No Quarter To Outlaws Kans. Farmers Take Vengeance
Wichita Kan April 23 Vigilantes tracking horse thieves from Texas and Kansas corners led to a violent showdown in a ravine. Bill Higgins alias Scar Face and other gang members rode. lawmen killed one outlaw and pursued the rest. Curly Bill Windom and Curly Bill were killed. Scar Face was dragged to death while others lay dead behind stone barriers.
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Wichita
Kan
Texas
Kansas
Indian Territory
Vigiantes
Bill Higgins
Peter Ackerman
Medicine Lodge
Butty Face
Hank Windom
Curly Bil
Curly Bill
Windom
Rich silver finds near Lake Superior spur rush to mines
Capt. William P. Spaulding of Sault Ste. Marie reports discoveries north of Lake Superior yielding nearly pure silver ore. He notes ore values around 2800 dollars per ton with masses of metal sometimes found, centered near the Wilde mine at Rabbit Mountain about 150 miles inland. Spaulding predicts a large influx once the mining season starts.
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Curiaco
William P. Spaulding
Sault Ste. Marie
Lake Superior
Rabbit Mountain
Spaulding
Gate City Carriage Works to Stay in Winona
Gate City Carriage Works will not be removed from Winona. A local wealthy corporation will supply funds and facilities to enlarge the plant and enable its relocation within the city. The expanded works now employ seventy five men.
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Gate City Carriage Works
Winona
Gate City
Noted Chicago hotelier John A. Rice dies at Tremont House
John A. Rice proprietor of the Tremont house Chicago died Saturday morning. He became proprietor of the Sherman house in 1801 and later owned the Tremont in 1879. During the centennial year he received 50000 dollars for managing the Globe hotel in Philadelphia.
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John A. Rice
Chicago
ChicaGco
Philadelphia
Mexico Noted Army Officers Sentenced to Death
The supreme military court of Mexico confirmed the death sentence on Col. Francisco Arviseu and Lieut. Benjamin Gutierrez for authorizing a violation of American territory and attacking American police at Nogales, Arizona.
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Mexico
City of Mexico
Supreme Military Court of Mexico
Francisco Arviseu
Benjamin Gutierrez
Nogales
Ariz
Congress Passes Record Volume in First Hundred Days
In Washington on the hundredth day of the current session, 12,568 bills and resolutions have been introduced between the Senate and House, over 2,000 more than the prior Congress. The House has passed 425 bills while the Senate has approved 43. An additional 185 House bills and 24 Senate bills have been sent to the President for signature.
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Senate
House
Revolvers and Winchesters Blaze Texarkana Rift
In Texarkana on April 28 George Tripett a colored policeman arrested Silas Porter a white man. Porter posted bond then hunted Tripett and fired four shots but missed. Porter fled to Arkansas side as the black population mobilized to buy revolvers and whites prepared with Winchesters amid fears of a full skirmish.
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Texarkana
Tex
George Tripett
Silas Porter
Porter
Tripett
Arkansas
One of the Miracles No Gambling House in Leadville
Leadville Colorado reports no gambling establishments after an April election on law and order. Mayor instructed police to close all gambling houses by 6 pm Friday, and the houses complied. Other items note bigamy arrest, a $30,000 conspiracy suit, two Kansas judges jailed for malfeasance, and a second-degree murder sentence in Colorado.
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Leadville
Colo
New York
Anthony Comstock
John N. Stearns
John Hemmens
Kansas City
A. H. Adams
Robert T. McCulloch
Harper County
Kansas
Dever
Newt Vorce
Deer Trail
Greeley
Guy Hollingsworth
M.T. Carpoa
Stivaxva Coss, Jre
Crassavaceta
Mellow Ash Mall
Mangassi
Cro
Lady Walworth
Thorne
B.L. Panston
Dorla
Fortune
Frokknce Waapen
Mise Macock
Murray Street
New Yor
Funeral Services Held Over Remains of Ex Senator Conkling
The funeral of Roscoe Conkling was held Friday in Trinity Chapel New York. A large crowd gathered with Mrs. Grant and other relatives in the procession. The service conducted by Dr Dix was simple with no sermon.
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Senator Conkling
Trinity Chap
New York
Roscoe Conkling
Trinity Chapel
A.S. Grant
Grant
Dix
Health cure ads target consumption and asthmatic remedies
Advertisements for Starkey and Palen of Philadelphia offer a free 200 page book on consumption asthma and chronic ailments. They promote Beggs Blood Purifier and Blood Waker as popular family medicines without calomel or quinine, claim oxygen therapy benefits, and pledge free health books upon address request.
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Drs. Starkey and Valen
Arch Street
Philadelphia
DRS. Starkey & Palen
Arch St. Philadelpha
Penn
Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup Promises Quick Refund
An advertisement touts Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup with a money back guarantee if it does not relieve cough. It extols compound oxygen and claims doctors’ bills are high, urging home treatment with breathing exercises and promising a free 200 page book from Drs. Stankey and Pann in Philadelphia.
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S. H. ScuAltn
Drs. Stankey & Pann
Areh St
Philadelphia
Penn
New liquor law step in Wichita targets building owners
Wichita April 28 A new step under the liquor law is recorded as the first of its kind. All fines and costs from prosecutions of liquor joint keepers are to be charged up and collected from the owners of the buildings where such joints are run.
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Wichita
Kan
Confidence Man Dialogue About Attire and Image
A terse exchange reveals a confidence man commenting on his cheap suit that he says signals business rather than luck. He insists his clothes are meant to project a Philadelphia or Omaha World identity, illustrating the cipher of appearance.
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Bill
Omaha
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