Ferocious Female Revolt Hammers Kansas Prison
A riot in the Kansas penitentiary women’s ward left Captain Hanks fatally wounded after hatchet attacks by inmates led by Mattie Brown. The matron and assistant resigned. ringleaders confined. Separate reports note a Colorado White-Cap whipping of lawyers contesting county offices.
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Colorado
Ho.Lyoxe
Colo
W. D. Kelsey
John & Bennett
Bennett
Kelsey
Sherif
Pistol Duel Ends in Death Near Tuscoa Illinois
Everett Thresher, an Atwood farmer, was killed near Tuscoa Illinois when James Fitzpatrick a neighbor shot him in the throat as Thresher and his son in law David Washburn passed Fitzpatrick's house. Washburn was wounded in the arm.
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Tuscoa
Ills
Everett Thresher
Atwood
James Fitzpatrick
Thresher
Fitzpatrick
David Washburn
Washburn
Fredericksen land frauds indict Niels Fredericksen Bidgood
Grand jury in Curcaco indicted Niels C. Fredericksen and Walter Bidgood with others for conspiracy to defraud John A. Rice of Hartland Wisconsin. Rice testified. Bidgood held on $5,000 bail awaiting magistrate examination. Fredericksen’s whereabouts unknown.
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Fredericksen
Curcaco
Niels C. Fredericksen
Walter Bidgood
John A. Rice
Hartland
Wis
Rice
Capias
Bidgood
Killing During Disturbance in Rome NY
In Rome New York on December 10 James Gilson 23 was shot by Italian Michael Cheebo after Gilson caused a disturbance near Cheebo’s home. Gilson refused to leave, Cheebo fired through a window hitting Gilson in the chest and lung. Gilson died within minutes. Cheebo confessed and was jailed.
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Rome
N. Y
James Gilson
Michael Cheebo
Gilson
Cheebo
Lawyer Fatally Shoots Man in Murfreesboro Office
In Murfreesboro, Tennessee, at the law office of Laland Jordan, attorney Frank B. Selph shot and killed Ed win F. Fletcher after Fletcher and his brother-in-law confronted Selph over a recent Free Press article. Fletcher allegedly knocked Selph down before the shooting occurred.
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Nashville
Tenn
Murfreesboro
Laland Jordan, Esq
Frank B. Selph
Edwin F. Fletcher
Free Press
Fletcher
Selph
Texas Desperado Killed Resisting Arrest in Arkansas
John Barber a Texas desperado shot and killed near Muskogee by U S Deputy Marshal C S White and Bert Connelly during arrest. Barber part of a Cisco Texas bank robbery gang and linked to several train robberies and a Santa Fe heist in the Chickasaw nation. Rewards had been posted.
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Fort Sutra
Ark
John Barber
Texas
Muskogee
United States
C. S. White
Bert Connelly
Barber
Cisco
Tex
Santa Fe
Hin
Lynching Fears Lead Florence to Call Out Militia
Dispatches from Florence report militia called to guard the jail after Griffin Jones and Gad Brown, both black men, killed Bob Vaughn with an ax during a negro festival. A large white mob gathered to lynch the prisoners while the sheriff sought more troops from the governor.
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Bramincham
Ala
Florence
Griffin Jones
Gad Brown
Bob Vaughn
Woman sentenced to death in Pa murder case
Mrs. Margaret Dillyard and her fellow conspirator William H. Bartholomew were convicted of ordering her husband’s death during a December 6 plan at Siersville. She received the death sentence with a commutation effort pending to life imprisonment based on promises she made.
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Easton
Margaret Dillyard
William H. Bartholomew
Siersville
Hfe
Private watchman captures seven young thieves in CuicaGco
Private watchman Joe McCracken and an assistant broke up a gang of seven boys aged 12 to 15 who taunted the city by breaking show windows and stealing small valuables. The youths had long terrorized a city district. Marion Crowell killed his friend Joseph Porter in Dunbar, then surrendered in Connellsville. Porter was from Elberlee West Virginia and Crowell’s parents live near Mt. Pleasant.
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CuicaGco
Joe McCracken
Connellsville
Marion Crowell
Dunbar
Joseph Porter
Porter
Elberlee
W. Va
Crowell
Mt. Pleasant
The Ohio Ballot Box Forgery Case Continues
The Wood ballot-box forger case was continued in Cincinnati police court to December 28 at the defense’s request. Judge Ermston ordered no further postponement beyond that date and directed readiness for trial then.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Wood
Ermston
Springfield man pleads guilty to second degree murder
John Da ley admitted shooting and killing Constable W M Abbott in West Springfield August 31 while resisting arrest. He was sentenced in state prison for life at hard labor and one day solitary confinement.
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Springfield
Mass
John Daley
W. M. Abbott
West Springfield
States Prison
Prizefighter Fell Sentenced for Forged Check
Elmira N Y December 10 A man claiming to be James Fell the prize fighter was sentenced to five years in Auburn prison for attempting to pass a forged thirty dollar check on the Chemung Canal bank.
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Fell
Elmira
N. Y
James Fell
Auburn
Chemung Canal Bank
New Orleans Excerpts On Davis Death and Confederate Remembrance
New Orleans officials deem Secretary Proctor's reply to Mayor Shakespeare's Davis death graceful and circumspect. The Picayune credits a wise conservative course. Capt Jacob Gray of the Grand Army of the Republic praises Jefferson Davis as a US soldier and statesman. Large crowds view the remains with estimates near 100000 passing the bier. A telegram from Pittsfield Mass endorses honoring the south and Davis with a soldier’s record that will endure.
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New Orleans
Shakespeare
Proctor
Davis
the Picayune
Jacob Gray
Grand Army of the Republic
Executive Committee
Gray
United States
South
Jefferson Davis
Pittsfield
Mass
Grand Army
Scheff
Johns Hopkins Students Condolence Meeting
Seventy five Johns Hopkins students mainly from the south met to pass resolutions of regret at Jefferson Davis's death. Edwin W. Fay of Louisiana chaired the gathering stating it was not an endorsement of any principles but an expression of sorrow for a man who believed his cause was right.
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Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Jefferson Davis
Edwin W. Fay
Louisiana
The Poet Whittier's Birthday Quietly Observed
Boston December 10 The 82d anniversary of poet Whittier's birth nears but his frail health prompts a quiet observance. He cannot receive callers or answer numerous letters, though he would welcome both.
Paralyzed gas fitter injured in Diamond paper mill fall
A Wabash Indiana report says John Heine of Chicago, a gas fitter, fell from the second to the first floor of the Diamond paper mills. Heine struck on his feet, but suffered a spinal concussion and is paralyzed from the chest down with slim recovery hopes.
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Cleveland
Wabash
Ind
John Heine
Chicago
Diamond Paper Mills
Heine
Miners Escape When River Floods Crystal Falls Mine
A Calderonian mine near Crystal Falls Michigan was flooded after miners blasted a shaft beneath a river causing water to burst through. The miners escaped with their lives as the river filled the mine and destroyed valuable property.
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Crystal Falls
Mich
Caledonian
Germans faced loss as Emin Pasha ivory hope fails
Sorrow over Emin Pashas ivory venture spreads among German speculators. The African traveler did not return with the vast ivory haul expected, leaving investors disappointed and cautious about future ventures.
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Loxpon
Emin Pasha
Suppressive Order Bans Beer Service to Socialists in Liegnitz
London dated December 10 reports the garrison commander at Liegnitz Prussian Silesia has issued a general order restricting beer shops in the city and surrounding area from serving anyone deemed a Socialist.
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London
Liegnitz
Prussian Silesia
Big Four Methods and Beef Boycott Scandal Unfolds
Washington investigators hear testimony on how Armour Co and other Chicago firms controlled beef supplies in the capital. Witnesses describe price gouging, refusals to sell to Hoover, and a six week boycott aligned with the inquiry. Lawmakers debate proper disbursement of funds and who bears losses from Silcott’s embezzlement.
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Washington City
Senator West
C. B. Purvis
Freedmen’s Hospital
Armour & Co
William H. Hoover
Swift & Co
Nelson Morris
Chicago House
Chicago
Samuel
Porter
Varnell
Lynn
George M. Omohundro
Hoover
Omohundro
Senate Sets Committees as House Business Piles Up
Washington December 10 The Senate approved two trade and beet sugar inquiry resolutions and moved to print 400000 copies of the 1889 agricultural report. A new sergeant at arms bill, World’s Fair committee, and a mileage committee were noted as the House adjourned amid routine business and committee appointments.
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House
Washington City
Free State of
Congo
Jeff Davis
Jefferson Davis
Committee of Rules
Neal
Brown
State Reading
Ways and Means
McKinley
Burrows
Bayne
Dingley
McKenna
Payne
Lafollette
Gear
Carlisle
Mille
McMillan
Breckinridge
Arkansas
Flower
Cannon
Butterworth, McComas
Henderson
Iowa
Peters
Cogswell
Morrow
Belden
Brewer
Michigan
Randall, Forney, Savern
Breckenridge
Kentucky
Dockery
Manufactures
Kelly
E. B. Taylor
Ohio
Arnold
Morse
Sanford
Wilson
West Virginia
Bynum, Williams
Illinois
Grimes
Fowler
Rowell
Houk
Cooper
Hangen
Lacy
Dalzell
Bergen
Comstock
Crisp
O'Ferrall
Outhwaite
Marsh
Moore
Texas
Wike
Greenhalg
Nérrow
Investigation of Silcott affair shows gentler approach
Washington December 10 The Silcott case draws attention as the committee leans toward mild treatment for members whose November salaries vanished in Silcott s custody. Congressmen testified proposing how to distribute missing funds among those still paid, Mills of Texas advocating that the November loss be shared by all who received pay. The remainder funds were awaited.
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Silcott
Catchings
Catching
Mississippi
Washington City
Mills
Texas
Kelly Declines Chair on Ways and Means Committee
Washington dispatch reports Hon. W. D. Kelly asks Speaker Reed to relieve him from all service on the ways and means committee due to advancing years and infirmities. Reed expresses regret, calls it a historic declination, and wishes Kelly health and strength to aid the house in years ahead.
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Washington City
W. D. Kelly
House
Ways and Means
Kelly
Reed
Ways and Means Committee
Iowa and Minnesota public building funds and statehood bills
In Congress the senate saw appropriations for Iowa public buildings Davenport 200000 Cedar Rapids 200000 Sioux City 500000 Burlington 100000 Fort Dodge 100000 and St Paul Minnesota 1500000. Other measures admit Idaho and Wyoming as states and pay 83 per day to former Confederate prisoners after enlistment. Also proposes eye loss pension and G A R per diem pension expansions.
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Washingtton City
Senate
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Burlington
Fort Dodge
Iowa
St. Paul
Minn
Idaho
Wyoming
What Became of the Cow Diversion Ends in City Fracas
A New York incident reports Frank Fah leading a cow on First Avenue, the animal injuring Mrs. Mary Foster and being captured near Seventy-eighth Street. Police Officer Moore, then Baurmstroff, clashed with bystanders and locals as the crowd crowded the scene. Several people were arrested for assault as confusion over the runaway cow continued.
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New York
Frank Fah
First Avenue
Hightieth Street
Fah
Mary Foster
Seventy-eighth Street
Moore
Connolly
Joseph Farrelly
Farrelly
Sharkey
Baurmstroff
New York Presbytery Rejects General Revision of Westminster Confession
The New York presbytery met and endorsed the revision committee report opposing full revision of the Westminster Confession while proposing targeted changes. It recommends recasting three chapters to affirm God’s sovereignty in election, universal love, and salvation in Christ for all nations, and revising the tenth chapter to avoid condemning infants dying in infancy or implying universal damnation.
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New York
Plague of Influenza Spreads in German Factories
Telegram from Berlin reports influenza spreading rapidly across Germany with over 100 workers at a Spandau gun factory infected. The outbreak signals wide impact on industry and public health.
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Berlin
Germany
Spandau
Death of Henry F. Searle World Champion Oarsman
A Sydney dispatch reports the death yesterday of Henry F. Searle of Adelaide Australia once hailed as the champion oarsman of the world. The death occurred as a notable figure in rowing circles.
Mayor signs curb on street bands and organ grinders
New York on December 10 reports the mayor signed an ordinance passed by the board of aldermen allowing organ grinders to play in city streets while prohibiting street bands from performing.
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New York
Board of Aldermen
Chicago's Pride and the Auditorium Dedication
President Harrison and party attend the Chicago Auditorium dedication with about 7,000 spectators. Patti performs Home Sweet Home amid honored guests Governor Merriam and Governor Fifer, while Mayor Cregier and Ford W. Peck host and greet the president.
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Fifer
Soard
Merriam
Home, Sweet Home
Patti
Queen of Song
Harrison
Morton
Halford
Clarkson
Heard
Cregier
Clarence Eddy
Dubois
Ford W. Peck
Washington
Chicago
Mme. Patti
Wns
Eddy
Dela Tombello
Apollo Club
Hayden
Gounod
Juliet
Mystery near gypsy camp in Indianapolis suburb
In an Indianapolis suburb a man and a woman stopped by a gypsy camp and built a fire. The man poured kerosene on it while the woman wept with her back to the flames. A gypsy alerted authorities after smelling burning flesh. The coroner found charred bones in the ashes, possibly from a quadruped or an infant.
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Indianapolis
Distress at Pittsburg Family in Desperate Straits
Pittsburg Pa December 10 The police reported a distressing destitution case in John Kress’s family in the Thirty fourth ward An infant died of scarlet fever last Friday The body lies on the same couch where an elder child is believed to be dying from the same disease Neighbors and police cannot gain entry while the mother who appears insane drives all away The husband is missing from home
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Pittsburg
Pittspeare
John Kress
Child Dies After Ingesting Stomachful of Knives and Vicious Pranks
Dennis Donahue a Madison character died at age two from a complication of disorders after forcing items into his stomach. Surgeons found five large jack knives in his stomach, one with the blade open. He had previously swallowed snakes, toads, mice, and other creatures during sprees.
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Madison
Wis
Dennis Donahue
Sam Small Seeks Episcopal Ordination
Atlanta December report says Rev. Sam Small applies for ordination in the Protestant Episcopal church. A committee of ministers is considering the case and is expected to favor his ordination. Small has served as a Methodist minister, though his family remains Episcopalian.
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Sam Small
Atlanta
Protestant Episcopal Church
Air. Small
Methodist Church
Emin Pasha Inch Toward Recovery In Africa
Dr Parke, physician to Henry M. Stanley, said Emin Pasha is much improved at Bagamoyo and shows brighter chances of ultimate recovery in a bulletin issued yesterday.
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Emin Pasha
Nazibar
Parke
Henry M. Stanley
Bagamoyo
Emin
Cholera Rages in Bagdad Halting Business
Cholera is raging fiercely at Bagdad. The city is quarantined and business is entirely suspended as authorities struggle to contain the outbreak.
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Bagdad
Aden
Weather Indications For Thirty Six Hours From Yesterday
Weather indications for thirty six hours from 8 p m yesterday show Indiana to expect rain with stationary temperature and easterly winds. Michigan and Wisconsin look for rain or snow with fair weather in lower Michigan, stationary temperature, easterly winds. Iowa faces light rain or snow with lower temperatures and winds shifting to northwesterly. Illinois may have rain with warmer easterly winds Tuesday morning, turning much colder northwesterly by Wednesday morning.
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Washington City
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Markets in Chicago and New York on December 9
Quotations from Chicago Board of Trade show wheat, corn, oats, and rye with December and January contracts. Park and lard futures listed, with cash and near terms. At Union Stockyards hogs, cattle, and sheep markets mixed with gains and declines. New York livestock also softer with dull demand.
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Board of Trade
Gats
Elgin
Hebron
Wisconsin
New York
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