Conners Sues Over Collier’s Article for $100000
William J. Conners, chairman of the Democratic state committee, files a $100,000 damages suit in Buffalo against the owners of Collier’s Weekly for a July 1908 article. The complaint reproduces the piece alleging crimes including assault secret murder riot and conspiracy. Collier’s defends, admitting publication but denying malice or injury. Charles A Dolson will try the case.
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William J. Conners
Democratic State Rammitt
Cullierg Weekly
New York City
Collers
Collier's
Conners
Charles A Dolson
Mild Meeting Reported as Holy Rollers Plan Tent Erection
In Cleveland Tennessee Holy Rollers gathered at their outskirts church after an injunction halted services. Rev Tomlinson claimed God ordered immediate tent erection but later said the command was revoked. Citizens fear conflict if the tent goes up Wednesday.
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Tenn
Holy Rollers
Cleveland
Tomlinson
Nunzia Naal Re-Elected to Sicilian Chamber of Deputies
In Trinani Sicily August 8 Nunzia Naal former minister of public instruction who was sentenced last year to eleven months and twenty days in prison for embezzlement reportedly won reelection to the chamber of deputies. The electoral college had to fill a Trapani seat after previous deputy Masi, under charge and conviction, was barred from office for four years and his election annulled. Chalona Surmáné and Roger Sommer then attempted a new flight in their aeroplane but Sommer’s engine stalled and the craft crashed the ground, though Sommer was uninjured.
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Trinani
Sicily
Nunzia Naal
Chamber of Deputies
Masi
Trapani
Reporter Dies in New York Gas Accident
H E Beckham a Times staffer and cousin of Kentucky Governor Beckham died in a New York boarding house from accidental gas asphyxiation. He was 44 and from a prominent Virginia family.
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New York
Beckham
Kentucky
The
New York Times
Virginia
Elopement Attempt Ends With Girl Reunited At Home
Morning drama unfolds as 21-year-old Amos Prater teams with friends to elope with Jennie Partain, age 16. After multiple sightings, evasions, and a police call, Jennie is recovered and returned to her mother at home, with Prater seeking legal help to continue the romance.
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Floyd Partain
Dallas
Ames Prater
Jennie
Amos
Prater
Wymans Street
Record import surge for manufacturing materials in 1909
Washington reports that fiscal year 1909 set record highs for imports of raw materials used in manufacturing, including wool, cotton, silk, hides, India rubber, tobacco, copper, lumber, and related chemicals. While quantities rose, values lagged behind 1907 due to lower prices.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Statistics
India
Several Firemen Injured in City Fire
Firefighters including Lieutenant Farrel Saute were injured when the roof collapsed at the Ohio Sash and Door Company on Merwin Street and Columbia Road during a blaze. The origin of the fire remains under investigation and damage is reported at 878,000 dollars.
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Farretl Saute
Ohio Sash and Door Company
Merwin Streat
Columbia Road
Tony
Widow Assaulted Near Woodstock
Deputy Dobbs and a Cherokee county posse traveled to Atlanta after a white man named John Warren was suspected of assaulting a 35 year old widow, Mrs. Tom Huey, between Woodstock and Canton. Bloodhounds tracked him to Marietta, then he vanished. detectives Jett Bullard and Black aided but found no trace.
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Cherokee County
Atlanta
John Warren
Tom Huey
Woodstock
Canton
Marietta
Gaitly
Warren
Jett
Bullard
Black
Powers resolved to keep the peace over Crete
London reports an acute Turkey Greece dispute with Crete. Russian foreign minister Tawolodky promises to prevent mischief while four protective powers push for a peaceful settlement. No ultimatum seen, Turkey relies on verbal protests. Greece asserts neutrality and Greek officers removed from army list. Ambassadors of Britain, Russia, France, and Italy meet at Therapia to plan united action. A Turkish bayonet against Greek goods appears in some towns and a 5,000 men volunteer force forms at Monastir ready to march.
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Turkey
Greece
Crete
Europe
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Cowes
Constantinople
Athena
Germany
Paris
Contantinople
Porte
Athens
Great Britain
Russia
France
Italy
Therapia
Ambasaadors
Bosphorus
Soree
Golden Flyer Flies Over Mineola Trials
New York observer Charles Foster Willard, a young aviator, made five successful flights in the Golden Flyer aircraft of the New York Aeronautic Society near Mineola Long Island. Distances ranged from seven tenths of a mile to two miles. The feat is noted as remarkable given he has completed only eleven flights prior.
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New York
Charles Foster Willard
New Yorker
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Mineola
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Doctor Kills Himself in Alabama at Sunset
Dr. J. Pp. Rorex, a well known Bellwore physician, died by suicide at his home as his wife and young son attended church. He used a shotgun and pulled the trigger with his toe. Ill health is believed to have caused the act.
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Ala
J. Pp. Rorex
Thisaction
Alabama
Dod
Fish With Beak Like Bird From Los Angeles Park
HE B Ries keeper of Hastlake Park reports a fish with a bird like beak and throat. The creature appears half carp and half goldfish with a bird head and sings when probed. Ries placed the beakfish in an aquarium and wonders if it belongs to fish or bird lineage. Dr. David Star Jordan may determine its ancestry if possible.
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Hastlake Park
Mr. Rice
David Star Jordan
Rive
George Bernard Shaw to visit America for unemployment convention
George Bernard Shaw, the author and wit, plans to arrive in the United States on January 18 to attend the Chicago unemployment convention. He has not visited America before and may share sharp views on American manners, including past remarks on the Haymarket affair and the censorship of Mrs Warren's Profession by New York police.
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United States
Chicago
Shaw
America
London
Haymarket
Ife
Wesley Memorial Church Women Plan August Meeting at 4
The Foreign Missionary Society of Wesley Memorial church will hold its August meeting in their hall at 6 Houston street on Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Wednesday night services run 6:20 to 8:30 and grow in interest. The Philathea class will encamp near Wolleze Park for ten days starting next Thursday.
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Houston Street
Philathea Clase
Wolleze Park
Wesley
Morial Church
Frank Siler
Wesley Memorial
PARDONED MAN DIES ON WAY TO HIS WIFE
Des Moines reports the pardon, ex mayor Samuel Francis Smith of Davenport, died in a Toronto hospital while en route to Newton Center Mass. He was released from Anamosa reformatory after Gov Carroll suspended his sentence for age. Convicted of embezzling $100000, he served five years of an eleven year term. His wife sold her mansion to appease creditors.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Samuel Francis Smith
Smith
New England
Davenport
Maneton
Lumber king dies in 76 foot cliff plunge at Riverside
George Vandyke of Lancaster New Hampshire a leading New England lumberman and his chauffeur Frederick Hogdon of North Stratford Vermont were fatally injured when their automobile plunged over a 76 foot cliff into the Connecticut River at Riverside Turners Falls Massachusetts Both died at the hospital Vandyke was known as the lumber king of New England.
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Mase
George Vandyke
Lancaster
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New England
Frederick B. Hogdon
North Stratford
Connecticut River
Riverside
Vandyke
Ready for Rifle Shoot at Camp Perry Ohio
Twelve hundred men are in camp tonight ready for four weeks of rifle competition beginning August 8 at Camp Perry Ohio. The events include matches of the Department of the Lace Rifle Association the Ohio Rifle Association and the National Ride Association scheduled weekly in that order.
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Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Department of the Lace Rifle Association
Ohio Rifle Association
National Ride Association
Mortuary Notices for Dunn Oakley and Cohron
Mrs. J M Dunn died yesterday at her residence at 1st Point. Funeral today at 10 in Cres Hill cemetery with surviving husband and two children Mack and Willie Lee. Emma Oakley died yesterday at a private sanatorium, funeral to be announced later. Rev Joseph Cohron died yesterday at his home in Kart Point aged eighty seven, survived by wife and daughter Mrs John Suber Florida. Funeral from East Point home at 10 26 this morning.
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Willie Lee
Cresp Hill Cemetery
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Emme Oakley
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Iater
Joseph Cohron
Atlanta Typographical Union
Kart Point
Cohran
John Suber
Florida
In Memory Of Hugo Paris Prepares Fete
Paris plans a week of literary events to honor Victor Hugo on the fiftieth anniversary of Legende des Siecles. A statue dedication by Rodin is planned for September 26 at the Pan theon with a Comedie Francaise revival. Adele Hugo, Victor Hugo’s daughter, will attend in seclusion, while New York reenactments and Notre Dame procession feature amid a year of memorials.
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Victor Hugo
Rodin
Pantheon
Rovain
Triboule
New York
Victor Hype
New Spain Unrest Fears Rise Over General Strike
Dispatches from Barcelona via the French frontier report renewed fears of a general strike. The account describes incendiary acts and a clash between troops and incendiaries, with three incendiaries killed and seven wounded.
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Spain
London
Barcelona
Barnato Founds Hospital in Memory of Barney Barnato
London August 8 cancer research will be aided by the decision of trustees to use a 1,250,000 bequest from Henry Barnato and his cousin Woolf Joel to found and endow a hospital in memory of his brother Barney. The fund will support building and sustaining a cancer institution and related patient care.
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Founds Hospital
London
Henry Barnato
Barney
Woolf Joel
Fatal flaw in contract ties up Atlanta vaudeville deal
The contract between Ben Kahin, manager of a new theater, and William Morris, vaudeville booking agent, allegedly has a fatal flaw enabling breach after sale. Reports say signing did not include Ben Kahin, president of the Kahn Theatrical circuit, raising questions among stockholders about the sale. The Edna May Spooner stock company ends its Atlanta run this week en route to New Orleans, with Spooner in line for a return engagement next summer if audience support remains strong.
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William Morris
Ben Kahn
Kahn
Equrte
Morris
Jake Wella
Orpheum
Karl Hoblitzell
Klaw & Erlanger
Wells
Kahn Clicuit
Atlanta
Edna May Spooner Stock Company
New Orleans
Blaney Theater
Spooner
Crescent City
Brooklyn
Spooners
Jacksonville Excursion Details by Southern Railway
The Jacksonville excursion run on Tuesday August 10 offers trips to Jacksonville for five dollars and Tampa for seven dollars with a five day limit. Trains depart Terminal Station at 8 30, 8 45 and 9 00 p m. The last train is for colored passengers only with Pullman reservations via phone numbers Main 142 or 1142.
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The
Southern Railway
Tampa
Terminal Station
Pullman
False teeth swallowed and forced from stomach in surgery
In Punxsutawney Pennsylvania in August, Peter Jackson a white man dislodged his false teeth while drinking. A physician could not retrieve them and pushed the molars into his stomach and then operated. Jackson was reported in critical condition at Adrian hospital.
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Punxsutawney
Adrian Hospital
Peter Jackson
Jackson
Negro Is Killed in Tybee Card Game Killing
In Macon Georgia and Roseland Louisiana two men were killed over alcohol fueled disputes. Harrison Jim and another unnamed Negro were shot by Sid Jones in Tybee after a drunken altercation. A coroner's jury charged Jones with murder. In Roseland Albert Jarrox was shot by Al Hillebert after a dispute over a card game with little hope of recovery.
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Harrison Jim
Desro
Sid’ Jones
Tybee
Jones
Roseland
al Hillebert
Albert Jarrox
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