Bold Clarksville Bank Robbery Ends in Sheriff Slain
Citizens of Clarksville Arkansas are startled as a bank robbery early this morning ends with Sheriff John H Powers dead. Robbers escaped with an estimated 1000 to 2000 dollars after dynamiting the vault. Governor Davis offers 9000 reward. Arkansas Bankers Association adds 3500. Fugitives believed to have fled into the mountains. Johnson county sheriff for twelve years famed for bravery. Local towns along the Fort Smith line are alerted and hunting for the thieves continues.
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Little Rock
Ark
Clarksville
Johnson County
John H. Powers
Powers
Bank of
Lawi
Chesters
Davis
Bank Rotters
Arkansas Janikers’ Association
Clarkaville
Sherff Powers
Brst
Arkansas
Wuld
Marksville
Fort Smitth
Fort Smith
Newton County
Rough Rider Convicted in Maryland Murder Trial
Cumberland Maryland February 5 John Murphy a rough rider from the Spanish American War was today convicted of first degree murder for stabbing John English of Newark New Jersey at Pinto Maryland where both men were employed The verdict closes a violent case tied to a dispute at a work site on the Maryland frontier
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Cumberland
John Murphy
John English
Newark
X J
Pinto
New Road Chartered in Guthrie Oklahoma
Guthrie Oklahoma February the Woodward ward and Quannah Railroad Company with capital stock of one million dollars was chartered to run an eight mile line from Woodward Oklahoma to Quannah Texas backed by The Rock Island Railway. In Philadelphia Albert West, a Black man, who shot Tol iceman Mark W Alien Jr in Chester, was moved to the eastern penitentiary to protect him from threats of lynching.
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New Road
Guthre, Okla
Woodward and Quannah
Woodward
Okla
Quannah
Tex
Rock Island
Philadelphia
Albert West
Mark W Alien, Jr
Toliceman
Chester
Eastern
Fairy godmother to her child health and beauty promised
A physician peddling Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription asserts maternal misery harms a future child’s health and form. The pamphlet claims the remedy tranquilizes nerves, boosts appetite, aids sleep, cures female weakness, and promotes regularity with Pierce’s Pills for constipation.
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Guether
Dr. Pierce
H.C. Anderson
Fe Gmero
Pierce
Seven Die as Wall Collapses in Chestnut Street Fire
A five story building at 312 Chestnut Street housing the American Tent and Awning Company collapsed after the front wall fell. Seven men were killed, six injured, and others hurt as firemen and volunteers rescued trapped workers. Chief Swingley and responders fought through debris as bodies were recovered and the cause investigated. The Post-Dispatch relief fund surpassed $5,000 with Merchants' Exchange contributing
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St. Louis
Chestnut Street
August Thibiry
Michael Kehoe
Daniel W. Steele
William Dundon
Fraraklin McBride
Charles Kbenning
William Westenhoff
Chief Suirgrey
William Wann
Pat McCarthy
Monroe Moore
Hecht Specrot
William Judy
Swingley
Sock
Chet Swingley
Twe
Ln Orlock
Mayer Wells
Hermann Ruppelt
Jacob Blumeberg
Swinsky
Wilard Westenhoff
Engine Company No
Post-Dispatch
Merchants’ Exchange
Charles Krenning
No. 12
Thiery
Krening
McBride
Blaze Tears Through Archer Street Area In Chicago
A catastrophic blaze on Archer Avenue near Twenty second Street in Chicago killed twelve people believed buried in demolished houses. One body recovered was little Lenz Trostel. the rest are unreported. Explosions blasted gas mains, fanning flames that swept multiple structures and sent residents rushing into the streets with frightened crowds and torn glass everywhere.
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Trastle
Archer Avenue
Twenty-second Street
Savery
Explosion on towboat Alles kills one and injures four
Pittsburg Pa February explosion of the John W Alles near Tock No 2 sank the towboat and set it afire. One deck hand Willem Perry of Roscoe Pa died under the anchor. Four injured include Edward Mitchell Weaver Wolfe Mara Walker, James Williams, and others. Several missing and seven rescued. casualty total two dead and many injured. The boat, carrying fourteen aboard, was destroyed with a 25000 dollar loss.
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Pittsburg
John W. Alles
Monongahela River
Edward Mitchell
Merchantville
Weaver Wolfe
Middleport
Ohio
Mara Walker
Negress Cook
James Williams
Booker Null
Beverley
Wo Va
William Campbell
John W Burke
Clyde Sills
John Coffin
Ste
W. T. Shaw
John Rankin
Glassport
David McBride
Reuben Watts
Alles
Still
Campbell
Cook Maria Walker
Watch
Burke
Hull
Mitchell
Williams
Perry
Wolf
Homestead Steel Works
Mercy Hospital
Coal Combine
Opposition to Mitchell-Ekahwn Bill Sways Foreign Relations Panel
Washington February 5 Secretary S S L Baldwin of the Methodist Episcopal missionary society testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in opposition to the Mitchell Kahn bill excluding Chinese. President Gompers urged a facsimile of Chinese instructions on entry while noting Maxwell Evarts of New York challenged the Geary law before the Supreme Court with a question of validity still unresolved.
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Gompers
Baldwin
Washington
S&s L. Baldwin
New York
Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
House Committee On Foreign Affairs Today
Mitchell-Kahn
Federation of Labor
China
Maxwell Evarts
United States Supreme Court
Carlisle Hearing on Porto Rico Duty Refund
Washington February 3 The Ways and Means Committee heard ex Secretary John G Carlisle support a bill to refund duties and accrued interest paid on Porto Rico imports and exports during the transition period before the Foraker act. The aggregate amount mentioned is about 400000. In the same day a street explosion caused fear as windows were smashed and passengers shaken in several street cars. the cause remains unknown whether sewer gas or illuminating gas.
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Carlisle
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
John G. Carlisle
Porto Rico
Childs
Gured After Years of Itching Piles Cured by Pyramid Cure
James Kenton of Memphis Tennessee testifies that after years of suffering from itching piles he found relief with Pyramid Pile Cure. He recounts trying mercurial ointment without success and notes Pyramid Drug Company of Marshall Michigan markets a booklet Piles Causes and Cure.
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James Kenton
Memphis
Tenn
Pyramid Drug Company
Marshall, Mich
Afghan Unrest Fears Rise as Holy War Preached on Kabul
From Peshawar to Kabul unrest spreads across Afghanistan with Mullahs rallying for a holy war. The ameer may be pressured, with installation ceremonies set for March 20 on the Afghan New Year, amid agitation in Malak and surrounding districts. Also a drug ad notes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promise cold relief.
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Peshawar
Posjab
India
Kabul
Afghanistan
Adda Mullah
Ameer
Hadda
Malak
W. Grove
Against the Depositions in Postal Fraud Trial
Havana February 5 The debate over using government depositions as evidence heats the postal fraud trials. Lawyer Lanuza objects to a November 14 military governor directive banning depositions, while a December 6 communication from the secretary of justice allows interrogatory evidence. Postmaster General Smith deposition read.
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Havana
Lanuza
Estes G Rathbone
Secretary of Justice
Yaltary
Sevor Lanuza
Congress
Smith
Majority favor reduction on war revenue question
Washington February 5 a canvass of Congressmen shows a majority of the house favorable to a special rule bringing the war revenue reduction act to a vote without amendment to avoid changes like the Babcock iron and steel schedule or minority tariff amendments.
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Washington
House
Representative Babcock
Woodford denies article on Cuban independence demand
General Stewart L. Woodford, former ambassador to Spain, rejects a piece by ex Senator Chandler that claimed he demanded Cuban independence. He says he never made such a demand and that pursuing independence would have triggered his recall and hastened war, noting only a presidential suggestion guided him.
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Cuba
New York
Chandler
Stewart L. Woodford
Spain
Statement by Crumpacker on force bill explanation
Representative Crumpacker of Indiana explains the caucus resolution aims at a full investigation of suffrage, not a force bill, seeking to address disfranchisement and representation issues in southern states. The plan envisions a congressional committee to uncover facts and guide any action, with no force required. In other news, House Elections committee recommended unseating Democrat Rhea in Kentucky, amid a contested case with Moss as contestant.
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Washington
Representa
South
Congress
House Elections Committee No
McKenzie Moss
Rhea
Frentucky
Kentucky
Boers Thank the Dutch for Peace Efforts
In The Hague on February 5 Boer delegates issue a communique thanking the Dutch government for its work toward peace in South Africa. They deny British claims they had no instructions from South Africa since March 1900.
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the Hague
South Africa
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Rheumatism Relief
A reader from Sidney town reports chronic rheumatism with swollen joints and dull mobility worsened by wet weather. The letter claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cures the cause, with no external applications, and asserts it helps the user return to daily life.
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Hood
Rhea
Misa Apa Dory
Sidney
Hfoud
Hobson Seeks Relief From Active Navy Service
Captain Hobson has not given up his wish to be relieved from active naval duty and may pursue relief through a special act. The retiring board found his disabilities insufficient for retirement under current rules, but Congress could act. Hobson has discussed the idea with friends and the Navy Department is thought likely to support such legislation if asked. He declines to discuss the matter publicly.
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Washington
Hobson
Navy
Congress
Navy Department
Congressman Bankhead
Movement of War Ships From Valparaiso to Callao and Guantanamo
February 6 1898 Rear Admiral Remey ordered to return home with the flagship Brooklyn from Llongibong Bantingo De Chile. February 6 Wisconsin battleship under Rear Admiral Silas Casey leaves Valparaiso for Callao. February 5 Kearsarge arrives at Guantanamo Bay.
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Wisconsin
Callao
Kearsarge
Guantanamo
Washington
Remey
Brooklyn
Llongibong- Bantingo de Chile
United States
Silas Casey
Pacific
Valparaiso
Oil on dirt road test proposed in Richmond County
Augusta area news notes a test using ten barrels of crude oil on a dirt road to dust suppress and smooth travel. Judge Eve, as commissioner of the county, will oversee the trial on public roads. In Washington, the Senate confirms nominations including surveyors of customs and a medical inspector in the navy.
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Augusta
Eve
Rhcamoend
Ronda
Richmond
Senate
Washington
Surveyors of Customs
Trank B. Poses
Evansville
Ind
Cicero M. Haratt
Goinsville
Galloway Hensley to Hang in Tennessee Tomorrow
Armstrong Hensley is to be hanged at Erwin Tennessee tomorrow after a murder conviction of his year old stepdaughter. Governor McSillin wired that the facts do not justify commuting the sentence. This marks the third date set for the execution.
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Hensley
Fnoxville
Tenn
Armatron
Erwin
McSfillin
Armatrong Hensley
VanSant Attacks Railroad Merger As Legislature Meets
Governor VanSant's message to Minnesota lawmakers denounces the Northern Pacific Great Northern merger as unlawful for a New Jersey company to break Minnesota law. He says no extra legislation is needed to address the railroad issue and urges firm action based on the tax commission report.
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VanSant
St. Paul
Minn
Tax Commission
Northern Pacific- Great Northern
New Jersey
Minnesota
Reduced Rates Refused by Railroad Commission
Jackson Miss February 5 Special. The Mississippi railroad commission rejected the Aberdeen Group’s petition for freight rate cuts from Greenville to a river point. It refused the proposed schedule but left open the possibility of a new, uniform rate that would be fair to both shippers and railroads. The long dispute left local wholesalers and shippers disappointed.
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Jackson
Miss
Ascence Railroad Commission
Aberdeen Group
Greenville
Aberdeen Group Association
Madison polities heat up before mayoral race
In Madison the municipal election campaign heats with incumbent mayor M. Ly Ticheter facing challenger Percy Middleuradis. The contest shapes as a sharp, publicized fight as candidates court votes before the February election date.
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Madison
Mamaca
Maryor
M. Ly Ticheter
Ophe Percy Middleuradis
Winey
Thin City
Buried in a Single Grave: Mrs Eeffel in Butler Hospital
Edward and John Biddle were buried in a single grave at Calvary Cemetery with a small turnout of about twenty five mourners. Rev Father Sweeney led the Roman Catholic service as police kept watch. Mrs Soffel remained feverish in Butler hospital, not nourishing today, with doctors hopeful for recovery though transfer to Pittsburgh would be days away.
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Pittsouri
Edward
John Biddle
Calvary Cemetery
Barry Biddle
Father Sweeney
Butler
Tillman’s Senate Debate Connects Alaska and Judges
In a tense Senate session Tillman denounced the nomination of Ben Daniels as United States official for Arizona amid a dispute sparked by a New York clipping. He pressed for details on gun boats bought for Manila and criticized the handling of funds as overly lax. The debate touched on Judge Dudley Du Bose and Alaska cases, highlighting federal officials’ conduct and salaries as part of broader scrutiny.
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San Francisco
Tilman
Daniels
Mirror
Tillman
Smaf
Manila
Tale
Maine
Secretary of the Navy
Hale
Bacon
Cizorgia
Senate
Alaska
Nome Nome conspiracy trials expose political interference in justice
In Nome, years of crime and conspiracy reach the federal courts as judges Noyes and Woods face lenient outcomes while lawmen Frost and others face sentences. The article paints a web of politicians, delays, and salaries persisting on government payrolls amid appeals and court hesitation.
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Pital
San Francisco
Slungtet
Gilli
Noyes
Supreme Cent
Woods
Tinied States Court of Appeals
Foot
C A S Frost
Washington
Department of Iuetce
Xoreaa
Nome Ang
Ferus
Faidre Noyes
Attoym
Neves
Nome
United States
Ubaiet
Tl Treasury
Woyes Rppeal
Unites States Supreme Justice
Alexand'r Mckengie
Wybbell
Assuivanod
Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal
Corae San Francisco
Court of Appeals
Wats
Judge Noyes
Snox
Judge Dubose
Knox Fae
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Morea Ayo
Sayet Fees Ocygeur
Derek Ran Pettard
Gallows
York Webruare
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Dudley Dubose
Montana
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