Indictments Return Charges Against Beavers Machen and Allies
A Washington report states United States Attorney Beach Friday announced seven indictments by a grand jury naming George W. Beavers August W. Machen James W. Erwin George H. Huntington Isaac S. McGeshan Eugene D. Scheble and others. Conspiracies to defraud the United States bribery and bribery counts focus on the postal service letter boxes and package devices tied to the Columbia Supply Company and Mayberry & Bilis. The cases detail stock transfers, contracts, and payments tied to post office box projects with the defendants alleged to have used dummy names and inflated profits. Public officials and private firms faced accusations of systematic overcharging and improper compensation.
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Washington
United States Attorney -Beach
George W. Beavers
Post Office
August W. Machen
Postoffice Department
James W. Erwin
Postoffice
San Franciso
George H. Huntington
Isaac 5. McGeshan
New York City
Columbia Supply Company
Eugene D. Echeble
Toledo
Oho
Mayberry & Bilis
Detroit
Micl
Beavers
Machen
Scheble
McGeshan
United States
McGee
Montague d
Weste Pidges
Daniel Sighardson
Erwin
Deavers
Heath
Richardson
McGlehan
Columbia Supply “Company
New York
Schelie
Mayberry
Mich
Aement
Pehebel and
Machea
Star
Mayebury
Ellis
Schebel
Women War on Smoot Strong Fight in Senate Battle
The National Woman s Christian Temperance Union launches a nationwide campaign against Utah Senator Reed Smoot. About ten thousand letters are sent from the Evanston headquarters to local branches with petition forms urging Senate investigation into charges against Smoot.
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Utah
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Senate
Reed Smoot
United States Senate
Evanston
Beavers Retains Counsel in Subpoena Case
George W. Beavers, former head of the salaries and allowances division, has retained a Washington firm as counsel. A subpoena was served on the postmaster general directing production of the salary and allowance division records.
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George’ W. Beavers
Division of
Jones and Akerman clash in Cartersville street fight
In Cartersville Georgia Monday SAM JONES sparred with Postmaster Akerman amid a dispute over wine sales at a tabernacle gathering. Jones denounced wine distribution and threatened to report Akerman to President Roosevelt if he did not stop. The altercation ended with both men striking each other as bystanders intervened.
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Cartersville
P. Jones
Akerman
Mr. Jones
Tabernacle
Jones
Sokerman
Roosevelt
Jones Ward
Mr. Henad
Rev. Jones
Mr.ones
Mr.Jones
Sermor
Church
Ake
Babbath
Judge
Gherltt
Northwest Snow Whelmeds Crops Damaged Nationwide
A St Paul dispatch reports severe northwest weather with eight inch rainfall in forty eight hours. Crops damaged to the extent of millions of dollars as most grain is buried under snow and water. Rail traffic suffers with dozens of washouts and derailments, railways strained to keep service and safety.
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St. Paul
Minn
Northwest
Iing
Northwestern Railways
Hunter's Horrible Mistake Claims Grandchild While Hunting
Lancaster dispatch: Major J. IM. Riddle, proprietor of The Lancaster Review, took his eight year old grandson for a squirrel while on a Chester county hunting trip. He fired, mortally wounding the boy as dawn broke Friday near the riverbank. The tragedy follows a misidentification during a routine hunt.
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Lancaster
J. IM. “Riddle
Lancaster Review
W. Ie Riddle, Jr
Sahnert -Mackerell
Chester County
Riddle
Benator Platt Favors Roosevelt Nomination
United States Platt of Connecticut favors nominating President Roosevelt as head of the Republican national ticket. This is his first expression on the subject. Two men killed and five injured in a boiler explosion Friday at Buchanan Lumber Company mill in Jackson County Ni0.
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Benator Platt
Roosevelt
United States
Platt
Connecticut
Boller
Buchanan Lumber Company
Jackson County
Pensions Roll Near Million as War Veterans Dominate
The annual pension report by Commissioner Ware shows 996,545 people on the rolls, with 729,356 soldiers and 267,189 widows and dependents. The cost per capita is $1.75, and reforms include stricter vetting, crime-based disqualifications, and civil service boards for examinations. The 1903 total disbursements across wars amount to $3,038,623,590.
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Commissioner of Pensions
Ware
Spain
Return of Jack Reid From the West to His Georgia Home
A Griffin resident claims to be Jack Reid, thought dead over twenty years. His tale includes a California fortune lost, a troubled marriage, and a final move to Central America, with a recent return to Griffin to prove his identity.
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Reid
Jack Reid
Griffin
Georgia
Guardia
Boston
Lefe
Far West
West
California
Texas
Dei
Jack
Central
America
Tater
South America
Peru
Storm Warning Issued by Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau notes a disturbance over the western Bahamas that intensified through Thursday with little movement and observations from the Florida peninsula. A local disturbance near the mouth of the Mississippi is reported. No future development or direction can be given, but storm warnings were ordered from Charleston to New Orleans and advices sent to Atlantic and gulf ports.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Bahamas
Florida Peninsula
Mississippi River
Charleston
New Orleans
Atlantic
Gulf Ports
Editor's Home Demolished After Saloons Stance
The home of Fred Rohr, editor of The Berne India Witness, was heavily wrecked by dynamite early Thursday. The Rohr family were rescued with slight injuries. Rohr's paper has led opposition to licensed saloons in the area.
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Rohr
Fred Rohr
Berne, India
Georgia State Health Board Organized in Atlanta
The Georgia state board of health was perfected at an Atlanta meeting with officers elected. Dr Willis F Westmoreland of Atlanta was chosen president and Dr H F Harris, also of Atlanta, secretary. The permanent organization was finalized in a brief executive session led by Dr A P Taylor of Thomasville, with Dr R M Harbin of Rome acting as secretary. The session took place in the capitol senate chamber.
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Atlanta
Georgia State Board of Health
Willis F. Westmoreland
H. F. Harris
City
A. P. Taylor
Thomasville
R. M. Harbin
Rome
Senate Chamber
Capitol
General strike hits Nelson Morfly plant in St Joseph
A general strike was ordered at the Nelson Morfly packing plant on South St. Joseph Mo at noon Thursday and the plant stood still. The action followed the superintendent's refusal to discharge a foreman accused of unfair conduct toward union workers. About twelve hundred men participated.
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St. Joseph
Nelson Morfly
South St. Joseph
British protests over American seizure near Borneo
The British foreign office in London lodged representations with Washington over United States gunboat actions off northwest British North Borneo. The Iroquois reportedly seized two to three islands near Darvel Bay, long under British administration, prompting a formal diplomatic note from Mr. Raikes in Bar Harbor to Washington.
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Borneo
Foreign Office
London
Washington
Anent
British North ‘Borneo
Troquois
Sandakan
British North Borneo
Porneo
Darvel Bay
Feglecte
State Department
Raikes
Bar Harbor
Atlanta Fire Chief Joyner elected head of international association
Ullef W. R. Joyner of the Atlanta fire department was elected president of the International Association of Wire Chiefs at Atlantic City New Jersey Thursday night. Joyner’s name was presented without contest and other candidates withdrew, his election was made unanimous. The association includes five city fire chiefs from Europe and America.
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J. R. Joyner
Ineternational Association
Ullef W. R. Joyner
Atlanta Ga
International Association of Wire Chiefs
Atlantic City
N. J
Colef Joyner
Demand to remove Reshid Pasha from Beirut governorship
Thursday reports from Constantinople state United States Minister Leischman presented a demand to the Turkish government for the dismissal of Reshid Pasha, viceroy of Beirut, on the grounds that American lives and property in Beirut are at risk while he remains in office.
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Leischman
Constantinople
United States
Reshid Pasha
Valjed
Beirut
Deirut
Storm wrecks ships and tears Florida towns apart
Disaster from a Florida storm reaches Jacksonville by mail and rail as Inchulva goes ashore near Boynton with nine drowned including the engineer. The schooner Martha T. Thomas is wrecked near Jupiter with all crew saved. Palm Beach suffers major damage to blocks and buildings, while Tampa faces at least 50 000 dollars in losses and factory damage in Ybor City. railways halted and telegraph lines down.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Inchulva
Liverpool
Inch Shipping Company
Galveston
Hampton Roads
Boynton
Martha
Watts
Apalachicsa
Baltimore
Jupiter
Palm Beach
Grunder
Nertissus Street
Seminole
Palm
Lake Worth News
Masonic Temple
Dadé Count
State Bank
Jefferson
Lake Front
Royal
Poinciana
Plant City
Tampa
Ybor City
Statistical contest records span multiple dates and figures
The fragment outlines annual contest statistics from September 1 to January 12, listing figures such as 6,070,773 and 6,259,178 along with several other numbers. The text is garbled, but indicates a sequence of year to year values and totals. No clear entities or events are fully discernible.
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U.S
Ardi “Wyotal
Illicit Distilleries Nabbed in Four States
Revenue Agent David A. Gates reports figures for illicit distilleries seized by his department through June 9, 1903. Georgia totals 600, up from about 500 the year prior. Alabama 112. Florida 16. and northern Mississippi 5.
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Gates
Internal Revenue
David A. Gates
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Bulgaria warns allies over Macedonian massacres and mobilization
A Sofia special reports Bulgaria’s foreign ministry delivered a note to the great powers saying the Ottoman forces massacre Christians in Macedonia and Turkey has mobilized its army beyond suppression aims. Bulgaria threatens decisive action if Europe does not intervene, linking it to possible guerrilla co operation with revolutionaries and a broader war risk. Prince Ferdinand plans to return to Sofia soon with decisive steps anticipated.
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Sofia
Bui- Ex
Macedona
Turey
Bulgaria
London
Macedonia
Europe
Ferdinand
Buxingrad
Blizzard Like Snow Hits North Dakota and Minnesota
A Dickinson North Dakota dispatch reports persistent snowfall since last night with six inches on the ground and blizzard conditions, uprooting trees and telegraph lines and delaying traffic. Staples Minnesota also records heavy wet snow after an all night rain, with crop prospects looking grim.
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Minnesota
Dickinson
N. Dak
Staples
Minn
State Attorneys Move to Remove Judge Townsend in Tillman Case
South Carolina state attorneys inform Chief Justice Pope that Judge Townsend is objectionable as trial judge in the Tillman case. They move to revoke Townsend's order and seek appointment of another presiding officer for the trial.
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South Carolina
Tillman
Pope
Townsend
Longshoremen Strike Ends in New Orleans
Longshoremen at New Orleans suspend the eight-man hatch demand and resume work Monday across eighteen ships awaiting cargoes. The Southern Pacific Company opposed the union, but the dispute was settled with all workers back on the docks.
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New Orleans
Southern Pacific Company
Ym Troughs Handiera
Watery Grave for Five Men in Pine Lake Collision
Five men from East Jordan Michigan were drowned after a collision on Pine Lake Saturday evening when the steam yacht Pilgrish struck a naphtha launch carrying thirteen men returning from a ball game at Harbor Springs. The crash occurred about eight o'clock a half mile from shore.
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East Jordan
Mich
Pine
Harbor Springs
Triple Tragedy in Texas at Edna Jail
In Edna Texas Sunday afternoon Sheriff George F Wharton and Deputy Frank Brugh arrested a Philadelphia man named McCagle on a swindling charge. At jail the prisoner drew a revolver and killed both officers before the sheriff fatally shot the prisoner. Wharton died at once and Brugh died an hour later.
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Edna
Texas
George F. Wharton
Frank ,Brugh
McCagle
Philadelphia
Sheriff Wharton
Wharton
Brugh
Noted Kentuckian Dead Captor of Morgan and Secession foe
Colonel R. T. Jacob, a prominent Civil War figure who saved Kentucky from secession and captured General John Morgan, died at his Louisville home at 78. He later served as lieutenant governor of Kentucky.
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State
Morgan
R. T. Jacob
Louisville
Jacob
Kentucky
John Morgan
Russia Tightens Its Grip on Manchuria Evacuation
The British foreign office reports a Pekin dispatch dated September 10 stating the Russian minister in Beijing added two new conditions to those tied to China’s evacuation of Manchuria, extending the dispute in the region.
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China
Manchuria
London
Pekin
Prof Thos H Hawes Ends His Life In Atlanta Hotel
Athens Georgia, Professor Thomas N Hawes was found dead in a Cannon house Atlanta room with four throat gashes and a razor nearby. He had apparently been dead about twenty four hours and is believed to have taken his own life due to ill health.
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Thos. H. Hawes
Atlanta
Thomas N. Hawes
Athens
Cannon House
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