Lynch Mob Slays Negro in Pittsburg After Dance Incident
Montgomery Godley, a black man from Pierce City, Mo., is taken from the jail and lynched by a mob for fatally shooting Officer Milton Hinkle. The mob hangs him from a telephone pole. rope breaks, assailants cut his throat, and he is hanged again. Tense race strife follows with arrests for concealed weapons and threats of further violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kan
Montgomery Godley
Milton Hinkle
Godley
Pierce City
Godfrey
Bullets Fly in Montana Bar
Havre Montana December 26 a shooting at a half way house between Havre and Fort Assiniboine left two soldiers from the Twenty fourth Infantry wounded Grant Gantz was shot through the breast and may die Private Robinson was hurt not seriously The trouble began after Gantz a drunk quarrelled and fired at proprietor John Dolan and bartender L Groves Groves returned fire striking Gantz The wounded were taken to the post hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
Mont
Fort Assiniboin
Twenty-Fourth Infantry
Grant Gantz
Robinson
Gantz
John Dolan
L. Groves
Boy's Gun Halts Murderer in Springs Shootout
In Both Springs Arkansas on December 26 detective chief Jack Donohue confronted Frank Dougherty a race track follower who had just attacked two women with an axe. Dougherty fatally shot Donohue but a passing boy in a buggy fired at Dougherty wounding him in the face and breast. Dougherty then shot himself in the head and is not expected to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Both Springs
Ark
Jack Donohue
Frank Dougherty
Dougherty
Donahue
Bank Dynamited and Robbed in Webber Kansas
The State Bank of Webber Kansas seven miles north of here was dynamited Wednesday night and robbed of $1500. The heist was discovered late due to a holiday. Intruders dug through the stone vault to reach the steel chest. no clues identify the robbers. Insurance will cover the loss, bank started a month ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Superior
Neb
State Bank
Webber
Kan
Embezzlement Charge Against Newark Fireman Leader
Francis J. Meeker of the Newark Fireman's Relief Association is jailed at police HQ in Newark charged by Assistant Fire Chief Astley with embezzlement. The formal sum swore to before Judge Lambert is 5000 dollars, but the total alleged defalcation may reach 10 000 to 11 000. Meeker has served as association secretary for twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N.J
Francis J. Meeker
Newark Fireman's Re
Aassistant
Astley
Lambert
Meeker
Tragedy in Kansas City Household Ends in Murder Suicide
William P. Mollenback, in a rage sparked by domestic troubles, shot his wife three times as she lay ill, forced his seventeen year old stepdaughter into the street at gunpoint, and then killed himself at their home. The wife is seriously wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
William P. Mollenback
Blizzard Rages in Michigan Hurting Transit
A ferocious blizzard in the upper peninsula of Michigan for twenty four hours has halted streetcar service and slowed railroad traffic. Snow and zero weather disrupt travel across Marquette and surrounding cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Marquette, Mich
Upper Peninsula
Wife Murder and Suicide Stun Algona Couple
In Algona Iowa on December 26 Harry Adams shot dead his wife after ongoing quarrels and then killed himself. Mrs Adams who had previously left with another man returned to her husband leaving two children.
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Bronx City
Algona
Harry Adams
Mra. Adams
Adams
Laura Biggar Acquitted in Bennett Estate Case
Laura Biggar was acquitted while Dr. Charles C. Hendricks and Samuel Stanton were found guilty by a jury of conspiring to seize the entire Bennett estate. Biggar claimed Bennett’s fortune as wife and heir of a child she said was born after his death and soon died. Hendricks ran a sanitarium and treated Biggar. Stanton said he joined the couple in marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freehold
N. J
Laura Biggar
Charles C. Hendricks
Samuel Stanton
Justice of the Peace
Henry M. Bennett
Pittsburg
Cable Nearing Honolulu First Trans Pacific Link
A San Francisco cablegram reports the steamer Silvertown will complete the first link in the trans Pacific cable to Honolulu today. 250 knots were laid in the past 24 hours totaling 2109 knots from San Francisco. Strong northeast winds make landing difficult. Inland weather has been rough with no calm days.
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Silvertown
San Francisco
Honolulu
Mourners Ride in Street Cars Amid Hackmen Strike
The cab and carriage drivers strike in St Louis halts funerals as 390 of 570 drivers stay off duty. Seventeen livery stables had pledged higher pay but only one complied. Mourners ride to cemeteries in street cars while owners drive hearses due to driver shortage.
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St. Louis
Liverymen’'S Association
Clerical pardon error keeps Hills jailed past April
In Lincon Nebraska a clerical error adds one year to the pardon of Rev Rowland P Hills a bigamist delaying his release until April 1904 Governor Savage may not shorten the sentence Hills planned to marry a second wife at Blair upon release He was pardoned yesterday with the term thought to end in April 1903
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincon
Neb
Rowland P. Hills
McLeod Wins Championship in Worcester Wrestling Meet
Dan McLeod defeated Tom Jenkins to win the championship of America in catch-as-catch-can wrestling at Mechanics Hall Worcester before 1,100 spectators. The $1,500 prize ended a $2,000 purse as Jenkins quit in the third bout due to a bad leg and blood poisoning from a brass buckle.
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McLeod
Worcester
Mass
Dan McLeod
Mechanics’ Hall
Tom Jenkins
Jenkins
Pope Ada as Peacemaker in Saxony Flight Case
Rome reports the pope has sent a prelate to Geneva to investigate the flight of the crown princess of Saxony in hopes of brokered reconciliation after negotiations with the Saxon court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
London
Rome
Daily Mail
Geneva
Saxony
Switchmen Strike Ties Up Iowa Central Traffic
Marshalltown Iowa December 26 traffic on the Iowa Central tied up in yards at a division point due to a switchmen strike. The men walked out after Superintendent Sweeney failed to respond to a wage increase demand presented three weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Iowa Central
Sweeney
Jealous Husband Kills Wife Then Ends Own Life in Eugene
Eugene Oregon police report a man named George Carter shot and killed his wife and then killed himself yesterday. Jealousy is cited as the motive following several days of frequent quarrels and a separation on Wednesday.
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Eugene, Ore
George Carter
Vanderbilt Makes Progress in Care
New York December 26 physicians attending Cornelius Vanderbilt report he has had a good day with continued improvement reflected in his condition and noticeable progress in his recovery.
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Vanderbilt
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Venezuela and Venezuela blocade arbitration proposal
Caracas reports President Castro accepts submitting all pending Venezuela European claims to The Hague arbitration with conditions including blockade cessation and return of seized tet. Washington has no confirmation on the proposal with Roosevelt undecided on whether to arbitrate or push for The Hague.
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Caracas
Castro
la Victoria
Hague Tribunal
Venezuela
Washington
Roosevelt
Hague
Hay
Bowen
United States
Venezuelan
Germany Sets Conditions in Venezuelan Arbitration
Berlin reports the Lokal Anzeiger quotes a German government statement excluding from arbitration a Venezuelan claim of 1,700,000 bolivars to be paid in cash before arbitration. It notes Roosevelt’s arbitration pledge may include a direct guarantee of payment and says confidence grows he will take on the task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Foreign Office
Roosevelt
Warships Watch the Coast Near Venezuela
Willemstad Curacao December 26 The steamer Caracas delivered the remaining cargo. Allied warships patrol Venezuela coast using searchlights. Forty vessels are detained at LaGuaira awaiting further action.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Caracas
Venezuela
LaGuayra
Fez Situation Grows Serious as Rebels Rise
Times correspondent reports Fez Morocco where government troops fail to halt a swelling rebel following. Tribes wavering, ready to join if government defeats occur. Pretender well supplied and deploying forces to allow rapid collection or dispersion. Rebels aim to nominate a new sultan to continue war against Christians.
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London
The
Times
Fez
Morocco
City Hall in Ashes Hits Marlboro Fire
Marlboro city hall burned at midnight destroying department records. Only some auditor books saved. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars. Michael O'Brien, a laborer, trapped under falling walls with serious injuries.
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Marlboro
Mass
Marlboro City Hall
Michael O'Brien
Stock on the Range Dying Benesteel Weather Report
The thermometer marks 12 degrees below zero and snow lies two feet deep on the level. Widespread stock losses are reported as the blizzard continues across the range.
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Benesteel
Lorenz Reflects On Visit To United States And Earnings
Dr Adolf Lorenz returning from Boston says his US trip earned about 80000 in four months with a 30000 Chicago fee. He notes private patients mostly paid for local surgeons and hospitals benefited, but calls the journey the crowning success of his life and praises American hospitality.
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New York
Adolf Lorenz
Boston
Chicago
Lorenz
Survivors of Elingamite wreck endure raft ordeal
Australian papers describe sixteen survivors drifting four days with two apples and no water. Three die of exhaustion on day two, four jump overboard after a water-logged fight. A steamer sighted that night but did not aid the raft, until Sponguin later rescued the remaining four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Sponguin
Kill Ship’s Captain by Mallicolo Natives in New Hebrides
News from Victoria B C reports a native raid on the Lilly recruiting schooner off Mallicolo New Hebrides. Captain Henry Atkinson was killed with his own rifle and two crewmen wounded as natives seized the body of a native dead on shore. The attack arose from superstition surrounding burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hebrides
Victoria
B. C
Moana
Australia
Lilly
Mallicolo
Henry Asmus Atkinson
New Caledonia
Atkinson
Earthquakes in Andijan Cause Rail Panic and Multi‑Million Damage
Reports from Andijan in Russian Central Asia state that daily earthquakes continue with a violent sequence on Dec 22. The tremors set rolling stock in motion and caused a railroad panic among workers. Total damages reach several million dollars.
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St. Petersburg
Andijan
Russian Central Asia
British cruiser seeks mutineers from Leicester Castle
Victoria B C December 26 reports the British cruiser Shearwater has left Honolulu to search Pitcairn and other South Sea islands for mutineers who seized the ship Leicester Castle after shooting the captain and killing Second Mate Dixon. The mutiny occurred about 800 miles from Pitcairn with possible reach to the island if survivors endure.
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Victoria
B. C
Honolulu
Shearwater
Pitcairn
South Sea Islands
Leicester Castle
Dixon
Alton Advances Wages For Clerical Workers
Bloomington Illinois December 26 The Chicago and Alton railroad announced a ten percent pay raise for all operators agents and yard clerks and other clerical employees. The increase is voluntary and retroactive to December 1. Other service departments have received similar raises over the last two months. Home for Orphan Girls Philadelphia December 26 William L Elkins to fund a girls home in Philadelphia for orphan daughters of Pennsylvania Free Masons at a cost of 500000 the lodge grand officers accept the gift.
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Alton
Bloomington
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Philadelphia
William L. Elkins
Daughters of Free Masons of
Pennsylvania
Lodge
Big Sheep Barns Burned at Union Stock Yards
Fire destroyed two large sheep barns at the Union stock yards in South Omaha. Loss toll exceeds 50 000 with 992 sheep confined inside. 500 saved by workers, the rest perished. Weather hampered firefighting. rebuild planned immediately.
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South Omaha
Omaha
Union Stock Yards
South
Fire at Arbuckle sugar refinery kills three firemen
A blaze at Arbuckle Bros sugar refinery cooperage in Brooklyn trapped four firefighters when a wall collapsed. Fire Chief Thomas Coppinger died later in hospital, with Michael O'Toole and Thomas Jeffries dead and Thomas McCarthy injured. Estimated losses reach $100,000.
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New York
Arbuckle Bros
East River Front
Brooklyn
Michael O'Toole
Thomas Jeffries
Thomas Coppinger
Thomas McCarthy
Coppinger
Blaze at Bloomington Destroys Dry Goods Stock
Fire in a Bloomington building owned by W. A. Nicolaus & Co. destroyed that structure and damaged CG. W. Klein’s wholesale and retail dry goods. Nicolaus stock valued at 75,000 dollars was a total loss while Klein stock at 300,000 dollars suffered heavy damage. Assistant fire chief Charles Abrams fell from a ladder and was badly injured.
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Bloomington
Ill
W. A. Nicolaus & Co
CG. W. Klemn
Nicolaus
Klein
Charles Abrams
Four Die in Piercefield House Fire
Malone New York December 26 Four persons were burned to death yesterday in Julius King’s house at Piercefield. Kings wife and two others escaped by leaping from windows. King's daughter Mia and her three children perished on the lower floor while a man suffered serious burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malone
N. Y
Julius King
Piercefield
Mia
M. J. McGovern
King
Students to Be Suspended After Iowa Riot
Des Moines reports President McLean of Iowa State University announced the riot investigation nearly closed. Most sophomores were exonerated while six remain under penalty. The sophomore class agrees to pay damages estimated around 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
McLean
Iowa State University
Engineer and Fireman Killed in Grand Trunk Collision
Battle Creek Michigan reports a head on crash on the Grand Trunk line. Engineer James Kerwin and Fireman Theodore Bachlaubert died instantly. A freight train crew member, Engineer Brown and Fireman Burkhardt, were fatally injured. The light engine had been sent to assist the freight. In Duluth Minnesota George Prydell, fifty five, froze to death after dropping his arms full of gifts near his home. The thermometer stood twenty below zero for a day.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Grand Trunk Railway
Here
James Kerwin
Theodore Bchlaubert
Brown
Burkhardt
Duluth
Minn
George Prydell
Pliydell
Harber Front
Fire Leaves Two Fatally Burned In Wimbledon Restaurant
A blaze at Frank Arceneau’s restaurant and adjacent building in Wimbledon North Dakota on December 46 caused by a gasoline explosion left Jesse Forsyth and Henry Sinclair fatally burned. James Leffel and Frank Arceneau were seriously burned but expected to recover. Andrew Juan owned the adjoining building.
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Wimbledon
N. D
Ten Killed in Freight Wreck Near Trinidad Colorado
A collision between a merchandise freight train and a heavily loaded coal train on the Colorado and Southern railroad near Trinidad Colorado on Wednesday is reported as the road's most disastrous freight wreck. At least ten men are known dead with two unidentified bodies exposed. Names listed include Engineer Wilmer Pearce Pueblo Fireman J Fox and others.
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Colorado and Southern Railroad
Trinidad
Colo
Colorado and Southern Railroad, Jr
Wilmer Pearce
Pueblo
J. Fox
McDermott
J. W. Goldtrap
Devereaux
Phil Landis
F. Richards
King
Explosion at Turf Exchange claims multiple lives in Hot Springs
In Hot Springs Arkansas an inquest into the Turf Exchange disaster reveals potential carelessness behind the explosion. William Helwig is confirmed dead and three others including Dan Kinney and Joe Pace linger in critical condition. Ben Murray remains in custody as investigators push for accountability.
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Hot Springs
Ark
William Helwig
Turf Exchange
Ben Murray
Ofd
R. C. Chambers
Dan Kinney
Joe Pace
Lake Steamer Al Hopkins Reported Lost in Lake Erie
Toledo officials report the lumber laden steamer Al Hopkins from Amherstburg bound for Toledo has been given up for lost. Witnesses at the lighthouse twenty-two miles away saw the vessel Tuesday afternoon as a gale and ice impeded its progress. The ship vanished after turning back toward its origin.
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Lake
Toledo
al Hopkins
Amherstburg
Hopkins
Lake Erie
Motorman Dies After Train Collision Near Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on December 26 a Union Traction limited car from the city to Anderson and Muncie collided with President George F. McCullough's private car seventeen miles from here. Motorman Bart Fraser was severely crushed and died shortly after.
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Indianapolis
Union Traction Company
Limited
Anderson and Muncie
George F. McCullough
Bart Fraser
Death of Editor Moses M. Ham in Dubuque
Moses M. Ham aged sixty nine longtime editor of the Dubuque Herald national Democratic committeeman from 1872 to 1888 once a state senator and postmaster of Dubuque during Cleveland's administration died last night in Dubuque on December 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Moses M. Ham
Cleveland
Sparks from the Wires Chronicle Lethal Accidents and Rail Moves
A roundup of brief items reports George Bundahl of Crookston killing Caroline Moen before taking his own life. Rail contracts advance as Missouri Kansas and Texas extend fifty miles to Oklahoma City. Edson to replace Herbert at Denver and Rio Grande. Erie's James Leeming dies in Buffalo. French guards protect Humberts in Paris as violence fears rise. Dolan of Syracuse unites Ancient Order of Hibernians under a single world board. General Miles probes alleged U.S. cruelty in reconcentration. Water cure noted in reports. Texas and Pacific extension moves to Trinidad Colorado to link with Denver and Rio Grande. Saxony crown prince accused of wife beating. crown princess suspected of prior elopement attempts. Mentone residence claimed for princess. Eight-year-old Hilding Holm and nine-year-old Frank Smith found frozen near Woodstock NL. Arthur Cargan near death from exposure. Arkansas Valley and Western work near Sapulpa. Corry of Nemaha and Flyno of South McAlester killed by dynamite blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bundahl
Crookston
Minn
Caroline A. Moen
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Company
Coalgate
I. T
Oklahoma City
J. A. Edson
Kansas City Southern Railway
J. M. Herbert
Denver and Rio Grande
James Leeming
New York
Erie Railroad
Buffalo
Leeming
Humberts
Paris
James F. Dolan
Syracuse
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Miles
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Weatherford
Tex
Mineral Wells
Trinidad
Colo
Denver and
Rio Grande
Crown Prince
Saxony
Herlin
Mentone
Hilding Holm
Frank Smith
Chicago
Woodstock
Arthur Carigan
Arkansas Valley
Sapulpa
William Corry
Nemaha
Neb
John Flyno
South McAlester
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Hinkle
Montana
Wife
Williri
City Hall
BR. Lorenz
Trip
Blaze
Ham
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