Maxwell Case Exposes Perilous Nightmares in St Louis Trial
H M Brooks alias Maxwell testified in a crowded St Louis courtroom detailing a fateful sequence of events from a stay at the Southern hotel to preparations for a San Francisco journey. He described chloroform administration, a fatal outcome for his associate Mr Preller, inventory of stolen items, and the moral shock of the night, along with his attempt to flee. The testimony covered travel plans, earnings, and the motive to delay investigators, ending with continued direct examination.
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Maxwell
St. Louis
H. M. Brooks
Preller
Southern Hotel
Union Depot
Huron
Canada
Optican
PreHer
England
Mr. Preller
Southern
Auckland
San Francisco
Fernow
Burglary at Kohlmayer's House Ends With Shooting
At about 3 o clock Sunday morning two burglars entered Christopher Kohlmayer's Westport Road house near the Union Cemetery. Mrs Kohlmayer was knocked senseless, and Kohlmayer was shot in the neck during a scuffle. The burglars escaped with a pocketbook. one wounded thief was found by daylight in a nearby thicket and taken to the city hospital, where he refused to reveal his identity. Kohlmayer's wound is not dangerous. The article notes a salary order on the thief’s person.
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Kansas City
Christopher Kohlmayer
Westport Road
Union Cemetery
Kohlmayer
Sedalia
David Suller
M. A. Deboney
C. J. Davis
The
Old Soldier Receives Birthday Cane From Railroad Crew
A North Lawrence resident, Captain J W Stone, celebrated his 47th birthday with a surprise visit from Southern Kansas rail road auditors. T S Casey and companions presented a gold headed cane inscribed to Captain Stone dated May 25 1896, honoring his service. The gesture followed a quiet evening at home as Mrs Stone hosted guests and refreshments.
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J. W. Stone
North
Lawrence
Mra. Stone
Geoi
Southern Kansas Railroad
T. S. Casey
Mr. Stone
5. K. Railway
Kansas
T. J. Casey
T. J. Casey, $. T. Pueder
William Sider
W. W. Black
E. Hutt
John Hutt
Nettia Haskell
Louis Constant
Ben F. Akers
A. Pearson
Investments boom as United States Land and Investment Company promotes bonds
A national feature promotes the United States Land and Investment Company at 145 Broadway New York offering 6 percent ten year first mortgage bonds at 90 and a plan using certificates of indebtedness. Buyers can receive gold bonds and stock bonuses, with bonds secured by company property valued at about 3 million and projected cattle income yielding 30 percent after 6 percent bond payments. Market and crop notes follow, including wheat, corn, and cattle prices and daily market reports from unspecified exchanges.
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United States Land and Investment Company
Broadway
New York
N. Y
United States Lood and Investment Company
Kansas City Produce Market Report May 6
Kansas City and Baxsan City report shows flour and grain price activity with receipts and bids for wheat and corn. butter eggs and live poultry prices noted along with potato and meal markets. Market weak for potatoes and dairy varied. no bids for some items.
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Kansas City
Baxsan City
6Ic
Bae
Jane
Zige
Reed
Michizan Rosa
Carly Rosa
May Travel in France Amid Cadouin Fresco Discovery
A travelogue notes a wet May in France with Cadouin as the highlight. The author describes shelter from rain, interactions with locals, and the abbey of Cadouin with its seven centuries old walls, 15th century fresco, cupola transept, cloisters, and richly carved arches.
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France
Cadouin
la Buisson
le Faisan
Monsivar
Treves
Job
Samzon
Louis XII
Anne of Brittany
Kansas City Live Stock Market Report May 2
Live stock indicators show slower, lower trading versus prior period. Hogs receipts 13,745 shipments 0. Market active with slight decline from Wednesday. Sheep receipts N/A. cattle and hog prices mixed with varying bids. Wheat and corn futures mixed. oats steady. Creamery butter and eggs listed. whiskey and provisions noted in brief.
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St. Lovia
Preene
Panay
Petarolly
Tage
Wye
Angunt
Yanga
St Louis Live Stock Market Report Summary
St Louis May cattle receipts 1400 with active demand and fresh through Texas to lower demand. Choice shipping and export cattle strong with fair prices. stockers and feeders steady. Hog receipts 1000 shipments active and lower. butchers' and packed hogs mixed. Sheep receipts 60 with steady demand and light sales. prices around 2.26 to 2.43.
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Careano
The
Drovera Journal
Jigh S
Ames
St. Lowi
Texas
New Var New York Storey Market News Brief
New York mercantile exchange rates show foreign exchange demand at 4.89 for sight, stock quotations mixed with Missouri bond prices at 82 and 2.00 near term. Local market reports list wheat, corn, oats, and rye prices alongside dairy and poultry quotes with varied freight and packing costs.
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URES
Prine Mercantile
Jaye
Cas Ohares
Missouri
Saourl Pacific
Taland
Union Pactti Wabash
Western Union
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Selig
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L Steele
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Mr Preller
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Market Report
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Nickena
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America
H. Harter & Co
Portland, Hain
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