Riots in Dewitt Arkansas Leave Thirteen Blacks Dead
Reports from St Charles Arkansas describe a week of violent clashes between white residents and Black residents. The Griffin brothers Henry and Walter are named among those killed along with eleven others, while a Dewitt posse pursued suspects and returned fire.
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Randall Flood
Will Baldwin
Will Madison
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Jail tale from Colorado war and other dispatches
Telluride and Trinidad dispatches report conditions quiet amid censorship. President Moyer of the Western Federation of Miners remains jailed at Telluride awaiting counsel. Italians detained for withholding hiding places of firearms shipped since martial law. Engineer Lindberg injured when a causal missile struck during a westbound train incident. Fireman Buschart halted the train and saved lives. Arkansas governorship race remains tight as Woodmen gains count with nine counties still to decide, suggesting a close convention outcome.
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Senate committee backs indeterminate sentence law for Iowa
Des Moines reports that the senate committee on penitentiaries and prisons recommends an indeterminate sentence statute for Iowa. The recommendation is regarded as effectively passing the law.
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Senate Committee On Penitentiaries and Prisons
Iowa
Trib um contest offers reader prizes and voting rules
A Dillon Tribune contest invites reputable readers to enter between February 6 and June 5 1904 by sending coupons with name and address. Voting runs from February 6 to June 5 with 14 day validity for voted coupons. Prizes include rounds trips to the World’s Fair in St Louis for top votes, tickets for runners up, and cash value equivalents. Coupons appear in every issue and special coupons issued with payments and subscriptions. Three judges will canvass results and publish weekly tallies each Friday.
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