Union of Parties Proposed by Kansas Governor-Elect
Kansas Governor-elect John W. Leedy proposes uniting Populists Democrats and silver Republicans into a single party. He would treat applicants for office from all three groups as one. His first appointment, Ed Little a silver Republican, as private secretary signals the policy.
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Kansas City
the Times
Topeka
Kan
John W. Leedy
Kansas
Leedy
Ed Little
Thos
Lynching at Lexington Missouri Shocked Rural County
A mob of Ray county farmers stormed Lexington jail at about 1 am and hanged Jesse Winner and James Nelson. Lon Lackey, held on complicity charges, was taken to Richmond, life saved for now. The victims, Mrs. Winner and her children, were killed in a brutal axe and throat-cut slaying near Richmond.
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Kansas City
Journal
Lexington
Ray County
Jesse Winner
James Nelson
Richmond
Winner
Lackey
Nelson
Maggie Katron
Mrs. Winner
Clara Winner
Pearl Winner
General Siegel Out of Danger
General Franz Siegel has been declared out of danger after two weeks of pleurisy illness by his attending physicians.
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Siegel
New York
Franz Siegel
Road Tax Fight Tests Iowa Cities Jurisdiction
A Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway suit seeks to bar Polk County from collecting a mill road tax on city property along its Iowa route. The case tests whether county boards may tax city streets, with further Iowa cases and land disputes noted, including a Calhoun county land title decision and a big Will contest in New York. Police and local incidents in Muscatine, Fairfax, Crest, and New Boston are summarized along with other legal matters and a beef trust investigation ending.
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H. Mercy, Teasurer
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Iowa
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County Board of Supervisors
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Senate
Washington
Supreme Court
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American Emigrant Company
Calhoun County
Locomotive Works
Harlan
Westinghouse
Opening sessions mark Cuba policy and bolt rift in Senate
In Washington December 5 1901 silver Republicans at stake in caucus plans as Chandler and Quay push for inviting bolters to conference. Senator Dubois to resign as caucus secretary amid bolt debate while Mantle Pettigrew and Teller may abstain. Senate calendar shifts to reading President’s message and Cuban issue dominates day. Ex Speaker Crisp death announced prompts brief House adjournment.
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Cooper
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Call
Fla
United States of America
Republic of Cuba
United States
Washington
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Payne
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Turner
Cleveland
Cuba
Olney Urges Intervention in Cuba Reportedly
Secretary of State Olney urges decisive action in Cuba in a detailed appendix to the president s message. He describes the rebel growth, Cuba s ruinous state, and warns that current policy harms commerce and U S interests. He notes information largely from the U S consul and stresses a forthcoming change may be needed.
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Tee
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President Cleveland Portrait Damaged in Chicago Club
A large portrait of President Cleveland in the Cook County Democratic club rooms was cut to pieces. The perpetrators are unknown, likely linked to the party’s gold and silver faction strife that peaked at yesterday’s club election. The Buffalo painted portrait, once brought to the 1888 national convention by Buffalo Democrats, was presented to the Cook county Democrats.
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Cleveland
Curiaco
Cook County Democratic Club
Buffalo
Buffalo Democrats
Cook County
Ex-Treasurer Fair Short Over $11,000 in Indiana
Ex-County Treasurer D. W. Fair was found $11,000 short in turning over his office to County Treasurer Hines. The county ordered suit against his bondsmen to recover the deficiency. His son acted as deputy and led the office, with some expecting sensational developments on investigation. First appropriation bill reported in Washington is the pension bill totaling $141,268,880, down $165,004 from the commissioner’s estimate. legislative, executive and judicial expenses bill also likely to be reported this week.
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Hines
Washington
House Committee On Appropriations
House
Commissioner of Pensions
Only Infant Among the McKinleys in Canton
Mrs. George E Morse of San Francisco has returned to Canton from New York. Mr Morse married Ida McKinley daughter of the late David McKinley on the coast. The little Majoria aged 2 is the only infant among the McKinley family. They will stay with Mother Nancy Allison McKinley this week and attend the Washington inauguration.
Mob Not Mistaken In Lynching Murder Case
Maggie Catron, jailed for complicity, claims Lon Lackey told her Winner and Nelson planned a moonlight trip before returning to kill Mrs. Winner and her two children. Lackey’s custody guarded against further lynching as details emerge from the Ray County tragedy.
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Ray County
Jesse Winner
James Nelson
Lexington
Winmer
Nelson
Kansas City
Maggie Catron
Lon Lackey
Lackey
Winner
Catron
Arrests of Miners Union Members in Coronado Mine Attack
In Lrapvitis, Cole, December, several Miners' Union members were arrested under indictments by a late special grand jury for alleged involvement in the attack on the Coronado and Emmett mines. Presidents Turnbull and others, along with Otis Boyd Ahren Sander cock Sandercock Stevens Nichols Kennedy, face conspiracy charges while Rogers and McKeever are charged with arson.
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Cole
Coronado
Emmett
Turnbull
Joseph Otis
Joseph Boyd
John Ahren
Thomas Sandercock
Robert Sandercock
Frank Stevens
Ernest Nichols
Patrick Kennedy
Simon Rogers
Patrick McKeever
Three people drown crossing Verdigris River north of Muscogee
Muscogee I T December 8 reports that Will Wade and two McKnapp sisters, all colored, drowned four miles north of Muscogee when their boat overturned during an attempted crossing of the Verdigris river. Corbett’s Signature Chicago December 8 notes Dan A Stuart arriving to secure J J Corbett’s signature for signing articles to end the Fitzsimmons affair.
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I. T
Verdigris River
Muscogee
Will Wade
McKnapp
Corbett
Chicago
Dan A. Stuart
New York
J.J. Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Richard Croker Attracts Large Tammany Meeting in New York
In New York the December Tammany monthly gathering drew an unprecedented crowd. Richard Croker spoke against disciplining Bourke Cochran and bolters, urging a focus on local politics and conciliation with seceding Democrats. The death of long‑time member John R Fellows prompted an olive-branch tribute by Thomas F Brady.
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Richard Croker
Tammany
New York
The
Tammany Society
England
Steel Trust Breaks Apart Signals Independent Pricing
The Bessemer Steel association known as the steel trust appears to have fractured. A Cleveland steel billet customer received three letters from former members saying they had withdrawn from the pool and could offer better prices. Another message echoed independence and future order consideration.
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Steel Trust
Crevenant
Bessemer Steel Association
The
Cleveland
Confessed Murderer Rech Details Strangling Wife
John Rech, jailed for a March murder near Esterville, confessed to ex sheriff Smith Johnson. He said his wife revived after being strangled, then he tied a handkerchief around her throat and buried her, noting the jury would have given him the scaffold for the crime.
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N. J
Joln Rech
Esterville
Smith Johnson
Rech
Johnson
Red
Bryan Delays Comment on Cleveland Message
William J. Bryan avoids immediate comment after AP attempts to read Cleveland’s message. He cites heavy workload and many callers and will comment only after he reads and digests the document. Rodgers to Head Yale Kickers names James O. Rodgers captain of the varsity football eleven, a Toledo native and junior.
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Lincoln
Associated Press
William J. Bryan
Cleveland
Mr. Bryan
Rodgers
Yale Kickers
New Haven
Conn
James O. Rodgers
Toledo
General Pearson Stricken at Home Near Zwickley
General A L Pearson a Union Veteran league member suffered a stroke of paralysis at his home near Zwickley and is not expected to recover.
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Pittspore
Dec
A. L. Pearson
Union Veteran League
Zwickley
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