Monroe gun rampage wounds twenty nine as crowd burns body
A burly Negro, armed with a breech loading shotgun, fired on white residents along Grand and Desiard in Monroe. Twenty nine men and boys were wounded before he was killed, with several officers and civilians seriously hurt. The assailant's motive appears retaliatory for two recent Black fatalities near the Iron Mountain depot. The crowd burned the body in a city lot amid fear of further unrest.
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Indignant Citizens Hold Four Charged With Criminal Assault in Cartersville
Cartersville Georgia August 24 four men including a white 52 year old William Golden and Howard Stokely a negro are jailed on criminal assault charges. Golden allegedly assaulted Miss Annie Gentry near Taylorville July 22 and fled then arrested last night. Miss Elrod assault case also linked to Taylorville has led to fear of lynching amid heightened precautions.
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Bartow County
Golden
Annie Gentry
Taylorville
Miss Elrod
John
R. J. Worthington
White
Howard Stokely
Negro man shot in lunch room near Webb and Steels
About 2 30 this afternoon Tom Wilford a 35 year old Negro was shot in the left thigh while in the lunch room next to Webb and Steels saloon near the Cry Market house. No one in the place knows who fired the shot and Wilford, a steamboat worker, had recently arrived from Harrisonburg where he was raised. Doctors say the wound is not fatal.
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Webb & Steel
Wilford
Harrisonburg
Monterrey Governor Reyes Arrest Rumor Denied
A Monterey source denies any concentrated federal troop movement aimed at arresting Gen Bernardo Reyes, Nuevo Leon governor, reports from Laredo dated Aug 23. The claim is refuted by a reliable informant in Monterey.
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Bernardo Reyes
Nuevo Leon
Next Legislature May Be Asked To Adopt Torrens Land System
New Orleans August 24 Banking houses insurance and brewing firms holding large mortgage portfolios eye adoption of the Torrens land registration system in Louisiana The draft bill favors certificate based real estate transfer and rapid title change Estimated mortgage totals in the state run to 35 to 50 million dollars with banks and building loan associations most affected Notaries oppose but lenders hope for a powerful push in the next general assembly with a likely contentious fight anticipated
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Louisiana
Solomon Wolff
W. O. Hart
New Orleans
T. J. Kernan
Baton Rouge
General Assembly
General Reyes Quietly Visited Near Galeana Amid Civil Unrest
Reports say General Reyes remains in the Galeana area and has taken no part in Reystas political efforts. Federal authorities have not moved to arrest him, and no troops have traveled the lines through Saltillo, Monterey, or Montemorelos, stations on major railways. The source mocks arrest rumors and warns that any federal move could provoke riots among Reyes partisans.
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Monterey
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National Railway of Mexico
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Tampico
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Reystas
Corpse in Court Sparks Cremation Contract Dispute
In Goshen Indiana the funeral cortege for Charles Crary was halted at the cemetery by undertaker C V Stiver and police amid a suit over a six year old contract Crary made with Silver to have his body cremated in Chicago His uncle Wesley Crary the heir says Crary was not mentally responsible at the time The body is kept in a vault awaiting court decision.
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Goshen
Ind
Charles Crary
C. V. Stiver
Crary
Chicago
Dallas
Texas
Wesley Crary
Stiver
Richardson's Successor Open To Louisiana Appointee
The death of Major J. B. Richardson a Mississippi River Commission member prompts discussion on appointing a Louisiana successor. Louisiana has held a seat since 1879 and local unions and business groups push to keep the state on the commission. President Taft makes the appointment and several candidates are considered.
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J. B. Richardson
Mississippi River Commission
Louisiana
Commission
Taft
Excursion Steamer Disaster Claims Many Lives
A disaster occurred when an excursion steamer collided, and about two hundred people reportedly died. Investigators seek official causes as rescue operations continue.
Excursion Steamer Collision Drowns Many Women and Children
A collision at Montevideo harbor between the Argentine steamer Columbia and a German vessel carrying excursion passengers from Buenos Aires to the festival caused about 200 drownings, mostly women and children. Rescue attempts were hopeless. the German captain and a few others were saved, with the captain restrained from suicide.
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Sels
Columbia
Tevideo
Rain for Tonight in Gulf States as Storm Diminishes
The weather report indicates the Gulf disturbance has moved into Eastern Texas and weakened. Partly cloudy skies with some rain are forecast for the west Gulf States tonight, with heavy gales along the Gulf coast but no serious damage reported so far. The storm moved inland between Calcasieu and Sabine passes.
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United States Weather Bureau
Gulf
Texas
West Gulf States
Gulf Coast
Calcasieu
Sabine Passes
Mexican Ambassador De La Barra to Leave for Europe
Washington reports Senor De La Barra the Mexican ambassador expects to leave soon for Europe likely in early September. His wife and two sons are near Paris and she is ill, causing the ambassador concern.
Triumph of Hay's Open Door Policy in China
London dispatch reports that the open door principle in China remains intact and Japan accepts it after Russia war end. The Pekin government supports equal opportunity, foreign capital expands without friction, and Germany’s rivalrous bid was united by London financiers. Hay’s diplomacy is shown as successful and neighborly.
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England
Russia
America
London
Pekin
China
John Hay
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