Goebel murder trial details and India famine aid
The record covers Goebel assassination testimony noting telegrams to seven state receivers and denouncements of plans to incite violence. Wiltshire, Youtsey, Powers, Taylor, and Golden figures appear with defense arguments and bail rulings. Separate items report India's famine relief needs money, not grain, and US policy on Boer prisoners, with camp conditions and transfer to St Helena.
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Frankfort
Mayti
J. 1
Matthews
Goebel
George Denny
Lexington
Duane Sinclair
Postal Com
Kentucky
Collier
F. Wharton Golden
Taylor
Golden
Culton
Caleb Powers
Capitol
Powers
Wharton Golden
Youtsey
Secretary of States Office
John Powers
Finlery
Ltam
State House
T.C. Campbell
George R. Hemphill
Charles Finley
Hemphill
Executive
Stats House
Youtgy
Governor Taylor
Burton
W.H. Calton
Cantril
Calton
Greorgetown
Cloudburst Floods Silex Valley and Hails Destruction
A cloudburst hit Silex Missouri May 6 flooding the valley within fifteen minutes and threatening overflow from Mill Creek and the Missouri River. Immense hail covered ground up to a foot deep. Stock losses include 35 hogs owned by John Harris. Lowland crops were destroyed and several short line railroad bridges wrecked but repair is underway for tonight’s trains.
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Silex
Mill Creek
Uivre
John Harris
Senate Debates Armor Plant in Naval Appropriation
Washington May 6 Practically the whole senate session centered on armor and armament in the naval appropriation bill The debate focused on government erection of an armor plant Tillman Money and Chandler backed a plant claim Hale favored the committee plan if armor cannot be bought at 445 per ton The bill passed over until tomorrow Falls City Neb May 10 Thomas McMullens stole a saddle horse from John Perrier s livery barn tracked seventy five miles arrested Monday pleaded guilty Tuesday and was sentenced to five years in the antertiary Tuesday afternoon
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Washington
Senate
Tillman
Money
Chandler
Hale
Falls City
Neb
Thomas McMullens
John Perrier
Joseph Miles
McMullens
Pension Bill Expands Widows Pension Eligibility
Washington May 9 General Sickles and the Grand Army of the Republic saw a pension bill pass Congress and win the president’s approval. The measure raises the widow pension threshold to 250 dollars a year, enabling more widows with modest incomes to qualify. The Bureau of Pensions will expedite adjudications, with an estimated 2.5 million dollars added annually to the appropriation.
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Washington, D
General Sickles
Grand Army of the Republic
Congress
Commissioner of Pensions
Bureau of Pensions
Paris Bank Gold Heist Suspects Linked to Chicago
Chicago detectives say two men connected to an $80,000 gold theft in Paris have moved to Chicago after the bold cab robbery. The Paris bank bag theft of 280,000 francs sparked a global manhunt while Chicago police report mortgage payoff and central station inquiry as evidence.
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Chicago
Paris
Bank of France
South Side
Central Station
Tourists Trapped by Vesuvius Eruption
May 9 Naples reports the cable car to Mount Vesuvius suspended after eruption warnings. Four Englishmen climbed on foot past guards high on the mountain where ascent is deemed unsafe. Lava and stones surged down, leaving the travelers terribly bruised and rescued.
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Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Not a Question of Ownership in Essay at Cornell Club
Harvard president recounted a story about a New York restaurant hat check. A clever hat attendant identified the professor as the owner without knowing his hat beforehand. The tale highlights memory and recognition in a social setting.
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Eliot
Harvard
Cornell Club
New York
New York City
Pennsylvania Town Burned in Forest Fire at Corbett
The town of Corbett, Galeton area, on the Buffalo and Susquehanna railroad, was destroyed by a forest fire yesterday. Forty one people lived there. five buildings survived. A relief train carried people away and returned after a fire forced it back. George Luke and wife perished. many survivors were seriously burned. An ad for health products appears at H. L. Tucker's drug store claiming nourishing aid and beauty benefits.
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Galeton
Corbett
Buffalo & Susquehanna
George Luke
Obituary of W H Martz of Altona County
W H Martz died at his home three miles southwest of Altona on May 2. Born in Troy Missouri in 1843, he married Ann E Elmore in 1865 and lived in Johnson County and later Bates County before settling in the area. Survived by his wife and seven children, two sons and a daughter preceded him. He joined the Christian church in 1870 and lived a consistent Christian life. Funeral at his residence conducted by Rev R R Coffer, burial at France cemetery. Floral tributes observed. A Frence.
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W.H. Martz
Altona
Troy
Lincoln County
Ann E. Elmore
Johnson County
Kansas
Bites County
Christian Church
Old Santa Fe
Christ
Church
R. R. Coffer
France Cemetery
Mother Earth
Wheat and rye crop conditions show mixed May results
The May 1 mortality report from the agricultural department notes winter wheat planted area down about 11.5 percent from last fall due to winter kill and Hessian fly. Average winter-wheat condition 88.9, rye 85, meadow lands 72, spring pasture 91.3. spring plowing remains late in many states. New York labor surge for tunnel work triggers protests and housing strains.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Department of Agriculture
Indiana
Michigan
Pennsylvania
California
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
New York
Kentucky
Illinois
Arkansas
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
J.P Melonnnell
New Jersey
Blair
Cautdoor Poor Department
An Offer Proving Faith to Sufferers
A vintage advertises B B Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for blood and skin troubles. It claims rapid relief from eczema pimples eruptions and rheumatism, with a trial bottle offered free and full bottles priced at one dollar each or six for five dollars. Address BLOOD BALM CO Atlanta Ga.
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B. B. B.botanic
Anta. Ga
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Dr. Abbott
Quito
United States
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Washington, D. C
Department of State
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Green Point
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Uronje
Pretoria
St. Helena
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Vesuvius
Collier's Weekly
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Father
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Kansas Urry
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