Two electrocutions at Sing Sing and more headlines
Ossining New York July 20 Charles H Rogers and Angelo Landiero were electrocuted in Sing Sing prison early Monday. Rogers killed Willis and Frederick Olney at a Middleton farm on October 6 1905 and later killed Alice Ingerick. Landiero killed Michael Ambraro in New York City on December 14 1906. Georgia governor George Smith requests removal of railroad commissioner Joseph Brown citing policy disagreements. Conversations in Lincoln about Ohio negro vote and Democratic chairmanship. Gompers returns from Denver convention planning to publish political remarks in AFL official organ.
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Ossining
N. Y
Charles H. Rogers
Angelo Landiero
Sing Sing
Rogers
Willis
Frederick Olney
Middleton
Alice Ingerick
Georgia Ingerick
Olney Brothers
Laudiero
Michael Ambraro
New York City
Atlanta
Smith
Georgia
Joseph Brown
State Railroad Commission
Brown
Railroad Commission
Foraker
Lincoln
Neb
Fairview
Bryan
Ohio
Senator Foraker
Judge Taft
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Denver
Missing $1000 in Adams Express package in Des Moines
A Des Moines Adams Express office reports a package containing $1000 vanished while two identical shipments arrived safely. The currency was sent by a Des Moines bank to an external address and this one bag was either lost or stolen from the Adams Express office.
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Des Moines
Adams Expres Company
Adams Express Company
Anger Tragedy Follows Pursuit in Mayfield
In Mayfield Kentucky on July 20 Horace Redden and Dillard Luther escaped an enraged Herman Humphreys who found them and tried to whip them with a buggy whip. Redden shot Humphreys killing him and escalating the incident.
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Mayfield
Horace Redden
Dillard Luther
Herman Humphreys
Redden
Humphreys
Hale County Valuations Jump 150 Percent in Texas Report
Austin reports Monday valuations show Hale county up 150 percent from 2.5 million to 6 million. Other counties also rise. state receipts include payments from Galveston Brewing, Bush & Co., and Dallas Gas among others. Health officer notes typhoid risk linked to poor water and sewer conditions.
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Hale County
Austin
Comptroller
Wilbarger County
Foard County
Walker County
Galveston Brewing Company
Bush & Co
Dallas
Beaumont Ice, Light and Refrigerator Company
Dallas Gas Company
Fort Worth Light and Power Company
Brumby
West Texas
Catcher Kilifer Sold to Washington in ABL
Fort Worth July 20 catcher Kilifer of the Austin baseball club has been sold to Washington of the American Baseball League. The consideration is understood to be 1500 dollars. Kilifer, nineteen and a University of Texas student, has played fine ball. This is the first transfer this season of a Texas player to a large league.
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Fort Worth
State National Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Josephine O'Neill
Tarrant County
Killifer
Austin Baseball Club
Washington
American Baseball League
University of Texas
Texas
Man Killed by Rock Island Train Identified
The North Fort Worth fatality is Charles Thompson of Weatherford. He leaves a widow and one child. A foot of Thornton was caught under a tie as the engine crushed him to death, throwing his body twenty feet.
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Fort Worth
North Fort Worth
Rock Island
Charles Thompson
Weatherford
Thornton
Portland Chef Kills Woman, Then Self in Club Murder Suicide
David Connelly, chef at the Arlington club, shot Dolly Sharp and an unnamed man in Portland Oregon. He chased by a pursuer to his room locked himself in and killed himself. Jealousy is cited as the motive.
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Portland
Ore
David Connelly
Arlington Club
Dolly Sharp
Connelly
Jealosy
Revolutionists seize most of Tabriz amid Persian unrest
Reuters dispatch reports Tabriz, Persia, July 20 with revolutionaries controlling all but one quarter of the city. The siege reflects growing upheaval as rebels extend their grip across the capital region.
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Tabriz
Persia
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Batiste
Howell & Newton, Inc
National Democratic Committee
James
Kentucky
White Swan Grocery Company
Canyon City
Crespit, Roensch & Co
Waco
Capital
Edna of! and Gas Company
Mart
the Campbell Union Gin Company
Hunt County
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Martin L. Horn and Sanger Bros
A. B. Frank & Co
San Antonio
Rose Manufacturing Company
McKean, Eilers & Co
Scarborough & Hicks
W. B. Smith & Co
Paris
Tex
J. D. Stewart
DeKalb
Reed
S. L. Moore
H. L. Morris
S. C. Minnick
Ralph Burns
Catcher Killifer
City National
Bryan, Texas
U. S
I. G. S. Parker
G. S. Parker
Brazos County
J. W. English
J. K. Parker
E. H. Astin
Stevenson Machine and Repair Works
John Wittman
Tailo
Eastman Kodak Goods
Haswell’s Book Store
Milburn
Sanders Bros
Isso
WILEY
Geen
Nor Iss
Martin & Locke
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