Georgia lynching shocks town with eight prisoners slain
A mob of masked white men seized the jail in Ww FE MNE Ga and compelled the jailer to surrender keys. Eight prisoners seven colored and one white were marched to a corner lot and shot. One prisoner feigned death and survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douti
Lewis Robertson
Rich Robertson
Sandy Price
Claude Eider
Bd Harris
Jim Yearly
Jon Aycock
Joe Petterson
Hotbrook
Dark Side of Army Social Life Told by Ex Captain
Kansas City reports ex infantry captain Geo W Kirkman, once a West Point cadet and officer with four prior courts martial dismissals, now imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth for three years. He plans a book titled Thirty Year of Army Life detailing alleged scandals from his career and personal losses including a brother officer’s wife suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Geo. W. Kinkman
United States Army
Fort Leavenworth
Kirkman
Fort Niobara
West Point
Iowa Man Falls From Jack Knife Bridge to River
Chicago report says a man believed to be Thomas Meehan of Clayton Indiana leapt from the Jack Knife bridge on Harrison Street. He threw his coat aside and plunged fifty feet into the river.
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Iowa
Chicago
Thomas Meehan
Clayton
Harrison Street
Treasury reports year end deficit near 24.5 million
Washington notes the treasury deficit for the year ending June 30 will be about 24,509,000, with receipts around 548,000,000 and expenditures near 567,500,000. A June surplus of roughly 13,000,000 reduces the deficit from 37,000,000 to 24,500,000 amid slight revisions to prior estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Bernhardt Plans American Tour with Adrienne Lecouvreur
London report says Shubert Brothers signed Mme Sarah Bernhardt for a thirty week American tour starting November 6 at the Julie Theatre in New York. She will perform in Victor Hugo's Adrienne Lecouvreur with her Paris company.
Japanese constitutionalists demand land and indemnity in peace talks
Tokio reports the constitutionalist party led by Marquis Saionji passed a resolution urging cession of territory and payment of war outlays. They say peace terms should settle Korea and Manchuria and secure future guarantees, after meeting Premier Katsura to present the plan.
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Russia
TOKIO
Constitutionalist Party
Marquis Saionji
Katsura
Resignation of Isthian Canal Chief Engineer Wallace
Wallace resigns as chief engineer of the Isthian Canal commission after accepting a $60,000 a year offer. The move followed a New York conference with Secretary Taft and a Boston meeting with President Roosevelt, with Wallace intending two months’ notice but the resignation accepted immediately.
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Wallace
Boston
Mr. Wallace
Taft
Commission
Roosevelt
Rockefeller gift fuels Yale as alumni donors total
President Hadley announced at the alumni dinner that a gift of 1,000,000 had been made by John D Rockefeller. He added that 32,000,000 in all has been given to Yale recently, with the rest coming from graduates contributing 50,000 to 250,000 each. Donor names were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven. Conn
Hadley
Yale
John D. Rockefeller
The Chinese Exclusion Debate and Public Sentiment
The article notes ongoing Chinese exclusion debates in the United States, highlighting growing national sentiment and examples such as a Chinese comprador declining a lucrative appointment with an American firm. It cites refusals of American goods by native newspapers and widespread correspondence urging the central government to act firmly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
China
Two Omaha youths in Roseburg highway robbery case
In Roseburg Oregon two about 17 year old youths were arrested on charges of highway robbery of a drunken man. They gave the names John Thompson and Frank Reed and said they live in Omaha Nebraska.
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Roseburg
Ore
John Thompson
Frank Reed
Omaha
Russian commander under pressure as Japanese advance grows
Reports say Japanese cavalry and light infantry with field and machine guns move northward east of Kirin and west of the Grand Trade route toward Bodine. General Linevitch struggles to counter the advance, drawing in outpost lines under mounting strain. Japanese forces operate west under General Tamara and Akiama.
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Gunshut Pass
Manchuria
Kirin
Bodine
Tamara
Akiama
Linevitch
Foul Play in St Louis Mystery of Missing Union Treasurer
In St Louis police investigate the disappearance of George A Bookman treasurer of Carpenters Local No 78. He left for a union meeting and did not return. In his yard were found a hat a bloodstained razor and $3. The family suspects he was attacked in his doorway and either slain or carried away.
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St. Louis
George A. Bookman
Carpenters’ Union
Washington Peace Conference Envoys Named by Russia and Japan
President Roosevelt disclosed the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries for the forthcoming Washington peace conference. Russian envoys are Muravieff and Rosen, Japanese envoys Komura and Takahira, with possible additional representatives. The envoys will meet in Washington to organize sessions and may adjourn to a northern Atlantic coastal city for business sessions.
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Count Cassini
Baron Komura
Kogoro Takahira
United States
Loeb
Muraviefti
Rome
Rosen
Takahira
Roosevelt
St. Petersburg
Tokio
Washington
North Atlantic Seaboard
Thurston Defends Mitchell in U.S. Senate Case
Former Senator John M. Thurston opened his defense for Senator John H. Mitchell in a Portland circuit court filing that Thurston traveled 3000 miles to aid a colleague he calls an honest man after 24 years in Congress. He argued the prosecution seeks to boost the district attorney’s fame and that government testimony fails to support the indictment, labeling much of it irrelevant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
John M. Thurston
United States
John H. Mitchell
Washington
United States Senate
Senate
Mitchell
Wood says Philippines improving under peace efforts
Major General Leonard Wood and his wife arrived in San Francisco aboard the Manchuria on a rapid eastward trip. He reports conditions in the Philippines improving and insubordinate natives being subdued, predicting the country will soon be peaceful. He notes Manila is healthier than people think, citing leaving his children behind as evidence.
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San Francisco
Leonard Wood
Manchuria
Passenger rate war threatens eastbound tickets
Chicago report states Michigan Central notified the Interstate Commerce Commission of plans to sell Chicago to eastern points tickets at the differential rate set by arbitrators, effective July 1. Expected timing for action was not until July 22, intensifying the rate dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Michigan Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
Board of
Secretary of State John Hay dies in Newbury New Hampshire
John Hay secretary of state since 1898 died at 12 25 am Saturday in Newbury New Hampshire after pulmonary embolism. Attending physicians Dr Scudder and Dr Murphy, with wife Mrs Hay, reported his last days were hopeful with a calm night prior to the sudden decline. Born October 8 1838 in Salem Indiana he rose from school to Brown University and a career including Lincoln era private secretary and ambassador to England before his service as secretary of state.
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Newbury
N. H
John Hay
Scudder
Murphy
Salem
Ind
Warsaw
Ill
Springfield
Brown University
Princeton
Western Reserve
Clara Stone
Cleveland
Illinois
Lincoln
United States Volunteers
Paris
Madrid
Vienna
International Sanitary Conference
England
Stern rebuke to Eugene Wallace over night changes
Secretary Taft harshly rebuked Eugene Wallace in New York after accusing him of acting for lucre and personal gain. Taft then asked Wallace to resign, saying public interests require surrender of office records to the commission chairman, per an official War Department statement.
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Washington
Taft
New York
John F. Wallace
Panama Canal
Secretary of War
Beef Kings in Court Indictments Reach 17 Pack ing Firms
Federal grand jury report after over three months and 100 witnesses leads to indictments of seventeen men prominent in the packing industry for Sherman act violations and four Swarzchild Sulzberger officials for alleged railroad rebates. Bills also voted against five corporations: Armour & Co. Swift & Company Nelson Morris & Co. Cudahy Packing Co. Fairbanks Canning Co.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Swarzchild & Sulzberger Company
Armour & Co
Swift & Company
Nelson Morris & Co
Cudahy Packing Co
Fairbanks Canning Co
Telephones to be installed in Canal Zone
Major Edward Russell of the army signal corps is ordered to report to the Isthmian Canal Commission to go to the canal zone and install a complete system of telephonic and telegraphic communication.
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Washington
Edward Russell
Chief Signal Corps
Army
Isthmian Canal Commission
Isthmus
Canal Zone
National Reciprocity Conference Arranged for Chicago
Prominent representatives of the agricultural, commercial and livestock industries across the country completed plans for a national reciprocity conference to be held in Chicago in August. The gathering aims to devise strategies against a looming European commercial war and the discrimination against U S products, per Alvin H Sanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Alvin H. Sanders
Bishop Joyce Stricken During Minnesota Diocese Meeting
Rev. I. W. Joyce, bishop of the Minnesota Methodist diocese, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and subsequent paralysis while addressing a Red Rock Sunday meeting. His condition is listed as serious.
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Minneapolis
Minn
I. W. Joyce
Methodist Church
Diocese of
Minnesota
Red Rock
Panama Claims All Mines Under Government Control
Washington Consul General Lee reports Panama cabinet passes a resolution declaring all mineral mines belong to the Panamanian government whether on private ground or not. He notes Panama is rich in resources and American prospectors are increasingly arriving to explore and work mines.
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Washington
Lee
Panama
State Department
Cabinet Council
Panama Republic
Stevens Named Chief Engineer of Isthmian Canal
Secretary Taft appoints John F Stevens of Chicago as chief engineer of the Isthmian canal with residence on the isthmus. He becomes Panama railroad general manager, earning 30000 a year, and is to work under the commission plans with a new board of engineers. He leaves the Philippines project where he advised on building 1000 miles of railways.
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Washington
Taft
John F. Stevens
Panama Canal
Isthmus
Mr. Stevens
John F. Wal
Stevens
Panama
Isthmian Canal Commission
Philippine Commission
Philippines
Isthmian Canal
Advisory International Board of Engineers
Shonts
Board of Consulting Engineers
Canal Commission
W. A. Darling
Chicago
Rock Island Railway
J. F
Joan F. Stevens
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
United States
Manila
Rock Island
Great Northern Railway
Post Office halts rate abuse by periodical publishers
Washington Third Assistant Postmaster General Madden issued an order to end publishers using periodicals to ship fourth class matter by printing ads on the paper and attaching them as pages. The move declares the practice an abuse of second class rates and gives publishers until September 1 to comply with the ruling. After that date, offenders will be charged fourth class rates for their periodicals.
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Washington
Madden
Armistice talks under way between Russia and Japan
Reports from St. Petersburg say armistice negotiations are in progress, likely in Washington, with Japan weighing quit of prospects for a better position against huge losses. The chances of a decisive Japanese victory seem no better now than at Liao Yang and Mukden, and Vladivostok is not expected to fall before the peace conference.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Japan
Washington
Liao Yang
Mukden
Vladivostok
Town Likely Destroyed: Metlakahtla Beset by Fire
Seattle reports Metlakahtla on Annette Island near Ketchikan probably wiped out by a blaze that swept through the community on the night of June 26. The Cottage City officers arriving from the north describe extensive destruction of several large structures.
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Seattle
Wash
Metlakahtla
Alaska
Cottage City
Metlakan
Annette Island
Ketchikan
Knight Donnelly & Co Failure Nets Multimillion Debts
Chicago report notes Knight Donnelly & Co the grain and stock brokerage firm failed in recent days with estimated liabilities near three million dollars. Assets may total about two and a half million with many unlisted stocks and promoter securities in gas ventures. Notes payable to friends and associates could reach half a million. Liquidation followed a creditors' meeting revealing a larger loss due to speculative operations.
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Chicago
Knight, Donnelly & Co
Potter
Germany Replies to French Note on Morocco Conference
Germany answered the French note on the Moroccan question during a Foreign Office meeting with Prince Radolin and Premier Rouvier. While cordial in tone, Germany insists only that a conference of powers decide the issue with no prearranged limits.
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Paris
Germany
Morocco
Radolin
Rouvier
Foreign Office
mutiny grips the Kniaz Potemkine battleship in Odessa
In Odessa the Kniaz Potemkine, Russia’s powerful Black Sea flagship, is under mutinous control after captains and officers were killed. Mutineers hoist the red flag and fight outside, while masses of workers rally as the fleet moves to suppress the revolt. Admiral Kruger’s squadron arrives and the mutineers surrender without firing a shot.
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Odessa
Kniaz Potemkine
Russia
Black Sea
George Pobedionosetz
George the Victorious
Tri Sviatelia
Kniaz Potemkina
Kruger
Ekaterina II
Apache Warriors Seek Transfer Back to Arizona
Geronimo led a petition among Apache to be moved from Fort Sill Oklahoma to Arizona. Only six of about 130 members refused to sign, with the War Department reviewing the request. Prospects hinge on Fort Sill expansion plans and the twenty year terms of imprisonment soon expiring.
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Lawton
Okla
Geronimo
Arizona
War Department
Fort Sill
Two Murderers Are Hanged in Lancaster
Pat Lee Furman and John O'Brien were hanged here for killing Samuel Ressler, an aged toll gate keeper, on the night of July 1, 1904. After shooting several, Furman and O'Brien escaped earlier while Craig, who helped in the crime, was captured and sentenced to twenty years. They reached the Ressler toll house after dusk. Ressler answered the knock and was shot.
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Lancaster
Pat Lee Furman
John O’brien
Samuel Ressler
Furman
O’brien
Craig
Gordonville
O'Brien
Ressler
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Linewitch
Thurston
Nebraska
Cesritary Hay
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Joyce
Great Northern
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