Discharged Fire Department Officers Named by Chief
Chief Joyner announced the discharge of Mesars Moody Jenkins and Hudson from the fire department for the good of the service. Wells, urged to report for duty or justify absence, declined, citing possible impact on a damages case. Captain John Terrell of Engine Co No. 6 stated Wells would remain on payroll if he stayed at the engine house, but was dropped under firemasters rules if he failed to report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wella
Thomas H. Goodwin
Joyner
Wells
Board of ‘Firemasters
Department
Ex-City Firemen Rally To Fire Chief Joyner
Ex members of the Atlanta fire department deny coercion in Christmas fund contributions for Chief and Mrs Joyner. They explain a volunteer, committee led process, with company level input, and note some members chose not to contribute to avoid embarrassment. Names listed as signatories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyner
Atlanta
Atlanta Fire Department
W. KR. Joyner
R. Aeeral
W. J. Oxburn
Geo
C. Fife
F. M. Powers
Victor Morris
F. M. Allen
Dwight Claridy
John N. Parker
W. C. Butt
K. Caldwell
Jno
F. Beetley
E. W. Whitley
Georgia town given Funston name amid street dispute
In Colquitt County Georgia a town is incorporated as Funston named after General Fred Funston. San Francisco residents debated renaming a street Funston Avenue prompting a local letter denying involvement. Representative W A Covington pushed the bill despite Funston’s stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Funston
San Francisco
Georgia
South Georgia
Funston
W. A. Covington
Kansas
Mr. Covington
Funston Avenue
Sountite
Colquitt County
Military Company Faces Court Martial Over Lynching Night
The Row an Rifles of Salisbury North Carolina will be court martialed at the Morehead City encampment next week to exonerate members who allegedly had no orders to shoot while guarding the jail during the lynching incident. Eight miners dead and seventeen hurt in a clash between troops and miners at Usovka Ekaterinoslav as troops dispersed a meeting. A Jewish memorial fast observed in Madrid commemorates Russian massacres victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
N. C
Rowan Rifles
Morehead City
London
Usovka
Ekatrinoslav
Madrid
Copriimt
Russia
Spain
Ruslan
Dying Man Pleads Not to Tell Wife After Train Wreck
Private Leased Wife reports a wreck in Jefferson Pennsylvania where a man crushed and injured inside pleaded to wreckers not to inform his wife, fearing she would suffer a share in her vacation. The dying man begged, "For God's sake kill me and put me out of my misery."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Coscgedeoos
New York
Asoo
Jerome
Lakeville
Conn
Eratic Convention
William Tra
Trial in Georgia over assault on 7-year-old girl
Rob Moore, a black suspect described as a brutal assailant, faced a life trial in Cleveland Georgia after an attack on the 7-year-old daughter of J. C. Hood. The case drew massive turnout as residents urged legal due process while officers moved Moore to Gainesville to avert lynching. Judge Kimney appealed for calm and promised a special court session Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Rob Moore
J. C. Hood
Gainesville
Kimney
Dozens Drown Bathing as Drownings Sweep Rivers and Ocean
A moving Sunday toll across multiple states reports many drownings. In New York waters near Manhattan and Brooklyn several adults and children perished while bathing, including a 2 year old from New Jersey and a 7 year old in the Hudson. Additional drownings occurred near Duluth Minnesota and in Wisconsin and Michigan as cramps and strong currents struck bathers. Casualties include Harold Sellers, Edward Moore, Stephen Remsen, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Uma
Morris Grosse
Martin Anderson
Weedis
Manhattan
Jamaica Bay
Harold Sellers
William O’keefe
Gravesend Bay
John Bizinski
Jersey
William Hill
Long Island City
East River
Albert Haggenborn
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Edward Moore
Hudson
Stephen Remsen
Yonkers
Sanford endorsement from Atlanta friend for comptroller general
Without solicitation or selfish motive, I express absolute confidence in Vince Sanford. He is in the race for comptroller general and will not disappoint supporters. Sanford belongs to several secret and internal orders, where he has been loyal and useful. Signed meepechtal, R, F, INGRAM, 6 Walton St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vince Sanford
Sanford
Meepechtal
Roosevelt Fights Tariff Tangle and Eight Hour Law
President Roosevelt advocates firm enforcement of the eight hour workday and calls for additional legislation if needed. He supports equal respect for labor and capital under the law, endorses honest unions and responsible corporations, and warns against using tariff changes to dodge trust action. He insists tariffs be adjusted only alongside stronger anti trust and corporate oversight rather than as a cure for trusts.
Prisoner Roper Hangs Self After Killing Two Inmates
A Dallas dispatch reports John B. Roper, whobeat two fellow prisoners to death with a heavy bucket on August 15, hanged himself using a blanket strip in a Lufkin prison. Roper claimed to officials he was a member of the Dalton gang that robbed a Longview bank in 1892.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Lufkin
John B. Roper
Roper
Dalton
Long View
Major Millard Waltz to Leave Atlanta for General Staff
The Army and Navy Register reports Major Milliard F. Waits has been assigned to the general staff and will report to Washington with the army maneuvers at Chickamauga. Waltz, long stationed in Atlanta, leaves dear to many friends. Lieutenant Heywird Hansell returns from three years in China to rejoin service, having been stationed in Pekin and now assigned to Tacoma, Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army and Navy Register
Milliard F. Waits
Department of the Gulf
General Staff
Washington
Chickamauga
Waltz
Atlanta
Army and Navy
China
Heywird Hansell
Iran
Hansell
Pekin
Tacoma, Wash
Head on collision risks motorman’s life in city rail line
Special to The Georgian Rome Ga Aug 20 A head on crash on the city electric railway left Isaac Smith motorman with two head fractures and possible death while the other operator W C Leaker escaped uninjured. Smith was thrown to the ground as the cars demolished each other near Mobley Park after a turn.
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Rome
City Electric Railway
Isaac Smith
Smith
Mobley Park
Lindate
W. C. Leaker
Dr Hunter Cooper Worsens At Home Illness In Atlanta
Dr Hunter P Cowper, bedridden on Peachtree Street after ptomaine poisoning, grew worse Sunday and Monday. He is delirious at times with meningitis like symptoms but not yet definite. He is under care of several prominent Atlanta physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter P. Cowper
Peachtree Street
Atlanta
Two Women Assaulted Near Hunter Home in Wooded Attack
Miss Ethel Lawrence and her niece Mabel Lawrence were attacked in a woodland near Mr Hunter's home. A black assailant struck Mabel and blindsided Miss Lawrence, leaving her unconscious and severely injured. Dogs tracked the suspect for miles before the trail went cold. Miss Ethel Lawrence, visiting from England, remains unconscious and in critical condition at Wesley Memorial Hospital.
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Ethel Lawrence
Mabel
Hunter
Mr. Hunter
Miss Lawrence
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Mabel Lawrence
Negros Club
Georgia Hembree
Battle Hill
England
W. C. Lawrence
London
Debilitated list of deaths and building permits listed
The notice records numerous deaths with rough ages and causes such as wounds fever consumption and dropsy at irregular addresses including Adamavillea Luckie Teathertreet and Spring Piew. It also lists building permits totaling 700 1000 and 2500 for several properties and a series of property transfers including parcels on West Senay Auburn Avenue and nearby streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel A. Moody
Adamavillea
Eva Hartlett
Tod
Luckie. Street
Annie M. Brown
Teathertreet
Phe
Bright
Tray Hospital
WT. Fincher
Spring Piew
Iets
Adameou
Reel
Ureroll Street
Mitchett King
Blat Hock
N. C
Paul Wesley
Augusta Lins Jey
Senay Tree Street
Gat
Mary FP. Fish
Auburn Avenue
Ivy Street
James Wood
John N, Simian
Ponce
Atlanta Land Company
L. M. Aniermaa
Eager Myenne
Yonge Street
Fran Y Demd
Bie
Thompeon
Woolward Avene
Reet
Ferguson
W. C. Harper
Paul Weateye
Peachtree
Frances W. Perkins
Perkins
Dilek
Washington Street
Montgomery Street
Earthquake Destroys San Fernandes Island Off Chile
Lima Peru reports a quake havocing Chilean mainland has destroyed San Fernandes Island four hundred miles from the coast. The isle, famed as Robinson Crusoe's home, is reported to have been erased by the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Chile
San Fernandes
Robinson Crusoe
Identity drives Georgia governor race debate over Mrs Niles
In a heated gubernatorial campaign the issue of Mrs Margaret J Hampton's identity persists with telegrams and denials. Mrs Clifford C Niles asserts no kinship to Hampton and condemns misuse of her name to influence voters. A Griffin Mrs Niles denies authorship of the telegram and disavows any relation to Hampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret J. Hampton
Constitution
Hoke Smith
Eth
Mra. Niles
Mra. Hampton
Griffin
Gao
Bowdre Phinizy
Augusta
George R. Niles
Moceremeal Census Bureau
Clifford C. Niles
Hampton
Soldiers
Clifford C
Niles
Mra R. Niles
Gram Hoke Smith
Mra
Harm
Hewlett
Atlanta
G. R. Niles
Smith
Hewlett Mons
Auanta
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John Terrell
Captain Engine Co
Gen
Little Hood Girl
Court House
Duluth
Minn
Frank Zutter
William
Harry Thom
Aitken
Mississippi
Hans Nelson
Superior
St. Louis Bay
W. B. Peck
Seton Springs
Wis
Minneapolis
Lake Minnetonsi
Ralph Strole
Baker
Minneapolia
Grand Haven
Mich
Carl F. Karisen
Grand River
Roosevelt
Congress
Millard Waltz
Lieut. Hansell
Hunter Cooper
Main
Statistics
State Street
Lam
Cameron
Central Avenue
Marge
Hell
Janes Street
Cherokee Avenue
Nderwood
OH Haat North Avenue
C. Logan
OS East North Avenue
Oe Johnson
100
Alto Avenue
Poooressos
Bryan
Gibraltar
William Jennings Bryan
Queen Victoria
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