Springfield Mob Lynches Three Negroes Under Justice Statute
Springfield Missouri faces a mob violence crisis as a lynch mob hangs and burns three Black men under an electric light tower near the Justice statue. Governor Folk orders soldiers and a $3,300 reward per killer. attorney general aides to prosecute leaders. prosecutors pledge action as crowds terrorize the town.
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Halk
Rush Lal
Attornney
Sweinsfeld
Jaswigtt
Will Allen
O. M. Rouark
Pretesine
Dungan
Cope
Allen
Elemc Ower
Statue of Justice
Buncan
Copeland
Hunean
Coveland
Jay
Patterson
Sherif Horner
Lincoln
Criminal Court
Aunare
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Milla
Gov
Folk
PLEA FOR PAINLESS EXTINCTION OF RICH MEN
The Daily Mail and The Express call Roosevelt's Saturday speech momentous and world renowned in conservative terms. The Daily News believes his plea for painless extinction of rich men will shift public opinion, comparing his ideas to Hardie’s inheritance and income limits.
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Daily ‘News
Cabre
Washington Post
London
The
Daily Mail
Roosevelt
the Express
Daily News
James Kelr Hardie
Rosser Ends Life in Luray Home
George N Rosser a Luray resident of about fifty years shot himself in his bed at his home today around 1 pm after years of ill health He left a widow and several children his death noted as instantaneous with a caliver pistol discharge while his son was nearby a tragic self-inflicted end reported by Special to The Washington Post.
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Bud Cane
Kevark
Hot Cane
Sheridenke
Mra
Horner
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Springfield
Roscoe Patterson
Greene Courx
Washington Post
Tauray
Wili
George N. Rasser
Luray
Rosser
Mr. Rosser
Water Famine Brings Darkness to Colon Natives Scramble for Water
The Star reports a Panama Canal Zone water crisis where Colon suffers a near blackout as electric plants run out of supply. Natives scoop dirty water from a muddy ditch while officials blame canal administration for wastage and delay. Frijoles offers water at a price. tanker trains reach the city but adequate supply remains uncertain. The piece cites Taft era officials and Blerd’s role, with a forecast of protracted dry weather until the rainy season.
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Woodworth Clum
Washington Post
Gavin
Canal Zone
Panama Railroad Company
United States
Colon
Blerd
Earness
Front Street
Water Famine in Colon Prompts Official Critique and Eye to Frijoles
An official report notes ten inches of water in a twenty inch pipe, inaccessible due to no bottom exhausts. It argues for rapid action by rail and city to avert disaster as the rainy season nears, citing Taft Magoon statements and urging use of Frijoles water to supply Colon and the railroad, criticizing the Isthmian Canal Commission for mishandling the drought.
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Prijoles
Barrets
Taft
Poultney
Bigelow
Coton
Cristobal
Panamg
Brazos Brook
Tree Publi
Colon
Washington
Blerd
Panama
Decaune
Magoon
Li Ping
Far Hett
Bierd
My. Taft
L'hayve
Water Department
Isthmian Canal Commission
Rome sermon delights crowded English church
Arch bishop Tréland preached in Rome to a crowded English speaking congregation. The speaker, amid erudite arguments, discussed the Christian religion and its historic evidence, refuting Bach and enoke, while other items mention storage and moving services by Linbey & Co and Union Trust in Washington.
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Ireland
Rome
Tréland
Lieut Joseph W Graeme Killed Aboard Maryland
Lieut Joseph W Graeme was killed aboard the Maryland last night while plans were made to visit his wife’s relatives in Englewood Michigan. Graeme joined Annapolis by competitive exam, served in the Spanish American War, wrote the first officer’s account of Santiago, served in the Philippines and China, then returned to Annapolis before joining the Maryland in 1905 and remaining aboard until his death.
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Washington Post
Wilkesbarre
Joseph W. Graeme
Navy Department
Maryland
Graeme
Englewood
James Atmore Robinson
Seymour Hotel
New York
Annapolis
Congreso- Ines
Santiago
Francisco
Matletta
Ln Her
Philippines
China
Naval Gun
Washington Navy Yard
End of eruption nears as Naples trembles under Vesuvius
April 16 report from Naples notes Vesuvius subsiding after a night of ash clouds. Royal Observatory bulletin says air returns, but danger lingers. Cardinal Prisco and crowds mark the crisis while salvage continues at Ottajano and San Giuseppe with hundreds buried under debris and ashes. Excavations at Herculaneum reveal death amid lava invasion, as survivors cling to scarce belongings.
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Vesuvius
Naples
Mattencel
Royal Observatory
Monu
Sana
Tito
Cardinal Uprisco
Ottajano
San ‘Giuseppe
Persoris
Wien
San - ‘Giuseppe
Two Killed by Live Wire in Washington Post Report
A young man and his mother died after a novel patent incubator connected to a live electric line touched them while at a Washington plant. The mother attempted to save her son and both were found clutching the wire, burned and dead. Nearby, a separate brief note reports Perry Gott, 14, injured when a base collision fractured a leg during a Poolesville baseball game.
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Young Inn
Boyds
Perry’ Gotts
Sherif James P. Gott
Poolesville
Stadly
Une Arkle
Murder Mystery Looms as West Virginia Shooting Sparks Lynch Threats
Special to The Washington Font from Huntington reports a chaotic shooting case centered on a Negro murder suspect. Local rumors whirl about lynching threats as authorities probe the incident and identify motives amid tense race tensions.
Obscure Parsons West Virginia death report
A fragmented notice from Parsons West Virginia reports the death of Lor Fraderici Oldach due to diabetes. Born in Prussia, he came to America at age two and spent thirty years as superintendent of the paper department at the Parsons Pulp and Paper Company.
Mitchells Warning to Strikers Guides Unlawful Disturbance Actions
A period dispatch reports President Mitchell sending instructions to engage in unlawful disturbances. The notices circulated at multiple meetings in the Ninth district. Additional guards were posted at several collieries in Scranton Pennsylvania during today’s sessions.
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Orhers
Mitchell
Indalis
Scranton
Gorky Secretly Will Not Discuss Marriage and Work
Fragmented report notes Russian writer Maxim Gorky in seclusion to focus on new work amid rumors of a possible divorce. It cites unnamed sources about his private life and a plan to begin a series on revolutionary themes with alleged involvement of Baltic leaders.
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Jotel
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Maxim
Automobile Crash Ends With Driver Charged
A high speed car collision occurred on a street when the vehicle struck a pedestrian. The driver, identified as Jay Davis, was taken into custody as police charged him with manslaughter and related offenses.
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Jugal Farage
Tepair
Zion City Factions Clash Over Dowie Ledger Revelation
Vatican style controversy erupts as Overseer Brasefield reads a letter from Zurich alleges Dowie overdrawn Zion City bank accounts and used funds for personal ends. Deacon Newcomb recalls Dowie’s anger after the letter. followers rally to rebel against the former leader while Dowie preaches to loyalists.
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Nervio&É
Shiloh Tabernacle
Ziona
Volta
Brasefield
Zion City
Amy
Law
Deacon Newcomb
Dowle
Switzerland
Dowd
Zurich
Americas
Vekiva
Zion
John Alexander Dowie
Elijah
Widow of Treasury Clerk Dies Suspected Poisoning in Bluefield
In Bluefield West Virginia an inquest into the death of Mrs Mary Mytinger widow of a Treasury Department clerk was held after the body was exhumed Neighbors testified to suspicious circumstances and doctors suspected morphine poisoning The dead woman's daughter Mrs Alfred Burgess is awaiting stomach analysis as part of the inquiry The Mytingers had moved from Washington to Bluefield in March
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Spéetal
Bluefield
W. Va
Cérchere
Mary Mytinger
Asa
Alfred “Burgess
Charles Mytinger
Treasury Department
Washington
Baltimore
End J
Tees
Marchi
Slavic laborers lose home in Kingwood fire
A dwelling, barn, and outbuildings on Asa D Lauies farm near Kingwood West Virginia burned, destroying a house occupied by about twenty Slav workers on the Morgantown and Kingswood Railroad. They lost around 50 dollars in cash and all clothing and household goods.
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W. Va
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Cumberlang
Asa D. Lauiies
Morgantown
Kingswood
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