Riot and lynching in Danville as mob attacks jail
A mob of about 600 men surged through Danville Illinois to seize James Wilson a Black man charged with assaulting Mrs Burgess. A fugitive named John Metcalfe was shot during the riot and a bystander Henry Gatterman died. The mob hanged Wilson and burned his body after burning and lumbering the jail. State troops restored order as unrest spread to Westville and surrounding areas. The sheriff described firing on the mob to protect his family and jail as guards and deputies stood watch.
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Danville
James Wilson
Thomas Burgess
Alvon
Here
John D. Metcalfe
Loansville
Ind
Henry Gatterman
Westville
Wilson
Burress
Springfield
Seventh Illinois Infantry
Whitlock
Pontiey
Sev
Whitin
Commissary Department
Ed Liggett
Liggett
Drowning After Pleasure Boat Capsizes on Thames
In New London on July 27 Mrs. C. T. Thorpe Miss Annabel Rogers and Samuel Godet drowned when a pleasure boat capsized while attempting to cross the Thames river.
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New London, Ct
C. T. Thorpe
Annabel Rogers
Samuel Godet
Thames River
Alleged Female Horse Thief Captured in Guthrie Jail
Dora Cox, described as an alleged horse thief and former member of a territory outlaw gang, has been recap tured and placed in jail in Guthrie Oklahoma on July 27.
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Guthrie
Okla
Dora Cox
Lynching Attempt Rescues Detective in Scranton
In Scranton Pennsylvania on a July night a mob attacked Delaware Lackawanna and Western detective John Peel at a Foster hotel. Peel drew a revolver but faulty mechanism prevented a firing. A passenger train crew, under telegraph orders, escaped with Peel after a clash, aided by 25 officers from the city. The mob’s ringleader is identified as a leading local citizen connected to the town’s brass theft cases.
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Scranton
John Peel
Delaware, Lackawannna & Western Co
Foster
Peel
Double Tragedy at Mor ton House Suicide Suspect
A well dressed man identified as C Weiss and a 23 year old Syracuse woman registered at the Morton house Sunday were found dead after she screamed and three shots rang out. The woman had a heart and wrist wound while the man died of a heart shot. A pistol lay near his hand and two Syracuse railroad tickets were found on him along with a letter to C E Weiss. motive remains unknown.
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New York
Morton House
C. Weiss
Syracuse
N. Y
C. E. Weiss
Ambush Shots Target Riley Coldiron in Jackson Ky
excitement rose in Jackson after an ambush attempt on Riley Coldiron and James Gear. Coldiron testified to the grand jury that Britton Spicer and Jett were with Town Marshall Cockrill killer at the time, while officials tried to indict Coldiron for perjury.
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Riley Coldiron
Jackson, Ky
Jackson
Coldiron
James Gear
Britton
Spicer
Jett
Thomas Cockrill
Battleship Kearsarge Reaches Bar Harbor Harbor
The United States battleship Kearsarge arrived at Bar Harbor at 5 42 p m and anchored in the upper harbor at 6 18 p m Captain Hemphill said We left the Needles at 1 25 p m Friday July 17 and Mount Desert Rock at 12 30 Sunday covering about 2900 miles in 9 days 11 hours at an average speed of 13 16 miles an hour
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Bar, Harbor
Kearsarge
Bar Harbor
Upper Harbor
Hemphill
Needles
Mount Desert Rock
Lynching Reported in Shreveport After Poison Death
Word reached here Sunday that Jennie Steer a colored woman who poisoned Lizzie Dolan a 16 year old girl by lacing lemonade died from the attack of an infuriated mob at sundown Saturday night.
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Shreveport
Jennie Steer
Lizzie Dolan
John Dolan
Heatwave Bakes Nebraska and Iowa. Schuyler Man Dies
Extreme hot weather gripped Nebraska and Western Iowa on Sunday. Omaha reached a high of 98 degrees. In Schuyler, Robert Barnoe died from heat illness as the region sweated through the scorcher.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Iowa
Schuyler
Robert Barnoe
Fire devastates Alton steam laundry and nearby row houses
A July 27 fire in Alton destroyed the steam laundry a row of flats a barber shop and part of a lumber yard. One person died and six were injured in the blaze. Authorities believe the blaze was incendiary in origin.
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Alton, II
Alton
Congressman Foerderer Dead in Torresdale
Congressman Foerderer of the Fourth Pennsylvania district died at his Torresdale home after a prolonged illness from a complication of diseases. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
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Foerderer
Philadelphia
Congressman Foerderer
Pennsylvania
Torresdale
Auto trip across continent completed by Jackson and Crocker
Dr. H Nelson Jackson of Burlington Vermont and his chauffeur Sewall R Crocker finished a cross continental drive. The journey began in San Francisco on May 23 and concluded Sunday in New York.
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New York
H. Nelson Jackson
Burlington
Sewall R. Crocker
San Francisco
Railway wrecks kill four in two crashes near St Louis
A head on collision between a Twin City Limited and a fast freight on the Chicago Great Western near Dodge Center and Hastings causes four deaths and dozens injured. Separately an accident on the Vandalia line near East St. Louis kills three and wounds a score as an electric streetcar is struck by a backing passenger train. Engine crews Roy and Higgins perish, others badly hurt.
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St. Paul
Minn
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Twin City Limited
Oelwein
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Dodge Center Reading
Vlasaty Siding
Dodge Center
Hastings
East St. Louis
Ill
Vandalia Road
St. Louis
East
Roy
Higgins
Beattie
Lenharth
Tragic Collision Kills Butler Family Near Port Bowen
Joshua Butler a truck farmer aged 32 his wife 23 and their one year old infant died when the eastbound Black Diamond express struck their carriage at Port Bowkley six miles from Wilkes Barre The horse was killed and the carriage demolished The mother died instantly the infant died moments after and Mr Butler perished about an hour later.
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Wilkesbarre
Joshua Butler
Black Diamond Express
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Port Bowkley
Butler
Mr. Butler
Navy recruiting halls and grounds planned at yards
Washington reportsNAVY officials push recruiting halls and athletic grounds in navy yards to attract enlisted men and curb dives and desertions. Norfolk navy yard presents a complete $35,000 complex including football and baseball fields grand stand cinder track swimming pool gym library dance hall and smoking room with a recruiting hall. Congress next session expected to consider funding.
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Washington
Naval Service
Navigation Bureau
Norfolk Navy Yard
Norfolk
Daylight Robber Strikes Two Lincoln Businesses
A lone gunman robbed O B Houck’s rooms above his restaurant and Rehlander's drug store in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Friday. He took $7.50 from Houck and $88 from the store safe while clerks watched a circus parade, then disappeared, with the crime only discovered ten minutes later.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln
O. BE. Houck
Houck
Rehlander
Municipalities cede church buildings to Catholic Church
In Guayama Arroyo and Sailinas Puerto Rico municipal authorities transfer all municipal rights in church buildings to the Catholic Church. The move ends a long dispute over ownership dating to Spanish rule and follows Governor Hunt's policy.
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San Juan
P. R
Guayama
Arroyo
Sailinas
United States
Spain
Dispute Over Settlement Turns Fatal in Lafollette
Knoxville reporter details a violent dispute over an East Tennessee Brewing Co settlement. Jerry Jarnagin was shot and killed by John L. Smith who was mortally wounded. Taylor Smith, son of Smith, was killed by Deputy Sheriff Peterson during an arrest attempt.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Jerry Jarnagin
East Tennessee
Lafollette
John L. Smith
Jarnagin
Taylor Smith
Peterson
East Tennessee Brewing Co
Smith
Former Mayor Ames seeks Civil War pension
Dr. A. A. Ames former mayor of Minneapolis now under indictment for bribery has filed for a civil war pension claiming disabilities from his time as surgeon major of the Seventh Minnesota infantry. He says he never sought aid before and is in financial distress.
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Minneapolis
Minn
A. A. Ames
Seventh Minnesota Infantry
Trio arraigned in Bloomfield killing of Gertie Gibson
Nick Thomas W R Nydem and Wm McComb were brought to St Louis for safe keeping after being charged with assaulting and killing nine year old Gertie Gibson at Bloomfield.
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St. Louis
Thomas
Nick
Thomas Nick
W. R. Nydem
Wm. McComb
Gertie Gibson
Bloomfield
Murder at a Wedding in Michigan Finlander shot Sam Hall
A Finnish man Mat Macki fatally shot Sam Hall after a quarrel sparked at a Finnish wedding in Sault Ste. Marie, with the event reported as a Detroit dispatch. The shooting occurred early Sunday with a near immediate death.
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Detroit
Mich
Sault Ste. Marie
Mat Macki
Sam Hall
Woman Found Dead in Sewer in Mount Vernon
In Mount Vernon New York on July 27 a boy discovered a woman's body in a sewer when he noticed a break in the conduit. A shoe lace was tied tightly around the neck indicating possible foul play. Police opened an inquiry into the death as investigators examined the scene.
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New York
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Canal Treaty Prompts Push for Ratification in Colombia
A strong wave of support for ratifying the canal treaty spreads across Colombia. Prominent citizens in major cities and Cauca department telegram congress urging ratification as Bogotá remains mail only and telegraph lines suffer outages.
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Panama
Colombia
Cauca
Republic
Congress
Bogota
Business Failures In The United States And Canada
New York reports 183 business failures in the week, up from 173 the prior week and 178 in the year 1902. Canada shows 20 failures for the week, compared with 13 the previous week and 16 a year earlier.
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New York
United States
Canada
Senator White breaks wagon record with Miss Whitney
Syracuse July 25 Senator Horace White drove mare Miss Whitney a half mile on the state fairgrounds track in 1 01 1 4 vastly surpassing the former world wagon record of 1 02 contributions by A B Perret s True Chimes dates unclear but event recorded as record achievement on fairgrounds track
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Syracuse
N. Y
Horace White
Miss Whitney
State Fairgrounds
A. B. Perret
Peruna Promises Kidney Catarrh Cure From Army Veteran Letter
Major T. H. Mars of the First Wisconsin Cavalry writes from Chicago that Peruna relieved his chronic kidney catarrh after four months of use. He credits renewed vigor and health to the remedy and urges others to try it, noting Dr. Hartman offers free advice from Columbus, Ohio.
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T. H. Mars
Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment
Dunning Street
Chicago
Peruna
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Aged Policeman Dead Chief of Detectives Dies in Chicago
Inspector John D. Shea aged 60 a longtime Chicago police officer died Friday night He served as chief of the detectives during the Chicago World's fair and was a prominent figure in the force for many years.
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Chicago
John D. Shea
Man Charged in Wife’s Death in Baltimore
Baltimore on July 27 reports John H. Seibold aged 66 is jailed on a charge of causing the death of his wife Elizabeth aged 52. Authorities allege he beat and kicked the woman.
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Baltimore
John H. Seibold
Elizabeth
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