Springfield riot widens toll and looting raids
In Springfield Illinois a mob riot leaves six dead as gunfire and arson sweep the Black Belt district near 12th and Madison. Police recover loot from homes and stores, with 80 arrests and a 200 dollar reward offered for leads. Governor Deneen orders broad action while troops patrol streets and a grand jury prepares indictments. Refugees flee to safety sites as officials urge calm and continued vigilance.
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Eld
Iil
Springfield
G. W. Scott
12Th
Madison Streets
W. BH
Deneen
Chamber of Commerce
Springfield Bar Association
Evangelical Ministers’ Association
Gower
Roy Young
Decatur
Bloomington
Peoria
Mob Seeks Prisoner After Alleged Assault in Paducah
In Paducah Kentucky on August 17 a mob of about five armed men forced entry to the jail seeking Will Hornsby a Black man charged with attempting to assault Nita Peres yesterday. They were shown through the jail by the jailer but did not locate him.
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Paducah
Reday
Will” Hornsby
Nita Peres
White youth shoots black man in Selma market
A sixteen year old white youth from St. Louis, Marvin Parton, allegedly struck Pete Davis, a Black man, in the Selma City market. Parton reportedly fled the jail stairway area after the incident but survived with minor injuries. Davis was seriously wounded and later treated.
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Tribune
Selma
Ala
Marvin Parton
St. Louis
Pete” Davis
Parton
Cme
St Louis Mayor to Back Bryan in Fall Fight
Aug 17 report says Mayor Rolla Wells of St Louis, a Democrat, would support William Jennings Bryan for president. Wells previously backed Bryan’s opponent morally and financially and opposed Wells when he ran for office. Wells wields influence over about a thousand political workers and city departments.
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Tribune
Rolla Wells
W. H. Taft
Mayorells
Bryan
Wells
RACE WAR IMMINENT AT KINGS MOUNTAIN MINE
In Campbell County Tennessee an armed group of about 150 white miners and mountaineers order all black workers from Kings Mountain and Antras coal mines with a death penalty threat. Negro families flee as 60 workers at Antras refuse to quit joined by 11 from Kings Mountain. Authorities rush arms to the site and a 50-strong posse is sent, but control is uncertain.
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Tribune
Knoxville
Tenn
Kings Mountain
Antras
Campbell County
Gorham
Gross
Hughes to Speak First in Ohio Campaign
Governor Hughes will be among principal speakers for the Republican National Committee with a pending midwest assignment. Colonel Du Pont announced he volunteered and will start in Ohio at Youngstown on September 5 amid heavy demand for him in the West.
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Hughes
Republican National Committee
Middle West
T. Coleman du Pont
Chicago
Ohio
Youngstown
Ibn Pont
West
Taft plans limited campaign speeches at Hot Springs
Telegraph report from Hot Springs Virginia August 17 says William H Taft will not deliver set speeches as Bryan will instead rely on delegations visiting Cincinnati to inspire his addresses Taft will reiterate accepted positions and tailor remarks to callers and plans to sharply rebut Bryan on Virginia Day and expose Bryan fallacies Taft’s extemporaneous style is cited as a strength with international goodwill notes pouring in from admirers including Admiral Cervera and other foreign correspondents from multiple states report growing GOP support from Maryland Missouri Wisconsin and Georgia with party clubs and college leagues coordinating outreach
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The
Tribune
Hot Springs
William H. Taft
Bryan
Cincinnati
Taft
Mr. Taft
Mr. Bryan
Virginia
Riot Ends in Police Clampdown Near Gouverneur Hospital
Reserves from Madison Street station quelled a riot near Gouverneur Slip that alarmed Gouverneur Hospital. Shots fired, heads cracked with nightsticks, one officer slightly injured. Six arrests after violence spanned from a Water and Scammel streets bathhouse fight to a Cherry and Scamme! saloon confrontation.
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Madison Street
Gouverneur Slip
Gouverneur Hospital
Cherry and
Scamme
Borah to New England Campaign Moves In September
The Republican National Committee plans to send Senator Borah of Idaho and others to Vermont and Maine with state elections set for September 1 in Vermont and September 15 in Maine. Chairman Hitchcock, delayed returning from Chicago, will attend notification in Utica and then work from the Metropolitan tower. Treasurer George R. Sheldon returned from Chicago and said campaign work will pick up after the election, with contributor names released later. He noted a federal law forbids corporate contributions to national campaigns, though some lawyers question Congress’s reach on corporate charters. Citizens may donate personally, while non-corporate firms are not affected. The advisory committee will organize fundraising in states and cities, aiming for broader unsolicited subscriptions.
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Republican National Committee
Borah
Idaho
Vermont
Maine
Hitchcock
Chicago
Utica
Sherman
Metropolitan Tower
George R. Sheldon
Sheldon
Steel Trust
House
Gatres
West Virginia
Congress
Nho
New York
Mr. Sheldon
Summer Hotel Burned at Lake George Kaatskill House
A blaze at Lake George in Glens Falls New York started from an overheated flue in a Mayflower cottage and quickly spread destroying the Kaatskill House and three cottages. About 125 guests were staying at the hotel owned by A P Scoville with losses near 100000 dollars. Guests formed a bucket brigade to fight the flames drawing water from the lake as fire spread to cottages owned by John Allen of Brooklyn and James Wing.
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Glens Falls
N. Y
Kaatskill House
Kaatskill Bay
Lake George
Mayflower
N. F. Nelson
John Allen
Brooklyn
James Wing
Knatskill House
A. P. Scoville
Boy Is Found Dead After Grain Hold Fall on Brooklyn Ferry
A fifteen year old boy, Charles Wilson of 142 Classon Avenue, was found dead after becoming entangled in grain on the William H. Moffitt ferry boat used as a grain barge off Pier 4 Wallabout Bay Brooklyn. John Anderson alerted the crew as the hold’s grain whirl alarmed him. Firemen longshoremen and police joined the search before the body was recovered.
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William H. Moffitt
Pier 4
Wallabout Bay
Brooklyn
John Anderson
Hollander
Charles Wilson
Haskell Sues Oklahoma Editor for Editorial Allegations
Oklahoma City editor Omer K. Benedict of The Times was arrested on a criminal bet charge based on a governor’s complaint. Benedict posted bond at 500 and denied the governor’s allegations of alleged connivance with Standard Oil revealed in an August 14 editorial.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Omer K. Benedict
the Times
Charles N. Haskell
Guthrie
Haskell
Standard Oil Company
Oklahoma City Times
Predict Six Cent Bread
Minneapolis reports flour prices rising with a Washburn Crosby Milling executive projecting a fourteen ounce loaf of bread up to six cents. He predicts higher general flour quotations than last year, signaling a broad price increase in baked goods.
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Minneapolis
John Washburn
Washburn-Crosby Milling Company
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
Washburn
Harvard Has Twenty Million Investment Total
Harvard College treasurer reports total investment funds of 19,977,911 with annual income of 945,176. General investments reach 17,344,229 including railroad bonds and stock, real estate, traction bonds, other bonds and mortgages.
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Tribune
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard College
Washington orders halt Arthur Jenkins trial in Roosevelts case
Norfolk Virginia August 17 Orders from Washington stopped the preliminary trial of Arthur Jenkins the young sailor charged with sending an objectionable postal card to President Roosevelt The hearing was adjourned for the present at the United States Marshal office Postoffice Inspector Bulla has been summoned to Washington in connection with the case
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Norfolk
Washington
Arthur Jenkins
Roosevelt
United States
Postoffice
Bulla
Centenarians Lived Simple Lives
Indianapolis report notes two women reaching extreme age. Mrs Frances Relgel aged 101% died at Soldiers Home near Lafayette, born in Canada. Mrs Charles Peck aged 100 died near Terre Haute, born near Boston. Both attributed long lives to simple lifestyle.
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the Tribune
Indianapolis
Frances Relgel
Soldiers
Lafayette
Charles Peck
Terre Haute
Relgel
Canada
Peck
Boston
Texas tax rate goes down
Texas assessed values total 1,167,997,000 for the current year, up nearly a billion from last year due to a new law ensuring full-value assessments. The state ad valorem tax next year is fixed at 6% per $100 and the school tax at 16.23 cents, compared with this year’s ad valorem 12.44 percent and school tax 20 cents.
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The
Tribune
Austin
Tex
Texas
Oil pipe line contract in six million dollar deal
The National Tube Company received a six million dollar contract to supply pipe for a Standard Oil line from Robinson Illinois to Coal Grove Pennsylvania. A Bradford contracting firm will dig trenches and lay the pipe at an estimated six million dollars.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
National Tube Company
Standard Oil Company
Robinson, Ill
Coal Grove
Penn
Bradford
Lawson Controls All Bay State
At a special meeting of the Bay State Gas Company of Delaware Thomas W Lawson was authorized to dispose of 287000 shares from the treasury. The meeting represented 2281211 of 3700000 old shares, giving Lawson complete control of the stock.
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Treasury
Wilmington
Del
Bay State Gas Company of Delaware
Thomas W Lawson
Lawson
Grandniece of Rice Found Dead in Mass Power Pond
Edith Davis aged 17, grandniece of William Marsh Rice, reported murdered by foul play after her body was found in a local power pond. Autopsy showed no suicide signs. a young man seen with her was identified by a witness. State police to investigate following local inquiry.
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The
Tribune
J Palmer
Mass
Edith Davis
William Marsh Rice
New York
Albert T. Patrick
Warren Road
Miss Davis
Dewey's Special Sec Champagne Bottled Fermentation
Advertisement notes champagne produced by the French method, bottled fermentation. Promotes power and Sons Co., located at 138 Fulton Street in New York.
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Dewey’s
Power & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Governor Not Invited in Utica Sherman Nomination
Surprise and chagrin swept Utica as the Sherman Day notification committee learned no invitation had been sent to Governor Huskes. He had returned from vacation and planned county fairs. Secretary Roberts could not explain the omission and speculated an invitation may have gone astray.
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Tribune
Utica
Huskes
Sherman
Henry W. Roberts
Executive Committee
Devendorf
Wadsworth Seeks Governor Nomination After Livingston County Favor
Albany Aug 17 Speaker James W Wadsworth Jr of the State Assembly welcomed Livingston County Republicans instructing their delegates for his gubernatorial bid He said the county action gratified him personally but stressed his candidacy would not rely on factional deals He pledges party unity and support for the ticket.
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Albany
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
State Assembly
Livingston County
Hormy County
Republican Party
Attempted murder of priest at Mount Carmel Church
A bullet shattered the window of Father Marianaro’s bedroom at the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in White Plains. Three shots were fired. police found bullets on the floor. Tensions with some Italian Catholics over sermons urging reform and rescheduled feast days are noted as context.
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Marianaro
Westchester County
Greenwich Bank Takes Over Times Square Branch
The Greenwich Bank has assumed the discontinued Mechanics and Traders Bank branch at Broadway and 46th Street and will open as a branch this week. The Times Square site was briefly kept open around the clock but failed to work out. Greenwich Bank operates multiple branches in Manhattan and is led by President William C. Duncan from its main office at 402 Hudson Street.
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The
Greenwich Bank
Mechanics and Traders’ Bank
Broadway
46Th Street
Times Square
New Amsterdam National Bank
West Broadway
William and Fulton Streets
Hudson Street
William C. Duncan
Warrant Served On E R Thomas In Fatal Crash
Long Branch New Jersey August 17 Special E R Thomas was served with a warrant charging reckless driving after a Friday night crash that killed a team and damaged a rented rig. Thomas, injured with a dislocated knee, posted 190 bail for a September 21 hearing.
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Long Branch
N. J
E. R Thomas
Emil Seelig
Hyman Cohen
New York
James Layton
Thomas
Charles H. Ivins
Monmouth County
Daniel Connolly
Heat Overcomes Eva Booth at Lake Bible Conference
Miss Eva Booth commander of the Salvation Army in the United States fainted after addressing the Lake Bible Conference in Warsaw Indiana. She was treated by physicians and by late night her condition reportedly improved and recovery was assured.
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the Tribune
Warsaw
Ind
Lake
Eva Booth
Salvation Army
United States
Barnes ready to fight Hughes foe in Albany county politics
Albany August 17 William Barnes Jr Republican leader says Governor Hughes cannot be renominated at Saratoga and his delegates will oppose Hughes if possible. Barnes outlines a bitter anti Hughes plan with multiple counties proposing rival candidates to contest the nomination on several ballots at the convention. The Civic League allies back renomination while Barnes mobilizes a hard pressed machine backed by local figures and business leaders.
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Albany
William Barnes, Jr
Albany County
Hughes
Saratoga
Barnes
Taft
Tribune
New York
Aft
Mr. Barnes
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Mr. Hughes
Woodruff
Parsons
Livingston County
Wadsworth
Onondaga County
Horace White
Kings County
William Berri
Standard Union
Delaware County
Mo Lina Bruce
Chautauqua County
Woodward
St. Lawrence
George R. Malloy
Mr. Taft
Francis Hendricks
Onondaga
New York County Committee
William L. Ward
Westchester
Civic League
Willis G. MacDonald
James F. McElroy
Albany Chamber of Commerce
William
Board of Education
Grattan
Dansforth E. Ainsworth
Thurlow Weed
Bill Barnes
Barney
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