Turner Declines To Add To Statement
Quitman Ga August 11 Special Captain Henry G Turner refrains from discussing the gubernatorial race saying it is too early to talk about the contest He confirms a published statement was not a formal announcement and notes he may act later He cites health concerns and plans to seek a cooler climate and discusses liquor policy only when appropriate He notes support from friends and that Estill would not deter his possible run The piece also mentions Pelham Mitch ell county and rural Georgia attitudes toward politics and campaigning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Lewis
Quitman
Henry G. Turner
Captain Turner
Atlanta
cnut
Turner
north
south
Georgia
J. H. Estil
Estill
Florida
south Georgia
Pelham
Mitchell county
Mr. Guerry
Guerry
Padilla Flees Tampa and Heads Direct to Havana
Padilla, secretary of Resistencia and a top strike leader who dodged deportation, has fled Tampa by sea for Havana. The Resistencia sectors plan to leave the city, with one Cuban member reportedly forced out. Factories remain closed, though some international workers are still employed and await the right moment to reopen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Padilla
Resistencia
Havana
Resistencia organization
Woods seeks troops to remove squatters on his land
J R Woods, fresh from a land lottery win, asks ex Governor Richards to send government troops to clear trespassers from his 160 acre homestead near Lawton. Major H L Scott at Fort Sill and telegraph exchanges have occurred but no official order issued. Squatters occupy lots, sink wells, and plan framed buildings, prompting Woods to warn of chaos if his rights are denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort SUL Okla
J. R. Woods
Lawton town
Mattie Beals
Kansas
Richards
H. L. Scott
Fort Sill
Woods
Navy Department Selects Officer to Relieve Admiral Sampson
Washington August 11 The Navy Department has chosen an officer to take over command at the Boston navy yard as Rear Admiral W T Sampson nears retirement and seeks early relief from duty due to his delicate health. The move follows contemplation of Sampson's possible relief from duty as commander.
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Navy Department
Washington
W. T. Sampson
Boston navy yard
Iron masters claim strike victory in great steel dispute
Pittsburgh August 11 iron masters claim a victory as Amalgamated workers refuse the general strike order at South Chicago Joliet Bay View and other sites. Steel plant operations resume at several National Steel facilities while Amalgamated leaders pledge progress and warn of broader action. Walter Larkins notes Riverside plant gains and mass membership drives while executive comments place blame on United States Steel, signaling a long, nation wide confrontation.
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Pittsburg
Iron masters
Amalgamated
South Chicago
Follet
Ray View
Shaffer
Ti wag
American Federation of Labor
Amalgamated association
Wheeling
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Joliet
Bay View
Milwaukee
Ohio works
National Steel Company
Youngstown
King, Gilbert and Warner
Columbus
Homestead
Ridgards hoshiseri Driduesne
Epper and Lower Union
Howard axle works
Carnegie group
National Tube Company
McKeesport
Bellaire
Boston roving mills
Larkins
Walter Larkins
Riverside
Naonal Tube Company
Mozart hall
South Wheeling
Mézart hall
La Belle
American Tin Plate Company
Aetna standard mills
American Steel Hoop Company
Mingo junction
National Steel
American Steep Hoop Companies
Willam' aye
United States Steel Corporation
Jofen
United States steel trust
stuart
New Castle
Neshannock
Bhenango
Greer
Crowds at Cronberg Attend Dowager Empress Frederick Rites
Large crowds gather in Cronberg to honor Dowager Empress Frederick with a requiem service. Monarchs and princes including Emperor William and King Edward attend, with British royals present and regimental guards throughout the ceremony. The church fills with officers, mourning ladies, and foreign dignitaries as wreaths are laid and prayers offered.
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William
Edward
Cronberg
Frederick
Homperg
Frankfort
Hockenheim Hussars
Baron Von Reischach
Frank Lascelles
empire of Prussia
duke of Connaught
duke of Cambridge
Count von Buelow
Court von Waldersee
Spiennagen
von Lindequist
Homburg
Posen Hussars
Alexandra
Augusta Victoria
Victoria
Frederick Willam
Prince Albrecht
Prussia
Princess Schaumberg Lappe
Saxe Meiningen
Charles
Hesse
Baden
Greece
Reuss
Baron von Relschach
Count von Sackendorff
Dryander
Queen Alexandra
Signor Crispi
Naples
Palermo
Emperor William
King Edward
Penema
Colon
Caracas
Reports on Frauds in Commissary Department Exaggerated
General Weston dismisses reports of commissary frauds as greatly exaggerated noting the only sum involved is 750 dollars. In Manila Governor Taft and other Philippine Commission members call for urgent tariff reform and laws on land sale public lands timber banks franchises and mining rights. The commission also approves 25000 per province for cattle destroyed by rinder pest to fund public works and job creation with five year repayment. Mindanao Mindoro and Jolo areas see troop handovers and telegraph school proposals while insurgents flee to mountains awaiting surrender.
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Weston
Commissary Department
Manila
Taft
Julius Kahn
San Francisco
Philippines
congress
Philippine commission
Davis
United States
Mindanao
Jolo
Greeley
Chaffee
Herbert L. Evans
Forty
fourth volunteer infantry
Mindoro
Hyans
Earthquake Signals Felt Near Alaska, Victoria Seismo
Seismographs in Victoria British Columbia registered severe shocks believed to stem from Alaska. Tremors began at 1 20 a m and lasted until 4 08 with further disturbances at 5 15 and a long swing at 6 16. Additional vibrations were noted at 10 49 a m lasting about an hour.
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Alaska
Victoria
B. C
seismo-graph
meteorological office
England Ready to Aid Americans in Cuban Trouble Tale
Chaplain H W Jones of the U S N told in New York's Church of the Strangers that England stood with the United States during the Spanish American War. He recalled British ships at Barbados and a naval officer noting England’s unseen help and readiness to mobilize sixty three ships to deter enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
H. W. Jones
Church of the Strangers
Navy
England
United States
Spain
Barbados
West Indies
geveral
Shaffer
Amalgamated association
United States navy
America
Padulla
Tampa
Havana
Texas
Cortez
Ferguson
Bardwell
Dynamited Chicago Saloon Leaves City In Shock
An explosion at a levee saloon in Chicago on August 1 destroyed the rear of the building. One man is dead, a second may die, and numerous others are injured. Victims include George McCannell and a woman named Ruby Fox. Police found an unknown man’s blown off head and hand in the rear. Officials suspect dynamite meant to destroy the saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
British Purchases Horses for South Africa War
Colonel Skinner of the British army, stationed in the United States, reports Kansas City shipments of horses and mules to Cape Town. The British government has spent 1 million in Kansas City and Missouri for service in South Africa, with about 100000 animals shipped via New Orleans over three years at an average price of 3 per head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas City
Skinner
United States
New Orleans
Cape Town
south Africa
Fifteen policemen lose jobs over police funding shortfall
Local report notes clerical resignations and a wide range of incidents. More than 200 detainees are held at the city stockade after Chief Ball’s aggressive police campaign. A convict returns from Alabama as justice moves through court cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
John W. Ball
T. Edwards
Alabama
Atlanta
Tragic Lynching at Ways Station Details Joe Washington Case
Savannah dispatch reports that Joe Washington Negro was executed by a mob at Ways Station on the Seaboard line. A mob of about 44 men, led by a dozen, carried out the burning near the railway, following identification by Mrs. Clark of Lib erty City. Washington confessed to the principal crime but denied the assault, and the scene unfolded with restrained ceremony as the mob dispersed after the flames consumed him. Local Black residents largely approved the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Seaboard Air Tine railway
Joe Washington
J. J. Chirk
Washington
Iibert C City
Ways Station
Clark
Comet Enckes sighted near Gemini in morning sky
Dr. William R. Brooks observed the Enckes comet at Smith Observatory in Geneva, noting a Gemini location in the eastern morning sky. Its precise position was right ascension 6h 7m 30s, declination 41° 11', moving southeast toward the Sun and brightening but not visible without a telescope.
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Gemini
Geneva
Large gold brick missing shipment from Alaska to San Francisco
A teletype from Captain James Carroll reports from Seattle that a gold brick valued at twenty dollars shipped by Apollo Mining Company from Unga Alaska aboard the steamer Newport around July 8th has not arrived in San Francisco yet. The brick was due several days ago and its loss is being investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wish
James Carroll
Apollo Mining Company
San Francisco
Unga
Alaska
Newport
Arrest of Badger Workers in Boston Police Contain Two Chicago Officers
Boston police hold two alleged expert badger workers, Neila Pentony and her partner John Pentony, amid rising evidence and a woman's confession. Seized from her pocketbook are seven diamond rings a diamond locket and pawn tickets across New York City Buffalo Chicago and Cleveland.
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Boston
Chicago
Neila Pentony
Nellie Watson
May Dunn
Neville
John Pentony
ailas John Warner
ailas John Parr
New Yorker city
Buffalo
Cleveland
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Roswell Miller
Hays
Lomax
Senator Clark
St. Paul
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eGO
ck cesport
fteual
Carnegie
inlinois
Ohio
Wisconsin
Chaplain Jones
GREAT BRITAIN
SOUTHERN
Littlejohn
Charles Jones
Tipton
Tenn
LN. Taylor
International Typographical Union
Birmingham
Ways, Ga
Bryan county
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