Mutiny of Convicts Ends in Fatal Wounding at Prison
In Kentucky’s Frankfort prison three convicts led a timed escape attempt starting at 6 AM. Lafay ette Brooks Mulligan and Wallace Bishop seized guards and weapons, took a foreman hostage, and faced a barricade. Bishop was fatally wounded as authorities closed in after a tense standoff.
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OmMcinis
State Penitentiary
Lafayette Brooks
Morgan County
Wallace Bishop
T. Mulgan
Kenton County
Ned
Albert Ransome
Louisville
Cheaperadees
Brooks
Mulligan
Bishop
AG Gill
F. F. Hurst
Gill
Mat Madigan
Reed Department
Charles Willis
Clark County
Rocker Department
Willis
Lilliard
Madigan
James Buckley
Morgan Brewer
Penitentiary
Capt
Lillard
Reed Room
Negroes Overawe Boers After Peace Declares
Mail from Johannesburg warns the native problem is acute as Boers face attacks on farms and threats to white women. Authorities delay harsh laws, fueling tensions between Boers and Afrikanders while armed blacks and whites confront each other near farms. There is support for universal disarmament and making assaults on women a capital offense.
Cuban Senate Debates US Emblem Removal Motion
In Havana the Cuban senate debated removing the US coat of arms from the arsenal and all US symbols. Senators Cisneros and the marquis of Santa Lucia proposed the motion. Mendez Capote and Senor Capote urged dismissal. The measure was voted down unanimously, except Cisneros.
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Havana
Salvador Cisneros
Marquis of Santa Lucia
United States
Cabello and Betancourt
Mendez Capote
Congress
Cisneros
Senor Capote
Arrested in San Francisco as Bartholin suspect
A man calling himself Thomas Kelly was jailed in the city on suspicion of being William Bartholin, wanted in Chicago for the murder of his mother and a girl named Minnie Mitchell. He arrived from Chicago months ago, claimed to work on a sailing vessel, and said he had been ordered to land a captain’s trunk. Detectives offered no details.
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Isco
Thomas Kelly
William Bartholin
Chicago
Minnie Mtchell
San
France
Boers Arrive in The Hague to See Kruger
General Botha DeWet Delarey and accompanying officials arrive in The Hague from Utrecht to confer with former President Kruger on the South African situation. Large crowds greet them at the station with enthusiastic applause and Boer national anthem sung by spectators.
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Utrecht
Fhland
Botha
DeWet
Delarey
Leyds
Messrs Fisher
Wessels
Wolmarans
Reitz
Hagu
Kruger
Segregation of Sexes Postponed in Chicago
In Chicago on August 20 after over three hours of discussion the proposed scheme of separation of sexes was postponed. The decision came amid debate on the plan and its implications for local services and public facilities.
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Chicago
Aus
Trustees Delay Final Action on University Policy
The board of trustees at the University of Umicago again postpones final action for two months. A majority of trustees reportedly favor maintaining current co-education, with further segregation debate. This marks the second deferment on the issue.
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University of
Forest Fires Spotlighted in Wyoming Urgency Raised
In Cheyenne and Saratoga Wyoming authorities warn fires threaten timber in Carbon County. Governor Richards appeals to interior department and special agents to rush to the scene as alarm grows from Aug 20 reports.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Saratoga States
Interior Department
Richards
Carbon County
Specia Scene
Inventor Joseph Shirk Dies at 83 in Lancaster County
Joseph Shirk, inventor of the Colt revolver and a grain cradle, died at his Lancaster County home at age 83. He was also a noted surveyor.
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Lancaster
Joseph Shirk
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