Yarn mill merger plan sparks southern textile trust drive
A Charlotte meeting of cotton yarn mill representatives with over 300000 spindles endorsed forming a five member committee to study Underwood's proposal for a southern mill consolidation. The committee urges all yarn spinners in the south to report on April 23 in Charlotte, NC, as trusts expand from north to south amid rising commissions and competition.
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Underwood
Charlotte
N. C
Gir
F L. Underwood
New York
Chamber of Commerce
South
Greg
New England
North Carolina
Louisiana
Alabama
Bryan Opposes U S Representation at King Edward Coronation
The Thirteen Club of New York held a dinner at the New York Press Club where a protest against sending an embassy to the coronation was formalized. William Jennings Bryan was invited but sent a letter pledging support for the club’s criticism of the administration’s action and urging adherence to American convictions on government and legitimacy.
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United States
New York
New York Press Club
Edward
William Bryan
Movable Iron Bridge Shifts for New Double Deck Span
Extraordinary engineering move on April 13 as the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad bridge over the Allegheny River shifted about 33 feet to temporary piers between Tenth and Eleventh streets. The operation, accomplished in under two hours, caused no traffic interruption and suffered no mishap.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Allegheny River
Tenth and
Eleventh Streets
Kentucky Futurity Entries Close Amid Strong Regional Turnout
The Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders Association secretary announces the Kentucky Futurity closed with 1,145 entries from 38 states and Canada. State tallies include Kentucky 424, New York 14, Massachusetts 119, Wisconsin 91, California 46, Indiana 24, and Pennsylvania 9, among others. Nominators listed include J. J. McWonzhl and Idle Hour Berm Macon Gay.
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Canada
Esintten
Aanklins
Kentucky
Sreeters’ Association
New York
Massachusetts
Winneis
Chico
California
West Virginia
Georgia
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New Hamphire
Kansas
New Jersey
Roosevelt ally weighs Miles Root clash over army fate
A close Roosevelt confidant argues the Miles Root dispute is not personal but ethical. He says Secretary Root bears the burden amid opposition from Miles and that Miles' retirement could be justified to protect the army, with Brooke likely to succeed and Miles pushed aside.
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Washington
Cleveland
Myles
White House
Roosevelt
Miles
Root
God
Noyes
Brooke
M. B. Young
Cuiaftes
Lost Arm Yet Lives After Near Trampling Train Incident
Oscar Wensole, recently badly injured by a Burlington train, is improving at St. Francis hospital in La Crosse. He recounts how a failed jump left him with his left foot on the ground and his arm severed under the wheels, choosing to save his life over his arm in a fraction of a second. He crawled to his home afterward.
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la Crosse
Wis
Oscar Wensole
St. Francis Hospital
William Fetner Dies On Engine In Columbia Yard
William S. Fetner longtime Southern railway locomotive engineer dropped dead on engine No 47 in the Blanding street yard after recent health issues. He had been a traveling fireman in the Savannah division and was 53. Foul play suspected in other incident where Eugene Moore was injured, with five train hands detained. In Bethune, Daniel McLean was shot from ambush by two men, the Arant brothers, while working at Wilson Lumber Company.
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William S. Fetner
Southern
Columbia
S. C
Wiliam S. Fetner
Southern Railway
Blanding Street
Fetner
Savannah
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Eugene Moore
Irma
Batttle
Police
Will Nance
Virgil Ellison
Will Anderson
Cliff Johnson
Isaac Johnson
Bethune
Daniel McLean
Wilson Lumber Company
Walter Arant
McLean
Arant
Tha mi
House Debates Cuban Reciprocity and Philippine Bill Schedule
Senate plans a Wednesday vote on the Chinese exclusion bill and then the Philippine government bill, with river and harbor action possible soon after. In the House, Cuban reciprocity faces a long debate with anticipated amendments, including the Dingley tariff-related changes, as party lines shape the vote outlook.
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Washington
Senate
Foraker
McLaurin
South Carolina
Kyle
South Dakota
Dalzell
Cuba
Friends
House
Sharpe's Death Explained by Memphis Man Confession
Memphis April 13 Lacey Chase surrendered to police admitting he killed A T Sharpe a Detroit drummer after an altercation Chase says Sharpe struck him first and he drew a knife Sharpe body to be sent to Kansas City for burial Mrs Sharpe prostrated in Detroit Osborne home Jackson Mississippi April 13 Senators Money and McLaurin friendship signals political moves and potential senate return rumors Fergen not yet substantiated
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Detroit
Tenn
A. T. Sharpe
Park, Davis & Co
Lacey Chase
Chags
Sharpe
Chase
Mich
A. L. Sharpe
F. H. Osborne
Chene Street
Mr. Osborne
Kansas City
Money
McLaurin
Jackson
Miss
Washington
Senators Money
Senator McLaurin
Senator Money
United States Senate
Burglars Attack Boarding House Near Gilberton Mine
Seven masked burglars burst into a room at a boarding house by the Gilberton colliery early today. They killed 35-year-old Weail Taleo, shot his landlady Mrs Georges Bernitz, and beat her husband, who is in serious condition. The assailants fled after the attack around 2 a.m. Taleo had just returned from the coal mines.
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Mahanoy
City
Gilberton
Weail ‘Taleo
Georges Bernitz
Taleo
Bernitz
President Roosevelt’s South Carolina Visit Sparks Party Feud
The discussion centers on the Townsend appointment to replace Haygood and whether the president and Attorney General Knox will approve the move. South Carolina Republicans fear increased Democratic influence in federal patronage and threaten action if regular party control is overridden. Roosevelt, meeting Charleston officials and voters, asserts he seeks genuine understanding of Southern conditions and aims to improve administration, not to reward office seekers.
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South Carolina
Campere
Charleston
Townsend
Haygood
Democratic Party
Knox
Capers
Ganers
Towngen
South
Roosevelt
Judge Simonton
Smyth
Brawley
Captain Wagener
Andrew Simonds
Gadsden
J. C. Hemphill
Deas
John Capers
Loomis Lalock
Bob Smalls
George Washington Murray
Tolbert Brothers
United States
Washington
Washtineron
Peace prospects rise as Boer leaders meet in South Africa
Reports from London describe heightened hope for peace after Pretoria conferences with Orange Free State and Transvaal leaders. Cabinet members including Chamberlain and Hicks-Beach held a midnight meeting, dispatches passed between Kitchener and government, and Chamberlain and King Edward spent two hours together. Boer delegates reportedly ready to propose terms, ready to accept maximum terms if honorable.
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London
Pretoria
Orange Free State
Transvaal
Kerrksdorp
Mr. Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Brodrick
Michael Hicks-Beach
Duke of Devonshire
Mrr. Chamberlain
Colonial Office
Sir Hicks-Beach
Buckingham Palace
Edward
Foreign Office
Lord Salisbury
Mr. Balfour
Jeader
House of Commons
Hatfield House
Lord Kitchener
Witten
Alfiti
Dts
Klerksdorp
Lord Milner
South Africa
Brussels
Hague
Swedish Socialists Agitate for Universal Suffrage Strike
At a Stockholm congress meeting on April 13 Swedish Socialists resolved to organize Sunday meetings in small towns to press for universal suffrage. After publishing the parliamentary suffrage report, meetings will continue daily and a general strike will start when Parliament debates the issue.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Congress of
Queen Marie Henriette in serious heart disease
The Queen of Belgium Marie Henriette is gravely ill with heart disease entering a critical stage. Three doctors have been summoned to Spa in Liege province for a medical consultation.
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Belgium
Ile
Brussels
Marie Henriette
Spa
Liege
Vanderbilt’s Horse Lost at Longchamp Race Day
In Paris on April 13 at the Long Champs races W E K Vanderbilt suffered a setback as his Suns 11 4 warm favorite for the Prix Jocquart finished third while Bright failed to place in the Prix de la Seine J Reiff rode two winners including The Hancocks at Manila Manta. In Manila on April 13 the US Army transport Hancock, previously reported aground near Thailand northern Luzon, arrived safely after being held on a coral reef for sixty hours and required tightening before flotation.
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Paris
W. EK. Vanderbilt
Bright
J. Reiff
Hancocks
Manila
Manta
United Stated
Hancock
Tha
Luzon
Lion and Bull Battle in Juarez Ends with Lion Fatal
April 13 El Paso witnesses a fight between a Numidian lion and a wild Sama Yuca bull in Juarez Mexico. Thousands watch as American women comprise a quarter of the am pitheater crowd. The lion is gored at least twenty five times, his leg broken, and the bull survives. Mexican authorities halt the fight as the lion nears defeat.
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el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Mexico
Southwest
United States Leads Canada Trade Despite World Totals
Washington April 13 The United States buys more from Canada than the rest of the world combined. The Commercial Relations of 101 notes US Canada trade closely mirrors each country’s fortunes. Canada’s total imports last year reached 181.2 million with US shipments at 110.5 million, up 0.7 million. US tariffs and British preferences shape Canadian industry and markets.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Yemory
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Great Britain
Caneda
Germany
Bittinger
Montreal
South America
Dominion
Corsul Shepard
Hamilton
New York
Chinese Bill Explained Wide Georgia Labor Views Split
Washington April 13 Special Senators from Georgia face telegrams from labor groups urging support for the committee bill on Chinese exclusion. Cotton manufacturers oppose extreme action. Confusion over whether the Pacific coast bill or reenacting current law best protects Labor while preserving treaties.
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Washington
Georgia
Senate
Pacific Coast
House
China
Fencing Club Formed In Greenville
Greenville residents organize a fencing club under Furman University faculty member George J. Currie. The group, composed of prominent young men, studies the art and plans a ladies club as well, led by capable local enthusiasts.
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Greenville
D. C
George J. D. Currie
Furman University
Currie
East
Mill Destroyed by Fire in Cumberland Paper Works
Cumberland Maryland April 13 The sulphite mill of the Cumberland paper mills was destroyed by fire today causing a loss of 75000 dollars with partial insurance coverage. One hundred twenty five men are thrown out of employment.
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Cumberland
Cumberland Paper Mills
Williams Eulogizes Altgeia at New Haven Memorial
A large friendly audience greeted George Fred Williams at the Hyperion theater in New Haven on April 13 to honor the late John P Altgeld. Resolutions expressing sorrow at Altgelds death were adopted.
Hotel Men Do Big Business In Raines Law Era
New York April 13 The excise law enforcement by police and State Liquor Dealers Association led to hotel rooms selling drinks with sandwiches rather than plates of cheese. Raines law hotels in the Tenderloin and West Thirty-seventh Street districts were busy while saloons remained tightly closed. Few daytime arrests for excise violations, with similar patterns citywide as dealers shift to hotel sales.
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New York
State Liquor Dealers’ Association
Raines Law
Thirty-seventh Street
Raines
Predictions Confirmed in Census Cotton Crop Figures
Price's Circular reports the 1895 cotton crop at 9,925,000 bales weighing 500 pounds each. Census data from 29,000 ginners detail state totals, signaling near exhaustion of the year's supply and a tight market outlook. A cattlemen’s convention in Jackson on April 26 aims to press for favorable legislation, railroad rates, and animal welfare, with about 200 leading producers expected.
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New York
Jackson
Miss
Missisppi
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Florida
Ava
Beelares Elections Void in Oklahoma Ruling
Chief Justice Burford of the territorial supreme court voids city elections in Chandler Lawton and other citien in new southwestern counties as invalid due to spur proclamation. Only the regular elections next year will be legal.
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Beelares
Guthrie
Okla
Burford
Territorial Supreme Court
Chandler
Lawton
Citien
Southwestern
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