Tragedy Sees Three Die In Feud Shootout In Frankfort
In Frankfort Kentucky at around 1 pm on a Tuesday a feud ends in a mass shooting. Ex congressman David Colson and Stuart Ethelbert Scott were among principals. Bentt Tubher Wo Demarrec and Charles Julian were killed or wounded. Capt Bob Gelden survived. Colson was wounded. others fled or were injured. The scene was the Capitol hotel area with police involvement and subsequent surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
David G. Colson
Middleboro
Stewt
Ethelbert Scott
Somerset
Bentt
Colson
Tubher Wo Demarrec
Shelbyville
Charhks Julian
Stannder
Woo
Ohteare
Scott
Aitibet
Colean
Wittesses
Hoefer
Cielonel Cotean
Judan
Colton
Williams
Aid Jathem
Lomath Shetty Feother
Taya Fergyy
Poot Republican
Peertcocas
Heavy fighting reported near Springsfield in Natal
London dispatch states heavy bombardment heard yesterday to the north as Boers contest General Buller's Tugela advance. Lively firing described as the heaviest yet heard in Natal with litzers evidently busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pietermaritzburg
Sprinefheld
Math
Turslay
Buller
Natal
Boers Repulsed at Rensberg Hill by Yorkshires and New Zealanders
At Rensberg in Cape Colony, January, Boers made a bayonet assault on a hill held by the Yorkshires and New Zealanders. Captain Maddocks led a small party over the wall, causing the Boers to flee under heavy fire. Twenty-one Boers died and about fifty were wounded as they retreated to kopjes below the heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensberg
Cape Colony
Jan. Ws
Maddocks
Rough Riders for Boers
John G. Maher a Chadron Nebraska cattleman says he has raised a regiment of 1000 cow punchers and plainsmen to go to South Africa to assist the Boers. Transportation costs are pledged at 200 dollars per man with funds raised in New York Chicago and Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
South Africa
Minneapolis
Minn
John G. Maher
Chadron
Nebr
Chicago
New York
Omaha
Transvaal
Reports from Luzon Gen Otis dispatch on battles and movements
Washington specials detail Gen Otis’s Manila report on actions in Luzon. Insurgents retreat south as Col Hayes's Fourth Cavalry and Col Anderson's Thirty eighth Infantry take Talisay and Lipa. Cheatham’s Thirty-seventh Battalion disperses rebels near San Pedro. Twenty Spanish prisoners released, twenty captured. casualties minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
John Co. Hittel
Lake Taat
Hayes
Cavairy
Tapa
Anderson
Talisuvy
Cheatham
Alumtinos
Third Cavalry
Hhree
Omar San Pernamade de Lounten Andanicery
Washington
Otis
Asmileles
Thal
Bebwanis
Tomar Patanges
Sinto Temas
Salt Pablo
Lipa
Cavite
Dal Patanga
Plague Ravages Honolulu Amid Chinese Quarantine
Reports from Honolulu detail twenty two plague cases and seven deaths. Outlying districts show cavalry patrols and restricted movement as the city fights the outbreak. Cases are mostly among Chinese residents with limited spread to Japanese and native Hawaiian communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hereate
San Franciscn Cah
United States
Honolulu
A Preacher Goes Mad in South Carolina Tragedy
Columbia reports Rev. Al Mc Swain Attaway a Pickens Methodist minister succumbed to madness after the death of his son. He attacked animals and his wife in a deranged frenzy before collapsing and dying of heart disease, while a daughter failed to kill him with a carving knife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
al McSwain Attaway
Pickens
Deadly hurricane claims 171 lives in Japanese coast disaster
Victoria B C reports advices from the steamship Empress of Japan describe a fierce December 2 storm along the Japanese coast. Thirty five junks were lost while being towed from Osaka to Kobe and 171 persons perished in a tidal wave that followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Empress of Japan
Osaka
Kobe
Bishop Joseph Rademacher Dies After Illness
Fr Wayne reports Bishop Joseph Rademacher died at 11 20 Friday morning after a week long illness. The bishop will be buried in the cathedral here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mickop Rademacher
Wayne
Joseph Rademacher
Martina Re-Elected Dem State Chair in Indianapolis
The Democratic State committee met in Indianapolis on Wednesday and re-elected Parks M. Martin as chairman by acclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martina
Democratic State Committee
Indianapolis
Parks M. Martin
Senate and House debates on trusts and Philippine policy
The 20th Congress labors with minor business and eulogies before resuming debate on Philippine policy and curbing trusts. Pettigrew attacks administration, Wolcott cites Beveridge, West defends free speech amid calls to hold crucial expansion and currency measures. Senate/House clash over Paris treaty implications and cost of imperial duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Lfe
Representative Greene
Nebraska
Senate
Hobart
Butler
Allen
Pettigrew
United States
McKinley
Stewart
Tndianapolis
District of Columbia
June W. Gale
Kentucky
Cannon
Clark
N. Y
Great Britain
Great Lakes
Wyatt Wale -Stehiy Weresting
Pettistew
Wolcott
Colorado
Beveridge
South Dakota
Preswe
Indiana
Luzon
God
Port Arthur
Richardson
Secretary of the Treasury
New York Custom House
Gage
Dem
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Cueba
Philippines
West
Senate of the
Russian corruption and Siberian railway troubles
Washington reports a Vladivostock translation on the Trans Siberian Railway noting cheap construction, light rails, steep grades, and crossings in poor condition. The piece says trains run at low speeds with limited daily service and dangerous routes due to weak rail and heavy engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Greeser
Vladivostock
State Department
Trans-Baikal
Siberian
Dowie Loses Voice During Zion Plans Sermon
Chicago healer John Alexander Dowie could only emit a husky wheeze as he attempted to read plans for the City of Zion near Waukegan. Audience members recalled Dowie once silencing Moody and prayed for his own voice, with observers fearing the loss may be permanent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Zion
Waukegan
Dowie
Zion Tabernacle
Mr. Moody
The Eye of God and Man Aims for the Soul
A sermon extols the human eye as divine marvel and compares it with God’s omniscient gaze. It praises eye power, tear symbolism, and the eye’s role in insight, conscience, and salvation, recounting anecdotes from history to bless sight and spiritual perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
God Ein
Arctic
Gulf
Adrian
Havelock
India
Danopur
Nana Sahib
Cawnpur
France
Paris
Bound Brook
God
Doctors In The Way Of School Reform
Reformers recount early steps against entrenched ignorance and prejudice. A speaker recalls accusing Allen Street School of rat infestations and planning a staged exhibit. The city hall reform movement then swept in, with later calls for trained eye examinations and better classroom seating to protect pupil learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Street
Board of Estimate
Slavery Provision in Philippine Treaty Draws Praise
A New York Sun correspondent reports Gen Bates's mission to the Sulu Islands where a slavery clause in the treaty allows slaves to buy freedom for up to $50. Moros resist the price, arguing market value is lower, while the article notes the provision as a jewel and a diplomatic success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Philippines
Gen. Bates
Sulu Islands
Bates
Springfield Republican
What You Know Prisoner Sentenced After Court Exchange
A man brought before a judge repeatedly replies with What you know. The judge, after asking for a defense, sentences him to six months hard labor and orders removal, the prisoner asking what for while the court roars with laughter.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Old Kentucky
Kuller
Tugela River
Kenabeorg
Lake Taal
Schwan
Wheaton
Gen. Oak
South Carolina
Great Siberian Railway
Tur Aah
Gen
Lord Roberts
Heavies Wenn Eee
St. Frotobert
Katrina
Jacob A. Ries
Atlantic
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!