Duel In A Court Room Ends In Bloodshed
Kansas City May 11 The trial of James Smith and Thomas Lavin for burglary collapsed when Smith stabbed Detective Gilly. Gilly fired four shots, Lavin fell dead, and a stray bullet wounded witness Charles Dukes. Detective Gilly in critical condition. Lavin escaped.
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Kansas City
Office of
Justice of the Peace
Lewis
James Smith
Thomas Lavin
Smith
Gilly
Maloney
Woodruff
Charles Dukes
Lavin
Paymaster Wham Ambushed Near Fort Thomas
Major J. W. Wham paymaster United States Army with Clerk Gibbon and eleven soldiers was ambushed in a gorge north of Cedar Logs while en route from Wilcox to Fort Thomas. Eight escort members were wounded five seriously. robbers took 25600 and fled into the mountains. Cavalry from Fort Grant patrols the passes. gang size estimated seven to eight.
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Tucson
Ariz
J. W. Wham
United States Army
Clerk Gibbon
Wilcox
Fort Thomas
Wham
Gibbons
Fort Grant
New York Customs Decision Applies Higher Duty on Wool Goods
Collector Erhart resolved a long running dispute with merchants over wool content in worsted goods. The decision, based on two invoices from the City of Paris and the Umbria, sets duties at 25 cents per pound and 35 percent ad valorem for wool under 80 cents per pound, impacting roughly 150000 dollars annually. Importers may appeal to the Secretary of the Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Erhart
Paris
Umbria
Secretary of the Treasury
Crowding the Sioux Reservation Stirs Government Alarm
Secretary Noble said no authority allowed settlers to stake claims on the Sioux reservation. A Pierre Dak dispatch reported many settlers had entered to influence pending negotiations. He warned such entries would be halted and the land cleared if proven true, and a survey pause was for negotiator safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Noble
Pierre, Dak
Southern Proposal Sparks Race Discussion in Virginia
In Ricamono Va May 11 W L Royall a noted politician stated in an interview that if elected to Congress he would seek to disfranchise the negro. He argued repeal of the fifteenth amendment would grant the south greater control over electoral votes and congressional representation asserting the south cannot have peace while the negro remains a voter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricamono
W. L. Royall
Congress
South
Colorado's Latest Sensation Murder Probe at Burlington
A Burlington examination begins into a sensational murder case. Henry Hatch, a prominent New Englander, moved to Colorado and claimed a pre-emption near Burlington. C W Hatch of Boston visited, gave Henry Hatch $30, then traveled to Denver and beyond toward Omaha, Chicago, Goshen, and Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Denver
Colo
Burlington
Henry Hatch
New England
C. W. Hatch
Boston
California
Reading
Henry Hate
Omaha
Chicago
Goshen, Ltd
Birmingham
Michigan
Young Hatch
Den
Nephew Arrested in Uncle’s Burlington Murder Case
The body of an uncle was found with severe head injuries in his cabin by neighboring ranch children. The suspect, a 30-year-old nephew, was arrested in Birmingham and returned to Burlington to face murder charges. A coroner’s jury attributed death to blunt trauma by a party expected to be C W Hatch. Legal representation includes C S Thomas and A J Poppleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Burlington
C.S. Thomas
A.J. Poppleton
Major Poppleton
Omaha
Latimer sentenced for mother’s murder in Michigan
Latimer, at Jackson, Michigan, was sentenced to life in state prison for the murder of his mother. Also reported: the president and party traveled down the Potomac. James D. Fish released from prison in Autum, NY. the First National Bank of Goldendale Washington authorized with 50000 capital. talks of discussions between Dr. Driver and Charles Watts in Cutence. Richmond Locomotive awarded $645,500 contract for Texas battleship boilers. U.S. Consul Willard reports Mexican centennial celebrations in Guaymas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutcaco
New York
Chicago
St. Paul
Winnipeg
New Orleans
Jackson
Mich
R. Irving Latimer
Washington
Potomac
Autum
N. Y
James D. Fish
The
Marine Bank
First National Bank
Goldendale
Washington Territory
Driver
Portland
Ore
Charles Watts
Watts
Wasathorox
Tracy
Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works
Texas
Norfolk Navy Yard
Wastuxetox
United States
Willard
Guaymas
Mexico
Department of State
American Art: American craft praised yet critiqued
Paris readers assess American growth in art and manufacture noting superior American constructive skill and machinery but weaker decorative taste. A study of American display concludes US artisans are efficient and direct yet lack refined beauty, with little lingering American decorative art to admire.
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Paris
Samoan Conference Agrees on Constitution Formation
The Samoan conference held a plenary session from 2 10 to 4 45 pm. The committee on Samoa government agreed on a constitution with a ministry representing each treaty power. A German premier proposal caused dispute over succession. Debate covered a legislature, consul regulations, and Apia harbor improvement.
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New York Associated Press
Berit
Samoa
Germany
Herbert Bismarck
Apia
Baptist Convention Morning Session At Southern Meeting
In the Southern Baptist convention morning session the focus was on committee reports and speeches. The woman’s work report noted a foreign missions payment of £15,000 while speakers praised the program and welcomed Rev. W. A. Leamar of Omaha as northern Baptist women’s representative.
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H. P. MacCormick
Mexico
Derby Stakes Anticipation Builds for Great Yearling Race
The Louisville derby eve scene grows tense as Armstrong confirms Rookive will start and Bryant aims to avenge Proctor Knott. Once Again Hindeocraft Sports man Outboard Cassius California Crack Robin Hood Come-to-Taw are entered with vast crowds expected for the mile and a quarter showdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Park
Armstrong
Rookive
Bryant
Proctor Knott
Hindeocraft
Sportsman
Outboard
Cassius
California Crack
Robin Hood
Spokane
Storm Ravages Allegheny Region Crops Homes Inundated
Reports from Pittsburg and nearby areas describe a devastating storm in Allegheny county and eastern Ohio with three inches of rain raising the Ohio river three feet in hours. Flooding wrecked farms houses and stock, killed five people, and caused extensive property damage across districts including Pleasant Valley Saw Mill Run and McKeesport. Local rail lines were blocked by debris and a freight brakeman died in a landslide wreck.
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Allegheny
Schaefer
East Street
Madison Avenue
Butcher's Run
Louis Zoller
Saw Mill Run
Woods Run
Chartiers Valley
West End
South Side
Pleasant Valley
Lawrenceville
Ohio
John Dougherty
John Cochner
Allegheny County
McKeesport
Crooked Run
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburg
Youghaigheny
Runnin
Pope suffers from stroveo as strikes rise in cotton mills
Rome reports the pope affected by a stroveo. Paris sees ten thousand cotton mill workers strike with fears of spread to Lyons. Irish home rule advocates Dillon Deasy and Esmond arrive in Sydney to cheering crowds. In London Boulanger warns against extending sitting of the chamber, calling it a coup d etat and urging citizen opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Paris
Thiry
Lyons
Sydney
Chamber of Deputies
Remains Don’t Match Alice Villarosa. Cronin Case Deepens
The body taken to Lincoln Park after Dr. Cronin's disappearance is not Alice Villarosa, who is alive. Police search ponds in the park but do not find the mutilated remains. A Toronto dispatch notes Cronin admitted his identity when found there and said he fled Chicago to avoid being killed over land league funds, then boarded a train likely to New York.
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Cutcaco
Lincoln Park
Cronin
Alice Villarosa
Toronto
Chicago
Land League
New York
Next Charleston Trial Hopes For 7000 HP
Chief Engineer Melville, noting the port engine fault in the Charleston from San Francisco, expects the cruiser to reach 7000 horsepower in another trial. A shim wedge between the cross head guide’s faulty points was tried, but may not suffice to fix the issue.
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Charleston
Washmpton
Melville
San Francisco
Ship trials show promising boiler performance and speed potential
Engineers note rapid steam generation and blowing off during the trial. They expect improved horsepower once the port engine defect is fixed and the steam is fully utilized. Further speed gains are anticipated on the next trial as coal burn remains high and the vessel is lightened.
Supreme Court Upholds Chinese Exclusion Act Power
The Supreme Court affirms California rulings on the Scott Chinese exclusion act. It holds Congress may abrogate a treaty and exclude aliens deemed inimical to U.S. interests, deciding the act constitutional and within political department reach.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Chae Chang Ping
San Francisco
United States
China
District of California
California
Congress
Telegraphic Ticks
Multiple brief dispatches report Cronin not present in Toronto with weather notes from New York Chicago St Paul and Winnipeg. Emperor William to meet striking miners from Westphalia. Death of Washington Irving Bishop in New York. Proctor Crook tour Fort Sheridan. a fatal shooting near Portsmouth Ohio and a Canton Caienco wall collapse claim two deaths and one critical.
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Toronto
Cronin
New York
Chicago
St. Paul
Winnipeg
New Orleans
Beruix
Emperor William
Westphalia
Washington Irving Bishop
Caienco
Proctor
General Crook
Fort Sheridan
Portsmouth
Henry Nickels
Wilson
Amos Cooper
Spring Street
Sullivan's Big Spree in New York Cafe
May 13 report from New York describes John L. Sullivan drunk at the Hotel Vanderbilt bar. A. H. Germin, treasurer of the New illustrated News, confronted him with a cane after learning $5,000 was at stake in the Sullivan Kilrain match.
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Sullivan
New York
John L. Sullivan
Vanderbilt
Forty-second
A. H. Germin
New York /llustrated News
Kilrain
Cane
Germin
Boston
Fourth annual Fasig horse sale opens in Cleveland
The fourth annual Fasig sale began in Cleveland with horses sold to buyers in Lexington Philadelphia Racine and Buffalo among them Helen McGregor with foal Zelda Miss Gretchen Leontine Joseph A Mambrino Sparkle Lady Leontine Minnie 5 Guy and others. Total proceeds reached high prices including Mambrino Sparkle at 3750 and Guy at 29750. All animals listed were property of W J Gordon.
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Cleveland
W. B. Fasig
Helen McGregor
W HI. Crawford
Lexington
Zelda
Miss Gretchen
Clingstone
Joseph Bader
Philadelphia
Leontine
J. [. Case
Racine
Wis
Josiah A
William Cole
Mambrino Sparkle
E. M. Clough
Minneapolis
H. A. Stephens
W. J. Gordon
Southern Baptist Convention Debates Missions Expansion
The third day session reports committee work and speeches. Dr. Dobbs of Mississippi described efforts to evangelize foreign populations and the home missionary board was urged to study opening stations in New Mexico and Arizona territories.
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Southern Baptist Convention
Dobbs
Mississippi
Home Missionary Board
New Mexico
Arizona
Delegates Arrive in Denver for Railway Conductors Convention
Special east bound trains brought nearly a thousand delegates to Denver for the International Convention of the Order of Railway Conductors opening tomorrow. Delegates have been arriving for days and total nearly fifteen hundred in the city with extensive preparations for their entertainment.
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Denver
Colo
Pullman
Burlington
International Convention of the Order of Railway Conductors
Union
Supreme Court Awards Gaines Executors 567000 against New Orleans
The U S Supreme Court in an opinion by Justice Bradley awards Myra Clark Gaines executors 567000 from the city of New Orleans for use of property sold by the city and recovered by Mrs Gaines after long litigation. The lower court award of 1300000 for use of unimproved property was not concurred in.
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Washoton
United States Supreme Court Today
Justice Bradley
Myra Clark Gaines
New Orleans
Gaines
Patgmans
Insane Asylum Inquiry Reveals Horrors and Overcrowding
Chicago’s Cutcaco asylum case uncovers 1000 inmates amid severe food shortages. Patients fed on pig heads, weekly potatoes, crowded rooms, scarce staff, and frequent violent incidents. County board names a committee to replace Superintendent Kiernan as testimony exposes neglect.
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Cutcaco
Board of County Commissioners
Kiernan
Inquest Open Over Starved Boy Found Near Wilde
Lamar Colorado May 13 An inquest is underway at Wilde with Deputy Coroner Justice Green presiding. The nine year old boy, crippled from birth, was found dead by his uncle Henry Fisher under a rock bluff five miles from any house after disappearing April 24. The father, who was in Texas, and the uncle are in custody awaiting the coroner's jury which may not finish before Wednesday.
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Lamar
Colo
Wilde
Here
Justice Green
Henry Fisher
Dr. Dickinson
J. 5. Hasty
Texas
Ninety Thousand Strikers Spread Across Dort Mund
Berwin May 13 report says a general strike expands as workers gather in pits and streets. Margaretta pitmen demand protection before resuming. Estrep rioting stopped by dragoons after clashes with soldiers. Luenen taverns shut as Dortmund miners push for full demands. Essen district joins the walkout. Total strikers rise to about 90,000.
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Berwin
Dortmund
Margaretta
Estrep
Luenen
Essen
Roosevelt appointee takes oath as civil service chief
The president and party have returned from a trip. Theodore Roosevelt of New York, recently appointed civil service commissioner, took the oath of office this morning. The board is now full with Commissioner Lyman chosen president. Judge Mathews becomes first comptroller of the treasury and Huston becomes treasurer of the United States, both starting their duties today. The court of claims dismissed the Alaska rent case of Kinkead and Guessiman against the United States.
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Washington
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Lyman
Mathews
Judge Durham
Treasury
Huston
Hyatt
Court of Claims
Kinkead and
Guessiman
Alaska
Remarkable Wife-Murder in Mearns Jealousy Tragedy
George Ward aged 25 an engineer at Memphis water works shot and killed his wife aged 18 then committed suicide this afternoon. Jealousy appears to be the motive. The woman was his first cousin and had eloped to marry four months ago after Ward failed to gain her mother’s consent.
Death of Czar, California Derby winner, dies in Oakland
The three year old running colt Death of the Czar owned by Theodore Winters of California died of pneumonia at Junction Park in this city this morning. He won the California Derby and was valued at about twenty five thousand dollars.
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Council Bullres
Czar
Theodore Winters
California
Goo
Junction Park
Ile
Conspiracy to Assassinate the Czar Reported
A conspiracy among military officials has been uncovered and many conspirators were arrested. Papers found in their possession show plans to kill the Czar with bombs also uncovered.
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Sr. Perensnung
Cear
Getting Their Records
Taisipan Colorado May 14 Sheriff Byrne received photographs of two men named Hunter and Lloyd, who are charged with a crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taisipan
Colo
Byrne
Hunter
Lloyd
Suspects Tied to Florivant Holdup Linked to El Moro Hunt
Implicated men known as Robinson and Noble were in El Moro months ago with racehorses and joined the sheriff in tracking murderers of Harry Montague, El Moro constable killed March 17. Victim thought to be Thompson. believed to be Elmwood Kansas teacher Jim Watson with Carrizo Springs property.
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el Moro
Robinson and Noble
Harry Montague
Thompson
Elmwood
Kansas
Jim Watson
Carriso Springs
Woman in Boulder Attempted Suicide at Drugstore
Mamie Meyers, nineteen, a resident of a house of ill fame, tried to kill herself with laudanum last night. She sought laudanum at Foley's, was denied, then grew ill. Companions administered antidotes and kept her alive through the night. a few days earlier Dr. King rescued her after a similar attempt.
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Boutnen
Cole
Mayty
Mamie Meyers
Boulder
Foley's
Dr. King
Fasig Sale Horses Sold in Cleveland Ohio May 14
At the Fasig sale in Cleveland Ohio today several horses were sold including Calhous a bay filly by Lot Medium out of Ray Middleton's dam sold to C A Hodge's agent Battle Creek Michigan for 405 Suison a two year old by Electioneer out of Susie sold to John Madden Lexington for 10100 and Silvia a filly by Kentucky Prince out of Tul erose sold to C J Hamlin Buffalo for 3400
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Calhous
B. S
Ray Middleton
C. A. Hodge
Battle Creek
Mich
Suison
Susie
John Madden
Lexington
Silvia
C.h. m
Kentucky
Prince
C. J. Hamlin
Buffalo
Simply Perfect Dining Cars on Union Pacific Northwestern
Union Pacific and Northwestern solid trains from Denver to Chicago offer meals at 75 cents, elevating service to a new standard of convenience and quality. Passengers praise the improved dining experience as part of the overall travel.
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Union Pacific
Northwestern
Denver
Chicago
Mysterious branded mule last seen near town with reward posted
A mouse colored mule branded with the number eight on its right hip was last seen about six miles south of town. A reward is offered for its return to the I X L stable.
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Lou
I. X. L. Stable
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Eddy Stree
West Moyer
Prop
Arlington House
Sixteenth St
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W. L. Goodsell
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