Virginia Lynoring Death Sentence for 2 White Men
In Newport News Virginia two white men, Watts and an accomplice, assaulted a hotel keeper, killing her after a confrontation. Watts, captured near a Richmond-bound train, was executed by a mob at the outskirts of town. Several masked men aided the lynching, and the mob distributed the rope used in the act. The attackers’ identities remain unknown.
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Newport News
Witliam SW Watts
Teormayg Steeimes
Waite Mae
Rege la Virginisa
Watts
Thomas W Simpson
Meydicart
Richmond
Rr Ree Ulu
Leys Wit Golged Watts
Clerk shoots division superintendent in Maryland office
Sixty year old John Resley shot and seriously wounded Charles W. Galloway, superintendent of the middle division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, after an inventory dispute sparked hot words and a fight in Galloway’s office in Cumberland Maryland. Resley, who had previously killed Lloyd Clery in 1873, claims self defense and gunfire followed an alleged draw of first blood.
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Gallownay
Cumberland
John Resley
Charles W. Galloway
Middle Division
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Resler
Reslery
Gallowar
Resley
Lloyd Clery
The
Daily Times
Paris Exposition 1900 tosurpass Chicago in grand spectacle
Special correspondence assesses the Paris show of 1900 as a magnificent, vast spectacle with ornate decorative effects. It notes monumental architecture on both banks of the Seine, the Champ de Mars, the Eiffel Tower, and moving platforms. comparisons with Chicago 1893 aid judgment, while anticipating art, gardens, and exhibitions drawing visitors worldwide.
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Paris
Chicago
Seine
de Mars
Thres
Theazar
Busaia
Theas
Chi
Ars
EL Bruige
Champ de Mars
Beau den Invalidee
Espana
Lake Pier
Champa de Jlars
Ron
Palace of Lotters, Science and Arts
Éiucation and Instruction
Chisago
Eiffel Tower
Barrow Strip
Esplanade Des Invalides
Avenas Des Champe-Elyases
Paris Exposition Vision Divides Beauty and Profit
Analyzed critique contrasts the American White City ideal with French planned expositions. It describes Paris 1900 concepts, site layout along the Seine, water views limited to a canal, and the focus on machinery, industry, and foreign pavilions. The piece notes funding motives, urban design choices, and iconic landmarks like the Eiffel Tower vicinity.
Condemned men fight as scaffold doors fall
In El Paso two condemned men, Jeronimo Parra and Antonio Flores, made a violent bid for escape and attacked officers and spectators with makeshift dirks as authorities prepared to hang them. Flores was restrained and executed. Parra faced the trap but was killed by the rope as the doors opened amid gunfire and a wounded ranger. Separate reports note a large US exhibit plan for Paris and Lipton boat news.
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Il Paso
Tex
Eronimo
Parra
Antonio Flores
Flores
Ed Bryant
Chicago
United States
France
General Peck Im
Europe
Great Britain
Russia
Germany
Victory for the Boers Battles and Losses Reported at Mafeking
From London and Mafeking dispatches dated December 26 relate a bold Boer defense during an attempted British assault. The attack failed to breach Gametree fort despite gallantry by Captain Sandford Captain Vernon and others. Casualties included three officers and 18 men killed and 24 wounded with several captured. The Times correspondent notes the fort’s strong position and intense fire. Separately the Schier Memorial Fund reports $5,000 raised toward a house purchase with further large pledges promised by July 1.
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London
Goreatier- Walker
Laperuwo
Luviumuwii
Hadeei-Powell
Mafeking
Beviuanaland Rifles
Times
Baden-Powell
Gametree
Vernon
Sandford
Paton
Scout Cooke
Red Cross
Timea
Electric car on Market street shocks Frederick crowd
A photo from North Market street shows an electric car running on a central track with horses tied near Williamson's drug store. Despite earlier aldermanic debate over a franchise for the Brederick Thurmont and Northern Electric Railway, the scene appears uneventful as few pedestrians react and the camera is trusted to be truthful.
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Brederick, Thurmont
Northern Electric Statiway
Williamson
Marketstraat
Dior
B. Rocenonr & Sons
Rocenour
Frederick, Thurmont & Orthern
North Market Street
Rick and
Church Streets
Frederick
Thurmont
Northern Electric
Pullman Executors Win Record Fees in Chicago
Jane Rob ert T Lincoln and Norman B Read named executors of George M Pullmanestate were awarded 435000 for their services in probate court Judge Batten approved the amount with Harriet Sanger Pullman and other residuary heirs saying it is the largest fee ever allowed in the city's probate history The estate valued around 8 million at probating is said to reach nearly 14 million after the award.
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Pullman
Chicago
Jane—Robert T. Lincoln
Norman B. Read
George M. Pullman
Batten
Harriet Sanger Pullman
Three Hilled by Falling Elevator in Chicago Plant
An elevator in the furnace room at Illinois Steel company’s drape works on Thirty first street and Ashland avenue fell yesterday, killing two workmen and injuring another who died soon after. The dead are Joseph Middie Ignatz Granak and Joseph Feck. The men were using a hoist for ore and iron blocks when the cable parted near the top.
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Chicago
Illinois Steel Company
Thirty-first Street
Ashland Avenue
Joseph Middie
Ignatz Granak
Joseph Feck
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