Three Men Fight Off 500 Mob at Carroll Jail
Carrollton Ga June 7 a sheriff led a small posse to defend Ike Williams from a 500 strong mob bent on lynching the condemned man. George W Bennett was killed in the exchange and Tom Smith wounded. Sheriff Merrill Senator Harerick and L Z Fletcher named as heroes for holding the jail with militia arriving to remove the prisoner to Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bennett
Kiied
Tom Smith
Efaii
the Williams
Carrollton
Speciaty
George W. Bennett
Ike Willams
Otis Ward
Joseph L. Merrill
W. D. Harerick
L. Z. Fleteher
Carrollton Jail Turmoil Ends With Troop Arrival
A Carrollton jail riot over the Williams murder case led to doors barred, shots fired, and the mob dispersing as troops arrived from Atlanta. Sheriff Merrill aided by Hamrick and Fletcher held the north wing while Bennett and Word confronted the mob. Williams, convicted of killing Otis Word, stating he did not kill the boy, was transported to Atlanta for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Barker
Sam Harris
Atlanta
Merrill
C W. Worley
Avanta
Car Tolston
Ilan
Charley Ward
Ofelack
Willams
Merril
Iis
Merritt
Bennett
Word
Sherff
Mercer Tamcitg
Lnn
E .Z. Fletcher
Sherif Merrill
Hamrick
Fletcher
Jeli
Senator Hamrick
Iim
Smith
Guardians of the Law
Bennet
Williams
Supreme Court
Wil- Hama
Ward
Harris
Sherrff Merrill
Candler
Harris Wirewlse
Dleo
H.W. Lom
Aff
Nho
Jude Harris
Mayor Long
Barker
Judge Harris
Negro Williams
Morrill Sto
Deputy Worley
Sherry Merl
Senator Wamrick
Mr. Fletcher
McKinley and Cabinet Press Platt Amendment Demand
Washington cabinet insists Cuba must accept the Platt amendment unconditionally before any change in Cuba’s status. discussion covers Wood’s communication, civil government plans in the Philippines, and U S supervision under war secretary. Cuban convention urged to accept the amendment to satisfy Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wood
General Wood
Cubs Fa
Cuba
Philippines
Spooner
Hiochmett
Philippes Flatt
Root
Platt
Connecticut
Havana
War Department
United States
Congress
Cape San Antonio
Cape Mayel
Cape Maysi
Nipe
Cape An
Yoni Baamo
Yucatan Passage
Nethern
Bernhardt to Play Romeo Opposite Maud Adams Juliet
Sarah Bernhardt will perform Romeo opposite Maud Adams in a planned American tour of about a hundred nights. The event was arranged at a supper for Charles Frohman with Maurice Grau present. Bernhardt will act in English and study the role this summer, aiming for a Paris appearance after Theodora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fandon
Sarah Bernhardt
Romeo
America
Maud Adams
Juliet
Charles Frohman
Maurice Grau
Madame Bernhardt
Coast Artillery Districts Created by War Department
The War Department issued an order creating coast artillery districts near major ports. Districts include Chesapeake with Fort Monroe and nearby forts, Potomac with Hunt and Washington, Charleston with Sumter Caswell and Sullivana Island, Savannah with Screven Fremont and Hilton Head, Key West with Taylor Dade De Soto and barracks, Pensacola with Barrancas McRae Pickens Morgan and Gaing, and New Orleans with St Phillip and Jackson barracks. Commanders and ranks noted: Major William Ennis, Lt Col S Van A Andruss, Lt Col C Morris, Captain J O Hara, Major P Leary, Lt Col D E Kenzie, Major W Howe.
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Savannah
Charleston
Pensacola
Key West
New Orleans
Washington
War Department
Coast Artillery
Chesaneake
Fort Monroe
Coronel F. Guenther
Baltimore
McHenry
Howard, Carroll, Smallwood
Armistead
William Ennis
District of the Potomac
Hunt
van A. Andruss
Sumter
Caswell
Sullivana Island
C. Morris
Fortes Screven
Fremont
Gaing
D. E. Kenzie
St. Phillip
Jackson Barracks
W. Howe
Conference committee tours Houston ship channel route
Members of the rivers and harbors committee arrived in Houston to inspect the Houston ship channel and discuss requested appropriations. They travel with railroad officials, will arrive in Galveston that evening, and earlier stopped in Heaymont for a two hour visit and breakfast as a historic well gushed for their benefit.
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Congressional Committee
Griveston
Houston
Tex
Rivers and Harbor Committee
Congressmen
Galveston
New Orleans
Heaymont
Tobacco Syndicate Formed to Back Consolidated Deal
A syndicate managed by Kuhn, Loeb & Co and Thomas F. Ryan will supply 25 million dollars in cash to facilitate the Consolidated Tobacco Company deal. About 70 million dollars of new bonds have been earmarked for the syndicate, with bondholders in American and Continental agreeing not to sell until operations conclude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Consolidated Tobacco Company
Kuhn
Loeb Te Co
Thomas F. Ryan
May play golf on Sunday case ends with acquittal
Yonkers jurors found Benjamin Adams a Yonkers board of education member not guilty of violating the law by playing golf on Sunday. The defense contended the arrest rested on an obsolete statute, and the verdict cleared Adams with no dispute over the facts. The case highlights questions over old laws governing recreation on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
New York
Yonkers
Benjamin Adams
Board of Education
Place
Major James H Littlefield Dies in New York Home
Major James H Littlefield a former Houston Texas banker was found dead in his New York residence. Death was attributed to heart disease. He was sixty eight and had moved to New York last August after retiring. his body will be sent to Texas for burial.
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New York
James H Littlefield
Houston
Tex
Texas
Cyclone Ravages Opelousas Leaves One Dead
A cyclone swept Opelousas Louisiana midday in the extreme northwestern area injuring two mill workers and destroying several structures. White boy Albert Gautreaux, fourteen, was killed while John Zoder suffered serious injuries. The San Landro cotton oil mill, nearby residences, and parts of the ice and batting works office were demolished along a 40 foot-wide path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opelousas
San Landro
Albert Gautreaux
John Zoder
W 5B Lewis
Willie Lawis
Ben Melancon
Opelousas Ice and Batting Works
Annapolis Cadets Graduate in Chapel Ceremony
Rain disrupted the Annapolis graduation of naval cadets forcing the ceremony to move from the grounds to the chapel. Assistant Secretary Hackett presented the diplomas as the president and secretary of the navy offered good wishes. The six top students Furur, Fogarty, Conway, King, Henry, and Yates received diplomas first, followed by others by scholastic rank.
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Annapolis
Naval Cadets
Hackett
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Furur
Fogarty
Conway
King
Henry
Yates
Volunteers Return from Philippines Amid Wartime Tensions
Volunteers who served in the Philippines depart for the United States, as General MacArthur notes discontent and disputes among units. The group boards transport to resupply and reassess roles, signaling adjustments in war-time volunteer efforts.
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Wormer
General Macarthur
Mantan Rous
Philppines
United
Moors Visit King Edward in London Embassy Arrives
A Moroccan embassy led by Kald Et Mehedi EY Menebehl arrives in London to congratulate King Edward on his accession. Twenty nine members, including two wives, are received by Admiral Aldrich and General Sir Baker Russell. Veiled ladies depart the royal carriage as crowds observe the formalities. The envoy gifts include two rare Alas mountain sheep, twenty horses and twenty mules. The official reception is scheduled for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Morocco
Edward
Kald Et Mehedi EY Menebehl
Aldrich
Baker Russell
Victoria Station
Students and Police Clash on Tennessee Campus
In Kauerville Tennessee on June 7 students from the University of Tennessee and five city policemen engaged in a clash that left many shots fired but no injuries. Police reports say the disturbance began when officers tried to quell rioters who attacked from behind trees, showering them with stones, with tensions feared to rise further tonight.
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Kauerville
Tenn
University of Tennessee
Rnnt
Missing Money A brown paper substitute for 200000 dollars
Allegations arise after a package sent from Fourth National Bank New York to First International Bank New York contained brown paper instead of 200000 dollars in one and two dollar bills. The unaddressed money package was opened and found empty. The express company is investigating the incident.
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Ftome
N. Y
First International Bank
Fourth National Bank
New York
Vank
Express Company
Patrick Must Face a Jury in Rice Case Indictments
Judge Foster rejects seven demurrers against indictments charging Albert T. Patrick David Short and Morris Meyers with murder forgery and perjury. Defendants to plead Monday with bail set for Short and Meyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice
New York
Foster
Albert T. Patrick
David Short
Morris Meyers
Patrick
Short
Meyers
Man Trys to Drown Self After Sweetheart's Marriage
Pontias Mich June 7. Frank Taylor of Oxford despondent over his sweetheart marrying another man attempted to drown himself in a tank of blood at a slaughterhouse. He jumped in when the blood tank overflowed while he was lifting cattle. He was rescued.
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Frank Taylor
Pontias
Mich
Oxford
Jaunt of Georgia bankers visit New York district
A Georgia bankers delegation of nearly 10, some with wives, visited New York City's financial district including the clearing house and the sub-treasury on June 7.
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New York
Clearing House
Sub-Treasury
Kinney and Dickey Fatal Shooting Reported
The article states Kinney was killed and Dickey shot and killed by Green Mikey amid long standing enmity. Dickey surrendered today as authorities investigate the fatal incident likely tied to prior feuds between the men.
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Meinpuw
Vane
Tragedy After Jail Escape Ends Rutledge Sentence
Frank Rutledge and Thomas Jones die following a jailbreak attempt in Toronto. Jones died of gunshot wounds during the escape, Rutledge leaped from a gallery to a stone court and fractured his skull, dying at hospital. Ries, sole survivor, received twenty-one years.
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Toronto
Fred Lee Hice
Thomas Jones
Frank Rutledge
Quora
Ontario
Ries
Jones
Rutledge
Desparaloes
Boyd
Warglars
Race
Rice
Kingston
Uniform Freight Classification Favored by Railroad Commissioners
At the San Francisco convention the committee on uniform freight classification urged Congress to empower the ICC to set a national standard. The aim is to apply the same classification to interstate and then state business, creating uniformity nationwide. The report was adopted, with officers elected and the next meeting set for February 1, 1902 in Charleston, S C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
B. C. Wilborn
North Carolina
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cicero Lindley
Sinals
J. B Bortray
South Carolina
A C Hadbourne Maine
EA Mosely
Charleston
Conemaugh Steel Company to Seek Charter in Harrisburg
Philadelphia rumor says a new steel firm will form by absorbing Cambria Steel and Bethlehem Phoenix units plus Alanwood and other minors. Key incorporators include Powell Stackhouse John W Townsend R Francis Wood David Heeves Effingham B Morris John Lowther Welsh and Edward Stotesbury. Capitalized at 50 million, shareholders to receive stock in the new company with value added. A circular outlining the plan will be issued early next week.
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Philadelphia
Sinc
Harrisburg
Conemaugh Steel Company
Cambria, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem Phoenix
Alanwood
Powell Stackhouse
John W Townsend
R .Frarcis Wood
David Heeves
Efingham BG
Morris
John Lowther Welsh
Edward T Stotesbury
Cambria Steel Company
Messrs Welsh and Stotesbury
Bethlehem Company
Effingham B Morris
Pexasslvania Company
Brazilian Navy Officers Visit Washington Tomb Wreath Placed
Brazilian navy officers in full uniform, with minister Assis-Brozal, called at the White House and later met with Secretary Lang. They toured the Navy Department, visited cabinet offices, the navy yard, and Mount Vernon where a wreath of immortelles was laid on the tomb of Washington. The cordial visits reflected goodwill between Brazil and the United States following mutual courtesy at inaugurations and in Brazilian waters.
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Washington
A¢sis-Broz'l
White House
Lang
Navy Department
Navy Yard
Mount Vernon
Brazil
United States
Cenpea Salles
Oregon
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Charles Word
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Young Word
Wistory
Momine
McKinley
Cabinet
Island
TOHAL
Major Zittlefield
Texas Banker
Louisiana
Sultan
Switzerland
Daily Mail
Watch Trust
Count von Waldersee
Berlin
Ita
China
Georgia
Taft
Philippine Commission
Philippine Islands
Philipines
Ax Handle Combine
Loulavite
Turner, Day & Woolworth Manufacturing Company
Huntington
W. Va
Knoxville, Tenn
Bob Ford
Denver
Colo
State Board of Pardons
E. O'Kelley
Jesse James
O'Keiley
Kinney
Dickey
NEW Steel Company
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