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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1902
Page
8
A Black man identified as the assailant of Mrs John Smith was captured after a gunfight with a posse near Poller Ga. He was brought back to Pembroke and hanged from a telegraph pole. his body was riddled with bullets as the mob dispersed.
London July report says newly commissioned Indian army officers are deficient in general education. Military authorities have required instruction in arithmetic geometry geography and English history before they may attend garrison instruction courses.
Daniel Landerman, foreman at Kohinoor celery plant in Shenandoah, was shot near his home by strikers. His face and shoulders were damaged by buckshot but he is expected to recover. Albert Landerman was chased and shot, and four other non union men were badly beaten.
In Grand Junction Colorado on July 30 fourteen masked men raided the Angora Ranging association at Pinon Mesa. They bound three herders and killed over 600 goats with guns and knives, causing about 3000 dollars in losses. The manager, M B Irving, a Chicago native and widow, is an author. Other local goat ranches face threats from cattlemen.
On Murderers Creek in Grant county settlers and cattlemen killed 280 of J. C. Moor's 380 sheep from Mount Vernon. The killings occurred at night as armed men fired buckshot into the flock. the next day 280 carcasses were found. The incident is reported from John Day City Oregon.
A. M. Rothschild, former head of A. M. Rothschild & Co. on State Street, shot himself at his home at Thirty seventh Court and Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Acute insomnia, blamed for temporary insanity, followed a six week Minnesota outing. he died almost instantly.
Bulletin from Cowes Isle of Wight says the king’s health remains excellent and the wound is healing rapidly. He was moved from couch to wheeled chair for a few hours. Plans are made for a Balmoral visit after coronation ceremonies on August 9 to allow complete rest in the hill country.
Explorer De Windt ends third attempt to traverse the Bering Strait by ice near Victoria B C on July 20 describing the voyage as partly undertaken to assess railway feasibility to the strait His report supports a practicable scheme but withholds detail according to a Dawson paper
William B Byers, leading Westmoreland lawyer and Democratic congress nominee, was arrested in Greensburg for larceny by bailee and two counts of larceny related to a theft of nearly a quarter of a million dollars in money and bonds from Jacob Byers. Bail set at 250000.
Sanborn Aug 6 Marshal John Spurr captured Noah Parish the jailbreaker wanted at Chrokee Towa where he was being held for larceny. Parish and another prisoner escaped jail on July 1 and were recaptured.
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