Bribery Plot to Free Jail Inmates Exposed
In Missouri, after a murder verdict and death sentence, Taylor brothers sought Night Watchman Brown’s help to break from jail. Brown reported the scheme to Sheriff Stanley, copied letters, and tracked payments and a counterfeit scheme. The plan included lock picking and staged shooting to fake an escape.
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Bald 18 King of Them All at Springfield Meet
The Springfield Bicycle Club meet opened with 5,000 spectators on a calm day. A W Porter won the five mile handicap in 11:24.2, breaking the professional record, while Sanger won the one mile professional race. Bald captured the one mile open, finishing three lengths ahead of Cooper and Cabanan after overtaking Gardiner. The Democratic state convention in Wintramistort adjourned naming Meyers for treasurer and Yerkes Moorehead Noyes Smith Magee for judges. A lynching fear looms in Centuria over the Marion case as mob violence concerns rise. Omaha council blocks police pay pending court ruling, while fire department relief proceeds. B L Griswold music house in St Joseph collapses with substantial liabilities and creditors.
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Paddy Purtell Found Guilty in Prize Fight Case
Columans Kan Sept 12 jury returns verdict of guilty in the case of the state versus Paddy Purtell and W B Johnson charged with engaging in a prize fight at Galena Kansas last spring. The trial concluded with a conviction and the local area awaits sentencing details.
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Pyhtian Wounds Healed Estranged Lodges May Reunite
In St Laws Missouri the supreme lodge of Colored Knights of Pythias met and elected officers including James C. Boss Savannah and J H Young Arkansas. The Mitchell faction rejoined with its own officers. Reunion moves forward, increasing total membership to about 7000.
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May Build the Road Rights of the Choctaw Line Sustained
The Oklahoma Territory supreme court upholds the Choctaw Railroad right to locate and construct a direct line through the territory with Interior Department approval. A prior injunction to divert the route through Tecumseh was dissolved, and the ruling affirms the decision on merits and appeal defects. Trains are expected to run within two weeks between Samh McAleser and Oklahoma City.
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McKinley Unity Boosts McKinley for President
Ohio delegates vow to support Governor McKinley for president and endorse ex Governor Foraker for U S senator. The Sept 13 Crvcrxwati dispatch notes urgency on electing the legislature and suggests a national‑level political compact forming.
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Baseball Scores And Police Arrests In Kansas City News
Western League results show Indianapolis 11 Kansas City w, St Paul 2 Terre Haute 5, Milwaukee 6, Minne apolis 6, and National League games Washington 10 Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 6 Cincinnati 2, Baltimore 2 Brooklyn 4, New York 9 Boston 5. Lincoln and Ha uford games noted. Wichita police arrest three prohibition commissioners in a case alleging veteran discrimination in public office hiring. Anarchists consider London meeting for a fund to aid members. Henry M Stanley arrives in New York to visit the British Northwest Territory.
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Topeka meeting calms Kremlin Odessa interest
Local W L Brown of Kingman attends Topeka gathering of the Kremlin Odessa this evening. Second peach crop on market shows better quality than earlier harvests. First Presbyterian Christian Endeavor unit gives Rev Alderson a welcome home surprise. Mrs H Goldelandt dies at 614 West Sixth Street. Funeral planned from family residence this afternoon. Evangelist Joel Brown, urged by Miss Desse Johnson of Wichita, conducts revival at Coffeyville, W HI. Bules continues a lively meeting at Wallington under Christian church board. The Journal ad promotes sports and reader subscriptions.
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New World's Record Train Averaged 64.34 MPH with 4366 Miles
Central yesterday set a long distance record for a heavy train. A four car special, weighing 562000 pounds, left Grand Central at 5 40 3 3 and reached Albany at 7 54 55, then Syracuse at 10 17 18 and East Buffalo after 407 minutes total. The run covered 436 6 miles at an average speed of 64 34 mph, with a one minute engine change at Albany. Another note reports Verdigris flood danger at Neosho Kansas with bridges washed out and travel halted.
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Jacksonville Board of Trade urges recognition of Cuban revolutionists
The Jacksonville board of trade adopted resolutions urging the United States to recognize the Cuban revolutionists as belligerents and to press Florida’s senators and representatives to use every means to secure recognition after Congress convenes.
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Lynching Report From Oscnoua Arkansas
Mrs. Rhea of a farm twenty five miles north of Oscnoua was murdered by two black men, Will Caldwell and an old man, seeking robbery. Caldwell confessed and was hanged by a mob. the old man was captured and likely lynched.
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Officers named by veterinary surgeons group in Des Moines
In Des Moines Iowa on September 11 the United States Association of Veterinary Surgeons chose officers for the coming year with W H Hoskins of Philadelphia as president F H Os good of Boston R H Harrison of Atchison Kan and C Lyford of Minneapolis as vice presidents S Stewart of Kansas City as secretary and J L Robinson of New York as treasurer The meeting focused on tuberculosis and yellow fever deaths were noted in a later dispatch from San Salvador confirming Conal Munchmeyer died of yellow fever and his wife was sickened with civic disease.
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Foresters name change approved in Cleveland
The Supreme Court of Foresters in Cleveland on September 12 decided to drop the word ancient and standardize the order as the Order of Foresters of America because America is not ancient. Also reports: Prince Hohenlohe received by the czar at Saint Petersburg after an audience. Navarre wins at Sheepshead Bay on New Year’s Day with Henry of Navarre among the top finishers.
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A Flying Frog Described From Africa Expedition
The first flying frog from Equatorial Africa, described by Bischoff after the 1894 expedition, is about bullfrog size with large webbed feet forming wing like paddles. It has fourteen toes across fore and hind feet, each set creating multiple membranes and a fan like leg terminus.
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Jokes and Poker Woes Prompt City Waiter to Depart
Sketches by M. Quad Be portrays a troubled man in a city station, protests over rude jeers and jokes, then tackles poker talk with a sergeant. The tale drifts into a rough street vignette where a banked row of gamblers and a boastful bystander recount misadventures and a lucky escape with a streetwise punchline.
From a Suburban Depot to a Jail for Jones of Cincinnati
A man at a midnight depot asks a companion to lie about his identity to avoid trouble. Police arrest a suspect, but the loot reveals the real culprit. The narrator admits the lie, learns the cost of deceit, and cautions to stick to the truth. Also items note a lawn party invitation and a sudden insult from a New York Herald line, ending with a Detroit Tribune snippet.
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Detroit Free Press
Surprise in a Thief Report
A boldup rifled a man's clothes and asked what he was laughing at. The victim replied he was thinking of his wife’s surprise when she checks his clothing tonight, revealing a lighthearted, if tense, incident described in a brief note.
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