Four Negroes Lynched Near Carrollton After Mob Violence
At Carrollton a mob of about 500 hanged Betsie McCray her son Belfield and daughter Ida after binding them. Ida confessed complicity in the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Taliaferro, while Governor Longino condemned the act and urged law and order.
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Murol
Taliaferro
Betsie McCray
Belfield
Ida
Carroll County
Duke
W. F. Stephens
Ww. S. Hill
Ida McCray
Betsie
A. H. Longino
Jackson
Court House
W. 8. Hill
A. H. George
L. M. Southworth
Miss
Longino
Carrollton
Democratic aims to curb negro politics in Maryland
Baltimore August 2 The Democratic state convention declared the party will strive to eliminate the negro from Maryland politics if constitutionally possible The campaign centers on state office candidates and legislators for 1902 who will elect a US senator to replace George L Wellington If victorious the successor will be Arthur Gorman New York August 2 The Brooklyn navy yard reports abandoning plans to destroy the frigate Vermont awaiting removal of valuables and preservation of hull as a relic Indianapolis August 2 The national Socialist convention endorses labor unions and warns members against militia service or office under capitalists Leon Greenbaum elected national secretary and St Louis named national headquarters Jennings Louisiana August 2 Jennings Irrigation Co sells its rice plant canal and plantation to Chicago investors for 75000 with some stockholders remaining in the new firm
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Baltimore
Maryland
United States
George L. Wellington
Arthur Gorman
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Vermont
Washington
Indianapolis
National Socialist Convention
Leon Greenbaum
St. Louis
Socalist Party
Jennings, la
Jennings Irrigation Company
Chicago
Allotment of Land Drawn in Oklahoma Districts
The United States land lottery drawing closed with 18 500 envelopes drawn 6500 per district. Daily calls begin Aug 6 for 60 days for homestead entries. about 1000 numbers per district may be withdrawn. Washington clarified rules on married women's entries. In El Reno many names still to be drawn as emigrants depart. town sites to be sold next week.
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el Reno
C. T
Land Office
Washington
Oklahoma
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Reno
Texas News Roundup From Temple To Corsicana
Towns report flour mill construction with a 40000 dollar project in Temple and 300 barrels daily capacity. Escapes at Texarkana jail involve eight inmates bypassing bars and brickwork. James Conway of San Antonio, a Roosevelt Rough Rider veteran, died and was buried with military honors. A Katy night watchman and a captured suspect died after a train ride theft incident in Smithville. Rainbow seen at night near Terrell with a moonlit cloud in the west and full moon in the east. Corsicana fragment ends the list with a boarding car sleep incident noted.
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Texarkana
Tex
West Side
San Antonio
James Conway
Roosevelt’s
Rough Riders
San Juan Hill
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Smithville
A. B. Shearn
Katy Hore
Howard Rice
Terrell, Tex
Bridge Crew at Chambers Creek Bottom Work Incident
Houston and Texas Central bridge crew at work in Chambers creek bottom three miles north of the city. J. Bishop, an employe, fell from the car to the ground and was seriously injured.
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Houston and
Texas Central
Chambers Creek Bottom
J. Bishop
Telegraph Linemen Die After Live Wire Contact
Shreveport witnesses say George Potts and P. B. Player, telephone line men, were instantly killed when a live wire they were stringing touched a trolley span, causing fatal electric shock.
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Shreveport
George Potts
P. B. Player
Lords Grant $100,000 to General Roberts
The house of lords unanimously approved a $100,000 grant for General Roberts in recognition of his services in South Africa. King Edward recommended the token of appreciation.
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London
House of Lords
Roberts
Edward
South Africa
Cotton rust spreads after week of rain in Paris Texas
Paris Texas reports rain last week caused rust on cotton. Initially on gray land, rust now appears generally but has not yet caused serious damage.
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Paris
Tex
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