Four Anarchists Hanged In Chicago After Haymarket Riot
The four Haymarket defendants August Spies Adolph Fischer Louis Lingg and George Engel were executed after Governor Oglesby declined clemency for three and pardoned two. Lingg killed himself in prison. Spies urged resistance to oppression before death. The executions followed dramatic night watches and a large public funeral procession in Chicago.
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Chicago
Oglesby
Samuel Fielden
Michael Schwab
Parsons
Lingg
Engel
Fischer
Haymarket
Louis Lingg
Marshal Hopp
Defence Committee
George A. Schillling
Aurora Turnverein
August Spies
Vorwartz Turner Society
Turners
Fortschritt
Lake Street
Central Labor Union
Sam
Fielden
Desplaines Street
Lemuel Fielden
Oscar Neebe
Adolph Fischer
George Engel
A. R. Parsons
Arbeiter Zeitung
Matthias J. Degan
Cook County
Neebe
United States Supreme Court
Crops of the Country Report Shows Large Corn Harvest
The Agriculture Department reports corn at 19.9 bushels per acre on about 78 million acres totaling 1.453 billion bushels, with 5 million acres abandoned before ripening. State yields vary from New York 35 to Dakota 50 bushels, while overall corn quality is lower in dry regions.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Texas
Tennessee
Kenucky
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
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Atlantic States
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Arkansas
Kentucky
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
A Wife Murderer in South Carolina Pigment of a Fatal quarrel
Stephney Bailey an Old colored man and engine driver at J. C. Porcher's steam mill near Duckpond South Carolina killed his wife after a long quarrel. He struck her with an axe then burned her body in a furnace after hiding it. He confessed detailing the murder saying constant quarrels with his wife drove him to the act. Bailey attempted suicide but survived and was jailed in Mount Pleasant. He is about 65, with six children.
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Associated Press
Parson
Fischer
Engel
Spies
Pischer
Parsons
Death Watch
Hartke
Dr. Bolton
Annie Lbutie
Engels
Depuies
South Carolina
Stephney Bailey
J. C. Porcher
Duckpond
Bonneau
Stephney
Bailey
W. W. Williams
Buailet
Cox
Mt. Pleasant
Mount Pleasant
Treasury appoints storekeepers and gangers in North Carolina
The acting secretary of the treasury has appointed storekeepers and gangers including Thomas Herne at Barrington North Carolina and James A Nervin at Stanleys Creek North Carolina with new postings and duties.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Thomas Herne
Barmington
N. C
James A. Nervin
Stanley's Creek
Outrage in Anderson Sparks Fear During Assault Case
A 16 year old African American, Lester Burton, attacked Mrs. Mary Burton near Coke's Station on the Savannah Valley Railroad. Neighbors heard screams, Margaret Burton rushed to help, the assailant fled into nearby woods, was later captured in Anderson and jailed. Citizens resisted lynching and restraint was preserved by local prudence.
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Coke's
Savannah Valley
Lester Burton
Mary Burton
Lawrence Burton
Margaret Burton
Pon
Arny
Soe
Senator Vance Injured In Fall Near Black Mountain NC
Senator Vance was thrown from a road wagon on a rural road near Black Mountain North Carolina. He struck his head, suffering a deep three inch cut to the bone. Dr John A Watson of Asheville treated him and reported the wound satisfactory after care.
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Vance
Black Mountain N. C
Johnn A. Watsson
Asheville
Unclear text item mentioning Schwab and workers
Fragmentary report describes individuals named Schwab and Fichten in a Joliet facility with duties involving potato peeling hash making and food preparation. details and context are missing.
Indicted murderers held for Brooksville robbery case
Five men including D F McGluire Oscar Higgins Siew Thompson John Sharp and Wm Ble soc are held for indictment at Brooksville Florida for murder and robbery of an unnamed victim in November 1884. A dynamite cartridge exploded in a gutter near a victim named Jacob Wise, a retired West Virginia capitalist, tearing away a portion of the gutter. The garbled text notes an explosion and ongoing criminal inquiry.
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D. F. McGluire
Oscar Higgins
Siew Thompson
John Sharp
Wm. Blesoc
Brooksville
Fla
John
West Virginia
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Lucy Parsons
Ladies of the Defence Fund Committee of Cincinnatti
Wisconsin Central
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Robert Reitzel
Detroit
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T. J. Morgan
Iser
Albert Currlin
Arbei Zeitung
Fcarcely
Black
Collins
Pes
Staymarket Square
McCormick Reaper Works
Randolph Street
Crane Manufacturing Company
McCormick
A. RR. Parsons
Shketches
Ernst Schmidt
Massachusettes
Lancashire
England
Weslyn
Methodist Church
United States
Cleveland
Germany
Kassel
Hesse
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Michel Schwab
Bavaria
Wunsenberg
Milwaukee
Milwwukee
Flo
Baden
Ucation
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Michael Schwar
Anderson
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Joliet JL
Prisie Ee
Bright
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Fichten
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