Desperate Convicts Escape Folsom Using Officers as Shields
Thirteen Sacramento inmates escaped Folsom prison by forcing officers to shield them as they fled toward the Bald mountains. Guard Cotter was killed, Cochran fatally stabbed, and Palmer severely wounded. Warden Wilkinson and Captain Murphy were released. militia and soldiers pursue the fugitives toward Bald mountain and Alabaster cave warder.
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Cal
Sacramento
Folsom
William L. Cotter
C. J. Cochran
W. C. Palmer
Wilkinson
Murphy
Overseer McDonough
Bald Mountains
Pardee
Warden Wilkinson
Harry Wilkinson
Turnkey Cochran
Colter
Palmer
Mormon Bridge
Bald Mountain
Alabaster Cave Warderm
Tragic shooting ends life in Vicksburg dairy area
Annie Strong a twenty year old white woman from Vicksburg surrenders after allegedly firing a squirrel shot charge at Robert Anderson seventy a Black man who was said to advance on her with an ax during a fence dispute. The Strong family operates a nearby dairy.
Immoral Businesses in Manhattan and Brooklyn Targeted
The mayor's secretary orders more than a score of licensed employment bureaus in Manhattan and Brooklyn shut down after reports they operate immoral enterprises. In Washington, a Panama situation update notes Consul Gudger reporting the governorship was tendered and refused, signaling a grave state of affairs.
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Manhattan
Brooklyn
New York
Washington
State Department
Panama
Gudger
Sacred College Holds Requiem Mass for Leo in Sistine Chapel
In Rome a grand requiem under the sacred college for Pope Leo was held in the Sistine Chapel. Cardinals, diplomats, nobles, and priests attended as a 100-candle catafalque dominated the altar. Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli led the rites with cardinals Agliardi Vincenzio Vannutelli Satelli and Richard. Cardinal Gibbons and others observed. London hosted a separate requiem at the Oratory Brompton with a large crowd including Earl of Denbigh and US embassy representatives.
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Rome
Sacred College
Leo
Sistine Chapel
Pius IX
The
Catafalque
France
Russia
Prussia
Austria
Spain
Belgium
Portugal
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Guatemala
Bavaria
Serafino Vannutelli
Agliardi
Vincenzio Vannutelli
Satelli
Richard
Michael Angelo
Cardinal Vannutelli
Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Martinelli
Cardinal Gotti
London
Oratory Brompton
King Edward
Earl of Denbigh
Mob seeks unknown Negro after attempted assault near Lucerne
A mob of Harrison township residents led by George Watts travels with shotguns revolvers pitchforks and clubs in search of an unknown Negro suspected in an assault attempt on Mrs. Joseph Watts near Lucerne Indiana. The posse aims to capture him on Sutter's prairie.
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Logansport
Ind
Armea
Harrison Township
Joseph Watts
Lucerne
George Watts
Sutter's Prairie
Ascended High Mountain Near Portland
L. L Hawkins reports that after his party reached the Three Sisters in the Cascade range, the last two climbers completed the first recorded ascent of the north sister. The other two sisters had been scaled several times earlier.
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Portland
Ore
L. L Hawkins
Cascade Range
Murder trial enters second day in Cynthiana Ky
Court opened at 8 30 a m Tuesday for the second day of the trial of Curtis Jett and Thomas White for the murder of J B Marcum. One hundred jurors summoned from Monday's draw responded. Capt B J Ewen, the chief prosecution witness, is here under troop protection.
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Cynthiana
Curtis Jett
Thomas White
J. B. Marcum
B. J. Ewen
KODOL Promises Digestive Relief and Nervous Support
KODOL accelerates digestion and tones the digestive organs. It claims to relieve an overworked stomach and ease nervous strain. The remedy purportedly supports the heart, nourishes the nervous system, and feeds the brain.
Edward First King to Visit Londonderry
King Edward and Queen Alexandra arrived in Londonderry to a large crowd. The mayor and corporation welcomed the royal pair at the station and received addresses which the king thanked as he expressed pleasure at the visit.
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Edward
Londonderry
Queen Alexandra
Decorations Damaged Ahead of Royal Cork Visit
Telegraphs from Cork report a special force was appointed to police the route for King Edward and Queen Alexander’s Cork visit. Decorations along the procession route, already advanced, were found pulled down or damaged by opponents to the royal visit.
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London
Cork
Edward
Alexander
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Royal Blend
Missouri
Nunnally
Express
Johnson Creamery
Howell Bros
Burt
Norwood
Bryan Steam Laundry
A. E. Worley
Folsom Prison
John Witt Man Filior
Opera House
Per Thania Alonzo Lee Atkinson
Yna
Houston
Texas Central
Railroad
Kingsland, Llano
Lampasas Marlin
Wootan Walls
M. L. Robbins, G. P
Houston, Texas
Wa. Doherty
Act’g A.G
KODOL
Jgsus
Eupion
Five Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Broat
W. Higgs
Geo. W. Higgs
Clarke Fountain
Cox& Odom, Inc
M. Lawrence & Co
W. EB. Saunders
Dannsby & Dansby
Howell Brothers
J. H. Mawhinney
Bryan Gregory
Apie
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