Tragic Frankfort Shooting Leaves Three Dead
In Frankfort Kentucky the Capitol hotel lobby scene leaves three dead and several wounded as ex congressman David Colson and Lt Ethelbert Scott clash in a brutal duel. Colson surrendered to police claiming self defense as bystanders Lieut Demaree Capt Golden and Charles Julian die or are wounded.
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Frankfort
David G. Colson
Middlesboro
Ethelbert Scott
Somerset
Scott
Colson
Luther W. Demarree
Shelbyville
Chas. Julian
B. B. Golden
Barboursville
Commonwealth
27Th Judicial District
Col. Colson
Harry McEwing
Louisville
W. C. Ridpath
Chicago
Capitol Hotel
Demaree
Capt. Golden
Capt
Golden
Julian
Williams
Charles H. Julian
Col
Kentucky
Congress
Republican Party
1Th
4Th
Colson’s
There Is One More Left in Monitor Crew
New York reports Lieut Howard has died in Washington and reveals Capt Louis N Stodder of the revenue cutter service survived the Monitor sinking off Hatteras on December 31, 1862. Stodder now commands the anchorage service in New York harbor. Chicago dispatch notes two unknown men found dead in a Santa Maria hotel room with gas leaking from a chandelier. One man aged about 45 to 50 and the other 25 to 30. The older wore good clothes and carried $71 and an insurance policy with the insured name torn away.
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New York
Wlieut
Howard
Washington
Monitor
Revenue Marine
Louis N. Stodder
Revenue Cutter Service
Hatteras
Anchorage
New York Harbor
Chicago
Santa Maria Hotel
63D Street
London
War Office
Egypt
South Africa
Daily Chronicle
England
Returning Spanish War Soldier Repays War Pay
William E English, son of a former Democratic vice presidential candidate, returns a 1172 dollar war pay check with a statement he would not accept payment for service in danger. It is noted as the only such case in the Spanish war. Transport McClelland has left Santiago with 75 remains for burial in Arlington National Cemetery beside other Cuban war dead.
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New York
William E. English
Indiana
Spain
Treasury
Washington
Jan
Tradington
McClelland
Santiago
National Cemetery
Arlington
Cuba
Porto Rican merchants urge territory status and tariff reform
A delegation of Porto Rican merchants and citizens arrived in New York en route to Washington to lobby President McKinley and Congress for island territory status and tariff reform. They cited needs of Porto Rico and favored reducing import duties and other reforms.
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New York
Washington
MsKinley
Congress
Porto Rico
United States
Engagement Near Colesburg Repulses Boer Attack
Reports from Modder River and Natal describe a fierce morning exchange as Boers attempt to storm a redoubt but are repulsed at bayonet point. Twenty one killed and forty wounded while heavy firing continues near Tugela and Spytfontein.
Boers Attempt Rush on Hill Held by Company
Rensburg Cape Colony January 15 The Boers this morning made an assault to rush a hill held by a company of the defense forces as the conflict in the region intensifies.
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Rensburg
Cape Colony
Firing Near Springfield Reported by The Times
Dispatch notes heavy artillery in the Springfield direction from Pietermaritzburg dated Tuesday. Milner proclaims martial law in Hopetown and Philipstown Cape Town. Danish West Indies sale to US reportedly not yet notified to the State Department prompting public skepticism.
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London
the Times
Pietermaritzburg
Springfield
Cape Town
Sir Alfred Milner
Hopetown
Philipstown
British and Boer Clash on Hill Front in South Africa
The British Yorkshires and New Zealanders repulsed Boer assault on a hill east of their position. Boers suffered 21 killed and about 50 wounded as they tried to seize the heights. Captain Maddocks led a small party to charge, forcing the Boers to retreat under heavy fire. Desultory firing continued. the attack failed and Boers withdrew to kopjes at the hill base. Reports from Lourenzo Marques note Mafeking’s stubborn hold and smuggling of 20 field guns through Delagoa Bay amid ongoing heavy firing near Ladysmith.
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Maddocks
London
the Times
Lourenzo Marques
Mafeking
Johannesburg
Delagoa Bay
Wheeler to return to push land bill from Luzon
Gen Joe Wheeler writes from Paniqui Luzon December 2 that he will travel to the United States to push a bill safeguarding school land from mineral land sales and notes his resignation from the army. He mentions preparing to secure passage of the bill and avoiding campaign criticism.
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Florence
Ala
Joe Wheeler
Congress
Alabama
Wm. J. Wood
Paniqui
Island of Luzon
P. L
United States
the Land Office
Wheeler to Return to United States Amid War Department Silence
Washington reports little official explanation for Gen. Wheeler’s return to the United States. Officials admit the order was issued earlier but give no detail on whether Wheeler requested it. It follows a pattern where Gen. Otis’s field role did not please Wheeler, who prefers not to serve in Manila. Des Moines election confirms James H. Gear as U.S. senator. Duke of Argyle gravely ill at Inveraray Castle.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Wheeler
Otis
Manila
Des Moines
James H. Gear
Senate
Epidemic Smallpox Spreads in Northern Texas and Other News
Abbreviated telegrams report a smallpox outbreak in Northern Texas spreading rapidly. in Jackson Mississippi Longino and new state officers inaugurated. accidents kill Jiles Love in Cortland Virginia and Edward Porter in Glenwood West Virginia. Burns killed after quarrel in Carlisle South Carolina. Burmese rice crop record with export outlook. Judge James Phelps dies in Essex Connecticut. Philadelphia struggles to raise 100000 convention fund. 20 firemen overcome by smoke in New York tenement fire. ambush kills Dale Texas citizen R T Abbot. Tampa dry goods store destroyed by fire. actress Hannah Stetson dies in New York. 20000 Rio Branco drivers on strike with martial law. Capt J W Murphy kills teller then dies. Hauptman fatally wounded in Houston in knife fight with G W Chaffe wounded.
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James Phelps
Essex
Philadelphia
New York City
Kr. T. Abbot
Dale
Tex
Lee di Klee
Tampa
Fla
Hannah J. Stetson
Hannah Ingham
Murray Hillstock Company
Rio Daneiro
J. W. Murphy
Third National Bank of
Columbus, Ga
Teller P. T. Shutz
Murphy
Global and Domestic News Roundup of October Era Events
Gen Wheeler sails back from the Philippines to the United States in a few days. A Pittsburgh man is hanged for murder. Gen Methuen may be replaced in South Africa by Lieut Gen Tucker. Trans Atlantic lines raise New York Europe passenger fares. Capt Coventry weds Miss Whitehouse of Newport R I. Nineteen die in a Samara church collapse. sixty-eight more dead. Three more bubonic plague cases in Manila. only one European attacked. Fred Sibeley convicted for murder near Paris Illinois. life sentence. Senate panel backs unanimous report for a Nicaraguan canal bill. Colored citizens seek federal anti lynching and protection laws. Milwaukee boilermakers and shipbuilders win a nine hour day and $2.75 wage with overtime rules.
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Wm. Newman
Pittsburgh
Gen. Methuen
South Africa
Tucker
Trans-Atlantic Steamship Lines
New York
Europe
C. J. Coventry
Earl of Coventry
Lillie Whitehouse
Newport
R. 1
Fred Sibeley
Taylorsville
Jane Burnet
Paris
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Congress
Milwaukee
The Markets in Cincinnati and Chicago
Cincinnati and Chicago market data show flour prices across grades, grain quotes for wheat corn and oats, and live stock prices. Hogs cattle sheep and lambs are listed with bid ranges, while Chicago reports wheat prices for No 2 red No 3 red and No 2 hard winter and prints various grades and futures. the text reflects a general market snapshot.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
John A Gear Iowa Senator Known As Old Business Leader
John A Gear, born in Ithaca New York in 1825, rose from a Burlington merchant to Iowa governor and long time national leader. He served as a Republican legislator, speaker, governor, congressman, and United States senator with influence on ways and means and Pacific railways, shaping policy and wealth through his career.
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John A. Gear
United States Senate
Iowa
Commonwealth
Senator Gear
New York
Ithaca
Burlington
Chicago
Union Pacific
St. Louis
Missouri
Middle Country
Ohio
Grange
Congress
Treasury
Committee On Ways and Means
Senate
Pacific Railways
Walter Reeves of Illinois Aims for Governor After Congress Service
Walter Reeves, longtime congressman from Illinois Eleventh District, announced his candidacy for governor. Born in 1848 in western Pennsylvania, he moved to Illinois in 1856, taught school, studied law, and practiced in Streator. Reelected to Congress in 1896 by 6,251 votes, he served on rivers and harbors and patents and pushed Nicaragua canal investigation. Married Marietta Coggswell in 1876.
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Walter Reeves
Iulinois
Western
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
la Salle
Livingston
Marshall
Streator
Enth
Thomas J. Henderson
Henry Mayo
Congress
Capt. Gibbons
Maloney
Reeves
Reed
Senate
Nicaragua
Briar Pipe Name Myth Revealed as Heather Wood
The briar pipe is not briar wood but heather wood. The term briar derives from the French bru yere meaning heath. French briar supply has dwindled, now mainly found in the Alpes Maritimes, with traders correcting the misnomer for common smokers.
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Bruyere
France
Alpes Maritimes
Alsova Church Dignitary and Prebendary of St. Davids
A fragmentary note identifies a church dignitary, named Alsova, described as queen Victoria by virtue of her prebendary position at Sts. Davids Cathedral Liandaff. The text mentions defender of the faith and longstanding ecclesiastical status.
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Alsova
Washingtons Razor a Missouri relic of Washington
The centenary of George Washingtons death highlights Mrs Julia E Maus of Linneus Missouri as possessor of the Revolution era razor once used by Washington. The blade bears Warranted Gratian and passed from Maj Vivian Brookin to his grandson Col Vivian Brookin Holmes before reaching Maus.
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George
Missouri
George Washington
Julia E. Maus
Linneus
Brandywine
St.Louis Republic
Washington
Vivian Brookin
Gen
Brook
Maj. Brookin
Petersburg
Col
Vivian Brookin Holmes
Linveus
Centralia
Holmes
Maus
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Earl Manvers
Sydney William
Herbert Pierrepont
Roland Reed
Roland
Modder River
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Reil
Kimberley
Natal
West India Islands
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State Department
Percy Scott
Ladysmith
Exchange and Telegraph Co
Frere
Buller
Daily Mail
Gen. Wheeler
Army
Gear
Duke of Argyle
Duke’ of Argyle
Invary
Beot- Rand
Texas
Cortland, Va
Jiles Love
W. H. Burns
Carlisle
S. C
E. H. Parker
Edward Porter
Glenwood
W. Va
Charles Hauptman
G. W. Chaffe
Gen. Chaffe
Houston
Hauptman
Chaffee
Samara
Russia
Will
John H. Gear
John Henry Gear
Alite
Flewcome
Smokera
Washington’s Razor
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Washington's Razor
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Julia B. Maus
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