Not Guilty for Grant Bell in Cedartown Assault Case
In Cedartown Georgia the jury found Grant Bell not guilty of assaulting Susan Lumpkin after more than twenty eight hours of deliberation. The court protected Bell from potential violence by moving him to safety during verdict. The case drew intense local attention as jurors faced hostile reactions and lengthy consideration before delivering the verdict.
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Cedartown
Grant 1
Susan Lumpkin
Convic
Sheriffer
Miles Behin
E. K County
IXND S CONDITION HOPELESS FAMILY AT DYING BED
A Lebanon Missouri report says IXND'S condition is hopeless as doctors abandon life-prolonging hopes. The patient grew brighter briefly at 10 o clock Thursday night but remained speechless for four hours. Physicians declared the case hopeless and the family remains at the bedside except for C C Bland of St Louis who is away telephoned. Improper OCR fragment mentions Pilipino Congress and Manila dispatches about tnaldo dissolving the Fili and proclaiming him.
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Ial
Lebanon
C. C. Bland
St. Louis
Georgia rice farms formed by Baldwin syndicate
George Baldwin leads a group forming a Georgia rice farm company to pool planters through a syndicate. The firm, named by Baldwin, plans capital of 1,000 to consolidate the rice plantations near York and related forests.
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Hte
George Baldwin
George C. Baldwin
York
Georgia Rice Plant Forests
Baldwin
Olympia Heads Home as Dewey Ships Out of Hong Kong
The United States cruiser Olympia with Admiral Dewey aboard left Hong Kong on Tuesday afternoon amid weather, not demonstrations, and band salutes. The Powerful and Italian ships offered formal honors as Olympia passed, with exchanges of national anthems and admiral salutes. Consul Wildman stayed aboard for farewell as a marine guard lined the main deck.
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Admiral Dewey
Hong Kong
United States
Olympia
China
Powerful
Dewey
Consul Wildman
New Orleans OKs 30 Million Sewer Tax Vote
Taxpayers in New Orleans approve a forty two year levy of 30 million dollars for sewerage drainage and municipal waterworks. The election drew heavy local interest with 9 500 votes in favor and 400 against and 1 600 000 property value against 125 000. Women voters participated, casting about 2 800 ballots. The plan funds drainage, sewers, and water provision for the city.
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Crescent City
New Orleans
Malietoaans Disarmed After Surrender of Guns
Advices from Apia Samoa report Malietoa and Tammassese meeting the Samoan commission aboard the US transport Badger. Mataafa agreed to abide by the commission, offered no king recognition, and surrendered 1,800 guns on June 6 after a May 27 deadline extension.
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Mataafa
Apia
Samoa
Auckland
N. Z
Malietoa
Tammassese
United States
Badger
Dreyfus Overjoyed by Return Hope of France Trial
A Fort de France dispatch reports Captain Dreyfus welcoming official word of his trial revision at Ile du Diable. The sight of the prison officials arriving from Cayenne left him radiant with joy as he faced possible return to France.
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France
Fort de France
Island of Martinque
Goeland
Dreyfus
Cayenne
Ile du Diable
Klondike Death List Grows From Alaska Gold Rush
Seattle dispatch reports heavy losses among Yukon rush prospectors. Fifty alleged drownings near Great Brave lake, twenty deaths on Mud and Laird rivers, ten frozen to death, twenty five died from scurvy, and many bodies found from exposure.
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Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Yukon
Edmonton Trail
Great Brave Lake
Laird
British Proposal Wins, American Amendment Fails on Alaska Talks
Washington reports detail the Alaska boundary negotiations with London where Secretary Hay and British envoy Tower conferred. The British rejected an American amendment to an arbitration basis, signaling a pause and possible future talks. The protocol of the joint high commission shows the US accepting arbitration in principle but seeking modifications. Meanwhile Virginia Governor Tyler orders reorganization of fourteen infantry companies in the state volunteers.
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Washington
London
Hay
Tower
Joint High Commission
State Department
Joint Commission
United States
Alaska
Eee
Virginia
Tyler
Samoa Officials Defend Justice Chief and Consul
A Washington dispatch reports no official word on relieving the three consuls and Chief Justice Chambers at Samoa. Officials say Osborne the American consul has kept good standing at Apia and is unpopular with no side. The Samoan commission reportedly lacks authority to remove Chief Justice Chambers.
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Washington
Samoa
Osborne
Consur
Apia
Chambers
French ministry in danger sparks riotous demonstrations
In Paris clashes erupted between revisionists and anti revisionists after a meeting by M Francis de Presense of Le Temps in Clichy. Rioters and police clashed. shots were fired and twenty one arrested. Debate in the chamber of deputies centered on cabinet changes and Dreyfus affair tensions.
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Paris
M. Francis de Pressense
Temps
Clichy
M. Zola
Chamber of Deputies
Dupuy
Loubet
Auteuil
M. Dupuy
Dreyfus
Long Champs
M. Joseph Lasses
Otis Reports Philippine Situation In Cablegram
General Otis describes in a war department cablegram that Moro insurgents in Morong province flee our advance while Antipolo and nearby towns fall. Twenty five enemy dead, American losses four killed, several wounded. Morong remains garrisoned, inhabitants seek Manila protection, natives seek safe passage to Manila. War department concludes insurgents are marauding bands shrinking under American rule.
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Philippines
Otis
War Department
Washington
Morong
Insurgente
Antipolo
Key
Manila
Landslide Traps Twenty-Eight Railroad Workers in Arkansas
Report from Little Rock says a landslide at Ross Hollow engulfed twenty eight laborers on the Choctaw and Memphis line under construction from Little Rock to Howe. A large grading party at the pass was believed buried when the earth gave way. Weathered details are incomplete.
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Little Rock
Ark
Ross Hollow
Choctaw and Memphis Railroad
Howe
S. T
Paris Liner Paris Near the Manacles Stranded
Weather winds shift from Falmouth England threaten salvage of the American liner Paris on rocks near the Manacles. Heavy seas suspend operations, with salvage not expected to resume for about two weeks.
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Falmouth
Eng
Paris
Manacles
Town in Kentucky Fines Men One Cent Each
In Princetown Kentucky the judge fines every man in town one cent after a contested arraignment over a petition to ask the grand jury not to indict insurance companies. The commonwealth attorney sought contempt actions against the signers, drawing applause from the defense.
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Kentucky
Princetown
Commonwealth
Parisian mobs insult Loubet at Auteuil races
A Paris crowd derided President Loubet at the Auteuil races as 130 arrests were made including deputies and aristocrats. Police protected the president. Count Christiano and Comte Boni de Castellane were among those restrained or detained amid violent shouts and clashes.
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Paris
Loubet
M. Dupuy
McBaillereud
Auteuil
Madame Loubet
Avenue Des Champs Elysee
Panama
Vive L’armee
Vive Loubet
League of Patriots
Christiano
Joseph Lasses
Comtesse Boni de Castellane
Anne Gould
New York City
Jeunesse
L’armee
Comte Boni de Castellane
Jeane
Comte de Lion
M. Dansette
Armentieres
South Carolina Governor Weighs Constabulary Cuts
A Columbia dispatch reports Governor Ellerbe rejects reducing the constabulary to fifty, while Governor McSweeney is not inclined to abolish it. He will consult with officials on possible reductions, with an anticipated outcome of further discussion and policy review.
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South Carolina
Columbia
8. C
Ellerbe
McSweeney
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