Mob Attack A Jail in Waycross Over Alleged Assault
In Waycross Georgia on October 7, a mob demanded 2 year old Dell Jones and attacked the county jail after a Black youth accused of assaulting a white girl had been moved to Savannah. Governor Brown ordered soldiers to bar the mob. A clash seemed imminent but the mob was allowed to pass a jail committee. Jones remained in Savannah.
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Brown
Savannah
Waycross
Chatham County
Dell Jones
Mate Hia
Aged Woman Sees Train For First Time In Life
An Asheville resident recounts a remarkable moment as an elderly woman witnesses a train for the first time. The report notes her long life and large family, highlighting the novelty of this simple technological encounter in her seventy five years.
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Asnesille
Huckner
Asheville
Telus
Mia Huckner
Elty
Bitter Attack Made on Aldrich
A lengthy arraignment of Geneva Charles R Brayton Rhode Island republican national committeeman and a denunciation of his influence on state politics dominated the Rhode Island democratic state convention platform. It condemned the Aldrich tariff as the most unfair ever enacted and urged direct election of US Senators by popular vote. The ticket included Governor Olney Arnold and other officers. The platform also called for an income tax and accused Brayton of controlling state affairs, urging constitutional revision. In another item, Henry Flory accidentally shot and killed his wife while loading a shotgun to shoot pigeons near Archbald Ohio, leaving seven children.
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Providence
Geneva
Charles R. Brayton
Rhode Island
Olney Arnold
Thomas A. Carroll
Frank E Fitzsimmons
Lincoln
James A. Wiliams
Edmund Walker
South
Kingston
United States
Nelson W Aldrich
Senate
General Assembly
Wauseon
Ohio
Henry Flory
Archbald
Here
Cuban land sale to John Fisk associates shifts assets to cash
The Neal bank receivers sold a Cuban tract of 400 000 to 500 000 acres near Santiago de Cuba to John Fisk and associates for 700 000. Harold Hirsch of Candlers Thompson Hirsch verified the deal in New York as 100 000 cash down with further installments. The sale promises an immediate dividend to 9 000 depositors in Atlanta and vicinity, potentially 20 percent, turning the bank asset into money and aiming to pay all deposits.
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Neal Bank
C. T. Ladaon
John Fisk and Associates
Williams Street
New York City
Harold Hirsch
Candlers, Thompson & Hirsch
Central Bank and Trust Corporation
Walter P. Andrews
Andrews & Skeen
Andrews
Cantovalley Land Company
Iles
Cuba
Atlanta
C T Ladson & Co
Bandazo
Santiago de Cuba
Andrews & Bieen
Colonel Andréws
Thornton
Manry
Colonel Ladson
John Fiske
Assocites
Development Company of
Stewart Sugar Company
Nagel to preside at Southern Commercial Congress
Secretary Nagel is expected to preside over the opening session of the second Southern Commercial Congress in Washington on December 6 and 7. The event will precede the rivers and harbors congress and will feature a comprehensive exhibit of the South’s resources directed by John H. Finney of the National Forest Association.
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Washington
Wvepover
Nagel
Southern Commercial Congress
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Etary John H. Finney
Eehikm National Forest Associa- On
Taft Roughs It in the Sierras
Taft travels by stage over 34 miles of mountain road to Wawona near Mariposa grove, with Yosemite glimpses from Inspiration and Artlats points and a Merced River view. He tours Grouse Creek pine forest, meets John Muir and Galen Clark, inspects the park, and enjoys a picnic lunch before staying in a temporary White House at a Sierra hotel.
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Wawona
Cal
Taft
Sierra
Wafwona Hotel
Grouse Creek Forest
Chingquapin
el Portal
Yosemite Valley
Merced
Yosemite
Roughtnell
Sierras
John Muir
Muir
California
Galen Clark
Clark
Grouse Creek
White House
Sewer Explosions Roar Through City Streets
New York on October 7 was jolted by a series of sewer explosions across the midwest side. Manhole covers flew into the air injuring several people and causing property damage. An eight teen year old, Emil Miller, was badly burned when a manhole cover shot up ten feet and Flames poured from the opening. Police say sewer gas ignited by gasoline vapor from garage discharges, possibly touched off by a lit cigar.
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New York
Middle West Side
Emil Miller
Emil
Great Stride Toward Uniform Grain Grading
Indianapolis October 7 The Grain Dealers National Association convention moved toward uniform grain grading by conceding several Chicago grainmen demands. It adopted uniform trading for corn and rye and accepted Kansas City Chicago and Southwestern market grades for maize and kaffir corn. It granted part of Chicago demands on wheat test, while five wheat etchings demands remained unresolved with steps to reach agreement.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Grain Dealers’ National Association
Chicago
St Louis
Kansas City
Gaynor Accepts Democratic Nomination for New York Mayor
Justice William J Gaynor accepts the Democratic nomination for mayor of Greater New York and avoids denouncing Tammany Hall. He says he will dedicate four years to public service and seeks unity across races and beliefs. Hearst announces he will decide within 24 hours whether to run as an independent candidate if Gaynor does not denounce Tammany.
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Justice
New York
Hearst
William J Gaynor
Greater
Gaynor
Tammany Hall
William Randolph Hearst
Justice Gaynor
Tammany
Barnard
St Louis Wins Cup in Balloon Race From Lakin
Unofficial results show St Louis Hi wins the Lakin cup for distance with 460 miles in 40 hours 40 minutes. The Centennial landed in Silas Alabama after 47 hours 30 minutes. conflicting air currents likely cost Centennial the cup.
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Louis
St. Louis
New York
Si!las
Ala
Magli
Shauer
Albany
Minn
Cleveland
Wade
Morgan
Alexander City
University City
Berry and Fox
Mooresville
Pomeroy
Arnold and Taylor
Knobel
Ark
Crume and Custer
Russellville
Alabama
Mobile
Silas
Choctaw County
Honeywell
Centennial
St. Louis II
von Phul
St. Louis Hif
Good Roads Congress Adjourns in Asheville
The Southern Appalachian Good Roads Congress finished its three day session in Asheville at 1 pm and adjourned without selecting a next meeting site. Invitations had been extended for 1910 to Chattanooga Knoxville Winston-Salem Columbia and Asheville. The executive committee will report later on the location.
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Good Roads Congress
Asheville
N. C
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Winston-Salem
Columbia
Southern Appalachian Good Roads Congress
Executive Committee
ParsonSays Cannon Dickered With Tammany In Albany
Herbert Parsons congressional member and New York county Republican head accuses Speaker Cannon of dealing with Tammany Hall. He alleges upstate Republicans joined to defeat honest elections bills in Albany and hints a quid pro quo involved killing New York City charter legislation to topple Tammany’s control.
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Republican Party
Hmspire
Herbert Parsons
Congress
County Republican Committee of
New York
Cannon
Parsons
Mr Cannon
Tammany
Tammany Organization
Albany
New York City
Repub
Heang
New York Board of Aldermen
Mayor and police indicted in Marshalltown saloon case
Federal grand jury accuses Mayor O L Ingledue, police chief, and 46 deputies of conspiring to jail a federal agent investigating saloon liquor sales to Indians from Tama. Several saloonkeepers and officials posted bonds for trial in Des Moines. A separate report notes John S&S Gay killed himself on a railroad track after being sought for two crimes in Colquitt County.
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Davenport
Iowa
O L Ingledue
Marshalltown
C B Nelson
Ingledue
Charles Nason
Samuel Wenger
Fitz Wenger
Michael Clark
Goodale
Matthew Jones
Frank Hasa
Leon McNamara
United States
Smith McPherson
van Wert
Tama Reservation
Wenger
Mr Smith
Thomasville
John S&s Gay
Heartsfield
Colquitt County
Miss Holland
Anna Martin
Bainbridge
Charity
Counterfeit Money Schemes Lands Teacher in Prison
Cincinnati October 6 William B Pettus a former Carter county Kentucky school teacher was sentenced by Judge Sater to thirty months in Leavenworth for making and passing counterfeit money Pettus said he entered counterfeiting to get into jail to avoid starving He had previously served time in a Colorado state reformatory and was confined in a Virginia insane asylum after an incident involving razors.
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Cincinnati
William B. Pettus
Carter County
Kentucky
Sater
Leavenworth
Krans
Pettus
Colorado
Wood defends joint maneuvers amid Boston campaign lessons
New York October 7 Major General Leonard Wood defended the joint maneuvers of the regular army and the national guard amid criticism that the Boston campaign would end such operations He said hardships were not disproportionate to the lessons learned and noted that about 5 percent of militiamen were dissatisfied while stressing improved cooperation and mobilization gaps. The total campaign cost was under $100,000.
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New York
Regular Army
National Guard
Boston
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
Wood
Hoston
Irish Politicians Seek Funds For Home Rule
London reports T P O Connor M P will sail soon for the United States at the request of John E Redmond Irish leader to explain the political situation to Irish supporters in America and appeal for funds to continue the home rule struggle.
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London
T. P. O'Connor
M. P
United States
John E. Redmond
America
Opening World Series Game Promises Record Crowd
Pittsburg hosts Detroit in the 1909 World Series opener at Forbes Field with a forecast of good weather and an anticipated crowd near 50 000. Managers Clarke and Jennings prepare lineups featuring Adams, Mullin, Mullin or Mullin may start for Detroit while Pittsburg counts on Adams in the backstop role. Umpires O Loughlin Johnstone and others set for the pageant as practice notes speak of tense readiness.
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Pittsburg
Detroit
Hughey Jennings
Chicago Nationals
Boston Americans
Forbes Field
Adams
Adams v. Mullin
Fred Clarke
Jennings
George Mull
Clarke
Charles Adams
Louisville
Pittsburg Sehrmidten
Detroit White
Ilbson
Frank O'Loughlin
I E Johnstone
William Kiem
William Evans
Tigers
Weather Prophecys Forecast For Georgia
Continued on Page Eleven. Weather Prophecys. FAIR. Georgia: Fair Friday, Saturday partly cloudy, moderate east winds.
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Georgia
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