Lynching of Smith and Meland in Arkansas road near Benton
A mob of about 200 overpowered the sheriff and jailer at Benton Louisiana to seize keys and hang Prophet Smith leader of the church of God movement and F D Meland for alleged complicity in the murder of John Gray Foster. Smith prayed as he died. Meland remained silent. A Negro preacher D B Jones was seized from guards and lynched after an alleged assault attempt on Mrs. Davis near La Grange EC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prophet Smith
F. D. Meland
Benton
John Gray Foster
Arkansas Road
Degroes
Smith
Church of God
Foster
McLand
D. B. Jones
Davis
la Grange
E C
Reckless driving blamed for fatal buggy crash
Dispatch reports two young men Arthur Hartzell of Fort Wayne and Peter Duncan attempted to pass the Leibachers on the road causing a collision of buggies. A two year old child of George Leibacher was killed and his wife seriously injured along with minor injuries to three other children. Hartzell was arrested on manslaughter charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Reckleas
George Leibacher
Arthur Hartzell
Fort Wayne
Peter Duncan
Leibachers
Leibacher
Hartzell
French Submarine Boats to use Double Motor System
The Petit Parisian reports new French submarine vessels will use a double motor steam system like Holland ships. This aims to extend range and allow quicker submersion, contrasting with Narval trials whose results were unsatisfactory as crew endured hardship and surface navigation suffered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petit Parisian
Burn Town for Revenge Act Investigated in Philippines
Manila reports Captain Andrew S. Rowan of the Nineteenth Infantry is under inquiry for destroying a town to suppress insurgency in Bohol. A native assassin killed a corporal and Rowan then burned a neighboring town as insurgent leader Samson’s supporters raged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Andrew S. Rowan
Nineteenth Infantry
Bohol
Rowan
Samson
Rev Campbell Morgan Arrives in New York to Lead Northfield Extension
Rev Campbell Morgan arrives aboard the steamer Teutonic in New York from Liv, to oversee a six year stay. He will not continue Moody’s work but will conduct evangelistic teaching for the Northfield extension, with headquarters at Bal and outreach across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teutonic
New York
Liv
Campbell Morgan
Morgan
Dwight L. Moody
Northfield, Mass
Baland
Missouri Supreme Court halts recount orders in four cases
At Jefferson City the supreme court made absolute the writs of ibition issued against judges of St. Louis courts who ordered a recount in four contested election cases. The court held that if the judges’ orders were compelled, the need would be violated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Supreme Court
St. Louis
State Fair Plans To Improve Grounds And Facilities
State board of agriculture members met in Lincoln to outline ground improvements after purchase. Plans include building horse cattle and hog barns, replacing fence stalls with enclosed structures, bids to be solicited once funding and specifications are finalized.
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Board of Managers
State Board of Agriculture
Lincoln
Ay We Ok
Buried by Avalanche Tears Through Horeville Home
An unprecedented West Virginia avalanche struck Horeville in Grant county along the Potomac, wiping out the home of widow Mrs. Andrew Ours. The 22 year old daughter perished and Mrs. Ours is dying. A grandchild spent the night there and survived, while Miss Ours was found dead hours later amid debris.
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West Virginia
Horeville
Grant County
Potomac River
Andrew Ours
Murder at Bride's Home in Mount Carmel
Daniel Richards twenty of Green Ridge was found dead on the porch of his intended bride Miss Elizabeth Walters in Mount Carmel with a bullet in his temple. He had planned to wed the same day and was last seen leaving the Walters home around 10 pm. Police suspect murder. weapon not found. Walters reports no quarrel and Richards appeared cheerful.
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Daniel Richards
Green Ridge
Shamokin
Mount Carmel
Young Richards
Elizabeth Walters
Harry Walters
Walters
Richards
Union miners clash at Maritime mines in West Virginia
A confrontation at the Maritime mines in W V ends with two men dead and a third wounded as non union workers push through guards aided by Superintendent Lambert. Sheriff Hatfield orders fifty men on scene as tensions rise among Mingo County miners awaiting reinforcements.
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Maritime
W. Va
Lambert
Boyd Martin
Riley Johnson
Sam Artrip
Mingo
Sheriff Hatfield
Western states draft irrigation plan at Cheyenne meeting
Western state engineers, representatives and senators from Colorado, Utah, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Idaho and Wyoming met in Cheyenne. E. J. Burkett of Lincoln Nebraska was elected chairman and George E. Tobey of Lincoln Nebraska secretary as a bill outlining irrigation policy was drafted for Congress. The group plans a Washington reunion to coordinate united action for arid west funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Colorado
Utah
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Idaho
Wyoming
E. J. Burkett
Lincoln
Neb
George E. Tobey
Congress
Washington
Swedish Lutheran Church Destroyed by Lightning
A Salem church ten miles south of Newman Grove Nebraska was struck by lightning and burned completely. The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran church built ten years ago at a cost of 4555 dollars had all furniture saved including pews two organs and a 300 dollar oil painting. Insurance covered 2500 dollars. Rain fell for five hours as a near cloud burst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Church
Newman Grove
Neb
Vandalism at Santon EE meeting led to fines
Hoodlums threw rotten eggs at a Christian Endeavor meeting in Santon. Bloodhounds tracked the suspects Otto Stewart and Will, who promptly pleaded guilty and were fined twenty dollars each plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santon
Otto Stewart
Will
Stabbing Ends Chase as Teen Lasts Fruit Theft
Olaf Olsen a sixteen year old pursuer of two Chicago youths who stole fruit from his employer is stabbed to death. The two boys who committed the theft and the killer escape after the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Olaf Olsen
Unclear fragment about a death and arson case in Indiana
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a person in Greene County Indiana was found in a burning house with indications of murder and arson using kerosene. Details are incomplete.
Cuban constitution adopts Platt amendment in U S modeled frame
Secretary Root received General Wood’s letter announcing the Cuban constitutional convention’s adoption of the Platt amendment. The document follows a South American republic pattern with the United States constitution as the model, making the Platt amendment sufficient for Cuba relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Root
Wood
United States
Cuba
Boiler explosion kills engineer on railroad near Kansas City
The boiler of a Chicago and Alton locomotive pulling an inbound passenger train exploded at Blue Cut seventeen miles east of Kansas City Missouri killing Engineer George Grew and fatally injuring Fireman Cortney. Passengers escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago & Alton
Blue Cut
Kansas City
George Grew
Grew
Cortney
Freman
Guffey Petroleum well in Sour Lake erupts in gusher
In Sour Lake Texas the Guffey Petroleum Company’s newly drilled well blew its cap and sent heavy oil about forty feet into the air. Spectators crowded the hotel galleries to view the spectacle, noting the oil resembles Beaumont oil in quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sour Leake
Tex
Guffey Petroleum Company
Beaumont
Duel Ends in Mississippi Deaths in Family Feud
A. M. Leary and J. D. Davis died in a recent duel at Waynesboro Mississippi sparked by a long running family feud. Davis owned a large licensed property and was involved in the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Leary
J. D. Davis
Waynesboro
Miss
Davis
Ambassador Choate Confined. Medical Update Reported
United States ambassador Choate is confined to his sick bed. later physicians say his condition shows material improvement though the illness remains. The report notes he has received treatment and is under medical care as details are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Choate
Terrific tornado devastates Holt County Nebraska scene
A late Thursday tornado roared through the Keya Paha valley near Stuart Nebraska killing eight and injuring many as it wrecked homes, bridges, and livestock. The Greening and Anderson families suffered multiple fatalities while Grace Greening survived. Rescue efforts drew hundreds as the funeral cortege began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keya Paha
Stuart
Holt County
Nebraska
Jacob Greening
Maggie Greening
John Greening
Otto Metz
Henry Metz
August Anderson
Boyd
Holt
Brown University elects E Benjamin Andrews trustee
In Providence R I a dispatch announces that E Benjamin Andrews former Brown president and University of Nebraska chancellor was unanimously elected Brown University trustee on Thursday. The vacancy came from the death of Dr Edward Clarence Bixby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. J
E. Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
Brown University
Edward Clarence Bixby
Fire Fatalities in Patterson New Jersey Store Explosion
Fourteen people are believed killed and several injured after a blast among fireworks in Abraham M. Rittenberg’s Patterson New Jersey store on the ground floor of a tenement building. The cause is unknown and property loss is not expected to exceed 35000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Abraham M. Rittenberg
Patterson
N. J
Girl Injured as Horse Runs Away Near Fremont
Miss Sadie Keegan was thrown from a buggy when her horse bolted in Fremont Nebraska while driving. She suffered a broken left wrist and other painful but not dangerous injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beware Wy
Fremont
Neb
Sadie Keegan
Farmer Wounded In Brokaw Shooting and Fire
T J Reece a farm hand shot John Young a prominent farmer at Brokaw NL and then set straw stock afire before fatally shooting himself and being cremated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brokaw
T. J. Reece
John Young
Find Missing Body of General Bart Recovered in Last River
General Charles G. Bart’s body, missing since last week, was found in the Last river. Authorities are handling the investigation as a recovery of a former military leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Bartline
Last River
FATAL FLOOD IN THE POCATAHNTAS SWEEPS WEST VIRGINIA TOWNS
A Bluefield dispatch reports a devastating flood in the Pocahontas coal field area near Elkhorn and Keystone West Virginia. Estimates place fatalities around 200 with property losses potentially exceeding two million dollars as rails bridges and telegraph lines are washed away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
W. Va
Johnstown
Norfolk & Western
Elkhorn
Pocatontas
Elkhorn Creek
Eanis
Vivien Yard
Coal Company
Keystone
Poncahontas
Pocahontas
Cubans Satisfied Over Platt Amendment Works
General Wood reports Cuba shows general satisfaction with the constitutional convention action in accepting the Platt amendment. The main challenge remains commercial access and better markets in the United States without tariffs, contingent on forming a Cuban government and senate ratification for reciprocity. An order by General Wood on debts and mortgages is expected to ease earlier fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Root
Wood
Cuba
Congress
United States
Senate
Accused of Stealing Cattle Arrest Near Billings
Samuel Garven was arrested in Billings Montana by federal authorities charged with complicity in the theft of cattle from the Creek Indians. The alleged stolen cattle were recovered, and Garven remained in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Garven
Billings, Mont
Grand jury probes May lynching in Cohoe County
Cohoe County grand jury in California investigates the May 30 lynching of Calvin Hall. The case centers on acts surrounding the mob violence and seeks to identify responsible parties for possible charges. Authorities have not released formal indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoe County
California
Calvin Hall
Murder at North Bend Leaves One Dead After Box Car Assault
Three men, Durkin and two unknowns, slept in a box car when Dusseldorf attacked in North Bend. One victim died from wounds to the temple and arm after being left. Dusseldorf was captured by locals as Sheriff Kreader brought in the surviving assailants. Rumors speak of a prior quarrel and drunken frenzy as motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durkin
Dusseldorf
Durktin
Kreader
Fremont
Ome
North Bend
Adelbert Hay Dead At New Haven Hotel
Adelbert Hay son of Secretary Hay and former consul to Pretoria was found dead on the sidewalk in front of the New Haven house in New Haven Connecticut on Saturday morning. He had spent the evening with friends in apparently good spirits and was last seen alive around 2 30 AM. Yale classmates identified him and the hotel staff noted his registration as A B Hay before the fatal fall. It is believed a dizzy spell caused him to fall from a window area and die on the sidewalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelbert
Hay
Pretoria
New Haven House
New Haven
Conn
Chicago
A. 8
Yale
Boy Drowns While Swimming in Platte River Near Fremont
Carl Tonjes aged about 14 drowns in the Platte River just east of the Fremont bridge while swimming with his brother Paul and Bert Kittle. He leaped ten feet into the current, was swept away, and his companions failed in rescue attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Tonjes
Platte River
Fremont
Paul
Bert Kittle
Tonjes
Western benefactor seeds million for people s church movement
A western benefactor has placed 1,000,000 in Denver securities to endow people s churches nationwide. The funds will be administered by Dr. Thomas of Chicago and other leaders active in promoting liberal church ideals. The donor s name is withheld for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
W. H. Thomas
Chicago
Quarrel Over a Horse Ends in Fatal Shooting at Jaggers Ranch
Sam Moore and William McKenzie fought at Jaggers ranch near Horse Prairie Mont. Moore shot McKenzie wounding him fatally after which Moore rode fourteen miles for medical aid. McKenzie died before help arrived. Moore surrendered in Bannock claiming McKenzie threatened to shoot him and he fled in self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaggers’ Ranch
Horse Prairie
Mont
Sam Moore
William McKenzie
Moore
McKenzie
Wyoming
Bannock
Reading Railroad Strike Expands Over Hours Pay
In Reading Pennsylvania more than 600 car shop workers strike for shorter hours and higher pay. Boiler makers in the locomotive shops join the walkout, heightening tension amid a broader wave of strikes by iron workers in the Reading Iron Company, showing apparent sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Reading Railroad Company
Reading Iron
Fire destroys Klingk Bros pork packing plant in Buffalo
A blaze totally destroyed Klingk Bros pork packing plant in Buffalo New York causing an estimated loss of 140000 dollars. Fire officials reported extensive damage and a complete collapse of the building structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klingk Bros
Buffalo
N. Y
Basic Notes Stolen Impacts Hong Kong Bank Note News
The steamer Victoria reports from Hong Kong that bank notes were stolen. Officials investigate the incident and monitor currency circulation as authorities seek culprits and assess potential economic effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Hong Kong
Relief for Abarrenda crew at Tutulle station ship
A report notes efforts to relieve the crew of the station ship Abarrenda at Tutulle by dispatched entjsted men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tutulle
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