Versailles Reacts to Lynching Mob Aftermath
The town remains unsettled with rumors of threats after five men were executed. Visitors swarm the elm tree site while informer Hostetter stays under heavy guard and threatens to resist any harm. Indictments against Levy gang members are expected as investigators probe the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Versailles
Ind
Peter Hostetter
Levy
W. D. Willson
Galvin
Henry Willson
Willson
Willson Farm
Grand Jury
Osgood
Train Collision Near Union Station Injures Six
A collision near Union Station between the Wabash ger train and the St Louis Kansas City & Colorado line left six hurt. Injured include Charles Williams a Wabash conductor. Mrs A T Davis and child Mamie Hummel and Jacob Hummel of St Louis. Lowry City Mo resident Lowry City. The Colorado train had right of way and its engineer tried to stop but brakes failed.
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ST. Louis
Union Station
Wabash Ger
Kansas City
Colorado
Charles Williams
Moberly
Wabash
A. T. Davis
Child
Lowry City
Mamie Hummel
Jacob Hummel
Hatfield shoots policeman in Den nison Hotel incident
Asa Hatfield, a Hatfield gang member, shot ex Policeman John Feeley in a Den nison Hotel washroom at 6 45 p m. Authorities say Hatfield fled through a back door after four shots struck Feeley in the left hip and right ankle and foot. Feeley, intoxicated at the time, is expected to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Tronton
Asa Hatfeld
Hatfield
John Feeley
Dennison Hotel
Feeley
Strikers Quiet as Bands of Marching Women Halt Work
Hazelton Pa September 19 Absolute quiet pervaded the strike district as bands of marching women prevented 1300 workers at Lattimer and 2500 at Audenried from resuming. Govs troops stood by at Coxe’s Drifton while officials plan inquest for Wednesday afternoon amid hopes violence will cease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazelton
Maguire
Federation of Labor
Washington
Executive Council
George Chance
United Labor League
Scranton
Ard City
Lattimer
Audenried
Coxe
Drifton
Spanish Cabinet Crisis erupts over bishop excommunication
Madrid reports fear of a cabinet crisis due to the Majorca bishop excommunicating Finance Minister J Reverter for taking church property. The decree was read in every church, drawing support from several prelates and clashing with cabinet plans to appeal to the Pope through the Papal Nuncio. The bishop’s Carlist ties worsen the dispute between church and state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Majorca
Balearic Islands
Freight wreck fatal to brakeman on Pennsylvanias line
A northbound freight on the Louisville Division near South Port Indianapolis broke apart on a steep grade. The rear coal cars collided with the forward section, demolishing about a dozen cars. Head brakeman J. L. Marshall of Louisville was crushed to death in the wreck. He was around eighty years old and unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Ind
Louisville
Pennsylvania Road
South Port
J. L. Marshall
Body of Unknown Man Found in Sandusky Bay
The body of a man about 60 with a strap around his neck was found in Sandusky Bay. A letter dated September 16 addressed to Mrs. Libbie Phelps of Huron, Ohio, said he had finished his job and would return home next week. The man appeared to be a laborer and bore no signature on the letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Sandusky, CO
Libbie Phelps
Huron
Chapman
Jawn
Jay Lentz
Biijab
Emi Nerace
Queen
Wales
Tower of London
Ohio
Bifjak
Charles A. Towne
India
Hornet Attack Causes Man Death While Crabbing
A Georgetown marsh hunt ended fatally when Edward Kinlock, a Black man, was attacked by hornets in his boat. He struck the nest with his head and fell into three foot deep water and drowned or died from stings. The coroner could not determine a definite cause of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbia
8. C
Edward Kinlock
Georgetown
Open Letter on Camp Meeting Debacle in Springfield Lobby
A Commercial Tribune correspondent reports John T. Norris describing a free silver camp meeting scene in Springfield Ohio. The piece portrays heated speeches in Harry Rockfield's hotel lobby with figures like Colonel Billy Thompson Detective Bill Smithers and the Hon Elijah Pogram sparking a chaotic audience and political theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Billy’’ Thompson
Bill “Smithers
Bill Smithers
Harry
Rockfield
Dickens
Peete
Elijah
Calia
Bill
Smithers
Bil
Bryan
Elijah Pogram
MacMonnies
Harry Rockfield
Irish American Day to Feature Sham Battle in Nashville Parade
Nashville Tenn Sept 19 Irish American Day plans promise two big crowds. A street parade precedes public exercises in the auditorium with speeches by Governor Taylor Patrick Walsh Fiferty and George Pepper. A sham battle depicting New Orleans will draw about a thousand troops and a large fireworks display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Nashville
Tenn
Young.Men's Institute of
Kentucky
States
W. B
Thes Auditorium
Taylor
Patrick Walsh
Augusta
Gat
John Fiferty
Chicago
Cleveland
New’ Orleans
United States’ Cavalry
Jamés M. Coyle
Louisville
Cincinnati
Terre Haute
Memphis
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Atlanta
St. Louis
Walcott
Massachusetts
Emancipation
Benton McMillin
Prefer American Goods. U S Trade in China Improves
United States Consul at Amoy reports Chinese prefer American cotton fabrics spinnings flour oils canned goods and meats and even pay higher prices. He notes friendlier attitudes between natives and foreigners at Amoy and surrounding areas and urges American merchants and government to focus on rapid trade growth in this China region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Amoy
China
Freight Wreck on B and O Kills Cahill and Three Tramps
A Freight wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio at Helper last night killed engineer Michael Cahill aged 50 of Newark Ohio and three unknown tramps. The second section struck the first section after a siding maneuver, destroying the engine and eighteen cars and causing extensive damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Bellaire
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Helper
Michael Cahill
Newark
Talbotton Grand Jury Declines Indictment in Ryder Mob Case
Talbot County grand jury declines to indict lynchers of Dr. W. L. Ryder amid expected action in Harris County. Pinkerton detectives have gathered evidence for the Harris Grand Jury, with suspects possibly fled Talbot County. Ryder brothers pursuing killers. mob perpetrators linked to Waverly Hall abduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Talbotton
Talbot County
W. L. Ryder
Waverly Hall
Harris County
Harris Grand Jury
Ryder Brothers
Pinkerton
Teen girl escapes attempted assault near Bradford Junction
Joseph Bowman 19, a farmer, was arrested for attempting to assault Mabel Thompson 14 while buggy riding Tuesday night. She fled to a farmhouse for protection. Bowman will face a preliminary hearing tomorrow. He is described as highly connected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Bradford Junction
Joseph Bowman
Mabel Thompson
Bowman
Turkish Minister Appointed in United States Post
Constantinople reports Ferrouh Bey, Councilor of the Turkish Embassy in St. Petersburg, named Turkish Minister to the United States succeeding Moustapha Tachsin Bey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Ferrouh Bey
St. Petersburg
United States
Moustapha Tachsin Bey
Folly of M Lean He Clings to Free Silver Leads Ohio Democrats
The Columbus dispatch reports Murat Halstead condemns Ohio Democrats as pushing free silver with greenback delusion led by John Robespierre McLean. Allen O Myers notes McLean lacks political principles while seeking the Senate seat once held by Sherman, amid free silver agitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Murat Halstead
Ohio
Democratic Party
Ohio Democrats
John Robespierre McLean
Senate
Sherman
Wilmore Fire Destroys Twelve Businesses
A morning blaze in Wilmore Kentucky destroyed twelve buildings including J C Bruce general merchandise and Ware Fenner general merchandise. The fire began in J C Bruce’s storeroom and spread to the business district along the Cincinnati Southern line. Total loss estimated at 50 000 with about half covered by insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholasville
Joplin & Co
Wilmore
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
J. C. Bruce
C. C. Garvey
T. 8. Barr
H. L. McLean
John Wilder
Ware & Fenner
Postoffice
Steve Bourne
Judge Loudon Dies at 70 in Georgetown Ohio
Judge D W Loudon a leading Southern Ohio lawyer died suddenly of neuralgia of the heart at his Georgetown home. He presided over Brown County Common Pleas for years and was active in Republican politics. A former Retamha congressional nominee he appeared in court just days before his death. He was 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Georgetown
D. W
Loudon
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Brown County
Retamha
Congress
Ohio Democrats Struggle as Free Silver Battle Reignites
The piece argues McLean's push for free silver fractures Ohio and echoes nationwide concerns as Democrats in Ohio, Iowa, Maryland, and New York face renewed splits. It notes New York choosing not to endorse Chicago platform and details Republicans rallying, with campaign literature ramping up and organization progressing in nine counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
McLeah
Altgeld
Iowa
Maryland
New York
Chicago
Democratic State Central Committee
Justice of the Court of Appeals
John P. Jones
Nevada
McLean
Sisterhood
Middle West
Wall Street
Colorado
West
Nash
Malloy
Philo Clark
Queen Was Grieved Details of Battle and Losses
From Bombay advices the front columns press Mahmoukis near Panjkora and Shabbadr. General Jeffreys brigade moved on Damo taga, repulsed the enemy, and seized 400 mule loads of supplies, while two Sikhs were killed and six wounded. The Mehmands clash with Blood’s brigade yielded heavy enemy losses. Afridi sergeant saved a Sikh. The Queen expresses grief for the fallen and praise for troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Panjkora
Shabbadr
Jeffreys
Anayat
Damotaga
Bindon Blood
Anagat
Ryder
Saragai
Queen
Camp Anagat
Greek Rejection of Treaty Brings Resignation Rumor
In Athens on September 19 the Greek press calls the latest peace terms onerous. Delyannis allies assail Ball and the Cabinet, blaming them for Greece’s misfortune as mass resignation rumors spread.
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Athens
Behia
Greece
Tewfik-Pasha
Aeister
Tophandi Palace
M. Delyannis
M. Ball
anti-Delyannis
Cantons Glarus and Grisons hit by severe earthquake shock
A strong quake rattled the Cantons of Glarus and Grisons with heavy rumbling and widespread rock falls, felt across multiple areas. No injuries or further details available from the fragment.
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Bernh
Glarus
Grisons
Earthquake Felt Across Tokistan Region With Historic Monuments Damaged
A severe earthquake shock struck Tashkaent and shook Asiatic Russia last night. The tremor was felt across Turkestan including Samarkand and Urabu, damaging several ancient monuments and historic sites in the region.
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Tashkaent
Turkestan
Asiatic
Russia
Turkistan
Samarkand
Urab Ube
Prevent Its Spread New Cases in All the In fected Districts
Public health officials report new cases across all infected districts. Health teams reinforce testing and isolation measures to curb transmission and protect vulnerable communities.
Yellow fever measures expand with detention camps planned
Complete advices to Surgeon General Wyman outline rapid steps to curb yellow fever spread. Three detention camps are to open at Fontainebleau Mississippi Edwards or Jackson Mississippi and Mt Vernon Barracks Alabama. Inspections organize, staffing increases, and quarantine broadens across Mississippi and surrounding regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Fontainebleau
Miss
Edwards
Jackson
Mt. Vernon Barracks
Ala
McIntosh
Marine Hospital
Louisville
Memphis
Young
Geddings
Hunter
State Board of Health
White
Camp Fontainebleau
Hunt
Mobile
Canter
Mississippi
New Orleans
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee State Board of Health
Barrancas
Fla
Chickamauga
Mt. Ver~non
Jennan
Six New Yellow Fever Cases and One Death in New Orleans
New Orleans reports six new yellow fever cases and one death at 6 PM. An additional death later adds to the tally. Officials plan to move affected families to the Marine Hospital refuge and set up a supplementary hospital to handle indigent patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Board of Health Office
Santa Graffeta
Joseph Gisfasy
Urquhart Street
Rosalie Bacus
Hillary
Burth
John Dell
Plum
Cambronne
Jefferson
Irene Terrell
Charity Hospital
William Brandon
Philip
Nora H. Hynes
St. Claude Street
Lena Green
Camp Street
St. Claude Street House
Dr. Oliphant
Metz
Marine Hospital
Bloom
Oliphant
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Hostetter
Daniel
Nicholas Hostetter
Hergroeve
Ing
Spain
Signor Reverter
Scribe
John T. Norris
Deitsch
Neidringhaus
Cahill
Georgia
Dr. Ryder
Pink-erton
M’lean
Ohio Democracy
Allen 0. Myers
Wilmore, Ky
Judge Loudon
ANDO
Beral Iy
Aliae O'Myers
Hanna
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