Race War Flares After Hempstead Murder
News from Waller County north of Ruston Texas reports rising race tension following the murder near Hempstead of Tucker Tinckney brother of former Congressman John M. Pinckney of Houston Tinckney and a companion were shot at a negro church a shooter rode up fired then disappeared one man’s finger was shot off indicating he and Tinckney returned fire
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Enaire
Waller County
Ruston
Texas
Hempstead
Tucker Tinckney
John M. Pinckney
Houston
Tinckney
Pickney
Gusher Strikes On Albert Wright Farm Near Upper Sandusky
A massive oil well hit near Upper Sandusky Ohio on Albert Wright’s farm shot a 2000 barrel daily flow after a nine foot depth strike. The oil gusher lasted for hours before control was regained, touted as Ohio’s largest producer to date.
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Sandusky
Albert Wright
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Nevada Mo. post office theft confessed by Edward Griffith
Edward Griffith confessed to stealing a package containing a large sum from the Maile Nevada Missouri post office at Great Bend on February 9. He fled to El Paso Texas after taking the money, was traced by inspectors to Carthage and then arrested in this city, with a woman reportedly involved.
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Nevada
Edward Griffith
Great Bend
Elaso
Tex
Poste
Carthage
Mistake Coat Many Lives In Naval Attack Report
The London Times report from Newchwang dated April 18 describes a Japanese flare mistaken for ship lights. Russian forces sank a junk with thirty five bands, killing three and wounding seven. The native population panics and evacuates the town.
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London Times
Newchwang
Spanish Premier Maura Survives Assassin Attempt
Senor Maura, the Spanish Premier, narrowly escaped death when an assassin attacked as he left the palace of the Consul General. He raised his arm to shield himself and took a severe wound on the arm before the would be killer was captured.
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Maura
Senor Maura
Sioux City Special Brought In After Snow Drifts
A Great Northern passenger train from McNeids reached Sioux City after being buried in a Nebraska snow drift for seven hours. Passengers survived two days on crackers and crackers and jack. Relief trains were stalled with five stuck in the same cut at one time.
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Sioux City
Ally
McLean
Neb
Great Northern
McNeids
Manaffeld Factory Fart and Court Case Report
An Ohio case involves the Manaffeld factory machinery company facing a district court ruling over debts. A separate murder case from Carruiton, Kentucky, has Greurud Fourliisouy dead and Madison son wounded, with authorities questioning Girnts ville Maier.
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Manaffeld Factory
Tevetund
Ohio
Manatel Engineeraig
Tannhoeturera
Mates
Dotted States District Court
Ata P
Union Picket Slain in Chicago Footnote Fight
Michael Holland, a Franklin Press Feeder union picket, was shot in a clash with Wagner and Hanken Company workers at 166 and 174 Clinton Street. Roy Travis, an employee, fired during a midnight dispute, wounding Holland who died hours later. Travis, from Battle Creek, Mich, was arrested. Bollind 406 years old.
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Franklin Press
Rov Travia
Franklin
Chicago
Wagner & Hanken Company
Clinton Street
Roy Travis
Travis
Rollind
Pravis
Bollind
Chicage
Battle Creek
Mich
Fire Rages Through Six-Story Paints Building on West Broadway
A stubborn blaze at the six story West Broadway and Franklin Street corner building housing James Barran & Co paints and household goods halted firefighters for two and a half hours. Explosions aided the fire’s spread, flooding West Broadway two feet deep as water filled basements and caused stock losses estimated near 100000.
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West Broadway
Sind Franklin Street
James Barran & Co
Fron
NH Co
Kansas Supreme Court Allows Bible Reading in Schools
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that Bible reading in public schools is not sectarian. The decision stems from J. Billard of Topeka who sought readmission for his son Philip after suspension for refusing morning Bible readings, a stance backed by prior district and appellate rulings.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Gblic
Kansas
J. 2 Billard
Topeka
City Board Ofeducation
Philip
Prublie
Advicr O
Board of Evention
Skeleton of a Giant Unearthed in Ohio Farm Finds Eight Foot Skeleton
Report describes a near Tippecanoe City discovery of a eight foot woman skeleton on the Woolverton farm with feet toward the center and a helmet sized skull. Nearby were tools and artifacts, believed to be mound builder remains.
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Ohio
Woolverton
Tippecanoe
Ghiow
Jackeley
Harvest Hands Deluge Kansas Free Employment Bureau
The Kansas free employment bureau reports heavy applications as eastern workers seek harvest jobs. Director P B Gerow notes young men plan a month in Kansas wheat fields to fund a month at the St Louis world’s fair, aided by low railroad rates. Harvest starts southern Kansas early June and runs to July’s end in northern counties.
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P. B. Gerow
Kansas Free Employment Bureau
Kansas
Nebraska Doctor Defends Large Families At Meeting
Chancellor Benjamin Andrews at the Nebraska State University Medical College argues health duty and multi race death by action, praising large families while warning moderation. He cites a New York club with many children and says wealthy parents can raise offspring for useful lives, but cautions against excess.
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Andrews
Roose
Evelt
Benjamin Andrews
Nebraska State University Medical College
Sinerola
Roosevelt
New York
Chase
Million Won by Laugh Rewards Kentuckian
John Donahoe of Tremont Pennsylvania won a supposed million dollar estate after his laugh scared off a desperado in the Cumberland mountains of Beth County Kentucky. Bow man, a landowner, rewarded the humor with a share of his land as a coal vein worth $1,000,000 was later discovered there.
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John Donahoe
Tremont
Cumberland Mountains
Beth County
Kentucky
Cmit
Bowman
Donghe
Donghue
Steals Locomotive and Escapee Found Far Away
Aed 22 Charles Nelson escaped delirious from pneumonia in Duluth Minnesota and was found 25 miles away at Carlton. He rode the locomotive until it ran free, the crew chased him as the engine sped. His condition is grave due to exposure and uncertainty of recovery. Reclaiming the Desert: Utah to inaugurate a large irrigation project with a reservoir on Utah Lake. Estimated impact includes substantial additions to state valuation.
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Charles Nelson
Aed
Utah
Pie Pion
Mixed Bordeaux mixture touted to combat disease spread
An agricultural expert in Washington touts Bordeaux mixture as simple and effective to fight typhoid malaria and mosquitoes, claiming it could secure city water supplies. A separate report details a shooting in Puebla involving a foreman Smith and a mysterious assailant, with a Newton Mass murder arrest tied to a separate case.
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Bordeaux
Agercentuural Department
Boreas Uistiire
Robbery Report at Adling Store in Chistge
Three men entered the adling store of Walter Gi Seibert at 150 West Ginr Hebbonlevird in Chistge. They attempted a getrelase and attacked the proprietor before fleeing with unknown items. Police urge witnesses to come forward.
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Adling
Walter Gi Seibert
West Ginr Hebbonlevird
Disappearance of Irish Fugitive Stuns U S Supreme Court Case
The Irish fugitive whose extradition case is pending in the Supreme Court has disappeared from Indianapolis. Authorities search for the missing individual amid ongoing legal action and international implications.
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Lynchehann
Dames Lanehehann
Supreme Court of the
United States
Ladianapolis
Boy Bandits Taken In Dering Plot To Rob Treasurer
Four Lads charged with a staged toning caper in Crown Point awaiting trial. Itsy Knight James Linton and James Leone aged 16 and Albert Hahn 17 from Remington confessed to a spree of safe breaks and robberies. They planned to blow the Lake County Treasurer vault during tax season to steal about 100000. They were found in a hut near Crown Point with keys to the courthouse.
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Crown Point
Ind
Itsy Knight
James Linton
Reading
James Leone
Albert Hahn
Remington
Chicago
Lake County
Court House
Seize Mail Pouch Robber Nabbed After Escaping Marshals
Albert E. Bell, sought for mail pouch thefts across several states, was captured in Tacoma Washington after escaping two U.S. marshals near Philadelphia last October by leaping from a moving train. In his possession were letters addressed to Portland merchants with checks and money orders, and he confessed to stealing a mail pouch with a companion, netting about $1,700 with $900 converted to cash.
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A. E. Hell
Albert E. Bell
United States
Chiladelphia
Tacoma
Wash
Tre
Portland
Seattle and International Railroad
Washington
British Columbia
Bell
Seattle
STOO
Prisoner’s deadly stabbing shocks Ohio escape tale
George Dinean, an inmate at the Ohio penitentiary, attacked fellow prisoner Duurgher Jin Anderson with a shoemaker’s knife in the dining hall. Anderson was fatally wounded as both men had previously escaped custody and were recaptured after a violent chase near Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Ohio
Columbus
George Dinean
Duurgher Jin Anderson
Anther
Ohio Penitentiary
Anderson
Dimean
Phineon
Chillicothe
Life Term For Mrs Botkin In Poisoned Candy Case
The San Francisco jury convicts Mrs Cordelia Botkin of murder by poison and sentences her to life imprisonment. She allegedly poisoned Mrs John P Dunning and Mrs Joane, daughters of ex Representative Pennington, with a box of candy tied to a love motive.
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Cordelia Botkin
San Froncisco
Mys
Hothin
John PL Dunning
Joeane
Aft Power, Net
Pennington
Dunning
Double Tragedy at Pune and Spanish King Attempt
Reported double tragedy on the steamer Cottage City near Pune Alia where James Coggins was killed by Joseph Andries, who then died by suicide days later. Quarrels over landlords affairs followed by violent acts and a separate Barcelona assassination attempt on King Alfonso.
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Juneau
Pune
Aliaa
James Coggins
Joseph Andries
Andries
Senate Passes Minor Bills and Printing Allocation
The Senate approved several small measures and authorized printing 110000 copies of a beet sugar industry report. It backed pure food law support, urged the Agriculture Department to report drug investigation results, and resumed pasture office funding debates. The House debated post office machines and coastwise shipping to the Philippines amid broader fiscal forays.
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Heyburn
Department of Agriculture
Pasto
Quarles
Messrs. Money
Nelson
Latimer
Postoffice Department
Culberson
Patterson
House
Portland
Orewaa
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