Lynching at Brinkley in Madisonville Ky
July 24 body of Eph Brinkley found hanging from a limb near his home after a mob of about 40 citizens invaded early morning. He had been accused of a crime but no evidence linked him. another neighborhood shooting had occurred weeks earlier with Thomas Croullies killed. Providence July 25, Brown University president F. E. Andrews resigns after commission report on silver utterances.
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Brinkley
Madisonville
Eph Brinkley
Thomas Croullies
Providence, R. L
FE. B. Andrews
Brown University
Andrews
Anti Jag patent cure and odd notices paste
Drunkards crave drink cured by Anti Jag sent by Renova Chemical Co. for one dollar postpaid. German population rise five times French in five years. Tombstone sign in Philly says Whiskers dyed here. Oldest suspension bridge 1792 Amesbury Mass. Monster turnip grown by Pottstown official weighs 3 lb 3 oz. Copper cents mint loss: 119.9 million issued, 900k accounted. Raspberry shipment from Williamsport to Pittsburgh in three days, 170 bushels by 70 pickers. Suited quote about drawing a $100,000 check contrasts with 50 cents debt.
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Renova Chemical Co
Broadway
New York
Philadelphia
Merrimac River
Amesbury
Mass
United States
Samuel G. Bail
Pottstown
Mortgages and Bees Highlight Curious 1896 Notes
A quirky 1896 fragment notes a noble claim challenge over mortgages, mentions bees with a strong honey crop, reports rich bee swarms, and states artificial ice is made in Juneau Alaska. It also cites a Piso’s Cure for Consumption testimonial from Seattle and reports riotous Budapest demonstrations against police breaking up labor meetings.
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Juneau
Alaska
Dr Darrin's Specialities Eyes Ears Nose Throat Clinic
Dr Darrin offers free consultations at the Auditorium building Spokane Washington with office hours from 10 am to 8 pm daily. He treats diseases of the eye ear nose throat catarrh deafness bronchitis consumption dyspepsia constipation skin diseases liver kidneys piles tapeworms and other chronic ailments including female troubles. Surgical operations may be performed if needed and out of town patients are treated with un failing success through correspondence. One visit desirable but not always necessary. Write for symptom blank and circular. Letters promptly answered.
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Darrin
Spokane
Wash
Tariff Bill Passes Senate Adjourns House In Washington
The Senate approved the Dingley tariff by a 40 to 30 vote amid applause with an executive session. The House planned to adjourn at 9 pm after receiving the currency commission message. Speaker announced adjournment without day as members prepared to leave the city.
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Washington
Dingley
Senate
Yeas
House
Morgan
Alabama
Grosvenor
President urges nonpartisan monetary commission for currency reform
The president asks Congress to create a special nonpartisan commission to thoroughly study the nations monetary affairs and banking laws. It should report by November's end to inform future action in the first regular session. The aim is stable currency and reduced government costs.
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Washington
Congress
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Senate
Indianapolis
Sr Pas Con Sinegeraes
Valley of the Coeur d Alene Becomes a Vast Hay Ranch
The Idaho valley is rapidly developing into a major hay region. Timber and mining demand support a growing timber and lumber trade while thousands of new ties and repaired bridges aid rail traffic. Most ranchers between Wardner and Harrison are now cutting and stacking hay, with high water flooding the valley to produce rich grasses and prime timothy and red top hay.
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Kingston
Idaho
Wardner
Wallace
South Fork
North Fork
Harrison
Coeur d'Alene
Japan Opposes Hawaii Annexation Says Stand Firm
San Francisco July 25 steam ship China brings July 5 advices with Count Okuma urging Japan to oppose the United States plan to annex Hawaii. He says Japan must resist and not recognize annexation and that England must accept the status quo as Japan supports a firm stance with England Germany and France.
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San Francisco
China
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Okuma
Hawaii
United States
Japan
England
Egypt
Germany
France
Saloonkeeper Robbed of 3000 in Helena Mine Row
Ed Moshure saloonkeeper at the Chestnut mines in Helena reported a 3000 robbery. Burglars entered his rear apartments about 2 am tied gagged him with a gunny sack before awakening him. He commonly hid his pay in a bureau drawer, a fact the burglars likely knew.
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Helena
Mont
Bozeman
Moshure
Chestnut Mines
Railroad Building At Nelson on Slocan River Branch
Rapid progress reported as Canadian Pacific extends track from terminal to city easterly limits to avoid last minute connections with the Crow's Nest road. Work is focused on the Slocan river branch with excellent progress and large lumber rafts are delivering bridge material via the Columbia river, 21 carloads arriving last week.
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Nelson
B. C
Canadian Pacific
Crow’s Nest
Slocan River
Columbia River
Germany protests annexation to U S over Hawaii control
London July 25 The Paris correspondent of the Daily Mail reports Germany protested to the United States against Hawaii’s annexation by another nation. Germany seeks triple control of the islands by America Great Britain and itself. Germany also consulted Japan but Tokyo declined to join, trusting U S respect for Japanese emigrants in Hawaii.
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London
Paris
Daily Mail
Germany
United
Sealed in Sheet Whalen Husband Faces Court
Daniel Whalen of St Louis Missouri drank heavily then returned home and attempted to whip his wife. She sewed him up in a bed sheet and gave him a thrashing while he slept. He filed a police court complaint showing bruises but the judge jailed him for 10 days and sent the wife home.
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Daniel Whalen
St. Louis
Whalen
Daniel
Two Local Drownings Reported in Washington
Drowned while bathing in Whatcom county J B Nace a 16 year old Linden youth was swept away in the Nooksack River by a treacherous current. In Seattle John Ellis of Fremont suburb drowned at Lake Union after swimming soon after meals. cramps struck in six feet of water and his body was recovered.
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Whatcom
Wash
J. B. Nace
Linden
Nooksack River
John Gillis
Fremont
Seattle
John Ellis
Lake Union
One Guess Contest for Schilling’s Best Tea
An advertisement announces a monthly contest offering one guess per yellow ticket in every Schilling’s Best tea package. Do not send coupons. save them for other uses. Rules of the contest are published in large advertisement during the first and middle of each month.
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Schilling
Gold Placers in a Mexican State Rival Klondike Richness
Washington reports the president and Secretary Alger plan to detail an army officer and a company for service in Alaska. Details await routing via the Yukon river to reach near Circle City with a potential Post Alger near the boundary. Volunteer troops are already offering service, including Captain Abercrombie with 60 men.
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Washington
Alger
Alaska
Gold Country
Yukon River
Pacific
Circle City
Surplus Freight at Dyea Threatens Klondike Season
Steamer City of Topeka brings word of rising Klondike fever in Juneau and freight pileups at Dyea. Indians can only move limited tonnage over the divide for 18 months, likely blocking hundreds of gold seekers this year. Alaska's governor John G. Brady has taken office. New York reports Klondike claim listings and mining exchange talks. A San Francisco consignment brings $20,000 in Alaska dust to Wells Fargo.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Topeka
Alaska
Juneau
Dyea
Queen
Mexico
John G. Brady
New York
Wall Street
Mining Exchange of New York
Gold Placers of Guerrero Predicted to Surpass Klondike
In City of Mexico on July 28 reports claim Guerrero placer mining will yield more gold than the Klondike as development grows. Labor is cheap, water is abundant, and a California miner says May output reached 24000 with an average of 15000 monthly. Indians in Sonora are said to reap large returns from minimal effort and may rival California during its peak.
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City of
Mexico
Guerrero
Klondike
Sonora
California
British Rule For Klondike Not Enforced Now
Ottawa authorities announce the cabinet will not enforce the alien law in the Klondike district for the present. Royalty on gold output discussed and held for tomorrow. Eighty mounted police to be sent out. U S authorities to be asked for cooperation. Two customs officers to Lake Tagish to collect duties.
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Ottawa
Ont
Klondike
United States
Washington
Lake Tagish
Heavy clothing order for Alaska gold fields
A St. Joseph wholesale firm received one of the west’s largest orders for goods to cold northern regions. The North American Trading & Transportation Company placed the order for items including men's underclothing from heavy woolen blankets destined for the Alaska gold fields.
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St. Joe
Abselve
St. Joseph
West
Alaska Gold Fields
North American Trading & Transportation Company
Waziris abandon Sherranni as expedition occupies towns
A Simla telegram reports the punitive expedition against the Waziris has reached Sherranni and Maizar with no opposition. The Waziris have abandoned both towns. In Topeka Kansas Mrs Mary Lease announced she will seek the populist nomination for governor next year, stating the constitution allows a woman to hold the office.
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London
Simla
Sherranni
Maizar
Lease
Topeka
Kan
Mary Lease
Kansas
Striking workers seize and flee from Illinois Central freight
About one hundred strikers led by Bradley attempted to seize an Illinois Central freight at Belleville Illinois to ride to Lenzburg and Marissa mines for a strike. The crew refused, the sheriff's posse arrived, and after reading a telegraphic demand from the transportation chief the strikers abandoned the train.
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St. Louis
Bradley
Belleville
Lenzburg
Marissa
Mater of Transportation
Gaven
Pickneyville
Sherif Rhein
Hinshaw Innocence Claim Ties Convict to New Suspects
Noah Baney, a Michigan City inmate, writes a confession that could free Rev. W. E. Hinshaw, sentenced two years ago for his wife's murder in Indianapolis. Baney alleges John Whitney and Guy Van Tassell killed Mrs. Hinshaw during a robbery visit from Indianapolis to Belleville, detailing events as told by the two men.
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Indiana Penitentiary
Indianapolis
Noah Baney
Michigan City
Rev
W. E. Hinshaw
Hinshaw
Baney
Murderers Are Captured In Cattle Thief Ambush
Six men and two women are under arrest for the murder of Deputies William Green and William Kelly during a cattle thief search in 1806 in Trinidad Col. The suspects include Juan Duran Nestor Martinez Macedonio Archuleta Dave Hodges Lubesta Archuleta Luz Duran and Lucis Archuleta. Archuleta confessed claiming the deputies were killed in ambush and burned to remove evidence. Officers pursue two more implicated men.
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William Green
William Kelly
Juan Duran
Nestor Martinez
Macedonio Archuleta
Dave Hodges
Lubesta Archuleta
Luz Duran
Lucis Archuleta
Archuleta
Sultan and Powers Agree Frontier Clause in Treaty
Constantinople July 25. Ambassadors of the powers and Tewfik Pasha have agreed on the frontier clause of the peace treaty. The sultan accepted the line drawn by military attaches with a slight technical alteration. Turkish troops begin evacuating Thessaly as D J Evad Pasha departs on a Crete mission to broker autonomy talks between admirals, Mussulmanes, and Cretans.
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Constantinople
Th Powers
Tewfik Pasha
Thessaly
D.J. Evad Pasha
Crete
President McKinley to Visit Lake Champlain Trip
Washington reports arrangements for President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley to travel to Lake Champlain with Secretary and Mrs. Alger and Secretary and Mrs. Porter. He will stay at the lake until the 23rd then attend the G A R encampment at Buffalo and proceed to Ohio for his old regiment reunion.
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Washington
Lake Champlain
McKinley
Alger
Porter
G. A. KR
Buffalo
Ohio
Sale of the Union Pacific Requires Special Master
A petition filed in the U S circuit court asks Judge William D Cornish to be appointed special master in the foreclosure decree against the Union Pacific railroad to oversee the sale and execution of the decree. The petition is signed by all parties in interest. The piece contrasts early leather thimbles with 17th century gold and gem encrusted examples.
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Omaha
United States Circuit Court
William D. Cornish
Union Pacific Railroad
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted Amid Health Claims
The article presents medical claims about menstruation regularity and Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with testimonials. It also notes unrelated items including a street railway fire loss of 60000 dollars, a Schilling tea ticket contest payout, and a Tideham widow jailed for milking cows.
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Lydia BE. Pinkham
Pinkham
Pardons Recommended for Two Men in Washington
The board of pardons in Olympia recommends pardons for George S. Young who was convicted October 7, 1894 of cattle stealing in Columbine county and given 10 years and Edward Thorp convicted February 2, 1897 of burglary in Spokane county with a one year sentence.
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Olympia
Wash
Board of Pardons
George
Young
Columbine County
Edward Thorp
Spokane County
Oregon Wheat Crop Seen 25 Percent Larger This Year
Reports from Oregon wheat regions indicate the crop state wide is excellent and largely out of danger. With more acreage the yield should be about 25 percent above last year, eastern Oregon about 14,000,000 bushels and western Oregon about 7,000,000. Exports have not set charters or prices yet, but the bullish market stimulates local activity.
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Portland
Oregon
Lynching in Griffin Ends Attack Suspect Transport
Oscar Williams, a Black man accused of assaulting the daughter of a Henry county farmer, was seized from a train at Griffin and lynched before reaching Atlanta. Authorities report the mob action occurred early this morning in Griffin, Georgia.
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Atlanta
Oscar Williams
Henry County
Central Railway
Griffin
Commissioner chosen to negotiate with multiple Indian tribes
Samuel L. Taggeret of Dubuque Iowa is named commissioner to negotiate with the Crow Flathead Northern Cheyenne Port Hall Uintah and Yakima tribes under a June 10 186 legislation. An absent minded man in a Lagrange Maine sawmill cut off his little finger while distracted. The United Kingdom has added land equal to 31 times its size in 60 years.
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Washington
Samuel L. Taggeret
Dubuque
Iowa
Crow
Flathead
Northern Cheyenne
Port Hall
Uintah
Yakima
Lagrange
United Kingdom
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