Mob Terror in Pierce City Races Negroes from Town
A white mob in Pierce City Missouri seized control for about fifteen hours with armed men driving out dozens of Black residents. Will Godley was lynched for a murder, Pete Hampton was burned inside his home, and five blocks of houses were set ablaze. The mob, aided by militia rifles, forced most Black residents to flee as investigations linked other suspects to the crime.
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Will Godley
Gazelle Wild
French Godley
Pete Hampton
Pierce City
Monett
Rad
Doley
Starks
Ufer
Tulsa
J. T
Joe Lark
Springfield
Mcnugene Barrett
Carter
Jfrisco Railroad
Lark
Barrett
Miss Wild
Pierce City Military Company
Megroes
Hanna party to visit Hanna cottage at Hay Lake
Senator and Mrs Hanna with their daughters Mabel and Ruth left Cleveland for Hay Lake near Sault Ste Marie Michigan to spend a few days at the Hanna summer cottage. Mr Hanna will participate in the formal opening of the state republican campaign likely at Delaware on September 21.
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Cleveland
Hanna
Mabel
Ruth
Hay Lake
Sault St. Marie
Mich
Delaware
German Occupation of Tianjin University Extends Conflict
The American minister Mr. Conger appeals to Washington as German forces still occupy Tianjin University. They refuse to vacate or pay rent, hindering Dr. Tenney from continuing his educational work desired by Chinese authorities. In Pisgin, Li Hung Chang's protests delayed a provision on destroying Chinese forts in the peace settlement protocol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tian Tsin
Conger
Washington
Tien Tsin University
Thhe
Dr. Tenney
Pisxin
Li Hung Chang
Steamer City of Golconda Capsizes Near Crowell’s Landing
A steamer enroute between Near Papucan Kentucky and Elizabethtown was hit by a sudden squall as it neared Crowell's landing six miles above the city and overturned in ten feet of water. Sixteen lives are reported lost. Captain Jesse Bauer and Pilot E. E. Peck swam ashore after aiding passengers and later reached Paducah. The boat, valued at $2500, belonged to Otto Bauer of Golconda Illinois. Pilot Peck cites sixteen dead.
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Papucan
Golconda
Elizabethtown
Crowell's Landing
Jesse Bauer
E. E. Peck
Paducah
Bauer
H. E Worton
N.S. Quartermouse
Mampton
Otto Bauer
Two Workmen Rescued From Lake Erie Waterworks Crisis
Adam Kest and Joseph Hugene, among a dozen trapped by a burning crib in Lake Erie’s waterworks, were rescued late this afternoon and taken to Huron Street Hospital. They described days of darkness, gas fog, and tapping the air pipe for help as others worked to reach them.
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Cleveland
Adam Kest
Joseph Sngine
Lake Erie
Crib No. 2
Huron Street Hospital
Kest
Hugene
Engine
Unidentified Visitor Ends Life At Empress Hotel
An unnamed man believed from San Francisco died by suicide today at the Empress hotel on Clark Street in Caicaeo. He had lodged there in recent days without registering or naming himself. A note about being tired of life was found with a revolver and a sum of money among his effects.
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Caicaeo
San Francisco
Empress Hotel
Clark Street
Europe wheat crop totals and deficits from major regions
The Mark Lane Express estimates UK wheat at 56 million, France 300 million, Belgium and Holland 40 million, totaling 396 million for north western Europe, needing 664 million. America’s own use is under 400 million but it has 675 million, ready to cover the deficit single handed.
Five Men Drown After Gas Explosion Buries Tunnel
In Cleveland a gas explosion in the tunnel from waterworks No 3 near crib No 2 traps five workers two miles from shore. Water floods in as the shaft casing shatters. Two men at the top are hurled from staging but survive. bodies of the five missing workers not yet recovered.
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Cleveland
Murdered Lincoln broker Gillilan killed during street confrontation
John J. Gillilan, a Lincoln real estate broker and former Lancaster County legislator, was found shot to death on Seventeenth Street near G Street. Eyewitnesses heard three shots as two men fled east, and Sheriff Bronson investigated with coroner’s involvement while Mrs. Gillilan noted his downtown errand to a bath house.
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Lincon
John J. Gillilan
Tne
Seventeenth
G Streets
Walter L. Anderson
Frank W. Hill
G Street
Lincoln
Lancaster County
Theosophists
Posse Fails to Seize Delmar Track Booking Ring
In St Louis a posse of forty constables tried to serve warrants at Delmar race track but Sheriff Hencken and deputies blocked entry with riot guns. The officers released bookmakers and track management after warnings, and betting resumed as the group retreated without arresting detainees.
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St. Louis
Delmar
Hencken
St. Ferdinand Township
Baker
Linhard
Lindard
Steel Strike News Shows No Change As Rumors Swirl
Aug 22 report from Pirrspere notes no new mills opened and no extension of the steel strike. Monessen plant runs with full crews while Crescant Cleveland operates half capacity. Non union plans suspected at Demler tin plate works. officials deny rumors as leaders stay in talks. Assistant Secretary Tighe expects South Chicago mills to strike by week’s end.
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Demler Tin Plate
McKesport
Monessen
Monongahela
Decrease in Death Rate Reported by Census Bureau
The census bulletin shows 1,039,094 deaths in the year, up from 841,419 in 1900. A key finding is the drop in the mortality rate to 18 per 1,000 of population in the registration area.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Lipton Arrives in New York to Warm American Welcome
Sir Thomas Lipton owner of Shamrock II arrives in New York at 8 o clock after a cordial reception. The Teutonic ferrying him received continuous ovation from Sandy Hook to the dock. Lipton and party go to the Waldorf Astoria for dinner then to the steam yacht Erin for quarters.
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Sir Thomas Lipton
New York
Teutonic
Sandy Hook
Sir Thomas
Waldorf-Astoria
Schley Denies Interview in Court Inquiry Affair
Captain Thomas F. Schley declares he had no interview and spoke to no one for publication. He says private remarks were distorted and that the War Department accepts his letter as a complete exoneration and satisfactory explanation of the alleged interview.
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Washington
Thomas F. Schley
Twenty-third Infantry
War Department
Schley
Algona Capitalist Buys 440000 Acres in North Dakota
A. D. Clark of Algona purchases 440000 acres from the Northern Pacific railroad. The land lies in North Dakota just across the river from Bismarck.
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Alagona
A. D. Clark
Algona
Northern Pacific Railroad
North Dakota
Bismarck
French Cruiser Cassard Heads to Turkish Waters
The Matin reports that the French second class cruiser Cassard began voyage to Turkish waters, with a naval division ready to follow. The czar’s impending visit to France overshadows the Franco Turkish incident and newspapers express confidence in a peaceful settlement amid public apathy.
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Paris
Matin
Cassard
France
Men are in the Majority in Nebraska Census
The census bulletin shows Nebraska’s population by sex nativity and color. Males are 52.9 percent, foreign born 16.6 percent, and over 99 percent white. The colored group comprises 6 269 negroes 180 Chinese three Japanese and 3 322 Indians.
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Washington, D.C
Census Bureau
Nebraska
Shamrock II Impresses on First Trial Spin
New York reports Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock II had a 90 minute first trial spin in New York harbor. Lipton and designer George L. Watson on board praised the testing performance and expressed satisfaction with the result.
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New York
Thomas Lipton
George L. Watson
Copper Combine Supposed Worldwide Formed in Denver
Denver observers report a world wide copper combine has been formed with Amalgamated Copper Calumet and Hecla Senator Clark and the Rothschilds named in the pact. Long term contracts are said signed and financier backing comes from National City Bank of New York.
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Denver
Amalgamated
Calumet & Hecla
Clark
Rothschilds
National City Bank of New York
French Ultimatum to Sultan Risks Break in Constantinople Ties
In a near urgent move M Constans told the sultan the French embassy staff would depart if demands were not met. Paris confirms a telegram from Constans and hints full backing for his action. A break with Turkey could trigger embassy recalls and shifting alliances as markets react, and security interests in Paris and Berne loom large.
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Constantinople
M. Constans
Paris
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Elysee Palace
M. Constan
M. Delcasse
Munir Bey
Switzerland
Berne
France
Turkey
Lincoln pastors call for citywide day of prayer
A Lincoln event seeks a Friday August 30 revival across churches and youth groups. The call, signed by pastors and Christian organizations, urges prayer for believers’ quickening sins confessed sinners saved and broader missionary effort with business leaders closing briefly to attend services.
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Lincoln
City Union of Christian Endeavor
Epworth Assembly
Pastors and
Cristian Workers of
James
Rulers Lunch Together in Wilhelmshaven
King Edward arrived at Wilhelmshaven for lunch and was met by Emperor William and staff in uniform. The two sovereigns received greetings and rode in an open carriage to the castle for a luncheon. The table centerpiece featured an Epergne designed by Emperor William as a gift to King Edward.
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Wilhelmshohh
Edward
William
Dragoon Guards
Postmaster General Report for 1900 Highlights UK Totals
The blue book shows 3,723,817,000 postal packets delivered in the United Kingdom. Savings banks deposits reach 40,516,432 pounds with 135,429,545 pounds owed to depositors. The telegraph department ran a deficit of 652,104 pounds.
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London
United Kingdom
Telegraph Department
Roosevelt’s Youngest Child Quin tin in Hospital
Vice President Roosevelt’s youngest son Quin tin and daughter Alice are in Roosevelt hospital. Quin tin underwent an operation on Thursday and a speedy recovery is expected. Colonel Roosevelt and his wife secured a private apartment at the hospital to monitor their children’s progress.
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New York
Roosevelt
Quintin
Roosevelt Hospital
Alice
Nome is Full of Idle Men
The Roanoke arrived from Nome with returning passengers reporting Nome filled with idle men eager to work for passage money but finding no jobs. Residents fear what will be done with so many destitute men as the steamer also carried $600,000 in dust, largely shipped by the North American Trading and Transportation company.
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Nome
Port Townsend
Roanoke
North American Trading andTransportation Company
Strike-weary mills to run full shifts at United States Steel plants
Pirrsmunre Pa August 25 An expected wave of changes at United States Steel mills aims to resume full operation. Officials say single shift plants will run three full turns daily with new hires, while the Star tin plate plant on Twelfth Street undergoes modernization to four double mills. Strikers watch quietly as staffing disputes continue.
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Pirrsmunre
United States Steel ¢ Corporation
Star
American Tin Plate Company
Twelfth Street
Tin Plate Company
Monessen
Jealousy controversy split key naval leaders, Forsyth says
Kansas City Aug 26 Capt James McQueen Forsyth U S N who ran Key West naval station in the Spanish American War explains the Ahley Sampson quarrel. He says the navy sees the matter as unfortunate and that glory existed for all and the junior officer was promoted over seniors triggering the dispute. He notes Santiago battle brilliance and that Blame should not fall on either Sampson or Schley. Forsyth, retiring Sept 25, has served with Schley, Sampson and Watson and now heads to Philadelphia after St Louis stop.
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Kansas
Citry
James McQueen Norsyth
Key West
Kansas City
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Tea Times
Forsyth
Navy Department
Navy
Sicard
Washington
Sampson
Schler
Santiago
Schley
Forsyte
Indiana
Watson
Mare Island Yards
St. Louis
Oklahoma new town sale receipts reach half million
A dispatch to the general land office reports total receipts from the sale of lots in the new towns in Oklahoma through August 24 amount to 559427 dollars.
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Washington
General Land Office
Oklahoma
Sandy Valley Bank Suspends After Depositors Line Up
The Sandy Valley Banking Company of Malvern, formed two months ago by F S Miller, former Superior Street Savings secretary, assigned and suspended operations as depositors queued outside.
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Cleveland, O
Sandy Valley Banking Company
Malvern
F.S. Miller
Superior Street Savings and Banking Company of
Cleveland
Tragedy at Pawnee Bill Show ends in shooting
In Correctionville Iowa an early morning dispute at a loading depot led Sioux City reports to a deadly shooting. War ley Cave a high school athlete shot and killed Joe Sullivan a Pawnee Bill candy peddler. Cave fled to a hotel where the showman chased him and he fired at the door killing Sullivan. Cave then surrendered to the sheriff after returning to Sioux City.
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Sioux City
Warley Cave
Joe Sullivan
Correctionville
Cave
Sullivan Cave
Nebraska Nob Columnbus and Fall Community News
Local notes report Plarrson killa snakes in Gag day events and Fraternal union plans in Falls City. Aug 29 30 Concord ex county surveyor George Lampher broke his leg after a fall from a haystack. Hessian fly suppression noted. Hagerty farewell in Geneva before move to Indiana. Lincoln teachers institute addressed by Fowler. Cass county wanderer L W Barber found at Belgrade. Rushville hayrack accident injures John Cerney. Pawnee county fair canceled due to uncontrollable board actions. Trenton area broom corn strong. Fall plowing and early Winkee wheat sowing planned. Mayfield son Lewis injured by pitchfork tines. Madison seeks foreman for ads and music. Mrs Margarette Drake dies of lung trouble. Vermonters meet Sept 4 at Lincoln fair grounds. Plattsmouth note on Cass county news distribution. Greenback roll found at Failbury sent to Washington. Florida homesteader claim debunked. Columbus North opera house brickwork begins. North Bend coal shed fire from spontaneous combustion. Wymore Rev Swan leaves for state law and order league. Amos Orr missing near Humbolt. possible despondency. Mrs Chinery visits Fairmont. baby dies after ingesting strychnine. Otto Boone shot on Krug Park car in Omaha. Concord Call reports bank fix and Dixon trade with sheriff Seek to locate perpetrator.
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Plarrson
Falls City
George Lampher
Concord
Knights of Pythians
Hugh Hagerty
Pyth Leth
Geneva
Mr. Hagerty
Indiana
Amos Orr
Humbolt
Orr
Oklahoma
C. W. Chinery
Colorado
John Keller
Fairmont
Concord Call
David Paul
M. P. Friend
Jim Brown
Dixon
Maskell
Beatrice Blood Bounds
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Paducah, Ky
Grib
Lake AT
Chicago & Alton
John J. Gillilans
Seventeenth Street
D Street
Mr. Anderson
Sheriff
Day of Prayer
England
Nehkaska
Fowler
Norfolk
Tir Institute
L. W. Barber
Boone County
Belgrade
John Cerney
Rushville
Pawnee County Fair
Trenton
Madison
Ada
Margarette Drake
Benjamin Drake
Humboldt
Nebraska Sons of Vermont
State Fair Grounds
Plattsmouth
Ths
Cass County
T Failbury
Treasury Department
Florida
United States
Daniel Freeman
Beatrice
Gage County
Neh
New North Opera House
Columbus
Walrath & Sherwood
North Bend
J. W. Swan
M. E
Wymore
State Law and Order League
Mr. Swan
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