Remarkable New Orleans Housecleaning of Negroes
Dispatches describe a mass removal of about 150 black men and women from Lake Charles to another parish. White mobs, aided by some state militia, raided the “hole in the wall” district, forced residents from homes at gunpoint, loaded them onto a passenger train, and paid fares to the parish line. Some women were shipped in their night clothes as guards accompanied them.
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New Orleans
Lake Charles
the Picayune
Jennings
Lake Charlies
Carnegie's Prophecy on England and a World Alliance
In a London Times letter Andrew Carnegie disputes Sir Charles Tupper's Canada unity claim blaming him. He asserts the motherland remains first and envisions England and its English-speaking kin forging a future alliance with North America as a world influence.
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London
England
London Times
Andrew Carnegie
Charles Tupper
Canada
United States
Carnegie
America
Atlantic
Britain
Europe
Gen Kozlov Shot in Peterhof Park Misidentification Theory
General Kozlov from the headquarters staff was shot and killed in Peterhof Park by a well dressed man who was arrested but not identified. It is believed he was mistaken for General Troepoff.
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Tropoff
Kifled
Bt. Petersburg
Kozlov
Peterhof
Troepoff
Forty Thousand Ohio Miners Resume Work Telegrams Say
Telegrams report forty thousand Ohio miners have resumed work. Other items note Castro resumes the presidency of Venezuela and pardons state court prisoners, a new gas well near Okmulgee caught fire, and the battleship Rhode Island injured in a collision. The list includes locust swarms in Evansville and other political, violent, and industrial notes.
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Ohio
Castro
Venezuela
Okmulgee
I. T
Rhode Island
Mississippi
Nebraska
Mediterranean Sea
Malcolm Brown
Walter Hall
Damascus
Ark
J. W. Clampitt
Surratt
Indianapolis
John West
Pike County
Ind
Jesse Freer
Modoc
Washington
Budapesth
Rojestvensky
Evansville
Springfield
Blackburn
Kentucky
Georgia
Burton
Little
Arkansas
Rockefeller
Frisco Y. M. CG. A
Geo. Jones
Bevier
Canada
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Horace Wild
Chicago
Geo. Kern
Anna Lutz
Mike Riley
Pana
Ill
Belligerents Seek U S Mediation in Central American War
Official dispatches report Guatemala and El Salvador accepting U S good offices to end hostilities. Envoys invited aboard the Marblehead in Central American waters to negotiate beyond the three mile limit. Guatemala to halt fighting if Salvador agrees, while Honduras and El Salvador form an alliance to define peace terms with Guatemala.
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Washington
Guatemala
Salvador
State Department
San Salvador
United States
Marblehead
States Department
Honduras
Quatemala
South Carolina Ships Quarantine Stations to Federal Service
States along the Atlantic and Gulf coastlines transfer quarantine stations to the federal government under a new act. South Carolina authorizes the move. Louisiana must formalize with the treasury secretary for Mississippi River station sales or leases. Texas retains two sites at Galveston and Port Arthur. A half million dollars was set aside for purchases.
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Public Health
Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
South Carolina
State Board of Health
lLoulaiana
Secretary of the Treasury
Mississippi River
Mississippi Valley
Texas
Galveston
Port Arthur
Gulf
Louisiana
Mobile Bay
New Orleans
Ship Island
Pascagoula
Mississippi
Pensacola
Apalachicola
Carrabelle
Tampa Bay
Boca Grande
Key West
United States
War News Across Central America On Salamanca Front Lines
Reports from San Salvador note a battle where Salvadorean forces beat invading Guatemalans and claim 2000 Guatemalan casualties. Guatemala allegedly invaded Honduras but Honduran troops repelled them. Zelaya affirms Nicaragua will stay neutral while rebels under General Toledo gain artillery and hire American mercenaries. Honduras aligns with Salvador.
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Panama
Salvador
Guatemala
Regalado
Honduras
San Salvador
Santa Fe
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Toledo
Stay of execution granted in Beard case in Arkansas
Associate Justices Riddick and Wood of the Arkansas Supreme Court issued a stay of execution for Govan Beard, a black man condemned to be hanged in Helena, and ordered filing of a motion for a rehearing. A white witness admitted she testified falsely against him. Gov. Davis refused to intervene.
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Little Rock, Ark
Riddick and Wood
State Supreme Court
Govan Beard
Helena
Annie Harley
Jeff Davis
Supreme Court
Four Battles across San Salvador Guatemala borders
San Salvador and Guatemala engage in four concurrent clashes with Salvador and Honduras on Guatemalan and Honduran land. Both sides fight bravely amid uncertain outcomes across multiple frontline points.
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San Salvador
Guatemala
Salvador
Honduras
Salvadorean Triumph Over Guatemalans Reported
A New York to Mexico City Herald special states two sharp battles fought Monday and Tuesday ended with Guatemalans defeated by Salvadoreans.
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New York
Mexico City
The
Herald
Armistice Signed and Guatemala Names Arbiters
Washington reports an armistice signed between belligerents and Guatemala selects three arbiters after a state department visit by the Guatemalan minister. The announcement outlines a stepping toward peace and judicial resolution.
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Washington
State Department
Quakes Felt in New Mexico and El Paso
Earthquake shocks rattled central and southern New Mexico with stronger tremors at Socorro San Marcial and San Antonio causing panic and outdoor sheltering. Shocks began about 11 50 a m and recurred every ten minutes until 8 p m with reports of landslides in the Magdalena mountains. El Paso also felt a distinct quake with buildings rocked but no damage reported.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Socorro
San Marcelas
San Marcial
San Antonio
Magdalena Mountains
el Paso
Tex
Clairvoyancy Ruled Religion by City Court
In Colorado Springs police magistrate A. P. Toombs may face impeachment for defying an ordinance that requires licenses for palmists clairvoyants and fortune tellers. Mrs Sampson was arrested for practicing without a license. The judge ruled clairvoyance a religion and the law unconstitutional.
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Colorado Springs
Col
A. P. Toombs
Sampson
First Act of Russian Parliament Appropriates 7 Million
The emperor approved a bill adopted by both houses appropriating 7 million dollars for famine relief. This first enactment of the Russian parliament comes after a session lasting over two months, reflecting a clash with the emperor's ministers.
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St. Petersburg
Alleged Deficit in National Treasury Reported
A shortfall of at least $31,000 is alleged in the national treasury. The implicated official is dead and audit after death found accounts correct, but later losses were uncovered and investigated.
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National Treasury
Washington
Treasury Department
Decrease in Missouri School Census Reported
Returns to the state superintendent of public schools show a drop in the number of school age children this year, with estimates indicating a decline approaching 3,500 across Missouri.
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Jefferson City
State Superintendent of Public Schools
Dreyfus Appointed to Command of Twelfth Regiment
Paris reports Alfred Dreyfus has been appointed by the council of ministers to command the Twelfth regiment of artillery at Vincennes. This formal appointment places the renowned officer in charge of the battalion at the Vincennes fortress.
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Dreyfus
Paris
Council of Ministers
Alfred Dreyfus
Vincennes
Want House of Lords Abolished Campaign Gains Steam
London figures Churchill under secretary for the colonies and David Lloyd George, president of the London board of trade, have joined the active campaign for abolishing the British house of lords.
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House of Lords
London
Winston Churchill
David Lioyd George
London Board of Trade
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