Revolver Tragedy at West Virginia Dance Hall
At a Morris Crooks mining region dance in Montgomery West Virginia on January 19 Lillian Williams used a revolver to shoot William Slaughter Ralph Johnson killed instantly and Nowell Calloway mortally wounded. Williams fled but was saved from lynching by officers arrival.
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Montgomery
West Virginia
Wiliam Slaughter
Ralph Johnson
Nowell Calloway
Morris
Crooks
Lillian Wiliams
Wiliams
Jigner
Calloway
Munderess
Brutally Murdered Diamond Dealer in Rochester Store
Bela Brown a 65 year old diamond dealer and jewelry maker was found murdered in his Statue Street shop at 12:15 AM. Night Watchman John Racquet found him tied with a red neck scarf and gagged, seated before a chest of drawers. A bloody hammer lay nearby as investigators note a fierce struggle but no suspect.
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Rochester
N. Y
Bela Brown
John Racquet
Brown
Boiler blast devastates village near Manresa in Spain
A boiler explosion at a spinning mill near Manresa on a Saturday night destroys half of Puente Vilamala. About sixty people are dead and one hundred injured, many of them children. Thirty of the injured are not expected to survive. The queen regent sent condolences. The blast collapsed buildings as workers and families ate supper.
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Barcelona
Spain
Manresa
Puente Vilamara
Diamond Robbery at North Pacific Station
Special from Glendive reports robbers stole two trunks from the baggage room of the North Pacific station in St. Paul. They took unset and set diamonds valued between ten and twenty thousand dollars, breaking trunks to access contents. All but a tray of unset diamonds and three and four Kindred rings were recovered. The trunks belonged to traveling jewelry salesman C. B. Clausen of Minneapolis.
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St. Paul
Minn
Glendive
North Pacific Station
C. B. Clausen
Minneaporis
Exeter Pares St James house raid tops week
Exeter January report details a Plaistow raid on the St James house yielding twelve beer bottles a champagne bottle and three quarts of liquor. Fred C Boles proprietor was arrested arraigned before Judge John H Noyes and held on multiple bond counts. Bonds set and prior raid noted. Dobbins disputing bondsmen as Boles remained jailed.
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Exeter
St. James House
Plaistow
State Line
Fred C. Boles
Boles
John H. Noyeslin
Peer
Dobbins
Moses Dow
Albert Wood
Four Buildings Collapse in Detroit Wholesale District
Four four story buildings in Detroit’s wholesale district collapsed at thirty o’clock tonight without a known cause. The stack bounded by Jefferson Avenue Shelpy and Criswold streets housed five firms. Estimated total loss about 154000 plus 75000 for building damage. signs of an explosion found near the ruins but no witness heard it.
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Detroit
Midh
Jefferson Avenue
Shelpy and
Criswold
Italian Mob Riots Over Burial Attempt in Bangor
A mob of about four hundred Italians in Bangor clashed with police after the health board attempted to bury a woman who died of malignant smallpox. Police were attacked, Peter Russ was seriously injured, and the interment was halted. The corpse is held at the Catholic church under guard while the sheriff plans to dispatch a posse to restore order.
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Maston
Health Board
Bangor
Peter Russ
Fire destroys machinery in Fall River yarn mill
A blaze at the New England Cotton Yarn company mill in Fall River Mass. caused about 200000 dollars in damage this forenoon. The fire began in the belt box under the machines in the basement of No 1 mill and mainly wrecked machinery and soaked finished goods.
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Fall River
Mass
New England Cotton Yarn Company
Men in canoe missing near Manila
A report from Manila states a dug-out canoe carrying eleven men of Company Five Second Infantry is missing and probably lost. It is believed the men either perished or were captured.
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Manila
Dover Opens Men's Coffee Room In Open Town
City marshal Fogarty's liquor sale ban seems effective as a squad checks last night finds no illegal business. The Women's Christian Temperance Union notes a coffee room offering free refills, well patronized amid Boston liquor lists circulating locally. Many travelers head to Rochester to escape tight controls. Salmon Falls dealers close by order of selectmen.
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Dover
Jan
Fogerty
Boston
Rochester
American Missionary Ellen Stone Reported Safe Return in Negotiations
Reliable News from Constantinople reports Ellen F Stone the captured American missionary and Madame Tsilka with her baby are well. Negotiations are under way aimed at their early and safe return. John G A Leichmann the American minister plenipotentiary directs talks and declines to speak for publication though he confirms general details.
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Constantinople
Ellen F. Stone
Madame Tsilka
John G. A. Leichmann
Double Tragedy In Cincinnati Night Gas Fatalities
In Cincinnati on January 18 Mr and Mrs W J Whittaker left their home leaving a nurse in charge. The nurse turned on gas while unconscious and later the infant was found hanging by a gas pipe in the cellar. The doctor reports the woman cannot survive. The full motive behind the tragedy remains unclear.
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Wncinnati
W. J. Whittaker
Prisoners Escape From McNeil Federal Prison
Tacoma January 19 reports an escape by a group led by Moriarity the counterfeiter. They burrowed through a cement door into air pipes and fled the McNeil prison as a large posse pursues.
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Tacoma
Wash
Moriarity
McNeil
Death sentence for Boer commander Scheepers confirmed
Graff Reinet Cape Colony January 19 Lord Kitchener has confirmed the death sentence passed upon the Boer commander Scheepers who was captured last October He will be shot next Saturday.
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Graff-Reinet
Cape Colony
Lord Kitchener
Scheepers
Mob fires on officers in Transylvania riot
A mob in the village of Alsol decs, Transylvania attacked government officers during an agrarian riot. Gen darmes opened fire, killing ten and seriously wounding thirteen on January 19 in Buda Pest reporting.
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Buda Pest
Alsoldecs
Transylvania
Weather Outlook for New England Minutes of Forecast
Weather Indication reports fair and continued cold on Monday, followed by fair conditions Tuesday with slightly warmer temperatures. Fresh northerly winds expected throughout the period in New England.
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Washington
New England
The Stimulus of Pure Blood
The Stimulus of Pure Blood describes Hood's Sarsaparilla as essential for body function and cleansing the blood. A Woodstock Alabama man, W. P. Keeton, credits the medicine with removing fatigue and illness after two bottles, noting improved energy and work capacity.
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W. P. Keeton
Woodstock
Ala
Hood
Rochester Dealers Brace For Closing Order
Rochester liquor dealers are anxious as authorities prepare to issue a closing order. No notices were given by last night, but officials indicate one may soon be issued.
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Rochester
Rummage sale planned by local Methodist ladies
The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church will stage a rummage sale on January 22 and 23 to fund the new church. It will be held in the theater on Daniel Street recently vacated by a second hand dealer Mr Green. Donations may be sent to Mrs J H Grover at 35 Austin Street or Mrs C I Simpson at 5 State Street. pickups available by request.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
Theatore
Daniel Street
Green
J. H. Grover
Austin. Street
Mra. C. 1
Simpson
State Street
Mrs Barrows Pardon Hearing For 1883 Maine Murder
A review of the 1883 murder of Thomas Barrows in Kittery precedes a January 24 hearing in Augusta on commutation for Mary E Barrows who was convicted of first degree murder. Blaney, her son in law, acted as the principal assailant in the shooting near the Barrows home.
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York County
Thomas Barrows
Kittery
Mary J. Barrows
Mr. Barrows
Mrs. Barrows
Mr. Harrows
F. M. Higgine
Limerick
Getchell
Wells
Dana 5
Beacham
Dover
N. H
Blaney
Barrows Place
Barrows
Ana
Osear
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York State
Vermont
Ames’ Butter and Tea Store
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Portsmouth
Fitchburg
Leominster
Quincey
Attlebury
Everatt Clinton
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Newbury
Port
Northampton
Weatfield
Woburn
Henry Peyser & Son
A.P
F. A
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Yam Bank
F. W. Har
Idellix CO
Estery and Mattress Work
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Jobo
Hart
Elo
Fallnto Ruins
Reliable News
Miss Stone
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Baby
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