Mayor McClellan shakes up NYPD over Duffy case
New York June 20 Mayor McClellan ordered a major shake up of the police department censuring Commissioner Theodore Bingham and removing Fourth Deputy Bert Hansen and Daniel Slattery His decision supports George B Duffy Brooklyn youth whose photo and measurements were kept in the rogues gallery though he had no felony conviction Justice Gaynor whose letters prompted the action was sued for libel by Commissioner Bingham and the mayor mandates formal photo applications to First Deputy Baker and Inspector McCafferty
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New York
McClellan
State Supreme Court
Duffy
Gaynor
Bingham
Brooklyn
Bert Hansen
Daniel Slattery
Baker
McCafferty
Taft Era Politician Reflects on Democrats and Yale
The article discusses Taft era politics with remarks on Democrats and opposition. It notes Taft’s Yale visit, his cap and gown procession, meetings with Yale figures, and plans for a memorial. It mentions Taft’s support for Admiral Sperry and the voyage of the sixteen battleships, plus a brief report on Chinese smuggling arrests in Charleston.
Black face-off ends with assault near Mangum and Thurmond
Dock McCormick, 31, confronted by J R Rice, 53, a grocer at 200 Mangum St, corner Thurmond, with a pick. Rice struck five times, bullets lodging in a telephone pole behind which McCormick hid. McCormick was arrested by Sergeant R J Brown and held on $200 bond. Cause of the trouble is unknown.
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Dock McCormick
J. R. Rice
Mangum Street
Thurmond
McCormick
R. J. Brown
Mounted Police
Grady Superintendent Pushes Outdoor Clinic Plan
Superintendent W B Summerall urged an outdoor clinic at the Grady hospital trustees meeting yesterday. Nominal fees from transient patients were proposed and a committee was appointed to study the plan for near-term implementation.
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Grady Hospital
W. B. Summerall
New Coal Company Formed By Railroad
The Delaware, Lackawanna and eastern Coal Company filed articles of incorporation in Trenton New Jersey to operate coal lands once owned by the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railway. Authorized capital stock is 8 900 000 with incorporators Edward T Loomis William Fahrnestock and Percy B Prince. The plan seeks to run mines directly rather than lease or sell coal at the mine or port.
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Delaware, Lackawanna and Eastern Coal Company
Edward T. Loomis
William Fahrnestock
New Jersey
Percy Br, Prince
Princeton
N. J
Trenton
Delaware, Lackawanne, and Western Railway Company
United States Supreme Court
Ailway Company
Tide-Swater Fket
Mrs Armstrong Dies Funeral Services This Afternoon
Mrs. R. S. Armstrong died Tuesday night at 38 West North avenue after illness. Funeral at 3 30 this afternoon at home conducted by Rev J M French. She was active in First Methodist church orphanage work. Survived by husband R B Armstrong and children William Anne and Margaret.
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R. S. Armstrong
West North Avenue
J. 3. French
R. B Armstrong
William
Anne
Margaret
Death of Mrs Lizzie Raff in Vesta Washington Ga
Mrs Lizzie Raff of Vesta Washington Ga died at 10 oclock Tuesday night at her home in Oxtethorpe county She was the wife of J M Raff a prosperous farmer and was 58 years of age Funeral services are scheduled for 10 oclock Thursday morning at Wests with Rev M J Weaver presiding
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Lizzie Raff
Vesta
Washington
Lizzie Ruoff
Oxtethorpe County
J. M.raff
Wests
Norsing
M. J. Weaver
Ctr-Senten
Tennessee Takes Seat On The Water Wagon
Nashville fights over Carmack era politics while Tennessee faces a wave of prohibition actions. Charleston closes saloons as 142 statewide licenses fall away, Chattanooga enforces earlier ban amid crowded streets and many closures. Memphis sees a key legal skirmish delaying enforcement of the new law as stockholders seek injunctions and potential federal court action.
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United States
E. W. Carmack
Senator Carmack
Nashville
Duncan B. Cooper
Hra Gon
Robin Cooper
Patterson
General Assembly
Charleston
W. VA
West Virginia
Chattanoogs
Chattanooga
Tenn
Clty
Clerka
Memphis
Tennessee
H. Pent Minor
Tennessee Brewing Company
Brewing Company
Schorr
Ft Fa
Supreme Court of the United States
Warship Race With Death Seeks To Save Sailor
San Francisco June 20 in a bid to save C Taggart a crew member of the cruiser South Dakota the ship made a record coast run from Central American waters arriving today Taggart has tuberculosis of the kidneys the surgeon said he needs unusual care The ship must coal at once to proceed to Mare Island for repairs Taggart's home is Beaumont Texas his father heads to California after being notified
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C. Taggart
South Dakota
Taggart
Mare Jnland
Itmander
Naval Hospital
Mare Island
Taxcart
Beaumont
Tex
California
Filibuster Steamer Seized By Uncle Sam
United States customs officers detained the British steamer Ethelwood near South Brooklyn on suspicion of planning a filibustering expedition against San Domingo. The vessel had ties to Jose St Pierre Giordani and General Juan Jiminez, former San Domingo officials involved in conspiracies, with Giordani previously convicted in New York.
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New York
Ethelwood
Forest of Shipping
Brooklyn
United States Euators
West Indian Republic of
San Demings
Halt
State Department
Ethelword
Jose St. Pierre Giordani
Juan Jiminez
San Domingo
Loeb
Washington
San Demingo
Haiti
Cuba
Jiminezitas
Republic
Captain Foster Dies in Milledgeville at 70
Macon Ga June 30 Special Captain K J Foster a well known Milledgeville citizen died after a long illness He was 70 years old A Civil War captain he helped develop the state prison farm and was a prison commission candidate in this year s primary The funeral will be held tomorrow and the body sent to Lyerty Ga for interment.
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Macon
K. J. Foster
Milledgeville
Foster
Lyerty
Cuban Congress Quits In Surprise Adjournment
The senate and house abruptly adjourned on the final day of the regular session with no decision on approving the budget. If no extraordinary session agrees, the president may declare the 1908-09 budget operative by default.
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Havanese
Senate
House
Congress
Found Dead in Bed in Montgomery Als June 30
William Wilson, an aged citizen, was found dead in his bed in Montgomery Alabama on June 30. A sum of 800 dollars known to be in his room is missing. His cash book showed 800 on hand at his death. Police assert he was robbed after death and suspect foul play.
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Montgomery
Als
William Wilson
Wilson
Virginia Town Votes Dry In Special Election
Franklin Virginia district held a special election on abolishing the dispensary. The vote count was 79 in favor and 316 against, leading to the dispensary closing October 1 and the town and districts becoming dry thereafter.
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Frankin
Wiesansary
Catober. 1
Fhergerter
Decline Noted in Cotton Condition Since 1901
New York June 30 Special reports from 1,840 Journal of Commerce correspondents show cotton condition at 76.8 on June 28, down from 82.1 last month and 70 a year ago. Deterioration has rarely exceeded this level since 1901, with excessive rainfall cited as the chief cause across the belt except Texas and Oklahoma where losses were smaller.
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New York
Journal of Commerce
Yretd
Georgia
Alabama
Texas
Texan
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Missiesippi
7000 Men Strike Against Steel Trust
In Fitzburg on June 30, about 7000 workers walked out as fifteen steel plants were crippled or tied up. The strike targets the United States Steel Corporation’s sheet and tin plate mills following an open shop order issued four weeks earlier by the American Sheet and Tinplate Company. The strike involves workers from West Virginia Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana.
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STE Steel Trust
Fittsburg
Union Sheet and Tin Plate mHls
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Aggociation of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
American Sheet and Tinplate Company
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Qblio
Iniana
New Ball Rules Adopted by National Commission
Cincinnati June 30 The national baseball commission issued amendments clarifying semi pro contracts. A semi professional player under contract must be treated as if contracted with a national agreement club. An amendment to Rule 24 allows the commission to grant a minor league club a player's services for the remainder of the season if desired.
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Cincinnati
Thea National Baseball Commission
National Beneball Commission
Aires
Ordinance Committee Reports Adverse Action Near Grant Park
The ordinance committee met Tuesday to report against a measure banning refreshments within 200 yards of Grant Park. Favorable reports supported rail road inspector ordinances and a bond forfeiture collection proposal for the police court. Funeral services were held for an unidentified man found in lam an yards, with many attempting but failing to identify him. The corpse was kept at undertaker parlors and interred at West View, with no papers to aid police in solving the death. In Cortez, Spanish Honduras, June 30, opposition grows to transferring Consul Alger from Tegucigalpa to Port Cortes. Petitions have been sent to Washington, arguing he failed to safeguard local interests. supporters dispute these claims.
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Connect
Grant Park
Laman Yards
Poole
Westview
Cortez
Spanish Honduras
Alger
Tegucigalpa
Port Cortes
Washington
Just a Scheme to Pile Taxes by Corporations
Senator Borah denounces a proposed corporation tax he says would shift the burden to consumers. He argues large corporations want the tax to fall on others while bondholders escape. He urges that the income tax be resubmitted to the Supreme Court and plans to resume his speech tomorrow.
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Finances Committee
Borah
Supreme Court of the United States
Burglar Receives Warm Reception In Mrs Copeland Home
A daring intruder at 16 Kelly Street forced entry through lattice work on a porch. Mrs A M Copeland and neighbors pursued the burglar, but he escaped after a shot was fired. officers searched the area but the suspect reportedly evaded capture. The incident prompted police to respond to multiple calls from Hunter Street and surrounding residences.
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A. M. Copeland
A.M. Copel
Barfield
Kelly Street
Ehere
Hunter Street
Dinas
Secret of airship exposed by Cassady
Hank Cassidy insists his nickname Wright was misapplied and denies any airship over Atlanta on Wednesday night. He claims the so called Wright airship was a Ponce de Leon balloon released for celebration and asserts those who thought Wright accompanied it were wrong.
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Hank Cassidy
Allways
Wright
Atlanta
Wright Brothers
Cassidy
Eva Pugh arraigned after shooting husband with pistol
Mrs. Eva Pugh of Wood Word Avenue was arraigned in police court after firing a pistol at her husband George Pugh. A test wound was recorded, and reports say the couple had ongoing family quarrels. The recorder urged separation unless harmony could be found.
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Eva Pugh
Woodword Avenue
George Pugh
Pugh
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