Texas shootout leaves one dead and one wounded
In Houston a saloon near Washington and Fifth streets saw Charles R. Blalock white shot in the abdomen and chest, dying, while a black watchman from Macatee’s cotton yard was fatally wounded with both men shot by a former policeman. Coroner and doctors attended.
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Charles Blalock
Houston
Washington and
Fifth Streets
Charles R. Blalock
Macatee
Blalock
Darkey
Fitze
St. Joseph's Infirmary
Texas Man Shot Dead in Galveston Killing
Galveston reports Alex Callahan of Company K First United States Volunteer Infantry shot to death at Thirty third Street and Avenue H. Civilians Jack Elliott wounded in abdomen and hospitalized. Ex policeman Harry Owens surrendered claiming self defense after a knife attack. Elliott to recover. Callahan’s burial at his mother’s home. Fort Worth also reports a saloon shooting with Charles Couch killed.
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Charles Couch
Fort Worth
Galveston
Alex Callahan
First
United States Volunteer Infantry
Thirty-third Street
Avenue H
Jack Elliott
John Sealy Hospital
Harry Owens
Amundsen
Owens
Callahan
Thirtyninth
Broadway
Elliott
Moody Compress
Tex
Second
Main Streets
Ad Dean
Will T. Scott
Couch
Scott
Dean
Atlanta
Miles Orders Break Up Camp Wikoff Causes Inquiry
Dispatch from Camp Wikoff reports Gen Miles orders to close the camp and ship troops home contradicting Gen Shafter and Sec Alger. Detention camp purpose remains. Bates notes rapid troop removal, with 200 to 400 cases movable only with danger and typhoid patients to new temporary quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wikoff
Miles
Shafter
Alger
Bates
Shinnock
General Hospital
Brown
Detroit
Washington
Cervera and His Men Leave for Spain After S antiago Loss
Survivors from Admiral Cervera’s vanished fleet depart from Seaveys Island aboard the City of Rome. He praises American courtesies shown to Spanish prisoners and staff and recalls kindness from Portsmouth Annapolis Norfolk New York and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N. H
Admiral Cervera
Santiago
Seaveys Island
Rome
Cervera
Angelo
Navy Yard
Arizona Town Wiped Out by Graham Fire in Sept 12
Prescott Arizona dispatch reports Jerome near Prescott struck by a devastating blaze that wiped out over 150 residences and 25 stores. The fire killed at least eleven and left about 1500 residents homeless and without clothing or money. Italians are suspected of starting the blaze and several mining men were unaccounted for amid the ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
A. T
Jerome
Four Die as Gasoline Explosion Hits Philadelphia Grocery
In Philadelphia a cellar gasoline blast at 1444 South Street destroys the store and collapses adjacent buildings. Four bodies recovered, up to a dozen feared dead, and 6 to 18 persons missing as windows across the street were shattered. Nearby fires and casualty reports from Vancouver accompany the dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
South Street
Lynching of Albert Andersson in Alabama and other late cases
Reports from Iubigent Liberty and Macon describe multiple lynchings. Albert Anders en, accused of murder after shooting a white man during arrest, was hanged and shot. Benjamin Jones, 68, hanged for a sexual assault in Liberty. George Burton, a Black man, lynched near Macon with his body found in the Flint River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iubigent
Albert Andersen
Sam Henson
Henson
Lafayette County
Mississippi
Kansas City
Times
Liberty
Benjamin Jones
Clay County
Court House
Jones
Annie Montgomery
Macon
George Burton
President to trim investigation panel to five members
Washington reports the president has heard from four invited investigation commission members. Two have declined. The commission size may be reduced to five as the president pushes for a thorough probe and accountability aimed at the proper targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Old Fort Augusta and Italian Bell Towers Feature
A lengthy survey covers Fort Augusta near Sunbury built in 1766 by Col. Gordon as a frontier fortress guarding Susquehanna passages, its brick arch and cannon remnants. It contrasts with Italy’s bell towers in Pisa and Florence, noting lean of Pisa, Giotto design, and marble detail. Golf themed jewelry and accessories enter, followed by a kettle safety device using a float valve to prevent boiling dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susquehanna
Fort Augusta
United States
Isaac Gross
Sunbury
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Col. Gordon
George III
Valley Forge
Italy
Pisa
Galileo
Florence
Giotto
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Texas
Sarah Wood
Thomas O. Wood
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Bryan
Taylor
Jackson, Miss
Orwood
Wil
Spain
America
Madrid
M. Cambon
Philippines
Togales
Manila
Manderson
Omaha
Army Investigating Board
Alexander Crummell
St. Luke’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Colored Ministers’ Union
American Negro Academy
Arizona
Vancouver
B. C
New Westminster
Alabama
Georgia
Golf Jewelry
Prince of Wales
Mr. Gladstone
Turkey
Johnson
Ajax
Dodson & Brown
Fleischmann’s Compound Yeast
R. M. Wilson
Kandy
Lee
Taxilox
Lowney
of Brazos
Madison
Grimes
Robertson
Burleson Counties
Frank W. McConnico
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
Pacific Mutual Life
Union Life
Fidelity and Casualty of
Fort
A. D. McConnico
WW. P. Franklin & Son
Academy For Music and Next
John Mike’s
Tyler Haswell
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