Mob violence at Mobile jail ends in shootings and pursuit
In Mobile Alabama Roy Hale a railroad officer is fatally shot and Alderman Sidney Lyons is wounded as deputies clash with a mob seeking to lynch Dick Robinson a 17 year old accused of assaulting a 2 year old girl. The mob surprises the jail, shots ring out and Lyons and Hale are struck before the crowd disperses.
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Mobile
Ala
Roy Hale
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Sidney Lyons
Dick Robinson
Ruth
Blount Sosaaman
Hearst Called Liar By Alton B Parker
Jon B Parker responds to W R Hearst after a campaign speech accusing Parker of siding with election criminals in a past case. Parker calls Hearst false and defends his stance as a duty to protect the people from manipulation by corporations and their agents. He notes his firm was never paid by corporations and acted for Mayor McClellan.
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Hearst
Alton B. Parker
Jon B. Parker
W. R. Hearst
Judge Parker
Sud
Judiciary Ag
New York
Two Cabinet Members to Quit Portfolios
Abington D C October 2 Two retirements from the president s cabinet are slated for the coming winter They are those of Attorney General Moody whose resignation will become effective about the first of December and that of Secretary of the Treasury Shaw who according to present intentions will retire in February For one of the vacancies to be created the president will nominate George W L Meyer American ambassador to Russia but for the other he is not yet ready to scnounge B SAC censor Mr Roosevelt has sought to prevail on Attorney General Moody to remain in the cabinet but the latter because of business arrangements he has made has found it impossible to do so
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Sheriff Powers
Hoyle
Lyons
Net
Roy Hoyle
Tung
Robinson
Promiae
Pyceived
Abhington
D. C
Moody
Treasury
Shaw
George W. L. Meyer
Russia
Roosevelt
Mutiny Aboard Port Stanley Near Sandy Hook
Captain Howe of tug William Moggie reports mutiny aboard the British bark Port Stanley with 25 crew seeking control while docked at Horseshoe near Sandy Hook. Officers battled mutineers who were subdued with force after a confrontation as the vessel prepared to sail to Melbourne and Sydney.
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York
Port Stanley
Wea
Howe
Williamsm Mogiaigip
Sumner
United States
Sandy Hook
Melbourne
Sydney
Australia
Batson
Decka
Basson
Sugar Whitening Rules Spark New Yellow Sugar Law
United States pure food commission signals a shift that will leave granulated sugars with a yellow tint. The agency bans any mineral blueing bleaching agent, forcing chemists to abandon whitening. If enforced, four pounds per million pounds of sugar would require removal of the blueing substance, redefining purification as healthful and prompting a nationwide color change.
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United States Pure Food Commission
United States
New York
Pure Food Commission
Storm signals fall along the gulf coast
Storm signals along the gulf coast are ordered down as Mobile reports improved conditions. Sheriff Powers threatens to arrest nonworking Negroes and evacuates women and children from devastated areas to Mobile for care. Telegraph, telephone, rail service recover. interurban roads remain out. Estimates of damage shrink from 4 to 5 million to about 1 million, with total deaths under 106. Governor Jelks travels to Mobile to assess flood relief and consider an extraordinary legislature session.
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Mobile
Alm
Gulf
Sheri! Powers
Mobile Bay
Powera
Cuba's Palma Leaves Palace Quietly by Special Train
President Palma's departure from Havana after four months in office was understated as his family reacted with visible emotion. He rode in a closed carriage to Caballeria wharf, boarded the Natallex tug to Regla, and then proceeded by train to Matanzas amid brief cheers. Secretary Taft will reside in the palace.
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Ama
Avana
H Palma
Cuba
Palma
Caballeria
Senor Montalva
Regla
Pensacola feels after hurricane hits Caswell and Shell Banks
Reports from Pensacola Florida on October 2 detail widespread damage from a hurricane. Shell Banks Alabama was reported wiped out with two families lost, while Caswell Alabama fish business owner Charles Mann arrived with word of more destruction along Perdido Bay. Naval yard wreckage and a damaged government station are described along with a 1.06 million dollar bill. Santa Rosa Island channels were opened, two waterways cut through the island, prompting plans for bund jets to prevent further washing. Montgomery sent 3500 to storm victims though Pensacola declined immediate aid, requesting outside assistance and restrictions on saloon openings.
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Fla
Charles Mann
Caswell
Alt
Ala
Ferdide Bay
Baldwin County
Perdido Bay
Sapp
Navy Yard
United States
Mallory
Santa Rosa Island
Gulf
Montgomery
Retief
Xivo
Broward
Bullard Faces Hanging After Guilty Verdict in Daughter Shooting
In Marietta Georgia on October 2 the jury found John O Bullard guilty of shooting his daughter dead at Power Springs. Judge Gober sentenced Bullard to hang on October 26. Bullard a widower lived with his daughter. no witnesses to the act. He surrendered after telling his brother what happened. He claimed the daughter disobeyed him.
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Marietta, Ga
John O. Bullard
Gober
Bullard
Ballara
John GO. Bullard
Magoon Likely Cuba Governor as Cabinet Reports Cuba Policy
Washington reports Cuba policy dominated cabinet talks with the president asserting the U S move aims to restore order and safeguard island interests not annexation. Magoon of the Panama canal zone is expected to become Cuba governor, superseding Winthrop, with Taft and the president weighing timing of a Panama trip amid possible unrest after American occupation and disarmament actions.
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United States
Congress
Charles E. Magoon
Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Gove Arnor
Cuba
Taft
Beekman Winthrop
Porto Rico
Magoon
Philippines
Philippine
Slands
Winthmp
Panam
Troop Trains Ready to Transport Soldiers for Havana Move
Orders issued for movement of the Seventeenth Infantry battalions from Fort McPherson to Newport News en route to Cuba. Three troop trains will carry about 647 officers and men with wagons, horses, mules, and equipment, departing Thursday morning. Transports will shuttle troops to Havana after arrival, though exact dispositions after landing are not specified.
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van Orsdals
Newport News
Cuba
Department of the Gulf
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Southern Railway
Ehich
Richmond
Southern
Charlotte
Danving
Newport Newa
Chesapeake and Ohio
Acros
Havana
Riday
Vanu
Tintelty
Fort Waornereun
Uec
Weather forecast for Wednesday and Thursday across states
Washington DC October 2 forecast covers Georgia showers and storms with fresh southeast winds, Virginia partly cloudy with showers and warmer Thursday, Louisiana fair then warmer, eastern Texas fair with diminishing north winds, Arkansas and western Texas fair, North Carolina showers and northeast winds, South Carolina and Eastern Florida showers and thunderstorms with fresh southeast to east winds, Western Florida fair with northwest winds, Alabama and Mississippi fair with morning showers, Tennessee and Kentucky rain then warmer, West Virginia light winds then fair. Temperature outlook lists highs and lows, normals, and precipitation.
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