Jackson feud erupts as judge seeks militia protection
Special to the Evening Post reports Jackson Kentucky is gripped by terror amid the Hargis faction feud. Judge Carnes requests fifty soldiers from Governor Beckham to guard him during the trial of James Hargis Edward Callahan and others for the Cox murder, as armed townsmen crowd Jackson and threaten violence.
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Louisville
Jackson
Hargis
Jas. K Bargis
Edward Callahan
Cox
Carnes
Beckham
Breathitt
Attornys
Commonwealth
Court of Appeals
Jouett
Lesington
Lexington
Frankfort
Jouetta
Lawles
Jackon
W. A. Young
Byrd
Hérgis
Afernoon
Judge Carnes
Water
James MN. Marcum
James Cockrell
Callahan
Smith
Abner
Jeckson
Troopa
James Hargis
Id Callahan
John Smith
John Abner
B. D. Cox
Foraker and Tillman to Speak on Brownsville Inquiry
Washington Jan 10 Senator Poraker announced in the senate his plan to push a Saturday vote on a resolution for investigating the Brownsville affair that led to the discharge of the Twenty-orth Infantry negro troops. Senator Tillman also gave notice of a Saturday speech on the same topic.
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Foraker
Tillman
Washington
Poraker
Senate
Brownsville
Twenty-orth Infantry
Tima
Peru Mine Disaster Claims Demons and Dynamite Blast
An early 20th century report describes a mine explosion near Peru on January 10 that caused a collapse and damage. It mentions the Amagaoa mining area, Americana ore, and a confrontation involving a demonized project and the Murano company. The event details a mine being dynamited and subsequent injuries.
Mob Lynches Man for Double Murder in Iowa
A mob of over a thousand in Charles City, Iowa, forcibly broke into the jail and hanged James Cullen after he killed his wife and stepson early Tuesday. Cullen, 60, had been demented for years and claimed self defense. A large crowd including ministers and women witnessed the lynching by the Cedar River bridge.
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Waterloo
Lowa
Charles City
Iowa
James Cullen
Cullen
Cedar River
Ike
Negro Henry Walker Executed for Holt Shooting in Graham
Henry Walker, a Graham resident, was hanged for burglary and the Holt shooting incident. He denied the confession made in jail, insisting he did not shoot Colonel L Banka Holt, a prominent cotton manufacturer and public figure who survived injuries and recovered after weeks in the hospital.
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North Carolina
Raugh
N. C
Henry Walker
L. Banka Holt
Graham
Holt
Walker
Honduras Revolt Seen as No Consequence
Report from City of Mexico on January 10 notes well informed locals expect the Honduras uprising to fail. They say the sole hope for success rests with the rebel Sal far leader, who is effectively prisoner in Salvador and bound by a deal with President Bonilla to not leave.
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City of
Mexico
Honduras
Bonilla
Salvador
Judson in critical condition after paralysis stroke
Greenville January 10 Dr Charles Hallette Judson Furman University figure for 55 years is critically ill after a stroke Monday at noon The left side and throat are affected physicians say the stroke signals the start of his final dissolution and no permanent improvement is expected given his advanced age
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Judgon
Greenville
D. C
Charles Hallette Judson
Furman University
Nes
Elde
Gendarme Chief Killed in Lodz Shooting
Colonel Patko Andrieff, chief of the Lods district gendarmes, was fatally shot on Puluniowa Street. An infantry patrol fired on the assailant, wounding several bystanders as soldiers sealed the street and mounted a house-to-house search.
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Lodz
Russian
Poland
Patko Andrieff
Lods
Puluniowa Street
Puludniowa Street
Severe beating by Gaines leaves boy near death at Salkehatchie
In Barnwell on January 10 a man named Granderson Gaines tied his 15 year old son Dan at Asserys Crossing on the Salkehatchie river and beat him with a fence rail. The blow fractured his skull and arm and the rail was stained with blood. A strong public sentiment against Gaines followed and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
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Barnwell
Granderson Gaines
Dan
Asserys Crossing
Salkehatchie
Gaines
Fatal Shooting at York Festival Leaves Suspect At Large
At a festival near the Sylecan plant John Barron, a Black man, was shot by Zeke Ragsdale after a dispute. Barron died later. the coroner's jury verdict supports the incident as a fatal shooting. Ragsdale fled the scene and remains uncaptured.
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York
Rock Hill
8. C
Zeke Ragsdale
John Barron
Ragsdale
Barron
Glenn to Prosecute Blackburn for Criminal Charges
Governor Glenn says upon congressional adjournment in March he will move to have Congressman B Spencer Blackburn arrested and brought back to North Carolina to answer criminal charges. Blackburn's term ends March 4. The action targets Blackburn over alleged offenses and is to be pursued immediately after adjournment.
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Glenn
Blackburn
Raleigh
N. C
B.spencer Blackburn
C. North Carolina
Steel Plant Disaster Kills 24 At Jane and Lughlin Works
A gas explosion at the Bilsa furnaces of the Jane and Lughlin steel works in Pittsburg Pennsylvania on a Wednesday night killed 24 workers and severely injured seven more. Of 35 men employed, 12 remain unaccounted for as rescuers search through molten metal and debris. Company officials blame a weak seal at the furnace bottom, with extensive damage including stockhouse and office buildings.
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Pittsburg
Bilsa
Jane & Lughlin Steel Works
John Cramer
Andrew Featherka
Gustave Keesler
George Cox
Megaier
Suspicion Mounts As Two Reach Macon Jail
Two young men held in Macon city jail await Detroit authorities regarding alleged fund solicitation for Switchmen's union No. 13. They reportedly collected money from C. P. Willingham B. Wolff N. M. Block and others. Named as Charles C. Randall and H. B. Jones they were arrested and detained for investigation.
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Macon
Detroit
Switchmen's Union
C. P. Willingham
B. Wolff
N. M. Block
Charles C. Randall
H. B. Jones
Chinese to Dig Canal Urged by U S Army Official
Colonel H O Hetlsland chief of staff urged employing Chinese labor in Panama Canal construction in an address to the Military Service Institution on Governors Island. He also called for repeal of laws that discriminate against Chinese.
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New York
Janu
H. O
Hetsland
Department of Cast
Pekin
Panama Canal
Military Service Institution
Governors Island
Jury Guilty Kennedy in Mail Robbery Case Sentenced
In Charleston district court the jury found Henry W. G. Kennedy guilty of removing money from a mail entrusted to him. He was sentenced to two years in the federal prison in Atlanta.
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Charleston
D. C
United States District Court
United States
Henry W. G. Kennedy
Atlanta
Page Penalty on Gallows in Warrenton
Warrenton Missouri hanged William F Church for the murder of his foster parents on August 20 1903. He was strangled to death on the gallows after being condemned for their deaths in 1903.
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Warrenton
Wiliam F. Church
Georgia Road Chartered Connects Savannah to Rossville
Secretary Phil Cook grants a charter to Savannah Augusta and Northern Railway for 101 years with main office at Statesboro. The 402 mile line would run from Savannah to the state line at Rossville via numerous counties, with endpoints at Statesboro Louisville Athens and Augusta. Incorporators include Edward M. Rice J A Brannen J G Butch Hinton Booth and others of Bulloch county.
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Savannah
Atlanta
Phil Cook
Augusta
State Line
Rossville
Chattanooga
Ihs
Objective Point
Chatham
Effingham
Bryan
Bulloch
Emanuel
Jenkins
Burke, Jefferson
Glascock
Warren
McDuffe
Wilken
Opyiethrope
Clark
Sackson
Hall
Dawson
Forsyth
Cherokee
Pickens
Gilmer
Murray
Gordon
Whitfeld
Catoosa
Walker
McDuffie County
Aide
Columbia
Richmond
Statesboro
Louisville
Athens
Edward M. Rice
New York
J. A. Brannen
J. G. Butch
Hinton Booth
R. F. Donalson
Cecil Brannen
J. B. Donahoo
B. B. Sorner
J. R. Miller
Moore
Bulloch County
Telegraphic Tidbits From the Times
Brief international notes touch on Castro rumors and a unstable condition, plans for a British mail route out of London, U S leather company merger suits in Trenton, a boxing bout at the National Athletic Club, Alfonso as committee head for a Madrid exhibtion, Eilen Terry's farewell tour, Lipton's yacht race offer for Jamestown exposition.
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Castro
London
Far East
Canada
Court of Chancery
Trenton
N. J
United States Leather Company
Central Leather Company
Tommy Merphy
New York
Young
Corbett
Madrid
Eilen Terry
United States
America
Thomas Lipton
Hampton Rosda
Levee Danger From Mississippi High Water
New Orleans reports warn that the current Mississippi flood may break levees below the city. State Engineer Lewis cautions slower ship speeds to avoid inundation over a 30 mile stretch. hundreds of thousands in orange groves and five small settlements hang at risk, with rail links essential for food cut off.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Lewis
Tig
Bodes Ill for Cuban Sugar Loans in 1907-8
The New York Tribune reports Cuban financier Nicholas Castana of Cienfuegos will refuse loans on the 1907-8 sugar crop. Castana, a Spanish banker and possibly the island’s wealthiest man, cites the U S plan to withdraw the provisional insular government and return control to Cubans.
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Bodes II
New York
the Tribune
Cuba
Nicholas Castana
Cienfuegos
Senor Castana
United States
Freight Kills Little Boy in Georgia Accident
Columbus Ga Jan 10 Council Gordon Parker six year old son of A V Parker was fatally injured at the corner of Second Avenue and Railroad Street. He tried to climb a moving freight engine and was cut in two with his body horribly mutilated. He had jumped on engines despite warnings on several occasions.
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Columbus
Council
Gordon ‘Parker
A.V. Parker
Second Avenue
Railroad
Hmttle
Historic House Damaged in Buffalo Near McKinley Residence
The former home of John O. Millburn on Delaware avenue in Buffalo was badly damaged by fire on Thursday. The house is noted as near the site where President McKinley died.
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Buffalo
John
Millburn
Delaware
McKinley
Earthquakes Reported Across Several Nations
A series of earthquake shocks were felt in Williamsport Pennsylvania and surrounding area from 4:45 to 6:30 a.m. Thursday, with buildings shaking and residents awakened over about twenty miles. Similar tremors were reported in Stockholm Sweden and Christiania Norway on the same morning, causing alarms and panicked evacuations.
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Williamsport
Fla
Earthquake Shocks Felt in Yekaterburg and Baltimore
Two light earthquake shocks were felt in Yekaterburg Russia and several points in Baltimore County Maryland at 5:45 am Thursday. Shocks were distinct and lasted about 15 seconds according to reports received.
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Russia
Yekaterburg
Baltimore
Baltimore County
Japanese Must Wait To Seek Citizenship In El Paso
Several Japanese applicants in El Paso have been advised to delay steps toward U S citizenship pending a ruling that new naturalization laws apply. In Carlisle Pennsylvania the 1879 Carlisle Indian Institute, a higher education school for Indians, faces possible abolition as a Senate subcommittee plans to strike funding, arguing the school is too distant from reservations.
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el Paso
Tex
United Gates
United. States
Wastinatomr
Carliste
I .Stitute
Been
Carlisle
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Will Try to Capture Throne revolt in Iran threatens throne
A Teheran dispatch reports the former Shah's third son has raised 19,000 troops in Laleran to seize the throne. Prospects of success are slim, but the move could cause significant trouble for the region and British interests.
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London
Daily’ Mail
Teheran
Laleran
New York Exchange Member In Trouble Over Debts
W. R. Miler of Belston Texas failed to meet obligations to New York Exchange members. Officials said the total may not exceed 100000 due to a closed contract and the issue was announced on the floor.
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N. Y
New York
W. R. Miler
Belston
Tex
New York Exchange
Powder Plant Destroyed at Hollidaysburg by Explosion
The Standard Powder Company plant near Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania was destroyed by a Thursday explosion. No lives were lost. the blaze damaged surrounding buildings and equipment, with estimates placing the loss around $100,000 as authorities assess the wreckage.
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Hollidaysburg
Standard Powder Company
Pittsburg
Hecrell Station
Savannah Woman Wounded in disputed shooting at hospital
Savannah Georgia January 10 a well known figure Rotureau a lumber inspector and veteran was shot in the left side with a bullet that may prove fatal Doctors cannot determine the outcome The couple initially claimed an accident while cleaning the pistol but a sister later heard a quarrel wife says she struck Rotureau with a whip and he fired during the struggle The incident drew wide local interest and Rotureau served in the Spanish American War with company B second Georgia regiment Greene Gaynor case moves to Chicago with attorney general Erwin while court schedules a New Orleans hearing for March 6.
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Savannah
Haepitel
Esc
Tureau
Rotureau
Bortureau
Second
Georgia Regiment
Greene-Gaynor
Diesuasion
Macon
Manon Erwin
Chicago
John F. Gaynor
Ben D D. Greenst
Hirbor
Circuit Court of
New Orleans
Mrwin
Green
Gaynor
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Terrell
Sexton
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