Terre Haute Lynching of George Ward After Finkelstein Murder
A mob attacked Terre Haute jail on Tuesday, dragged George Ward from his cell, hanged him on the Wabash bridge, and burned his body amid a crowd that included women and children. Ward, 27, a Circleville, Ohio arrival, confessed to murdering Ida Finkelstein, 21, a local schoolteacher, after she accused him of slurs and resisted his assault. The mob carried out the lynching without militia intervention. governors and sheriffs were alerted but no prosecutions followed.
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Terra Haute
Ind
George Ward
Ida Finkeltein
Wabash Bridge
Terre Haute
Ward
Miss Finkelstein
Lawrence O'Donnell
Cooper
Hessick
le Forge
Theody
Circleville
Ida Finkelstein
Chicago
Hymera
State Normal School
Little Country
Indianapolis
Dorothy Carter
Irvington
Newcastle
Miss Carter
Quigley
Oklahoma
Proposal Rejected Over Crete Annexation
Prince George of Greece, general commissioner of the European powers in Crete, has received from foreign consuls the decision of the powers rejecting his proposal to annex Crete to Greece. In London, Nicaragua canal talks near transfer to Washington as Ambassador Choate lacks power to seal a deal with British government suggestions.
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Canes
Island of
Crete
Prince George of
Greece
London
Nicaragua
Washington
Choate
Happenings in the Fatherland Norwegias Icebound Seas and Civic Push
Reports from Norway and Sweden describe ice on Lake Mjosen with freight moves Nes to Hamar, population changes in Kristiania and Nordland, a new fire insurance firm, waterworks expansion, and constitutional debates. Sweden notes rail power shifts, barring dancing issues, naval and industrial notes, and a kingly movement with Crown Prince Victoria.
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Norway
Mjosen
Nes
Hamar
Lanya
Wm. Spender
Tromso Buft
Great Northern “Panhandle
Nordland
Hamar Stitt
Kristiania
Buskerud
Akershus
Smaalenene
Kvikne
Trondhjem
Marshal Lake
Nordmarken
Nit
Orfisve
Trehoring
Nordvand
Daltyr
Grintjern
Juring
Thorvald Sletten
Public Library
Bergen
Mecenas
Stavanger
Vare
Rost
M. D. Ludvigsen
Skien
Askim
Denmark Scorn for Brandes Book Draws Backlash
In Denmark Georg Brandes airs contempt for a late professor in a book, while a critics group accuses him of injuring a vulnerable man. Elsewhere Finland probes police searches over a controversial history book and a new Finnish law chair is planned at Saint Petersburg. A widow at Keansboro accepts a $2700 bribe for marriage with a wealth motive, followed by a signed irrevocable contract.
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Kristianstad
Sweden
Victoria
Prince Gustaf Adolf
G. L. Bjork
Vinberg
Luggade
One Thousaed Good Templar
Grand Lodge
Adolph Hedin
Hedin
Jane
Riksdag
Upsala
Christian Ethical Society of
Stockholm
Kungali Glass Works
Nord
Gustaf Adolf
Carl
Villagatan
Men of Sweden
Lars Hierta
Lare Kierta
Trelleborg
P. O. Varenius
Skyttean
University of Upsala
C. B. Lindblom
Lujea
Torne Trask
Aminoff
Gothenbore
Havre
la Chambre de Commerce
Rouen
Jeanne d'Arc
Amine
France
Denmark
Georg Brandes
Finland
Schippf
Helsingfors
Henri Biaudet
Biadet
Supreme Court
University of St. Petersburg
Behrens
Kearn
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North Sea
Arrhenius
Germany
Switzerland
Tt Im
Col. Virgin
Gata Artillery
N. Persson
Helsingborg
Yxenhult
Skane
Laholm Hospital
Arthur Hazellus
Northers Museum
Skansen
Swedish Academy
A. M. Powell
Crary
N. D
Ghotee Trust
Grand R. N. D
N.D
Asture
Balancs
Geary
North O .D
B.S
Keith
Asont
Sigmilegorth
Brice
Gaim
Becerra Crary
B.D
Powell
Orient Express
Paris
Constantinople
S. McClure
McClure’s Magazine
Minneapolis
St. Paul
St. Louis
St.Paul
Gen
Aone
Geo, Plyman
Phat Ia
West Fourth Street
Devils Lake
NDAK
The
Inter-Ocean
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