Historic Bald Knobbers Executed in Missouri Hanging
The Bald Knobbers leaders David Walker William Walker and John Matthews were hanged at Ark MO at 9 53 am. The scene drew a crowd and guards armed with Winchesters. The trio were convicted for the 1887 murder of Charles Green and Wm Edens and were said to deny guilt until the end. Matthews prayed, Bill Walker led in prayer, and Dave Walker was called Bull Creek Cave.
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David
William Walker
John Matthews
Orark
Bill Walker
Dave Walker
Matthews
U. Matthews
G. W. Taylor
Christian County
War threats and alliance in Rio de Janeiro article
The Jornal da Commercio translates a piece titled War warning that Brazil and Paraguay have an alliance boosting Brazil while signaling imminent conflict. It accuses the Government of responsibility, warns of marching armies near frontiers, and portrays the risk of defending Brazilian honor by bloodshed among American brothers.
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Jornal da Commercio
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Paraguay
Wobc
Bolivis
Drowning Toll From Friday Storm in Allegheny
Four persons drowned on Friday night in Allegheny amid a great storm. Gert rude and Louisa Shaffer perished in Spring warden valley, while John Daugherty, a grow ger of Woods Ran, was swept away after a fence wrecked by the Mood. Jole Kesher, 16, drowned in the cellar on East street. The Dancae Ras culvert near Buena Vista was washed out, wrecking freight cars and costing brakeman Patrick Muskiel his life. The Woods Run stable of Martin Shana ten was wrecked. four cows were carried downstream with one reaching the Ohio river before landing damaged but alive.
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Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Spring Garden Valley
Conrad Schaefer
Fpring Gardenough
Frederick Hampide
Southarn Avenue
Barthammer Street
Mt. Oliver
Pebrich
Gertrude
Louisa Shaffer
Springwarden Valley
John Daugherty
Jole Kesher
East Street
Dancae Ras
Buena Vista
Pitteburg
McKeesport
Yoghi
Mixed business climate dampens iron lower wool and crops
The country displays varied business results with iron declines and wool weakness while many mills run profitably. Cotton manufacture remains active and the drug trade busy, though dyes dull. Wheat and oats advance with a speculative grain movement while gold exports and Treasury purchases influence markets. Crop prospects improve post rain and acreage rises. failures rise to 227 this week from 214 prior.
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Feir
Thomas Iron Company
Tidewater
Grey Forge
Virginia
Alabama
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Atock
Treasury
Cleveland
Northwest
Gaines Case Sets $576000 Award Against New Orleans
The Supreme Court in an opinion by Justice Bradley awarded the executors of Myra Clark Gaines $576,000 against the city of New Orleans for the use of property sold by the city but recovered by Mrs. Gaines after long litigation. The lower court’s $1,300,000 judgment for unimproved property use was not sustained. The case, among the most contested in US judicial history, has been before the Court five times and decided anew today.
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United States Supreme Court
Justice Bradley
Myra Clark Gaines
New Orleans
Gaines
Wayne
Supreme Court
Tragic shooting ends life of Springfield editor
James B. Smith editor of the Springfield Mass Republican was shot and killed by his brother in law Royal B. Sturtevant who mistook him for a burglar. The incident occurred at the Sturtevants home while the editor and his wife stayed there with their infant daughter. The 23 year old killer, underequipped and shaken, fired after seeing a man in the yard as burglars entered the house.
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James B. Smith
Springsfield
Mass
Royal B. Sturtevant
Mr. Smith
Warren F. Sturtevant
Rangeley Lakes
Mr. Sturtevant
Flashing blue-red object lands near Addison Ohio Valley
In Addison Webster county West Virginia a bright circular light with a detonating roar moves like a projectile, changing from white to a lurid bluish red and whirling through the air. It bakes the earth when it hits and leaves a warm metallic object described as spheroidal and imperfectly formed. Local mountain residents, alarmed, fear an omen of evil.
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Addison
Webster County
W. Va
Ara Momch
Southern Baptist Convention Adopts Prohibition Resolution
The Southern Baptist Convention in Memphis Tenn held its closing session Tuesday. A resolution praised the American Sabbath Union and urged support of its aims. It favored speedy prohibition of liquor and opposed all license forms. The group plans to meet next in May at Fort Worth Texas.
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Southern Baptist Convention
Memphis
Tenn
American Sabbath Union
Wethren
Fort Worth
Texas
Vast ore vein found in Chiapas with high metals assay
A Chiapas ore vein reportedly assays 37 percent copper 4 ounces of gold and 40 ounces of silver per ton and is described as vast and rich in extent. The report notes the formation as elif and enormous in size, with no further verification given.
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Chiapas
Mexico
Porter
Thirty Thousand Acres of North Carolina Land Secured
A syndicate has secured thirty thousand acres of land in North Carolina. The transaction consolidates large tracts under a single group, signaling a major expansion drive for subsequent development and investment opportunities within the state.
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North Carolina
Deadly Tacoma hotel building collapse during storm
In Tacoma Washington a storm struck a three story frame hotel building under construction by foreman Walter Bates. The collapse trapped about 16 to 20 men, killing Bates and workers McConnell and injuring W H Snell and Rev W A Mackey. Debris removal continued amid cries for help.
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Tacoma
W. T
Walter Bates
McConnell
W. H. Snell
Bates
Ueath
W. A. Mackey
Presbyterian Church
Tacoma Avenue
Mind Reader Bishop Autopsy in New York Reveals Brain Congestion
Doctors Irwin and Ferguson of New York Hospital performed the postmortem on Mind Reader Bishop in Sixth Avenue undertaker rooms. They found no abnormal organs, only intense brain congestion, with no death cause beyond nervous strain. The brain weighed 40 ounces and the gray matter was dark, suggesting no malformations. A hystero catalepsy death certificate was issued.
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Mind Reader
Bishop
New York
Sixth Avenue
Irwin
Ferguson
New York Hospital
Mind
Plans for 2000-ton gunboats and Thomas ship detail
The Naval Board of Design finished plans for two thousand ton gun boats and works on the Thomas ship. The vessel introduces a modified monitor design with heavy ordnance and long cruising capacity, a departure from earlier monitors.
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Thomas
Naval Board of Design
Navy Department
Representative Thomas
Naval Committee
House of Representatives
State News Bits From Several Counties In Pennsylvania
Reports from Pennsylvania recount a tool dresser named George Sutton fatally injured at Robert Knox Weill No. 11 near Washington. Philip Wengert's mill boiler explosion east of Greensburg wrecked the building with no injuries. Senator Quay prompts Penfield Republicans to elect a Postmaster. F. R. Scofield wins on the second ballot 46 to 38. Burglars blast D M Mowry’s Derry office. thieves flee empty handed. Outlaw leaders in Fayette County still jailed while accomplices remain active. Judson Bender resists four masked men near Garrett County Maryland, escaping after a bold ride. Apollo votes to borrow 15000 for street work. Pennsylvania Railroad plans an extra track from Radebaugh to Derry. McKeesport flood victims nine families receive aid. James Burns, a freeman near Altoona, beaten and robbed of about 30 dollars by masked men.
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George Sutton
Robert Knox Weill
Washington
Philip Wengert
Greensburg
Senator Quay
Penfield
F. R. Scofield
J. H. Brown
D. M. Mowry
Derry
Fayette County
Judson Bender
Garrett County
Maryland
Markieysburz
Bender
Mr. Bender
Apollo
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Radebaugh Station
McKeesport
James Burns
Freman
Altoona
Mousy
United Brethren Conference approves revised faith and constitution
At York Pennsylvania the General Conference committee favored adopting the revised confession of faith and constitution after debate. Rev Floyd filed a minority view while the committee report passed 110 to 20. Radicals oppose a clause permitting local churches discretion on secret societies as the constitution forbids any such connection.
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General Conference of the United Brethren Church
York
Floyd
Tragedy in Pennsylvania Mine Cage Collapse
Ten miners die when an empty car pushed by Hungarian workers toppled the ascending cage at Kanks William Colliery near Middleport. Victims include Michael Boyle and Patrick McDonald. the shaft is 500 feet deep and 35 feet of sump water complicates recovery. Atlantic Coal Company operated the old Big Vein mine.
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Kanks William
Middleport
Michael Boyle
Hugh Carlin
Patrick McDonald
George Bardel
John Putlaviach
Frank Strackovitch
John Moore
Albert Dwyer
Edward Karts
Stephen Mateo
Atlantic Coal Comtny
Boyle
Hoolihan
Putleyish
Mre
Putlavisch
Agnes Katch
Pietro Baranoviski
Miss Katch
Condition of Crops and Farm Animals in Ontario Bulletin No 23
The Ontario Department of Agriculture reports a striking improvement in farm information since spring 1888. Winter wheat prospects are excellent in broad areas while clover lags. farm animal health is better than six months ago due to favorable fall and early spring, mild winter, and ample fodder. No infectious diseases reported. Vegetation leads last year, with early plowing and seeding.
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Ontario
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Industries
Provinga
President Grants Pardons And Commutation In Varied Cases
The President commutes Grace Smallwood to ten years for the murder of her infant in the District of Columbia and grants a pardon to John Alaska, an Indian convicted of resisting an officer in Washington Territory. Applications for Joseph White and Shannon Foster, convicted of manslaughter in Arkansas, are denied.
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Grace Smallwood
District of Columbia
John Alaska
Washington Territory
Joseph White
Shannon Foster
Arkansas
Strike at A M Cox Rectory Settled by Marital Rule
A strike at A M Cox's rectory in Dojut, Minnesota, ended when the proprietor raised wages for married employees and warned single men they would be let go at month’s end unless they married by then. those who wed would stay on with increased salaries.
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A. M Cox
General markets cattle and sheep report
Market slow with fair supply bids quotable for feeders and fat cattle. Dry cows and bulls steady to lower. Sheep show slight declines with prices easing to about 5 to 6 dollars per head. Yearlings and other stock priced between four and six dollars, with regional variations across buyers.
A Childman in Kansas Monstrosity Found Near Junction City
A Kansas Globe-Democrat correspondent reports a shocking discovery in Dickinson County: a creature with a man's head atop a four year old body, ages to twenty nine, hidden in a farm cradle. The head is large and bearded. the mind remains infantile, with no speech and limited digestion. The family keeps the secret, but physicians and locals have seen the freak, leaving a somber impression.
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Dickinson
Kansas
Globe- Democrat
Pridd
iPdr
Reed
Illinois
Elf
Republican
Smoky Hill
Junction City
Dickinton County
Hereford Cattle: Antiquity Hardy Beef Breeds and Weights
The article compares Herefords with Devon and Angus types, noting Hereford hardness, early maturity, and strong beef quality. It cites weights from England and Smithfield shows, with entries for steers around 148 to 1804 pounds at various ages and a cow aged 11 years weighing 2324 pounds, reflecting public favor and westward beef-demand trends.
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England
United States
West
Smithfield
Torture by starvation in Minsk jail sparks outrage
The report describes alleged starvation of prisoners in a Minsk jail near Rossinigh where peasants accuse a forester on Prince Rodziark's Debidyrski estate. Three months earlier the forester was found hanged. authorities accuse lynching for tyranny. Arrests followed, with prisoners deprived of food during detention.
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Minsk
Rossinigh
Prince Rodziark
Debidyrski
Lithuania
Europe
Homesteader Bystander in Northwest Nebraska Known by Prairie Schooner
A Sioux County homesteader described his place of origin while by a prairie schooner. Two stove pipes protruded from the wagon as a cow, calf, and two dogs stood nearby. He replied to a home question with a rough answer and a chew of tobacco.
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Sioux County
Nebraska
Howe
Taste perception beyond the tongue and palate
A New York Telegram report argues against the belief that only the tongue tastes. It cites a patient with the tongue removed who could still distinguish sweet sour and bitter, with salt taste remaining, suggesting taste involves multiple mouth parts and nerves.
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Mwaa
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