Jett and White Convicted. Life Terms in Breathitt County
Jury finds Curtis Jett and Thomas White guilty of the Jackson assassination of James B. Marcum. Both receive life imprisonment after a lengthy trial amid fear of the death penalty. Defense plans a new trial, while supporters of the commonwealth fear a harsh outcome may be overturned on appeal. The case marks the first major conviction in Breathitt County feud violence, following troop protection and a delayed verdict related to punishment.
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Curtis Jett
Thomas White
James B. Marcum
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Jett
White
Golden
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Breathitt County
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Army of the
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Supreme Court
Nooner
General Young
Army
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Henry C. Corbin
William H. Caster
Wallace F. Randolph
War College Board
Tasker H. Bliss
Alexander Maykin
Willian P. Hall
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War Department
Chief of Staff
Om-Cial
W. P. Hall
Corbett Easy For Jeffries In Short San Francisco Bout
In San Francisco James J. Jeffries defeated Jim Corbett in a nine and a half round fight. Corbett’s seconds halted the match to spare him further punishment after Jeffries landed a crushing left and then a right to Corbett’s midsection. The stoppage followed an exchange that echoed the Fitzsimmons and Sullivan era in Carson City.
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Frisco
San Francisco
James J. Jeffries
Jim Corbett
Corbett
Graney
Jeffries
John L. Sullivan
Carson City
Nevada
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jim
Maniac Band Shooting Claims Seven in Wingfield Kans Tragedy
Seven persons die and many are injured after Gilbert Ewings opens fire at a Winfield Kansas band concert. Three more victims succumb, while Elmer Farnsworth Otis Carter and others remain in critical or dying condition. Police report a crowd scene and ongoing medical updates.
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Wingstt
Acansas
Fifteen inmates escape Beaufort County jail in Washington NC
A Washington North Carolina dispatch reports fifteen prisoners escaped from Beaufort County jail Friday morning. The group, all Black, included two charged with serious offenses while the rest faced minor charges. The jailer failed to lock cells and the men dug through the wall to freedom.
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Washington
North Carolina
Beaufort County
Wheat Reaches One Dollar on Minneapolis Wheat Market
The Minneapolis wheat market saw cash wheat at one dollar with sales at that level. Later bids at 1.01 and asks at 1.02 appeared, while the September option climbed to 8.5, the peak in fourteen years.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Leiter
Russia to Send Black Sea Fleet to Turkish Waters
A Russian squadron from the Black Sea Fleet has been ordered to sail for Turkish waters. The move, telegraphed from Sebastopol to the Russian ambassador at Constantinople, signals Russia’s demand for full satisfaction over the murder of its consul at Monastir by a Turkish gendarme.
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Black Sea
Sebastopol
Constantinople
Russia
Monastir
A. EB. Batson
Lake Charles
Coal and Coke Company
Birmingham
Ala
Macon
Root
Jett
White
Marcum
Dixon, Ills
Grosscup
Edward
New York
Seaboard Air Line
Rock Island
Frisco
Mississippi River
Fourteen Strikers Killed in Kiev Area Clash
A London Times correspondent reports fourteen strikers slain and 100 to 150 wounded in a military assault near Kiev. troops fired volleys into the protesters at close quarters.
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Kieff
The
London Times
Bulgarian Government Maps Ottoman Atrocities in Macedonia
The Bulgarian memorandum to the powers details three months of Turkish abuses in European Turkey. It cites 181 cases including massacres, torture, arson, and village pillage in Salonica and surrounding vilayets, with dates in early July and targets across Tikvesh and Monastir districts.
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Tlavet
Smerdesch
Baldevo
Banitza
Techourilovo
Karbinza
Moghila
Enidje
Patchwork of 1908 Headlines From scattered items
A collage of brief items notes wage disputes in Brunswick, burial of Lewis Wiggins in Columbus, a N C vote on taxation, Florence tobacco boycott, Georgia and Alabama political moves, presidential sermons and opinions on lynching, canal treaties, Panama, prison escapes, and other regional happenings including a lynching rumor denial, colonial prorogation, and warnings of a Mexican boll weevil threat.
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Lewis Wiggins
Shenandoah
Seac
Columbus
Rajeith
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Florence
Tobacco Trust
Alabeman
Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Panama
Treaty Rejected In Colombia Delays Panama Pact
Reports from Bogota say the Colombian senate unanimously rejected the Panama canal treaty. President Marroquin seeks a new agreement not requiring further ratification, while U S officials weigh reopening negotiations. Senators objected to sovereignty and land lease terms, with assurances of no immediate comment from President Roosevelt.
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Panama
Marroquin
Congress
United States
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Panama Canal Company
Sagamore Hill
Washington
State Department
Beaupre
Adee
Republic of Colombia
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Herran
Ricos
Merger Documents Filed for Sea Board Air Line and Florida Central
Articles of agreement of merger and consolidation were filed in Montgomery Alabama on Saturday in the secretary of state’s office. The Sea Board Air Line Railway and the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company are the merging parties.
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Secretary of State
Montgomery
Ala
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company
Cincinnati Adopts Adjourned Democratic Convention For Johnson
Report from Cincinnati describes a Friday night gathering labeled an adjourned democratic convention of Femilton county. Delegates chosen at the meeting are expected to back Mayor Tom L Johnson for the governor nomination while the prior convention slate supports John L Zimmerman of Springfield.
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Cincinnati
Tom L. Johnson
Familton County
Shanghaied Boys Detained by Consuls in Santos Case
United States commissioner in Savannah Georgia opens investigation into John Olsen charged with shanghaing Rucker Gee and John Seago both Atlanta and Savannah youths. They allegedly were shipped aboard the Kambrin to Santos Brazil for detention.
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Reina Castillo
Cabrera
Guatemala
Balkans
Albany
Hartsfield
Atlanta
Savannah
Santos
Brazil
Washington, N
Tennessee
St. Louis
United States
John Olsen
Kansas City Flood Reaches New High Since June Freshet
A special report notes the Kansas River floods the two Kansas Citys with boats shuttling people as the James Street bridge and the Metropolitan Street Railway bridge are washed away. The river rises higher than during the June flood.
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James Street
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Kansas River
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