Plea for Patrick Seeks Medical Committee Review
Nearly 3,500 physicians from 551 towns signed a petition presented to Governor Riggins urging an impartial medical committee to review the Patrick Rice murder case. The letters criticize paid expert testimony and request new trial questions be resolved fairly, with early findings to prevent error in the 1901 conviction and death sentence.
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Albany
N. Y
Riggins
Albert I. Patrick
Texas
William Marsh Rice
New York State
Goff
Albert T. Patrick
Patrick
Rice
Jones
F. O. Logan
Chicago
John T. Milliken
Lyman C. Smith
Syracuse
Samuel B. Thomas
New York
Thomas
Leviathans Launched From British Shipyards
London reports three leviathans launched in a day: the Shannon the long armored cruiser. a Cunarder sister ship identical to the turbine steamer Louisiana. and the White Star liner Adriatic the largest ship afloat. The Adriatic, built at Belfast, displaces 40 000 tons measures 710 feet by 75 feet 6 inches by 59 feet 6 inches and carries nine decks and seven cargo holds. In New Haven Connecticut the Republican convention nominated Lieutenant Governor Woodruff for governor pledging support for Roosevelt.
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London
Great Britain
Belfast
Simplified Spelling Plea At AP Meeting
At the Associated Press annual gathering in New York, speakers urged adoption of simplified spelling. Mark Twain praised reform and urged daily use for three months to spread the system. Clemens warned of clumsy words and praised uniform, easier typography.
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New York
Associated Press
Melville E. Stone
Samuel B. Clemmons
Mark
Saktini
Generel Horace Porter
France
Henry A. Sute
George B. Vincent
University of Chicago
Mr. Stone
Mark Twain
Mr. Clemens
First Press Club
Rudyard Kipling
International Association For the Prevention of Cruelty
Carnegie
Nine in smoker and three escape after Rock Island wreck
Kingfisher Okla Sept 20 The Cimarron river rose eight feet weakening the Rock Island bridge Tuesday when part of train No 12 fell. The smoking car remained submerged six to seven feet. Conductor Thomas says at least nine were in the smoker and thinks three escaped. B H Nicholson says at least ten were aboard and escaped from the rear. Dozens listed as missing or injured. one man found nearly dead after nine hours in water.
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Kingfisher
Okla
Cimarron River
Rock Island Bridge
B. H. Nicholson
Kan
H. Littlefield
Pittsburg
W. L. Douglas
John Sullivan
Chicago
S. Smith
New York
Ball
el Reno
George L. Wright
Denver
A. A. Baldwin
Fort Worth
Frank Cullen
L. H. O’brien
Oklahoma City
Kate Sells
Payne
O. Jack Robinson
H. H. Balmer
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
D. Overton
C. E. Hutscher
Dallas
Tex
O. W. Brown
Comanche
David G. Lang
Hillsboro
J. L. Robinson
Enid
S. W. Bryan
Dover Bridge
Ben
Sullivan safe not drowned in Rock Island wreck
Reports claimed John L. Sullivan drowned in the Rock Island wreck at Dover Oklahoma. The dispatch is erroneous. Sullivan and sparring partner Frank Hall were on the train but left it at Chickasha. The party arrived in Oklahoma City Wednesday morning.
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Cimarron River
Oklahoma City
John L. Sullivan
Rock Island
Dover
Okla
Frank Hall
Chickasha
Cuban Parties Submit Statements on Revolution
The presidents of the Moderate and Liberal parties in Havana delivered statements to Secretary Taft and Acting Secretary of State Bacon outlining facts leading to the revolution and the belligerents' conduct. They said they would submit the peace terms if agreeable. A committee from the Isle of Pines also appeared, presenting grievances through their attorney, which were not acted upon.
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Partes
Havana
Taft
Bacon
Isle of Pines
Funston Named Likely Cuba Commander
Washington dispatch reports the war department will likely place Gen. Funston in command if American forces are sent to Cuba with Generals Barry and Duvall as his chief lieutenants.
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Washington
War Department
Cuba
Funston
Barry
Duvall
Leutenants
Train wreck near Grantham kills ten in Great Northern crash
A crowded Scotch express on the Great Northern railway ran past Grantham station and derailed, plunging down an embankment. Officials report ten dead and sixteen injured as the engine overturned and several coaches caught fire.
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London
Great Northern Railway
Grantham
Rangers Guard Waco Jail in Lynch Precaution
Governor Lanham orders Texas rangers to guard the Waco jail as a precaution against lynchers before the trial of Jesse Jones alias Jesse Washington for murdering Matthias Block. Prisoners have been held in Dallas jail since arrest. In Tulsa, Cliff Terry is jailed on statutory assault charges involving his twelve year old stepdaughter Florence Welker, after a complaint from her uncle.
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Lanham
Waco
Texas Rangers
Jesse Jones
Jesse Washington
Matthias Block
Dallas
Tulsa
I. T
Cliff Terry
Bristow
Florence Welker
Stollard Skips Defaulter Cashier Leaves Note
O B Stollard cashier of the People's State Bank of Sedan with deposits of 75000 has disappeared leaving a note claiming he was a defaulter and had fled The safe is time locked the amount missing is unknown James E Smith inaugurated governor general of the Philippines in Manila on Sept 20
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Sedan
Kan
O. B. Stollard
People’s State Bank of
Five Thousand Dead in Recent Typhoon in Hongkong
Five thousand Chinese are estimated dead after a recent typhoon near Hongkong with rising mortality reports. The steamer Montagle has been floated. In Texas, T J Joyce near Temple suffered severe injuries when his wagon fell through a bridge while hauling ice, leaving a severed leg below the knee and a crushed foot.
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Hongkong
T. J. Joyce
Near
Temple
Tex
Mr. Joyce
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