Leavenworth Lynching of Fred Alexander Shocks City Crowd
A mob of about 8,000 seized Fred Alexander, a Black man brought from the Lansing penitentiary, dragged him from the county jail and burned him at a railroad spike near Fourth and Olive streets after a tense siege by deputies. The act followed his alleged assault and the November killing of Pearl Forbes, with Alexander maintaining his innocence to the end as the crowd forced entry and chanted for vengeance.
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Alexander
Lansing
State Penitentiary
Stancemyers
Tom Brown
Fourth
Olive Streets
Sheriff Everhardy
Beveral
Leavenworth
Third Street
Fourth Street
Judge Tarvin Battles Illness in Hallam Contempt Case
Judge Tarvin, ill and exhausted from daylong court sessions, defied medical advice and continued hearings in the Hallam contempt case. Relapse forced postponement as Dr. Kelly ordered rest. custodian John Hillman stayed by Tarvin until he was taken home. Continued on third page.
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Tapis
Tarvin Hallam
Covington
Tarvin
Chicago
Theodore Hallam
Hallam
John Hillman
Kelly
Governor Stanley denounces Leavenworth lynching in harsh terms
Topeka January 15 Governor W E Stanley expressed anger over the Leavenworth lynching calling for death penalty in Kansas and condemning Sheriff Everhardy as a despicable coward He said militia units were ready to move to Leavenworth but were countermanded when the Sheriff pledged protection He also criticized the penitentiary warden for delivering Alexander to the Sheriff despite no crime conviction.
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Peka
Kan
W. E. Stanley
Leavenworth
Kansas
Stanley
Everhardy
Lawrence
Topeka
Alexander
McGill man accused in brutal treatment of stepson
Special Despatch reports McGill Ohio case where John Barris is charged with whipping and alleged burning of his one and a half year old stepson. The child is reported severely burned and in critical condition. Barris jailed on $800 bond awaiting grand jury.
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Commercial Tribune
Ottawa
McGill
Paulding County
John Barris
Barris
Chary
Aged Millionaire Dying Alone In Richmond Hospital
William Dagger an Irish born New York bachelor worth over 15 million dollars lies near death in a Richmond hospital He has made a will leaving his property to an English aunt with no close relatives in the United States His lawyers Dusenberry Foley and Galding visit the hospital as his condition worsens Exhibit: December 6 illness and December 20 arrival at the Jefferson Hotel.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
William Dagger
New York
England
Cagger
New York City
Jefferson Hotel
Ireland
The
Jefferson
C. E. Dusenberry
Troy
N. Y
John Foley
Saratoga
Stephen S. Galding
Brooklyn
Nation released on bail in saloon fixtures case
Wichita news reports that quarantine was lifted at the County Jail today and Mrs. Carrie Nation was released on $200 bail. Her trial is scheduled for next Monday.
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Wichita
Kan
Carrie Nation
Controversy Over Taylor Renewed In Indiana
Indiana Governor Durbin faces a Kentucky demand from Governor Beckham to return former Kentucky Governor William Taylor and former Indiana Secretary of State Charles Finley, linked to the Goebel murder. Beckham sent the requisition to Indianapolis, Durbin balks, while Mount’s precedent suggests the request may be refused.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Beckham
Kentucky
Mount
Indiana
Durbin
William Taylor
Charles Finley
William Goebel
Jenkins
Louisville
Quay Triumphs After Turbulent Pennsylvania Vote
After a heated session in Harrisburg the Pennsylvania Legislature elected Redoubt Quay to fill the U S Senate vacancy. The combined Senate and House vote stood 130 with Democratic support for James M. Guffey and Republican splits. Police forced entry to a packed chamber as supporters erupted in cheers and adjournment followed.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Senate
Hoe
M.S. Quay
United
Frye Easy Winner In Maine Legislature Vote
In Augusta Maine the Legislature elected State Senator W P Frye Republican to the Senate and Staples Democrat to the House and Senate with decisive margins. The House gave Frye 105 votes and Staples 13 while the Senate results were 24 for Frye and 1 for Staples. A joint convention will meet tomorrow to endorse the work of both bodies.
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Maine
Staples
Augusta
W. P. Frye
Senate
Frye
Colorado Elects Patterson United States Senator
Democrats Populists and Silver Republicans unite to back Hon. Thomas M. Patterson who won 74 of 87 votes at a joint caucus. In separate sessions Patterson leads in the Senate 2 to 1 with 1 absent and the House 58 to 7, with a joint session scheduled to ratify the ballot tomorrow.
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Denver
Thomas M. Patterson
United States
Richard Co. Wolcott
Patterson
Senate
Wolcott
House
Clark Falls One Vote Short In Montana Senate Bid
William A. Clark of Butte came one vote shy of the needed majority on the first ballot for the U S Senate in Helena. He carried 34 House votes and 13 in the Senate, while Republicans backed Carter for the long term and Mantle for the short term. Labor members backed Spriggs. independent Democrats split for Major Martin.
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Thos. H. Carter
Mantle
Butte
House
A. E. Spriggs
Major Martin
Canadian ladies plan social boycott of Viceregal events
In Montreal on January 15, Lady Minto wife of Canada’s Viceroy faces a social boycott by prominent Canadian women. They object to her cottage hospital at Sifton Manitoba run against the Victorian Order of Nurses and intend to oppose viceregal social affairs as part of a new competition within high society.
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Montreal
Minto
Canada
Sifton
Manitoba
Nude mountaineer spooks peak in Cal
A reported madman named William Feeney posed nude atop Signal Peak in California. Superintendent Crosby found him shirtless and blue from the cold, later a passerby persuaded him to dress and he's confined in a nearby town as an escaped lunatic. Feeney had slept in Iron Mountain Mines bunkhouse the previous night.
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Commercial Tribune
Cahto
Cal
Superintendent Crosby
Iron Mountain
Crosby
Signal Peak
Mr. Crosby
William Feeney
Feeney
Iron Mountain Mining Company
Old Hayes Case Reopens In Fremont Trial
In Fremont Ohio on January 15 the second trial of Addie M. Smith v Birchard A Hayes began. Smith seeks 25000 damages for permanent injuries from a runaway said to be caused by a vicious dog owned by ex President Hayes at Spiegel Grove. Previous awards were 7500 then reduced to 5000 and later voided by the Ohio Supreme Court for attorney misconduct.
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Commercial Tribune
Fremont, O
Addie M. Smith
Birchard A. Hayes
Ohio Supreme Court
Roosevelt Kills A Lion In Colorado Hunt
Vice President elect Roosevelt hunts from daylight to dark near Meeker and Coff's Lodge and claims a magnificent wildcat and a lion in two days. He follows a top pack of dogs across the Strawberry to Coyote Basin and expects daily big game.
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Meeker
Roosevelt
Coff’s Lodge
Coyote Basin
Colorado
Senate Debates Army Reorganization Bill and Imperialism Issue
Washington Jan 15 The Senate moved on the army reorganization bill with a tacit agreement for a soon vote. Missouri's Mr Cockrell opposed the expansion while urging speedy disposal. New Jersey's Mr Sewell pressed quick action due to Philippines Volunteers return. Recurrent clashes over presidential discretionary power and imperialism marked the debate.
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Washington
Senate
Cockrell
Missouri
Sewell
New Jersey
Philippines
Berry
Arkansas
Bacon
Georgia
Teller
Colorado
Warren
Wyoming
Hanna
Republican National Committee
Kansas City
Women in newspaper life at Southern Publishers meeting
At the Southern Publishers Association annual gathering in Houston on January 15, Groble of St. Louis described new circulation devices. Participants doubted the value of serial stories for daily papers and weighed women's roles in departments. The preferred approach for foreign advertising favored traveling solicitors representing single papers. Leland Rankin of the Richmond Dispatch was elected president.
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Houston
Tex
Southern Publishers’ Association
Groble
St. Louis
Leland Rankin
Richmond Dispatch
Congressmen Nevilles in Critical Condition After Hemorrhages
Washington Jan 15 Congressman Nevilles of Nebraska suffered two more hemorrhages today and remains in a very precarious condition.
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Washington
Nevilles
Nebraska
Frank Rogers law test looms over Cincinnati street railway deal
The Elkins Weidner syndicate faces a potentially hostile move as to the franchise. An application to Corporation Counsel Hunt aims to test the Rogers law and the 1896 Board of Administration grant. The outcome could delay the transfer of Cincinnati Street Railway interests and tie up the major deal in court.
Grant of Board of Administration for Cincinnati Street Railway
The August 13 grant granted to Cincinnati Street Railway Company consolidates routes including Mt. Auburn Adams Eden Park and Zoo, with terms on fares licenses and taxes to be adjusted every 20 and 15 years. Routes listed include Seventh Street John Street East End Delta Avenue McMicken Elm Walnut Clifton Avenue and many others.
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Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Street Railway
Dines
Mt. Auburn
Mt. Adams
Eden Park
Cincinnati Street Rail
Seventh Street
John Street
East End
Delta Avenue
M'Micken Avenue
Elm Street
Walnut Street
Clifton Avenue
Oak Street
Colerain Avenue
Avondale
Fairmount
Vine Street
Zoological Gardens
Fifth Street
Fairview Heights
Walnut Hills
Norwood
Madison Avenue
Price Hill
Clark Street
Spring Grove
Harrison Avenue
Chester Park
Grant sparked rapid growth of street railways in Cincinnati
After receiving a famous grant the grantee expanded lines, with Kentucky routes excluded from Cincinnati Street Railway Company tracks for a period. The administration then secured city revenue totaling five percent of gross receipts plus four dollars per linear foot of car tracks, following mandates like track realignment and viaduct repairs.
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Cincinnati Street Railway Company
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