Lynching at Elkhart Leaves Five Dead
Report from Palestine Texas recounts a mob lynching at Elkhart last Sunday morning of four Black men and one woman in connection with the murder of Mrs. Mattie Hazell. Lizzie Jackson endured torture to obtain a confession before being hanged. other victims Andy Jackson Joe Norman Frank Hayes and William Roger were also killed. The killing followed a crowd scene at the Hazell home and ended with the mob leaving the scene.
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Palestine
Texas
Elkhart
Mattie Hazell
Lizgie Jackson
Andy Jackson
Lizzie
Lizsie
Haxell’s
Mrs Inzell
Andy
Dota
Norman
Linke
Nornan
Frank Haayes
Vetin
Jackson
Lorman
Megera
Hogera
Vic
Hayes
Sue Ll
Heroe Jackson
Wow 'Og
Tole Coukty
Lise
Dodie
Ropat
Jary
Mra. Hazell
Terrible Crime Near Buffs Town Ends in Robbery and Murders
A violent attack near Buffs, Bott county, leaves two women dead with throats slit and bodies mutilated. The wife and daughter of farmer W G Laughlin were victims. two men were arrested, later released after asserting innocence.
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Robters Morrthly
Wulilato
Uttle
Buffs
Roested
Bott County
WG Bic
Laughlin
Ghent
Pet
Fayior
Belbor
Browera
Burchard Replaced as Mint Director by James Kinball
Horatio C. Burchard of Minots was suspended as director of the mint and James C. Kinball from Bethlehem Pa now named to replace him. Kinball a Lehigh University professor of economic geology and mining engineer will take office July 1. He served in World War on the staffs of generals McClellan Burnside Hooker and Meade. Kinball is a former president of Averett Iron Company of Pangaleants. Burchard favored removal over resignation amid charges from personal enemies.
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Burchard Lot
Averettron Company
Ponangleants
New York City
Burchard
Leche Capellal Sh
Indian Troubles Reported Narrowing Across Regions
General Echofield relays to the War Department that Fort Lewin Colorado dated the 24th reports the Utes not committing further depredations. He cites the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservations in Indian Territory where two Ninth Cavalry troops moved from Caldwell to Reno on the 23rd and Fifth Cavalry reaches a destination near threatened areas.
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Echofield
War Department
Fort Lewin
Colorado
Cheyenne
Arapahoe
Indian Territory
Ninth Cavalr
Caldwell
Reno
Fifth Cavalry
Ted Cloud
Ingalls
Washington
Kansans
Kansas
Indiana
Fndieatt
Aettler
Augur
Fort Reno
Ravages of Cholera Spread Across Spain and Europe
The dispatch reports cholera far more prevalent than last year with Spain showing 40 000 deaths across eight provinces, exceeding France and Naples. The article notes high mortality in Madrid area camps, waterborne spread, and urban slums, warning of wider outbreaks across southern Europe.
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London
Toulon
Mareneilles
Spain
France
Naples
Cneca
Italy
Dheatha Tineong
Charity
Bea
Ian
Europe
Murcia
Valencia
Cheyenne Troubles Reach Indian Board For Inquiry
Secretary Seaman invites Col Win M. McMitchael of New York to join the Indian commissioners board to examine tensions at Cheyenne agency. General Crook reports Indian bands seen near the Upper Gila. Gatewood to clear hostiles with water-hole patrols along the border as Crook fears a larger retreat toward Senalun. Captain Lawton nears abandonment of the Sierra Madre trail in New Mexico as a group including 12 to 15 bucks with women and children moves toward the Buvispe area.
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Seamar
Col Win M. McMitchael
New York
Board of Indian Commissioners
Cheyenne Agency
Fort Bowie
Crook
Mountauina
Gila River
Beouta
Hoatiea
Senalun
Honors
Popa
War Department
Lawton
New Mexico
Sierra Madre
Buvispe River
Tremendous Tuy Canadian American Excursion Promised
The management plans a large excursion from Chicago to Montreal using Michigan Central and Canadian Pacific railways. The route offers a short, quiet, picturesque ride with through rates to Toronto and Niagara at $10 and Montreal at $15. Through rates to other points will be announced later.
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Michigan Central
Canadian Pacific
Chicago
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Canada
Niagara
Toronto
G A R Reunion Votes On Encampment Timing And Officers
At the G A R reunion in Portland the next annual encampment was set for a period between October and May and Memorial may be observed on the Sabbath. An adverse report on Comrade Loring s eight month pension bill was adopted after debate with a minority favoring it. The National Womans Relief Corps elected officers for the coming year headed by Mrs Sarah K Fuller of Massachusetts as president, and Burdett of Illinois beat out Reynolds of New York and Burst of Illinois for commander in chief on the second ballot with 299 votes to 136 and 73. Selden Connor of Maine was chosen senior vice commander in chief by acclamation.
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Portland
Loring
Greaves
Michigan
National
Womit
Womit's Relief Corps
Sarah K. Fuller
Massachusetts
Lizzie D. A. Kinlle
California
Kent
New Slampshire
L. A. Turner
Whittemyer
Philadelphia
John W. Burnt
Mlinois
A. Reynolds
New York
Samuel 8. Burdett
Washington
Lucius Fairchild
Wisconsin
Faurchild
Burdett
Reynolds
Selden Connor
Maine
Cabinet Meeting Deliberates on Care of Minster Keily
Tuesday cabinet session attended by most members except Endicott and Whitney. Considered Keily’s care but no action taken. Reports indicate cabinet favored recall. discussed threat of outbreak among Clrvennes and Wee pitice Podium in adjacent territory. Lamar prevented a letter from Carey detailing agency conditions and adversities faced by the agent. Infantires were suggested and examined by the cabinet.
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Endicott and
Whitney
Keily
Clrvennes
Adic
Wan Lee
Lamar
Mr Carey
Givng
Armen
Crop reports show uncertain spring wheat yields nationwide
Special crop reports from Dakota Minnesota Town Nebraska Indiana Ohio Michigan Iroquois Kansas Missouri Kentucky and Tennessee to the American Rural Dome of Rochester gathered by correspondents in every county indicate spring wheat areas once rated best now underperform. Early estimates of spring wheat yield remain idle conjecture as conditions shift.
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Dakota
Minnesota
Town
Nabraska
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Kansas
Missour
Kentucky
Tennesare
Rochester
Questionable Insurance Transactions In Oswego Case
The Mutual Treat Fund Life Association of New York faces action after Asherly, recently imprisoned in Poughkeepsie for surgery, acted as an Oswego agent placing policies totaling 22600 on several individuals. The company alleges physician involvement in the scheme.
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Asherly
Poughkeepah, N Oy
Oswego
Mutual Treat Fund Life Association of New York
Pau
Deep Sea Dredges Reveal Fresh Anch Bottom Constituents
Explorations of deep sea bottoms report eight new constituents in anch bottoms including pumice dust of submarine volcanic origin. Deep sea clays may originate from this material with micrometeoric cosmic dust detected at great depths. Notable findings include manganese nodules containing organic remains such as sharks’ teeth and bone fragments.
Two Lovers and the Moneyed Courtship Tale
Two suitors, Orlando and Silas, woo a maiden with different appeals. Orlando longs for death and poetic rapture, while Silas offers money and practical cash, the pageant of trade and risk. The maiden weighs passion against wealth as finances glide through their courtship.
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Orlando
Bilas
Will Hawkins's City Bride Opposes Mother's Standing
In a rural household, Will Hawkins debates his city wife Lily against his mother’s insistence on a country marriage. Mrs Hawkins laments lost favorites, while neighbors weigh in with gossip and pride in old family ties. Will refuses reconciliation without his mother’s approval, deepening the rift as Mary Jane’s injury forces extra labor on the farm.
Mary Sherman Fills Home Care Need for Hawkins Matriarch
In Downport, Mary Sherman travels from the city to care for Mrs. Hawkins after illness. She earns the family’s trust with tea and toast, then steady, attentive nursing lasting weeks. Will Hawkins visits but keeps silent about his wife.
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John
Mother Hawkins
Sid
Mother Tawkins
Mr Dawkins
Mother Dawkins
Mother Hanlan
Mary Sherman
Mary
William
Will Returns Home to Meet His Wife Lily Mary
Mother Hawkins watches nervously as Will arrives, finds Lily Mary Sherman Hawkins revealed as his wife. The confession shocks her at first, then she embraces Lily and praises her, admitting happiness through the union. The scene ends with renewed affection and acceptance.
Why They Do Not Marry in Modern Society
A letter writer describes a nightclub era view that marriage interest fades among women. A young woman cites scarce attractive husbands and women seeking professions, while another hostess notes rich men rarely support wives and prefer din ample luxuries via family funds. The dialogue laments deteriorating male vigor across classes and fears for future social progress.
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Iris
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Carpenter
Aupur
Fort Jono
Kanaas
Mauiry
Orn. Presson Vouk
DUBBO
Coor
Louis
Carriu—Slockera
Kansas City
DUBNA
Wushiol
Cepececces Eoete
Cately
Buryr
Silas
Nia
Mattie Dyer
Nancy
Miss Jones
Will
Mis’ Jones
Mis. Dawkins
Tio
Willis
Wsll
Lily
Sully
Hawking
Mary Jane
Sho
Lucy Jones
Wil
Lily Mary Sherman Hawkins
Mrs. Jones
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