Oklahoma Mob Burns Two Seminole Indians After Farm Wife's Murder
Dispatch from Fort Smith reports J Marcus McGeessy and Palmer Simpson were executed by lynching near Maud Oklahoma. They were accused of murdering and outraging Mrs. James Simmons, a farmer's wife, with body mutilation described as extremely gruesome. The mob carried them back into Oklahoma Territory and burned them at the stake. The crime sparked a mass vigilante response with virtually the whole population converging on the scene. After life ceased the mob left and dispersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
Henry Smith
Paris
Tex
Oklahoma
J. Marcus McGessey
Palmer Simpson
James Simmons
Explosion Traps Six Workers at Mt. Carmel Mine
An explosion at Mt. Carmel Coal Company's mine near Chicopee Kansas likely claimed six workers' lives. Occurring around 6 40 pm Saturday the blast wrecked surface buildings and started a timbering fire. Fans promptly set and the fire was put out. Two men escaped twenty minutes later by climbing the shaft framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kangae
Mt. Carmel Coal' Company
Chicopee
Kan
Bryan speaks in Chicago at Jackson Day Banquet
Silver Champion Guest of Honor at Jackson Day celebration in Chicago. A large Democratic crowd, many from Iowa Indiana and Wisconsin, attended a Tremont House banquet. Before the feast, Bryan greeted callers at a hotel reception as Mayor Harrison presided as toastmaster.
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Iowa
Indiana
Wisconsin
Chicago
Tremont House
Bryan
Harrison
Bryans
Towboat Explosion on Allegheny River Kills Several
A towboat named Percy Kelly, departing Pittsburg with a barge tow, blew up near Glenfield and was wrecked. Six to eight crew members were killed and four or more injured as the vessel broke apart and debris drifted downstream. Cause of the blast remains unknown.
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Allegheny River
Percy Kelly
Pittsburg
Glenfield
Swindlers Arrested in St Louis Italians Held on Swindle Charge
Police rounded up four Italians in a small Italian quarter room on Monday on swindling charges. Suspected leaders in nationwide swindle rings, the detainees include Pasquino, Josepho, Cerutth, and Bassi, linked to major fraud schemes across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St.Louis
Carlos Pasquino
Josepho
Charles, Cerutth
Frank ‘Bassi
Pasquina
Moses Pp Handy Dead in Paris Expos Turned Pastore City
A report from Paris notes the death of Moses Pp Handy, with details on the city marshal and the United special expedition. Expos and past events are referenced in connection to his demise and local impact.
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Moses
Handy
Andy
United sParis
Rumor of a Big Robbery at American Express
A report from New York City claims American Express lost 10000 while the western express was being prepared for shipment. Detective agency notes night clerk Clark Braden Jr of a Chicago branch alleged to have stolen 5000 in cash and 5000 in bonds from Consumers Gas. Bonds remained unaccounted as messengers prepared to ship.
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American Express Company
New York City
Western Express
Chicago
Clark Braden, Jr
Consumers’ Gas Company of Chicago
Braden
Control of the Sex Medical Fraternity Seeks Vienna Doctor's Claim
The New York medical fraternity shows strong interest in Dr. Schneck's Vienna report claiming to influence offspring sex. Dr. Shrady notes the idea may revive the nourishment theory, citing animal studies where low diets yield males and high nutrition leads to females, with exceptions.
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Vienna
New York City
Schneck
George F. Shrady
The
Medical Record
Schenck
Spain May Seek U S Good Offices To End Cuba War
A Washington dispatch says Spain may request U S good offices to halt the Cuban conflict. Sagasta’s government, disheartened by autonomy failures, considers accepting U S mediation after repeatedly declining. Other items report Dr Joseph O Dwyer’s death from tubercular meningitis in New York. W J Buckley’s suicide in New York. lynching in Mississippi. Ira Sankey leading a Palestine expedition. Bryan invited to speak in Mississippi. H D Money named U S senator nominee. Walter Catt shoots wife and self after jealousy. and a Glasgow fire with fatalities and $250,000 damage.
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United States
Chicago Tribune
Washington
Spain
Cuba
State Department
Sagasta
Canvas
Cleveland
Ontario Accident Toll Narrowed to Twenty at London Hall
New figures show twenty deaths from the Koelty Hall collapse in London Ontario, revised from earlier tallies as investigators review the disaster scene. Rescue teams continue to recover bodies and assess the building’s structural integrity.
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Ontario
Koelty
London, Ont
The Week in Trade Opens Well in 1897
The year starts with quiet confidence and broad activity across multiple sectors. Iron trade shows strength, western glass industries resume work, and operating failures drop versus earlier years. Distributive business remains steady while industrial activity, highlighted in the west, remains a key feature. Bank failures in 1897 align with overall business trends, with conservatism reflected in fewer bank and trust company liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradstreet
Quick Justice in Indiana: Burglar Sentenced on Day of Crime
Early Friday a burglar was found in John P. Thomas store at Claypool. Clarence Thomas, grandson of the proprietor and justice of the peace, faced a preliminary hearing at 6:30 am and was bound over to the circuit court. At 8 am he reached Warsaw, where court was in session. Clarence pleaded guilty, and at 9:80 am Judge Biggs sentenced him to an indefinite term of two to fourteen years in Jeffersonville prison.
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John P. Thomas
Claypool
Ind
Clarence Thomas
Warsaw
Clarence
Biggs
Jeffersonville
Havana rumours of high level Cuban meeting at field
Rumors spread in Havana that Capitan General Blanco and Gen. Fitzhugh Lee may meet Cuban insurgent leader Gen. Maximo Gomez with Senor Estrada Palma arriving to join them. The reports also suggest a conference with Gomez to follow, stirring sensation in the city.
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Blanco
Lee
Palma
Fitzhugh Lee
United States
Havana
Senor Estrada Palma
Maximo Gomez
Mammoth Ice House Collapse Ends in Deaths at Whitmore Lake
A massive collapse at the Toledo Ice Company's Whitmore Lake ice house under construction killed two men instantly and injured five severely while about a dozen others were seriously hurt. The disaster follows a pattern of tragic industrial accidents during the period.
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Toledo Ice Company
Mammoth Ice House
Whitmore Lake
Mich
Secretary objects to printing pension lists
The Secretary of the Interior opposes publishing pension lists, arguing no good would come and recalling past abuses when lists were printed twenty years ago. Claim agents flooded elderly veterans with promises of increases in exchange for upfront fees, and department law officers say fraud can be found without publicity.
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Secretary of the Interior
Ies
War Talk in Sweden Sparks Norwegian Outrage
A Christiania cable reports that Vor delsgang, the left party organ, revived bellicose sentiment with a tale of clandestine Swedish inquiries into Norwegian fortresses in August. The publication triggers cross border unrest as Swedish papers threaten war and Sweden builds large munitions depots at Osterund near Norway.
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Sweden
Vordelsgang
Party of the Left
Osterund
Norwegian
Norway
Three Miners Killed in Pennsylvania Mine Explosion
Three miners were killed at the Avon dale mine near Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania by a massive gas explosion on Thursday. Victims named were David Powell David F Jones John Evan Jones William Brennan a driver boy was badly burned. The incident is tied to a deadly gas blast at the Avon dale mine near Wilkes Barre.
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Pennsylvania
Avondale
Wilkesbarre
David Powell
David F. Jones
John Evan Jones
William Brennan
Execution Stayed for George Thompson in Missouri Case
Gov. Stephens granted a stay of execution for George Thompson, the Black man condemned to be hanged in St. Louis on Friday January 7, to allow his attorneys to appeal the case. A Michigan politician, James E. McBride of Grand Rapids, a Populist national committee member, was arrested for embezzling $800 from a client amid a Saginaw blaze that destroyed the Saginaw Lumber and Salt Company yards, causing about $120,000 in losses.
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Gov. Stephens
Missouri
George Thompson
St. Louis
Tiue
Michigan
James E. McBride
Grand Rapids
National Committee
Saginaw
Mich
Lumber and Salt Company
Market quotes for cattle hogs and grains across cities
The report lists commodity prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Varied ranges show No 2 red No 2 wheat No 2 corn and oat prices with butter eggs and clover seed also noted.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
Ste To
New York
Civil Service Debate Dominates House Session
Both chambers reconvened after a two week recess with civil service reform at the center of House discussion. Members split into three camps over the law, its repeal, or modifications as debate continued on the appropriation bill for the civil service commission. Senate actions included a $45,000 grant for an 1898 Omaha Indian congress, a $175,000 public building in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and protection of the Red Cross name and insignia.
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House
Messrs. Moody
Massachusetts
Grow
Pennsylvania
Greene
Allen
Nebraska
Gaye
Congress
Civil Service
Hey
Teller
United States
Xailger
Eller
Grosvenor
Ohio
Johnson
Indiana
Lloyd
Senate
Omaha
Sergus Ally
Minn
Contained Quips and Quarrels Sparked by Global News
A miscellany of quoted remarks from multiple papers lampoons politics, poetry, and Klondike rumors. The batch references Spain's cabinet, Don Carlos, poets in Texas, Spaniards, Klondike miners, a crippled convention joke, and arms for Cuba, showing press mingling satire with foreign affairs.
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Lexng
Texas
Galveston News
Brooklyn Standard Union
New York Tribune
St. Louis
Boston Globe
Andree
Richmond
Washington
Hugland
Bull
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Arttinger Times
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B. F, Klucknohn
Joseph O'Dwyer
O’dwyer
W. J. Buckley
Dunham, Buckley & Co
Dunham
Buckley
Mississippi
Jim Watts
Sam Cole
Nelson County
Pea Ridge
Kemper County
Mississippi House of Representatives
MacClauren
W. J. Bryan
Nebrosky
Walter Catt
Fort Scott
Glasgow
Scotland
Rade
iIndiana
Duatice
Gomez
Mammoth Ice House Falls
West
Police Board
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Council Bluffs
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
St. Joe
Frank Brown
Eli Messenger
Clinton
O. W. Wright
Homestead
Corey
W. W. Jacobs
Georgia
Simon Hopkins
Cambridge
Swarris
John W. Horn
San Francisco
Tacoma
Horn
Ebdon
David Lay
O. TH. Kernodle
Knobroster
Lay
Kernodle
Donna T. Briggs
Stonington
Conscorments
Don Carlos
Une
Sam
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Klondike
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