Mob of 2000 Gathers at Lawrence Home to Burn Suspect
A large Atlanta crowd believed a suspect was being transported to the Lawrence home for identification and vowed to burn him. Report describes armed men guarding the Lawrence residence as nightwatch and rumors of capture circulate from DeKalb and Montreal areas. Authorities deny bringing a suspect to Fulton jail, while police chase leads and unconfirmed sightings amid a tense vigil.
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Mabel Lawrence
Thea
DeKalb
Fulton County
Misses Lawrence
Ethel Lawrence
Montreal
Atlanta
Fulton
Lanfer
DeKalb County
Sanford
Seaboard Air Line
Decatur
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Milas Wallace
Governor Terrell Offers Reward For Negro Suspect
Lawrence recounts brutal assault on Miss Ethel Lawrence and her niece Miss Mabel Lawrence near their home. Governor Terrell authorized a $250 reward for capture with proof to convict. Two suspects, Arthur Reed and Henry Kelly, held. Reed found with bloodied shirt, Kelly seen running near Piedmont Park. Ethel Lawrence, 26, trained nurse from London, remains hospitalized with severe injuries.
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Mabel Lawrence
Terrelon
Lawrence
West View Floral Company
Miss Mabel Lawrence
Terrell
Capitol
Jerrel
M Negro
Mabel
Misa Ethel
Miss Ethel
Wesle
Memorial Hospital
Arthur Reed
Busgelt and
Hanneh
Orelock
Decatur Street
Henry Kelly
Piedmont Park
Reed
Kelly
London
England
W . Lawrence
Receiver Named for Sage & Co
New York August 33 William E Beverly formerly chief clerk in the employ of the concern was appointed assignee today of the suspended stock commission house of M J Sage & Co with offices in Jersey City and branches county wide. Beverly found liabilities about 330000 with assets of 118000 and filed a 3000000 bond with United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co as surety. All assets are to be delivered to Beverly and the guaranty company. Adams the former policy king was reported to be interested, but Albert J Adams Jr said his father had no interest in M J Sage & Co and that only Albert Adams was involved as largest creditor and beneficiary.
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Willam E. Beverly
Stock Commission
House of
M J Sage & Co
Jersey City
Beverly
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of
Maryland
Adams
Hiscom
Albert J Adama
M J Bage & Co
al Adams
Concera
Areditor Ale
Enief Ivser
Third Lynching in Ten Days Rocks South Carolina
In St George Dorchester County a 21 year old North Carolina Negro, Willie Spain, was hanged by a large mob after attempting to enter the home of Connor, Dorchester Lumber Company manager. The mob seized the jail keys, dragged Spain from Connor’s house, and shot him about 500 times, the body left in pieces. Governor Heyward was notified but the lynching proceeded despite the marshal’s effort to stop it.
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Columbia
Willie Spain
North Carolina
St George
Dorchester County
Nogn
South Carolina
L Connor
Dorchester Lumber
Connor
Spain
Limehouse
Tne
Heyward
Sheriff reports 21 arrests in railroad camp shooting
A telegraph from Oakdale says Sheriff Reid and deputies near a Ten Mile Santa Fe construction camp captured twenty one prisoners charged with complicity in a shooting affray. More arrests expected before the prisoners are brought in. None of the construction employees were killed, but eleven were wounded, several seriously.
Record breaking log raft reaches San Francisco harbor
The steamer Francis TH Leggett arrived from Astoria towing the largest log raft seen in the harbor. The raft measures eleven million feet of lumber, 740 feet long, 60 feet wide, and 24 feet deep, with a 500 ton lighter on top used to store chains.
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San Francisco Harbor
San Francisco Col
Francis TH Leggett
Astoria
Chinese students arrive in Columbus for college study
Consul General J Linn Rogers with his wife and two children arrives in Columbus on vacation. He is accompanied by Miss Florence Hedges his stenographer and five Chinese students. Two students are placed at the University of Chicago and Miss Ogien-Tung goes to Randolph-Macon College in Lynchburg Virginia for studies.
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Ohio
J Linn Rogers
Shanghai
Florence Hedges
University of Chicago
I, Ogien-Tung
Lynchburg Ya
Randolph-Macon College
Shaw to Open Republican Campaign in Tennessee
Nashville August 23 secretary of the treasury Sealley Shaw will open the Republican national campaign in Tennessee with a speech in Nashville on September 14. The announcement was made today by Lee Brock who runs the Republican state committee headquarters.
Massacre of Jews Alarm in Siedlce Poland Sparks Outbreak Fears
Alarm spreads among Jewish communities in Russia over events in Siedlce Poland that resemble Bialystok unrest. Police connect revolutionary signs to Jewish groups amid bombings and riots. Seven Jews and a Christian killed. thirty three Jews arrested for suspected bombings. Pogrom fears rise as peasants seize estates and violence spreads across several provinces. Premier Stolypin orders governors to curb peasant revolts and prevent property seizure.
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Sierlce Poland
Bialystok
Bialystock
Leines
Goltseff
Goltsef
Blaivstuk
I Peifrsblag
Siedlen
Grodno
Stavropol
Poltava
Vladimir
Japan to Probe Poachers Killing By Americans
Tokio correspondent reports the Japanese government will conduct its own investigation into the killing of Japanese poachers by Americans. The consul at Vancouver says he cannot obtain a satisfactory report and a consul may be sent to the Pribilof Islands to aid inquiries.
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Japan
Tokio
Vancouver
Tele
Pribylof
Ielands
Rainfall in Elmwood Cemetery Uncovers 200 Bodies
Heavy rain flooded Ansar City area with 64 inches in 3.5 hours. Elmwood Cemetery graves exposed nearly two hundred bodies. Monuments toppled. widespread damage in city districts and rural areas. Police and fire units evacuated basements and homes in north, east, and west sectors.
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Ansar City
Elmwood Cemetery
Fire damages $10000 at Boston Bakery and Kaplan shop
At 30 o clock this morning the Boston Bakery at 113 Whitehall street caught fire in the rear and spread to the tailor shop of H Kaplan at 116 Whitehall. Estimated total damage will reach $10000 and may rise. The Boston Bakery was practically gutted inside with stock from New York damaged by smoke and water. The general fire alarm was turned in.
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Boston
Whitehall Street
H Kaplan
Whitebat Street
Tt 1A
Boston Bakr
HT Kaplan
New York
Ocean Steamship Police Arrested In Savannah
Savannah police arrested Ocean Steamship Company officers Tabb C Ho Ruth and Barnard McCane on warrants charging thefts from wharves. A shipping clerk A B LaRoach was also detained. all were released after questioning. Accusations stem from John Ray who had new shoes but could not explain their possession. The alleged thefts reportedly occurred over two years with other workers allegedly involved. The Ocean Steamship Company runs a Savannah to New York and Boston service and employs a local police force under the chief of paries.
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Savannah
Ho Ruth
Barnard McCane
Ocean Steamship Company
LaRoach
John Ray
New York
Boston
Rebellion Spreads on Cuban Island as Guseman Leads
Two important points report rebellion spreading to distant parts of the island with government forces set to clash with a Bend led by Col Guseman. Carlos M Aguirre, Cuban American critic of Palma regime, drafts a letter to President Roosevelt urging US intervention and calls for a new election under Platt Amendment commission authority amid alleged liberal abuses. New York August 23.
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Bend
Col Guseman
Carlos M Aguirre
Cuba
Palma
Roosevelt
Roose
Commission
Cubs
New York
Colo
Cuban insurgent battles claim Bandera’s death in clash
Reports from AVANA describe fierce fighting as rural guards clash with Bandera led insurgents. Bandera was killed early today after a 3 am engagement. rebels reportedly occupy two major cities and government forces pursue in Santa Clara province.
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San Juan de Martines
Clentusgee
Santa Clara
Las Lajas
Guseman
Avana
Ege
Bandera
Havana
Banderas
Weather Forecast for Washington and Georgia
The forecast calls for showers in Washington on Friday and Saturday in Georgia. Cooler conditions expected Saturday with light to fresh south winds.
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Washington
Georgia
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