Mob Trys Lynching of Two Negroes in Council Bluffs Jail
A five hundred to one thousand strong mob battered jail doors in Council Bluffs Iowa seeking the surrender of George Williams and Neely Zimmer man two Black men held after identification by Mrs Sanders and Mrs Stark for an assault. Guards repelled the effort. Congressman Smith urged calm and the mob dispersed before militia arrival.
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Council Bluffs
Nee
George Williams
Neely Zimmerman
Congressman Smith
George Sanders
Sanders
Srafih
Former Congressman Glover Wounded in Cripple Creek Standoff
In Cripple Creek Missouri Attorney John Glover defied military orders to surrender citizen arms. He barricaded his office and fired on troops, wounding his arm before capture. Colonel Verdackberg ordered troops to seal the office and shoot if he reappeared with a weapon. Major Naylor led the capture. Governor Peabody’s critic called Glover a cheap anarchist.
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Glover
Golo
John Glover
Missouri
Verdeckberg
Peabody
Verdackberg
Naylor
Dawid
Grillo Elected President of American Baseball Association
Chicago December 28 the club owners of the American Baseball Association elected J E Grillo sporting editor of the Commercial Tribune of Cinripaul president to succeed Thomas J Hickey who resigned to take a mercantile post in St Paul Grillo's selection was a compromise to avert a potential clash Lennon of St Paul headed the board of directors which also awarded the pennant to St Paul after a short session following the league meeting
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E. Grillo
American Baseball Association
Chicago
J E. Grillo
The
Commercial Tribune of Cinripaul
Thomas J. Hickey
Jaing
St. Paul
Grillo
George Tennon
Lennon
Havener
Milwaukee
Tedea
Louisville
Bryce
Columbus
Watkins
Minneapolis
Hickey
Murderers Drowned While Fleeing Pursuers in River
Jacob Mayers was fatally stabbed by Joseph Curry in a Buncannon hotel quarrel. Curry fled pursued by locals, jumped into a river to escape, and drowned. Authorities reported the fatal stabbing and the drowning as the escape end for Curry.
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Harrisburg
Jacob Mayers
Joseph Curry
Buncannon
Curry
Youthful condemned men seek clemency in murder case
Charles and Henry Nelson, condemned to hang February 10 for the April murder of Henry H. Krier at Owatonna, have applied to Minnesota’s pardons board for life imprisonment, arguing their extreme youth. Charles is nineteen, Henry seventeen as of August 22. Also reported, Ada Taylor and James Turner, elderly Black residents, burned to death in Sedalia after their home burned Monday.
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Nelson
Minnesota
Charles Nelson
Henry
Sedalia
Ada Taylor
James Turner
Prisoner shot by guard at Ohio penitentiary
William Daily, 29, serving twenty years for manslaughter, was shot and killed by Guard J. W. Creiger at the Ohio penitentiary Monday. The shooting was in self defense.
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Columbus
Dee
William Daily
J. W. Creiger
Ohio Penitentiary
Calumpit Fire Destroys 250 Homes. Hundreds Homeless
Fire at Calumpit in the Philippines Sunday wrecked about 250 homes, killed several, left around 1,000 people homeless, with estimated losses near $75,000 and no insurance. In Elkhart, Anna Schenk, nine, and cousin Clara Selbal, nineteen, were severely scalded by a burst hot water pipe in Henry Schenk’s green room. Anna is not expected to survive.
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Calumpit
P. I
Manila
Puebla of
Elkhart
Ind
Anna Schenk
Garland
Clara Selbal
Polk, O
Henry Schenk
Testify in Favor of Gravelle in Railway Dynamite Case
Helena Montana December 29 Several defense witnesses testified in Isaac Gravelle case charged with placing dynamite on the Northern Pacific tracks None of the testimony carried weight The case may go to the jury on Wednesday
Telegraphic Brevities
Colonel J N Andrews U S A retired is dead at Orange Va Captain Robert D Cantlin U S A retired died Monday at Washington The new cruiser Charlestown now building at Newport News will be launched on Jan 23 Postmaster General Payne is suffering with a severe cold and confined to his apartments in Washington Rev Dr Fred S Jewett professor of history and philosophy at Grafton Hall is dead at Fond du Lac Wis Everything of a preliminary character has been settled for the fight Tuesday between Young Corbett and Eddie Hanlon at San Francisco Sir William Atlen the marine engineer ship owner and member of parliament for Gateshead since 1893 is dead at London Mrs M M Faville widow of Orreo Faville a pioneer lieutenant governor of Town died Monday night at Waverly Tenn aged eighty four Archbishop Ireland and Bishop John I Spalding were the guests of honor at a Knights of Columbus banquet in Minneapolis Monday evening.
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J. N. Andrews
U.S. A
Orange
Robert D. Cantlin
Washington
Charlestown
Newport News
Payne
Fred S. Jewett
Grafton Hall
Fond du Lac
Wis
Young Corbett
Eddie Hanlon
San Francisco
William Atlen
Gateshead
London
M. M. Faville
Orreo Faville
Waverly
Archbishop Ireland
John I. Spalding
Knights of Columbus
Minneapolis
Market Quotations From Minneapolis and St Paul Yards
Wheat prices at Minneapolis for December and May futures shown. No. 1 hard, Northern and other grades listed. St Paul yard cattle range from good to choice steers at 3.70 to 4.00, cows and heifers 2.50 to 3.25, calves 2.00 to 4.25. hogs 1.25 to 4.65. yearling lambs and lambs priced 3.50 to 4.50.
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St. Paul Union
St. Paul
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Der
Duluth and Chicago Grain and Live Stock Prices
Duluth markets report wheat and flax prices with on track and arrival quotes for No 1 hard and Northern grades. Chicago and region show cattle, hogs, sheep prices, and grain futures for December and May figures, including wheat corn oats and flax values.
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Duluth
Norther
Chicago
Northwestern
Southwestern
Olympia Arrives Cartagena as Beaupre Joins Colombia Visit
Admiral Coghlan’s flagship Olympia reaches Cartagena with United States minister A M Beaupre and Mrs Beaupre aboard. The crowd greets the party without hostility while Cartagena’s battery fires a twenty one gun salute. Beaupre plans to sail to New York on the Yucatan Tuesday.
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Colon
Nec
Coghlan
Olympia
Cartagena
A. M. Beaupre
United States
Colombia
Beaupre
Washington
Atlanta
Mayflower
Castine
Orr
Barranquilla
Admiral Coghlan
Jose Insignares
Bolivar
Captain Colby
Governor Insignares
Ta|signares
Insignares
Department of Bolivar
Bogota
Titumatl
Magdalena River
Olympia Haa
Antioquia
Ihal Rafael Reyes
Canada
Readiness grows in Colombia to use diplomacy with Panama
General Reyes remains absent in Washington as influence wanes slightly. The calmer view narrows options and signals Colombia’s increasing willingness to accept the inevitable and maximize gains from the Republic of Panama through diplomatic channels.
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Colombia
Republic of Panama
Record Breaking Prices at Cass Lake Pine Sale
Frederick Wererhauser led a spirited bidding at Cass Lake Minnesota for Chippewa pine, with prices rising from 5.84 to 6.80 per unit in the second sale. Eleven bidders competed as Wererhauser and associates now control about three fourths of Minnesota pine stumpage, earning Indians tens of thousands of dollars.
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Cass Lake
Minn
Duluth
Nec
Frederick Wererhauser
Rock Island Lumber and Manufacturing Company
Wererhausers
Weverhauser
Minneenta
Unreasonable. Magistrate Seeks Justification for Midnight Robbery
In court the prisoner pleads audacity and asks how to commit crimes in daylight while the magistrate presses for motive. The defendant counters by recalling a prior inquiry about robbing a man in broad daylight and questions when he should work.
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Robbins
Deafness Cure Promises and Notice of Administration
An article fragment touts a cure for deafness via a constitutional remedy and warns on ear tube inflammation. It also includes a notice appointing an administrator for Wikin C. Nole Tate and various local notices about poultry, tickets, and imminent sales.
Hardware Ad From Ideal Specialty Co
Trade offer for hardware supplies from Ideal Specialty Co listing Sault Ste. Marie Michigan location. Mentions postpaid accounts and a call for agents with phrases about winners and private specialties, likely a catalog promotion targeting customers and sales agents.
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Ideal Specialty Co
Mike, Mich
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Bérien
Gravelle
Min
Ister
H. W. Beebe
Reyes
Tere
Mall
Cheney & CO
Halls Family
Joel Seeil
Wikin C. Nole Tate
Palo Alto
Moreling
M. PL Kerwick
Swale
Navy
Joe J. Steil
Black Brothers
Dependable Cash Store
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