Rioting in New Orleans Tied to Murder of Officers
Riot in New Orleans drew thousands, with whites and blacks injured as mobs attacked Black residents after the murder of Capt. Day and Patrolman Lamb. Militia and police imposed martial law, closed stores, and jailer protection was used to bar a mob intent on freeing a suspect.
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Mobile
New Orleans
Day
Lamb
Mie
Weste
Kent
Ogrees
Lowe Circle
Pierre
Robert Charles
Mohle
Etty
Prisner
Capdevielle
Ice
Belle Oates Free After Rio Grande Escape Saga
Belle Oates also known as Star Oliver escaped sheriffs by riding a horse through a Rio Grande flood to the opposite shore. Described as a daring criminal, she allegedly stole cattle across the border, married for money at 17, and fled with a cowboy after a fortune was amassed. She recounts a violent episode involving a jealous lover, a nude surrender, and a later jail escape with a Texas deputy.
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Belle Oates
Star Oliver
Texas
Rio Grande
Old Mexico
Custom House
New York
Mexico
Belle
Low Angelea
Cal
Texan
Vik
Wireless Telegraph Link Opens Between German Islands
A wireless telegraph service has been opened between the German island of Helgoland and the mainland, enabling rapid communications. The development marks a new step in maritime and coastal messaging for the region, improving reliability and speed for naval and commercial traffic.
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Shrelew
Faa
Horkum
Borkum
Ee Aera
Journey from Tientsin to Pekin Through Chinese Landscapes
An eyewitness account describes the route from Tientsin to Pekin with the Grand Canal, millet fields, and river channels. It notes S shaped river bends, flooded plains, decapitated heads on poles as punishment, soapstone animal carvings, and temples near Lang Fang. The narrative ends at the neptune gate with a vast wall and temple atop it.
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Tientsin
Pekin Cronsea
Pel Ho
China
Puk-Sang
Yang-Taun
Tientain
Lofa
Tlentain
Lang Fang
Eyas
Mme, Tussaud's
Feng-Tat
Jerusalem
Pekin
Nankin
New York City
Grand Bootjack to the Queen in Eastern Society Circles
Earl of Rothes, titled Grand Bootjack, will visit fashionable society in eastern watering places as he tours with his countess. The 20 year old Scottish peer, heir to Rothes, has restored his house with funds from marriage and plans a world tour. A letter from East London, Cape Colony, recounts hardships recruiting mules for the South African campaign and warns of bleak postwar work prospects. An officer under age, First Lieutenant High A. Dram of the 48th Infantry, cited among young officers from Santiago. The Prince of Wales received Cronje’s Boer War sword from a British officer.
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Earl OF
Scotland
Cape Colony
South Africa
Albert
Pickers
East London
United States
Charles Hagen
New Orleana
St. Louis
Monarch
A. Dram
48Th Infantry
Philippines
Horst
John Drum
10Th Infantry
Santiago
Young Drum
Lieut. Drum
Fort Brady
Mich
Texas
New Mexico
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Christian Morett
Post Office Department
Telegraph
Ditigen
New York Press
Charles
Oden
Dresed
Man
Hell
Tsin
A. Pekin
Earl Rothes
General Cronje
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