Maryland governor orders troops to guard potential lynching
Governor Smith sends a company of state troops to Belair, Harford county, to guard William Black a Black man to be hanged after a murder conviction. Authorities fear lynching despite the death sentence as Black collapses from fear and receives sedatives. The case follows an April 1919 murder of Jeanie Bradford by another Black man, with earlier threats of a similar fate for Louis Miller. The report also notes Wilmington Del census figures and a separate Philadelphia area robbery by masked men.
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Brylasd
Segre
Baltimuere
Igncraor Smith
Belair
Harford County
William Black
Pegre
Black
Agaii
Jeanie Bradford
Baltimore
Belar
Sean Afer
Thal
Louis Miller
Wilmington
Del
Washington
Bresci Found Guilty and Sentenced to Perpetual Silence
Milan August 30 Bresci the anarchist who killed King Humbert was sentenced to imprisonment with solitary confinement for life. The trial lasted from morning to afternoon with Bresci showing no fear or emotion. He admitted receiving 500 lire in Genoa from Patecon, while his counsel urged mercy and tempered verdict due to his exaltation and prior good conduct.
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Humbert
Hie Jaller
Slirece
Milan
Bresci
Tsing
Read
Signor Startill
Milen
Signor Merlino
Signor
Merilno
Judith
Signor Martelli
Gaetano Bresci
Bresei
Actius
America
Genoa
Patecon
Gold Medal For Life Saver Barends Honored
Carl Heinrich Barends chief engineer of the Kaiser Friedrich and his assistants received a gold medal from Gustev H Schwab manager of the North German Lloyd agency on behalf of the New York Life Saving society. They saved 37 crew members of the North German Lloyd steamship Saale during the Hoboken fire, locking in the machinery room to escape certain death.
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New York
Carl Heinrich Barends
Kaiser Friedrich
Hamburg-American
Gustev H. Schwab
North German Lloyd Agency
Air. Schwab
New York Life Saving Society
Mr. Barends
Chief Barends
Lloyd Steamship
Saale
Hoboken
Barends
Miss Underhill Defeater in National Championship
In Southampton on August 20, Miss Ruth Underhill defending Nassau Country Club lost in the first round to Mrs. Pendleton Rogers of Plainfield NJ. The upset drew a sizable crowd though the Hoyt Parrish match drew less interest due to a one sided result. Corbett and McCoy set to fight at Madison Square Garden tonight. Paterson census shows population growth from 1880 to 1900 reaching 105,171 up from 78,247.
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Miss Underhill
Southampton
N. C
Ruth Underhill
Nassau Country Club
Pendleton Rogers
Hillside Tennis and Golf Club
Plainfield
N. J
Beatrix Hoyt
C. H. Parrish
Corbett
McCoy
New York
James
Charles
Kid
Kennedy
Twentieth Century Club
Madison Square Garden
Paterson
Washington
Paterson City
John L. Sullivan
Beacht
Sullivan
Bob Fitzsimmons
Tingside
Jeffries
Long Cabinet Session Over China Policy Discussion
Washington August 3. The cabinet held its longest session in years into the evening to discuss diplomatic issues arising from the China situation. Officials indicated a high level document was prepared for transmission but refused to reveal its content while noting a public release could occur soon.
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Guro Melinis
China
Washington
United States
Germany
Russia
St. Petersburg
London
Rusaia
Pekin
Pekin Ifi
Consul Fowler
Caeter
Navy Department
Cabie Campant
Shanghai
Chefoo
Baron Speck von Sternberg
Adee
Italy
Marquis Visconte Venosta
Austria
Berlin
Vienna
Russias
France
Great Britain
Japan
Alsother Victory for Japanese Reported Killing 1440 Chinamen
London August 30 reports an implied claim of a mass killing linked to Japanese actions. The broadcast notes that 1440 Chinamen are said to have been slain, including a figure named Prince Taan, amid rising tensions and diplomatic strain. The report cites Mr. Broderick delivering an emphatic declaration at Thorncombe last evening amid China related embargos.
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Prince Taan
London
Armid
Broderick
Thorncombe
Brunswick
N. J
FPO
Consolidated Fruit Jat Company
British Policy Holds China Duty Not Yet Shared
The government insists it will not abandon its policy of non administration in China, seeking to guard British interests while avoiding a dictated burden. Reports from Shanghai claim a major Boxer victory near Teh Chou with heavy Chinese casualties, and executions of reformers. Pekin unrest and cemetery desecrations are described, with refugees and devastation around Taku and Pekin. The Times notes a court telegram arriving from Tai Yuen Fa.
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China
Broderick
Hts
Morning Post
Shanghai
Pei Tian
Ho Si Wu
Teh Chou
Prince Tuan
Chi Li
Hankow
Taku
Daily Telegraph
Pekin
Shan Tung
Chefoo
West Wall
the Times
Pao Ting Fut
Tai Yuen Fa
Brave naval officer dies after Samoa heroics
Lieutenant Commander John A. Shearman dies at Chelsea Naval Hospital after a storied career highlighted by his leadership during the 1889 Samoan hurricane. He helped save most of the Nipsic crew by anchoring a hawser to shore, aiding in repelling massive waves and reefing the ship’s danger.
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Shearman
Samoa
Washington
Hackett
Navy Department
Chelsea
Mass.) Naval Hospital
John A. Shearman
Navy
Trenton
Vandalla
Nipsic
Olga
Adler
Eber
Apia
Shearman Wes
Plot to Barr Shemghai
Berlin reports a Shanghai dispatch says a plot to burn the city has been uncovered. Europeans fear the streets are unsafe after nightfall and describe the overall situation as critical.
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Shemghai
Berlin
The
Frankfort Zeitung
Shanghai
Scale dispute pits coal operators against miners
In Wilkes Barre and Altoona, operators refuse to sign the Hazleton convention scale, claiming it would bankrupt producers, while miners call it fair. Local business groups urge mediation as potential strikes loom. officials warn the loss of coal wages could devastate Wyoming Valley. Also reports of John L. Sullivan benefit, a captured "Lamplighter" suspect, Magee's Senate nomination, and a midair lineman fatality in Philadelphia.
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Avtbrecitr
Whkesbarre
Hazleton
Wyoming Valley
Wilkesbarre Board of Trade
Milers’ Association
Altoona
James Kerr
Veterans Conclude Convention Amid Pension Debate
Delegates at the Grand Army encampment hear no decisive pension policy, denounce Southern school histories, and back Judge Rasateur of St. Louis for commander in chief. Morning sessions include addresses by Shaw Longenecker and Wagner, with memorial day date unchanged. Denver and Salt Lake City remain the tentative sites for the next encampment.
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Agee
Withummaeder Shaw
Jader Ree Alvar Mor
Republic
Siidebaker Hall
Afivens
U Vbr
Che
Spottsylvania
Antietam
Grimm
Harrison
Shaw
Longenecker
Department of
Pension Office
Grand Army
Pension Committee
Stewart
Johnson
Rasateur
St. Louis
Denver
Salt Lake
The Peapack Smith Family Reunion in New Jersey
The Peapack Smiths gathered at their cabin site 150 years after its founding, with about 2,500 attendees from across the United States and abroad. The 25th reunion brought relatives from California, Colorado, Nevada, and other eastern states to Peapack N J.
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Champion Smith
Peapack
N. J
Smith
Peapack Smith
Holland
Jan Schmidt
California
Colorado
Nevada
William Nichols pleads self defense in Atlantic City
William Nichols a colored man who raises his son William Nichols Jr pleads self defense after a confrontation in Atlantic City. The American rod and nail mills at Anderson Indiana shut down yesterday leaving 980 men unemployed. Italy protests Germanys meat law claiming breach of a treaty. Russian authorities in Vladivostok ban sale of cargo except for military use. Lutter Thompson a Negro charged with horse stealing and attempted criminal assault faces vigilante threats at Cedar Grove Alabama.
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Wiliam Nichols
William, Jr
Atlantic City
Anderson
Ind
Yeaterday
Italy
Germany
Vladivostedk
Lutter Thompson
Cedar Grove
Ala
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John N. Clary
Eal Estate
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Ernest Helfenster
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