Drowning Near Sumter Inquest Over Body of Sarai Mack
Sumter area report covers an inquest into the drowning death of Sarai Mack colored near Mayesville after a buggy accident on Swamp Road. Jake Bossard and Sarah Mack were involved, Bossard’s horse ran into a stream, the buggy sank. Mack’s body recovered, verdict ruled accidental drowning.
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Sumter
Speeisl
Fibwen T
Scopo ‘Ofer
Mayesville
Sarai Mack
Jake Bossard
Sarah ‘Mack
Bossard
Wolomn
Runaway Horse Injures Miss Richardson in Greenville
Special Miss Kate Richardson, daughter of Mr A M Richardson, was knocked down by a runaway horse on Main street in Greenville. She sustained a fractured hip and numerous bruises. Physicians say she will recover. Mr Richardson formerly was a route agent for the Southern Express company in this territory and is now in business in Grosnville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville, Special
Kate Richardson
A. M Richardson
Main Street
Richardson
Southern Express Company
Grosnville
Wreck of Express Trains Kills Twelve in Norris Town
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Express crashes into a freight locomotive at Norris Town. Twelve people die, twelve injured, all in the smoking car. Names include P. B. Oliver and Will Goodman of Waterloo Iowa, with four unidentified men among the dead. Rescuers remove the dead and injured. the injured likely recover. Buffalo special reports New York tribute to President McKinley as New York honors him with a white marble obelisk, flags of England and America, and 2,500 pigeons released.
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Waterloo
Towa
Special
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Norris Town
P. B. Oliver
Will Goodman
John N. Watson
C. L. Landphere
Shell Rock
W. Ray Johnson
Dicke
Lowa
B. R. Christy
Chicaeo Lepovah Toja
Hammond
Ind
W. H. Myers
Waterlow Hospital
Norris
Buffalo
N. Y
New York State
McKinley
Hughes
Ohio
England
America
Farmers Ahead Thousand Million Dollars Gains Impress Farmers
New York special reports that American farmers will earn about one thousand million dollars more this year than last, driven by higher prices rather than increased production. A 10 percent drop in overall output in 1906 contrasts with rising real estate values, reduced debt, and a strong farmer position in markets, politics, and family life. South Dakota freight fare cuts eyed by rail board to 2.5 cents per mile. legislature-wide rate move authorized last winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arata Agriculturist
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Railroads Ordered to Two-Cent Kansas Passenger Fare
Kansas railroads ordered to implement a flat two-cent passenger fare starting October 1 after the State board of railroad commissioners ruled the previous ton based order illegal and unjust and requested railroad testimony. The decision was unanimous as lines indicated potential actions.
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Topeka
Kan
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Kansas
Ton
Bride Shot by Husband in Oakland Home
Mister Dison, whose bride of three months was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head at their Oakland home on Monday, was arrested for murder. Police allege the motive was jealousy after she warned him about dancing with a former sweetheart at a ball the night before.
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Ashlang
Isy
Pecusi
Dison
Oakland
Shia Hind
Big Haul Fraud At Belding Hall Manufacturing
Chicago special reports the appointment of a receiver for Belding Hall Manufacturing after creditors accuse missing president Jesse Judson Hall of siphoning about 315,000 to fund mining stock and theater ventures. Notes totaling 100,000 to the First National Bank plus 40,000 lent to others bring potential losses to 355,000. Hall’s two children, living in Winnetka under a housekeeper, face hardship. Separate Charlotte Observer fire damages the printing plant and presses at the Observer Printing House. A deaf and dumb boy in the building died in the blaze.
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Chicago
Belding Hall Manufacturing Company
Jesse Judson Hall
Hall
Canada
First National Bank
Air Hall
Winnetka
Charlotte
N. C
Charlotte Observ Printing House
Ere
Observer
Five Injured in RB Wreck Near Helena
Five people were seriously injured and others slightly hurt when a passenger train on the RB line left the track one mile from Helena. The derailment toppled several cars, with baggage master Sildr and two colored clerks among the passengers reported. The wreckage occurred near the creek, and the cause was not yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Maine
Drowned Woman in Meadow Creek Near Staunton
Mrs Eugene P Connor of Staunton drowned herself in Meadow Creek Sunday morning after leaving home to picnic with her mother Mrs J D Miller. Despondency from ill health is blamed. She leaves a husband and three children.
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Staunton
Eugene P. Connor
Meadow Creek
J. D. Miller
Coiner
Secretary Root Honored By Geographical Society
Secretary Root has been elected an honorary member of the Geographical Statistical Society of Mexico City, with a distinguished committee to present membership documents on his arrival. The honor is limited to world famous scientists scholars ecclesiastics and statesmen.
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Mexico City
Speecial
Root
Geographical Statistical Society of
Republic
Mh. Root
Immunity questions in Standard Oil rebates case
Attorney General explains the role of the Department of Justice in the Indiana States versus Standard Oil case. He cites testimony and arguments about potential immunity for witnesses and the scope of legal protections sought by the defense. The judge has asked for a clear ruling on immunity and possible disclosures as proceedings proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department If Justice
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Standard Oil Company
Lenox
Mass
Attorney Standard
Ilimoia
Tondis
Department of Iné
Transcm
Standard Oil Ny
Indiana
Late Notes In Brief A broad, mixed摘要 of events
A collection of brief notices covers Roosevelt directing government surgeons in bubonic plague cases, Hobson on Japan, new battleship plans including a 20000 ton ship named New York, Baltimore Eagles winning parade prizes, a murder confession at Haunek Station, Tucker denying gubernatorial candidacy, Lynchburg factory jobs, and fleet visits to Mawali and the Philippines. Other items note mobbing of Sikhs in Washington, a McKinley monument unveiling, Bryan calling Taft a great poster boy, arbitration talks, Casablanca fighting, an avalanche in Chile, a sleeping sickness cure in Africa, a large Amsterdam fire, Grieg’s death, Ottoman and Chinese tensions, and various political and labor developments across the U.S. and world. The report also mentions police incidents, bank inquiries, strike actions, municipal bond rate changes, missionary movements, and elections in Russia.
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San Francisco
Roosevelt
Richard Pearson Hobson
Japan
United States
New York
Baltimore Eagles
Norfolk
Charles T. Jones
Maurice van Goshen
Haunek Station
Tilden Barnes
Harry St. George Tucker
Lynchburg
Mawali
Phillippines
Bellingham
Washington State
McKinley
Buffalo
Wnt
William J. Bryan
Oklahoma
Taft
Joseph Conte
Hague
Casablanca
Chile
Skoch
Africa
Amsterdam
Edward Hagerup Grieg
Mulai Haig
Morocco
Antwerp
Sumatra
China
Foreign Relations Board
Roosevalt
Georgia
Morney
Bonaparte
Sims
Cardial Gibbons
Archbishop Williams
Boston
Terdinand Pinney Marie
Monroe
N. Y
France
John J. Phillips
Pittsburg
Allegheny City
Walter C. Rodman
Philadelphia
Chicago Commercial National Bank
Teddy Beard
W. C. Watson
Baltimore
Fairmont Coal Company
Keyser
Williams Slate Company
Arvonia
Norfolk School Board
Ernie Fisher
Hardy County
Korea
Wade Alexander Earle
Front Royal
Pacific
Suez Canal
Atlantic
Is Dasi
Cuba
Abbas Haji Memed Zade Tazrizi
Albek Azam
Russia
St. Petersburg
Alexander
Child Drowns After Sinking Into Milk Can
A one year old boy in Canonsburg Pennsylvania fell head first into a container of milk in a dairy. He became wedged and drowned while alone. Authorities investigated the incident and warned dairy workers to secure open containers.
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Yton
Rayne
Storm at Fort Gaines Brings Wind and Rain
A powerful storm swept Fort Gaines Georgia last week with heavy wind and rain and bright electric flashes. All wire communications were cut off and work halted near noon. The storm covered a wide area but no loss of life was reported. Crop damage is extensive.
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Atlanta
Fort Gaines
Trial of Standard Oil dissolution under way in New York
Extraordinary government suit against the Standard Oil Company began before Special Master Franklin Perris in room 43 at the General Post Office Building. Authorities cite this as the era’s most significant trust litigation as testimony and witness examinations proceed.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Franklin Perris
St. Louis
General Post Office
Central of Georgia Stops Improvements
President J J Hanson of the Central of Georgia Railroad orders all work halted due to insufficient funds. The decision follows a discussed reduction in passenger rates and a favorable money market outlook for railroads.
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Macon
J. J. Hanson
Central of Georgia Railroad Company
Hanson
Frisco Briber Sentenced in Franchise Vote Case
San Francisco official Louis I. Gloss, vice president of Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph, convicted of bribing Supervisor Longerman to oppose granting a Money Pol company franchise. Judge Lacher sentenced him to five years in San Quentin State Prison.
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San Francisco
Louis I. Gloss
Pacific States Telephone & Telelegraph Company
Longerman
Money Pol ”Ophone Company
Superor
Lacher
Ban Quentin
13 Year Old Abbeville Assault Case Revealed
A 13 year old Tillman Black abducted a six year old girl near Level Land between Abbeville and Anderson counties. The girl was not seriously harmed. Black was brought to Abbeville, charged, and the grand jury returned a true bill. Other notes report two youths jailed for breaking into a home near Summit and the appointment of a new field secretary for the South Carolina Sunday School Association.
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Abbeville
J. Wilson
Level Land
Tillman Black
Anderson
Black
DeWitt Hat
Hall
Constable Wilson
J. A. Anderson
Grand
Meeting of the Committee Forms in Greenwood Aug
The meeting notes Captain J Adger Smith and Mr Ways chosen for temporary Raleigh duties with headquarters at Pelzer. Ways to start within ten days to oversee Sun lay school work in Randolph County North Carolina. War department reports carbine exchanges for revolvers unlikely due to a five thousand dollar SC charge and four hundred pistols and holsters if needed for the militia. Commissioner Watson plans to visit southern cities to support a new immigrant line Trieste to Charleston. Cotton Seed Crushers discuss seed value and oil as stock feed. crops suffer from a dry hot wave with cotton deteriorating and late-planted corn prospects dim.
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J. Adger ‘Smith
Greenwood
Ways
Pelzer
Way
Randolph County
Carolina
Columbia
Ansel
War Department
South Carolina
Watson
Atlanta
Mobile
Birmingham
Trieste
Charleston
Alabama
Georgia
Hayward
Southern Immigration Association
Columbia, Special
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Palmetto
Chamber
Hig
Sear
Bowity
Tanda
Navy Yard
Abbeville County
Lyon
T. PoCothran
Guile Gag
Wait-Wear
Caer
The
Spartanburg
Asheville
Rowe & Rowe
Converse Street‘ Crossing
Lorss
Dean Dent
Spertanburg
RG Durham
1. I. ‘Avance
B. Grynat
Aiken
Cits Council
Patterson
Newberry
Tg, Willems
Darky
Silver Street
Ho Jennings
Orangeburg
Robert See Jennings
Jane
Sf Jennings
W. J. Douglas
B. M. Lightfoot
Douglas
BE. Me Lighfoot
Hary C. Wannamaker
Bennettsville
Marlboro
Bennettaville
John Hollis
Hollis
Union Station
Street
Colleton
Colleton County
Adams Run
Chester
J. W. Dunovant
State Board of Railroad Assessors
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Mr. Adolphus Brice
Spartanburg, Special
Adolphun Brice
Roebuck
Joyner Pardov
Samuel Joyner
W. C. Benet
Richard E. Brabham
Eastover
F. K. Weston
Richland
Rock Island Express
M'Kinley
Bride
Chicago Company
Charotte
Bristol
Virginia and Southwestern Railway
Phillips
Pacife Ocean
Golden Gate
Dei
Comer
Cardinal Gibbons
Newf York
Ned
Standard Oil
Central
Frisco
Moyer
Studebaker
Broad Street
Augusta
W. H. Harling
AGT
Farmers Bank of
Edgefield
8.C
Lexington
Asbill
Leesville
Anderson Sligh
Summit
Norman Riley
Alabama City
Ala
Charley Driggers
Columbus
Batesbury
Gilbert
Greenville
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