Mob hangs Nelson Howard for Kans killing in Mound City
Weekly Leader reports Nelson Howard colored man who killed John Kans in Mound City Illinois on the 4th was taken from jail by a mob and hanged yesterday morning. Also notes Fitzgibon the pugilist shot at Ogden died yesterday morning after an altercation. 180th weekly record of country business failures. Chicago anti monopoly convention tumult. Timothy Smith defaulter of seventeen thousand dollars. Fort Omaha prisoners tunnel escape. sentences range two to fifteen years.
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Nelson Howard
John Kans
Mound City
Ill
Fitzgibon
Joyce
Ogden
Chicago
Timothy Smith
John Pickering & Mosley
Smith
Fort Omaha
Neb
Fort Leavenworth Military Prison
Cremation in Rome and unrest abroad report
Rome reports the cremation of Senator Cipriani as the first in the city. An Alexandria correspondent notes chaos in the Egyptian medical society and stench from Damietta affecting the Nile. Dublin Catholics condemn aiding emigration and Ireland’s large lands. Marseilles sees Italian factory workers strike and police dispersal with swords. Port Hope trains collide. one brakeman fatally hurt. $200,000 loss.
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Alexandria
Damietta
Nile
Dublin
Ireland
Marseilles
Port Hope
Canada
Grand Trunk Railroad
Porter
Omaha Notes: Knight dies after assault and escapees at large
Omaha reports Martin Knight died from a club assault and gunshot wounds suffered in bed after a dispute with Edward Sears. Fort Omaha eight military convicts who escaped remain at large, listed by name and enlistment sites. officers call them desperate men awaiting transfer to Fort Leavenworth.
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Omaha
Martin Knight
Edward Sears
Sears
Fort Omaha
E. J. Murphy
Washington
Thomas Fitzgerald
Boston
F. Anderson
Alonzo Barden
Cleveland
Ohio
Franklin Bratton
Chicago
Wm. Calhoun
Fort Elliott
Texas
George Price
Albany
N. Y
Henry Martin
Fort McKinney
Fort Leavenworth
Italian Clerk Arrested Here Over 800000 Lires Embezzlement
Pietro Eduardo Martiningo a banca sub Alpina Turin clerk was arrested in New York for embezzling 800000 liras. He says government officer Carlo Zerlogia enticed him with profits from speculations and false entries allowed the overdraw. After fleeing to Greece he planned to confess but fled to England then the United States. He will waive formalities and return to Italy tomorrow.
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New York
Pietro Eduardo Martiningo
Banca Sub- Alpina
Turin
Italy
Carlo Zerlogia
Zerlogia
Greece
Martiningo
England
Mob Kills Two Grand County Officials in Colorado
Four Grand county commissioners and the county clerk were shot by masked men near Grand Lake. Barney Day and E P Weber were mortally wounded, while R G Mills and J D Dean were killed. The attack fueled calls for the state militia as investigators link the feud over the county seat battle to the violence.
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Grand County
Hot Sulphur Springs
Grand Lake
District Court
Webber
Dean
Day
Mills
Bill Redman
Len Coffin
Denver
Colo
Barney Day
Mr. Mills
E. P. Webber
J. D. Dean
Denver News
Grant
Colorado
Armaindo Sets Late Record In Five Day Bicycle Contest
The five day race between Louise Armaindo and Maggie Wallace ended last night with Wallace absent on the final day. Armaindo dominated the last twelve hours, covering 149 miles five minutes early and surpassing all previous late stage records. The two day record stands at 247 miles.
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Louise Armaindo
Maggie Wallace
Duel Looms After Col. Knox Leaves New York
In New York on July 65 a Texas Synthings figure Col. J Armory Knox and his second H F Mc Dermot departed at 6 30 am to meet in a duel. The hotel was notified he would be away until tomorrow with no clue to his location. D B Sheahan is said to be in New Jersey and the meeting may occur near Hoboken today.
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New York
J. Armory Knox
Texas Sistings
H. F. McDermot
D. B. Sheahan
New Jersey
Hoboken
The King Scared. Dresden Italy Elevator Accident
The king of Saxony was touring a factory in Milan when the elevator car’s weight failed. The district governor accompanying him was killed and the factory manager injured. The king, who had entered before the accident, was greatly distressed and ended his tour.
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Dresden
Saxony
Milan
Chicago Independence Day Toll Report
Chicago records a grim Independence Day tally with thirty eight casualties from 6am to midnight. Among them three dead and five fatally wounded, twenty three hurt or maimed for life, and five slightly injured. The toy pistol and small cannons caused most injuries as crowds celebrated.
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Chicago
Gold and Silver Shipment From Gregory Mine To Newark Refinery
Sixty car loads weighing 1,200,000 pounds of bullion from the Gregory consolidated mine were shipped from Helena today by special fast trains on the Northern Pacific. S. T. Hauser, president of the First National Bank of Helena, announced the shipment to Newark, New Jersey for refining. The National Park branch progress includes five miles of track laid and completion expected by August 1 to the National Park boundary. Vice President Oakes and his party, traveling from the Pacific coast, passed east this evening.
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Bismarck
D. T
Gregory Consolidated
Helena
Northern Pacific
S. T. Hauser
First National Bank of
Newark
N. J
National Park
National Park Boundary Line
Oakes
Pacific Coast
Prolonged Illness Clouds Paris Royal Succession
In Paris on July 5 Count de Chambord has eaten little for three days, is nearly deaf and hardly speaks. M de Cassagnac weighs in on Pays prospects for Prince Jerome Napoleon and the Duke of Paris should Count de Chambord die, asserting their chances are similar and noting Jerome’s likely moves to reassure conservatives and Catholics.
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Paris
Count de Chambord
M. de Cassagnac
Pays
Jerome Napoleon
Jerome
Irish Emigration Debate Aims to Halt Pauper Deportations
William OBrien of Mallow will in the House of Commons question Trevelyan the chief secretary of Ireland about halting the deportation of Irish paupers to the United States following the New York emigration commission action. He asks which fund will cover the expense of returning emigrants to their workhouses and reassigning them to work.
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London
William O’brien
Mallow
House of Commons
Trevelyan
Ireland
Emigration Commission
New York
United States
Deaths in Kuhn Family After City Shooting Tragedy
In Erie on July 5 Albert Kuhn fired a pistol from a street car, killing Miss Mary Steiner. His brother Frank Kuhn then hanged himself, while George Kuhn drove to tell their father of the event. a bystander carriage crash followed amid speculation the revolver held blank cartridges.
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Erie
Albert Kuhn
Fred
Mary Steiner
Frank Kuhn
Albert
George
Frank
To Europe Not to San Francisco Apollo Knights Prepare
Arrangements are complete for the Sir Knights of the Apollo commandery to voyage to Europe instead of San Francisco for the triennial conclave. They depart Chicago July 12, reach New York July 14 where eastern knights join, board a steamer by noon, land in England and go to London for a Knights Templars reception. Then they may split into groups visiting France and other continental sites.
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Chicago
Sir Knights of the
Apollo
Europe
Order
Apollos
San Francisco
New York
Philadelphia
Neighborhood
England
London
Knights Templars
France
Continent
Labor Troubles at Ely Mines Spark Riot and Militia Move
A Vermont riot at the Ely mines involving about 300 miners over back pay prompts the mob to force out superintendent F M Cozin and threaten to burn property including the Ely Goddard residence. Miners seize mine explosives as Governor Barstow orders four militia companies to quell the unrest and demands immediate payment to workers.
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Boston
South Royalton
Vermont
Ely
F. M. Cozin
West Fairlee
Cozin
E. Ely Goddard
Burlington
Barstow
Greenleaf
Not the Reception He Looked For
Otsego Lake Michigan report says Alexander Perry aged 50 tried to enter Amos Bidwell’s house while Bidwell’s young wife was home Earlier he had visited and made improper overtures When approached again Mrs Bidwell warned him He ignored warnings and she fired killing him with a Winchester rifle in self defense
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Chicago
Otsego Lake
Mich
Alexander Perry
Amos Bidwell
It Was an Advertisement hoax about Knox and Sheahan duel
It was reported that the duel alleged between John A Knox and D B Sheahan yesterday, wounding Knox, was a hoax and that the principals never left New York City. Many believe the whole event is a practical joke started by Knox for his own interest, and neither man has appeared since the initial report. No definite movements are known.
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New York
John A. Knox
D. B. Sheahan
Knox
Prisoner Confesses to 1881 Victoria Docks Fire
A Copenhagen dispatch reports Nielson, held for arson in London, confessed to setting the Victoria docks fire in 1881 to obtain plunder. Earlier theories blamed Fenians for the blaze. Chicago, July 6, John Reed is arrested in Minnesota for a 12 year old Shabbona Illinois murder. he killed Joan McCormick after she refused marriage and faced lynch law threats.
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London
Copenhagen
Nielson
Victoria Docks
Chicago
Downer’s Lake
Minn
John Reed
Joan McCormick
Shabbona
Ill
Reed
August Utah election seen as test of law and polygamy bans
Gov. Romney, head of the Utah commission, reports from Salt Lake that the August 6 election will test enforcement of the Edmunds act. The poll will decide legislative seats, probate judges, sheriffs, and other local offices, with polygamists potentially barred from registration and voting under a broad reading of the law.
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St. Paul
Gov. Romney
Utah Commission
Salt Lake
Tribune
Congress
Report on Ilges scout clash with Indians near Fort Assina
A Helena dispatch dated July reports Lt Colonel Ilges of Fort Assina leading a scout against British trees and Indians. The account claims a defeat but details are unverified with a courier seeking reinforcements and doubt cast on Ilges's engagement by observers.
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Hyos
Ilges
Ogden
Helena
Indians to surrender Washington reservation for Colville settlement
Secretary Lincoln and General Crook met with Secretary Teller to discuss Apache captives. Teller declined to receive them at San Carlos and proposed police control by the War Department, leaving financial agency duties to the agent. Moses agrees to relocate to Colville, with Tomaskat aiding, and asks for a saw mill grid mill schoolhouse and physician. the deal may open 2,000,000 acres for settlement. Also London reports Prof Thomas A Huxley elected president of the Royal Society.
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Washington
Lincoln
Crook
Department of the Interior
Teller
Associated Press
San Carlos
War Department
Moses
Washington Territory
Colvitte Reservation
Tomaskat
Colvitte
Colvitle Reservation
Setllementys
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Board of Commissioners
Grindq County
Darmouth College
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Wyoming
de Chambord
Kuhn
Utah
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Royal Society
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Tralia Langtr
Gove
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Jen & Gr Thant
Privat Alcest Senat
Moscow
China
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Ross
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