Four Negroes Die in Palmetto Warehouse Massacre
A mob of about 150 masked white men attacked Johnson's warehouse in Palmetto Georgia, killing four black men and wounding several others. The mob, which rode in on horseback after hours, sparked two recent fires that destroyed fourteen businesses. Mayor Arnold ordered 75 guards to patrol streets as authorities plan a noon inquest. leaders from Fairburn suspected in the violence.
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Palmetto
Johnson
Lis
Johnson's
Arnold
Goys
Bad Cotton
Fairburn
Palmetto Mayor Appeals to Governor for Guard
The Palmetto mayor telephoned Governor Candler at 5am reporting a mob had entered the town jail and shot nine negroes. He asked militia to prevent an uprising as whites feared retaliation. Governor Candler ordered Captain Barber to assemble fifty men for a special train to Palmetto.
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Atlanta
Palmetto
Westpoint
Governor Candler
Candler
W. Barber
Wounded Friends Gather at Warehouse After Incident
After noon friends of the wounded arrived at the warehouse and were admitted to the injured. Clem Watts, who groaned loudly in the morning, was carried to a wagon and taken home. He did not bear a aeratch. John Bigby is badly wounded and cannot recover.
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Clem Watts
John Bigby
Sensational Dreyfus Story Names Real Culprit
Lonpox March 16 The Evening News reports a sensational Dreyfus tale claiming Count Von Mohrerheim, former Russian ambassador to Paris, sold Russian and French secrets to Germany. It says Russia suspects his guilt and fears public scandal, keeping him unpunished to avoid broader fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonpox
Evening News Today
Dreyfus
Count von Mohrerheim
Property Purchase Sparks Office Building Plans Doubt
Mr. Hunter admitted purchasing the site but stated no present intention to erect an office building. He said future development could occur, yet no concrete arrangements are planned at this time.
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Tue Senting
Hunter
Trouble in Samoa Reported Likely Fighting At Hand
News from Apia Samoa notes Mataafa followers threaten to burn Malietoa villages unless taxed and supplied with soldiers. British American consuls issue proclamations. German consul upholds provisional government. US cruiser Philadelphia joins talks as rebels gain strength and a possible ultimatum-evolving tension looms.
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Apaia
Samoa
Auckland
N. 4
Savaii
Mataafa
Porpoise
Matania
Malietoa
United States
Philadelphia
Kautz
Justice Chambers
Sturde
Sidney C Lumbard company forms strong new insurance firm
Frank S. Lumbard and O P Morgan form The Sidney C Lumbard company to carry on the Lumbard insurance agency with rooms retained from the former agency. The new partnership includes prominent underwriters and bankers, with a broad alliance of major insurers and financial figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank S. Lumbhard
P. Morgan
Frank S. Lumbard
S. C
J. Erwing Riddle
Phoenix
Brooklyn
J. B. Cramer
Home
New York
John C.ingram
Samuel Faber
Fire Association of
Philadelphia
Robert Hunter
Commercial Assurance Company
London
J. P. Singleton
Niagara Insurance Company
John H. Gray
North British and Mercantile
Frank Richey
Liverpool
London and Globe
Sonia Wolf
Royal Insurance Company
England
D. H. Moody
Franklin
Robert Parsons
Imperial
Harry P. Hayward
Hartford
John Hellickson
Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance
Springfield
Mass
Louis Loeb
North German Fire
Hamburg
Mr. Gardner
Union Assurance Company
Mr. Lumbard
Morgan
Sidney C. Lumbard
Water Is Plentiful as California Storm Boosts Crops
A southward rain storm reaching San Bernardino and Ventura counties relieves farmers, boosts beet growing, hay, grass, and cattle, and allows mines to run through summer. Snow in the mountains feeds streams. fruit trees benefit, with the storm valued in millions for California crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
St. Bernardino
Vendura
California
Joseph Medill Dies in South San Antonio
Joseph Medill proprietor of the Chicago Tribune died in San Antonio at dawn. Born 1833 in New Brunswick, he moved to Ohio, founded papers, helped start the Republican party, joined Chicago Tribune ownership in 1855, served as mayor, and later edited the Tribune.
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Carcaco
San Antonio
Tex
Joseph Medill
The
Chicago Tribune
Mr. Medill
New Brunswick
Stark County
Ohio
Massillon
Free Soil
Coshocton
Cleveland
Chicago
Tribune
United States Civil Service Commission
Europe
Five Die in Street Duel in Hor Striues Arkansas
Five men killed and one wounded after a pistol duel on a Hor Striues street. Victims include Chief of Police Toler and Detective Hart, plus Louis Hinkle and Sheriff Williams’s son John Williams. Ed Spear wounded in throat. knife attack preceded deaths. Clash stemmed from city affairs dispute between Toler Hart Goslee group and Sheriff Williams faction. Special officers restored order.
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Hor Striues
Ark
Toler
James I. Hart
Louis Hinkle
Thomas F. Goglee
John ©. Williams
Ed F. Spear
Hinkle
Hart
Goslea
Goslee
Sheriff Williams
Automobiles eyed for Fort Wayne bus line
Theodore Fisher of Chicago Automobile company visits Fort Wayne en route to Indianapolis and plans to meet local capitalists to introduce horseless carriages with partial funding from Chicago and remaining from Fort Wayne investors. Interest grows as lighter, more reliable autos spur possible summer bus service.
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Theodore Fisher
Chicago Automobile Company
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
United States recruiting station opens in Fort Wayne
Lieut. R. R. Stogedall of the Tenth United States infantry arrived in Fort Wayne and opened a recruiting post in room 34 Pixley Long block. He expects to secure a number of recruits in the city.
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United States
Fort Wayne
R. R. Stogedall
Tenth
United States Infantry
Pixley-Long Block
Exalted by the Pope Pronontary Appointed
By brief from the apostolic delegate Mgr Joseph Stephan has been raised to pronontary apostolic. This honors him as a high prelate beyond Rome. Earlier he was private chamberlain with the title monsignore. EJ King takes the vacated post at the electric works laboratory department once led by Thomas Duncan. Mr y remains with the corporation.
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Wasuinaron
Apostolic Delegate
Mgr
Joseph Stephan
Rome
Mer. Stephan
EJ. King
Thomas Duncan
Mry
Corporation
County Treasurer Purchases Miller Property on West Main
The County Treasurer L. C. Hunter bought the Miller property at West Main Street 20. The gunsmith Ryoe H. Miller owned and occupied the 150 foot lot and the sale price was 6700 dollars.
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Miller
West Main
L. C. Hunter
West Main Street
Ry oe _H. Miller
Notre Dame Receives Rev John Googan Library Donation
The Lemonnier library at Notre Dame university in Notre Dame Indiana was enriched by the will of Rev John Googan late of Laporte Indiana An alumnus the entire library totaling several hundred volumes of historical and literary works was received that week The reference books are valuable and many are out of print
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Notre Dame, Ind
Lemonnier
Notre Dame University
John Googan
Laporte
Ind
Old Hutch No More Hutchison Dies at Curiaco
Benjamin P. Hutchison known as Old Hutch former board of trade operator and packer died of heart failure last evening in Curia co. Details indicate a long career in the commodity market and packing trade drawing remarks from colleagues and local officials.
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Curiaco
Benjamin P. Hutchison
Old Hutch
Board of Trade
and Packer
Fall of a Wisconsin wheat magnate Hutchison at 1891 end
The Lakeside sanitarium era figures Hutchison, famed around 1588 for his wheat corner, faced a decline that led to his financial end in 1891. Estimates of his peak wealth range from two to sixteen million dollars.
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Lakeside Sanitarium
Lake Geneva
Wis
Hutchison
Plan of Action for County Assessors in Indiana Promoted
Indiana officials urged county assessors to list all individuals and concerns connected with trusts, evaluate their trust holdings, and capitalize receipts at six percent. The plan, endorsed by the state tax board, targets gas and oil assets with specific valuations for wells tanks and pipelines.
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Assen
Indianapolis
W. L. Taylor
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Rock Island Train Jumps Track Near Voland Kansas
East bound Rock Island No. 3 jumped the track near Voland Kansas injuring twenty six passengers two seriously. Baggageman William Freeman was killed as a relief train with doctors aided the injured and work began to clear the line for travel.
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VoLand
Kan
Thomas
Rock Island Road
William Freeman
Topeka
Secretary of War Seeks Return of Land Payment
Judge Clark in the U S circuit court dismisses Secretary of War Russell A Alger's bill against John F Anderson heirs. General Alger sought return of 150000 dollars paid for land in Franklin county Tennessee claiming false representations. Previous trial awarded him the sum.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Clark
United States Circuit Court
Russell A. Alger
John F. Anderson
Alger
Anderson
Franklin County
Tennessee
Convict Escape By Box Reported In Indiana
John Serreter a life prisoner escaped from a northern Indiana prison yesterday afternoon. He was captured in a box lifted by a drayman and broke free near the prison then fled east with the driver’s overcoat.
Miners Battle in Alaska Leaves Four Dead
A clash near the Dalton trail on the Porcupine river ends with four men killed and Canadians routed. American miners, led by listed figures from Los Angeles to Denver, fear more conflict as the Alaska dispute over placers and territory escalates. Canadian mounted police move toward the scene as reports remain unconfirmed.
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New York
Vancover
B. C
Carl Slummerfelt
Lees
Lynn Canal
Dalton Trail
British Columbia
Atlin
Porcupine River
Mount Pleasant
Slummerfelt
Porcupine River District
C. G. Lewis
Charles Leitch
Los Angeles
W. S. Hawes
Minnesota
A. McConhney
Chicago
F. Will Borough
Denver
Canadian Northwest Mounted Police
Lake Tagish
Porcupine
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Lytle
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Sycacuse
N. Y
Merrill and Soule
Loomia Alen Company
Curtice Brothers
Rochester
Stanwix Company
Erie Preserving Company
Buffalo
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Orenheim
Baron von Mohrenheim
Paris
Prince (Urousseff
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Galeta
Apia
Lumbard Insurance Agency
Kaine
All
Indaatrier
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Antonio, Texas
Stogedall
Mer. Joseph Stephan
Wichest Bank
MR. Hunter’s
Old Hutch NO
B. P. Hutchison
Rock Island
Voland, Kan
John Serreter
Geta
Clay Works
Casa Dover
Royal Clay Works
Midvale
Here
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Akron
Mipplessoro
Louisville and Nashville
Wheeler
Chas. Painter
Jellico
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Second Volunteer Engineers
Honolulu
John 8. Prather, Jr
Alaska
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Lake Erie and Western
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