Corinth execution of Tom Clark alias Wil Gibson for murder
In Corinth Mississippi on September 28 the colored man Tom Clark alias Wil Gibson was executed by fire for the murder of Minnie Whitfield on August 29. His wife testified against him and disclosed other crimes including killings on a excursion train and theft from a physician. A city committee ordered him hanged from a telegraph pole after his confession and farewell request. Large crowds gathered to witness the capital sentence.
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Corinth
Miss
Tom Clark
Wil Gibson
Minnie Whitefield
Will Clark
Frank
Clark
Mississippi
French Camp
Memphis
Walking Day Strike Shuts New Orleans Street Cars
In New Orleans on September 38 1 800 street car workers began a sudden eight hour day with 25 cent hourly wage demands. No cars ran, affecting churches parks and theaters. no violence reported. Electrical workers pledge service to keep the city lit amid multiple strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
New Orleans Railway Company
Anhich
Street Railway
Wolf
Tidal Wave Devastates Port Works and Crane
Reports from Salina Cruz detail a powerful cyclone and tidal surge that swept the Pacific coast. A Titan crane on a breakwater was toppled, sea walls damaged, and port operations disrupted with losses estimated near half a million dollars.
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Mexico City
Salina Cruz
Pacific
Tehuantepec National Railway
Pearson & Son
Titan
Memphis shooting ends in murder suicide after rejected proposal
Joseph Emers of Vicksburg Mississippi shot Rosa Borodofsky at her boarding house in Memphis injuring her chin and jaw and then killed himself. Doctors fear Emers will die as he fought for life after the fatal wound while authorities note planned labor strikes involving longshoremen stevedores and cotton screwmen may idle about 4 000 workers tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Joseph Emers
Vickaburg
Miss
Rosa Borodofsky
Emers
Borodofsky
Pontotoc Street
Emery
Millionaire Evangelist Crittenton Reported Missing or Injured
Helena dispatch reports that Charles N. Crittenton, founder of Florence Crittenton Rescue Homes, failed to appear for planned addresses in Helena. Wires from Spokane say he planned to travel to Helena, with speculation of an accident or a paralytic stroke after a long journey, possibly on a train.
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Crittenton
Helena
Mont
Charles N. Crittenton
New York
Florence Crittenton
Spokane
C. S. Mason
Helena Today. Mr. Mason
Magon
They Changed Plans For Mitchell And Wilson Trip
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers and secretary treasurer W B Wilson altered their plans and traveled to Philadelphia by fast Pennsylvania Railroad. Wilson joined Mitchell to Wilkes-Barre later, while officials gave no explanation for the change and kept to their room amid calls and conferences.
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Mitchell
Wilson
Philadelphia
Fittsburg
United Mine Workers
Wilkesbarre
Pennsylvania Railroad
W. B. Wilson
Indianapolis
Mr. Mitchell
Cable Expected to Link United States and Philippines by July
Vice President George G. Ward of the Commercial Cable Company announced on arrival in New York that a transpacific cable to Manila will be ready by July 4. He said construction in London proceeds at 50 miles daily, with three ships laying the line from Manila and San Francisco, meeting mid ocean to splice ends. One ship has already sailed via the Suez Canal toward the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philippines
New York
George G. Ward
Commercial Cable Company
Celtic
Manita
P. L
Mr. Ward
Manila
San Francisco
Philippine Islands
Sues Canal
Hot Water versus Pistols in Polish Family Clash
Health Officer Brand and two officers faced attack at a Bronson Street home in Toledo as they attempted to remove a 13 year old to the smallpox hospital. The mother wielded an ax and boiling water, a crowd of about a thousand Poles surrounded the ambulance, and officers drew their revolvers to deter violence. A more intelligent Pole intervened and the patient was finally moved. the family had hidden the case for ten days.
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Toledo
Ohio
Brand
Bronson Street
Smallpox Hospital
Forts of Moros to Be Attacked Forts of Moros to Be Attacked
Manila reports a second expedition against the Moro fortifications on Macin island Mindanao. Commanded by Captain John J. Pershing the force includes infantry cavalry artillery and engineers building a pontoon bridge and corduroy trail to flank the forts. The assault date remains undetermined. The sultan of Butty was captured and later released aiding transport with horses.
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Manila
Macin
Mindanao
Sultan of
Butty
Swift & Co to Take Charge of Kansas City and Chicago Plants
Chicago dispatch reports Swift & Co notified Anglo-American Packing Co that it would assume control of the Kansas City and Chicago plants on Monday. The move marks a practical step in the formation of a trust, with the assumption of control seen as a pivotal moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Co
Chicago
the Tribune
Anglo-American Packing Company
Kansas City
Hill and Hillish Talk At New York Democratic Convention
Delegates gather in Saratoga as Senator Hill's arrival is awaited to clarify the gubernatorial field. Rumors place Randolph Guggenheimer for lieutenant governor and Edwin Atwater for comptroller, with Charles V. Bulger possibly running if Hill leads the ticket. Names for governor include Coler, Shepard, Grost, Cantor, Cook, Parker, Hill, Milburn, and others, while Parker likely exits the slate.
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Saratoga
Hill
Randolph Guggenheimer
John Duneen
Erle
Edwin
Atwater
Dutchess
Judes John Clinton Gray
Court of Appeals
Gueggenheimer
Bird
Coler
Edward M. Shepard
Edward M. Grest
Kings
Jacob A. Cantor
New York
Frederick Cook
Monroe
Elliott Danforth
Chenango
Nicholaa Muller
Richmond
Alton B. Parker
Ulster
Davidb. Hill
Albany
Cornelius A. Pugsley
Westchester
John B Stanchifield
Chemung
John G. Milburn
Erie
E M Cullen
Parker
Feeline
Politthes
Canton
Emm
Piazza
Tammany
Senator Hill
Tammany Ieaders
Patrick H. McCarren
Brooklyn
William Sulzer
New York City
William D. Lee
Kossuth Statue Unveiled in Cleveland Amid 50000 Crowd
In Cleveland Ohio on September 28 a 50000 strong crowd witnessed the unveiling of a statue honoring Hungarian patriot Louis Kossuth. The figure by Andrew Toth stands on a pedestal about 2 1/2 feet high. Mayor Johnson Senator Hanna Congressman Burton and Governor Nash spoke and foreign dignitaries addressed the crowd.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Hrealze
Louis Kossuth
Kossuth
Andrew Toth
Debreagin
Hungary
Johnson
Hanna
Burton
Nash
English steamship deal awaits Wilding arrival
Henry Wilding of the International Navigation Company arrived in New York aboard the St. Louis. The visit precedes a conference of steamship men and financiers to finalize details of the Morgan steamship combination. Wilding and C F Torrey declined to speak as Clement A. Griscom met them at the pier.
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New York
Henry Wilding
International Navigation Company
St. Louis
Morgan Steamship Combination
Wilding
C. F. Torrey
Atlantic Transport Line
Clement A. Griscom
American
Red Star Lines
Body Found in the Danube Tells of Jellinek’s Embezzlement
The body of Edmund Jellinek, an absconding official from the Vienna LAX real estate mortgage bank cashier’s department, was recovered from the Danube at Altenwoerth near Hramz. He vanished from Vienna on September 18 after embezzling about $1,150,000.
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Jellinek
Vienna
Edmund Jellinek
Vienna Laerder
Danube
Altenwoerth
Hramz
Vienng
Mitchell Corrects Baer on Coal Strike Output and Wages
President issues a statement disputing Baer and other coal trust claims. He argues wages in soft coal are higher, miners did not restrict output, and 1901 production rose. Demands include higher daily wages for piece and day workers, shorter hours, fair tonnage weighing, and an arbitration basis for terms.
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Philadelphia
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Bayes
Baer
Anthracite Coal Trust
Hewitt
Mr. Baer
Reading Company
Mine Workers’ Union
Engineering and Mining Journal
Board of Arbitration
United States
United Mine Workers of America
Coal and Iron Police
Bellevue
Scranton
Ed McKissick Dies Sudden at Norfolk on Trip
Major Edward P. McKissick longtime Battery Park hotel manager died in Norfolk Virginia from a stroke in his hotel room while on a business trip. He was a famed hotel host who entertained presidents and had strong ties in Atlanta Charleston and Asheville. Born in Union Washington, he was about forty two and never married. Funeral planned in Union, D. C. with his body shipped there for services.
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Edward P. McKissick
South
Atlanta
Norfolk
Monticello
McKissick
Union
D. C
President McKinley
President Roosevelt
Charleston
The
Constitution
South Carolina
Battery Parl
McKinsick
Merpelck
Asheville
Tate Spring
Gridiron Club
Washington
Battery Park
MN. C
Major McKissick
Charleston News and Courier
Grid- Iron Club
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt Undergoes Second Operation on Leg
President Roosevelt underwent a second operation on the left leg abscess in the afternoon after an incision exposed a slightly affected bone. Surgeons report no blood poisoning and expect speedy recovery. Drs Shaffer Rixey Lang O’Reilly and Stitt attended, with plans for possible light riding in a few days as healing proceeds.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Newton M. Shaffer
New
Rixey
Navy
Lang
O'Reilly
Army
Nea
Tofora
Edward R. Stitt
Naval Museum of Hygiene and Medical School
Thors
Rally for Mayor Candidate Howell at Grand Tonight
A big rally for mayoral candidate Captain E P Howell will be held tonight at the Grand, after a parade by the Young Men's Howell Club and supporters. Clergy urge voters to shun any candidate with city reproach. other items include a card of local political and social events, strikes, crimes, and national updates.
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E. P. Howell
Grand
Howell Club
L. G. Broughton
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Ed P. McKissick
Battery Park
Asheville
N. C
South
Norfolk
Convention of Carpenters and Joiners of America
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Committee of Twelve
J. H. Henning
Birmingham
Ala
Whitfled
Miss Borodofsky
Critteton
Moros
Denmaciacs Aca
Yok Maj Saas
Goreitiissig
Siter
David B. Bil
Beer
ED M'Kissick
Norfolk, Va
Buffalo Bill
Duluth
Minn
Proctor Knott
Resse Westerby
Physicia
Georgia
Bishop Kelley
Holy Father
Camp Fargo
Macon
Georgia State Industrial School For Negro Youths
Georgia Division of Confederate Veterans
Columbus
Helen Dickson
Mobile
United Tine Workers
Commissioner of Pensions
Watts
Thurmond
W. Va
Thomas Lipton
Roumania
South Africa
Lord Ellner
Aber
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