Chicago Times Exposes Hoke Smith Timber Ring Schemes
The Chicago Times alleges a vast timber land fraud tied to Hoke Smith and Secretary of the Interior, with multiple indictments in Madison and connections to Vilas and other officials. It argues a timber ring manipulated land grants, with thousands misled and lands unjustly claimed, while calling for accountability.
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Hoke Smith
Atlanta Daily Press
Sun
Chicago Times
Gimes
Mr. Smith
Pnty
United States Grand
Madison
Wisconsin
John W. Ble
Vilas
St. Croz
Lake Super
Motors
Sacramento Buys Into Hunt For Train Robbers Booty
Sacramento residents swarm the countryside within a mile of the city chasing a rumored stash of about 51,000 dollars in gold and thousands in silver from a Southern Pacific train robbery last Thursday night. Detectives have failed to locate the loot, while guards patrol the track to deter any recovery attempt. Express messenger Paige was wounded by a bullet fragment during the incident, with doctors removing half a rifle projectile from his head.
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Sacramento
Sacraamento
Cal
Southern Pacific
Express
Paige
Quantico Robbery Suspects Nabbed In Wash ington
Washington police arrest two men linked to the Aquia Creek train robbery. One, John Smith, is held on suspicion but denies involvement. the other, Geo E Livingstone, claims past residence in Washington but shows unusual spending and symptoms of nerves. A Fort Royal dispatch notes two suspicious men traveling from Rappahannock county toward Riverton, buying clothing with rare coins, and boarding a Norfolk and Western train toward Shenandoah Junction after leaving town together.
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Washington
Aquia Creek
John Smith
Geo. E. Livingstone
Livingstone
Ricamonp
Fort Royal
Rappahannock County
Norfolk & Western
Shenandoah Junction
Riverton
Carter
State News Roundup From North Carolina Observed
A cyclone damaged Newport and east lowlands. frost killed vegetation. The North Carolina Supreme Court upholds the New Berne water works sale. Iredell hosts twenty students at the State Normal and Industrial School in Greensboro. Ginners in Greene County shut down due to low cotton prices. Neuse River floods dam at Wake Forest paper mill. widespread crop losses noted. Statesville prep for Western NC Conference in late November. Nebraska’s H H Stoddard leases a large dairy farm in Raleigh. State railway earnings show a drop. Castle Hayne phosphate works to double capacity to 100 tons daily. Pension cash to Wilkes veteran James P Cockerham. Child loses part of arm from dynamite cap accident. Hollis post office relocation ordered. Western NC Conference slated November 28 in Statesville with daily paper plan. Pilot Mountain wife murder verdict, 10 years. Governor Carr acts on South Carolina requisition for J J Johnson. Rockingham reports gin house fire with substantial losses. Parmelee Lumber resumes work after explosion damage. Monroe Enquirer notes 900‑year gold heirloom ring in W P Beard’s family. Unusually shaped sweet potato shown in Concord. Wilkes cat birth claim and a damages suit against town over confinement fire. Charlotte and New Berne obituaries noted. Yadkin reports abundant fishing. 14‑kitten Wilkes cat claim. Greensboro holds primary discussion for U S Senators on December first.
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Newport
Carteret
Newton Enterprise
State Supreme Court
Arreed Court
New Berne
Statesville
Iredell
State Normal and Industrial School
Greensboro
Wilson
Greene County
Neuse
Falla
Wake Forest
North Carolina
H. H. Stoddard
Nebraska
Raleigh
Fetc
Castle Hayne
Wilmington
James P. Cockerham
Wilkes County
Winston Sentinel
H.C. Irvin
Charlotte
Hollis
Rutherford County
Julius P. D. Withrow
Western North Carolina Conference
Landmark
Surry Court
J T. Broach
Pilot Mountain
Carr
Tillman’s
South Carolina
J J Johnson
Spartanburg
C. Rockingham
Dr. Williamson
Wolf Pit
Parmelee Eccleson Lumber Co
Jacksonville
Monroe Enquirer
W. P. Beard
Will Bell
Concord Times
Joe. Hendren
Elkin Times
Wilkes
Edwards Township
J. H. Shields
Supreme Court
Urham Recorder
Ida Arnold
J. D. Arnold
Frank Clark
New Berne Journal
Henry Paterson
Jonesboro
J. A Wicker
Swann Station
N. Mck
Appomattox
Andy Gilreath
Wilkesboro Chronicle
Ongoing incidents fill Beaufort Herald notes and deaths
A mixed set of brief items reports a moved oyster factory to Baltimore on the steamer Alpha, a shooting on Faucett Row with Ed Alston shot and Will Meeks accused, a barn fire at Mrs. W. H. Davis in Westmoreland, and various obituaries and local crime notes from Goldsboro to Lenoir. Also included are accident, theft, and court news plus farming guidance on wheat and grass rotations.
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Beaufort Herald
Martin Wagner Company
Baltimore
Ed. Alston
Will Meeks
Durham Sun
W. H. Davis
Westmoreland
Elizabeth City
H. Minton
Goshen
Stokes Lane
Y. Miller
Hubbard
Wilkesboro Chronicle
Williamston
Henrietta Rogers
John R Rogers
Goose Nest
Louisa Coakly Cotton
Edgecombe County
John W
Nancy
D. Mayo
Goldsboro
Argus
the Argus
Bettie C. Holt
Jno. W. Holt
Lexington Dispatch
Julius Settlemyre
Dra. Campbell
Whiteside
Newton Enterprise
Winston Sentinel
J. T Broach
Surry Court
Pilot Mountain
Elizabeth Story
Buffalo
Lenoir
D. W. Pope
Anderson Ts
Pope
Coats
Mr. Pope
Dunn Times
Freeman
Mildred
Hunting
Tarboro Southerner
S.M. Dyson
Little River Township
Mr. Dyson
First Snow Sweeps New York Area Oct 15
The first snow of the season blanketed parts of New York state with white ground in Stamford and Mipp lertown. Delware, Orange and Sullivan counties report light flurries and temperatures around 30 degrees. Snow also touched Chenango and Delaware counties with scattered amounts statewide.
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Connecticut
Massachusetts
Kingston
N. Y
Delaware County
Stamford
Orange
Sullivan
Delaware
Chenango
Sandisfields m3
Lynching Foiled as Dolby Sentenced in Ohio Court
William Dolby colored, who assaulted Mrs. Mary C Boyd at Parrots Station near here, pleaded guilty and drew a twenty year penitentiary term in Washington Court House. A mob attacked the jail and court, militia fired, two dead and several wounded as troops restored order. more troops ordered from multiple cities.
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William Dolby
Washineton Court House
Mary C. Boyd
Parrot’s Station
Delaware
Dolby
Cook
McKinley
Columbus
Coit
Colby
Grand Jury Room. A Mob Gathered About the Court House
Colonel Coit
Court House
Smith Welsh
Jesse Judy
G W. Johnson
Giles Station
Butler County
William Sauer
Theodore Ammerman
Daniel Parrott
Frank Niederhaus
Cincinnati
Chillicothe
Prisoner Dolby transported under guard amid mob unrest
A train of 400 First Regiment members carried Dolby the negro ravisher from Washington Court House to Columbus after mobs delayed the line. Troops surrounded the jail and penitentiary as three died and ten were injured in the outbreak. The escort proceeded without interference to the penitentiary despite continued danger.
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Columbus
Cincinnati
Washington Courthouse
Dolby
Dennison Avenue
G. T. Johnson
Court House
Insane Mother's Fire Kills Family in New Jersey Barn
Mrs Thomas Harrigan of Grier Avenue Elizabeth New Jersey, believed temporarily insane, locked herself and three children in her husband’s barn and perished in a fire after attempting to burn their house. Husband Thomas Harrigan a vegetable peddler, children Walter six, William four, Isabella fourteen months. Neighbors say malaria blamed for mental disturbance.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Thomas Harrigan
Grier Avenue
Walter
William
Isabella
Harrigan
George McGilvrey
Newark
McGilvrey
Kate Harrigan
Thomas
Rebecca Hull
Republicans Split Foretells Major Changes in Tariff Battle
Correspondence from Richmond Star reports Washington reacting to ex Speaker Reed's Chicago speech endorsing no immediate tariff revolt. It notes potential Republican rifts over high versus low tariff plans, possible party demonetization before the next presidential race, and shifts in support for Campbell and McKinley era dynamics.
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Richmond Star
Washington, D. C
Thomas B. Reed
Michigan University
Senate
Reed
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Louisiana
Reublicans
Benjamin Butterworth
Ohio
Michigan
McKinley
Timothy J. Campbell
Campbell
Setomons de
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United States
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