Safe cracked at Hamilton in Georgia burglary
The Etamilton store of C. HL Cook was entered by cracksmen last night and the safe blown open with an explosive, apparently dynamite. About $5 was in the safe. Marcus elected county clerk to fill the unexpired term of John C. Cook with about 500 votes cast. John C. Hill, 59, Confederate veteran, died at his home in lower Girard. funeral planned. Annie Williams and Roxy Jefferson discharged for diamond ring theft. Mrs. Sarah D. Matthews, 77, died in Talbotton after living near Charleston. interment arranged. Marshal Martin shot Will Harris, a negro, at Olam’s stables. wound in the side.
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Fire damages Capitol Avenue home. loss about 1500
An early morning blaze at 342 Capitol Avenue partially destroyed a home owned by Walter J. Wood and occupied by Mrs. F. A. Jones. Roof burned out and furniture ruin marked the fire started around 1 am, cause believed defective bus.Insurance status unclear. In Havana, Paloma signs a $35 million soldier pay loan bill.
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Corbett Hanlon Fight Ends In Draw In San Francisco
In San Francisco on February 6 the twenty round match between Young Corbett of Denver and Eddie Hanlon of San Francisco ended in a draw after a fast, scientific bout. Early rounds favored Hanlon, with Corbett rallying from the seventh through the twentieth, injuring Hanlon's eye and nose but never securing a finish as the final round left the crowd uncertain of a verdict.
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Denver
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Hanlon
California
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Corbett
Lis
Hanton
Denver Ind
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Shire
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Wie
Sawnui
Ten of Mob Under Arrest in West Virginia Riot
Ten of the Stanford mob were arrested in Charleston and jailed for violating an injunction order of the United States court. Sixty one are held at Beckley on conspiracy warrants. Five dead and sixteen wounded reported after the battle. Deputy marshals say armed resistance to federal authority has been broken in the Piney fields. The mob seized guns and ammunition and intimidated workers. United Mine Workers denounce the violence and approve the arrests.
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Marshal Cunningham
Po Browteht
Stanisford
Harward Smith
United Mine Workers
Colonel Alfred Rives Dead After Civil Engineer Career
Colonel Alfred Landon Rives a distinguished civil engineer died at Castle Hill Albemarle Count s he was about 70 years old and leaves three daughters including Amelie Rives Troubetzkoi He once served as general manager of the Panama Canal Company also noted Pennock Brooklyn telegrapher M Pennock former Western Union chief and attendees of the Old Time Telegraphers Association reported in Chattanooga Tennessee.
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Alfred Landon Rives
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Panama Canal Company
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Brooklyn
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Tenn
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Western Union
Assovieton
Vanderbilt Purchases Land From Moore’s Colored Family
In Asheville on February 26 special report notes George W. Vanderbilt bought nine acres from Joshua Moore, a colored man. The land reportedly belonged to Moore's wife who had it deeded twenty years ago by Irwin Hardy. The sale benefits Moore's wife and her daughter, who has just come of age, while Moore claims only a small portion of the proceeds.
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Asheville
George W. Vanderbilt
Joshua Moore
Mr. Vanderbilt
Moore
Eirwin Hardy
Vanderbilt
Wy Hardy
Death of Conrad N Jordan Assistant Treasurer Dies
Conrad N Jordan assistant treasurer of the United States at the subtreasury in New York died at his West End avenue residence after a brief illness from grip. He was active in Democratic politics in 1884 and 1885 and was appointed to the subtreasury by President Cleveland. Also note: contracts let for Highland Park mills in Charlotte with 30,000 spindles and 1,000 looms, cost $500,000, plus a $100,000 Sugarcreek power plant to supply 2,000 horsepower. Americus Times-Recorder reports pensions in Georgia totaling $853,500 for ex Confederates, part of $2,328,000 nationwide.
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New York
Conrad N. Jordan
West End Avenue
Jordan
Cleveland
Charlotte
N. C
Lighland Park Manufacturing Company
Highland Park Manufacturing Company
Americus Times-Recorder
Georgia
Florida
Bank Charters Sought and Police Request for Missing Teen
Local briefs note the Young Men's Baraca Class election results with officers named, a Detroit father seeking his 17 year old son Jose E Malcomson who vanished December 2, and applications for charters for two new banks including Bank of Smithville and Home Savings bank. Also reported are a Tennessee governor's requisition for John Thomas, his arrest in Atlanta, and H H Burgess's serious illness.
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Detroit
Mich
Jose E. Malcomson
Instvert
Phil Cook
Bank of
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Lee County
W. 5. Witham
Atlanta
John B. Williams
Americus
B. I. McKenney
C. A. Rhodes
T. 8. Burton
Fitzgerald
Home Savings Bank
Sylvester Banking Company
Worth County
Local Daughters of Beeseda oppose Clarke grave move
In Georgia the Washington and Wilkes areas debate moving Revolutionary General Elijah Clarke’s remains. The Athens story notes efforts to locate his burial place and erect a monument in Wilkes or nearby, while Clarke county honors his memory. The Wilkes will record exists but the exact burial spot remains unclear.
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Beeseda
Sere
Elijah Clarke
Clarke
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Wilkes
Wilkes County
Knapp Confesses to Serial Murders in Ohio and Indiana
Albert A. Knapp admits strangling and killing multiple women from Cincinnati to Hamilton, Indiana, claiming an irresistible urge and detailing attacks on Annie Knapp, Mary Eckert, and others. He mentions Pearl Bryan and fears lynching, while police review further confessions and related Cincinnati cases.
Mary Eckhart murder confession links Knapp to desecrated deaths
Albert Knapp confessed to strangling Mary Eckhart on Walnut Street and hinted at similar murders in Denver and other cities. Reports say Knapp’s wife had left home, prompting his search at her sister’s place. Authorities note past crimes in Terre Haute and infer insanity claims by his parents. Virginia to Mississippi race times noted in dispatches.
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Ida Gebhart
Annie Knapp
South Fourth Street
Hamilton
Lindenwald
Albert Knapp
C.F
Albert A. Knapp
Fie
Liberty Street
da Gebhardt
Cincinnati
Alfred Knapp
Cinginnati
Emma Linleman
Knapp
Jennie Knapp
Canal
Cumminaville
Canal Bridge
Mary Eckhart
Walnut Street
Colonel Deltsch
Denver
Jack the Feipster
Nown
Terre Haute
Ind
Albert Knupp
Emma Stubba
Jarceny
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Ohio
Albert
Sadie Wenzel
Twenty Mile Prairie
Ili
Terre Heure
Death Penalty Pronounced For Three Men In Miami Case
Miami February 26 Special. Richard Detwiler was convicted of assault on Mrs Gould and sentenced to hang. William Yelly and John Bright, both negroes, convicted of murder. Several other negroes convicted of penitentiary offenses. Indicates a crime surge among negroes.
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Miami
Fla
Richard Detwiler
Gould
William Yelly
John Bright
Mrs James M Wright Dies After Pneumonia
Mrs James M Wright wife of Captain Wright of the secret service of the RV died at her residence 79 Park this morning at 12 20 oclock after about ten days of pneumonia She leaves her husband and one brother Dr Samuel Wilson of Battle Hill Funeral arrangements will be announced later
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Fantain Wright
Secret Service
Wright
Samuel Wilson
Bat
Tle Hill
Durham Case Continued In Alabama Court
Huntsville February 26 Special Jease Durham was arraigned in the court today for the murder of John Scott and the case was continued. Durham was acquitted last week of the murder of Frank Blackwell. Judge Kyle fixed the bond at 6000 dollars and Durham filed an appeal to the supreme court.
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Huntsville
Ala
Jease Durham
John Scott
Frank Blackwell
Kyle
Atule
Supreme Court
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