Georgia Governor Probes Milledgeville Whipping Case
Georgia Governor Terrell calls for a full, official inquiry into the alleged whipping of Miss Mamie DeCris at the Milledgeville prison farm. He vows to examine prisoner condition, offense, and punishment, seeking exact facts beyond press reports amid public outcry.
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Castallor
Milledgeville
Mamie de Cris
Savannah
Terrell
Constitution
Gohen
Miss DeCris
Atlanta
Milledge Ile
Miss Denris
Roosevelts Snub Sparks Miles Presidential Boom
Boston leaders push General Miles as a Republican candidate after what is seen as a partisan retirement snub by President Roosevelt. Washington debate centers on the propriety of Miles’s treatment and roots for a Miles home base in Boston. Strong party figures argue Miles could reshape the 1904 race despite initial opposition.
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Republican Party
Boston Mass
Miles
Roosevelt
Grand Army of the Republic
Menclato Bay State
Despondent Woman Fires Twice, Likely Fatal, Chicago
Chicago August 9 Henry Glover living at the Auditorium annex after moving from Nashville says a despondent wife Mary Gordon Glover shot herself in the breast. Two shots struck near the heart. Loss of money at Chicago race tracks blamed. Mrs Glover, before marriage, was Miss Mary Gordon of Montgomery Alabama.
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Chicago
Henry Glover
Auditorium Annex
Nashville
Glover
Mary Gordon
Montgomery
Ale
Crowning of Pope Pius X in St Peters ceremony
Rome reported the coronation of Pope Pius X in St Peters Basilica before fifty to seventy thousand spectators. The ceremony featured Cardinal Macchi placing the triple crown, a vast crowd, and a ceremonial papal procession from the Vatican poured with guards, nobles, and ecclesiastics amid heat and excitement.
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Pontiff
St. Peters
Rome
Pius X
St Peters
Cardinal Macchi
Europe
Lightning Claims Three at Charlestown and North Carolina Storm Toll
A severe electrical storm visits Charleston and Stanley County North Carolina. In Charleston August 3 J B Brittenden and his wife perished when a lightning strike set their house ablaze and a Negro woman was killed in the streets. The historic St Phillips church spire was struck igniting a beacon light. Traffic stops, wires singed, and a tree burns in Lambell street as others report damage. In Albemarle near Stanley county the storm damages four tenement houses and injures residents, with Adale Zago Smith killed and her clothing torn.
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Charleston
Ten-Mile Hill
Brittenden
St Phillips Church
America
Lambell Street
North Carolina
Raleigh
Stanley County
Albemarle
Zago Smith
Adale
Atlanta man fatally hurt by train in Rochester
Chief John W Ball of the Atlanta police received an early morning telegram from Rochester New York reporting that the son of Addison C Hook of Merrittta avenue Atlanta had been struck by a train and fatally injured. Mrs Hook, who was at home, said she had two sons in New York and did not know which was hurt. Either Mr or Mrs Hook will leave for Rochester to attend the injured son.
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Mous
St Peters
Massimo
Beatrice
Don Carlos
Duke Hebert of Parma
Thomas Esmonde
Knights of the Cape and
Sword
F McNutt
Vatican Palace
Apostolic Palace
Vatican
Sedia Gestatoria
Getthhg
Leo XIII
Leo
Coorlu
John W Ball
Rochester
Adison C Hook
Merritta Avenue
Merritts Avenue
Two bullets fired at Premier Combes in Marseilles
August 9 Premier Combes, returning from a teachers banquet attended by M Pelletan and Henri Brisson, survived two shots to his carriage. A man in fisherman's clothes was seized after a knife display. a revolver with two recently fired chambers was found on the suspect, whom police suspect as an anarchist. The attack wounded three assailants and prompted a dawn pursuit and arrests as Combes and Pelletan departed for Paris.
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Marseilles
Combes
Friendly Society of Teachers
M Pelletan
Marine
Henri Brisson
M. Combes
Sanvaire Ficolo
Fred
Picolo
Marteilles
Premier Combes
Avenue Chapelette
Rue St Eloi
Polies
Poleolo Picolo
Miniter
Marine Petletan
Paria
Georgia Weather Outlook and Local Notes
Forecast calls for occasional showers in Georgia on Monday and likely Tuesday with fresh south winds. Local items include the Caliier cage hearing resuming, remarks by Dr. W Lee, former Atlanta pastor, on Episcopalian views, and a crowded end to the legislative session. Spalding and Houston fight may lead to police court arraignments. Health board may hear a dairyman but unlikely to launch an investigation without specific charges. Georgia topics cover League meeting in Macon, Sumter cotton, Americus cattle reports, Savannah shooting prep at Avondale, and milk inspections in Augusta. Southern news notes mention a severe electrical storm in Charleston and unconfirmed death by suicide in New Bern area. Domestic items include Roosevelt urging swift court action on lynching cases, a meteor sighting in Indian Territory, and ongoing navy color-line tensions with limited black officers.
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Caliier
W Lee
Atlanta
House of Representatives
Jack J Spalding
Houston
L. B. Nelson
Board of Health
Georgia
League of Georgia
Macon
Sumter County
Americus
Savannah
Avondale Range
Augusta
Roosevelt
Durjin
Roosevelt on Lynchings and Lawful Justice
In a letter dated August 6 Oyster Bay commends Indiana governor Durbin for taking a tough stand against mob violence and urges swift sure punishment within due process. Roosevelt insists lynching as form of anarchy must be halted and stresses orderly liberty under the law to deter crimes against women and ensure justice without delay.
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Roosevelt
Durbin
Indiana
Oyster Bay N Y
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Rooten
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Alabama
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Basilca
Tiber
St Aneglo
Michael Angelos Grgit
Lichtning
D. C
J. B Brittenden
Wires
Seaple
Phillip
Adison C. Hook
Rochester, N. Y
Gouthern
Ree Pernonn
Dewey
Newbern
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