Seven Negroes Lynched Near Diaz Mexico After Assault Attempt
In San Dialo near Diaz, seven colored laborers were killed by lynching after eight men were captured following Jose Santo's escape from a plantation. Regulators executed three by hanging and shot four as they attempted to escape. officials brace for race unrest in the colored quarter. Five of the dead were American citizens previously sentenced in Texas penitentiary.
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Diaz
Mexico
San Dialo
Jose Santo
Senor Duply
Eagle Pass
Texas
Passengers Flee Rocked Steamer Paris From Coverack
In Falmouth on May 23, most Paris passengers evacuated to special trains toward Southampton. Some will sail again on Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, while many head to New York aboard the St Paul from Southampton next Saturday. Weather remains favorable, soundings show Paris settling, and American Line officials grow more hopeful about saving the ship.
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Falmouth
Eng
Prais
Coverack
Cornwall
New York
Southampton
St. Paul
Southhampton
Paris
Some Cubans Refuse to Surrender Arms for 75 Dollars
Havana reports insur gents unwilling to give up arms for a $75 share of a $3 million fund. Governor Brooke plans no house to house arm search now. If arms are not surrendered, the matter may be dropped.
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Havana
Brooke
Estes Rathbone
Quenados
Fitz-Hugh Lee
Cuba Moves to Disband Armies After Armament Pact
Havana May 23 The Cuban arms question nears settlement with pay and dispersal of half the armed bands to begin next Saturday. Governor General Brooke and General Maximo Gomez held a final interview on surrendering arms. The order directs arms and equipment be turned over to local governors or alcaldes for storage and later archiving in Havana and Santiago. Some troops may disband without compensation from the United States.
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Havana
General Brooke
Maximo Gomez
Brooke
Gomez
United States
Santiago
Lightning Strike Kills Two at Mount Pleasant Church
In Texas a severe electrical storm Sunday afternoon struck Mount Pleasant Baptist Church 17 miles north of Stephenville. A bolt killed a young man named Will Kaufman and Mrs. Bowen, while nine others were severely shocked and two not expected to live.
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Stephenville
Tex
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
Will Kaufman
Bowen
Family Wiped Out in Alabama Runaway Crash
A fatal accident near Center Alabama wiped out an entire family. William Evans a Rome and Decatur railroad foreman died with his wife in a buggy runaway near Fort Payne their child found dead further along. The parents suffered severe lacerations.
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Center
Ala
William Evans
Rome
Decatur
Fort Payne
Evans
Currency Reform Divides Republicans on Plan
A Washington dispatch says advocates of currency reform are disappointed with the Republican caucus committee’s plan. The moderate bill aims to gold standard, gold payable on demand, and limited greenback reissue. It allows banks to issue notes up to bond par value and to form small town banks amid regional banking complaints. The Fifty sixth Congress is unlikely to pass ideal legislation.
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Republican Committee
New York
The
Herald
Washington
Causus Committee
Congress
Indianapolis
Caucus Committee
Reviewing Stand Collapse Injures Militia Guests in Malden
A reviewing stand on Malden Massachusetts parade route collapsed during the Two Hundred Fiftieth anniversary event injuring several. Notable injuries include Representative Harwell and Representative Chase with broken or crushed arms, plus other attendees sustaining sprains and fractures.
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Malden
Mass
Massachusetts
Harwell
Rockland
Chase
Marlboro
Charles Balcom
Marboro
William Brigham
F. H. King
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Bryan
Wright
Hall’ Drug Store
Bryan, Texas
American Laundry
Exchange Hotel
Stal
W. J. Christian
Zennati
Aroyan
John Wittmann
Burt Norwood
Main Street
NEW Sity Bakery
Griesser
Webb Bros
Ors
Buffalo
Connors
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G. C. Reiter
Puget Sound Naval Station
Baldwin
Philadelphia
Grand Central Railroad of England
Baldwin Works
Midland Railroad
England
Great Northern
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Minneapolis
Presbyterian Church of the North
Church of the South
Committee On Overtures
Generally Assembly
Copenhagen
the Hague
Managua
Detroit
Alabama
Fayetteville
Tom Linton
Here
Linton
John Lovejoy
Hillsboro
Whitney
Brazos
Leadville
Colo
Joseph Jackson
Marcellus Morgan
Jackson
Cleburne
Lou Griffin
Columbus
Austin
Colorado County
Galveston
George Green
City of Mexico
George Wesley Bradley
Vera Cruz
Gulf of Mexico
Northen
Boston
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Congregational Club
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Solace
Manila
Hong Kong
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Supreme Court of Hawaii
Cooper
Supreme Court
St. Louis
J. J. Travis
St. James, Mo
Pine
Slosson
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Schaefer
MO. M. Lawrence & CO
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Hartman
Wooten
M. F. Heenan
JGERP
James & McDougald
Hawks’ Spectacles
LD. J. Price
G. P
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