Innocent Man Narrowly Escapes Mob in Eddyville Iowa
In Eddyville near the northwest corner of Kentucky? no, Iowa, a mob formed after Eva Moore accused Luvin and Graham of attempted assault. They pursued R.E. Martin, who claimed the girl encouraged him. Martin escaped, was captured later in Eldon and held for trial, with officers deeming a safe location necessary.
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Orromwa
Iowa
Eddylls
R.E. Mariu
Eva
Mary Moore
Luvin
Graham
Martin
Eng
Eldon
Eddyville
Seduction arrest and escape in three-state chase
Steven Seales was arrested on a seduction charge after a warrant from Miss Annie Dewey. She pursued him from Madeira to New Castle and Elle Point, then to Sioux City, where he was captured as papers were being prepared. Dewey is twenty. Seales is two years older. He is held for St. Paul custody. investigation ties him to a crime on July 11. A separate note mentions a bomb scare addressed to Theodore Roosevelt, found at the post office igniting with a fuse but deemed not dangerous.
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Ja K
Steven Seales
Annie Dewey
Madeira
Minn
Unut
Seales
We Weel
Newastle
Nebl
Lonia Ferry
Miss Dewey
Sioux City
Elle Point
St. Wines
Sheriffnderson
Ciles
Roosevelt
General Post Office
Meat Famine Reported in Cuba New York Stores
A Werald's Havana dispatch notes beef prices rising across Travana stores and 181 meat famines in the area. Santa Clespon reports the situation worsening daily with deserted families moving to the city penniless seeking shelter and food.
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Cuba
New York
Werald
Havana
Santa Clespon
Uuem
Epidemic Beyond Control At Marash Reported
York dispatch notes Miss Clara Barton of the Red Cross reports the Marash epidemic is beyond control and that more physicians with supplies have been ordered forward. In Wyoming a rare rain event left red and yellow clay and thick mud, turning streets into churned muck as residents sheltered indoors.
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York
National Armenian of Committee
Clara Barton
Presi
Red Cross Society
Constan- Anaya
Marash
Centrol
Wyoming
Wye
Filibustering Steamer Lands Near Western Cuba
New York reports a Cuban circle stating the steamer George W Childs has landed another filibustering expedition on Cuba’s western coast. Four thousand rifles, eight hundred ten thousand cartridges, and a large quantity of dynamite were landed. Paris reports Emperor William and King Humbert agree to extend freihand until 1904. The current pact remains offensive and defensive. In Washington, President Cleveland’s health shows measles in Ruth and Esther. Marion shows no illness yet.
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New York
Ircles
Geo. W. Childs
Cuba
Paris
Venice
William
Humbert
Huth Cleveland
D. G
Ruth
Little Esther
Hu Marion
Pension for Mrs Fairfax Highlighted in Late Session
The House approved a bill to pension Joseph Fairfax and widow Mrs Fairfax, widow of Rear Admiral Fairfax, at fifty dollars per month. The action was among bills favorably acted upon at a late session.
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Fairfax
Rox
D.a.r
Joseph Andoote Fairfax
Inival Fairfax
Murdered His Sweetheart in St Louis After Engagement Ends
Geo Proutman, 22, shot and killed Blanche Simpson, 19, after their engagement was dissolved. Three bullets hit her heart. Mrs Robinson narrowly escaped when a fourth shot missed. Proutman was captured by a citizen posse and taken to the Four Courts. The lovers had planned to marry in June. jealousy drove the tragedy.
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Sa. Louis
Blanche Simpson
Geo. Proutman
Robinson
Proutman
Miss Simpson
Widow claims English estate share worth big sum
Mrs Larriet Spotford Childs, widow of Dr Samuel T Childs former city health officer, says a recent English court decision grants her at least 1,000,000 dollars from the English estate of Lord John Holt. She accompanied the late physician on a 1850 trip to England and Paris with notable introductions.
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Larriet Spotford Childs
John Holt
Dhaneers
Samuel Tr. Childs
Childs
Stephen I Holt
Lord Holt
United States
Imull
Stephen
Dr. Childs
England
Fillmore
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Potatoes Spark Rum Plan Near MANaWa Wisconsin
A group led by Mathias near MANaWa Wisconsin has formed a scheme to convert surplus potatoes, selling at 5 to 6 cents a bushel, into potato whiskey. They bought machinery and are building a distillery half a mile east of town, costing about 50000 dollars and slated to begin by June. The plant will use grain in summer when potatoes are not suitable.
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Manawa
Wis
I. d. Mathias
Bashel
Cananpateca
N. Y
Tourists Flee Amid Belligerency Fears in Foreign City
American tourists hurry away as belligerency resolutions pass stirring talks. A guard remains at the Amer legation though not fully needed. Officials report a looming crisis and possible trouble at any moment. The captain general of Ferro reports a ready fleet to sail for sea with war materiel. They may depart for the river Arosa in seven days for instruction before a final destination is set.
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Mapnip
Amer Legation
Ferrio
Arosa
John A. Cockerill Dies In Cairo After Career In Journalism
Col John A Cockerill a famed newspaper correspondent died in Cairo after a long career that included partnership in the Dayton Empire and editorial roles at the Cincinnati Enquirer Washington Post Baltimore Gazette St Louis Post Dispatch New York World and New York Morning Advertiser He later went to Japan as the New York Herald's correspondent born Dayton Ohio in 1845 and began his work amid the Montgomery County Democratic press network.
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John A. Cockerill
Cairo
Newspper
Dayton
Ohio
Clement L. Wallandinham
Indians Revolt in Mexico Towns Over Tax Evasion Unrest
News from the City of Mexico reports an indigenous uprising in Rimithan Ixthin and surrounding areas as Indians loot homes of the affluent and kill some officials. One band attempting to disrupt Oaxaca connections was reportedly executed. Advices from Zimitlan say calm has returned with Indians retreating to the hills.
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Mexico
City
Rimithan
Ixthin
Oaxaca
Zimitlan
Baron von Schrader Dies After Duel In Potsdam
Baron von Schrader master of ceremonies at the Prussian court died from wounds after a duel near the Neue Palais in Potsdam. Count von Kotze, once a court chamberlain, inflicted injuries during the encounter. Recovery was deemed very doubtful from the outset.
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Baron von Schrader
Porspan
Prussia
Count von Kotze
Neue Palais
Potsdam
Salvation Army Brig Gen Keppel to visit California
Brig Gen Keppel head of the Pacific coast division of the Salvation Army received a tele gram from Mrs Booth Yucker confirming her April 8 arrival in California to counterbalance Mrs Gallington Booth's recent trip there. In San Francisco reports describe New Yorkers as desperate after a bank robbery on Broadway and Great Jones Street where a teller was knocked down and robbed of 32 100.
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California
Keppel
Pacific Coast Division
The
Salvation Army
Booth Yucker
Eitec
Gallington Booth
San Francisco
York
East River
Broadway
Great Jones Street
Wheat and cereal prices rise amid cautious optimism at Bradstreet's
Bradstreet's Review notes no broad upturn in business but highlights price gains in wheat flour corn oats pork sugar and steel products. It cites renewed speculative interest in wheat amid mixed crop reports from the western states in Argentina and Australia and small European supplies. The quarterly price exhibit shows more prices higher than lower and export figures for wheat and Indian corn week over week and year over year.
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Bradstreet’s
New York
Argentine
Australia
Europe
Bradstreet
United States
Not Nihilist Krasnow in Washington Case
U W Schyke of 8585 Indiana Avenue Chicago allegedly sailed from Philadelphia on the Bergenland to Liverpool en route to Russia. He is said to be Gregor Krasnow, a Russian nihilist linked to the plot against Czar Alexander II. Schyke denies all, stating he has lived in Chicago since 1883, is a mason, and has never joined Russian societies nor known any Russians in Chicago.
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Krasnow
Washington
U. W. Schyke
Indiana Avenue
Chicago
Philadelphia
Bergenland
Liverpool
Russia
Chiago
Schyke
Gregor Krhow
Alexander II
Czar
Sehyke
Gregor Krasnow
Dearborn Lodge
Lafayette
Masons
Bold Murder Suicide Shocks Town
Five members of the Minchell family die in a staged murder suicide after an insurance agent investigation. Detectives arrest the agent following a locked residence entry. a motive tied to poverty and a letter from the killer reveals planned killings two months prior. A second letter alleges business promises by Sands and a third commission.
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Pexwaren
Miele
Win
O. Sands
Sands & Maxwell Lumber Company
Lb. Minehell
Minchell
Rudy
George
Minehell
Sands
Prayers Fail To Move Col Ingersoll In Cleveland
In Cleveland Col Robert G Ingersoll who visited recently expressed surprise at 1500 prayers offered for him and joked that prayers lacked postage and did little good He said Christians are getting civilized as they once would have burned me yet he does not believe any prayer was ever answered.
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Cleveland
Robert G. Ingersoll
City
Col. Ingersoll
Yamagata Visits Omaha on Way to Moscow Coronation
Field Marshal Yamagata of Japan and Gen Coppinger with staff arrived in Omaha on Wednesday afternoon. A guard of honor and regimental band escorted him to a hotel. The journey toward Moscow to attend the Czar's coronation continues on Thursday afternoon.
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Yamagata
Omaha
Omana
Japan
Moscow
Gen. Coppinger
Appointment granted for West Point Superintendent role
Captain Jacob Augur of Troop A Fifth Cavalry at Port Bloss receives official notification from Washington of his appointment as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point Texas.
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West Point
el Paso
Texas
Jacob Augur
Fifth United States Cavalry
Port Bloss
Washington
West Point Military Academy
Burglars Take $8 in Pennies at Canby Post Office
Burglars entered the Canby Illinois post office and blew the safe with powder securing eight dollars in pennies. Police suspect focal crooks are responsible for the break in.
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Canbyie
Ill
Nevada Governor Dies at Palace Hotel in San Francisco
Fish Warden Ryan arrested on malicious misconduct charge in Pronia Ul. He allegedly cut nets rather than removing them. Governor Jones of Nevada dies at Palace Hotel in San Francisco on the 10th.
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Pronia, Ul
Ryan
Nevada
San Francisco
Jones
Palace Hotel
The Markets Across Cities and Commodities
Sioux City cattle and hog prices show stockers and feeders from 8.00 to 3.40 dollars and hogs from 3.57 to 3.75. Chicago reports beef steers 8.15 to 4.50, stockers 2.60 to 3.60, hogs 8.50 to 3.95. grain quotes reflect wheat, corn, oats, rye, and hay with varying April and May futures. Kansas City lists cattle 3.00 to 4.10, hogs 3.10 to 3.78, sheep 2.75 to 4.40. South Omaha notes deer steers 3.40 to 4.10, hogs 3.50 range. St Paul shows beef steers 3.20 to 8.80, stockers 2.80 to 8.40, hogs 2.00 to 3.00. Minneapolis grain quotes include wheat April and May, No 1 mix and No 1 Northern prices.
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Sioux City
Chicago
Lax
Kansas City
South Omaha
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Penwater Tragedy: Minchell Killings and Suicide
The most appalling sextuple crime in Western Michigan traces to Pentwater where 8S. B. Minchell killed his wife and three children and later shot himself after wounding William B. Sands. Sands died Sunday. Minchell’s motive cited fear of poverty and a disputed debt, with letters implying planned murder and self-sacrifice for his family. Additional notes cover Minchell’s Chicago roots, prior quarrels, and local arrests.
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Western
Michigan
Pentwater
William B. O. Sands
B. Minchell
Minchell
Sands
Mr. Sands
Sands & Maxwell Lumber Company
Suriday
Episcopal Church
Chicago
A. Williams
Rookery Building
Samuel G. Minchell
Colorado
Woman's Protective Association
C. C. Bowersock
Robert S. Iles
Mr. Iles
Case & Hogan
Argyle Park
Justice of the Peace
Argyle
Tuley
A Happy Queen Carola of Saxony Near an Unhappy Fate
Queen Carola of Saxony led a largely happy life but was briefly linked to a marriage with Napoleon III. Born in exile to Gustavus Vasa she grew up abroad then settled in Dresden. She visits Sigmaringen yearly and, childless, aids motherless children after the death of Princess George in 1884.
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Carola
Saxony
Napoleon III
Eugenie
Gustavus Vasa
Prince Royal
Sweden
Morawetz
Moravia
Dresden
Sigmaringen
Albert
George
Maria
Infanta
Portugal
Hohenzollern Sigmaringen
Intrigues Behind Spanish War Leadership Highlighted
General Azcarraga, Spain's War Minister, is depicted as a master intriguer who influenced the Cuban campaign by maneuvering General Campos into command and ensuring his recall. The piece ties Madrid plotting to Campos' failing Cuban efforts and recalls a witty domestic anecdote about ancestral silhouettes and a boy's humorous reply.
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Azcarraga
Campos
Cuba
Madrid
Indignities and Witty Quips From Detroit Free Press
A collection of humorous newspaper quips includes lines about a dressmaker bill and a witty exchange with Larkin, followed by a remark on Miss Proper’s stern portrait and a note on public speakers seeming towery. The items showcase period humor and social satire with named references and concise setups.
Senate and House Week in Congress Deliberations
A week in Congress features the Senate lingering on the post office appropriation bill while the House passes the river and harbor appropriation under suspension of the rules amid minority protests against the contract system. Other items include the metric system debate, a DC public library proposal defeated, and discussions on Indian and agricultural appropriations. The Grosvenor filled cheese tax bill passes in the House with limited amendments, and conferees are appointed on the post office bill.
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Senate
House
District of Columbia
Washington
Teller
Iis
Iniiuance Committee
Committee On
Mays
Yeas
Tlouse
Messrs
Loud
California
Smith
Sinois
Wyle
Missppi
Novel skin graft venture by San Francisco woman
A young San Francisco woman sells grafted skin to pay for money needs. She has had seven square feet removed and now begins a second growth. She advertises to physicians offering healthy skin for one dollar per square inch, typically selling twenty to thirty square inches at a time.
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San Francisco
Parmer’s Hill Birds Enthusiast Blames Poisons for Decline
A New England naturalist argues that songbird decline stems from widespread use of Paris Green and other poisons as insect exterminators rather than sparrows or cruel fashions. She notes safekeeping laying hens and laments harmful methods.
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Parmers Hill
New England
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Daniel Kern
Northern Indiana Normal School
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Larkin
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