Troops Ordered Out in Richmond Over Streetcar Strike
Governor Montague has ordered the Seventieth Regiment Richmond Blues Battalion and the Richmond Howitzers to duty to maintain order amid a trolley strike. Five companies are from Richmond, others from Danville Charlottesville Staunton Lynchburg Alexandria and Roanoke. Rioting has occurred though no serious injuries reported. militia guards car barns and patrols railway lines as arriving troops reinforce the city.
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Farmville
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Staunton
Lynchburg
Alexandria
Roanoke
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Posse Pursues Indiana Ex-Convict Who Swears He Won’t Be Taken Alive
Logansport Indiana June 24 Panhandle detectives sheriffs from two counties and police from three cities plus farmers chase Willard Herrell an ex convict terrorizing Case and Miami counties He is armed and vowed not to be captured He shot at travelers at Lake Erie depot in Bunker Hill vandalized windows on a train and fired at bystanders after meeting John Shively who fled after a warning He testified against Herrell in a prior murder case and faced penitentiary sentence
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Logansport
Ind
Panhandle
pusuit
Willard Herrell
Miami
Herrell
Lake Erie
Bunker Hill
John Shively
Shively
Shel
William Condon
Mob lynching verdict shocks nation in Delaware tragedy
An exultant mob in Delaware executed George F. White for the rape and murder of Helen S. Bishop. The coroner's inquest and state authorities contemplate further arrests as investigators seek mob leaders. White confessed a brutal crime before the blaze, naming Woodward and others as complicants. The case draws strong criticism of mob justice and concerns over fair trials.
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George F. White
Helen S. Bishop
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Edmund Clarence Stedman Poet and Critic
Edmund Clarence Stedman, America's great cultural authority on poetry, once a close friend of the late Richard Henry Stoddard, known as dean of American poetry. Now his pen is quiet as Stedman, with snow white hair and a luxuriant beard, remains a revered figure who greatly influenced American letters.
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Edmund Clarence Stedman
America
Richard Henry Stoddard
Lynching of Suspect Reported in New Jersey Area
Details describe a mob attack on a suspect linked to a daughter's assault, with confessions by White. Mrs Bishop, in delicate health, appeared improved after word of the lynching and vigil. The Bishop family planned to move her to Burlington County if possible, while the mob carried out the act without any family present.
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ANOTHER LYNCHING CANDIDATE REPORTED IN MIDWEST
A posse searches East St. Louis area for a light hued Negro suspected of assaulting Mrs Annie Green and another farmer’s daughter. The attacks prompted fears of mob violence as farmers rally amid indignant talk of lynching.
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East St. Louis
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John Bruno
Belleville
Flora Bruno
Bruto
Kidnapping Charge Tracks Pottsville Mother to New Jersey Home
Mrs. John N Garrett sought to reclaim her four children from Pottsville’s Children's Home and fled with them to Haddonfield New Jersey. Police sought her on a kidnapping charge. she was located after a local chief wired other towns. She posted bail via lawyer Harry Scovel. Garrett claims motives included protecting the children from a threatened loss of custody and her husband’s threats. Local residents in Haddonfield express support while awaiting Pottsville officials’ response.
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Pot
B T Pattison
Mrs Garrett
Ellis street
Philip Holsworth
Garrett
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Camden
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Prince Henry Hosts American Squadron Visit at Kiel Harbor
In Kiel on June 24 the US European squadron under Rear Admiral Cotton anchored opposite the yacht club. German Emperor Prince Henry greeted the Americans aboard Kaiser Friedrich II after flying Stars and Stripes on local hotels. The Kearsarge and other ships were saluted, and a cordial exchange followed with talks aboard the flagship. Sailors from both nations mingled ashore as officers from both sides dined with Prince Henry.
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Four Dead In Head On Collision At Niagara NC
Raleigh dispatch reports four Seaboard Air Line men died and one injured in a head on collision at Niagara North Carolina sixty five miles from Raleigh. Engineers Stewart Wall and firemen Bond and Brewer perished. Stewart a Canadian, the others North Carolinians.
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N. C
Niagara
N.C
T. Stewart
W. P. Wall
Walter Bond
Brewer
Stewart
Hamlet
Yass
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