Desperate Gilson murder case ends in dramatic police capture
A dawn raid in St Louis stopped Frank Rande, the Gilson and St Elmo murders suspect, after a pawnshop struggle. Officer White was fatally wounded, Heffernan and Hess wounded the desperado finally disabled him. chase and evidence traced to Decatur and Peoria. Rande identified via valise and pawn ticket.
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Sitting Bull recalls Custer massacre with vivid siege tale
New York reports Sitting Bull telling a correspondent the Custer fight was a hellish ordeal. He describes Long Hair as the last to fall, with exhausted soldiers failing to fire and Sioux warriors resisting with magazine rifles as women and children watched from the bluff.
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Portable benzoline lamp lights with a touch
French inventors patent a compact device that, when a button is pressed, passes current through a platinum wire heated to redness. The surrounding benzine atmosphere ignites the lamp as benzoline burns, producing a very bright light in a portable unit.
Passenger hotel bill refunded after missed railway connection
A late afternoon English railway connection was missed, forcing passengers to stay overnight. One passenger complained about hotel charges and received a courteous apology from the railway manager along with a post office order for the hotel bill.
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Old Man Foresees Tammany Theft In Batavia Affair
An elderly Clermont county reader denounces Democratic officers over a 24000 dollar missing treasury claim tied to the Batavia case. He cites precinct vote buying, recounts Major Ricker’s alleged deficits, and predicts refunds to Mr. Robinson while urging a safe lock and no duplicate keys.
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