Alabama Legislators Hear From Ladies And Lively Debate
Montgomery February 14 Special Correspondence. Senator Johnston plans a lecture to aid the Soldiers' Home at Mountain Creek while the Alabama legislature sees rising reform measures. Women lobbyists push reform bills on education child labor and uniform texts, with committees from Montgomery Mobile and Auburn influential. The chamber debates salaries appropriations and a fierce push for railroad regulation and a constitutional convention looms over party power.
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Montgomery
Alabama Senate
George D. Johnston
Perry County
Alabama
Johnston
Old South
Mountain Creek
Senate
House
Federation of Women's Clubs
J. H. Hardaway
S. .B. Sterne
Hails Janney
Carollyn Haralson
A. T. Goodwyn
E. P. Morriscete
Richard Browder
Olivia Arrington
Erwin Craighead
Rhett Goode
Mobile
B. B. Ross
Auburn
J. L. McConneaughy
Montevallo
Joseph McLester
Birmingham
East Lake
Jack
Alabama Makes Bid for Trusts and New Railroad Plans
Birmingham officials hailed Alabama Senate approval of a new charter code seen as favorable to trusts and state revenues. A planned railroad from St Andrews Bay to Birmingham promises access to a rich southeastern region, boosting trade and employment. Four new local corporations were formed this week with total capital of 84,000 dollars. The Republic Iron and Steel Company reported six months profits of 2,091,838 dollars after expenses, with significant repairs and rising surplus. Export lumber surged with over two hundred cars awaiting ships at Pensacola. Three thousand tons of Alabama steam coal were sent to Pensacola for Navy use. The Jefferson Brick Company was organized in Birmingham, boasting 70 million bricks annually. Blount County Mines owners toured properties, hopeful about a vein-rich coal and fire clay deposit nearby.
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Birmingham
Ala
Senate of
Alabama
New Jersey
St. Andrews Bay
Fla
Columbus
Eufaula
Montgomery
Macon
Warrior River Coal and Land” Company
Capital
Upper Cahaba Coal Company
Bradford Coal Company
Hickman-Dupuy Livery and Transfer Company
The
Republic Company
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Pensacola
Louis-iaville and Nashville Railroad Company
Gulf Coast
Navy Yard
North Atlantic Squadron
Jefferson Brick Company
Brickmakers of
Chalifoux
Blount County Mines
John A. Rutherford
New York
Priestly Toulman
Lehigh Coal Company
Blount
Coal and mine growth in Alabama boosts output and jobs
The report notes improving coal activity near Lehigh with new cottages and a two mile Louisville and Nashville spur planned to access two new mines under fire clay veins. Alabama’s 1899 coal output reached about 10.33 million tons, mined by 16,979 workers earning over $3 daily, with county tallies and coal grades listed.
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Lehigh
Louisville
Nashville
Alabama
Walker
Jefferson
Marion
Shelby
St. Clair
Tuscaloosa Bibb
Blount
Cullman Etowah
Jackson
Winston
Potal
Slack
Ventura divorce case decides custody in long kidnapping fight
In Des Moines Iowa February 14 the Ventura divorce case ends with Mrs Ventura Conrad awarded custody of her child Lillian after a turbulent history. Five years earlier Mrs Ventura divorced Professor D Ventura who kept the child. She later married Wi A Conrad of Minneapolis and reportedly kidnapped the child. Depositions included Governor Cummings and William Dean.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ventura
Tudgs McVey
Ventura Conrad
Lillian
Outa I D
Wi. A. Conrad
Minneapolia
Cummings
Willam Dean
Powdered Glass Found in Man's Stomach In KC Death
A second examination of the stomach of Jacob P. Sieger, a Kansas City traveler, revealed a teaspoonful of powdered glass. Police suspect murder or large money motives and point to a woman connected to the case, with a Kansas bride-to-be reportedly imminent.
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Siega
Kansas City
Jacob P. Sieger
Steger
Bleger
Aa Icansas
Morphine and Cigarettes Cited in Hooper Case
Ossining February 14 Dr Vine prison physician at Sing Sing examined William Hooper Young who began life sentence for murder. The doctor found medical insanity linked to excessive morphine and cigarette use, in agreement with New York physicians.
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William Henry Hooper
Ossinning
Trvine
Sing Sing
Willam Hooper Young
Anna Pulitzer
New York
Young Ware
Young
Chicago Turf Fraud Raids Lead to Bonds and Prosecutions
Chicago authorities closed turf investment raids with Harry Brolaski M J Bock and Mattie Woody held on bonds of 600 each. W J Mason and Henry Thompson released as clerks. Prosecution of turf concerns planned and federal grand jury inquiry sought, with inspector Stuart to begin steps.
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Chicago
Harry Brolaski
M. J. Bock
Mattie Woody
W. J. Mason
Henry Thompson
Stuart
Fireman Fatally Shoots Coworker in Memphis Clash
Memphis February 14. William Hasse a fireman for the St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern shot and killed John Marshall an employee of the Illinois Central at an early hour this morning. Hasse says Marshall was armed with a repeating shotgun and made a threatening gesture.
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Enl
Memphis
William Hasse
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern
John Marshall
Thelinois’ Central
Hasse
Marshall
Indicted for Election Frauds in St Louis
Thomas Bar rett, marshal of the St. Louis court of appeals, was indicted by the federal grand jury on charges of complicity in registration frauds in St. Louis on February 14.
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St. Louis
Thomas 3. Barrett
Blue and Gray tale of capture and escape in Civil War
Eures of Bartow Florida recalls service in a Georgia Confederate company led by Captain Dick Peeples. He describes crossing from Savannah during Sherman's raid, his capture at Macon, and a daring escape from city hall aided by Byrd who hid him, swapped clothes, and kept him safe for days. Customs and memory mix in this first-person recollection of a young Confederate recruit.
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Bartow
Fia
Eures
Dick Peeples
Georgia
Armstrong
Augusta
Savannah
Bures
Dick People
Thunderbolt
Sherman
South Carolina
Macon
Byrd
Johnnie Reb
Peter
City Hall
Albany
Byres
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets Offer Blood Based Cure
An advertised remedy claims to cure catarrh by targeting the blood and mucous membranes. The tablet is said to dissolve in the mouth or be used as a douche, with Dr Bement praising the internal treatment as safer and more convenient than old douches. Drugeists sell Stuart's Catarrh Tablets at fifty cents per package.
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Stuart
Bement
Drugeists
Grugeist
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