Mob violence erupts as Terre Haute street strike turns violent
A Terre Haute street railway strike escalates from stoppage to mob violence. Cars are seized, tracks cleared, and powerhouses attacked with bricks. Police and volunteers restore order while noting most rioters were not streetcar workers. Seelyville line attacked en route to the city. Central Labor Union rumored to call a general sympathy strike.
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Bryan
Wabash River
Wabash
Courthouse
Talley
Walker
Seelyville
Terre Haute & Brazil
Clark
Developments of the Day Firemen Persuaded to Quit
In Terre Haute Indiana the Central Labor Union led a strike against the Terre Haute Electric Company over wage and labor practices. Many trainmen reported late or absent while a mass meeting planned with Debs and organizers aims to rally support.
Four-Story Detroit Wholesale District Buildings Collapse
Four four story buildings in Detroit's wholesale district collapsed at 8 30 pm on Sunday night trapping five firms. Losses totaled about 152000 with 50500 on the structures and large stock losses across the operators including Maddocks Glove Co Imperial Cap Co Neuhoff Co Hills Bros stock Michigan Produce Croze Bros. No injuries were reported and investigators found no gas explosion. The quake like sound and a nearby overturned roof and a fallen smokestack marked the scene. Authorities noted no clear cause and warned the district would have been a deadly trap had collapse occurred during business hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Jefferson Avenue
Shelby and Griswold Streets
Shelby Street
Maddocks Glove Company
Imperial Cap Company
Norman Maddocks
Maddocks Grove Company
F. B. Neuhoff & Co
Neuhoff
Hills Bros
New York
Neuwhoff
Michigan Produce Company
Croze Bros., Limited
J. F. Croze
Detroit Gas Company
Shaffer Charts Amalgamated's Finances Before Next Convention
In Youngstown on January 19 T J Shaffer spoke to mass unionists recounting the Amalgamated Association’s treasury. He noted $72,000 before the last strike with US Steel and $200,000 spent, plus $100,000 expected for the upcoming convention. He urged a six hour day with four turns over wage hikes and praised the union’s improved numbers. The meeting also mourned W E Taylor’s retirement from Republic Iron and Steel.
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Youngstown
Amalgamated Association
United States Steel Corporation
Treasury
T. J. Shaffer
Shaffer
Ben J. Davis
Amalgamated Journal
W. E. Taylor
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Goebel Murder Conspiracy Trial Defense Plans Testimony
In Frankfort Kentucky on January 1, defense lawyers in the Jim Howard murder case announce they will present witnesses who will detail the alleged conspiracy behind Goebel’s murder. They contend Howard had no involvement in the crime.
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Frankfort. Ky
Jim Howard
Goebel
Howard
Large Prussian visitors and tall officers at Berlin dinner
Berlin reports describe Prince Henry of Prussia and a party of very tall, strong officers including Admiral Von Tirpitz and General Von Plessen traveling to the United States. The White House dinner noted Roosevelt’s choice of Evans as welcome commander. Separately, disaster and violence headlines include a Spanish village ruined by mill boiler explosions with many dead and injured and a Transylvanian mob confrontation with troops.
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Berlin
Prince Henry of
Prussia
United States
White
Baron von Richthofen
Prince
Princess Henry
John B. Jackson
Roosevelt
Robley D. Evans
Prince Henry
Mr. White
America
Emperor William
Admiral von Tirpitz
Navy
General von Plessen
von Seckendorff
William
Order of the Black Eagle
Frederick I
the Chloss
Count von Buelow
Frederik I
Boer peace movement advances as talks continue
Brussels reports Dr. Leyds and Boer delegates meeting again amid denials. Kuyper is said to have discussed with Wolmarans and Kruger via intermediaries, with another meeting planned. Kruger and Leyds resist committing, while alleged English officials in The Hague draw speculation of talks. The Times cites Kuyper denying any peace conference or terms.
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Brussels
Leyds
Transvaal
Kuyper
Hague
London
Wolmarans
Kruger
Great Britain
The
Times
Dr. Kuyper
Kitchener Confirms Scheepers Death Sentence
Graaf-Reinet Cape Colony January 19 Lord Kitchener has confirmed the death sentence on Boer commander Scheepers who was captured last October He will be shot next Saturday.
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Graaf-Reinet
Cape Colony
Lord Kitchener
Scheepers
Indian Troops to Proceed to South Africa
Calcutta reports that six thousand troops from various regiments in India are about to depart for South Africa, signaling a major military movement and imperial reach during the period.
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Calcutta
India
South Africa
Captives Reported Well in Constantinople Missionary Case
Reliable news from Constantinople states Miss Ellen M. Stone the captive American missionary and Mme. Tethka with her baby are well. Negotiations, considered likely to secure early and safe return of the captives, are in progress.
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Constantinople
Ellen M. Stone
Mme. Tethka
Disaster in Spain kills and injures many
A boiler explosion at a spinning mill near Manresa devastates Puente de Vilamara. Sixty dead and around one hundred injured, many children, with hospitals overflowing, rescues hampered by darkness and rubble. Queen Regent mourns, Red Cross aids, ongoing search continues.
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Barcelona
Manresa
Puente de Vilamara
Mir
Manresa Hospital
Red Cross Society
Murdered jeweler killed before safe by robbers
Sela E Brown a 65 year old Rochester jeweler and diamond dealer was found murdered in his store. He lay before a locked safe containing thousands in jewels. robbers beat him with a hammer and tied his legs. A diamond stud worn by Brown is missing. Police seek suspects.
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Rochester
N. Y
Sela E. Brown
Mr. Brown
Brown
Woman fires at dancers in West Virginia dance hall
At a Morris Creek dance near Montgomery six miles south of here a white man and a black musician were killed and another black musician mortally wounded after a woman named Lillian Williams fired eight rounds in anger over rag time. She was captured and jailed.
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Montgomery
W. Va
William Slaughter
Ralph Johnson
Powell Calloway
Morris Creek
Lillian Williams
Williams
Slaughter
Johnson
Calloway
Venezuelan insurgents launch new campaign in Curacao report
The Venezuelan insurgents in Para guana i near Maracaibo began a move against the government. Operations also started near Uhiro against President Castro. A serious engagement near Barquisimoto in Lara state left insurgents victorious, with further clashes in Maracatho.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Paraguana i
Gulf of Maracaibo
Uhiro
Castro
Barquisimoto
Lara
Maracatho
Delaware Woman Ends Life In Tragic Gunshot Mine
Louise Avery, 23, of Delaware Ohio, killed herself last night, found by her brother this morning with a shotgun pressed to her temple. Evidence showed she had taken morphine and chloral, but ended by firing. A rejected marriage proposal is said to have prompted the act.
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Toledo
Jan. W
Louise Avery
Delaware
Debate Over Gold and Silver Interchangeability in Hill Bill
Democrats denounce the Hill bill as a bid to discredit silver and push a gold standard. Minority report by W. J. Bryan theories predicts gold-dominated finance, warns of an endless chain draining the treasury as silver would be pledged for gold. Philippine tariff discussion looms as Senate eyes to-day actions amid House defences of silver.
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Senate
Indianapolis Journal
Washington
House of Representatives
House
W. J. Bryan
Committee On
Secretary of the Treasury
Shafroth
Treasury
Ieee Ahenie Eee
Philippine tariff bill to be reported by Senate committee
The Senate committee on the Philippines will report the House tariff bill with amendments. Senator Lodge, chair, will announce its consideration for the next day and seek continued debate until final disposal. Republicans broadly back the plan as the most urgent item. Democratic leaders anticipate discussion but do not expect to block or delay a vote.
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Lodge
Frye
Committee On Inter-Ocean Canals
Senate
Nelson
Department of Commerce
Cullem
Otero
New Mexico
House of Representatives
Washington
Committee On the
Philippines
Eleven Men Missing In Philippine Waters Amid Invasion Reports
Manila reports a dugout canoe carrying eleven men of Company I, Second Infantry, is missing and likely lost with possible death or capture. Wade cables 36 insurgents surrendered on Bohol, a claim viewed with skepticism by authorities. In Laguna eight soldiers capture a female insurgent Agueda Kahabagan once commanding 300 followers. Battles yield American casualties and injuries in Batangas and Laguna. General Chaffee notes Batangas, Laguna, Samar, Mindoro, Cebu as disturbed areas with guerrilla warfare persisting. Civil and military authorities push for organized local governments to gauge progress toward self rule while brigandage remains a looming problem.
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Manila
Wade
Cebu
Bohol
Secret Service
Laguna
Luzon
Eighth Infantry
Agueda Kahabagan
J. Franklin Bells
Batangas
Theodore J. Wint
Sixth Cavalry
Chaffee
Samar
Mindoro
Ninth Infantry
Balangiga
Advocate Groesbeck
Groesbeck
Train collision injures judge near Edah Missouri
Westbound Missouri Pacific passenger train collided head on with an eastbound freight about one mile east of Edah Missouri at 12 15 this morning. Judge Elijah Robinson of Kansas City was bruised but survived. Engineer William Maze reportedly leaped from his cab to flag the oncoming train as he realized he had passed Etlah.
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Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Edah
Elijah Robinson
William Maze
Etlah
McKinley as I Knew Him by Marcus Hanna
Boston January 14 Senator Marcus A. Hanna previews his February National Magazine piece on William McKinley. Hanna recalls McKinley’s people focus, tariff debates and the 1892 landslide factors, his courage under pressure, and a warm, playful private side shown at dinners and house parties with Hanna.
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Indianapolis Journal
Boston
National Magazine
Marcus A. Hanna
William McKinley
Senator Hanna
Mark
McKinley
St. Louis
Cleveland
Aoe
Liam McKinley
Sal
Ohio
Congress
Washington
White House
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Terre Haute
Brasil
Ind
Ranner
Central Labor Union
Central Labor Union of
Pracice
Terre Haute Electric Company
Brazil
Eugene V. Debs
Pratt
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
W. C. Mitchell
Amalgamated
Goebel Conspiracy
Transylvania
Miss Stone
Madame Tsilka
Pittsburg
Tang Fuh Siang
Shanghai
Standard
Peking
Yamen
Shan-Si
Kiang-Su
Mme
Tstika
John G. A. Leishman
Spain
Dred
Hole
Venezuela
Girl
Paris Green
Hill Bill
MR. Shaproth
the National Guard
National Guard
Interstate Guards’ Association
Programme OF
M’kinley
M. A. Hanna
Great Ohioan
William MW Kinley
Hanna
Republican National Platform
Mkinley
Napoleon—McKinley
Mings
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