Lynch Law in Florida Capital
In Tallahassee on June 7 a mob overpowered the jailer and hanged Matt Morris a Black prisoner condemned for murder. They dragged him from his cell by trick, then shot the body before fleeing. Morris had acted strangely and officials suspect feigned insanity to avoid execution.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Morida State Capitol
Matt Morris
Willian Langston
Morig
Morris
Sherif Houston
Georgia
Booker T Washington Praises Jack Johnson Victory Speech
New York June 7 A Booker T Washington sermon to the Negro Men's Business League hailed the heavyweight champion's rise without naming Johnson. He urged Black Americans to showcase successes and pursue permanent business and economic progress, noting commerce ignores color and determination brings reward.
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Booker T. Washington
New York
Jack Johnson
Australia
Drestfalien
McEly
Qesra
Robbers torture woman in Belmont Pa. home invasion
Five masked robbers burst into Mrs Minnie Ashe's Belmont home near Pittsburgh. They tied the elderly woman and her daughter and granddaughter to chairs, torched their feet with candles, and ransacked the house before abducting Miss Minnie Ober who later received medical aid. Authorities fear lynching if the attackers are caught.
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Belmont
Pittsburg
Minnie Ashe
Minnie Ober
Miss Ober
Serious floods in Canada stall main Canadian Pacific line
Disastrous floods in the Rocky Mountains halt traffic on the main line of the Canadian Pacific in Canada. Winnipeg reports no trains through for days and many passengers are stranded both east and west. Floods between Sicamous and Revelstoke create log jams, with severe transcontinental trains held and animals suffering for lack of food. A Seventh Day Adventists conference in Washington adjourns after its thirty seventh quadrennial meeting.
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Canadian Pacific
Winnipeg
Man
Rocky Mountains
Sycimus
Revelstoke
Frea & Circus
Jacobs Given Life Sentence in Murder Case
The jury found Gieay Jacobs guilty of murdering Elba Taberts in January and fixed his sentence at life imprisonment. The report notes attendance exceeded 00 with Mrs Anna White delivering the world message. The piece covers related strike updates in Baltimore Ohio shops and Hatters union talks in Danbury without agreement.
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Delive
Anna White
Organization
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore
Mast Philadelphia
Keyser
Coneellsville
Newark
Newcastle Junction
Parkersburg
Danbury
Conn
National Executive Advisory Board
The
United Hatters of America
J. D. Kennedy
St. Joseph’s Church
New Issue in Calhoun Case Opens Bribery Trial Debate
San Francisco June 3 Assistant District Attorney Francis J. Heney adds a new issue to the Calhoun bribery trial. Samuel F. Scott, once with United Railroads and now an prosecution witness, testifies he was asked to repeat a manufactured story before Patrick Calhoun. The episode underscores a bitter trial moment.
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San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
Francis J. Heney
Calhoun
Samuel F. Scott
United Railroads
Southern Pacific Railway
W. J. Burns
Scott
Joseph H. Handlen
United Hailroads
Handlen
End of the Chase at the Hospital Ward
Two friends of the superintendent visit a hospital ward being repaired when a violent man chases them along a lane near the main building. One woman hides, the other flees as the attacker shouts and pursues before finally tapping a victim and saying You’re it. Cleveland Loader.
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V Vscb Hospital
Sue Denly
Sean Rannties
Ariune
Elise
Fiast
Cleveland Loader
Adam's Apple in Anatomy and Origin Story
The article explains the Adam's apple as the thyroid cartilage projection in the throat that enlarges during puberty, especially in males, and notes the name stems from the biblical tale of Adam swallowing the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden.
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Adam
Five Balloons Land in Endurance Race With Disqualification
Indiana reports five balloons landing in the Aero Club of America distance race with Indiana’s Indianapolis entry disqualified for landing and resuming the race. Dr Link and R J Irvin won the endurance event in about twenty two hours. Chicago second. Ohio third.
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Indiana
Dr. Link
AL J. Tevin
Indianapolis
Indiananulis
Aero Club of America
Aero Club of Indiana
Saturda
Ile Lutiana
Shackle Island
Tenn
Nashville
Chicago
Scottsville
Gosrhe Link
R. J. Irvin
Westmoreland
Chio
H. W. Thompson
S#len
J. Balke
Canton
Ind
CG. A Coey
John BP. Bennett
University City of St. Louis
John Berry
John McCullough
Bianche
International Aeronautic Federation
Carl Fisher
G. L. Bumbaugh
Ohio
Alfred le Blanc
France
St. Louis
James Gordon
Prison fight leaves sixteen dead and four wardens wounded
In a desperate prison battle sixteen prisoners were killed and four wardens wounded as inmates resisted capture. Three prisoners escaped amid heavy gunfire and a detachment of wardens finally overpowered them.
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Tifis
Bursii
Jupe
Enduil
Turks Deny Mass Killings in Asiatic Turkey
Washington reports the Turkish embassy denied claims that 20 000 or 2 408 people were killed in Asiatic Turkey unrest. It says efforts are underway to banish those responsible and that deaths will not exceed ten. A court martial to try those responsible for the April 12 outbreak in Constantinople has been set up in Adana.
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Washington
Turkey
Constantinople
Adana
Wes
Aldrich tariff secrecy sparks criticism and consumer impact
The piece attacks the Aldrich tariff bill after secret hearings, arguing it benefits wealthy cotton goods manufacturers. It claims heightened duties shift costs to consumers for basic linen and textile articles, with references to Fall River mills and the Journal of Commerce.
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Gomes
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Senate
Yarar
Senate Finance Committee
Lasa
Fiay Cotten and Woolen Manufacturing Company
Itiver
Mass
New York “Journal of Comerce
Tyne
Steve Mills
New York “Journal of Commerce
Sai
Simatt
The Good Fat Men
The Kansas City Independent cites fear of a fat criminal and mocks virtue as weakness. A French aphorism suggests true goodness requires the strength to be bad, condemning any praise of goodness without resolve.
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Jones
Dore
Kansas City Independent
la Rochefoucanid
Free hides monopoly threat in tariff battle at Washington
The article argues the Payne bill would restore a 15 percent duty on hides, risking a Packers monopoly and higher leather costs. It claims meat producers and consumers gain little while packers gain control, urging public protest to prevent higher prices for a key life necessity.
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Chicago
Washington
Cedelusi
Payne
House of Representatives
Senate
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