Rioting Tensions Rise After White Police Shooting in New York
Incipient race disturbances erupt in New York after the shooting of John Brennan by a Black man named John Davis. Whites riot, assault several Black individuals, and police arrest multiple participants as mobs search for retaliation and authorities vow to maintain order.
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New York
John Brennan
John Davis
Brennan
Davis
Sixty-second
James Arnold
Sixty Fourth
Amsterdam Avenue
Alex Balentine
Frank McNike
Sixtieth Street
McPike
Joseph Doyle
Mitty Ninth
Eleventh Avenue
Offeer Cleary
William Hopton
West Sixtieth Street
West End
Am- Toterdam Avenue
Hopson
Chearly
George Meyer
Cleary
Meyer
William
Henry Rapp
Adam Johnson
Chinese Forces Move Near Bengal Front
Chinese troops are reported to move south and west as Bengal Lancers locate an entrenched regular force four miles southwest of a village. Allied detachments conducted reconnaissance and looting, while the imperial and forbidden cities remain under international guard. This morning a thanksgiving service was attended by British and American delegations, missionaries, and marines.
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Tekin
Taku
Bengal Lancers
Imperial City
Forbidden City
America
Storm hits Nacogdoches with heavy rain and wind
Storm described in Nacogdoches Texas on August 27 brings hard rain and strong wind. Lightning and thunder are vivid as crops may suffer and shade trees are broken, with telephone service interrupted.
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Nacogdoches
Texas
Southwest Texas Cotton Ginners Forming Insurance Plan
The cotton ginners of Southwest Texas met in San Antonio to discuss forming a ginners association to secure lower fire insurance rates. They currently pay 4 1 2 to 9 percent and claim their mills have modern machinery justifying a better rate. Another meeting is planned next Sunday to finalize organization.
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Southwest Texas
Rioting death follows Akron riot and funeral held
In Akron Ohio August 27 Sunday a plan to dispose with military aid was to be carried out. Funeral services were held for lith Rhoda Davidson who died from a wound suffered in Wednesday's riot. Mrs Davidson said she saw an officer fire the fatal shot as carriages were blocked by the mob in front of the city building. Despite high emotion there was no further disturbance at the funeral.
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Qater
Akron
Oho
Rhoda Davidson
Russia Has Not Declared War on China Says Vienna Paper
The Politische Correspondenz of Vienna says Russia has not declared war on China and does not plan to act alone. The Cologne Gazette suggests Germany could seek indemnity by raising maritime customs and taking control of China's finances and provincial administration.
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London
Politische Correspondenz
Vienna
Russia
China
Cologne
Germany
Missionaries Destitute in Northern China Cable News
Missionary board secretary Dr A H Leonard reports a cable from Pekin saying native Christians in Northern China survived attacks but are homeless and destitute. All Methodist missionaries are safe though mission properties are destroyed except Vierrein station.
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Cleveland
Ohio
A. Ht. Leonard
Foreign Missionary Board
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Conger
Pekin
China
Vier Rein
Killer Uncle Slays Nephew in Arkansas Border Clash
Texarkana reports a Sunday affray near the Arkansas line where farmer William Green shot and killed his nephew Emmet Green, 18, as his other nephew was wounded over hogs. Uode Green surrendered to the sheriff and is in custody.
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Texarkana
Texas
Arkansas
William Green
Green
Emmet Green
Uode Green
Woman Killed by Train Near Pettus Texas
Madar Peresa an aged Mexican woman was killed by a south bound freight train near Pettus Texas while walking on the San Antonio and Aransas Pass track. She was partly deaf and did not hear the approaching train in time to escape.
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Neeville
Texas
Madar Peresa
Pettus
San Antonio and
Aransas Pass
Illinois mob violence erupts after nurse accused of murder
In Gilman Illinois a mob attacked Mrs Dr Wright owner of a lying in hospital after a coroner found her guilty of murder. Deputies were shot as they attempted to serve a warrant and a blaze driven assault killed John Meyers Michael Ryan George Willoughby and others. Mrs Wright was wounded but alive as the mob carried her to the council chamber.
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Gilman, NL
Dessie Salter
Dr. Wright
John Meyers
Michael Ryan
Lawrence Ryan
George Willoughby
W. Wright
Eter Laure
Nilstead
Standard Oil Company
Peter Laure
Hearne Mill Earns Gold Medal for Cotton Seed Product
F S Grogan of the National Cotton Oil mill reports Hearne Texas mill won the gold medal at the Paris exposition for the best display of cotton seed meal and cake.
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Texas
Hearne
F. S. Grogan
National Cotton Oil Mill
Navigation survey eyed for Brazos River to Waco
Captain C B Riche said a decision on recommending a survey to make the Brazos navigable to Waco hinges on expected information about its effect on railroad freight rates. A parallel Mississippi case is being studied, with results due today to guide the final decision.
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Brazos
Galveston
Texas
C. 8
Riche
Brazos River
Waco
Mississippi
Captain Riche
Good Fruit Crop in Coast Country
In Alvin Texas on August 28 the pear crop moved freely with several wagon loads sold at good prices. The coast country foresees its largest ever harvest as figs and pears are shipped while the wet season reduced fig supplies. Farmers prepare for a large fall cabbage crop.
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Alvin
Texas
Hillsboro Cotton Mill contracts let for new Texas plant
Hillsboro Cotton Mill president A L Lowrey announced contracts for the mill building have been let to experienced cotton mill builders. Work will start by September 15, and the company expects a top quality, well equipped Texas mill facility.
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Hillsboro’s
Hillsboro
Tears
A. L. Lowrey
Hillsboro Cotton Mill Company
Texas
Rumor of Defeat in Pekin Battle Reaches Paris
A St. Petersburg dispatch reported by Le Seicle claims the Russian government received a dispatch stating allies retreated from Pekin after a fierce battle, with about 1800 losses mainly among Russians. It also says Chinese forces hold fortified positions and bombard the allies heavily.
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Paris
le Seicle
St. Petersburg
Pekin
Fire at Dreiss Drug Store Traced to Boiling Syrup
A syrup boiling over a gas flame in the cellar of Dreiss' drug store in San Antonio caused a fire call yesterday. Water flooded the cellar before authorities found the source. The fire burned only in the pot and did not damage the store.
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San Antonio
Texas
Dreiss’ Drug Store
Cholera Epidemic in Simla Outstrips Plague Claims
The Daily Mail Simla correspondent reports a severe cholera outbreak in India with natives dying at about 3000 weekly. The writer blames water supply pollution during famine for the scale of the epidemic.
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London
Simla
The
Daily Mail
Fires and disasters color a wide world day
A mosaic of events from 1913 era reports includes a $15,000 fire in Shreveport Louisiana. a near end to a Colombian civil war. New York vestmakers ending a strike. a monument unveiled in Raleigh for Senator Vance. seven killed in a Kenrico New York freight collision. a hammer homicide of Catherine Scharb in New York. Marseilles strike settlement. the St Louis steamship transporting 128000 ounces of silver to Liverpool. a Lee Moore shooting at Junction City Arkansas during resisting arrest. Italian army duel deaths. heavy forest fire damages in Colorado and Wyoming. misrouted Adams Express package near Chicago and Burlington. Queen Wilhelmina engaged in Berlin rumor. four steel ships contract in New York financiers. a man injured by a wave in Old Orchard Maine. National Glass plant resuming with 4000 employed. Hot Springs digger deaths. Florence Almond killed in Philadelphia. a lynching attempt in Indiana. Lodge-Davis marriage in Boston. Kelley Axe Plant destroyed at Alexandria Indiana. Sol Bloom sues Union Restaurant. William H. Lawrence dies in Chicago. British subjects complain of race riot injuries in New York. windstorm unroofing in Hammond Indiana. Captain Stevens discharged. Buck Taylor dies in Washington.
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Senator Vance
Raleigh
N. C
Kenrico
N. Y
Catherine Scharb
New York
Marseilles
France
Chicago
Burlington
Adams Express Company
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Wilhelmina
Prince Frederick Adolph of
Mecklenberg-Schwerin
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
American Shipbuilding Company
Old Orchard
John B. Clough
Memphis
Tenn
National Glass Company
Pittsberg
George Hudgins
Ike Chandler
Hot Springs
Ark
Chandler
Hudgins
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Florence Almond
Warwick County
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Nora Kiefer
George Cabot Lodge
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Matilda Frelinghuysen Davis
Court of Claims
Washington, D. C
Episcopal Church of the Advent
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Alexandria
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Sol Bloom
Union
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William H. Lawrence
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King of
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