Death by Mob at Williams Farm Seals Noles Fate
A Tennessee mob overran the county jail at Winchester, capturing Harry Noles after he killed Mrs. Charles Williams. The crowd escorted him to a hillside to hang him, then bound him to a tree, burned him alive, and watched about 6 000 spectators witness the execution without incident.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Harry Noles
Charles Williams
Winchester
Cowan
Stewart
Matt Newhittaker
J. J. Lynch
W. P. Tolley
Joseph M. Littleton
Foster Ramsey
Williams
Noles
Cleveland Disaster Verdict Blames City Subcontractors and Engineer
Coroner Simon issues a public verdict on the crib No. 2 disaster near Cleveland. He holds the city officials, the sub contractors, and the crib engineer responsible for the loss of a dozen lives due to insufficient life saving precautions, lack of protection, and overheated smokestacks.
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Cleveland
Simon
Crib No. 2
Crib
Miss Morrison Hopes for Release from Penitentiary
Jessie Morrison, held for the murder of Mrs. Clara Wiley Castle in Eldorado, says in an interview she expects release within 10 days to two weeks as the Supreme Court prepares to hear her appeal in September.
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Lansing
Kan
Jessie Morrison
Clara Wiley-Castle
Eldorado
Supreme Court
Desperado Ward Captured in Wyoming
Deadwood S D Aug 27 W H Ward the Piuama murderer was captured Saturday afternoon at Tower Wy by Sheriff Dolen and brought to Deadwood overland in a buggy Ward refuses to talk but waives requisition papers He is accused of murdering three men and the town remains bitter toward him.
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W. H. Ward
Wyoming
Deadwood
S. D
Tower, Wy
Dolen
Ward
Manila to Increase Force for Possible Uprising
Manila officials plan four infantry companies to raise the garrison to about 1,000 despite officials deeming the city orderly. General Chaffee and Commissioner Wright express confidence, while some officers warn of a potential future uprising. Word arrives that insurgent Colonel Loreel surrendered at Talisay with 17 officers and 13 men, part of a string of recent surrenders totaling over 100 troops.
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Manila
Chaffee
Wright
Loreel
Brown
Fourth Infantry
Talisay
Philippine school system expands as Atkinson reports
Washington receives Professor Fred W. Atkinson annual Philippine public instruction report covering the period since the school law. 781 teachers appointed, 8,000 applications filed, 487 soldier applicants examined with 79 passing. 18 divisions to oversee district schools. traffic in children in Mindanao and Jolo addressed by army officers. efforts to curb child trafficking amid famine-driven relief.
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Washington
Division of Insular Affairs
War Department
Fred W. Atkinson
General Superintendent of Public Instruction
The
Philippines
United States
Atkinson
Manila
Watch Army
Department of
Mindanao
Jolo
J. S. Pettit
First Infantry
Thirty-first Volunteer Infantry
Tirenarga
Catabado
Would Not Take A Dare In Drowning Incident
In Duluth on August 27 Louis H. Rogers a clerk at Marshall Wells Hardware drowned in the St Louis River while attempting to swim to shore from a steamer. He and a companion argued over who was the better swimmer and dared each other to jump in. Rogers swam about 100 yards then suddenly sank after lifting his hands. The river at that point is about a quarter of a mile wide.
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Duluth
Louis H. Rogers
Marshall-Wells Hard Ware Company
St. Louis
Rogers
Ihe
Labor Leaders Confer as Strike Ties Reach Key Point
Pittsburg Aug 26 labor leaders at Amalgamated Association offices discussed a coming change in the strike within six days aimed at pressuring trusts and hastening an outcome. The meeting included John Mitchell J W Jenks Ralph Easley and Henry White with plans to urge United States Steel to rejoin talks. Eleven desertions at Star plant cited alongside seventy seven retained workers.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association
Amalgamated
John Mitchell
Mine Workers of America
J. W. Jenks
Industrial Commission
Ralph M. Easley
National Civic Federation
Henry M. White
United Gas Workers
United States Steel Corporation
Star
Piper
Populists Endorse Omaha Platform in Iowa State Convention
About 20 middle-of-the-road Populists convened in Des Moines and nominated L. H. Weller for governor Perry Engle for lieutenant governor J R McDonald for supreme judge Luke McDowell for railway commissioner J C Harland for state superintendent A resolutions package backed direct legislation equal taxation state printing and binding under state supervision The group endorsed the Omaha national platform denounced trusts and political rings and sympathized with the Boers J A Parker forecast Democrats dropping silver and a broader third party surge in 1904.
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Des Moines
L. H. Weller
Nashua
Perry Engle
Newton
J. R. McDonald
Luke McDowell
Shelby County
J. C. Harland
Woodbury County
J. A. Parker
Louisville
Palmyra Tragedy Ends in Double Shooting and Suicide
In Palmyra Wisconsin Alfred Cartwright 18 shot his wife Ella Cartwright 15 at the Watson home then shot himself. Ella was wounded in the back and Watson lay at a sanitarium with two bullets near the heart. The motive remains unclear as authorities review the violent romance’s end.
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Palmyra
Wis
Alfred Watson
Ort Calmtwright
Ella Cartwright
Ella Strike
Iowa
Cartwright
Watson
Mass Meeting Planned for South Chicago Iron Workers
Vice President W C Davis of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers plans a mass meeting for South Chicago iron workers with Assistant Secretary Michael F Tighe and Trustee John H Morgan visiting from Pittsburgh to speak. Davis voices little hope for immediate strike action after the gathering.
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Chicago
W. C. Davis
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Assisant
Michael F. Tighe
John H. Morgan
Pittsburg
Davis
Street Cars Collide Near Simsville
A head-on crash on the River line of the Rapid Transit company near Simsville five miles out killed one man and injured seventeen, three seriously. Crowded cars on a sharp curve at full speed failed to stop in time as one train behind schedule tried to make a switch.
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Atlanta
Rilver
Rapid Transit Company
Simsville
Riverine
Ex-Governor Stone Focused on Missouri Senate Bid
Colonel Moses C. Wetmore told a Planters' hotel reporter that ex-Governor Stone will not seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 1904. Stone is pursuing the United States senatorship with the best chance of election, Wetmore said, asserting Stone is the sole candidate with a real shot. Wetmore is a close ally of Stone.
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St. Louis
Stone
United States
Missouri
Moses C. Wetmore
Planters
Colonel Wetmore
Strikers Go Back to Work In West Virginia Mines
Matewan West Virginia August 26 Logan and Red Jacket coal mines resume operations with non union labor. Most mines in the area now active after a two month strike. About half of the strikers have left the fields as more than 100 workers from Virginia are imported to take their places.
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Matewan
W. Va
Logan
Red Jacket
Virginia
Kimball Husband Shot Dead in Montana Residence
In Butte on August 26, John C. Kimball was killed after a family quarrel. His wife Gussie was wounded in the chest. Frank Yechout, her father, is jailed on charges connected to the shooting. The trio had a troubled living situation.
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Butte
Mon
John C. Kimball
Gussie
Frank Yechout
Kimball
Yechout
Kimballs
Loubet Asked to Grant Amnesty in Paris Appeal
Paris reports that Figaro urges President Loubet during Emperor Nicholas visit to pardon political prisoners and exiles. The Gaulois says Loubet already plans to pardon Paul Deroulede Marcel Habert and Count de Lur Saluces with others condemned by the senate as the high court.
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Paris
the Figaro
President Loubet
Nicholas
Gaulois
M’ Loubet
M. Paul Deroulede
M. Marcel- Habert
Count de Lur-Saluces
Senate
French ambassador warns sultan over pending disputes
Constantinople reports M Constans the French ambassador warned the sultan and his staff would depart immediately if the two nations do not settle their disputes at once. The ultimatum grants the sultan only a brief period to comply with the demands.
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Constantinople
M. Constans
Turkey
Argentine smelter may close Sept 15
Kansas City report says Argentine smelter in Argentine, Kansas, a large American Smelting and Refining plant, could shut down on September 15 with about 300 of 800 workers already laid off.
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Kansas City
Kan
American Smelting and Refining Company
Longest Iowa legislative contest ends with Robinson nomination
Sioux City Iowa August 26 The lengthy Iowa legislative contest concluded at Sibley with the nomination of B F Robinson for representative on the 2721st ballot.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Sibley
B. F. Robinson
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