Preacher Morrison Hanged for Wife Murder in Vernon
Vernon Texas today hanged at noon Rev G E Morrison for killing his wife. He faced execution resignedly amid a street gathering of 99 spectators. The case traces back to California and Oklahoma, with links to Miss Anna Whittlesey and a planned poisoning.
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Dalras
G. BE. Morrizon
Vernon
Tex
EB Morrison
Walry
October
California
Oklahoma Territory
Man Handle
Uilaels
Anna Whittlesey
Morrison
Decker
Burning of a Ship Off Formosa Told by Survivor Wife
Mrs. P. W. Patton, wife of Captain Patton, recalls the burning of the Americas ship George B Stetson off Formosa coast two months earlier. She describes the explosion, the crew’s panic, launch into a boat, and two days afloat before reaching Ti Pin Teen. Survivors then traveled to Nagasaki aboard a Japanese steamer.
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San Francisco
P. W. Patton
Patton
Americas
George ‘B Stetson
Formosa
Jas Fast
Jacob
Ti Pin ‘Teen
George B. Stetson
Coela
Stetson
Nagasaki
Conflict shifts to Kimberley as British push in Natal and Transvaal
Reports from Mata during a temporary lull in fighting describe a sharp clash near Kimberley with armored trains aiding the defense. A separate dispatch tallies a Boer defeat north of Kimberley, three British dead and twenty wounded, including officers, amid heavy losses for the Boers.
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Lospex
Mata
Kimberley
Sheepery
Cape Town
Scott Turner
Natal
Rorke
Pepe
Seeaeei
Kiateking
Ponehard Seoe
Aha Place
Colonial Office
Or Hatchineon
Pister
Utrecht
Transvaal
Glencoe
Piamer
Piet Joubert
Brack
Mores
Tom Atrong
Kopje
Polattic
de Adrome
Resolution on Cotton Classification Emerges at Georgia Conference
At the Cotton States Commissioners of Agriculture convention in Atlanta, President Stevens proposed a resolution urging a standard system for cotton weight and classification to curb annual losses from bale handling and misalignment with samples. The meeting also reported two families killed by a Baldwin county fire, with the Goodrow and Smithson households perishing. the blaze caused no clear origin and work on surrounding trees and sites was to resume.
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Atlanta
Association of the Cotton States Commissioners of Agriculture
Stevens
Beit
Jaimetes
Moai
Baldwin County
Henry Goodrow
Samuel Smithson
Goodrow
Marines in Good Health Report Officers Shortage
Brigadier General Charles E84 reports a lack of officers and notes unity offered to men for commissions. The piece mentions physical requirements and recent changes, with references to gallant service by Marine personnel and a list of named individuals. The article also records the death of Brigadier General Guy V. Henry, former territorial governor of Porto Rico, in New York at age 80, with details of immediate family present. Includes scattered notes on exams and pending mid December Palmyra travel.
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Ctarles
Monte
Michael
Reater
Tange Davis
Tee
Fevawe
Buckley
Nashville
Clentuegos
Snide Caneel Bane
John Neal
Brooglyn
Gera EL Cooper
Porto Ilup
New York
Eral
Guy V. Henry
U.S. A
Porto Rico
Madison Arenas
Ian
Gay V. Heary, Jr
Hou
Yi Ae
Seton
Ton
Palmyra
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McOrsets
Lee Allen
Americus
Olin Dixon
OLIN
DIXON
Jolin Dixon
Corner
Jackson and Forsyth Sts
Emer
SHOES
W. L. Dovedas
W. L. Dove
M’math Bros
Americus, Gaigante de Fond
Macon
Quan A
Caguas
Altmayer & Flatau Liquor Co
Weelptit
B. Morrison
Vernon, Tex
Marconi
Frisco
Senate
McLester
Atlaxta
Columbus
Raeely
Enon
Hall of Bible
Shales Grove
Tbs
State
Sones
Keoxville
E. W. Jackson
Newport
Tens
Afriga
London
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Thomas Gibson Bowles
Ana
Lemar Road
el Feros
Ai Rae
Ae Stevens
W. Bart
Haya Bionck
Menny Encorcionenr
Abaianai
Doo Hays and
Toon
Yare- Cuantorre
N. C
Idee Eee
Agren
Corcitea
Bonth
Georgia
Alsaina Mille Ware
Killa Mimeelf
Henry
Onteaxs
Sioner Montgomery
Ayers
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