Train hold up near Memphis yields heavy loot and injuries
A Wells Fargo express train was robbed near Iron Mountain crossing four miles west of Memphis. Six masked men blew open the express car with nitroglycerin, taking all valuables while injuring Express Messenger Meaders and porter Gould. Bloodhounds were sent from Hulbert to track the bandits.
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Sidney Drew
St. Vincent's Hospital
Q O. T. Meaders
Frank Haskell
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Memphis
Bridge Junction
Ark
Iron Mountain Crossing
Meaders
Johnson
George Ward
Kid
Little Rock
Edmonson
John H. Harris
Hulbert
Iron Mountain
Nelson
Meadows
Gould
Sais
Meador
Express Trail No 3 Held Near Little Rock
Little Rock April 23 Express trail No 3 of the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf railroad, which left Memphis Monday night at 9:40, was held near Little Rock due to an unspecified incident. No injuries reported and operations delayed while investigators investigated the scene.
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Little Rock
Oklahoma
Gulf
Gm Mountain Crossing
Memphis
Express
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Li Hung Chang censured over Chinese boundaries edict
Dispatch from Pekin reports Li Hung Chang censured in an edict for failing to curb a German move toward western China after a French Chinese boundary agreement. The edict orders him to consult Lin Kun Yi, Chang Chih Tung, and Prince Ching on major matters, or face consequences.
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London
Pekin
Hung Chang
Li Hung Chang
Lin Kun Yi
Chang Chih Tung
Li Hang Chang
Prince Ching
New York Chamber group visits Orange Texas in show of support
The New York Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association committee arrived in Orange Texas. Governor Sayers was absent. Speaker Prince welcomed them. Charles M. Jessup read letters from Governor Odell and Mayor Van Wyck. They left for Beaumont after noon and also noted leaders Trowbridge Moore. In Alabama, voters debated a constitutional convention aimed at educational voter qualifications to curb the ignorant vote with Democratic backing.
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Orange
Tex
New York Chamber of Commerce and Merchants’ Association
Sayers
Prince
Texas House of Representatives
Charles M. Jessup
New York Chamber of Commerce Committee
Jessup
Odell
New York
van Wyck
New York City
Trowbridge
Merchants Association Committee
Moore
Orange Lane Northwestern Railway
Beaumont
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Democratic Party
Double Murder at Hardshell Mine Near Nogales
News reaches Phoenix of the killing of Frank and Charles Leal American miners at the Hardshell mining camp near Nogales. Mexican bandit Franciec Valdez allegedly started a quarrel in a saloon and shot both men. witnesses say he fired again after they fell.
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Phoenix
A. T
Frank
Charles Leal
Franciec
Valdez
Hardshell
Nogales
Leals
Fragmentary report of a violent assault incident
The readable text describes a violent act where individuals strike with force and bludgeon a person using the butt end of a revolver. The passage conveys aggression but lacks clear names, dates, or places.
Epidemic Disease Reported Among Alaska Natives
Seattle dispatch reports a disease like smallpox epidemic among Indians of Litke and Baranoff islands near the ancient capital of Alaska. Deaths have occurred. Sitka physician conflicts over whether the illness is smallpox or not.
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Seattle
Wash
Cottage City
Litke
Baranoff Island
Alaska
Sitka
Berlin Denies London Cable About Chinese Question
Berlin officials reject London cables claiming new complications in the Chinese question. Washington confirms Henry M. Cooper as United States Marshal for the Eastern Arkansas district.
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Berlin
London
Washington
Henry M. Cooper
Eastern
Arkansas
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Howell Brothers
John Wittmann
Bryan
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A. E. Worley
Texas
Change Hotel
Bryan, Texas
Franklin Brothers
Wefbuy
New Marke Building
Courthouse
Bryan Grocery Company
Denver
Nettleton
Department of Agriculture
la Junta
Col
Colorado
Greeley
Colorado Springs
Manitou
John B. Mike
Casper
Dan J. Ford
Prop
J. R. Barnett
Battle AX
Dee Mike, JR
Mae
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