Lynch mob fears and secret avengers in Shreveport case
In Shreveport Louisiana the murder case of John Gray Foster spurs a patrol of fears as a quiet, organized crowd of Foster’s friends operates secretly to seek vengeance on Prophet Smith and others. Authorities guard Benton prisoners while relatives seek talks, and a funeral closes the incident. In Boston the Mrs Margaret Blondin murder case grows with reports of an express man and trunk check at the station.
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Shreveport
John Gray Foster
Lon~ton Jall
Mir Foster
Ikers
Boselor
Dead Man
Prophet Smith
Bossier
Foster
Nichfingmith
Benton
Smith
Bossler Parish
Kinnebrew
Seaton
Edwards
Keable
Caddo
Bossier Panshes
New Orleans
McMiMin
sTenneases
McMmin
Blondin
Boston
Margaret Blondin
Green Street
Anruth
William Dean
Dean
Montreal
Chapman
Blondiz
Howard Street
South Union Station
Springeld
Man Rescues Two from Drowning After River Boat Capsizes
Columbus Ohio reports Jack Smith, a former Seventeenth United States infantry member, leaped sixty two feet from a Big Four building into the Betote river to rescue two men from drowning after their capsized boat.
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Columbus
Jack Smith
Seventeenth United States Infantry
Oringe
Betote
Cabinet Discusses Cubs
Washington notes cabinet meeting yields nothing important. Discussion centers on Cuba policy after Dieban congestion adopts the Platt amendment and possible government action remains necessary.
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Cubs
Washington
Cuba
Hargrove Resigns and Hemphill to Direct Southern Industrial Move
Philadelphia June 14 The Southern Industrial convention closed with President Hargrove resigning in favor of Colonel Hemphill who becomes the new leader. Speakers urged railroad led industrial progress and praised railways for employment and development in the South. A waterway commission and river and harbor improvements were endorsed, with support for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and a New Orleans to Atlanta steamship line. The session adjourned at noon.
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Philadelphia
South
W. A. Hemphitt
Atlanta Constitution
Hargrove
W. 4. Hemphill
Atanta
Richards
Southern Railway
Mr. Richards
Alexander Helper
Baltimore
United States
Europe
Hemphill
Norman Welker
New Orleans
Tmes-Democrat
Industris
Newa
Congress of the
Industrial Commission
Grand Jury Indicts Five In Waterworks Scam in Salisbury
Grand Rapids Mich June 14 five indictments by the grand jury probe into a waterworks scandal name Thome Pp McGarry Bilson V MacLeod L K Batsbury Gerrit Albers and Henry Taylor of New York Salisbury MacLeod and others arraigned in Superior Court. Salsbury charged with bribes totaling 325 000 from McGarty and 75000 from MacLeod while Albers offered 2000 to Alderman Renshaw. Albers pleads not guilty. A motion to transfer cases back to circuit court was granted but defendants held on 500 bonds to return June 24.
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Salisbury
Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Jury
Thome Pp. McGarry
Bllson V. MacLeod
L. KK. Batsbury
Gerrit Albers
Henry A. Taylor
New York
MacLeod
Superior Court
Salsbury
McGarty
Albers
Alderman Renshaw
Salsborp
Circuit Court
Mrs McKinley Still Improving
Washington June 14 Mrs McKinley s physicians held their usual consultation this forenoon and decided to discontinue the issuing of £ 1 stills. It is said that her condition continues to improve slowly considering the favorable progress she is making. Should her condition so worsen the bulletin will be reissued.
Night Robes and Fire Escape at Mineral Springs Hotel
West Baden Indiana June 1908 a morning blaze at the Mineral Springs hotel forced 26% guests to flee. All escaped with personal property. losses include $200,000 for the building $110,000 insurance and up to $30,000 in jewelry and clothing. Fire started in the kitchen and spread rapidly. Guests evacuated in robes shirts and coats with several dramatic rescues. The hotel and bath house were destroyed. Local train service provided free travel for stranded guests.
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West Baden
Ind
Mineral Springs
French Lick
Chicago
Ag Meny
Amyesiie
Chicago News
Leslie
Coronel Wing
Cincinnati
Potlee Com T
Howard
Pany
New York
St. Paul
Itenry Allenburs
Elwood
Minnesota
French Lick Hotel
Clark
Ellkwood Plate Glass Works
Chicagg
Monon
Chicheo
Uttle
Pttha
Waren
Northfield Ferry Sinks After Collision In East River
A Staten Island Ferry Northfield rammed by the Mauch Chunk at Whitehall Street, New York, sank within ten minutes. Up to 400 passengers were aboard, with early reports of many drownings and heroic rescues by tugboats Mutual Unity Arrow and shore crowds. Authorities debated death toll as search continued and bodies were not yet recovered.
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New York
Northfield
Staten Island Ferry Company
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Staten Island
Whitehall Street
East River
Mauch Chunk
Someloes
Dante Gully
Northield
Mutual
Unity and Arrow
Spanish Line
Abraham Johnson
Sc, Griffin
Hach
St George
Battery
Griffin
Johnson
Central Railroad
State Island
Vessel slips in dry dock. many workers crushed
New York June 24 The US transport Ingalls sank in fifty feet of water after slipping from blocks at the Erie basin dry dock. About 240 workers were present and one man killed, many injured, with Italian laborers feared trapped in the hold. Extent of damage and fatalities unclear. An extra edition cited about fifty dead.
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New York
United States
Ingalls
Erie Basin
Brooklyn
Beskiea
Manila
Martin Anderson
Evening World
Desertion sparks Mrs Mitchell separation suit
Mrs Lily F Mitchell formerly of Atlanta sues husband William G Mitchell for divorce alleging desertion. She says they wed in Niagara Falls in December 19 and lived in Atlanta Toronto Canada Pittsburgh and Hammonton New Jersey before he deserted her in May 19. The case will be heard in district courts.
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Mitchell
Washington, DC
Lily F. Mitchell
Atlanta
William G. Mitchell
Alvorce
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Canada
Pittsburg
Hammonton
Iss
New Jersey
Dallas
Tex
U.S. Tops China Trade Figures in 190
Consul General Goodnow in Shanghai notes 190 figures show the United States buys more from China than any other nation and that total trade with China, imports plus exports, equals Britain’s, ahead of all others.
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China
Washington
Goodnow
Shanghai
United States
Great Britain
Conger Prepares Return to China from Washington
United States minister to China Edwin H. Conger is in Washington to meet the president before heading back to Peking. He plans to sail from San Francisco on July 1 or earlier.
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Conger
China
Washington
M.hon
Edwin H. Conger
United States
Pakin
San Francisco
Three Killed by Heat in Chicago
Three deaths attributed to a heat wave over the last three days were recorded in Chicago today. The victims named are Frank Blakely, John Lang, and Carl Rlese.
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Chicago
Frank Blakely
John Lang
Carl Rlese
Students To Replace Strikers In Detroit And Chicago
In Ann Arbor Michigan on June 14 University of Michigan mechanical engineering students will partly replace striking machinists in Detroit and Chicago, reflecting campus involvement in regional labor activities.
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Ann Harbor
Mich
Detroit
Chicago
University of Michigan
Arrests After Northfield Disaster Highlighted By Charges
The report states that 1 200 men women and children were fully numbered. Captain Abraham Johnson of Northfield was arrested at midnight on a charge of criminal negligence and held without bail awaiting arraignment. Captain Griffin of Mauch Chunk visited Serney City and was directed to appear in notice court for a technical manslaughter charge. Oleiala of Jersey Central railz provided assurances of Griffin’s forthcoming appearance. The only person reported missing by midnight was George H. Coppers, a clerk in the criminal court building.
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Abraham Johnson
Northfield
Griffin
Mauch Chunk
Serney City
Oleiala
Jersey Central Railz Aad
George H. Coppers, Funker
Criminal Court
Five Men Hanged for Savannah County Murders at Sylvania
In Sylvania Georgia on July 14, Sheriff Thompson executed Arnold Augustine Andrew Davis Richard Sanders William Hudson and Sam Baldwin for the murder of Fillmore Herrington and Milton Mears. They were handcuffed and led past guards to the gallows amid a crowd. The five condemned men showed no confession, offered prayers, and faced death with composure as doctors declared death sixteen minutes after the drop. The crime and execution were tied to the Knights of the Archer, a feared local organization suspected of terrorizing nearby farms and committing numerous robberies and murders in Georgia and South Carolina.
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Sylvania
Thompson
Arnold Aurwéus
Andrew Davis
Richard Sanders
Willam Hudson
Sam Baldwin
Filimora Herrington
Miton Mears
Hfe
Wiliam Hudson
Arnold Augustus
Andrew Davie
Chapman
Cortez
Acon
Mims
W. R Lavett
Knights of the Archer
Andrew McKinney
Screven
Met
McWhinney
Georgia
South Carolina
Savannah
Mitton Mears
Waterant
Joe Sanders
Young Sanders
Jesse Sanders
Mears
Fillmore Herrington
Jesse Wade
Kennedy Trial Opens Over Wife’s Murder in 1909 Kansas City
In Kansas City June 1909 the trial of Lali Prince Kennedy for murdering her husband Phil Kennedy opened amid a crowded courtroom. Prosecution argued she acted from revenge and was sane, while defense urged insanity and claimed conspiracy by the Kennedy family. Witnesses described the defendant’s emotional state as she faced the jury and the court.
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Kcansac City
Beraun
Lali Prince Kennedy
Philly
Kennedy
Themichele
C. W. Prince
Bert Prince
Will Prince
Tias
Ki Kennedy
Prince
Leon
Willara Prince
Sre
Hadley
Frank G Jamson
Dudge
Hae
Wana
Aftre Deliber
Mr. Hennedy
Case Patton
Johnson
Arverngon Seumion
Nearing
Itil Kennedy
Kennerly
Charma E. Barham
Naval powder explosions prompt safety inquiry at proving grounds
Washington June 14 A naval board headed by Lieutenant Commander Mason was formed to study explosive handling and storage after a string of magazine explosions at Indian Field below Washington and in San Francisco. The panel will convene at Newport to examine center powder safety and develop safeguards.
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Proving Grounds
Washington
San Francisco
Mason
Newport
Despondent Cashier Takes Own Life in Cleveland
George Haird, a cashier for New York Life Insurance, killed himself by inhaling illuminating gas in his room at 389 Lincoln Avenue, Cleveland. Officials say despondency contributed to the act. accounts show Haird as financially steady.
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Cleveland
George Haird
The
New York Life Insurance Company
Lincoln Avenue
Bairds
Mexican attack wounds Gonzales sheriff target near Schnabel ranch
A telephonic message from the Schnabel ranch seven miles southeast of Luding says Sheriff RM Glover of Gonzales County was killed and Henry Schnabel badly wounded by two Mexicans. Details are unavailable tonight as the Mexicans fled.
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Luding
Tex
Duke
Schnabel
Here
RM. Glover
Sherif
Gonzales County
Henry Schnabel
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Norman Walker
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Helper
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Gully
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Herrington
Drop
Latimer
Brunswick
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