Testimony in Goebel Trial News of Telegrams and Letters
The Georgetown Ky. Aug. L report covers Powers trial testimony with telegrams from Adjutant General Collier, statements by Col Mengel, and Sharpes mountain men resolutions. Witnesses discuss pre shooting warnings and orders, as well as public threats around Frankfort after the Goebel shooting.
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Georgetown
Powers
Trev
Stamper
Cromp
Golden
R. L. Meclure
Lexington
Owens
Withers Golden
Youtsey
Take
C. C., Mengel
Kentucky National Guard
Louisville
Yop. m
D. R. Collier
Collier
Frankfort
Mengel
Taylor
Stephen G. Sharpe
Capitol
Thrown
Brown
Williams
Sharpe
Berry Howard
Judge Cantril
David W. Gray
State Guards
Cantrill
Frank G. Carpenter
Goebel
Legislative
Methodists Held Huge Reunion at Lakemont Park
About 16 000 Methodists gathered at Lakemont park Altoona Pa for a reunion led by Governor Brone who praised his mother as the best Methodist and drew smiles with capital stories. Speakers included Dr George Edward Reed Carlisle and Bishop John W Hamilton who addressed Christian citizenship and the discontinuance of war.
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Altoona
Lakemont Park
Btone
George Edward Reed
Carlisle
John W. Hamilton
Reed
Hamve
Railway Express Delayed By Tragic Ground Accident
In Yardley near Trenton on August 2 a Royal Blue express between New York and Washington was delayed nearly an hour as workers attempted to recover a colored man who was cut to pieces by the engine. Police or station officials gave few details, but the incident halted service and drew investigators to the scene.
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Trenton
N. J
New York
Washington
Yardley
Unidentified Worker Crushed as Engine Entangles Body
An unnamed engineer was injured when a machine pulled a man into its wheels. The victim's body became tangled in at least twenty parts of the machinery and was crushed beyond recognition. Authorities could not identify the deceased.
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Gine
Kies
Philadelphia Guards Move to Mt Gretna Camp
Philadelphia officers and enlisted men of the First Brigade National Guard of Pennsylvania depart Broad Street Station at 6 30 AM for Mt Gretna where Camp Alex L Hawking will be set up. Major William Allen leads duties to lay out camp as tents and gear ship. General Miles to review troops. inspection follows. About 1500 guardsmen from the Fourteenth Eighteenth regiments and Battery H depart for Mt Gretna.
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Philadelphia
National Guard
Pennesylvania
Broad Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mt. Gretna
Alex. L. Hawking
William Allen
Nelson A. Miles
United States Army
Anarchists in Session Denounce King Killing Rally Paterson
A Paterson gathering in Bartholdi hall included French Spaniards and Austrians who defended anarchists and denied any plot to kill the king of Italy. Speakers argued government oppression and praised individual acts, while resolutions rejected violence and disclaimed any Italian colony plots.
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New York
Sanarchistes
Bartholdi
Paterson
N. J
Italy
Pasqualle Frank
Pedro Betey
Presel
Breast
Estey
Finy
Pedro Moresci
Francis Widmer
A. Aimore
Bressi
Mressi
Dreamer Dominates Island Fork Races At Albany Meet
Albany August 2 Dreamer the yearling black stallion captured the 2.2% pace in straight wins with strong finishing bursts. Nig ger Jack swept the 2.40 purse after Georgianna led the first heat. Will Leyburn won the 2.09 pace with two top-five heats. Itula scored the 2.29 pace, while the 2.29 trot produced an exciting six-heat duel culminating with Dreamer winning the final heats. Belle Mela won the opening heat of the 2.29 trot.
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Albany
Island Fork
Dreamer
Nigger Jack
Georgianna
Will Leyburn
Ellie Powers
Itula
Argo Director
Annin Wilkes
Belle Mela
North Carolina elections heat drive to disfranchise black voters
Charlotte reports elections across the state for governor, legislature and county offices. A proposed constitutional amendment aimed at eliminating the negro vote dominates the race, with Livingstone College in Salisbury among early supporters. The fusion Populist Republican opposition, led by Senator A Butler and Pritchard, fights the measure amid a bitter campaign.
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A. Butler
Pritchard
Reconstruction Era State Election Results and Quiet Polls
The article notes a large Democratic victory post Reconstruction with a broad coalition including small Black, Populist, and Republican votes. Spencer J. Adams for governor led but lost to Charles Arycock by a wide margin. All state offices went Democratic, and both legislative chambers are controlled by Democrats. Voters generally stayed calm, with low turnout and a subdued political mood.
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Spencer J. Adams
Fuston
Charles Th Arycock
Tere
Miners Return to Work in George's Creek District
Cumberland Mosly reports about 20 striking miners returning to work across the George's Creek area. Tensions rise as disturbances occur including a dynamite attack on the home of anti strike miner Powell in Frostburg. Sheriff Martin increases precautions to prevent further violence as the strike mood grows uglier.
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Cumberland
Mosly
George's Creek
Maines
Frostburg
Nifred Powell
Martin Io
Botha Weakens Sends Message to Roberts on Prisloo
London dispatch cites Pretoria correspondent stating Commandant General Botha is waning in resolve He sent a messenger to Lord Roberts seeking confirmation of Prisloo surrender and asking permission to contact General Christian De Wet for further communications
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London
Adg
Pretoria
Tilly Mall
Botha
Lord Roberts
Prisloo
Christian DeWet
Beddoes Defeats Ashanti at Dompoessi Bekwal
Major Beddoes with 44 men and two guns locates the Ashanti force at Dompoessi Bekwal in Ashanti on August 2. The engagement follows an alert issued in July 44, signaling a successful operation against the enemy.
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Beddoes
Dompoessi
Bekwal
Ashanti
War camp found as Ashanti forces routed in heavy fighting
The camp was located and Ashanti units, numbering up to four thousand, faced three days of marching and hours of combat. Major Tediloes and Lieutenants Phillipa and another officer were severely wounded. Shinty soldiers also sustained injuries. Additional troops will be needed before the planned advance.
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Dompoors
Tediloes
Phillipa
Nieh
The Cannibal Tree of Australia and its Lore
We read of a colossal Australian tree named the cannibal tree, described as towering with drooping leaf fronds and spear like floral structures hidden beneath. Natives revered it as the Devil’s Tree, believing its biting leaves would trap and devour a victim during ritual offerings, a legend tied to bones scattered after feared rites.
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Ellis Towan
Melbourne
Austall
New York
Australia
Wilda
What the Miner Knew from the New Mexico Mining Man
An Albuquerque miner recalls a Colorado drift four tale of a laborer who struck a hidden vein after a cave in. He earned 250 dollars daily, later leased the mine for 30 annually, dug 100070 net in two months, then vanished. The narrator, a former company president, reflects on mining risks and fortune’s twists.
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New Mexico
Commo
Colorado
Nik
Astery
Simap
Ecrazy
Incomplete OCR Notes On Railways And Routes
Fragmentary text discusses Lonion mileage, Japan rail total, a Chicago tunnel project, and a steamship line between St Petersburg and New York. Readers cannot determine a coherent event or date from the damaged passages.
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Salo Piloe
Excel
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Perk
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Arille
Paramount
Times
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Strange
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G. P. Bible
Prin
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Lonion
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