Racial Riots Put Opp County Under Martial Law As Troops Guard
Reported riot in Andalusia Alabama prompts governor to deploy troops to Sheriff Bradshaw and place the county under martial law. A posse killed three unnamed Black men near Opp for alleged riot involvement. a mob threat looms. A Black man suicide near Opp is noted while pursued by bloodhounds.
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Andalusia
Ala
Bradshaw
Rog
Thegro
Ana Tie
Opp
Blak
Work of train wreckers on Oregon Railway
The east bound Oregon Railway and Navigation passenger train wrecked twelve miles east of The Dalles on December 6. Engineer Maurice Cavanaugh was badly scalded, wireman Frank Cras seriously injured, none of the passengers hurt. An outside rail had a seven eighth inch square cut and another nut found 100 feet ahead. The company offers a $1000 reward for the wreckers' arrest and conviction.
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Oregon. Railway, &. Navigation Company
Dalles
Ore
Cne
Del
Ge Clowry
Western Union: Telegraph Company
Maurice Cavanaugh
I Frank
Cras
Dan T Working Librarian Held For Liquor License Violation
Dan T Working, librarian of the Doniphan Social and Literary Club, is jailed in Grand Island Nebraska serving a sentence for selling liquor without a license. A county board resolution orders the club to contribute to the support of his family since he cannot pay the fine, potentially setting a new precedent as a brother’s keeper.
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Dan. T
Train Plunges Over Bluff AfterRock Slide
A Canadian Pacific freight train on a dangerous curve 400 feet above the Fraser River in Vancouver BC derailed after a rock slide. The locomotive rolled 300 feet down the bluff. Engineer Randell and fireman Ruff were killed. three cars wrecked. Brakemen radioed for danger but the slide came too late.
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Vancouver
B.C
Canadian ‘Pacific
Frazern
Randall
Spon
Iim
thengineer-Randell
Fremont Hotel Incident Sparks Local Talk
A fragment indicates a domestic disturbance at a Fremont hotel involving a red object and possible deception. Further details are unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
Home Quarantine Amid Suspected Malignant Fevers
A family in Wichita is under home quarantine as Roy Bevins aged 14 lies critically ill from a malignant fever. A nurse is assigned to the boy while more cases of the disease spread in the city. Health officials say the illness is more dangerous than smallpox and has been deemed malignant by the board of health.
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Roy
Bevins
Scariel
Tine
Will Abe
Board of Health
Mystery attack rocks Grove Kansas as bloodied woman shelters
Mrs Rich Gardiner woke to a noise in her kitchen and faced a masked assailant who struck her with a club, breaking teeth and bruising her. She fled to A J Marks home and named the attacker. sheriff and marshal pursued leads and police dogs from Manhattan searched the town but could not locate the suspect.
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Council
Grove
Kan
Rich Gardiner
Tate
A. J. Marks
Mikels
Marshal Fleming
Picion
Gardiner
Wright
Manhattan
Robbery Attempt at Kansas City Grocery
Two men entered E. T. Williams grocery on Tenth Street and Riverview Avenue at night. They attacked Williams when he resisted, striking him with a club and delivering head wounds. the robbers fled without taking any money. Nearby resident G. W. Sargent heard the disturbance as the assailants escaped.
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E. T. Williams
Kansas City
Tenth Street
Riverview
Williams
M. Sargent
Sudden Deaths Shock Carbondale Residents
In Carbondale two sudden deaths shock residents. Mr Cyrus C. Smith, aged and rheumatic, was found dead in his home near Wakarusa after Mrs Smith and a son stepped out briefly. Mrs Sara Ann Dunphy of Carbondale was found dead at her home as well, with her bow resting on a frame as observers reported.
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Carbondale
Cryus C. Smith
Wakarusa
Smith
Yar
Ith
Thouse
Sara Ann Dunphy
Johnson
Dunphryn
Coe
Escaped prisoners in Lawton revolt identified by warden
Lawton Oklahoma authorities report two convicts captured after an escape during a revolt at the state prison. Warden McClaughry says the men are among missing prisoners. seven convicts remain at large. Strong names and exact charges are unclear in the fragmentary text but reference to post office and leaders in the revolt appear.
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Lawton
Okahowsa
Trirner Bivens
Territt
Asa
Pexas
Clark
Hinds
McClaughry
Methodist Minister Shot in Brookside Ala
Rev Bradford, Methodist minister at Brookside Alabama, was shot and killed by A D Coffman a justice of the peace. Bradford had been reappointed for another year and during Sunday school warned that relations with his congregation could worsen if Coffman continued to spread false stories about him and the church. Coffman, once a church member, had been expelled on prior charges.
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Bradford
Brookside
A. D. Coffman
Bradford Bradford
Coffman
Bradford's
Execution of Wilson at Danville Arkansas
Wilson the convict known as Morror at "Execution" killed guard R. H. Naylor in Yell county camp last September. He was hanged at Danville Arkansas on December 6. The attempt to rehang after the lid removal caused movement, then doctors announced death by strangulation.
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Sud Wilson
R. H. ‘Naylor
Yell County
Danville
Ark
Wilson
Grand Island Grand Lodge to Purchase Building
Litigation ends as attorney Litigation Ends M Hall reports to the district court clerk that the finance committee and grand master have halted further litigation. The Nebraska grand lodge plans to complete the purchase of the temple building at Grand Island as permanent headquarters.
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UW. W. Temple
Grand Island
Grand
Nebraska
Wellington Repeal Vote on Malt Ordinance Stirs Temperance
A 100 member Wellington committee revival meeting asks city council to repeal the malt ordinance that licenses joints by a six thousand six hundred dollar annual occupation tax. The council, with a 6 to 2 vote, rejects the repeal, prompting temperance advocates to consider quo warranto proceedings to block the license revenue.
Infant fatality in kitchen fire prompts investigation
A report from Correctionville describes a mother placing a five month old baby in a blanket in a kitchen oven to keep warm. She left the home to gather fuel and returned to find the stove aflame and the room filled with smoke. The baby suffered severe burns and died.
Man Shoots Himself David B White Incident
A report notes a fatal self inflicted shooting by an individual named David B White. The fragment mentions a person or subject referred to as a Kangas Dioner and uses the phrase death by own action. Further details are unclear due to damaged text.
Unclear OCR Item Sparks Brief Note on Accident
Fragmentary text references an accident with phrases about rain and unknown causes. No clear names, places, or dates are readable to identify the event or parties involved.
Sheepmen Form Cooperative to Lease Red Desert Winter Range
Sheepmen in Sweetwater valley propose a cooperative with the aim to lease and buy alternate Union Pacific land totaling about 1.5 million acres. They plan to control winter feeding grounds by excluding Utah flockmasters and local cattlemen from the Red Desert area. The deal offers $4,800 yearly or a per acre rate, and the plan has been sent to the Union Pacific land office in Omaha for closing in a few days.
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Union Pacific General Land
Omaha
Goebel Suspect Arrested in Frankfort by Sheriff’s Detail
Sheriff Troughton of Bell County accompanied by three deputies arrived in Frankfort with Berry Howard and a relative, held on charges of complicity in the murder of William Goebel. Howard, a fugitive for over a year, protests innocence and seeks an immediate hearing or bond.
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Goebel
AL Frankfort
Troughton
Bell County
Haying
Berry. Howard
William Goebel
Lafurence
Howard
Caleb Powers
James
Carson Man Released After Pauper Oath In Mint Theft Case
James Henry who served seven years for theft of $69 000 from the United States mint in Carson City Nevada appeared before commissioners and took a pauper oath and was released. The district attorney questioned him about the disposition of his property stating it passed out of his possession at imprisonment. Most of the funds were used to settle attorney fees and the remaining property was placed in the hands of his wife, who secured a divorce a year earlier.
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Carson
Nevada
James. Henry
United States Mint
United States District Attorney
Henry
Fire Sweeps Grand Island Property Amid High Wind
A Friday evening blaze in Grand Island Nebraska prompted an alarm and general alarm after a wind driven start that threatened a large area. Fire crews contained most flames but a barn and another building were partially destroyed belonging to E. E. Brown steel food agent.
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Grand Island
Grand
Island
E. E. Brown
Movement to test Alabama disfranchisement by suit
A Birmingham Alabama組 Rev W McGill leads a drive to test the state constitution’s disfranchisement of Black voters. A meeting will raise funds to hire legal talent for a U S Supreme Court challenge.
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W. McGill
Birmingham
Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States
Poisoning at Wedding Feast Leaves Sixty Five Guests Ill
At John KMulky's home in West Point Wisconsin on December 6, a wedding feast sickened 65 guests who drank coffee believed poisoned. Physicians were summoned, several hours of treatment given, and most expected to recover. portions of the coffee were sent to a chemist for examination.
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John Kmulky
St Point
Wis
Svere
Fragmentary Crime Note Incomplete Details
A partial OCR fragment notes a violent incident with seven attackers and two deaths within hours. No full names, locations, dates, or outcome are readable.
Tragic Train Collision Involving Northbound Passenger Service
A collision occurred a mile and a half south of Malvern as two trains met on the St. Louis railroad. Engineer Robert Herio and Engineer McCampbell, both of wrecked engines, saved lives. A jury found murder in a separate case tied to the Albert City bank robbers Storm and Phillips.
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St. Louis, Ron] Lithern
Rock
Malvern
Hengineer
Robert
Herio
McCampbe
North Carolina
Alabama
Texas
Ville
Bank, Rothers, Lewis
Albert
Phillips
Storm
Abe
Albert City
Schley Court Issues Five Counts Against Admiral
Reported findings accuse Admiral Schley of delay off Cienfuegos misrepresentation of reasons for returning to coal duties disobedience of orders retrograde movement and conduct unbecoming an officer in the Hodgson controversy. Source notes uncertainty and lack of confirmation from press.
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Washington
Schley
Cienfuegos
Colone
Se Hodgson
Assoc
Senate Adopts Resolution After Roosevelt Appointment Message
The Senate met and adopted a resolution directing appointments as a mark of respect following the tragic death of the late President Kinley. Senator Foraker of Ohio presented the McKint resolution and the body adjourned shortly after.
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Washington
Senate
Sage
Roosevelt
Kinley
Cnet
Foraker
Tor
Ohio
McKint
Fragmentary House Floor Motion Mention in Ohio Alabama Feud
A fragmented OCR readout shows names like Henderson Richardson Underwood and references to a Speaker and majority leader. The text hints at a floor motion and a decision for today but lacks clear context or outcome.
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Henderson
Floor Eader
Ohio
Richardson
Underwood
Fragmentary notice on a shooting custody case
A damaged excerpt references a shooting and custody status. It mentions phrases like a bullet, left breast, and hope of skill in police handling. Details are unclear, with fragmented names and actions.
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Fremont
Aslang
David B. White
A Kangas Dioner
Oregons
Xumning
Sheepmen Combine
Court:of Inquiry
Schley'at
Congressional
Leo Wineburg
Winsburg
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