Murdered Boy Mystery Leads to Suspect
Chicago police arrest Joseph Hassen after blood stained saws and garments are found in his room. Mud Lake body parts were recovered in a sprawling case tied to the missing Tufta Shighein, with investigators concluding the youth died at the hands of a degenerating killer connected to the Greek slave trade rumors.
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Joseph Hanson
Chicago
Mud Lake
Tulfa Shia- Nein
Joseph Hassen
Hassenswas
Nather
Boya
Relica
Padrane
Pellett's Pond
Lawndale Station
Tufla Shighein
Gnha- Bonsirpat
Sanuet Shighein
Shishein
Merman
Samuel Shisheth
Quiet District After Sheriff Orders Mines Opened
Birmingham August 6 Reports say orders by Sheriff Higdon quieted miner meetings speeches and fealty actions improving strike tension. Coroner's jury adjourned in Will Moflin hanging case with Lon and Bruce Riler held in full. Miner leader W O Fairley vows to test sheriff’s authority in court. Coal production up and more mines to open with southern labor influx.
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Birmingham
Ala
Higdon
Atrike
Will Moflin
Brighton
Lon
Bruce Riler
W. OR. Fairley
Western Federation of Miners
Idaho Democrats Split in DuBois and Anti-DuBois Conventions
In Wallace Idaho August 6 the Idaho Democratic state convention split into DuBois and anti DuBois factions. The anti DuBois faction protested seating DuBois delegates from Bear Lake Oneida and Fremont counties and left. The DuBois faction elected J Frehafer as permanent chair but the anti DuBois faction held another meeting at Masonic hall with Judge Stocksinger chairing. Delegates departed or became proxies as reports of votes circulated.
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Wallace
Idaho
Twain
Bear Lake
Oneida
Fremont
J. Frehafer
Washington County
Frehafer
Calloway
O'Cloek
Democrata
Masonic Hall
Stocksinger
Cardinal Gibbons Stricken at Rome ailing
Rome August 6 Cardinal Gibbons is improving after illness diagnosed as intestinal disorder. Rest ordered on liquid diet as doctors say symptoms moderated with lower fever. Cardinal may join Father Doyle visiting Pope Pius on Saturday. Cardinal Farley and others note relief. Dinner in his honor postponed due to his indisposition.
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Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
Castle Grandalfea
de Prete
Father A. P. Doyle
Apostolic Mission House
Washington
Pope Pius
Father Doyle
Mgr Farley
New York
Blacks Defeat Sheriff Shipp in Tennessee Reform Vote
Chattanooga Tennessee August 6 Sheriff Joseph F Shipp who faces contempt charges before the U S Supreme Court over the lynching of El Johnson was defeated for reelection by Republican Samuel Connor The county usually leans Democratic but now Black voters aided by Republicans backed Connor citing laxity in guarding Johnson and the case against Shipp remains on appeal this month
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Joseph F. Shipp
United States Supreme Court
el Johnson
Samuel Connor
Nowgrocs
Shipp
Johnson
Cas
Supreme Court
Rail line to Chattanooga promised completion soon
Beottsboro Ala August 6 News has been received that the Southern Railway extension between Stevenson and Chattanooga will be completed at once. It is understood material has been ordered and is en route for this work which began earlier but paused during the recent financial depression. It will require 2500000 dollars to finish and money is in sight to finance it, promising employment for many idle men.
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Beottsboro
Ala
Stevenson
Chattanooga
Hinlah
St. Thia
Fourth District School to Open With Large Attendance
Carrollton Ga August 6 Special The fourth district Agricultural and Mechanical school will open September 1 with strong turnout. A new 16000 dollar mechanical shop nears completion as applications flood in from across the district. A fine crop of cotton corn potatoes and peas is being grown on the farm. The school was successful last year and state financial aid should boost success this year.
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Carrollton
Agricultural and Mechanical
Floyd County Farmers Union Warehouse Profit Highlighted
A Floyd County Georgia warehouse report shows assets of 16 711 06 and liabilities of 11 699 51. If the warehouse had been dissolved a year ago stockholders would have faced at least 100 in losses. Today the stockholders would divide nearly 6 000 from assets. New officers expect to boost results in 1909.
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Floyd County Farmers Union
Rome
Farmers’ Union
Floyd County Union
Airectora
Sued for 70000 Damages Threatens Argenta Depot
Little Rock August 6. C W Nelson assistant vice president of the St Louis Southwestern railroad warns Argenta residents that unless suits for 70000 damages tied to a mile of track through the towns principal street are dropped the track will be torn up and orders for improvements including a 200000 depot annulled. The line serves a proposed depot after about 150000 had already been spent by the company.
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Little Rock
Ark
Argenta
C. W. Nelson
St. Louis and Bouthwestern Railroad
Will Taft Rabbit Foot Hoodoo and Bryan Horse Shoe Tale
Hot Springs Virginia August. The piece asks whether a rabbit foot or a horse shoe brings luck in campaigns. John W. Frazier of Philadelphia sends Taft a gold mounted rabbit foot with a historical note about presidential campaign trophies and luck. The account mentions Cleveland sending a luck horse shoe to Alten B. Parker in 1904 and Roosevelt using charms to counteract luck.
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Bryan
Hot Springs
John W. Frazier
Philadelphia
Frasier
Grover Cleveland
Alten B. Parker
Cleveland
Parker
Roosevelt
Lucky Rabbit
Alaska
Mack Is Naming His Committees in Chicago.
Democratic Chairman Norman Mack announced the formation of a finance committee led by Moses C. Wetmore with John F. Osborne as vice chair and a 29 member advisory panel. He also named a 27 member speakers committee headed by John H. Atwood with Champ Clark as vice chair.
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Mack
Chicago
Buffalo
Norman &. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Moses C. Wetmare
St. Louis
John F. Osborne
Wyoming
John H. Atwood
Kansas
Champ Clark
Missouri
Niance
Colberson
Charles A. Culberson
Texas
David EB. Francis
Mark
Francis
Culberson
Wiliam J. Conners
Democratic State Committee
New York City
Moges C. Wetmore
John FE. Oborne
C. N. Haskell
Oklahoma
W. A Clark
Montana
Thomas J. Johnson
Ohio
Lewis Nixon
New York
Alva Adams
Colorado
D. J. Campau
Michigan
Francis G. Newlands
Nevada
William Saulabury
Delaware
Alexander Troup
Connecticut
Richard F. Pettgrew
South Dakota
George Turner
Washington
Martin H. Glynn
Elton Tucker
Arkansas
M. A. Miter
Oregon
Melbert B. Carey
George Fred Wiliams
Maesachuser's
Josiah Martel
Jennings
Florida
Ow. R. O'Brien
Indiana
M. FL Drintap
Minneis
E. C. Wall
Wisconsin
Isaac Reese
Tennessee
J. Taylor Ellyaon
Virginia
Thomas R. Brown
Vermont
W. E. Chitton
West Virginia
Blair Lee
Maryland
Eugene B. Reed
New Hampshire
Co. A
Towne
RB. Glenn
North Carolina
BR. Tilman
Santh Carolina
R. E. Lee Mountcastin
John J. Lentz
Augustus Thomas
T. H. Alexander
Jeremiah Glock
Pennsylvania
Henry Warren
T. T. Woudson
Minnesota
W. H. Dunphy
W. B. Haldeman
Kentucky
Thomas H. Dowd
Guy B. Tucker
T. A. Jennings
8. P. Donnelly
Idaho
FE. J. Jones
Sunderland
William Collins
North Dakota
W. T. Brady
M. A. Miller
Frank K. Neveker
Utah
J. E. Burke
Smith
James Smith, Jr
New Jersey
National Committee
Atlantic States
Democratic Council
Wr. Smith
Reunion of Veterans in Rome Georgia August 12
On August 12 surviving members of Company G, Twenty second Georgia, will hold their annual reunion in Rome at the Presbyterian church near Lindale where they were organized in 1861. The event will feature a dinner and an expected full attendance, recalling a storied Civil War record. In Geneva, the Geographical Congress favored creation of an international consultative bureau of commercial geography and an international committee of secretaries of geographical societies.
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Rome
Georgia
Presbyterian Church
Lindale
Geneva
Geographical Congress
International Consultative Bureau of Commercial Geography
al Geographical Socte
Forfeiture of bonds under consideration
The Georgia convict lease probe nears end with more witnesses and an executive report. The prison commission faces possible bond forfeitures for contractors if lease rules and contracts show violations. Damages could reach 25 percent of bond amounts as the committee weighs indemnity to deter mistreatment.
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Georgia
Prison Commission
Legislative Committee
Goodlae Yancey
Deadwyler
Burke
Turner
Felder
Thomas Emton
Feider
Mr. Eason
Japanese Strike Paralyzes Canadian Pacific Shops
Winnipeg and other centers report Canadian Pacific railway shops dark as engineers conductors and firemen threaten to refuse work with nonunion crews. Strikebreakers arrive from Chicago and St Pan, pickets guard terminals, and laborers are pressed into service. Demands include 9 hour days, pay on the 17th, and ending demerit systems. Local leadership cites reliable sources on a potential nationwide shutdown in four days.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadian Pacific Railway
St. Pan
Chicago
Pacific Canat
New England
Canadian Pacific
J. H. McVey
Soo
Great Northern
Met
Young Turks Triumph In Constantinople New Cabinet Forms Constitutional Regime
Across Constantinople a new cabinet loyal to the Young Turks takes power under a constitutional framework. Kis mil Pasha returns as grand vizier with liberal ministers including Christians and Armenians. A British ambassador receives a warm ovation as troops release prisoners in a peaceful pro Constitution march.
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Constantinople
Kismil Pasha
Gabriel Effend
Ioan
Mavromidato
Jemalledin Effend
shiek-ul-Islam
Reshed Akif Pasha
Vail
Sivas
Redjep Pasha
Vali
Tripoli
Arif Pasha
Zila Pasha
Hassan Fehm Pasha
Young Turk Committee
Abdul Mahed
Selamlik
Aloniki
Netern
Defense Made of All Actions by Commission
A Sid Turner and Thomas Eason along with Gen. C A Evans testified on the stand detailing defense actions taken by the commission.
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A Sid Turner
Thomas Eason
C A Evans
Negro Death Rate Low In State Prison Camps
Testimony at a Georgia prison commission hearing portrays lower death rates among Black inmates in state camps compared with urban districts. Officials discuss humane treatment, Sunday labor at brick camps, and contracting convicts to farms, with details on wages, labor practices, and accounting gaps raised by witnesses.
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J. Sid Turner
Commission
R. §. Alford
Milledgeville
United States
Georgia
Evans
Thomas Eason
Felder
Convicta
Alford
State Farm
Jose Fall
Buthune
State Reformatory
Prison Commission
Bethune
Atlanta
Chevke
Weather forecast for Georgia with showers and winds
Occasional showers expected Friday and Saturday across Georgia with light to fresh southwest winds along the coast. Data show low and high temperatures, mean and normal values, and rainfall figures though several items are unclear.
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Georgiia
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