Slocum Texas race riot escalates with killings and martial law
Riots erupt near Slocum Anderson County as white farmers and black residents clash after a note indorsed by a white man fails to be paid. At least white fatalities reported. scattered deaths among deputies and constables. State troops, rangers and multiple posses respond. Palestine declares martial law.
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The
Tribune
Jraiestine
Tex
Slocum
Pikhart
Anderson County
Here
Texas
Marat
Austin
Newton
James Alford
Alford
Elkhart
Palestine
Jacksonville
Byron
Crockett
Ronin
Stark
Reed Fowler
Sheriff Black
Fowler
Estrada
Andersen County
International & Great Northern
Denson Springs
Unis
Rusty
National Guard
Lynching of Two Negroes Reported in Boniface Fla
Two African Americans accused of murdering 12 year old Bessie Morrison were seized from officers and lynched by a mob in Boniface Florida near the Port of Holmes County late this afternoon after confessions were obtained.
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Boniface
Fla
Bessie Morrison
Mary Orrison
Holmes County
No Escape for Guilty
London dispatch reports Scotland Yard pursuing Dr Crippen after his flight and breach of promise. The piece praises modern investigative methods and Captain Kendall, credits Yard with gathering evidence for a murder trial, and contrasts Yard’s success with Admiralty mishandling of a naval cadet case.
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Crippen
the Tribune
London
Scotland Yard
Kendall
Sherlock Holmes
Panic on Bronx trolley sparks fire injuring two
A Webster avenue trolley car burst into flames near 157th street as passengers rode north. Conductor's warning kept many from jumping. Alfred Jeanette ten, of 1235 Webster avenue, sustained severe head injuries and internal trauma. Katherine Gorman, 34 Morningside avenue, fell from the running board with scalp wounds.
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Webster Avenue
157Th Street
Alfred Jeanette
The
Bronx
Katherine Gorman
Morningside Avenue
Couple Weds Second Time in Connecticut Justice Bond
Greenwich July 30 Mr and Mrs Frederick Augustus Von Buhrnuth wed a second time in two months after a June 4 civil ceremony. The bride Caroline De Forest Orr of New York City and the groom, 45, treasurer, planned a minister ceremony due to doubts about civil bonds. The Connecticut justice of the peace marriage is legally binding.
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Greenwich
Conn
Frederick Augustus von Buhrnuth
Harvey B. Alley
von Buhrnuth
Caroline de Forest Orr
New York City
E. Thompson Gale
Justice of the Peace
Wellstead
Port Chester
New York
Connecticut
Duke Visits Night Court In New York
The Duc de Montpensier visiting the United States joined Comte de Pontac at New York night court. He watched cases of several white women wives of Chinese men in Chinatown, spoke Chinese, and praised the court as a great institution. He compared prisoners to Paris Apaches, expressing interest in the interpreter’s language skills. The duke plans a western journey with Pontac.
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Duc de Montpensier
Duc d Orleans
House of Bourbon
United States
New York
Comte de Pontac
Duke
Murphy
Chinatown
Paris
Moving of 115000000 Cash Through Chicago Streets
A large cash transfer valued at 115000000 moved through downtown Chicago today as part of the merger of Colonial and Commercial National Banks. The transit proceeded without mishap and drew attention from onlookers aware of the substantial funds in transit. Dewey's Pure Clarets Wines ad appears in the notice.
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Chicago
Five Negro Sailors Rescued Twice At Sea Then Sunk Sloop
Five West Indian sailors from the sloop Sunlight were saved first by the British freighter Ikalis after drifting for thirteen days in a fog off Barbados. Weak but alive, they were fed and treated aboard the Ikalis before returning to the Sunlight, then later reboarded the freighter for transport to Bush Docks Brooklyn. The rescued crew includes Jerrold Frank, B Benjamin, Frank Cameron, George Frank, and Robert Beezin.
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Atlantic
Barbados
Sunlight
Leeward Islands
Bridgetown
St. Lucia
Jerrold Frank
Ikalis
New York
Buenos Ayres
Turner
The
Bush Docks
Brooklyn
B. Benjamin
Frank Cameron
George Frank
Robert Beezin
Crippen Arrest Expected Aboard Montrose
Inspector Dew waits at Father Point as Crippen and Ethel Leneve near Quebec on the Montrose storming through the St. Lawrence. If identified, Crippen faces extradition to England for the murder of Belle Elmore with Frederick Ryder at Rimouski watching the process.
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Father Point
Belle Elmore
Montrose
Kendall
Here
Fame Point
Quebec
Inspector Dew
Crippen
Dew
Panet Angers
Canadien
England
Frederick M. Ryder
Rimouski
Ryder
Lew” Jones
Marconi
Montreal
Jones
Heath Point
Anticosti Island
Belle Isle
Lew’ Jones
Warcom
Gs. S. Montrose
Miss Leneve
Dr. Crippen
Boy Bather in Toils at City Fountain Chase
Patrolman Cunningham nabbed Vincenzo Mando twelve arrested at Hester Street for bathing in a public fountain. The incident at City Hall Park ended with the boy sent to the Children's Court after a watery pursuit and brief confinement.
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City Hall Park
City Hall
Cunningham
Elizabeth Street
Kellermann
Vincenzo Mando
Hester Street
Children’s Court
Governor Patterson Attacked by Giant Mountaineer at Reception
In Winchester Tennessee Governor M R Patterson was seized in a hug and thrown to the ground by a large assailant during a reception before a crowd of about five thousand. He was carried to the fair grounds where he spoke briefly before collapse stalled his delivery.
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the Tribune
Winchester
Tenn
M. R. Patterson
Fair Grounds
Patterson
Lloyd Esti
Massacre of Chinese in Yaqui River Valley
Hundreds of Chinese flee Yaqui River Valley as a massacre of more than twenty Chinese men and women sparks panic throughout Sonora. Americans’ irrigation enterprises drew Chinese workers, provoking local killings. Troops were deployed, over one hundred implicated, seven leaders executed.
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The
Tribune
Hermosillo
Mexico
Sonora
Yaqui River
Yaqui
Hydrophobia Claims Life Threatens Mrs Canton
Mrs Julia Canton a 28 year old resident of 238 7th Street was admitted to Bellevue Hospital last night after hydrophobia developed from a dog bite five weeks earlier. Doctors predicted death within twelve to fourteen hours despite anti toxin treatment as spasms worsened and the patient was transported by ambulance.
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Julia Canton
7Th Street
Bellevue Hospital
Hopkins
Hooker
Brooklyn Vet Treats Himself for Hydrophobia After Horse Bite
Dr. Robert A. McAUSLIN, a veterinary surgeon, treated himself for hydrophobia for two weeks after being bitten on the left little finger by a horse that later showed disease symptoms. The horse was shot and blood analyzed by health authorities. He continued serum treatment from the Board of Health laboratory in Manhattan, hoping to recover after an eighteen to twenty one day course.
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Robert A. McAuslin
Carlton Avenue
Brooklyn
I. McLean
Board of Health Laboratory
East 16Th Street
Manhattan
Bryan to Be a Texan on a 160 Acre Farm
William J. Bryan orders rapid work on his 160 acre Mission farm as he plans to move his family this fall and make Texas his permanent home. He predicts Texas Democrats will better support him than Nebraska's did. Much of the farm will be cultivated and garden truck raised for Northern markets this winter.
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Mission
Tex
William J. Bryan
Texas
Nebraska
Mr. Bryan
Mail destined for Europe destroyed by fire aboard French liner
A July 2 sailing of the French liner La Lorraine bound for Havre had all mail for parts of Europe and New York dispatches destroyed in a fire that broke out in a railroad postoffice.
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Washington
Europe
New York
Havre
Vatican Ready to Fight Spain Sparks Rift in Rome
Rome reports a Vatican semi official note says Premier Canalejas seeks conflict not accord. It cites recall of Marquis de Ojeda and hints Don Jaime Carlist revolt as hope to unite Iberia under a republic. Vatican accuses Spain of anti Catholic acts and foreign influence.
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Vatican
Rome
The
Iberian Peninsula
Spain
Battenbergs
Canalejas
Holy See
Spain near crisis as Canalejas severs Vatican ties
Madrid reports a sharp clash with the Holy See as Premier Canalejas recalls Spain’s ambassador and breaks off relations. Clerical forces vow to oppose reform and aim to topple the cabinet, while the government pushes modernization amid demonstrations and Don Jaime’s intrusion into politics. Demonstrations begin with schoolchildren marching before Mendizabal’s statue.
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Spain
Vatican
Canalejas
Don Jaime
Holy See
Cortes
Mendizabel
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