Debates Set as Georgia Leaders Meet in Atlanta
The June 8 report describes heightened security as Perrsonite and Howell supporters plan a large Friday night joint debate at Peachtree Auditorium in Atlanta. U S officials coordinate nationwide with foreign partners to monitor anarchist plots, while organizers prepare seating for 6,000, with police and ushers ready to assure order.
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Georgia
Hoke, Smith
Chak Howell
Atlanta
Peachtree Auditorium
Reuben Arnold
Fulton County Hoke Smith Club
Charles T. Hopkins
Fulton County Clark Howell Club
Assembe Tee
Uren Senna
W. D. Harwell
Atlanta Tops 18 Coolest Cities In State
Weather page notes Atlanta rated among the 18 coolest cities in the state with readings around 7 at Griffin and 92 in Savannah while Macon and Augusta showed 4 to 6. Forecast calls for partly cloudy Friday night and Saturday with warm temperatures across cities.
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Atlanta
Phurstey
Guatemala Rebels Successful Reported by Wire
A private dispatch from Salvador notes that Guatemalan revolutionists are successful and that earlier statements about the uprising are confirmed, signaling continued momentum for the rebel movement.
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New York
Republic of Salvador
Guatemala
One Hundred Women Burned as Cossacks Kill Ten
St Petersburg reports a peasant revolt spreading through northern provinces. At Morshansk cossacks burned one hundred women and fifty houses in nearby towns, with peasants resisting, property burned, and taxes and conscription rejected. A naval court probes Vice Admiral Rozestvensky. trial of officers set for July 4. General Rennenkampf slated as likely replacement.
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St. Petersburg
Morshansk
Coasacks
Morshanek
Aekhoro
Kor-' Jovka
Blonem
Vies
eSacanta
Reagan
Rojentvensky
Naval Court of Inquiry
Rojest
Sea of Japan
Ee Taeae Mounds
Ne’ Feech
Rennekamff
Japan
Lineviten
Manchuria
Woman in plot to kill Alfonso and Victoria
Fragmentary report alleges Morales planned to assassinate King Alfonso and Queen Victoria. Widespread claims tie the plot to a Republican professor’s wife and a French purchase. Government officials dispute the account as untrue amid wartime context in Madrid.
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Alfonso
Madrid
Morales
Victoria
Fesser
Kaneped Gua Pans
Bryan brothers dispute arrival date in New York
Charles W. Bryan, brother of William J. Bryan, discusses a scheduling misunderstanding with the New York committee about Bryan's return from Europe. He says the event was planned for early September, not August, and clarifies expectations in the reception arranged in New York.
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Lincoln
Nebr
New York
William’ J. Bryan
Europe
Charles W. Bryan
William J. Bryan
Watterson backs Bryan for 1908 nomination
Henry Watterson editor of the Louisville Courier Journal endorses William Jennings Bryan for the Democratic presidential nomination. In an editorial headed Hurrah for Bryan, Watterson predicts Bryan’s nomination by the states ahead of the National Democratic convention. Friends of Bryan cite favorable state endorsements from Indiana and Missouri.
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Terson
William J. Bryan
Ener Ae Vdrgret
Evan
Wiliam Tenninge Bryan
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier Journal
Nebraskan
Bryan
Mr. Wi
Friends of
Missouri
Ryan
Pope Health Crisis Confirmed Amid Repeated Denials
Report from Rome confirms the illness of the pope after a string of denials. The Vatican chief physician reportedly recommended special treatment as concerns grow about the pontiff's weakness.
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Lapponi
The
Vatican
Arene
Rome
Lappont
Explosion Reported on Big Battleship Indiana
A blast was reported at the navy yard in Boston indicating an explosion on board the battleship Indiana. Details are scarce and the cause and extent of damage are not disclosed.
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Boston
Navy Yard
Indiana
Train Accident Reported Near Castleberry and Fair Streets
A Wednesday night accident occurred in the yards of the Central of Georgia and the Atlanta and West Point Railroads between Castleberry and Fair Streets. The area rules limit train speed to four miles per hour.
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Central of Georgia
Atlanta
West Point
Castleberry
Fair Streets
Engineer Cosby Warned Of Imminent Crash
Engineer Cosby of the Central Railroad told a reporter Wednesday night that his train was traveling at 12 miles per hour when he realized danger and reversed the lever, reducing speed to 6 miles an hour just before the collision occurred.
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Cosby
The
Central Railroad
Arner
Coroner Thompson Won't Lead Inquest Into Cook Death
Coroner Thompson said Thursday he would not conduct an inquest into the death of Oscar Cook and repeated the stance Friday. He asserted he has full authority to order a fair impartial probe and assign responsibility for the death as appropriate.
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Thompson
Oscar Cook
Mayor Woodward Urges Rail Crossing Speed Limit
Mayor Woodward stated Friday that City ordinance No. 1352 requires railroad crossings including Castleberry Street to ensure trains do not exceed four miles an hour in approach, following an incident Tuesday night. The measure seeks safer crossing operation.
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Woodward
Castleberry Street
Berena
Miners Shot Down by Constabulary in Ernest Riot
Indianapolis June 8 two striking miners were killed and six wounded by state constabulary during a street riot at Ernest. A brass band of miners from Anita Jefferson county led the march to a meeting where a union leader would speak. The band members clashed with officers causing a volley. eight band members fell.
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Indianapolis
State Constabulary
Ernest
Punxaantaney
Anita
Jefferson County
Miners’ Union
Constabulary
Wifes Damages Sought After Picnic Train Wreck
Erma Cook files $40,000 suit alleging death of Oscar Cook after a West Fair street wreck near Atlanta on the Atlanta and West Point line. Similar suits total $6,000. Plaintiffs charge railroad carelessness for operating two trains in a block, causing the collision that killed Cook. Several other suits noted against Atlanta and West Point and Central of Georgia. Courts serve process to defendants. lawsuits list Clara Meyer and Clifford M. Meyer among plaintiffs.
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Erma
Oscar Fed. Wathenigh
Atlanta
West Point
Nat Auvanat
Pearl Springs
Central
Dra2
Hagman
Atlan
Mold & Arnold
Tae
Sherif
West Fair Street
Atlanta and
Meals Not Cereiatas In & Mal
Clara Meyer
Clifford M. Meyer
Andrea Meyer
Weat Pair Street
Widow of slain officer confronts killer in court
In Philadelphia a feared burglar breaks down in court, pleading with the widow of the slain officer not to hang him. The suspect, Maxwell, shows fear and cries out as he is held for murder. The victim’s widowed plea and grim police response mark the proceedings.
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Philadelphia
John Maxwell
Biaymaker
Wan
Percy
Vias
Jaymaker
Ackmand
Nimaele
Strate
Leutenant
Poll
Grafting Clerk Is Fired By President Cassatt
Philadelphia report states Joseph A. Alkens, grafting clerk for the Monongahela river division of the Pennsylvania, has been fired by President Cassatt. The piece notes internal Pennsylvania troubles and investigations into the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad. Attorney Glasgow questions A. C. Spangler, local agent at Milton, Pa, as the first witness in an interstate commerce hearing.
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Philadelphia
Joseph A. Alkens
Monongahela River
Pennsylvania
Cassatt
Milton
Glasgow
Interatate Commerce Commission
Anne Eens Tie Iheratone’ Coat Company
Ee Bilton
Great Strike Threat Looms in New England Mills
In Wall River Mass in June, a major walkout of cotton mill operatives looms if manufacturers ignore the Textile Council’s vote urging restoration of the wage scale to its pre-cut level of 13 2 3 percent. The warning recalls the large strikes from two years ago.
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Wall River
Mass
Textile Council
Tucker Is 10 Die In Electric Chair
Boston reports on the execution of Charles Louis Tucker of Auburndale, convicted for the 1904 murder of Mabel Page in Weton. He will be electrocuted in the state prison.
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Tucker
Boston
Charles Louis Tucker
Auburndale
Mabel Page
Woeton
Convicts Escape From Chatham County Jail
A group including Wi Buller coner Wie Jenkin and ed negro convicts fled the Chatham county jail early today while at large. Turnkey Joseph Brown was suspended by Mayor Myers following the incident.
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Wi Buller
Coner
Trains Under Scrutiny After Wreck Near Pair Streets
Coroner delays inquest as investigation into the Central of Georgia rear end collision with an Atlanta and West Point special proceeds. Officials from both lines discuss duty and speed limits at crossings as Cosby of the Central asserts his train was travelling twelve miles an hour and halted only when the crash occurred.
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Tleberry
Pair Streets
Central of Georgia
Atlanta and West Railway
Wickersham
Preident Wicham
Cox
Atlanta
Weat Point
Hall
Central
Thompson
Fulton County
Condy
W. F. Dillard
Rieson, F. & Dil
Fiagnan
S. H. Cosby
Cosby
Cade
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N. J
Milan
Paris
John Wilkie
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New Jersey
Switzerland
McKinley
Ameri
Wil
Ington
Howell-Smith
Peachtree
Arnold
Howe Ih
Mr. Smith
Harles T. Hopkins
Howell
Czar Scossacks
Rojestvensky
Guavemas
Boom
West
Pope
New England
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