Lynch mob forms after Virginia assault arrest in Maryland
A mob of about fifty men from Maryland travels to Virginia to seize William Lee the Black suspect in a double assault on Mrs. Gordon Barnes and Miss Frances Powell near Kingsville. Lee is moved to Eastville for safekeeping as Governor Swanson orders troops to the scene. The mob plans to overpower authorities to gain prisoner transfer to Maryland. The incident involves church attacks, horse theft, and a rail-yard escape toward Pocomoke City with Lee later transported to Norfolk for deportation.
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Tribune
Richmond
Virginia
William Lee
Gordon Barnes
Frances Powell
Kings- Ma
Cape Charles
Maryland
Goren
Seere
Eastville
Charles
Swanson
T. J. Jarvis
Captaint. Wright
Norfolk
Commonwealth
Northampton County
Hastville
Rehobo
Rehoboth Baptist Church
Prss
Cheries Briddell
Pocomoke City
Divorce Petition Filed By Laura Corey In Nevada
Mrs. Laura Cook Corey seeks an absolute divorce from William Eilis Corey president of United States Steel in the 2a District Court of Nevada citing desertion since May 1. The petition asks custody of their minor son and notes negotiations for a possible settlement.
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Reno, Nev
William Eilis Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Nevada
Corey
Reno
Pittsburg
Sardis Summerfield
Negros Lynched by Mob After Assault in Maryland
In Poomoke City Maryland a mob seized Ned Watson a black migrant from authorities and shot him dead after he allegedly attacked Samuel S Barnes injuring him severely near Kings Creek in Somerset County. Barnes died later at Peninsula Hospital if not during surgery. Authorities attempted to move Watson to Princess Anne for safety but were overruled by the mob.
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Poomoke City
Ned Watson
Merc
Samuel S. Barnes
Kings Creek
Somerset County
Watson
Mr. Barnes
Barnes
Peninsula Hospital
Sallsway
Sheris
Princess Anne
Seven-year-old assaulted on Surry and Southampton line
Near Der y, Wakefield area, a seven year old girl, daughter of Mrs Billy Branch of Southampton County, was assaulted by a Black man aboard a Wakefield bound train. Bloodhounds from Suffolk helped track the suspect as a large posse searched into the night. no arrest reported.
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Tribune
Peershore
Billy Branch
Southampton County
Dery
Surry & Southampton
Wakefield
Hurricane Branch
Suffolk
Breathitt feud confession links Jett to Cockrill murders
Lexington report details Curtis Jett confession implicating Judge Hargis Edward Cal John Smith and others in Cockrill and Marcum killings during a Breathitt County feud. Jett says he fired the shots while naming co-conspirators and noting ongoing prosecutions and testimonies in nearby towns.
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Tribune
Lexington
Curtis Jett
Breathitt County
James Cockrill
Marcus
John Smith
Jere
Jett
Hargis
Elbert Hargis
Mrard Callahan
Forz
N. Cox
Cockrill
Marcum
Butten Prenci
Miers
Wils Jett
Winchester
Jackson
Wile
James Hargis
Cox Maris
Cynthiana
Matt Sloan
Isi
Mand
Mattis
Sam Jett
Jen
Sam
Infant saved as strong gust lifts carriage at Hall's Wharf
Mrs aldivin Hutchings of Noesim went to Hall's Wharf to fish with her infant in a carriage. A sudden gust of wind toppled the carriage toward the water, nearly overturning it. The baby escaped unharmed as onlookers rescued the child and kept the carriage from entering the stream.
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Aldivin Hutchings
Hall's Wharf
Kidnapped Philadelphia Boy Vanishes After Transit Abduction
Seven year old Charles F Muth was taken from a school by a messenger boy in Philadelphia. A stranger forced the child onto a streetcar promising to take him to see his sick mother in a hospital. Police, alerted by a warning letter, continue citywide searches and watch ferries, railroads, and streetcar lines for the suspect, described as a man aged about forty five to fifty.
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Philadelphia
Charles F. Muth
Charles Muth
Columbia Avenue
Muth
China Faces Financial Straits Amid Indemnity Burden
Peking reports China’s government faces rising expenses and stagnant revenue. Army pay is in arrears and desertions have increased. The Empress Dowager issues an economy edict urging officials and people to endure taxation to cover the foreign indemnity and new projects, blamed partly on poor rains.
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Peking
China
Subways Brake Failures Trigger Fainting in Crowded Express
A six car express bound for 42nd Street halted after airbrake failures near 33d Street. After repairs and further delays, a tank pressure release caused a loud burst, prompting women in all cars to faint. Passengers were restrained and later aided at 42nd Street station with many revived on the platform.
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34Th Street
42D Street
Colonia Towed to Hoboken for Repairs After Yacht Collision
The steam yacht Colonia owned by Frederick G. Bourne ex-commodore of the New York Yacht Club was towed to Fletcher docks in Hoboken for repairs after a collision with the steam yacht Viking owned by Jarvis B. Edson off West 4th Street. No injuries were reported and both vessels drifted together. The Colonia sustained about a $1 damage estimate.
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Colonia
Frederick G. Bourne
New York Yacht Club
Fletcher Docks
Hoboken
West S6th Street
Viking
Jarvis B. Edson
West T4th Street
Bourne
New Rochelle Aldermen Accused in Graft Charge
Five New Rochelle aldermen face bribery accusations over a State Line Telephone Company franchise vote. Affidavits by D A Reynolds allege votes were for sale totaling 16000 with Reynolds and stenographer Frieda Reesting as key witnesses. District Attorney J Addison Young reviews the affidavits from a citizen committee.
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Columbus O'Donnell Iselin
New Rochelle
Clarke
Westchester Grand Jury
State Line Telephone Company
Independent Company
Atlantic Telephone Company
Westchester County
New York Telephone Company
J. Addison Young
D. A. Reynolds
State Line Company
Young
Hermann Kallenberg
Charles W. Hilldring
Alfred Rade
C. H. Morgan
A. J. Rivers
Mr. Reynolds
Perley
Reynolds
Traces of Extinct Race Unearthed in Chinese Turkestan
Professor Grumwedel reports from Komtura near Kurtscha describing Cave of Temples findings. Red haired blue eyed founders in Persian dress, iron swords, Ming manuscripts, a Buddhist pantheon, and frescoes mark the site. Grinwedel cites rich ethnographic material including pottery and embroidery from De Leccq’s studies.
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Berlin
Pischel
Academy of Science Today
Grumwedel
Chinese Turkestan
Komtura
Kurtscha
Tremples
Grinwedel
de Leccq
City schools closed for circus parade order
Boston dispatch reports Haverhill officials closed schools to let children view a circus parade. The school board asked a BS injunction to restrain the mayor’s action as the city shifts schooling to accommodate the event.
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The
Tribune
Boston
Haverhill
Mass
Gentrain Dle Melon
Patrick Granted Stay By Justice Day In Rice Murder Case
Justice Day granted a writ of appeal and stay of execution for ex Senator William Lindsay Patrick in New York. The case will be heard in October by the Supreme Court amid scattered justices on vacation. Patrick, in Sing Sing, eyed a habeas corpus route if the court declined the writ. The electric chair deadline looms next Monday, with Patrick proposing delays while his wife has been visiting at the prison.
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Canton
Ohio
Justice Day
United States Supreme Court
William Lindsay
Albert T. Patrick
New York
Supreme Court
Patrick
Sing Sing
United States Circuit Court
Warden Johnson
United States Court
William Marsh Rice
Goff
Death of Mrs. Margaret McDonald at St. James Hotel
Mrs. Margaret McDonald thirty five a guest at the Hotel St James drank carbolic acid yesterday forenoon and died in Roosevelt Hospital. Her parents Mr and Mrs Jacob Wise of Pittsburg visited her for two weeks. The affair involved her engagement with E W Histed photographers and worries over business affairs. Detectives investigated as hospital and coroner were notified.
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Margaret McDonald
St. James
Roosevelt Hospital
Jacob Wise
Pittsburg
J. M. de Bermingham
Mrs. McDonald
Mrs. Wise
West 47Th Street
Glennon
Troy
NYC’s Twentieth Century Limited Fastest Long Distance Ride
The New York Central Line boasts the Twentieth Century Limited as America’s fastest long-distance train. Departure is at 3 30 P M from New York with arrival in Chicago at 8 30 next morning. The service features a renowned 25 bout history.
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Twentieth Century Limited
New York Central
New York
Chicago
Shaw Denies Presidential Candidacy Before Davenport Speech
Chicago June 12 Leslie M Shaw Secretary of the Treasury says he is not a candidate for the Presidency and is traveling to Davenport Iowa for a private speech He denies interest in Wall Street bank plans or any financial scandal and explains his Chicago appearance was for private business after a Dowie case viewing and a meeting with Judge Landis and Jacob Newman.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Davenport
Iowa
Wall Street
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury of the United States
Rockefeller for Snakes on Estate War Declared
John D. Rockefeller offers 25 cents for every snake killed on his Pocantico Hills estate with a public notice inviting all to join the extermination effort. The large district near Buttermilk Hill hosts blacksnakes copperheads and garter snakes while Rockefeller fears snakes and travels by carriage. He also offers 2 dollars for each dog killed on the estate.
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John D. Rockefeller
St. Patrick
Pocantico Hills
Mr. Rockefeller
Buttermilk Hill
Rockefeller
Beatings Kill Servant Leads to Manslaughter Charge
Sioux Falls South Dakota June 12 Mrs Moses Kaufmann wife of a wealthy brewer was arrested on manslaughter charges in the death of Agnes Poirers a servant in the Kaufmann home The girl died days ago and was buried at Parkston Five physicians examined the exhumed body finding cuts bruises and bandages on limbs with skin appearing scalded The death is alleged to result from beatings given in fits of temper by Mrs Kaufmann.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Moses Kaufmann
Agnes Poirers
Kaufmann
Parkston
Four Seniors Drown In Maine Sailboat Accident
Sanger Maine June 12 by Telegraph to The Tribune four graduates of Brewer High School drowned when a sailboat capsized at Hume's Pond nine miles from Brewer. Victims are Norman Herrick Winfield Brown Lamont Parker and Lawrence Aiken. Thirteen pupils were aboard. Graduation exercises postponed.
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the Tribune
Sanger, Me
Hume'’s Pond
Brewer
Brewer High School
Norman Herrick
S. S. Herrick
South Brewer
Winfield Brown
Edwin Brown
Lamont Parker
F. A. Burrill
Lawrence Aiken
George Aiken
North Brewer
Haunted to his death memory of shooting men
William O'Connor, a militiaman, killed two men in the San Francisco disaster and then shot himself in Los Angeles. He cited guilt over the deaths, financial ruin from losing his blacksmith shop, and believed relatives and a jilting fiancée prevented employment.
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Los Angeles
Cal
San Francisco
William O’connor
O’connor
O’connagy
Greater Pittsburg Consolidation Vote Report
Voters in Pittsburg and Allegheny cast ballots on forming a greater Pittsburg. Early tallies favored consolidation in Pittsburg with Allegheny opposition, and nerves rose as polls closed amid heavy turnout and last minute campaigning by advocates.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
United States
Typhoid follows water famine in Cincinnati
Cincinnati faces an epidemic of typhoid fever linked to a water famine. Nearly 261 cases reported from June 1 to 12, with a sharp rise in the past two days due to low reservoir levels and river pumping into mains. The outbreak spreads citywide with hospitals strained.
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The
Tribune
Cincinnati
Day May Abolish Fraternities at Syracuse University
Chancellor James R. Day of Syracuse University may advise abolishing all fraternities at the university due to poor scholarship among fraternity men. The board of trustees meets in June to consider the action.
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the Tribune
Syracuse
James R. Day
Syracuse University
Board of Trustees
Tagem
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