First Escape At Atlanta Federal Prison Shocks City
Convict No 82 known as East escaped from the basement barber shop at the Atlanta Federal Prison last night. He squeezed through a raised window bar and vanished into the woods with guards and warden alerted. Authorities describe him as a dangerous 30 year old from the Indian Territory with a violent record. a $40 reward has been issued and police, detectives, and bloodhounds are tracking him.
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R & Hast
Yestern
Atlanta
East
Indian Territory
Tim
Kedagas
Bast
Federal Prison
Hawk
Schmidt
S A. Hawk
Lex
Escipe
Washington
I East
Georgia
Munitions Rumor Tails Hoboken Dock Fire
A rumor claimed cartridges were meant for Boers in South Africa and shipped via Antwerp on the British Queen when the Hoboken fire burned the Phoenix Line pier. Firefighters, longshoremen, and sailors faced loss, escapes, and drownings as the blaze raged with authorities unsure of total casualties or causes.
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New York
Hoboken
South Africa
Antwerp
Sanderson & Son
Scott
Hfe
Phoenix Line
Heopoken
Patrick Hussey
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Hussey
Inner Bay
Mason
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Mer
Phenix Pier
Charles Christianson
John Fencen
Peter Carrull
Heathburn
Firema Themes Oon
David A Ody
le i
Giant Strike Threatened in Anthracite Coal Regions
The miners at the convention heard a report that railroad executives refused to confer on wages and conditions. Press committee said the outcome is uncertain, but indications point to a strike declaration possibly as early as Friday this week.
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House Democrats
Congress
Itig
Hoboken
War Department
Waller
Lamar
Roosevelt
Bill
Deveaux
Savannah
General Otis
Senate Committee
McKinney
Price Henry
Kiel
Traiser
Hatti
Port-au-Prince
Russia
France
Vienna
Turkey
Miss Stone
Bryan Moves to Farm on Forty Second Birthday
W J Bryan, aged 42, left his home at 1625 D Street Lincoln for a farm four miles away on his birthday. The family will live in a newly renovated barn until a new house is completed, as Bryan aids in overseeing the superstructure.
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Lincoln
Nebr
W. J. Bryan
D Street
Bryan
Chattanooga
Tenn
Bryan Club
William J. Bryan
Jade Tablets Seized in San Francisco Loot Case
Ten ancient jade tablets of 200 years old are held by customs appraiser J T Dare in San Francisco awaiting Washington authority to return them. The stones measure one foot by six inches by nearly one inch with drilled holes and were found with two returning private soldiers wrapped in yellow silk. They are believed looted from the Forbidden City and associated with Shun Che. Authorities notified the Treasury and await State Department negotiation for repatriation.
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San Francisco
Shun Che
China
J. T Dare
Washington
Forbidden City
Secretary of the Treasury
Department of State
Arguing for neck of Fife in Richardson murder case
In Savannah Missouri on March 19 the Stuart Fife murder trial moved to the night session with jury instructions and opening arguments. Prosecutor Booker summarized evidence linking Fife to the Richardson tragedy while defense attorney Jule Sanders pressed alibi testimony and questioned the revolver placement near Kings Corner. Arguments to continue tomorrow.
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Savannah
Stuart Fife
Frank W. Richardson
Booker
Fife
Richardson
Jule Sanders
Richardson House
Kings Corner
Sanders
Rickoff Bey
Mrs. Richardson
Sandera
Huntington estate update cites $28 million total assets
New York March 19 The Collis P Huntington estate being inventoried by transfer tax appraisers with executors Charles M Tweed and Isaac E Gates is about 28 million dollars with an estimated transfer tax near 800000 The report may be filed in several months due to overhauled claims and notes from friends of Huntington many of which are uncollectable and difficult to value Today the major asset items have long been known while the estate shows substantial noncollectable loans to personal friends.
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New York
Collis P Huntington
Charles M Tweed
Isaac E Gates
State Controller's Office
Huntington
Fierce Gale Off Norfolk Warned Ships Moved to Docks
Norfolk Va March 1 storm signals were hoisted as a gale arrived. The wind blows at a terrific rate with ships moored to their docks using extra hawsers. No wrecks reported along the water front as wires stay intact and the storm passes.
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Norfolk
Waller recounts tragic Samar crossing and fatigue toll
Washington March 19 Major Waller details the failed cross of Samar island recounting swollen rivers lost trails and relentless rain. He describes marches in circles with sores leeches and near-starvation, the discovery of a shack and potatoes, and finally a successful return toward Basey after ten men died.
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Navy Department
Waller
Island
Samar
Wiliams
Seventh Infantry
Pickering
Lanan
Relef
Porter
Basey
Bearss
Halford
Lyles
Wafler
War
Chaffee
Execution in Mississippi Ends Lanier’s Life on Gallows
Will Lanier, condemned for murdering the Biddle brothers, was hanged at Aberdeen Mississippi at 1 pm after declaring gambling and illicit whisky making as his downfall. Witnesses reported his head reportedly separated from his body as the rope tightened, while a large crowd looked on in orderly silence.
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Aberdeen
Miss
Will Lanier
Biddle Brothers
Patrick defense closes as Rice signaled will
New York March 19 The Patrick trial defense rested its case with David L Short testifying that Rice showed the 1900 will to him and Morris Meyer and urged secrecy. David M Carvalho testified on ink in signatures, noting the 1900 will used coal-tar by-product ink and calling the signatures written with tron ink. Court adjourned until tomorrow. Registrars busy in Tuscaloosa as education office reports 282 registered, all but three white. Friday set for Negro registration, with voters blocked if they do not register.
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David Short
Rice
New York
Patrick
David L. Short
Morris Meyer
David M Carvalho
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Superintendent of Education
Boer Delegates to Sail Expect U S Sympathy
New York March 18 Boer envoys Wolmarans and Wessels plan to sail tomorrow on the La Gascogne. Wolmarans said the people of the United States are with them and that a few sympathetic words from Congress would aid them in dealing with European powers.
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United States
New York
Messrs. Wolmarans
Wessels
France
la Gascogne
Wolmarans
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Great Gale in New York Sets Strong Wind Record
High northwest winds in New York City surged this afternoon, reaching 48 to 72 miles an hour. The gusts matched the city’s strongest wind of the year set on February 2, reinforcing the severity of today’s storm.
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New York
Congress Express Sympathy for Boer Republics
Democratic members of the House caucus unanimously adopted a Randall resolution urging Congress to express sympathy for the Boer republics in their fight for liberty and independence. It calls on Britain to seek peace and a just settlement, urging amity and humane overtures to end the war.
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Congress
Hay
Virginia
Robertson
Louisiana
Randall
Texas
Sulzer
New York
Great Britain
House of Representatives of
United States of America
Congress of the
United States
South Africa
Republic
Orange Free State
News forecast and regional highlights report
Fair Thursday and partly cloudy Friday with possible showers in the west. east winds rise. Prison escape is reported at Atlanta federal prison as the first from the new facility. Local rally supports C Houston for reelection to the House while Georgia Supreme Court eases oral arguments due to crowded terms. Shriners parade and crop freeze damage updates follow. Exhumation in Gainesville seeks evidence in Christina Blake case. Court size changes affect Chariton county trials. Southern and domestic briefs cover trials, political moves, Confederate reunion preparations, and labor tensions. Foreign notes include unrest in Hatti, Port-au-Prince arrests, and reactions to treaties.
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Rie Hast
Atlanta
New Government
Federation of Trades Hall
C. Houston
Georga Supreme Court
Mystic Shriners
Yaarab Temple
Experiment Station
Redding
Christina Blake
Gainesville
Chariton County
Traders Hill
Folkston
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