Woman's identity mystery leads to tense Mercer court scene
In Mercer Pennsylvania a kidnapping case against James Boyle and Mary Doe alias Mrs Hoyle drew a 100 strong mob of women. Sheriff’s intervention protected the accused as Boyle testified amid scenes of hostility. Anna Boyle in Chicago disputes a prior marriage to Edward Schaffer.
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Mercer
Pennsylvania
Jasl Boyle
Willie Whitla
Hoyle
Mary Doe
Chess
James Boyle
Boyle
Whitla
Chicago
Anna Boyle
Edward Schaffer
H. J. Peters
Church of the Holy Family
Government wins case against bucket shop promoters in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati Ohio a U S district court jury found Louis W Foster and five others guilty of using the mails to defraud in operating a bucket shop The government says the defendants used slow and fast wires to Chicago and New York to take advantage of market quotes and close trades for their benefit The verdict rests on the claim that no real stock trades occurred and the actions amounted to gambling on future stock prices with penalties set at 1000 to 5000 dollars and up to eighteen months imprisonment or both
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U. S
Cincinnati
Ohio
Louis W. Foster
United States District Court
United States
Chicago
New York
Balcony railing failure injures 250 at Seattle auditorium
A balcony railing collapsed during an athletic meet in the Seattle armory injuring about 250 spectators. The crowding and flimsy iron piping guarding the railing created a dangerous collapse with four of the injured feared dead as rescue crews worked amid the chaos.
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Seattle
Wash
New State Armory
Aguin
Mississippi camps seek 15 million war tax for veterans
Meridian Mississippi Walthall Camp requests senators and representatives from southern states to urge appropriation of 15 million dollars or more from the civil war cotton tax deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The push aims to use funds for veterans and aligns with the upcoming encampment of the United Date Veterans in June.
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Mississippi
Meridian
Miss
Walthall
Asing
United States
Congress
United States Supreme Court
United Date Veterans
Bill seeks publication of cotton goods held by manufacturers
Congressman Edwards of Georgia introduces a bill to require the bureau of statistics to publish monthly reports on the amount and value of raw cotton and manufactured cotton held by spinners in the United States and abroad. He argues ginners reports favor manufacturers and farmers lack timely, usable data to plan planting and marketing strategies.
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Congressman Edwards
Washington, D. C
Edwards
Georgia
Bureau of Statistics
South
Mr. Edwards
Bitterness of the War Col Bennett H Young withdraws as speaker
Colonel Bennett H Young of Louisville Ky withdraws as orator for July 6 Champlain tercentenary events in St Albans Vermont citing hostile attitude from a Rutland post of the grand army. The St Albans committee says the war is over and Vermont should not deny hospitality to him decades after his Civil War raid.
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Bennett H. Young
Vermont
St. Albans
Louisville
Young
Rutland
Grand Army
Southland
$25 000 Peace Lectures Fund Established at Northwestern
The National Peace Conference results in a $25,000 gift to Northwestern University from John R. Lindgren Swedish consul to Chicago and State Bank of Chicago cashier. The fund funds a permanent lecture series and annual prizes for essays on international peace and interdenominational harmony.
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Chicago, Ill
Northwestern University
John R. Lindgren
Chicago
State Bank of Chicago
Prison Inspector Finds No Abuses at Liberty Jail
Liberty Missouri J K Parsons representing the state board that guards prisoner welfare visited the jail to inspect for abuses. He found only a prisoner who locked his cell and left with the key to visit a girl. He departed town shortly after.
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Liberty
J. K. Parsons
State Board
Navy commissions twelve torpedo boats at Charleston
The navy department places twelve torpedo boats into commission at Charleston, D C. They will accompany the fleet during summer maneuvers. The five boats from Pensacola move to Charleston for training and deployment.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Charleston
D. C
Pensacola
State Treasurer Park Lead After Nine Years of Service
Captain Robert Emory Park, Georgia state treasurer for nine years, died after an operation for internal trouble. Governor Smith ordered a half mast and Capitol offices closed for his funeral. Park, born in LaGrange, served in the Confederacy and held trustee roles at Emory and Wesleyan Colleges before his election in 1900.
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Pax Ga
Robert Emory
E of Georgia
Anoe Sanitatrium
Park
Smith
Captain Park
Yorktown
R. H. Keeling
Richmond
Maryland
Fredericksburg
Spottsylvania Court House
Marly
Washington City
McNeely
Chancellorsville
Winchester
Weet's Prison Hospital
Fort Delaware
Georgia
Wesleyan Female College
Macon
Emory
Auburn
Ghaster
Major Park
William Park
Sandersville Herald
Georgian
John W. Park
Greenville
The
Georgia Bar Association
James KE. Park
LaGrange
Howard P. Park
Mount Meigs
Ala
Lemuel M. Park
Park Cotton Mills
M. C. Huntley
V. V. Blalock
Wright
State Treasury
Treasury
Prison Department
Comptroller General
Georgia Civil War Colors Denied Loss at Spottsylvania
Survivors of the Fourth Georgia regiment stoutly deny it lost its colors to the Fourteenth New Jersey at Spottsylvania in 1864 and claim the flag was never surrendered. They say their colors carried through the war and were surrendered at Appomattox.
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Georgia J
Fourteenth
New Jersey
Spottsylvania
New York
Fourth
Georgia
Appomattox
State Railroad Commission
Atlanta
West Point
Columbus
Almand
South Carolina
Americus
G. H. Calation
G. H. Waddell
Greenville
S. L. Sowell
Scrpven
Augusta
United States
Sowell
H. M. Stanley
Dublin
Georgia Weekly Press Association
Douglas
Stanley
Cuba
Smith
Savannah
Lamar Keller
J. Ward Sipple
Chicamauga Park
Macon
Southern
Cotton Seed Crushers’ ‘Association of Georgia
Cotton Seed Crushers’ Convention
Memphis
Louisville
Felding Wallace
R. G. Riley
Albany
Interstate Association
Supreme Court Justice Harlan on liquor interstate commerce limits
Justice Harlan explains that under the Wilson law liquor shipments remain protected as interstate commerce and cannot be seized by states en route or after entry. He notes states may regulate sale or possession quantities but cannot override federal commerce protections by confiscating unopened shipments or penalizing individuals for personal use.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Justice Harlan
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Georgia
Ambassadors Appointed Replacing Leishman in Turkey
Washington reports Oscar S Straus named ambassador to Turkey and W W Rockhill chosen as ambassador to Russia. Straus, ex secretary of commerce and labor, has served twice as ambassador to Turkey and succeeds Leishman who moves to Rome. Griscom seeks to return home.
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Straus
Turkey
Washington, D. C
Oscar 8. Straus
Commerce and Labor
W. W. Rockhill
Russia
Leishman
Rome
Lloyd 8
Griscom
Wellman Plans North Pole Airship Journey
Walter Wellman announces a renewed summer attempt to reach the north pole using the dirigible balloon America. The plan calls for assembling the airship at Danes Island, Spitsbergen in June and July and launching northward in August, with a trial voyage already completed last year.
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Walter Wellman
America
Washington, D. C
North Pole
Danes Island
Spitsbergen
Cotton 18 Advancing on Reduced Acreage and Short Crop
Cotton prices rise with renewed bull activity in Chicago and the west, aided by southern buying and European stock. Analysts anticipate a moderate or small crop with strong consumption, predicting acreage down several percent in states including Louisiana Oklahoma Arkansas Mississippi and South Carolina Georgia and Alabama. The National Ginners Association cites a 6 percent acreage drop.
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New York City
Chicago
Wall Street
Liverpool
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Mississippi
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Europe
Texas
Gulf States
National Ginners’ Association
Bryan Answers Clark on Resignation Call
Nebraskan leader William Jennings Bryan says Congressman Clark should resign if he cannot act in line with his constituents on the tariff bill. His critique was sent in a letter to the Florida general assembly and read in the Florida House.
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Florida
Tallahassee
Fla
William Jennings Bryan
Clark
Florida General Assembly
House of Representatives
Import of Luxuries Surges in April per New York Customs
New York customs data show April imports of diamonds, pearls, and precious stones valued at 2,418,242.14, six times higher than last year and above the 1907 April total. Automobiles valued at 315,662.57 numbered 170 that month, more than double the 71 from April 1908. Abdul Haimid reportedly holds 2,250,000 in jewelry and 5,000,000 in in foreign bank deposits at the Yildiz Kiosk. A Los Angeles incident reports Joseph Gayner, son of Dr. J. J. Gayner, stopping a burglar after his father referee. In Sullivan Indiana, whitecappers beat Mrs. Eliza Daley’s epileptic son.
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New York
Yildiz
Abdul Haimid
Los Angeles
Joseph Gayner
J. J. Gayner
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Frenzi
Bacon
Roosevelt
Nairobi
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Theodore Roosevelt
Protectorate
Mombasa
Roosevelt Beyana
Wm. T. Bull
William T. Bull
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla
State Treasurer Park Lead
Georgia News
Harlan
Cotton
Bryan
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