Black Belt Fights Poll Tax Basis Of Negro Elimination
Mortxoruotry Alabama August second special report from the constitutional convention describes a tense day over suffrage. The poll tax provision dominates debate with black belt delegates arguing the tax is the real arm of disfranchisement while education and property qualifications are secondary. A substitute raising age to six and forty five exemptions is debated, adopted then amended amid adjournment chaos.
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Black Belt
Ife
Umit
Matt
Samford
Pike
Lowe
Jefferson
Hawkes Optician Ad Promises Perfect Grind and Reasonable Prices
A short note promotes Hawkes the optician at 103 Peachtree Bt with a Sense Grinding offer. It claims materials and workmanship are perfect with reasonable prices and mentions corn king at $300,000 short. Phillips says firm losses capped at $300,000 and a resumption of trades next week with full book summary to patrons.
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Hawkes
Optician
Peachtree Bt
Phillips
Chicago
George H. Phillips
Board of Trade
Publc
Outlaw keeper Johnny Martin slain near state line
Middlesboro Ky August 2 Special Johnny Martin a notorious half way house operator hunted by Kentucky and Tennessee officers for weeks was killed by Dossemen across the line in the Virginia mountains. He resisted arrest and was shot. He faced murder charges in Bell county for two mountain girls deaths. The Kentucky governor had offered a heavy reward. Martha White was slain in ambush and a second victim mortally wounded near Martins resort two days later.
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Middlesboro
Johnny’ Martin
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Martin
Bell County
Martha White
Texas After Thrusts Over Waters-Pierce Permit
Secretary of state lists 103 foreign corporations that failed to file anti-trust affidavits in Texas this year and faces suits by Attorney General Bell to cancel permits. Waters-Pierce Oil Company of Missouri, previously barred, seeks new business despite not filing. Last year the Texas statute required annual affidavits. July 31 was deadline. The governor cancelled a state contract with Waters-Pierce and ordered litigation to cancel its permit.
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Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Austin
Tex
Secretary of State
Bell
Lst
Texas
Waters-Pierce Git Company
Missouri
Supreme Courts of the
United States
Waters-Pierce of Company
Hannah Withdraws From Gubernatorial Race In Tennessee
Knoxville August 2 Special Colonel Harvey P Hannah of Olivet Springs Tenn who had been mentioned as a gubernatorial possibility for 1902 today formally withdrew his name from the race Private business he explained was the cause Colonel Hannah is a brother of Gerald G Hannah a prominent business man at Atlanta
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Knoxville
Tenn
Harvey P. Hannah
Olivet Springs
Hannah
Gerald G. Hannah
Atlant
McMillin Reappoints Penitentiary Officials for Two Years
Tennessee Governor McMillin reappointed a number of penitentiary officials for a two year term. Appointments include Warden Captain W H Hartford, physician Dr J B Nell, chaplain Elder Granville Lipscomb, matron Mrs Campbell, Brushy Mountain physician Dr Mackey, and chaplain C H Denton. No rain in two months at Decatur. drought causes wells to dry and crops to fail.
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McMillin
Tennessee
Mashville
Tenn
W. H. Hartford
J. B. Nell
Granville Lipscomb
Campbell
Brushy Mountain
Mackey
C. H
Denton
Knoxville
Decatur, Tenn
Prominent Charleston Doctor Dies and Chooses Cremation
Dr. Henry Buckingham Horlbeck former president of the American Public Health Association and longtime Charleston health officer died at his home. Immediate instructions directed cremation with ashes interred at Magnolia cemetery. The cremation, the third in South Carolina, follows his service as a Confederate surgeon and his work on yellow fever quarantine along the gulf coast.
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Charleston
D. C
Henry Buckingham Horlbeck
American Public Health Association
Magnolia Cemetery
Kollock
Staten Island
Horlbeck
Gulf Coast
South Carolina
Henry Laurens
Continental Congress
Funeral Draws Large Crowd for Bishop Moore Burial
John Moore, bishop of Florida, was buried in St Augustine today as a large funeral crowd gathered. Dignitaries from across the United States attended the service honoring his long service to the church.
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St Augustine
Fla
John Moore
Florida
United States
Strong Navy Urged by Captain Hobson at Monona Lake
Captain Richmond P. Hobson spoke to about 5,000 at Monona Lake urging a stronger United States Navy. He called for at least 25 million dollars in annual warship appropriations, saying the U S should be a world power with a fleet both at home and in the Orient to deter European fleets. He described the United States as the natural protector of weaker nations and promoted Monroe Doctrine principles and free institutions worldwide.
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United States
Madison
Wis
Richmond P. Hobson
Monona Lake
Orient
Bite to Transfer Charleston Naval Station to Government
Washington August 2 Within ten days the property chosen by the board locating the naval station at Charleston D C is expected to pass into United States ownership. The Department of Justice examined titles and reported the title clear except for a small friction encumbrance on a tire ground. The government will clear this as soon as possible.
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Washington
Naval Station
Charleston
D.C
United States
Department of Justice
Street Car Strike In Knoxville Ends In Street Car Tension
Knoxville August 2. The street railway strike continues with no clear advantage for either side. Ten cars ran today, but by evening all were parked at the car barn to prevent damage after dark. General Manager Howell issued an ultimatum denying union recognition and demanding reinstatement only for returning workers. Nashville men tried to cross the picket lines, some agreed to work while others joined the strikers. a mob halted a final car but Superintendent Howard quickly moved it to safety with an acting crew leader at the controls.
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Knoxville
Tenn
C. C. Howell
Knoxville Traction Company
Nashville
Howell
Nashville Street Railway
R. K. Howard
Eugene Roberts
The
Traction Company
Parn
Howard
Virginians Take a Recess for August 22
Richmond August 2 The constitutional convention voted 42 19 B to recess from tomorrow until August 22 on half pay and to meet tomorrow at 11 o'clock instead of noon. The suffrage committee was authorized to act in vacation. Delegates debated Wyser's preamble amendment and proposed resolutions include farm and fish product sales without aversion, poll tax readings and residency tests, and disclosure of private corporations' names, locations, capital stock, and estimated earnings.
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Richmond
Wyser
Pulaski
Bristow
Middlesex
Portlock
Fairfax
London
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Virginia
Underwriting Syndicate Forms to Finance Coal Deal
An underwriting syndicate possibly totaling 50 million dollars has been formed to finance the consolidation of bituminous coal properties along the Norfolk and Western, Chesapeake and Ohio, and perhaps the Hocking Valley and other railroads across West Virginia, western Pennsylvania and Ohio. Prominent banking interests in New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore are involved. Judge E H Gary of United States Steel is named as a leading figure, with some linking him to J P Morgan & Co though not confirmed.
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Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake and Ohio
Hocking Valley
Baltimore and Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Pittsburg
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Atest Trust
Gary
J. FP. Morgan & Co
Northern Pacific Slumps Amid Corner Break Stock Selloff
Northern Pacific common stock dropped sharply on the New York exchange with only two hundred shares traded at five dollars while the market faced a panic tone. The last sale before today was at eighteen, on July seventeen when J P Morgan announced new directors for Northern Pacific, and previous prices reached as high as seven hundred regular and one thousand cash.
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New York
Northern Pacific
Stock Exchange
Geller
J. P. Morgan
Shorts
Absone .5 DIVORCE Contractor Seeks Custody Restore Claim
Stephen Leonard, Jacksonville contractor, seeks absolute divorce from Mrs. Leonard after a Savannah street scene in which he says she forcibly took their five month old baby. He asks the court to restore custody to him. she reportedly left him and pursued others after their St Augustine marriage on April 6. Leonard claims a violent temper and abuse, including an arm injury from scissors, and alleges neglect of the baby born in Pensacola on January 5.
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Jacksonville
Fls
Stephen
Leonard
Savannah
Francis
Pensacola
Adolphus Busch Praises Anheuser-Busch Milestone
More Than a Million Barrels. Adolphus Busch cables appreciation to Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association for surpassing one million barrels sold in the year ending July 31. He thanks officers and men and notes the plant's international repute and pride from the achievement. Message dated August 1, 1801 from Langensalza.
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St. Louis
Anheuser-Husch Brewing Association
Adolphus Busch
Hanged Mexican servant Rocha dies for Grimsinger murder
Juan Rocha, an aged Mexican servant, was hanged at the county jail at 11 20 today for the murder of John M Grimsinger last year. Rocha, devoted to Mrs Grimsinger, helped plan and carry out the killing as she plotted with him while her husband slept. Mrs Grimsinger currently faces a life sentence.
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Juan Rocha
Drownings After Steamer Creates Wave On Ohio River
Huntington W Va August 2 Several persons drowned when a small pleasure boat was upset by waves from the steamer Sunshine near Speak Landing on the Ohio river last night. Mia Hemming of Central City and her year old daughter Kathleen and two grandchildren aged 4 and 5 perished. William Clutter 16 and Thelma Apperson 16 were rescued.
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Huntington
W. Va
Mia
John H. Hemming
Central City
Kathleen
Speak
Ohio River
Sunshine
William Clutter
Thelma Apperson
Boers Brong in Cape Colony English War News
Cape Town reports place Boers in Cape Colony at 7000 to 8000 mostly rebels, far from official 1000. Standerton dispatch says Botha De Wet and DeLaRey rejected surrender, plan to continue fighting. Boers invade Portuguese territory near Nandzi heading to Komatipoort. Swiss farmer loss. 14 men pursue. Van Der Hoven travels to Russia for a wedding, denying political significance.
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Cape Town
Daily Mail
Daily Mall
Standerton
Tranavaal
Botha
de Wet
Delarey
Steyn
Lorenzo Marques
Nandzi
Komatipoort
Almeida
Mr. Kroger
Dr. Leyds
Professor Riddle Captured By Venezuelan Escort
Professor Riddle of the San Juan normal school, returning from South America on a United States fish commission mission, was captured on the Orinoco when a Venezuelan gunboat named the General Hernandez stopped his launch. He and his escort were held at Caldad Bolivar for six days before release.
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Professor Riddle
San Juan
Porto Rico
Caldad Bolivar
First lynching in DeKalb county shocks Smithville area
In Smithville Tennessee on August 2 a mob of about twenty five seized Charley Davis after a court hearing over a prior assault on Miss Kate Hues. Davis was hanged a quarter mile from town after attempting escape. Deputies and the victim’s father were injured in the fray. The mob originated from the victim’s relatives and friends.
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Smithville
Tenn
DeKalb County
Charley Davis
Kate Hues
Miss Hues
Davis
Davin
J. T. Odum
Bob Odum
Marcy Pass
Milton Hues
Davia
Sue
Mob lynches Black suspect after confessed murder near Leeds
Charley Bentley a Black man confessed to killing Jim Vann a white man and assaulting Vann’s wife then was killed by a mob near Leeds in St Clair county. The verdict placed Bentley at fault for the serious assault and the crowd hanged him from a tree as lawmen watched.
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Bentley
Birmingham
Ala
Charley Bentley
Jim Vann
Willams
Leeds
St. Clair County
Vann
Mob violence reports in Carrollton miss. August
Dispatches say rumors of additional mob fatalities were unfounded. Sheriff Woodall reports three Black people fatally harmed. no arrests yet and witnesses released. Governor Longino condemned the affair as a disgrace to the state.
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Taliaferro
Carrollton
Miss
McCray
Woodall
Jackson
Longino
Two Die on Same Gallows in Florida
In St Augustine Florida James Kirby and Robert Lee were hanged for the May murder of Julius Eskew. Lee claimed innocence as the trap sprung at 10:10. Kirby died instantly from a broken neck while Lee lingered about fifteen minutes before death from strangulation after thirty minutes on the gallows.
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James Kirby
Robert Lee
Florida
St Augustine
Fla
Jar Yard
Julius Eskew
Lee
Kirby
Leo
Onder
Negro Schools Seek Longer Terms in Mississippi
Jackson August 2 special The Mississippi Negro Teachers Association in Brandon will adopt a resolution tomorrow favoring longer country school terms. This follows a statewide drive led by State Superintendent Whitfield as a major educational push in Mississippi.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Negro Teachers’ Association
Brandon
Whitfield
Lenox drifted by currents after shaft failure near Piedras Blancas
Seven crewmen from the disabled transport Lenox were picked up by the steamer Loomis after leaving Manila June 37 and Magasaki July 5. They describe a broken shaft, scarce provisions, and drifting south toward the coast, while a Chinese crew initially refused to meet the shore.
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San Francisco
Lenox
Pound
Mantle
Piedran Biancas
George Louris
J. S. Pratt
J. Lea
Frank West
P. T. Flaherty
James P. Scanton
David Hankin
New Jersey
Manila
T. L. Rose
Magasaki
Williamson
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