Farmer Harless Brutally Robbed and Nailed to a Tree
Report from Huntsville Alabama describes a horrific attack on Tom Harless a white farmer near Berkley Essligger place. Two armed men robbed him of four dollars then nailed his hands to a tree with wire nails causing serious injuries and temporary inability to work.
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Aalbame
Birmingham
Huntsville
Ala
Tom Harless
Essligger Place
Berkley
Harless
Duel to the death in Chicago crowds violence
Two negro men fought a knife duel in Chicago on May 31. A crowd of over 50 formed a circle and cheered as they stabbed each other until Alexander Shirley died from a heart wound. Charles Thomas was jailed after being wounded.
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Chicago
Alexander Shirley
Charles Thomas
Choctaw man released after murder preliminary exam
Philip Carney of Cherryvale was discharged by Commissioner Wright after a preliminary examination for murder. He claimed self defense when Ben James, also Choctaw, beat Mrs. Sims Harris and attacked Carney three miles east of Carb on Monday. James was killed and Harris is severely injured.
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South McAlester
I. T
Philip Carney
Cherryvale
Wright
Carney
Ben James
Carbon
James
Sims Harris
Sagasta May Retire Hovering Over Spanish Premiership
Madrid May 31 The prospect of Sagasta's early retirement from the premiership resurfaces amid cortes meeting disagreements. Senor Montero Rios says a prorogation decree is required and Sagasta blocks such move. Washington May 31 A minority on the senate Isthmian canals committee opposes the majority on Nicaragua route citing volcanic disturbances and favors the Panama route.
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Sagesta
Madrid
Senor Sagasta l
Cortes
Senate
Senor Montero Rios
Sagasta
Washington
Committee On
Fourteen Hundred Dead in Guatemala Earthquake Report
Passengers arriving on the City of Sydney say about 1400 persons perished in the Guatemala quake, with bodies removed from Quezaltenango ruins. The tale of the disaster grows grimmer as details emerge.
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San Francisco
Guatemala
City
Sydney
Quezaltenago
GOLIAD STORM VICTIMS BRING FATAL TOLL
In Goliad Texas two more cyclone victims have died W H Maddox and Dave Mathis buried Friday. Maddix a top local merchant left three children dead one survivor a young boy not at home when storm hit his wife critically ill. Mathis a leading planter resided in town his last child Rubena dying his wife very ill. Eight colored victims listed in critical condition.
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Goliad
Tex
W. H. Maddux
Dave Mathis
Maddix
Rubena
Peace by Boer Delegates Seen Near End in Europe
Reports from Brussels and Paris on May 31 claim Boer delegates admit peace with Great Britain is secured and a signed settlement will be issued in the names of Boers and British authorities, aiming to end guerrilla resistance led by unreconciled factions. In Texas, a fatal stabbing in Paris leaves George Hill dead after clashes with W R Bell and his son Joe, shocking Blossom, while Reagan reports a heavy weevil infestation harming crops and prompting farmer experiments with treatments.
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Europe
Brussels
South Africa
Great Britain
Kinger
Paris
Tex
George Hill
Blossom
W. R. Bell
Bell
Hill
Joe Bell
W.R. Bell
Reagan Reagan
Beaumont
Wealthy Waco man killed by electrical accident
John H Fisher of Waco Texas died instantly when a disconnected telephone wire touched an electric light line and gave him the full voltage of a forty lamp circuit. He had moved from Weimar Colorado County a year ago, leaving a widow and a son as he had been improving his property.
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Waco
Ter
John H. Fisher
First Melon Shipment In Beeville Opens Season
The melon season will open soon as preparations are made to handle the crop. A San Antonio firm has opened an office at Beeville to manage the harvest, mirroring last year’s system. Papalote in this county sent the season’s first shipment to San Antonio, averaging 27 pounds per melon.
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Beeville
Tex
San Antonio
Papalote
Willing to Return to Stand Trial in U S Courts
Greene and Gaynor notified the attorney general they are willing to return to the United States to face trial before any U S judge except Judge Speer.
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Washington
Real estate listings near Allen Academy and town core
Southeast town area offers one and a quarter acres near the schoolhouse with a small new cottage and tenant pay ten dollars. A six room house with two lots four blocks from Main Street asks twelve sixty dollars and includes a brick cistern. Also a quarter block near Allen with east front priced at two dollars with easy terms and a railroad frontage on Otto Boehme property.
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Allen Academy
Main Street
Allen Demy
Otto Boehme
Pochila
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