Ovation Given as Nicholas Reviews Russian Troops
Private Leased Wire reports Czar Nicholas reviewing the Krasnevo-Selo camp with Grand Duke Vladimir and czarevitch in arms. Guards cheer as 40 infantry battalions 39 cavalry squadrons 174 artillery pieces pass in review. Empress Alexandra and Queen Olga accompany. czarevitch cries before the pageant ends.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Krasnevo-Selo
Vladimir
Czarevitch
Hussar
Alexandra
Olga
Greece
Sergius
Grand Duke
Michael
Eczarevitch
Russian girl Smirnoff abused in St. Petersburg event
Washington report notes fear among Miss Nilka DeSmirnoff and family after rumors of harsh treatment of Mlle. Smirnoff in St. Petersburg. Descriptions recount a public whipping by Chevalier Guards near Nevsky Prospect, with crowd jeers and her capture after an exchange with a companion.
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Washington
Nilka DeSmirnoff
Mlle. Smirnoff
St. Petersburg
Miss DeSmirnoff
Herbert Wadsworth
Dupont Circle
Miss Blow
Wadsworth
M. DeSmirnoff
Nika DeSmirnoff
Countess Caasini
Mme
Paveloff
Belgium
Pecal
Mile. Smirnoff
Nevsky Prospect
Milo
Smirnoff
Port Arthur
Twenty Murders Reported in Warsaw Amid Vicious Attacks
Warsaw reports indicate twenty murders in recent days with multiple attempts on police in the streets. A telegram from Wloclawek says Chief Niniewicz and Provincial Captain Pierrow have been killed. A connected incident describes a woman punished by twenty seven lashes after a dispute with officers, fueling calls for immediate trials.
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Warsaw
Wloclawek
Mice Niniewicz
Pierrow
Cossacks Threaten Officers Amid Discontent at Garrison
Special Cable London Aug 15 dispatch reports Cossacks refuse police duty threaten officers. At Titlis garrison soldiers grow discontent, arrests increase, and unrest spreads, inflaming further tensions.
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Special Cable—Copyright
London
Titlis
Drastic Rate Bill Branded a Failure in Conference
Atlantic City Aug 15 The drastic railway rate bill is seen as doomed according to an unofficial report from a conference of 100 Southern railroad lawyers and traffic managers at the Marlborough Blenheim. They plan to form a general approach to apply the bill uniformly. Judge Baxter leads the push to fair application but the group holds the measure vague conflicting and a tangle of words and believes it will fail.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Southern
Marlborough- Blenheim
Baxter
Carlie Frank Accuses Smith in Deepening Row
In Shreveport on August 15 manager Charles Prank publicizes a letter to President Kavanaugh defending himself and Judge Kavanaugh against attacks over a New Orleans game. He upbraids Billy Smith for whining and accuses him of using rubber balls with Macon. Also notes H L Knott in Athens with worthless checks.
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Shreveport
Charles Prank
Kavanaugh
Lovey Arnold
Kavanauch
New Orleans
Billy Smith
Macon
Wealthy Citizen of Macon Dies After Illness
Macon Ga August 15 R A Merritt a wealthy influential citizen died this morning from a combination of diseases including diabetes and carbuncles. He led Merritt Hardware Company, one of the largest firms in town, and held interests in numerous enterprises. In Lincoln Nebraska August 7 a private leased wire reports in the free Democratic convention Temporary Chairman praised William Jennings Bryan as the next president of the United States.
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Macon
R. A. Merritt
Merritt Hardware Company
Hy P
Bryan
Lincoln
William Jennings Brsfu
United Ales
King Edward in Germany for cordial summit with Kaiser
Berlin reports King Edward of England and Kaiser Wilhelm meeting at Friedrichsruh amid wide speculation on the purpose of the conference. The monarchs were greeted by officials as imperial autos conveyed them, while Kronberg hosted the Kaiser's prearrival activities. A half holiday marked by cheering schoolchildren accompanied the royal party.
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Berlin
Edward
England
Kaiser Wilhelm
Friedrichshoff
Kronberg
Friederickshot
Not a Veteran GRAfter Says Tanner at G A R Reunion
Minneapolis hosts the fortieth G A R reunion with some twenty thousand veterans marching the streets. Commander-In-Chief Tanner delivers a fervent speech denouncing trusts and monopolies, urging fair scrutiny of Standard Oil and others. The Columbia Club of Chicago, dubbed the Silk Stocking Club, attends, while Baratoga pursues the next encampment led by R D Brown of Zanesville.
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Minneapolis
Minn
G. A. R. Veterans of
Great Auditorium
Tanner
Union
Standard Oil
Corporal Tanner
Minnesota
Saratoga
Columbia Club
Chicago
Silk Stocking Club
Baratoga
N. Y
R. D. Brown
Zanesville
Ohio
Woman Defends Self With Hat-Pin After Attack
About 11:30 a.m. a black man fitting a description was captured at Lucile avenue and Gordon street by John Fishback and Bilijah Flowers. He was taken to Mrs. Hembree home where she eyed him closely then said he was not the assailant. He was released and told to leave.
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Mr. Hembree
Lucile Avenue
Gordon Street
John Fishback
Bilijah Flowers
Mrs. Hembree
Mob Searches Woods for Mrs. Hembree’s Assailant
Mrs. Richard Hembree, of Battle Hill, was attacked at seven in the morning as she walked to the car to visit her ill mother. She fought back with a hat pin, the assailant took $2.95, fled, and about a hundred armed men searched the area as two more Black men were arrested nearby, one named Russell Parker near Atlanta University.
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Russell Parker
Atlanta University
Atlanta
Richard Hembree
Battle Hill
Hembree
West Lake
Westview
Slaton Names Men to Probe Soldiers' Home
Speaker Slaton appoints a six member House committee to investigate the Confederate Soldiers' Home and report to the next general assembly. Milliken chairs. Knight, Williams, Hall, Rudrctl, Langley, and Kelly named. W. J. Heard claims evidence of mismanagement. Senate to join with a three member panel. work likely after September 10 with a deadline before October.
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Slaton
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Milliken
Wayne
Knight
Berrien
Williams
Laurens
Hall
Bibb
Rudrctl
Chattooga
Langley
Troup
Kelly
Glascock
Heard
W. J. Heard
Chicago
Messrs. Kelly
Millken
Senate
House
Miliken
House Committee
Apoplexy kills Albany citizen in sudden collapse
Albany Ga Aug 15 R M Culpep, a resident here, died suddenly this morning from apoplexy. He was stricken before 6 oclock and expired before medical aid could arrive.
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Albany
Albany, Ga
R. M. Culpep- Posse
Culpep
1000 Citizens in Manhunt Threaten Lynching
A mob of about one thousand men surrounds Bob Davis in Greenwood after an assault on Miss Brooks. Sheriff McCaslan joins the posse but is unable to halt the possible lynching as they close in on Davis.
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Greenville
Bob Davis
Miss Brooks
Greenwood
McCaslan
Davis
Governor Heyward Seeks to Halt Lynching in Greenwood
Special to The Georgian from Greenville reports Governor Heyward wired the Greenwood sheriff to intervene, but the sheriff expects the mob to capture a suspect within an hour. A lynching appears imminent as a negro brute who attacked Miss Jennie Brooks is believed to be trapped in a nearby swamp with crowds armed and angered.
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Greenville
D. C
Heyward
Greenwood
Maniac slashes wife and others then kills himself in Batavia
In Batavia Illinois Emil a raving maniac rises from a sick bed and slashes his wife with a razor cutting her throat. He then wounds his brother in law Ernest as he sleeps, kills Berners, slashes Mrs Berner from chin to breast and escapes before fatally harming himself. A neighbor aids Mrs Berner who survives and the couple’s child Sigma stays with the wounded and a boarder in the home.
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Batavia
Ill
Emil
Ernest
Berner
Franzen
Leaps to save girl from river end in tragedy
Chicago August 1 a Chicago girl Carrie Anderson was pushed into the river by a throng of homeward socialists as a steamer neared South Haven. Stephen J Kostka a mechanic leaped after her and saved her but was drowned after being pulled under by suction from the steamer. The incident left Kostka dead and Anderson rescued.
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Chicago
South Haven
Carrie Anderson
Stephen J. Kostka
Kostka
Russell to Speak in Athens Thursday
Judge Richard B. Russell, water governor, will speak Thursday night in Athens to rally voters for his candidacy at the warehouse.
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Russell
Athens
Richard B. Russell
Rioters Attack Brooklyn Rapid Transit Official at Kensington
In New York Aug 15 an angry mob attacked General Superintendent Don M. Smith after refusing to pay two fares on the return from Coney Island. Police protected Smith as the crowd besieged his auto. The unrest disrupted service with bangs, fights, and passengers assaulted across BRT lines leaving thousands delayed and many passengers spilled from cars.
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New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Kensington Station
Brooklyn
Coney Taland
Don M. Smith
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Smith
Sixty-Fifth Street
Neck Road
Kings Highway
Kensington
Pot bank plunder tale promises full exposure by cashier
Chicago August 15 A dramatic promise of a complete exposure of the plundered free avenue state bank scheme is heard as Cashier Henry W Hering vows to unveil a state of affairs not hinted at. The threat to identify a secret woman's name by the State’s attorney follows. A fugitive is said to have fled toward South America where extradition is unavailable. Hering says he tried to make an important reveal but denies being pressured by any club or warning.
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Seascal
Chicago
Free Avenue State Bank
Henry W. Heringclares
Sfairs
Hering
Atenadering
South America
United States
Burglars Foiled Fire Barn After Theft Attempt
At Culpeper Virginia on August 15 a bold burglary at W H Egeborn’s Rexbornsville home failed. A woman fired twice at the intruder causing a retreat then a barn was set ablaze by the assailants. Firemen fought the blaze into early morning.
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Culpeper
W. H. Egeborn
Rexbornsville
Heavy rain soaks Albany with 3.30 inches in late stretch
Special to The Georgian reports a rare downpour in Albany on August 15. The city logged 3.30 inches, most of it between 7:30 and 8:00 PM. Lightning accompanied the shower, causing scattered damage and power issues across the area as streets became slick and travel disrupted.
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Albany
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Jennie Brooks
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