Wynne and Heath Take the Stand in Postal Trial
In a Washington hearing Perry Heath and Robert J Wirme testified on post office procedures from 1897 onward. They described routine signing practices, the Groff fastener controversy, and the rubber stamp use on expenditure documents while denying direct memory of certain signatures andMachens initials as the probe into conspiracy continued.
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Washington
Robert J .Wirme
Hus
Kumuler
Post Office Department
Wynne
Basia
Perry Heath
Perry S Heath
Taggart
Méchen
Pinder
Orst
Machen
Heath
Liebhardt
Mto
Machens
Tapers
Vachen
Pritchard Wir Taggart
Pritehs
Brief Memorials and Local Notices From Barcaly Mission to City Court
Short items report memorial services for Mrs L F E Jackson at Barclay Mission, funeral for Mrs M V Millican, and the burial of Joseph Gray. Notices include bankruptcy petition by merchant Knopf, a student gathering at the School of Technology, and a court receiver for the Georgia Car Company. Local incidents cover Charlie Bell with keys, Bishop Keiley’s sermons, Univ church lectures, Boy's High Alumni meet, and a street altercation leaving Ed Smith stabbed. additional notes on jewelry loss by Carrie Beirs and the death of John W Sanders with funeral details forthcoming.
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Barclay Mission
LF E Jackson
M V. Millican
Haynes Street
Decatur
Joseph Gray
Lavergne
Bell
Broyles
Benjamin Keiley
Savannah
Sacred Heart Church
Atlante
John E Gunn
Carrie Beirs
Spraditn
John W Sanders
Salilers
Georgia
Forsyt
Tariff commission meeting led by Joseph Chamberlain in London
London January 15 Chamberlain presided at the first tariff commission meeting with a large attendance including Henry Chapin Sir Robert Herbert Alfred Jones C A Pearson and Alfred Mosely. He said the aim was inquiry not tariff laws, noting reform to the policy long in place. A second thread reports Mrs J A Babb of Carnesville Ga died at 35, leaving a husband and seven children.
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London
Joseph Chamberlain
Tariff Commission
Henry Chap
Board of Agriculture
Local Government Board
Robert Herbert
Alfred Jones
Liverpool Chamber of Rcommerce
A Pearson
Alfred Mosely
United States
Germany
Great Britain
J. A. Babb
Carnesville
J A. Babb
New Federal Judicial Circuit Proposed for Georgia Florida and Tennessee
Washington reports a Senate bill by General Bate to form a new federal circuit comprising Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee. The plan adds two circuit judges alongside the Nashville judge, creating a three judge court of appeals for the tenth district to sit in Atlanta, starting the October term, with power to transfer cases within the circuit as needed.
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Jos. Ohl
Washington
Georgia
Florida
Tennesee
Senate
General
Bate
Tennessee
Nashville
Circuit Court of Appeals
Atlanta
United States Circuit
District
Court of Appeals
Tenth District
Macon to have new play house
Macon will get a new theater replacing the Academy of Music. Fullus DeGive of Atlanta, with Treasurer Horine and Architect Gunn, visited and plans were approved. The 2200 seat house, modeled on Atlanta’s Grand, costs 45000 to 50000 dollars. Groundbreaking April 6 by Joseph Jefferson. completion slated for fall season.
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E. O. Bruffey
Constitution Bureau
Second Street
Macon
Joseph Jefferson
Negro man sought in New York murder case reaches Raleigh
Officers from Franklin County report sending for Charles Alston a colored man linked to the murder of Charles Branch. A true bill has been found against him. The victim’s body was buried under leaves and brush after the crime, with authorities noting the capture proceedures as directed by Governor Aycock.
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Negro
Ivy Street
Ed Smith
Joe Reed
Smith
Grady Hospital
Reed
Cowan
Hewell
New York
Raleigh
Franklin County
Aycock
Charlies Alston
Charles Branch
Uesal
Clear Out of It Says Mark Hanna
Ohio Senator Mark Hanna says he has written 2,000 letters denying any presidential candidacy and refuses to be considered a candidate. He calls the speculation a closed incident and says opposition to Roosevelt’s nomination is overstated. He plans to issue a call for the Republican National Convention soon, noting delays over Chicago hotel rate talks.
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Pittsburg
M A. Hanna
Roosevelt
Hanna
Chicago
Madame Lebandy’s Mission to Rome Ends In Papal Request
Mme Lebaudy arrives in Rome with $2,000 to offer the pope. She seeks to have the Vatican establish an apostolic prefecture over Jacques Lebaudy’s Sahara empire and to appoint a diplomatic representative in return.
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Rome
Mme Lebaudy
Jacques Lebaudy
Jacques the
Sahara
Vatican
Jacques
Terror in Hill Street as infected man terrorizes neighborhood
An unknown Black man delirious with smallpox terrorized Hill street and Glenwood avenue yesterday. He chased residents, forced inmates out of a house, and fled. Police Tibbs Sprad an and Doyle found the man, who was placed in a smallpox hospital. a white bystander armed with a knife fled after realizing the danger. The man gave no name or origin.
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Hill Street
Glenwood Avenue
Atalion
Tibbs Spradan
Doyle
Bank Robbery Near Alberquerque Stirs Wide Alarm
Two masked men robbed First National Bank of Belen 30 miles below Albuquerque at noon. They held up the cashier at the window and took $1000 from the counter, sparing the locked vault. They rode away on bay horses. a posse and sheriff’s reinforcements pursued from Belen.
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el Paso Tex
First National Bank
St Belen
Nwm
Alberquerque
Santa Fa
First National Bank of
Helen
Sheriffs Office
Free Traders Win Norwich by Election Overwhelms Chamberlain
London January 18 Norwich by election for Sir Harry Bullard’s successor returns a Free Trader sweep with Tillett Liberal 576, Weld Conservative 6758, Roberts Labour 2440. The result shocks Mr Chamberlain and marks a severe setback to his wartime campaign.
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London
Norwich
Harry Bullard
Free Traders
Tillett Uberal
Weld
Chapter of the Black Eagle Honor Ceremony in Berlin
In Berlin on January 15 Emperor Wellniam presided over the Chapter of the Black Eagle ceremony at the castle. Forty six Knights wore velvet robes with the order insignia as foreign princes and ambassadors attended. Prince Henry of the Netherlands and Willam Von Hohun gollern were invested with the order, with the emperor leading the procession.
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Berlin
Emperor Wellniam
Empire
Chapter of the Black Eagle
Knights of the Black Eagle
Prince Henry
The
Netherlands
Willam von Hohungollern
Henry of
Henry Piggott Thrown in Jail in Denver Escapade
Henry Herbert Piggott, once famed for a 1901 elopement in Denver with Charlotte Bryan and rumored funds over 600000, was arrested with Bryan at Princeton BC after a long chase on Gog sleds through rugged country. Colorado Springs police refuse to reveal the charge, noting a possible 1900s estate fraud link but no warrant confirmed.
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Denver
Colo
Henry Herbert Piggott
Philadelphia
Charlotte Bryan
Princeton
Colorado Springs
Cole
Detective Shultz
Princeton BC
Piggott
Sidin C Reading
WILL BUILD NEW PRISON AT CITY STOCKADE
A new prison building is planned at the city stockade with separate wards for whites and blacks and divided dining facilities. The initial apportionment of $4000 funds the start of construction under a plan by Commissioner H UL Collier of public works, with total cost projected at $9000. Councilmen Carter and Hynds and Commissioner Collier spoke in the finance committee session.
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H UL Coller
Department of Public Works
Carter
Hynds
Collier
Many Have Same Name in State Legislature
Jackson Mies January 16 special notes a striking feature of the current legislature with many lawmakers sharing names. The report lists nine name pairings such as Carothers of Lee and Yazoo, Coleman of Carroll and Lafayette, Denton of Lafayette and Lauderdale, Fontain of Hancock and Fontaine of Pontotoc, and Robinson of Choctaw and Rankin, among others.
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Jackson
Mies
Carothers
Lee
Yazoo
Coleman
Carroll and
Leflore
Denton
Lafayette
Lauderdale
Fontain
Hancock
Fontaine
Pontotoc
Maef'arland
Jasper
McFarland
Onroe
New Fields for Coast Line Raleigh Rail Entry
The Durham and Southern railway, chartered yesterday by the state, will give the Atlantic Coast Line an entry into North Carolina's tobacco and cotton manufacturing region and a new link with the Norfolk and Western Railway. It also opens potential access to the Virginia and Tennessee coal fields. Fifty miles of track are already in operation, with hints of further extension to the coast.
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Coast Line
Raleigh
Durham and Southern Railway
Atlantic Coast Line
Norfolk & Western Railway
Virginia
Tenneasee
Fatal double tragedy ends in suicide and murder
In Buccombe county coroner reports a farmer named George Corn, over fifty, killed his wife in their home after domestic trouble and then shot himself on the public road nearby. The inquest confirms the coroner’s determination of murder followed by suicide.
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Raleigh
Buccombe County
George Corn
Corn
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Faggart Cross-Questons
Wancurt
Seath
Amalon Cres
Douglass
School of Technology
W D Weatherford
International Committee of College Young Mens Christian Asaociations
Weatherford
YMCA
Wa Tch
Georgia Car and Manufacturing Company
Speer
Georgia Car Company
Charlie Bell
Luck
West Pine Street
Rey Wii, McGlauflin
D.D
Universitist Church
Russia
Japan
Boy's High School Alumni Association
James L Mnageon
Century Building
Cserk
Johnson
Free Dolliary
Mark Hanna
Ohio
Madame Lebandy
the Free Traders
Black Eagle
Grace Peckham
Murray
Mrs. Osborn
Delineator
Donna Senes
Calve
Vraive
Newndesler
Buttenck
Butterick Publishing Company
Praned
West Thirteenth Street
SBN
Butterice Publ
Henry Piggott
Wife
Ishing CO
Whitescall ST
Atlanta. GA
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Arkansas
South
Hot Springs
L Parrott
Decatur Street
Southern Pacific Steamship Company
New Orleans
Havana
J. F. van Rensselaer
Peachtree St
Wiebly
DRS. Leatherman & Bentley
Austell
Jeurraves
Tulpans Alara
Directe
Sainablot
Marvee
Park Row
Trif
Old Dominion Line
Norfolk
Vist
Richmond
Ocean View
At .B. Crowell Genl
War J. F Mayer Agt
I East Main St. Rienmend
HB. Walker
PT OM
J. Bhowa
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