Lynch Mob Hangs Alfred Holt in Owensboro Ky
Alfred Holt colored alias Alexander, killer of Officer A W White, was seized from the jail in Owensboro Kentucky and hanged by a mob in the courthouse yard. The incident occurred after Holt had confessed through evidence of his crime, with the mob acting quietly and swiftly before leaving town.
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Owensboro
Alfred Holt
Alexander
A. W. White
Court House
John Ashby, Jr
Young Ashby
Holt
Court House Yard
Buddha Avenue
White
George
Bolt
Louisville
Commonwealth
Mine on Fire at Spring Hill Central Mines
Halifax N S December 26 Another great disaster overtook the Spring Hill Central mines five years after a prior explosion that killed 130. Fire began Thursday evening in the east slope pipe and spread through levels at 800 and 1300 feet. Government Inspector Gilpin ordered miners away as flames leapt 100 feet into the air. Two cupolas burned. bank head torn out. vast damage feared to the slopes north east west. Machinery may be lost. airways blocked. rescue efforts hampered by risk of explosion. George A Gold Hunter reports George Tebean and Everett of Chicago form mining partnership locating four claims between Crabde and Désztor.
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Halifax
Dew
Spring Hill Central
Spring Hill
Gilpin
Mr. Gilpin
Amherst
George Tebeau's Bold Plan To Buy Out The National League
The passage notes a promise by George to strike it rich and buy out the National League for his brother Pat Tebeau, highlighting a bold, possibly speculative aim tied to the Tebeau family and baseball history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
National League
Pat, Tebeau
Cuban sympathizers form oath bound colony for Cuba
About a hundred Cuban sympathizers in En Revo J T plan to travel to Cuba as colonists to cultivate and sell tobacco. They will lease land and may pursue other civic ventures later. Membership ranges 100 to 200 with a 200 dollar fee after arrival. Colonists provide firearms and cover sea voyage costs independently.
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En Revo
J. T
United States
Cuba
Ashes of Kate Field Sealed in Copper Jar
In a San Francisco dispatch dated December 24 the ashes of writer Kate Field are transported east in a copper cylindrical urn carried by Gen Charles H Taylor of the Boston Globe. The urn bears no inscription, a lavender ribbon, a crematory card, and a brass padlock securing the cover.
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San Francisco
Kate Field
Chas. H. Taylor
Boston Globe
Bank of Superior in Wis. suspends operations amid run
The Bank of Superior at East End Wisconsin suspends today after a run tied to failures. Directors assign to Henry B. Butler as assets largely tied up in investments. The bank held 25 000 capital and 60 000 surplus with 100 000 in deposits at risk, threatening full liquidation if asset declines persist, affecting Superior city funds totaling about 13 230 last week.
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Wis
Bank of Superior
East End
Henry 8. Butler
Supérior
Batavia
Luis
Memphis
Tenn
van Nortwicks
A. W Green
Green, Robbins & Honore
Messrs. van Norwick
Atlas National Bans
Minnesrouis, Mann
Columbian National Bank
Bank
United States
Washnaran
Eckels
Commercial National Bank of
Roanoke
Sands
Wlé
Lickels
Marveltous
Washington Bank
A. C. Hanghan
O. E. Breocke
Inauguration Suit to Be American Made for McKinley
Multiple towns report on McKinley’s inauguration attire with a New York woven wool suit designed to be wholly American. The fabric will be cut and made in Cleveland after a single American weave, using wool from U S mills, mirroring past presidential suits.
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Canton
Ohio
McKinley
New York City
America
Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
General Harrison
Train Disaster Over Cahaba River Kills Dozens
A Birmingham bound passenger train plunged from an iron bridge into the Cahaba River killing twenty seven and burning as it sank. Nine survivors escape. authorities suspect wrecking through removal of a rivet on the trestle. A second report details a Maule & Son coal mine explosion near Prinorrox with multiple deaths and a chaotic rescue.
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Birsonanam
Ala
Birmingham
Cahaba River
Prinorrox
Ind
Maule & Son
Robert Maule
Maule Coal Company
James Turner
Robert Poneylight
David Nolin
A. Colegate
Will Cruse
John Holmes
James Rial
Cat
Davis
Booker
Billy
Gill
Counterfeit Coins Crackdown in Canton Arrests
Canton police chief Cheng Tung and confederates Chan Mui Tse Sang and others were arrested after authorities seized counterfeit Chinese coins and material for their manufacture. An imperial decree in Pekin ordered decapitation for the three named offenders and promoted officials involved in the seizure. A separate capture of two pirate junks near Tau Chow was reported with one military official killed and promotions issued for the captors.
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San Francisco
Orient
Li Ka Chuch
Canton Police
Calder
Cheng Tung
Chan Mui
Tse Sang
Pekin
Ign
Canton
Tau-Chow
McKinley Spends Sunday At Home And Church
President elect McKinley remained at his CoxTox residence for most of Sunday receiving callers. He attended the quarterly communion at the First Methodist Episcopal Church with his Cleveland niece Miss Duncan who shared in the sacrament. Later he enjoyed a short drive and visited his mother.
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CoxTox
Ohio
McKinley
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Miss Duncan
Cleveland
McCoy Defeats Australian Billy Doherty in Nine Rounds
American middleweight champion Kyl McCoy defeated Billy Doherty of Australia in nine rounds for the world middleweight title. The bout was scheduled for twenty rounds with $5,000 prize to the winner and a share of the gate receipts. Doherty had recently defeated Tom Duggan for the South Africa title.
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Jonannessurs
Kyl McCoy
Billy Doherty
Australia
Doherty
Tom Duggan
South Africa
Australian Wrestler McCoy Battles for 158 Pound Crown
The article describes a boxing bout where the Australian McCoy, slight betting favorite, outclassed his opponent at 158 pounds. McCoy, who sails for London next Saturday, has challenged Ted White to a $2,500 aside match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCoy
London
Ted White
Turkish Sultan Rejects European Financial Oversight
Russian ambassador DeNelidoff with British French Italian German and Austrian diplomats pressed Abdul Hamid to accept financial and political oversight of the empire. The sultan refused, warning of peril to the throne and caliphate. Envoys will continue weekly meetings to press recommendations as Armenian prisoners are released in batches.
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Consrastrvorte
M DeNelidoff
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Austria
Abdul Hamid
M. DeNelidoff
Asia Minor
Militia Mobilized Over Paris Lynching Fear in Kentucky
Governor Bradley has placed several companies of the second regiment under arms for 48 hours amid threats against Johnson Howe the Negro jailed for Policeman Lacey murder in Cinthiana. Rumors of a mob in Paris persist with sheriffs inactive, but authorities expect a strong response if violence occurs.
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Louisvillle
Bradley
Johnson Howe
Paris
Chas. Lacey
Cynthiana
Cole Appointed to State Railroad Commission
Gov Morton appoints Col Ashley W Cole private secretary and former New York newspaper man to the state railroad commission with an $8 000 yearly salary. Chicago notes charity ball plans uncertain due to business troubles while hopeful for relief. A North American salesman who vanished with 300 dollars writes from Germany claiming homesickness and intent to return money to his employer.
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Aurary
N. Y
Morton
Ashley W. Cole
New York City
State Railroad Commission
Richard Schroeder
P. N. Curl
New Albany
Mr. Curl
Germany
America
Atlas Bank Collapse Triggers Van Nortwick Assignment
The Atlas National bank of Chicago fails prompting the Batavia Van Nortwick bank to assign all vast property interests—valued at about 2.5 million dollars—to the Equitable Trust Co of Chicago. The Van Nortwicks own paper mills in Appleton Wisconsin Batavia and Kaukauna Wisconsin and stakes in banks and mills across Illinois Wisconsin and Tennessee.
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Batavia, OL
Atlas National Bank
Chicago
van Nortwick Bank
Batavia
Wiliam M. and
John & van Nortwick
Equitable Trust Company
Kane County
Geneva
William and
Joh S van Nortwick
van Nortwich
Kaukanna
Appleton
Wis
Wisconsin
Second National Banks
Aurora
Aurora, Cotton Mills
Kawkauna and
Appleton Banks
Principe
Appleton Manufacturing Company
Batavin
Atlas Bank
van Nortwicks
W. L. Grimes
John van Nortwick
van Nortwick
Western Railroad
Galena Road
Tennessee
Kansas City
van Northwick
Combined
Lock Paper Company
National Bank of Olinois
United States
Iokers
Wm. M. van Nortwick
Clearing House
Atlas
van Nortick
Mrs Henry Ward Beecher Injured in Fall in Shimroxp
Mrs Henry Ward Beecher of Brooklyn sustained a serious accident while visiting Rev. Sam Coville in Shimroxp Conn. She toppled in dizziness and broke her hip, likely to require crutches for life. At eighty four her condition is dire though no immediate danger is seen.
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Shimroxp
Conn
Henry Ward Beecher
Brooklyn
Beecher
Sam Coville
Major's Callers Drop In at Canton Home
A steady stream of visitors gathered at the Canton residence of the president over breakfast to afternoon. Hon. Charles Allison of Knoxville Tennessee attended and commented that Tennessee would likely not have a seat in President McKinley's cabinet.
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Canton
Ohio
Aleot
Charles Allison
Knoxville
Tenn
Allison
Allson
Tennessee
McKinley
Conspiracy Reports Hit Philippine Provinces and Manila
Private advices from Manila say two conspiracies against the Spanish government have been uncovered in Bilucan provinces with arrests and seized arms. In the north of Manila insurgents reportedly inflicted losses, while a clash left many dead. The failure of the Security Mortgage and Trust Company prompts business discussion as local losses seem limited but foreign capitalists face about 1.5 million dollars in losses.
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Manis
Manila
Philippine Islands
Bilucan
Mamua
Daas
Deaths and obituaries flood Fort Wayne in late December
The city records numerous deaths from old age illness and tragedy. Notables include Mrs. Jane Brady 82, Daniel B. Shea injured in a railway accident, and Charles Uplegger 76 a former city marshal. Other obituaries list Mary May Porter age 4, Lydia Evans 79, and Jacob Bieler 30 among many, with services and burial details noted.
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Jane Brady
W. H. Brady
West Wayne Street
Bloomsburg
Columbia County
Sammel A. Brady
Fort Wayne
William H. Brady
Root & Co
I. M Sproule
Chicago
Lauren Smith
Decorset
Chas. H. Brady
Swest
Brady
Baptist Church
Pennsylvania
Wagenhall
Andrew Schust
Wells Street
Germany
Concordia College
Haus Vater
Schnst
Bloomingdale
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
George
North Side
William Schust
Ohio
John Braci
New Haven
Moellering
Nebraska
Frosch
Canada
William Sihler
Professor Sihler
Dakota
Kansas
Sarah Browning
Martin Canett
Scott ‘Wenne
Charles Uplegger
Mary’s Avenue
Herbert Reed
EB. H. Huunsacker
Hunsacker
Nickel Plate
Geveral
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Company
Parsons
Ree
Fry Street
John H Kellogg
Battison Street
Catskill
Groen County
New York
Kellogg
Ida Kellogg-Lloya
Daniel B. Shea
Argus
Ind
My Shea
Filmore L. Robbe
George Wilkenson
Gustave Greensfelder
Lawrence J. Christie
Catharine Stazak
Frei Briggs
Gottleib Schlagle
John
Henry Partner
Jacob Bieler
Maury E Golden
Ed Galland
Sarah A Browning
Mary E Blount
Robbers Captured After Southrail Train Hold Up
Information from Wells Fargo officials says state rangers captured the robbers who held up the Southern Pacific passenger train at Comstock Texas. They are jailed at Del Rio for examination. The gang leader is said to be A H Pervaunce of Del Rio with three local stockmen as accomplices.
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Houstox
Texas
Wells Fargo Express Company
Southern Pacific
Comstock
del Rio
Enc
A. H. Pervaunce
Disappearance of Bank of Minnesota Teller
St Pauls Minn Dec 28 Lean der Bosch paying teller of the suspended Bank of Minnesota has disappeared. A small discrepancy is noted in his accounts.
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St Pau, Minn
Leander Bosch
Bank of Minnesota
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Gold Hunter
Tebean
George Tebean
Hart Wayne
Everett
Crabde
Désztor
Asalys
New England
Cash
Ciicacd
Dime Savings Bank
Dime Irvings Bank
Atlas National
Dunview
Colo
Annie N. Stephens
J. L. Hodges
Ighs
Eruceton
Tua
Chint
Billy Dotney
Ausitralia
Abidal Haid
Lynch & Negri
Cole
Sea York Railway Comission
Dance
Orson Smwith
FAI
Bata
Via
Olinvis
Nortwitk Bros
Roanoke Snd
Minneapolis
Diezinesa
Charles Altie
Bilucan Phin
Lifes Flight
Andrea Sehust
Staren
Daniel Shea
Pythias
Order of
Freerick Louis Botteron
Chamberlain
Ins Farmill
Botteron
Taylor Chapel
Teeters
Bowers’ Chapel
Ide Marquardt
Philip Marquardt
Madison Township
Marquardt
Ead
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Marquardt's Crossing
Bertha
Mary
Yallie
P. Hodle
M. Smith
Isaac
Henry
Elmer
St. Mary’s Avenue
Concordia Lodge
Fitisburg
Sherif
Turkey
Sar
Charles
Lotis
Albert
Louisa Bobs
Julia Brandt
August Freimuth
Mary May
RB. L Porter
John Strest
So'dock
Enry Partner
Allen County
Huntington Road
Juniata County
Catherine Young
Gutherie
Maria Birchfield
Dallas County
Jane Clark
Abpite Township
This County
Jacopo
Ill
Ellen Schule
Penn
Louise Karber
Guthorie
Lea
Bullard’s Cemetery
Mary E. Gordon
N. D. Doughman Deceasett
Christopher Schultz
Washington
Goldendale
Thomas Golden
California
Nelson Streets
Sarah E. Blount
James Blount
North
Calhow Street
Lydia M. Evans
W. 8
Hoffman
West Berry Street
Lancaster
Nathan Evans
Raro
W. J. Hoffman
Henry L. Evans
Maplewood
N. J
John F. Evans
Gettysburg
William
Way Ud
First Presbyterian Church
Adiam Faust
North Harrison St
Concordat Lodge
Kekionga
National Union
Mary Welch
Michael ¥. Welch
Southuiataville
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