Wire Tappers Win Fortune at Covington Pool Rooms
Investigations promise sensational developments after pool rooms in Covington and Newport suffer losses totaling over 29 thousand dollars. Wires tapped north of Dayton while visitors from Dayton reportedly won on a New Orleans race. Telegraphed delays aided four rooms in losing more than 34 thousand dollars.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Covington
Newport
Dayton
Daxton
Lady Kent
New Orleans
Telegraph Company
Pool Room
Little Rock
Hot Springs
Ark
Pool Rooms
Dixon
Peiderich
Upheaval in North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republicans face internal strife as J M Patterson accuses H Harkins a Fifth District internal revenue collector of corruption and improper appointments. Patterson claims blackmail and defalcation in state offices and alleges threats to drop charges against Harkins brother. He cites defaulter links and malfeasance in various appointments. Georgia nominations for postmasters and fourth class offices are confirmed by the Senate.
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Jos. Ohi
Washington
Republican Party of
North Carolina
President
Civil Service Commission
H. Harkins
United States Internal Revenue
Fifth
J. M. Patterson
Asheville
Harkins
Pritcharda
Patterson
Internal Revenue
Harkens
Georgia
Senate Today
Eatonton
C. I. Robinson
Atlanta
William FI. Smyth
Darien
C. R. Jackson
Thomasville
F. D. Dismuke
W. A. Sheats
Conyers
N .A. Milton
Greenesboro
J. F. Thornton
L. J. Green
Brown
Franklin County
Jimpsie Farmer
Cole City
Dade County
L. J. Maner
Gilmore
Cobb Coun
Students End Weeklong Strike At Colorado School
Golden February 7. State School of Mines students return to class after more than a week of absence. Trustees will investigate the incident that sparked the dispute and both students and faculty promise to honor the trustees' decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden
Colo
State School of Mines
Remarkable skin grafting operation on 3 year old girl
A pioneering skin grafting procedure, considered among the most advanced, was completed on Marton Weaver Bia, a 3-year-old. The graft covered 3 square inches and the operation spanned five months with doctors from multiple counties participating. A separate note reports a favorable House committee decision on Adamson's bill to keep Carroll county in the Atlanta division.
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S. Reraarra
Ihat
Alricult
Marton
H. M. Hii
Hershman
Screven County
W. K. Branham
Savoy
Wilkes County
H. P. Wicox
Wilcox
Coffee County
G. W. Phillips
Pierceville
Fannin County
Alabama
J. B. Wood
Guest
DeKaiby County
Adamson
House
Carroll County
Atlanta
Georgia
Senate
Clay
Admiral Sampson Rumor Denied Washington February 7
Reports of Admiral Sampson's deteriorating condition were circulated in Washington this morning but have been officially denied. The notice clarifies that no serious change in his health has occurred and that the retirement rumors are unfounded.
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Washington
Sampson
Schley Honored by Native State in Annapolis
Annapolis February 7 The house of delegates after a suspension of rules unanimously passed the senate bill to appropriate 33000 to place a bronze statue of Rear Admiral W S Schley in the state building. It also adopted a resolution urging Congress to commend Admiral Schley for services at Santiago and notes Admiral Sampson’s illness and improving condition with retirement ordered for Sampson.
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Annapoli
House of Delegates
Senate
W. 8. Schley
Congress
Bechey
Santiago
Fire destroys Robertson farm house. four children perish
Cumberland Ma February 7 At 3 oclock this morning the Robertson farm house 29 miles east of here on the Maryland side of the Potomac river burned completely Four Robertson children Pearl Owen Effis and Joseph aged 10 to 4 were cremated The parents escaped by jumping from a second story window Fire may have started from an open hearth and incendiary origin suspected Neighbors aided after flames subsided recalling similar past tragedies in the area.
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Cumberland
William P. Robertson
Here
Maryland
Potomac River
Robertson
Pearl
Owen
Effis
Joseph
Kessler
Two Men Die in Scaffold Fall at Eiseman Building
A scaffold collapse on a viaduct construction site yesterday at 7 15 am killed Charles M Cole and Henry Reynolds and left a third man, White, gravely injured. Lee Bailey escaped by leaping clear as carpenters watched the fall. The victims were employed by J W Coulson Co under Wilkins contract for painting the Eiseman building skylight project.
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Grady
Eiseman
Charles M. Cole
Windsor Street
Henry Reynolds
Carter Street
G. W. White
Senoia
Lee Bailey
Bailey
Cole
Reynolds
White
J. W. Coulson & Co
Columbus
Ohio
Wilkins
Ability
Foreman Flindt
Charlie Cole
Atlanta
E. I. Cole
West Harris Street
Empire Building
Westview
Witor Ev
Athens
Two Die In Car Works Fire At Rock Island
A massive blaze at Rock Island car works in the afternoon killed P. H. McKeon president of the board of education and W. H. Davis oldest employee. Fire destroyed the cabinet department hair sorting room and spread rapidly prompting massive losses including 50,000 building 100,000 machinery 100,000 material with 2 000 000 value saved. McKeon died saving Davis after attempting to rescue him. Davis remained missing until believed dead. Fire crews saved the new 75 000 belief plant and vowed to rebuild.
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Iza
Horton
Karl
Rock Island
P. H. McKeon
Board of Education
W. H. Davis
Cabinet Department
Steuber
McKeon
Davis
McKean
Mecan
Aate
Ingersoll Lectures Funded By Reiman Will
Morris Reiman's will leaves 31,000 to the Boston Investment Company to distribute Robert G. Ingersoll's lectures among Christians to civilize them. He also bequeaths a 1,760 acre Yazoo County cotton plantation to the Hebrew Benevolent Association of New Orleans with instruction to bury his body on the plantation.
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Reiman
Yazoo County
Mississippi
Association
Kay murders wife to block divorce in Topeka
Topeka Kansas February 7 John Kay an employee of Crosby's flour mill beat his wife to death with a flat iron last evening to prevent a divorce He then attempted suicide by hanging from a bridge near his home He was cut down before life was extinct and revived
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Kay
Topeka
Kans
John Kay
Crosby
Play about Georgia planter life titled The Harkriders
Opie Reed has signed to write a Georgia planter life play named The Harkriders. It will be produced at the Dearborn theater in Chicago.
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Georgia
Planter Life
Roosevelt Jr ill with pneumonia at Groton School
Mrs Roosevelt rushed to Groton Massachusetts to be with Theodore Roosevelt Jr. as pneumonia hospitalizes the 18 year old Groton student. President Roosevelt and the school report his condition serious but stable with doctors and nurses attending closely.
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Groton
Mass
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
Groton School
Washington
North Carolina
Quarrel Over Business Leads to Duel Challenge in Guayamas
A dispute in Guayamas Mexico between General Charles P. Figan and Colonel Wills P. Harlow allegedly led to a field of honor challenge. Egan, attorney for W. Greene in copper mines case, met Harlow at a hotel. Harlow reportedly drafted the challenge. developments awaited on the American colony’s return from Cananta.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Guayamas
Mexico
Charles P. Figan
Wills P. Harlow
Nogales
Egan
W. ©. Greene
Cobre Grande
Harlow
Stallions Duel to Death on Moving Train in Cheyenne
Two Percheron stallions imported from England fought aboard a fast Union Pacific stock train in Cheyenne Wyoming. One horse died after a fatal gash severed its rival's jugular. The car was smashed and owner Edgar Bolae faced a loss of 1500 dollars. Two keepers escaped to warn trainmen as handlers tried to separate them on a side track.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
England
Union Pacific
Edgar Bolae
Weather outlook and local incidents in fall era news
Summary of forecast and varied local items: partly cloudy Saturday with colder eastern areas, possible Sunday snow or rain, and a high near 44 with a mean around 42. Reports mention a scaffold collapse killing two in the Figeman building, depot space concerns, a sensational stock theft suit in Tennille, christening of a Savannah steamship, the death of Charles Gross the elder Odd Fellow, and other scattered national and regional notes.
Railroads debate new Atlanta depot site and state plan
Central of Georgia and other lines clash over a proposed union passenger depot on the present site. Major Hanson argues current facilities are inadequate and cites financing concerns. Governors and railroad officials anticipate further correspondence before decisions, with most boards expected to accept the state plan if protections for rails are set.
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Central of Georgia Railway Company
J. F. Wanson
Candler
Hanson
Samuel Spencer
Southern
John M. Egan
The
Central
Major Hanson
Atlanta
Union
Nashville
Chattanooga
St. Louis
Western
Atlantic
Charles Wickersham
West Point
Georgia
Seaboard
Forged Checks Attributed to University Visitor
A young man presenting as R. G. Sutton of New Orleans, later identified as Ray Sutton Garlick of Tacoma, was arrested in San Francisco on forgery and obtaining goods by false pretenses. Police found bank checks bearing the forged signature of William Alvord. He admitted forging them to get money while en route to the University of Chicago after staying at the Palace hotel.
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Sutton
San Francisco
R. G. Sutton
New Orteans
Ray Sutton Garlick
Tacoma
University of Chicago
Palace Hotel
Trial Dates Set For Suburban Bribery Indictments
Five defendants tied to the Suburban bribery case are docketed for trial in St. Louis criminal court. Charles Wratz faces bribery on February 27. Emily Meysenberger and Julius Lehmann quoted for March 13 and 17 respectively with bribery or perjury charges. Harry Paulkner and Henry Nicolaus, both charged with perjury or bribery, are set for March 25 and March ?. Elis Wainwright's case remains unassigned as he is in Egypt and cannot be served until return.
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St. Tonia
St. Louis
Criminal Court
Charles Wratz
Emily Meysenbere
House of Delegates
Julus Lehmann
Harry A. Paulkner
Henry Nicolaus
St Louis
Callway
Elis Wainwright
Wainwright
Egypt
United States
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Theodore Roosevelt. JR
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Tennille
J. B. McCrary
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Charles Gross
Anna Rabb
Swainsboro
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Whitney
Hay
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Libble Barnhill
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