Excitement Over Seminole Threats Across Indian Territory
Reports from Oklahoma and surrounding areas describe 100 to 300 Seminoles gathering at tribally used grounds south of Earlboro and Maud as fears of massacres rise. Messages claim 25 to 26 settlers killed in Pottawatomie and other counties while two Seminole suspects were previously burned near Maud.
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Kansas
Orry
Maud
O. T
Oklahoma, Ory
Earlboro
Muskocre
I. T
United States
Marshall Bennett
Daas
Tex
Oklahoma City
O.a
Pottawatomis County
Lincoln McGessey
Palmer Simpson
Miss Leard
Mand
Butte Banker Shot Dead in Bank at Butte Mont
Patrick A. Largey president of the State Savings bank, a leading Butte citizen, was fatally shot by Thomas J. Riley inside the bank yesterday afternoon. Riley spoke briefly with Largey before firing through a window first in the arm then in the forehead, killing him. Riley told the jail he acted after being promised work and not aided, requesting a quick trial.
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Butte Wanker
Burtz
Mont
Patrick A. Largey
State Savings Bank
Butte
Thomas J. Riley
Riley
Largey
Unique Contest In Denver
Denver January 12 an extraordinary contest has begun with all daily papers on one side and 14 large dry goods and clothing stores on the other No ads appeared in today’s papers and stores warn none will until the papers yield to a 20 percent rate cut ultimatum from the merchants The managers of the dailies were told last week that the department store group insists on reduced advertising rates and refused discussion
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Denver
Frightful Accident at Wayne Neb With Manning Critical
Jan 12 at Wayne Nebraska Hon J R Manning of Carroll a leading county figure suffered a severe cornstalk cutter accident. His right arm was torn off inch by inch to the shoulder and multiple arteries severed with flesh torn down his side. In critical condition and not expected to live. Manning served in the Nebraska legislature in 1889 from the Eleventh senatorial district.
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Wayne
Wayne, Neb
J. R. Manning
Carroll
Manning
Nebraska
Bodies of Two Miners Taken Out in Pittsburgh
Report from Pittsburgh dated January 11 states the bodies of miners John Passing Charles Winters and Antone Webubers were recovered after a mine incident. Officials say Weinberger and Winters showed no signs of violence or foul play.
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Prrsbure
John Passing
Charles . Winters
Antone Webubesrere
Iminers
Weinberger
Winters
Mission boards report vast scope of evangelical work
The sixth U S and Canadian mission boards presented figures in a Methodist building session. They cited 83 foreign societies overseeing 1,813 stations and 3,774 American laborers, with 34,870 yearly additions and 262,563 youths instructed. Canadian work included 89 stations and 9,141 communicants. Also noted were legacies and forthcoming high level army appointments including Colonel H C Corbin as adjutant general.
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Comission Boards
United States
Canada
Methodist
Evangelical
Churces
Europe
American Board
F. Wiggin
Boston
Weyler Under Fresh Inquiry for Conduct
Weyler faces a fresh inquiry over his conduct related to the McKinley message protest and other matters. Dupan will direct the investigation as cabinet plans to avoid a ministerial crisis in Madrid. The move follows a Madrid dispatch noting cabinet decisions on Friday.
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Weyler
Mapnio
Madrid
Valeriano Weyler
Durrant's Execution Recalls California Murder Trial
Reporter notes William Henry Theodore Durrant faced the gallows with calm defiance. He proclaimed innocence and forgiveness for those who pursued him as his death sentence was carried out. The scene included his parents, warden, and ritual calm before the trap shocked the room.
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San. Quentin
Gal
William Henry Theodore Durrant
Blanch Lamont
Durrant
Henry Clay’s Vacation Poker Night in Kentucky
In 1840 Henry Clay vacationed in Kentucky. Three nights after arrival a social poker game formed with Clay Josiah Blackburn John Hardin and Sam Clay. Blackburn led at midnight Saturday. Sunday a note from Hardin’s wife arrived. Hardin changed linen at the table as play continued.
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Henry Clay
Kentucky
Mr. Clay
Josiah Blackburn
John Hardin
Sam Clay
The
Statesman
Blackburn
Hardin
San Francisco
Fragmented excerpt on judgment and understanding
A fragmented text discusses taste defect of judgment and possible natural weakness of understanding. It mentions strength of that faculty and the role of discernment in judgment, though the passage is incomplete and cryptic.
Gold Seekers Hit New Alaska Diggings and Dawson Suffering
From Victoria B C January 11 Richard Morgan reports large herds of moose and caribou slaughtered near Dawson. New diggings at Hunker Creek Last Chance and Gold Bottom yield pay dirt averaging ten dollars per pan with a standout pan of $104. Joaquin Miller retraces suffering in Dawson and Circle City arriving with frostbite and loss of digits.
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Alaska
Victoria
B. C
Richard Morgan
Dawson
Klondike
Hidorado
Bonanza
Coffee War Deepens as Arbuckles Battle Sugar Prices
In Brooklyn a sugar refinery nears completion as the Arbuckles wage a fight on the coffee trade. An Arbuckle agent sought raw sugar in Europe while Woolson Spice, Havemeyer’s big coffee plant, cut roasted coffee price by half a cent a pound. The Arbuckles promptly matched the cut, driving wholesale roasted coffee to 81 2/3 cents per pound. In Washington the pensions committee report on General Meade’s daughters pension was briefly discussed in the Senate with no action.
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New York
Arbuckle
Brooklyn
Sugar Trust
Arbuckles
Europe
Woolson Spice Company
Havemeyer
Senate
Swashington
Senate Today
Pensions Committee
Meade
Allen
Pink Pills for Pale People advertised by Dr Williams
A Monroe Louisiana testimonial promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a cure for long illness including grippe related weakness. Mrs Stephen Robbins recounts weight loss, pale complexion, and recovery after using five boxes, sworn as truthful in 1897. The notice lists ailments treated from nervous disorders to rheumatism.
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Stephen Robbins
Monroe
Llinois
Dr. Willams
Windy
de. Wil Medicine Company
Schenectady
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Doga
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