Son of Missing Minister Found In Texas Prison
William Wilson son of Eur 1.8 Wilson a Methodist minister vanished in 1858 after marrying a senator’s daughter. He is now in a Texas penitentiary confessing his identity and recounting a court martial era, civil war service, private missions, and later crime including horse theft and preaching before borrowing and selling a horse.
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Morse
Wooster
William Wilson
Wilson
Missouri
Senator Clymer
Cas
North
Jefferson Davis
Younger Brothers
James Brothers
Christian Church
Starvation Crisis Reported Among Miners Near Snohomish
Reports by E T Keit and Mritz Ellingstone describe fifty miners starting for Snohomish to replenish food but only two survived after fifty hours without sustenance. Survivors arrived nearly unclothed as flood damage expands toward Sultan. A tree killed three men at James DPark camp near Steven Guy. two others injured. No mails into Sultan since November 13.
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Starling
Washington
Seattle
Wasi
Snohomish
E.T. Keit
Mritz Ellingstone
Keit
Ellingstone
Sultan
James Dpark
Steven Guy
Edward O'Brien
Rumored Lynch Mob Moves Toward Jackson for Negro Prisoners
Sheriff and residents fear a South Pittsburg mob may seize three convicted killers Floyd Woodie John Turner and Val Collins from jail in Jackson then lynch them. The inmates confessed to the brutal murder of elderly nun George Lawson and the case has drawn strong public pressure across Chattanooga where authorities pledge to prevent any mob action.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Pittsburg
Floyd Woodie
John Turner
Val Collins
George Lawson
Jackson
Chittanooga Ju
Sailors Kidnapped in Tacoma Union Incident
Eight non union sailors were seized by thirty Sailors' Union men in Tacoma harbor. The 10 ton vessel from Seattle carried four union members who boarded a bark and forced the non union crew onto a sloop. They sailed to Port Blakely leaving them penniless under a prohibition on returning to any non union ship.
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Tacoma
Wash
Seattle
Port Blakely
Lizzie Borden Will Escape Theory Dominates Taunton Talk
A Taunton Massachusetts special reports strong belief the grand jury will not indict Lizzie Borden for the murders of her father and Mrs. Borden. The Attorney General favors avoiding error and keeping Miss Borden out of reach of justice, with no bill considered likely.
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Taunton
Mass
Grand
New Premier Salmon? Abbott Sworn In as Ottawa Premier
Sir John Calwell Abbot resigned as premier of Ottawa and was succeeded by Sir John Thompson who was invited by Lord Stanley to form a government. Thompson accepted and was sworn in as premier and indicated cabinet lineup would be announced in a few days.
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Ont
John Calwell Abbot
Lord Stanley
John Tompson
John
Priemier
English Swindler Wells Vanishes On Private Yacht
Truth, London special, details Wells, a suspected patents dealer, paying £240 to a victim and fleeing on an ocean liner fitted as a private yacht. The vessel left Plymouth Harbor amid threats of public action, with authorities urged to capture Wells. Labouchere’s Truth paints Wells as the “Biggest Swindler Living” amid gambling and large losses across multiple cases.
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Plymouth
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Truth
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Mr. Labouchre
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Moe
Petrified Man Found In New Mexico Cave
A petrified man was found in a Guadaloupe Mountains cave fifteen miles west of Addy New Mexico. The figure stands about five feet tall with modern hair and Indian nasal features, suggesting ancient origin and possible burial placement after death. The cave hosts many chambers with stalactite petrifactions. investigators deem the specimen genuine.
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New Mexico
Addy, N. M
Guadaloupe Mountains
Deadly blaze at Blossburg mines near Raton New Mexico
Fire swept the Blossburg coal mines four miles south of Raton New Mexico with sixteen mules killed and about one hundred miners trapped underground. A messenger warned workers via an air shaft and authorities believe all escaped. The mines operated by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway employ about five hundred men and produce seventy five cars daily. origin unknown and officials fear total destruction.
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Raton
Blossbury
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Bufington Iron Building Co Forms Over Patent Claim
Minneapolis report says L a Buffington patented a steel superstructure method for large buildings and seeks 5 percent of construction costs from owners using the design. New York and Chicago projects valued around 14 million dollars are cited as employing the method.
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Buffington Iron Building Company
L.&. Buffington
New York
Chicago
Trafic in Celestials and Local Dangers Across Reports
The San Francisco Union reports alleged kidnapping of Chinese nationals in Lower California and delivery to federal authorities under pretexts of exclusion law violations. It accuses Deputy Marsh and Smal on a contract with Hyde to capture and turn over suspects, with Hyde allegedly informer after missing profits. Nearby Guthrie Oklahoma notes recount a Snake River drowning after a blasting accident.
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Union
California
United States
Marsh
Smalon B
Hyde
Washington
A Town Destroyed La Union Earthquake Devastates City
San Salvador reports from La Union reveal a catastrophic earthquake destroying most buildings. The City of Sydney steamer notes leveled houses with cracked walls forcing residents into tents. Desolation spreads as crowds rally and priests lead prayers amid casualties.
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San Salvador
Enid
San Francisco
Evening Bulletin
Sidney
City of
Panama
Sydney
Mauny
Nine years after illness boy regains function in Pittsburgh
Andrew Young, a frail boy born in McDonald Station, spent nine years in hospital care after epileptic fits left him unable to stand or walk. Surgeons removed skull bone pressing on the brain, and in two weeks he began to improve slowly, learning to move with help as memory returns.
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Pittsburg
Andrew Young
West Penn Hospital
Sis
John Young
McDonald Station
Andrew
Andy
Jie
Montreal unions gain traction in public debate
The United States political union issue draws growing attention in Montreal with La Patrie urging reason and interests over sentiment. The Echo de Deux Montagnes backs annexation as beneficial to Quebec while discussions echo across Canada.
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Montreal
United States
la Patrie
Echo de Deux Montagne
Quebec
Police Break Up Chinatown Highbinder Confrontation in San Francisco
Police in San Francisco deter a Highbinder clash in Chinatown after extra officers in plainclothes halted a confrontation at On Yeck and So Yup headquarters. Four Chinese men were captured wearing bullet resistant gear, while a related case ties to Chin Gow Ping and Wong Quong Get over an alleged wife dispute.
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Chinatown
Washington Street
Wiley
So Yup
Chin Gow Ping
Chin
Miehbinder Society
Wong Quong Get
Wong
Los Angeles
Troutt
Bank of Montreal to Handle Dominion's London Debt Affairs
A London cable reports Premier Abbott and Finance Minister Foster have completed their mission and will return to Canada. The Dominion Government’s English banking duties will move from Glyn Mills Carrier to the Bank of Montreal after New Year’s Day, with the bank to manage public debt payments, sinking fund purchases, and temporary advances.
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Ont
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George SE. Foster
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Lease in the Race and Judicial Echoes Across the Nation
Mrs. M. E. Lease states she would accept a senatorship if offered but refuses to join the scramble. The secretary of state reports the constitutional convention proposal defeated by 1,284 votes. Kansas to extend woman suffrage to municipal and county offices as Republicans and People's party pledge broader rights. Chicago report reveals shop sifters James Jones and Frank Smith using a hinged lid trap to steal gloves and stockings, with claims of theatrical impersonation. Telegraph from St. Petersburg covers a brutal lynching by peasants in Zastuzki, Lithuania, burning a horse thief and his family. Paris Texas reports a heavy Indian Territory docket in Federal Court, including Pete Brown convicted for liquor distribution. Berlin dispatch notes nineteen bodies found buried in a Lublin cellar, case still a mystery.
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United States
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People's Party
Chicago
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Paris
Texas
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Brown
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The
Sioux Balls Improvement Company
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A. Frizeel
Ananias J. Smith
Sioux Walls
O. L. Geers
Geers
Sioux Falls Improvement Company
D. M. Millis
Jie
Hillis
Smith
Geer
Sioux
Big Vermillion fire destroys several downtown buildings
A Thanksgiving morning fire in Vermillion gutted the First National Bank building and the H J Lundee and National Union stores, with Mrs Oakey's millinery saved. Losses include the bank 5000 insurance 3500 Lundee 4000 insured 2500 Runyan 1500 insured 1000 National Union 4509 fully insured. Origin uncertain, suspected incendiary. The bank plans to resume business soon.
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H. J. H. Lundee
Main Street
Peter Burgland
Lundee
C. N. Runyan
First National Bank
National Union Company
Clay County
K. J. H. Lundee
C. N. Kunyan
Pierre publishers allege bias in state printing bid
Open denunciation sparks a clash over state printing contracts. State Secretary Hingsrud faces court orders and alleged pressure from Sioux Falls interests as the Supreme Court blocks a Sioux Falls bid. Pierre publishers contend bids favored the rival house, prompting court intervention and notices to perform or show cause.
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Hingsrud
Pierre
Kingsrud
Sioux Falls
Corrections bicennial report seeks funding for Yankton insane hospital
The Corrections board asks the State Legislature for 70 000 for general expenses and 5 000 for a laundries over the next years. The Yankton asylum houses 287 patients with calls for two new cottages and a feeble minded children hospital. During the last two years 74 men and 112 women were treated, 67 recovered, and 28 died, with counties Minnehaha Jennington and Lawrence supplying the most inmates. Foreigners form about half, led by Norway Germany and Sweden. farmers comprise the largest patient group with 56 tillers of the soil.
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Yankton
Minnehaha
Jennington
Lawrence
Leid
Norway
Germany
Sweden
Vhs
Populist Young fined for letters at Amherst court
Poorer but wiser Populist Winnias Young of Amherst, Brown County, paid a $50 fine in U S District Court at Spokane for taking letters from the Amherst Post Office. The case involved a grain dealer named William Young and a Minneapolis Elevator Company seeking to pressure farmers.
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Brown County
United States District Court
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Edgerton
Young
Brows County
Antherst
William Young
Minneapolis
Populst Young
United States
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Jrown County
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