News of the Week Highlights Major Incidents and Deaths
The weekly roundup covers the Babcock Carriage Company assignment in Amesbury with 300 workers, Post Office envelope contracts awarded to Morgan Envelope and Plympton Manufacturing, a deadly Decorah fire, smuggling busts in New York, suicides and robberies, theater and rail developments, tribal and municipal events, and notable deaths including elderly residents and a benevolent gift to Rutgers University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Babcock Carriage Company
Amesbury
Mass
Postmaster General
Post-office Department
Morgan Envelope Company
Plympton Manufacturing Company
Springfield
Scandinavian Lutheran College
Decorah
Coleman
New York
Custom House
Xavier
Mary Arnold
Fosuua F. Ross
Gloucester C. H
George Hughes
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
Louis Birp
Chattanooga
Tenn
President Gates
Rutgers Clege
Bradford
Charleston
W. Va
Thomas Wesley
Clarence Stalnaker
Brad Baines
Bell Telephone Company
Massachusetts House
Agawam
Joseph Scheidhelm
Peter Goetz
Milwaukee
Dharves J. Hu
Chicago
LaFayette Pennard
Phoenixville
Ambrose van Tassel
Elizabeth
N.J
Great Council of Pennsylvania
Order of Red Men
Allentown
Pennsylvania
Baker
Gas Trust
Illinois House defeats liquor ban bill on party split vote
The Illinois House rejects the proposal to prohibit manufacture or sale of liquors by a 55 to 62 vote. Levi M. Gage is named Deputy Collector of the New York port by Collector Erhardt, replacing John A. Mason who resigns. Dayton hosts the Republican State Convention on August 27. Taul Kwo Yin is named Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, succeeding Chan Yon Hoo. The report ends with unclear text about Native House activities and related matters.
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Ilinois House of Representatives
Noga
Levi M. Gage
Watkins
N. Y
Caallies Denay
United States
China
Taul Kwo Yin
Plenipoten
Chan Yon Hoo
House of Natives
Global-List of 19th Century News Tidbits and Incidents
A sprawling collection of brief items covers libel suits, naval defense bills, Paris robberies, Liverpool arrests, Austrian floods, German strikes, ship collisions, Arctic exploration, oil pipelines, banking appointments, and local incidents. Notable names include William O'Brien, Lord Salisbury, Giorgano Bruno, Dr. Nansen, B F Gilkerson, and events spanning Europe and America with multiple drownings, accidents, and political moves.
Chicago Doctor Cronin Murder Shocks City
The body of Dr. P H Cronin was found in a catch basin on Evanston avenue Chicago. Police say the injuries indicate deliberate murder linked to a conspiracy among Irish nationalists and cronin’s rivals. Investigations and inquest claims point to a broad motive among hidden Irish leaders and insiders.
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OnmicaGo
P. H. Cronin
Cronin
Lake View
Evanston Avenue
Henry Roesch
Fifty-ninth Street
Roesche
Dr. Cronin
Argyle Park
Chicago
Sulzer
Roesch
John E. Scanlan
Mortimer Scanlan
John F. Scanlan
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Tam
John F. Scanlon
Mr. Scanlan
Seong
Triad
Parnell Fund
Alexander Sullivan
Ireland
Devoy
Windsor Theater
T. T. Conklin
Sullivan
Frank T. Scanlan, Jr
Bellevue Place
Sulzer Street
Frank Woodruff
King
Irish National League
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Clan-na- Gael
Irish Republican Brotherhood
Clan-na-Gael
Clan-na Gael
Hershey Hall
Cronig
New York
Land League
National League
Pernain Robe Eom
Wages Cut Down in Shenango and Nearby Areas
May 2 reports a general 10 percent wage reduction at Shenango operator facilities and Engaged firms extending to Tag’s mechanics and others. From Wisconsin to Michigan a line of electric cars is planned from Manitowoc to Menominee with Higgins Brown of this city as contractor. wiring will start next winter. London May 28 Mr Robert T In arrives as the new American Minister and is welcomed by the American colony.
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Pittsburgh, Beech Creek & Eastern Railroad Company
Capital
Mill Hill
Clinton County
Butler
Samuel Nevins
St. Louis Board of Trade
Friends of
Indian Industrial School
Carlisle
Noble
Colquitt
Beaver
Saxe
Addie
Hazeltine
Eden Island
Marshall Group
San Francisco
Haseltine
Joan Neal
Timothy Reardon
Scanlon
Shelbyville
Ind
Bourne Mills Corporation
Fall River
Mass
Woman's Board
Waco
Charleston
D. C
H. M. Flagler
Standard Oil
Washington
St. Augustine
Fla
Michigan
Texas
Standing Rock Agency
C. T
van Ness
Boston
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Hospital
George W. Symonds
General Conference of the United Brethren
York
Board of Bishops
Otto
St. Paul
Minn
Cleveland
Thomas J. Byrnes
Brooklyn
N. Y
W. J. Moore
Pittsburgh
J. M. Hines
Chicago
Wilson's Point
Conn
New England Terminal Company
Housatonic Railroad Company
Fish Manufacturing Company
Columbus
New York
Rupert Power
Washington City
William Hempker
Dundee
Ill
Frank Hintze
Sim Coy
Michigan City
Indianapolis
Navy Department
Yorktown
Thomas McGechrn
Baltimore United Oil Company
Baltimore
McGechin
Florida
Prrissonen
Ryan
Ursuline
France
Girroko & S
EMON
L. Mowers & Co
Cedar Rapids
South Ryegate
Newbury Bank
Art Poughkeepsie
Barnard
Civil Service Board
Ewing Vivar
Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias
Elizabeth
N. J
Union County
Guerin
Dennin
Societe Lyonnaise
Paris
Maysrick
Liverpool
Chantler
Mobile
Ala
Baron Rouque
Pilsen
Westphalia
Prussia
Berlin
Beresford
Inman Line
Queenstown
Halifax
St. Pierre
Mig
Ella
Quattre Freres
Newfoundland
Nyanza
Suez Canal
Giordano Bruno
Nansen
Copenhagen
Arctic
Greenland
Swanon
Shenangournace
Tag
Zig Fab
Wisconsin
Newnan
Wis
Martnette
Win
Menominen
Mich
Higgina Brow
Lincoln
London
Londox
Robert T. In
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Louisville
Caroline A. Broves
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Ohio
G. W. Gerard
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Allegheny County
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West Virginia
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National Soldiers’ Homes
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Comptroller of the Currency
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Lewis
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