Mob Attacks Negroes in New York City After Police Death
A crowd of over a thousand white residents gathered near 37th Street and Ninth Avenue to lash out at Black residents in retaliation for Policeman Robert J. Thorpe's death. Four hundred officers restored order after hours of rioting, with injuries reported among both Black residents and attackers.
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New York
Robert J. Thorpe
Thirty-seventh Street
Ninth Avenue
Thorpe
Arthur Harris
Washington
Robert J.thorpe
West 37Th
Eighth Avenue
41St Street
29Th
42D Street
Eigth
Sixth Avenues
Harris
36Th
New Orleans
Liberty congress opens with modest attendance in Indianapolis
The National Anti-Imperialist League Liberty Congress opened in Indianapolis on August 16 with about 300 accredited delegates present. Despite smaller turnout, temp chairman Edwin Burritt Smith and permanent president George S. Boutwell drew strong applause. A well attended public meeting featured Moorfield Storey, Sigmund Zeisler, Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow, and Capt. Patrick O'Ferrall.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Liberty Congress
National Anti-Imperialistic League
Edwin Burritt Smith
Georges. Boutwell
Moorfield
Storey
Boston
Sigmund Zeisler
Chicago
Herbert S. Bigelow
Cincinnati
Patrick O’ferrall
Washington
Dynamiters Arraigned In City Dynamite Case
Brennan Northway Schwartz and Whalen were arraigned in the court of criminal correction on the charge of tearing up a railroad. They pleaded not guilty and their cases were set for hearing August 27. Emile Zakszewski was released after police said he had no knowledge of the dynamite explosions. Conductor Leasmand and Motorman Emil Jensen identified Brennan and Northway as placing dynamite that damaged a car at Seventh and Pestalozzi streets last Thursday.
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St. Louis
Huntington death reaches New York private funeral planned
The body of Collis P Huntington, who died at his Adirondack lodge, arrived in New York and lies in state in the Huntington town house library at 2 East 57th Street. A strictly private funeral is announced for Friday at 11 a.m. Details will follow later. Separately, Niagara Falls manufacturers opened a summer meeting where prices for window and plate glass were raised ten percent and orders will reflect the increase.
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New York
Collis P. Huntington
Adirondack Mountains
Huntington Town House
East 57Th Street
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Window Glass Manufacturers of
United States
Plate Glass Jobbers’ Association
Princess Troubetskey-Amelia Rives Found After Disappearance
Charlottesville author suffers nervous exhaustion and vanishes from Castle Hill. She is located near an old pond at Peters Mountain, while her husband remains at Castle Hill. In Capetown the British garrison at Elands River holds out with 67 casualties. Gen. Ian Hamilton moves cavalry to relieve Mafeking.
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Richmond
Charlottesville
Troubetskey
Amelia Rives
Castle Hill
Peters Mountain
Casile
Capetown
Hoare
Elands River
Mafeking
Ian Hamilton
Illinios Central Train Collision At Glen Carbon
Springfield Ill Aug 16 An Illinois Central passenger train and a local freight collided near Glen Carbon Injuries reported include L O Baldwin division superintendent whose right leg was severely mashed and two fingers cut off Conrad Held fireman on the freight badly burned on arms chest and back
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Central
Glen Carbon
L. O. Baldwin
Conrad Held
Supposed Footpad Killings Reported Near KC Packing Yard
Charles Cannon a 54 year old laborer was found dead with throat cut along Cypress road yards between Swift's packing house and the Union Pacific bridge. Robbery suspected as pockets were rifled. The incident is linked to foot pads.
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Kansas City
Charles Cannon
Cypress Road
Swift
Union Pacific Railroad
Allies reach Peking danger rumor spreads among Washington officials
London reports say allies may have reached Peking with official news scant and contradictory. Dispatches to Minister Conger are unclear and sometimes unreadable while Chaffee’s march toward Tung-Chow raises fear of a major battle and safe conduct talks for foreign legations.
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State Department
Tsi-Nan
Conger
Chaffee
Root
Baron Speck von Sternberg
Baron Sternberg
Tung-Chow
China
Lin- Yu
Peking
Navy Department
Matow
Admn
Remey
Imperial
Gen. Chaffee
Anxiety in Washington on the Chinese crisis intensifies
Washington reports extreme anxiety as officials say the Chinese crisis has reached an acute stage with limited and fragmentary information on military and diplomatic developments. Messages are being received from officials in China through various channels, signaling concern over potential outcomes.
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Washington
China
Allies seize Ho Si Wu in China and Paris names Waldersee leader
Berlin reports an August 11 dispatch from Tianjin saying Ho Si Wu fell after a clash with Gen Tung Fu Siang's men. Pursuit aimed to seal the Chinese retreat toward Ponting Fu. Prince Tuan orders executions of foreign sympathizers. France accepts Waldersee as allied commander in China as the story mixes with a fiction fragment.
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Berlin
Tien-Tsin
Ho- Si-Wu
Tung Fu Siang
Ponting-Fu
Peking
Tuan
France
Count von Waldersee
China
Indiana Happenings Father the Accuser
John Reddington a Tipton county school teacher is jailed in Anderson at his father Patrick Reddington’s charge of forgery. The elder, a prominent Tipton county farmer, accuses his son of forging his name on a $75 Elwood bank check and a $205 certificate of deposit. The father filed, the son faced a preliminary hearing, failed to post $500 bond, and awaits the September circuit court term in Anderson.
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Anderson
Ind
John Reddington
Tipton County
Patrick Reddington
Tipton’ County
Elwood Bank
Elwood
Reddington
Jones’ Court
Indiana University
Corn eyes replace flaxseed work at Logansport oil mill
Logansport Indiana county records say a 1.5 million mortgage on the American Linseed Co. plants is canceled. The local mill will switch from flaxseed to corn eyes processing. six carloads have arrived to start this new line. Oil from corn germs will replace olive oil in salad dressings, with material from Bradley Illinois. Flaxseed sales in Cass County will continue as the mill ships to other trust plants.
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Logansport
Ind
Felker
American Linseed Co
Chicago
Indiana
Bradley
Cass County
Milion Delano jailed for alleged attempt on Sherman Zant
Milton Delano a prominent Marion builder is jailed on charge of attempt to murder Sherman Zant. Zant says Delano threatened to shoot him after discovering his wife with Delano a month earlier. A buggy drove by firing two shots striking Zant and grazing engineer Albert Willard on the sidewalk.
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Marion
Ind
Milton Delano
Sherman Zant
Zant
Delano
McClure Street
Albert Willard
Pennsylvania Railroad
Robbery in Anderson leaves groom-to-be wounded
Rolla Gustin was knocked senseless by two highwaymen near Anderson while returning from the home of his fiancée Miss McCormick. They robbed him of 35 dollars after he had drawn 50 from the bank and given 15 to Miss McCormick for wedding purchases, then left him at a neighbor's house claiming he had fallen from a horse.
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Anderson
Ind
Rolla Gustin
Miss McCormick
Bolts Plant Closure Idle 300 Workers in Indiana
Muncie Indiana August 16 The nut and bolt department of the Indiana iron works closed after bolt makers rejected a 15 percent pay cut that would have started today. About 300 workers are idle as the Republic Iron and Steel Co owners state operations will remain shut until a resolution is reached.
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Muncie
Ind
Nut and Bolt
Indiana Iron Works
Republic Iron and Steel Co
Man Held on Larceny Charge in Union City
Union City Indiana August 16 Thomas Gray arrested for larceny. Over a thousand chickens were found hidden about his home. This marks his third arrest in a year for the same offense but no conviction yet.
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Union City
Ind
Thomas Gray
Hank of Cass County Seeks Congress Nomination
Indianapolis Aug 16 Hank of Cass County was nominated for Congress at Hunt where supporters gathered. The announcement notes his candidacy and local backing from Cass County delegates.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Hank
Cass ‘County
Hunt
Democratic Nominations Across Several Congressional Districts
Nominations by Democrats reach multiple states with nominees including W C Adamson in the Fourth Georgia district and Sidney J Bowie in the Fourth Alabama district. Returns confirm Thos Spight’s election in the Second Mississippi district. C E Snodgrass seeks re election in the Fourth Tennessee district with no opposition. H D Vincent is nominated in the Fifth Kansas district after prior populist nomination.
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Georgia
Sidney J. Bowie
Alabama
Thos. Spight
Congress
Mississippi
Tennessee
C. E. Snodgrass
Kansas
H. D.vincent
Vincent
Mixed wartime updates and a fatal train collision
Dispatches report Gen Chaffees force nearing Matow near Ho Si Wu and 5129 total Filipino soldiers sick or in quarters. Peking legations face siege rations amid Chinese pressure. Sharkey Fitzsimmons set for August 24 at Coney Island for 25000 purse. Indiana & Grand Rapids near Pierson suffers fatal fog collision with multiple deaths and injuries.
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M. Pichon
Peking
Thomas Sharkey
Robert Fitzsimmons
Coney Island
Conger
Indiana & Grand Rapids Road
Pierson
Mich
National League doubleheader results and postponements
Baseball scores from Cincinnati Brooklyn St Louis Philadelphia Pittsburgh New York and Chicago Boston games. Batteries listed for each squad with umpires. A game halted for Brooklyn train and Chicago Boston postponed due to rain.
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Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Scott and
Kahoe
Weyhing
Farrell
Emslie
R.H.E
Newton
Peitz
Kennedy
McGuire
Latham
McGinnity
Tannehill
Schriver
Carrick and Bowerman
Swartwood
Boston
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Markets Report From Cincinnati and Chicago Grains and Livestock
Cincinnati markets show mixed grain prices for wheat corn and rye with ranges and track quotes. Live stock in Cincinnati and Chicago lists hogs cattle sheep lambs veal calves with varied price tiers and quality.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Proud of Goodnow American consul general in Shanghai
John Goodnow, born Greensburg Indiana, rose from Minneapolis wood and coal businessman and local politics to become American consul general at Shanghai. His calm demeanor and precise dispatches earned Washington praise as he helped keep foreigners safe amid the Chinese crisis.
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Shanghai
Orient
John Goodnow
China
Minneapolis
United States
Conger
Peking
Goodnow
Washington
New York
Chicago Times-Herald
Greensburg
Ind
University of Minnesota
State Board of Health
Goodnow & Lawther
Art of Fishing in China Described as Superior
The piece extols Chinese fishing prowess across rivers, ponds, and oceans, noting methods from spear and hook to nets and dredges. It mentions ponds fed by rice fields in winter and even birds trained to dive for fish, reflecting a rich, traditional practice.
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China
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