Bloody tragedy in San Rannonio and Sauiia Kansas
A sensational April dispatch details two brutal murders and an assault. In San Rannonio Jesus Fuen stabbed William Goldhoffer and Francisca Flores, then nearly severed Flores's head before being overpowered and jailed to avoid lynching. In Sauiia a black attacker killed a white mother and shattered her infant's skull. a 50-strong sheriff’s posse hunts the suspect, who would be lynched if captured.
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San Rannanoino
Cal
William Goldhoffer
Francisca Flores
Jesus Faen
Faen
Flores
Goldkoffer
Fuen
Sauiia
Kan
Frost Young
Careless Shifters Threaten World’s Fair Exhibits
Delays loom for World’s Fair exhibits as many American exhibitors ignore shipping orders. Up to 50000 carloads may arrive by May 17, risking a park blockade without explicit destination cards. Foreign exhibitors follow rules, but American shipments arrive without building identifiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fea
Curoaco
Five Injured in Collision Between Electric Car and Grand Trunk Train
West Bay City Michigan April 7 A grade crossing collision between an electric car and a Grand Trunk passenger train injures five people including Evward Freel and W R Foster and Mary Demanry a 10 year old. The motorman and two unknown men are among the injured with one fatality reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Trunk
West Bay City
Mich
Evward Freeland
W. R. Foster
Grand Rapids
Mary Demanry
Vas
Outrage at Masonic Lodge in Peru Sparks U S Protest
A Lima telegram to Secretary Gresham reports a mob sacking a Masonic lodge and wrecking consular property. The U S consulate was invaded, an acting agent shot in the foot, and police did not intervene. Officials deem the act to reflect prejudice against U S officials and demand protection and reparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Hicks
State Department
Lima
Peru
Lia
Gresham
Masonic Lodge
United States
Callao
Auguilla J, Daugherty
Ilinois
Harrison
Department of Fees
South America
Cleveland Woman to Touch Button for Daughters of the Revolution Event
Mrs Cleveland declines May 1 in person attendance at the World's Fair opening in Chicago. She will signal from the White House via electric wire to trigger molten metal into a memorial bell mold for the Daughters of the Revolution ceremony on the fair grounds. Thurber notifies society of her acceptance. Also listed are presidential nominations and a Georgia baseball score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrn
Cleveland
Daughters of the Revolution
Wasaminaton
White House
Exposition
Society of the Daughters of the Revolution
Fair
Chicago
Young man forced to marry killer bride dies in lynching threat
Miss Abbie Oliver of Sturgis Kentucky was betrayed by Henry Delaney a drug clerk. At her mother’s order Delaney was compelled to marry her and the four mile carriage trip ended with a deadly attack. The bride was shot in the head and died after giving birth. Delaney and several relatives were wounded. warrants issued and lynching feared. Oliver family favored. Separately in Boston a man named Thomas Brown was arrested for killing his mother Catherine Omeally.
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Ankenp
Abbie Oliver
Sturgis
Union County
Henry Delaney
Delaney
Berganfield
Oliver
O Henry
Henry Brothers
Morganfield
Uniontown
Olivers
Boston
Thomas A. Brown
Catherine Omeally
Broadway
South
Changed Trotting Rules At American Trotting Meeting
At the annual meeting of the American Trotting Register association held in Carcago on April 6 changes to standard trotting rules were adopted. Secretary Steiner reported 16 000 horses registered in 1892 with 689 ineligible. Rule 2 was amended to require a mare or gelding with a 2 30 trotting record whose sire or dam is standard. Co P Hamlin proposed extending the standard to male progeny as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Trotting Register Association
Steiner
Rules Change For Standard Bred Horse Registration
A resolution on registering standard bred horses was lost and replaced with a new rule for mares. The tri conference joint committee agreed that performance rules adopted earlier remain substantially the same as those set by the American Trotting Register association on April 6, 1802. Changes take effect January 1, 404.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Committee
National and
American Trotting Associations
American Trotting Register Association
Train wreck at Buffalo Bluff bridge kills three men
South bound freight No. 209 on the Jacksonville Tampa and Key West railway wrecked at midnight Tuesday as the engine turned over on Buffalo Bluff draw-bridge six miles below Palatka and plunged into the river. Three men, engineer A C Knox of Sanford fireman J H Olmsted of Birmingham and stockman J A Lewis of Boston in charge of horses and mules bound for Barberville, were killed. Conductor Wardell in charge but escaped unharmed.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Jacksonville, Tampa and
Key West
Buffalo Bluff Draw
Palatka
A. C. Knox
Sanford
J. H. Olmsted
Birmingham
J. A. Lewis
Boston
British Red Coats Arrive for World’s Fair in Chicago
Three hundred British soldiers arrive from London aboard the steamer Massachusetts with 80 horses for private World’s Fair duties. The force, all with six years of service, will serve six more in reserve.
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Chicago
New York
London
Massachusetts
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J. F. Kincusos
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M. D
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Mass
Atay
The
Centaur Company
Murray Street
New York City
Eshelman & Neff
A. Brackett & CO
Erotarice
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Conrad Diets Wadars
Featago Bree
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Ite
Okey Mase
Yeatasla
Chatsuen Sen
J. F. Hubbard
West Fifth Street
Dean
Abeline
Kansas
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New Basin Board of Control
Grand Jury
Williams
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College Hill
del Norte
Colo
Johnson
Landomer
Micke
Department OF State
Hicks
Department
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Peffer
Senate
Montana
Hoar
William B. Cox
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Richard J. Bright
Indiana
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D. D
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Will
William Lochran
Minnesota
Hannis Taylor
Alabama
Spain
Charles B. Riggs
Iowa
Navy
Frank Bills
Urbana
Tis
Thomas Powell
Vienna
William Bowles
Greenfield
Alex Wright
Neigart
Mon
Augusta
Savannah
Aquagasta
Nivannah
Fairbanks
Judge Lynch
Humphreys
Draggiste
Momphneya Med. CO
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Signor Dower
Louis
Charles Wezler
South Fourth Street
Marquard Foster
Riehoud
St. Louis
Georgia
Vermont
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