Bandits Break Jail at Glasgow Jail Escape After Slaying Watch
In Glasgow Montana a jailbreak freed four inmates led by condemned killer William Hardee who killed death watch Charles Williams with a Winchester. The men overpowered guards Jailer Dillard and Under Sheriff Rutter, secured weapons, and fled across the Missouri River with intent to escape.
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Glasgow
Mont
William Hardee
Charles Wiliams
Missouri
Rutter
Dillard
Winchester
Jack Williams
Mutter
Desolation in South Carolina Amid Flood Debris Losses
A Columbus dispatch reports widespread flood damage in the Piedmont region. Estimated property losses exceed 3560000 with 80 dead, including 100 missing Clifton mill workers. Clifton No 2 losses include 26 homes. Clifton No 1 and 3 also damaged. Pacelet and Clftonia mills suffer multi million losses. 500 survivors at Clifton face destitution.
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Columbus
Ocean
Piedmont
Clifton
Converse
Clifton No 2
Clfton
Clftonia
Warship for Chile to protect American interests
Rear Admiral Sumner ordered to lead his North Atlantic squadron through the straits to Valparaiso to safeguard American interests amid unrest in Chile. If Sumner cannot sail at once, the Pacific squadron may be sent instead. The Sumner fleet includes Newark Detroit Gloucester and Montgomery. Farther east, a deadly blast at the St Louis Car and Factory kills fifteen workers and floods the city, with extensive property and stock losses.
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Sumner
Chile
Valparaiso
State Department
Navy Department
Pacific
San Francisco
Glass
California
North Atlantic
Montevideo
Straits
Giasa
Sumners
Newark
Detroit
Gloucester
Montgomery
Order Mormons Ordered to Leave Prussia
A Berlin dispatch reports Hugh J. Cannon head of Mormon missions in Germany with his wife and two aides were ordered to depart Prussian territory within three weeks. Authorities also prepare notices for eighty six other missionaries, citing undesired presence. Cannon plans to relocate headquarters to Zurich, Switzerland.
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Berlin
Hugh J. Cannon
Germany
Prussian
Cannon
Zurich
Switzerland
Lynching of W T Hyatt in Belleville Illinois
Pattern after Texas details a mob execution of W T Hyatt a Black school teacher who shot St Clair County Superintendent Charles Hertel after a dispute over a teaching certificate. Hyatt was hanged to a telephone pole outside the courthouse, then burned with coal oil after death.
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W. T Hyatt
Belleville
Ills
Charles Hertel
St Clair County
Hertel
Wyatt
Court House
French Steamer Collision Kills Over 100 Near Marseilles
A collision between the Insulaire and the Liban steamers of Traissenet company off the Maire islands near Marseilles sinks the Liban on a Bas tia Corsica run. The accident, witnessed by the pilot boat Biechamp about two miles away, prompts rescue efforts.
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Marseilles
France
Insulaire
Liban
Traissenet Steamship Company
Bastia
Corsica
Maire Islands
Biechamp
Ppot
Mining man George Wearing Found Unconscious at Royal Oak
George Wearing of Telluride was found with a fractured skull on the floor of the Royal Oak saloon bowling alley Sunday and died at 7:36 after a brief moment of unconsciousness during which he asked his son who did it. Investigations proceed amid doubt that he fell from stairs.
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George Wearing
Telluride
Cole
Royal Oak
George
Wearing
Flood Devastates St Louis Area After Levee Break
A levee near Granite City broke letting a six foot high wall of water sweep Madison and surrounding towns. The surge overwhelmed homes and claimed fifteen lives as residents fled. The disaster report says the flood reached its peak Tuesday night.
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St Louis
Granite City
Madison
Legislative relief eyed for Kansas flood damage
A special Kansas legislature session is expected in two weeks to address flood relief. The focus will be on rebuilding washed away bridges in Kansas City and Shawnee County and repair street railway bridges. Governors oppose broad flood relief appropriation, but seed potatoes for Kaw valley farmers may be proposed to boost this year’s crop.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Shawnee County
Kaw Valley
Miner George Blum Killed In Runaway Near Phillipsburg Mont
A Brabant rich driver John Hopp and George Blum were returning from Tower after visiting a sick friend when their spirited horse bolted. The carriage overturned on Tower road after striking a stump, killing Blum and injuring Hopp in a Sunday evening accident near Phillipsburg Montana.
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Phillipsburg Mont
George Blum
Blum
John Hopp
Tower
Tower Road
Hopp
War on Negroes in Smith County Mississippi
Four black men and one black woman were killed after a bush shooting by a white man named Craft and the wounding of Mr Boys by black residents last week in northern Smith County. Eight to ten others were beaten. most remaining black residents were ordered to leave. Reports say the area was intense but is now quiet if the expulsion is carried out promptly.
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Craft
Browning
Clara Walker
Pippa
Misa Walker
Herve Riel
Setebos
Jingan
Miss Walker
Clara
Harold Denver
Ida
Westmaccott
Denver
Mr. Denver
Papa
Olivette
Charles Westinacott
Ida Merry
Flarold
Chavren Densyer
Ida Ife
Flogging of the Negroes Attributed to Craft's Region
The account states that the flogging of the enslaved people was carried out by men from the area where Craft resided, highlighting regional involvement in the cruelty.
Memoir of Solomon Hiandermai from Kishineff Massacre
A Jewish youth recalls the Kishinev massacre while detained at an immigrant station on El Hs island. He recounts his uncle stoned to death in his yard, his grandfather killed, and his aunt sheltered by a Christian for seven days before leaving for America with relatives in St Joseph Missouri.
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Solomon Hiandermai
Din Kishineff
el Hs Island
St Joseph
Solomon Repeata
Aleo
Solomon
Belorcon
America
Leave-Taking at the Manor Quietly Ends Evening
Clara Walker and Mr Westmacott share a moonlit farewell on the lawn as family tensions and possible new matches surface. Ida and Harold Denver join from the shadows, while Mrs Westmacott contemplates future ties and a distant aunt’s fate.
Quiet talk reveals love and secrets in a manor scene
Clara probes Ida about Harold Denver as Clara longs to guide her sister. Ida hides details after overheard conversations, while Clara recalls her motherless duty and hopes to steer Ida toward Denver with caution.
Morning rambles of a doctor and admiral amid village life
In a summer scene two travelers walk along tree lined roads toward the Crystal Palace. The Admiral celebrates his son’s ascent at Pearson and Denver while a telegraphed political meet divides their volunteer spirits. Mrs Westmacott arrives promoting her meeting, and tension rises as intruding demands clash with old routines.
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Crystal Palace
London
Morning Post
Walker
Pearson
Pearson and
Denver
Clara
George
Charles
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