Two Officers Dead in Mountain Duel with Desperadoes
In Whitesburg Kentucky on April 18 two deputies and Sheriff John W Wright engaged a gang at Boone's Fork Millstone creek top. Willie Wright and Isaac Millard died, several others wounded. the desperadoes fled after heavy gunfire. In New York Patrick Short and Morris Meyer bail hearing rose to 20000 each as bail stayed high.
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Whitesburg
John W. Wright
Jemimah Hall
Boone’s Fork
Millstone Creek
Wright
John
Morgan Reynolds
Isaac and
Creed Porter
George Newsome
Newsome
Isaac Porter
John Reynolds
Porter
Willie Wright
Isaac Millard
Millard Osborne
Young Wright
W. S. Wright
New York
Robert Moore
Patrick
David L. Short
Morris M. Meyer
William M. Rice
Goff
Court of General Sessions
Short
Meyer
Galvin
Rice
Recorder Golf
Multiple Tragedies Reported Across States
A freight and work train collision near Middlesboro Kentucky kills engineer Will Sharp and yardmaster Will Fretwell, injures fireman Frank Wilson. In Vinita Indian Territory a neighbor shoots farmer H Hartman, fatally wounding him. In Hot Springs Arkansas Miss Ethel McGuigan, daughter of turfman William McGuigan, found dead in bed. London reports Amsterdam correspondent says police uncovered plots to kill Mr Kruger. one arrest with a confession.
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Middlesboro
Louisville and Nashville Railway
Here
Will Sharp
Will Fretwell
Frank Wilson
Hot Springs
Ark
Ethel McGuigan
William McGuigan
Turfman
McGuigan
London
Amsterdam
Daily Express
Kruger
Goebel assassination case moves to peremptory instruction
In Frankfort on April 13 Garnett Ripley case the court overruled a motion for peremptory instructions to acquit on the evidence. Defense counsel Mr. O Neal opened the defense. Jamaica fortifications strengthened Kingston April 13 the British war office ordered quick firing guns and heavy guns sent to Port Royal forts.
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Frankfort
Garnett Ripley
Goebel
O'Neal
Kingston
British War Office
Jamaica
Port Royal
Russian ministers plan submarine mine system at Port Arthur and Vladivostok
London reports the Russian war and navy ministries have issued joint orders to lay an extensive network of submarine mines at Port Arthur Vladivostok and other sea areas as part of defense measures.
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London
Joseph Chamberlain
Birmingham Post
Port Arthur
Vladiovostock
Klondike consul Col J McCook reported dead
Seattle April 13 Colonel J McCook United States consul for the Klondike whose dangerous illness was announced in Dawson advices a few days ago is reported dead. Aberdeen Miss April 13 W S Lanier sentenced to hang April 18 for the Bitter brothers murder broke jail Friday night and is at large.
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Seattle
Wash
J. ©. McCook
United States
the Klondike
Dawson Advices
Aberdeen
Miss
Lanier
Bitter Brothers
New York Stock Exchange Seat Sells For 59000
The sale of a seat on the New York Stock Exchange concludes at 59000, surpassing the previous record of 58000. The deal reflects ongoing demand and valued access to trading floor privileges.
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New York
Admiral Schley Returns Home From Buenos Aires
On Friday Rear Admiral Schley boarded the British steamship Clyde in Buenos Aires and sailed for the United States, signaling his return home.
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Buenos Aires
Schley
Clyde
United States
Magoon Named Law Officer for Insular Affairs Division
Washington April 18 Charles E Magoon has been appointed law officer of the division of insular affairs at the federal department. The action assigns him to oversee legal work related to colonial territories and outlying possessions.
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Washington
Charles E Magoon
Division of Insular Affairs
Bert Cassidy A Western Newspaper Leader Shoots Self
Bert Cassidy a renowned western newspaper man and artist shot himself to death in the local room of The Daily News where he was connected. Family troubles are believed to have driven the act.
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Chicago
Bert Cassidy
Daily News
Cherokee Nation Insane Asylum Patient Ends Life
Jason Cushman, a well known Cherokee citizen at the Cherokee National Insane asylum in Vinita Oklahoma, jumped from a window and died by suicide.
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Vinita
I. T
Jason Cushman
Cherokee National Insane Asylum
Farmer shoots assailant in Alabama dispute
Tuscumbia April 13 Emmett Crittenden a known Spring Valley farmer shot a negro for criminally assaulting his old estate daughter.
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Tuscumbia, Ala
Emmett Crittenden
Spring Valley
Oil strike draws Deming visitors to El Paso
Unusual excitement grips El Paso as word spreads of the recent oil strike near Deming New Mexico. Prospects leave El Paso daily and rush toward Deming from surrounding areas.
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New Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Deming
N. M
Jealousy Motive Follows Dallas Area Wife Slaying
Paris Texas April 13 William Doss, a Black man, shot and killed his wife Friday and then attempted suicide. The act was prompted by jealousy.
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Paris
Tex
William Doss
Monroe Edge Seeks Brazos County Land Sales Bargains
Land agent Monroe Edge lists numerous Brazos County properties with prices from 500 to 1200 dollars and several large lots near Allen Academy. Inventory includes frame houses, 312 acres of land with two dwellings, a large boarding house, and multiple cottages, with remarks on ground quality and improvements.
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City
College Road
Remy
Jeff Franklin
Allen Academy
Oil Mill
Real estate listing offering extensive Brazos and nearby lands
Monroe Edge land agent advertises 262 acres on Wixon creek with 100 in cultivation and 88 per acre terms, 220 acres on Madisonville road with 50 acres and 20 cultivated, plus 46 acres truck farm near Bryan, 45 acres hill property with 5 room house at 8900, 826 acres prairie near Edge, 10 cultivated, and more including city lots in Bryan Llano Calvert Wellborn and Kurten. Includes trade options and easy terms.
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Wixon Creek
Madisonville Road
Madison
Grimes County
Bryan
Morgan
Brazos County
Edge
Kurten
Wellborn
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