Bloody rope souvenirs and Cairo lynching turmoil
Cairo reports five militia companies deployed around the jail after a white man and a Black suspect linked to Miss Pelley’s murder are attacked by mobs. James is lynched, head removed, rope passes as relics. Alexander hides as troops deter further violence. Governor Deneen orders extra regiments amid fear of a race war.
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Cairo
Alexander
James
Arthur Alexander
Anna Pelley
Ill
Will James
Annie Pelley
Uag
Henry Salzner
Salzner
Salazner
Twenty-first
Washington Streets
Brate
Indictment Opens Prosecution of Sugar Trust Agents for Fraud
Savannah Ga Nov 12 Promotions were the order in the election of officers of the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masonry at the convention here yesterday New officers named include Nathan Q Kingsbury Austin Minn as General grand high priest Bernard G Will Henderson Ky as Deputy general grand high priest George Carson Washington DC as General grand king Frederick W Craig Des Moines Iowa as General grand scribe William F Kuhn St Joseph Mo as General grand captain of the host Bester G Brown Topeka Kan as General grand principal sojourner Charles N Rix Hot Springs Ark as General grand royal arch captain and J Albert Blake Boston as General grand master of the third veil.
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Savannah
Royal Arch Masony
Nathan Q. Kingsbury
Austin
Minn
Bernard G. Will
Henderson
George Carson
Washington, D. C
Frederick W. Craig
Des Moines
Iowa
William F. Kuhn
St. Joseph
Boy Bandit Not Crazy Says His Father in New Albany
Harry Alexander a bank janitor was arrested in New Albany Indiana as part of an investigation into an attempted robbery at Merchants National Bank. The gunman Thomas Jefferson Heal wounded three men Fawcett Woodward and Tucker. Heal is described as the son of a local merchant and his father insists he is not insane, just mean.
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New Albany
Ind
Harry Alexander
Merchan‘s
National Bank
Thomas Jefferson Heal
Fawcett, Woodward and Tucker
Hoal
Taft and Sherman Help Install a College Head
Taft and Sherman arrive Middletown to install a new college head amid an East–West gathering of educators. Taft wears cap and gown as Shanklin delivers inaugural remarks. Honorary degrees awarded. a later armory dedication and state ball planned. A severed domestic tragedy involving Elmer Ellsworth Brown’s family is noted.
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Middletown
Conn
Taft
New Haven
Sherman
William Arnold Kent
Wesleyan Untity
Tagé
Shanklin
Hadley
Yale
Abram W. Harris
M. W. Stryker
Arthur T. Vanderbilt
Root
New York
Stephen H. Olin
Fisk Hall
Fayerweather Gymnasium
Hartford
Richard Watson Cooper
Upper Iowa University
George William Knox
Union Theological Seminary
Thomas Nicholson
Board of Education
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
William Howard Taft
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Elihu Root
Elmer Ellsworth Brown
United States Commissioner of Education
Rivers and Harbors to Get Funds in Coming Year
Washington reports General Marshall, chief of engineers, estimates river and harbor improvements for the next fiscal year at 27,038,087 dollars, not counting over 9 million dollars for continuing contracts.
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Washington
Marshall
United States Army
No More Car Shortage Declared by Rail Officials
Chicago is told by prominent railway officials that the danger of a car shortage has passed. Most lines centered in Chicago are taking steps to ease shipper concerns, with the Northwestern Railway reporting 100000 more loaded cars in October than a year earlier. Shippers and receivers are credited for helping expand facilities and reducing reliance on cars as storage.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Gompers Explains Contempt Case at Labor Convention
Toronto on November 12 reports President Gompers spent time explaining to the American Federation of Labor convention the status of contempt proceedings that led to Mitchell and Morrison being sent to jail.
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Toronto
Ont
Gompers
American of Labor
Mitchell
Morrison
Poison killed Cleminson's wife in chloroform death
Chicago is November 12. Medical experts reaffirmed earlier testimony in the Cleminson trial that Mrs. Cleminson died from chloroform. The corroborating evidence supports the conclusion of a chloroform related death in the ongoing trial.
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Cleminson
Chicago
Surgeon Mayer Chooses Command Of Solace Hospital Ship
Washington November 12 Secretary of the Navy Meyer settled the debate over whether a line officer or a medical officer should command the hospital ship Solace. The move aligns with Roosevelt administration policy guiding naval leadership assignments.
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Pickrell
Medical Corps
Meyer
Roosevelt
Assessments Confirmed By Judge Olmsted in County Court
Judge R W Olmsted confirmed two improvement assessments in county court yesterday. One covered the Seventeenth street sewer tied to the Best block, with no rebate allowed after an order. No objections were filed. A rebate of 125 dollars to the Lewis Roofing Co. on Twenty fourth street paving project was noted.
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Olmsted
R. W. Olmsted
Seventeenth Street
Lewis Roofing Company
Tipton Arrives at Cairo as Commission Vessel Journey Ends
The U S steamer A J Whitney docked at the local port after months at Keokuk for canal work halted by low water. The David Tipton carrying the national waterways commission reached Cairo Thursday at 1 39 pm, five hours ahead of schedule on departure, with one reef damage noted Tuesday night. the rest of the fleet remains at New Boston. Senator T E Burton reports good progress for the party.
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Or Burton
United States
A. J. Whitney
Keokuk
New Boston
United States Engineer’s
David Tipton
National Waterways Commission
Cairo
T. EB. Burton
Bryan to Tour in South America and Europe
Lincoln Neb Nov 12 William J Bryan to make a five months tour of South American countries this winter He will first go to Panama then to Brazil Band plans include early in June a trip to Europe His extended absence abroad is seen as a move to dispel talk that he will seek the vacant Nebraska senate seat
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Latin Republics
Europe
Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryans
South America
Panama
South American
Brazil
Bryan
Nebraska Senate
MEN TALKING MISSIONS NATIONAL MOVEMENT STARTED
The laymen's missionary movement convened in Washington with President Taft as the principal speaker. Organized and supported by men from nearly all churches, the national movement opened yesterday and will run through Sunday, with other prominent figures addressing the sessions.
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Washington
Taft
True Bill Found Against a Former Superintendent
Indictment against Jamesa F. Bendernagel, longtime general superintendent at American Sugar Refining Williamsburg plants, over sugar weighing frauds. The piece alleges the sugar trust stole 5 to 15 percent of duties via doctored samples, false weights, and manipulated city weighers to understate duties, with records missing and a federal case expected against a high official.
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New York
Jamesa F. Bendernagel
Williamsburg
American Sugar Refining Company
Federal Grand Jury
Sugar Trust
National Treasury
New York Custom House
Wall Street
Wilbur F. Wakeman
Gage
Treasuryment
H. O. Ha
Trust
Mr. Wakeman
Havemeyer
Wakeman
Custom House
National Board Hurries to Finish Mass of Work
Memphis Tenn November 12 The national board of arbitration began work early to resolve remaining cases and may not finish before Saturday night. President O Neill of the Western league, appointed to fill the vacancy from Joseph D O Brien, will join active work at the board’s next regular meeting.
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Memphis
Tenn
National Board of Arbitration
O'Neill
Western League
Joseph D. O'Brien
American Association
Robbers Blow Bank in Norden South Dakota Heist
Robbers blew the Norden bank in South Dakota today taking 2300 dollars. The safe and bank building were wrecked by the explosion as the robbers escaped.
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Watertown
S. D
Norden
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