Circling the Globe Concise History of Seven Days Doings
The War Department reports from Friday dispatches by Gen Otis show American forces abandoning peace talks and adopting aggressive tactics. Maj Gen MacArthur advances toward San Fernando while Maj Gen Lawton and Col Sumner block rebel retreats into the northern mountains.
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War Department
Otis
Gen
MacArthur
Calumpit
San Fernando
Lawton
Col. Sumner
Riley to Read Poems at Princess Rink Fort Wayne May 15
Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley appears at Princess Rink Fort Wayne on May 15 under Fort Wayne Press Club auspices. It is his only Northern Indiana appearance this year and he will recite eight poems across eight topics before a 2500 seat crowd.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Indiana
Riley
Fort Wayne
Serious Conflagration Destroys Triangle Clothing House Philadelphia
A large fire in Philadelphia destroyed the Triangle Clothing House and gutted several residences a club house and four business places as walls collapsed and sparks spread to nearby properties. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 148,006 with firemen Abraham Duncan and William Porter injured. the cause remains unknown.
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Philadelphia
Triangle
Abraham Duncan
William Porter
Turkey to Settle Damages Claim With United States
Constantinople correspondent reports the sultan has authorized Ambassador Oscar S. Straus to telegraph to President McKinley Turkey’s promise to pay the $100000 claimed for destruction of American missionaries’ property during the Armenian massacres of 1895.
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Turkey
Constantinople
London Chronicle
Oscar 8S. Straus
McKinley
Oil Fire Destroys 20000 Barrels Near Morgantown
Lightning struck an oil tank near Morgantown Pennsylvania destroying twenty thousand barrels of oil. Total loss reached eighty thousand dollars including tanks and incidentals. The pumping station and many nearby houses were briefly threatened but danger is past.
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Morgantown
Boiler Blast Kills Two in Hopkinsville Mill
At Hopkinsville Kentucky a saw mill boiler exploded destroying the mill. Proprietors Barrett and Effie McKnight were killed instantly. John White lost a leg and T T McKnight suffered an arm injury.
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Hopkinsville, Ky
McKnight
Barrett
Effie McKnight
John White
T. T. McKnight
Widow Joanna Davern Perishes in Cortland Fire
Mrs Joanna Davern a widow aged six years perished when a fire destroyed her Cortland New York home She was rescued from the building once but returned to recover papers and died there The tragedy highlights the peril of attempting to reenter burning structures.
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Joanna Davern
Cortland
N. Y
Mrs Childs Denies Marriage Rumor With Gen Wheeler
Mrs George W Childs authorized the Philadelphia Ledger to deny the statement that marriage was contemplated between herself and General Joseph Wheeler. The denial aims to quash circulating claims and protect reputations.
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Childs
George W. Childs
Philadelphia Ledger
Gen
Joseph Wheeler
Brig. Gen. Thomas Anderson Takes Command at Lakes Dept
Brig. Gen. Thomas Anderson, recently returned from the Philippines, is assigned to command the Department of the Lakes, effective immediately. The move places Anderson in charge as regional military leadership reorganizes stations and defenses along the Great Lakes.
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Chicago
Thomas Anderson
Philippines
Department of the Lakes
Window Washer Dies After 6th-Story Fall in Chicago
John Fisher, a window washer, plummeted from the sixth-story window of the Rookery Building in Chicago and was killed instantly.
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John Fisher
Rookery
Chicago
Masonic Temple Attractions Fort June 10
Richard Mansfield appears at the Masonic Temple on June 10 in Cyrano de Bergerac performance showing the play staged for local audiences.
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Masonic Temple
Fort Wayne
Ind
Richard Mansfield
Cyano de Bergerac
Fitzsimmons Jeffries Bout Backed for Denver by A A C Manager
Otto C. Hiotto of the Colorado Athletic Association says the Fitzsimmons Jeffries fight will occur in Denver with a purse of 25600 dollars. He has received a dispatch from the principals asking him to travel to New York to arrange the details.
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Denver
Otto C. Hiotto
Colorado Athletic Association
New York
Kicked to Death in Akron Special at Mead Camp
A chaotic report from Akron describes a fatal incident where an individual named Alex Gauthiers was kicked near Camp Mead. Typhoid fever and an apparent head injury are noted as factors. The mother states an investigation will be carried out.
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Akron
Ohio
Alex
Gauthiers
Mead
Wheat and Cotton Prices Slide Amid Quiet Demand
Bradstreet reports mixed signals with favorable retail distribution and steady lumber markets, but lower prices for wheat, cotton, and hog products. Weather remains springlike, boosting general trade while dampening staple quotients. weekly wheat shipments reach 3,028,283 bushels and corn exports total 2,615,079 bushels.
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Bradstreet
Five Die in Dupont Smokeless Powder Mill Explosion
An explosion at Dupont smokeless powder works in Carney's Point New Jersey destroyed a press mill lifting it from its foundation and carrying it into adjoining fields. Five men were killed and another seriously injured. The cause remains unknown and no other mills or magazines exploded, sparing many workers.
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Dupont
Carney’s Point
N. J
Windstorm wrecks towns injures and claims life near San Antonio
A powerful wind and hail storm swept multiple Texas towns after heavy rain. At Lytle the XL ranch building collapsed killing a Mexican cowboy. In Weimer City Marshal Insall’s home toppled injuring Mrs. Insall and her two children. Medina school house overturned injuring teacher Miss Minnie Halstead and two pupils Tom Maston and Benny Willard.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Lytle
Weimer
Insall
Riot at Presidio Club cafe in San Francisco
A large group of white troops from the Presidio attacked the Presidio Club cafe near the Presidio reservation in San Francisco. Police and the Twenty fourth infantry later opened fire to disperse the rioters as several hundred were arrested. A soldier badly beaten the prior night sparked the clashes.
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San Francisco
Presidio Reservation
Cal
Presidio
Presidio Club Cafe
Twentyfourth Infantry
C. L. King
Twenty-third Infantry
Colored Regiment
Newsboy Wins $50,000 Windfall in Sudden Fortune
John N. Hamilton, long time Princeton newsboy, inherits $50,000 from uncle Samuel Hamilton of Colorado. He travels to Trenton to claim the legacy and promptly spends on attire and entertaining associates. Town businessmen, impressed by his display, reportedly urge him toward a purchase of the Titus woolen mills of Trenton for $27,000.
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Newsboy
John N. Hamilton
Newsy
Princeton
N. J
J. K. Hayes
Johnny
Samuel Hamilton
Colorado
Hamilton
Trenton
Titus Woolen Mills of
Devastating Pittsburg Fire Destroys Major Blocks
A major blaze on Market Street and Third Avenue Pittsburg Pa destroyed J J Welden seven story grocery and Novelty candy works and scorched neighboring firms including Kunkel's dry goods store The loss totals 210000 with Welden stock 85000 building 60000 Novelty stock and building 50000 Kunkel stock 12000 building 3000 Gas explosion suspected as cause.
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Pittsburg
Market Street
Third Avenue
J. J. Welden
Kunkel
Murdered Son of Hugh Patterson in 1897 Revenge Killings
Ness arrives in Little Rock Ark confirming the Van Buren County assassination of Hugh Patterson's son. Lee Mills hanged recently and Will Hardin died in jail. Authorities believe the young Patterson was killed by Hardin friends seeking revenge.
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Ness
Little Rock
Ark
van Buren
Hugh Patterson
Lee Mills
Will Hardin
Mills
Hardin
Young Patterson
Railway Wreck Rips Through Excursion Train Near Rochester
Two killed eighteen seriously injured and fifty badly hurt as two cars on an excursion train derailed on the Rochester and Lake Ontario line just north of Rochester New York. The wreck occurred on a curve at full speed, the cars were demolished.
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Rochester
Lake Ontario
N. Y
Not Ready for Statehood in Porto Rico
General Henry, the American military governor, tells the insular committee that Porto Ricans should not be urged toward statehood. He advocates a territorial form of government for the island rather than full statehood in the American Union.
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Gen. Henry
Porto Rico
Mrs George Acquitted By Canton Jury
Canton Ohio jury returns verdict of acquittal in the Mrs George case. The acquittal ends the trial with formal verdict announced in court.
Torres Oppressive Conduct At Bluefields Sparks Action
U S government demands removal of Gen Torres from Bluefields Nicaragua after complaints of oppressive treatment of American merchants and workers. Detroit to remain there to protect Americans until peace and order are restored and Torres is withdrawn.
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Gen. Torres
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Zelaya
United States
Detroit
Torres
Convict Escapes Freight Box From Ohio Penitentiary
Timothy Hogan a noted mail box robber escaped from the Ohio prison in Columbus by concealing himself inside a 165 pound shipping box bound for external freight. The box passed inspection weighing and handling checks until clerks detected movement and chased him toward the rear door but he escaped.
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Ohio
Timothy Hogan
United States
Columbus
Hogan
Duluth Street Cars Idle as Union Strike Sparks Arrests
In Duluth the street car system effectively halted when the local union struck over grievances against the receiver. Nine union men were arrested for allegedly cutting wires but released after no proof. Judge Ensign issued an injunction restraining strikers from interfering with company property, and about a dozen leaders were arrested.
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Duluth
Ensign
Blues and Reds Baseball Fight Ends with Umpire Death
In Lowndes boro Alabama during a Blues versus Reds game in the seventh inning player Frank McCoy struck a long liner that the umpire Samuel Powell ruled foul. Powell challenged the ruling and McCoy attacked, striking Powell with a bat and killing him.
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Samuel Powell
Lowndesboro
Ala
Blues
Reds
Frank McCoy
McCoy
Powell
Fire damages First National Bank building in Duluth
Fire hit the First National Bank building in Duluth Minnesota damaging the roof and seventh floor. Estimated loss is 65000 with the Duluth Telephone Company switchboard valued at 25000 among the heaviest losses. The Duluth and Iron Range railroad offices were gutted and telephone service will be out for several weeks.
Water Power Stopped by Damaged Wall at St Anthony Falls
A 150 foot section of the west side retaining wall at St Anthony falls in Minneapolis was carried away, causing several thousand dollars in damage and interrupting water power for mills. The mills can switch to steam power during the emergency.
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Minneapolis
St. Anthony Falls
Severe Kansas Sand Storm Strikes Central Regions
A massive sand storm swept central and western Kansas. Abilene reports damaged newly planted fields while Newton endured 60 mph winds with sun obscured by dust clouds, trees toppled, and small buildings overturned.
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Kansas
Abilene
Newton
Nebraska Boys Gift Aid Soldier Hospital Fund
Nebraska citizens wired 2350 dollars to the surgeon of the First Nebraska Regiment in Manila to support a hospital fund for sick and wounded Nebraska soldiers. The regiment suffered more than any other unit during the campaign.
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Nebraska
Manila
Cut the Mississippi Levee Suspects Charged in Federal Indictment
Seventeen Pemiscot County farmers are jailed in St Louis by U S Marshal Louis C Bohle on a Federal indictment charging them with cutting the Mississippi levee. No denial comes from the farmers.
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Pemiscot County
Missouri
St. Louis
United States
Louis C. Bohle
Missouri Bans Non-Resident Deputies and Pinkerton Detectors
Missouri Governor Stephens signs a bill prohibiting employment of non-residents as deputy sheriffs deputy constables or police officers aiming to bar Pinkerton detectives from entering the state. The measure seeks to curb outside investigative recruitment.
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Missouri
Stephens
Rumored Steel Trust to Unite Major Firms
Industry whispers claim a vast steel combination is nearly confirmed. The planned entity would include most major U S steel concerns with a capitalization estimated between 700 million and 900 million dollars.
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Steel Trust
Bank Collector J H Williams Ends His Life in Ohio
J H Williams aged 76 a longtime collector for the First National Bank of Upper Sandusky Ohio committed death by own action by shooting himself in the head Despondency is believed to have prompted the deed.
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J. H. Williams
First National Bank of
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Slain by a Dakota Woman at South Canton Farm
Charles McCullough a farm laborer was shot and killed by Eunice Brown on her farm south of Canton South Dakota. Brown says she acted in self defense in the incident.
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Charles McCullough
Eunice Brown
Canton
S. D
Tragedy in Peterboro as Engineer Kills Wife then Self
John Webber aged 60 an engineer at the water works station shot his wife dead and then killed himself in Peterboro Ontario. The act left a grim scene with authorities and neighbors puzzled by the double death.
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Peterboro
Ont
John Webber
Bandits Raid Cuban Towns and Clash With Troops
Bandits sack five villages in northern Santiago Cuba Saro Huti Peregrina Canelon Sama and another party of fifteen attacks San Andres near Holguin. A firefight with Cuban General Salazar and seven men drives them off leaving one dead a Jamaican living near Holguin. Maj Gen Leonard Wood calls planters suspected of aiding bandits while denying outrages.
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Saro
Huti
Peregrina
Canelon
Sama
Santiago
Cuba
San Andres
Holguin
Salazar
Vijala
Domingo Martinez
Leonard Wood
Santiago de Cuba
Wood
SPACE AT PARIS FAIR FOR AMERICAN EXHIBITS
Ferdinand W. Peck United States commissioner to the Paris exposition of 19006 is notified of 300000 square feet allotted to American exhibits in the Vin eennes annex. The division includes 21500 railroad 4300 automobiles 8000 bicycles 19400 operating machinery and 2700 life saving exhibits in a building by American manufacturers. The space doubles the original grant.
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Ferdinand W. Peck
United States
Vinecennes Annex
Chilkat Indians on the Warpath in Alaska
Twenty dollar armed Chilkat force from several villages along the Chilkat river moved to Rocky Point near Haines Mission. They drove eight white miners from rock blasting for a Klukwan trail. The U S marshal and Dyea troops were alerted and sixteen soldiers were dispatched. Authorities suspect instigation by opponents of the new trail.
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Alaska
Chilkat River
Rocky Point
Haines’ Mission
Klukwan
United States
Skaguay
Cheatman
Dyea
Haines
Two Fires Destroy Factories in Philadelphia Area
Fire struck William J. McCausland's paper tube factory then spread to Fleming and Chapin's yarn and thread storehouse causing $4,000 damage. McCausland faced $385,000 loss while Whitaker and Delaney's glue works at Tacony suffered about $100,000 in damages.
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Philadelphia
William J. McCausland
Fleming & Chapin
McCausland
Whitaker & Delaney
Tacony
Fire in Chicago demolishes fifty tenements in Polish district
A gasoline explosion sparked a blaze in Chicago's Polish district that, driven by strong winds, left more than 250 homeless and destroyed fifty tenement houses. Property losses run about $50,000.
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Chicago
Anglo Russian Agreement on China Spheres Reported
Dispatches from St. Petersburg via London say Britain and Russia agreed on spheres of influence in China and an international pact may have been signed.
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Great Britain
Russia
China
St. Petersburg
London
Chewing Gum Trust Formed as Consolidated Gum Co
The chewing gum trust becomes an accomplished fact named Consolidated Gum Company. It is incorporated under New Jersey law and capitalized at nine million dollars.
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Chewing Gum Trust
Consolidated Gum Company
New Jersey
Record 3000 Tons Lifts Hansa Locomotive Title
Lake Shore Railway set tonnage records as an east bound coal train from Ashtabula with 65 cars and a single engine carried 8000 tons marking a new high.
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Hansa
Lake Shore Railway
Ashtabula
Ohio
Murderer Claims Self Defense in Ardmore Slaying
Henry Gannaway and two prominent saw mill men are tied to a stabbing near Ardmore Indian Territory. William Wathen surrendered claiming self defense in the fatal encounter. In a separate case, Mitchell Daniel’s body was found bullet riddled in a road near Leesburg Georgia.
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Henry Gannaway
Ardmore
I. T
William Wathen
Wathen
Mitchell Daniel
Leesburg
Lake Navigation Open From Superior to Huron
Navigation on the Great Lakes system remains open from Lake Superior through Lake Michigan and on to Lake Huron enabling vessel transit and port access across the lake chain.
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Lake Superior
Lake Huron
National market quotes for cattle hogs and grains by city
Chicago to New York markets list numerous livestock prices including cattle hogs and sheep and grain prices for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes and clover seed across multiple cities such as Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with varied grade ranges and per bushel values.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Filipino Armistice Proposal Rejected as Peace Talks Fail
Filipino envoys and Gen Otis failed to secure a three month armistice and the Manila conference ended abruptly. Rebels resumed vigorous fighting as Aguinaldo and Luna press again for pauses to regroup, while Gen Lawton and Hale push offensives. The War Department expects continued vigor despite the rainy season.
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Philippines
Gen. Otis
Santo Tomas Falls as Insurgents Routed in Manila
News from Manila reports Gen. Wheaton's forces capturing Santo Tomas after a fierce battle with insurgents. Jawton's brigade advanced toward Maasand, crossing the river to strike entrenched positions, driving the enemy northward with heavy losses. Hale and Wheaton led aggressive assaults near San Fernando, inflicting serious wounds on several officers and men.
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Manila
Wheaton
Santo Tomas
Jawton
Maasand
Hale
MacArthur
Luna
San Fernando
War News In Brief From the Philippines Front
General Lawton faces map errors in his northeast flank and Otis reports telegraph lines cut by insurgents. Gen Wheeler will command Texas department rather than go to the Philippines. A Spanish prisoner claims Hale’s brigade killed over 200 Filipinos at Quingua. Generals Grant Bates and Young head to the Philippines. Manila dispatches note continued Spanish resistance at Bater. Otis declines Rios relief proposal, plans to rescue Spaniards with American forces. Wheeler scouts at Pulilan encounter insurgents who raise a white flag and seek armistice talks.
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Lawton
Otis
Signal Corps
Joe Wheeler
Philippines
Department of Texas
Hale
Quingua
Fred Grant
Porto Rico
Bates
Santa Clara
Cuba
M. B. Young
Bater
Rios
Pulilan
Calumpit
Wheeler
Fourth Cavalry
Sparrows Target South Station Nests Face Removal Efforts
In Boston authorities wage a campaign against sparrows nesting in the South Station train shed. Birds repeatedly rebuild destroyed nests, some move to the tower peak where they endure until a removal method is devised. A separate Detroit burglary involved a thief stealing a piano and a store from a robbed home.
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Boston
New South Station
Anti Imperialist Meeting Denounces Expansion in Chicago
A large crowd at Central Music Hall Chicago heard Dr Henry Wade Rogers chair an anti imperialist forum focused on Philippine policy. Speakers included Rogers Spaulding Laughlin Jones Smith Addams Zeisler as audience heckling rose to calls of treason and traitor. Resolutions denounced imperialism military aims and war deaths and called for immediate end to expansion and Spanish methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Music Hall
Chicago
Henry Wade Rogers
Northwestern University
J. L. Spaulding
Catholic Diocese of
Peoria
J. Laurence Laughlin
University of Chicago
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Edwin Burritt Smith
Jane Addams
Sigmund Zeisler
Rogers
Tornado of Fire Races Across Nebraska Prairies
A prairie fire in northern Nebraska merged with a tornado sweeping the hay flats and farmsteads for miles. Mrs Rolla Livingston and her 5 year old son died as cattle trapped them. numerous homes and cattle were destroyed. property damage runs to thousands. The event is described as extraordinary for the region’s wealthiest agricultural area.
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Nebraska
Rolla Livingston
Illinois Republicans Endorse Hopkins for Speaker
A Republican Illinois delegation caucus in Chicago unanimously backed A. J. Hopkins for Speaker of the National House. Walter Reeves chaired and announced that the majority supported Hopkins and the delegation would act unanimously to reflect that will.
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A. J. Hopkins
Illinois
House of Representatives
Ilinois
Chicago
Hopkins
Walter Reeves
Eleventh
Cannon
The Lynching Across Newspapers on Cranfords Sam Hose
A compilation of editorials from the Denver Times to the Savannah Morning News condemning or justifying lynching in the South. They debate punishment, law, mob violence, and the reach of justice amid brutal crimes against women and Black victims, referencing Palmetto and Sam Hose.
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Georgia
Denver Times
Cranfords
Louisville Post
Indianapolis News
South
Milwaukee Journal
Washington Post
New Orleans
Washington Star
Chattanooga Times
Palmetto
Sam Hose
Massachusetts
Boston Commons
Louisville
Dispatch
Havannah
News
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Silver Lake, Indiana
Fort Wayne, Ind
Uncle Sam
Maree Quotations
Gen. Lawton
Aguinaldo
Lawton and
Warthur
Caloocan
Boston Globe
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