Ten People Shot by Maniac in San Francisco Hotel
San Francisco on Eddy Street near United States hotel 123 as Thomas Lobb barricades himself on the fourth floor and fires for hours. Nine wounded include W B Koffman and C T Chevalis. police, rifle squads, and streets evacuated. Lobb shoots himself after the siege ends.
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San Francisco
Eddy Street
Thomas Lobb
Koffman
C. T. Chevalis
W. Jones
Emil Roberta
Quong Do
George Delaughton
Vicente Romante
Joseph Larribee
Patrick Kaasan
United States
Lobb
Green
Henry Grady on Rum Threat to Home and Nation
Henry Grady describes rum as a corrosive force invading homes and the republic. He warns it tears families, drives mothers to sorrow, and strips peace from society, calling for drastic action against alcohol’s spread.
The Youths of Centralia Face A Lesson in Duty
A stern public appeal to Centralia youths 16 to 26 asks why only 10 of 100 promising boys succeed. It condemns dissipation and praises Spartan grit, urging persistence, self discipline, and hard work to win life’s rewards.
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Centralia
Schoola
Notlin
Explosion in Ekaterinoniny Kills Hundreds in Khartavik
June 18 reports an explosion at the Ivan Solliery in Khartavik belonging to the Russian Donets Company. An estimated three hundred people were killed in the blast amid Southern Russia, with details still unfolding.
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Ekaterinoniny
Russia
Hree Humred
Khartavik
Donets Company
Mrs Rogers May Never Hang In Vermont Case
Brattleboro Vermont June 22 Mrs Mary Rogers will not be hanged tomorrow Tudge Wheeler will grant an appeal tonight and the case goes to the Supreme Court Governor Bell will grant a further respite tonight It is expected the legislature will repeal capital punishment before the Washington court disposes of the case and she will probably never hang Judge Wheeler denied the petition but will issue an appeal tonight
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Brattleboro
Mary Rogers
Tudge Wheeler
Supreme Court
Bell
Philadelphia Chief of Filtration Arrested for Forgery
Philadelphia reports dramatic city events as John W. Hill, former chief of the bureau of filtration, is jailed for forgery and falsifying city records. A $700,000 McNichols contract was annulled and Hill posted bail at 10,000. Officials allege fake estimates on filtration plant work and connections to James Caven & Son. Councilman Frank H. Caven of the same firm was also arrested for oath violations in city contracts.
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John W. Hill
Bureau of Filtration
McNichols & Co
Hill
Till
McNichola & Co
James Caven & Son
Frank H. Caven
Caven
Prohibition Fight Launched in Oconee County
Wardlaw of Seneca says a prohibition election will be called in Orange county within days. Petitions are being prepared and circulated next week. He predicts a decisive vote against the dispensary, estimating at least a two to one defeat in Oconee.
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Andorson
Columbia Wardlaw
Seneca
Orange County
Wardlaw
Eta
Wife to receive $40,000 in Randolph divorce case
In Montgomery on June 24 the Supreme Court dismissed the wife’s appeal in the divorce proceedings of the late Judge Francia Randolph. The decision confirms a $40,000 settlement for the wife. In a separate note, the entire Spanish cabinet resigned and King Alfonso accepted their resignations after a failed confidence vote.
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Montgomery
Ala
Francia OG. Randolph
Supreme Court
Alfonso
Samuel Greason acquitted in local murder case
Reading June 16 Samuel Greason colored was acquitted of murdering John Edwards. Mrs Edwards wife of the murdered man fully exonerated him after testifying years ago. Edwards was killed nearly four years prior. Greason’s death warrant was issued ten times amid one of the state’s remarkable trials. Mrs Edwards, mother of Greason’s child, faces possible execution soon as governor may set a date. Also notes a new Reform weekly paper produced in Columbia by W T Crown and W C Irby Jr aiming to influence politics and promote government ownership and honest state institutions.
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Reading
Ssmuel Greasup
John Edwards
Kate Edwards
Gresnon
Edwards
Greason
Columbia
Reform
W.T. Crown
W.C. Irby, Jr
Laurens
Ita Columne
Columbia Record
President Roosevelt Receives Spanish War Extra Pay Check
Washington June 14 treasury department issued a check for 583.83 to President Roosevelt as two months extra pay for service in Cuba during the SpanishAmerican War. The payment follows Congress action of January 1900 and stems from officials at the War department auditor’s office voluntarily pursuing the claim after delay.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Roosevelt
United States
Spain
Provident
War Department
Cuba
Thia
Peoria youth hanged for January murder described in mournful terms
Peoria Michigan June 17 Olta Motta aged 21 was hanged yesterday for the murder of his wife last January. He strangled her with a ribbon proving his bravado faded on the scaffold. He expressed sorrow and asked mercy as the crowd watched the execution. In Pekin China June 10 the government urges aid for compensation of life and property losses in Manchuria, insisting Japan is liable for damages caused by the fighting.
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Peoria
Olta Motta
Gir
Hotts
Alt
Pekin
Panora
Manchuria
China
Japan
Great Fire in Moscow Causes Million-Dollar Damages
London reports from the Exchange Telegraph Company that over 3 million dollars in damages have occurred in a great Moscow fire that began at a store depots warehouse after mysterious explosions. Eight men were killed in the blasts.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Moscow
His Brother in Law Murder near Austin Today
Sidney Law age 21 was to wed this afternoon when his brother in law Walter Biles killed him thirteen miles south of Austin Texas in the morning. Lawson fired two guns at Biles and then surrendered after returning to Austin. Local jailer reports Lawson in custody awaiting further action.
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Austin
Texas
Sidney Law
Walter Biles
Laweon
Biles
Lawnod
Lawson
Normal Scholarships Open for Competitive July 7
Several normal scholarship holders have been reap pointed leaving few vacancies while others hold one or two openings. All vacancies will be filled by competitive examination July 7 at the courthouse. Counties and vacancies listed include Greenwood 9 and Richland 4 among others. State, June 18.
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Court House
Abbebeville
Barnwell
Beaufort
Berkeley
Charleston
Chester
Cheaterfield
Clarendon
Dordbenter
Datefold
Georgetown
Greenwood
Hampton
Kershaw
Lanewater
Leo
Marlboro
Newberry
Oconee
Orangeburg
Pickens
Richland
Saluda
Sumter
Union
Williamsburg
York
They Married and a barefoot voyage to Augusta
A tale begins with a hot day and a man barefoot in a field meeting a fashionable young woman who is impressed by his bare feet. Edward M. Gou, former Norfolk mayor and Confederate staffer, dies in Norfolk. A folk remedy uses raw beet to draw out poison from a wound. Clemson College students voyage from Clemson to Augusta in two small batteaux along the Seneca and Savannah rivers, enduring falls and exhausting provisions. The youths are aided by farmhouses along the way.
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Lndy
Clemson College
Clemson
Augusta
Seneca
Savannah
Storm Toll Touches Tampa With Death and Wreck
A week ago in Tampa Florida an electric storm caused a cloudburst. One seven year old girl died from lightning and property damage ran into thousands. A Roberta Georgia family battle ended with a father shooting his son after a dispute over 60 cents. A mob killed Simon Ford after a jail escape in Tennessee. Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks and his wife visited Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware during a campus outing.
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Tamps
Flo
Roberta Batting
Peninsular Telephone Exchange
A.G. Spillers
Roberta
Nbot
William Spillers
Miss Spillers
Mr. Spillora
Thinno
Charles W. Fairbanks
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Ohio
Liberty Street
Opus or Whiskey Habit Care Offered in Atlanta Notice
Notice invites every man and woman in the TL viewied states to request a free mailed book on the Opus or Whiskey habit for themselves or friends. Send Adilrosa Dr. 8 E, WOOWy Box 207, Atlanta, Ga. for delivery.
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Atlanta
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