Warlike clashes reported in Scooba and Mississippi
A long distance message from Scooba Miss reports seven dead in a race clash. Governor Vardaman mobilizes troops after further uprisings and a mix of killed whites and blacks. rioting spreads to Wahila k with several white men and many blacks dead.
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Memphis
Tenn
Scooba
Miss
Jackson
Vardaman
J. A. Quarles
Vuardamon
Meridian
Mobile and Ohio
Wahilak
Dee
Robert Harrison
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Wahalak
Meridien Troops Report After Wahalak Disturbance
Officers say after militia arrived at Wahalak no further disturbance occurred though several locomotion related deaths and lynching claims emerged. George Simpson and family members were implicated with multiple fatalities and injuries reported as the mob affected the scene. Colonel McCants ordered restraint and forbade armed patrols while troops noted presence of armed men from other areas.
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Meridian
Miss
Wahalak
George Simpson
Mobile and Ohio
Wabalak
Jim Simpson
Cooper
Leland Sparkman
McCants
Chirge
Three Die, Four Wounded in Sturgis Coal Strike Clash
In Sturgis Kentucky three guards and miners died and four were wounded in a street battle between West Kentucky Coal guards and striking miners. The dead are J Dougherty Billy Malloy and W Gray. Wounded include L J Moore Sam Barneby William Goch and Henry Delany. Sheriff arrives with deputies and arrests Moore.
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Owensboro
West Kentucky Coal Company
Sturgis
Union County
J. Dougherty
Billy Malloy
WU Gray
L. J. Moore
Tine Ward
Sam Barneby
William Goch
Henry Delaney
Gainers’ Union
Morganfield
Kentucky Coulgemuy
Shooting With Intent to Kill Sparks Arrest
An individual was shot and taken to Morganfield where he was placed in jail after the wound proved slight. He and another person are charged with shooting with intent to kill.
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Morganfield
Riot on Fort Leavenworth street car investigated
In Leavenworth a full inquiry into the Christmas Eve riot on a Fort Leavenworth-bound street car is under Captain Walsh of the Ninth Cavalry. Three men are in custody. The conductor says no shots were fired. an old sergeant claims bricks shattered windows amid a fare dispute. Soldiers on the car are not shielding comrades and are giving voluntary statements.
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Leavenworth, Kan
Fort Leavenworth-bound
Walsh
Ninth Cavalry
Tam
Eighteenth Infantry
Carlist band captured at Castle Faulit in Madrid
Lieutenant Mail lo and ten civil guards surrounded the Torre Fora house and captured a Carlist band of twenty, including General Moore. They yielded twenty seven rifles and nearly 2000 cartridges and a rail tearing machine. Prisoners taken to Barcelona for swift trial.
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Madrid
Liceutenant
Priest dies before Mass in Denison church
Rev. T. S. Crowley of St. Patrick's church collapsed and died while preparing for high mass. He served as a priest in Denison for fifteen years and was held in high esteem.
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Denison, Tex
T. S. Crowley
St. Patrick's Church
Roosevelts Plan Holiday Visit to Pine Knot Estate
President and Mrs. Roosevelt with the Roosevelt children will depart for Pine Knot, Mrs. Roosevelt’s Virginia country home in Albemarle County, tomorrow morning. They will stay there through December 31.
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Washington
Notable Fire and Crime News From Across Regions
Henry Watterson and Mrs Watterson of Louisville arrived in Barcelona for a month. Bloomington Illinois suffered a $10 000 stock loss at Carlock Bros and equally large Brand Furniture. Harry Thaw’s Christmas dinner at Tombs prison in New York came from a cafe by order of his wife. Newport News shipyards saw $200 000 in damage with a fatally injured fireman. Atlantic division strike status on the Southern Pacific saw little change. David C Webb of Kansas City, a mercantile leader, died at 72, born Lafayette Indiana. A drunken Topeka fight left one dead, one fatally wounded, two wounded. Baltimore faced its coldest Christmas in 34 years at 18 degrees. Mexico railroad labor shortages challenged railroads and other industries. Toulon French authorities ordered transport Tanive to Morocco. Otto Yogiesisky of New York killed his wife and then himself. Earl Northup, 22, was likely fatally stabbed in a Fort Sill saloon brawl by Private Howard Thirteenth Cavalry.
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Henry Watterson
Watterson
Louisville
Barcelona
Spain
Bloomington
Carlock Bros
Harry Thaw
Tomb’s Prison
New York
Newport News
Atlantic
David C. Webb
Kansas City
Uged
Webb
Lafayette
Ind
Topeka
Kan
Baltimore
Mexico
Toulon
Tanive
Morocco
Otto Yogiesisky
Earl Northup
Fort Sil
O. T
Howard
Thirteenth Cavalry
Deadly train collision at Ashtabula crossing injuries and one death
A Buffalo Pittsburg flyer struck a Lake Shore trolley at Ashtabula crossing 800 feet from the 1878 disaster. One person was killed, fourteen injured, including Leonard Newbold 17 with multiple injuries. Witnesses say crossing gates were not down. The motorman escaped with no injuries.
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Ashtabula
Buffalo-Pittsburg Flyer
Lake Street
Lake Shore Railroad
Leonard Newbold
GC. J. Bullock
Painesville
William Cook
James Whelpley
B. Ashley
John Newbold
Southbridge
J. G. Dudley
St. Joseph's Church
Coasting accident near McKeesport injures four youths
Four youths ages 16 to 18 narrowly escape death while coasting on a bobsled near McKeesport. A freight train crossing the grade caused the sled to collide. Mabel Phillips suffers a fractured leg and cuts, Margaret Finley is severely cut, and John Ryan along with Albert Finley are cut and bruised.
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Pittsburg
McKeesport
Mabel Phillips
Margaret Finley
John Ryan
Albert Finley
Pittsburg and
Lake Erie
First French Church Closed Under Separation Law
Paris reports the first instance of church closure under the separation law at Azay sur Indre. The mayor ordered the cure to leave the presbytery and the church building, and the cure complied.
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Paris
Azaygur Indre
Gentle laxative advice from old medical ad
A medical note warns against violent cathartics for a bowel movement and endorses a gentle approach. De Witt's Little Early Risers are recommended and sold by druggists.
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de Witt
Golden Medical Discovery Promoted by Doctor Pierce
The advertisement touts Golden Medical Discovery with full ingredient lists printed on wrappers. It claims blood purification and tonic benefits for stomach and liver disorders, using native roots and glycerine preservation. It offers a free medical booklet and All-Healing Salve for running sores, urging non alcoholic, known composition medicine.
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Doctor Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Barthalow
King
Scudder
Coe
Ellingwood
Pr. Pierce
Death Sentence Passed on Nebogatoff Officers
A Russian court martial in St. Petersburg finds Rear Admiral Nebogatoff and 78 officers guilty of surrender at the Sea of Japan on May 28, 1905. Nebogatoff and several peers are sentenced to death but the court petitions the emperor to commute to ten years in a fortress. Four other officers receive short fortress terms, the rest are acquitted.
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St. Petersburg
Nebogatoff
Sea of Japan
Lichino
Apraine
Gregorieff
Seniavin
Simirnad
Nicolas T
Bryan Praises Beveridge Plan Against Child Labor
Atlanta December 25 A J Mc Wehway secretary of the National Child Labor Committee reports receiving a letter from William J Bryan thanking him for a copy of the Beveridge bill. Bryan says the Beveridge plan to prevent child labor mirrors the program he has urged for suppressing trusts.
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Bryan
Atlanta
A. J. McWehway
National Child Labor Committee
William J. Bryan
Beveridge
State pays Farmers' and Drovers' National Bank claim
A check for 75480.20 was sent to State Treasurer Berry to settle the state’s claim against the Farmers' and Drovers' National Bank of Waynesburg Pa. The bank was closed on Comptroller of the Currency orders after alleged falsifying of cashier F B Rinehart’s reports.
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Pittsburg
Trec
Berry
National Bank of
Waynesburg
F. Rinehart
Fire destroys forty buildings in Acajutia and port area
A fierce norther swept ashore on December 24 burning forty principal structures in Acajutia including the market. The storm-charred flames also ruined the old port wharf. The report notes the death of John A. Knox of Texas Sittings fame in New York at age 46.
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San Salvador
Acajutia
Acalutia
John A. Knox
Texas
New York
Cure Your Kidneys Advocate Kidney Pills Remedy
Freeport Illinois carpenter W. W. Wheat testifies Dean's Kidney Pills cured his lame back and kidney trouble in 1897. The ad urges readers with kidney symptoms to try the product before serious disease. Sold by Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole agents. price 56 cents. Remember the name Dean's.
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Dean
Bright
W. W. Wheat
Elk Street
Freeport
Ill
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Dean's
Chicago Scammer Joins Long Fraud Trail Across States
Antanas A Jovis a 360 year old president of Scientific Novelty Manufacturing is arrested in New York after a year and a half case alleging 850000 obtained by false pretenses. He created several stock schemes selling shares at 10 each through multiple companies, with a Philadelphia office and investigations tracing his movements through eastern and western cities.
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Chicago
Antanas A. Jovls
Scientific Novelty Manufacturing Company
New York
Jools
Joseph Lesgcaynski
Morgan Street
Jocls
Lesveczynski
South Side
Leszczynnski
James Gleason
Gleason
Joels
Broad Street
Philadelphia
Leap from fire adds tragedy to Sullivan Odd Fellows blaze
Ada Bean and May Reader, night operators, leaped from a second story window as Sullivan burned. Bean died from skull fracture and multiple injuries. Reader survived with minor injuries and helped raise the alarm. Fire losses reach $150000 with $22800 insured.
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Decatur
Odd Fellows
Sullivan
Moultrie County
Ada Bean
May Reader
Miss Bean
Beaker
Fire Damages Cairo Telegraphs Building Losses
A blaze in Cairo caused about £15000 damage to the Telegrams building. Prompt action by the fire department saved one of the citys best blocks.
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Cairo
Laity Telegrams
Children’s Delight Laxative Syrup Pep sin Ad
The ad touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pep sin as pleasant child laxative medicine for impure blood and stomach or bowel troubles. It claims it surpasses other remedies and is sold by druggists for See and $1.00 with money back if it fails.
C., M. & St. Paul Ticket Sale Arrives This Fall
The C M and St Paul will sell one way second class colonists tickets to western and southwestern points at a fall fare plus 2.00 on the first and third Tuesdays of November December January February and March.
Semi-Annual Water Rents Due at City Water Office
The semi annual water rents are due at the Water company's office on January 1, 1907. If paid by that date a discount of 0 will be allowed on bills fully paid six months in advance. Office open evenings between Christmas and New Year’s. Remember the 10 discount.
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Rermeimber
Ford's Jewelry Auction Sale Opens Today
Auction at Ford's Jewelry features substantial bargains with bidding starting today. Local shoppers race to secure items from a wide range of jewelry including rings, necklaces, and watches as bidders gather at the sale location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
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