Bad Tom Smith Confesses Before Hanging at Jackson Ky
At dawn crowds gathered in Jackson Kentucky for the execution of Bad Tom Smith. He admitted killing Doc Rader and named other victims in a long confession before a seven foot fenced scaffold. The drop occurred at 1 45, Smith dying within ten minutes after the trap released. A separate note reports a twelve percent wage increase for workers at the Pennsylvania Railroad wheel foundry in Altoona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Smith
Smith
Dr. Rader
Beck Combs
Bill
John Young Brown
Frankfort
Jackson
Joux Youne Browz
Sheriff Combs
Lexington & Eastern Railroad
Lexington
Doc Rader
Mrs. McQuinn
Louise Southers
Radhel
Joe Purt
Hazard
Joe Adkins
Joe Eversole
Joe
Nick Combs
Eversole
Joan McKnight
Hazara
Bob Brothers
Jack Combs
Robert Cornell
Eversoles
Jesse Fields
Walt French
Boone Frazier
Fields
Jesse Tharp
Josiah Combs
Adkins
French
Quillie Smith
Ahim
Altoona, Pa
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baseball Scores From The Daily Games
The report lists results from multiple league games featuring teams such as Washington Brooklyn Pittsburgh St Louis Baltimore New York Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City and Cleveland with umpires Emile Emslie McDonald Stage Sheridan Hoagland and others. Time stamps range about 2:05 to 2:25 per game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brooklyn
Emilie
Emslie
Pittsvorgh
St. Louis
Jevne
Baltimore
New York
P.C
Boston
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Chicago
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St Loui
Louisville
Iron wage boost and Yale victory headline mix
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co raises iron prices by one dollar per ton with a fourteen percent wage rise for about 9,500 workers and three month shipments. Yale defeats Harvard on the Thames, securing its fourth straight win and eighth in nine years. A Kentucky river death and other brief items follow including a famed Chinese Catholic in Wilkes-Barre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biruincuas
Ala
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
Tennessee Co
Birmingham
Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing Co
Thomas
Yale
New Loxpor Conn
New Haven
Harvard
Thames
Gale’s Ferry
New Cabinet Forms Under Salisbury Leadership
London reports ministerial appointments confirming Lord Salisbury as prime minister and foreign affairs secretary. New Irish and Scottish posts include Earl Cadogan as lord lieutenant of Ireland and Lord Balfour as Scotland secretary. Curzon and Hanbury named under secretaries. manifest predicted for July 3.
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Earl Cadogan
Lord
Ireland
Lord Ashbourne
Lord Balfour
Burleigh
Scotland
Miss Lester
New Salisbury
Henry James
Duchy of Lancaster
Matthew W. Ridley
Marquis of Landsdowne
George Francis Hamilton
India
Charles T. Ritchie
Board of Trade
Robert William Hanbury
M. P
The
Treasury
George Nathaniel Curzon
Lord Salisbury
Duke of Devonshire
Council
Arthur J. Balfour
Joseph Chamberlain
Colonies
Michael Hicks-Keach
Exchequer
George J. Goschen
Admiralty
Pall Mall Gazette
Mysterious Cincinnati Murder Aims Puzzle To Police
A night watchman in the Pan Handle rail yard near Cincinnati was shot three times through the heart and died. Investigators report little cooperation from witnesses as they search for the unknown killer in a case shrouded in secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Pan Handle
Wm. Lewis
Suit filed against Columbus Manufacturing Co by state
Attorney General Richards filed suit Friday on behalf of the state against the Columbus Manufacturing Co in Columbus Ohio. The action seeks legal remedy over alleged violations of state law and will proceed in the court system.
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Columbus
Richards
Columbus Manufacturing Co
Nenitan
Notable War Vet John Lehan Dies at 98 in West Virginia
PARKERSBURG W Va June 29 John Lehan aged 98 died near Berkeley Springs He was born in Ireland and served in every war the United States has engaged beginning with 1812 Wages advanced ten per cent Milwaukee Allis Co employees receive wage increase. workers decorate the plant with flags. Huntinerox Frightful accident at Beach Fork Melville Stanley rider thrown and killed when horse toppled him. Fatal mosquito bite Miss Daisy Green dies from blood poisoning after insect sting. Woman fatally injured Miss Emma White thrown from bicycle. Fell seventy five feet Rolla Marsh dies after falling from bridge near Brewersville. New electric line Clodfelter Electric railway work begins at Jonesboro 250 mostly Italian workers. Distilleries to close Pittsburgh district to shut down before July 10 for two to six months. Somnambulist jump W m Clapp conductor jumps from hotel window sustaining serious injuries.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
John Lehan
Berkeley Springs
Ireland
United States
Remorseful man surrenders for two year old murder
John Buckton, brother of a Milwaukee killer, walked into Cincinnati Central police station and confessed to fatally striking Arnold Pashion with a boulder during a March 21 attack two years earlier. Buckton, interned and dying from injuries, said he wandered through Louisville Evansville St Louis and Pi qua before returning to face the law. He will be arraigned in police court on Saturday.
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Cincinnati
Central Police Station
John Buckton
Wm. Buckton
Gus Wiehe
Sherman Club
Camp Washington
John Bueckton
Arnold Pashion
Lieut. Winters
Deitsch
Buckton
Main Street
Pashion
Louisville
Evansville
St. Louis
Piqua
Milwaukee
Weekly business review notes improved trade but unsure crops
R G Dun and Co reports week long trade volume up 45.8 percent from last year yet crop prospects look less favorable with doubts on winter wheat and cotton. Returns from exchanges show 35.8 percent higher business than last year while railroad outlook remains cautiously optimistic. Other items include Sam Small street incident in Norfolk, stage holds in Oregon, a traveling salesman found dead in Camp West Virginia, Cox murder trial starting in Kokomo.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Canada
United States
Pledges, Flames and Fortunes Across the Nation
Condensed notices from Jeffersonville Indiana to Camp Douglas report Mrs Russell and her daughter fatally burned, a boy fatally injured in Owensboro Kentucky, two men killed by a Reading railroad train, a Florida parole in a murder case, a grain reaper accident in Cu mberland Guernsey County Ohio, a Boswell Indiana man found hanged, Jack Dempsey gravely ill, two postal officials jailed or surrendered in New Orleans and Mexico, Utica burns death, and Gen Merritt ordering troop movement to Camp Douglas for Wisconsin militia encampment.
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Henry Allen
Owensboro
Michael Dalton
Michael Comis
Key
Reading Road
Reading
Florida Pardoning Board
William Jones
Cumberland
Guernsey County
Charles Bell
George Shurenbrand
Boswell
Ind
Jack Dempsey
Rockaway Beach
Geo. S. Moore
Mobile
Ala
P. D. Barker
Henry M. Payne
St. Mary’s Parish
New Orleans
L. Murray Ferris
Mexico
South America
Utica
Jacob Houck
Merritt
Washington
Eighth Artillery
Ft. Sheridan
Camp Douglas
Wisconsin
Markets in Midwest and East Tally Grain and Livestock Prices
Cincinnati and New York reports show flour and rye flour prices steady to firm with patent and fancy grades. Wheat and corn quotes across Chicago Toledo Baltimore and Pittsburgh reflect limited sales, with cattle and hogs steady to higher, lambs strong, and sheep mixed. regional markets list bid ranges and notable price points for futures and cash trades.
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Cincinnati
Northwestern
Do City
Baltimore
Toledo
OatTs
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Indianapolig
Ind
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Mc Donald
Tnnings
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Tinue
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Baker
Weaver
Daniels
Hines
Ompire
Sheridan
Grand Rapids
Tetty and Roach
Stafford
Zabner
Hoagland
Richmann
Jesse Howard
Kentucky River
Valley View
IL LA Forts
Mgr
Charles Roe
Denver
Col
New York City
Wilkesbarre
Sam Kee
St. Mary’s Church
China
London
Viscount Cross
Privy Seal
Washington Notes
Washmeton
Green Clay Smith
Silver Knights of America
Xrew
Yorks
Free Silver Democrats
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Lama
Foster
Frank Smooth
Kid Welch
Richwood
Michael McDonough
Penitentiary Annex
Cavalry Cemetery
CoLo
Lawrence Farrel
J. J. Hebard
Wis
E. P. Allis Co
Huled
Huntinerox
Beach Fork
Melville Stanley
Stanley
Albany
Daisy Green
Miss Green
Shelbyville
Emma White
Rolla Marsh
Brewersville
Exswoop
Jonesboro
Pittspurgh
Milpplegoro
Wm. Clapp
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and
Louisville Railroad
Asbury Hotel
Sam Small
Norrfolk
Norfolk
Evening News
Foster Murray
K. C. Murray
Landmark
Small
Murray
Young Murray
Oregon
Klamath Fall
Ore
Klamath Falls
Camp
Atlanta, Ga
Alpha Hotel
Cox
Exwoop
Kokomo
George Hiers
Jeffersonville
Buffalo
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