Five Black Men Executed in Screven County Lynchings
The Screven County jail yard witnessed the execution by hanging of Arnold Augustus Andrew Oavis Richard Sanders William Hudson and Samuel Baldwin for a murder tied to a Knights of the Archer conspiracy. The sentences followed a fatal ambush that wounded three officers in October 1899. The Geneva described event notes the crowd, the lemonade after the execution, and the absence of confessions of innocence. A separate Brunswick report notes a June 14 hanging of James Griffty for a 1899 murder aboard a Southern Railway passenger coach.
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Andrew Oavis
Richard Sanders
William Hudson
Samuel Baldwin
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Prince Edwards
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Marton Latimer
Southern Railway
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Fifteen Millions in Yellow Dust
Seattle reports the Klondike gold rush yields dwarfed by Yukon outputs as $40 000 in dust arrives from the Dolphin. Banks hold $15 000 000 in Dawson gold with estimates ranging to $25 000 000 and beyond. In Dawson George O Brien murder case sees a one week stay while key witnesses gather for the Crown.
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Million-Dollar Mineral Springs Hotel Fire in Indiana
The Mineral Springs Hotel in West Baden Indiana burned from 1 am to 3 am destroying the large frame structure with a 500000 dollar loss and 100000 dollars in insurance Two hundred twenty five guests stayed the previous night all escaped uninjured and were moved to the French Lick before leaving for home Ex Governor Pingree in London ill with intestinal inflammation feared to be serious.
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Gazette
WEST BADEN
Ind
Mineral Springs
French Lick
Trial of Captain’s misconduct ends in Navy court ruling
In Mare Island Navy Yard Captain Robert Eumpey was fined ten numbers in trade and two years furlough pay while publicly reprimanded for bogus dental expense claims. Secretary Long must still act. Des Moines reports Henry W Hazard, railroad passenger agent, found dead by hanging in the city ticket office basement. motive unknown, he served the company for years.
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DES MOINES
Henry W Hazard
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Four Die In Train Crash At Oak Park Crossing
A Pere Marinette passenger train struck a double car at Hamilton avenue crossing in Oak Park suburb killing Major G W Buckingham Arrie Buckingham Mrs Thomas Applegate Adrian Miss William Humphrey and injuring others. The collision occurred as the train traveled at high speed with a mis-timed whistle prior to impact. The scene involved nearby factory buildings and tangled wreckage near Tugimert Wiggins noted the whistle had sounded.
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Pere Marinette
Hamilton avenue
Oak Park
G W BUCKINGHAM
Flint
ARRIE BRUCKINGHAM
THOMAS APPLEGATE
Adrian MER WILLIAM HUMPHREY
Adrian
Hampton avenue
Major BuckIngham
Tugimert
Wiggins
Mit Applegate
Mra Humphrey
Buckingham
Philippine Insurgents Weaken as Surrenders Begin
June 14 Manila dispatch reports insurgent leader Castles in Laguna Province signaling readiness to surrender a hundred guns to General Sumner at Santa Rita, with additional surrenders by Holmas and five officers. The Lipa battle left Lt Springer killed and Capt Wilhelm and Lt Lee mortally wounded, amid deserter issues and disease ravaging Panay island.
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Two Steamers Wrecked Off Cape Race
The Leyland line steamer Assyrian ashore at Cape Race is a total wreck with the stern under water and hull broken. A heavy gale capsized cargo. the tug Petrel, aiding off rocks, is also wrecked. Both crews escaped safely to shore and are sheltered at the Cape Race light house.
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ST JOHNS N Ff
Leyland Hne
Cape Race
seattle
Petrel
Excitement Over Foster Murder Subside
Shreveport reports the threatened lynching over John Gray Foster's murder at Foster plantation has not occurred as posses search for Prince Edwards. Diminished excitement but Edwards will be dealt with summarily. In Paris a Les Moulineaux cartridge factory blast kills fifteen and injures about twenty, many women among the injured.
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Gazette
SHREVEPORT
Kinnebrew
John Gray Foster
Prince Edwards
Foster
Edwards
PARIS
Les Moulineaux
Jury hears argument in Mia Kennedy murder trial
In Kansas City on June 14 Mia Kennedy faced the courtroom during the defense and State arguments. Prosecutor Hadley outlined Kennedy as guilty of first degree murder, claiming her husband Philip Kennedy was killed after being lured from his office and shot. Kennedy appeared healthier and braver, smiling with deputies during a recess.
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Mia Kennedy
thas
Philip H Kennedy
Philip Kennedy
ilnesses Aone
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Kennedy
Frank G Johnson
Johnson
Sultan of Jojo’s Concessions Could Transform Paragua
A Manila report says Prince Poniatowski of San Francisco has secured from the Sultan of Jojo a fifty year concession ending 1950 for Paragua. A $10 million company plans timber mining rubber and pearl ventures, plus road and harbor improvements. The plan seeks Philippine Commission approval and may hinge on General Bates and Sultana authority, with referral to Washington likely.
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Gazette
SAN FRANCISCO
Manila
Prince Poniatowski
Jojo
Paraguat
jis
Prine
John Anthony
Philippine Commision
Mrs McKinley Improves Slowly. Bulletins Discontinued
Washington bulletin from June 14 reports Mrs McKinley's condition improving gradually. Physicians will not issue daily bulletins unless her state worsens. Morning temperatures listed for several cities accompany the update.
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Gazette
WASHINGTON
Mra
McKinley
Sheriff Shot In The Face After Morgan Jail Break
Sheriff J A Calvit was shot in the face during a jail break at Morgan county jail in Fort Morgan Colorado. Suspect Harry Simington alias Frank Hbson is at large with a large posse pursuing him. A reward was offered and then increased for the capture, as a mass meeting urged action.
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J A Calvit
Harry Simington
Frank Hbson
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Simington
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