Robbery Plot Tied to San Quentin Parolees
In Vallejo Junction the Selby smelting works theft of 280000 dollars in gold bullion baffles investigators. Detectives credit a parolee with possible ties to the crime and note a lookout site above the works. A $5000 reward is offered. Pinkerton says progress is hoped but no major lead yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Selby
Vallejo Junction
Gibson
San Quentin
Crockett
Selby Works
Occidental
Eureka
Golden Gate
Sausalito
A. J. Halston
Selby Smelting Works
Ralston
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Florida Manufacturing Growth in Census Report 1900
The census bureau’s preliminary Florida manufacturing report shows 2115 establishments in 1900, a 163 percent rise since 1890, with total capital of 344,478,997 and wages of 51,059,267. Jacksonville lists 195 establishments, capital 2,008,603, wages 645,921, cost of materials 1,007,924, and product value 2,312,209.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Florida
Jacksonville
Prohibitionists Ordered to Leave Fort Scott
A mass meeting in Fort Scott Kansas with about 2500 attendees adopted resolutions demanding Rev Mr Fraser of the state temperance union and others who insist on enforcing the prohibition law leave the city. The chairman was instructed to appoint a committee of fifty to enforce the resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Scott
Kansas
Kana
Mr. Fraser
State Temperance Union
Will Enlarge the Prisons at Key Military Posts
Washington reports extensive improvements contemplated at Fort Monres Virginia Leavenworth Kansas Fort Sheridan Illinois and San Francisco military posts. Since Leavenworth prison transfer to the general government these posts have housed general military prisoners and plans call for enlarging prison facilities at these locations.
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United States
Washington
Fort Monres
Leavenworth
Kans
Fort Sheridan
Young Riggin Dies In Laurel Fire At Eason's Carriage Factory
Emery W. Riggin, son of former Delaware House Speaker B. B. Riggin, perished in a blaze that destroyed Eason's carriage factory in Laurel. He reportedly entered the building first and, believed to have suffered an epileptic fit, was found between two coffins on the upper floor as flames raged. The loss amounted to about $10,000, insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Riggin
Delaware
Laurel
Del
Emery W. Riggin
B. B. Riggin
House of Representatives
Eason
First Wife of the Mexican Was Tiss Mary Gray of New Orleans
George Plowman a Dallas lawyer visits Dallas to discuss the controversial will of General Mexia dying in Mexico City leaving an estate valued at over 1 million. He consults Mrs Mary Mexia and her daughter Miss Amaca Luce Mexia, key contestants in the case long tied up in Dallas courts. The Ramsay Mexia sisters seek compromise as potential terms loom, with rail fare to New York offered at 29 dollars round trip via Seaboard Air Line.
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New York
George O “Phman
Dallas
Tex
Mary Gray Mexia
Henriqua Mexia
The
of Mexico
Amaca Luce Mexia
Mexica
City
Mexico
Hig Estate
Texas
Plowman
Mexia
Mextaly
Paterson
N. J
Martha W. Wightman
General Mexia
Inez
Adela Ramsay Mexia
Ramsay Mexia
Merits of Torrens System To Be Presented at Convention
Virginia Bar Association session at White Sulphur Springs cites Massie paper on The Torrens System. Officers named for the year include President Major Thomas C. Elder and Secretary Eugene C. Massie. delegates listed to the American Bar Association. A committee is appointed to present Torrens merits before the constitutional convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Bar Association
White Sulphur Springs
Massie
Major
Thomas C. Elder
Staunton
Eugene C. Massie
Joseph L. Kelly
South
EL. C. Berkeley
South Side
Lloyd T. Smith
Tidewater
Frank T. Glasgow
Valley
R. Walton Moore
Pieimont
Richard B. Davis
Petersburg
R. T. Irvine
Big Stone Gap
George McIntosh
Norfolk
American Bar Association
Samuel Griffin
Raleigh C. Mloor
Randolph Harrison
John Gondo
Bedford
Southern makes big lease of cars and engines
Knoxville Tenn August The Southern railway has made one of the largest leases of cars and engines ever, Edward T Storbury trustee for the Prev i dent Site and Trust Company of Philadelphia is the lessor. The lease covers seven years from July 1 to September 20 2008 and covers 3 37 cars and Baldwin locomotives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euanutiver
Knoxville, Tenn
Southern Railway
Southern Railroad
Edward T. Storbury
Site and Trust Company of
Philadelphia
Baldwin
Established Headquarters of International Typographical Union Arrive
Officers James M. Lynch and J. W. Bramwood reached Birmingham and set up headquarters at the Morris hotel ahead of the union meeting Monday. In Pratt City, Edwin Curry, 5, drowned in Village Creek after stepping into deep water while wading. efforts to rescue him failed and the funeral was held today.
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Officers International Typographical Union
Birmingham
Ala
James M. Lynch
J. W. Bramwood
International Typographical Union
Morris Hotel
Edwin Curry
George Curry
Pratt City
Vilage Creek
Curry
Corn King Phillips Declares End to Pools
Chicago August 7 George H Phillips says no more corn pools after narrowly escaping an explosion he calls gunpowder. He vows not to be forced into risky pools again, denouncing board of trade pool decisions and detailing his definitive stance.
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Phillips
George H. Phillips
Board of’ Directors
Board of Trade
Boston Lawyer Kills Himself in Hotel
Boston report says Robert F. Simes, a local lawyer and Harvard graduate, shot and killed himself in a leading hotel this afternoon. The age given is incorrect in the fragment. cause of death remains unknown.
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Boston
Robert F. Simes
Harvard
Five Injured As Memphis Trolley Plunges From Bridge
A Memphis Street Railway trolley derailed while crossing a bayou bridge at Second and Mil Streets before 2 PM. Five persons were injured, all expected to recover: Miss Bessie Phillips, Patrolman Michael Lillis, A T Brown from Waterford, Marie Fields colored, and Charles Biggs colored. The derailment left passengers dropped 20 feet down the embankment with a near-fatal escape. cause is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
Memphis Street Railway Company
Second
Mil Streets
Bessie Phillips
Michael Lillis
A. T. Brown
Waterford
Mies
Marie Fields
Charles Biggs
Grasshoppers Ravage Georgia Fields in Walker and Catoosa
In Walker and Catoosa counties Georgia farmers report a grasshopper swarm devouring crops. Prominent Chickamauga farmer Charles Henderson says corn and fleshy greens are stripped as the large green insects move systematically across fields. The outbreak mirrors western grasshopper plagues and threatens the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Catoosa
Chattanooga
Tenn
Georgia
Charles Henderson
Chickamauga
Wreck on Norfolk and Western at Roanoke train derails
An express car combination mail car baggage car and tender left the rails near Holitude on the Shenandoah Valley division at thirty miles an hour. The wreck caused a wide shake up but all passengers and trampmen escaped unharmed. Authorities attribute the cause to rail spreading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk and Western
Roanoke
Holitude
Shenandoah Valley
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Flood Subsidies in Virginia Relief After Storm
Richmond Va August 7 The storm and flood situation in the state is relieved and indications are that danger and damage are past. Evidences of the downpour of yesterday are plentiful but the water has all passed away. The wind has changed and formal conditions are expected to continue.
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Virginia
Richmond
Educated Ministers Wanted Demand From South Boston Churches
August reports from the Congregational Educational Society note increased funds to western academies and missions, debt cleared with a small balance. The society seeks hundreds of southern Congregational churches for a contemplated ministry, urging cooperation with northern seminaries.
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Boston
Congregational Educational Society
West
Southern Congregational
Minarieg Main
Proposal for a Southern College Institute at Atlanta
The text suggests locating an institution in the south, with Atlanta given as an example. It notes Rol lings College students are older and more advanced than in prior years, mentioning several Cubaris in attendance.
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South
Atlanta
Rolling College
Ploddas
Rollins
Parade of the Maccabees at Pan American exposition
At the Pan-American exposition Buffalo hosts a Maccabees parade with a bright dress display under clearing skies. Great Camp Counsel James L Quackenbush presides. W J Buchanan delivers welcome, H L Young and Lillian M Tollister make addresses, D P Markey and Bina A West speak for supreme officers. A reception precedes a drill by Ladies of Maccabees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
James L. Quackenbush
W. J. Buchanan
Bes Hive
H.l L. Young
Knights of the Maccabees
Lillian M. Tollister
the Maccabees
Detroit
D. P. Markey
Port. Huron
Bina A. West
Supreme Record
Port Huron
Mich
Fight Over Cherokee Lands Oil Lease Battle at Interior
Counsel for William F McSpadden and Cherokee citizens challenged the Cherokee Oil and Gas Company lease application in Washington arguing the sub leasing act is invalid and conflicts with the 1806 treaty and 1814 act. They contend the company infringed citizens rights without consent and that May 1889 and 1890 statutes did not grant the nation power to lease lands for oil mining. The sole remedy is via the Cherokee national council, and the lease expires August 9, 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wi- Lam F. McSpadden
Interior Department
Cherokee Oi
Congress
Cherokee National Council
Barred by Insurances Rates On Trans Atlantic Route
Officials of the Northwestern Steamship Company plan withdrawal of two steamships from the Chicago to Liverpool route due to discriminatory insurance rates. Similar action may affect the companys other ships if extortion ends. Charges reach 1 75 on 10 with average 1 25, causing about 3500 per cargo and 7000 per round trip compared with lower rates in New York or Montreal.
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Chicago
Northwestern Steamship Company
Liverpool
Europe
York
Montreal
Texans Get Choice Lands Town Lots Not In Demand
Lawton Oklahoma August 7 Texans who filed for land near Lawton largely ignored quality land as 125 entrants appeared. oil claims are rising on the Wichita mountains with an estimated two thousand seeking locations. Hobart booms with orderly auctions, more tents, a new Republican paper, and cash from express arrivals.
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Lawton
Oklo
Tferlor
Lota
Wichita
Hobart
Okla
Express
Two White Men Attackedman on Peachtree Streets
Wl L Ansley of 65 East Cain Street was attacked by two white men near Peachtree and West Peachtree streets shortly before midnight. His wife accompanied him, he was unarmed, and a report was filed with police as detectives search for the assailants. A description was given to aid the investigation.
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Avgwu
Wll
Ansley
East Cain Street
Peachtree
West Peachtree Streets
Franchises Granted for East Point and West End Rail Lines
The county board granted two street railway franchises one to the Atlanta Railway and Power Company extending the East Point line to College Park and one to the Atlanta Rapid Transit Company from Oak and Holderness streets to near Westview cemetery. Conditions include daily trains and road repair, with the term tied to the company charter. The Rapid Transit line runs from Oak and Holderness to Gordon street and near Westview cemetery. The board discussed paving payments but did not include them. The finance committee will borrow 15 000 to cover July expenses as taxes arrive in fall. A public reception for Rev. Dr. W H McGlaufin was announced at First Universalist Church. Tallahassee contracts awarded for state printing to L B Hilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Atlanta Railway and Power Company
Atlanta Rapid Transit Company
Ernest C. Woodruff
Joel Hurt
T. K. Glenn
East Point
College Park
Rapid Transit
Oak and
Holderness Streets
West End
Westview Cemetery
N. Connally
East Point Land Company
Railway and Power Company
Rapid Transit Company
Gordon Street
Minors Sold Cigarettes Case Stirs Recorder Court
Nine defendants faced the recorder on charges of selling cigarettes to a minor. E H Greenway Henry Weatherly Leonard Boone John McMillan C B Ray George Moore John Brown Nick Poole James Yallas were bound over to state courts in bonds of 50 dollars each after the youth, age 15, aided by an officer in evidence. Attorneys sparred over the ethics of using a minor as an informant and the judge noted some defendants were themselves minors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder's Court
Mifnore
E. H. Greenway
Henry Weatherly
Leonard Boone
John McMillan
C. B. Ray
George Moore
John Brown
Nick Poole
James Yallas
Hane
Ciizens
Lowry Arnold
Officer Bone
Young Bone
Broyles
Arnold
Bone
Supreme Court
State Courta
Champion sets one mile cycling record at Charles River park
Albert Champion—flying start—smashes one mile mark in 1:29 6 in heat of match race against Major Taylor. Taylor exits after one mile. Champion wins by fall and Taylor sustains a fall. Frank L. Kramer wins one third mile championship in 1:03 4-5 with Iver Johnson second. Major Taylor and W S Fenn share third money. Also reports the Birmingham shooting tournament where Dr F C Wilson of Savannah wins first prize with a two day score of 12.
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Albert
Boston
Charles River Park
Albert Champion
Major Taylor
Michael
Champion
Taylor
Frank L. Kramer
Iver Lawson
Fenn
Savannah
Birmingham
Ala
South
F. C. Wilson
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Tiss ‘Mary Gray
Hew
Orleans
Seaboard Air Line
Southern
Etectro-Chemio Procera
Memphis
Grasshopper
Parade OF the Maccabees
Lyons Paracuei
Will Ansley
Smeefote
Herschel
Westindien
Joint High Commission
Lord Pauncefota
Hernehe
First Universalist Church
East Harris Street
W. H. McGlaufin
Hilscon
Tallahassee
Fla
Baedtal
Board of Commissioners of State Institutions
Hon
L B. Hilson
Pubisher
Milton,Fla
Hilson
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