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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1892
Page
5
A cryptic letter from Wisconsin readers warns Judge W F Bailey to resign within ten days or face lynching. The note references the Gurnee trial and a rape case involving Gernee, while supporters call Bailey upright and fearless despite unrest over a new-trial ruling for Mrs Russell and public complaints from locals.
May 16 Cheyenne Wy prisoners of war may never face trial over the Champion murder. The plan calls for arraignment in Johnson county with all defendants pleading not guilty. Each prisoner would have twelve peremptory challenges, but only 528 jurors, and many potential jurors are ineligible.
In Cheyenne Wyoming on May 16 Governor Barber refused to hand over rustlers to Johnson county authorities amid fears of violent trouble. Deputy Snider’s demand was rejected and reports say 800 men from Frank Smith’s Buffalo home guard patrol Johnson county. A large regulator force with four machine guns is reportedly en route.
Ching Wan and Kong Foo, wealthy Chinese visitors from San Francisco and St. Louis, met President Diaz in Mexico City seeking a Tamaulipas colonization concession to move thousands of Chinese from the United States. They claim a U.S. society of several thousand Chinese pledge to relocate due to the exclusion act, proposing a land ideal for sugar cane and tropical fruit cultivation.
In Bern May 16 an aged nurse named Myer, resident of Berkenheim near Frankfort, was arrested on charges of causing fifty eight infant deaths at a baby farm. The crimes allegedly span a long period and reports say several wealthy Frankfort ladies may also face accusation in the Deby farm’s arimin.
A Pittsburg criminal court reports nearly a hundred oleomar garine dealers pleading guilty to law violations. A five year old girl in Little Rock is mourned after grave injuries from a brutal assault. Miners drown in a waterspout flood near Fuenkirchen Hungary, while a terrible thunderstorm wreaks damage in Bedford County Pennsylvania. International notes include Giolitti leading Italy and a looming Columbian celebration. World fair chatter highlights Liberia and a big Canadian exhibit, with President Harrison set to attend the opening ceremonies. Miscellaneous items cover railway telegraphers, clergy tours, Judge Gorman’s death, cotton acreage drop, Grover Cleveland’s world’s fair abstention, a Chicago restaurant owner’s mental breakdown, U.S.-Mexico boundary doubts, Hanlin’s death, a Pittsburg elder, and transit strikes in Cleveland.
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