennessee. His body was found Tuesday morning after he threatened to burn the homes of several white men.
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Luwrsitnd
Tenn
Henry Montgomery
Here
Montgomery
Germany to issue tax on high incomes in Bavaria duchy
Reports state Germany will issue a 885 million towns tax on incomes exceeding 847000 in the duchy of Bavaria. A bill to disestablish the Welsh church will be introduced in Parliament next week. English and German authorities deny plans to wipe out Samoa protectorate.
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Duchy of
Bader
Lord Rosebery
Soaitia
Valencia
Spain
Canr
Aioe
Kaiser
Sister of Mercy
Berlin
Julius Thistle
Ireland
OM Bo
Weather sketch for Ler Eastern Pennyylvania and Aenean moisteania
April 1 forecast notes late morning showers in Ler Eastern Pennyylvania with possible evening showers and warmer south winds. In Aenean moisteania expect local showers with winds shifting to southwest and a cooler period.
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Wastixerox
Pennyylvania
Finley's Silk Umbrellas Parade Varied Dresden Knob Styles
Finley's offers umbrella styles for ladies in blue brown green garnet black and changing silks. Prices include Gloria Silk 46 inch at 1.00 and umbrellas priced at 1.89 for one week prevailing.
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Dresden
Gloria
Latest Designs Spotlight White Motre and White Sarah Items
The notice highlights new materials and designs with a focus on two items. White Motre priced at 2.00 and White Sarah with White Handle and Frame at 3.00.
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Sarah
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