Purcell Mob Burns Suspect After Lynching Demand
In Purcell Oklahoma on August 24 a mob of about 3,000 hanged and burned Peter Carter after capturing him for the assault on Minnie Spraggins, wife of a farmer. Deputy sheriffs were imprisoned, and Carter died at the telephone pole amid cheering crowds as Mrs Spraggins remained alive but gravely injured.
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Purcell
Ohio
Purcett Okla
Peter Carter
Minnie Spraggins
Yeath
Hayes
Faris
Spraggins
Carter
Jer
Hugh Henry
Bovcar
Oklahoma Central Railway Station
Ekiagen
Mras Spraggins
New York Tops London in Population and Health Ranking
London loses the title of most populous and healthiest city to New York. Census figures show New York City with 4,983,3 residents and a 18 per thousand death rate, while London’s population is 4,522,628 and death rate 19.1 per thousand.
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London
Washington Post
New York City
Remarkable surgery restores sight of Dr Chapin in desert journey
A Cleveland physician Dr L Chapin who lost his sight in a Syrian desert years ago has regained vision after a surgical operation performed by Knapp. The procedure removed scar tissue and restored his sight to the level of boyhood, described as the most remarkable operation.
Divorce for Mrs Stiness Shocks Rhode Island Governor
Special cables from New York report a Seine tribunal granting final divorce to Mrs Henry M Stiness of Narragansett Boston and Paris. The decree ends a four year feud between Rhode Island Governor William Sprague and former Chief Justice John H Stiness. The governor, now elderly, received the news at his temporary residence with relief expressed as his Little girl is free from my enemies.
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Washington Post
New York
New York American
Pais
Wiilliam Sprague
Rhode Island
Tribunal of the
Paris
Finnis
Gov. Sprague
John H. Stiness
Edward E. Grosscup Named Democratic State Chairman
At a meeting in Trenton Edward E. Grosscup of Gloucester county was unanimously elected State chairman to succeed James R. Nugent whose mace was declared vacant after a stormy meeting at Asbury Park two weeks ago. Nugent was charged with using the word Har in referring to Gel Wilson.
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Trenton
N. J
Democratic State Committee
Edward E. Grosscup
Gloucester County
James R. Nugent
Asbury Park
Nugent
Gey
Wilson
Atlantic City drowning tragedy after lifeboat somersaults
A violent surf at Atlantic City leads to the death of John C McFarley a St Louis visitor. Five bathers are left unconscious while guards and beachgoers pull others to safety as a second boat searches for the missing man. McFarley worked for B Nugent Dry Goods Co his wife and young son in town with his body to be shipped to Williamport for burial.
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Washington Post
Atlantic City
John C Mck Farley
St. Louis
Charles Morrison
Philadelphia
Thomas G. Waite
New York
Luthg
Neilman
Pottstown
McFarley
Miller
Hall
Bathera
John C. McFpate
B. Nugent Dry Goods Company
Williamaport
Madero Accuses Gen Reyes in Mexico War Threat
El Paso reports friends of Francisco Madero say he accuses General Bernardo Reyes of traitorous plotting and seeks his removal from politics. Reyes supporters counter that Madero is jealous of Reyes popular backing as the race for the presidency intensifies amid unrest and pacification efforts.
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Washington Post
el Paso
Froncisco Madero
Bernardo Reyes
Madero
Reyes
Mexico
Maduro
Han Moralot
Fsa
de Biter
Washington Bank Forger Seen as Fashionable Woman
A stylish, about 35 year old woman is suspected of forging checks at multiple Washington banks, cashing about $30 to $1,000 daily. Described as elegant, 5 feet 6 inches, 140 pounds with dark hair and a green parasol, she targets prominent depositors and banks using intimate knowledge of signatures and accounts. Police, led by Detective Charles Evans, pursue leads as the total stolen amount may exceed $1,000.
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Washington
Andrew Parker
Washington Lean and Trust Company
Central Office
Charles Evans
Mr. Hibbs
William B. Hibbs & Co
Hibbs
Savings
Parker
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Big Bank
Capt. Boardman
Refined swindler Miss Caspar judged insane after fraud spree
Miss Caspar obtained about 4000 dollars from Washington residents and swindled many in Baltimore and several Northern cities. She used bank names to pressure women for funds, claiming later that a check was bad. She lived in Washington about two years and appeared sincerely unable to recall what happened to the money.
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Frances A. Caspari
United States
Miss Caspar
Washington
Baltimore
Made to Fly Union Jack in Rideau Canal
American yacht Ednada III carrying an American flag and club flag entered the Rideau Canal opposite Ottawa’s government buildings. Canadian clerks demanded the Union Jack be flown. police were notified and the lock superintendent ordered the flag switch. Mr Thomas obtained the Union Jack after an hour.
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Washington Post
Ottawa
Ontario
George Thomas, Jr
Thomas
Edward S. Sargent
Philadelphia
Rideau Canal
Thoman
Food prices surge with new records foreseen
Chicago August 24 Dealers predict several items will set new price records as meat costs rise amid a beef shortage blamed by retailers. They expect at least one cent more per pound before September 1 with steaks at 40, ham 8c, bacon 6c, veal 22c, mutton 16c, and roasts 20c. Potatoes up %c per bushel, sugar at 10c per hundred pounds, and canned goods such as peas lima beans and corn up about 3 percent from last year.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Aero gun proves true Navy tests at Indian Head
A one pounder gun designed by Rear Admiral Nathan C. Twining was tested at Indian Head Maryland. Preliminary results showed the gun could loft shells about 2000 yards with elevation near vertical and drop them into the Potomac. Officials work on carriage recoil and sighting for aerial combat.
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Twining
Nathan C. Twining
Naval Bureau of Ordnance
Proving Grounds of
Navy
Indian Head
Potomac
Washington Navy Yard
J. H. Holden
Lieut
Holden
Admiral Twining
E. E Capenart
Delta Tau Delta to Launch Clark’s Boom at National Meet
A Chicago dispatch reports that Champ Clark's presidential bid will be semi official launched at the Delta Tau Delta national convention in New York. Thirteen Congress members belong to the fraternity including I. S Pepper Charles E Fickett H M Jacoway James R Mann and D B Anthony among others from Iowa Nebraska Chicago Indiana Mississippi Arkansas and Kansas.
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College Fraternity
New York
New York Herald
Chicago
Champ Clark
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Congress
Delta Tau Delta Society
I. S Pepper
Charles E. Fickett
8. F. Prouty
Iowa
C. H. Sloane
Nebraska
Sage seeks to mulct Minnesota inheritance tax
Attorney General Simpson and Assistant General Weeks plan to press Mrs. Russell Sage to pay about 400000 dollars in back inheritance taxes on Minnesota lands held under sale contracts. They will travel to New York to meet Mrs. Sage and her representatives and pursue settlements with other eastern estates on similar taxes.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
Russell Sage
Simpson
Weeks
New York
Mr. Weeks
Ten Believed Drowned in Ontario Lake Storm
Survivors of the Albatross tell of lingering exposure and hunger after a 36 hour gale. The Albatross towed by the steamer C. C. Martin sank near Georgians Bay. Ten crew aboard the Martin, including Capt. George Vent and family, are missing. Seven survivors from the Albatross reach shore in a yawl, among them two women and two children, in serious condition. Additional searches failed to locate the Martin.
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Yawl
Midland
Ontario
Georgians Bay
Martin
French River
Cant
George Vent
Richard Melia
James Hook
Charles “Oliver
Dean
Alex Buchanan
Moose Jaw
Sask
Clementina Labelle
Ottawa
Joseph St. Peter
New Diversion at Reno Sparks Glove Fight
Reno divorc e seekers find a diversion as L A Dalrymple Percival of New York hails a glove fight with local pugilist Nankie Farrell to celebrate progress in dissolving marriages. The scene drew 40 women amid applause and a remark about matching a stroke against a prior accusation.
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Washington Post
Reno
Nev
L. A
Winiam
Woman dives, clings to hair rat, uncovers $60
Mrs. Sarah Methner, a visiting guest at Greenwood Lake New Jersey, fell from a boat and was rescued by two boatmen. On shore she cried for her rat and revealed in the hairpiece a hidden $60, whose sight restored her.
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Greenwood Lake
N. J
Sarah Methner
Stony Point
Premier Katsura Resigns as Japan Leader
Tokyo Aug 25 Count Katsura today tendered his resignation as premier and recommended the appointment of Marquis Saion for the post. The cabinet formed July 1, 1905, with Katsura as minister of finance, had been under cabinet change discussions for months.
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Toyko
Count Katsura
Marquis Saion
Miinister
IMS
Taunt Katea
Leper Pension Controversy Reopened for Early Case
Spanish War veteran John H. Early, once quarantined as a leper, seeks reinstatement on the U S pension rolls for partial disability. A new medical examination will determine if he ever had leprosy, with District health authorities and New York Baltimore specialists at odds. The outcome hinges on a Pacific coast physician report and may resolve the long running dispute over his diagnosis and pension status.
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Washington State
John HR. Early
United States
District Health Department
New York
Baltimore
Early
Pension Bureau
Verdict
James L. Davenport
Harly
Davenport
Fifg
East
Pacific
Earls
Index to Today's Issue.
Pages overview lists items including Mob Burns Man to Death, Man Left to Drown, Woman Forget Traded, Aero Gun a Success, Ten Believed Drowned, Alleged Leper Asks Pension, Charged With Killing Parents, Technicality May Free Beattie, Guardsmen in Battle Today, Ring Pawned in Court, Stone Falle on Baby, Bloom Expects Army Commission, 3 Muzzle Law Ignored, President Taft Plays Golf, Aviator Atwood in a Trap, Berryville Horse Show Results, Mexican Oil Concerns for Sale, Crew to Mona Lisa, Bar Harbor Horse Show, Army Officers to Learn to Ride, F. C. Price a Death by Own Action, News of Alexandria, Editorial Comment, Society, Sporting Events, Society, Knox Stable Fire Arrest, Row Takes Family to Court.
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Aero Gun
Bloom
Taft
Atwood
Berryville
Bar Harbor
F. C. Price
News of Alexandria
SI Knox
Liverpool Labour Troubles End With Reinstatement
London reports the municipal street railway committee in Liverpool has decided to reinstate the strikers. Sixty eight thousand workers, still awaiting today’s decision, will return to work, ending the city’s labor troubles.
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London
Municipal Street Railway
Liverpool
Street Railway
Man in Booneville Faces Murder Charge on Wedding Day
William Lee, 21, jailed for the slayings of his father Richard Lee, mother, and younger brother Clarence as their Booneville home burned. Coroner holds inquest. witnesses say Lee quarreled over money and earlier planned to marry Mina Taylor. Ax and hatchet found. insurance policies and cash missing. fingerprints to be compared.
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Booneville
Ind
Lee
Wiliam Lee
Richard Lee
Clarence
Hoaneville
Farley
Lees
Newburg
William Lee
Mina Taylor
Lee House
Tee
Nina Taylor
Fisher Caught in Storm Near Katalla Alaska
Secretary of the Interior Fisher and party were swept by a terrific storm at Controller Bay and landed at Pete Point near the Bering River. They may camp there or proceed over the hills to Katalla five miles away.
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Cordova
Alaska
Fisher
Controller Bay
Pete Point
Bering River
Katalla
Edison foresees no more wars in future
Inventor Thomas A. Edison, speaking via cable from Aly les Bains, France, told the New York World that wars will end. He also notes the airship as a deadly factor in wartime, and mentions shipping routes to Baltimore and Weipr. The report carries a copyright note and references a dated dispatch.
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New York
New York World
Aly Les Bains
France
Thomas A. Edison
Eoison
FLAW MAY SAVE HIM No Charge In Fatal Shot
A Virginia court hears the case of Henry Clay Beattie Jr. charged with murdering his wife Louise Owen Beattie. The defense questions medical testimony about the wound as jurors view the couple’s automobile and the scene. Witnesses describe the gunshot injury and its damage, while Beattie and his father inspect the evidence with calm composure amid a tense courthouse setting.
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Washington Port Chesterfield
House of Justice
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Beattie
Louise Owen
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Mr Spraggins
Mrs, Stiness
Sprague
Jersey
E. Grosscup
Atlantic City Beach
Mc Farley
Gen. Reyes
Trail Fair Forge
William Hibbs
The
Washington Trust
Miss Casperi
Caspari
Lke
Spe
Harpers Ferri
Wartinsburg
Berkel Sprites
Clark
Mes
Sage
C. C. Martin
Katsura
Edison
Baltamore
T&ry
Coaxresmoua Limited
Flaw
Richmond
Henrico
Tonneau
Louis O. Wendenburg
Commonwealth
Beattle
Henry C. Beattie
Harry J. Smith
Fon Beattie
South
Herbert Mann
Wilbur Mercer
J. B. Loving
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