Officer Shot Negro Sparks Washington Riot Justified by Self-Defense
Spencer Lee was critically injured after a fight near a colored settlement ended in a shooting. Witnesses say Lee attacked with a pistol while police sought to subdue him, with Constable Vincent firing a shotgun as Lee advanced. Lee, brought to Washington hospital in critical condition, suffered serious facial and bodily injuries. the incident prompted a tense response and investigation.
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Spencer Lee
Washington Hospital
Washington Post
Spencer Lee Cole
H Vincent
Mmr
Tee
John Martin
Martin
Lee
Varta
Lewindil
Junction
Martins
Marin
Vincent
Dent
Wuelington
Hue
Tim
Ty Wes
Washington
Peter Hunison
George Fear
Ancient Graveyard Found Near Annapolis Reveals Coffins
The Wanblogton Post reports a discovered graveyard in front of the Old Shore Line near Annapolis. A two coffin set and a nearly complete skeleton were found amid tide lines while workers uncovered a 1608 dated site with copper cents found nearby. A pistol misfire injured a man. the scene included a dressing table and a table rack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Drowned Preacher’s Body Recovered Today
A torn and garbled report notes the recovery of a preacher’s body from a river near Mt Ger WAM. The text mentions the body in a state of putrefaction and hints at a relief fund or memorial efforts, but many details are unreadable.
Dog Scare at Boyd’s Hut Sparks Pursuit Through Town
Fragmentary report describes a dog outbreak triggering a town panic. Citizens with guns pursued the animal. A woman, daughter of John Y. Williams, was wounded in the chaos while trying to flee. Police investigate several incidents with reported radles in the vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Y. Williams
Maryland Obituary Fragments From Brunswick Area
An obituary fragment notes deaths of several Brunswick area residents including Mrs Theresa Telene, Mrs Caspar Reicbert, Mrs Stigers, and Mr W Ruit. It mentions surviving children, a funeral at St Thomas church, and interment at New Hall Cemetery Lafayette Avenue. The report references local clergy, war service, and community prominence.
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G Reesecker
Brunswick
Iulekhy
Teatinea
Nour
Reesecker
Suseral Sona All of
Brunswick Cumberland
Theresa Telene
Wits
Caspar Reicbert
Cymoratt
Wil Monntan
Brooks
J Frank Fields
Irincock
Wilson Gregory
Wabr EB Rut
Nisome
Lafayette
Presbyterian Church
Key A & Baker
Jey Hall
Laval
Ruft
Caurel
Minnesota
Biles Cram
FA Knowlton
Florence
Grace Ruit
Reverend William H Mitchell Dies in Pulpit in Newport News
Special to The Washington Post Newport News Virginia Rev William H Mitchell of Portsmouth Virginia fifty years old a Banctificationist belief preacher collapsed in the pulpit during an impassioned sermon at the Friends Church tonight and died instantly doctors said his death was instantaneous and caused a great stir among church members
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Newport News
Get
William H Mitchell
Portsmouth
Friends’ Church
Woman Accused Of Shooting Wounds Georgia Banker In Virginia
In Danville Virginia a Georgia banker, Mrs Buchanan of Jonesboro, is in critical condition after a shooting at the home of Mrs White. Buchanan, who says she attempted suicide, was arrested and charged with the crime. Mrs White, who knew Buchanan in Georgia, identified her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Danville
Danvile
S H Buchanan
Jonesboro, Ga
Mra
Ot White
Buchanan
White
Virginia
Annelang
Bar
Spain
Mare
Beating and stabbing amid Roanoke dispute over a motorcycle
Charles R Fishburne, a prominent banker, stabbed Dr F C Lefew after an altercation sparked by a boyish taunt about Fishburne's motorcycle, leaving Lefew seriously wounded. The incident occurred near Lefew's home as police and physicians attended the scene. Fishburne was charged with felonious cutting and released on $2,000 bail. Local bondman JB Fishburne, reportedly a relative, posted bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Roanoke
Charles R Fishburne
F C Letew
Lefew
Pushburne
Fishburne
Rodee Dyer
Boclock
Norfolk Bakers Meet Over Bread Price Hike Threat
Worfolk Virginia Oct 20 The bakers of Norfolk plan a meeting to discuss the bread situation. Prominent bakers say prices must rise soon or plants will close and business suffer. They cite a 100 percent price rise in last quarter and higher payrolls after a recent strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norfolk
Tragedy on Railway Tracks Near Newport News
News notes multiple fatalities and deaths linked to the Norfolk region. H Johnson a shipyard machinist was found cut nearly in two on the Chesapeak and Ohio tracks near Founo, likely struck by a freight train while attempting to ride a train. George W Gatling, a Prince George County leader, died at 77 after a long illness, survived by four sons and a daughter, with George W Gatling Jr. a Norfolk pharmacist. William Morris of Liverpool, a Chesapeake and Ohio steamer passenger, drowned October previously. his death ruled accidental and he was buried in Sailor's Rest.
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Tanhington
Newport News
H . Johnson
Chesapeaka and
Ohio
Founo
Faurdmoud
George W. Gatlng
Washington Post
George Washington Gatlog
Prince George
Gates County
George W Gatling Id
Norfolk
Soeshel
Oct
Willam Morris
Liverpool
Freman
Kan
Elopement and marriage in Hagerstown surprise
Elopement from Luray Virginia led to a late night marriage in Hagerstown. Charles Field en Keyser and Dale Renalda daughter of JY Renalds of Luray were wed, the event a surprise as Miss Renaldy was slated to wed another county resident next month. Also notes Warrenton wins at Chicago horse show by Warrenton Club hunt team taking $200 prize.
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Wasmagton
Luray Va
Charles Fielden Keyser
Dale Renalda
JY Renalds
Luray
Hagerstown
Renaldy
Mont
Vurgina
Chicago
Washington
Warrenton
Warrenton Club
Toronto
Lake Forest
Benner
Master
Noko
Mls
Portman
Hicker
T Leo Byars
Virginis
Tobacco Market News Across Virginia and Nearby States
Tobacco markets in Danville Lynchburg Petersburg and Durham show larger sales volume with mixed quality. Prices advance especially for medium grades while common tobaccos remain scarce. Dry weather slows handling and big buyers like a firm rumored to supply the Japanese government seek large lots with expected heavy breaks after rain.
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Weshington
Danville
Durham NC
Durham
American Tobacco Company
Heston
Lynchburg
Petersburg
Virgina
Richmond
Hanover County
Navy Department
Navy
Roosevelt subject in Rev Parrish Wallace sermon
Rev Parrish A Wallace delivered a lyceum talk at Second Baptist Church on Roosevelt as a model for intelligent patriotic youth. He praised the president’s Christian life and contrasted it with other leaders, calling his conduct a practical example for men of all stations. Miss Agna Botsford’s funeral will be at Holy Trinity Georgetown with Rev Edward Roach officiating. Interment follows at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
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Parish Wallace
Second Baptist Church
Roosevelt
Lyceum
Third Street
Parrish
Wallace
Metropolitan
A M E Zion Church
Christian Ife
Ife
Agna Botsford
Georgetown University Hospital
Lack of Teachers Closes Schopla Special Lo The Washington Foxe Huntington
One fourth of Wayne County public schools are closed south of Huntington due to trustee failures to hire teachers. Poor pay and tough exams have driven many teachers away, leaving a couple hundred children without instruction in the county. Indictment for murder in Ohio echoes a separate yet connected legal notice in the era.
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Washington Foxe Huntington
Wayne County
Boll Weevil Moves East Across Cotton Belt
Atlanta Oct 3 A detailed report by Assistant State Entomologist R L Smith for the Commissioner of Agriculture will be published by the Constitution tomorrow The document warns the boll weevil is rapidly moving eastward and could bring immense losses to cotton planters after extended study in Texas and Mexico with focus on delayed measures for eastern cotton regions.
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Atlanta
R L Smith
Brevene
Smith
Texas
Train wreck injures passengers near Murfreesboro
Nashville Tennessee 10 0 reports a collision between Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis passenger train No 2 and freight cars near Murfreesboro at 545 this afternoon. Engineer James Grince is badly scalded and brain damaged while Assistant Express Messenger Frye receives brakes. An open switch forced the engine from the main track into a siding, overturning the engine and derailing the smoker and one day coach. Traffic delayed for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Nashville Tenn
Murtressboro
Here
Nashville Chattanooga and
St Louis
James Grince
Maewenger Frye
Little Creek
Traffc
Motion for a new trial in Ohlendorf case
Upper Marlboro Oct 3 The motion for a new trial in the case of Dr Joseph C Ohlendorf recently convicted of manslaughter in the death of Miss Margaret Hale at his Brent Dar sanitarium during November last year was filed in the circuit court. It contends the presiding judge erred by not permitting a plea in abatement challenging the grand jury. The filing notes the prior case allowed the plea, and questions the grand jury’s legality. Attorneys say the verdict was a compromise and that several jurors still believed in the defendant’s innocence, urging relief via new trial or habeas corpus and listing numerous alleged trial errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Upper Marlboro
Joseph C Ohlendorf
Margaret Hale
Brent Dar
Ciient
Oblendorf
Motron
Ohlendorf
Booth-Tucker Farewell: Salvation Army Commander to Sail for England
A Cleveland Lyceum crowd heard Commander Booth-Tucker announce his departure for England aboard the Seamer Oceanic from New York on November. He addressed officers from the Cleveland province and urged faithful service as a successor from the Salvation Army headquarters is expected to be named within days. The trip will include visits to Columbus Dayton Newark before his departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Arny
England
Cleveland
Ohio
Lyceum Theater
Booth- Tucker
Salvation Army
New York
Boati-Turker
Columbus
Dayton
Newark City
Balvation
América
Home
Tumult in Madrid Chamber as Deputies Clash and Threaten
Turbulent sessions in the Chamber of Deputies during debate on prosecuting deputies. Opponents blocked votes, a secret committee to judge insults was formed, and President faced threats. Premier Maura attended, signaling potential adjournment and confidence vote. Also Columbia University's 160th anniversary events held with a prayer service led by Bishop Doane and university procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madu
Chamber of Deputies
Colrma
T Ung
Maura
Ti Fe
Chamber
Columbia University
New York
William Groswell Doane
Albany
George R van de Water
Kalled His Farm Hand for Revenge near Belmore
In Toledo Ohio on October 30 a farmer named Schafer lured his farm hand John Hann from his residence and fatally shot him with a double barreled gun under cover of night. Hann had won a judgment against Schafer for services rendered the previous afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Ross Sebater
Belmore
John Hann
Hann
Schafer
Call for a Second Peace Conference and International Law Refine
A president directs diplomats to brief foreign ministers on considerations for a possible second Hague peace conference. The aim is to codify universal rules of right and justice in international law, distinguish law from convention, and review neutral rights and private property at sea.
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Alague
Tme
Russia
United States
Spain
Conference of the Hague
Paris
Congress of the
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Hague
Netherlands
Subway Trains Packed in New York as Sightseers Flock
Crowds from Fifth Avenue, Hester Street, Brooklyn, and nearby towns filled subway stations during a three hour period from 2 to 5 pm. About 380000 riders used underground trains with a quarter children, causing jams at City Hall to Harlem and long lines at the 14th Street terminal. Police managed the throng as trains ran every three minutes and delays mounted while ticket supplies ran short.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Hester Street
Brooklyn
Jersey City
City Hall
Brooklyn Bridge
Une
Harlem
14Th Strest
Train wreckers thwarted on Pennsylvania rails near Monmouth Junction
Detectives probe two attempted wrecking of Newark division trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Two crosses fastened to rails were found before express trains passed Monmouth Junction and Deanestville. Laborers discharged recently are suspected. track walkers alerted crews to avert disaster.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelptia
Oct
Newark
Pennsylvania Railroad
Monmouth Junction
Jersey City
Deansteven
Shot by wife leaves ex machinist dying in Chicago
Joseph Gettle formerly of Washington DC, an ex factory machinist, lies in County Hospital in serious condition from a bullet wound inflicted by his wife during a quarrel. She shot him twice and attempted suicide, wounding her arm. doctors say Gettle likely will die.
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Joseph Gettle
Washington
Chicago
Joseph.Gettle
Washington, DC
Gettle
Three Italians Die in Cave-In at Hudson Yard
Three Italian laborers suffocated under fifteen feet of earth during trench work near Maple Street crossing of the Baston and Maine Railroad in Hudson Massachusetts. A rescue party retrieved one survivor, but the remaining three bodies were recovered about a half hour later. Money Plentiful Mexican Banks Mexico City banks reduce diground rates from 9 to per cent. Cash holdings rise, bankers claim capacity to expand loan volume safely.
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Hudson
Mass
Maple Street
Baston and Maine Railroad Company
Mexican Banka
Mexico City
Thos City
Joana
Education Report Highlights Decline in Pupils and Cost
The Commissioner of Education reports for the year ending June 4 show 16,009,481 pupils in public schools, about 20 percent of the population, a drop from prior years. Total education cost rose by about $1.6 million, with per capita spending rising, while male teachers fell to 26 percent of staff.
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Commisssioner of Education
Secretary of the Interior
Ammunty
Capra
Lugheedut
Duciness School
Londergartens
Indian Schoos
Échnola
Columbia
Djle
Funeral of Ex Gov Nash Opens with Impressive Viewings
The funeral of former Governor George Kulbon Nash was held in Columbus. The body lay in state at Broad Street Presbyterian Church for over an hour with thousands viewing the features. State officers and trustees of state institutions attended. Floral tributes adorned the church. The Presbyterian burial service was led by Rev J S Palmer and the Columbus Glee Club sang Nearly My God to Thee. Burial at Greenlawn Cemetery was private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
George Kulbon Nash
Olua
Broad Street Presbyterian Church
Rev ! . S Palmer
Heng Stead Church
Columbus Glee Club
Greenlawn Cemetery
Yellow Fever Reports Rise in Mexican Towns
Six new yellow fever cases cited in Texistepe with a total of twenty four patients. The final patient discharged from the hospital at Tehuateper. Memda notes two cases and Salina registers four new infections.
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Mevico Uny
Texistepe
Tehuateper
Memda
Salina
Wife killer Eaton shoots wife then kills himself in Lowell
In North Chelmsford, Eaton and his estranged wife met for dinner with William Wetter and left together. Following an animated street quarrel near the Weaver home, Eaton drew a revolver and killed his wife, then shot himself. Both deaths were instantaneous. He was sixty years old and his wife thirty.
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Lowell Mass
Hem & Eaton
Queen Street
North Chelmsford
Eaton
Tutun
Patons
William Wetter
WiClure
Ani
World’s Fair Attendance Record Set by St Piwis
The report outlines attendance figures at the World’s Fair ending Saturday October 2, noting totals and notable exhibitors. It mentions entities such as Gevce, Merriestay, Renaphuinview, and Baldwin of Sunkranetsea with various performance notes and a reference to ground exhibitions and a tight final week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piwis
Seturda
Moutas
Merriestay
Smeeday
Ral
Besse
Baldwin
Fragmented letter highlights family care concerns and literacy prompts
A garbled correspondence fragment references an uncle, a grandmother, and a child reader. It mentions writing, reading, and weekly visits, with questions about regular bedtime routines and literacy activities. The tone suggests a personal note or child’s exercise, lacking clear news context.
Fragmented Love Scene Amid Confused Fragments
A blurred, fractured passage portrays Annelang and a tense room scene with shifting imagery and uncertain action. The narrative voice hints at anger, tears, and a chaotic relationship moment, with sporadic names and events that drift without clear coherence.
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Hyattsville
RAN Amuck
Doren Cor
Tahnpion
David Khvuus
Uta Teat
Evang Th
Chasleaf
South
Laurel
Ohio Railroad
Tisinés
Boyds Hut
Maryland
Owsea Per
Hite
William H. Mitchell
Charles R Fishburne Seriusly
F.C Lefew
Worfolk
Tramaga
Sarah Williams
Huntington
McGomber
W Wilbur Osborne
George
Clmant
Albemarle
Cherapeaxe
Subi Estate
Hackney Scattion
Climont
Bellate
Vande
Magiela
Square Garey
Wackoey
Orrin Tod Ihe
Subject
Miss Botsford
Schopla
Cuillicothe
Margaret Gundelsperger
Itis County
Hanging Rock
Wams Cotton Planters
Dr. Ohlendorf
Hooth
Tucker
Madrid
Mezser
Boston
Harry W. Wepser
Pennsylvania Balloid
Bright
Munyon
General Furniture Dept
Massachusetts Avenue N. W
Gio
Verona
Muglin
Aci
Hequia
Ita
John Hay
Bis
Nash
Ste
Lowell
Erie
Anheuser-Bus Cy
AM Druggs
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass
Lowe
S.A. Vuuture
Faure
Bobewer-Busch
Ghives
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