Lynching Over Poisoned Lemonade Victim Miss Lizzie Dolan
Report from Shreveport says Steenie Steer, a negress, poisoned 16 year old Lizzie Dolan with lemonade. Mob dragged her from a hay loft near Bear plantation and hanged her, firing shots as she dangled. Dolan funeral held Sunday. investigators hint possible link to Mrs. Frank Matthews murder.
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New Orleans
The
Picayune
Shreveport
Steenie Steer
Lizzie Dolan
John Dolan
Bear Plantation
Dolan
Miss Dolan
Remains of Pope Leo X Interred in Vatican Niche
The body of Pope Leo X was placed in a temporary niche near the Chapel of the Sacrament after a Vatican service. The ceremony drew thousands beyond the planned 700, with prayers and Miserere at St. Peter's before the coffin was sealed. The body will stay in the niche for one year before final interment at St. John Lateran.
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Church of St. John Laterane
Rome
Leo Xie
Vatican
St. Peter’s
Leo
Hanged and burned incident rocks Danville community
In Danville Illinois on July 27 a mob attempted to seize James Wilson a black man who admitted assaulting Mrs. Burgess near Alva. A confrontation with another black man J O Mayfield led to gunfire wounding Henry Hattermann who died later. The mob burned the captured man at a telephone pole and stormed the jail as sheriff deputies fired. women joined in urging lethal action while Company K members barricaded the armory in anticipation of an attack.
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Danville
James Wilson
Thomas Burgess
Alva
Here
Main Street
J. O. Mayfield
Henry Hattermann
Company K
Riot results in deaths and injuries in Danville and Worcester
Two people were killed and twenty two wounded in Danville Indiana as state troops took control after a race riot. the police station was wrecked and the county jail damaged. In Worcester Massachusetts a trolley collision near Westboro killed Miss Frances Freer of Chicago and injured fifty six others.
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Danville
Worcester
Mass
Westboro
Miss
Frances Freer
Chicago
Three Men Die In Mason County Dance Row
Memphis dispatch reports Jim Fitts killed Dick Mason Tom Fields and Clay Howse and fatally wounded Mike Johnson after a dance altercation. Fitts also suffered serious cuts and a young woman was stabbed in the arm.
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Memphis
Gallatin
Mason County
Jim Fitts
Dick Mason
Tom Fields
Clay Howse
Mike Johnson
Futs
Boston
Kearsarge
Schooner Head
Bar Harbor
Will of Leo XIII Leaves Estate to Three Nephews
Rome crowds hear the pope’s will read though it declares the pope’s tomb and estate pass to three nephews. The family property valued around 120000 dollars had been divided already, with Count Camillo selling his share. Cardinal Gibbons attended briefly as conclave preparations continue and a surrounding wall nears completion. Betting proposals by bookmakers are rejected by the government.
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Carpine
Ludovic Pecci
Camillo
Cardinal Gibbons
Thirty Three Girls Burn In Barn Fire Near Vienna
De Zeil reports a catastrophic blaze in Vienna July 27 in which laborers attacked a group of young women. the incident described as one of the most shocking events in the region.
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Vienna
de Zeil
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