Jackson Judge Holds Ground as Special Term Debated
A JacksonKy judge refuses to vacate the bench during a special court term to probe assassinations and bribe attempts linked to the Cockrell and Cox factions. An arrest was made for carrying concealed and deadly weapons after a Jackson merchant drew a pistol on a train, with a $25 fine imposed.
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Jackson
Redwire
Vucate
Cnlied
Jim Cockrell
Dr. Cox
Cockrell
Sarcum
B.j.ewen
Ewen
Jett
White
Redwine
Tadge Redwine
Caldwell
Outcome of Berry Murders in Fencing Public Lands Case
Washington special agent Hendershot reports partial findings on fencing of public lands linked to the Dewey incident. He notes gaps in barriers may relieve owners of encroachment charges and will forward his facts to the U S district attorney and the general land office for a complete report.
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Kansas
Washington, D.C
Hendershot
General Find Office
Dewey
Henderghot
Splace
United States
Jattormey
Promoter Under Arrest In Columbia Gold Mining Case
Henry Alton, president of the Columbia Gold Mining Company, was arrested Monday on a technical charge of failing to file records with the county clerk. Police said the arrest was prompted by fear of notoriety driving potential departures from the city, and the company’s books were seized.
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Columbia- Gold Mining ‘Company
New ‘York
Henry Alton
Columbia: Gold Mining Company
Mindemesnor
Peiice
McClucky
Charye
Ito
Army worms invade crops in Walla Walla County fields
Army worms marching in a 150 yard wide swath across Walla Walla County. The brown fuzzy caterpillars, one and a half to two inches long, strip growing crops and vegetation. Ranchers fear damage to their gardens, wheat, and pasture as infestations spread.
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Walla
Police raid and explosions in Macedonian rebels case
Police raided the Macedonian revolutionary headquarters at Kostendil in Bulgaria. A quantity of dynamite exploded causing deaths and costly fire damage. Separate incidents include a Decatur fire that destroyed Kern Beeler Co. department store valued at 70 000 dollars with 18 000 dollar building loss and a planned Japanese rice colony in South Texas. Two hundred white messenger boys were replaced by Black workers in Atlanta. Clyde Duncan drowned while bathing in Cape May.
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Rosia
Bulgaria
Kostendil
Decatur
Ind
Kern, Beeler & Co
Rock
Austin
Tex
Texas
K Tyomata
Cape May
Ned
Clyde Walker Dungan
Wreck in Spain Leaves Many Dead and Injured
Reports from Madrid describe a Bilhon train derailment at Negerilin Hiver where the bridge couplings failed. Officials say thirty dead and sixty seriously hurt, with estimates possibly higher as workers remove bodies and survivors. A railway guard was arrested for robbing the dead amid the chaotic salvage.
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Dréendral
Spain
Madrid
Bilhon
Negerilin Hiver
Death in New York as Theodore Wallkopf shoots self
Heartbroken by the deaths of wife and children Wallkopf, a cultured Brazil arrival two months ago, shot himself in New York. He carried letters as minister, spent freely, but avoided society. He left a note to police saying life was unbearable and asked officials to inform the Brazilian minister and a Chicago contact.
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Theodore Wallkopf
New York
Wallkopf
Brazil
John G. Prentice
Thomas Palmer
Chicago
Feud Fight in Breathitt Near Daisy Dell Kills One
In Breathitt County near Daisy Dell Hiram Barnett was killed and John Henry Hecker and Joseph Hecker were seriously wounded. They and Samuel and Silas Barnett met at Miss Lelia Burns home after Burns Fitzpatrick, sole juror against Curtis Jett, faced debate. John Henry Hecker began shooting. three others joined. No arrests yet.
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Jackson
Daisy Dell
Breathitt County
Hiram ‘Barnett
John Henry Hecker
Joseph Hecker
Samuel
Silas Barnett
Lelia Burns
Sueice
Burns Fitzpatrick
Curtis Jett
Fitzpatrick
Miss. Burns
Aves
Servian Royalty Conspiracy Claims No Intent to Kill
Belgrade reports that Avsnagins of Servian royalty were incited by the Petrovics attack, with the official investigation expected to state the conspirators aimed to deport the king and queen, not kill them. Lieut Petrovics, the king’s secretary, fired the first shot.
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Avsnagins
Petrovics
Belgrade
Servia
Pater
The
X Ces
Rece Sassinations
Revolver Palis and Shoots Owner Ends in Accident
Reported incident in Pennsylvania involves Toney Pinson, son of a workhouse guard, stationed in the Seventeenth District camps. A misfired weapon discharged, ball entering his left leg above the knee and exiting near the shin, causes painful injury.
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Palis
Nashville
Penn
Twenty Four Miners Die in Mexican Coal Mine Explosion
Twenty four miners were killed and several seriously wounded in a gas explosion at Las Egpiine County’s Mexican Coal Company property in Coahuila, Mexico. The blast was caused by ignition of gas from a naked lamp flame.
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Bariatoeran
Coahuila
Mex
Las Egpiine County
Mexican Coal Company
Sailor Drowned Near Mare Island Believed Fall From Barge
San Francisco reports Captain Thomas N. Roberts, a renowned pilot from Port Costa district, mysteriously drowned between Mare Island and Pinole Point. Authorities suspect a fall from a barge caused the death.
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San Francisco
Thomas N.‘Roberts
Port Costa District
Mare Island
Pinole Point
Earthquake Shocks Hit Berlaeu Hungary
Four violent quake shocks were felt Friday in Berleau Hungary. Several suburb houses collapsed and most town buildings sustained damage. Inhabitants are panic stricken amid widespread destruction and fear.
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Hungary
Berleau
Insurance Company to Liga Chicago Goes Out of Business
The Scottish American Fire Association and the Lloyds of Chicago decide to liquidate the institution. They will pay premiums and close operations, signaling an end to the company’s activities in the city.
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Liga
Chicago
Scottish-American Fire Association
Lloyds of
Galveston Launch Delayed Over Basin Bank Concerns
Richmond Virginia dispatch reports the launch of the Galveston has been indefinitely postponed due to insecurity of the basin bank. The decision followed discussions and the balance of risks, leaving the project without a new date.
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Galveston
Richmond
Basin Bank
Fire devastates Riddle Coach plant in Ravenna Ohio
A massive blaze in Ravenna obliterates the Riddle Coach and Hearse Company plant, causing 250000 dollars in damage with only 18000 dollars insured. It stands as Portage County’s largest fire on record and highlights local industry loss. Three men convicted in Toledo murder case ending years of legal fights. Ben Landis found guilty of Catherine Sullivan killing. two co‑defendants previously convicted.
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Ravenna
O. Ravenna
Riddle Coach and Hearse Company
Portage County
Toledo
Ben Landis
Catherine Sullivan
Sears
Saloon ClosuresMark Wilmington Tense After Lynching
In Wilmington Delaware markets and public venues closed after the lynching of George F P White for Helen Alshop’s murder. Police fear further unrest as white and Black groups clash. several Black defendants receive sentences for riot incitement while others are imprisoned or fined.
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Wilmington
Del
George FP
Helen Alshop
Tate
Billiags
Crowell
West
William Cranmer
Fend
William Simms
Cramer
Leander Moore
Joseph Shockley
McDermott
Green
Moore
Shockley
More firing at Richmond soldiers hurt boy and rider
In Richmond Virginia Lester Wilcox a 16 year old boy was shot in the hand and hip by a soldier after crying send in a car and refusing to desist. William Tucker 28 a passenger on a Main Street car was hit in arm and leg by small shot but walked home. The shooter is unknown as cars run under military protection while business leaders seek a settlement of the strike.
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Richmond
Lester Wilcox
Fulton
Wiliam Tucker
Main
Belvidere
Southwestern Interstate OperatorsForm to Bargain With Miners
Mine owners have organized as the Southwestern Interstate Operators Association to handle anticipated demands from miners next month. Members include most operators in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Indian Territory. They will attend the miners conference at Pittsburg Kansas on July 13 to seek wage scale and condition adjustments to take effect after the present contract expires in September.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Pittsburg
Kan
Boys trapped in cave in Quincy. one dead one critical
A cave-in in Quincy left Frank Weber ten and Andrey Balkioe missing with several others. Frank Gray, ten, died. the Gray boy’s father led a rescue party and after thirty minutes found the boys. Weber survived initial rescue but was unconscious with slim chances of recovery. The remaining boys were unhurt.
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Quincy
Frank Gray
Frank Weber
Andrey Balkioe
Falkin
Gray
Weber
Fire wipes out large Cincinnati slaughterhouse plant
Heavy fire destroyed most of the Cincinnati Abbatoir Company early Friday. The blaze consumed four hundred head of cattle and eight hundred hogs, with losses estimated around 300000 dollars. The plant was one of the west's largest slaughtering facilities.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Abbatoir Company
No Foot and Mouth Disease in United States Assertion
Washington reports at Secretary Wilsons request that Argentina declares no foot and mouth disease in the United States. The State Department notes bulls from New York were prevented from landing at Buenos Aires due to the issue.
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Washington
Wilson
State Department
Argentine Republic
United States
New York
Buenos’ Ayres
Why There is Smallpox Philadelphia Drew Abbott Says
Drew A Abbott of the local board of health says the prevalence of smallpox stems from children not being systematically vaccinated. A generation of unvaccinated people has grown up, careless of disease spread.
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Philadelphia
Drew. A. Abbott
Board of Health
Jealousy Tragedy Shocks Stites Idaho
Orly Price a stage driver shot and wounded his wife and Ed Leach a sawmill hand in Stites Idaho authorities say jealousy sparked the attack. The shooting left both victims injured with medical treatment sought locally. Price is in custody awaiting further inquiry by local officers.
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Stites
Idaho
Orly Price
Ed Leach
Des Moines Rail Crash Kills Engineer and Brakeman
A freight and an incoming accommodation train collided near Gosdale two miles west of Des Moines, killing Boone engineer John Erickson and brakeman James Howard. Several others were severely injured as three engines piled into the wreck. investigators blame crew negligence and late orders.
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Boone
Milwaukee
Gonsdale
Des Moines
Madrid
John Erickson
Boone Wis
Raul
James Howard
Deg Motes
Wm. Lanning
Perry
Fre Selzer
W. F. Bale
Krakeman
Sims
Bodenberger
M. J. Plynite
Revival Wave Sweeps Centerville As Billy Sunday Speaks
Evangelist Billy Sunday sparks a revival at Centerville's big tent drawing 1,500 attendees with about 100 conversions. Prominent local professionals attend, some travel 20 miles, and a $1,500 collection is taken for Sunday as officers and saloon petitioners see petitions dropped. The revival ends with widespread shouting and business leaders joining in.
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Evangelist Sunday
Centerville
Centervilw
Billy Sunday
Man Believes He Is an Engine on Rock Island Tracks
Walter Roger, a resident of Town City, boarded a Rock Island line and acted as if he were a locomotive. He was pursued for over a mile by officers before being captured and sent to an asylum. Iowa authorities found him insane and ruled his delusion centered on believing himself an engine.
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Walter Roger
Pakéenta
Roger
B. 'Stabbaker
State Board
Hone County
Iowa City
In Sanity
Rock Island
Sold the Capitol Roof Fraud Case In Iowa
William Fenn, employed by Grahl-Peterson Company on the Des Moines state capitol roof, disappeared Tuesday to Council Bluffs. He allegedly posed as a firm member and sold old copper, taking money on the contract and borrowing sums from others without authority. No arrest has been made. total funds obtained could not be determined.
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William Fenn
Grahl-Peterson’ Company
Des Moines
Council Tufts
Grahl
Fenn
Council Bluffs
Coul
Lynching Threat and Double Tragedy Shock Creston Area
Citizens near Corning threaten to lynch CG Richards after he stabs a man for changing a telephone ring. Richards is jailed in Bedford as neighbors contend with vigilante urges. Herman Kruger, a Burlington Shops oilier at Creston, is held up in the yards at 2 a m, robbed of cash, and shot five times after refusing to surrender more money.
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CG. W. Richards
Corning
Highrds
Richards
Bedford
Sone
Thug Hills
Herman Kruger
Burlington
Creston
Ruger
Lineman George Campbell Hurt In 30 Foot Fall
George Campbell aged 28 a lineman on the LeMars Velophone Company construction gang fell from a pole about thirty feet striking a barn then rolling to the ground. Doctors say he cannot live his spine is broken and his condition is critical.
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Matally Bort
George Campbell
LeMars ‘Velophone Company
Tar and Feathers Attack Shocks Sioyx Center Resident
Talama of Sioyx Center was tarred and feathered Saturday evening by about 50 persons. He had been accused of intimacy with a neighbor's wife and warned to desist prior to the assault.
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I-G
Talama
Sioyx Center
Counterfeit Sliver Coin Ring Victimizes Davenport Saloons
Davenport merchants report several days of counterfeit Lagas money circulation in saloons. Officer Swanson arrested BF ByMnery amid evidence tying him to the scheme. He claims any money passed was received innocently and there was no intent to defraud.
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Davenport
Swanson
BF. Bymnery
Strike Settled in Dubuque Streetcar Dispute
Dubuque ends streetcar strike after club president announces settlement and offers to arbitrate. Union Electric officials and strikers, led by State Labor figures, meet to reach terms before city officials. Agreement reached by six in the evening, with final acceptance pending formal approval. The dispute centered on nonunion hires and discharge justifications.
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Dubuque
Conchor
Clb
Stroet
Union Electric Company
Uvick
Brighnos
Baby Kangaroo Born in Ottumwa Delights WalIaco Show
The first baby kangaroo born in Ottumwa arrived Sunday morning at the WalIaco show. Carrie Nation the big animal hosted a celebration as workers learned of the newborn. The infant will ride in its mother's pouch until four months old and was named Ottumwa by onlookers.
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Ottumwa
Carrie Nation
Carrie
Storm Lake girl in Cherokee case linked to a porter
Mrs Isabel Delp of Storm Lake went to Cherokee seeking her 16 year old daughter who works as a domestic there. The girl supposedly attracted by a negro porter in a barber shop. The girl found in a disreputable part of town and consent to return declined. The porter allegedly threatened to shoot the family if trouble arose and a hearing is set.
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Storm Lake
Cherokee
Isabel
Lake
Young Baseball Fan Sent to Asylum for Insanity
A Coutsett Bluffs youth, a devoted baseball enthusiast, was deemed insane and committed to St. Bernard's hospital. He refuses to discuss anything but baseball and, when questioned about the U S president, answers with a quip about Raymond the Indian and predicting the best pitcher on earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Coutsett Bluffs
St. Bernard’s. Hospital
United States
Raymond
Protest by bridgemen and surficers hold Northwestern coach
Thirty one bridgemen and surficers occupy a Northwestern passenger coach in Marshalltown refusing to leave. They demand transport to Clarence or Clinton and say they will stay three weeks or more unless moved back to Oninha or Clinton.
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Marshalltown
Northwestern
Clarence
Clinton
Oninha
Farmer narrowly survives ditch collapse during tornado near Hedrick
Anneey, a farmer near Hedrick, was nearly buried when a seven foot ditch bank caved in crushing him to the bottom. A rescue succeeded twice as more earth slid. In Dolliver a southeast tornado demolished barns of L. G. Waggoner, R. Werte and C. E. Sullivan with no fatalities amid excitement and a dark funnel sighting.
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Anneey
Hedrick
Dolliver
L. G. Waggoner
R. Werte
C. E. Sullivan
Burglaries Strike Reinbeck Hardware Store in Safe Dynamite Raid
Burglars dynamited the Elfler & Co hardware store at Reinbeck and secured about $500. Bloodhounds at Waterloo were telegraphed for. No clue has been discovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinbeck
Elfler & Co
Relnbeck
Waterloo
Sales of Shorthorna at LeMars Farm Net Over 10000
The George Ward farm near LeMars drew a large crowd for the Shorthorna sale on Thursday. Buyers paid as high as 700 dollars, with an average price around 200 dollars for the cattle, totaling over 10000 dollars in receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ward
LeMars
Frigate Constitution Replating at Washington Yard
A century ago reports state the famed frigate Constitution lay at the Washington navy yard for replating with a five sleet topper crafted in the United States. Professor M Ball of Mantua announced a fresh oxydating method. The island of St. by Great Britain is mentioned in connection with the era.
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Washington Navy Yard
United’ States
M. Ball
Mantua
Island of
St. By
Campaigns and Cuba Drought Doom Nationwide Tensions
The American Colonization Society advertised for free negroes to Liberia as settlers with support from Henry Clay who faced criticism over financial entanglements he blamed on indorsements for friends. Meanwhile Cuba faced famine threats as crops were wiped out by droughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyn Chars
American Colonization Society
Liberia
Henry Clay
Cuba
Invasion Looms as Russia Orders Danube Provinces Action
Fifty years ago the United States regular army numbered about 10 000 men. The Czar of Russia ordered an invasion of the Danubian provinces, heightening tensions and signaling a volatile international scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czar
Russia
Danubian
Forty Years Ago in Civil War and Politics Highlights
Read through a fragmented 19th century recap noting Gen. Pemberton's Vicksburg garrison rations, Sherman’s defensive ring near the Big Black, a breach under Hill, and a hand-to-hand fight. Also mentions gradings on arms, Wisconsin guards to Dodge County, cholera deaths in Cincinnati and elsewhere, Susan B. Anthony fined for voting, the Juniata seeking the missing Arctic, and a treaty between the Sultan of Turkey and the Khedive of Egypt involving troops amid invasions.
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Cincinnati
Porter
Washington,d. C
Hans Wheeling
W.” Va
Naahville
Tenn
Canandaigua
Torney
B. Anthony
Electio
Susan B. Anthony
Spain
Porto Rica
New York
Arctic
Egypt
Louisiana
English settlement efforts shadow early diplomatic thaw
Twenty years ago England offered to mediate between France over Donquin. The Madison levee near Alton broke submerging a large section of country and St Louis faced flood threats. An Irish American delegation led by Alexander Sullivan urged President Chester A Arthur to curb pauper immigration. A Sheridan presidential boom began in Minneapolis as Sherman announced retirement from the U S Army after reaching the notoriety he sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
Madison Levee
Alton
St, Louis
Alexander Sullivan
World Fair and disaster era events ripple through cities
Ten years after the Haymarket riot a monument in Waldheim was unveiled before 8000 spectators. The Chicago World’s Fair opened with 2000 spectators as the Ferris wheel started. Miles hailed the Chicago world’s wonders. The British battleship Victoria sank off Lipoli with Vice Admiral Tryon and 400 others drowned. New Bedford’s Leander was acquitted in a dispute over her father. Ohio Governor McKinley visited the fairgrounds but was met with shouts and cheers. Several banks failed or closed including People’s Home Savings Bank of San Francisco, National Bank of San Bernardino, State Bank of Minneapolis, and Cataract Bank of Niagara Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Waldheim
Nolgon A
Ripoli
Snd
George Tryon
van Lein Borden
New Bedford
Maes
William Maclinley
Ohio
People’s Home Savings Bank
San Branciaco
The
National Bank
San Bernardino
Cal
State Bank
Minneapolis, Minn
Cataract Bank
Niagara
Falls
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Finley McCoole
William. G.mcnier
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Mibwaukee
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