Seven Negroes Hanged in Mexican Railtown Lynching
A Diaz Mexico dispatch reports a mob in San Dialo ten miles away lynching seven colored laborers from the Mexican Central Railroad. Jose Santo and nine accomplices were captured after a failed assault. three men were hanged and four shot as they fled. Race tensions rise as deputies are sworn in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diaz
Mexico
San Dialo
Jose Santo
Senor Duply
Eagle Pass
Texas
Man Arrested In Fort Wayne For Vagrancy With Stolen Goods
Fort Wayne police detained a well-dressed man who gave the name John Ford after a minor purchase using postage and revenue stamps. Officers found a stash of revenue stamps a loaded bull-dog revolver and a new silverine open-face watch likely stolen and sought tips on related robberies to H A Gorsline, Superintendent of Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
John Ford
H. A. Gorsline
Amnesty Granted For Three Irish Political Prisoners
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Earl Cadogan released O H Anloy Muidot and James Fitzharris alias skin the Goat the final trio given life terms for conspiracy to murder. The deaths of Lord Frederick Cavendish and T H Burke in Phoenix Park Dublin on May 6 1882 are noted.
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Ireland
Earl Cadogan
O’hanloy
Muidot
James Fitzharris
Skin the Goat
Lord Frederick Cavendish
T. H. Burke
Phoenix Park
Dublin
Grain Shovellers Strike Settled in Buffalo
A grain shoveliers strike in Buffalo is settled. A sub committee representing the strikers with Longshoremen's Association President Keefe and Contractor Conners approved the agreement by the grain shovellers union committee. Workers will return to work immediately.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Keefe
Longshoresmen’s Association
Conners
Grain Shovellers’ Union
Blown to Atoms in Nitro-Glycerine Tank Blast
Three Chicago men employed by the Aetna Powder Company at Aetna Indiana were blown to atoms when a pipe from the engine burst and touched saw dust near a flue to the nitro glycerine tank. No vestige of the building remains and no bodies have been recovered.
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Chicago
Aetna Powder Company
Aetna
Ind
Admiral Dewey Aboard Olympia Arrives in Hong Kong
The United States cruiser Olympia with Admiral Dewey aboard has reached Hong Kong from Manila. She is saluted by ships of all nationalities and Dewey is too ill to attend the Queen's birthday dinner. Olympia will dock and stay ten days at the port.
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Admiral Dewey
United States
Olympia
Hong Kong
Manila
Hongkong
Cavite
Subig Bay
Wae
Dewey
Philippines
Navy Department
Mirs Bay
Emperor William
Washington
McKinley
Philippine Commission
Manilla
Mammoth Steel Plant Rumors Stir Port Clinton Area
Tom L Johnson, street car magnate, buys options on hundreds of acres near Port Clinton Ohio as he plans a mammoth steel plant. Rail line from Marblehead Llort Clinton and Southern Railroad may extend to Tiffin and into coal lands. German officers killed in Tiantian dispatch from Peking notes tensions.
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Tom L. Johnson
Port Clinton
Ohio
Marblehead, Llort Clinton
London Daily Mail
Tien Tain
Peking
Kiau Chau
Shang Tung
Germany
The Cuban Army Payments Near Settlement
Havana reports a near term settlement on the Cuban army arms question with immediate start on payment and disposal of half of the armed bands. A burglary at Kenoyer’s bank in Leon Kansas yielded about 2000 dollars after a safe was blown to fragments using tools stolen from a local blacksmith shop.
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Havana
BlowSafe
Kenoyer
Leon
Kan
Admiral Dewey’s Homeward Voyage Route From Manila
Sail home route of Admiral Dewey from Hong Kong to Singapore Aden Port Said Alexandria Malta Algiers and Gibraltar with potential calls at Malta Gibraltar and French ports. Officials estimate Olympia reaches New York by July 30 after about seventy days at sea including stops and docking periods.
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Dmiral Dewey
United States
Gen. Otis
Admiral Dewey
Sweet Home
Dewey
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
Mediterranean
Hong Kong
Singapore
Aden
Port Said
Alexandria
Malta
Algiers
Gibraltar
Atlantic
France
Italy
Great Britain
Europe
Portsmouth
Breau of Navigation
New York
Olympia
Indiana Editorial Association Meet in Madison County
The Indiana Democratic Editorial Association gathered in Madison with tours of Hanover College and Madison industries, plus a steamship excursion on the City of Cincinnati. Other notes report a Corydon railroad death, a Valparaiso Elks lodge, oil and brick industry updates, a Greensburg school contract, and various local incidents across the state.
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Indiana Democratic Editorial Association
Madison
Hanover College
Louisville
City of
Cincinnati
Corydon
Lodge of Elks
Valparaiso
Fort Wayne
Indiana
John Harman
Daleville
Greensbury
Louis Benyon
Boggstown
Otto Shepherd
Bloomfield
Steamer Paris Runs Aground Off Cornwall Coast
The American liner Paris formerly Yale stranded on the Manacles near Land’s End after leaving Southampton for New York. 360 passengers and 115 bags of mail were transferred to two tugs and brought to Falmouth. fog and misnavigation cited as likely causes.
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Manacles
Cornwall
American Line
Paris
United States
Yale
Southampton
New York
Lowland Point
Manacle Rocks
Atlantic Transport Line
Mohegan
Watkins
Falmouth
English Channel
Lizard Light
Land's End
Fire Wipes Out Dawson City in Klondike Blaze
Dawson City suffered a devastating fire that wiped out the business district and many homes, with losses estimated at no less than 4 million dollars. The disaster left most residents homeless and without food or clothing as river shipments are weeks away. Three couriers braved peril to carry news outward while officials aided by mounted police faced mass panic. The blaze consumed an area roughly three quarters of a mile long and four blocks wide leaving only ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Owens
One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Regiment
Terre Haute
Clyde Helvy
Yorktown
Brewer Pottery Works
Tiffin
Ohio
Conrad Bros
Great Western Pottery Company
Kokomo
Great Western Company
Powder Trust
Anti-Trust
Combine
van Horn
Frank Endsley
Mishawaka
Endsley
John Debo
Logansport
Klondike City
Dawson City
Klondike
American Camping Company
North American Trading and Transportation Company
Thos. P. Reilley
Ogilvie
L. F. Humes
Humes
Seattle
Frank Tokales
Dawson
Westward speakership battle and postfire turmoil in Dawson City
A Washington correspondent notes the speakership may go to the West with Henderson favored over Hopkins. East votes remain split, while Henderson’s Reed era ties and Rules Committee role boost his backing. Separately, martial law covers the burned district with looting, a dungeon scene, and the Bank of British North America losing gold dust and valuables in the blaze.
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Bank of British North America
Mohegan Strikes Rocks In Clear Night Collision
Scene of the accident shows passengers and crew escaped but how the Mohegan ran aground near rocks remains unexplained after the voyage ended in fair weather.
Strife in Peace Congress Baron de Staal
Baron de Staal, president of the peace congress, on Sunday received final instructions from the Czar regarding compulsory arbitration. Disagreement centers on whether a supreme tribunal or a private tribunal should settle disputes with mediation by a third power. Secrecy at The Hague sessions fuels press criticism of the conference methods.
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Hague
Baron de Staal
Peace Congress
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Inn
Richard Mansfald
Indiana State News
Greensburg
Shelbyville
Esidor Moore
Frank Wilson
Burlington
Reform School
Plainfield
Montpelier
Little Turette
Lottie Nagal
New Albany
Porter Brick Work
Porter County
Miss Shaw
Evanston, Jr
Front Street
Hopkins
Henderson
Sherman
Reed
Committee On Rules
Congress
House
Nopkins
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