Alleged Masten graft probe widens to post office
Washington reports alleged that John Masten, former chief clerk in the postmaster general's office and now assistant superintendent of the railway mail service, sought bribes to reinstate Terry to a former job. affidavit claims $50 down and $10 a month payments, plus outside help, and that an affidavit was filed but not delivered to the First Assistant Postmaster General. The case ties into grand jury inquiries and new transfer rules between departments.
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Post Office
John M Masten
Terry
Masters
Masten
Postal Service
Johnson
Civil Service Commission
Federal Grand Jury
Payne
Grand Jury
Post Office Department
George A . Christancy
Tyner
Revenue Cutter
Hoston
Maine
Poland
General Manifolding Company
Franklin Pa
William Landveight
Missing Decatur merchant W O Steele feared foul play
W O Steele a prominent Decatur merchant has been missing since yesterday noon. He deposits $715 daily in the Third National Bank in Atlanta and was last seen by the teller who received his money at noon. His brother and police search the area but by early morning there is no trace. Fears rise that he was robbed or murdered as he had intended to stop at country stores on the way home.
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Decatur
Atlanta
Third National Bank
L. J. Bresle
Mr. Steele
Mr Steele
Lapponi
Contra
Mazzoni
New York Mob Foiled Lynching of Assault Suspect
Albany july 4 a deputy sheriff at Coxsackie rescued a jailed black suspect James Little after a mob formed in New Baltimore to lynch him. He confessed to assaulting Emma Cole and was moved to safety on a boat to Catskill. A separate New Jersey mob pressure incident followed with a burglary and planned lynching a mayoral daughter case.
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Coxsackie
James Little
Summerhurst NJ
New Baltimore
Emma Cole
Joseph Cole
Sumner van Loon
Catskill
Cole
New Jersey
Red Bank
N. J
Devils
Thomas Thomas
Thomas Dunn
Miles Grace Davis
Thomas
Chair man Fox denies resigning after charter wrangle
The police board chair claims he never said he would resign once matters settled. He reiterates he would lay down his badge whenever it suited him, amid a heated dispute over a city charter amendment and a petition he authored at Representative Staton’s suggestion.
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Fox
Police Board
AN 1
Staton
Richmond Farmer Faces Thirteen Suitors for Wife
James Pitser of Rockbridge county, owner of near Natural Bridge, has a dozen plus women visiting his berry fields daily as he weighs the problem of choosing a wife from thirteen fair contestants. An investigation found less than thirteen women among those picking berries. Pitser plans to court the first woman he catches, prompting local speculation and prankish intrigue.
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Richmond
James Pitser
Rockbridge County
Pitcer
Yartoua
Berrien
Rory Ote Waa
Arate
Parry urges commercial club to avoid labor union HQs
Indianapolis July 14 D M Parry president of the National Manufacturers Association sends a letter to Commercial Club directors urging that it is unwise to encourage locating union headquarters in Indianapolis Manufacturers worry about a city with many labor organization executives and fear adverse effects on business prospects.
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Parry
Indianapolis
Ind
D. M. Parry
National Manufacturers’ Association
Commercial Club
Indianapolia
Explosion Terminates Watchman Amid Bridge Construction
July 4 in New York, watchman Donatl Veneti of A Williams bridge contractor was killed by a dynamite blast. Authorities report the blast as the cause of death, with investigators examining the site for details.
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New York
Donatl Veneti
A. Wiliams
Mob Executes Suspect After Seven-County Pursuit
A mob in Dodge County, aided by McIntosh and Liberty county farmers, captured and killed Ed Claus, a Black man accused of harming Miss Johnson near Darien Junction. After a multi county chase through swamps, Claus was hanged from a tree, then fired upon as the mob returned home.
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Eastman
Ed Claus
Posse
Miss Johnson
Claus
Umbk
T Posse
Dodge County
McIntosh
Liberty County
Trains Go Together Head On Near Savannah
A southbound passenger train and a northbound freight crashed head on near Savannah, Missouri, early today. One person was killed and several others injured including fireman Stewart and engineer Brownfield of Des Moines. Fireman Thomas Howard also injured, others not yet named. Twenty passengers were hurt but expected to recover. The wreck delayed the passenger train from meeting at Savannah as planned.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Great Western Railroad
Savannah
Stewart
Engineer Brownfield
Thomas Howard
Bavannah
Tornado Kills One in Cosad Nebraska Affects Homes
A tornado four miles north of Cosad Nebraska on July 14 killed Samuel Henry a farm hand and injured three others including two Griffiths children and Miss Anderson. The storm devastated a three mile wide strip destroying most houses and barns with losses around 100000 dollars and crops ruined.
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Nebr
Here
Killig
Samuel Henry
Griffiths
Anderson
Griffin
United Gas and Improvement to Take Cincinnati Utilities
Philadelphia July 14 United Gas and Improvement Company is about to gain a controlling stake in Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company in a deal valued at 79 million dollars. The plan aims to consolidate quasi public concerns in Cincinnati including the Cincinnati Traction Company Citizens National Bank and a new trust company under the same interest. The banking segment is led by a committee that includes Senator Foraker.
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Philadelphia
United Gas and Improvement Company
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Traction Company
Citizen's National Bank
United Geo End Improvement Company
Compeittes
Senator Fornker
Bavarian Royal Passenger Heads for World Tour Amid Scandal Rumors
British Columbia July 1 report: The steamer Empress of India arriving from the Orient carried Crown Prince Ruprecht Maria Elisabeth Ferdinand of Bavaria and the princess. The pair are said to be compelled to tour the world to escape a scandal, with their movements noted by Bavarian magnates.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Ruprecht Maria I
Ferdinand of
Bavaria
Pope Leo XIII Survives Delicate Rally In Declining Health
Rome July 15 Pope Leo XIII again rallied in a day of delirium and weakness. Doctors admit death could come at any moment, but the aged pontiff showed brief strength by rising, dictating and receiving four cardinals. His condition remains grave with old age the likely ultimate cause.
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Rome
Leo
Mgr. Bislett
Nimasif
Uappont
Vatican Medical Body to Embalm the Pope
Rome July 15 a curious controversy unfolds between the Vatican medical body of ten doctors and foreign physicians over embalming the pope. The papal bulls affirm the right to embalm rests with the Vatican medical body, as foreign offers of various processes are rejected.
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Vatican
Rome
Lapponi
Ing
Pope Lee
Stand Patters Rule the Roost at Kentucky Convention
Reports from Louisville say the Republican state convention opens amid a fierce governor’s race between Belknap backed and other candidates. Delegates total about 2,270 with hotels filling. talks of a dark horse rising if Belknap falters. Major Owens named temporary chair. Yerkes possible permanent chair with Roosevelt interests in mind. Resolutions favor stand pat on Grif and trust issues and avoid opposing Roosevelt.
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Loulaville
Republicantate
Louisville
Belknap
Roosevelt
Georgia Fair Forecast and Police Board Tensions
Forecast for Georgia mainly dry with showers in the northwest Thursday and light south winds. Also reports on Atlanta underwriters honoring Calonel John D Young, police force changes, and a Georgia Officers’ Agenda opening at Warm Springs. Other items cover a freight wreck, political fights in Augusta, and national movements from Washington.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Calonel
John D. Young
Pope in Delirium Amid Dying Illness
A Rome dispatch chronicles the pope's rapidly worsening condition with alternating rest and delirium. Reports describe hallucinations, requests for the Franciscan benediction, and attempts to speak with Cardinal Rampolla as Vatican officials and diplomats monitor a grave, near-certain dissolution.
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