Mob dispersed at Gadsden after mob violence scare
Montgomery dispatch dated July 17 reports a 300 person mob gathered on Broad street demanding the jail doors open for six incarcerated men linked to the rape and murder of a white woman. Gov Jelks ordered state troops. talks by Congressman Barnett and Judge Disque pacified the crowd, preventing bloodshed.
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Ala
Jelks
Gadsden
L. R. Raney
Gededen
Broad Street
Vance Gardner
Chandler
J. H. Disque
Company C
A&r Brindley
Burnett
Judge Disque
Lieut. Brindley
Sheriff Chandler
Murder near Curtis Creek rocks Private Cummings
A private of the United States engineer corps, Patrick Cummings, was murdered by Hayes Donaldson in Baltimore at a Curtis creek landing. Donaldson fled after firing two shotgun blasts from a launch, hitting only Cummings. Cummings' companions beat Donaldson into unconsciousness and left him on the wharf.
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Patrick Cummings
United States Engineer Corps
Hayes Donaldson
Curtis Creek
Cumming
Cummings
Glen Burnie
Donaldson
Kentucky railroad commission rules express firms are common carriers
The Kentucky railroad commission holds express companies are common carriers under Section 218 of the state constitution and can regulate rates when charges are exorbitant in Shelbyville. The ruling cites Shelby county’s $25 annual license tax on Adams and Southern Express and the firms’ retaliatory one cent per package surcharge. Citizens urged investigation by the Shelby county grand jury and possible prosecutions if charges persist.
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Frankfort
Kentucky Railroad Commission
Shelby County
Shelbyville
Adams and Southern Express Cos
Shelby County Grand Jury
Nance Carso fatally wounds nephew in Louisville store
In Louisville on July 14 Nance Carso attacked his sister's son Andrew Mare at a fruit store at 415 Second Street. Mare was stabbed four times and is dying. Carso also stabbed and wounded. a butcher knife was plunged into Mare’s back abdomen and arms amid a brawl with several Italians present as police arrived.
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Nance Carso
Casper Hare
Second Street
Andrew Mare
Slare
Carso
Mrs Geo A Mitchell Dies in Covington at 72
Mrs Geo A Mitchell of 709 Greenup Street Covington related by blood to a U S president and a presidential candidate died aged 72. The item notes international context about Sweden Norway in potential war and readiness.
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Buchanan
Covington
Geo.a. Mitchell
Greenup Street
United States
General Blackmar Dies in Boise on Nephritis Tour
Gen. W. W. Blackmar commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic died in Boise Idaho after nephritis illness. His body to be embalmed and sent to Boston. wife at his side. he had arrived July 10 to visit western posts. He was born July 26 1841 in Bristol PA and rose from cavalry to captain at Five Forks. he later served Massachusetts as judge advocate general.
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Bristol
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Five Forks
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Talbott
Rice
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Reston
John R. King
Washington
Hingham
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