Former Postmaster Ragan Captured in Colorado
Former postmaster J. M. Ragan is under arrest in Pueblo Colorado and admits his identity. Dispatches confirm his capture after nearly seven weeks eluding authorities and he is expected to consent to return without contest. He has been under surveillance in Colorado for the past two weeks.
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J. M. Ragan
Pueblo
Colo
Evening Star
Star Journal
Anniston
Ala
Ragan
Star. Journal
United States
Colorado
Fugitive Ragan Captured Near Pueblo
A man named Ragan, sought for crimes in Anniston, was spotted by an ex-resident in Pueblo. Authorities tracked him from Denver to Pueblo, captured him yesterday, and notified Birmingham officials. District Attorney Street says a return order is prepared to bring Ragan back for trial, possibly with Roberts.
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Ragan
Pueblo
Annistonian
Charles R. Barker
Denver
Birmingham
Street
Steele
Colorado
Roberts
Former Anniston Postmaster Ragan Captured in Pueblo
Former Anniston postmaster Ragan, charged with embezzling about $3000, was captured in Pueblo Colorado after a lengthy fugitive case. He fled Anniston on March 29 and had been under Secret Service surveillance as investigators linked his case to a nearby arrest of registry clerk Frank Roberts in Los Angeles. The outcome depends on his willingness to return for trial.
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Ragan
Pueblo
Colo
Anniston
Secret Service
Denver
Honduras
Frank Roberts
Los Angeles
Cal
Roberts
Colorado
10 Minute Schedule West Now Experiment in Anniston Line
The Anniston Electric and Gas Company added an extra car on the west line as an experiment. It runs from Tenth Street along Noble to Thirteenth and Moore then back via Moore to Tenth and Noble, completing a loop every 30 minutes to test a 15 minute western schedule. If satisfactory, the service will be permanently maintained.
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Anniston Electric and Gas Company
Tenth Street
Noble
Thirteenth
Moore
Tenth
Birmingham Car Strike Begins in Birmingham
Special to the Star reports a strike by 200 of 500 motormen and conductors who formed a union to gain recognition. Only half the Birmingham Railway Light and Power Company’s cars are operating with no disorder reported so far.
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The
Star
Birmingham
Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company
Guano Company Formed at Roanoke
The Roanoke Guano Company of Roanoke Randolph county filed notice of incorporation with the secretary of state. Directors include W. H. Knight J. Wright and W. W. Campbell. Capital stock is $12 000.
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Montgomery
Roanoke Guano Company
Roanoke
Randolph County
W. H. Knight
J. ©. Wright
W. W. Campbell
Death Saddens Four Homes Here
Mrs. Frank Pitts died Saturday at 409 Chestnut avenue from typhoid fever and was buried at Edgemont cemetery. She leaves a husband and two children and was sister to City Electrician D. C. Rainwater. Bertha Belcher died yesterday at her father’s Wilmer avenue home after a long illness. remains to be sent to Atlanta for interment.
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Frank Pitts
Chestnut Avenue
Edgemont Cemetery
Bertha Belcher
John Belcher
Wilmer Avenue
Atlanta
Mrs McClain dies. burial set for Edgemont
Mrs McClain mother of J T Mc Clain of 509 Mulberry street died early yesterday. She will be buried at 2 p m today at Edgemont.
Remains of Mrs Higgins Brought for Interment
The remains of Mrs. W. F. Higgins who died in Birmingham yesterday morning were brought to this city this morning and will be interred at Edgemont cemetery this afternoon at 3 30. Mrs Higgins was sister of Mrs Hattie Franklin and stepmother of Councilman Higgins of this city.
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W. F. Higgins
Birmingham
Edgemont Cemetery
Foreman Killed Colliding With Train Near Coldwater
I F Roberson a section foreman for the Bynum division of the Southern railway was fatally struck by a Louisville and Nashville switch engine near Coldwater between 8 and 9 am. He walked along his road and signaled with a paper causing the collision. His body was prepared for shipment to Tibbetts Mississippi. He was about 45 and leaves four children.
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I. F. Roberson
Bynum
Southern Railway
Coldwater
J. L. Murphy
Tibbett
Miss
Roberson
Anniston
Tidwell
Mississippi
Indictment of Postmaster Ragan for Embezzlement
Grand jury returns a true bill against James Madison Ragan, postmaster at Anniston Alabama, for converting to his own use 3077 dollars and ten cents of money order funds from the United States with two counts. The indictment cites unlawful conversion of postal revenue and embezzlement under federal law. United States Attorney Thos. Kr. Roushac signs.
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Ragan
U. S
Grand Jury
United States
Alabama
Anniston
Calhoun
State of Alabama
James Madison Ragan
Thos. Kr, Roushac
Pythian Knights Attend Grand Lodge Convention in Mobile
Representatives from Alabama lodges including Anniston No. 91 Calhoun No. 46 Oxanna No. 203 and Rathbone No. 68 travel to Mobile for the annual Grand Lodge convention. Maj. D. H. Smith of Oxford and other prominent Pythians may join as delegates.
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Mobile
Grand Lodge
Knighta
Pythias
Grand Domain of
Alabama
Gulf City
R. 8. Nichols
Anniston Lodge
G. H. Brummel
Calhoun Lodge
M. A. Goodson
Oxanna
A. M. Humphries
Rathbone
Maj
D. H. Smith
Oxford
Escaped Lion Triggers Panic on Atlanta Street
An escaped lion roamed central Atlanta streets for about 30 minutes on a Saturday night causing pandemonium as residents climbed telegraph poles. The animal bit a horse and was captured by seven men inside the Elkin-Watson drug store. no fatalities occurred, though acting manager 8. J. Nottingham was bitten on the wrist.
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Atlanta
Elkin-Watson Drug
J. Nottingham
Elkin-Watson
Kuroki and Staff Visited Yale Amid Ovation
Baron Kuroki and his staff visited Yale University in New Haven on May 20. About 1,000 students at the Yale dining hall gave Kuroki a hearty ovation after a luncheon, as Yale has produced more Japanese graduates than any other U S institution.
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New Haven, Conn
Baron Kuroki
Yale University
Kuroki
Yale
Cuba Celebrates Independence Day Across Island
Havana observes Cuba’s Independence Day with widespread decorations and public festivities. Officers and sailors from the American warships Dixie and Des Moines join the celebrations as thousands of poorer residents take part in free beach excursions. cities will be illuminated tonight.
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Havana
Cuba
Dixie
Des Moines
Furnace at Shelby Iron Company Destroyed by Fire
A fire destroyed Shelby Iron Company's No. 1 furnace at Shelby and the surrounding sheds. Prompt, skilled effort prevented loss of No. 2 furnace. The blaze started from a furnace break that released molten iron flooding the engine room and igniting wooden sheds nearby.
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Montgomery
Columbiana
Shelby Iron Company
Shelby
Wreck in Ohio Injures Eighteen on Electric Railway
Two killed two seriously injured and fourteen painfully hurt in a wreck on the Akron Bedford and Cleveland electric railway six miles north of Akron. Two cars traveling toward Cleveland collided after the lead car stopped abruptly causing the second car to telescope the first.
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The
Star
Cleveland
Akron, Bedford & Cleveland Electric Railway
Akron
Wretched Honeymoon Trip of Coreys Aboard Kaiser Wilhelm II
The Coreys William EK and Mrs Mabelle Gilman Corey endured a sickly honeymoon aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II from New York to Plymouth and Cherbourg, spending most of the voyage confined to their cabin while a close guard protected the vessel.
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Star
Plymouth
England
William EK
Corey
New York
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Mabelle Gilman
Cherbourg
Former Postoffice Clerk Admits Embezzlement Charge
Frank Roberts, a former Annis ton post office clerk, confesses to embezzling 622.66 and is en route to Anniston to seek mercy from the court. A telegram received by Marshal Long confirms the confession and arrival plans from Los Angeles where Roberts was captured.
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Frank Roberts
Anniston
Marshal Long
Marshal Powell
Los Angeles
Roberts
Long
U. 8
Ala
Franklin
Funeral for Captain Falkner Draws Teary Crowd
O E Courtney played taps at Captain J M Falkner’s funeral held yesterday near Mountain Creek with services at his home soldiers' home and the family cemetery near Marbury. The crowd wept as the rites proceeded after a long preparation. Courtney had requested to perform taps, a tribute Falkner had asked for months prior.
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Montgomery
O. EL Courtney
J. M. Falkner
Mountain Creek
Falkner
Jefferson Davis
Captain Falkner
Marbury
Oral Argument in Mrs Baker Case Opens in Concord
In Concord Massachusetts May 20 the first open court argument in the suit by relatives of Mrs Mary Baker Eddy to compel Christian Science leaders to account for her property began before Judge Robert N Chamberlain. Henry V Baker Archibald McClellan and SoRiah J Fernand seek to substitute themselves for the next friends. Attorney General Frank Streeter spoke for the trustees and ex United States Senator William E Chandler and Kelly Howe defended the next friends. Arguments expected to continue over two days.
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Star
Concord
N. Hi
Mary Baker
Eddy
Christian Science Church
Superior Court
Robert N. Chamberlain
Henry V. Baker
Archibald McClellan
SoRiah J. Fernand
Man Shoots Self After News Of Fiancée's Marriage
J N Castleberry a Bea semer paper hanger formerly of Sewanee Tenn killed himself on the doorstep of Miss Mamie May Snow's home at Seventeenth street and Avenue G Ensley Birmingham. He had a minister with him who was to marry him to Miss Snow after learning she wed J T Armstrong the previous afternoon. The incident occurred about 9 15 last night.
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Birmingham
Mamie May Snow
J. N. Castleberry
Chandler Bros
Beasemer
Sewanee
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