Detroit Wheelmen dominate the annual LA. W. convention in Michigan
A Detroit Wheelmen faction blocked by controversy won the seat for chief consul as the LA. W. delegates gathered in Michigan. The event followed a contentious roll vote and highlighted alleged irregularities in the Michigan group’s delegation. Also reported is a tragic double incident of self harm and a woman dying after a liquor-fueled collapse on Kent Street.
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Michigan Wheelmen
Columbus
Sara
League of Awer Bun Waeleteu
Michigan
Joseph M. Breater
Detroit
Menkels
Detroit Wheelmen
J. M. Hrosler
Bresler
Around the State notes from an era of chaos and misprints
A garbled state roundup mentions a March athletic tournament a Jackson recruiting office a Muskegon captain and a mine sale in Colorado. It reports a forgery indictment in New York an arrest over damages a large paper mill project near Kalamazoo bonds for public works and rail plans near East Jordan plus local elections and naval convention talk with scattered names and unclear details.
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United
Jackson
Muskegon Ritos
Erieson
Fidward J. Hara
Stearns
Edward M . Field
New York
Three Children Die in Ironwood House Fire
A midnight blaze at the Ironwood dwelling of Delongchamp destroyed a saloon first floor home. Mrs Delongchamp and six children fled. three children aged seven five and two were found dead in the ruins. The mother, holding a two week old infant, was rescued with two other children. Several rescuers were severely burned.
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Tronwood
Lronwood
Res Delongchamp
Delongchamp
Albert
Mario
Charles
Death of TL EL Ansley Tied to Keeley Cure Secret Process Inventor
A St Joseph correspondent reports TL EL Ansley died in Plainfield Indiana after seeking the bi-chloride of gold treatment at a Keeley institute. About 35 years old, he headed a factory making piano and organ sharps from wood and held ties to August Newell & Co of Chicago. His death is attributed to the Keeley treatment and he left St Joseph days before to seek the cure.
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St Joseph
Plainfield
Ind
TL EL Ansley
Keeley Institute
Ansley
Factry
August Newell & Co
Chicago
Hin
Supreme court clarifies Sunday closing liquor law
The supreme court upholds strict Sunday enforcement of liquor laws. In two cases, rooms adjacent to saloons used for gatherings must close on Sundays. In a third ruling, a bartender has no greater right to enter his saloon on Sunday than any patron.
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Supreme Court
Ahown
Minaeapolis
Wivaton
Minneapolis
Minn
Ibie
Hesderaen
Atiic
City convent contract with Borgess hospital sparks debate
Citizens discuss a five year funding deal with Borgess hospital described as extravagant. A sermon by Barrea condemns the project and outlines Catholic church methods, framing the broader controversy over church influence in public contracts.
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Alae Mueroo
Borgess Hospital
Barrea
Iutense Interen
Old Soldier William Wabl Found Dead After Opium Purchase
An aged soldier William Wabl of Mureball who lived with Charles Lewis fifteen years and spent a year in the poorhouse purchased three ounces of opium, drank a bowlful at Jacob Baker’s, and was not discovered for hours. Two doctors were summoned and a coroner’s jury viewed the remains.
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Sulettes
William Wabl
Mureball
Charles Lewis
Jacob Baker
Wabl
Matrimonial scandal and local tragedies stagger Pook village
The village of Pook recounts a sensational marriage involving 24 G. Harding and his wife’s sister Leafy Younest, amid other local misfortunes. Bay City laborer Albert Van Dusen dies while hauling wood on Third Street leaving a widow and six children. Additional reports include Hamacher found guilty of aiding prisoners, a fatal timber accident near Danwel, and various court and domestic disputes.
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Colaton
Pook
G. Harding
Albert van Dusen
Bay City
Ilo
Aaron W. Hamacher
Jackson State
Proneas
Hamacher
Supreme Court
Dare Devil Robber Captured After Spectacular Express Heist
A sensational attempt to rob the Central Hudson money train ends with the robber captured in a swamp after a long pursuit. The assailant steals from an express car, shoots. fights with engineers, chases across lines, and eludes pursuit before a sheriff's posse corners him. The robber, claiming to be a cowboy and former rail worker, is finally captured after a dramatic escape plan fails.
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Rochrater
N. Y
Central Hudson
Shotter
Central Hudson Railway
Jesse James
American Express Company
New York
Chicago
Woodsport
Kingdom Coma
Sitlalon
Lotie Bharons Alors
Ais
Port Byron
oWasia
Es- Press
Toey
Syracuse
Lyons
Hudson Road
Mexico Wants Our Prontier Land
A Mexican official traveling from Hermosillo to Mexico City suggests a boundary resurvey could shift sixty miles of U S soil into Mexican jurisdiction. Towns like Tombstone Nogales and San Diego are named, with mining property and Southern Pacific Railroad holdings in Arizona potentially affected. the claim is unconfirmed but widely discussed as surveys begin and may take most of the year.
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Mexico
Prontier
Sonora
Mex
Hermosillo
Turson
Yuais
Tombstone
Nogales
Bisbes
Willcox
Hemoa
Gia Bead
Agiailer
Engineer's fatal collision near Kirkwood station
An engineer Gallagher driving a carriage engine collided with a suburban train near Kirkwood in St Louis. The crash left Gallagher and his firemen at their posts and uninjured, while the passenger train suffered several injuries. Thomas Essex suffered fatal injuries with multiple rib fractures and others were severely hurt in the cafe area.
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Kirkwood
St Louis
Magluer Gallagher
Turchia
Evuce Wee
Gallagher
Ataton
Guo
Gohart
Turviill
Severa Cosattes
Thomas Essex
Trereble Deaths At Pittsburg Steel Works
A tragic accident at the Edgar Thawneu steel works in Pittsburg left workers badly burned as a converter toppled and steam filled the platform. John Packer died from steam and a fall, while John McVaffey and Paris Spécial workers suffered severe injuries. The report also notes diplomat matters about United States Minister Ribot and Neid, including anticipated changes and remarks on the extradition treaty.
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Edgar Thawneu Steel Works
Pittsburg
John Packer
John McVaffey
Paris
United States
Treid
la Hourgogne
Afr
Neid
Waadington
America
United States Senate
State Department
Priests Lead Mexican Revolt Fears Rise After June Vote
A El Paso dispatch reports battles near Temoch Puebla in Chiuhua with 20 killed mostly federals. Las Alimes sees eight soldiers and the commandant slain. Jockwry clash leaves three revolutionaries dead. Priests claim tyranny and vow justice, saying they have 70 million for arms and supplies, warning of a mass uprising after Diaz seeks a third term in June.
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Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Temoch
Puebla
Chituahua
Las Alimes
Jockwry
Diaz
Bold Attempt at Double Murder in Ottumwa
Ottumwa men Robert Yates and Join Erickson, Temperance council members, were targeted by Charles Cody and Dick Gallagher in a failed attempt to silence witnesses against local saloonkeepers. Yates and Erickson were assaulted, knocked unconscious, and left on the road. Yates remains in a dying condition as the attackers await jail.
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Ottumwa
Robert Yates
Join Erickson
Vietloe
Charles Cody
Dick Gallagher
Tut Yates
Erickson
Cody
Gallagher
Wio
Ture
Oldest Pioneer Peter aiuney Dies at 140 Years
Worstold Day of Mix Death Peter aiuney or Conemauen Ma, a longtime valley resident since the century’s start, dies at 140 years. He foretold his own death calling a vision of two angels, saying Friday would be his last, and his family and neighbors urged him to reconsider.
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Peter Aiuney
Conemauen
Tis
Iran
Read His Own Obituaries in a Local Paper
Rev Elijah W Merrill died at Mianei j dolis but revived before burial. Recently reported drowned crossing the Mississippi near Wright County Minnesota on the way to his farm. Memorial sermons were preached including at Albion College Michigan where he taught. Survived by son C W Merrill and an adopted daughter known as Margaret Mant.
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W. W. Tracy
M. Ferry & Company
Detroit
Jackson
Wiliam Watts
Seoul
East Jordan
Utsa
Tees
Wey
A. Finn
Rapital Young People’s
Relcu
Iaje
Willa
Boathern Michigan Sheep Breeder’ and Woolhowers' Association
Jacksin
Elijah W. Merril
Mianeij Dolis
Wright County
Mins
Albion College
Michigan
Merrill
C. W. Merrill
New York Histald
Margaret Mant
Test of McKinley Law in Chicago Circus Court
The suit challenges the constitutionality of the McKinley administrative act. A motion to dismiss the appeal by Collector Clark cites the act as void and raises technical points. Attorneys say the statute burdens importers and is overly complex.
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Chicago
Clark
Board of General Appraisers
Locke, Hulcutt & Company
Gold find reported near Lathron Missouri
Citizens of Lathron Missouri buzz over a claim of genuine gold in soil about five miles southeast. Alfred Allen, a Black man, reportedly reached a depth of 45 feet and found a sand layer with shining particles. The sand stratum is about fifteen feet thick with richer deposits lower down. A sample sent to a Kansas City chemist allegedly yielded a certificate valuing the gold at 105 dollars and silver at tidy.
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Lathron
Alfred Allen
Wossuklog & Well Ab
Chemiat
Kansas City
Nssuer
A Little Child's Appeal to Free Deserted Father
Bernard Schmit, a wealthy Kanan farmer from Atechison county, visited Germany after nearly two decades away. On arrival he was imprisoned for desertion by the German army, sentenced to six months, then released and headed back to America. His daughter, eight years old, wrote to the emperor from Kateas requesting her father’s return, and on January 27 the emperor acted, granting Schmit freedom the next day.
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Bernard Schmit
Atechison County
Kanan
Germany
America
Re Owane
bin U
Kateas
Imomielinbely
Schuard
Lottery Plot Hints Mexico City as Key Site
Dispatch from New Orleans reports a long delayed withdrawal of the Louisiana levy from the levee scheme. The lottery aims to move to Mexico City with arrangements and a formal proclamation by President Diva, while the Fortress of Conpuliey secures the location of the lacheann lottery amid rising percentages. Directors have not yet met to discuss proposals from various cities abroad. Mortis reportedly favors Mexico City, shaping the outcome of the plan.
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Mexico
New Orleans
eGieh
Koto Meziva
Conpuliey
Cmmpeny
Washington Letter Sub Committee to Investigate World Expenditures
Washington Letter reports on a House appropriations sub committee to probe government aid for the World’s Fair. Members Dowbery Compton Breckinridge Henderson and Cogswell to oversee the inquiry in Washington, with no report on the 5,000,000 Chicago fair funding. Also notes Canada-US negotiations failing, Senate election measures, and a Chinese exclusion bill path.
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Appropriations Committee
House
Holman
Set of Columbia
Messrs Dowbery
Misouri
Compton
Maryland
Breckinridge
Arkansas
Henderson
Iowa
Cogswell
Massachusetts
Washington
Chicago
Congress
Cee Eee Star
Comrartten
Clipaan
Foreign Affairs Committee
Geary
Hooker
Minawsopp
Hines
Andrews
Mabnichuretts
Revelations and unrest spark upheaval across Ceara state
Reports from Fortalexa in Ceara reveal disturbances as residents drive the governor from the capital. Ceara, in northern Bra bland Las, hosts over 720000 people and a commerce system rich in medicinal plants minerals and agricultural products. Separately, Minneapolis Mayor endorses a new liquor ordinance while a court challenge looms. California timber sales reach a historic scale with 600000 acres of sugar pine in Siskiyou and Shasta counties sold to firms from Wisconsin and San Francisco.
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Fortalexa
Ceara
Brabland Las
California
Siskiyou
Shasta
Miler & Hrewster
Greta Bar
Wis
Tatum & Bowen
San Francisco
Fragmented Old Time News Snippet From a Warped Page
A fragmented OCR item reports various obscure incidents including a claim of a meent freee injuring crops in Illinois and arrests in Berlin. It references ex-President Jeb Hoey seeking pension from the Danish Express, and mentions a fatal train collision near Pleetwood Miami with a driver killed and an arrest in Was Cartwr at Cailatin.
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Createl Llinois
Slety
Berlin
Jeb Hoey
Danis Express Company
fox @ pension
Pleetwood
Miam
Bywark
Was Cartwr
Cailatin
Tema
Ana
Nush
Crude Oil Explosion At Chicago Factory Kills Engineer
An oil plant on West Jackson Street Chicago suffered a deadly blast when engineer Peter Clark, attempting to inspect a tank with a lit lantern, released gas explosions. Fireman warned against the lantern but the plan continued, causing the tank to ignite and tear through nearby ironwork. Clark likely dies from injuries. colleagues Harry Smith Henry Heideman and Patrick Dallon are injured.
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Artifinal Too Company
West Jackson Street
Chicago
Peter Clark
Clark
Coloved
Harry Smith
Henry Heideman
Patrick Dallon
Gale Sinks Crew Off Gloucester and Nearby Vessels
Special from Halifax reports severe gales along Land of Ue coast. The schooner Laura from Gloucester loses crew members John Kelly and Coll McKenna in heavy seas after a wave swept them overboard. McKenna is lost. Ella G Thurston arrives at Lockport with word four men lost on bunks. Gluaster schooner A Duncan foundered near Green Island. crew saved. Bahia dispatch notes loss of Kuasuel Swedenburg en route to Falmouth. Nore reportedly towed Altos UO from Larksteland. Aula to New Orleans was sent ashore.
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Halifax
N.S
Nowa
Laura
Gloucester
St. Jacques
Vuecapunn
Kelly
McKenna
Ella G. Thurston
Lockport
A. Duncan
Green Island
Bahia
Stip Kuasuel Swedenburg
Falmouth
Elect
Schoour Nore
Larksteland
Bes
Mary Seilies
New Orleans
Edison torpedo tests at Portsmouth reveal promising results
Tests of the Sims-Edison electric torpedo were conducted at Portmouth with May 4 C. Post and Capt. Eine ary among foreign attachés in attendance. The experiments showed successful vessel launches at one mile and a quarter range at nineteen knots, with Mr Sims claiming a recent test reached twenty-one knots over two miles.
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London
Portamouth
C. Post
Eineary
Lieut
Toppan
United States Navy
Sims
Strike Demands Eight-Hour Day Across Carpentry
A Boston special reports labor leaders demand eight hours constitute a day's work for carpenters nationwide. They plan to strike if concessions are not made, signaling intensified labor action beginning May 1.
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Boston
Determined Surprites Ceerze Grambi mg at Theerp incident
A figure from Bistel hurled a glans at a roughened glass edge during a sieving event. He injured himself. a physician stitched wounds. The bizarre act led to Portugal’s decision to skip the World’s Fair in Chicago as the Chamber of dapu Une adopts a new principle.
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Portugal
Chicago
Chamber of dapu‘Une
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Canadian Commission
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