Bank Robbery and Lynching at Medicine Lodge in 1554
A Kansas bank robbery ends in the death of Wiley Payne and Gebhart. Pursued by cowboys, the robbers are captured after a canyon chase and hanged at a lone tree. Six men die, including Brown and Wheeler, with the town marking its biggest day ever.
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Madeine Lodge
Medicine Lodge
Kansas
Wiley Payne
Gebhart
Medicine Creek
Harry Brown
Caldwell
Ben Wheeler
Ben
Brown
Billy Smith
John
Wesley
Royal superstitions across European courts in history
A historical survey notes royal fears of prophecies and omens in European monarchies. It cites William II guarding against a seventh son omen with a lucky coin, Frederick and Victoria era customs, Nicolaï and cross relics in Russia, Archduke Rudolph’s death omens at Schonbrunn, and King Humbert’s habit of changing linen thrice daily.
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William II
German Empire
Hohenzollern
Go Nye
Frederick
Princess Royal
England
Nicolas
Alex
Hohenzollerns
Schonbrunn Castle
Archduke Rudolph
Tuileries
Humbert
Luetgert Sausage Plant Burglary Recalled in Chicago
Chicago police recall the Luetgert murder case as burglars break into the vacant Luetgert sausage factory at Diversey and Southport Aves. Officers arrest Frank Beckowski Rudolph Prankski and August Rode and recover brass trimmings and gas fixtures worth about 500 dollars. The trio confess to the burglary with Beckowski transporting the loot.
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Rob Luetgert
Adolph L. Luetgert
Chicago
Sheffield Avenue
Luetgert
Diversey
Southport Avenues
Frank Beckowski
Rudolph Prankski
August
Beckowski
Century-Long Irish Lawsuit Ends With Four Figure Sum
A 1797 Dublin brewer Robert Smyth case ends after more than a century. Creditors across four generations profited as compound interest grew a small court-placed sum into four figures, enough to pay debts and still net funds for costs. A claimant appears for each penny due in 1797.
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Ireland
Robert Smyth
Smockalley
Doublin
Unusual Feat by Kaiser Wilhelm Hussars Claim Dutch War Prize
The Kaiser Wilhelm presented a Dutch naval flag captured by the regiment in 1787 as a New Year gift to the Zie then Hussars. The cavalry unit then achieved a rare feat by boarding and capturing a ten gun Dutch brig that ran ashore while attempting to breach the dikes.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Ziethen Hussars
Hussars
New York Sun
The Curse of The Garrido The Spanish Woman Portrait
A wife recalls a costly art saga around a painting titled The Gem and The Garrido. A family’s fortunes fall as buyers shun the ominous Spanish woman in the portrait and a cab ride ends with a low auction price. The tale blends superstition with fading wealth and a chilling sighting.
Rich in resources Splendid opportunities in Australian colonies
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune notes Queensland as underdeveloped forty years after separation, with 700000 square miles and 500000 people. North Queensland rich in minerals and grazing, Charter Towers produced 457850 ounces of gold in 1898, total colony output 920048 ounces valued at 13751775 dollars. Copper, silver, tin and other minerals abundant. a Chilagoe railway promises large copper output. Cattle and sheep farming thrive with high profits, including a ranch with 1,250,000 sheep and daily cattle exports of 2500 head for most of the year.
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Queensland
North
Charter Towers
Townsville
Chilagoe
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune
Gen Butler Jokes and Savage Retorts Told by Boston Man
Watkins Grant of Boston recalls stories about General Butler. Butler once told a congressman he divided eternity with him after only a divided time. In a convention he ridiculed James Freeman Clarke for bolting two thirds of the Trinity provoking loud laughter.
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Gen. Butler
Watkins Grant
Boston
Congress
Butler
James Freeman Clarke
New York Mail and Express
Insects Commit Suicide Under Torture Like Wasps
The passage describes experiments showing wasps, highly sensitive to benzine odor, killing themselves when confined under a inverted tumbler with benzine. A wasp stung itself thrice and died, with repeated trials suggesting some insects may self terminate under stress.
Fortune tellers thrive in Paris as a thriving trade
A Paris correspondent reports a surge of fortune telling in the city with over 2000 practitioners listed by police. Tarot card readers dominate the field, offering consultations from a few shillings to several pounds, with actresses and high society women among frequent clients and even stock traders relying on cards for guidance.
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Assize Court
Paris
Pall Mall Gazette
Fean
Prefecture of Police
Quaint London Rents Paid in Crown Servitude Ceremony
The remembrancer of the crown presided at the royal courts of justice as tenants of The Moors in Salop and The Forge in St Clement Danes performed ancient rent services. The city solicitor produced wood faggots and counted horse shoes and nails, with the remembrancer approving the numbers. The ceremony concluded after faithful service was declared.
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London
Corporation of London
Queen’s Remembrancer
Royal Courts of Justice
George Pollock
Salop
St. Clement Danes
Middlesex
Queen's Remembrancer
London Telegraph
Great Wall to Be Demolished Bid Sparks International Interest
A Chicago syndicate and an American engineer travel to China to bid on the wall demolition contract. French British and German firms also contend for the project paid with rich concessions.
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Great Wall
China
B. C
Chicago
Fatherly humor and wartime letters from the Philippines
A Philippine veterans note from a son to his father asks for $50 after losing another leg in battle. The father's reply jokes that the son has lost four legs and should wobble along on remaining limbs, reflecting grim wartime gallows humor.
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Philippines
James
Atlanta Constitution
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Franz Joseph
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Bernhardt
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Fortune Telvers
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