Sheriff Campbell Killed in Lake City Ambush
From the wires Lake City Colorado dispatch reports Sheriff E N Campbell and City Marshal Smith were on duty guarding a building when two thieves Betts and Browning shot Campbell after being challenged. Campbell died of a chest wound at about 3 am. Betts and Browning were arrested two hours later. In a later report 100 masked men overpowered the guard and hanged Betts and Browning at a lower town bridge. Also notes a royal wedding at Windsor Prince Leopold and Princess Helen with cheers and flags. Hanlon wins the Manlon Trickett rowing match by four lengths for £1000 stake. Des Moines reports a fatal railway crossing accident killing Guire and injuring others. St Louis reports new wheat price record at 14 8 per bushel from Tyson. Arkansas shipment of corn and missing horses noted.
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Campbell
Betts
Browning
George Betts
Jim Browning
London
Prince Leopold
Helen of Welbeck
St. George’s Chapel
Windsor
Portsmouth
Canterbury
Hanlon
Putney
Mortlake
St. Louis
Golden City disaster victims recovered on river rise
The bodies of a man and a woman, believed to be Golden City victims, were found yesterday. One was recovered at Cow Island eighteen miles below, the other at Bordeaux Point sixty miles below. W MelIntyre, clerk of the steamer, departs this afternoon to identify the corpses.
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Memphis
Golden City
Cow Island
Bordeaux Point
Fight at Winterbotham Farm Near Fort Madison Recounts Wells Woundings
Keokuk dispatch describes a confrontation near the Winterbotham farm three miles west of here, where Poke Wells was struck with a pitchfork wounding him in the shoulder and later a lung. Wells and the hired man pursued by three convicts fled to the woods after capturing a horse. One convict, Fitzgerald, surrendered.
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Keokuk
Lows
Fromi
Wells
Winterbotham
Fitzgerald
Cook
Death of Honorable Horace Maynard Shocks Knoxville
Knoxville reports the sudden death of Hon. Horace Maynard from heart disease this morning. Born August 30, 1814 in Westborough Massachusetts, he studied at Amherst, practiced law in Tennessee, taught at the University of East Tennessee, and served as Attorney General from 1863 to 1865. He was a presidential elector in 1882 and 1854 and served in multiple Congresses. Maynard was appointed Minister to Turkey in 1873 and later served as Postmaster General under Hayes, succeeded by Thomas L. James.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Horace Maynard
Westborough
Mass
Amherst College
Tennessee
Knoxille
University of East Tennessee
Turkey
General Grant
Hayes
Thomas L. James
Marriage license dispute in Kankakee County ends in license issued
County Clerk sues over a marriage license for a 13 year old girl and a 19 year old man of French extraction. The girl’s age was first challenged in Iroquois County where consent was refused, then a new affidavit in Kankakee claimed she was 14 and the license was granted.
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Kankakee
KarkEakee
Shooting of Edgar Chittenden Tainted by Campaign Obsession
Indianapolis dispatch reports Edgar Chittenden son of Dr Chittenden of Anderson Ind shot last night by a man named Ryan defeated candidate for town marshal. Three shots were fired and Chittenden was probably fatally wounded. Ryan was arrested and confined in jail.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Edgar Chittenden
Chittenden
Anderson
Ryan
Crittenden
Congressional Proceedings Snapshot Apr 26–May 2
Senate debated anti Chinese and silver coinage bills, with Lynch-Chalmers election case in focus. House advanced West Virginia election timing and Chinese immigration restraints, while conferees moved on post office funding and public buildings projects across multiple states. Contested Lynch-Chalmers seat resolved with Lynch seated by 126 to 88.
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Senate
Hovss
Confederation of the Lynch-Chalmers
Sherman
Priday
West Virginia
Yeeas
Lynch-Chalmers
Pendtosa
Haturday
Lynch
Yan
Nays
Senarr
Morton Manugoent Association of
Indiana
Establish & Court of Appeals
House
Tari Commission
Odd Fatality on French Railroad During Storm
A workman named Deteaut sought temporary refuge in a cutting near the Rouen Amiens line in France during a storm. Telegraph wires were blown down and he became entangled. A coming train dragged him under wheels, crushing him to death.
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Rouen
Amiens
France
Deteaut
Burial finds hidden gold in old meat smokehouse
In Morgantown Kentucky Fipley McKenny near death instructed his wife to break an old jug in the smokehouse. The cracked vessel yielded about 1200 dollars in gold and silver coins, confirming a long hidden cache unearthed at the family home.
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Fipley McKenny
Morgantown
Tabor Family Scandal Unfolds In Denver Divorce Talk
Horace A W Tabor and Augusta Pierce face a public divorce threat as Tabor's lavish generosity clashes with his wife's patience. Denver society watches a looming maintenance suit amid rumors of strained finances and a claimed $10 million fortune. A separate claim seeks $2600 from the state over Jessie James related damages.
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Chicago
Cimes
Horace A. W. Tabor
Augusta Pierce
Maine
Kansas
Colorado
Mountain
Pittsburg
California Gulch
Mr. Tabor
Windsor Hotel
Denver
Tabor
Leadville
Mason
Udo
Idio
Buren
Strange Sea Tremor Off Bremen to Baltimore Ship Stella
Capt A C Horner of the German ship Stella reports a sudden half minute quiver while sailing 37 21 N 23 21 W. No bottom found at 100 fathoms, pumps tight, lead shows no rock, suggesting a submarine volcanic tremor before returning to course.
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Baltimore
Wfd
A. C. Horner
Stella
Bremen
Deboer
Horner
Legacy of Jesse James House Ends in Legal Action
The owner of the house where outlaw Jesse James was killed has filed a legal action. The case concerns ownership rights and potential claims arising from the historic property in St. Louis. Public interest centers on the fate of the site tied to the famed gang member.
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Jesse James
St. Louis
The Brown Divorce Case in Courtroom Gossip
A dialogue over a divorce case reports Mrs Brown’s suit and Mr Brown’s defense. The courtroom scene shows witnesses and a suppression of sensational details with a proposed simple decree. The couple discuss reporting ethics and public interest while planning to uncover more facts.
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Mrs. Smyth
Mr. Smyth
Ellen
Gimlet
Flere
Henry
Deferee
Dsl
Simpson
Morrow
Mrs.Smyth
Max Adeler
Edgar Allan Poe’s genius and the price of talent
The passage contrasts Poe’s brilliant yet precarious genius with ordinary earnings. It recalls Poe entering a bookseller and publisher, begging for ten dollars, offering a poem in exchange, and producing a delicate sot poem for payment. It highlights Poe’s debt and social ostracism versus midlevel financial steadiness.
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Independent
Edgar A. Poe
Coree H. Baker
Poe
Cavern Discovery Rivaling Mammoth Cave in Arizona
Prescott area reports a newly found cave near Winslow in the Sunset Mountains, an unexplored marvel with unknown dimensions. A strong inward air current pulls light objects into the entrance and the roar can be heard up to 250 yards away. Also noted is a London fad of digitated stockings with separate toe compartments.
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Mammoth Cave
Prescott
Arizona
Winslow
Sunset Mountains
Arizona Territory
Marriage in Jail Between Inmate Death Row Pair
Richard Bates one of five under death sentence for arson wed a colored woman in Greenville jail. The bride, held for grand larceny in Columbia awaiting transfer to the penitentiary, found joy as Bates said he would accept his fate. They spent a single night together before her departure to Columbia.
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Columbia
S. C
Richard Bates
Greenville
Bates
Earth
Plants absorb moisture mainly through roots not leaves
Experimenters have settled in minds that plants take in very little moisture via leaves. This amount is not enough to sustain life without moisture reaching the roots.
Attorney at Law Real Estate and Insurance Agent
Office No. 7 South Side Sullivan Indiana. attorney at law operates real estate and insurance agency business in a local historic listing.
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Attorneys At Law
Youngs Store
Sullivan, Ind
South Side
Sullivan, Trudieana
Bank Oujding
Sullivan
Indiana
Commercial Row
Crowder
Northside
Paula
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Tabor Domestic Bross
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Hs Lewit
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Cincinnati Industrial Exposition
J. B. Marghisi
Utica
RN. Y
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Crowder & Reed Gents
Holmes
Jons T. Gunn
Notison & Coulson
BoFé Patten
Square
Eaton & Miles
Hays
Attorney At Law
Croner Public Square
J Wellsman
N. G. Buff
R. W. Cavinh, M.D
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Goya
W W. Johnson
Curry & Dutton
Orocery
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Sullivans
Harnes
Sullivan Or
Terre Matec
J. P, Stratton
PF. McGenenzey
South Sid
Sullivan, Lind
Pension Sud
Ben Vandels & Co
Beekman St
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