Race Riot at Greenville ends with shootings and injuries
At a cotton mill near Greenville Alabama violence erupts when a Black worker named Will Thompson confronts a white supervisor. Shots exchanged injure one man. most workers abandon the mill. Separate reports note a murder in Georgia and other tragic incidents as Floods and insect bites claim deaths.
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Populists hold Jackson convention amid delegation delays
The Populist convention in Jackson convened at noon led by Dr. R. Ke of the state executive committee to nominate a presidential ticket. Delegates assembled but small due to travel, with the gathering adjourned pending delegates' arrival.
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State Conretin
Miss
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Independents in session as two third party conventions open
Aug 14 Indianapolis May Name a Ticket near two thirds party conventions met with slow delegate arrival. The anti imperialist convention to be opened tomorrow while the other third party group convened today at the Commercial club. Cleveland reportedly opposes a third ticket but health limits his acceptance. Also reports of a lynching in Mississippi and a hardware company assigning in Mexico. First bale of cotton sold at Fitzgerald Georgia at 15 cents.
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Indiaxapolis
National Third Party Movement
McKinley
Beye
Commercial Club
Kansas City
Bryan
Stevenson
Cleveland
Louis R. Elurich
Colorado
Conta Frizarrato
Fitzgerald
Ross Wilson
Win County
Legations Under Fire In Peking As Foreign Troops Delayed
Cipher dispatches from Conger state the Chinese government pressures to compel withdrawal from Peking while awaiting international troops. Reports from Loxpon note the Chinese minister says foreign legations in Peking were safe on Monday August 13.
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Loxpon
London
Foreign Office
Peking
Will Resist to the End Legationers Await Rescue
Paris Aug 15 The French foreign office relays a Peking dispatch saying Li Hung Chang will negotiate telegraphically with powers. The legation is besieged by hostile forces. diplomatic corps rights and legation grounds evacuation are in question. They have siege rations for 15 days and provisions. Messages From the Ministers Washington Aug 15 The Chinese minister accredited to Spain reports a cable from Peking to Madrid. British and Spanish notes appear to be identical. Ferguson Resigns Snaxonat Aug 15 Taotai Sheng aide Mr Ferguson resigns after criticism over relations with Chinese officers.
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Paris
M. Pichon
Peking
Li Hung Chang
Legation
Wasnixatoy
Spain
Conger
Madrid
Claude MacDonald
Ferguson
Snaxonat
Taotai Sheng
Yellow fever crisis in Havana's new city seeps east
Reports from Havana dated August 13 show 35 new yellow fever cases in the capital's new city area and total city cases reaching 59 with four American victims. July deaths reach 30 as sanitary work and electric disinfectants are credited for fewer cases near the arsenal and wharves.
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Central Park
New City
Russia
Trains Collide in Thick Fog Near Pierson Nine Die
Northland express and a southbound train collided in dense fog at Pierson, 29 miles north of Grand Rapids, early today. Nine deaths reported with several injured. both engines and cars demolished. Names of killed include Kee H Fish and Gustav Grootfeldt. Firemen believed dead. rescue teams working amid wreckage. fog limited visibility to about 100 yards. The accident disrupted service near Sand Lake as trains failed to clear a siding.
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Pierson
Grand Rapids
Kee H. Fish
N. Gustav Grootfeldt
Sand Lake
No. 2
Ie Neid Express
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Allied Forces Move Toward Peking Amid Skirmishes
Reports from Loxpox and London indicate Allied troops are nearing Peking with little Chinese resistance. Dispatches from Admiral Bruce and Rear Admiral Remey describe pushing toward the capital, Chinese forces retreating, and a heat exhausted but largely intact Allied column within about 27 miles of Peking as rain slows progress.
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Sang
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Farmer slain over sheep riot ends in murder charge
Ira Aaron and his 14 year old son Sam sit in the county jail at Ovinnan Alabama on murder charges after confessing to killing Amos Bailey during a dispute over a sheep. Aaron claims self defense saying Bailey advanced with a heavy stick and Aaron stabbed him when unable to grapple. The incident occurred near Aaron's Sanford Bridge settlement on a Saturday evening.
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Amos Bailey
Ovinnan
Ala
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Sanford Bridge
Aaron
Bailey
Ley
Monterey Garrison Heads to Canton Amid Chinese Tensions
Aug. 15 Hoax-O-Kona. The United States monitor Monterey will go to Canton soon to relieve Don Juan de Austria. Chinese fear Bogue forts may fire on the monitor while authorities suspect foreign vessels. British troops arrive at Shanghai as viceroy protests to Admiral Seymour. China prepares for war with larger garrisons and mines on the West River. Reports from Peking indicate renewed legation attacks and halted supplies as allied advances provoke fanatic unrest. Farmers Insurance Association forms in Castow Alabama Chilton county with local members and mutual coverage.
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Hoaxo-Kona
United States
Monterey
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Peking
Farmers Insurance Association
Castow
Ala
Chilton
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Death of Collis Huntington at Pine Knot camp
News from urica New York Aug 14 reports the sudden death of Collis B Huntington president of the Southern Pacific railway. He had been in his usual health at the Pine Knot camp near Durant in the Adirondacks, and died last night from heart trouble after a day of calm activity. His private secretary J E Gates received the formal notice in New York and cables went to London to Princess Eatonfeldt, the Huntington family heir.
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Urica
Collis B. Huntington
Southern Pacific Railway
Pine Knot Camp
Durant
Racquette Lake
Adirondacks
Huntington
Lina
Hale
Cine
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Denounced preacher Arthur Crane attacks McKinley in pulpit
The Rev. Arthur Crane of First Baptist Cuantiston denounces President McKinley from the pulpit after visiting Charleston. He exposed wild city scenes and gambling halls, accused Governor McSweeney, and alleged three Easton city council members ran blind tigers. He named one councilman as a keeper.
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Cuantiston
First Baptist Church
Charleston
V. Crane
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McKinley
White House
McSweeney
Easton
Deutschland Sets Eastward Ocean Steamship Record
Hamburg American Line steamer Deutschland arrives in New York at 8:20 AM, completing the fastest eastward passage in five days, 11 hours, 45 minutes. It averaged 24.89 knots during the voyage, surpassing prior records and drawing attention amid rivalry with Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and Centaura.
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Piquorty
New York
Hamburg
Mobile Press Club Fete Amasses Four Thousand for Silver Service
The Mobile Press club staged a fete to raise funds for a silver service for Alabama with perfect weather and strong financial success. A band and vaudeville acts from New Orleans drew crowds, boosting both attendance and receipts.
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Tt Mobile Press Club
Alabama
Teenee Orleans
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