Deserted Soldier Henry Haze Ends in Filipino War Killing
From Manila comes the tale of Corporal Henry Haze of the First California who deserted his regiment to be with a Filipino woman named Chiquita. He ignored Iloilo deployment, was found singing with Chiquita, and was killed by bullets from his own troops in battle.
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Manila
Haze
Henry Haze
California
San Francisco
Corporal Haze
New York Journal
Golden Gate
Pacific
Chiquita
Iloilo
Company D
First
California Volunteers
United States of America
Parisian Scandal Ties Faure Death to Actress Sorel
Paris circles seek to hush up a scandal linked to President Faure's death. Reports allege the former president was violently scolded by actress Mme Sorel over his failure to see.
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Paris
Faure
Mme. Sorel
Julpbar Flies
A Scientific American correspondent describes a remarkable insect called the Julpbar fly linked to Mountain Copper Company ore roasting near Redding Colorado. The flies thrive in the sulfurous fumes emitted by burning ore heaps that burn for about thirty days, and workers must cover faces and hands to resist their attacks.
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Julpbar
Scientific American
Mountain Copper Company, Limited
Redding
Colo
Woman Whips City Attorney in Kansas City Fracas
Mrs W R Cadman, a Kansas City resident, attempted to horsewhip City Attorney John A Oliphant after accusing him of slander. In a store confrontation she produced a rawhide whip and struck him multiple times. Oliphant then took the whip and severely whipped her. The incident stirred public interest due to Oliphant's prominence in politics and church circles.
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W. R. Cadman
Kansas City
John A. Oliphant
Cherokee Murderer Freed Over Jurisdiction Question
United States Judge William Springer nullified jurisdiction for crimes in the Cherokee nation prior to tribal court abolition. The habeas corpus case by William Mills, a Cherokee man who confessed to murdering his wife, held that no court in Indian Territory has authority if both killer and victim were Cherokee.
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United States
William Springer
William Mills
Indian Territory
Miles
Prosecutor Faces Hardened Defense Tactics
In a sharp observation, the evil-doer’s adversary notes that prosecutors may grow case-hardened through repeated courtroom battles. The comment hints at tougher legal strategies and hardened courtroom posture over time.
Kentucky Hermit once a local leader near Bardstown
Living ten miles east of Bardstown in Nelson county Basil Hayden, called The Hermit, is in his mid seventies and has not set foot on the ground for over thirty years. Wealthy farmer from a pioneer lineage, he served in the Confederate Army and is said to have been treated poorly by The Lort. His brother Raymond Hayden founded a famed whiskey brand and died under mysterious circumstances with poison nearby.
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Bardstown
Nelson County
Basil Hayden
Raymond Hayden
United States
Strange Case of Extreme Sneeze Spans in Washington Girl
A Washington schoolgirl suffered an extraordinary respiratory episode, sneezing up to 50 000 times daily after October onset. Doctors tried sedatives and even chloroform without relief until Dr. Walter A. Wells removed a nasal growth with electric needle surgery, after which the sneezing diminished and stopped.
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Washington
Medical Society
Walter A. Wells
Recluse in Bardstown Clings to Silence After Emancipation Fallout
A former slaveholder in Bardstown becomes a hermit after emancipation, grieving lost slaves and secluding himself in a darkened retreat. He maintains vast landed wealth via a supervising overseer, refuses most contact, and is described as miserly. A bank visit occurs twice yearly to settle finances. Two Wichita barbers and two others are not guilty in a murder mystery tied to the Joseph New case in Greenwood County.
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Bardstown
Hayden
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Sorel
Kentucky
The
Herbert
Willis Simpson
Wichita
B. L. Matthews
Rice County
Joseph New
Eureka
Greenwood County
James Cobb
W. P. Freeman
Kansas Penitentiary
Simmons
Sedgwick County
Freeman
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