McCues Appeal Effort for Commutation in Charlottesville Case
Richmond and Alexandria lawyers push governor to commute the death sentence of J Samuel McCue for his wife’s murder. Jurors, clergy, and residents circulate petitions, urging life imprisonment based on sanity review and new evidence. Medical experts from Charlottesville and Richmond plan to assess McCue's mental state before the governor.
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Charlottesville
McCue
Samuel McCue
Cean
United States
Washington
Charlottesvills
Deh
Samuel AleCue
Pris
Charles Bf Munz
Bumvel
Charslottes
Villa Ars
Richmione
Pat S
Mretericksborg
Gav
Montague
Howard S. Meu
Court of Appeals
Cage
Frederickspurg
R. CO. TL. Moncure
Machen & Moncure
Alexandria
J. Samuel McCue
B. Quinn and Decker
Quinn
Mrr. Decker
Moncure
W. J. Chewning
Richmond
Alexandrka
Kiarlortesvile
Peril at Sea Ends for Damara Survivors
Halifax news reports fifteen aboard the Damara endured a twelve hour open boat voyage in a two below zero gale. Captain Gorst, ten crewmen, and three passengers reached Pleasant Point exhausted and frostbitten after the Damara sank in ten fathoms off Pleasant Point. Woman passenger stood firm guiding oars and encouraging others as rescuers pulled the boat through heavy surf.
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Halifax
Gorst
Furness
Damara
Pleasant Point
Inta
Musquuilobolt Harbor
Ars
Prowse
Dimara
Harrison
Furness Agency
Court extends writ delay in Hargis murder case
Frankfort Kentucky Court of Appeals extends temporary writ of prohibition from February 10 to 18 restraining Fayette Circuit Court from taking jurisdiction over the Hargis murder cases. It sustains Commonwealth's Attorney John Allen's motion to summon seventeen Breathite County witnesses for oral testimony, a rare action in Kentucky.
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Court of Appeals
Fayette
Hargis
Breathite County
Commonwealth
John Allen
Fayette Court
Kentucky
Convicts begin sentences at West Virginia prison in grim dawn
March from the train to confinement marks a tense morning as post office conspirator Machen and the Groff brothers arrive at Moundsville for two year terms. Diller Groff and Samuel Groff, aged and infirm, face work fitting their conditions while Machen seeks clerical duties and books.
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Washington Post
Moundsville
W. Va
W. Machen
Diller B. Groff
Samuel A. Groff
West Virginia
United States
Clarence C. Dawson
C. HE. Haddox
Machen
Groffs
Capt
Dawson
Flo
Samuel Groff
Sam
Washington
Moiaandsville
J. Wred Harris
Sam Groff
Emanuel Ream
District Jail Watch
Groff Brothers
Rosa Craig
Minchen
Cumberland
Muchen
Atlil
Elliott letter inquiry and Delaware senatorial vote updates
A Washington Post dispatch from Charleston West Virginia reports testimonies by May Grosscup McCamb and Curtin on the Elliott letter inquiry. Delaware lawmakers report no change in the United States Senate deadlock as Addicks Lauisbury and Du Pont remain locked in a joint ballot. Cecilia Loftus lies in a hospital in Akron after a nervous prostration following a onstage fainting.
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Delaware
Dover
Del
United States
J. Edward Addicks
Union Republican
Willard Lauisbury
Col
Henry A. Dupont
Joint Assembly
Cecilia Loftus
Akron
Ohio
Erie
Youngstown
Miles answers critics on Davis imprisonment in 1868
Boston February 8 Gen Nelson A Miles rejects claims officials acted to humiliate Jefferson Davis and says the 1868 Fort Monroe imprisonment was approved by highest authority and directed by the proper chain of command He notes past debate but asserts no apology is owed and cites actions taken in good faith by President Johnson Stanton Dana Holt Halleck and others who are now deceased.
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Boston
Jefferson Davis
Fort Monroe
Nelson A. “Miles
Congress
Davis
Johnson
Stanton
Dana
Holt
Halleck
Macon
Fen
Binghamton
WN. Y
United States
George B. Curtiss
Privy Council
Greene
Gaynor
Canada
William B. Kirk
Syracuse
Circuit Court of Appeals
Kirk
Curtiss
Man Overdoses Drug At New Hotel Astor
W Griffin Gribbel of Philadelphia, a University of Pennsylvania civil engineering student, was found near unconscious at the New Hotel Astor and taken to a hospital in serious condition. He explained the dose was for sleep, the magistrate dismissed the case, and his well connected Wynnewood family is abroad in Mexico.
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New York
New Hotel Astor
W. Griffin Gribbel
Philadelphia
Tie
Gribbel
University of Pennsylvania
Flis
Wynvote
Mexico
Cheltenham Military Academy
Ogonutz
Death by Dynamite in Mine at Osceola shafts
An Osceola Consolidated mine explosion at No 3 shaft in Houghton Michigan fatally injured three miners and left three missing while six rescuers died from gases. Eleven injured total. Recovery to surface halted operations and significant production loss anticipated.
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Gus Donald
Ben Orchard
John Nevore
William Wills
Peter Hutela
Jever
Osceola Consolidated Mining Company
No. & Shaft
More Indictments in Oregon Land Frauds Case
A federal grand jury in Portland indicts eight individuals in a broad land fraud investigation alleging defrauding the U.S. government of public lands in Oregon. Among the accused are A. H. Tanner, linked to Senator John H. Mitchell, for perjury. Blamilton H. Hendricks for subornation of perjury. and several officials and notaries including Henry Meldrum, George F. Waggoner, David W. Kinnaird, Rufus S. Moore, John W. Hamaker, and Frank J. Van Winkle on conspiracy to defraud.
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Oregon
Portland
Ore
A. H. Tanner
Lhw
United States
John H. Mitchell
Mitchell
Blamilton H. Hendricks
Buttenreck Land and Livestock Company
Henry Meldrum
George F. Waggoner
David W. Kinnaird
Rufus S. Moore
John W. Hamaker
Frank J. van Winkle
United States Government of Public Lands
College Girl Disappears in Berrins Springs Michigan
Miss Olive Templeton eighteen daughter of a Sawyer Wisconsin businessman vanished from Adventist College after chapel. Deputies scour the area and river searches fail to locate her body. Clothing left behind suggests foul play or elopement. theories center on abduction or murder. Train advertisements interrupt the report.
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Berrins Springs
Mich
Olive Templeton
Adventist College
Miss Templeton
Shberiff Tennant
St. Joseph River
Sawyer
Wis
Comerford expelled as Illinois lawmaker amid bribery saga
Springfield Feb ex senator Comerford from Cook County was expelled by a 121 to 13 vote after a House committee found his charges of bribery unfounded. He denounced fellow members as liars while alleging the investigative panel blocked evidence. He waived defense and denounced the committee in a lengthy speech.
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Machen
Chicago
Illinois
Springfield
Frank D. Comerford
Cook County
Forty-fourth
General Assembly
House of Aesembly
Milingis College of Law
Comerford
Mr. Comerford
Columbus Banker Admits Loan to Mrs Chadwick
Banker Fred S Wright testifies he loaned Mrs Cassie Chadwick 5000 from private funds about a year and a half ago and took jewelry as collateral to fully protect him. Nathan Toeser, Chadwick receiver, says Wright not listed among creditors. Customs locate 80000 in jewels Mrs Chadwick entered the country with and paid no duty.
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Columbus
Ohio
Fred S. Wright
Cassie Chadwick
Cleveland
Nathan Toeser
Chadwick
F. 8. Wright
Wright
Indicted in big swindle over wire tapping scheme
New York grand jury indicted Frederick Williams and Charles Thompkins on grand larceny in a wire tapping swindle that cost John Felix about 30000. A related indictment names a third man at large. Felix says he was induced to place 30000 on a horse at 4 to 1 after receiving supposed advance race information. the horse lost and Felix lost his stake.
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New York
Grand
Frederick Williams
Charles Thompkins
John Felix
Felix
Girl sets fire to self amid religious crisis in Chicago
Miss Frances Wakeley aged twenty three, recently joined a secret religious sect, poured oil over her clothes and a stack of torn books and papers, then ignited the blaze. She is hospitalized in critical condition with likely fatal injuries. Her paralytic mother in the adjacent room heard her voice but could not intervene.
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Chicago
Frances Wakeley
Miss Wakeley
Index to todays issue high court appeals and statehood moves
Yesterday’s paper highlights I McCue appealing to the highest court and Missouri moves toward a new state in the inaugural parade. It notes Shaffer facing the death penalty and pleas for a condemned woman. Also reports Newfoundland treaty in the Senate and a clash with strikers feared.
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Machen
Illinois
Greene
Gaynor
New State
Shaffer
Newfoundland
Senate
Platt
New York
Flotel
Wheeling
Germany wins Turkish artillery rearmament contract
Paris reports Germany secured a Turkish artillery rearmament contract, prompting Franco Turkish tensions. French officials say loans and gun orders are driven by commercial interests, with Germany and France competing for Ottoman bonds and weapon orders. Ambassador Constans maneuvers aim to hasten a favorable decision while Paris weighs political impact.
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Paris
Constantinople
M. Constans
Delcasse
Furance
Resus Urounys
Reshad Pasha
Duetsche Bank
Turkey
Unlie
Ottoman Empire
Berlin
Porte
Extradition Fight Over Greene and Gaynor Case Engulfs As U S Presses
London privy council reverses Justice Caron and rules for the American government in the Greene-Gaynor extradition dispute. Greene and Gaynor remain in remand as Canada faces further proceedings. Officials in Montreal and Washington indicate continued efforts to repatriate the prisoners and pursue related bonds.
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Greene and
Gaynor
London
Greene-Gaynor
Justice Caron
Quebec
Greene
Caron
Greene and Gaynor
John R. Carter
Supreme Court of Canada
Lake Erie
Gaynor-Greene
Regal
Col
Capt. Greene
Taschereau
K. C
Montreal
Fast Train Jumps Track at St Johnsville
The westbound Southwestern Limited from New York Central derailed at St Johnsville at 6 pm. speed was high, cars left the rails for a quarter mile, passengers shaken but none seriously hurt. Three tracks blocked for hours, locomotive stayed on rails. Baltimore and Return special advertised for Saturday and Sunday with hourly service except Royal Limited.
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Southwestern Limited
N. York Central
New York
St. Johnsville
Baltimore
R.R
Royal Limited
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