Georgia Briefs From Duty to Prohibition Echoes
Comptroller General Wright sues Savannah Electric for 11596.88, Brinson railway for 297.93, and Western Union Telegraph for 420.08 at the county tax collector’s request. The railroad commission orders to maintain the Conyers Atlanta daily train. The Georgia Supreme Court upholds a death sentence for Andrew Johnson. Butts county is held liable for a 48000 loan to Jackson Banking. A Jesup company forms to develop water power and mills and an electric railway. Twenty railroad postal clerks transfer from Atlanta as US mail service reshuffles routes. B C Sloan appeals to the state supreme court over custody of Sam Jones’s grandson. Ocilla declared county seat of Irwin county, replacing Irwinville. Federal licenses for liquor retailing rise to 66 in Georgia since January, mostly tied to Savannah. Georgia State Fair approved for Piedmont Park with machinery hall to be torn down for park improvements. January 1907–1908 police court cases show prohibition reducing both overall cases and drunkenness.
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General Wright
Savannah Electric Company
Brinson Railway
Western Union Telegraph Company
Chatham County
Ocilla
State Supreme Court
Irwin County
Irwinville
Ben Hill
Fitzgerald
Iowin
Iwinville
Trwinville
Lso
Mississippi cyclone toll rises with wider path of destruction
The Friday cyclone near Wesson Mississippi extended forty miles and proved more deadly than first feared. Eight dead and four fatally injured among at least 100 more hurt, with damage pegged from 300000 up to 500000 dollars. Four churches six cotton gins and several country stores destroyed.
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Mississippi
Wesson
Miss
New Amsterdam National Bank Closed in New York
The New Amsterdam National Bank in New York with $1,000,000 capital was shut by the Comptroller of the Currency on Wednesday night and National Bank Examiner Charles A. Hanna placed in charge. Liabilities total about $4.48 million with $2.07 million due depositors. The bank was once a leading Morse chain institution.
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New Amsterdam National
New York
New Amsterdam National Bank
National Bank
Charles A. Hanna
Charles W. Morse
Syracuse Chancellor Attacks Roosevelt Message
Chancellor James R Day of Syracuse University denounces the president's message calling it ravings of a disordered mind and an appeal to class prejudice, suggesting adroit cunning of a shrewd but reckless demagogue.
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Syracuse
Roosevelt
James R. Day
Syracuse University
Mike
King Carlos of Portugal Assassinated in Lisbon Carriage Attack
King Carlos and crown prince Luiz Philippe were fatally shot as their royal carriage passed the Prado de Comercio. Queen Amelie shielded the crown prince. Manuel II survived wounds, later proclaimed king as Portugal faces political upheaval and fear. Police killed three attackers and captured three others. Portugal’s realm described amid unrest and colonial reach.
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Portugal
Luiz Philippe
Lisbon
Manual
Amelie
Prado de Commercio
Rua Do Arsenal
Marine
Amelia
Villa Vicos
Prince Manuel
Manuel II
Kingdom of
Europe
Pyrenean Peninsula
Spain
Atlantic Ocean
Maine
Africa
Asia
Acquittal for Thaw Not Guilty by Insanity
Harry Kendall Thaw was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the murder of Stanford White. He was ordered confined to Matteawan State Hospital for the criminal insane as a dangerous lunatic, with an insanity verdict after a lengthy trial. The case is remembered as the "million dollar murder trial."
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New York
Stanford White
Harry Kendall
State Hospital
Matteawan
Hudson River
Thaw
Justice Dowling
Harry Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
Pittsburg
Madison Square Roof Garden
Pacific
America
Five Die in Kansas City Rooming House Fire
A three story rooming house in Kansas City burned Saturday morning after a basement natural gas explosion. Five people were found dead on the third floor and twelve were injured as flames and smoke cut off exits before an alarm could be raised.
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Kansas City
Arthur Glover Hanged for Murder of Maude Dean
Arthur P. Glover was hanged in Augusta Georgia on a private morning execution for the murder of his sweetheart Maude Dean. About 100 people attended in the jail yard as special deputies watched. He claimed innocence as the drop fell.
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Augusta
Maude Dean
Arthur P. Glover
Glover
Monument to Wirz Draws Bitter Attacks by Daughters of Confederacy
Washington dispatch reports G A R and Womans Relief Corps leaders condemning Georgia division Daughters of the Confederacy for inscribing a Wirz monument near Andersonville. Participants dispute Wirz’s guilt, with experts and former prisoners denying federal immunity and asserting falsehoods about Andersonville history.
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Wirz
Washington Dispatch
James Tanner
Georgia Division
Daughters of the Confederacy
Appomattox
Henry Wirz
Confederate States of America
Andersonville
Isabel Worrell Ball
G. A. R. Woman's Relief Corps
South
Grand Army of the Republic
Wirt
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Tanner
Jeff Davis
Zurich
Switzerland
Washington, D. C
United States
Major Wirz
Davis
William V. Dawson
Union Veterans’ Alliance
Grand Army
Woman's Relief Corps
John MccAlroy
Richmond
Sherman
Bankclosure in New York Narrows National Bank of North America
Comptroller William B. Ridgely ordered the National Bank of North America in New York closed for liquidation. Charles Hanna, a national bank examiner, was named receiver amid persistent withdrawals and rumors about the bank’s condition announced by President Havemeyer.
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William B. Ridgely
National Bank of North America
New York
Charles Hanna
National Bank Examiner
Havemeyer
Jerome Lambasts Thaw in Masterly Plea to Jury
New York special reports William Travers Jerome, representing the people, delivered a masterly plea for justice in the Harry Kendall Thaw case. He portrayed Thaw and Stanford White as two degenerates quarreling over a woman and urged mercy tempered by truth.
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New York
William Travers Jerome
Harry Kendall
Jerome
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
Mr. Jerome
Thaw
White
Harry Thaw
Allen Gains Four Votes in Kentucky Senatorial Deadlock
John R. Allen of Lexington Ky gained four more votes in the joint session at Frankfort for United States senator. The ballot showed Beck ham 57 Biddley 57 Allen 7 J. J. 0 and Mayor 1, leaving the senatorial deadlock unbroken.
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Kentucky
John R. Allen
Lexington
Frankfort
United States
Beckham
Biddley
Allen
J. J
Fire wipes out business block in Big Stone Gap
A major fire Thursday morning destroyed an entire business block in Big Stone Gap Virginia causing an estimated loss of 100000. The blaze consumed the Hotel Wagene the Southern Express company and the Western Union offices as well.
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Big Stone Gap
Wagene
Southern Sxpress Company
Western Union
Estill Estate Appraised in Savannah
The appraisers report for the estate of the late J. H. Estill in Savannah shows total value at $648000. The Morning News is the principal asset valued at $400000, with debts exceeding $100000.
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J. H. Estill
Savannah
Morning News
Florida Farmer Murdered Near Gainesville
Jonesville farmer Bhlias Sappold was waylaid Monday night and killed near his home. His body was found roadside with the head beaten to a pulp by a blunt instrument. Suspicions point to certain parties.
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Bhlias Sappold
Jonesville
Gainesville
Fla
Pantry Cleaned A Way Some People Have
A doctor reports that families using Postum as a coffee substitute show better health and taste, noting his own switch after marriage reduced indigestion. He says coffee and tea were discarded in favor of Postum, and he attributes his improved wellbeing to the change.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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