Secretary Hackett Reports on Guam and Tutuilla Affairs
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Hackett releases his annual review covering Guam and Tutuilla matters. Commander Schroeder notes $53,356 in local tax revenue funding roads bridges and schools and highlights education roads and water as priorities. He cites some lawlessness among marines and praises the insular artillery as reliable. Tutuilla revenue reached $7,500 for native government expenses. Commander Sebree to take over the Tu tuila naval station replacing Captain Tilley.
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Tutuilla
Washington
Hackett
Naval Office
Naval War College
Seaton Schroeder
Commander Schroeder
Schroeder
Marine
Tutulula
Samoa
Tilley
Uriel Sebree
Col Dorus Fox Dies at 84 a Des Moines Resident
Des Moines reports Colonel Dorus M. Fox age 84 died at his home after a long career as a writer and publisher. Born in New York, he served as a colonel in the Twenty seventh Michigan infantry during the Civil War and held later posts in publishing and government land administration.
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Des Moines
Dorus M. Fox
Fox
Jefferson County
New York
Detroit
Michigan
Twenty Seventh
Michigan Infantry
Chicago
Ottumwa
Decision Sustains England Domicile for Legacy Duty
London November 20 The appeal court upheld the lower court ruling that the late W L Wimmns formerly of Baltimore Md was domiciled in England. The crown is therefore entitled to legacy duty.
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London
Appeal Court
W. L. Wimmns
Baltimore
England
Electric execution ends murderer's life in Auburn
Fred Kleat, convicted of murdering his sweetheart Katy Tobin in Tioga county, was executed by electricity at the state prison in Auburn at 6 37 am. He faced the death sentence after consuming alcohol and seeking the girl despite her rejection.
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Auburn
N.Y
N. Y
Fred Kleat
Klest
Katy Tobin
Waverly
Tioga County
Justice’s Office
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Promises Health for Mothers and Babies
An old advert style piece extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as strengthening mothers and nourishing infants. It claims the remedy aids feeding and growth, with testimonial anecdotes and a defense of patent medicine. Also mentions medical adviser and a letter about Boer camp conditions and parliamentary plans, plus a note promoting Cascarets candy cathartic as genuine.
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Dr. Pierce
Aden
R. V. Pierce
Butt
Desperate Desperado Dawson Killed. Wild Bill Gang Cleared
Henry Dawson son of Wild Bill Daw son is shot dead at Red Top while attacking his wife. The last member of Wild Bill's notorious gang is killed as officers proclaim the band wiped out. Charleston reports a public Red Top demonstration following the arrest. The region had faced a wave of murders and gang terror, including attempts on Magistrate Strodeckker. Peace is hoped as the outlaw gang is eliminated.
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Charleston
Henry Daw
Red Top
Wild Bill
Band of Outlaws
Dawson
Southern Furniture Manufacturers' Association Meets in Charlotte
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers' Association held its first regular meeting in Charlotte North Carolina with about 40 members present. President H F Temple of Chattanooga chaired the secret gathering which adjourned at 12 35 and reconvened at 2 pm. Secretary Jones said proceedings would be kept private and not printed in trade journals.
Almost Buried Alive in Grave Miscount Collapse
James Wynn a Decatur Alabama blacksmith was reported dead yet moved in his coffin after funeral rites. Doctors had declared him dead and he lay as a corpse for two days. the casket was opened at the grave and Wynn showed facial movement prompting medical treatment. In Des Moines Iowa John Reuvers and John Breubenracht of Knoxville Marion County pled guilty to illegally securing naturalization papers to vote for Democrats in 1900 and were fined $400 each.
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Alabama
Cincinnati
Times Star
Decatur
James Wynn
Oxford
Wynn
Des Moines
John Reuvers
John Breubenracht
Knoxville
Marion County
Marion Coun
Pleas for His Slayer in Fatal Quarrel Ends with Murder
A quarrel in a store ends when Young Clayton stabs rival Younginger, the wound fatal. Young Clayton, nephew of Dr. V. P. Clayton, Confederate villain? No, prominent Republican in South Carolina, pleads forgiveness for his killer as Younginger dies after naming intercession.
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Young Clayton
V. P. Clayton
Columbia
South Carolina
Younginger
Clayton
Bevere and Badenhorst Boers Routed Near Pretoria
A Pretoria dispatch reports Lieutenant Colenbrander's column rounding up Bevere and Badenhorst Boer commands 30 miles northwest of Pretoria. Three enemy dead and three wounded, 64 captured including two field cornermen, plus stock and munitions taken.
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Lord Kitchener
London
Pretoria
Colenbrander
Bevere
Badenhorst
Wright Dispensary Bill Passes Georgia Senate by Vote 21 to 14
Atlanta reports the Wright disp ensary bill passed the Georgia Senate 21 to 14 at 1 30 pm granting each county the option to vote on a dispensary. The House 88 to 7 relieved Walton county from a 200 tax on operating distilleries. A Taylor bill to pay clerks and sheriffs fees failed 79 to 21. A Brock measure to raise convict guards pay was moved to the appropriations committee. A Hogan resolution to form a joint Soldiers home probe passed unanimously.
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Senate
Atlanta
House
Walton County
Taylor
Houston
Brock
Dade
Appropriations Committee
Hogan
Lincoln
Women as smugglers target Seattle merchants' families
Seattle secret service detectives report prominent wives and daughters of wealthy business and professional men in Seattle are running large scale smuggling operations. Authorities consider potential legal action as expensive silks and dress goods were smuggled in from Victoria last winter.
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Seattle
Wash
United States Secret Service
Victoria
Colony Of Consumptives Operated As Denver Sanitarium
The Rocky Mountain Industrial Sanitarium in Denver opened on a ten acre tract with 15 to 30 early-stage consumptives under promoter care. Patients live outdoors in tents with warm clothing and small stoves, aiming to remove patients from hotels and streets to aid recovery in sunshine and fresh air.
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Rocky Mountain
Denver
Colo
Lyke Convictep Found Guilty in Maggie Rodgers Murder
Henry Lyre from a prominent Georgia family was convicted yesterday of murder in the first degree for killing Maggie Rodgers, a Black woman. The jury deliberated from 6:50 pm until just before 9 pm, and the judge will set the sentence in the criminal superior court.
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Atlanta
Marsin
Cadler
Lyre
Georgia
Tiny Waif Found on Street in Macon
The body of an infant was found on the sidewalk in front of a bookstore on Second Street by W. J. Bennett. A city physician concluded the baby was born only a few hours earlier amid bloodstains and mystery, with police probing possible homicide.
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Macon
Second Street
W. J. Bennett
Mrs Wilson Wins $12 600 in Railroad Case
Mrs Ludie M Wilson sues the Atlanta Knoxville and Northern railroad seeking damages for her husband engineer’s death after a derailed train caused by an open switch. A two day Superior Court trial in Marietta resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for 12 600, with Senators Clay and Hoke Smith counsel for the plaintiff and Smith Hammond Smith and H Grima of Marietta for the railroad.
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Senator Clay
Hon. Hoke Smith
Marietta, Ga
Ludie M. Wilson
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railroad
Messrs. Smith
Hammond& Smith
Atlanta
H. Grima
Marietta
Wilson
Knoxville
Farmer Crow Found Dead In Wagon Near New Georgia
Bennie Crow, a prosperous farmer living four miles west of town, was found dead in his wagon after returning from market. Foul play is suspected due to head injuries, though $900 was found on his person. The second item notes German merchants planning canalization of the Moselle and Saar to reduce transport costs, a multi year project costing about 70 marks.
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Reichsrath
New York
Vienna
London Times
New York Times
Prague
Crow
New Ga
Bennie Crow
Pood
York
Germany
Bean
Sta Commerce
Saya
Ibune
London
Rhine
Moselle
Saar
Mules Runaway Kill Woman in Decatur
Nov 20 at Slip Up a team of young mules hitched to a road wagon threw William Rayer and his 80 year old stepmother from the wagon. Mrs Rayer died from a head injury. Mr Rayer was bruised but expected to recover. No inquest was held into Mrs Rayer’s death.
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New Decatur
Ala
William Rayer
Stepmother
Snowfall Saddles Mainesville With White Ground
Three inch fall of snow graced Mainesville Georgia after midnight on November 20 bringing heavy snow cover to the Blue Ridge mountains. By early morning the ground showed a thick white layer and wheat fields were lightly dusted.
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Mainesville
Blue Ridge
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