Governor Aycock Fixes Day for Six Executions in N C
Raleigh reports Governor Aycock set Wednesday February 25 as the day for the six white men to be hanged in one day. Four to hang in Asheville for burglary, one in Wilson for assassination, and one in Lincolnton for burglary with a woman murdered and a child born with birth marks. Also notes farm elevator fire in Port Huron and Boer defeat in the Orange River Colony.
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Aycock
Raleigh
N. C
supreme court
Asheville
Emma
Wilson
Lincolnton
Chestnut Post Office Robbed of Money and Stamps
Reports say the Chestnut Illinois post office was robbed of cash and 225 dollars in stamps. King Edward has conferred the order of knight Grand Cross of the Bath on Marquis Ito. Andrew Carnegie offers 25000 dollars to Melrose Massachusetts for a library if the city funds its upkeep. A bill to reestablish the army footeen was introduced in Congress by Representative Kern of Illinois.
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Chestnut, Ill
Edward of
England
Bath
Marquis Ito
Andrew Carnegie
Melrose
Mass
Kern
Ilingis
Hold Up on Baltimore and Ohio Express Near Swanton
A bold hold up attempt on Baltimore and Ohio express No. 7 bound for Chicago occurred near Swanton on the Allegheny grade. Five men entered M. J. Sarsfield’s office, knocked him senseless with a padded club, then derailed a switch but air pressure prevented a crash. An armed posse pursued the bandits as shots were exchanged. Local officials and the Chicago run crew report no confirmation of the incident.
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Swanton
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio express tralin No
Chicago
Alleghenies
M. J. Sarsfield
armed express
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Chicago express
Desperate Lover Kills Woman Then Takes Own Life
West Winton Iowa Jan 7 Homer M Neff county surveyor shot and killed Miss Rose Falls wounded rival Emmett Sullivan then killed himself at a hotel Sullivan recovers Neff moved here recently had a troubled reputation The incident occurred as Sullivan called on Falls in the doorway Neff fired five shots two hit Falls in the head Sullivan in the face before Neff locked his room and killed himself
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West Winton
Homer M . Neff
Miss Rose Falls
Emmett Sullivan
Sullivan
Neff
Stamp Clerks Testify In Cuban Post Office Fraud Trials
In Havana the continuation of Cuban post office fraud trials reveals stamp clerks Moya and Rathbone admitting they received surcharged stamps from Neely and sold them, turning the money over. Reeves, deputy auditor W H Reeves, testifies about forged warrants and cashing claims, with his statements clashing previous testimony. Neely taunts Reeves amid questioning as the case proceeds.
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Neely
W. H. Reeves
Havana
Jan
post office
Audiencia court
Senores Lanuza
Desvomino
Estes G. Rathbone Moya
Mascara
Charles F. W. Neely
Moya
Reeves
sgard
post office department
Cuba
court of fret
Venezuelan Insurgent Libertador Lands Near Vela de Coro
Report from Willemstad says General Riera and insurgents who assembled there embarked on the steamer Libertador during the night and landed on the Venezuelan coast near Vela de Coro with arms and ammunition. It is alleged the Libertador captured the gunboat Zumbador, signaling from shore prior to arrival.
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Vela de Cora
Willemstad
Curacoa
Libertador
Riera
Vela de Coro
Murdered In Bed in Newark Hatchet Murder of Man by Common Law Wife
In Newark on January 6 Henderson Walker a 30 year old man at 16 Jay street was killed in his bed by his common law wife after a quarrel. The woman used a hatchet. The three children present, youngest 10 months, were in the room. Walker had lived with the woman off and on for about two years. Open-Air Treatment for Consumptives shows 67 percent efficacy at Rutland Massachusetts State Sanitarium. There was one death and improved outcomes higher than in prior years. Harold and Mrs. McCormick donate 3 1 million to establish Memorial Institute for Infectious Diseases in Chicago in memory of John Rockefeller McCormick who died of scarlet fever. Schley called on President in Washington, refused to discuss the talk. Edward Clark architect of Capitol died in Washington. Oliver A. Gilbert bank official died of smallpox in Susquehanna County.
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Newark
N. J
Henderson Walker
Jay street
Walker
Boston
Massachusetts State
Rutland
Chicago
Harold McCormick
Memorial Institute for Infectious Diseases
John Rockefeller McCormick
Penn Rail wage rise affects 30000 workers in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia reports Pennsylvan ia Railroad increases wages effective January 1 affecting train and yard crews. Engineers gain 29 cents per hour, firemen 18, conductors 24 to 25 cents, and brakemen 19 to 20 cents. The move follows wage comparisons across divisions and aims to equalize pay without mass reductions. Separate notices in Williamsport note a near ten percent rise. In Chester police seek two men and a woman in the murder of Samuel Venable, found shot in a marsh near Essington. letters and a card link suspects to the crime.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad company
Williamsport
Chester
Jan
Samuel Venable
water bureau
Essington
Venable
William 5S
Presser
Ovations to Liberty Bell through Cumberland Valley
Crowds from Harrisburg to Martinsburg greet the historic Liberty Bell as it travels through the Cumberland Valley stopping at Mechanicsburg Carlisle Newville Shippensburg Scotland Hagerstown and Shepherdstown with schoolchildren and officials in massed gatherings and speeches.
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Cumberland Valley
Luray
Harrisburg
Charleston
Mechanicsburg
Carlisle
Newville
Shippensburg
Scotland
Chambersburg
Greencastle
Hagerstown
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Charlestown
Berryville
Illinois
New Orleans
Illnois
Death by own action with gas at Miss Coggins studio
Miss Hannah H. Coggins, a Philadelphia connected artist, was found dead in her Fifth Avenue apartment with gas filling the rooms and a rubber tube bound to her lips by a white ribbon. Neighbors noted her morose demeanor and recent furniture and studio leave offers. reports say the death was self-inflicted. A brother is identified as Pascal H. Coggins of Philadelphia. The other items note Germany’s U S trade totals and a boilermakers strike at Chesapeake and Ohio shops.
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Miss Coggins
New York
Hannah H. Coggins
Philadelphia
Fifth avenue
South Twelfth street
Boy Dies After Fall at Theater in Shenendeeh
In Shenendeeh Pa a 14 year old, Robert Becker, an employee of Ferguson Theatre, fell 30 feet to the stage floor at noon yesterday and was killed instantly. Gust Radtke of Laporte Ind after quarrel with family saturated his clothes with kerosene and ignited them. others put out the flames but he is expected to die.
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Laporte
Ind
Gust Radtke
Radtke
Shenendeeh Pa
Robert Becker
yeas
Ferguson Theatre
Chinese Bill Aims at Perpetual Exclusion Across Ports
Washington Jan 7 the Pacific coast delegation reported a sweeping immigration bill for introduction in both houses. It bars all Chinese not US citizens or not under existing treaty terms, imposes transport company liability, and requires certificates with photos for laborers. Only certain classes may enter at designated ports.
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Pacific
United States
China
gesstela
frau
clera
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Port Townsend
Wash
Portland
Ore
Boston
New York
New Orleans
Honolulu
San Juan
Manila
secretary of the treasury
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
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