09 Feb 1898
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Newspaper
Middletown Daily Argus
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1898
Page
1
Odd Lot remnant sale offers boys hats once 20 and 45 cents now 1 cent. Men slippers caps marked down to 1 cent. Lising cambrics in short lengths go for 1 cent. Chenille spreads valued up to 1 dollar now cut to low prices.
In Wiles Barre Pennsylvania on February 9 the Latimer trial resumed with testimonies from Evan Jones chief of police West Hazleton and others. Deputies allegedly threatened strikers and tore a flag while the sheriff ordered no march to Latimer. Witnesses described gunfire at Latimer lasting about five minutes with no found weapons on strikers. An electrician Me Dowell died in a Broadway incident and Mrs. Hollister seeks a divorce in Mount Vernon.
Police report a horribly mutilated nude male body found in the East River, with the head mostly missing except for the right ear, left leg severed above the knee, right leg above the hip, and both arms cut off at the shoulders. The corpse shows clean cuts suggesting murder and dismemberment, with signs of weeks in water.
A rumor unsettles Minneapolis as Samuel Hill president of Minneapolis Trust is said to threaten to kill William D B Haskell on sight if Haskell is acquitted in a libel suit won by The Times. Hill, a Harvard graduate, is a guest of the city’s social circle, with friends trying to avoid a clash between rival figures.
Boston displayed flags at half staff on public buildings to honor six firemen killed in the Bent building fire last Saturday. Hundreds attended services for the victims at homes and churches, with an estimated 10,000 at public funerals and many more turned away.
Six governors from the original thirteen states have accepted invites to the annual Sons of the American Revolution banquet at the new Music Hall on February 22. About 550 guests expected. Governors to attend include William Atkinson of Georgia, D L Russell of North Carolina, Daniel Hastings of Pennsylvania, Frank Black of New York, George Ramsdell of New Hampshire, and L A Cooke of this state.
The Otsega County town meetings reported a large turnout with Republicans leading Democrats by about a dozen seats. In Havana a grand banquet will honor French flagship officers celebrating the new regime’s success.
New York February 9 Cuban junta places great importance on a letter attributed to Spain's minister in Washington Senor de Lome to Senor Jose Canalejas. The document, read and translated, accuses McKinley of weakness and pandering to rabble, while condemning British influence and England's aims. Washington reports say de Lome refuses discussion. Madrid and Woodford to be alerted for explanations.
Lyons February 9 Tax collector Abraham Zopfy is arrested on a charge of malicious mischief for breaking into Jacob Rankert’s barn to remove a horse cutter wagon and other property after allegedly failing to locate an open barn for a tax levy of 17,500 to repair county buildings. Rankert claims Zopfy was ejected violently causing a spine injury and a $10,600 damage suit. Warrants issued by Police Justice Williams. Bondsmen provided Detective Sharp as bodyguard during levies.
Condensed items note President Dole and party arriving in Cleveland. Fragonard paintings bring £50,000 at Cannes auction. U S troops to Alaska for order, and earthquakes in Asia Minor kill 120, leaving 4,000 homeless. British forces occupy Bere Gouron and Bashoro in West Africa. China ends foreign loan talks per St. Petersburg report. Alaska travelers return aboard NovaAra, disgusted by Klondike. US cruiser Alert lands marines at San Juan del Sur amid local revolts. Rear Admiral Sicard relieved. Captain Sampson assumes North Atlantic command. Connecticut Life Underwriters hold annual meeting with officers elected and banquet feasibility discussed.
Avram Tebbitts former leather broker of 116 Bedford Street Boston was indicted by the Suffolk grand jury on charges of obtaining goods by false pretenses from several leather firms. The warrant goes to the governor for extradition to obtain papers from Washington while officers pursue Tebbitts in Regina Northwest Territory.
TORONTO February 9 W J Hammond the young medical student sentenced to be hanged February 18 at Bracebridge for the murder of his wife Katie T Hammond has been granted a new trial by the court of appeals. His counsel contended the prisoner's evidence at the coroner s inquest was inadmissible at the trial. It was overruled and the evidence was admitted. An appeal followed and the judges upheld the contention granting a new trial.
Levi Boynton a Salem county farmer was found dead in his Revere House room in Troy New York likely asphyxiated from a gas jet left partially on The report notes Democras Gain In Amatocham and other brief items from Amsterdam St Louis Bangor and St Louis on politics crime and theft with mixed dates and locales
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