Fruit of the Gallows in Newberry and Nearby Murders
Reports from Spartanburg Pickens and Anderson detail executions for murder and infanticide. John Williams hanged for fatally wounding Mayor J. A. Henneman. Mildrey Brown, a 15-year-old girl, convicted in infant death case. Anna Tridle hanged for infant murder. Tom Brock executed for a 1892 murder. William Wilson hanged for wife murder in Anderson.
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Josn Williams
Henneman
Sle
Here
Asheville
John Williams
Lenneman
Williams
Lleunemar
Ile
Supreme Cour
Wvams
Cilman
W. C. Carpenter
Godey
Newbrerryy
Anna Triddle
Pickens
Tom Brock
Jerry Hughes
Brock
Viay
Easley
Andy Carson
Carson
Hughes
Death of boxer after knockout at Memphis club fight
Dick Nolan of Birmingham Alabama died from brain concussion twenty four hours after a knockout by Jack Davis in a private Memphis Young Men's Athletic Club bout. Davis jailed on murder charges. club head Dr Porter did not attend. The event shocks a large athletic organization and draws police attention.
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Minois
Dick Nolan
Birmingham
Ala
Jack Davis
Young Men’s Athletic Club
Davis
Nolan
Memphis
Cub
W. Williams
Mike Conley
Iunaca
Bob Lee
Jee
Judge Dubose
Dr. Porter
Torriffe Storms in Mexico Causing Wide Coast Damage
A severe storm along Mexico's eastern coast from Tampico to Vera Cruz caused major property damage. The Vera Cruz rail line suffered landslides and track loss, Salta Barianca was hit by a cyclone destroying forty houses and injuring several people with one death reported. Further deaths not confirmed.
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Mexico
City of Mexico
Republic
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Salta Barianca
Policy of the Republican Party and the McKinley Bill Split
The 1881 Garfield era letter from Wayne MacVeagh argues the Republican program of tariff bounties and currency protections harms labor, invokes dangers of pensions and immigration, and urges support for Cleveland over McKinley. It condemns force and McKinley bills as reckless and warns of political corruption tied to taxation.
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Philadelphia
Wayne MacVeagh
United States
Garfield
Grover Cleveland
John W. Carter
Massachusetts Reform Club
Boston
Pias
Cleveland
Harrison
Alexander Hamilton
Henry Clay
Democratic Party
Republican Party
House of Representatives
McKinoley
Indiana
Louis
Congress
Lee
Maine
Vermont
Democrats Call for Contributions for Campaign Fight
The Democratic National Committee urges funds to spread their doctrine, expose fraud at polls, and ensure honest ballots nationwide. They pledge to prosecute ballot crimes and back Cleveland Stevenson while noting nationwide optimism and a push to mobilize voters.
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New York
Democratic National Committee
The
United Sines
Congress
Republican Party
Friends of Foads
United States
Minneapolis
Cleveland
Stevenson
Fy Harniry
Wreck Kills U.S. Senator's Son Near Gypsum City
C Pelfer eldest son of United States Senator Pelfer was killed in a Missouri Pacific freight wreck near Gypsum City Kansas. The bridge burned and eleven freight cars piled on the engine. The engineer Deffer and his fireman died in the blaze. He was 33, a local resident leaving a wife and three children. Senator Pelfer notified and arrived in Kansas City this afternoon.
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Council Grove
Kan
C. Pelfer
United States
Pelfer
Missouri Pacific
Gypsum City
Veffer
Deffer
Iis
Senator Ester
Kansas City
Cheers for Cleveland in New York Parade Welcome
Grover Cleveland was greeted with loud cheers in Manhattan as he left the Madison Square reviewing stand and walked to the Ith Avenue hotel for a Peshbody Educational Fund trustees meeting. Crowds along the route and in windows and on rooftops joined the ovation, and Chief Justice Fuller and ex-Senator William M. SwartS were among the greeted observers at the hotel.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
Madison Square
Ith Avenue Hotel
Peshbody Educational Fund
Cleveland
Justice Fuller
William M. Sswarts
Murder at Davis's Ferry Ends in Lynching
In Monroe county near the Wilcox line a man Richard L. Johnson and his daughter Grace were killed and the house burned. An axe with blood was found at Burrill Jones’ home, and three Jones family members are prisoners. Four accused youths confessed to rape and robbery but were seized by mobs and shot to death six miles east of the Alabama River.
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Hell
Lill
Wilson
Anderson County
Weaver
Memphis
Avlanche
Nashville
Tenn
Pulaski
Giles
Ife
State Democratic Committee
Vulaski
Moonile
Richard L. Johnson
Davis's Ferry
Monroe County
Wilcox County
Johnson
Burrill Jones
Jones
Moses
Twe
Massachusetts
Grace
Chapin
New York City
Montgomery
Ala
Richard Johnson
Bell's Landing
Monroeville
Alabama
Three Men Killed In Bennettsville Rail Accident
Three railroad workers were killed and three wounded when a Charlier and Northern engine derailed near Bennettsville South Carolina. The wreck occurred after a box car jumped the track while moving two cars to Breeden's Siding. The dead are Boyd Farley Jim Mitchell and Charlie Owen. Wounded are W D Volk An wen Whitsted and Powell. Coroner held an inquest. engineer J A Stroud not blamed.
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Bennettsville
S. C
Charlier and Northern Railroad
J. A. Stroud
Breeden
Lown
Han
Boyd Farley
Jin Mitchell
Charle Owen
Cape Fear
Yadkin Valley
Charleston
Sumter
Northno
My W. DD. Volk
Unter
Anwen Whitsted
Powell
Ife
Stroud
Fort Cnafna
Northern
State
Fusion Effort Dominates Topeka Democratic State Convention
In Topeka Kansas on October 7 fusion Democrats met amid Republican misgivings and Populist backing. The convention debated bolter sentiment and whether to run a straight Democratic ticket for state offices while a central committee was elected. A fund of 9500 was raised for national Democratic headquarters.
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Topeka
Kas
Boltine Democrats
Kansas
Toy
Peoples Party
Democratic State Committee
Elain
Editoy Hemocrat
Icid
Te Fusion Tehet
National Democratic
Wall
Delamater Convicted In Embezzlement Case
Delamater found guilty on one count in the embezzlement case linked to the Delamater Banking Company collapse of December 1890. Jury acquitted co defendants. defense to seek a new trial and challenge the 1889 act. Delamater previously long served as State Senator and 1899 Republican nominee for governor.
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Delamater
Pirrsnura
Chronicle-Telegraph
Meadville
Geo
Wallace Delamater
Robert Js. Pattison
Delamater Banking Company
Democratic National Committee Note on Cleveland Letter
The Democratic National Committee receives a Bloomington letter dated October 3 1892 from Wm F Harzity praising President Cleveland's acceptance and currency policy. The writer endorses Cleveland and pledges cooperation if elected to implement the letter's views.
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Adlal
New York
Democratic National
Bloomington
Hion
Wm.f. Harzity
Democrac National Committee
South
Cleveland
Democratic Party
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Spartanburg
Newberry
Hube-Wilson Waar
Derer
John Willams
J. A. Henneman
Mildrey Brown
Gaffney City
Dean
Thomson
Hans
Heinitsh
C. C. Scott
Colored Methodis
Scotch
Ave
Scott
Asbury
Tillman
Don M. Dickinson
Democatic Campaison Committee
Juetitia
Democratic Executive Committee
Charleston County
Geo. D. Bryan
Justitia
Columbia Register
Berkeley County
Court of Common Pleas
LT Invite Your Hearty Co-Operation, Pon Motion of Mr. Bolger
Bolger
T. St. McGahan
Coleock
I. Simmons
J. M. Eason
J. M. Kinloch
COC. 5,&N. Railroad
Bennetttaville
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