Execution of Theodore Durrant Postponed to Supreme Court Review
In San Francisco the Durrant case gains a stay as the appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court halts the scheduled state execution. The court acts on the writ of supersedeas. no formal stay yet. Attorneys anticipate further delay into the new year as the high court considers the appeal.
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Cuban Concentrados Starve as Spain Ramps Up Cuban War Tactics
A Havana dispatch reports Spain detains rural Cuba as prisoners of war and enforces harsh measures. An appeal from 100 Matanzas citizens seeks U.S. aid, urging relief for starving concentrados amid Weyler's policies, while safety concerns limit open aid.
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Shooting Burglar Wounds Two In Everett Escape
Everett reports detail a night intrusion by a burglar at L. G. Metzger’s store. Marshal Chapman and Policeman Marshall pursued him. a shot hit Gillespie in the mouth, cracking teeth and jaw while a second bullet struck Marshall’s forearm as the burglar fled toward timber.
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Worden’s Hanging Postponed by Attorney General Stay
Worden Aull, of Folégun prison, reports a telegraphic message from the attorney general directing against the scheduled execution for Worden. The stay delays the hanging as the attorney general’s written opinion reaches Folsom by mail tomorrow. Worden remains confined as preparations are halted and gallows removed.
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Five Water Tanks Fall in New York Factory Build
Five tanks holding 13 000 gallons each crashed from a five story rise at David Brown Co soap plant in Manhattan. William Fraser 49 a surveyor with Otis Elevator Co died in the ruins. Jacob Jacobson a carpenter is missing. Contractors and architect charged with homicide. Fifteen men were in the building at the time.
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David Brown & Co
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Boggs Confesses Shortfall then Vanishes from Dover
Dover June 7 directors of Fleet National Bank examining the accounts of paying teller William N Bogga received a letter from him stating he was 38000 short and had left town He outlined irregularities extending over ten years and admitted the deficit.
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Lovesick Domestic Tragedy in Oregon
Susan Pulard an 18 year old domestic in Gervais Oregon vanished a week ago. Her body was found under Parkeraville bridge two miles east of town. Coroner ruled death by own action due to unrewarded love after witnesses placed her at Parkersville and her hat cloak were found on a log. Parents reside in Clackamas County.
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Priests Roasted Alive Report Shocks Vancouver
The Hupelh arrived from the Orient with 8800 tons of tea and curios and will travel to San Francisco before returning to the Orient. Officers say a British resident claimed Spanish forces in the Philippines roasted 25 Roman Catholic priests and rebels use coconuts as cannon balls against Spanish troops.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
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Philippine Islands
Battle near Canudos Defeats 8000 Fanatics in Bahia
Buenos Aires dispatch to the Herald reports that 8000 fanatics led by Can Celheiro were defeated by Brazilian forces at Canudos in Bahia. The fanatics rallied for a stubborn stand but were forced to flee in great dread as federal artillery executed the final maneuver.
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Shy Kid Wilson Foiled in Font Escape Plot
Sacramento reports the jailed robber known as Shy Kid Wilson, serving 40 years in Folsom for a Los Angeles highway robbery, attempted an escape by slipping behind rocks, shedding a red cloth, and using a garden hose to dive into the canal but was captured before leaping.
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Wilson
Folsom
Los Angeles
Gunboat Princeton Launched at Kaignan Point
The United States composite screw gunboat Princeton was launched at Kaignan's point. Miss Margaret Updike christened the vessel with a wine bottle break. The Princeton, part of a six-boat class, costs about $230,000 excluding interior fittings and lighting. It is 204 feet long, 36 feet beam, 1,000 tons displacement, with armament of six 4-inch rapid fire guns, four 6-pounders and two 1-pounders.
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Damien
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Kaignan’s Point
Margaret Updike
Major Updike
South American
Death of Madison Staley in bicycle collision
Madison Staley, 65 year old stockman of Kansas City, died from skull fracture after being struck by a bicycle ridden by Nelson J. Steven, an insurance agent. Steven lost control on a steep grade on Eighth Street and turned himself in to police, later released.
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Modern Woodmen Decides on Death by Own Action Claims
Today in Dubuque Iowa the Modern Woodmen session focused on order laws. The key action allows payment of death by own action claims if death occurs no earlier than three years after the certificate date.
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