Raiders Raid Tollgate at Cynthiana in Arson Fight
In Harrison County Kentucky last night raiders destroyed three toll gates opening routes to Carlisle and Owingsville. James Brennan refused to extinguish a light at his sick child's bedside. bullets shattered his tollhouse window as the mob warned keepers to cease tolls or face death. Eda Gibbons fled tollhouse fearfully after the attack.
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Commercial Tribune
Cynshiana
Harrison County
Cynthiana
Carlisle
Owingsville
Millersburg Pike
James Gibbons
Millersburg
James Brennan
Brennan
Gibbons
Eda Gibbons
John Gibbons
Fear Torch and Assassin Posse Fights Regulators
OWINGSVILLE Ky May 23 The battle between Sheriff Lane and his posse and the tollgate raiders at John Garner s gate on the Wyoming pike yesterday ended without detail of injuries or outcome. Authorities expect vengeance amid the tense standoff and ongoing pursuit.
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Commercial Tribune
Owingsville
Sheriff Lane
Tollgate
John Garner
Wyoming Pike
Wyoming Tollgate
Raiders
Posse
Cooper to Seek Re-Election Amid Turnpike Tensions
An incumbent judge, John BE Cooper, is favored by the silver Democrats and the turnpike raiders alike as he presides here. Mrs. Garner Will Stay at the gate, while James Emmons, a posse member who shot David Johnson, vows to confront any attackers. Bath County voters likely to approve bonds for turnpikes, despite ongoing raids. Deputy Young notes four wounded raiders and wounded men may recover. quiet tonight with no anticipated raids.
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Cratic
John BE. Cooper
Cooper
Silver Democrats
Alice Ga
James Emmons
David Johnson
Emmons
Bath County
Young
Johnson
Jones
Doggett
Sheriff Lane
Judge Gudgel
Wyoming
Judge Gudgell
Last Pole on the Sardis Pike Is Cut Down
May 23 report from Maysville Kentucky describes raids destroying the last toll gate on the Maysville and Sardis pike and Marshall's tollgate on the Sardis and Blue Lick Springs pike. Both gates will be replaced as a Fiscal Court committee considered purchase of the county’s remaining toll road.
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Commercial Tribune
Maysville
Sardis
Marshall's
Blue Lick Springs
Fiscal Court
Hanna's Rush Bill Faces Short Senate Scrutiny
In Washington on May 23 the tariff bill moves to the Senate with expectations of a five to six week review, though Hanna hopes to wrap it in two weeks. Contention centers on a half dozen schedules while adjournment and Cuban policy loom large, prompting doubts about House restraint and Morgan’s resolution fate.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Senate
Hanna
Congress
House
Morgan
Fatalities at a Fire on West Twenty third Street
A four story brownstone at 149 West Twenty third Street caught fire early today. Two people died and three were seriously injured as residents panicked on the top floor and many escaped to the roof. Mrs Catherine Mossway, 33, died later of burns and suffocation and her 4 year old daughter Beatrice Mossway perished in her room. The building suffered about 2000 dollars in damage.
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New York
West Twenty-third Street
Catherine Mossway
Beatrice Mossway
Mary C
Carrie Bowles
Pellis Street
Boston
Miss MacDonald
Phipps
Mossway
Phaps
Charge of raiders spurs town unrest and judge potential nomination
The town reels after raids leaving Charlie Jones jailed with a leg wound not life threatening. David Johnson and others remain jailed with uncertain recoveries. Sheriff Lane warns of possible arson against officers, while Judge Gudgell's name surfaces as a possible circuit judge candidate. Mrs Bowles dies after collapse in hospital following arrival from Boston.
Riots in Croatian Diet Elections Turn Fatal in Bosnyaczi
In Agram Hungary on May 23 disturbances broke out during Croatian and Slavonian Provincial Diet elections. Military fire killed fourteen and wounded thirty after troops faced a crowd of about a thousand, mostly Waffen. Hungarian papers blame Catholic clergy for stoking unrest amid talk of civil marriage, and soldiers at Bosnyaczi were fired upon.
Tract Society Marks 72nd Anniversary in New York
The American Tract Society celebrated its seventy second anniversary with religious exercises at the Broadway Tabernacle in New York today.
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New York
The
American Tract Society
Broadway Tabernacle
Senate to Take Up Tariff Bill Tuesday in Session
Washington May 23 Senate will take up the tariff bill ten weeks after the session began. The bill was delayed by a one day adjournment due to the death of Senator Earle of South Carolina. Senator Aldrich will move its consideration and speak in support. Senator West will offer the Democratic amendment removing the internal revenue feature.
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Washington
Senate
Earle
South Carolina
Aldrich
West
Bluff Gauses Murder at Snowdon Card Game
In Snowdon mining town a draw poker game ends with the murder of Albert Greier by George Douglass after Douglass is bluffed into laying down three queens. Douglass retrieves a gun from his house, shoots through a door, mortally wounding Greier. He is captured by a pursuing mob and rescued by officers who take him to Pittsburg Jail.
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Pittsburg
Snowdon
Albert Greir
George Douglass
Douglass
James
Albert Greier
Mayor Harrison Leads Chicago Bicycle Parade
Chicago on May 2 3 saw Mayor Harrison lead 6000 cyclists from 34 clubs in the annual union run. About 4200 riders were club members, with the First Regiment Cycling and Athletics Club supplying 326. Lake Cycling Club had the highest participation rate, Vikings in white uniforms drew attention, and a band led the parade from Thirty Fifth Street and Grand Boulevard to the reviewing stand at Thistle Cycling Clubhouse on the West Side.
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Vikings
Thirty-fifth Street
Grand Boulevard
Thistle Cycling
Washington and Paulina Streets
Gordy Case Heir Held Involved Letter Rumor
Georgetown Del May 23 A sensational rumor circulated that Cullen defense attorney in the Gordy case possesses a letter claiming the writer and a companion plotted the murder of Mrs Lewis for which Gordy was to hang Junell The report originates from Gordy’s cell.
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Georgetown
Del
Cullen
Gordy
Lewis
M. Gordy
Junell
Rosena furnace explosion buries thirty men in Newcastle
In Newcastle Pennsylvania on May 23 the Rosena furnace owned by Senator Hanna and ex Senator Cameron collapsed sending coke iron ore and coal through the casting house roof burying thirty workers. Manager Reis rescued severely burned and mutilated. Several others injured including Moody Petro Hanna Love and Sheard. A second accident followed a cave in at Newcastle Traction Company killing Michael Kurdy and injuring Peter Herinsky.
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Newcastle
Rosena
Mark Hanna
Cameron
Reis
Samuel Moody
Mike Petro
William Hanna
Joseph Love
Frank Sheard
Newcastle Traction Company
Newcastle Park
Michael Kurdy
Peter Herinsky
Falling Wall Mortally Injures Louisville Firemen
In Louisville on May 23 a section of a street railway powerhouse at Seventeenth and Walnut Streets collapsed after a fire. Captain W. J. Baggio and John Jacobs were badly injured, with Baggio’s legs amputated and both at death’s door. eight firemen were buried. The blaze caused $125,000 in damage to costly machinery.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
W. J. Baggio
John Jacobs
Louisville Fire Department
Seventeenth
Walnut Streets
Raggio
Jacobs
Ragegio
New Evidence in Luetgert Case Found Bones and Blood
Police seized charred bones and old bloodstained clothing from a building behind Adolph Luetgert's home. The material will be tested to confirm human origin and determine if the stains are blood. Authorities say the find carries significant weight in the murder investigation.
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Chicago
Adolph L. Luetgert
Woman saves child then dies in kerosene fire
Mrs. Joseph Moreau perished in Montgomery West Virginia after lighting a fire with kerosene. The blaze swept through the home burning it to the ground. She saved her baby by wrapping it in a quilt and carrying it to the yard as her clothing burned.
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Commercial Tribune
Montgomery
W. Va
Joseph Moreau
Sermons on Christianity and Its Relation to Labor
Massillon Ohio May 23 in response to a request from the Massillon Trades and Labor Assembly sermons were delivered Sunday by Reverend Mr Smith of First M B Church Reverend T F Mahon of St Josephs Catholic Church Reverend F H Simpson of the Church of Christ and Reverend W M Shults of the First Reformed Church on the subject Christianity and Its Relation to Labor.
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Commercial Tribune
Massillon
Massillon Trades and Labor Assembly
Mr. Smith
M. B
T. F. Mahon
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
F. H. Simpson
Church of Christ
W. M. Shults
First Reformed Church
Funeral for Lexington Health Officer Sullivan Tomorrow
John J. Sullivan Lexington Health Officer dies from accidental shooting. Funeral set for tomorrow morning at St. Pauls Church. The pistol that caused the death was a gift to Officer Jenkins from the late Judge James R. Jewell.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
John J. Sullivan
St. Paul's Church
Jenkins
James R. Jewell
Murder in Chicago: Wife slain by husband after quarrel
Mrs Nellie Dawson aged 25 or 26 lay dying with her three year old child asleep beside her after a quarrel with her husband John Dawson who fled the scene. The shooting occurred in Chicago this afternoon. The deceased's father is a farmer near Lincoln Nebraska.
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Chicago
Nelllie Dawson
John Dawson
Lincoln
Neb
Golden jubilee AMA meeting to be held in Philadelphia
The American Medical Association marks its golden jubilee with a four day meeting in Philadelphia from June 1 to 4. Officials expect the gathering to be the most important and largest medical assembly ever hosted in the city, drawing noted physicians from across the nation.
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Philadelphia
American Medical Association
To Replace the Statue in Lexington Fire Fragments
The Hart Memorial Association of Women plans legal action to recover fragments of the statue Woman Triumphant destroyed in the Courthouse fire. Miss Breckinridge serves as president of the association.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Hart Memorial Association of Women
Woman
Miss Breckinridge
Arcadia Rescued From Rocks Off Cape Ray By Warships
TheHamburg American liner Arcadia was pulled off the rocks near Cape Ray at 3 am by British warships Cordelia Pelican and Buzzard aided by five tugs.
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ST. John's
N. F
Arcadia
Cape Ray
Cordelia
Pelican
Buzzard
Bicycle rider killed in collision with car near railroad
Otto Keppling aged 18 died after his bicycle pedaled into a car step and he was run over near Irondequoit Bay Railroad in Rochester on May 23. The tragedy occurred during a race with a train as bystander observers reported.
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Rochester
N. Y
Otto Keppling
Irondequoit Bay Railroad
Death of 26 octogenarians in Monroe County
Woodfsield Ohio May 23 The county assessors results show a remarkable death toll with twenty six people over eighty among 170 total deaths since the last assessment. Names include Hanna Eckels 96 Thomas Hall 87 Matilda Sommers 81 Griff Safel 91 Michael Latzeller 87 and others aged 81 to 96.
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Commercial Tribune
Woodsfield
Hanna I. Eckels
Thomas Hall
Matilda Sommers
Griff Safel
Michael Latzeller
Harvey Curtiss
Green Jefferson
Frederick Ahrens
Gerald Foxbisch
Anna Bachman
George H. Thistle
Hughes Mann
Jesse Peterman
Wilson Goodwin
Elizabeth Knox
Jacob Lawrence
Louisa Raplin
Jesse Pugh
Mary Bare
Margarite Harter
Jacob Martin
Parmelia Crawford
Noah Stewart
John Buegalar
Joshua Way
Nancy Cree
Fatal woods accident kills brother during hunt
In Marlinton West Virginia on May 23 Bob and Will Collins sons of Robert Collins went into the woods for a day of sport. While tracking a groundhog the brothers lined opposite ends of a hollow log. Bob fired through the log striking Will in the forehead and killing him instantly.
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Marlinton
W. Va
Christiansburg
Bob
Will Collins
Robert Collins
Will
Kill Him in His Gel Shot Will Jones Murderer Mob Executes Suspect
In Houston, May 23, R W Stewart a Lindale merchant was murdered by a negro. Effie Jones, a negro, confessed implicating Will Jones a white man. A mob at Tyler Jail shot Will Jones after breaking in. They spared Effie Jones saying he could face the law.
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Houston
Tex
R. W. Stewart
Lindale
Effie Jones
Will Jones
Jones
Tyler
Stewart
He Had Saved Four Bars
Special Dispatch reports from Cleveland May 23 describe John Atkinson facing highway robbery charges as he was found sawing the jail cell bars during divine services. Four bars were severed and a fifth near completion before a jailer appeared. Atkinson professes insanity, while an accomplice sentenced to fifteen years. The episode halted a planned mass prison break and linked to prior penitentiary transfers.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Atkinson
Plea for Foraker Defense Upheld as Morgan Resolution Pending
Senator Foraker receives repeated congratulations for his stance on the Cuban issue. The Morgan resolution recognizing insurgent belligerency passed the Senate but faces House delay through Republican leadership. House action is unlikely this week as Rules Committee blocks special orders. a conference report on the Indian or sundry civil bill may be ready Thursday, with a possible adjournment to Monday if not.
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Washington
Foraker
Senate
New York
Cuba
United States
House
Rules Committee
Madrid Cabinet Struggle Over Immediate Cortes Action
In Madrid on May 23 the Cabinet faces anxious debate about whether to call the Cortes tomorrow to push pressing bills then suspend. Some factions seek a swift policy shift, others foresee inevitable changes. A colorless ministry to run the country is universally acknowledged as difficult to appoint.
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Madrid
Cortes
James Gordon Bennett Home Impromptu Note
James Gordon Bennett proprietor of the New York Herald is mentioned this afternoon in his team. The fragment references Sedingdan from Toulon and places Bennett at his home in New York with an unclear context and incomplete details.
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James Gordon Bennett
New York
The
New York Herald
Sue “Sedingdan
Toulon
Presbyterian Building Vote Looms At General Assembly
In Eagle Lake Indiana May 23 the General Assembly faces voting on the Presbyterian Building after two days of debate. The Freedmen's Board agenda follows with committee reports likely to spark discussion on secretarial staffing while Dr. Roberts and Dr. McMillan draw support from allies in New York and Bloomington.
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Freedmen’s Board
Commercial Tribune
Eagle Lake
Ind
Presbyterian Commissioners
General Assembly
Assembly
James H. Knowles
Mt. Carmel
Board of Home Missions
W. C. Roberts
Roberts
Kenney
John Hall
Home Board
Wm. P. Kane
Bloomington
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Chicago
Marshall
Foreign Board
New York
Presbyterian Building
Freedman’s Board
Dr. Spining
McMillan
Board of Education
Withrow
Armenian Massacres Reported Near Van and Ineboli
A Daily Telegraph dispatch from Constantinople says serious Armenian outbreaks occurred in a village near Van and at Ineboli, a Turkish port. The Russian Consul at Ineboli has telegraphed the government requesting a warship be sent.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Constantinople
Van
Ineboli
Asia Minor
Boy Takes His Life Over Smoking Habit
Camden New Jersey May 23. W R Ross a fifteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Ross of Stockton in this county committed death by own action today. He hanged himself due to an inability to stop smoking cigarettes after his father chided him. The report states the act was done in despair as a result of his cigarette addiction.
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Camden
N. J
W. R. Ross
New Cabinet Chosen in Copenhagen
King Christian accepts the Thott Ministry resignation. The cabinet is reconstituted with Hoerring as Premier and Finance, Vice Admiral Rayn as Marine and Ad Interim Foreign Affairs, A Herraus Buerdenfleth Interior, Alfred Hage Agriculture, Bishop St Hyr Education, Colonel Puxen War, N R Rump Justice and Iceland. Rump and Rayn keep Justice and Marine. Baron Thott previously held Foreign Affairs.
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Herr Hoerring
Rayn
A’herraus Buerdenfleth
Interior
Alfred Hage
Bishop St. Hyr
Puxen
Herr N. R. Rump
Justice
Iceland
H. E. Herring
Baron Reedtz Thott
Herr Rump
Marine
Baron Thott
Madison County delegates chosen for Urbana senatorial convention
Thirty three delegates were chosen to represent Madison County at the senator convention in Urbana next Friday. The nomination favors Clark County, with Hon. John L. Plummer as the unopposed candidate.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Madison County
Urbana
Clark County
John L. Plummer
Tree Falls on Track Cripples Train, Kills Engineer
In Atten Virginia on May 23 engineer William Kan of the Chesapeake and Ohio was killed when a tree loosened by rain slid from the mountain and fell on the track just before his engine. The wreck sent the locomotive into the New River with six cars following. Callahan, trapped beneath the engine, had coal cars piled atop him and died from severe injuries after three hours in the river.
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Atten. Va
William Kan
Chesapeake & Ohio
New River
Callahan
Bond Sale Enjoined in Ohio Park Bonds Case
The Pennsylvania Company secured a restraining order from Judge Taft in U S District Court preventing the city from selling $98,000 in park bonds or diverting proceeds to a railroad for shops. Deputy U S Marshal Shannon served the Mayor and City Council. The case is set for hearing in Toledo on June 26.
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Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Lima
Pennsylvania Company
Taft
United States District Court
Shannon
Toledo
Rockefeller Limits Sunday Work At Ore Docks
John D. Rockefeller issues edict prohibiting Sunday labor by ore dock workers on the upper and lower lakes. Workers will be called to load or unload vessels any day but will not be asked to work between midnight Saturday and midnight Sunday.
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Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Upper
Lower Lakes
Ethelred Escapes Spanish Chase After Cuban Waters Stand
The British fruit steamer Ethelred, en route from Port Antonio Jamaica, was twice chased by Spanish gunboats near Cape Maysi and Havana. Despite shelling that splashed water near her bow, Captain Israel kept course and arrived in Philadelphia safely with an invalid daughter aboard.
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Ethelred
Port Antonio
Jamaica
John D. Hart
Havana
Hart
Cuban
Gepe Maysi
Maysi
Israel
Cape Maysi
Delaware Capes
Chicago Commercial Club Heads to Cincinnati Visit
In a yearly Chicago Commercial Club ritual, a party of about thirty to forty members will travel by special car to Cincinnati on May 27 and 28 to join the Cincinnati, Boston, and St. Louis clubs. John J. Jones and a list of expected attendees are provided, noting the trip is social with no business agenda.
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Commercial Club of
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Cincinnati Commercial Club
Boston
St. Louis
Big Four
Cincinnati
John J. Jones
W. T. Baker
A. C. Bartlett
A. A. Carpenter
Eugene Cary
R. T. Crane
J. W. Doane
N. K. Fairbank
Charles Fargo
Marshall Field
J. J
M. Ryerson
J. M. Clark
Morgan Jeffrey Wedding Planned in Lexington Evening
In Lexington Kentucky John H Morgan nephew of the Confederate raider and Miss Virginia Jeffrey are slated to marry tomorrow evening.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
John H. Morgan
Virginia Jeffrey
Martinelli the Guest at Albany Diocese Jubilee
Mgr. Martinelli was the principal guest of honor at Albany on May 23 as the Catholic Diocese of Albany marked its fiftieth anniversary with a formal celebration. Local church leaders and community members attended the event, noting the milestone in the diocese’s history.
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Albany
N. Y
Mgr. Martinelli
Johnson goes to Indianapolis for bank case
Ex banker Johnson was taken to Indianapolis to face federal charges of embezzlement forgery and false entries. He will not bond out and will await the grand jury next Tuesday with his mother and wife present for a farewell departure. A crowd watched as he boarded a sleeping car, while officials and his wife prepared to follow to prison.
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Commercial Tribune
Logansport
Ind
Exbanker Johnson
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Baker
Federal
Johnson
Marshal Clark
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