House Passes Sundry Civil Bill and Deficiency Measure
Washington February 9 The House approved the sundry civil appropriation bill and began debate on the general deficiency bill the last of the general appropriations. Ohio Democrat Mr Lentz assailed the administration citing a New Mexico judge death as corruption proof provoking a Cannon rebuke and a tense exchange with Gen Grosvenor.
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Washington
House
Lentz
New Mexico
Hanna
Cannon
Grosvenor
Ohio
Sherman
Naval Academy
Knights of the Archer members found guilty of murder
Five members of the Knights of the Archer in Sylvania Georgia were found guilty of murder for the August killings of Fillmore Harrington and Milton Mears. They were sentenced to hang on March 9. The group reportedly swore vengeance against whites and faced whites in deadly defense.
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Sylvania
Arnold Augustus
Andrew Davis
Richard Sanders
Wiliam Hudson
Sam Baldwin
Fillmore Harrington
Milton Mears
Knights of the Archer
Young Stephenson child deadly fire attack on sister
In Stephenson Michigan a 1 year old, left alone, pressed a burning stick to a 6 year old girl, burning her severely. The victim escaped outside into a snowdrift and died hours later. The other child seems unaware of the act’s gravity. In Wavana a secret constitutional convention reportedly agreed to accept US independence terms, not yet public.
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Wavana
Constitutional Convention
United States
Treasury balances show available cash and gold reserves
Washington on February 21 reports the general fund exclusive of the 150 million dollar gold reserve in redemption. Available cash balance stands at 145,117,657 while gold holdings total 974,021,030.
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Washington
the Treasury
General Fund
Vigilant Officers Save Slick Slater From Mob in Topeka
In Topeka Kansas on Wednesday a mob of about 1000 men gathered at the county jail to seize Slick Slater a Black man accused of assaulting 17 year old Lottie Cerberick. Sheriff Cook removed Slater to Hoyt and boarded a northbound train bound for Atchison, with suspicion he remains in custody there.
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Topeka
Kan
Slick” Slater
Slater
Lottie Cerberick
Carbondale
Santa Fe
Cook
Gerderick
Hoyt
Rock Island
Atchison
Chicago Saloons Damaged by Carrie Nation Adherents
Three Chicago saloons were wrecked Wednesday night by Nation supporters. Total damage runs to several hundred dollars as police quickly captured the smashers. Berghoff at State and Adams suffered $200 in glass and window breakage by Frank Owens.
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Chicago
Carrie Nation
Peter Bellegrine
State
Agnes Breen Smith
Berghoff, State
Adams Streets
Frank Owens
Chas. Vietzen
Clark Street
James Clab
Navy ships and sailors to march in inaugural parade
More than 1,000 sailors and marines will join the inaugural parade in Washington the largest naval contingent since the civil war. Ships including the Dolphin Sylph Puritan Dixie Hartford Topeka and Lancaster will anchor in the Potomac near Alexandria for a daytime display and nighttime illuminated show.
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Navy
Wil
Dolphin
Dixie
Hartford
Lancaster
Potomac
Alexandria
Private Bank Robbed Near Fosher. Robber Captured
In Fosher Champaign county a private bank run by F E Vennum was robbed of 1620 by Arthur Hyer 22 who brandished a pistol at cashier Arthur Vennum and fled toward the Illinois Central yards. Citizens stopped the freight train, Hyer was taken from the engine cab and the full amount recovered.
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Rantoul
F. E. Vennum
Fosher
Champaign County
Arthur Hyer
Arthur Vennum
Hyer
Ilinois Centra
Doctor targets indelible pencils in medical crusade
Chicago Feb 21 Dr Elmer FE Prescott a local physician has begun a campaign against indelible pencils claiming they cause sore lips fingers and in severe cases death He cites the coloring matter anyline and a dye once in Senator Cushman K Davis of Minnesota as a cause of blood poisoning
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Chicago
Elmer FE Prescott
Prescott
Cushman K. Davis
Minnesota
Heavy Snow Falls in Madrid for First Time in Eight Years
Madrid reports a heavy fall of snow, the first in eight years. Streets are covered and traffic is severely disrupted amid the winter weather.
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Madrid
Boer War Train Escape Sparks Kitchener Warning
A Pretoria dispatch reports on February 18 Boer forces derailed a train carrying Gen Kitchener's baggage after an armored train forced back the Boers. They may have sought to capture or kill him but derailed the wrong train. Lord Kitchener narrowly escaped capture prompting warnings about his rapid train movements. Acting President Schalkburger says the Boer cause is hopeless and favors surrender. Lord Roberts is said to be offered the Cinque Ports wardenship.
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Pretoria
Klip River
Kitchener
Lord Kitchener
Gen. DeWet
French
Botha
Transvaal
Brussels
Kruger
South Africa
McKinley
Lydenburg
Schalkburger
Arson and murder in Tyler County drug store blaze
Stringtown Tyler county WV reports a drug store fire that killed John Clendenning. Two men were arrested for arson and murder after a wave of anti-saloon activity in the oil village. The proprietor was warned to halt liquor sales or face destruction of the business.
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Sistersville
W. Va
Stringtown
Tyler County
John Clendenning
Carrie Nation
Clendenning
Miners Entombed After Flood Hits Alabama Mine
Thirteen Black miners were entombed when flood water from an abandoned shaft rushed into the coal mines near Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Efforts to pump out the water proceed slowly as the mine fills again, with little hope unless air reaches the workers soon.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Birmingham
State Insane Asylum
Otis denies bid for pension commissioner post
Washington reports Gen. Harrison Gray Otis rejected claims he sought the pension commissioner role, stating the assertions have no foundation.
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Washington
Harrison Gray Otis
Gen
Otis
Admiralty Plans Clyde Shipyards For Five Submarines
Glasgow February 21 The admiralty office is backing Clyde shipbuilders to construct five submarines modeled on those recently successful in the United States.
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Glasgow
Admiralty Office
Clyde Shipbuilders
United States
Mob lynches Beebe Montgomery in Dyersburg
In Dyersburg Tennessee February 21 a mob seized Beebe Montgomery from the jail and swung him on the Mike lynching tree five times to force a confession of complicity in an assault with Fred King on Miss Alice Arnold. Montgomery denied guilt as detectives search for a third implicated man.
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Dyersburg
Tenn
Beebe Montgomery
Mike
Fred King
Alice Arnold
Montgomery
King
Bking
Yong
Lynching in Mina Arkansas Strikes News Headlines
Mina Arkansas February 21 eight masked men hanged Peter Terry a colored man to a tree after taking him from the county jail Essie Osborne a 12 year old girl was kicked by Berryman who was jailed for trial Eight officers were forced to surrender during the raid and the lynching occurred before daylight No identifications of the mob were reported In Shenandoah Iowa Ran Kin & Sons seed corn plant burned destroying over 15000 bushels of seed corn and a second incendiary attack targeted a flour house"}
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Mina
Ark
Peter Terryman
Berryman
Essie Osborne
Jones
Ywo
Barneid
Shenandoah
Rankin & Sons
Trunk Shipped From Peterboro Hides Human Body
A trunk sent from Peterboro to Kingston by medical student William Patterson of Queen's University was opened after suspicion arose and a human body was found inside. Patterson was arrested at Belleville.
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Peterboro
Ont
Kingston
William Patterson
Queen’s University
Patterson
Belleville
Slot Machines Seized In Ft Scott Saloon Raid
Slot machines valued at $2,000, owned by a St. Louis company, were seized in Ft Scott saloons on Wednesday night under a city court order. C. S. Hoyt, local manager, was arrested on gambling charges.
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Ft. Scott
Kan
St. Louis
C. S. Hoyt
Markets Report Flour and Grains Across Cities
Cincinnati and Indianapolis market notes show flour prices for winter and spring patent grades, wheat on track at No 2 red 79 cents, corn and oats sales at multiple yellow and mixed grades, and live stock figures for hogs cattle sheep lambs and veals across Cincinnati Indianapolis and Buffalo with varied price ranges. Buffalo reports strong hogs and lambs while Cincinnati shows broad ranges in cattle and sheep values.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Indianapolis
Buffalo
Peking Punishments Compromise on Imperial Sentences
London reports U S and British envoys compromise with the Chinese court over executions. Prince Chwang to be strangled. Yu Hsien to be severely harmed. Chao Shu Chiao and Ying Nien to strangulate. Chi Hsin and Hsu Cheng Wu to be beheaded in Peking. Sentences on Prince Tuan Duke Lan and Gen Tung Fu Hsiang commuted to life imprisonment if no new obstacles arise.
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Peking
Morning Post
Imperial Court
Prince Tuan
Duke Tan
Tung Fu Hsiang
Prince Chwang
Yu Haien
Chao Shu Chiao
Ying Nien
Chi Hsin
Hsu Cheng Wu
Morrison
The
Times
Count von Waldersee
Fortified Legation Quarter Planned in Peking
Berlin reports new details on fortifying Peking legations. The quarter between the Ching Ching gate and the Tsien gate will be enclosed by modern defenses with a twelve foot moat and glacis and protected by barbed wire. Each legation will gain heavy gun protection and a Tar tar wall gate bastioned entry. Barracks for 2,000 men can expand to 5,000 in emergencies.
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Berlin
Peking
National Zeitung
Tsien
England Signals Ratification of Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
Minister Choate cabled from Washington that Britain will likely ratify the Hay-Pauncefote treaty as amended. The agreement would grant the United States the right to construct and fortify a Nicaraguan canal, potentially cementing the canal project under U S control.
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England
Washington
Choate
State Department
Madrid Rumor That Don Carlos Abdicates for Don Jaime
Madrid papers publish a rumor that Don Carlos the Spanish pretender has decided to abdicate in favor of his son Don Jaime who is supported by a majority of the Carlist party.
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Madrid
Don Carlos
Don Jaime
Treasury opens mail with $300 conscience gift
The secretary of the treasury received a $300 conscience contribution mailed from Zanesville and Marietta Ohio.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Zanesville and
Marrietta, O
Famous Observatory Burned in Zeburg Fire
Fire destroyed the famous Zeburg observatory used by noted astronomers Kuokola Zack and Lindenan. The blaze in Gotha occurred on February 21, wrecking the historic facility and its instruments.
Angora Goat Industry Grows From Humble Start
The Angora goat industry gains promise in the United States after years of experimental work. Reports trace origins to Colonel Richard Peters and Dr. James B. Davis imports, with Cape Colony and Turkey influences shaping breeding. California and Texas emerge as major centers as flocks expand into Nevada Oregon and Washington.
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Almont Barnes
Division of Statistics
Department
United States
George Fayette Thompson
The
Bureau of
William M. Laridrum
California
Davis
Col
Richard Peters
Atlanta
Wade Hampton
South Cateying
Dr. Davis
Davenport
Virginia
Osborne
New York
Col. Peters
Asia Minor
Savannah Republican
Thompson
Turkey
William M. Landrum
Polk
James B. Davis
Columbia
S. C
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Taurus Mountains
Constantinople
Nois Fair
Cape Colony
W. Hammond Tooke
Agricultural Journal
Cape of Good Hope
Australia
Far West
Julius Weyand
Angora Goat Breeders" Association of
Bailey
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