Riot and arson roil Alabama town as Black soldiers clash
In Aniston Alabama on November 26, a Black regiment clash with white soldiers and townspeople erupted. Gunfire near Walnut Street left two Tennessee soldiers wounded, crowd violence broke into armories, and public safety items were seized. Armed whites hunted for weapons while authorities detained Black soldiers. several injured and disappearances reported.
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Anniston
Ala
Third
Alabama
Gildhart
Second
Arkansas
Gildhad
Kentucky
Walnut Street
Liberia
Fifteenth and
Pine Streets
George Dodson
Third Tennessee
Graham
Uodead
Hight
Colby
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Vifteeuth
Tenth Street
Bodies Found in Baldwin Hotel Ruins San Francisco
Nov 25 dispatch reports multiple fatalities from the Baldwin hotel fire. J M Leighthead and Tate Pryor identified among the dead. unrecognizable body believed to be a woman recovered from theater ruins. Firemen report strong odor of incineration and potential more victims in debris along Ellis street. Hotel safe located with valuables including 30000 dollars.
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Baldwin Hotel
San Francisco
J M. Leighthead
Tate Pryor
Ellis Street
Johm J. Carter
Jorge
Jockey Club
Tata Pryor
J. J. Carrell
Andrews
Baldwin
Hibernia Bank
Southern Pacific Road
J. J. Spreckels
James D. Phelan
Notable Dying and Doings Across Europe and America
Diplomat Theodore Ledwich Fay dies in Berlin. Britain pledges aid for Caribbean hurricane relief. Italian ultimatum to Morocco over detained Italians, with warship Umbia ready to carry reply. Rev John P St Clair of Decatur Alabama briefly dies from morphine, then recovers. Allegheny girl Nora Bittner beaten. three teens held. Edward G Asay, famed criminal lawyer, dies in Chicago. Maher and McCoy boxing bout teased in St Louis. $10,000 purse offered for Christmas week. William Shaw convicted in coin sweating case. faces heavy fine and five years. Case cited as major scale in U S court activity.
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Theodore Ledwich Fay
Berlin
West Indies
Morocco
Umbia
John P. St. Clair
Decatur
Ala
St. Clair
Nora Bittner
Allegheny
Maanie Wright
Sophia Mickle
Maria Bennett
Edward G. Asay
Chicago
Camp Douglas
Peter Maher
Kid McCoy
Greater New York Athletic Club
Coney Island
St. Louis
Whitney
Commercial Club of
William Shaw
United States District Court
United States
Bliss annual report outlines land, education and pensions
Secretary of the Interior Bliss releases a detailed year end review covering pension, Indian and territorial affairs, land use, and education. It notes 71.5 million irrigable acres of the desert, 260.7 million acres marginal for farming, and 40 million acres in 80 forest reservations along with 635,000 pension claims and a push for a pension law revision commission. It also highlights Alaska liquor issues, smuggling, and agricultural prospects, plus Alaska rail and pelagic sealing concerns.
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Washmnetor
Indiana
Bliss
Spain
United States
Longstreet
Kansas City
San Diego
Brady
Alaska
Alaskan
Esquimanx
Antarctic Expedition Spoken by Horartown Report
The British steamer Rubaine arriving at Litttleton Tasmania reports that on November 20 she spoke to steam whaler Southern Cross bearing the Borchgrevink expedition which left England in August to explore the Arctic continent. The Southern Cross reports all well aboard.
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Horartown
Tasmania
Rubaine
London
Littleton
N. Z
Southern Cross
Bearig
Borchgrevink
England
Cruss
Cobden club criticises United States expansion remarks
Lord Farrer at Cobden club meeting warned that the United States pursuing expansion would be driven to extend its empire by circumstance. He argued no nation has erred more economically than the United States and a ring of protection abroad could hasten rift with Great Britain. Casualties and crime brief: Charles Pantkinson dies after being struck by a Great Western train near Orniweth Iowa while engaged to marry Mrs Downing. license found. Another report notes alleged forgers William Wilson and W T Shannon captured at Mount Carroll Illinois, tied to forged drafts from a Seneca Falls bank.
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United Eaves
Lowboy
Lord Farrer
Cobden Club
America
United States
Great Britain
Orniweth
Charles Pantkinson
Great Western
Downing
Westgate
West Union
Exvora
William Wilson
W. T. Shannon
Mount Carroll
Ills
Lanark National Bank
Iowa
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Rock Rapids
George
Partridge Banking House
Seneca Falls, N.Y
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Navy Board
Wasnixeton
Navy Department
Allen
Auxiliary Navy
Hoe
Rodgers
Paris
Pinguaré
Court of Cassation
Picquart
M. de Freycinet
Zurlinden
Dreyfusites
Marshalliown
George R. Parish
Sycamore
Joliet
The
Daily Mail
Pekin
CnicaGo
Allen B. Wrisley Company
Fifth Avenue
Wrisley Building
Montgomery
William J. Carden
Atlanta
Carden
Brundidge
Newark
A. J. Wilson
Utica
Rich Hill
Centerbury
Delaware County
Bie Repnce
Londoy
American Society
Hotel Cecil
Henry White
Sir Edwin Arnold
Washinctox
George Roberts
Mint
Iza
Monetary System
Japan
India
France
Aliem Bay
Ealthytappy Girls
Lulu Stevens
Gasport
Niagara Co
N. Y
Gosport
Williams
Buffalo
Courier
Foram Aea
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Charcot
Bnisia
H. G. Weber & CO
Atlantic
Nebraska
New
Pritter
Cole
Thorley
Msq
Deak
C. B. Osborne
Trorey, Esq
B. F. Boyle
G. H. Thorley
AGT
A. J. Lawrence
Beaver
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