Danville Riot Testimony From Senate Hearing
Senate investigators opened questions on the Danville riot with testimony from witnesses on both sides. Edward Hatchet denied assault claims and described marks on buildings thought to be from gunfire. J C Reagan recounted arming himself and firing into the crowd, while ER W Glass and George Aslea testified to threats, armed whites, and the violent atmosphere surrounding the election dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Washineton
Edward M. Hatchet
Jack Rudd
J.C. Reagan
Tie
W. Glass
Ile
Hatcher
Lee
Covington
Olivers
Attica
Gome
Geo
AsLea
Taylor
Sherman
Sirmin
Senator Sherman
John Stone
Vance
Ben
English capitalists eye Florida land for sugar farming
A private letter from the English party led by Earl Loughton, Lord Erstings, and Captain Gambier details their Florida tour from Jacksonville to Kissimmee seeking investment in Okeechobee Land Company reclamation projects. They note canals, dredging, lake level drops, and increased navigability as proof of land value and future sugar prospects.
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Florida
New York
Okeechobee Land Company
Tampa
Visw
Everglades
Eissimmee City
Arthur
Lake Tahopekalega
Lake Cypress
Kissinanee River
Lord Houghton
Hamilton Disston
Philadelphia
Fince
Lake Okeechobee
Caloosahatchie River
Kassiminee
New Orleans
Boston
Kasiminee City
Railroad Company
State of
The Flood Strikes Ohio Bend Towns and Relief Efforts
Flood reports from Cinemoal Pomeroy and surrounding towns detail river levels at sixty four feet and rising, with multiple deaths, collapsed buildings, and hundreds displaced. Relief boats Katie Stockdale and others deliver provisions while committees assess damages and coordinate aid for scores of flooded communities along the Miami and Ohio rivers.
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Pearl and
Ludlow
Mary Colter
James Ogden
J. W. Kyle
Burke
General Pike
Rublen
River Road
Central Avenue
Second
Newport
Thomas Lynch
Michael Stephens
8. S. Wood
Robert Baker
Henry Fahrenkamp
Charles H. Scott
Watson Parker
George Thompson
Miami River
Four Mile Creek
Henry J. Disque
Woatson Parker
Pomeroy
Ohio
Gallipolis
Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railroad
Ohio Central
Jim Montgomery
Champion
Nora Belle
Chesapeake
Bend
West Columbia
Clifton
Mason City
Minneville
Hartsford City
Byrocace
Racine
Anthonity
Germ Furnace
Stockdale
Cleton
W. Va
Parscusuuna
United States
Katie Stockdale
Thomas Rose
Fourteenth Infantry
Sutleiers
M.media
Pytchleight
Gauw
Parkuswig
Tracewell
Lelpe
Parkersburg
Share
Liddley
Pakersburg
Lovion
Pittsburg
Lose
Uiesvenor
Ocking
Belize
Nelsonville
Shawneetown
End
Evaxsvile, Ltd
Wabash
Tennessee
Millspaugh
Pabucam
Paducah
Rive
Associated Press
William Arnold
Henry Rickerson
Hood
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Senate Committee
the Everglades
Fort Berony
Dak
Poplar Creek
Wolf Point
Little Rock
Ark
Indian Territory
Kansas City
Tex
St Louis
Fanao
Dakota
Major Fieming
Judge West
Territorial Commission
North
South Dakota
Ohio River
Tiet
Pomeroy Bend
Cinemoal
Oakley
Manalla
Louesdale
C. R. Carley
Lyon Bros. Palace Drug
Center Street
Dunkirk
J.A. Staph
W.C. Zimmermann, Jr
Hamburg
Hove
Wirtner & Alling
Monroe
St. James
RED Cross
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