Riot razes Union City as miners clash near Fredonia
At midnight in Carbon dale Illinois a battle broke out between union miners and non union workers. Homes of union men were burned while a coroner's inquest found a killed Negro woman. Sheriff Gray requested troops and rifles. acting governor Warder sent 150 rifles but kept troops back until resources exhausted. Three suspects arrested before a jail convoy was freed by sympathizers.
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Carbondale
Ill
Union City
Fredonia
Gray
Williamson County
Tanner
Warder
Global miscellany hints on industry and people
A scan of varied notes mentions a 400 foot New York office building, a $250000 cotton mill in Shreveport Alabama, and France selling wines in half a million places. It notes a wireless school in London, a famine on Kipling at Madame Tussaud's, and a single Pekin street lamp. Also cited are seaweed glass substitutes, India tax thresholds, and soap production in Britain. An array of anecdotes covers lions in journalism, Cowper’s memorial, and the Japanese taking to cigarettes.
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New York
Enxexanp
Shreveport
Ala
France
Anderson, & C
Loxpon
Gr. Woop
Santiago
Philadelphia
Baltimore
United States
Rudyard Kipling
Mme. Tussaud
London
Tae
Pekin
Cuba
India
Great Britain
Rueet
Cowper
Olney
Buckinghamshire
Liverpool Street
John Milton
Gardiner
Japan
Paradise
Paris
Daily Telegraph
War Office
Dryfus
Devil’s Island
Austria
Russia
Italy
Klondike
Dawson
Cuier Horton
Kansas
Robert de Horton
Edward III
England
Sim Thomas O’lonnor Moore
Bart
Cork
CAPT DREYFUS REUNITED WITH WIFE AT PRISON
Rennes July 8 Dreyfus entered the prison with guards and was assigned to cell on the second floor. Mme Dreyfus obtained permission to see him. meeting described as deeply moving as tears and smiles mingled. Dreyfus appeared in good health, gray hair, red beard, erect bearing. Mme Dreyfus had a third interview July 3 finding him better and hopeful of acquittal despite prior quinine overdosage on Devil’s Island causing indigestion.
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Rennes
Dreyfus
Mme. Dreyfus
Mme. Havet
Devil’s Island
Woman and Child Killed Under Freight Cars in Chicago
In Chicago on Sunday Mrs Tekla Razzyk a 69 year old and Augusta Wisowski 10 were killed while seeking shelter under unattached freight cars near Hawthorn. Agnes Wisowski escaped with a badly mutilated right arm as a switch engine accidentally pushed the cars toward a switch catching the others.
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ChicaGo
Tekla Razzyk
Augusta Wisowski
Agnes Wisowski
Hawthorn
Prisoner Trys Suicide in Ohio Penitentiary
Joseph Reid, a Wayne county inmate serving 15 years for shooting with intent to kill, attempted suicide Sunday by smashing his head against the cell door grating. A guard found him unconscious with a crushed skull. He was hospitalized. recovery is doubtful. Reid arrived at the penitentiary April 29 this year.
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Columbus
Joseph Reid
Wayne County
Clash Seems Inevitable as Forces Rally Near San Fernando
July 1 Manila reports a likely clash between insurgents and American troops around San Fernando. About 3,000 troops were seen north of town, with defenses manned overnight. A trio of Spanish officers who sought prisoner releases hasn’t returned, fueling alarm. Aguinaldo reportedly hosted them at Talac. General Ovenshine is ill, while General Grant commands the southern line.
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Manila
San Fernando
Aguinaldo
Talac
Ovenshine
Gen. Grant
Doubt Follows Hinshaw Murder Conviction in 1895
Indianapolis July 1 A new doubt arises over Rev William E Hinshaw life sentence for his wife’s 1895 Belleville Hendricks county murder An alleged confession by Noah Barry then in state prison claims the crime was committed by a gang of Indianapolis thieves Barry names himself and another as members but the Hendricks county grand jury dismissed the claim A third man unnamed is cited The affidavit is held by Evansville attorney James O Parker.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Wm. E. Hinshaw
Belleville
Hendricks County
Noah Barry
Eridey
Jeffersonville
Baney
James O. Parker
Evansville
Hinshaw
New York Weekly Tribune
New York Weekly ‘Tribune
Doctors Are Nonplussed In Flint Like Transformed Man
Pontiac Michigan July 1 Geo Brooks a middle aged man born of color near white in February took a ride to the country on a bitter night and woke months later with skin darkened to ebony after a warm spell his frost bite on that ride is blamed for the change by doctors who cannot explain why his hue keeps shifting and deepening.
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Pontiac
Mich
Geo. Brooks
Brooks
Rushing Waters Threaten Texas Town as Flood Recedes
Floods along the Brazos and its tributaries surge toward Austin Texas with bridges washed out and rail service disrupted. Officials estimate losses near four million dollars as rescue and relief efforts continue amid renewed rain. no fatalities reported though many are displaced and isolated.
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Brazos
No Strike at Homestead Deemed Largely Averted
Pittsburgh July 8 report says strike did not take place at Carnegie Co Homestead works though discharged amalgamated committee members seek return of 155. Union and company claim success with work continuing for 24 dismissed and secrecy kept during talks. July 3 note says anticipated strike did not materialize as expected with both sides claiming gains and satisfaction.
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Pittsburgh
Homestead Steel Works
Carnegie Company
Amalgamated Committee
Corey
Association
Homestead
Murday
Works
Pittspurgh
Carnegie Co
Peace Reigns In Samoa After US-UK-Opened War
Peace and quiet return to Samoa after the auxiliary cruiser Badger arrives May 13 with an international commission. They elect Tripp chairman and Morgan secretary, pressure arms surrender by Mataafa and Tanu factions, abolish the presidency, and set up a governor and three-power council.
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Aria
Samoa
San Francisco
Badger
International Commission
Tripp
Morgan
Kinganu
Mataafa
Anu
Tanu
Apia
Supreme Court
Chambers
United States
Washington resumes commissions for volunteers in Philippines
President welcomes applications for volunteer officer commissions after 10000 volunteers are called for service in the Philippines. He asks applicants to file with Adjt. Gen. Corbin and signals that preference will go to those who proved ability and served notably in the Spanish war. Some regular officers may receive volunteer commissions. The total number to be commissioned is being carefully guarded to avoid a scramble.
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Washington
Army
Philippines
Adjt
Corbin
Death of Capt James A Simpsons Prescott A T
Capt James A Simpson U S Army retired died after a short illness in Prescott Arizona. He served in multiple Indian campaigns in Arizona under Gen Crook and was retired due to disability several years ago.
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James A. Simpsons Prescott
A. T
James A. Simpson
Arizona
Crook
New York Traction Firms Prepare Major Alliance
In New York on July 1, officials report a planned union of all Greater New York traction companies with a capital of 150 million dollars. The move aims to consolidate operations and expand transit services across the region.
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New York
Greater New York
Clarence Parrott Missing From Washington GE
Clarence Parrott is missing after his mother, bedbound with fever, found $100 missing from under her pillow. He made the bed Saturday morning and disappeared two hours later. Chief Mayo leads the effort to locate him.
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Washington
Clarence Parrott
Young Parrot
Irene Painter to Travel Alone to Newark to Reunite with Father
Irene Painter a 9 year old from Attica Indiana travels alone to Newark New Jersey to meet her father Joseph Painter whom she has not seen in five years. She will wear a blue ribbon on her left shoulder and carry a card showing her destination street and number to help her father recognize her.
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Attica
Ind
Irene Painter
George Painter
Newark
N. J
Joseph Painter
Irene
National H.C. Urne Treas. Little Miami R.R. Co.
Benj. F. Evans serves as treasurer for the Little Miami Railroad Company and is named in a National banner packing and provision concern. The brief item notes corporate naming and key officer roles in a period publication.
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H.C. Urne Treas
Little Miami
R.r.co
Nebraska enacts 60 hour female labor law nationwide
Lixcoun Nebraska reports the new law limiting grown women’s work to 60 hours a week and ten hours a day in mercantile manufacturing and mechanical pursuits hotels and restaurants. The rule will force changes in large city department stores but cause few other innovations. Also notes City of Seattle brings 80 Klondikers and gold dust from Alaska with several large sums claimed by individuals Ike Schwartz $25000 H Stevens and wife 10000 and Blake and Conrad 15000.
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Lixcoun
Neb
Nebraska
Victoria
B. C
Seattle
Alaska
Ike Schwartz
Portland
Ore
H. Stevens
Blake
Conrad
Knights of America move headquarters to St. Louis
Supreme officers arrived in St. Louis Friday evening transferring the Catholic Knights of America headquarters from Vincennes Indiana to the city.
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St. Louis
The
Catholic Knights of America
Vincennes
Ind
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Ink
Carter
Buckingham
R.P
Indiana Uni
D Sandans
Atty
EB Fore
Bloomington
AN. K.—B
Thur
Capt. Dreyfus
Hey
Austin
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Parti
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Texas Central
Peace
Traction Trust Combine
National
Benj. F. Evans
Banner Pack. & Prov. Co
Cincinnati
John L. Stettinius
Longworth
Harate
James M. Glenn
Vwachel M. Anderson
W. Smith
Commercial Tribune Co
American Cotton Oil Co
Joseph Rawson
Jos. Rawson & Sons
David B. Gamble
Procter & Gamble Co
Perin Langdon
U.S. Baking Co
Godfrey Holterhoff W
Biles & Co
Henry Stix Stix
Krouse & Co
W. Pohlman
Ohio
J. P. Marvin
Citizens’ Bank
Harrison, Ohio
General Banking
Frank Bowles
Yashier
John Knepne
Market St
Harrison, C
the Klondike
Cus
Wuestefeld
State and
Broadway
Harrison
D. R. Merrill
Will
Walter Hartpence
Joseph Bernhard
Sonable
Mama Advice
Circular Royal Medicine Co
Marrisop
Druggst
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