William Taylor Meet Missouri execution at Carrollton
William Taylor died at 10 56 a m in Carrollton Missouri after a murder conviction for the Meeks family killings near Browning on May 10 1894. The crowd packed streets as deputies guarded the jail Haynes rifles bayonets flashed. Taylor faced the scaffold calm and brave and proclaimed he hoped to meet his God in Heaven while declaring prejudice and perjury condemned him.
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Carrollton
William
Taylor
George
Meeks
Browning
William P. Taylor
Virgil Conkling
W. J. Stone
Jefferson Story
Missouri
Hale Rifles
Black
Syed
Linn
Bill Taylor
Sisters of Charity
Harry Wilson
Linn County
Stanley
Carroll County
Mr. Taylor
Col. Wale
Mr. Conkling
Col. Hale
W. P. Taylor
Jesus Christ
R. M. Kneisley
Kneisley
Yount
Laclede
Inundating Rain Floods Cleveland Area May Day
Cleveland May 1 The heaviest rain in city history flooded basements and overwhelmed sewers. Levy & Stern toy store workers narrowly escaped as stores suffered damage across retail districts. A house was struck by lightning and destroyed while trees were uprooted citywide.
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Cleveland, CO
Levy & Stern
ProFound Sensation Over Conspiracy Telegrams in London
May 2 London reports reveal telegrams and documents alleging conspiracy to overthrow the Transvaal government. Names cited include Cecil Rhodes Alfred Bell and Rutherford Harris as being privy to anti Johannesburg movements with varying interpretations of Rhodes's involvement and Jamieson’s frontier crossing. The press debates consequences and calls for resignations and trials as orders limit officers from holding South African shares.
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London
British South African Co
England
South African
Transvaal
Cape Colony
the Times
Cecil Rhodes
Alfred Bell
British South Africa Co
Rutherford Harris
Johannesburg
Rhodes
Dr. Jamieson
Mr. Rhodes
the Star
Reform Committee
Pretoria
Westminster Gazette
St. James Gazette
Pall Mall Gazette
Carrington
Matabeleland
Richard E. BR. Martin
Bechuanaland
Mashonaland
Rhodesia
Berlin Industrial Exhibition Opens With Imperial Presence
May 2 Berlin The Berlin Industrial Exhibition opened formally with the emperor and empress in attendance. The skies were bright, crowds were large, and the Kaiser, in a serious mood, answered simply yes when asked to permit the opening. Freiherr Von Berlepsche, Prussian minister of commerce, declared the exhibition open.
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Briain
Berlin
Alexandria
Freiherr von Berlepsche
Diaz Arrives From Cuba After Deportation Order
Dr Albert C Diaz and his brother Alfredo Diaz arrived in Tampa from Cuba after being ordered to leave the island within 24 hours. Diaz accuses Consul-General Williams of withholding charges and calls him a Spanish spy. He says Williams cross-examined his wife to probe if he aided insurgents or had sympathies with them.
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Tampa
Fla
Albert C. Diaz
Alfredo V. Diaz
Cuba
Diaz
Williams
Daughter Burned To Death In Centerville Fire
Jennie Powell, daughter of Lorenzo Q Powell of Centerville, was burned to death yesterday when her clothing caught fire from a bonfire. Mrs Powell, who tried to save her, was badly burned on arms and chest with large patches of flesh dropping from the bones and is in critical condition.
Assassination of the Shah of Persia Stuns Washington
News from Washington reports the assassination of Nasr Ed-Din Shah of Persia near Teheran. A disguised religious fanatic killed him, triggering condolences from Secretary Olney to Persia. The new shah Mouzafer Ed-Din faced a fragile diplomatic link with the United States, amid prior liberal reforms and travel that shaped his reign.
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Perala
Persia
America
Washington
Olney
McDonald
Shah
Teheran
Nasr Ed-Din
Mohammed
Paris
Europe
Mouzafer Ed-Din
Mirza Valeahd
Mohammed Ali Mirza
Nasr Ed-Dine
State Department
United States
Hadji Hassan Ghouli Khan Matamed el
Hauji Hassan
Wainister
Hadji Hassan
Carroll Spence
United States of North America
Akies
Jernshid
Darius
Fragmentary note from boy reading inscriptions on arch
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a small boy reading inscriptions on an arch or monument. The exact names, date, or location are unreadable, leaving only a hint of a scene centered on the child and the carved text.
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Ube
Orp Reail
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Brockton
McCormick Harvesting Machine Co
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