Why He Was Slain in a Political Murder
Clayton brothers outline a political motive for John M. Clayton’s assassination at Plummerville. They claim a Morriston based militia tied to Governor Hughes used armed intimidation, ballotbox irregularities, and targeted arrests to sway elections, leading to the fatal shooting while Clayton investigated the case.
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Plummertville
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Ute Bpowell
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Alexander
Aitmens
Death of Judge Merrick at District Bench
Befo re a higher bar report that Judge Merrick of the District bench died Monday evening after weeks of illness. He was a Maryland native son and son of former U S Senator William D Merrick. Appointed by Pierce in 1835 he served until the circuit court ended and later represented Maryland’s Fifth district in Congress from 1873 to 1875. President Cleveland then named him to succeed Judge Wylie in District office.
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Maryland
Bia
Wiliem D. Merrick
United States
Pierce
House of Representatives
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Wylie
Belle Starr Murder Rumors and Old Feud Violence Across States
Disjointed clipping reports Belle Starr linked to murder rumors and her outlaw ties with Cole Younger. It notes a Kentucky feud on Red Bird Creek ending in fatalities and wounded, and mentions Indiana election crooks ordered to appear in court plus renominations in a separate party race.
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Cole Younger
Fort Swire
Ark
John Starr
United States Witness
Boofala
I _T
Belle
Jim Starr
Indian Territory
Kentucky
Levers
Lovevon
L Zemores
Red Bird Creek
Clay County
Caramith
Black Bill
Lizsemore
Robert Lizemore
Sidney Lzemore
Garrison
Indiana
Suneday
Appianardis
Ind
Woods
O Land
Harvester works assets and liabilities revealed in report
The report shows assets 125 08 and liabilities 185 000 with about 100 000 due to creditors. The Harvester works through W J Whippie has assigned. Pauncefote rumor denied regarding British Ambassador post. Rose McEloone, 50, murdered and robbed near Bar Lome in Friendville New York.
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Harvester Works
Ww. J. Whippie
Rose McEloone
Bar Lome
Friendville
N.Y
Hayti War Update Gonaives Bombarded by Legitime Armies
From Port de Paix in northern Hayti news claims Legitime’s warship bombarded Gonaives after a January 24 demand for surrender. Hippolyte’s force, about 2,000 at one point with main body within 18 miles, faced capture with thirteen generals shot and several hundred prisoners.
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Hippolyte
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Port de Paix
Hayti
Johannes Huustedt
New York
Gonaaives
Dessaines
Gold Wave Delights Northwest With Taste of Winter
For the first time in nearly a year a Northwest region including Minnesota Dakota and Manitoba reports seasonable weather. Temperature records show below zero in several cities while western Dakotas see little impact and the wave moves eastward. Marquette reports the greatest blizzard in years with railroads blocked and temperatures plunging below zero.
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Winnipeg
Vincent
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Dakotas
Marquetts
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New York Street Car Strike Ends in Bloodshed
On February 6 a strike action on a Thirty-Fourth Street car led Cher Schneider to draw a revolver on an assailant after the driver was attacked. Schneider fired killing a man reported as James McGowan, a Belt line stable hand, who reportedly hurled stones. He says two shots were fired into the air as a warning before the fatal shot.
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Broadway End
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Centennial Washington committee plans two New York parades
A Washington centennial sub committee meeting at the Fifth Avenue Hotel resolved a military parade for Tuesday April 30 and an industrial parade for Wednesday May 1 to mark the centennial events. The Post reports President-elect Harrison leasing Spencer cottage at Deer Park as a summer residence with possession expected around June 1.
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Fifth Avenue
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Spencer
Deer Park
Henry G
Biemarck Seeks New Conference On Samoa Topic
Biemarck expresses interest in convening another conference to discuss Samoa. He urges stakeholders to align on approaches and outcomes. The proposal signals ongoing engagement with regional affairs and diplomatic channels.
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Berlin Talks and American Diplomacy in Samoa
A fragment reports German minister Wasuixatox consulting with Secretary Byard in Washington on Samoa, with hints of a Berlin conference. Senator Frye suggests sending Ben Butler to Berlin if talks resume, while German press questions Pendleton's health and U S diplomatic steps.
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State Department
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Berlin
Washington
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Great Britain
United States
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Frye
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Ntional Zsitung
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Mikieton
America
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Bayard
Foreign Office
Samoa
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Knappe
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Daily Telegraph
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Wisconsin seeks reforms to election methods and trusts action
Governor Hoard sends Kansas law on beef and pork trusts to legislature and urges Wisconsin reform. Appointments made for Normal School Regents. House bills fund Dairy Men's Association and Girls Industrial School. Senate bills target election espionage and ballot secrecy with public ballot printing but exclude towns villages cities over 60,000 and counties with such cities.
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Illinois lawmakers debate bills in Springfield session
In the Illinois House, the Jones bill to regulate stockyards and curb extortion was ordered to a second reading after a long discussion. The Senate saw petitions for local option law, repeal of the Pharmacy and game laws, and several new bills including uniform text books, a $50,000 Jackson Park monument for Jobhn A Logan, and telephone charge limits tied to city population ranges.
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Morton Denies Link to Soft Coal Syndicate
A New York dispatch reports Vice-President-elect Levi P. Morton rejects claims of ties to a soft coal syndicate formed to develop Cambria County coal lands. Morton says the report is groundless and he has no knowledge of such an organization.
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Altoona Pa
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Elevator Burned in High Wind Destroying Brown's Granary
In a Monday evening blaze at 7 o'clock Brown's elevator, among the city's largest, burned to the ground. It is a total loss with 90,000 bushels of grain, estimated at $50,000. In a separate dispatch from Drake's Bay Cal, Captain William Thomas reports the drowning of the mate and two others when a small boat capsized near the Fowler.
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San Francisso
William Thomas
Fowler
Drake’s Bay
Cal
Thomas Shellman
A. Caldwell
Senate Debates Union Pacific Funding and Anti-Trust Bills
In Washington the Senate spent most of February 6 debating the Union Pacific Funding bill with calls to re commit and add Central Pacific provisions. Senator George voiced opposition to the Sherman Anti-Trust bill as unconstitutional. amendments on tariffs were hinted. Hawley proposed a Sheridan pension amendment. Oklahoma Territory bill moved to committees. In the House, Payson blocked progress on the UP bill and the Interstate Commerce Act amendment stayed unresolved. The Sioux land division measure was withdrawn amid opposition.
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Robert Johnston's Dry Goods Firm Goes Bankrupt In New York
Robert Johnston of J. & C. Johnston, dry goods dealer at Broadway and Twenty-second, assigned assets to the Mortimer estate for 17 618 and gave store rent and employee salaries priority. Johnston, previously in talks for a partner, faced currency loss after a July extension on 60,000 merchan dise, and little progress since. The case touches Mrs. Garretson of Philadelphia, who profited historically in the business.
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H. B. Claftin & Co
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Robert
Wind Blows Down Fire-Damaged Buildings in Omaha
At Farnam and Eleventh streets a high wind toppled the fire-gutted Meyer brick block and damaged two more buildings. Six people died with many injured. Dunbar & Co. and Boyer & Co. losses mount as rescuers search amid dust and debris. Pedestrian and worker casualties numbered several, with the Meyer firm previously gutted by fire.
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Edward Oleson
Mike Martin
Maxwell Houston
P. Boyer
Thomas Lombard
Rudolph Mitchell
C. B. Silver
K& A. Phleo
John Jackson
Emma Over
Charles Blake
God Will
Charles Ceasar
Don- Darts Art Department
George Seamer
Henge
Meyer
Max Meyer & Bra
Max Meyer & L Co
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Nebraska
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Alliance
Lincoln
Arapahoe
Huastixes
Hastings
News
Hastings Avenue
Miss Aldrich
Bolton
Padsley
Yorkshire
Multiple European and American figures in flux and incident
Gas flows, court adjournment, sports signings, political shifts, and accidents populate a midweek report. Key items include the U.S. Supreme Court adjourning to Monday, Joe Hornung joining the Baltimore team, West Virginia legislators’ ballot counts, industrial prospecting in coal and iron fields, a schooner drowning near Drake's Bay, miners resuming work in Western Pennsylvania for 5,000 jobs, C M Norwood leaving Union Labor Governor bid, Canon Street’s death in Florida, a wagon accident in Princeton, Indiana, Herman Luther’s twelve year sentence in Detroit, Hume Gas Fuel’s gas shortage and shift to crate oil, a possible Marion County clerk and chief clerk’s Toronto trip, Sullivan’s debt load, and related turmoil.
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Pennsylvania
C.M. Norwood
Arkansas
Eagle
Canon Street
Hatnois
Florida
Jonathan Evans
Adams Express Company
Princeton
Ind
Herman Luther
Detroit
Hume Gas Fuel Company
Youngstown
Lima
John E. Bulliven
Abwanding
Marion County
Thomas O'Neal
Toronto
Bitter Anger in Aden Over German Actions Sparks Trade Strife
World cable from Aden reports Thomas Stevens describing intense bitterness among English and British Indian merchants toward Germans for causing panics in Asiarchy and halting trade at Zanziber. Arabs and natives on Zanzibar mainland blamed by many, straining relations with white traders and missionaries.
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World
Thomas Stevens
Stanly
Emin Bey
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Zanzibar
Kagheh
Senate Passes Bill to Ban Price-Fixing Trusts
February 6 report from IxptaxaPouis Indiana notes the Senate approved a bill making trusts and combinations that fix commodity prices unlawful with heavy penalties and potential losses to individuals from pool actions. Also mentions divorce for unsafe wives, school bonds, and various local incidents including deaths and court events.
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