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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
1
Three killed and scores wounded in Springfield riot as mobs looted and burned homes. Troops from Decatur and State militia deployed after lynching of Charles Hunter and widespread arson. Governor Deneen ordered relief camps and armed protection for residents amid ongoing unrest.
Springfield Wisconsin reports a mob lynching attempt after a black man assaulted a white woman. Two white men were killed, a Black man lynched, about seventy five injured and around twenty houses burned. Sheriff custody and militia tried to restore order as crowds attacked a cafe and automobile used in the escape.
Rev Harry W Jameson AME pastor in PeoriaIL denounces mixing of races as the root of trouble and calls for civic righteousness uniting whites and blacks. He says undesirables of both classes fuel mob law and lynching and urges action to quell conflict before Springfield. Jameson once led colored troops at San Juan Hill for Roosevelt’s Rough Riders.
In Eau Claire Wisconsin Aug 17 a two year old boy Frank son of Air and Mrs Adolphus Fenton died from a mysterious malady thought to be a form of spinal meningitis. The illness has caused seven deaths in the city with over twenty five cases reported to Health Officer Parr and likely more unreported.
Forest fire reports from Cranbrook B C describe worsening conditions with strong winds threatening the Sullivan mine buildings near Kimberley. Smoke columns visible from Cranbrook indicate danger spreading. meanwhile suffragettes on Wall Street staged fervent speeches despite crowd jeers and intense heat.
George R. Sheldon, new Republican national committee treasurer, discusses fund-raising challenges and legal limits on corporate contributions. He cites needed sums for speakers, literature, buttons, headquarters, and advertising, estimating total campaign costs from $100,000 to $500,000 plus substantial additional sums.
In Chicago on August 17 the Democratic National Committee planned a general conference of bureaux heads and national committeemen while William J. Bryan visits on August 22 and 23 to review campaign plans. Bryan may depart to Indianapolis for Kern notification on August 24. funds move slowly in Chicago and Guthrie. Col. Wetmore travels to Wisconsin on committee business. General J. B. Weaver, Populist candidate in 1896, will speak at Galena IL on August 21 for Mr. Brean.
The Turkish government informed the state department that Flussin Kiazim Bey, who currently represents Turkey at Bucharest, Romania, has been appointed Turkish minister in the United States in place of Mehmed Aghi Bey.
A Paris house demolition uncovers a vaulted tomb with a female skeleton dressed as a man. The find links to the Arnot Beauchemin duel era and a daring plot by Henrietta Arnot to clear her brother Gaston, ending in a fatal duel and a secret closet escape.
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