A Day of Music at the Lucy Cobb Institute
Yesterday featured a day of music at Lucy Cobb Institute with Misses Keipp Morgan and Tyler guiding a program of solos, dances, and a morning contest for a prize. The Grand Concert followed with organ, choir, orchestra, and chamber pieces performed by students and teachers, highlighting a Schubert Club program and multiple soloists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Cobb Institute
Keipp
Morgan
Tyler
Grieg
Nicode
Edith Hodgson
Rheinberger
McDowell
Nannette
Symphony
Romberg—Orchestra
Hebrides
Mendelssohn
Mamie Crawford
Julia McWhorter
Ethel Tillman
Bertha
Davison
Outlaws Hunted by Band of Men in Hole in the Wall
Casper Wyoming June 12 Desperate battle looms as railroad, express and state authorities organize a large posse to hunt the Hole in the Wall band that robbed the Union Pacific express at Rock Creek. About 200 men, sworn deputies and armed trackers, with Indian trailers and pack trains, will scour the rugged canyon seeking the outlaw group and other wanted men. An $8,000 bounty is posted for each band member, with support from railroads and cattle companies.
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Union Pacific Express
Rock Creek
Express
Wyoming
Rom
Hole
Life for a Bird Death of a Man Who Had Too Kind a Heart
Montgomery Alabama June 12 Thomas Hunt eleven years old died after an accident in front of his home while helping a bird back to its nest. He fell from a limb about 25 feet high and suffered a fatal brain concussion. Local physician could not save him. Report notes his kind act and mentions a patent remedy endorsement.
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Montgomery
Ala
Thomas Hunt
Mob Seeks Lynching After Black Suspect Captured in Conn
William Morrison, a burly Black man, was captured seven miles from Bridgeport by Sheriff Stagg and three constables after allegedly injuring Mrs. Margaret Roberts, an elderly white woman. He is jailed in Stratford with armed guards as an outraged crowd threatens mob violence. Mrs. Roberts, bedridden, identifies him at the cell door and pleads for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
William Morrison
Margaret Roberts
Stratford
Morrison
Stagg
Man Kills Negro for Cursing Near Fredonia Ala
June 12 report from West Point Ga details Adonia Alabama incident where Judge Trammell shot Wheelis Trammell after repeated profane outbursts. The wounded man died under Buckshot near the home and the killer surrendered to the Chambers county sheriff. Also notes on Chamberlain Pain Balm endorsements and local funeral at Oconee Street Methodist for infant son of Mr and Mrs W J Doster.
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West Point
Trammell
Wheelis Trammell
Fredonia
Ala
Wheelis
Mr. Trammell
W. J. Doster
Oconee Street Methodist Church
Explosion on Columbia launch harms Bristol crowd
In Bristol Rhode Island on June 12 a blast from a flashlight apparatus during the Columbia launch killed one boy, left another possibly fatally injured, and severely hurt six others. A three sided tin reflector was blown to atoms, with tin fragments found in wounds. The craft was turned toward the shop, flags raised, and only intimate friends allowed aboard while rigging resumes tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
R. I
Columbia
Indians Starving and Deaths Reported Near Stewart River
Miners arriving from the Stewart and Belwyn rivers tell of Indian starvation deaths. Troops from Selkirk barracks move to arrest those who sacrificed an Indian girl to appease the Great Spirit. Scurvy is widespread among Stewart river miners with three deaths reported. Rich gold deposits found on the upper Stewart.
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Victoria
B. C
Stewart River
Selkirk Barracks
Stewart
Belwyn
Aged Lady Marion Williams Dies at 78
Mrs Marion Williams died after a brief illness Sunday at 8 pm at her daughter Mrs V J Parr’s Baxter street home. A Baptist for most of her life she was among the county’s oldest citizens aged 78. She leaves seven children T R Williams K J Williams W Williams Mrs Thoe Bailey Mrs W J Parr and Mrs P J Shore. Funeral held yesterday at 4 pm at Mr W J Parr’s residence Rev Ellison D Stone officiated. Burial followed in the family plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. J. Parr
Baxter Street
Marion Williams
Williams
Baptist Church
T. R. Williams
K. J. Williams
Schley Day Proposed By Brooklyn Crew For Santiago Battle Anniversary
Men attached to the armored cruiser Brooklyn moored at the Brooklyn navy yard plan July 8 as Schley Day to mark the Santiago battle. They will invite Admiral and Mrs Schley Captain Cook Commodore Phillips and Admiral Sampson to attend or be honored.
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New York
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Santiago
Cervera
Schley
Cook
Phillip
Navy Yard
Sampson
North Atlantic
Twelve in Houston lynching mob held for Humphreys case
Governor Sayers released the assistant attorney general Morris report from Athens Texas detailing the lynching of the Humphreys brothers. The inquiry notes unified state and Henderson county efforts have led to the arrest of twelve mob members and promises further arrests of those believed guilty.
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Austin
Tex
Sayers
Morris
Athens
Henderson County
Texas
Humphreys Brothers
County Line Dispute Between Charlton and Wayne Counties
In Waycross Georgia on June 12 a legal fight over the boundary between Charlton and Wayne counties escalates. About 70 land parcels totaling around 85000 acres were taxed in Wayne, though questions remain as to rightful ownership. Rev T J Peck, appointed to survey by the governor, previously left the South Georgia Conference for Hawkinsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waycross
Charlton
Wayne
Wayne County
T. J. Peck
South Georgia
Hawkinsville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mendelssohn Club
Faust— Gounod
Mabel Hodgson
Dzibulka —Orchestra
Reinecke
Jonnie Holmes
Frances Johnson
Lachner
Miss Hooper
Miss Morgan
Mr. Magnus
Haas
Song of the Armee
Delibes
Lucia Abbott
Mascagni—Orchestra
Schubert Club
Schubert
Clyde Young
April Showers
Hatton
Saint Sirens
Isabel Thomas
Nannette Hodgson
Magnus S. Haar
Leonard Haas
Oscar Keith
Kate Hodgson
Ralph Hodgson
Max Michael
Roy Strickland
Magnus 8. Haas
Erwin Vonderau
Layette Lanier
Lollie Bonwell
Lucile Brodnax
Rosalind Davis
Kathleen Lowe
Annabelle Sibley
Norma Strickland
Addie Brand
Annie Glenn Johnson
Maybeth Sullivan
Azalia Strickland
Nature
Mra
AL. Ford
Bramby Drug Co
Marvelous
Ake
Michael
Casper
Wyo
John Bevins
the Press
Anthon
Iowa
Chamberlain
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Old Lady
Georgia
Hope Hale
Adonia
P. Ketcham
Pike City
Cal
H. RB. Palmer & Sons
Athens, Ga
Humphreys
Mayne
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