Wreck injures Ford Theater troupe aboard extra train
An Indiana and Illinois Southern freight train derailed two miles west of Oblong after a rail broke while running fast. The passenger coach carried Ford Theater company members and two others. several performers sustained arm leg and head injuries though none are believed to be fatally hurt as coach and cars lay in ruins.
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Newrox
Til
Indiana & Illinois Southern Railroad
Oblong
Ford
Theater Company
Clint Ford
George M. Adama
Jerry Faherney
George W. Jackson
D. W. Spagrist
T. H. Hand
Explosions at Riverside Furnace Terrify Riverside
Two blasts at Riverside furnace in Sreesunville Ohio yesterday fatally hurt several workers. Stock and bricks blew out due to furnace gas and settled stock. Local officials report multiple injuries and dangerous conditions in the plant.
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Prenbenville
Ohio
Sreesunville
Riverside Furnace
Funding Bill Rejected In House Vote To Recommit
In Wasuixetos on February 4 the house defeated the debt refund bill for the Union and Central Pacific roads by 178 to 106 and sent it back to the Pacific railroads committee without instructions. Democrats led the recommit vote with 124, Populists united, and Kansans and Missourians largely opposed. Chairman Reilly warned Congress has bitten off the government nose to spite the Union Pacific face, likely ending any dollar to be recovered.
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Boas
Hatch
Congress
Reilly
Union Pacific
Mapport Bill Aims to Aid Settlers on Public Lands
Secretary Smith reports against a bill to extend time for settlers in the Dakotas Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma to file on homesteads and timber claims from five to two years citing hardships from drought heat and crop failures while authorities grant relief in certain cases.
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Maport
Keller
Smith
House
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahome
Iith
Oval
Labor Arbitration Bill Endorsed by Labor Bodies in Congress
Washington Feb 4 The amended labor arbitration bill after talks with locomotive engineers trainmen firemen and conductors organizations has been sent to the house by Mr Pennsylvania. The report includes two letters of approval addressed to Chairman McGann one from Commissioner of Labor Carroll D Wright and another from the labor representatives involved.
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Wright
Wasurxetox
House Committee On Labor
House
Pennsylvania
McGann
Carroll D. Wright
Labor
Glass factory burned at Monaca reports $176000 loss
Rochesten Pa Feb 4 The Phostix Glass factory located at Monaca across the river from this place burned yesterday afternoon. The loss is $176000 with some insurance. The works were the principal ones of the town employing 500 hands and owned by a stock company. Order of Brith Abraham New Yoak Feb 4 The grand lodge opened its annual session in Tammany hall yesterday with 388 delegates from several states. Max Stern presided. Biemco of the Christ He gulat open meeting will be held at the residence of Mrs Morgen 719 Quincy street Tuesday evening Feb 5.
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Mensca
Penn
Rochesten
Phostix Glass
Monaca
Order of Brith Abraham New Yoak
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Brith Abraham
Tammany Hall
New York
Ohio
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Missouri
Minnosvcla
New Jersey
Ilinois
Max. Stern
DRAW THE LINE Members Must Renounce Allegiance to the Act
February 4 report notes renewed tension between the American Railway union and old railway brotherhoods. At a meeting of 200 ERuisay Conductors leaders, nearly all supported a resolution to exclude members who refuse to renounce allegiance to the American Railway union at the upcoming biennial convention.
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Old
Order of Eruisay
Grand Division
American Railway Union
Frozen Deaths Reported From Rainy Lake Gold Region
Reports from Duluth recount prospectors iced to death in Rainy Lake and Seine river gold country during the harsh winter. One man McLain was found frozen near Rainy Lake city on New Year’s Day after marching a mile. A letter to A Melrose from James Cummings says nine prospectors near Wild Potato creek with only one survivor. President pursues urgent financial safeguards per White House inquiry. Chicago buzzes as rumor of the Chicora hull sighting stirs excitement and lake search efforts begin.
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Vera
Rainy Lake
Durvis
Minn
Duluth
Seine River
McLain
Rainy Lake City
A. Melrose
Stone River District
James Cummings
Wild Potato Creek
Fort Francis
New Year's Day
Rail and railways spark a wide range of 19th century headlines
Briefs report 1894 railway earnings dipping from 1842 figures by over 100 million dollars. Senate poll shows 47 against and 39 for Snancisl bill. Mantle’s admission ties Democrats with Republicans and Populists. A Brinton, Pa barrel explosion wounds four. A Louisville millionaire Samuel A. Miller dies by train. A Louisville woman robbed of a 1000 belt. clothes cut. Perry Ok land decision awards 100000 home to Henry Bowie displacing 9000. Armenian inquiry confirms Turkish and Kurdish outrages. Spring Gulch Colo cabin fire kills two children. Atchison switchman William Hurley killed by Santa Fe. Boston post office ring busted. Major McDonough accused of mail theft. Servian King Alexander to marry Princess Syblic. Marshal Canrobert funeral in Paris. Moline IL fire losses near 100000. San Felipe Texas murder via shotgun wounds woman. New York divorce suit involving Jengie Philips and Emmet Philips. Wyoming state treasurer short 56434.70 amid bank failure. Dewees Woods Co. mill strike at Keetown due to wage cut plan.
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Mantle
Montana
Brinton
Samuel A. Miller
Louisville
Asheville
Perry, Ok
Land Office
Henry T. Bowie
Spring Gulch
Col
James Gaul
William Hurley
Santa Fe
Atchson
John McDonough
New York
Jengie S Philips
Emmet Philips
John F. Philips
Kansas City
Western Union Telegraph Company
Wye
Dewees, Wood & Co
Keesport
Concord sailors in Shanghai shoot game near Chin Kuing
Faxed dispatch reports that officers from the American warship Concord landed at Chin Kuing to shoot game. A Chinaman was shot in the fray and the enraged crowd attacked the party, seizing and carrying off the expedition. The Concord commander deployed bluejackets and marines to rescue them. Further details awaited.
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Lownow
Shanghai
Chin Kning
Concord
Chin Kuing
Concord Officers Kidnapped Sparks Naval Diplomatic Alarm
Washington reports a United States gunboat Concord at Chin Kaing in China has officers kidnapped, prompting naval and diplomatic concern and likely a court martial. The Concord, a 1710 ton twin screw steel gunboat, is commanded by Joseph Craig with 13 officers and 190 men aboard. In separate actions at Liu Kung Tao near Wei Hai Wei, Japanese forces seized the island after heavy fighting. several Chinese guns were disabled, many killed or wounded, and prisoners taken. Dispatches note Wei Hai Wei defenders hold out while northern fleets resist Japanese assaults and a Japanese ship is damaged attempting to enter the harbor.
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Concord
Chin Kaing
China
Joseph Craig
Loypox
Che Foo
Liu Kung
Tao
Wei Hai Wei
Tien Tsin
Chinese peace envoys ordered home from Tirrosurta
Feb 4 Tirrosurta Japan. Chinese envoys sent to negotiate peace with Japan will depart for Nagasaki as credentials show they lacked plenary powers to treat for peace. They were informed to return to their own country.
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Japan
Tirrosurta
China
Nagasaki
War Cloud at Wathena and colored labor dispute
Report from St Joseph Missouri describes river improvement contracts on the Missouri River near Wathena Kansas. Contractor Kelley to employ 200 colored men from Kansas City Sedalia and Leavenworth, sparking local opposition as Wathena residents vow to prevent landing of workers by force if needed. A collision is anticipated. Also Vincennes Indiana reports Mrs Louisa Jordan arrested for setting fire to a Decker Station grist mill last July. She is held for trial amid a family quarrel with Au Gitor Jordan kin.
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St. Jostin
Missouri River
City
Wathena
Kan
Kelle
Kansas City
Sedalia
Leavenworth
Wathenas
Kelley
Vincennes
Ind
Mra
Louisa Jordan
Au- Gitor Jordan
Decker Station
Killers Strike At Arlington During Literary Event
Gurame Oklahoma Feb 4. Near Arlington Lincoln County RK Byers was en route to a literary entertainment when he was shot dead. Sainns Glass, a Black man, claims Byers attempted a scare prank and mistook him for a wild animal, then fired. Glass in jail. Also note advertisement for Peerless Steam Laundry on West Bights street.
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Panther
Gurame
Arlington
West Bights Street
Shelly Outlaws Captured After Shootout Near Checotah
Notorious brothers Will and John Shelly alias Pierce captured ten miles east of Checotah, after a jail break at Shawnee last September. Deputies and officers, amid gunfire and a house fire, wounded McCane and Dr Bland before the Shellys surrendered. They will be taken to Pawnee by Sheriff Lake and his posse.
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Bandit Brothers
Ouccoran
Sherrff
W. F. Lake
Pawnes County
Sherif F. M. Canton
Dr. Bland
Pawnee
Dean Hogan
Muskogee
John McCane
Robert McCane
Checotah
Will
John Shelly
Pierce
Here
Shelly Brothers
Shawnee
Soprebesiasa
Sterling Hood
MecCane
Bland
Will Shelly
Sheriff Lake
Simpson in Baltimore Explains Earthly Paradise Talk
Kaneas Congressman Simpson of Kansas spoke at Front Street theater Bautinons Maryland on February 4 detailing his views. He urged against strikes, saying grievances should be addressed at the ballot box, and labeled monopoly as a regional curse while asserting Populist leanings on land issues.
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Kaneas
Talka
Big Hegira to Mexico Arrives by Special Train
A party of 300 Negroes arrived on a Queen and Crescent train from Birmingham at New Orleans. They are among thousands expected to pass through en route to Mexico for work on coffee plantations under the Mexican Colonization Company. Agent Peg Williams notes cotton price declines lower wages and fuel unrest among workers.
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New
Ontrans
Queen and Crescent
Birmingham
Mexico
Mexican Colonization Company
Mapino
Peg Williams
No War Talk Hopes for Peace in Central America
Negotiations continue between Mexico and Guatemala with optimistic prospects for a pacific settlement. En voy De Leon and Foreign Minister Marischael push for peace as foreign coverage notes sensational reports. Henri Rochefort's Paris return draws 50,000 cheering spectators amid amnesty. A Diamond Plate Glass owner cites moves toward a glass trust. A mill boiler explosion in Michigan kills watchman John Johnson, with $12,000 loss. St Joseph reports first dry Sunday amid temperance push.
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Exico
Guatemala
City
Mexico
de Leon
Marischael
Rock Island Route Excursion Offers Round Trip to Six States
February 12 round trip fare of 2 dollars to Kansas Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Arkansas Louisiana and Missouri with 20 day return and stopovers. Details available from Rock Island City Ticket Agent. Also an advertisement for Beggs' Blood Purifier and Blood Maker claiming to keep users looking young and healthy, sold by W. R Kennady. Daily Star Journal subscription plea included.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arkansas
Louisiana
Missouri
Rock Island City
W. R Kennady
Pattison versus Warwick sting careers of rival Philadelphia mayoral candidates
Philadelphia voters face a stark choice as Democrat Robert E. Pattison and Republican Charles Franklin Warwick campaign for mayor. Pattison, born 1850 in Quantico Maryland, served as Pennsylvania governor and Philadelphia city official before entering the race. Warwick, born 1852 in Philadelphia, a longtime lawyer and city solicitor, has led several campaigns and holds the office since 1884 with a decisive 14,000 majority in 1880s races.
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Philadelphia
Robert E. Pattison
Pennsylvania
Mr. Pattison
Quantico
Robert H. Pattison
Lewis C. Cassidy
BE Pattibon
Charles Franklin Warwick
Edward Warwick
Anne Minshall Warwick
E. Spencer Miller
University of Pennsylvania
Pattison
Init
Warwick
Ella K. Gresmer
The Income Tax In London and the Largest Herbarium
London pays 42 percent of England and Wales income tax and its government and management cost about 35 million dollars annually. The Michigan agricultural college herbarium is claimed to be the largest in the world with 75 000 specimens.
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London
England and
Wales
Michigan Agricultural College
Quick Romance Snaps and Wit Across Dated Papers
An old collage of snippets reveals playful banter about love and change. A New York World exchange shows a break and renewal in affection, while Texas Siftings jests at honesty with a train-borne test. Belle-And humor contrasts with Nellie’s shock at a proposal in Boston Transcript.
Quotations and Snatches From Early 1900s Newspapers
A collage of humorous quips and dialogues from various papers. Bits include Willing replies about a sick or absent person, bears and killing tales, miscommunications about who is present, a plumber and billheads joke, dining room ice and fire banter, and notes on extensive correspondence with the Four Hundred. The tone is wry and episodic, reflecting syndicated miscues and social exchanges.
Seance, Play Row Tangles as Dinner Conversation
A clipped exchange from a 7 York World Seance and mentions a new play A Railroad Ticket with actors seeking it. The dialogue touches on talkativeness and punctuality as a florist errs by sending a rose card reading do the best you can for 8.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Tom
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