Georgia Bay Pardoned and Reward Offered
The president granted clemency in several cases and pardoned Samuel Smith, a man jailed for stealing postage stamps in the Northern District of Georgia. He has served most of his four-year sentence in a DC reform school and lost an eye in a prison incident. Governor Candler offered a $150 reward for Howard Jackson, a Black man wanted in Greene County.
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Georgia Bay
Washington
Samuel Smith
Georgia
Reform School
District of Columbia
Candler
Atlanta
Glovernor Candler
Howard Jackson
Greene County
Mob Lynches Negro After Attempted Assault in Rome
Walter Allen, a Shorter college student, is seized by a mob from Rome jail and strung to an electric light pole in front of the Central hotel after being identified as the assailant of Miss Blossom Adamson. A volley of bullets finishes the brutal killing as Captain Moseley fires at the scene. The incident shocks Rome with hundreds witnessing the lynching and thousands armed for the act.
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Rome
Moseley
Adamcop
Blossom Adamson
N. EB. Adamson
Boston
Seaborn Wright
Floyd County
Adamson
Shorter College
Miss Adamson
East Piret Street
Allen
Central Hotel
Kidney Trouble Affects Women and Men Alike
A historic notice explains kidney and bladder troubles harm both sexes and even children. It endorses a tonic from Kilmer and Co, promoted as a safe first step toward relief, citing numerous testimonials and urging readers to mention the paper when purchasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ikidney Triney
Sophie
Es Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N.Y
Dr Martin on China after Peking turmoil
Dr W A P Martin, former principal of the Imperial Chinese College at Peking, arrived in Victoria from Japan. He notes China’s treaty with foreign powers has brought quiet for the moment, but predicts long term risk of disintegration. He cites Russian plots to retain Manchuria, possible rebel activity near Kan-Su, with forces aligned to Prince Tuan and concern over Ning-Shia and Kansu.
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Imperial Chinese College
Peking
Victoria
B. C
W. A. P. Martin
Chiinese University
Wu Chang
Empresa
Japan
Martin
China
Great Britain
United States
Russia
France
Li Hung Chang
Manchuria
Mongolia
Kan-Su
Prince Tuan
Shan-Si
Kia Kansu
More War Money Urged as Budget Talks Grow
London sources report pressure for expanded income tax and higher death duties to fund ongoing war costs. Sir Michael Hicks Beach faces a flood of letters on finance with a Commons statement anticipated soon. Meanwhile a patent cough medicine ad promises home relief for respiratory ailments with trial bottles offered by local druggists.
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Great Britain
New York
London
Tribune
Michael Hicks-Beach
Cobden Club
House of Commons
Kings
H. R. Palmer& Son
W.J Smith & Bro
Price Soo
Despondent man shoots at family then self in Memphis
W. B. Mills aged 60 attempted to kill his family in a suicide bid. Mrs Victoria Moore was struck in the neck and survived. Mills was taken to a hospital after the shooting as investigators note the motive rooted in alleged troubles. Separately in Tampa cigars shipments reach 36 840 000 by week’s end, the largest since the first factory opened here.
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Memphis
W. B. Mulls
Milla
Victoria Moore
Mills
Tampa
Fla
Tempa
Pampa
Iire
Mystery Skeleton Found At Tiverton R Shore
A human skeleton in a crude cedar box washed ashore at Island Park Tiverton R I is believed to be Mrs Gideon Manchester who vanished sixty years ago. Her husband a seafarer and local searchers long pursued leads including rings and trinkets found in New Bedford. The keeper of the old toll bridge noted a man crossing with a long box the night the search began, and the skeleton was buried near that bridge raising renewed police interest in the long cold case.
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Tiverton
R. L
Island Park
Gideon Manchester
New Bedford
Manchester
Stone Bridge
Train wreck near Barberton leaves soldiers dead
Details from Pretoria report a train on a downhill run after Barberton derailed on a sharp curve. Five trucks carrying soldiers plunged off the rails at twenty miles per hour, exploding engine, killing the engineer and Brennan and causing multiple deaths among the injured. Lord Kitchener says the Barbeton crash was accidental.
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Transvaal
Pretoria
Barberton
Brenan
Ninoe
London
Transvaal Colony
Hampahire Regiment
Kitchener
Millionaire Duke Pays Off Durham Barber Indebtedness
J B Duke president of American Tobacco visited Durham to see his father Washington Duke and paid off a local church debt. The barber John Myrick, a St Josephs Methodist member, earned the largest single share price of 3000 dollars as the settlement. Ellen Stone returns to London and may delay leaving for America as talks continue for her use in London.
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Duke
Durham
Richmond
J. B. Duke
American Tobacco Company
New York
Washington Duke
St. Josephs Methodist Church
John Myrick
Bethlehem Steel to Build Pressed Steel Car Wheel Plant
A Bethlehem special to The Tribune reports an experimental plant will be built at Bethlehem Steel works for manufacturing car wheels from pressed steel. President Schwab of US Steel and Charles Schoen, formerly president of the Pressed Steel Car company, oversee the project and machinery work has begun.
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Pressed Steel
New York
Bethlehem
Tribune
Bethlehem Steel Company
Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Charles. . Schoen
Pressed Steo
Dock Laborers Again Strike At Fiume Port
Vienna reports dock laborers at Fiume Hungary have again struck for higher wages. Work at the port is practically at a standstill and a number of vessels cannot unload their cargoes.
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Vienna
Fiume
Hungary
Six Die in Fire at Johnstown Home
A family of six perished in a night fire on the outskirts of Johnstown. Philip F. Mitchell, 53, Jacob P. Mitchell, Maryai Mitchell aged 12, Charlén E. Mitchell 11, José M. Mitchell 8, and Alice Francis Mitchell 6 died as flames consumed their home. Mrs Mitchell and daughter Sophia awoke others, but neighbors could only watch.
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Johnstown
Pat
Philip F. Mitchell
Jacob P. Mitchell
Mary Ai Mitchell
Charlén E. Mitchell
José M. Mitchell
Alice Francis Mitchell
Poisoned by His Paramour at Hotel York
Portland machinist Benjamin Jones died after a woman he registered with as his wife allegedly poisoned him at the York Hotel in Beattie Washington. The woman returned to announce his illness, left, and did not return. Coroner and hospital reports link the death to poisoning. letters in his grip show parents in Oskaloosa Indiana.
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Portland, Or
Beattie
Wash
Benjamin Jones
Portland
York
Oskaloosa
J.H. Sado
Cardinal Martinelli Opens Savannah Cathedral Fair
At the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah Cardinal Martinelli formally opened the cathedral fair. A large crowd attended with clergy and Holy Roman church leaders including Rt. Rev. Bishop B. J. Kelley and Rt. Rev. Bishop Northrop. The fair aims to raise funds to pay cathedral debt and support completion of the structure. A reception followed the ceremony and a dinner was held in the supper room of the fair.
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Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
Savannah
Cardinal Mertinelli
Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist
Holy Roman Church
Cardinal Martinell
B. J. Kelley
Northrop
Charleston
Kelley
Well Known Pastor Dies in Joliet at 48
Joliet April 2 Rev D D Odell aged 48 pastor of the Eastern Argeneue Baptist church died today at Silver Cross hospital after an operation for bowel complication. He was chaplain of the Third Mil nos regiment and served in Porto Rico during the Spanish war. He graduate of Hamilton college New York and held pastoral charges in New York Nebraska and Illinois. Aged Missionary Dead Victoria B C April 5 Venerable Archdeacon Shaw missionary to Japan died in Tokyo March 13.
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Jollet
D. D. Odell
Joliet
Silver Cross Hospital
Odell
Milnois
Porto Rico
Hamilton College
New York
Nebraska
Miinois
Victoria
B. C
Archdeacon Shaw
Japan
Tokyo
Nelson mine disaster leaves 58 orphans and 14 widows
Chattanooga reports 16 buried miners from the Nelson mine explosion near Dayton. Investigators say the mine was on fire and debris recovery continues as officials doubtfully assess cause. A jury of inquest is impaneled to determine the accident’s origin.
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Chattanooga
Nelson
Dayton
Debria
George Swafford
Dayton Coal and Iron Company
Everning
Roy Meyer
Ming
J. M. Head
Lesage
Associated Press
Killing in Autauga County A fatal shooting at a Prattville plantation
April 2 reports a deadly shooting at the Wadsworth plantation near the Alabama River between Johnson and Sonny Cain. Johnson used a 44 caliber pistol, killing Cain instantly. authorities note it may be the third killing by Johnson and a lynching threat looms. Additional items describe a 16 year old girl assault in Suf ta we Va and unrelated incidents in Jacksonville and New York.
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Autauga
Prattville
Ala
Wadsworth
Alabama River
Johnson
Sonny Cain
Cala
Johnson Hias
Thomas Rady
Shedreck’ Perry
Eady
Sufta We Va
Fire at Talbotton Ga Destroys Several Stores
Destructive blaze in Talbotton Georgia last night damaged multiple unoccupied stores owned by Amos Leonard and Miss Mary Mathews. The fire, thought to have started during a neighborhood frolic, damaged R Winds store and the former F Bisman stock, plus J L Johnsons shop. Loss estimated near 50 000 with little insurance. some goods saved but badly damaged.
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Georgia
Talbotton
Amos Leonard
Mary Mathews
Nogroce
R. Wind
F. Bisman
Berkeupt
J. L Johnson Wes
Former State Senator Crain Reports Durfee Pardoned
Mattoon Illinois April 2 Former State Senator Isaac B Crain has learned that Lieutenant Oscar Durfee has been pardoned in a case where Durfee was accused of embezzling $4900 of government funds while managing the military road in Cuba. The case reached Secretary of War Root with evidence from Puerto Principe and gained support from United States Senator Allison and others. Durfee had a wife and four children in the city. Quick relief for cramps and colic is Perry Davis Painkiller.
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Mattoon
Ill
Isaac B. Crain
Washington
Oscar
Durfee
Deveteers
Fernandino, and Jucaro
Cuba
Crain
United States
Allison
Jaws
Prince George Reprimands Bavarian Scientist in Lecture
New York March 31 Professor Ranke a Bavarian scientist was officially reprimanded for saying man descends from apes in a lecture attended by Prince George of Bavaria in uniform Life Guards. The prince, age 22, confronted Ranke and demanded he refrain from such statements in future noting that the royal family could not descend from an animal.
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New York
Ranke
Munich
Journal
Prince George of
Bavaria
Life Guards
Ens George
Prince George
Wittelbachers
Senator Herndon Dead in Dalton Georgia
Senator B Herndon long respected lawyer died at his Dalton home of pneumonia after two weeks confinement. Born in Union District Washington DC he moved to Georgia with a notable legal career. He served as United States commissioner Whitfield County legislator and state senator from the Forty third district.
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Dalton
Senator B. Herndon
Thin City
Colonel Herndon
Union
D. C
Georgia
Zachariah Herndon
Beath
United States
Whitfield County
Buchanan Hotel Burns in Georgia Fire Destroys 2-Story
A two story Moore hotel in Buchanan Georgia burned this morning between 2 and 2 30. The fire likely started in the kitchen stove. Firemen saved some contents and neighboring buildings while the hotel owner G M Roberts reported a loss of 1500 with no insurance.
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Buchanan
Moore Hotel
G. M. Roberta
Severe storm lashes Nelson Georgia causes heavy damage
A severe wind and rainstorm hit Nelson Georgia on March 31 blowing roofs off houses and lifting a large residence from its foundation. Inmates escaped injury as Fair View church was demolished and widespread damage occurred across the county.
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Nelson
Fair View Church
Cumaphetaly
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