Debates on crime, charity, and mental health
The piece argues that genuine education in science and literature prevents crime by making citizens better, wiser about others, and more caring. It critiques superficial judgments, cites Dogberry and Kentucky sayings, questions the use of excuses for vice, and notes charity’s limits to alleviating need. It also reflects on Guiteau’s trial and the question can one be born insane, urging thorough scientific exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiteau
Science
Massive state news highlights from Denver to Creede
A wide sweep of Colorado items covers church seating for 550 at Aspen, new water at Coal Creek, a fatal saloon attack in Denver, mine injuries at Leadville and Tri mble Springs fire losses of 15000, Creede law and militia activity, and other regional events. Notable figures include James K. Stratton jailed for forgery and H A W Tabor funding rail expansion toward Georgetown. Police and court outcomes, refinery plans at Overton, and a dramatic Crested Butte survival tale mark the era’s hard-edged western life.
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Aspen
Coal Creek
Owen Chaffee
Denver
Leadville
Hermosa
Trimble Springs
Madame Astle
A. E. Armstrong
Presbyterian Church
Greystone Club
Boeis
Iowa
William Smith
Trinidad
Sullivan
Rio Grande
Inkerman Rumble
Creede
Busk-Ivanhoe
Midland Railway Company
Loud
Colorado College
United States Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Secretary of the Interior
Pike’s Peak
Cripple Creek
H. A. W. Tabor
Denver, Apex & Western Railway
Georgetown
Ristine
Denver & Rio Grande
South Park & Pacific
Colorado Midland
Thomas Bowen
Washington
Riggs House
Mississippi House approves large pension raise bill
The Mississippi House passed a bill granting $64,200 yearly for pen sions, more than doubling prior funding and rewarding current retirees with £ 5 per person.
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Mississippi
Blaine Not a Candidate for Presidency
Washington, D. C. February 6 letter from James G Blaine to J. S. Clarkson states he will not seek the presidency and will not have his name nominated at the convention. He thanks supporters and urges earnest effort in the upcoming contest amid important industrial and financial policy questions.
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Washington, D. C
J. S. Clarkson
Republican National Committee
Sir
James G. Biarnn
Terrible fire at Hotel Royal shocks New York crowd
A six story blaze at the Hotel Royal at Fortieth Street and Sixth Avenue in New York early Sunday morning killed and injured many. Police estimate dozens dead, with 120 guests and around 55 staff in the building as flames swept through stairwells and shafts. The fire reached the sixth floor within minutes, spectators watched as people leaped from windows and ambulances rushed to the scene. One man Noonan of Jersey City escaped by hopping from window to window to the ground. The cause remains uncertain with several theories but no verdict.
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Park Place
New York
Hotel Royal
Fortieth Street
Sixth Avenue
Noonan
Jersey City
The Silver Brick Case Supreme Court ruling on coinage
The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia denied a writ of mandamus to compel coinage of bullion into silver dollars. It held that 1837 and 1572 acts were repealed by the 1878 Bland law, authorizing the government to buy silver for coinage and that the secretary of the treasury was not a proper mandamus target. The chief justice noted Bland law had never been held to establish free coinage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Merrick, Morse, Et al
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Train collision on Alton road leaves three dead
A Sunday morning collision occurred when a passenger train ran through an open siding switch at Larrabee, crashing into a stock train. Two firemen and an engineer were killed in the wreck.
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Altons Road
Larrabee
Excitement in El Reno as title voided and property at stake
Chaos grips El Reno after Secretary Noble voids Major Freeman claim leaving titles invalid. Loafers jump lots, businesses halt, mobs grow unruly. Officials fail to act. US Marshal Grimes orders deputies to protect residents. Governor Seay urges order but warns of possible trouble as jumpers gain ground.
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el Reno
Major Freeman
Noble
Freeman
Seay
United States
Grimes
Fort Reno
Smothered in a Coal Mine at Lehigh Pennsylvania
A mine fire in Lehigh Pennsylvania broke out early Monday in a stable area of the Lehigh mine. Five night timber men were on duty when the blaze began. John O'Brien, Bob Thompson, and Jim Smith attempted escape as Thompson and Smith were overcome by smoke. O'Brien saved Thompson and Smith briefly but abandoned them to save himself. The remaining two timber men escaped via an old shaft. Rescue attempts failed to recover the two men. By 8 PM the fire was under control, but debris must be cleared to recover the bodies.
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Lehigh
Pennsylvania
Fie
John O’brien
Bob Thompson
Jim Smith
Thompson
Smith
O’brien
Four Men Killed by an Officer at Tollec Arkansas
A constable from Tollec near Little Rock went to a negro’s home with an arrest warrant. After being refused entry he forced his way in. Five men and others fled the house and fired as the officer entered. The officer shot back with a double barreled shotgun, killing four of the crowd and causing great excitement and fear of further trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crested Butte
Charles Doyle
Cumberland
Doyle
Jarvis Ranch
Tollec
Little Rock
Arkansas
Chicago Elevated Railroads Battle in Chicago Mayor Faces Fight
Mayor Washburne battles to force railroad elevation in Chicago. Northwestern President Hughitt warns the cost could reach 55 million dollars, a decisive hurdle for the railroads. The mayor counts on public support as the railroads brace for a risky plan.
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Chicago
Washburne
Hughitt
Northwestern
Locked Carriage Fire Tragedy On Continental Express
A Bucharest to Brakilov rail disaster left twenty people trapped in a first class carriage as fire swept through the locked compartment. Rescue arrived to find all but two dead from burns or smoke suffocation amid the rapid blaze aboard the speeding train.
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Bucharest
Brakilov
Roumelia
Omaha Fights Union Pacific Over City Franchises
At a Tuesday night city council meeting Omaha declared war on Union Pacific after a dispute over switching charges. The council began steps to revoke its franchises and privileges and instructed the city attorney to sue to recover property valued over 1 million dollars given to the railroad under unmet conditions, signaling forthcoming litigation.
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Union Pacific
Steamer Embiiacos Lost in Scilly Islands Fog
The Greek steamer Embiiacos from Cardiff to Malta foundered after running ashore in dense fog on St Martin islet in the Scilly group. Fifteen crew were saved. ten, including the captain, mate, and engineers, are missing. The ship sank ten minutes after floating off.
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Embiiacos
Cardiff
Malta
Scally Islands
St. Martin
Scilly Group
Dozens of 1903 Headlines Sweep U.S. News The Summary
A telegraph roundup reports Pittsburg ball tragedy Larned Kansas fire destruction and loss in the South. It covers embezzlement trials in Allegheny, a Indiana freight death, Bangor ram sellers indictment, Emma Abbott cremation, leadership shifts at Philadelphia Record and New York Word, Beers retirement on a pension, a War Department romance arrest, child labor fears in Chicago, Thayer surrender to Boyd, grain shipments via whalebacks, Morgan donations to Russian Relief, Reading RR verdict in St Clair explosion, St Paul convention setback, Tennessee river find, Guatemala unrest fearing siege, a Nashville suicide, and reorganization plans for the American Live Stock Association. Also notes New Jersey monument funds, Louisiana lottery politics, Wanamaker mail-van reward, and Knapp leaving Yale for Chicago, plus church alter dispute in Randolph and Garza’s Mexican stance and neutrality arguments.
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Kittie Shaw
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Larned
Kansas
G.wyman
Allegheny
John W. Smith
Vincennes
Indiana
Bangor
Maine
Emma Abbott
Gloucester
Massachusetts
John Norris
Philadelphia Record
New York Word
Beers
New York Life Insurance Company
War Department
Washington
Blaine
Chicago
Thayer
Boyd
Supreme Court
St. Louis
Europe
J. Pierrepont Morgan
Russian Relief Company of
New York
St Clair
Reading Railroad Company
St. Paul
Minnesota
Nashville
Tennessee
Guatemala
Harrillas
George W. Kildow
Southern Presbyterian Theological Seminary
American Live Stock Association
Blackburn
England
Cal Hyer
Jersey City
Dalton
Ohio
Oakland
California
New Jersey Senate
Louisiana
John A. Morris
Wanamaker
United States
New York City
Hoboken
New Jersey
Louisiana Lottery Company
Congress
William J. Knapp
Yale University
University of Chicago
Knapp
Yale
Isis
St. Mary's
Randolph
Mark Januskiwcz
Simeon Barnowski
Barnowski
Icipat
En Cerea Garza
Harrison
Diaz
Mexico
Garea
Sian Educeatartee
Four Anarchists Executed by Garrote in Madrid
The four leaders of the Xeres mob were executed in Madrid on the 10th by garrote. A platform and railing enclosed a police shielded scaffold with chairs and iron collars. Crowds packed the plaza as the executioner slowly forced the screws, causing neck breaks after two minutes. onlookers reacted with rage while police deterred further unrest.
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Madrid
Xeres
Dusiani
Lamela
Hotel Royal Fire Escapes Controversy Follows Dismissal
Building inspector William Seton confessed to perjury over fire escape reports at the Hotel Royal on Sixth Avenue. Four escapes never existed despite a prior order and a later claim of compliance. Case referred to the district attorney. no further evidence found in debris search. Seventeen people died in the blaze.
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Hotel Royal
William Seton
New York
Sixth Avenue
Selon
Hoyal
Navajo Indians and Cowboys Clash Near Coolidge
Reported war between Navajo Indians and cowboys on the Atlantic and Pacific railway near Coolidge escalates as Indians gather in large squads and threaten to kill whites. Women reach Albuquerque. Fort Wingate troops expected to suppress unrest after cattle theft by renegades sparked the conflict. Subsequent efforts by cowboys to drive Indians from the lowlands led to signal fires and gunfire near the San Antone ranch, with four shots heard near the Coddington home. Detachment now at the scene. calm restored for now.
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Atlantic & Pacific Railway
Coolidge
Albuquerque
Fort Wingate
Mariano
San Antone Ranch
Coddington
Thief Seizes Payroll Valise On St Louis Railroad Car
A waiter named George McKinsley attempted highway robbery on a Broadway line train in St Louis. He grabbed a valise carrying about $4,500 for the payroll as Paymaster Robert Jennings turned away. Pursued by bystanders Archibald Bruner was wounded but not seriously. Bruner fired, wounding the thief who was soon arrested without police aid.
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St Louis
George McKinsley
Broadway
Robert D. Jennings
Jennings
McKinsley
Archibald Bruner
Bruner
The Kansas Railroads Compromise Reached
The wholesale grocers of Wichita Hutchinson Kansas City and Salina agree with Kansas railroads after the January railway commission order. The compromise sets differential sugar 15 cents per 100 pounds above Missouri River rate and for canned goods coffee and beans carload rates 22 to Salina 25 to Hutchinson Wichita and Arkansas City. New rates take effect March 1.
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Kansas
Wichita
Hutchinson
Arkansas City
Salina
Railway Commission
Board of Railway Commissioners
F. C. Gay
Santa Fe
Missouri
Missouri River
Rich mining strikes spark deals and ore finds rally towns
Reports from Colorado mining districts describe heavy strikes near Cripple Creek and Vista with ore bodies, rich galena, and successful shafting. Companies like Omaha and Grants plan expansions in Lake counties, boosting capacity and value. The Mollie Gite and Doris projects draw attention for high ore yields and unusual silver bricks, while smelters struggle to keep up with demand and freight costs.
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Cripple Occas
Qulah
Won
Gibson Rich
Omaha
Grants
Lake Counties
Sheeppe and Tunnel Company
Noore
Tmu Bullock
Bama
Kenda
Broucht
Ord
Pare-Regent
Milton
North
Clear Creek
Devel
Pitkin
Minta
Ite Beleft
St Jacobs
Jacobs
Lew Phonograph
Buena
Vista
Count Portales
C. Parrish
Colorado Springs
Denver Sun
Aspen
Th Sun
Mollie Gites
Aue
Gibson Company
Harry Mamlock
Lowsse Lake
Cerrillos
Columbia
Lucky” Mining Company
Simonson
L. G
Milwaukee
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the Register
Lamar
Colorado
Thackeray
Dogberry
Kentucky
State News
Overton
Jersey
Trades’ Assembly
Royal Hotel
Oklahoma
Telegraph
Spain
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