Birmingham cruiser launched at Fore River shipyard
The scout cruiser Birmingham, first of its type for the U S Navy, was launched at Fore River shipyard Quincy Mass with a Birmingham Alabama party led by Mayor George B Ward and Senator elect Joseph F Johnston Miss Mary Campbell of Birmingham christened the vessel with champagne wording E Christian thee Birmingham The ship designed for speed and endurance will be towed to a pier for completion and is half finished The Birmingham Salem and Chester form a new class intended to rival torpedo boat destroyers in speed and coal capacity with 420 foot length and 46 foot 8 inch beam
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Quincy
Mass
Birmingham
United States Navy
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Ala
George B. Ward
Joseph F.johnston
Mary Campbell
FE. K. Campbell
Campbell
Salem
Chester
England
Union machinists strike at Louisville and Nashville shops in Decatur
Special to the Star from Decatur May 29. Fifteen union machinists walked out after the railroad refused to recognize the union in its shops. All union machinists have now quit or been discharged. Other departments may strike next. Strike breakers have been housed in the shops. entry requires a pass.
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The
Star
Decatur
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
New Decatur
Bloodhounds Sought by City Police for Fugitive Capture
City police renew demand for a well trained bloodhound to track fugitives after a negro shooter fled into the woods. Officers plan to raise funds publicly, believing Anniston residents would support a city owned dog for law enforcement.
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Shiretzki
Anniston
Atlanta May-June Music Festival Opens Tonight
The May-June Music Festival opens tonight in Atlanta with a grand concert at St. Nicholas auditorium. The event gathers music lovers for a series featuring twelve artists, an orchestra of fifty, and a chorus of four hundred led by Madame Schumann-Heink, Miss Bessie Abbott, and Guiseppe Campanari of the Metropolitan Opera.
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Atlanta
St. Nicholas Auditorium
Ponce de Leon
Madame Schumann-Heink
Bessie Abbott
Guiseppe Campanari
Metropolitan Opera Company of
New York
Steel Protection Fourth Speed Trial Details
The contract requires a minimum twenty four knots per hour over a four hour speed trial. The ship will be crewed by about 16 officers and 368 men for the evaluation.
Ryan's Gang Sets Out to Explore Congo Free State
The International Forestry Company launches a mineral prospecting expedition from Antwerp to Luebo Congo led by R Dorsey Mobun with geologist 8S W Ball. Thomas F Ryan and financiers Guggenheim Whitney and Rockefeller Jr back a Congo venture granted by King Leopold for rubber mining copper and other minerals with railway and mining leases.
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Star
Antwerp
Congo
International Forestry Company
Thomas F. Ryan
Luebo
Boma
R. Dorsey Mobun
W. Ball
Leopold
India
Con
Alaska
King Leopold
United States
Mr. Ryan
Messrs
Guggenheim
Harry Payne Whitney
John D. Rokefeller Jr
Roberts Held on Bond in Birmingham Post Office Case
Frank Roberts, the alleged registry clerk in the Anniston post office, was brought back from Los Angeles and arraigned before Judge Handley in Birmingham. He was committed to jail under a 3000 bond, charged with stealing 600 dollars, while denying guilt and claiming flight was unrelated to post office matters. His friends are said ready to post bond, with potential release tonight or tomorrow.
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The
Star
Birmingham
Frank Roberts
Anniston
J. M. Ragan
Los Angeles
C. R. Handley
Roberts
Foreign Missionaries Flee As China Uprising Grows
In Kwang Tung province 3,000 troops move toward 30,000 rebels from Swatow and Shiuhing. Rebels reportedly kill a brigadier general's family. Missionaries flock to Swatow fearing anti foreign backlash after Lion Chow destruction.
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Interior
Star
Hong Kong
China
Swatow
Shiuhing
Kwang Tung
Canton
Shinhing
Kwang Tung Province
Lion Chow
Sprinter Lackey Forces Escape Attempt After Police Court
Co. B Lackey, a sprinter, fled the warden’s office after two fines totaling 17.80 for drunk and disorderly conduct. Officers chased him through streets, he tried to scale a building, was recaptured, and sent to hard labor on the streets. A new case for attempted escape was docketed by the mayor and police chief.
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Co. B. Lackey
Anniston Police
Lackey
Twelfth Street
Court Street
Eleventh Street
Atlanta Avenue
John Cohen
Young Man Killed by Train in Gadsden
Gadsden May 29 A 24 year old man E S Weatherly was struck by an inbound Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis passenger train on Twelfth street Monday night and died yesterday morning He was talking with his brother G I Weatherly a hotel clerk and left for his boarding house before the tragedy He did not regain consciousness and the exact cause remains unknown
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Star
Gadsden
Weatherly
Twelfth Street
Nashville
Chattanooga
Supreme Court Adjourns For The Summer Months
Washington May 29 The United States supreme court finished its business for the present term today and adjourned for the summer. The jurists will scatter to various parts of the country for the summer and will not return to Washington until October.
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The
Star
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Harriman seeks clemency for stenographer in letter case
In New York on May 29 Harriman asked for clemency for Frank W. Hill the stenographer who released the famous Where Do I Stand letter triggering the Harriman Roosevelt clash. Hill pleaded guilty and received a suspended sentence. Harriman and his adviser felt Hill has been sufficiently punished and his release may end the controversy.
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New York
Frank W. Hill
E. H. Harriman
Roosevelt
Harriman
Hill
Texas Bankers Hear Speakers at Corpus Christi Convention
The Texas Bankers Association resumed sessions in Corpus Christi on May 29 with Congressman Joseph E. Randell of Louisiana discussing waterway improvements and the inter coastal canal while Texas railroad commissioner O B Colquitt spoke on safeguarding bills of lading. The session adjourned for a midday excursion to Epworth Beach for a fish fry and chowder.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Texas Bankers’ Association
Joseph E. Randell
Louisiana
O. B. Colquitt
Epworth Beach
Taft Begins Western Trip to Address Millers in St Louis
Secretary Taft departed Washington today on a flying trip to St Louis for an address before a millers convention. He returns to the capital for a brief stay and then heads west on a longer tour visiting Wisconsin Minnesota South Dakota Nebraska and Kansas.
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The
Star
Washington
Taft
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Commencement Week Ends at Shorter College
Commencement exercises at Shorter College in Rome Georgia concluded this morning. The graduation address was delivered by the Rev Junius W Milard D D of Atlanta.
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Rome
Shorter Colege
Junius W. Milard
Atlanta
Train wreck halts service near Laney's station
Six ore cars overturned when an L N freight train wrecked near Laney's station northwest of town. Passenger train No 584 was held up and Birmingham passengers were transferred to the Southern. A wrecker was dispatched and clearance was expected before night.
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Laney 'S Station
Birmingham
Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse Floated After Grounding
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, aground near Sandy Hook last night, was floated at high tide this morning in New York and moved toward a new dock.
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New York
Sandy Hook
New Dock
County Court Arraigns Four For Stealing Rides
In a special session this morning, W. W. Coheson and J. H. Golifer, white, and Richard Sparks and Moses Shepperd, both negroes, were arraigned for stealing rides on Southern Railway trains. White defendants fined 25.10, negroes 21.10 each. Jim Richardson, a negro, fined 29.10 for stealing coal from the Southern. They will be sent to the mines to work out fines if unpaid. All pleaded guilty.
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W. W. Coheson
J. H. Golifer
Richard Sparks
Moses Shepperd
Southern Railway
Jim Richardson
Southern
Georgia marks centennial of first general assembly
Milledgeville Georgia observed the centennial anniversary of the first meeting of the state general assembly. The event coincided with the start of the Georgia Military College in the old capitol building. Judge John G. Hall presided with Governor Terrell and John T. Roifeuillet among the principal speakers.
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Milledgeville
General Assembly of Georgia
Georgia Millitary College
Capitol
John G. Hall
Macon
Terrell
John T. Roifeuillet
Weather Forecast for Anniston and Vicinity
Showers tonight and Thursday are expected in Anniston and surrounding areas. Temperatures likely to remain mild with unsettled skies throughout the period.
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Anniston
Funeral Attended by President and Vice President in Canton
President Roosevelt and Mrs McKinley’s funeral in Canton. The service featured hymns from the late McKinley’s tenor and a simple brief ceremony at Westlawn cemetery. Vice President Fairbanks attended later though Mrs Fairbanks was ill.
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Canton
Roosevelt
McKinley
Buxton
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Holmes
Justice W. Rt. Day
Me+ Kinley
Westlawn Cemetery
Indianapolis
Parbanks
Justice Day
Fairbanks
Ilness
President Roosevelt Heads West for Canton and Midwest Tour
President Roosevelt departed Washington at 9 10 p m aboard the Bagnet private car with the Baltimore and Ohio special to begin a western trip expected to last until Saturday afternoon He will attend Mr McKinley’s funeral in Canton address Memorial Day events and speak at the unveiling of Gen Lawton’s statue in Indianapolis He then plans a stop in Lansing Michigan to address the state legislature and later speak to students at Michigan State Agricultural College.
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The
Star
Washington
Roosevelt
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
McKinley
Canton
Ums
Gen. Lawton
Indianapolis
Lansing
Agricultural College
Roosevelt Reaches Youngstown After Overnight Run
President Roosevelt and his party arrived in Youngstown this morning after an all night trip from Washington without incident or accident.
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Youngstown
Roosevelt
Washington City
Richmond Sees Record Confederate Veterans Reunion Opening
The seventeenth United Confederate Veterans reunion opens in Richmond with an anticipated record crowd. Monuments to Jefferson Davis and Gen. Stuart will be unveiled, and proximity to the Jamestown exposition is expected to boost attendance. An estimated 150,000 visitors are expected as 9:30 a.m. opening proceeds, followed by a parade and the Stuart statue unveiling.
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Star
Richmond
United Confederate Veterans
Jefferson Davis
Gen. Stuart
Stith Bolling
Virginia
Stuart
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