Texan Jealousy Murder Trial Shocks Lone Star Town
In Lonarto Texas a teenaged girl Miss Bessie Harris confessed on the stand to hanging her suitor Albert Blackman after her jealous father incited her. The killing occurred near the town as the coroner examined the couple, with Blackman found dead after a forced test of love. The family had pressed coercive suspicions about his fidelity leading to the fatal act.
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Lonarto
Tex
Bessie Harris
Albert Blackman
Blackman
Misa Harris
Bold Escape From Gotham Jail By Three Postoffice Thieves
Three men Joseph Killoran Charles Allen and Harry Russell escaped Ludlow Street jail in New York by forcing entry with revolvers and seizing keys. They fled toward Broome Lake Orchard and Grand streets with police cries echoing along the blocks. A butcher John Apple chased Allen to Houston Street First Avenue where Allen threatened him before retreating toward the Bowery.
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New Yorks
Joseph Killoran
Charles Allen
Harry Russell
Springfield
Illa
Ludlow Street
Broome
Lake Streete
Broome Street
Allen
Orchard Street
Russell
Essex Street
Kilcoran
Scroas Orchard Street
Grand
Bowery
John Apple
Houston Street
Flrnt Avenue
Apple
Train Fight with Henry Street Gang at Columbia Park Picnic
A desperate assault on a Santa Fe train carried picnickers near Columbia Park. Conductor A B Talbert was shot in the leg, Brakeman Harry Reed badly beaten, and two gang members were seriously injured. Four gang members attacked Talbert, who grabbed a coupling pin to eject one assailant. Gunfire erupted, passengers panicked, and Reed aided by pinning two assailants before others fled. No arrests have been made.
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Curiaco
Santa Fe Road
A. B. Talbert
Harry Reed
Talbert
Reed
Columbia Park
Brskeman Resi
Shughed
Ald
Ian
Resign of Terror at Rockport Shakes Town
Jeffersonville July 6 The Chicago Indianapolis and Rockport railroad contractors failed to pay 160 Italian laborers, sparking violence as townspeople guard bridges and public spaces. Women and children terrorized, business houses closed, deputies sworn in. A bloody battle feared, priests urging restraint.
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Jeffersonville
Led
Chicago, Indianapolis and Rockport Railroad
Willis L Moore Named Chief of Weather Bureau
Washington July 6 Official announcement at the White House reports Willis L Moore of Illinois appointed chief of the weather bureau. Moore's commission arrived from Gray Gables and he will assume duties within a few days. Madison Wisconsin July 5 Chief Justice Barlow Sorton died at 6 30 p m yesterday of heart failure related to kidney troubles He was born in 1837 in New York and became a supreme court justice in 1878 He leaves a widow and four children John B Cassaday succeeds to the chief justiceship.
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White House
Willis L. Moore
Linois
Weather Bureau
Moore
Gray Gables
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Mavison
Wis
Barlow Sorton
New York
Supreme Court
John B. Cassaday
Rebel leader Guerra reported killed in Cuba
A Havana dispatch from Manzanillo claims rebel figure Guerra has been killed. Earlier on June 10 reports said his death in a skirmish between Bayamo and Manzanillo was confirmed.
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Cubam Leager Guerra
Havana
Manzanillo
Guerra
Bayamo
Congressman Remann’s Condition Improves
In Vandalia Illinois on July 6, reports say Congressman Remann’s condition has improved somewhat and he has shown unexpected vitality during his illness. Doctor Hughes bases his only hope on this improving sign.
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Remann
Vandalia
Lils
Remanni
Dr. Hughes
Senators Warning On Socialism And Strong Centralism
The letter by Senator Hill denounces socialism and warns of threats to state rights, fiscal policy, and the balance of powers. He cites calls for broader federal authority, a standing army and navy for conquest, and restrictive social measures, urging concerted resistance to such shifts. Cables report July Fourth celebrations across major European capitals, with notable dinners and tributes in Paris, London, and Vienna.
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Hill
New York
London
United States
Vienna
Berlin
Madrid
Rome
Paris
Samme
M. Honoraux
Mores
Hustis
Labor picnic and Independence Day crowds headline July events
The American Federation of Labor and Chicago trades unionists held a large picnic at Sharpshooters Park with about 20 000 attendees listening to speeches by Stevenson McKinley Gompers and McBride. In Pittsburg Shenley Park saw 50000 celebrate July 4 with Governor Hastings present and a monument unveiling for B H M Bigelow hailed as Father of the Public Parks.
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American Federation of Labor
Chicago Traces and Labor Assembly
Sharpshooters Park
Stevenson
McKinley
Samuel Gompers
John McBride
Pittsburg
Pittspera
Shenley Park
Hastings
BH. M. Bigelow
Public Works
Bigelow
Parka
Byre
Bryn Mawr Club
Munson
Tr. Case
Bryn Mawr
Independent Order Knights of Labor
Belmont Grove
Courta Normania Sod Elate
Independent Order of Foresters
Trout Park
Elgin
Catalog of 19th Century Local Disasters and Crimes
A wide ranging digest reports multiple fatal fires and other crises. Sagamore hotel block in Lyon Massachusetts claims two lives, Henry F Hicks and James H Winslow. Cherokee county courthouse Center Alabama burned amid suspected whitecap gang activity. Portland Oregon municipal judge S. B. Judge arrested on malfeasance and bribery charges. Burton Gills fatally shoots Robert Keen in Metcalf County Kentucky over a debt. Conspiracy to rob Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railroad exposed at Green Bay Wisconsin. Oklahoma flood west of Medford causes crops and property loss of $15,000. residents take shelter on rooftops. A derailment at Columbus Quebec results in injuries.
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Sagamore
Lyon
Mass
Henry F. Hicks
James H. Winslow
L. A. May Company
Cherkee County
Center
Ala
Portland
Ore
Burton Gills
Robert Keen
Metcalf County
Gills
Keen
Chicago, Milwaukee and Str. Paul H
Green Bay
Wis
Medford
Okla
Columbus
Wm. Thompson
A. J. Bright
Ray Bright
Bessie
Hankin Station
John J. Mannix
Denver
Peoria
Glorious Fourth Celebration At Sharpshooters Park
Chicago on July 4 reports a joyous Fourth with Governor McKinley Vice President Stevenson John McBride and Samuel Gompers among speakers at Sharpshooters Park district gatherings and National Union events across Chicago and Central Music Hall.
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McKipley
McBride
Gompers
National Union
Chicanco
Sharpshooters’ Park
Illinois State Federation of Labor
The
Trade and Labor Assembly of Chicago
W. H. Carwardine
McKinley
John McBride
Samuel Gompers
United States
Adlai E H. Stevenson
Alzina P. Stevens
Working Women's Central Council of Chicago
Illinois
Columbia
Cook County
Central Music Hall
Louis Falk
Apollo Quartette
Reading
C. Jd. Kavanagh
Vivel’ Amergus
B. F. Chase
P. §. Henson
Interstate Fourth Drill Delivers Big Day For Guard Units
St Louis July 4 marked the interstate drill with a grand artillery contest featuring four national guard batteries for a $3,000 prize pool split into three awards. Participants included Battery A St Louis Rockville Indiana Dallas and Indianapolis Light Artillery. After exhibitions a sham battle and dress parade followed by fireworks. Previous day saw six infantry companies in free for all drills. Winners to be announced Sunday amid bets on first prize of 8600 and a $1000 cap. tight competition among National Rifles Branch Guard Belknap Rifles.
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St. Louis
National Guard
Rockville
Ind
Light Artllery
Dallas
Indianapolis Light Artillery
National Rifles
Branch Guarda
Belknap Rifles
Painter paints wife with iodine as doctor prescribes
A famed landscape painter, summoned to treat his bronchitis stricken wife, follows a doctor’s odd remedy by painting her back with tincture of iodine. Mistaking skin for canvas, he drafts a landscape with figures. He jokes the scene will be finished in a day or two before framing.
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Boston
Language barrier rattles comprehension and speech
A reader notes the frustration of understanding a language yet being unable to speak it. The quote reflects how familiarity does not always translate into productive speech, highlighting a common communication hurdle for language learners.
Gaelic Language Barrier Cited In Banter
A snippet recalls a Gaelic exchange where requests to speak Gaelic meet a reply of understanding but inability to speak. The MacGregor retorts a dog could do it. This Household Words reader moment highlights language pride and humorous misunderstanding.
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Macgregor
Titan battle ends in severe injuries in Tit Bits
An athlete confronts a doctor about serious injuries after a dramatic, cryptic exchange. The scene centers on a broken arm a crushed collar bone and a fractured skull described in terse, vivid dialogue. The publication Tit Bits frames the medical crisis with tense questions and stark statements.
Commencement as a Time of Forgetting Teachings
A Boston Transcript quip notes that commencement is ironically a moment when students begin to forget what they have learned over the past four years. The remark frames graduation as a tongue in cheek lapse rather than a triumph of retention.
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Boston Transcript
Bank to auction 1939 estates from foreclosed mortgages
The State Bank of Russia will next month dispose by public auction of no fewer than 1,939 estates on mortgaged properties. Most owners are noble and insolvent, with some cases tied to harvest failures. A correspondent says neglect and extravagance of landlords explain the bulk of the losses.
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State Bank of
Russia
London Daily News
Coin's Financial School and Up to Date Contained
W H Harvey promotes Coin's Financial School with 150 pages and 64 illustrations, priced from 25 to 50 cents, plus a continuation history in 200 pages. It urges readers and voters to study money topics, with editions in paper, better paper, and cloth bindings. Times-Post, Wayne.
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Coin
Financial School
W. H. Harvey
Financian School
Chicago
United States
Corn's Financial School
Times-Post
Wayne
Niagara Falls Excursion Aug 8 1895 via Natural Gas Route
The Lake Erie and Western Railroad offers a low fare excursion to Cleveland Chautauqua Lake Buffalo and Niagara Falls on Thursday August 8 1895 with side trips to Lewiston on the Lake Ontario steamboat for 25 cents and return options to Toronto Thousand Islands and more Tickets include Sunday at the Falls and pay reduced admission to nearby sights Tickets valid through August 13 1895 from Brockton Junction to Chautauqua Lake free side trip and special accommodations available via train agents DALY Indianapolis IN.
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Cleveland
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Niagara Falls
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Thousand Islands
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Falls
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Whirlpool Rapids
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