Cleveland Electric Strike Ties Up 14 Lines
In Cleveland on June 11 a major strike by the Cleveland Electric Railway 900 workers shuts down all 14 lines, cutting service to over 100 000 residents across the city. President Henry Everett says he will concede other demands but will not recognize the union, while replacement crews are used on a few routes. Nearby cities report fires taxes and other incidents.
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Cleveland Electric Railway
Big Consolidated
Little Consolidated
Hanna
Henry ‘A. Everett
Euclid Avenue
Harriman
Juneau
Alaska
Lynn Canal
Oakland
Cal
H. K. Belden
San Francisco
Hartford Insurance Company
H. M.S. Egeria
Vancouver
B. C
Sydney
Madison Square Garden
New York
Bellamy Storer
United States
Stewart River
Salix
Sioux City
Iowa
Navy Department
Admiral Kautz
Honolulu
Great Northern Flyer
St. Michaels
Minn
Casper
Wyo
Roland B. Molineux
Katharine J. Adams
J. G. Murphree
Mansfield
Texas
Sherman Goulden
Goulden
Coney Island Athletic Club
James J. Jeffries
Robert Fitzsimmons
Ross Hollow
Arkansas
Little Rock
Walker
Tacoma
Victoria
Canada
Auguste Victoria
Hamburg
Southampton
Cherburg
Wainwright Kellogg
Minnesota House
Main’ Avenue
Spokane
Wm. Wilson
Twentyfourth Infantry
Charles Dix
Beverly Williams
Savage Club
London
Mark Twain
Samuel L. Clemens
Savages
Henry M. Stanley
Tinnevelley
Madras Presidency
Sivikasi
Columbia Launched at Herreshoff amid Spectacle and Accident
The new American cup defender Columbia was launched at Herreshoff works at 8 30 p m with Mrs Oliver O C Iselin christening the boat It marked a dramatic start as daylight faded An explosion from a flashlight powder can injured several spectators including Napoleon Saw onset and two boys while a photographer triggered the mishap from a shed roof.
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Bristol
America
Herreschoff Works
Oliver OC. Iselin
Columbia
Uncle Bam
Napoleon
Burial of a Missionary Bishop in Vancouver
The Vancouver burial of Bishop Curien, who served 25 years among British Columbia natives, drew 5000 Indians who chanted a death song around the bier. A lay figure of Christ was lowered from the cross as natives in biblical vestments enacted the crucifixion behind the catafalque.
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Vancouver
Curien
British Columbia
Catafalque
Escape attempt ends in drowning of inmate in Idaho river
Wardner Idaho June 11 Under guard fire from a black soldier inmate Mike Johnson made a dash for liberty by leaping into the river. He bobbed downstream as guard fired with his Krag rifle before eddies overwhelmed him and his body was recovered twenty minutes later.
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Wardner
Idaho
Mike Johnson
Johnson
Baker Shot Dead in Kentucky Court Disturbance
In Manchester Kentucky during Tara Baker's trial a riot erupted and one man was killed while several were wounded. The militia dispersed the crowd as a gun was drawn. The court had been debating a change of venue for days and granted the motion before adjourning. Tom Baker remained free on bail when leaving the courthouse he was shot dead amid the turmoil.
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Manchester
Tara Baker
Tom Baker
Wreck of Four-Masted Schooner Georgia Howes Off Atlantic City
The life saving crew at Little Egg Harbor reports no survivors from the schooner Georgia Howes after a June storm. Nine men were aboard the ill-fated craft, and rescuers remained near the wreck as searches continued.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Georgia Howes
Little Egg Harbor
Drowning of Northern Pacific official near Plains Montana
H. J. Reif assistant civil engineer for the Northern Pacific Railway Company with Tacoma headquarters drowned in the Flathead river near Plains about 75 miles west of Missoula Montana. Train crash in Geneseo Illinois injures several as three cars derailed and demolished near the siding.
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Va. Relt
Missoula
Mont
H. ©. Reif
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Tacoma
Flathead River
Plains
Johnson 8 Johnson Wins at New Velodrome
John 8 Johnson of Minneapolis defeats John E. Fisher of Chicago in the three mile heat by a wheel in 6:40 at the New Velodrome Kansas City. The night’s event is the first of a series racing for a $250 purse. The one and five mile heats are set for Monday night.
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Kansas City
John 8. Johnson
Minneapolis
John E. Fisher
Chicago
Johnson
Denver Tragedy Ends in Double Fatality Suicide
Samuel Roberts shot and killed his wife and her mother Mrs. George Lewis in Can Yon City Colorado then killed himself at Mrs. Lewis home. The couple had married 18 months and recently separated with Roberts blaming his mother in law for their troubles.
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Denver
Canyon City
Col
Samuel Roberts
George Lewis
Roberta
Roberts
Fire destroys Linsze town near Otensheim
A total blaze swept Linsze near Otensheim in which four women died and several residents were injured.
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Vienna
Linsze
Otensheim
Heat deaths rise in New York and sultan ill in Vienna
Deaths from heat reach nine in New York by noon with temperatures around 81 degrees. A Vienna dispatch reports the Turkish sultan is dangerously ill in London dated June 9. The page also notes a superstition about spiders predicting a new garment and mentions Paris slaughterhouses processing 300,000 cattle yearly.
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New York
Sultan Dangerously II
London
Vienna
Turkey
Doings Through the Week in a Condensed Telegraphed Roundup
A weekly miscellany reports two smallpox cases in San Francisco and the death of Pennsylvania railroad president Frank Thompson. It notes losses of the steamer Pelican, discharge of Brig. Gen. Charles King, Joe Corbett’s marriage, and other varied items including business failures, deaths, and notable incidents worldwide.
Perjury Charge Ties to Kruger Official and Local Labor Strike
In Easton Pennsylvania on June 9 Dr. I N Johnson from the South African Republic blocks the abolition of the county and faces perjury accusations. A Kruger legislator member warned. Meanwhile a St Louis iron workers strike enters its second week with 650 out and ten shops closed.
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Easton
I. N. Johnson
South African Republic
Kruger
Architectural Iron Committee
St. Louis
Ex-deputy auditor George D Evans arrested in Portland
George D Evans former deputy state auditor of Washington is in custody of Portland police chief Mc Laughlin after a detective arrest. Evans allegedly forged warrants totaling about ten thousand dollars or more with many warrants uncovered.
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Olympia
Wash
George D. Evans
Washington
Chief McLaughlin
Portland
Evans
L. R.grimes
J. E. Frost
Bones Found In Woods North Of Hillyard
Two men out hunting in the woods north of Hillyard found the bones of a dead man. The remains were brought to Spokane and Coroner Baker conducted a careful examination but could not determine the man's identity.
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Spokane
Hillyard
Baker
French Ministry Resigns as Chamber Debates Police Actions
Paris June 13 The Dupuy cabinet resigns with Loubet asking ministers to stay until successors are named. M Vaillant Socialist pressed police brutality claims at Pavilion d Armenonville. M Reuman Radical urged vigorous republican defense. Vote 321 to 173 backed the order of the day. inquiry ordered into police brutality with potential severe punishment.
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Paris
Loubet
M. Loubet
M. Dupuy
Chamber of Deputies
M. Vaillant
d’Armenonville
Republic
Dupuy
M. Rueman
M. Reuman
la Republique
M. Blane
Fatal wedding charivari shooting near Watonga Oklahoma Territory
A serenade crowd of about 20 shot at newlyweds Ray Higgins and his bride on their porch after they ordered them away. The bride died from buckshot to the chest and lungs an hour later. The groom was wounded in the face but survived. A bride’s younger brother was also injured. No arrests reported.
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Wichita
Kan
Ray Higgins
Watonga
O.T
Harry Randall
Charivari
European Crop Report Highlights Mixed Yields
The Mark Lane Express weekly crop report notes Belgium Holland Italy and parts of Austria show average to fair crops. Hungary expects average wheat. France Germany Spain and Poland show fair crops with hopes of a full crop. Russia faces drought, and Romania Serbia and Bulgaria anticipate a short wheat crop.
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London
Mark Lane Express
Belgium
Holland
Italy
Austria
Hungary
France
Germany
Spain
Poland
Russia
Roumania
Servia
Bulgaria
Preparing to Thrash Boers
Commander-in-chief Wolseley at the war office has prepared first-class reserve lists and provisional transport for the first army corps. Furloughed officers are warned to be ready to return to their regiments as South Africa contingencies loom, though most news remains pacific.
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London
Wolseley
War Office
South Africa
First Army
Riot at Lakeview barns as Big Con strikes resume
In Cleveland on June 12 crowds jeered as the Big Con solidated railway started a car from Lakeview barns at 10 am guarded by deputies and imported labor. Two more cars ran the millroad crossing, violating city ordinance. warrants were issued and the motormen arrested.
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Cleveland, O
Big Consolidated Railway
Lakeview
Fight in Marcus ends in death and jail
Marcus Washington the night of June 12 reports a one minute fight leaving Percy Foster dead from a gunshot to the brain. Doctor Campbell is jailed at Colville mentally haunted by memories of a recent swift battle.
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Marcus
Wash
Percy Foster
Doc” Campbell
Colville
Army to send Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth infantry
Washington June 13. The war department is considering an order to deploy the Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth infantry to Manila as part of ongoing colonial duties pending final approval.
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Washington
War Department
Manila
Bland Is Growing Weaker
Bland is growing weaker in his illness at Lebanon Missouri on June 11. The report notes he sank further, with a clearer build of decline and no signs of recovery.
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Bland
Lebanon
Apell
Idaho News Roundup from Marysville to Lewiston
Long water runs persist for placer miners near Murray as 76 filings were reported in a day. Major F J Edwards receives Idaho National Guard discharge after earlier petition. Lewiston Lewiston land contest with 80 acres each settled, four years in court. Wallace wagon train from Thompson Falls faced heavy snow on mountain routes. Julius A Andrews ex agent at Lemhi sentenced after $1200 fine. released then imprisoned. Big Snake river cantilever bridge near Lewiston Vineland to be completed in ten days. 8 L Rice of Chehalis faces involuntary bankruptcy. $3,000 claim by San Francisco creditors. Rice blocked from asset disposal. Genesee chop mill fire destroys five tons chopped feed. Lloyd Krum owner insured. Miller agent for Charter Co.. rebuild planned.
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Ita
Marysville
Murray
F. J. Edwards
Idaho National Guard
Pqwards
Johnson-Fuchs
Lewiston
Wallace
Thompson Falls
Julius A. Andrews
Lemhi
Andrews
Vineland
Wash
United States
8. L. Rice
Chehalis
H. E. McElroy
Boise
San Francisco
Rice
L. Rogers
Beatty
Genesee
L. K. Krum
Ernest Miller
Krum
Nils Joss
Siberian railway passenger growth in late 1890s
The Siberian railway carried 175000 passengers in 1896, 413000 in 1897, and 650000 in 1898, showing rapid expansion and rising demand for rail travel across the region.
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Seltice Junction
Marksman
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Ill
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Wiley Baker
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Aslo Steeseeee
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Sproule
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Bailey
Cody Junctio
Bandon
Cody Branch
Cody
Landon
F. Copeland
Ow Kootenay Railway and Navigation Company
Kaslo & Slocan
International Nav, & Trading Co
Kaslo & Slocan RY
Sandon
Way
Kaslo
International Nava& Trad. Co
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International
Nelson
Balfour
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Pilot Hay
Bonner’s Ferry
Great Northern Railway
Robert Irving
Kaulo, B.C
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