Two Negroes Lynched in Louisiana Two Murders Reported
In Louisiana two lynchings were reported. At Rodessa Felton Brignon a negro was hanged for assaulting and abusing six year old Cora Tisen. Brignon allegedly confessed before death. At Alden Bridge Grant Jehnena a desper ate negro was hanged by a mob after being warned to leave.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Rodessa
Felton Brignon
Cora Tisen
Brignoa
Alden Bridge
Benton
Grant Jehnena
Johnson
Rise in Italian crime warned by Rome reporter
London reports the Daily Mail Rome correspondent cites a sharp rise in Italian court criminals from 28,000 in 1899 to 53,000 in 1900. He notes that for each English murder there are about one hundred in Italy due to labor strife hunger strikes and social unrest.
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London
Italy
Rome
Daily Mail
England
Brothers fight over girl ends in stabbing in Arkansas
In England Arkansas near Memphis the Harden brothers aged 28 and 20 fought with knives over a neighborhood girl. The younger was stabbed nine times and the elder suffered multiple wounds. The father broke up the fight but was badly tackled. The younger may die and the older tried to kill himself after the incident.
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Memphis
England
Ark
Joe
James Harden
Brooklyn Arrives at Hobson's Bay for Parliament Opening
The flagship Brooklyn with Admiral Remey on board has reached Hobson's Bay Melbourne to take part in the opening ceremonies of the first federal parliament on May 6. About ten thousand spectators have arrived by rail to witness the event as preparations are completed.
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Melbourne
Brooklyn
Remey
Hobson's Bay
Gunfire at Fort Logan ends with officer killed in saloon
Denver report says Hugh Masterson, a trumpeter with Company M, 23rd Infantry at Fort Logan, shot William True a bartender in a saloon and was fatally wounded later killed by police while fleeing. Separately in Guthrie three horse thieves, James Brammett and George Barclay, convicted of murder for killing Captain J S Peal in Osage country on July 8, await hanging June 24.
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Denver
Hugh Masterson
Twentythird Infantry
Fort Logan
William True
Jury finds Deloss guilty of murdering deputy in Pawnee
In Pawnee on Oct 13, 1900 Orin Deloss was found guilty of murder in the killing of Deputy U S Marshal Thomas J Taylor. The jury fixed life imprisonment as the sentence.
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Guthrie
O. T
Pawnee
Orin Deloss
United States
Thomas J. Taylor
Cardinal expansion seen in United States by bishop
Rt Rev James E Quigley bishop of the western New York diocese says in Buffalo that within 25 years there will be at least six more cardinals in the United States. He spoke in a Tribune Buffalo special and forecast a growing American church hierarchy.
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New York
James E. Quigley
Western
Buffalo
the Tribune
United States
Ashland Mill Fire in Bangor Causes $200,000 Loss
The Ashland Manufacturing Company mill in Bangor burned, destroying a large quantity of lumber and causing an estimated loss of 200000 dollars.
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Bangor
Ashland Manufacturing Company
Maine
Still Forging Ahead for Southern Industry Growth
Baltimore May 4 Significant changes in southern industrial and commercial conditions shape national plans for growth. New England engineers study electric mill operation in Columbia S C while southern mills consume large cotton bales. Southern deposits in phosphate and lumber rise, coal and petroleum fuel shifts noted, and rail lines consolidate linking southern ports to global commerce.
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South
Eeburg
New England
Columbia
S. C
United States
Alabama
Florida
Tennessee
West
Middle West
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pittsburg
Southwest
Gorshana
Toex
Beaumont
Texas
O. F. Z. Catacristi
North Carolina
trans-Atlantic
Property Listings on College Road and Town Lots
Five lots and a new cottage on College road with stable and garden priced at 1200 dollars on reasonable terms. Two lots and an old five room house in southwest town priced at 300 dollars. Two one wall lots near Allen Academy priced at 220 dollars. Also other city property available.
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College Road
Allen Academy
Deplorable State in Pekin as Foreign Hatred Grows
In Pekin, May 4, foreign ministers plan to move to western hills for summer with guards while seeking to return for business. Missionary Owen reports provinces show deplorable state with discontent and hatred of foreigners. He warns troop departure may trigger a massacre of native Christians.
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Pekin
Owen
London
Owens
Allotments Underway for Kiowa Comanche Wichita Lands
Indian lands in Oklahoma move toward opening for settlement as allotments in severalty proceed. Indian Inspector Nessler reports mailing a schedule of 500 allotments and plans to mail 500 more, bringing total to 1200 issued so far. There are about 8000 allotments in Kiowa and Comanche and over 1000 in Wichita.
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Washington
Kiowa
Comanche
Wichita
Oklahoma
Nessler
Wichita Reservation
Plague Riots Prompt Military Action in India
Three hundred troops have been dispatched to the Sialkat district to quell plague riots in Calcutta area. Over 25 villages are in revolt and several hospital assistants have been killed or wounded.
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Calcutta
Sialkat
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