Millionaire murder mystery unfolds in Fall River case
Read of the Borden killings in Fall River with Mrs Borden and Mr Borden found murdered on the morning of August in a house not robbed. The investigation focuses on Lizzie Borden and a servant, with doctors noting Mrs Borden died at least an hour before her husband. An inquest is planned for today as detectives examine blood evidence and poison purchase records.
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Mr. Borden
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Marion
Hilliard
Coughlin
Seaver
Marshal Hilliard
Blaisdell
Dr. Dolan
Marshal Mhilliard
Lizzie Borden
Fall River
Marshall Hilliard
Borden House
Bridget Sullivan
Dispatch
Jessie Harrington
Second Street
George B. Fish
Hartford
Mia Chace
Art
Li Borden
Mr. Hanscom
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Lizsie Borden
Hanscom
Borden Girls
Andra
Lissie
Murder Case at Lizzie Borden House Sparks Police Debate
The Dispatch reports ongoing investigation into the Borden murder with focus on motives and possible suspects. Detectives from Marshall Hilliard to Pinkertons assess alibis, guard duties, and outside interference as Lizzie Borden and Emma Borden face scrutiny. A chimney inspection and witness accounts shape theories of motive and opportunity.
Platt and Harrison Face Tangled White House Talks
The article details attempts by President Harrison to engage Tom Platt of New York and secure New York backing for his renomination. It notes private meetings, political maneuvering, and hints of a planned visit to Cape May and New York to seal patronage deals amid party tensions.
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Washington
Adirondacks
Loon Lake
Mr. Harrison
New York
White House
Minneapolis
Tom Platt
Hia
Mahomet
Cliquot
Pratt
Mr. Platt
Ha Hen
Came
Peculiar Romance Tale Behind Missing Englishman Search
An English missing man case surfaces in New York as relatives seek clues. Lawyer James J. Walsh discusses a Barker family saga involving mistaken caution, a bigamy arrest in Sing Sing, an inheritance of £10 000, and a tangled past spanning Edinburgh Hoboken and New York streets.
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James J. Banxen
Berraven Moreen
James J. Walsh
Barker
Edinburgh
Sing Sing
Gutone
Willis @reeue
Mother of the Saab
Hoboken
Inet
Rey Impeon
East
Ohio Mystery: Body Found at Willoughby Point Indiana Side
The dead woman was found washed ashore below the falls at Willlow Point on the Indiana side at 7:30 AM by fisherman William Fitler. Coroner Ross noted a severe head wound and crushed skull. Charles J. Klesse and his sister identified the remains as possibly Kittle Diller, a former helper at Falls City Hotel in Jeffersonville, last heard from two years ago after a troubled marriage.
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Louisville
Ang
Falls
Willow Point
Indiana
William Fitler
Ross
Charles J. Klesse
Falls City
Jefferson
Kittle Diller
Jeffersonville
Police Protect The Works In West Superior Strike
Fire at West Superior Iron and Steel Works last night left the plant under police control led by Sheriff Dan Kennedy. A Duluth posse waited for the Chicago steamer Jay Gould to bring non union workers to replace strikers, with arrangements to guard arrivals to Superior and set them to work.
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West Strenwor
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West Superior
Phelix Pare Witness Injured in Hay Rack Crash
Mote Vista Cone Ag P J Sheridan a farmer eight miles south of town was injured when a hay rack car crashed through his gate. He suffered several broken ribs and is not expected to live. Sheridan once gained fame for allegedly knowing details about the Phenix Park murder and refused offers to testify in England.
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Cone, Ag
P. J. Sheridan
Sheridan
Phenix Park
England
Flour for the Strikers at Homestead Faction Agrees
Kansas Farmers' Alliance officers state the group has agreed to provide flour to the locked out Homestead men to sustain them through their dispute with the Carnegie Company.
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Kansas Farmers’ Alliance
Homestead
Larned
Kan
Aug
Alliancs
Carnegie Company
Amalgamated Scale Signed Reopening Philadelphia Mill
The Amalgamated Association scale of wages was signed today by Gaulbert, McFadden & Caskey in Philadelphia. The mill, shut down for weeks, will resume operations as about 300 men return to work once the new scale takes effect.
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Philadelphia
Aug
Amalgamated Association
Gaulbert, McFadden & Caskey
Plague Rages in St Petersburg and Astrabad Panic
Cholera grips St Petersburg with deaths reported and officials urging calm. In Moscow and Novgorod officials crackdown on critics while rioters attack shops and drink tainted liquor. Astrabad hosts riots as Cossack guards and a gunboat are sent amid fears of wider spread and a royal return to Tehran.
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Moscow
Novgorod
Baranoff
Baranof
Batan
Saratoff
Samera Itin
Nishni Novgorod
Astrabad
Perman
Caspian Sea
Sod
Rusian Turkestan
Strabad
Runslin
Astrabad Bay
Shah
Teheran
Mountains of Ice at Sea Reported by British Ship
The New City, arriving from Tal tal, reports two real mountains of ice seen June 20 in the South Atlantic near Cape Horn. The largest berg stood about 800 feet high with seven eighths submerged, giving a total height near a mile. Earlier records note a 1,000 foot berg seen March 16 by Catalonia, with deck workers frozen. Captain Bray also notes 32 bergs and a 60 mile ice drift.
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New York
North Atlantic
Cape Horn
New City
Taltal
Bray
Bouth Attin
Catalonia
Liverpool
Boston
Family killed as team runs away on Old Cheyenne reserve
A man his wife and four children were killed when their team ran away and plunged over a precipice near Gurirre O T Ang. They had been in town to buy provisions and were returning to their claim on the Old Cheyenne reservation. All six deaths and the four horses occurred in the accident.
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Gurirre
O. T. Ang
James
Cheyenne
Garza Rebels Reported Reorganizing Along the Border
A telegram to the Secretary of State from the Mexican charge d affaires cites rumors in Mexico City that Garza revolutionists are reorganizing near the border. The War Department orders an investigation into Webb County activities and related instigation reports.
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Garza
Washington
Charge D'Astaires
Mexico
Webb County
Gompers Says AFL Likely Boycott of Carnegie Steel
President Samuel Gompers of the AFL says a 600,000 strong federation will likely boycott Carnegie steel at Homestead and other sites. He warns employers will be called out to paralyse production, affecting rails and government shipbuilding. Gompers cites a smaller Homestead mill count and notes only a fraction are skilled workers.
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Federation of Ander
F. T. F. Lovejoy
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Andrew Carnegie
Homestead
Lovejoy
Col Kings Last Chance for Commutation From Governor
Col H Clay King faces imminent execution with one potential escape route left. Lawyers and supporters push for a gubernatorial commutation to life, while a death watch is set and scaffolding is prepared at the jail in Con Memmis Texas.
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Con. Memmis
Texa
Aug
H. Clay King
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Federal Court
Nashville
King
John H. Buchanan
Greer
GC. B. Mitchell
Col. King
Colonel Mitchell
Bry A
Mitchell
Brooks
Colonel King
Max Feldman in Jail in Cleveland After NY Surrender
Max D Feldman alias Max J Wolff handed to Cleveland police from New York where jailed for hotel bill dispute. He had come to Cleveland months earlier using Wolff as an alias and married Kalivkey, sister of Mrs M H Cohen. A misread letter exposed prior marriage to Edith Fox store and alleged embezzlement and theft of Mrs Cohen's trunk with valuables.
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Cleveland, O
Aug
Max D. Feldman
Max J. Wolff
Cleveland
New York
Blackwell's
Feldman
Wolff
Kalivkey
M. H. Cohen
Peesegang
Rew Bi
Edith Fox
Gothen
Mra Cohen
Circus Tent to House Inauguration at Washington
A local paper reports the next inauguration in Washington will be held under a circus tent. Senator Hoar of Massachusetts introduced a bill to provide a shelter for the ceremony and an amphitheater is proposed at the east end of the Capitol. J Bailey would furnish the canvas free if public works cover transport from New York and allow use of ground for a future tent.
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Deteor
Washington
Bert Davis
Barnum & Bailey Show
Senator Hoar
Massachusetts
Congress
Capitol
J. Bailey
Board of Public Works
New York City
Woman Fatally Burned In Suburban Fire Tragedy
Bridget Kelly age 21 daughter of Patrick Kelly died after setting her clothes ablaze in a shanty behind her home in Browndale near SmernaNDOAH Pennsylvania. Medical aid failed to save her as she suffered severe burns. Police and neighbors report no known motive.
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Smernandoah
Brownsville
Csettonsesti
Bridget Kelly
Patrick Kelly
Abe
Rainmakers Fail in Grove Artificial Rain Venture
The Goodland Artificial Rain Company abandoned their contract in Grove Kansas after four days of operation failing to produce rain over 25 square miles. The outfit packed up this afternoon as their time expired and no clouds appeared during the project.
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Grove, Kar
Aug
Goodland Artificial Rain Company
Train Robbers Surrounded in Mountain Chase
A telegraph from Cross in the foothills twelve miles from Reedly reports a posse of fifty men overtook a group of train robbers in Wrongbeald Creek near Visalia. The bandits are pressed further into the mountains as locals expect a capture.
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Reeny, Oat
Ang
Cross
Reédly
Visalia
Desparadous
Re-Election Sparks Camp Cheers During Home Front Return
Lieutenant Colonel Streator Unaminously Re-Elected as troops welcome the news at the camp. PRIVATE SAMS hears the cheers as the result is announced with the unit intact and ready.
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Streator
Sams
Advisory Committee Reports Worker Exodus From Farmules
The Advisory Committee announced last night that between Saturday and now 150 to more than 150 workers have left the Mon Wirt Farmules works. The committee expresses pleasure at the relief committees' success and notes additional committees will follow.
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