Rumor of Martial Law Fears Grip Jackson Kentucky
Telegrams from Jackson Kentucky report rumors of martial law and armed resistance as Mountaineers rally to free Jett and White. Militia girds the city, outposts on roads and passes are planned, correspondents kept in camp, and ammunition shipments flood Breathitt County amid rising tension and limited intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Jett
White
Little Hotel
Breathitt
Breathitt County
Louisville
No Relief in Nebraska Railroads Halted by Floods
Floods in south and southeast Nebraska destroy crops and halt rail traffic. Corn lies buried in mud while wheat growth stunted by prolonged moisture. Lincoln received 1.85 inches of rain in twelve hours as the Blue River swelled near Beatrice.
Havana Merchants Protest Medicine Tax Strike
Merchants of Havana protest provincial taxes on medicines and perfumery. Druggists and dress goods dealers have closed shops in solidarity, with Wil Kings stores to follow, signaling wide business disruption as the protest grows.
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Druggista
Mavana
Wil Kings
Montreal and Mariesville Fire Losses Hit High
A large fire swept Mariesville thirty miles from Montreal causing sixty houses and several buildings to burn with losses around $75,000. Separate Montreal blazes raised totals to $100,000 with Principal losses tied to Montreal Cotton and Wool Waste Company and John Crowe & Cox hay barns. In San Francisco the building trades council backed wage-demand action. Kansas faces worsening floods after four inches of rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariesville
Montreal
Lowes
Montreal Cotton and Wool Waste Company
John Crowe & Cox Hay Barius
Building Trades Council of
San Francisco
Cali
Conviction in Bribery Case Reaches Five-Year Term
In St Louis Missouri a jury returned a five year sentence in the bribery case of J J Haupigan former house of delegates member. Haupigan is the eighteenth to be convicted. A newspaper man is expelled, and a correspondent was removed amid unsettled actions at the bureau.
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Penitentiary
St. Louis
J. J. Haupigen
Pouse
Haupigan
Louden
Bree
Michigan
Edgar de Mueles
Law Department
University of Michigan
Dubouquy
St Anne
Ye Muelos
Earthquake Devastates Melazgherd Area in Van Province
Advices from Constantinople report a terrible earthquake on April 20 at Melazgherd in the Van province. The town and 400 nearby houses were destroyed, with a population of about 2,000 wiped out including Armenians and garrison troops. several officers and many soldiers perished. A later shock on April 28 widened the calamity across the district, with deaths extending to the telegraph operator and family. Subscriptions were urged by the foreign office for relief of Muslims and Christians in the district.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Melamsherd
Cilayet
Van
Erzereom
Melazgherad
London
Erzeroom
Melazgherd
Lake van
Melaggherd
Khatil Bey
Tayth Bes
Rinigelf
Foreign Office
Mohammedanus
Christiana
Molazgherd
Mob repulsed at county jail during Jackson raid
A night of horror unfolded as about sixty armed men gathered near the Jackson county jail. Guards fired on prowlers who tried to force entry. three volleys were exchanged with no known injuries. Dett and White were arraigned Thursday for the murder of Mivrewm and pleaded not guilty. trial set for Monday.
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Jackson
I.y
Amo
Wonedresia
Mivrewm
Flee From Water as Destructive Flood Hits Des Moines
Hundreds of families flee in Des Moines Iowa as twenty miles of planned land flood, 200 families displaced, and water rapidly rises. Residents patrol river banks to strengthen levees while many move belongings from homes. Maurice Street levee breaches force evacuations and severe street disruption. bridge and streetcar service halted.
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Dea Moines
Maurice Street
Judge Orders U S to Pay for Rosecolia Sinking
Judge Adames in New York holds the United States must compensate for the British steamship Rosecolia sunk in foggy seas May 18, 1908 by the US cruiser Columbia. The British owners claim the US is responsible amid a patrol against Cervera’s fleet.
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Adames
New York
United States
Rose Colia
Columbia
Cervera
Fink Dou
Estate of Dr. Francis Tumblety Reveals $100000 Wealth
In St Louis Dr Francis Tumblety aged 82 once thought poverty stricken died at St Johns hospital. A will opened after his death shows an estate valued at $100000. Two workers died when an ore car on the Anaconda Copper Company line jumped the track at the Montana plant.
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Francis Tumblety
Jesu
St. John's Hospital
St. Louis
Anaconda Qopper “Company
Ansconda
Munt
Corruption Inquiry and Negro Bench Mystery in Iowa
In Des Moines a bar committee, appointed by four district judges, probes alleged lawyer corruption to cleanse the courts. Amid broader investigations a circuit court trial elevates George Woodson of Oskaloosa, the first Black judge in town, with Woodson tied to Booker T. Washington. meanwhile a wagon trust and various local notices reflect a state-wide swirl of legal, industrial, and civic events across Iowa.
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Dea Moines
Sip
George Ve, Woodoon
Oskaloosa
Deliehman
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway
Dudge KH
W. Preston
Woodson
Virginia
Booker T. Washington
Town University
Muchakinock
Des Moines
Ele
Republian
Weather Drives Mixed Crop News Across Regions
The weekly Weather Bureau report shows warm spell improving wheat and corn prospects in many areas while heavy rains from Oklahoma to Minnesota slow planting and germination. Drought relief in the Ohio Valley, Lake region, and parts of the middle Atlantic contrasts with delayed farm work in the Midwest.
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Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Minnesota
Dakotas
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
Indiana
Ilinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Middle Atlantic
New England
Nouthern
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
North Pacific Coast
Missouri Valley
Maryland
Virginia
Porson
Rao
South
Eadowy
Buga
Ohio
Oute
Hurley
Fiever
Timoth
Barney
Kolowa
Mississippi River
Peet Bros. to Build Major Plant in Omabe this Year
Soap makers of Kansas City, the Peet Bros. Manufacturing Co., plan a large Omabe branch plant this year. Crown Princess of Saxony will not reside in Austria or Saxony and will receive a 6000 dollar annual income. Her last child will be taken from her at three months old. New York births exceed deaths, and the city’s foreign-born population rises, now about 8,732,030. City health board notes show growing immigration impact.
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Peet Bros. Manufacturing Company
Soap Makers of
Kansas City
Omabe
Crown Princesa of
Saxony
Austria
City Board of Health
New York City
Board of Tepatecy
Hundred Years Ago Invasion Plans And Census Figures
A century past notes Napoleon began fitting out an invasion of England. The Swedish expulsion of the American secretary of legation over tree masonry intrigue is reported. Cuban census shows 257,000 free white men and 450,000 slaves in Havana’s colony. US total area 3,025,000 square miles with 76,000,000 people, excluding Alaska.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
England
Stockholm
Havana
Cuba
United States
Alagka
Treasury subscribes for 10000 shares in canal venture
Seventy five years ago the Secretary of the Treasury bought 10000 shares in the Ghena beske and Ohio Canal Company as a favorite scheme of George Washington. News described many travelers moving to Carolina for gold finds and noted Spain’s flour duty of eight dollars a barrel at Havana. The report also announced discoveries of more than twenty syn apote with some estimates at 50000 miles in diameter. Charles Carroll of Carrollton, sole survivor of the Declaration signers, received the franking privilege from Congress.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Ghenabeske and Ohio Canal Company
George Washington
North
South Carolina
Spain
Havana
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
Congress
Fifty Years Ago in News Reports
Fifty years ago a passenger train linked Syracuse and Rochester on the New York Central. Construction started on Niagara Gorge's first suspension bridge. Turkey agreed to expel political refugees after pressure from Austria and Britain. The U.S. Treasury noted Congress appropriated $13,087,262 more than President Fillmore requested in the just closed session.
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Syracua
Rochester
New York Central Railroad
Niagara River
Turkey
Am Tria
Tinea
Register of the United States Treasury
Congress
Fillmore
Forty Years Ago Plans and Prices in Civil War Era News
A composite of early Boston to St Paul railroad proposals by Perry Smith and Iran Moon, a New York Central luxury car claim for W Wagner, coal miner immigration from Belgium to offset wage demands, Lincoln warned of Lee led invasion, Confederate price offers on basic goods, and a St Louis Board of Trade steamer moved fruit and vegetables to aid Grant’s forces at Vicksburg.
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St. Paul
Chicago
Perry H. Smith
Iran Moon
New York Central Railroad
W. Wagner
Illinois
St. Louis
Louis Dochez
Belgium
Lincoln
Schenck
Pennsylvania
Lee
St. Louis Board of Trade
Grant
Vickeburg
Miss
Thirty Years Ago in Concord and Global News
Thirty years ago Emerson and his daughter were greeted at their Concord home by residents and students. Cuban insurgents attacked Guanja and were repulsed by Spanish forces. Philadelphia Centennial officials urged states for funds toward a “full cabinet of minerals.” Gladstone called American claims against Britain over the Confederate ship Alabama a gigantic error. The US Court of Claims awarded British citizens 640000 dollars for cotton seized by General Sherman at Savannah during the Civil War.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Concord
Guanja
Philadelphia
Gladstone
Great Britain
Alabama
United States Court of Claima
Sherman
Savannah
Twenty Years Ago Chronicle of Imperial Russia and Major Events
A collection of dated notes recounts Alexander II being crowned emperor at the Kremlin Meegaw, a Mexican rail consolidation contract with General Grant’s signatory, the Dublin Phoenix Park ambush execution of Michael Fagan, Crook’s reported defeat of Apaches in the Sierra Madre, the New York Brooklyn Bridge dedication by Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland and Mayor Low, and Col. Ingervoll’s six day defense speech at the Stay Route trial in Washington.
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Alexander Kit
Russia
Kremlin
Meegaw
Day Gould
A. S. Grant
Michael Fagan
Dublin
Phoenix Park
Crook
New York and Brooklyn Bridge
Provident
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Low
Col
Robert. G. Ingervoll
Washington
Ten Years Ago at New York During Spanish Royal Visit
A garbled snippet recalls a ball for the Infanta Hula and Infante Don Antonio of Spain in New York ten years ago, mentioning Cervantes and a dye prop staining incident, with unclear details and names.
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Infanta Hula
Infante
Don Antonio
Spain
don-Cervantes
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