Vaillant Executed Calmly After Paris Bombing
August Vaillant, the anarchist who bombed the Chamber of Deputies on December 9, was executed at La Roquette prison in Paris at 7 30 this morning. He faced death without fear, rejected chaplain aid, and declared devotion to anarchy as crowds gathered despite rain and police barricades.
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Vaillant
la Roquette
Garde Republicaine
Place de la Roquette
Ace Republicaines Aeree
War Escriptions
Gardes Republicaines
Brun
L’espinasse
Horoch
Leygonie
Assize Court
Ree
Cas
Pili
Gardes
Vaillant Executed by Guillotine Before Surging Crowd
The Anarchist Vaillant faced the guillotine at Ivry in a swift, public execution. Diebler’s assistants strapped him to the bascule, the knife fell, and Vaillant’s head was severed. Guards moved the body to the Turnip Field cemetery and the medical faculty for dissection, as spectators watched in masked dress and reported condolences for the condemned man’s daughter Sidonie.
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Vaillant
Madame Marchal
Bidanie
Jant
Gardes Republicaines
M. Diebler
Vaillantap
Diebler
Ivry
Sidonie
Carnot
Vaillant Executed for Chamber Bombing in France
The December 9 date bombing in the Chamber of Deputies left about fifty people injured including Abbe Lemire and Count de Lanjunais. Vaillant was captured inside the building after the blast and later confessed his plan to strike the President’s table. He was convicted on January 10 and sentenced to death. The President denied clemency after appeals and a new trial request was refused.
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Vaillant
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Valliant
Abbe Lemire
Count de Lanjunais
Carvot
Us Committee
Court of Cassa’ Pon,o
Car Horse Falls Into City Trench Blockade
A horse pulling a car fell into a trench at Sixth and Chestnut streets during conduit work by the Edison Electric Light Company. The incident halted traffic for over an hour and endangered several workers before the horse and carriage were rescued amid a crowd offering unloading and extrication suggestions.
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Sixth
Chestnut Streets
Edison Electric Light Company
State Notes and Local Appointments in Easton and Pittsburgh
Mise L May Wilson receives notice of appointment as stamp agent at Easton from Grant Herring the new Revenue Collector for the district. B Heckert a York Daily compositor injures back and chest in a press room accident. Charlies J Detters and Walter Graham of Philadelphia travel to Pittsburg to arrange entertainment for the Philadelphia Fests during the national G A R encampment next September. Owe to the cevip of the Afth and sixth life of the Mine mai Sesame oe as.
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Mise
L. May Wilson
Jerome Wilson
Easton
Grant Herring
New Cross Revenue
Heckert
York Daily
Charlies J. Detters
Walter Graham
Philadelphia
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Pittsburg
Policeman Lanahan Kills Wife Then Takes Own Life
A Philadelphia officer Alfred Lanahan shot his wife in their Merion avenue home after repeated beatings and then killed himself in a William Rogers stable on Lancaster avenue. Children witnessed the scene as police found Mrs Lanahan battered and a two month old baby in the house.
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Alfred Lanahan
Twenty-ninth
William Rogers
Lancaster Avenue
Lanahan
Reese
Forty-eighth Street
Leonard Wills
Lanathan
Albert Smith
Merion Avenue
Mrs. Lanahan
Smith
Cyclone Roars Through North Alabama Causing Multiple Deaths
In Birmingham area storms wrecked homes on North Birmingham with a dozen houses blown down. Railroad foreman James Smith died when his roof collapsed. East Lake depots and homes were destroyed while Gate City suffered extensive damage to churches and houses. Several fatalities include Mrs. R K Pritchard and Williams plus others injured as timber and debris blocked rail lines.
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Birmingham
North Alabama
North Birmingham
James Smith
East Lake
Gate City
Congregational Church
Christian Endeavor Society
RK. H. Pritchard
Alabama
Rolling Milla
Ironton
Ohio
Williams
James Milla
Charles Olson
James Hartshorn
Big Fire Destroys Savannah Grocery Building
A blaze began at 10 AM in the guanoc warehouse of Wilcox Gibbe & Co and quickly engulfed the Savannah Grocery Company six story brick building. The store, valued at about $180,000 with $190,000 insurance, burned out. nearby Ferst’s wholesale grocery and other structures also sustained losses cited as $120,000 with $125,000 insurance.
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Wilcox, Gibbe & Co
Savannah Grocery Company
Ferst
Belones
Wilcox
Una
William Filton
Arthur Sremsom
Ai Bert Sudh
McKane Cross-Examined As Trial Proceeded In Court
The McKane cross examination resumed in Judge Bartletts Court on February 6. General Tracy exposed inconsistencies in McKanes prior statements and highlighted affidavits that challenged Colonel Bacons party claims of mob intimidation and weapons. McKane admitted signatures but disputed firsthand knowledge of revolvers or canes.
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Enooatiyn
John Y. McKane
Bartlett
Mr. Tracy
McKane
Tracy
Colonel Bacon
Bacon
General Tracy
Daviion
Mc Kane
Norcross Attacks Pattison at Lecture in Carlisle
Rev. Dr. George Norcross of Second Presbyterian Church delivered his tenth lecture to the Patriotic Order Sons of America in Carlisle and attacked Governor Pattison over his relations with the Romish Church and public schools. Norcross urged a political rebuke at the polls, warning the governor has become a tool of priests and a threat to American Christian statesmanship.
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Carlisle
George Norcross
Second Presbyterian Church
Patriotic Order Sons of America
Pattison
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
America
Inquisition
Satolll
Pinkie Nes
Pactioon
Patriotic Order
Lone
Annie Pixley's Death Sparks New Poisoning Claims
New York report claims Auntie Pixley's death in London on November 8 was linked to poisoning. Robert J. Haire, counsel for Mrs. Pixley, alleges her husband Robert Fulford manipulated the estate, disposed of her mortgages, and split a will gifting most assets to her mother.
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New York
Pixley
London
Robert J. Haire
Robert Fulford
Fulford
Tragedy in Elevator Ends Life of Insurance Leader
Chattanooga report says J B Wert a noted insurance man and church figure was shot by G N Henson president of Citizens Bank as an elevator reached ground floor. Wert died from a second shot. Henson’s estranged wife was cited in prior divorce actions. A passing woman fainted and is in dangerous condition.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
J B. Wert
G. N. Henson
Citizens’ Bank and Trust Company
Wert
Henson
Richardson
Retirement and legal notes hit a busy docket
The piece notes Captain Joshua A. Fessenden of Fifth Artillery retired. A Kentucky judicial district split advances. Portamouth salutes Trinidad arrival. Ford Theatre Gidaster indictment likely. Grand jury probes Irenestes. James Anderson, youth messenger, discharges thefts totaling 384. Treasury Chief Clerk Dwight Moody and J D Sankey to sing in Sato hto morrow. U S Senators and judges retirement bills feature in the session.
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Joshua A. Fessenden
Fifth Artillery
House Committee On the
jJudiciary
Kentucky
Navy Department
United States
Trinidad
Ford Theatre
Irenestes
Lue
James Anderson
Oy Vaulla
David T. Jones
Lilinota
A Sorien Sutes
The
Treasury
Wasngnen
Rentarée
E Bad Ooupee Ube
Sines
Dwight L. Moody
J . D. Sankey
Evan Singer
Satoh To-Morrow
R Oder
Mr. Bankey
York
Mt Paw
Lambertville Dealer Dies on Street in New Hope Area
An elderly plant and fruit dealer from New Hope, Pennsylvania, collapsed and died on a street in Lambertville. The incident occurred near Cheries Up dyke, opposite the city, with the deceased reported to be 67 years old. Police and local officials commenced preliminary inquiries into the death.
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Pecia
Teleeram
Tus Tres Lambertville
Cheries Updyke
New Hope
Wisester
Hea Sizeane
Held for matricide in death of Maria Hill by broom strike
Coroner's inquiry into the death of Sarah Elisabeth Hill at 987 Lombard Street concludes she died from brain hemorrhage after being struck on the head with a broom by her son Henry Hill aged 2. He is held to answer matri cide and committed to Moyamensing Prison awaiting grand jury action.
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Ashbridge
Sarah Elisabeth Hill
Lombard Street
Henry Hill
Jennie Hill
Sidebothham
Kripp
Young Hill
Hill
Moyamensing
Chief Coiner Steel Resigns from Philadelphia Mint
The resignation of Chief Coiner Steel of the Philadelphia Mint was received by the Secretary of the Treasury in Washington. After thirty years of service, no charges were made, and it is believed Philadelphia appointments may follow soon with a broad reshuffle.
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Washington
Steel
Philadelphia
Secretary of the Treasury
Cariisie
Conner Steel
Fight in a Doctor's Office in Mifflinburg
February 5 report of Dr Oliver Pellman dentist and Dr Nevin Pontius clashing in Pellmans office. Pontius attacked with a blackjack and Pellman used a knife in defense. Both men suffered injuries. Pontius arrested and to appear in court.
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Mifflinccnne
Oliver Pellman
Nevin Pontius
Pontius
Mifflinburg
Colorado
Pelimap
Fighting on Sierra Leone frontier between British and French
A Sierra Leone dispatch reports renewed clashes on the colony frontier with British frontier police under fire from French native troops in the Sofa country. Casualties include one French soldier and one native police officer killed in the ensuing engagement.
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Sierra Leone
Liverprop
Sofa
Unclear Rio insurgents may plan attack on city
Dispatch from Minister Thompson at Rio awaited by the State Department with no details released. Navy Department reports nothing to disclose. Belief persists that Rio de Janeiro insurgents are preparing for an attack on the city.
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Washington
State Department
Thompson
Rio
Navy Department
Hamburg American and North German Lloyd Merge Atlantic Service
The Hamburg American Line and the North German Lloyd announce their amalgamation affecting the Mediterranean service and the entire North Atlantic trade. Other continental lines reportedly join in on parts of the traffic.
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London
Associated Press
Lloyd
Mediterranean
Police to Heaven Comment Sparks Tower Hill Meeting
Lorpon reports at a February Tower Hill gathering that Williams leader of the Saturday labor demonstration threatened violence. He warned the unemployed would retaliate by using chemicals and sending the police to heaven via chemical parcel post.
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Heaven
Lorpon
Tower Hill
Williams
Trial of Stokes suit against Mackay and De Castro opens
New York February 6 The second trial of Edward A Stokes v Mackay and De Castro began before Justice Patterson. On the former trial the verdict was set aside by the Court of Appeals which ordered a new trial.
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Mackay
de Castro
New York
Edward 8
Stokes
John W. Mackay
Hector de Castro
Patterson
Sufoe Court
E Court of Peals
Battle of Flowers Floats Capture City Display
Spectators praised a magnificent display as the Lawn Tennis Club car led the procession with abundant flowers showered over it. The event featured numerous participants and the crowd enjoyed a festive atmosphere despite garbled OCR text.
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Nrom
Lawn Tennis Club
Man Pleads to Murder in Case Tied to Gilmore
William Chute, a colored man, pleaded to murder in the second degree and was sentenced to ninety nine years in the penitentiary. The charges stem from a shooting that killed Joseph Gilmore at 73 North Thirteenth street on October last.
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St. Louis
Wiliam Chute
Joseph Gilmore
North Thirteenth Street
Day
Weather forecast for mid-Atlantic Tuesday
Forecast for Tuesday covers Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware and Maryland with fair skies and rising temperatures. Winds shift to variable.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
City Notes Appointment and Pension Allocations
Christopher Fuhrman of the Thirty-Fifth ward is named bank clerk for the Controller's office. Pension Agent Bielmire started pensions for the sixty-first quarter, distributing funds totaling $290000 to naval veterans and related allocations.
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Christopher Fuhrman
Bbelmire
Hoy
Kentucky Street Duel Ends in Captain Bowmar's Death
In Mount Sterling, Kentucky Captain J. T. Bowmar and Henry Clay Turner fought a deadly duel in front of the court house after threats over Bowmar's wife. Fifteen shots fired. Bowmar died soon after. Turner and his party were arrested. Bowmar's companions wounded Thomas Blair. Turner claimed self defense. Bowmar and wife separation cited as motive. Both men were well known in Morgan county.
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Turner
Thomas Blair
Bowmar
Bruce Turner
James
Mount Sterling
Morgan County
Court House
Captain Bowmar
H. Clay Turner
Their Sister Avenged Banner Slayings Shake Alabama Town
R C Ross cashier of the Bank of Scottsboro was shot dead at Stevenson Alabama by four Skelton brothers from Scottsboro. John Skelton is believed to have fired the fatal buckshot blast while F D Bloodworth was wounded. The incident follows rumors of a seduction accusation against Ross and involves prominent local families amid high tension in Jackson County.
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R. C. Ross
Bank of Scottsboro
Stevenson
Ala
Bob
Tot
John
Jim Skelton
Scottsboro
John Skelton
F. D. Bloodworth
Annie Skelton
Ross
Skelton
Jackson County
Ex-President Harrison to Wed Mrs. Stanford at Palo Alto
The Daily Evening Democrat reports a reliable source says Benjamin Harrison and Mrs. Stanford widow of Leland Stanford will marry soon at Palo Alto. Harrison plans to lecture at Stanford University before the ceremony. The Stanford fortune is estimated at about 20 million dollars.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Daily Evening Democrat
Democrat
Benjamin Harrison
Stanford
Leland Stanford
California
United States
Palo Alto
Indianapolis
Stanford University
Harrison
Harrisons
Stanfords
Rumor About Harrison Marriage Refuted
A family member of ex President Harrison said there is no foundation to rumors that he will marry Mia Leland Stanford. The statement was issued tonight in Washington.
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Lydptanapolis
Harrison
Mia
Leland Stanford
Coburg Succession Sparks Debate In Reichstag
In Berlin February the National Liberal Herr Friedburg pressed the government on Coburg succession. Friedburg argued the Duke of Coburg should renounce British nationality as dual sovereignty conflicted with German national policy. Chancellor von Schoenborn replied that Coburg’s sovereignty remains with Saxony and excludes external state dependence.
Cold Wave Grips Pottsville Area in Record Freeze
February 6 reports Schuylkill county residents enduring the coldest spell in years. A frigid wave hits the anthracite region with Pottsville recording subzero temperatures and nearby areas registering even lower readings.
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T & Try
Pottsville
Schaylkill County
Meeen
Bargains in Merchant Tailoring for Fifteen Dollars
Perry and Co advertises imported goods and a bull made to order for fifteen dollars. Displays many patterns once sold at higher prices, now available in the fifteen dollar range at 1690 Chesterton? Gl o es.
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Bull
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