Jury Acquits Willis Biggers in Not Guilty Verdict
Willis Biggers is acquitted after a jury recharges itself on the self defense question then returns a verdict of not guilty. The courtroom erupts in quiet celebration as Biggers greets relatives and thanked his attorneys Reuben Arnold Jr and Rh B Blackbourne amid an emotional hall reception with his mother and wife present.
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Court House
Biggers
P. W. Ryan
Foster
Allie
Young Biggers
Retben Arnold, Jr
Thomas Miller
Reuben Arnold
Rh. B. Blacaourn
Shnim
Terry Big
Brave Death for Comrades Detailed as Nurses
Washington reports cholera has hit the army medical corps in the Philippines. An order from Surgeon General Forwood honors Private Joseph G. Eiseman for nursing a comrade to death and Private Leonard B. Stevenson for nursing two comrades despite the risk. The commendation notes duty and courage, with the order to be read at parade and during hospital corps inspections.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
Forwood
Joseph G. M. Elseman
Hospital Corps
Eiseman
Leonard B. Stevenson
U. S.A
Stevenson
O'Neal
Douglas Donald
Twenty-first Infantry
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Global Briefs in Flash: Trade Ban, Trials, and Royal Weddings
The Bulgarian commerce minister bans American grape vine imports. Dr Russell Wilson of Ohio remains in Bluefields amid revolutionaries. Domestic prelate Thomas A Flynn and Bishop John Shanley head to Rome for papal audience. A fashionably attended St George’s Church gathering reports. Royal London wedding links Major Charles Hall and Mrs C A Stevens with Joseph A Chaate hosting. Cholera rages in Mukden with 7 July to 14 July reported cases and deaths. UK PM A J Balfour says Britain’s stance on an international trust conference is under study. Primus sinks after collision with Hansa in the Elbe. 109 drowned.
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St. George's Church
London
ajor_ Charles Hall
Oxfordshire Light Infantry
C. A. Stevens
Kramer Beats Taylor In National Championship Half Mile
Washington July 23 Frank Kramer defeated Major Taylor in the National Cycling Association half mile championship final heat. Kramer won by less than a foot to claim his third straight first. Also listed are results for the mile handicap and mile consolation events with times and top finishers, and a separate note on a Texas case where 70-year-old Frederickson was found guilty of criminal assault and sentenced to death.
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Washington
Frank Kramer
Taylor
National Cycling Association
Kramer
Major ™ Taylor
George Collett
Iver
Lawson
Buxton Williams
G. Schreiber
Bill Martin
Owen Kimble
Jed Newkirk
J. Bedell
Ison
Tex
Texan
Cp Frederickson
Frederickson
Freeman Beats McFarland in 20 Mile Motor Pace
Howard B. Freeman defeated F. A. McFarland in a 20 mile motor paced race on the coliseum track Worcester Massachusetts. Freeman’s time was 34 minutes 5 4-5 seconds tonight.
In Tower Biggers Sees Sterne Amid Confinement Farewell
Biggers and his brother in law Sterne, both recently indicted, visit the Tower where Sterne lies near death from consumption. Biggers thanks the jail attendants for their kindness and then leaves with his brother and Attorney Arnold, walking up the street together.
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Gers
Sterne
Biggers
Hiss
Arnold Anid
Americans Lose 4,470 in Philippine Insurrection Engagements
Major James Parker reports 2,561 engagements from February 4, 1899, to April 30, 1902, with 4,470 total killed or wounded. Most battles were ambush skirmishes. surrender or retreat was rare. About 4,133 officers and 123,808 troops arrived in the Philippines, with an average strength near 40,000.
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Washington
James Parker
Adjutant General's Office
Philippines
Manila
Parker
Army
Large Strike Fund Donation Moves Anthracite Action
Secretary Wilson of the United Mine Workers received a $50,000 check from the Illinois organization for the strike fund and sent it to the anthracite fields. Miners have given $100,000 in four weeks and hold nearly a half million in reserve. The donation is said to be the largest ever offered for a strike. President Mitchell heads to Chicago then Wilkes-Barre as funds flow in.
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Ind
Wilson
United Mine Workers
Illinois Organization
Nets
National Organization
Mitchell
Chicago
Wilkesbarre
Spares From the Wires and Industry Moves
Jones and Laughlins reorganizes to expand capital from 20 million to 50 million while pledging no officer changes. Prunes shipped from Santa Clara county center on 21 carloads sold for Europe from San Jose stocks. New tunnel franchise rejection prompts a fresh measure from the New York aldermen. Captain Butterfield reports calm in Eldorado Illinois as investigators seek justice for outrages against Black residents. Baltimore Merchants and Manufacturers Association to present resolutions memorializing President McKinley. U.S. Army gears for Long Island Sound maneuvers as Major Scriven reviews signals plans. Ravenna boiler explosion kills one engineer and injures two on a westbound P&WP line. Manila post progress cited with a 500000 dollar appropriation and Pasig river land acquisition. garment workers' strike rumors disputed by manufacturers. Hodge v United States Steel case delayed to September 5. Annapolis fire destroys nine buildings incl. St Martins Church and Jewell store, loss around 50000. Mazamas summit Mount Adams. Monitor Arkansas ready for official trial. Maine's executive officer named. Santa Fe and Brotherhood settlement leads to 25 cent daily wage bump for car-men.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Barnes
Pittsburg
Latimer Death Case Opens With Jealousy Claim
New York July 23 Harry J Parker an insurance adjuster and private detective testified in the Brooklyn coroner's inquest into Albert C Latimer's July 2 shooting. He said Latimer hired him to prove his wife was unfaithful with a man named Tuthill and to watch Tuthill's home. A servant reported a man seen near Latimer's house and on the roof as police arrived. The jury verdict found Latimer killed by a pistol shot with no charges pressed.
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New York
Harry J. Parker
Albert C. Latimer
Brooklyn
Parker
Latimer
Clarke
Ann Parker
Tuthill
Magele Fitzgerald
Latimer's
Tie Latimer
Lattimer
Seventh Georgia Visited Old Capital of Confederacy
Richmond Va May 23 Special The Seventh Georgia regiment visiting Virginia battlefields spent the evening in Richmond at a Lee camp reception with Pickett camp and the Daughters of the Confederacy. About 160 including ladies attended with speeches by Governor Montague Dr Norton and Col Carmichael among others. They will visit the Crater near Pittsburg tomorrow before returning home.
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Georgia
Virginia Pattle Fields
Confederacy
Fredericksburg
Puesta
Lee
Pickett
Daughters of the Confederacy
Polk
School teachers murdered in the Philippines
War department reports four Americans missing from Cebu since June 10 have been murdered by ladrones. Victims include John E. Wells and Louis A. Thomas of Providence Rhode Island Ernest Heger of Cincinnati Ohio and Co A France of Berea Ohio. Leader of the murderers killed and eight others captured by the constabulary.
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Philippines
Washington
War Department Today
Cebu
John E. Wells
Montgomery Avenue
Providence
R. I
Louis A. Thomas
Ernest Heger
Vine Street
Cincinnati
Ohio
Co. A. France
Berea
Body of Ashley Cocke Buried in Elmwood Cemetery
The body of Ashley Cocke, hanged at Greenville Mississippi yesterday, was buried in Elmwood Cemetery Memphis today beside his father Captain W. G. Cocke who died twenty years ago from wounds in a personal encounter. The funeral drew a large Cocke family gathering and distant connections.
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Memphis
Tenn
Ashley Cocke
Greenville
Misa
W. G. Cocke
Cocke
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