Boats at Memphis Laid Up by Floating Ice
In Memphis the riverboats are all laid up and unable to run due to floating ice. The harsh December weather continues across the South with record cold in Montgomery and Birmingham. Suffering among the poor rises as crops suffer damage in Louisiana and orange crops in Florida face frost.
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Memphis
Louisiana
Con- Mobile
AIA
Nashville
Montgomery
Alu
Wreather
Deecenther
Mercury
Chattanooga
Tenn
Birmingham
Irmingham
Ala
Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Peninsula
Nertt
Tampa
State Agricultural Department
Mangled by Machinery Fatal Accident in Georgia
Valdosta Ga December 20 Special news reached here of a deadly cotton gunnery accident. Henry Williams twenty one year old son of Jerry Williams of Brooks County was mangled when caught in a belt. His arm was torn off and his head and face crushed. He remained conscious about two hours after the incident before dying.
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Valdosta
Henry Williams
Jerry Willams
Brooks County
Wiliams
Electric road deal fails in Chattanooga
Chattanooga reports that Philadelphia capitalists failed to ratify terms to buy and consolidate the electric road with Rapid Transit. Stockholders did not approve the purchase. Weather notes from several cities report extreme cold with record lows and damage to crops and pipes. In Raleigh Minnesota a miller, Dasher Morris, dies after a frozen water wheel injures him.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Warner
Chattanooga Electric Railway
Philadelphia
Raleigh
MN. C
Dasher Morris
Stanley County
Morrid
Hanged for Wife Murder in Alabama and Tennessee
Will Redding and Will Winton, both described as 86, were hanged today for wife murder in Birmingham and faced jealousy as a motive. Cicero Harris, colored, was hanged in Virginia court yard for the killing of Samuel Ware after accusations of paying attention to Ware’s wife. Harris’s sentence evolved from October to December 20 with Governor Tyler denying a commute to life imprisonment.
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Birmingham
Als
Will Redding
Will Winton
Redding
Jonesboro
Winton
East Tennessee
Frank O'Brien
Cicero Harris
Knoxville
Tehn
Bristol
Tenn
Virginia Court House
University of Virginia” Medical Department
Charlottesville
Cleero Harris
Samuel
Tyler
Harris
Will contest the back tax in Pike county inquiry
In Jackson Mississippi on December 20 a State Revenue Agent uncovered delinquent solvent credits totaling about 8 million dollars that have escaped taxation. Delinquents plan to fight the back tax claims at the January board of supervisors session, with some employing counsel. They argue double taxation but courts have ruled property value and mortgage value are distinct. Most claims may be reduced, yet the bulk should stand and proceed to final collection.
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Jackson
Miss
Pike County
Adams
Board of Supervisors
Adams County
Tallahassee Southeastern Railroad Sold to Capitalists
A rumor of sale to the Florida Grand Trunk Railroad Company is false. The Tallahassee Southeastern was sold yesterday to unnamed capitalists who plan rapid completion and operate from Tallahassee toward Perry and Gainesville. The Grand Trunk exists only as a chartered entity.
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Tallahassee
Perry
Naylor County
Gainesville
Fla
Florida
University Register Finishes After Years of Labor
Bis Work Nearly Finished. The University Register, completed under Professor T. W. Palmer, is a 505 page biographical dictionary with four parts. It lists officers from 1831 to present, student classes with sketches, an alphabetical student index, and a list of honorary graduates along with alumni notes.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University Register
T. W. Palmer
South
Recommendations for Mississippi penitentiary reforms
Jackson December 20 Special report shows a joint legislative committee investigating the Mississippi penitentiary proposing radical changes to the institutions finances. The panel filed its findings with Governor Longino but will keep details private until the legislature convenes. Expenses of the inquiry ranged from 1 200 to 9 50 with only 500 appropriated. lawmakers may be asked to reimburse excess.
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Jackson
Miss
Joint Legislative Committee
Mississippi
Instituton
Longino
West Point Industries reelected boards and declares dividends
At West Point Ga on December 20 stockholders of Lanett Cotton Mills West Point Manufacturing Company Riverdale Cotton Mills Lanett Bleachery and Dye Works and Chattahoochee Valley Railway Company reelected the same boards and officers. The earnings were solid despite cotton mill challenges and usual dividends were declared with L Lanier H S Sears and W B Herford unanimously reelected to key posts.
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West Point
Bpenlal
Lanett Cotton Mills
West Point’ Manufacturing Company
Riverdale’ Cotton Mills
Lanett Bleachery and Dys Works
Chattahoochee “Wale Jey Railway Company
L. Lanter
Lanier
B. Sears
West Point Manufacturing Company
L. Lanier
H. S. Sears
Riverdale Cotton, Mills
James Pierce
Hi. S. Sears
Lanett Bleachery and Dye Works
W. H. Wellington
E. Lanier
Justin G. Gale
Chattahoochee Valley Railway, Company
L. Lan
Sued for the value of a dog Supreme Court reversed
The Mississippi Supreme Court reversed and remanded a railroad dog case in Jackson. Mobile and Ohio railroad v. Holliday. Justice Calhoun held a dog has no right blocking commerce when it can move. Evidence showed the dog strayed onto the track, held it about 600 yards, and was killed by a train. Engineer unaware of the dog. The ruling rejects a presumption of value, noting most dogs lack pecuniary worth, especially when straying.
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Supreme Court of Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Moblie and Ohio Railroad
W. R. Holliday
Calhoun
Supreme Court
Moss Warren Burns to Death in Alabama Wash Scene
Miss Nancy Warren of Cordell area near Mountainboro died from severe burns while preparing to wash clothes. Fire is believed to have ignited her clothing as she tended the wash at the family home.
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Mountainboro
Ala
Nancy Warren
Cordell
Virginia Constitutional Convention Adjourns Until New Year
Richmond December 20 the constitutional convention adjourned today until noon January 1 19. On motion of Mr Lindsay the head of Staunton deaf and blind asylum was added to the list of those eligible to serve on the state board of education.
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Richmond
Lindsay
Staunton
State Board of Education
Gulf and Ship Island road to pay back taxes in Mississippi
Jackson December 20 special. Gulf and Ship Island road will tender a 60 000 check to State Revenue Agent Adams as settlement of back taxes under a recent US supreme court decision. No further litigation expected. counties Harrison Perry Covington Marion Simpson Rankin and Hinds plus several towns along the line will share funds in the distribution.
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Jackson
Miss
Gulf and Ship
Island Road
State Revenue
Adams
United States Supreme Court
Harrison County
Harrison
Perry
Covington
Marion
Simpson
Rankin
Hinds
Bellville and St Louis Glass Works Blow 200000 Bottles
Daily production at the Belleville and St. Louis glass plants exceeds 200000 bottles destined for Budweiser beer. Bottles are filled by the Anheuser Busch Brewing Association of St. Louis Missouri.
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Belleville
St. Louis
Anheuser-Busch Brewing - Ass'n
Hawkes Gold Spectacles Ad at 14 Whitehall Street
Holiday rail passes offered to students with school superintendents’ certificates from December 16 1901 to January 8 1902. Western and Atlantic and Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis railways sell cheap round trip tickets during Christmas holidays with specific travel dates in late December 1901 and early January 1902. Tickets available through ticket agents.
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Western and Atlantic Railroad
Nashville, Chattanooga and
O. BE. Harman
IF. Smith
Trafic
Atlanta and West Point sells round trip fares in holiday sale
Low Christmas rates apply December 21 to 25 and December 30 to January 3 with final run January 3 1902. Through Pullman sleepers dining car service and expedited schedules offered. Sleeping car reservations via telephone or at 7 N Pryor St. Contacts include J B Billups D P N Pryor and G P and T A Le Maire opera glasses advertised by Kellam Moore at 42 North Broad Street Prudential building.
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Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company
Pullman
George W. Alien
C. Pl
T. A
LE Maire
More Room for the Insane in State Hospitals
The North Carolina Board of Public Charities recommends extending hospital capacity after inspecting Hig Soldiers' Home and the Institution for the Whites in Raleigh. Dr Charles Duffy reports a pressing need for space, noting rising costs and inmate numbers at the three state facilities.
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Board of Public Charities
Raleigh
N.G
State Board
Public: Charities
Charles. Duffy
Tallec
Hig Soldiers' Hone
Galdstern
Organ 18 Held For Trial In Embezzlement Case
George W. Morgan, president of the defunct Continental Security Company, faces trial on embezzlement charges of 26000 with a matching 26000 check. In Birmingham, Justice Benners halted testimony for grand jury action, bond set at 3000. Evidence shows asset transfers among associated companies and a daily income around 1000 with 200 in expenses. Morgan was later arrested by federal authorities for alleged use of the mails in a fraud.
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Birmingham
Ala
George W. Morgan
Continental Securty Company
Benners
Morgan
George Blinn, Sr
Continental Company
Southern Debenture Company
National Debenture
Powell
Continental
American Redemption Company
Columbia Investment Company
Southern
United States
Keller of Chattanooga claims wireless distance finders and water communications
Charles Oscar Keller of Chattanooga asserts after nineteen years of work he has completed an invention to locate and indicate ship distances within sixty miles without wires and to establish telephonic communication under all conditions including underwater He plans to go to Washington in January to meet Secretary of the Navy Long and foreign naval attaches and cites support from Senator Slater of New York and others showing interest in the matter
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Chattanooga
Wobn
Charles Oscar Keller
Washington
Long
Slater
New York
Mississippi Supreme Court Adjourns For Christmas Vacation
The Mississippi supreme court adjourned today until January 6, granting a Christmas vacation for the bench. At yesterday's sitting, arguments were heard in the case of Frank Sheppred v. State from Leflore County circuit court.
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Mississippi Supreme Court
Jackson, Miss
Frank Sheppric
State
Circuit’court
Leflore County
Prisoner Given Passing Sentence in Fatal Sharp-Object Crime
An Italian man known as Sheppric was convicted of causing fatal harm to a mixed-race girl by a sharp-object attack using an oyster opener. The court sentenced him to a passing term.
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Sheppric
Sailors Try to Force Fireman Off Nicaragua at Mobile Wharf
About forty sailors gathered on the first wharf at Mobile today to compel a fireman aboard the Norwegian steamer Nicaragua to quit. The incident occurred in the mid afternoon as tensions rose between crew and officers over duties and working conditions. No injuries reported. Authorities opened an inquiry into the disturbance and potential crew discipline measures.
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Mobile
Ala
Nicaragua
Sailors Strike Over Union Scale Fees On Fruit Steamers
Reports say crew signed at a rate below union scale nearly sparked a riot when they tried to force entry on a vessel. Wharf police intervened. Fruit steamer sailors have struck to abolish a $3 shipping fee after a vote failed to approve demands for higher wages beyond the $25 for seamen and $35 and 340 for firemen.
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Seamon
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