Broad Iowa murder and court notes unfold in Ottumwa column
The Ottumwa region reports a flurry of legal actions and crimes. Trials include Dr J E Wilkinson charged with a fatal abortion and city officials in Dubuque facing action. A Mount Sterling shooting leaves H M Smith dead while L Kirby surrenders. Maud Straw found dead in Sheldon prompts mystery notes. Des Moines central committee plans state convention amid a candidate bid showdown.
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Bussey Banner
Ottumwa Street Railway Co
Sarah Mead
Clinton
Maud
Democratic State Central Committee
Des Moines
Dubuque
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Cedar Rapids
Mount Sterling
H. M. Smith
L. Kirby
Kirby
Smith
Keosauqua
Newton
Phares
R. T. Smith
Queen's Speech Promotes Arbitration and Armenia Concerns
In the opening of parliament the queen voiced sympathy for Venezuela arbitration and regret over Jameson’s Transvaal raid. She urged amicable settlement, Armenia massacres were deplored, and Harcourt and Balfour backed arbitration.
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Venezuela
Jameson
Transvaal
House of Commons
William Harcourt
A. J. Balfour
Doings of Congress Feb 11 15 1893
Long pending resolution passed without division. Debates on Monroe doctrine and urgency deficiency bill continued. Senate discussed bond issues inquiry, Pacific railroads, and tariff moves while House fokus shifted to District of Columbia business and bond bill debates. Officials faced scrutiny over finances and the Monroe doctrine policy outlined.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Blanchard
Carlisle
Cir
HOUSE
District of Columbia
Washington
Peffer
Potomac River
Arlington
United States
Lincoln
Dolliver
Iowa
Senate
Wasutnxor Ton
Pacific Railroads Committee
Quay
Davis
Military Academy
Secretary of the Treasury
Morton
Maybrick pardon group submits case to home secretary
The international Maybrick committee, formed to advocate for Florence Maybrick's pardon, has sent an exhaustive presentation to the home secretary from London about her Woking prison conviction for poisoning her husband.
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Maybrick
London
International
Marines Sent to Seoul Amid Revolutionary Disorder
Detachments of British American and French marines have been sent to Seoul in response to disorder surrounding a revolution. The king remains at the Russian legation as a new cabinet forms and a mandate calls for the execution of former ministers.
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Seoul
Yokohama
Corea
Nicaragua Ultimatum on Boundary Commission Standoff
Managua reports Nicaragua asks Costa Rica to appoint a new boundary commission, citing inability to deal with current members. It proposes ceding a mile wide strip along the frontier and submitting further disputes to U.S. arbitration, presenting the move as an ultimatum. Costa Rica's acceptance remains uncertain and likely tempered.
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Nicaragua
Managua
Costa Rica
United States
Four Missing After Bristol Disaster Clarified
In Bristol Connecticut on February 11 authorities reported over 3 000 people visited the disaster site since Thursday night. Searchers recovered the bodies of James Mack of New Britain and Charles Castellani of Hartford. Three men and a boy remain missing. six lives are believed lost with exact toll pending confirmation.
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Bristol
Conn
James Mack
New Britain
Charles Castelani
Hartford
Atrocities in Cuba Tied to Weyler Proclamations
The report cites Spanish General Weyler issuing harsh measures in Cuba, including death penalties for rebels, destroying communications and aiding the enemy. It notes captains, governors, and Gomez in Havana relations, with listeners recalling prior executions at Moro Castle.
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Flia
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Havana
Moro Castle
Gomez
Weyler
Spain
Legal costs mount in Keller Shanks murder trial
Judge Taylor has approved expenses for the Keller Shanks murder trial since its transfer to Terre Haute. With Parke and Fountain counties’ bills added, total costs exceed $5,000. Parke may demand Fountain pay half, or sue. Maggie Keller plans a damages suit against leading neighbors. The Kellers have returned home.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Taylor
Parke
Fountain Counties
Parke County
Fountain County
Maggie Keller
Kellers
Taylor Bondsmen Case Shows State Losses in South Dakota
Attorney General Crawford returned from Spink county where he attached the Taylor bondsmen property after the defalcation became known. The state must recover a little over $153,000 from both the property and the bondsmen to come out whole on the losses.
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Pierre
S. D
Crawford
Spink County
Pardon Granted to Ex Queen Liliuokalani
President Dole grants a full pardon to ex Queen Liliuokalani in Honolulu on February 5 and via San Francisco on February 17. Mrs Dominis is free to travel within limits, with the sole restriction that she must leave the islands if required by the president.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Cal
Dole
Dominis
Venezuela to Discuss Uryan Arrests With Britain
Condon Feb 10 report says semiofficial belief that Venezuela will enter friendly talks with Great Britain over the Uryan arrests and related incidents.
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Condon
Venezuela
Great Britain
Uryan
Russia appoints Strebitsky military agent at Seoul
The Russian government names Colonel Strebitsky as military agent in Seoul in what is described as a move of exceptional importance. The notice from St. Petersburg outlines the appointment and its strategic significance.
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Strebitsky
Seoul
Russia
St. Petersburg
Republicans Split on Special Session and Reapportionment
In Indianapolis on February 18, Indiana Republicans debate a governor called special session. Many refuse to sign a pledge to pass a reapportionment act and adjourn, while Gowdy and loyalists insist on challenging existing apportionment laws. Ex Secretary of the Navy Thompson argues elections should follow the 1885 law if no extra session is called.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Gowdy
Thompson
Widow of lynched man asserts husband innocent in Decatur
Mrs. Grant Atterberry, widow of Grant Atterberry lynched at Sullivan, travels to Decatur to claim innocence of her husband and plans suit for damages against Moultrie county for lack of protection. Mrs Roxy Atterberry publicly accuses Grant Atterberry as one of her assailants over property control.
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Decatur
Iil
Grant Atterberry
Sullivan
Roxy Atterberry
Moultrie County
Lincoln Birthday Banquet Held by Baltimore Young Men
At the Hotel Rennett in Baltimore on February 14 the Young Men's Republican club held its annual Lincoln birthday banquet. Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois attended and spoke with remarks full of personal reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln and the toast titled Abraham Linceola.
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Baltimore
Young Men's Republican Club
Abraham Lincoln
Rennett
Shelby M. Cullom
Illinois
Abraham Linceola
Troops on Alert in Kentucky Amid Rumors of Lynchings
Frankfort Ky February 18 The McCreary Guards march with ammunition taken to their armory amid rumors of trouble in the legislature and a possible lynching at Augusta linked to the Pearl Bryan murder case. At funerals yesterday Robert Laughlin’s alleged crime has neighbors outraged and expect a lynching.
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Frankfort
McCreary
Newport
Jackson
Walling
Pearl Bryan
Augusta
Frederick T Day Acquitted In Bank Case
Frederick T. Day was found not guilty of receiving deposits as president of the Plankinton bank while it was insolvent. He remains under bond and could be retried on a related count the district attorney pursued. The 31 hour jury deliberation ended with a verdict of not guilty amid mixed public reaction.
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Olney
Waller
Eustis
America
Zeitoun
Pearl Bryan
Cincinnati
Scott Jackson
Alonzo Walling
Milwaukee
Wis
Frederick T. Day
Plankinton Bank
Day
French cabinet ignores vote amid danger of crisis
Paris dispatches report the cabinet deciding to disregard Saturday’s vote amid the Southern railway scandal. A resignation threat looms as ministers fear constitutional crisis and possible dissolution, with Faure blamed by moderates and the press warning of a volatile political moment.
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Jusice
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Aure
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France
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Ney
Aimost
Es Cabinet
T Ministe
Boxing card downsized in El Paso carnival
El Paso reports that Sunday evening all minor bouts were scrapped with the only possible local fight being Barry Murphy versus Mahere though it may shift to Long Island City in March. Forfeits of 250 dollars each will be paid for small bouts and fighters may depart at will. Walcott versus Bright Eyes set for Long Island City on March 8 and Marshall versus Dixon scheduled for Boston on March 17.
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Armenia
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Venezuela
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Texas
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Long Island City
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Suspected of Several Crimes in Multiple States
Sedalia Missouri February 17 John Johnson alias Cleveland Sport arrested for vagrancy confesses to being wanted at Palestine Texas to finish a two year unserved sentence for highway robbery Local detectives believe he was involved in the January 15 Nashville Vernon county train robbery and in the Gulf Railway operators hold up at Fort Scott Kansas and Richards Missouri on January 10 and 14 His record will be investigated.
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Palestine
Tex
Nashville
Vernon County
Gulf Railway
Fort Scott
Kan
Richards
Massive New York Trousers Makers Strike Closes 240 Shops
In New York on Sunday about two thousand trousersmakers walked off, closing 240 shops. The strike is backed by 500 trousersmakers from Williamsburg and Brownsville who also quit work.
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Williamsburg
Brownsville
Bankers and ships figures set amid late February trade
Chicago Board of Trade quotations show daily activity including a 62 million gold coin level. New York reports a shipper carrying 1 million in gold to W H Crossman Bros with similar consignments to Zimmerman Co. A Mardi Gras train wreck near Montgomery injures no fatalities. details cite passenger No. 3 hitting Jackson Lake site. Frank Everett and Engineer Bud Brown suffer injuries in a fire incident.
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Steamshiller
W. H. Crossman Bros
Havel
Southampton
Zimmerman & Co
Magomery
Ala
Fouille
Nashville
New Orleans
Jackson Lake
Frank Everett
Bud Brown
Evidence Piles Up in Cincinnati Pearl Bryas Murder Case
Reports from Cincinnati dated February 18 describe mounting evidence in the Pearl Bryas murder case. Details mention suspects, a bloodstained surrey and horse tied to a Walnut Hill location, a bloody pencil found in the vehicle, and testimony from a boy named George about a driver accused of complicity. Sworn statements and jail preparations in Covington and Newport are noted as authorities pursue justice.
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Cinati
Ohio
Covington
Newport
Crim
Meck
Surrey
Jackson
Walling
Mullis
Walnut Hill
Georgeson
Fort Thomas
D. Walling
Ill Bishop-Elect in Denver Worsens State
Milwaukee report on February 15 states Bishop-Elect G Mott Williams of the Marquette Episcopal diocese is seriously ill in Denver with nervous prostration. The letter confirms his condition is affecting church affairs and duties.
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Wis
Denver State
G. Mott Williams
Marquette Episcopal Diocese
Companion of Peary Dead in 1893 Arctic Expedition
Nerk February 17 reports the death of Astrup Elvind at Chrisa Norway. Astrup was a companion of Lieut Peary during his 1893 Indence bay expedition aboard the ship Indience bay. His brother Astrup Kvesooklyn confirms the loss.
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Peary
Nerk
Chrisa
Norway
Elvind Astamé
Tergen Astrup
Kvesooklyn
Astrup
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