Burning Governor Turney in Effigy at Urwin, Tenn
News from Chattanooga reports that Union county residents in eastern Tennessee hanged and burned an effigy of Governor Turney at Urwin last night. A gallows stood by a dressed dummy while a minister led a discourse denouncing the counting-out deed as only proper expression of indignation. The protest drew women and children, yet occurred in orderly fashion according to local leaders.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Union Solanty
Turney
Urwin
Parisan
Cvans
Ervin
Extra Session Seen Likely In Tennessee Legislature
Nashville May 12 An extra session of the general assembly is likely as the seventy five day limit nears. The house delays on the assessment bill and revenue measures while the senate works on the revenue bill. If the major general bills pass, many local measures will be rushed through. An appropriation of 200000 may be sought, and the session could convene Monday May 21, lasting twenty days. In Vicksburg a civic invitation seeks Thomas B Reed of Maine to speak on the money question.
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Tennessee
Nashville
General Assembly
House
Senate
Vicksburg
Miss
Thomas B. Reed
Maine
Board of Supervisors
Warren County
Machinists for Free Silver Declare Union Direction
The national convention of machinists elected executive committee members Robert Ashe Somerzet Hugh Doran Kan s a City, ER Garrett. H A Wiltie was named national headquarters, Richmond Va to be replaced. Kansas City chosen for next gathering. The convention approved a $50,900 emergency fund and home for injured machinists. James O Gonnell named grand master machinist and George Easton of Detroit secretary and treasurer.
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Robert Ashe
Somerzet
Mass
Hugh Doran
P J Contin
Kan
Sua City
Garrett
Atlanta
Wiltie
Philadelphia
Richmond
Kansas City
James O'Gonnell
George ‘Ston
Detroit
Miners Vote on National Convention Call
A conference in Columbus Ohio discussed calling a national miners convention to seek a general strike or settlement. P H Penna and Patrick McBryde led the meeting with M D Ratchford and other district officers. Ratchford favors holding a convention in Harrisburg if feasible to strengthen the district.
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Duncans
Columbus
P. H. Penna
Patrick McBryde
National Organization
M D Ratchford
Henry Shires
W. ©. Pearse
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Indiana
Tilmois
Ratchford
Father Walsh's Remarks on Bishop Byrne Move
In Chattanooga on May 12 an overflow crowd packed Sts. Peter and Paul church for Rev. Father Walsh to comment on Bishop Byrne ordering his removal to another parish. The speaker claimed progress in aligning church affairs and repurposing resources amid the upheaval.
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Byrne
Chattanooga
Tenn
Sts. Peter and Paul's
Father Walsh
Bishop Forces Mission Move Raises Church Tensions
A church leader orders relocation of a rector to a new mission amid controversy. The bishop insists the move is disciplinary and urges respect for ecclesiastical authority, while observers fear implications for church unity and future actions. The matter could reach the pope. In Washington delegates mark a memorial gathering for Rev. John A. Broadus at First Baptist with speeches by J C Hiden Henry McDonald and F H Kerfoot, and a call for $25,000 to fund the China/Japan work by the Southern Baptist Home Board.
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DapWata
First Baptist Church
Washington
Southern Baptist Convention
Baltimore
Richmond
John A. Broadus
Louieville
J. C Hiden
Hichmond
Groadus
University of Virginia
Henry McDonald
Atlanta
Gao
F. H. Kerfoot
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Baptist Women's Missionary Union
M. E. Wright
Georgia
R. H. Graves
China
James W McCellum
Japan
Home Board
Opening of China to American machinery boosts trade
Washington reports the peace with China allows free entry of modern machinery including cotton equipment, telephones, electric lights, and presses. American plows and tools enter duty free, expanding cotton machinery use and benefiting Southern mills. The end of the viceroy monopoly and Japan’s favored-nation opening erase prior Chinese and concession barriers, inviting global participation in Chinese markets.
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China
Tcommerce Weang
Washington
Japan
Shanghai
United States
Heavy May frost hits western Minnesota and surrounding states
May frost sweeps across Minnesota Nebraska Kansas Iowa Wisconsin Missouri and Michigan with reports of garden and fruit damage as farmers brace for another frost tonight. Some corn and grain spared while vegetables and tender crops suffer in low-lying areas and fruit crops show impact amid lingering cold and frost alerts.
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Browns Valley
Minn
Minnesota
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Chippewa County
Missouri
Wisconsin
Mercury
Langing
Mich
Schneider
Dinois
Arkansas Walnut
Des Moines
Towa
New York
Dunkirk
N. Y
Cuban patriots recruit in southern backwoods near Montgomery
A railroad official reported emissaries are recruiting about one hundred men in the Montgomery area to sail to Cuba as farm laborers. The group would travel via small Florida coast ports and be shielded by operate in backwoods districts away from towns. Further details were promised later.
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Montgomery
Ala
Cuban Patriota
South
Cuba
Florida
Insurgents Gain Strength as Maceo Leads Cuban Forces
From Santiago de Cuba May 11. Insurgents under General Maceo gather strength in the eastern province with estimates placing 3,000 rebels with him and hundreds more armed nearby. Recruits from white families join, and Spanish troops reinforce San Luis and Guantanamo as telegraph lines are cut and plans unfold for a regional defense line across the island.
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Santiago de Cuba
United Press
Spain
Santiago
Mu Tatto
Elvic
Mantanzas
Puerto Principe
Havana
Maceo
Maceos
Antonio
Jose
Maximo Gomez
Jose Marti
Jarameca
Guantanamo
Manzanilla
Corty
Santa Ana
Goulets
Jim
San Luis
Songo
San Luis Monge
San Lula
Macho
Flarge
Garrick
Tre
Martinez Campos
Rsland
Gibata
Holguin
Manzanillo
Bayamo
Wather
Battle of Horyhy ends in Cuban victory and Spanish rout
Tampa dispatch reports Cuban leader Gomez defeats Salcedo near Puerto Principe in a four hour battle at Borjey. Cuban forces kill or capture thousands, seize ammunition and stores, while laborers flock to join the insurgents as work halts in Puerto Principe province.
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Gomes
Jacksonville
Fin
Times-Union
Tampa
Fis
Borgey
Puerto Principe
Salcedo
Gomez
Goysclucion del Sur
Limes Union
Key West
Havana
Pablo Friere
Home Rule Party
Camaguey
Silvestre Anglada
Florida
Saltoclides
Santiago
Fuentes
New York
Pinar del Rio
Campos
Santiago de Cuba
Martinez Campos
Mianzanule
Rejoicing Over Reichstag Vote Halts Dismissal Fears
Berlin reports show national joy at the Reichstag’s rejection of the anti revolution bill. Government denies any resignation and rules out dissolution though southern papers seek a new Reichstag with conservative and liberal majorities. Emperor William assists a wounded boy and plans to fund artificial limbs, while other European power moves and a North Sea canal ceremony loom.
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Berlin
Germany
United Press
Sif
Auesburger Post Zeitung
Eaaler
Ruting
Miguel
Finance
Customa
Japan
Laie-Tung Peninsula
China
Gerdoany
Bisele
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Frogers Sipport
Russia
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Shimorvaeh
France
Dicconto Gesallschaft
Ioan
Great Britain
Tongaland
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Kreuz Zeitung
South African Republic
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Indian Ocean
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William
Templehof Field
Potsdam
Charles Weatcope
British Royal Academy
Bismarck
Friedrichsruhe 9
Veipsig
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Count von Caprivi
Guyren
Krossen
North Sea Canal
Reichsanzeiger
Italy
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Amt
Austria
Spain
Houmenta
Poland
Turkey
Portugal
Imperial Kiel events and German Derby noted in report
The dispatch outlines the emperor laying a ceremonial stone at Holtenau Kiel and a grand naval review followed by banquets and regatta events. It mentions the German Derby at West End May 23 for three days, with trotters trained by Howard Phillips. Political notices cover socialist views and government reactions to a reform bill. The emperor met with Chancellor von Hohenlohe and Interior Minister Koeller to discuss the bill’s defeat.
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Holtenau
Baltic
William I
Kiel
Nord Deutscher Regatta Verein
Frairerwoche
Royal Yacht Squadron
Erster-Kieler Ruder Club
West End
James Gordon Hennett
Howard Phillips
Helen Leyburn
Autrain
Angemeine Zettung
Voasische Zeitung
National Zeitung
Tageblatt
Freisinnige Zeitung
Vorwaerts
Prince von Hohenlohe
Herz Win Koeller
Dr. Miquel
Poisoning Allegations Taint Dr Spranger in Darling Death Case
New York May 12 Two affidavits filed in the district attorney's office allege Dr Spranger poisoned Edward Darling son of composer Flora Adams Darling. Darling says treatment after December 9 1891 led to weight loss and illness then hints at whisky laced with antimony and his wife pouring poison. He claims ongoing decline and notes his wife remarried and left him. His mother corroborates the dying declaration accusing both wife and Dr Spranger of poisoning.
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Darling
Spranger
New York
Bin
Missing steamer Glad Tidings feared lost near port
Neo News from Victoria reports no word on the steamer Glad Tidings which sailed from Port Thompson two weeks ago with ten delegates bound for the Methodist conference in session. The steamer Maude is dispatched in search, and locals fear the vessel was disabled and blown out to sea with probable loss of all aboard.
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Victoria
B. C
Thompson
Maude
Stesmer
Hea
Arrest in Chicago Captive Torture Case
A Chicago mechanic William Henry Musch, forty, was found tied and gagged on a railroad track and rescued. He alleges abduction since April and torture in a hidden cellar, naming J. Von Rheinbow as a conspirator. Police, skeptical at first, now pursue the suspect amid Musch's asserted threats to his wife by Rheinbow.
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Chicago
Wiliam Henry Musch
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Musch
J. von Rheinbow
Mugc
Rhem+ bow
Rhembow
Eeby
Slashed Knife Tragedy in Ohio County Armory
An elderly inmate, John G. Kark, killed fellow inmate Abe Wise at Findlay's county infirmary after a long quarrel. Kark, 76, seized a large knife from his mother and stabbed Wise, who was partially paralyzed, about the neck and head. Wise died forty five minutes later. Kark was arrested and jailed.
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Wise
Kark
Jait
Safford rules out warrant over Morrill funds
County Attorney Safford said no warrant would be issued on G W Powers’s complaint against Governor Morrill alleging money taken from the treasury by false pretenses. He argues the vouchers prove legitimate purposes, the auditor knew the facts, and there was no concealment or deceit. no action will be brought.
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Safford
Morrill
Topeka
Kans
G W Powers
Kansas
Shawnee
Ordered to Pocahontas and other May 12 items
Richmond Hives battalion and a detachment of Howitzers depart for Pocahontas to relieve troops, amid quiet mine conditions reported elsewhere. Jury reports disagreement in Hill case. new trial ordered. Lichtenberg found guilty of bribery. Coplin elected pathology professor at Vanderbilt. Parafin Works, sawmill fire losses noted. weather forecast for Georgia and northern regions included.
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Richmond
Lincoln
Neb
Hill
Capital National Bank
Detroit
Mich
Julius C. Lichtenberg
Manitowoc Behool Furniture Company
Lichtenberg
Br Beryz
Eletted
Philadelphia
W. M. Lete Coplin
Jefferson Medical College
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Tenn
Coplin
Jefferson
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