Race Violence Flare Ups Hit Georgia Towns
Reports describe two violent clashes between whites and Black residents in Georgia. In Lewrenveville Gwinnett County a mob attacked a Black man after a fight with a white youth, injuring several and sending five to hospitals. In Carrollton a Black man narrowly escaped lynching as hundreds of whites staged post at dusk, fearing further upheaval as Black residents organized for protection.
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Atlanta
Dee
Lewrenveville
Seabofr Gwinnett City
Chareson
Curstaya
Bob Camp
Baeas
Phe Megeons
Holmes
Moen
Carrigs
Teipe Robert Sarita
Eli Johnson
Wk. Robinson
Welham Neal
Clarence Hlotmes
Seif
Carrollton
Yestord
Ui Cbt
Mrs Astor's Will Funds Hospitals and Missions
The will of Mrs. Charlotte Astor was filed showing gifts to New York hospitals and charitable groups including $25,000 each to Woman's Hospital and St. Luke's Hospital and $25,000 to the YWCA and Children's Aid Society. One-half of a $25,000 gift to the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society supports Indian education in South Dakota and school repairs there. The remainder of the estate goes to her husband John Jacob Astor. In Troy, Richard H. Birringer died at a young age after heavy nicotine poisoning from smoking cigars, his death attributed to a shattered system and a burst vein yielding black blood.
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New Yor
Dee. Ys
Charlotte Augusta Astor
Woman's Hospital
State of New York
St. Luke's Hospital
Young Women's Christian Association
Children’s Aid Society
Avenue B
Chinpton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Hampton
Domestic
Foreign Missionary Society
P. KE. Church of the United States of
Armtorica
South Dakota
Troy, N
Richard H. Birringer
Resently
Concession Granted for New York to Vera Cruz Steam Line
A steamship concession grants New York to Vera Cruz service with stops at Gulf ports including Mexican ports and mail carriage. A two percent customs rebate applies and the line must charge lower freight and passenger rates. The government will subsidize round trips. Also noted is the death of Governor John S. Marmaduke in St Louis after a bout with pneumonia following a cold.
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City of Mexico
Gangvestox
New York
New Orleans
Vera Cruz
Gulf of Mexico
C. Ox
Cincinnati
ST. Louis
Union D
Liverpool man held on bale in pension fraud case
Adam Martin of Liverpool Perry County is in jail on 43000 bail for defrauding veteran Sevoe of 1540 dollars from 3600 owed in pension arrears. Martin posed as a lawyer and gained the old soldier’s trust. January interest on U S Bonds instructions announced by the Treasury.
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Harrissune
Adam Martin
Liverpool
Perry County
Sevoe
Martin
Seizure of Ira Wilson Ship Off San Juan Island
Canadian Customs officers seize the ship Ira Wilson opposite San Juan Island. Three hundred sheep and other stock are taken as part of suspected systematic smuggling in the area. In Toronto a separate note mentions nails price setting at Promption, with Western Nail Association fixing card rate at 2 per keg and dull trade. Two Savage children die after sudden illness at Wikesnake. Leon Torres in Havana is freed after $3,000 ransom payment.
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Reton
Winnipeg
Man
Ira Wilson
San Juan Island
Promption
Western Nail Association
West
Saloons Defeated in St Joseph County Prohibition Vote
In Stoxrcis Mica December 28 the St Joseph County option election passed with saloons defeated by 1400 votes. Thres Rivers saw signers withdraw support marking a heated local contest as the tenth county to adopt prohibition. Sullivan challenged Smith to a £1000 side fight in Loxpox December 29 with £500 deposited for a future bout after Sullivan and Mitchell meet.
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Stoxrcis
Mica
St. Joseph County
Thres Rivers
Sullivan
Smith
Mitchell
Four Year Old Son of Kenton Superintendent Injured
The four year old son of Superintendent Dean of Kenton Public Schools was visiting his uncle Daniel Brightman of Peru when a ram knocked him down yesterday in this county. He sustained a fractured skull and other serious injuries.
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Nonwak, O
Dean
Kenton Public Schools
Daniel Brightman
Peru
Dynamite Accident Injures Two Brothers in TirFix
An eleven year old boy in TirFix played with a dynamite cartridge causing an explosion that blew off one hand and badly injured another brother. In Dallas a public trial incident saw Colonel C D Phillips criticized by N F Bullock, who fired upon him, injuring both arms as five shots were exchanged.
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TirFix
Santa, Ga
C. D. Phillips
Dallas
N. F. Bullock
Silver dollar issue and fractional coin shipments report
Wasmixetox on December 28 reports the week ended December 24 saw standard silver dollar issues total 675,759 dollars, compared with 2,509,987 dollars the prior year period. Fractional silver coin shipments since the start of the month amount to 640,051 dollars.
Stranger Believed Lost Returns Home in Michigan Mystery
From Detroit a sickly stranger debarked and was mistaken for Will Kerchem who had warned his parents by letter of sinking aboard the steam er W. A. Scholton. The man, later identified as Ketchem, reached his family in Eng land and caused a domestic shock as his mother fainted and relatives learned he had survived after all.
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Wraxvotre
Mica
Detroit
Willy Kerchem
Sebalton
Kerchem
Will Ketchem
W. A. Scholton
English Channel
Boy Emerges From Coffin Then Dies Again
Willie Baxter twelve years old died of diphtheria. He rose from his coffin in his grave clothes and wore his everyday clothes then walked around the room before collapsing and dying again. Doctors confirm death this time.
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Ita
ChearWater
Mixx
Dee
Willie Baxter
Wichie
Willie
Governor Pardons James Steed in Washington County Case
The Governor pardons James Steed who was convicted in 1886 for rape of his daughter Lizzie Steed and sentenced to life imprisonment. The pardon follows a petition from Washington County citizens and evidence showing the inmate did not commit the crime. It is alleged that the girl and her mother plotted to remove the old man.
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Corumaras
James Steed
Washington County
Lizzie Steed
Lathrop Memorial Dedicated for Working Women’s Children
Ananxy New York December 29 The Lathrop Memorial dedicated by Mrs Stanford wife of Senator Leland Stanford California. The home for working women’s children sits on the birthplace site of Mrs Stanford. Construction and furnishings totaled 7300 dollars.
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Ananxy, N. Y
Stanford
Leland Stanford
California
Lathrop
Diphtheria and Typhoid Epidemics Hit Ottawa District
Ottawa dispatch reports alarming spread of diphtheria and typhoid across towns and villages in the Dominion. Monthly death rate from these diseases reaches an unprecedented level as the outbreaks continue.
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Washington
Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Death in Greensburg Coal Shed Under Mystery
Pirrssmen Pa December 20 Patrick Flynn a mine laborer was found frozen to death in a coal shed at Greensburg Pennsylvania He was last seen alive intoxicated and it is believed he entered the shed to sleep authorities investigated the incident as a probable accidental death.
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Patrick Flynn
Greensburg
Wrecked Express Wounds Sixteen in Alabama Landslide
A limited express on the Atlantic Great Southern was wrecked by a landslide in a cut between Epps and Livingston Alabama, injuring sixteen passengers and crew.
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Cuattanooca
Great Southern
Epps
Livingston
Ala
Sugar futures market formed by Hamburg firms
Dec 29 report from Bexais states that several sugar companies have formed an association to launch sugar futures trading in the Hamburg market. The move signals coordinated activity by producers to influence prices and broaden exposure to future contracts.
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Bexais
Hamburger Boersenhalle
Hamburg
Right to Import Opium
Judge Hoffman ruled in U S District Court in San Francisco on December 29 that the right of Chinese to import opium is at issue in a decision that frames the legal question and potential implications for import restrictions.
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San Francisco
Cal
Hoffman
United States District Court
Russia massing troops in Bessarabia Ben der report
It is reported that fifty thousand troops are massed at Bender in Bessarabia and that guns and munitions of war are constantly arriving there. A violent wind storm struck Frederick Maryland causing unroofed houses and uprooted trees.
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Becuwanest
Bender
Bessarabia
Maryland
Frederick
Government receipts and surplus projected for December
Wastumcroy reports government receipts through December 29 totaling 27,275,259 with a likely month end surplus around 15,000,000.
Saloon-keepers celebrate ruling on Sunday closing ordinance
In Kansas City on December 20 a grand jubilee of saloon-keepers followed Recorder Davenport declaring the Sunday closing ordinance unconstitutional. The temperance element plans to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court.
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Kansas City
Davenport
Supreme Court
Tragic End Reaches Quinney Solder Gordon DeGrot
In Cui tex Wisconsin on December 29 Gordon DeGrot of Quinney was found frozen to death in a farm yard three miles from Stockbridge after wandering there. His uncle Dan DeGrot was found unconscious at the scene. Both men had been drinking.
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Cui.tex, Wis
Gordon DeGrot
Quinney
Stockbridge
Dan DeGrot
Fire Fatality After Gas Leak in Minerstown
James Black of Minerstown, Pa., four miles from town, started natural gas before bed last night. At 1 a.m. the house caught fire and burned completely. Black, fatally burned, walked about a mile, nearly naked, to his father's home for help.
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Minerstown
James Black
Black
Mrs Fredericka Moorman Dies in Cutter Street Fire
Mrs Fredericka Moorman of Cutter Street is burned to death after her clothing caught fire from a stove blaze. The incident occurred in Cincinnati on December 29.
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Cincixgall
Fredericka Moorman
Cutter Street
Duel Fought Between Journalists In Paris Bout
On December 29 a scheduled duel between M Meyer director of the Gaulois and M Woestyne of the Jornal Parisien took place. In the second bout Meyer disarmed Woestyne, and in the fourth Woestyne lightly wounded Meyer in the arm.
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M. Meyer
The
Gaulois
M. Woestyne
Jornal Parisien
Manning's Successor Expected at Western National Bank
New Year’s Eve notes a meeting of directors set for tomorrow to elect outad N. Jordan as president of the Western National Bank succeeding the recently deceased Daniel Manning.
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Manning
Outad N. Jordan
Western National Bank
Daniel Manning
Telegraph scheme bids and multiple execution reports across states
A late 19th century roundup notes William Finchum’s execution in Harrisonburg for murdering his brother, John Strickland hanged in Conway Horry County for killing his stepmother, Albert Peters hanged near Trenton for murder, and Gus Edmondson hanged at Somerville for his wife’s murder. It also reports Benjamin Sheppard pursuing an escaped convict in Atlanta, and the Kelly family lynching near Oak City. Foreign items include anti Jewish decrees in Russia and other international notes. Pennsylvania reports total state debt and sinking fund assets as of November 30, 1887.
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Ciartestos
W. Va
William Finchum
Rockingham County
Mar Croft
Preston Finchum
Harrisonburg
Columaora
S. C
John Strickland
Conway Horry County
Adeline Strickland
Mariana
Albert Peters
Win
Johnson
Trenton
This County
Peters
Birwinaway
Ars
Gus Edmonson
White
Somerville
Morgan County
Morgan County, To Day, For the Murder of His Wife Ast May
Atlanta
Ben Sheppard
Midville
Sheppard
Kelly
Wichita
Kax
Charles Gra~bani
No Man’s Land
Bender
Oak City
Texas
Bill
Harrispeac
Beaver
Pennsylvania
Diphtheria Strikes Family In Suhevaxnoan Case
Geo Scott buries two children in one grave after already burying his youngest two weeks earlier as diphtheria sickens his wife and two other children in Suhevaxnoan Pennsylvania. The report notes multiple fatalities and illnesses in the same household.
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SuHevaxnoan, Pa
Geo. Scott
Tramps to be whipped under old state law in Jacksonville
In Jacksonville Florida the criminal judge orders the sheriff to seize all tramps and lash them thirty nine times on the bare back. The woods around the city are filled with vagrants, many colored, with an anticipated tumultuous scene.
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Jacksonville
Fra
Holiday fire panic at Haymarket Mission injures children
A stove toppled during a holiday celebration at Haymarket Mission caused a fire alarm panic. Several children were injured and one fatality reported.
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Circaay
Dev
Haymarket Mission
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