Gillham murderers arrested and other early 20th century items
Gillham murderers arrested. two men John Brown and EC Wryatt in Edwardsville jail after a confession implicating George Starkey, to be arrested at St. Joseph. Coke strike widens. miners idle except at W. J. Raney’s works, with labor officials predicting joining strike within a day. Masquerade panic in Michigan. a boy with a tiger attacked, causing fires and injuries. Osceola Abandoned. Republicans praised Oglesby votes, with Palmer and Steele receiving votes. A Union Pacific engine derailment in Omaha injures several, including a machinist and a bystander.
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Gillham
Hibernians Deny Murky Death Threats Alarm in Girardville
Feb 12 report from Girardville Schuylkill County notes a special Hibernians meeting to rebuke threatening circulars alleged to come from unknown sources. The group offers a $1,503 reward for information leading to arrests, urges postmaster and press cooperation, and requests federal secret service aid. Separate Schuylkill County items describe multiple footpad robberies in Pottsville area, including incidents against Mrs. Evans and John Kline, with one robbery succeeding and a third man robbed of 29 dollars near St. Clair. General context reflects local fear and police efforts to identify culprits.
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Canary Bouns
Hiberniams
Sumerucs
Mfullie Maguires
Girardville
Creatal
Ats Ames
Cithtess
Hibernians
Eberle
Sehuy Kill
Schuylkill County
Potesville
Evans
John Kline
Schuylkill Haven
Kline
Dennis Carroll
Beachwood
St. Clair
Carroll
Mr. Carroll
John T. Carroll
Cheyenne Ledger
James Carroll
Cathedral
Philadelphia
Blaine denies Canada reciprocity letter claim
Blaine sharply rejected a Canadian telegram claim that he wrote a letter to Hon Wilfred Laurier proposing reciprocity with Canada. He said no such letter exists and he has written no letters on reciprocity with Canada since becoming secretary of state.
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Blaine
Walmiscox
Canada
Wilfed Laurier
Liberal Party
Lau-rier
JG. Baker
Fashion Plate Plan for National Exchange Creates Circulation
A proposed fashion plate venture aims to circulate as the official organ of a national exchange. The plan, backed by merchants and the Washington finance committee, would feature rural fashion designs and be distributed in New York. The convention ended with a banquet.
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Washington
Nattung Exetucsse
Auspiors
Wewders
Exchange
New York
Capsize of Bark Brace at Bayonne Dock
The bark Brace capsized near the Standard Oil dock in Bayonne while being towed for loading. Unexplained carelessness caused the vessel to tilt and sink, dragging a tire tag. Survivors were rescued by tugboats and nearby crews. Walter H Wilson aided in the rescue. About sixteen or more men aboard were feared saved.
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E Teebour
New York
Bayonne
Tide Water Dock
No. 3
Standard Oil Campany
Doe
Ibis
Walter H Wilson
Whisky Trust Chief Arrested in Chicago Plot to Blow Distilleries
George J. Grteon secretary of a major whisky trust was arrested at the Grand Pacte hotel on charges of conspiring to destroy distilleries not owned by the trust. The plot involved bribing a government inspector to blow up the Shafeldt distillery, with details of an infernal machine and large payouts.
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George J. Grteon
Great Whisky Trust
Grand Pacte Hotel
Gibson
Peoria
Shufeludt
Kunze
Exonia
Gilson
T. S. Dewar
Sehnfeldt
Hart
Internal Revenue Department
Dewar
Schafeldt
A. Hart
Afr. Gibson
T.S. Dewar
Hire
Chicago
Belige
Jacey Devas
Who Trust
Ibson
Nelson Morris
Packer
Heiress Drexel becomes Sister Mary Katharine in Philadelphia
Aliss Kate Drexel, Philadelphia heiress, retires from worldly life and takes irrevocable vows to become Sister Mary Katharine, mother superior of the Sistery of the Blessed Sacrament. Archbishop Ryan receives vows as ill relatives cannot attend. Nearby reports note the presence of Catholic dignitaries and the absence of Miss Drexel’s sister in Florida.
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Prinsters
Aliss
Kate Drexel
Philadelphia
Mary Katharine
Sistery of the Blessed Sacrament
Miss Drexel
Drexel
Florida
Archbishop Ryan
General Sherman Nearing End Amid Hopeful Telegrams
The Civil War era piece reports Gen. Sherman’s precarious condition with fluctuating consciousness and moments of recognition. Close relatives and prominent figures visit as telegrams from President Hosmer and Gen. Ewing indicate renewed hope, though doctors warn against expecting improvement within 24 hours.
Shot Husband Kills Wife Accidental Neck Wound in Foxville
Mrs. David Brown of Foxville, in this county, was accidentally shot in the neck by her husband after reporting a possible intruder at the cennery. He fetched his revolver, returned and heard a noise, and fired, injuring her seriously. Dr. Buhrman examined but did not extract. In a related event, George Mantz, son of Peter Mantz, suffered a severe foot wound in the Baltimore and Ohio yard in Hagerstown when a knife toppled from a table during lamp work, but arteries were spared and recovery expected.
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Barglars
Mais
Ewing Bros
AitGamab
Werts
Hynor
Barrett
Bis Newark
Abbott
Assemblymit Hardin
Newark
de Alexander
Senerad
Carl Schurz
Charles H.T. Collig
Sherman
T. de Witt Talmage
R. Talmage
Tabnase
Hopig
Poe
David Brown
Foxville
Buhrman
Brown
George Mantz
Peter Mantz
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Hagerstown
Wm. Gates
Edward Gates
Gates
Mantz
Frederick
Destructive arrest after Malicious property charge
Constable Brengie arrested Charles Danner of this city and brought him before Magistrate Wilson on a charge of malicious destruction of property. He was committed to jail for a hearing on Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
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Brengie
Charles Danner
Wilson
Baltimore News Briefs from Maryland Newsmaker Circle
A rounded Maryland summary notes death of Capt. Hiram Woodward at 87, local court appeals in Hagerstown, and new street opening in Washington County. It lists shipping and coal shipments data for the week and year, plus civic notes from Baltimore and surrounding counties.
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Elousi
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Dariness
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Lov
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Robert D. Thorura
Medi
Ainet
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Alvey
Hagerstown
Syester
Hiram Woolward
Popular Springs
Howard County
James H. Plummer
The
Kent News
Chestertown
Morriss
Baltimore Y. AL. C.A
Virginia
Baltimore Board of Trade
Lyon Raven Roads
Associate Reformed Church
Baltimore
North German-Lloydstesmship Saller
Bremen
New York
Pocomoke
Eastern Shore Steamboat Company
Wilmington
Robert Gunning
Northern Central Railroad
Gunpowder
Phenix
British Crown
Baltimore Storage and Lighterage Company
Aushering
Tuwers
Pikesville
Garrison Forest Grange
Outerbridge Neal
Ciitizen
Dorchester County
Town Point Neck
Samuel Hamilton Caughy
Noah Walker Caughy
Noah Walter
Poplar Springs
Washington County
George F. Burkhart
Burkhart
Joshua Thomas
Joseph A. Wilson
Edward Howard
Fighle
Crisfield Harbor
Potomac
Tangier Sound
Lumberland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Field's Minstrels open Burlington opera house season
Amusement notes say Al G Field's Minstrels drew large audiences at the Howard opera house. Improvements praised include a filled dress circle and new electric lighting on the fire escape. The program featured Mississippi levee scenes, dancing, jokes, and unusual acts, with high audience praise and a schedule showing an upcoming Burlington appearance on March 23.
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Howard Opera Hone
al. G. Field
General Congent
Burlington
Mississippi Levee
R. E. Lee
Billy van
Rulash Vasileax
Cradoc
Morrissey Brothers
Eduard Estus
Mignani
City Opera House
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