Regulating Trusts and Stopping Lynchings Urged by Attorney General
In a biennial report covering 1988 to 1990 Attorney General William Taylor urges a remedy for trust evils and urges state lawmakers to curb lynchings. He cites cases in Scottsburg Rockport and Boonville, faulting sheriffs for not acting to prevent mob violence and recommending stronger prosecution funding and legal safeguards.
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Wiliam JL. Taylor
Marion Tyler
Scottsburg
Jim Henderson
Bud Rowland
Rockport
Joe Rolla
Boonville
Bime
Putdie
Boers Rush a Gun and Use Shield in Retreat
Reported London cables describe Boer forces rushing a 4.7 centimeter gun at Helvetia and using captured Liverpool Regiment soldiers as cover during a retreat. Kitchener’s New Year message offered no news of De Wet, detailing losses and a failed relief column due to bad roads.
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London
Kitchener
de Wet
Helvetia
Liverpool Regiment
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Swartzkopje
Machadodéro
Hundred and Fifty Men Cavalry Reinforcements Demanded
A fragmentary notice reports demand for cavalry reinforcements from the Liverpood regiment and mentions railway voting by a detachment. The text is garbled with unclear names and dates but centers on mobilization and confirmation requests amid wartime strains.
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Volyetinow
Machadodro-Lydenburg Railway
Liverpood Regiment
Am Askwag
Omaha Council Boosts Reward for Kidnap Suspects
The Omaha City Council increases the reward to 625000 for each apprehension of the kidnapping suspects. The measure aims to spur investigation and cooperation among detectives and residents, with the public urged to assist while avoiding danger.
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Omaha
Imperial note leadership reshuffle and Chinese diplomacy
The Emperor authorized Li Hung Chang to reduce army posts and fortifications while delegating broader powers to Prince Ching. Li may only affix his signature before a successor plenipotentiary is appointed. The Spanish minister and other diplomats were notified of the emperor’s instructions to sign the note. Two men killed in a sawmill boiler explosion at Hickcock’s in Warren County, with three injures.
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Li Hung Chang
Leto
Promo Chirag Fab
Bat
Etdbeaver
Ket
Wien
Possble
Prince Ching
Senor de Cologan
Warren
Hickcock
Courtland
Edward
Lucius Hickcock
Boer Invaders Threaten Major Cape Colony Farmlands
The Boer invaders are pushing into western Cape Colony areas with heavy actions in Magisterial districts. Kitchener orders a new corps to bolster defense as farmers evacuate and roads are cut. Destruction and shortages threaten crops including potatoes onions and tubers while troops merge to halt the advance.
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Toindon
Phengpe
Cape
Sutherland
Serrifery
Kitchener
Murderer of German Minister Decapitated in China
Su Hai, who killed Baron von Ketteler, the German minister to China, was beheaded at the scene of the crime around 3 o clock Tuesday afternoon. A large crowd witnessed the execution while Li Hung Chang discussed health, empire policies, and forthcoming actions with a AP representative. He urged ceding numbered legation guards, defining boundaries, and recalling foreign troops in spring. punishment for others would be banishment and decapitation if returned.
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Pekin Coble
Su- Hai
Baron von Ketteler
China
Welonk
Associated Press
Li Hung Chang
Fort Lio
Kin
Tien- Tsin
Uncle Sam Treasury Balance and Early Fiscal Receipts
The close of the nineteenth century finds Uncle Sam with a treasury cash balance of 144,141,474.65. For the first six months of the fiscal year receipts total 291,541,861.23 versus 284,793,494.85 the prior year. Expenditures run 275,000,555.62 against 263,670,500.02 last year.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Treasury
Pouch Stolen With $100000 in Negotiable Papers at Wyandotte
A mail pouch at Wyandotte Michigan Central station contained $100000 in negotiable papers and unknown cash. Night events show a thief displaced the pouches after the train stop. items, including a draft for 0 from J B Ford Alkali, disappeared along a route marked by letters and drafts. The thief fled to Detroit after hiding pouches.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan Central Railroad
Wyandottie
Des28
Miechivzan Central
Miehert
Wyandotte
J. B. Ford, Jr
New York
The Cudahy Kidnapping Case in Omaha
Omaha reports no arrests in the Cudahy kidnapping despite a $25,000 reward. Pat Crowe is named by many as the principal suspect, with numerous mistaken-identity arrests and threats from the kidnappers. John Smith identifies Crowe as the man who helped imprison Eddie Cudahy, marking a key breakthrough in the investigation.
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Pat Crowe
Cudahy
Omaha
Neb
Mr. Crowe
Crowe
Varus Points
Cadahy
Gilty
Bovy
John Smith
Schneiderwind Broom Factory
Pat Vrowe
Schneiderwind
Grover Street
Eddie Cudahy
Pat Crowe Captured Near Pine Ridge After Chase
Three detectives seized Pat Crowe on the Pine Ridge reservation near Oelrichs after a wild pursuit. He drove a buckboard with a team, whipped the horses, and attempted to flee before being halted by armed pursuers. John Delfelder, a cattleman, learned the news, and the Jawse halted at a ranch about thirty miles out for lunch.
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Omaha
Kaabran
Pine Ridge
Oelrichs
Tra
Crowe
John Delfelder
American traveler found dead near Ferney Ireland
Collins arrives from America on Thursday December 27 at Ferney and dies on the mountain side near his father's home. He could not reach his father’s house, walked into the storm, and died of exposure with $46 in his pocket.
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Lendon
Collins
Ferney
Ireland
America
Mystery turkey donors at White House Christmas dinner
Historical note recalls the White House Christmas turkey provenance for the President and Mrs. McKinley era. Guests and the chef were unaware which donor provided the specific bird as the President carved it. Other gifts included wine, whisky, cigars, umbrellas, canes, scarfs, bric a brac, and bric a brac items.
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Washington
Witte House
Owas
Wit
Prison Riot Routs Wardens by Maddened Brooklyn Inmates
Twenty female prisoners at Raymond Street Jail in Brooklyn attacked Matron Fannie Handy and Warden McGrath during a transfer. Nellie Jones led the assault as guards and deputies struggled to subdue the mob. two inmates were placed in straight jackets and the wounded officials were treated by the prison physician.
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New York
Raymond Street
Brooklyn
Fannie Handy
Warden McGrath
Miss Handy
Nellie Jones
McGrath
New Emperor of China Reported Secretly Named in Province
Private advices from Sham Si province relay that while the court stayed at Tai Yuen Fu the Empress Dowager secretly appointed a new emperor named Tung Heu. The one year old was whisked to Sian Fui in the imperial yellow chair. This explains permission for Emperor Kwang Su to return to Pekin and he has signaled to the reform party his return with their aid.
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London
Sham Si Say
Shanghai
Standard
Tai Yuen Fu
Tung Heu
Sian Fui
Crowe Brother of Pat Crowe Arrested in Kidnapping Case
J J Crowe, brother of Pat Crowe, linked by police to the Eddie Cudahy kidnapping. Arrested in Council Bluffs Tuesday afternoon and brought to Omaha for charges. Crowe denies knowledge of his brother's whereabouts and any involvement.
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Omaha
Neb
J. J. Crowe
Pat Crowe
Council Bluffs
Os Gomahai
Crowe
Eddie Cudahy
Dee
Crewe
Billed by Robbers in New Orleans
Dr James Gibbons ambulance student at Charity Hospital and nephew of Cardinal Gibbons died from wounds after midnight robbery attempt. He pursued the assailants until blood loss forced him to stop. A cousin found him and took him to a hospital. No killers yet located despite his description.
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New Orleans
la Spectai
James Gibbons
Charity Hospital
Cardinal Gibbons
Gibbons
Burglar shoots Pueblo druggist to death
Walter C. Castley, a Pueblo druggist, was shot through the head and killed in his store Tuesday morning. A clerk found his body at 6:30 a.m. after the burglar rifled the cash register and turned pockets inside out. the killer escaped.
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Pueblo, Col
Walter C. Castley
Castley
Three Vessels Foundered in Bristol Channel Report
The Idun captain, arrived at Cardiff, reports seeing three vessels founder in the Bristol Channel during the gulf of Friday and fears up to twenty five lives were lost.
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London
Cardiff
Bristol Channel
Barre Police Chief Shot by Italian Anarchists
Barre Vermont Chief of Police Patrick Browns lay in critical condition with three bullet wounds after responding to a disturbance at a ball hosted by the Italian socialist society. He was ambushed while returning to the station. Otto Bernaccio and Luigi Sassi were arrested and identified by the chief as linked to the attempted assassination.
Boy Turk shoots Kim Aiken in Eatonton confrontation
In Eatonton Georgia a 17 year old boy Will Turk shot and killed Kim Ball Aiken during a fight between two merchants. Authorities say Turk fired when his father Thomas Turk confronted Aiken and the youth shot.
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Eatonton
Will Turk
Kimball Aiken
Thomas Turk
Aiken
Éard
Hidden Treasure Rumor At St. Joseph River Bank
Mishawaka report tells of Mrs. Lawrence Mix from Dowagine Michigan seeking buried Indian treasure linked to Chief Peashaway of the Pottawattamie. Heirs in England and America pursue the half a million Manns estate and a Maryland sine qua non. A January federal hearing in Washington will test claims.
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Lawrence Mix
Dowagine
Mich
St. Joseph River
Peashaway
Pottawattamie
Peaushaway
Mix
Michigan
Richmond
Henry Wickman
Ifans
America
England
London
House Heirs
Maryland
United States Court
Washington
House Association
Night of Fear in Cementville Ends with Warrants
Jeffersonville special reports a race riot in Cementville five miles north. Drunken Black residents attacked whites, looted Sam Kendall's saloon, and fired about twenty shots. Sheriff Rave resisted returning. warrants and deputy sheriffs were issued as Wendaill and Kendell fled and Mrs Kendell feared for her family.
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Jeffersonville
Cementville
Lee Ranger
John Redmond
Sam Kendall
Sheriff Rave
Rave
Wendaill
Campbell Furniture Company Robbery Mystery Unfolds
Shelbyville reports a bold Saturday noon robbery at the Charles Tf Campbell Furniture Company. Paymaster Thomas Campbell, nephew of President Campbell, had just retrieved nearly $1,000 for payroll and stored it in a roll top desk. The thief used a new chisel and an unseen second key to access the desk, with access points near the sidewalk and factory windows. President Campbell declined to comment.
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Shelbyville
Charles Tf. Campbell
Satchea
Campbell
County silk cocoons price law dispute heads to action
Tippecanoe County commissioners consider a resolution interpreting an 1875 statute authorizing payment of 15 cents per pound for silk cocoons and 2 cents per pound for reeled silk when cocoons or silk are produced within the county or state. The case centers on local versus state-raised silk and whether the county can set or enforce the rates.
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Posey
Owen
Pennsylvania
Tippecanoe County
Golden Eagle Killed on John Kennedy Farm Near Poland
A seven foot wingspan golden eagle was shot and killed on John Kennedy's farm near Poland this morning. The incident was reported in local notes. Police and wildlife officials might investigate the shooting.
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Brazil
John Kennedy
Poland
Drunk Laborer Arrested After Shopping Trip
John W. Carson a Greenfield laborer traveled to Indianapolis Saturday to buy Christmas presents and liquor. Sunday Pa patrolmen Mackessy and Fickle found him so intoxicated he could not stand even with assistance. He was arrested and restrained after an attempted boarding of a Greenfield interurban car.
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John W. Carson
Greenfield
Indianapolis
Mackessy
Carson
William Elrod Dies After Fall From Frightened Mule
Ridford special reports 14 year old William Elrod son of George Elrod died Sunday afternoon from injuries after being thrown from a mule. The animal frightened and jumped, causing him to tumble onto a barbed wire fence and fall onto him causing severe lacerations and internal injuries.
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Ridford
William Elrod
George Elrod
Smialboeu Tas Owas
Beets Seeded In County With Poor Returns
John C. Marion planted five acres to sugar beets and earned 74 dollars 57 cents from Walamazoo Beet Sugar Company. After expenses the profit was nine dollars forty three cents in loss, showing beet farming as a failure in the county.
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Winamade
John C. Marion
Walamazoo Beet Sugar Company
Two Orphan Boys Die After Eating Peach Seed Kernels
Vincennes report states Francis Schatz and William Craghan, aged orphans at Highland Home, died Monday night after consuming peach seed kernels. Both boys grew ill soon after and died before a physician could arrive.
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Vincennes
Francis Schatz
William Craghan
Highland Orphanage
Peterson takes child in Goshen kidnapping attempt
John Peterson, separated husband, abducted his 18 month old child from a Goshen home while the family was away. He overpowered the nurse and fled into the street. The father had recently pursued possession and police are actively seeking the child with no success yet.
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Goshen
John Peterson
Peterson
Carter couple marks 60 years in Seymour home
Mr and Mrs Travis Carter celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary at their Seymour residence on Monday. Both in their eighties, he born in the county and she a Tennessee native. They arrived in 1852. their house was Seymour’s second. Carter and his sons built many local homes and businesses. he now leads the Travis Carter Company and served as Seymour’s first postmaster.
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Seymour
Travis Carter
Travis Carter Company
Carter
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