Mob Hangs Two Black Men After Train Abduction in Mobile
Forty five armed men seize prisoners on a Mobile train near Prichard Station. At Holt Road they string up Robinson and Thompson, while Black bystanders guard the scene. A jury later rules the deaths occurred at unknown hands and the bodies are buried.
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Commercial Tribune
Mobile
Ala
Edna May Fowler
Lillian May Savell
Ruth Sossaman
Holt Road
Prichard
Robinson
Creole
Pritchards Station
Potter's Field
Jelks Explains Mobile County Lynching Telegrams
Governor Jelks releases the correspondence with Mobile County officials and citizens explaining why militia was not sent to Mobile with the lynching victims Thompson and Robinson. He notes receipt of a telegram from Mobile bar members asking for troops and his reply promising soldiers on the train, with a Birmingham telegram ordering Sheriff Powers to move the prisoners via Selma and Thus Montgomery arrival timing.
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Thompson
Robinson
Vernon
Birmingham
Powers
Charles Green
Jelks
Commercial Tribune
Birminghay
Ala
Montgomery
Mobile County
Mobile
Mobile Bar
Sheriff Powers
M Itromery
Sélma
Emery
Court Retrains Pope Motor Workers in Toledo Strike
Judge Taylor granted an injunction restraining 250 to 300 Pope Motor Car Works workers from picketing or interfering with nonunion labor. The order, among the most sweeping in Toledo, follows a strike lasting over a month with replacements brought in from Eastern cities. A special session will hear why the restraining order should become permanent.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Taylor
United States
Pope Motor Car Works
Pope
Federal Court
Major Paul F. Strauth Receives Medal of Honor
President Roosevelt awarded Major Paul F. Strauth Surgeon United States Army the Medal of Honor at the White House for gallantry in the Philippines. The act occurred at Alps Seimbales Luzon December 21, 1899 when he exposed himself to enemy fire to rescue a wounded soldier and carry him to safety.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Paul F. Strauth
United States Army
Roosevelt
White House
Bell
Davis
Oliver
Alps
Seimbales
Luzon
Two White Men Shot at Macon Fair Grounds
Charles Adams and William Solomon, prominent white men, were shot by a black man at the Macon Fair Grounds while escorting two young ladies. Adams was lightly wounded but Solomon was seriously injured. The suspect was arrested and jailed as a mob gathered outside. The mayor works to prevent further violence amid threats of vengeance.
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Commercial Tribune
Macon
Charles Adams
William Solomon
Fair Grounds
Adams
Solomon
Argentina
Ark
Colum
Arkansas River
Little Rock
Lindsay
Lindsays
Colums
Still Another Lynching in Basin Mississippi
BASIN Miss Oct 6 A negro attacked Mrs Ketchum. A posse captured the assailant fifty miles east of Mobile. After identification he was lynched.
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Commercial Tribune
Basin, Miss
Ketchum
Mobile
Magoon to wield full Cuba power under U S rule
The United States to govern Cuba with plenary authority from Havana as Magoon replaces Wood and the Platt amendment underpins the intervention. Troops arrive, Camp Columbia set, and the disarmament drive continues with 200 rebels dispersed by 20 Marines.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Charles E. Magoon
Bell
Taft
Bacon
Havana
Cuba
Leonard Wood
Magioon
United States
Magoon
Foraker Sees 5500 Troops Needed in Cuba Expedition
Senator Foraker supports sending 5500 regular troops to Cuba as a precaution against future trouble. He argues the force will garrison towns, reassure disbanded insurgents, and prevent oppressive police or guards actions. Taft prioritizes returning insurgents home and breaking up their organizations over disarmament goals.
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Cuba
Saz
Mr. Taft
Foraker Presides at Outpouring of Farnest Citizens
A massive Republican mass meeting at Music Hall draws a crowded audience including Mrs. Nicholas Longworth as Senator Foraker and others praise the party, its ticket, and President Roosevelt. Lueders introduces Foraker amid applause. Longworth vows Cincinnati ties and Beveridge is praised for meat bill reforms.
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Foraker
Longworth
Queen City
Buckner Wallingford
George Warrington
Joseph S. Neave
Smittie
Music Hall
Blaine Club
Foraker and
Beveridge
Goebel
Julius Fleischmann
Benson Foraker
Samuel Trost
William H. Lueders
Harry L. Gordon
Yars
Blaine
Cotent Nals
Ngworth
House of Representatives
Theodore Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Indiana
Roose
Insurgent arms held as disarmament effort stalls in Hatuey
In Hatuey Cuba on October 6, four hundred insurgents commanded by Brigadier General Reynoso refused to surrender their arms. Government volunteers kept theirs, and the Disarmament Commission's work in the district is fruitless.
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Hatuey
Puerto Principe
Cuba
Reynoso
Disarmament Commission
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Dour
Mob
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Arkansas
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Will
Sumner
Havana Central
Camp Columbia
Baker
Cowles
Caridad
Caballero
Senator Foraker
Bellsmith
Eagle
Union Veteran Republican Club
Lueders
William Lueders
Stars and Stripes
Ohio
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