Extra Session Hinted as Cuban Probe Ends
President indicates Congress will be called into extra session once the Cuban investigation is received. Other items note shifts in shipping legislation, insular trade figures for seven months in 1900, and warrants served on Wayman Cotton Mill officers amid alleged fraud.
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War Department
Philippines
United States
Macox
Wayman Cotton Mill Company
Thomaston, Ga
Merchants and Manufacturers Warehouse Company of
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W C T U Indorses Mrs Nation For Work
Mrs L M Stevens president of the W C T U sends a message praising Mrs Carrie Nation and noting the first official indorsement from WCTU leaders. Editors Crow Chapin and Mrs Grow discuss Nation's Kansas work and potential impact on Chicago circles. The piece also covers British debate over exporting horses to South Africa and neutrality questions.
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Union Signal
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Nation
W. T.U
Thirteen Men Entombed in Alabama Miners Tragedy
Thirteen miners were entombed two miles from Tuscatoosa Alabama when water rushed into a coal mine after a wall was cut near an abandoned shaft. Eleven escaped before the flood. rescue crews pump out water as time runs to 24 to 45 hours with little hope for the trapped. The accident highlights unsafe practice in mining operations in the region.
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Tuscatoosa
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Insane Hospital
Escape Attempt Ends With Prisoner Killed In Alabama Mine
Two convicts planned to escape from Pratt Mines convict prisons in Montgomery county. Charles Higgins, life-sentence inmate, was killed when guards opened fire as the group reached the exit gate. George Harris, twenty-year inmate, was wounded in the side and grievously hurt. Four other convicts surrendered after the shooting.
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Als
Charles Higgins
Bullock County
Pratt Miines
George Harris
Slope No. 1
Pratt City
Allen
No one would tie rope in lynching attempt at Alabama
Feb 15 in Hostavinty Alabama reports immediate halt to mob plans to hang Berry Hall a schoolmaster who assaulted a pupil at Guntersville. Military companies from Birmingham and Gadsden arrived dispersing the crowd. Hall was taken toward jail amid confusion as locals failed to volunteer for the act, mob momentum dissipated, and guards secured the suspect.
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Wheeler for Congress Will Run Again Distract Society
Montgomery Feb 15 A Washington dispatch says General Joseph Wheeler will probably seek his old seat in Congress after sixteen years in the House. He left to accept a brigadier general’s commission and now may run again, though he faces strong opposition from Judge William Richardson who has gained popularity since taking office.
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Montgomery
Ala
Washington
Joseph Wheeler
Congress
Hanteville
Wheeler
Agai
Citizens oppose vaccination drive in Sherman Heights
Dozens of residents in Sherman Heights drove county vaccinators from the suburb with sticks and poles, claiming vaccination fails to stop smallpox and harms workers. Medical teams fled amid injuries. report notes public health push faced violent resistance.
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Looting the Treasury and Pension Debates in Congress
February 15 report from Washton describes a private pension bill day in the House. Chairman Cannon sought to take up the sundry civil appropriation bill, sparking opposition from Private Claims supporters. Osman warned against looting the treasury. Cannon’s motion failed. In Washington the Senate approved the agricultural appropriation bill and debates ship subsidy. Perkins spoke for amendments but objected to the bill as reported.
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The Majesty of the Law Black Brute Executed in Beaufort County
George Thomas a negro convicted of criminally assaulting Mrs J D Douberly was executed in the county jail yard Beaufort County South Carolina. He was tried in May in the Beaufort Superior Court and sentenced to hang. The case went to the South Carolina Supreme Court but a new trial was denied. Mrs Douberly had gone to visit her parents near Hardeeville when the assault occurred in April.
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Beauront, & C
George Thomas
J. D. Douberly
Mra. Douberly
Mutual Gas Light Company of
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Hardeeville
Supreme Court of South
Americas Getting There Kingland Adopting Machinery
The Central London railroad known as the Tap penny tube orders three small American motor bogie coaches to replace heavy electric engines if tests succeed. A U S influence follows a company engineer’s trip to the United States. Barrow roofing shifts to three tons of cheaper American slates from local quarries.
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Loxpox
Central London Railroad
Tappenny
American Motors
United States
Barrow
Croker tired of politics and wants younger hands
Intimate Croker friends say he will not return to active American politics and is tired of political work. He may visit the United States this summer but would hand Tammany over to younger leaders, reflecting his weakened health and desire for change.
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Loxpox
Richard Croker
America
Mr. Croker
United States
Absorbed by Armour Car Line Amid Contested Deal
Armour and Continental Fruit Express negotiations conclude with officials admitting a deal. Armour agents set the consideration at 1.75 million dollars, below earlier 2 million forecasts. Separate note reports a Colorado legislative dispute over a prize law repeal, and medical ad copy touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a universal digestant.
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San Francisco
Earl
Armour Car
Continental Fruit Express
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