Prison stockade brutalities exposed in Atlanta investigation
City Council inquiry into the Atlanta stockade reveals white prisoners hung by wrists, attempted whippings, and brutal conditions. Supt Vining and two guards face cruelty indictments after a grand jury report. Ruby Galther testified of long hanging, with other inmates chained, whipped, or dying from shackles. The probe, nearing 100 witnesses, continues.
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Atlanta
City Council
Supt
Vining
Cnuelty
Ruby Galther
Pearl Ryan
Christmas commutation eases Tennessee prisoners in DC
The Supreme Court granted five days monthly commutation for good behavior to Tennessee inmates in the District of Columbia on contempt charges. This reduces two months' terms by ten days and frees some next Tuesday. Jeremiah Gibson Deputy Sheriff Henry Padgett and Richard Mayne will be liberated Tuesday. Shortt Shipp Luther Williams and Nick Nolan are slated for ninety days.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
District of Columbia
Jeremiah Gibson
Shertff
Henry Padgett
Richard Mayne
Shortt Shipp
Luther Williams
Nick Nolan
Snowstorm cripples lines and delays trains in Mary county
A severe snow sleet storm coats streets with ice. Telephone wires down and two light lines broken cut city and county communications. Southbound trains run three to five hours late as major roads and sidewalks become treacherous. Widespread damage to wires and minor injuries reported. officials predict lights will hold tonight.
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Light Company
Court House
Maury County
Columbia
Glendale
Citizens
Cumberland Companies
Telegraph
Western Union
Nashville
Light and Power Company
Dobbins
Columbia Water & Light Company
Fce
Peary
South Pole
Mules and cattle dominate Columbia stock yards shipment
Report from the Columbia Stock Yards shows more than 1000 mules moved Monday and Tuesday, averaging 26 per car across 32 cars. Prices around 170 dollars each boosted total value to about 170 000 to 175 000. Buyers from multiple states including Atlanta and Nashville led the strong market with seven carloads of cattle hogs and sheep also shipped.
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Columbia Stock Yards
Shipping Register
Frank Dale
Herald
Columbia
Dale
Dickson
Centreville
Franklin
Lewisburg
Lawrenceburg
Waynesboro
Brent
Ozark
Ala
Thomasville Live Stock Co
Thomasville
B. D. Joyce & Son
Tuscaloosa
Latin & Bros
Utah
J. P. Hudson & Sons
New Orleans
Sam Ray
Hall & Co
Atlanta
J. B Gillis
Clayton
W. D. Hatcher
Nashville
Abraham Bros
Montgomery
Alm
Ingram & Co
Anniston
Dowling Session & Co
Flee & Sons
Birmingham
Smith Bros
Bartow
J. W. Howard & Co
Howard & Co
South
Taft to Attend Appalachian Exposition in Knoxville
President Taft accepted an invitation to open the Appalachian Exposition in Knoxville Tennessee next September. Local businessmen wired that Vice President Stierman Speaker Cannon Secretary Wilson and Gifford Pinchot may also attend if feasible. The exposition will cover six Appalachian states.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Taft
Washington
Stierman
Jos. Cannon
Agriculture Wilson
Gifford Pinchot
Georgia Congressman James M Griggs Dies in Georgia
Dawson Georgia January 5 Representative James M Griggs of the Second Georgia District died suddenly this afternoon while recovering at home from a minor heart ailment He had returned from Randolph County with his wife and was preparing to return to Washington He was a six term member and Ways and Means Committee figure native of La Grange Ga aged 48 or 49 past law and circuit judge service
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Dawson
James M. Griggs
Georgia
Griggs
Washington
Ways and Means
Congress
James Matthew Griggs
la Grange
Peabody Normal College
Nashville
Poison Placed In Their Candy In Syracuse Newsroom
Poison struck residents in Syracuse New York as ptomaine poisoning rose from tainted pastries. Twenty seven cases traced to cream puffs and chocolate eclairs involve six people in one family and three in another with several others ill over twenty four hours. One report cites canned beans as contributing in at least one instance.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Ballinger Controversy Probe Ordered by Joint Resolution
A Senate and House joint resolution orders a broad public inquiry into the Ballinger Pinchot controversy. A twelve member committee, six named by the Vice President and six by the Speaker, will investigate the Interior Department and Forestry Bureau for conduct related to public lands and resources. Contempt penalties and DC Court of Appeals jurisdiction are provided.
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Washington, Jan. K
Senate
James
House
Humphrey
Washington
Sherman
Cannon
Nelson
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Interior Department
Bureau of Forestry
Agriculture Department
United States
Congress
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Intense Cold Causes Deaths In New York Quarters
The night brought extreme cold with a peak of well below zero and a biting wind. The municipal lodging house housed nearly 500 people, many women, with two men and two women hospitalized from exposure. A wanderer was found dead in the street, another man collapsed in the snow and lay dying in hospital. Lincoln and Omaha records also noted severe cold with 14 below zero in Nebraska and readings of 10 to 14 below zero early morning.
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New York
Cotton Mill Men Face a Problem in Charlotte
Cotton manufacturers and commission men from across the country plan a meeting in Charlotte to discuss how to raise selling prices of cotton goods. They cite rising raw cotton costs and say yarns and finished products have not advanced enough, urging action to relieve the pressure.
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Charlotte
Rev Usnery to Preach at Cross Bridges Sunday
Rev. W. T. Usnery will preach at Cross Bridges Sunday at 10 o clock.
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Ussery
W .T. Usnery
Cross Bridges
Davidson County Reverses Bid to Deliver Peabody Bonds
The Davidson County Court voted to deliver the 100000 Peabody Normal bonds without delay reversing a postponement. Debate centered on location of a new college with trustees, city and state authorities seeking agreement in New York meetings.
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Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Davidson County
Peabody Normal
Peabody
Peabody Trusters
Richardson
Esquires
Stahlman
Bishop Lawrence
Richard Olney
Peabody Fund
George Peabody College
Peabody Normal College
J. C. Bradford
George Peas
City Council of
University of Nashville
State of
Tennessee
New York City
Bradford
Porter
Gov. Porter
Eaquire Weakley
Maj. Stahlman
Harwood
Tayel
New Discovery Shows Vaccine From Patient Cancer T Cells
Manila January 3 Great hopes are entertained for a cancer treatment announced before the Manila Medical Society. The method uses a vaccine made from the patient’s own cancer to confer immunity against further progression of the disease.
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Manila
Manila Medical Society
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