Carrie Nation Escapes Lynching Threat in Kansas Jail
A lynching mob pressed on the county jail in Voppera Kansas where Carrie Nation is confined but did not target her. They sought Slick Slater a 27 year old accused of assaulting a 17 year old Lottie Gerberic and captured by Topeka officers. Slater was moved toward Atchison with hopes of a return for trial while Santa Fe shop workers vow to lynch him again if brought back.
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Voppera
Kan
Carrie Nation
Slater
Lottie Gerberic
Topeka
Carbondale
Hoyt
Rock Island
Atchison
Santa Fe
Warrants Issued for Murder in Millwood Raid
Leavenworth Kan Feb 20 John Hudson a bartender whose wife was killed in a Millwood joint Monday night swore out warrants for four farmers already in custody charging them with murder in the first degree William Webb who was wounded in the raid is not expected to recover
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Leavenworth
Kan
John Hudson
Millwood
William Webb
Saloons Damaged by Carrie Nation Adherents in Chicago
Three Chicago saloons were damaged tonight by different individuals emulating Carrie Nation. Police quickly apprehended the smashers, totaling about 85 dollars in damage.
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Chicago
Carrie Nation
Two Men Arrested in Stringtown Drug Store Fire
Wheeling reporters say two men were arrested for arson and murder in the burning of John Clendenning’s drug store in Stringtown West Virginia. The crime followed threats from Carrie Nation crusaders demanding he stop selling liquor.
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Wheeling
W. Va
John Clendenning
Stringtown
Carrie Nation
Clendenning
Berle Attacks Dr Abbott Over Imperialism Claims
The Rev A A Berle writes to the Springfield Republican denouncing Dr Lyman Abbott's remarks on imperialism from a Lowell Institute lecture. He quotes abbott praising Anglo Saxon dominance and likens his barnyard imagery to barbaric dogs, then urges liberty for Cuba and the Philippines and condemns slavery, warning the gospel has been misused to defend oppression.
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Lyman Abbott
A. A. Berle
Springfield Republican
Berie
Dr. Abbott
Lowell Institute
Cuba
Abbott
Philippines
Presidents Reception for Revolutionary Societies at White House
The President and Mrs. McKinley hosted a reception this afternoon for the Society of the Children of the American Revolution. The event was followed by a reception for delegates to the congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Washington
McKinley
Society of the Children of the American Revolution
Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Burlington railroad president confirms Harris as successor
Burlington Iowa February 20 President C B Perkins of the Burlington road acknowledged an Associated Press report that he resigned and that G B Harris has been appointed his successor. Perkins stated Harris indeed becomes president of the Burlington.
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Burlington
Iowa
C. B. Perkins
The
Burlington Road
Associated Press
G. B. Harris
Perkins
Harris
Salem approves 643410.48 budget and elects new electrical chief
The Salem Common Council passed the annual appropriation bill totaling 643 410 48 dollars. It also elected Charles H. Ashby as superintendent of the electrical department, replacing Philip S. Holmes, by a 12 to 6 vote.
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Salem
Charles H. Ashby
Philip
Holmes
Compromise on Punishments Narrowly Reached in Pekin Talks
London reports from Pekin state foreign envoys have agreed to let the imperial court commute most sentences to life imprisonment while outlining specific punishments for prominent figures. Prince Chwang would be strangled, Yut Hsien decapitated, and Chao Shu Chiao and Ying Nien to strangulation.
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London
Pekin
Morning Post
Wiriing
Imperial Court
Prince Tuan
Duke Lan
Tung Fu Hsiang
Prince Chwang
Yut Hsien
Chao Shu Chiao
Ying Ni
Ying Nien
the Times
Count von Waldersee
Fortifications planned for Pekin legations in Berlin report
Berlin dispatch says Pekin legations will be enclosed by modern fortifications with a 12 foot moat glacis and barbed wire. Each legation to have heavy gun protection and a gate in the Tartar wall flanked by bastions. Barracks to house 20 men and 500 in reserve.
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Berlin
Pekin
National Zeitung
Chun Ching
Tsien
Tartar
Chinese Agree to Terms After Envoy Communication
Chinese plenipotentiaries accepted the powers terms following an official note to foreign envoys. United States Minister Conger puts the total demands on China at 400 million dollars.
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Phkin
United States
Conger
China
Electric future topic highlighted at Boston Boot and Shoe Club dinner
About 175 members attended the Lenox dinner with George H. Daniels as toastmaster. Speakers included Professor Elihu Thomson Sidney B. Paine George W. Morse and Bentley W. Warren who discussed past and future electrical progress and suburban railways. Morse predicted electric streetcars could move farm produce into the city and reduce team use.
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Boston Boot and Shoe Club
Lenox
George H. Daniels
Elihu Thomson
Sidney B. Paine
George W. Morse
Bentley W. Warren
B. I. Spinney
Henry Bb. Sprague
W. M. Rand
D. J. Lord
Thomson
Paris
Morse
Minnesota Reporter Convicted of Manslaughter in Day Killing
Frank Hamilton, a newspaper reporter, is found guilty of first degree manslaughter in the killing of Leonard Day a young millionaire in the West Hotel billiard room. Jury out 35 hours recommends mercy. sentence set at five to twenty years with mercy. Day was about 24, son of a lumberman, killed after a barroom confrontation. Carrie Slagle linked to the threats. Evidence deemed circumstantial.
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Minneapolis
Frank Hamilton
Leonard R. Day
West Hotel
Hamilton
Leonard Day
Day
Carrie Slagle
Post Expose Stops Gifts for Street Foremen
The anti gift circular by Superintendent Wheeler halted presents expected by several foremen in the street department. Watches and a silver service valued at £230 were among gifts delayed or canceled, with discussions noting the loss of a hoped for epidemic of gifts and lingering humor over the turn of events.
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Wheeler
Street Department
Hereford woman sentenced for vitriol attack in Lowell
Mrs Elizabeth de L Etoile was convicted of hurling vitriol at John Beauchard at her Hereford place home Sunday afternoon in Lowell. Judge Fox sentenced her to five years hard labor in Sherborn prison, with a wish to serve at Middlesex House of Correction. Beauchard, 51, blinded by the attack, testified the blow was unprovoked.
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Elizabeth de L’etoile
John Beauchard
Hereford Place
Lowell
East Cambridge
L’etoile
Beauchard
Boy 7 Held After Hatchet Assault at West Ind
John Carroll aged seven of 64 Nashua street was arrested by Station 3 police for assaulting Miss Annie French of 2 Union place West Ind with a hatchet. A minor scalp wound was caused and Miss French was sent home. The two declined to discuss the quarrel.
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John Carroll
Nashua Street
Annie French
Union Place
West Ind
Wrench
Carroll
Miss French
Police charge Callahan in Cudahy kidnapping case
Formal charges of kidnapping and robbery were filed against James Callahan over the December abduction of Ed ward Cudahy Jr. in Omaha. Investigators say suspicions about a Patrick family coachman are groundless while Pat Crowe and Callahan were linked to the case and Callahan showed sudden wealth after the crime.
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Omaha
Neb
James Callahan
Edward Cudahy
Packer
Donahue
Patrick
Murtie
Pat Crowe
Callahan
Martie
O Connell to be Inaugurated Worcester Mayor Monday Night
Worcester records that Philip J. O Connell will be inaugurated as mayor Monday night with a brief address and no public ceremony.
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Worcester
Philip J. O’connell
Hendricks Club Eyes Year Ahead in Ward 8
Democratic voters of Ward 8 are urged to meet at the ward room on November 1 4 and February 6 9 for organization under the city ordinances. Joseph P. Lomasney chairs the Ward Committee. The notice, signed by his brother Martin M. Lomasney, signals early campaign activity and debates over ward room access and ordinance reforms.
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Ward S
Democratic Ward Committee
Josepht P. Lomasney
Martin M. Lomasney
Trendricks Club
Joseph
Hendricks Club
Police Board to Attend After Cogan Hearing Next Monday
The committee on metropolitan affairs will hear former Inspector Cogan next Monday, after which the Police Board is slated to attend. The meeting aims to review pending departmental matters.
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Police Board
Its
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Cogan
Two Boston Boys Arrested in Brooklyn Theatre
Two youths from Boston, Nutty Ryan age 15 and Joseph Coughlin age 16, were arrested in Hyde and Behman's Theatre in Brooklyn on a complaint by Frank Munwalls for allegedly taking money from his possession. They will be arraigned at Adams Street Police Court tomorrow.
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New York
Ryan
Joseph Coughlin
Boston
Mass
Hyde & Behman’‘s
Brooklyn
Frank Munwalls
Adams Street
Negro lynching in Dyersburg shocks town
A mob seized Keebe Montgomery from the Dyersburg jail and hanged him five times from the Mike Lynching Tree to force a confession in the Miss Alice Arnold assault case. He survived but was left near death. Several other Black residents were whipped during the night.
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Dyersburg
Tenn
Keebe Montgomery
Mike
Fred King
Alice Arnold
Bank Robber Steals Train in Fosher Heist
In Fosher the private bank of F. B. Vennum was robbed of 1620 by 22 year old farmer Arthur Hyer who forced clerks at gunpoint. He stole a freight train but by restraint of several men the caboose was stopped and Hyer captured. All stolen money recovered.
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Rantoul
F. B. Vennum
Fosher
Arthur Hyer
Choate Reports Talks On Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
Ambassador Choate cabled to the State Department a brief outline of his interview with Lord Lansdowne on the pending Hay-Pauncefote treaty. The text is withheld but it is hoped Britain will act before March 4 to address Senate amendments or extend the ratification period.
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Washington
Choate
State Department
Lord Lansdowne
Senate
Colonial reception in Unitarian Hall Somerville
A colonial era reception was held last evening in Unitarian Hall on Highland Avenue Somerville by members of the Ileptorean U district.
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Unitarian Hall
Highland Avenue
Somerville
The
Ileptorean U
Liquor Law Change Prompts High Level Testimony
A State House hearing explored removing the semicolon from the liquor law to legalize selling meals and drinks after 11 PM in hotels. Opponents led by Henry Faxon and B B Johnson argued the issue runs deeper than punctuation, while hotel interests led by W A Morse defended the change as a necessary revision.
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State House
Henry Faxon
Quincy
B. B. Johnson
W. A. Morse
J. R. Clark
M. J. Murray
Morse
Sh. B. Johnson
Legislature to Open Extra Session for Codifying Laws
The Massachusetts legislature plans an extra session after the current one to reorganize and codify laws since 1882. Senator Attwill of Lynn introduced a joint special committee to study consolidation of public statutes and report back. The druggist license bill failed with only three supporters. A substitute on horse racing and pool selling was rejected. the report on agriculture stood.
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Senate
Attwill
Lynn
House
Cook
Flass
Mr. Bigelow
Boston
Committee On Agriculture
Wilfred Rackemann
Mr. Taft
Uxbridge
Abbott Opposes Woman Suffrage in Election Laws Hearing
The Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott of New York told the committee on election laws that women need not hold political power to influence policy. He argued that if husbands or brothers cannot protect women, they may seek their own vote, stating influence can exceed direct power.
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Lyman Abbott
New York
Committee On Election Laws
Mrs Blanche J. Silver Dies of Pneumonia in Cambridge
Mrs Blanche J. Silver wife of Albert A. Silver Jr of Silver Burdett Co Boston book publishers died yesterday at 14 Whittier Street Cambridge of pneumonia. She was daughter of Mrs Helen A Pray. Funeral set for Saturday at 2 30 PM.
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Blanche J. Silver
Albert A. Silver, Jr
Silver, Burdett & Co
Boston Book Publishers
Whittier Street
Cambridge
Silver
Helen A. Pray
Vanderbilt Talks Locomotive Boiler at Yale Address
Cornelius Vanderbilt spoke to a large audience of Yale students professors and graduates in North Sheffield Hall on the development of the locomotive boiler, using stereopticon slides for illustration.
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New Haven
Conn
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Yale
North Sheffield Hall
Transvaal War Developments and Kruger Memorial
London reports Lord Kitchen back in Pretoria weakens any new Dewet cordon. No update on Gene French pursuing Commander Gene Botha in east Transvaal. Indications Kruger plans return to South Africa and has drafted a memorial for European governments and President McKinley.
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London
Lord Kitchen
Pretoria
Dewet
Gene French
Gene Botha
Transvaal
Pretria
Brussels
Kruger
South Africa
Mckinley
Boers Derail Train Near Ki l River
From Pretoria a special despatch states Boers at Ki l River derailed a train on February 18 containing General Kitchener’s baggage. An armored train drove off the Boer, but the raiders secured the contents of the derailed train.
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London
Pretoria
Ki] River
Kitchener
Mysterious British Message on Smith-Dorrien Forces
The Tribune Lordon correspondent reports a British war office message saying there is no communication with General Smith-Dorrien's force in South Africa, causing unease. Unofficial news suggests Smith-Dorrien may have occupied Armsterdan near the Swaziland border, north of Piet Retief.
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New York
Tribunet Lordon
British War Office
Smith-Dorrien
South Africa
Armsterdan
Swaziland
Ermelo
Piet Retief
Move on Speaker Henderson to secure legislation
The Daughters of the Revolution held a lively session in Washington on February 20. Mrs. Donald McLean of New York urged faster action to secure land for a Continental Hall and obtain site cost estimates for final submission to Congress. The group supported petitions to Speaker Henderson and urged state members to press their senators.
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Washington
Daughters of the Revolution
Donald Mclean
New York
Senate
House
D. A. Rt
Iowa
Congression
McLean
Congress
National University
Maynard Mills Shut After Wage Dispute
A wage dispute at Maynard mills, owned by American Woollen Company, leads to a shutdown affecting 1100 workers including 38 girls paid $2.02 less than demanded. The mill will remain closed indefinitely after intimidation by former sewers. William Wood, treasurer, notes the stoppage and ongoing strike, with 35 girls leaving and three hired to replace them.
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Maynard
Maynard Mills
American Woollen Company
William Wood
Old Force
Textile unions seek merger charter for 12000 members
James Tane sey and Albert Hibbert of Massachusetts appeared before the AFL executive council seeking a charter for the National Federation of Textile Operatives of America. A conference with five representatives from the International Union of Textile Workers and five from the applicant union will be held within two months to consider uniting the two bodies.
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Washington
James Tanesey
Albert Hibbert
Massachusetts
National Federation of Textile Operatives of America
A. F. of L
International Union of Textile Workers
Executive Council
O Reilly Branch of United Irish League Organized
The John Boyle O Reilly branch in Charlestown organized at night with seventy members on the roll. Rev. James Supple elected spiritual adviser and officers named include Dr. J Y T Gallager president M O Connell vice president Robert McLaughlin treasurer John G O Connor recording secretary John A Collins financial secretary
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O'Reilly
Irish League
John Boyle O'Reilly
United Irish League
Charlestown
James Supple
J. YT. Gallager
M. ©. O'Connell
Robert McLaughlin
John G. O'Connor
John A. Collins
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Murbel
Berle
Salem Council
ASHBY
National Supply CO
Temple
Mgr
Marie LE Normand
Palmist
Tremont ST
Hotel Touraine
Millionaire Day
Carrie Slagale
Letoile
Martt
Cudahy
Pat Chowe
Jos
Coughlin
Heptorean Club Reception
Tive Committee
Henry
Eatha Esoiunue
A. A. Silver
Vanderbilt
Kees
Gordon
Henderson
United Texile Body
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