Trail of Lynching in Walker County Texas Mobs Kill Six Prisoners
A violent mob in Walker County Texas lynched six Black men after a brutal murder spree that left an old man, a child, and a woman dead and several girls assaulted. The mob, consisting of both white and Black participants, dragged the prisoners toward the Brazos bottom, where they were hanged from a tree. The victims named include Paysite Nhons, age 80, Will Gates, Louis Thomas, and others ages from 14 to 20. Authorities sought the perpetrators while the community watched the bloodhounds track suspects and the mob dispersed after the executions.
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Walker County
Texas
Paysite Nhons
Will Gates
Louis Thomas
On Thomas
Jim Thomas
Bering Thomas
Tist
Fala Getinai
Brénham Wis
Font Thomas
Henry Daniels
Daniels
Thomas Boys
Daniela
Whey
Marie
Mario Dantes
Daniele
Auroni Tomas
Tim Thomas
Bennyns
William Williams
Louis
Moh Appenra- Aj] Soyan
Ward
Brazos Bottom
Sunnyside
Williams
Fay
Opportune Appointment Aims Cuban Reforms Governor Named
Havana newspapers approve the Marquis Palmerala as governor of the western region amid plans to implement reforms for Cuba. The United States Supreme Court adjourned Friday and will reconvene May 10 to deliver opinions without arguments.
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Balmerala Wim
Eetablish Inc
Cuba
Havana
Marquis 'Palmerala
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
President declines pardon for Dunlop of Chicago Dispatch
President McKinley will not intervene in the case of Joseph Dunlop, proprietor of The Chicago Dispatch, who received a two year sentence for sending obscene matter through the mails. An appeal based on threats to Dunlop’s life failed, as Attorney General McKenna noted health as the sole ground for clemency.
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Dunlop
Chicago Dispatch
McKinley
Joseph Dunlop
McKenna
Dunton
West Guthrie Disaster Bodies Recovered In Debris
Five bodies were recovered from the debris of Wednesday's disaster in West Guthrie Oklahoma. The victims named are George Owens Mrs Charles Ruslin Henry Simmons and Mrs Watson and child. River waters may conceal additional remains while over 1500 homeless persons are being cared for by the city.
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Jomelens Pomona
Inthrin
West Guthrie
Oklo
George Owens
Charles Ruslin
Henry Simmons
Watson
Child
Cimmaron River
Nighttime Robbery Attack Sparks Running Gun Battle Near Albany
A chaotic Friday night shootout at Putney’s store in Hardaway, Georgia, left a black robber mortally wounded and another wounded during a second attempted heist following a fatal first robbery a week earlier. Victims included porter and bystanders, with Putney and tobacco drummer W I Gay aiding in the standoff. Charles Deham identified among the dead with eighteen bullets found in his body and a pocket knife recovered.
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Hardaway
Albany
Putney
Pitney
W. I. Gay
Mr. Putney
Mr. Gay
Charles Deham
Forrester
Populists Banquet Highlights National Lines
The annual Massachusetts Populist banquet at Bonton drew about 160 attendees. George W. Washburn chaired the event while United States Senator Marion Butler of North Carolina delivered the keynote. Butler argued for protection of American labor and industry, opposing both gold standard and free trade, and urged farmers and manufacturers to unite for an American system that safeguards domestic production.
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Cutler
Bonton
People's Party of
Massachusetts
George W. Washburn
United States
Marion Butler
North Carolina
South
West
Greeks Win a Battle as Volo Surrenders to Turks
A London Times dispatch from Larissa reports Volo surrendered last evening to Turkish cavalry. Athans telegram notes a major Velestino battle between 8,000 Turks and General Smolenski's brigade, with Turkish forces repulsed and heavy Ottoman losses. Smolenski asks the crown prince to commend the troops.
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Volo
London Times
Larissa
Athans
Velestino
Smolenski
Smolenaski
Treasury to propose cut in spirits tax and beer raise
A Washington dispatch reports the secretary of the treasury is likely to urge Congress to reduce the internal revenue tax on distilled spirits and raise the tax on beer. The action follows the claim that the current $1.10 per gallon tax exceeds the revenue producing point. Senator Cullom recently introduced a resolution asking the secretary for his views on the matter, with the commissioner of internal revenue preparing a supporting report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prvlor
Stevenia
Washington Dispatch
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Internal Revenue
Cullom
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Perry Found Guilty of Murder in Georgia Trial
Perry was found guilty of first degree murder in De Cat Georgia for the death of Bely Lanier and sentenced to hang on the 21st of the month. Attorneys for the condemned man moved for a new trial immediately after the sentence. Judge Candler set May 8 for hearing the new trial motion.
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TS. Pennry
Decat
Bely Laniér
Home Rule for Cuba Considered by Washington Officials
A Madrid decree applying reform laws to Cuba signals the long‑negotiated move toward autonomy. A 31‑member council of administration will govern with Cuban elections and royal appointments, with tariff revision powers and supervisory government oversight.
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Spain
Madrid
Guba
Weyler Resch
Havana
Ondig
Pinar del Rio
Matanzas
Santa Clara
Ontarin
Washington
Cuba
Dupuy Dé Lome
Rescue Work Amid Guthrie Disaster Flood Turmoil
In the Cottonwood valley rescuers battled Friday to reach survivors and aid hundreds of destitute flood victims. Officials fear up to twenty may have died, with missing residents found clinging to bushes and driftwood along the river. About 1,600 people are homeless across miles of devastation as hunger and exposure take their toll.
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Guthrie
Cottonwood River
Idsa
West Bluffs
Will Bliss Resign In Washington Cabinet Rumor
Rumors persist that Secretary Bliss may resign though official circles dispute any plan to step down. The New York native joined the cabinet under protest and with hints he might relinquish duties once the administration stabilizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bliss
Mr. Bliss
New York
Ex President Harrison Declines Presbyterian Moderator Post
General Harrison backs away from the bid to be moderator of the Presbyterian general assembly at Winona next month. He says his legal work and writings leave no time for prep, and Indianapolis commissioners will not present his name.
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Harrison
Presbyterian Assembly
General Harrison
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Winona
Indianapolis
Turks Enter Greek Territory Capture Zarkos Base
Greek forces report Elassouna district first division of the Turkish army crossed from Damascus area into Greek soil and seized Zarkos an important Greek base near Larissa about midway to Trikala. Turks gained large quantities of ammunition.
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Constantinople
Elassoua
Damasi
Zarkos
Larissa
Trikhala
Three Ships Burn at Newport News Wharf Fire Destroys Merchants
Fire at pier 5 in Newport News Virginia destroyed two coastwise merchant ships three vessels and a tug boat. Loss estimated around 2.5 million dollars with over 1 million in grain and merchandise burned. Reports say several sailors drowned. elevator saved by crews.
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Newport News
Pier 5
Bischoff
Circuit Judge Rules Alabama Prison Lease Law Unconstitutional
Circuit Court Judge Banks in Bisa Alo Tuesday held the Birmingham prisoner lease law unconstitutional. In the Powell habeas corpus case the prisoner sentenced to thirty days at the Oonosburg mines was ordered released. More than forty prisoners had been sent to Coalburg under the lease arrangement and would gain liberty once habeas corpus proceedings proceed.
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Alabama
Banks
Bisa Alo
Birmingham
J. H. Powell
Oonosburg
Coalburg
Slose
Atlanta Consolidated seeks restraining order over street railway transfers
A federal filing by Old Colony Trust Company Boston trustee for Consolidated bondholders and Col N J Hammond for Henry Seixas challenges Atlanta's recent ordinance requiring all street railways to grant transfers between line points. The bill asks the city restrained from enforcing the transfer rule and seeks to bar the Consolidated Street Railway Company from complying.
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Atlanta Consolidated Aak
Hart
Consolidated Street Railway Company
Atlanta
United States
Old Colony ‘Trust Company
Boston
Consolidated Bondholders
Col. N. J. Hammond
Henry Seixas
Old Atlanta Street Railway Company
Consolidated
Street Railways of
Miners Strike Threat Looms in East Tennessee
A Chattanooga dispatch reports a looming general strike of coal miners across East Tennessee. About sixty workers at the Tennessee Paying Brick Company in Robbins struck first, with Glen Mary mine and up to twenty-five large mines expected to be drawn in as the movement spreads statewide.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Baya
East Tennessee
Somerset
Tennessee Paying Brick Company
Robbins
Glen Mary
France in the breach amid Greece Turkey tensions
A Varia dispatch reports M. Hanotaux, French foreign minister, held a five hour talk with the Turkish ambassador on how powers will intervene in the Greece Turkey dispute. Paris urged the sultan to offer peace to Greece, warning that France would defend the Christian cause if Turkey advanced.
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Varia
M. Hanotaux
Greece
Turkey
London Daily News
Paris
France
Eckels Refuses Pressure to Quit as Comptroller
A Washington special reports Comptroller Eckels will not resign to appease spoilsmen. He has faced offers of higher outside jobs from several clerks and bank examiners seeking reinstatement, but vows to finish his term next April and resist changes to the force while in office.
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Washington
Eckels
Fire ravages Pittsburg with multi million loss
A devastating blaze struck Jenkins wholesale grocery and spread to nearby buildings in Pittsburg Pa causing losses expected to reach at least three million dollars. Firefighting efforts were heavy and insurance details were not yet known.
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Pittsburg
Jenkins
Jenkin S
Great Guthrie Flood Devastates Guthrie and Surrounding Valley
A Wednesday night special reports a wall of water six to eight feet high rushing through West Guthrie, destroying hundreds of homes, drowning many, and suspending rail traffic. The Cottonwood River floodswells, one main water pipe bursts, and relief efforts are hampered as citizens flee and improvise rafts in a chaotic rescue attempt. Property losses exceed one million dollars with extensive farm and infrastructure damage.
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Guthrie
Ohls
West Guthrie
Darknase
Cottonwood
Linn Confesses Firearm Firebug Implicates Portsmouth Fire
Frank Linn, one of five men under arrest for starting the March Portsmouth blaze, confesses and implicates others in custody. The case centers on the Portsmouth, Virginia fire and names several suspects linked to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Portsmouth
Frank Linn
Huving
Fire Claims Four Lives in South Brooklyn Tenement
A fire in a crowded South Brooklyn tenement early Wednesday killed four people. Mrs Cecelia Barnett and her two children aged three and five died after she threw them from a window to save them. Mrs John Newel, 38, perished in the blaze as residents fled to the street. Several tenants escaped by jumping from windows as flames spread through the building.
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Brooklyn
Cecelia Barnett
John Newel
Worrying The New Line In Gaffney Spur Clash
Ohio River and Charleston Railway plans a Blacksburg to Gaffney spur to reach the town on the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line. On Wednesday night a large force laid side tracks to block the railroad from entering town on its right of way in York County.
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Charleston
Gaffney
York County
Ohio River
Blacksburg
Atlanta
Charlotte
Ohio ‘River
New Southwestern Passenger Association Formed in Washington
Representatives of major railroads met in Washington to form the Southwestern Passenger Association with officers elected for the coming year. The group aims to share tariff information, seek mutual tariff advice, promote lawful commerce, and curb discrimination among routes and localities.
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D Southwestern Passenger Association
Washington
New
Southwestern Passenger Association
Atlanta
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
Atlanta and West Point
Atlantic Coast Line
Central of Georgia Railway
Florida Central and Peninsula Aereoart
Florida East Coast Railway
Georgia and Alabama Railway
Mobile and Birmingham Railroad
Paperyraia Railroad
Plant System of Railways
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Southern Railway
Tifton and Northeastern Railroad
Western Railway of
Alabama
Seaboard Air Line
Henry Walters
Joseph Richardson
Southern States Passenger Association
United States
Deboe Elected U S Senator After Prolonged Kentucky Fight
The Kentucky legislature elected W J Deboe to the United States Senate replacing J D Blackburn in a decision that ended a yearlong contest spanning 112 ballots. Deboe won 71 votes to 50 for Blackburn with other names listed. demonstrations and telegraph disruptions followed, as Governor Bradley prepared certificates for Washington.
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Kentucky
W. J. Daboe
Crittenden County
United States
J. D. Blackburn
Deboe
Martin
Stone
Blackburn
Bradley
Washington
United States Senate
Etrugele
Ataea
North Carolina Supreme Court Rules on Insane Asylum Act
The state supreme court has ruled the fusion legislature’s act to seize control of all insane asylums unconstitutional. Superintendents, all Democrats, will continue to serve their full terms under the decision.
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North Carolina State Supreme Court
Miners in Pratt City Agree to Wage Cut Compromise
Pratt City Alabama miners meeting endorses a two cent per ton coal cut by Tennessee Cost Iron and Railroad Co. if the company ends the present individual contract system. The session was harmonious and aimed to force a mid way wage concession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt City
Ala
Tennessee Cost, Iron and Railroad Company
Boom for Greenville Town's $200,000 Electric Street Railway
Greenville moves to grant J B Lawrences and associates a thirty seven year franchise for an electric street railway. They must complete an electrified system within twelve months after ordinance approval. The project, valued at $200,000, follows their recent completion of an electric system in Charleston.
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Greenville
J. 8. Lawrences
Charleston
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Perry
Cubars
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Hanotaux
Gloudburst
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Greenville Towy
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