Three Negroes Lynched in Florida Murders Spark Racial Tensions
Postmaster and others report three Black men, Kelly Otis Miller and an unnamed third, lynched near Blue Springs after a murder attempt linked to a local crime. Bodies found amid armed strangers, authorities say the trio were captured nearby and transported to Orlando for safekeeping, with investigation ongoing into the motive and perpetrators.
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Im Kelly
Otis Miller
John
Blue Springs
Doun R. Tuner
Joan
Heeman
Saythey
Por
Lake Locke
Ty Orlando
James Richard- Jaredman
Weyler's War on Women and Cuban Refugees
Late advices describe terror in Cuban towns as refugees stream into safety. A group of twenty one year old children and women are detained by Weyler’s forces. arrests target women with inter-relations to Cuban fighters. Prison conditions are brutal with victims sent to the women’s house and prison, many in rags after long journeys with little sustenance.
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Cuba
Phu
Soqmat
Beyweal
Weynitissai
Nigre Us
Weel Jgtle
Junrth
Havana
Customs House
New York
Silver Leaders Meet in Denver Behind Closed Doors
A Denver gathering of silver leaders included Senator Jones and other prominent figures such as Daniel F. Campau of Detroit and Gov. Steunenberg of Idaho. The closed meeting produced no public results. Nearby reports note northernmost post office moves to Spitzbergen and ambassadorship appointments.
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Denver
Havens
Jones
Daniel FT. Campau
Detroit
Steurenberg
Idaho
OW. Powers
Salt Lake
Vereof
Montana
Guy. Adams
Col. Thomas
D. TL. Moffat
Colorado
Wiewhaus
Salvation Army Leader to Visit America for Six-Week Tour
Gen Booth is invited to visit the United States in October for a six week tour. Commander Booth Tucker announces meetings in major cities and a new salvage program to collect household items of cash value for aid. Chicago depots at the Grotto and Albemarle hotel will be converted to food and shelter centers with others planned in Philadelphia Kansas City and Seattle.
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Salvation Army
America
Roort Tucker
Booth
United States
Col. Holland
Chicago
Grotto
Albemarle Hotel
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Seattle
Booth Tucker
Violent Birmingham Burglary Ends in Tragedy
A Sunday Birmingham incident left three dead and a dozen injured after a burglary led to a pistol feud between officer William Perdue and suspect Will Hunter. Perdue was wounded, Hunter killed, and a bystander Myrtle Boland age five was struck by a police shot during a alleyway altercation. A racial melee followed as white and Black factions clashed and mob violence erupted.
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Birmingham
Ala
Will Hunter
William Perdue
Hunter
Perdue
Myrtle Boland
GIVES UP THE FIGHT ACCUSED MURDERER SAYS SOONER IS BETTER
Frank Butler alias Ashe and Newman, charged with murder in Australia, has surrendered plans to fight extradition. He cites no chance of a Supreme Court reversal and high legal costs, saying the sooner the trial ends the better. He plans to face the accusers and hopes to exploit Australian law loopholes for escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Frank Butler
Ashe
Newman
Lee Weller
Arthur Preston
Charles Gurgess
Flo
United States Supreme Court
Morrow
San Francisco
Mitchell
Milwaukee Company
Chamberlain
Aberdeen
Greene
Barehay
St. Paul
Redfield
Levee Breaks Flood Destroys Memphis Area
A Mississippi flood swamps Memphis Tenn as rain intensifies. The levee breach near St Francis and rising water drive hundreds from homes and trees tops. Officials fear heavy losses and further rises may occur surpassing all records.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Tenn
St. Francis Levee
Bliss Reverses Lamoreux in Chicago Scrip Case
Secretary Bliss signed an order annulling all proceedings after the McKee scrip application in the Chicago lake front matter and ordering a rehearing. It follows Lamoreux’s favorable opinion to a party days before his formal decision, with lake front land valued up to 60 million dollars.
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Chicago
General Land Office
Chicago Lake Front
S. W. Lamoreux
Wisconsin
the Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Bliss
Washington
McKee
Lake Front
Lamoreux
Sunderland Shipping Strike Threat Looms Over England
A dispute between the Employers' Federation and the Workmen's Society over who should tend a Sunderland boring machine threatens to idle 80,000 engineers and halt English shipping. Overtime and wage questions accompany the core quarrel, with public sympathy split on the issue.
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Employers’ Federation
Sunderland
England
Train wreck near Rome leaves two dead and several injured
A Chattanooga mixed train fell through a forty foot trestle over the Etowah River near Rome Georgia Sunday morning. Engineer James Pittman and Fireman Alfred Kennedy were fatally hurt. Two trainmen and three passengers injured. In Kansas a Missouri Pacific passenger wreck near Hiawatha killed engineers Ed Nye and Patrick Connor. Walter Mansfield set a fly casting record at Stow Lake. Princess Frederick Leopold barred from bicycling by the empress. Ex Gov Thayer ill in Washington. Gov Bradley will not reprieve Alonzo Walling and Scott Jackson. Isaac Dement sets new shorthand speed record.
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Chattanooga
Etowah River
Rome
Fhve
James T. Pittman
Alfred J Kennedy
Wolf Creek
Hiawatha
Kansas
Ed Nye
Patrick Connor
Elkins Fire Destroys Most Business Area
A large fire in Elkins West Virginia destroyed almost all the business district after starting at the Elkins Hardware and Furniture Co. The town lacks a fire department and flames swept through frame buildings. Goods were saved only in parts. the Elkins National Bank escaped. Total loss exceeds $100,000.
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Elkins Hardware and Furniture Company
Elkins
W. Va
Senator Elkins
Elkins National Bank
Alleged Plot to Kill Ex Queen Dismissed in Hawaii
A Honolulu dispatch says the claimed plot to assassinate the ex queen was not taken seriously. Capt Palmer, the queen’s private secretary, was believed to have been imposed upon. Palmer admits the Dole government would not resort to murder.
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Hawaii
Zealandie
Honolulu
Capt. Palmer
Palmer
Dole
Fasting Man Mathias Sether Dies Near Decatur
Eight month fast ends in death near Decatur North Dakota. Mathias Sether chose his burial site and tombstone design. He arranged for photographs to be taken after death and shared with friends.
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Ous
Mathias Sether
Decatur
Postmaster tenure policy set after deliberation
Postmaster General Gary announced administration policy to let postmasters serve four year terms with removal for cause in select cases. The move applies to fourth class postmasters and presidents, preserving the four year tenure.
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Gary
Fort Wayne Betrothed Couple Believed to Die by Carbolic Acid
In Fort Wayne Indiana Will Colerick a young attorney and Mae Hall were betrothed. Both were found after a suspected suicide pact with carbolic acid. Colerick was dead on the floor while Hall lay unconscious in a bed room. Hope Hospital is tending Hall. Officials probe how the poison entered the room.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Will E. Colerick
Henry Colerick
Indiana
Mae Hall
Hall
Miss Hall
Miss Nall
Colerick
Miss Mall
Hope Hospital
Spain Faces Huge Deficit to Fund War Efforts
Spain must borrow and raise taxes as Capt. Gen. Weyler forwards a 35 million budget and an 98 million appropriation to the cortes. With July revenue seen near 14 million, likely need rises toward 100 million to cover Cuban insurrection costs. Real estate taxes in Cuba to rise 40 percent and a special tax on manufacturing face planter opposition. A large bid for ball players follows.
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Gen. Weyler
Cuba
Spain
War and Navy Departments
United States
Madrid Cortes
Brooklyn Seeks 100000 For Cleveland Aggregation
Brooklyn offers 100000 to acquire the Cleveland baseball club with a secret New York conference among magnates. Frank De Haas Robison and C H Byrne discussed the transfer while declining to confirm talks with Boston’s Mr Conant. Abell and others lure Brooklyn investors into the plan.
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Brooklyn
Cleveland
New York
Frank de Haas Robison
Clevelands
C. H. Byrne
Hoffman House
Conant
Boston
Robison
Cleveland Club
Byrne
Abell
Brooklyn Club
Market Quotations Across Cities for Cattle Hogs and Grains
Prices listed for multiple markets show cattle ranges from $2.50 to $5.50 in Detroit and New York, hogs from $3.00 to $4.25, sheep $2.00 to $4.75, and grains including No. 2 corn 24c to 28c, No. 2 wheat around 96c to 1a, butter 15c to 20c, eggs 10c to 12c, with varied regional figures and broken-down tonnage and quality notes.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Ste
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Death and finances shadow Lead City politics and bonds
The Sioux Falls report reveals P. Boylan, city treasurer, died of heart disease as his wife, long kept in seclusion due to presumed insanity, was moved from their home. Boylan held life insurance and property due to his wife, while Lead City voters consider 15000 in bonds for a city hall and jail, with sewer bonds approved previously.
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Sioux Falls
P. Boylan
Lead City
Ernest May
Andrew Rosewater
Omaha
Prof. Twombley
New York
Committees listed by Mrs. Lottie Owen for South Dakota council
Mrs Lottie Owen of Ashton lists committees for the state council of the Mothers of South Dakota covering Executive Reception Transportation Entertainment Literature and notes resignations and officers. Reports include veto of osteopathy bill and comparisons of 1895 1897 appropriations with shifts in totals and expenses. Rail line cutbacks prompt bids to haul mails. Canton debates saloon licenses amid prohibition pressure. A Dell Rapids preacher faces allegations related to Wilde case. a Milbank barber’s death thwarted by alcohol. Regents meeting postponed due to snow blockades.
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Lottie Owen
Ashton
State Council of the Mothers of
South Dakota
Edna M. Whited
Josephine Holmes
Aberdeen
Laura B. Loomis
Redfield
John A. Pickler
Faulkton
Sarah Harris
Phillips
Sioux Falls
John Oliver
Huron
John Brownlee
C. H. Scott
F. W. Warring
de Smet
Coral Stevens
W. J. Ward
Emily White
East Pierre
L. Bradford
J. L. Boyer
A Stevens
Mitchell
Accident on Rollers Leaves Man with Severe Leg Break
F D Pitts fell while skating in Madison and broke both bones above the ankle. He is a very heavy man and will lie in bed at least six weeks. Verdict Set Aside. Joe Smith convicted of robbery at Flandreau. verdict later set aside due to jury conduct.
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Madison
F. D. Pitts
Joe Smith
Flandreau
Governor Lee Vetoes Appropriation Items for Asylum
South Dakota Governor Andrew E. Leg disapproves multiple budget lines in the general appropriation act. Items blocked include 18000 for rear center building, 8000 for boiler and power house for 1897, 2000 for 1898, 12000 for fuel and lights for 1898, and 13000, 3000, 32000 for improvements. He cites constitutional requirements and cost analyses showing fuel could be procured cheaper, urging savings for the state.
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W. H. Roddle
Senate
Andrew E. Leg
South Dakota
Red Raymond Dies the Black Hills Stage Driver
The veteran stage driver known as Red Raymond died after struck by apoplexy while driving in Lead. He fell from his wagon and broke his neck. Raymond was a familiar figure on lines into Deadwood and later drove for Homestake before his death.
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Black Hills
Red
Raymond
Deadwood
Hot Springs
Danger of a Big Flood in the Northwest
A St Paul dispatch from March 11 reports Minnesota North and South Dakota facing nervous conditions as deep snow threatens a major flood. Officials warn rain and rapid melt could unleash incalculable damage along rivers, with North Dakota snow estimated from three to four feet on the plains.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Northwest
Russell Harding
Great Northern
North Dakota
Suffrage Victory Pleases Mrs Simmons of South Dakota
Mrs. Simmon Mrs Anna B Simmons of Huron president of the South Dakota Equal Suffrage Association greets the passage of a bill by the legislature submitting women’s suffrage to a popular vote. She led a statewide effort with support from legislators and other supporters across the state. Prohibitionists challenge repeal laws in a test case entered in Pierre before Judge Gaffey while the state treasurer begins registering warrants to fund expenses and meet $100,000 in funding warrants due April 1.
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Simmon
Anna B. Simmons
Huron
South Dakota
Equal Suffrage Association
Simmons
Pierre
Gaffey
Vision of a Rapid City man ends in court action
Doc Sutton of Rapid City who drew crowds in Deadwood by raffling a horse then kept both horse and ticket proceeds has faced a new setback. Judge Plowman awarded State's Attorney John R. Wilson control of the horse and ordered the defendant to pay $10 to cover court costs.
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Doc Sutton
Rapid City
Deadwood
Plowman
John R. Wilson
Sleepy Eye Milling Agent Bound Over on Embezzlement Charge
Fred Platts of Sleepy-Eye Milling Company at St. Lawrence faced a preliminary trial at Miller and was bound over to the circuit court on embezzlement charges for selling coal and lumber and pocketing the proceeds. The supreme court earlier denied a request to rehear disbarment proceedings against ex-Senator Moody and other Black Hills lawyers.
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Fred Platts
Sleepy-Eye Milling Company
St. Lawrence
Miller
Ceal
Supreme Court
Geo. F. Hougston
Moody
Black Hills
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