Double Murder Sparks Lynching Fears in Mercer County
In Mercer Missouri a quarrel over an unpaid account led Peter Kindred to shoot Anngiow and Joe Alley in their Mercer general store. Both men died, Joe after injuries lingered. Kindred fled but was captured and moved to Trenton under guard as mobs gathered to avenge the killings. The county reports rising outrage and calls to curb lawlessness.
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Orromwa
Mercer
Mercer County
Lineville
Trenton
Princeton
Anngiow
Joe Alley
Peter Kindred
Alley Brothers
Kindred
Andrew
Joe
Legion of Friends of the Alley Boys
Alley
Zola Trial Opens Amid Public Interest in Dreyfus Case
Paris Feb 8 The trial of Emile Zola opened in the Seine assize court over his December letter in The Aurore denouncing Esterhazy. The crowd packed the court and police kept order. The indictment focuses on the letter’s passage and the aim to force a Dreyfus revision by circuitous means. Zola voiced little hope, saying the truth is known but authorities suppress it and witnesses are silenced.
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Emile Zola
Aurore
Dreyfus
Assize Court
Seine
Advocate General
M. .Zola
Esterhazy
Paty du Clam
M. Laborie
David Christis Murray
Zola
Local option roils LAW meeting amid Sunday racing talk
Delegates from across the country gather at the Southern hotel to discuss local option on Sunday racing under the League of American Wheelmen. The issue divides regions with the West favoring local choice and the East opposing it as Missouri signals willingness to caucus for a candidate backing local option.
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Maat Ua Asuras
Eec
Jogrrtonnot Suthern
League’ of American Wheelmen
East
John W. Kelly
Woodbury
N. J
Amateur Athletic Union of the
New Jersey
L. A.W
Henry Y. Lewis
Missouri
Lewis
Illinois
Disgusted Passengers Return From Skagway Rush
A Nanaimo report says the steamer Noya arrived with 25 disgusted passengers who cursed the Klondike scramble. They carried $10,000 in treasure and warned that 200 men could do all the work at Skagway while 500 others drink and gamble.
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Victoria
Nanaimo
Skagway
Klondike
Ottawa
Dominion House of Commons
United States
Dawson City
Questions on Cuban aid reach and intent debated
Adjutant General Barry received a letter from W. Parker of Reynolds asking about where relief aid to Cuba ends up. The response is expected to claim the funds aid starving noncombatants behind Spanish lines. Mob disperses after Storms inquiry ends in Wapello with planned prosecutions for leaders.
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Lincoln
P. H. Barry
Cuban Relief Commission
W. ©. Parker
Reynolds
Cuba
Spain
Heavy Export Demand Lifts Wheat and Grains
Wheat gains on post cash demand and heavy export engagements at the seaboard. May wheat closes up 1 cent. corn and oats rise. hogs mixed to higher. Cash quotes list No 2 red wheat around 80-90 cents and No 2 corn about 24-27 cents. Cattle and hog receipts mix. Kansas City and Chicago markets show varied movements with mixed prices across categories.
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Ontcdao
Seaboard
Weratt
South Omaha
Texas
Senate proposals on Cuban belligerency and annexation debate
Washington hearings on Cuban insurgent relief consider three measures to recognize belligerency and urge Spain to acknowledge Cuban independence by March 4. The Senate also weighs seating Henry W. Corbett and discusses Hawaiian annexation, with Pettigrew opposing the treaty and citing Hawaii’s sugar industry and labor questions.
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Washington
Senate
Allen
Cannon
Utah
Kingdom of Spain
United States
Mason
Spain
Cuba
Henry W. Corbett
Oregon
Chandler
Pettigrew
S. D
Hawaii
Tropics
Teller
Colorado
Hawaiian Islands
Morgan Proposed Hawaiian Annexation Amendment in Senate
In Washington on February 8 the senate discussed Morgan Alabama's amendment to the Hawaii annexation resolution, asserting the present government may cede the islands to the United States. The session included remarks on the Worden memorial and Hampton Roads, with Senator Teller leading executive debate.
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Morgan
Washington
Senate
Ala
White
Cal
Hawaii
United States
Mr.Morgan
Hawaiian Islands
Admiral Worden
Hampton Roads
Monitor
Merrimac
Teller
Superintendent Clark Resigns from Colorapo Sprites
The article notes the resignation of Superintendent Clark from the Colorapo Sprites, with details indicating a February timing and a formal stepping down from duties. Further context on replacement plans or immediate impacts is limited in the fragment.
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Clark
Colorapo Sprites
Chari
Fire Sweeps Atlantic City Block Damaging Academy of Music
A morning fire starting at the Academy of Music in Atlantic City New Jersey destroyed about half a block of buildings with an estimated loss near 63000. The blaze spread to Lapres confectionery store Bryn Mawr hotel Bachars finishing Myer s photograph gallery and other establishments along the boardwalk threatening Berkeley hotel until wind shift saved the hostelry.
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Atlantic City
Aviayne City
N. J
Academy of Music
Lapre
Stord
Bryn Mawr
Bachar
Story
Rutter
Myer
Union Pacific Sells Branch Line in Montana
New York reports Union Pacific directors decide to sell half of the Montana Union railway to the Northern Pacific. The Montana Union linked UP terminals at Silver Bow with NP main line at Garrison. The transfer makes the Butte line the NP main road, with Helena as a branch and extensions planned to Anaconda and westward.
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Union Pacific
Burrt
Mont
New York
Montana Union Railway
Northern Pacific
Montana Union
Silver Bow
Garrison
Butte
Helena
Anaconda
Bellew Repeats Confession in Suspected Murder Case
Bellew tells district attorney he repented of the murder confession concerning his brother and sister. He adds few new details and states he gave Susie ice but not water or broth as she died. He denies brother Tom knew of the poisoning before or after and calls him innocent.
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Bellew
Sussun
Cal
Frank Bellew
Susie
Tom
Copper Strike At Nippur Mine Near Anaconda
A major strike at the Nippur mine adjoining Anaconda on the west reports 840 feet of copper ore cut through on the south crosscut of the 650 foot level. The development indicates rich copper deposits and highlights ongoing mining activity near Anaconda.
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Anaconda
Burr
Mon
Nippur
Gleanings from The American cent and curious notes
A concise collection notes various historic curiosities. It cites the cent of 1787 with the motto Mind your business and mentions a flat English coin made a legal tender in 1216. It lists crafts and social items including a brewer’s tenant rules in Maine and a Wabash college student’s remittance request to his father. It recounts a Whitechapel succession court scene with illiterate witnesses and a Scottish estate sale of 86,000 acres by the second duke of Sutherland with 16,000 grouse moor and 12,000 deer forest.
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Whitechapel
London
Speller
Reader
Wright’ Andregs
Electric Sparks and Telegraph Wires in Seashore Areas
A fragmentary report notes that electric wires near the seashore last about 40 years while those in manufacturing districts endure only about ten years. It mentions Teheran Persian planning a telephone exchange and a New York firm supplying instruments, with equipment to be carted 800 miles by mules after landing at Bushire.
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Teheran
Persia
New York House
Bushire
Connecticut
Noted Detroit grocer Patrick Monahan years of service
Prominent Detroit businessman Patrick H. Monahan, longtime grocer at the corner of Twelfth and Baker Streets, recalls fifty years in trade. He recounts early marine supply days, back troubles, and a dramatic recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, claiming renewed vigor and return to work within two months.
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Detroit
Mich
Patrick H. Monahan
Baker Street
Second and
Jefferson Avenues
Duluth
Buffalo
Monahan Marine
Twelft
Baker Streets
Druneisi
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Deusetet
Yang Ficm
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Wilsouri Farmer
Paris
M. Emile Zola
Yukon
Alaska
Washtaton
Dyea
Greon
Rathburn
Wapello
Kansas City
Ight
Chicago
SENAT
Alien World
York
W. E. D. Stokes
Stokes
William M. Tweed
Ludlow Street
Lindsay
Dem
Kentucky
House
Aldrich-Plowman
Alabama
Plowman
Aldrich
Taylor
Mann
Fox
Settle
Richmond Dispatch
M. Born & GO
E. Timer & CO
Dillon, Montana
P.H. Monahan
Etn
The
Evening News
Detroit, Mich
Thompson & Reynolds
Arthur P. Curtin
Montana
Outfit Homes
Endelhorn
Helena Business
Collece
and Institute OF
Pioneer School
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