Negro preacher burned by mob after fatal shooting near Cochran
John Harvard, a Negro preacher, shot Will D. Booth near Cochran Georgia, was captured by a mob about ten miles away and burned at a stake as news spread of the fatal wounds. Booth, a Hawkinsville businessman, was en route when the confrontation occurred. his firing of three shots followed a claim that Booth's auto frightened Harvard's mules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cochran
John Harvard
Will D. Booth
Booth
Hawkinsville
Harvard
Escape After Night Shootout Leads to Barn Capture
Booth returned fire and fled after being wounded in two nonfatal bullets. He was later found in a barn three miles from the shooting scene and brought to the local station for questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth
Dr Worcester Talks Faith as Tuberculosis Class Thrives
Dr Worcester of Emmanuel Church reports a year of church work with strong faith and measurable results. He claims the tuberculosis class has no deaths among its members and asserts regular cures, urging other healing groups to adopt similar methods.
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Dr. Worcester
Emmanuel Church
Worcester
24 Drugged Babies Die At Myrtle Baby Home
A Rhode Island coroner's inquest revealed that paregoric was given to quiet restless infants at the Myrtle Baby Home leading to 24 deaths since June 19. Overseer Dr. Frank T. Calef testified that Mrs. Ethel L. Gilbree admitted instruction to dose babies five drops night and morning. Police and hospital officials attended the station hearing where Gilbree described the babies as very quiet under influence. The coroner noted Gilbree was reluctant and indicated further testimony will occur.
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Providence
R. I
Myrtle Baby
Frank T. Calef
Babcock
Ethel L. Gilbree
Adams
Gilbree
Calef
Calef testifies on child taken from Baby Home care
Dr. Frank T. Calef, the second witness, says he knew Mrs. Ethel L. Gilbree who testified yesterday and discussed a child removed from the Baby Home. He relays Gilbree’s claim that children there were not properly cared for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank T. Calef
Ethel L. Gilbree
Carnegie Praises Negro Race Uplift in South
Andrew Carnegie told the Armstrong Association that the lowest Negro of the South is more advanced today than his Scottish ancestors 209 years ago. Speaking at Hampton Institute efforts, he praised industrial schools spreading knowledge into cotton fields and the pine belt south of the Potomac.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
South
Carnegie
Scotland
Armstrong Association
Samuel C. Armstrong
Hampton Institute
Hampton
Potomac
Julia Ward Howe To Greet Suffragette At Tremont Temple
The venerable Julia Ward Howe is expected to make her only public appearance this winter at a Tremont Temple suffrage meeting on December 14. Mrs. Philip Snowden of London will make her first appearance in the city at the event.
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Julia Ward Howe
Tremont Temple
Philip Snowden
London
Frisco Railroad Changes Hands in New York Sale
The St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad known as the Frisco was sold in New York, severing ties with the Rock Island Company which it merged with in 1903. Purchasers include B F Yoakum and B L Winchell with associates such as Adolphus Busch and Festus Wade, plus Union Trust Company of St. Louis.
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New York
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company
Frisco
Rock Island Company
B. F. Yoakum
Frisco-Rock Island Board
B. L. Winchell
Rock Island
Messrs. Winchell
Yoakum
Middle West
Adolphus Busch
Festus J. Wade
St. Louis
Union Trust Company
City
Rail lines fear federal action and hint at alliances
The dissolution stems from fear of federal intervention as Rock Island and Frisco lines cross and IC C may have noted the ties. Rumors unite Frisco with Edwin Hawley as a potential power duo after he teamed with B F Yoakum to control the Missouri Kansas Texas.
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Rock Island
Frisco
Interstate Commerce Commission
Edwin Hawley
B. F. Yoakum
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Hocking Valley
Toledo & Ohio Central
Western Pacific
Atlantic Coast Line
Louisville & Nashville
Robbery Suspects Arrested Over $100000 Goods Loss
Railroad officials valued losses at $100000 after a long probe into suspected peculations at a Oneida street store. Lt. Allen and Special Officer McCaffrey led the investigation. Goldstein brothers were arrested after officers surveilled wagons at the Columbia Theatre and taken to Station 1. Hyman Goldstein carried $105.44 and Henry Goldstein $166.
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Hanover Street
Allen
McCaffrey
O’neil
Tuttle
Boston & Maine Railroad
Goldsteins
Columbia Theatre
Gallivan
Donovan
O’donnell
G&b
Hyman Goldstein
Henry Goldstein
Free Clients in Steel Case Have Discharged Defendants
General Charles W. Bartlett’s clients were discharged in the steel case. Bartlett appeared yesterday for John Brittain, represented also by John W. McAnarney and Henry E. Ormsby, and told humorous anecdotes that enlivened the trial. Samuel J. Elder attended, taking notes, and may join others against whom charges remain. McAnarney said the firms did not conspire but sought information, and that bids were for self advertisement only.
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Charles W. Bartlett
Bartlett
John Brittain
John W. McAnarney
Henry 58. Ormsby
Samuel J. Elder
McAnarney
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40Th Infantry
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Diamonds
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Edison Phonograph
National Phonograph Co
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Triumph
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Edison Records
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