Two Young Girls Murdered and the Mouse Burned to Hide the Crime
A long dispatch from Srepayvirer Indiana details a house of prostitution run by a woman calling herself Kitty Wells. On September 10 last year the building burned, killing Flora Garrett and Maggie Wells. Suspicion arose, and vault searches found an oil can linked to the room, suggesting the girls were murdered and the fire started to conceal the crime. Authorities plan further examinations and expect Kitty Wells to name others involved.
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Srepayvirer
Ind
Kitty Wells
Flora Garrett
Maggie Wells
Nelson Durdham
Kittle
Kittie
Purdham
Henry
Kittse
Walton Tops Five Mile Roller Skate Record in Boston
C G Walton of East Boston shattered the five mile roller skate mark at the Institute rink last evening in a championship race, covering the distance in seventeen minutes and one.
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Boston
C. G. Walton
East Boston
Institute
Poisoning Scare Ripples Through Fort Springs County
Mercury of recent poisonings at Fort Springs prompts doctors Beard of Anderson and Crowley of Lewisburg to tend the ill. Three attempts used arsenic and strychnine. parents Mann and Goodwin narrowly escape deaths. Suspects Esther and Mary Johnson, color, arrested after three days. Milk and flour contaminated. four children dangerously ill. Ida Lewis joins Thames Street Methodist Church. Ida’s courage highlighted. Marshal efforts continue in Braxton County to arrest Jacob Plyman after a mountain standoff with deputies.
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Fort Springs
Drs. Beard
Anderson
Crowley
Lewisburg
Matthew Mann
James W. Goodwin
Esther
Mary Johson
Conel
Newtonn
KR. L
Ida Lewis
Fatal Duel at McKinney United by Rivalry Over a Woman
In McKinney Tennessee two young men William Moore and John Adams fatally clash over a woman. After hours apart for two weeks their quarrel escalates during a hunting trip. both fire simultaneously, Moore dies from buckshot, Adams dies the next day from chest wounds.
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Cuataxcoca
Tenn
McKinney
Cincinnati Southern Railway
William Moore
John Adams
Adams
Moore
Train Robbers Nabbed After Morning Pursuit in Arkansas
Sunday morning bloodhounds trailed the suspects into Rock, Arkansas. Joseph Cook Jr, C Jones, John Clifford, Charles Campbell, and a boy named Parker were arrested with three identified as robbers. The state posts a 1000 reward and rail line offers a fire amount. Jones likely to be released.
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Lrrry
Rock
Ark
Joseph Cook, Jr
C. Jones
John Clifford
Charles Campbell
Parker
Jones
Money Cases Upheld as Immigrant Fees Endorse Regulars
Washington notes the Home Court sustains a statute requiring masters of vessels from foreign ports to collect fifty cents per non citizen passenger for immigrant care and regulation. Supreme Court confirms regulars from the Mexican War receive extra pay. Senate confirms several pension and diplomatic nominations including Osborne to Argentina and Baker to Venezuela.
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Home Court
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United States
General Foster
Madrid
Cuba
Porto Rico
W. W. Burhans
Southern
United Press
Washington
D. C
Stealey
Louisville Courier-Journal
Southern Pacific Railroad
California
Needles
Mahavy
Cal
Pacific Coast
Mississippi River
United States Supreme Court
Thomas Q. Osborne
Ilinois
John Baker
Illinois
Venezuela
Willard P. Wysdel
Ohio
States of the Congo Association
Obs TP. GC. Clarke
Rhode Island
Calvin & Walker
Indiana
Noah DP. Loveridge
Michigan
Thieving Set In East St Louis Robbery Case Emerges
A detective arrives with Charley Clark alias Coleman, confessing a May robbery of East St Louis City Clerk’s vault. About $3,000 in cash and 40,000 in city scrip were taken with Captain Duffy, a former East St Louis police lieutenant, directing beat patrols away. An Alderman and two prominent officials are implicated though identities remain unconfirmed. Duffy’s arrest prompts expects more detentions as suspects resist naming others.
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East St. Louis
St. Louis
Springfeld
Charley Clark
Coleman
Chicago
Clark
Captain Duffy
Duffy
Dutfy
Forgery Case Over Pedigree of Imported Clydesdale
In Waukegan Joseph Reeside a noted horse importer was committed to the county jail without bail after extraction proceedings charged with forging pedigrees of Clydesdale horses imported from Scotland. United States Commissioner Hoyne ordered the commitment yesterday. Papers will go to the Secretary of State. The English Clydesdale Association secretary attended to advance the prosecution.
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Culcane
Joseph Reeside
Waukegan
Lil
Scotland
United States
Hoyne
Jair
Clydesdale Association
Death of a Well-known Divine in Brooklyn
Rev. David M. Halliday age seventy seven and brother of Plymouth Church Assistant Pastor 3 B Halliday died at Plymouth Church residence in Brooklyn after an eighteen year decline from illness. Graduate of Princeton, known in Presbyterian ministry. Public notice ends with medical advertisement for Flood’s Sarsaparilla sold by druggists.
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David M. Halliday
B. Halliday
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Princeton
Isra
Presbyterian
Grant letter blocks pension bill in Congress debate
In a congressional session General Grant's reply to a pension bill favored by Mr. Mitchell of Pennsylvania was read. Grant asks withdrawal, stating he will not accept a pension under any circumstances. The House debated related Interstate Commerce reform and adjourned at 4:40 PM after discussion on rail regulation and commission powers.
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Dip
Mitchell
Ils
Wasuineros
SaxaTe
Pennsylvania
Committee On Pensions
Gill
Detroit
Mich
Senate
House
Townshend
Eis
Findlay
O'Neill
Kennan
Warner
Ohio
Stockwell
Stice
Barksdale
Wealthy Miss Caldwell to fund National Catholic University
In New York a wealthy heiress Miss Mary Caldwell donated 860000 toward a national Catholic university per Plenary Council recommendations. A broad fundraising fund will be created under Archbishop Gibbons with seven bishops and five laymen, aiming for a 1 million dollar endowment, possibly locating the university in New York State. Miss Caldwell and her sister inherit 4 million dollars.
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New York
Mary Caldwell
Madison Avenue
Fuch
National Catholic University
Baltimore
Osld- Wellin
Archbishop Gibbons
Fusene Kelley
Reuben Springer
Cincinnati
New York State
THE SPANISH TREATY AND DUTY PROVISIONS OUTLINED
New York December 92 The Times prints a Madrid obtained copy of the treaty with Spain. Key articles affect Cuba and Puerto Rico products entering the United States with certain duties and exemptions. Other provisions cover reciprocal duties on American goods entering Cuba and conditions for US manufactured items sent to the island.
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Madrid
Suanday
Cuba
Porto Rico
United States
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Pape and Bristol Board
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