Georgia Civilization Roused by Whipping Case in Georgia
In Middedgeville Georgia on August 12 an inquiry began into alleged brutality by Assistant Superintendent Allagood of the state prison farm against Miss Mainie Deeris a white woman. Deeris says he whipped her ties and threatened her to silence. The case has sparked wide state attention with Captain Hagood denying the charges and stating the punishment was mild and justified. Twenty witnesses testified. The defendant arrived with family. bond set at 1500. A preliminary ruling allowed a portion of parental testimony from a boy involved in the case.
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Middedgeville
Allagood
Mainie Deeris
Jacob Moore
Miss Deerls
Hagood
Allaml
Evi
Corny
Bunker HI
Creighton
Galilee
Paris suffers massive underground railway disaster
The Paris Metropolitian Electric rail disaster leaves over 100 feared dead with eighty four recovered. Victims, mostly Parisian workers, suffocated by smoke as rescuers search wreckage and survivors recount a brutal panic. Premier Briand orders inquiry and ministerial measures for relief.
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Paris
Metropoltan
Faris
Trombes
Council of Ministers
Nixon theater corner stone laid in Pittsburg dedication
The Nixon theater site in Pittsburg was laid with an Episcopal dedication ceremony led by Rev. T. L. Shea and Rev. W. T. Dawson. Samuel S. Nixon of Nixon & Zimmerman placed the cornerstone and the box, christened The Nixon, witnessed by a large crowd. The theater is slated to open November 1. The Anti-Saloon League wrapped a ten day conference at Winona Lake with closed sessions and plans for next year, and will hold its annual vote December 2 to 9 in Washington.
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Pittsburg
Nixon Theater
Ev. T. L. Shea
W. T. Dawn
Trinity Arch
Samuel 8. Nixon
Nixon & Zimmerman
nti-Saloon League
Warsaw
Ind
Anti-Saloon League of America
Wrona Lake
Dee
Ashington
Bail for Mrs Guller on Murder Charge
Carlinville August 12 Mrs Scha uller of Bunker Hill received a preliminary hearing before Judge Ohne of Springfield and was admitted to bail of 3000 on a charge of murdering a six year old boy named Ewart Checksfield in Bunker Hill.
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Carlinville
Pope Pius X Suffers Cardiac Distress During Mass
Pope Pius X collapsed from heart failure while officiating at mass in the Pauline chapel in Rome on August 12. His private chaplain caught him, and after medical care he recovered sufficiently to walk to his apartments and rest. Doctors cautioned he rest in the room as the chapel was hot and crowded.
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Rome
Pope Pius X
Lappont
Neural
Gompers Challenges Parry on Labor Day Debate
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, leaves Indianapolis after the garment workers' convention with a written challenge to D. M. Parry, head of the National Manufacturers' Association, to debate unionism on Labor Day at the fair grounds. Parry expects the challenge but dismisses Gompers as a rival attraction for the event.
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Indianapolis
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Garment Workers
D. M. Parry
Parry
National Manufacturers’ Association
Gompers
York Wins County Superintendent Election by Seven Votes
Harrisburg Alabama August 12 Judge P Holbrook ruled in favor of Lewis E York in the Choisser York election contest. York a Republican was declared winner by seven votes after nearly 200 witnesses testified amid allegations of doodling and fraud.
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Harrisburg
P. Holbrook
Lewis E. York
York
H. Choisier
Disastrous cyclone hits Martinique. eight dead reported
Consul Jewel in Fort de France confirms a cyclone disaster on Martinique with eight fatalities and six villages destroyed as of Monday. The state department received the dispatch on August 12.
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Washington
State Department
Jewel
Fort de France
Martinique
Trondequoit Defeats Strathcona in Windward Heat
In Toronto on October 12 the Trondequoit turned the tables on Strathcona in a sailing heat. A 12 mph breeze aided a fourteen mile reaching course, with Trondequoit finishing 4 minutes 57 seconds ahead.
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Toronto
Trondequoit
Strathcona
Two youths drown bathing in Kaskaskia River
Wim Her sog age 19 of Hoyleton and Joseph Osterkamp age 20 of Hookdale were drowned while bathing in the Kaskaskia river. Their bodies were recovered.
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Keysport
Hil
Wim
Hersog
Hoyleton
Joseph Osterkamp
Hookdale
Kaskaskia
Baseball scores from Chicago August 12
Scores on the ball fields list results across leagues all games noted. Brooklyn nips Brooklyn 2 to 1 in Brooklyn New York 16 to 2 over Washington Boston 5 over Philadelphia 1 Cleveland 4 over Chicago 2 Kansas City 7 over Louisville 8 Minneapolis 2 over Toledo Milwaukee 2 over Indianapolis St Paul 6 over Columbus 1.
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Brooklyn
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Cleveland
Kansas City
Louisville
Minneapolis
Toledo
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Columbus
Royal Commission Weighs Immigration Reform for UK
The London report on alien immigration backs state control and a new immigration department. It mirrors U S law in many points but lacks an education requirement. It lists undesirables such as prostitutes, lunatics, criminally inclined, and those likely to become a public charge, with deportation provisions.
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London
Royal Commission On Alien Immigration
United Kingdom
Department of Immigration
United States
Immigration Rules On Deportation And Inspections Propose New Penalties
The report outlines that those who infect others and the vessel importing them will be repatriated without compensation. A proposed medical inspection mirrors U S practice and false data to Immigration Inspectors carries deportation. The department may designate over populated areas as prohibited for newcomers. Conviction of immigrants for felony or misdemeanor may include deportation in the sentence.
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United States
Immigration Department
CORA BEARDSLEY ACQUITTED IN ACID ATTACK CASE
Battle Creek Michigan August 12 The case against Cora T Beardsley charged by May Wood with throwing carbolic acid at her was before Justice Merritt The accuser could not identify the attacker but said she wore men s clothing and matched Beardsley s size A threatening letter allegedly from Miss Beardsley was shown and Wood was cross examined Beardsley alibi placed her at a theater with Emanuel Huber The prosecution asked for dismissal due to identity doubt and alibi The case ends with acquittal and Wood s breach of promise suit against Huber remains pending
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Battle Creek
Mich
Cora T Beardsley
May Wood
Miss Beardsley
Emanuel Huber
Misa Beardsley
Mise Wood
Young Huber
Fire destroys Dunkirk Lumber Co. plant in blaze
Fire in Dunkirk Indiana destroys the main building and entire plant of the Dunkirk Lumber Company causing about 10000 dollars in loss. Contiguous properties including the Pennsylvania freight depot elevator box cars and residences were saved with difficulty. William Sherry suffered 8500 damage to his home and Thomas Mendenhall 700 none insured. John Thomas the blacksmith lost 600. The lumber company carried partial insurance.
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Dunkirk
Ind
Dunkirk Lumber Company
Penneyvania
William Sherry
Thomas Mendenhall
John Thomas
Lumber Company
General E. B. Bryant Dies En Route from Fisheries Meeting
Telegram from Madison reports General E. B. Bryant former dean of Wisconsin University law school and president of the state fish commission died on a train near Toronto while returning from the American Fisheries Society meeting at Woods Hole Massachusetts. He earlier visited his boyhood home at Sheldon Vermont.
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Wis
E. BE. Bryant
Lean
Wisconsin University Law School
State Fish Commission
Toronto
Can
American Fisheries Society
Woods Fell
Mass
Iis
Sheklon
Plague Reports in Peru And Mutiny at Carthage Jail
Telegrams from Lima announce bubonic plague in Mollendo and Pacasmay while Herbert W. Bowen and his wife sail for Europe. Yellow fever appears in Victoria Mexico and fifty Carthage Missouri prisoners mutiny, demanding better rations before being subdued by the hose. A brief earthquake shook Malaia Island for one minute.
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Peru
Mollendo
Pacasmay
Herbert W. Bowen
United States
Venezuela
Weather forecast for Illinois Indiana and surrounding states
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions in Illinois and Indiana with possible showers in the far south. Lower Michigan will be partly cloudy with west to northwest winds. Wisconsin stays generally fair and cool with northwest winds. Iowa shows partly cloudy skies with showers and warmer in the west as northerly winds prevail.
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Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Towa
Market quotes from Chicago Board of Trade and Midwest exchanges
Chicago quotes show Wheat futures at 80 50 and 80 . September and December figures mixed. Corn near 52% and 51% for September and December. Oats and Short Ribs at 7.92 and 8.00. Pork and Lard figures around 13.45 and 8.05. Hogs receipts about 16,000. cattle 4,000. sheep 24,000. East Buffalo and St Louis data mirror mixed grain and live stock prices with varied demand.
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Board of Trade
Sain Caene
Sriwiss
Fces
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Secretary Root to resign pending Alaska commission
Washington rumors say Secretary Root will submit his resignation to President Roosevelt so a successor may be appointed if needed during his absence in London for the Alaska boundary inquiry. Taft rumored as possible next secretary with multiple delays possible if the commission lasts into December.
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Root
London
Alaskan Commission
Roosevelt
Congress
Alaskan Boundary Commission
Department
Taft
Tench
War Department
Alnelan Commission
Dee
United States
Woman Dreams of Husband Rail Crash Then Illicitly Injured in Real Wreck
Mrs Charles Michaels of Marion described a dream in which her husband dies in a railroad wreck with bloodied wounds. He left for Indianapolis, then a message from Anderson said he was injured in a wreck. He arrived in Marion hours later with a broken nose and crushed left cheek bone.
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Indianapolis
Charles Michaels
Marion
Michaels
Mob Pursues Assailant After Child Attack in Iowa
In Marshalltown Iowa a 15 year old daughter of farmer A I Macon was assaulted by a man from a camped party of horse traders near her home. A large mob pursues the suspect and violence is feared with possible lynching if captured. Meanwhile in Omaha the Interstate Sheriffs association hold its twelfth annual convention with nearly 500 sheriffs from nine states in attendance.
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A. I. Macon
North Hudson
Omaha
The
Interstate Sherifs’ Association
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Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Lineis
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Whitecaps threaten farmer over abuse of elderly man
In Vincennes Indiana on August 12 a threatening letter from the Whitecaps accuses farmer Richard Shaker of beating Teverbaugh an elderly man in Shaker s care and warns of further action by the group.
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Ind
Whitecaps
Richard Shaker
Harrison Township
Shaker
Teverbaugh
Republicans back Peter White for governor in Michigan
Traverse City report says District Attorney Covell found many Republicans in favor of nominating Peter White of Marquette for governor on the Republican ticket after a trip to the upper peninsula.
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Traverse City
Mich
Covell
Peninnula
Peter White
Marquette
Correspondent in Jail Game Prison From Which Acold Man Was Liberated
London Aug 12 Arnold White the newspaper correspondent has been fined 500 by the high court for contempt of court in writing an article in a Sunday newspaper just before Whitaker Wright, director of the Tayer Winance Comora, arrived from New York.
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Arnold White
High Court
England
New York
Whitaker Wright
Tayer « Winance Comora
Editor Apologizes as Arnold White Refuses Fine
In a case linked to a failed concern intended to prejudice a trial, the editor and manager apologized for a newspaper article and were ordered to pay costs. Arnold White refused to pay the fine and was jailed in Brixton. Wright has just been released.
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Hrixton Jar
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Nebraska Prohibitionists Nominate Ticket and Back Suffrage
Nebraska Prohibitionists at Lincoln nominate George J. Wright for Associate Justice, A. Parker and W. Woutt for University Regents, while endorsing woman suffrage, initiative and referendum, public ownership of utilities, and direct election of national officers. Also note Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers elects Cleveland as new grand chief engineer. A Hastings judge declines NM chief justice post, citing soon-to-be-state tenure. Mary McKeight trial delayed in Michigan murder case.
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Neb
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Regents of the University
A. Parker
Lancaster
W.outt
Nemaha County
United States
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W. & Stone
Elden
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
P.M. Arthur
P. M. Arthur
Denver
Bata Pe
N.M
Clement M. Smith
Hastings
Mich
Territorial Supreme Court
New Mexico
Hearing on Lake Ontario dam impact and sovereignty rights
Major Theodore A. Dingham led a public hearing in Ogdensburg to decide if a proposed 60 foot dam between Adams and Galewpleinlands could affect Lake Ontario levels or U.S. rights. Canadian officials argued for navigation improvements. Alvin Dawson opposed, claiming a three foot rise and flooding of about sixty acres. Objections to further proceedings and constitutional challenges to Congress consent procedures were noted.
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United States
Alban Dawson
Galoup Islanc
D. J. Carswell
Philadelphia
Dawson
Wingham
Veterans converge in San Proneisce for Grand Army encampment
Hundreds of veterans arrive in San Proneisce for the Grand Army encampment as reports surface about a planned migration of 500000 black people to New England. Attorney General Knox met the president at Oyster Bay to discuss department matters.
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Miee Kuehne Beveridge
Giovernor Beveridge
Illinois
Mer
Bronson
United
John K.brown
Union Bank
New Holland
Toul
Order of Foresters
Dubuque
House of Lords
Yosemite Athletic Club
Jim Corbett
Curious Caprices at Valparaiso College Burglary
A masked intruder with a revolver demanded money and valuables at Valparaiso College. Miss Bessie Cronin confessed to the burglary as a joke on a fellow student and the charge was dropped. The case recalls a prior incident in Lorraine Ohio involving Father Walser and letters to Mayor King.
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Lik
Dent
Valparaiso College
Bessie Cronin
Mises Crovid
Misa Agatha Reichlin
Loraine
Father Walser
Mayor King
Walser
Work and Look Young and The Rock Moses Smote
A Boston Globe excerpt argues hard work keeps people looking young and contrasts working class vitality with leisure in Europe. It then discusses the Rock of Horeb or Massah, claimed by travelers as the rock Moses struck to bring water, citing Shaw and Beaumgarton among others as sources for its authenticity.
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Europe
Boston Globe
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Tlored
Massah
Orient
Dr. Shaw
Rephidim
Mount Sinai
Shaw
Pocock
Clogher
M. Beaumgarton
Rock of
Horeb
Killing Gang Quits Work At Cudahy Plant
Sioux City scene reports fifty workers quit the Cudahy company killing gang over dissatisfaction, leaving 115 others idle unless strikers return. plant had begun removing wooden lockers after their objection. In Council Bluffs Des Moines the Knights of Pythias choose J F Kingsbury to succeed Brigadier Manchester. Senator J F Molesberry expected as grand chancellor.
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Cudahy Company
Council Bluffs
Drawsmere
Iowa Brigade
Uniform Bank
Knights of Pythias
J. FF. Kingsbury
Des Moines
Manchester
Ottumwa
JF. M. Molesberry
Columbus Junction
Fugitive William Henry Arrested in Guthrie After Marriage
William Henry, released from a 1901 fourteen year forgery sentence and escaped soon after, has been arrested in Guthrie O T. His wife’s report to the Christian county sheriff led to his capture after their quarrel.
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O. T
William Henry
Tino Penitentiary
Christian County
Moondering Mike Hums On Offer for Work
A fragment shows Moondering Mike replying to a job offer with a folksy line about being able to take a job. The readable text hints at a rural or colloquial tone and character.
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