Roosevelt Acts on Discharging Negro Troops Senate Review Now
A Brownsville Texas riot in August 1906 involved soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. Senate committee vote splits eight to five on guilt, with Foraker leading antiadministration efforts and Lodge pushing a resolution blaming some Twenty-fifth Infantry soldiers. The matter moves to the Senate floor for debate and possible restoration bill.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Washington
Brownsville
Texas
Twenty-Fifth United States Infantry
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Lodge
Foraker
DuPont
Scott
Congress
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Senator Lodge
Fort Brown
Oraker
Warner
Verdict voided as jurors fined for coin toss
Justice Guy in New York Supreme Court set aside a jury verdict in a suit against the New York City Railway for a child's death after jurors admitted they based the decision on a coin toss. All twelve jurors were fined $50 each and their names stricken from the jury list as contempt of court.
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Justice Guy
New York Supreme Court
New York City Railway Company
Lambremont Wins in Louisiana Primary Race
Lambremont is described as a winner in the Louisiana lieutenant governor primary. The report notes Lambremont and Walter Guion as candidates for general office, with the race for the register of land and related nominations, but details are unclear due to OCR errors.
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Louisi
Ana
Lambremont
Inikia Ville
Eee
Walter Guion
Register of Land
Paul Nominaues
Speer Fines Locker Club Members in Georgia Prohibition Push
Judge Emory Speer in Savannah outlines that locker and social clubs dispensing liquor are illegal if their charters violate state law or serve as fronts for liquor sales. He states every member becomes a liquor dealer under both state and federal law, tying this to race and crime themes and noting the grand jury’s composition.
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Emory Speer
Federal
Savannah
Georgia
South
Railroads Seek Extension for Nine-Hour Law Enforcement
Railways nationwide ask the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington for more time before the nine hour work limit takes effect. Thirty seven petitions filed. two denied for lack of good cause. Thirty five carriers challenge schedule citing labor shortages and financial hardship. many small stations could close if enforced.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
St. Joseph
Grafters Come to Grief Indicts of High Finance Inerance Jugglers
New York grand jury indicts Edward R. Thomas and Orlando F. Thomas on charges linked to their handling of Provident Savings Life Assurance Society funds. Both financiers face allegations of mismanagement and financial impropriety tied to the firm’s affairs.
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New York
Edward R. Thomas
Orlando F. Thomas
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Ed Turner Dies on Gallows in Tennessee Jail
Ed Turner a Kentucky feudist was hanged in the county jail at Chattanooga Tennessee on Thursday. His neck broke in the fall and he went to the scaffold without a tremor. Turner had killed his wife Lillian Turner on Lookout mountain on April 2 1907 by slitting her throat. On trial he confessed to the crime stating she had been unfaithful.
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Ed Turner
Chattanooga
Tenn
Turner
Lillian Turner
Lookout Mountain
Alabama Democrats Finalize May Primary Plans in Montgomery
Members of the Alabama Democratic campaign committee met in Montgomery to set final arrangements for the state primary on May T. The meeting covered assessments of all candidates and the opening of campaign headquarters.
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Alabama Democratic Campaign Committee
Montgomery
Alabama State Democratic Campaign Committee
Indian Senators Owen and Curtis Clash Over Cherokee Allegiance
In a dramatic Senate scene Oklahoma’s Robert N. Owen and Kansas’ Charles Curtis, both with tribal blood, argued over the status of the five civilized tribes in relation to the interior secretary. Owen demanded the word late be used to brand them as the late five civilized tribes and asserted no allegiance to the secretary. Curtis challenged his rival, prompting a tense exchange as Carter tried to mediate and defend both positions.
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Washington
Senate
Robert N. Owen
Oklahoma
Secretary of the Interior
Owen
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Five Civilized Tribes
Curtis
Mr. Owen
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Carter
Four Men Held in Ga Jail for Baxters Florida Murder
Joseph Petty, Co Axon, Matthew Rhoden and Nat Rhoden were jailed in Folkston Georgia on Tuesday charged with the murder of Dan Crews in Baxter Florida on Sunday. Crews was shot while en route to church. a bullet passed through his neck and into his nephew’s arm.
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Joseph Petty
Co. Axon
Matthew Rhoden
Nat Rhoden
Folkston
Dan Crews
Baxter
Fla
Crews
Holmes Hanged in Georgia for Doctor Sands Murder
Lee Holmes, a Black man from Glennville, was executed by hanging in Darien, Georgia, Friday for the murder of Dr. E A Sands. He offered no statement after prayer, the sheriff fixed the cap and the trap released, with death coming about twelve minutes later.
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Darien
Dr. Sands
Lee Holmes
E. A. Sands
Glennville
Bailey
Bryan Narrowly Attacks Delegation Tactics In Mississippi
William J. Bryan spoke before Mississippi legislators and thousands in Jackson on a message tied to a Commoner paragraph accusing trusts and railroads of funding loyalist delegates. He named four Kentucky Democrats as embezzlers of power and urged unity behind his nomination. The audience applauded a resolution endorsing him as the Democratic candidate.
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William J. Bryan
Jackson
Mr. Bryan
Memphis
Noel
Denver
Mississippi Valley
Bryan
Centary
House
Senate
Kentucky
Bradley
United States
Will Close Many Stations After Nine Hour Law
The new nine hour law will force railways to hire thousands more operators and shut many small stations. Discontinued service will cause temporary travel and shipping inconvenience, but rail officials say it is necessary to cut operating expenses and meet the current pressure.
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Washington
American Railways
Wu Ting Fang Arrives in Frisco With Large Retinue
Wu Ting Fang, appointed Chinese minister to the United States, lands in San Francisco aboard the Pacific Mail liner with seventy accompanying officials. He brings new consuls for Mexico, Havana, New York, and San Francisco, plus relatives and twenty four students bound for American schools.
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Frisco
Wu Ting Fang
San Francisco
Pacific Mail
Siberia
Mexico
Havana
New York
Washington
Five Babies Born to Campbell Family in Steubenville
Five infants born to Mr and Mrs George Campbell in Steubenville Ohio include three boys and two girls. One boy and one girl died within an hour of birth, while the others survived. Mrs Campbell weighed under a hundred pounds and the combined weight of the infants reached twenty three pounds.
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Campbell
Steubenville
Ohio
George Campbell
Wife Murderer Hanged in Savannah County Jail
Willie Rogers was hanged Tuesday in the county jail at Savannah. The trap dropped at 1 13 PM and he was pronounced dead fifteen minutes later. Rogers murdered his wife on September 30, 1906, and met his death in a calm manner with no comment or concern about his fate.
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Willie Rogers
Savannah
Rogers
Bradley Narrowly Elected U S Senator by House Vote
Former Kentucky governor William O Connor Bradley, a Republican, won the U S Senate seat by a four vote margin as 64 to 60 results showed. Four anti Beckham Democrats shifted support amid party divisions and pressure to repeal tobacco taxes.
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Frankfort
House of Representatives
William O'Connell Bradley
James B. McCreary
United States Senate
H. S. McNutt
Albert Charlton
Chrys
James
Beckham
Bradley
McCreary
Mayo
Allen
Smith
Peak
Newman
Hunt
Elliston
Stanley
Blackburn
Cantrill
McElroy
Lillard
Bomb aimed at Shah fails in Teheran street attack
An assassination attempt in Teheran on Friday afternoon used a bomb hurled from a rooftop. The shah of Persia escaped unharmed while three outriders were killed in the attack.
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Persia
Teheran
Mother's Horrible Deed and Family Tragedy Near Basil
A farmer's wife, Mrs J C Spires, three miles west of Basil, killed three children and fatally wounded a fourth before committing suicide. One child drowned in a well, others shot and their throats cut. The survivor is a four year old boy.
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J. C. Spires
Basil
Friday
Why Wage Reductions Questioned by Georgia Roads
The Georgia railroad commission asks the Western and Atlantic and other railroads why they have made or propose to make wage reductions for their employees.
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Georgia
State Commission
Georgia Railroad Commission
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Bryan speaks in Memphis on banks and democracy
Five hundred banqueters heard William J. Bryan in Memphis praise democracy and state rights. He argued restoring bank depositor confidence is key to better business, blamed Wall Street for partisan power, and noted Roosevelt’s actions he approved before boarding to Jackson, Mississippi for a state legislature address.
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William J. Bryan
Memphis
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
South
Roosevelt
Congress
Wall Street
New York
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Tunnel connects Hoboken and New York opens officially
President Roosevelt pressed a button to inaugurate the Hudson River tunnel and Hoboken station linking New York City and Hoboken. Governors of New York and New Jersey attended with DLW officials as a formal ceremony marked the start of train service under the river.
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Hudson River
Hoboken
New York City
Roosevelt
Washington
New York
New Jersey
Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western
Odeon River
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Roosevelt W
Odeon River Transit Talk Quietly Ends in Hoboken
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Awanna and Western via Hoboken and read speeches but lack clear outcome or full context. The readable elements hint at a transit or rail discussion centered around Hoboken with unclear participants. Further details are not present in the accessible text.
Norfolk and Western postpones Pocahontas division improvements
Norfolk and Western railway officials at four meetings in Roanoke Triad announced that plans to spend $2,000,000 on improvements for the Pocahontas division have been abandoned for the present due to prevailing low mood.
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Norfolk and Western
Norfolk and Western Railway
Toanoke Triday
Pocahontas
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Speer Biffs
Federal Grand Jury
Kansa
Holmes
Shah
Reasur
Banke
Gotham
Jersey
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