Night Rider Confession Ties Rankin Killing to Lake Band
Ted Burton, self confessed night rider, recounts the Rankin murder near Reelfoot Lake and implicates about forty locals. He cites leaders Tom and Garret Johnston and William Watson, with many suspects in custody at the Samburg military base. Burton claims he aided in earlier attacks and that he informed leaders of Rankin’s hotel visit at Walnut Log before hearing shots. Local authorities withhold names to avoid unrest.
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Tiptonville
Tenn
Ted” Burton
Reelfoot Lake
Quentin Rankin
Captain Rankin
Samburg
Burton
Night Rider
Reelfoot Lake District
Lake
Justice of the Peace
Walnut Log
Night Riders
Hains
Friends
Census Reports Record Cotton Ginnings For 1908
Washington reports 6 283 780 bales ginned through Oct 18 with 25 440 active ginneries. Compared to prior years 1907 4 420 258 bales and 24 926 ginneries. 1906 4 931 621 and 26 125. 1905 4 990 566 and 26 577. Round bales 116 438. Sea island 32 462. State totals list Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky New Mexico Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia with bales and ginneries. Corrected ginned total to Sept 25 is 2 590 639 bales.
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Washington
D. C
Sea Island
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
New Mexico
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Twice Honored in a Week Weld Receives Medal and Lieutenancy
Sergeant Seth T. Weld of the Eighth Infantry U S S A earned a congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in the Philippines and has been appointed a second lieutenant of the Philippine Scouts. Weld, seriously wounded in both arms, rescued two wounded comrades from Pulajan band on Leyte years ago.
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Seth T. Weld
Camp Atascadtro
Cal
Philippines
Eighth Infantry
Washington
Philippine Scouts
Weld
Leyte
Vast list of late news notes from across world regions
A wide compilation reports grasshopper invasions in Alabama and Mexico's political shifts, opium trade reforms in China, farm drawings at Rosebud, rising Mexico coffee output, Argentine railway growth plans, Mississippi lumber demand, Chicago Moody church threats, Kansas wheat and corn yields, higher farm values in Kansas, actor Gus Rogers' death, New York trunk factory fire, and U.S. pottery trade links. It also notes bank examinations, Serb trade figures, Hepburn law cases, Brownsville echoes, and 1907 oil production trends with government payroll orders for election travel.
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Hiowah County
Alabama
Diaz
Mexico
el Rio del Hegar
Mexco City
Mississippi
Moody Church
Chicago
A. C. Dixon
Kansas
Board of Agriculture of
Gus Rogers
Rogers Brothers
New York
Rogers
Utica
N. Y
Louis Goldsmith & Son
New York City
Astley
War Preparations Made Caracas Venezuela via Willemstad
President Castro in reply to the Netherlands note refuses to revoke the May 14 decree blocking transshipment of goods to Venezuelan ports at Curacao. He urges sending a confidential agent to Caracas for an amicable settlement and notes Venezuela’s readiness for La Guaira defense with shells distributed to all coastal forts.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Willemstad
Caracao
Castro
Netherlands
Curacao
la Guaira
Emperor Mutsuhito Thanks US for Fleet Visit
The Japanese emperor expresses sincere thanks to President Roosevelt for the visit of the American fleet to Japan. He notes the reception was satisfactory and believes the event will strengthen friendship and good neighborly ties between the United States and Japan.
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Washington, D. C
Kogoro Takahira
Japan
Takahira
Roosevelt
United States of America
United States
Mutsuhito
American Wins Vanderbilt Cup In Unparalleled Race Finish
George Robertson drives Locomobile No. 16 to victory in the Vanderbilt Cup, the first American win in the international event. Spectators, 250000 strong, cheer as the US flag is raised. Lyttle's Isotta finishes second. Race distance 258.06 miles, winner’s average speed 64.3 mph, time 4 hours 0 minutes 48 seconds.
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New York City
George Robertson
United States
Robertson
Locomobile
Lyttle
Isotta
Crew Stricken by Malaria aboard Hollingside Arrives at Pensacola
The British steamer Hollingside limped into Pensacola from Oscar Africa after a 30 plus day voyage. Several crew members are down with African malarial fever, including the master who is gravely ill. The crew that brought the ship to port were weak from illness and recovering from the disease.
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Hollingside
Pensacola
Wia
Oskar Africa
Patent Models to Be Preserved in Washington
Commissioner Edward B. Moore of the patent office denies any plan to destroy the government patent models accumulated to 1880 when drawings were filed as models. Publicity claimed the 157000 models would be destroyed or scattered, drawing protests from many.
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Washington, D. C
Edward B. Moore
Patent Office
Secretary of the Interior
End of Campaign Ushers Relief Hopes for Market
The New York stock market embraced relief bets on the campaign’s end, rallying on anticipated business recovery. Prices jumped broadly with large gains in Union Pacific St Paul and National Lead while profits prompted profit-taking. Bank reserves and deposits showed strong restoration per the September banking condition report, as copper demand revived and rail orders buoyed iron and steel.
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New York City
Union Pacific
St.Paul
National
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Amalgamated Copper
Comptroller
Zeppelin Seeks New Record With 10 Passengers Aboard
The reconstructed Zeppelin air ship No 1 made a triumphal reappearance and ascent with ten passengers. The flight lasted three and a half hours at an average speed of 29.1 mph and 800 feet mean altitude. It began over Lake Constance and crossed land against a NE breeze, over the king of Württemberg’s palace, with Queen Charlotte aboard the royal yacht following. The air vessel showed increasing speed and performed impressive maneuvers at 1000 feet, including a 35 degree turn and spins while wings opened and closed like shutters.
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Freidrienshafen
Germany
Lake Constance
Church in Betting Ring at Brighton Beach Race Track
A suburban town will rise on the Brighton Beach race track site in New York City. A church will occupy the former corner once home to mutual pools. The track seller plans building lots and states they will build a church and give it away.
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Brighton Beach Race Track
New York City
Brighton Beach
Mutual Pools
Riot in Greek colony injures twenty five in St Louis
In St Louis a riot erupted after the arrest of William Sarkis for fighting in the Greek colony. Over twenty five persons including twenty five men and women and two policemen were injured, some seriously, and a dozen Greeks were arrested.
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St. Louis
William Sarkis
Graft Probe Links Havana Treasurer to $200,000 Theft
The third major graft case in two months centers on Miguel de la Torre, Havana fiscal zone treasurer, accused of rifling nearly $200,000 from the treasury and remaining silent on the missing funds. Two UPenn medical students gathered venomous snakes in Arizona earning $1,500 to ship to Paris for sale.
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Miguel de la Torre
Havana
Treasury Department
University of Pennsylvania
Arizona
Paris
Plans Outlined For Roosevelt Africa Hunting Trip
Washington reports outline President Roosevelt's African hunt with son Kermit as official photographer and two National Museum naturalists. The party travels by steam from Alexandria through Suez to Lake Victoria Nyanza, then by rail to plateau of Ngan for big game. Natives and guides to be employed. a caravan runs from Uganda railway terminus to the Nile. Mrs Roosevelt may meet at Khartoum.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Joseph C. Hartsell
Methodist Church
Africa
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Red Fy
Mombasa
British East Africa
Mombbuse
London
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Ngan
Lake Victoria Nyan
Kermit
National Museum
Uganda
Nile
Directors Made Responsible New Order of Comptroller
Washington dispatch says Comptroller Murray orders national bank examiners to convene the bank’s directors during examinations and question them with twenty five items aimed at exposing directors relation to executive conduct and knowledge of the bank’s paper. It is described as the first full official inquiry into bank director relations.
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Washington, D. C
Murray
Adver tisement Hysteria Aimed at a Husband Survives
A Washington man believes some ads should be barred by law after his wife fainted on reading a feminine handwriting style ad. The letter, an imitation of a woman's note promoting a remedy, was harmless and caused hysteria though no law covers such cases.
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Washington, D. C
West
Ex-Governor Miller Rejects $200,000 Lottery Bribe
The North Dakota ex-governor John Miller, famed for battling the Louisiana lottery, reportedly refused a $200,000 bribe brought by a Louisiana Lottery Co representative. Miller, held in high regard for his anti-lottery stance, dismissed the offer and expelled the bidder from his office.
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Miller
Louisiana Lottery Co
Duluth
Minn
John Miller
North Dakota
Mr. Miller
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Burton Tella
Rankin
Kilfing
Department of Commerce and Labor
Servia
Supreme Court of
Bonaparte
Brownsville
Supreme Court of the United States
Oscar W. Reid
Reid
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Geological Survey
Illinois
California
White House
Holland
Emperor OF
President Roosevelt
Zeppelin
Church
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