History of a Week of Crimes and Public Lynching in Kentucky
A Hodgenville Ky special reports a mob of fifty to seventy five men taking Silas Esters from the jail for assaulting 15 year old Granville Ward, dragging him to the courthouse steps, and lynching him after a gunfight chase. The incident ends with Esters being strung on the courthouse steps and killed. Also covered are Sir Thomas Lipton’s London reception and a Plymouth Indiana wreck killing three and injuring three.
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Kiddle
Hodgenville
Silas Esters
Granville Ward
Upton
Court House
Ile
Tie
Hevre
Head On Freight Collision Kills Two in Indiana
Two men died and two were badly injured in a head on crash between an extra freight and runaway cars from another freight train on the Vandalia line in Judson Indiana. Runaway cars traveled ten miles before colliding with the extra freight causing wreckage and engine destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Vandalia
Judson
Ind
Logansport
Gold Rush to Oklahoma Claims Spark Dense Prospecting
The Wichita mountains on the Miowa and Comanche reservations draw hundreds daily as about 6000 mineral claims are filed for gold copper and oil. Officials await assay results to determine pay, while some old miners from California and Colorado reportedly prosper or hide their claims.
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Wichita Mountains
Miowa and
Comanche
California
Colorado
Oklahoma
Holiday Trade Opens Early in 1902 Outlook
The Weekly Review of Trade reports dealers expect strong holiday sales with mills shops and factories operating through year end. Open orders already run far into 1902 and open demand for staple lines and fancy goods signals large upcoming trade. Prices stay firm collections satisfactory and cotton movement improves. Failures total 240 in the United States and 29 in Canada, vs last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Review of Trade
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Youth found dead in buggy near Plymouth Indiana
At daylight Tuesday morning four miles north of Plymouth Myers Heard ten was found dead in a buggy with a gunshot wound to the temple. The horse had carried him to his father's farm gate where passers by found him. Beard, also known as Myers Beard, had spent Sunday away from home. The murder is believed but the killer is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers Beard
Plymouth
Ind
Myers Heard
Young Beard
Jealous Rival Shot at Independence Depot
Writ Barkey of Geuda Springs Kansas lies mortally wounded after Ross Sheridan of Independence Missouri shoots him at the Independence Electric depot as Mrs. Clara Williams waits nearby. Sheridan acted in a jealous rage over Barkey who was rival for Williams interests.
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Writ Barkey
Geuda Springs
Kan
Ross Sheridan
Independence
Barkey
Clara Williams
Independence Electric Depot
Dewey resigns Met Club presidency amid criticism
Admiral George Dewey has stepped down as president of the Metropolitan Club in Washington after sharp criticism from members over court of inquiry rulings in the Schley case. Greece will get Crete as annexation to Greece appears imminent per dispatch from Constantinople. A Berea Ohio hardware store is robbed with loss over 100000 dollars. Three killed ten injured in a Baltimore and Ohio collision near Brady's Tunnel. President McKinley’s assassin, Leon F. Czolgosz, was electrocuted at Auburn prison.
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Dewey
George Dewey
Metropolitan Club
Washington, D. C
Court of Inquiry
Schley
Greece
Crete
Constantinople
St. Petersburg
Brady’s Tunnel
Washington, Pa
McKinley
Leon IF. Czolgosz
Fred Nieman
Auburn Prison
Auburn, N
Robbery alleged in Winston-Salem incident involving Chicago jeweler
William Richon of Chicago arrived with his wife in Winston-Salem and stayed at a local hotel. He says he was robbed of over 9 000 dollars the following night and had three men from Washington, D C arrested the next morning. Schade posted 200 bond to appear before the mayor. a sack with several hundred dollars in silver was found. the other two suspects remained in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William ‘Richon
Chicago
Winston-Salem
N. C
H. T. Hammond
Williami’ Schade
James Pink Jey
Washington, D. C
Richon
Washington
Mr. Bichon
Apple famine grips New York dealers amid shrinking crop
New York dealers warn the apple famine is worse than expected as spring weather reduced the crop. A dealer cites 23 million barrels versus 48 million last year and 70 million the year before, with Chicago prices up about 26 percent though supply meets demand. Canadian and eastern crops are light while the Southwest yields help. Kansas and Missouri fruit cushions the market despite Michigan shortages.
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New York
Chicago
Kansas
Missouri
Michigan
Nome Penniless Mob Faces Winter Violence Campaign
A Nome Alaska mining camp, home to hundreds without money or work, faces a harsh winter of violence and disorder as advices arrive in Port Townsend. The ships Queen and Valencia carried about 100 passengers and 100 stowaways amid daily petty thefts and swindling linked to a major Boston fraud case involving J M Fisher Co. reps.
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Nome
Alaska
Port Townsend
Wash
Queen
Valencia
Buffalo Bill's Show Train Collision Injures Crew
A head on collision near Kinwood, N O involved Buffalo Bill's show train and a fast freight. the show master was seriously hurt while the engineer and fireman on the freight sustained minor injuries. About a hundred Buffalo Bill horses perished and four show cars were wrecked. one freight car was demolished. The freight conductor allegedly missed a second section, causing the accident.
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Freght
Lnood
Kinwood
N. O
Buffalo Bills
Regs
Buffalo Bill
Peculiar Question At Port Townsend Over Chinese Merchant's Sons
A Chinese merchant Eng Go of Walla Walla dies at sea before Olympia arrives. His two minor sons, migrants from the Orient, seek admission under exempt class for resident Chinese merchants. Customs officials, contending the father’s death en route, face doubt on whether the minors may be admitted.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Eng Go
Walla Walla
Orient
Houstists
Murd ers His Stepdaughter and Takes Own Life In Tragic Family Incident
Henry Schroeder of St Louis shot his 7 year old stepdaughter Katie Kirst through the heart and then fired at his 11 year old stepson Henry Kirst, missing. He drank carbolic acid and shot himself, dying shortly after. He reportedly hated the children.
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St. Louis
Henry Schroeder
Home Comfort Range Company
Katie Kirst
Henry Kirst
Schroeder
Market Prices Across Cities Show Wide Commodity Ranges
Cattle and hog values vary by city with Chicago offering cattle $3.00 to $6.40 and hogs $4.25 to $6.22 weekly. No. 2 red wheat around 69 to 71 cents. corn 58 to 59 cents. oats 35 to 39 cents. Butter, eggs, hay, and rye quoted with regional spreads noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Timothy
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Roosevelt to Outline Broad Presidential Message Concepts
The President is expected to present a concise message covering reciprocity trusts ship subsidy navy canal and immigration policies. He may discuss strengthening the Sherman act enforcement and excluding undesirable aliens while supporting a robust merchant marine and canal construction with Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Sherman Law Gang
Navy
Navy Department
Great Britain
Philippines
Ways and Means Committee
Netal
Hig. Mes. Wa
Cuba
Five Deaths From Football Across Early Season List Grows
A grim tally shows five killed and sixty injured on the gridiron as the season begins. The dead include Charles Beuskmwann of Chicago paralyzed in a scrimmage. Sir Hugo Champion of Michigan hurt in October and dying next day. Edward Longe necker of Brown Preparatory School Philadelphia with a fractured spine. Robert McWard of Pana Illinois who died after a tackle in a classroom game. and David Work of Philadelphia electrocuted at Fairmount Park while tackling to remove a ball from an electric lamp globe.
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Charles Beuskmwann
Chicago
Sir Hugo
Mich
Micigame
Edward Longenecker
Brown Preparatory School
Philadelphia
Robert McWard
Pana
Brush College
Taylorville
David Work
Fairmount Park
Fire cascades through Chicago destroying twenty buildings
A blaze on the top floor of a wood workers factory at 126 North Union Street ignited Wednesday afternoon and within two hours tore through twenty buildings. About 200 people became homeless and losses reached roughly 250000 dollars. The fire's rapid spread and the building mix drew wide alarm.
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Chicago
North Union Street
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Gribune
Denver
Indiana
Alfred Wooley
Kentucky
Thomas
London
Sir Thomas Lipton
Southgate
Pennsylvania
Donaldson Hill
Migs Stonda
Ellen M. Stone
Uniontown
Friedman
Pittsburg Street
Stambaugh
Youngstown
Ohio
Reilly
Cowden and
McDonough
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Bethel
Transvaal
Omaha
Ragged Top
Ss. D
S. D
Spearfish Mining Company
Colorado Springs
Colo
Charles Morgan
U. N
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Washington Street
Davis
Berea
Lawrence & Brightman
WELER
Boston
United States Marshal’s Office
J. M. Fisher & Co
Botha
General Botha
Maj
Remington
Division of Insular Affairs
War Department
Philippine
Adam Persyck
Edna
Minn
John Wiese
New York Central
Grimesville
N. Y
Harrison
Seis
Otto P. Tuenk
St. John's German Lutheran Church
Cullman
Ala
Suesa Bank
Frank Rockefeller
Cleveland
National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City
Faper
Siegel-Sanders Live Stock Commission Company
Sam Gallows
Steven Clark
Zeb Crite
Poplar Bluff
Clark
Alice Giles
Jane
Grite
Thomas Graham
Charles T. Menohber
Twenty-eighth Battery of Field Artillery
Fort Leavenworth
Zanesville
Zanesville, Ohio
Art Pottery Company
Ernest * Seton-Thompson
Thompson Seton
Huxley
Iowa
Toya
Dooley
Jim" McGarry
Pete” Dunne
Cook County Hospital
Newark
Ira Worley
James I. Marlatt
Cambridge
Bary
Pittsburg
UoUabines
Neves
ISSAC
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