Parks Fair Debate Ends Swiftly as Council Adopts Plan
Atlanta Aldermen quickly approved Piedmont Park changes after a brief session. Piedmont Park Improvement Association led by John E Murphy and Robert Foreman pressed to keep fairs from the park, while backers including Mayor Maddox and supporters behind the plan argued for turning the grounds toward exclusive park and recreation use and converting several buildings for future shows with proceeds to Piedmont Park.
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Foouweti
Piedmont Park Improvement Apzociation
John E. Murphy
Robert Foreman
Council
Jack J Spalding
Cempbha
General Council
Livansea
Uke
Jack Spalding
Piedmont Park Improvement Association
Murphy
J K Orr
Chamber of Commerce
Sam D Jones
Henry & Johnson
Chamberlin-Johnson-Du- Bose
Whitehall Street
Pr. L
Clare Campbell
Piedmont Park
E . Pomeroy
Curtin
Pomeroy
Curtis
Maddox
Bia Ofaca
City of Atlante
Piedmott Park
Atlanta
Kere
Piedmount Park
Collectm
Ige
Georgia
Agrix Cultural
Park Board
Pittrun
Piedmont
Counst
Huddleston
Roberts
Bpraving
R. Johnston
Wion
Pemeroy
Mangum
Wisconsin Central elects Erb president and chairman
At a directors meeting in Wisconsin Central, Erp was elected president and chosen chairman, succeeding W. A Bradford, following the transfer of control to interests allied with the Minneapolis, St Paul and Saint Marie railroad. The move accompanies ongoing corporate leadership realignments affecting the railway.
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Aura Sanuery
Ocean Erb Wee
Wisconsin Central Railway
Road
Minneapolis, St Pau and
Saint Ste Marie
Erp
Wisconsin Central Board of Directors
Path
W. A Bradford
Senate debates federal judges salaries raise
Senators discussed increasing federal circuit and district judges pay from 8000 to 10000 and then lowered the final raise to 9000. The talk touched on independence from the president, corporate influence, and the balance between dignity and salary for judges. The session adjourned after final consideration was postponed to tomorrow.
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Clay
Tillman
Sai
Borah
McLaurin
Mississippi
Senate
Kilburn Seeks Release of Insane Man Bell
L J Kilburn former Bibb representative filed in Baldwin county court for the release of George F Bell from the state sanitarium. Kilburn contends Bell is held on perjured or unfounded charges and is not insane, sparking expected opposition in the case with W D McNeill as attorney for Kilburn.
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L. J. Kilburn
George A. Bell
Macon
J& J Kilburn
Bibb
Baldwin County
George F. Bell
Beil Wee
Kilburn
Emanuel County
W. D McNeill
Cherging
Bevef
Shade
Ball
Colonel David A Lyle Retired From Army Service
Colonel David A Lyle of the ordnance department retired from the army on January 1 upon the order of the arsenal at Augusta Georgia. Lyle contributed the Lyle off-moving with which has been used on ships and at remote stations worldwide for many years.
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David A. Lyle
David A. Lie
Ordnance Department
Army
Augusts
Lyle
Mask of Napoleon May Soon Be Recovered
New Orleans reports suggest the death mask of Napoleon may be found. The mask disappeared from the city hall in the early 1870s and was donated in 18%. A New Orleans woman claims she can locate the missing treasure, which is believed to reside in a distant U S city.
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Napoleon
New Orleans
Antomimachi
St. Helens
United States
Nature
Bradfield Regulator CO
Deadlock in Illinois over the senator's seat
In Springfield on January 2 after twelve ballots in a joint session for the U S Senate seat no decisive change occurred. The session adjourned until Tuesday morning with outsiders barred from the floor. The roll showed Foss 15 Stringer 6 Shurtleff 14 Mason 4 Kilnley Lowden Browne 16 Calhoun 2 Quinn 1 all amid a 33 to 15 to 14 balance.
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Springfield
United States
Senate
Peasion
Fopking
Foss
Stringer
Shurtleff
Mason
Mt Kinley
Lowden
Browne
Cal
Bounty Bill Seeks 50 Cents Per Rattlesnake Head
Senate introduces a measure offering a fifty cent reward for every rattlesnake killed along the Mississippi river region. The proposal cites rising snake numbers and links the issue to former Senator Byron Newbert's poisoning incident.
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Deg Moines
Fond
Robert Quigley
Towne
Byron Newbert
Unis
Itla
Mississippi River
Death in Hot Springs cinder heap ties to gas suffocation
In Hot Springs Arkansas a man described as well dressed and unidentified was found dead in a railroad yard cinder heap from gases rising from warm cinders. The coroner's jury ruled asphyxiation. Separate New Orleans report notes contest over ex Governor Warmoth versus Albert Estopinal signaling alleged attack on Louisiana's election system.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Hwt Bynum
Yeatenday
New Orleans
J . Warmoth
Albert Estopinal
Louieiana
Nére
United States
Independent long distance phone system planned
Boston January 2 plans to build an independent long distance telephone network from Boston to Omaha and Lincoln Nebraska with a five million dollar outlay. The project, discussed since last May, aims to attract major independent telephone leaders including Max Koabler and HC Stifel. Financial terms are in place and construction details to be finalized at a conference this Saturday. Within five years about thirty million dollars is expected to be invested in the venture.
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Boston
Omaha
Lincoln
Neb
Max Koabler
HC Stifel
BL Loulh
Ilen
Ita Eaid
Nurse Rescues Patient After Leap From Hospital Window
Chicago report describes Sister Bernarda, a nurse at a Hammond Indiana hospital, grabbing the delirious Muko Bannya by the foot as he lunged from a fourth floor ledge. She braced against the wall and held on until rescuers arrived despite the patient’s 150 pound weight.
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Chicago
Muko Bannya
Hammond
Ind
Bernarda
Desperate fight ends with fatal Indian encounter
A dispatch from Harlan Kentucky reports Sherman Insley killed an Indian named Hatfeather on Brush Mountain after a desperate struggle. Hatfeather, from Oklahoma, was a fugitive charged with murder and a $1600 reward was posted. The New York briefing covers Dr Algernon Bristow challenging expert medical testimony at the Medico-Legal Society, urging reforms and a state board to oversee affidavits at trials.
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Danville
Harlan
Sherman Insley
Oklahoma
Insley
Brush Mountain
New York
Medico-Legal Society
Algernon T Bristow
Brooklyn
Allanista
Clark Bell
Bristow
Veterans to Escort Roosevelt in Lincoln Farm Ceremony
In Hodgenville Kentucky on February 22 President Theodore Roosevelt will be escorted by Confederate and Grand Army of the Republic veterans for the ceremonial cornerstone laying at the Lincoln farm. The local arrangements committee met with Governor Augustus Wilson Colonel Andrew Cowan and General Basile Duke among others to finalize the plan.
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Roosevelt
Louisvine
Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln
Hodgenville
Tollisdale
Grand Army of the Republic
Augusta E Wlilson
Andrew Cowan
Baslle Duke
Coffee Incomula Collapse Quietly Highlights Postum Choice
Social column recalls a Salt Lake City teacher's nerves and sleep disrupted by coffee. After trying Postum, she reports stomach relief and steadier days, noting coffee’s harmful effects for some. The letter, from Postum Co. of Battle Creek, urges readers to try the beverage and cites The Road to Wellville.
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Extessen
Salt Lake City
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Pkya
Lindsay Declared White Man Marries Negress in Virginia
In Richmond on January 21 India sentencing in Fermville, a Virginia court sentenced Marcua Lindsay and his wife Sophy Jones to eighteen years in the penitentiary. Lindsay, who believed himself of mixed blood, was ruled legally white and thus bound by anti intermarriage laws. The couple, who wed after Lindsay’s marriage to Sophy, faced indictment for intermarriage between the races. The judge indicated he would seek a gubernatorial pardon but only if all marital relations ceased.
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Bacon Aregant
Africa
Rayner
United States
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Salley
Tillman
Bailey
Mr Tilman
Mr Tillman
Rayner Wn
Haffey
Maryland
Jeffarson
Vanderbilt
Americana
Fulton
Richmond
India
Fermville
Marcua Lindsay
Lindsay
Sophy Jones
Sophy
Grigoners
Two Deaths in Wreck at Utinola Central Yards
In McComb City Thomas Dudley a freight conductor aged 30 was instantly killed and Thomas More 28 a brakeman fatally injured when a train backed into empty cars in the Utinola Central yards today. Both men were on the back platform of a caboose when crushed and mangled beyond recognition. No investigation has yet been fixed.
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Jackson
McComb City
Thomas Dudley
Thomas More
Utinola Central
Representative Elect Resigns Prompting Wilkes County Contest
Washington January 21. Hon R C Norman resigns as Wilkes county representative after a Georgia Supreme Court ruling in Mac Williams v Neal that state office holders cannot sit in the general assembly. The vacancy prompts a four corner race with F G Booker, T M Fitzpatrick, A Wootten, and Jon Presley D Hardin among possible contenders.
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Washington
Wilkes County
R C Norman
General Assembly
Norman
Supreme Court of Georgia
Mac Williams
City Court of
Ingisistor
Normen
F G Booker
T M Fitzpatrick
Hon . A. Wootten
Tignal
Jon Presley D Hardin
Wilkes
Gambling Over Wires Fought by Reformers
Washington witnesses argue against interstate track gambling by telegraph or telephone. Dr Wilbur F Crafts of the International Reform Bureau cites four states without gambling laws California Nevada Kentucky Indiana and warns that advance telegraph codes and racing data enable cross border bets. Senator Burketts bill aims to ban all gambling messages and interstate gambling information transfers.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Judic'sry
Burketts Khy
Wilbur F Crafts
International Reform Bureau
California
Nevada
Kentucky
Indiana
Burkeit
Matsch
Trial of Night Rider Hearing Delayed By Juror Bias
In Tennessee on January 21, the trial of Ed Marshall, accused of murder in the Rankin lynching, began with juror Carey removed after admitting an opinion on guilt. Witnesses testified, largely repeating prior testimony, as the hearing started late yesterday afternoon and resumed today.
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Tmion City
Tenn
Warde
Carey
Ed Marshall
Quentin Rankin
Caney
Marshall
Jones
Earthquake Destroys 600 Homes Near Smyrna
A contemporary dispatch reports that over 600 houses were wiped out by a quake at Phocaea near Smyrna. Shocks persist and residents seek refuge in the mountains as the Interior Minister is sent to aid the upheaval victims.
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Constantinopls
Aft
Era
Phocsea
Smyrna
Ministar of
Suterers
Widow seeks $500000 in Burdette life insurance suit
Muskogee Oklahoma January 2 widow Mrs Susi Mo Burdette seeks $800000 in insurance on Joshua Burdette life. Defendants include The Penn Mutual Insurance Company Philadelphia American National Insurance Galveston Provident Saving Life New York Mutual Life New York and Fidelity and Casualty New York. Burdette died amid murder speculation. suicide ruled unlikely after investigation. Judge Ralph Campbell set trial for February 8.
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Muskogee Okla
Susi Mo Burdette
New York
Mutual Lite
Fidelity and Casualty Company
Burdette
Ralph Campbell
Clinch Field Offers Coal of Quality Boost
Local energy project promotes Clinch Field as a source of high quality coal. Officials tout improved fuel efficiency and economic benefits for nearby towns. Industry groups and labor unions express cautious optimism about jobs and regulations.
Automobiles Barred for the White House
Washington reports the urgent deficiency appropriation bill moves to the Senate with 21 151 602 dollars, an increase of 25 000 over prior. The House added a 12 900 dollar provision for president's automobile purchases at Taft's urging, favoring car use over horses.
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Washington
Senate
House
Taft
Children Killed at Play in Powder Explosion
A group of five children aged between three and four were killed and a girl aged five severely burned when they touched a match to a keg of powder to see a blaze in Stoughton Somerset County. Two foreign mothers were injured as their home was damaged in the blast.
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Johnstown
Stoughton
Somerset County
Taft Invited to Visit Montgomery by Commercial Club
Montgomery Ala January 2 1 9 04 Commercial Club of Montgomery passed a resolution inviting President elect Taft to visit. A committee was named to draft a formal letter and send a copy of the resolutions to Mr Taft.
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Montgomery
Commercial Club of
Taft
Montgomer
Black Hand Plot Ends in Double Death in New Orleans
In New Orleans on January 21 Pietro Antonio Genusa, a grocer and prominent Trinidadian colonist, was shot and killed near the corner of Charters and Ursuline streets after a ransom demand of 800 from him. Vincenzo Vaormilla fired three shots, surrendering to police, while Stanilia Ciatpolla faced arrest. The claim ties to a Black Hand extortion plot and a dynamiting threat against Genusa's home.
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New Oriesns
Anp
Antonio Ginisa
Ty Passqualo Prormitia Wholesaline
Lrs
Trasian
Paormina
Querchants
Ha Rae
Chartres and
Ursuline
Genusa
Genusa Fa
Vaormilla
Vaormila
Stancilla Ciatpolla
Genusa Waester
Tlewana
Blood stained check found on negro man in murder case
Montgomery police hold Burh hell Hurch a negro in connection with the murder of A Goldstein and Leo Spiegel at their home Monday night. A blood stained bank check for a large sum, signed by the Frankman Company of Brunswick Ga, was found on the man. Police theory holds the negro was given the check and paid for his silence. The Spiegel wife insists a white assailant killed the two men and fled with a trunk of $200.
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Montgomery
Ala
Burchell Hurch
Connention
Goldstein
Leo Spiegel
Jy Stiemels
Amali
Midstein
Nesre Bureh
Frackman Company
Brunawick Ga
Revival At First Methodist Church Delights Marietta
Revival services at the First Methodist Church in Marietta Ga draw deeper religious interest than years past. Dr B Pr Frasier an evangelist from the North Georgia center assists Pastor Dr J I Bran as all denominations cooperate in the work. City businesses closed from 9 90 to 10 30 am to allow workers to attend services.
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Marietta
Odiet
B Pr Frasier
North Georgis Center
Chants Ami
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