History of a Week: Crime at Limon Colorado
Simon special: Preston Porter Jr. known as John Porter was burned at the stake for ravishing and murdering the daughter of R W Frost at Limon Colorado. The scene followed a vigilante punishment with the victim's father igniting the fuel at 6 25 PM and the sentenced youth dying twenty minutes later in extreme agony.
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Simon
Preston Porter, Jr
John Porter
James
R.W. Frost
Limon
Colo
Imperial Decrees and Midweek News From the Nation
Reports dispatches from Beijing detailing exilings and degradations of princes, anti gambling raids led by Anthony Comstock in New York, Carnegie Institute gift talks with Andrew Carnegie, Kron and asteroid Eros sightings, immigration stats for Havana, Chicago coal famine predictions, Michigan population rise, corn in farmers hands, and a Geneva factory fire with $100000 loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For Its Suppression
Anthony Comstock
New York
Comstock Society
Anti- Vice Society of
Gardiner
Comstock
Little change in business noted by Bradstreet weekly review
Bradstreet’s weekly trade summary reports stronger cotton and wool markets due to crop damage fears and firm wool prices. Cereals remain dull with limited speculative interest. wheat stable, corn marginally higher, hog products weak. Iron trades show best demand signals. post election activity and winter weather boost optimism, especially in the South. Chicago reports pig iron sales at 75,000 tons, largest week this year. Wheat shipments reach 3,555,507 bushels, corn exports 8,287,027, with year‑ago and prior weeks for comparison.
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Bradstreet
Review of Trade
Chicago
Bolivia May Regain Coast With Brazilian Argentine Mediation
Prominent South American diplomats in Washington report that Brazil and Argentina may press Chile to restore part of Bolivia’s lost coast. President Campos-Salles of Brazil and the Argentine president reportedly fostered a productive understanding during a recent visit, aiming for a pacific settlement without force.
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Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Washington
Campos-Salles
Bolivia
Chili
Mnch
Switzerland
Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Hoot Bomb Case
The State pressed charges against Jerome W. Hoot in Waterloo Iowa for trying to kill his wife by sending a dynamite bomb. The jury found Hoot guilty of assault with intent to commit murder after a lengthy trial and disputed town court jurisdiction.
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Waterloo
Iowa
J. W. Hoot
Jerome W. Hoot
Iown
Boundary Not Yet Surveyed by Government Surveyor
Boundary surveyor Deane reports no stakes found locating the 100 mile Mount Baker boundary from Sumas toward the coast. Police Chief saves suspected killer Porter in Denver after a mob forms in Limon. Algona fire destroys four buildings, $20,000 loss. Burglar killed by bird shot near Galeferry station. Parkhurst envisions a truth-telling ideal newspaper in New York. Wren, Ohio fire wipes out town with $100,000 damage. John Quinn, a 22 year old with a long crime record, is mentioned. Six men drown when schooner Myra B Weaver sinks in Vineyard Sound. McKinley asks cabinet to stay for second term.
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Deane
Mount Baker
Sumas
Washington
Army captains bring emergency ration test to Fort Reno
Captains Fountain and Foster lead a ten day march across Kiowa and Comanche lands to Fort Reno Oklahoma testing an emergency ration. Each man carries eight days of food in cans containing chocolate meat bread and milk with salt and pepper and no coffee. The ration kept weight steady and improved pace.
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Fountain
Foster
United States Army
Fort Reno
Oklahoma
War '‘Department
Kansas City
Bride Tied to Bedpost Stuns Indiana Town
Benjamin Dake of Shelbyville forbade his granddaughter Carrie Dake to wed Addison Fields. The couple met secretly and planned a license and magistrate wedding. Squire Maze performed an open air ceremony. Dake returned with a shotgun and forced Fields to leave. Dake then tied the bride to a bedpost to secure the marriage.
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Andry
Benjamin Dake
Shelbyville
Ind
Carrie Dake
Addison Fields
Miss Dake
Fields
Squire Maze
Fairfield
Dake
Wiels
Benjamin Drake
Wages Raised For St Paul Road Engineers And Firemen
Conference between St Paul road officials and engineers and firemen yields wage increases for about 3,000 of 4,000 workers from seven to ten dollars monthly. Some engineers, firemen, and switchmen face one hour less on home runs to support operation of ten wheel mogul locomotives.
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St. Paul Road
Gifford House Motel Fire Claims Several Lives
A early 20th century blaze at the Gifford House in Poplar Bluff Missouri destroyed the three story hotel. Four guests died and two others were severely injured as smoke and flames trapped occupants on upper floors. The poster on duty survived and witnesses described guests leaping from windows to escape.
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Gifford House
Pop’ar Bluff
Popular Bluff
Gifford
Tragedy Ends Divorce Suit in Ohio
Mrs. Anos Dice filed for divorce in Bucyrus Ohio. Early the next morning her husband forced entry with an ax, demanded withdrawal, and fired three shots wounding her in the breast. He then killed himself and cut his throat, but she fought him off until he died.
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Ohio
Anos Dice
Bucyrus
Oho
Dice
Explosion at McLean targets son in law house
A detempered man Dr L Gleason attempted to blow up his son in law Frank Trapp s house in McLean Illinois city wide blast caused mangled body of Gleason found miles away no injuries reported at the residence. Other items include divorce cases and local crime reports from the era.
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McLean
L. Gleason
Frank Trapp
Gleason
Market Prices Across U.S. Cities Report Mixed Commodity Ranges
Chicago cattle at 3.00 to 5.85. hogs 3.00 to 4.90. wheat No. 2 red 70 to 72c. corn No. 2 38 to 89c. oats 21 to 22c. Indianapolis cattle 3.00 to 5.60. St Louis cattle 3.25 to 5.70. Cincinnati hogs 3.00 to 4.05. Detroit cattle 2.50 to 5.40. New York cattle 3.25 to 5.50. butter 23 to 26c.
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Chicago
Jndianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ike
Detroit
Toledo
Chaico
New York
Government Estimates Put 1900 Corn Crop at Record Size
Government figures estimate the 1900 U S corn crop at 2 108 000 000 bushels, up 80 million from last year and the third largest on record. Iowa leads with 306 million bushels, with Illinois and other surplus states showing strong yields. yield per acre averages 25.3 bushels and quality 85.5 percent. An upcoming wheat crop estimate is promised by December 10.
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Iowa
Hyde
Department of Agriculture
Town
State Department of
Ohio
Indiana
Winals
Missouri
Kansas
JOWR
Nebraska
Minois
War in South Africa positions from British to Boers
The British position worsens as Boers gain mobility in western Transvaal and the Southern Free State. Boers control routes from Pretoria to Cape Town and disrupt British trains and garrisons. Kruger’s status shifts from refugee to influential, signaling a possible settlement advisory. In Washington, McKinley hopes cabinet members stay on during his new term as talks on war revenue taxes advance.
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South Africa
Pretoria
Vryburg
Free State
Cape Town
Orange River
Botha
de Wet
Delarey
Poer
Jacobsdal
Phillipolis
Kruger
Delagon Bay
Europe
England
Cabinet
McKinley
Congress
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Tribune
Denver
Norrie & Woolley,publishers
Tee
Norety
Fouth
Saawiche
Tuan
Shen
Hay
Prince Tuan
Prince Chwang
Prince Yib
Prince Ying
Prince Lien
Dukes Lan
Ying Nien
Kang Yi
Chao Shu Chiao
Yu Hsien
Carnegie
Pittsburg
W.N. Frew
Carnegie Institute
Andrew Carnegie
W. J. Dieh
Pittsbury
Kron
F. P. Leavenworth
Eros
The
State University
Minneapolis
Minn
Ciba
Division of Customs and Insular Affairs
War Department
Havana
United States
Spain
Mexico
China
Chicago Tribune
Michigan
State of
Census Bureau
Appleton Manufacturing Company
Geneva
Freeman
Lincoln County
Louiseust
Farley
Porter
Algona
Mich
Algona, Mich
Kins
Galeferry
Conn
William Brooks
Bird
Plan Ideal
Parkhurst
Wren
John Quinn
John McWinley
John Reagan
Myra B. Weaver
Vineyard Sound
Mass
McKinley Ro
Ouray
James Goudley
Winter Haven
Fla
Myra Ganesty
Alexander of
Servia
Humbert
Italy
English Channel
Hildegarde
Shields
Weymouth
Georgina
Hayling Island
Sergent, Ky
Mina Hil
Lasar
United States Court
Hulu
Erie County
Esterish
City of Monticello
Yarmouth Steamship Company
Bay of Fundy
Ockefeller
New Trust
Standed Oil
John D. Rockefel
Texas
Clementine Freeman
New Oreans
Northwestern States
Alaska
District of
George S. Young
Frank Bellar
Springfield
Monte
Alice Nielsen
Alice Nentwig
Nielsen
Kellar & Wilson
Converse
Mercantile Agency
R. G. Dun
R. G. Dun & Co
New York City
Buasley
I's
Ertes
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