Planning for Better City Jail and Hall Improvements
The mayor and public buildings committee authorized architect W. Carlton to draft interior plans for jail and city hall upgrades. Proposals aim to enlarge and improve sanitation and comfort in the prison ward and council chamber by removing partitions to ease crowding and enhance ventilation. Carlton’s absence in Tennessee delays full details.
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Public Buildings Committee
City Council
City
City Hall
W. Carlton
Tennessee
Carlton
Council Chamber
Big Dry Dock Bids Opened for Bremerton Yacht Yard
The Navy seeks a vast Pacific coast drydock at Puget Sound Bremerton to float battleships larger than any existing or planned. Bids open today with plans to finish promptly. Top length 727 feet width 125 feet. floor 653 by 95 feet. overall height 47 feet 6 inches.
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The
Star
Washington, D.C
Pacific Coast
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Navy Department
Ryan Donates 10000 for Arlington Confederate Monument
Col Hillary A. Herbert of Alabama, former secretary of the navy, is informed by Thomas F. Ryan of New York that he will subscribe 10000 toward a Confederate dead monument in Arlington National Cemetery. Ryan’s gift boosts the fund and may allow the shaft to be erected by year’s end pending committee plans.
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The
Star
Washington
Hillary A. Herbert
Alabama
Secretary of the Navy
Thomas F. Ryan
New York
National Cemetery
Arlington
Col
Herbert
Southern Memorial Association
Ryan
Washington officials weigh contempt action in railroad case
Assistant Attorney General Sanford, arriving from North Carolina, seeks a Justice Department conference in Washington on handling the contempt issue against officials tied to the indictment of Southern railroad ticket agents at Warren and Old Fort. Authorities in Washington expect Judge Pritchard may pursue contempt charges.
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Washington
Sanford
North Carolina
Department of Justice
Pritchard
Southern Railroad
Warren
Old Fort
Cruiser Salem Launch Marks New Salem Scout Cruiser
The Salem shipyard launched the scout-cruiser Salem sister to the Birmingham and Chester amid steam whistles and cheers. Mayor Pinnock's daughter Miss Lorna Pinnock broke a champagne bottle to christen the vessel in Fore River. A large Salem civic group, including Mayor Pinnock and many residents, witnessed the ceremony.
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Star
Quincy
Mass
Salem
Birmingham
Chester
Fore River
Lorna Pinnock
Pinnock
Pettus Dies Anticipated In Hot Springs Hotel
United States Senator Pettus of Alabama, 86 and the oldest in the Senate, fell unconscious at breakfast in Hot Springs North Carolina and did not regain consciousness. Physicians say the end may come at any moment and his death is imminent.
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Star
Hot Springs
N. C
United States
Pettus
Alabama
Senate
Pettus, Oldest U S Senator, Civil War Officer
Edmund Winston Pettus of Alabama, born July 6 1821 in Limestone County, becomes the oldest U S senator at entry. A lawyer, soldier, and judge, Pettus led Alabama units in the Mexican and Civil Wars and later served as a senator at age 75.
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Edmund Winston Pettus
United States
Alabama
Limestone County
Senate
Selma
20Th
Alabama Infantry
Grant
Vicksburg
Pettus
Services Planned in Canton for Mrs Ida Saxton McKinley
The Salvation Army unit at Canton will hold memorial services for Mrs Ida Saxton McKinley tomorrow night at the Canton citadel. Colonel Holtz and the provincial staff of the Army at Cleveland coordinate the event in honor of her generous support to local Salvation Army work.
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Star
Canton
Holtz
Salvation Army
Cleveland
Ida Saxton McKinley
Canton Citadel
McKinley
Army
President Finley Arrested By North Carolina Officials
President Finley of the Southern Railway was arrested on a state rate law warrant in Asheville North Carolina and immediately released on a writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge Pritchard of the United States District Court.
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Finley
North Carolina
Pritchard
The
Star
Asheville
N. C
Southern Railway
United States District Court
Gang Being Rounded Up In New York Blackmail Case
In New York yesterday officials from the district attorney's office examined a large group of Armenians called in to shed light on a blackmailing syndicate believed to operate internationally with New York as its hub. Many arrests are expected today as evidence is thought sufficient to convict leaders for extortion threats and possibly murder. Police report dispatches from other cities about Armenians receiving threatening letters.
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The
Star
New York
Poice
St Clair County Road Bonds History Corrected
Judge J T Greene clarifies a report claiming a vote on $55000 bonds for roads is erroneous. The county previously issued $85000 road bonds in 1903 but faced an injunction. the supreme court later upheld the bonds and road work proceeds with Judge Greene as counsel for the commissioners.
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St. Clair County
J. T. Greene
Chancery Court
Supreme Court
Greene
Haywoods Fate in Jury Hands as Judge Gives Lengthy Charge
Boise Idaho July 27 Judge Wood instructed the Haywood murder jurors in a 15000 word charge. The judge defined reasonable doubt and required corroboration of accomplice Orchard on the theory of innocence. Possible verdicts include first or second degree murder manslaughter or acquittal.
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Haywood
The
Star
Boise
Idaho
Wood
Kilby Plant Expands With New Electric Power Plant
Kilby locomotive and machine works undertakes extensive improvements including a new power house at Eleventh and Glen Addie streets. The firm will use electricity in all departments and plans to enlarge plant size and capacity, negotiating for adjacent land for more buildings.
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Kilby
President praises Georgia's crew for bravery at sea
President Roosevelt released an Admiral Bronson letter praising the battleship Georgia crew for bravery after the tragedy. He replied, congratulating the officers and crew for returning to duty without delay.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Admiral Bronson
Georgia
Baptists to Meet Next in Roanoke Thrills State Convention
Dothan July 27 The nominations committee of the state Baptist convention reports filled vacancies on the boards of trustees for Howard College Judson College Scottsboro and Healing Springs Institute as well as the state board of missions and ministerial education. The next convention time remains the same with Roanoke as the chosen city Rev Austin Crouch to preach the annual sermon with W A Taliaferro as alternate.
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Dothan
State Baptist Convention
Howard College
Judson College
Scottsboro
Healing Springs Institute
State Board of Missions
Board of Ministerial Education
Roanoke
Austin Crouch
W. A. Taliaferro
International conference on prevention of alcoholism opens
Delegates from many countries gather in Stockholm for a week long conference on preventing alcoholism. The United States will be represented by six delegates led by Dr. Victor A. Ellsworth of Boston.
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Stockholm
United States
Victor A. Ellsworth
Boston
Crushed to Death by Freight Train in Gadsden Yards
Everett White, a well known young man, was ground to pieces under the wheels of an A G freight train in the Attalla yards Thursday night. He, George Boggus, and another youth planned a hobo trip to the Jamestown exposition when White missed his footing and fell as the train passed.
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The
Star
Gadsden
Everett White
Attalla Yards
White
George Boggus
Jamestown Exposition
A. G. & Fast
Techernoschin in Austria-Hungary Ablaze Amid Panic
Dispatches report Techernoschin near Marienbad catching fire with residents in a panic, amid a heat wave and growing fear. Local authorities struggle to contain the blaze as the town faces widespread destruction and evacuation needs.
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the Star
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Techernoschin
Marienbad
Austria-Hungary
Galilee Baptist Church seeks $2000 to finish building
The Galilee Baptist Church congregation on Cooper and Seventeenth Street needs $2000 more to complete the new church. The roof is in place and work progresses with funds raised as paid. Congregation members have sacrificed and white friends aided. a rally is planned tomorrow to raise the remainder. Soliciting committee: J. H. Eason, A. J. Roberson, William Daniel.
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the Galilee Baptist Church
Cooper and
Seventeenth Street
J. H. Eason
A. J. Roberson
William Daniel
Prohibition Sermons Expected Across Anniston Churches
Ministers’ union in Anniston passes resolution to have all pastors of member churches preach prohibition sermons tomorrow morning. The move signals unified religious support for the anti liquor policy across the city churches.
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Ministers’ Union
Anniston
Union
New York Faces Escalating Crime Against Girls
A child of eight, Ante Palkewoko, is under investigation as another brutal crime rises in New York. Police warn parents as Barish girl recovers from severe beating and attempted drowning. nine attackers alleged. A separate case involves Anne Falkewoke and an assault by steamship fireman Joseph Noewiatk. Dennis O Shea beats Jacob Neuman after hearing a scream. Neuman severely injured at Bellevue hospital.
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The
Star
New York
Tate
Ante Palkewoko
Notoriaus
Bingham
North Beach
King’s County Hospital
Anne Falkewoke
Whders
Joseph Noewiatk
Ace Bent
Dennis O'Shea
Marlem
Jacob Neuman
Neuman
Bellevue Hospital
Burglars Enter Stephens Jewelry Store on Noble Street
Nighttime break in through a back window at Stephens Jewelry on Noble Street appears to have yielded no stolen items. Entry was made by breaking glass and unlatching the sash. mud on a stool suggests intruders may have fled without securing a haul.
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Stephens Jewelry
Noble Street
Three Die In Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburg Wreck Near Irle
Three persons were killed and several injured when an excursion train wrecked near Irle station on the Buffalo Rochester Pittsby line. Rescue workers rushed to the scene as trains were halted for investigation and relief efforts.
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the Star
Pittsburg
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsby
Irle Station
West Indian liner Orinoco wrecked near Seal Island
In dense fog the West Indian liner Orinoco, sailing from the West Indies to Halifax, struck rocks near Seal Island. The vessel will likely be a total loss. The crew of 40 was saved.
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Halifax
Daly
Orinouo
West Indies
Seal Island
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Monument Fund
10Th St
Judge Pritchard
SeNator Pettus
Pemberton
Senator Pugh
Mrs. McKinley
ST. Clair
Orchard
President
Baptist State Convention
Jamestown
Congregation OF Galilee Church
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