Mob burns accused killer Richard Cole man at stake in Kentucky
In Maysville Kentucky a large mob overpowered officers and executed Richard Coleman a colored man who confessed to murdering Mrs James Lashbrook wife of his employer The crowd tied him to a sapling on cricket grounds and butchered him with fire and multiple matches witnesses say no one wore a mask and leaders are prominent local citizens.
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Maysville
Richard Goleman
James Lashbrook
Calemen
Coleman
Prosecution Puts in Many of Defendant's Letters
The Rudolph Helles testimony consumes the day in the Molineux trial as letters written by the defendant are admitted for all purposes. Helles links handwriting to Harpster and Ballantine connections, while Miss Agnes Evans appears as a key witness in the Burns letter matter. Heiles, a Ballantine employee, testifies about Knickerbocker A C ties and prior roles at the Ballantine Brewing Co.
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New York
Roland B. Molineux
Rudolph Helles
Molineux
Helles
Weeks
Ee Ca
Knickerbocker Athletic Club
Ster
William Scheffler
Sadie
Blanche Chesebrough
Agnes Evans
Burns
Subpena
Rudolph Heiles
Knickerbocker A. C
Ballantine Brewing Company
J. Herbert Ballantine
A. A. Harpster
Heiles
John D. Adams
Ballantine Brewery
Newark
Hartdegar & Co
Weather forecast for New England and Boston
Forecast for Thursday and Friday calls for fair weather in New England and eastern New York with fresh north to east winds. Boston and vicinity can expect fair weather and light westerly winds turning variable.
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Washington
New England
New York
Boston
Vicinity
Bombardment tightens siege at Ladysmith as Boers upgrade guns
London dispatches report the Ladysmith siege intensifying with a new Boer big gun at Lombard's Kop. Barrages targeted Gor don Highlanders and Manchester regiment camps for two days, with several British guns shattered. Casualties at Kimberley totaled 22 killed and 31 wounded.
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London
Modder River
Ladysmith
Mrs. Franches Niece Reveals Methods in Probate Question
In Suffolk Probate Court Judge McKim opened an inquiry into Benjamin French’s sanity while considering appointing a conservator for his property. Testimony from Mrs. French’s niece Blanche Endress described feeble health, irregular meals, nocturnal cleaning, and gas shutoffs, with other witnesses noting dwindling business acumen and routine employment by Mrs. French.
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Suffolk
McKim
Benjamin French
Julia B. French
Newbury Street
French
Moorfield Storey
Fletcher Ranney
Blanche Endress
Pittsburg
Mrs. French
John Gross
Boers Fire Into Ladysmith as 6000 Free State Troops Depart
A dispatch from Ladysmith reports Boer forces firing into the town. It is rumored that about 6000 Free State Boers have left Ladysmith, raising grave fears for the safety of their homeland.
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London
Ladysmith
Fierce Kimberley sortie yields heavy fighting and surrender
London dispatch reports Major Scott Turner leading a dawn reconnaissance toward Carter's farm ridge. Boer redoubts were rushed at 6 25 am under heavy fire. Boers hoisted a white flag before surrendering, but British could not press due to depleted ammo and reinforcements. An armored train reconnoitered, and ten guns exchanged fire while Major Scott Turner was wounded.
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London
Kimberley
Scott Turner
Carter's Farm
Scott-Turner
Spytfontein
Kenilworth
War Office Comment on Boer Casualties From Recent Battles
General Buller quotes figures from a Boer source noting at Belmont 81 enemy dead and 15 killed, at Ladysmith Nov 9 likely higher casualties than admitted, and at Spion Kop Nov 23 about 30 killed 100 wounded. Intercepted despatches suggest official reports underestimate Boer losses.
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London
War Office
Buller
Pinter Maritzburg
Belmont
Ladysmith
Hildyard
Pope May Help Boers In War Of South Africa
From Rome comes word Pope Leo XIII would vocally protest Britain if it seeks to crush the two South African republics now at war. A query from Dr Leyds, Transvaal representative, prompted the pope to declare he will speak out. Leo XIII’s sympathy for the Boers is echoed by Vatican officials and prelates in recent weeks.
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London
Rome
Leo XIII
Great Britain
Leydse
Transvaal Republic
Europe
Sacred College
Vatican
General Joubert incapacitated at Volksrust report
Dispatches report General Joubert's illness forcing his transfer for medical care at Volksrust as a war council contemplates assault on Ladysmith. General Schalkburgher leads in his absence, the state attorney arrives to advise Boer commanders, and Ladysmith remains quiet.
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Pretoria
Lorenzo Marquez
Joubert
Volksrust
Transvaal
Kimberley Mines Filling With Water
Pretoria dispatch says De Beers mines near Kimberley are filling with water after Cecil Rhodes's despatch intercepted. Rhéedes estimates damage at 960,000 pounds per day.
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Kimberley
Pretoria
Ne Standard Ane Sete
Cecil Rhéedes
Ki Rney
de Beers
Boers Plan to Exhibit Rhodes in a Cage at Bloemfontein
Natives report to Cecil Rhodes that Boers intend to showcase him in a cage at Bloemfontein before sending him to Pretoria. The note comes from Kimberley in November 1920.
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Kimberley
Cecil Rhodes
Bloemfontein
Orange Free State
Pretoria
Heavy artillery duel at Mafeking reported December 2
Despatches from the west report a heavy artillery duel at Mafeking on the morning of December 2. Kimberley remains quiet.
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Pretoria
Lorenzo Marquez
Mafeking
Kimberley
Pope 15 III Under Care as Cold Affects Breathing
In Rome on December 6 1915 the Pope contracted a sudden cold with breathing difficulty. Dr Lappont the Papal physician ordered him to stay in bed and cancel usual audiences. The Vatican reports his condition not considered alarming.
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Dr. Lappont
Rome
Lappont
Paderewski Arrives Anew as Concert Demand Persists
Ignace Paderewski, the famed pianist, arrives aboard the Oceanic in New York. Despite marriage, he still stirs strong public interest with female admirers greeting him warmly. Advance sales for his first four concerts exceed 25 000 dollars, with remaining seats available beyond the first show.
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New York
White Star Express
Oceanic
Ignace Paderewski
Witness Describes Caregiver Role at Feeble Mr. French Home
Higlister testified he kept himself generally useful and cared for Mr. French who was very feeble. He said Mrs. French hired several girls at different times with the longest stay six months and some left in less than a week due to condition of the house.
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French
Higlister
Public School Association meeting backs reform in Jamaica Plain
The Public School Association held a meeting in Eliot Hall Jamaica Plain to back reform candidates for the school committee. Mrs Badwin D Mead charged one fourth of city teachers as unsatisfactory and a threat to school morals while Professor Sedgwick urged cleaner, better run schools and denounced current board neglect. Lectures by Edmund Billings A Lawrence Lowell and others followed with plans for a mass meeting in Faneuil Hall tomorrow led by Colonel Thomas Livermore and speakers including Major Henry Higginson Edward Hale Thomas Gargan and others.
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The
Public School Association
Eliot Hall
Jamaica Plain
Herbert L. Hardy
Badwin D. Mead
Sedgwick
Institute of Technology
Edmund Billings
A. Lawrence Lowell
Charles F. Dole
Michael J. Murray
Faneut] Hall
Thomas Lh Livermore
Henry L. Higginson
Bdward Everett Hale
Thomas J. Gargan
B. Fay Mills
Alfred B. Hayes
John Graham Brooks
Charles T. Gallagher
A. Lawrence Sewell
Hibbard Named Boston Postmaster Amid Surprise Endorsements
George A. Hibbard, 28, was told by President McKinley that he would be postmaster at Boston, with Senate approval expected soon. Lodge and Hoar backed him, and Hibbard promised no shake up, taking over from Thomas on January 1 while Henderson may stay on as assistant.
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George A. Hibbard
Boston
Henry A. Thomas
McKinley
White House
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Hibbard
Senate
Henderson
Lodge
Thomas
Senator, Lodge
Senator Hoar
Capitol
Post
Mr. Hibbard
Hibbard Career profile outlines long political service
Postmaster George A. Hibbard a seasoned politician in Boston with campaigns for decades. He led ex Mayor Curtis’s mayoralty bid two years ago and chairs the Republican city committee. Hibbard, 35, is a partner in Hibbard & Mason tailors and has served in the Common Council and the Legislature from Ward.
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Poe
Curtis
Senator Lodge
Mr. Hibbard
Dorchester
Ward
George A. Hibbard
Boston
Hibbard
Reticent Postmaster Avoids Hibbard Appointment Question
Acting Postmaster Henderson refused to discuss the selection of Mr. Hibbard. He would not confirm retaining his role as assistant postmaster, saying that decision rests with Mr. Hibbard. Henderson, with 17 years in the department since June 1, 1897, planned pneumatic mail expansion and would continue until the next postmaster is installed.
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Mr. Henderson
Henderson
Hibbard
Thomas
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