Proposals to Elect Railroad Commissioners Sparks Convention Fight
In Montgomery Alabama a heated battle erupts over a constitutional provision to elect railroad commissioners by the people. The convention tests a three fourths jury verdict proposal amid strong railroad corporate opposition and mounting party pressure as voting looms.
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Montgomery
Alt
Haseen
Tigi
Ito
Tale
Alona
Railroad
Jones
Central
Louisville and Nashville
Oates
Cobb
Tennent Lomax
Reading
Membare
Damaire
Atviaton
Bit Billies
Major C H Albes of Decatur Dies at 66
Major C H Albes, longtime Decatur resident and former Nashville editor, died today at 12 o'clock after weeks of illness. A German immigrant who arrived in 1854, he aided yellow fever victims in 1888 and later ran the Bismarck hotel. He leaves a daughter and a son-in-law, with funeral services set for Monday.
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Necatur
Decatur
Ala
C. H.‘Albes
Bismarck Hotel
Major Albes
Hanover
Germany
Dén, C. &, Albee
Albes
Nashville
Tenn
Strikes Put Charleston Railroad Shops at Risk of Move
Charleston business leaders seek a settlement as Southern railroad machinists strike halts outside workers. Non union hires were brought in by special trains but faced intimidation, raising fear the shops will relocate. Robert Wallace, a union machinist, to stand trial for allegedly assaulting G W Manthey at Volk and Murdock works.
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Charleston, & C
Spentala
Charleston
Southern Railroad
Judicial Court
Robert Wallace
G. W. Manthey
Wallace
Manthey
Volk & Murdock
Mills, Coal Miners Will Resume in Birmingham District
Birmingham district mills and coal mines resume operations after a fuel shortage. The Amalgamated Association contract is signed. 8,000 workers return, with Ragland noting a veto on last year’s minimum. State Mine Inspector Hooper predicts higher Alabama coal output this year.
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Birmingham
Als
Gate City
Bessemer
Tennessee Coal, Iron’ and’ Railroad Company
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel,and Tin Workers
Fred Whams
Onsy Place
Ragland
Yeale Ag
Minéra
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Alabama
Wes
J. de B._ Hooper
Blue Ridge Railroad to Be Sold at Public Auction
Under a decree by Circuit Judge Goff the Blue Ridge railroad will be sold at public auction in Anderson on July 15. The Southern, successor to the Columbia and Greenville railroad, holds judgments against the Blue Ridge totaling over 2,000,000 dollars. The line runs from Anderson to Walhalla and includes valuable franchises beyond Walhalla. The property features historic tunnels cut through mountain peaks and fuels lasting speculation of a future seaboard route crossing the mountains for a faster westward connection.
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Charleston, & C
Goff
United States Court
Blue Ridge Railroad
Anderson
Southern, Railway
Columbia and Greenville Railroad
Blue Ridge
Valhalla
Walhalla
Seaboard
Wholesale shooting at frolic in Orangeburg county
News from Columbia Ohio July 7 special reports a violent brawl at the Aaron Chavis house near Reeses Orangeburg County leaving Knowlton Williams Pope Chavis Ansell Williams dead or mortally wounded. Mrs Thomas Chavis wounded severely and others with minor injuries. No arrests yet.
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Columbia
8. C
Reeses
Orangeburg County
Aaron Chavis
Hone
Knowlton
Williams
Pope Chavis
Thomas Chavis
Ansell Williams
Tobe Hoovers
Dan Chavis
Poll Tax Delinquents Face Jail in Charleston
Charleston South Carolina July 7 Special city magistrates to enforce nonpayment of the poll tax for the fiscal year. Over 4 000 city residents have not paid. The new law imposes jail terms on delinquents and will be enforced strictly beginning tomorrow. The list includes several prominent Charleston residents.
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Charleston
Postoffice is anchored as flood sweeps Lynchburg area
A July rainstorm and cloudburst struck Lynchburg Tennessee and nearby Moore County. Mulberry Creek rose ten feet in under an hour washing away lumber fences bridges and rails. The County Line post office was shored to prevent demolition and farm damage is heavy with wheat shocks ruined corn destroyed and thresher and wagon swept from a Callie Bobo farm. No further losses reported.
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Nashvile
Tenn
Lynchburg
Moore County
Mulberry Creek
Callie Bobo
Wealth chases bad luck away in Kentucky and Texas
In Lexington Mi ton Kendall aged 67 claims 24000 acres in central Texas with 5000 near Beaumont. Once a prosperous cattle dealer he faced misfortune after self defense killings and an acquittal in a murder case. His wife’s minority status aided the land claims.
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Lexington
Miton Kendall
Texas
Beaumont
H. P. Lary
Kendall
How Luthy killed his wife on Park Avenue fire escape
Edward Luthy a 43 year old bookmaker killed his wife Abbie Luthy by shooting her in the head after she fled to a fire escape on Park Avenue New York. He then shot himself. Dozens witnessed the fatal shot and the body falling to the landing below. Jealousy over a delayed dinner is given as motive. Luthy is hospitalized with a serious wound. he says his wife tried to shoot him first.
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New York
Edward Luthy
Abbie L. Luthy
Park Avenue
Luthy
Funeral for Congressman Stokes Set for Orangeburg Tomorrow
In Columbia today a special dispatch reports the funeral of Congressman Stokes will be held in Orangeburg tomorrow at 11 o'clock. A congressional committee will reach Orangeburg in the morning. Several names are mentioned as potential successors to Dr. Stokes and others are seeking the post.
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Congressional Committee
Columbia
D. C
Congressman Stokes
Orangeburg
Stokes
Carolina Teams Plan to Finish Season Despite Quitting Talk
Charlotte indicates it will finish the season in the Virginia Carolina League after rumors of quitting. Charlotte has signed three of Richmond’s best players Hooker Bigble and Cranby and may add two from Norfolk. Tarboro faces Raleigh tomorrow in place of Richmond with Wilmington playing Charlotte. North Carolina clubs are said to be financially able to complete the season.
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Charlotte
N. C
Norfolk
Richmond
North Carolina
Hooker
Bigble
Alabama editors at home after California trip
Alabama Press Association members returning from their annual excursion were greeted in Birmingham yesterday. In San Francisco they were hosted by the California Press Association and its press club. Secretary J. Asa Rountree of The Dixie Manufacturer was presented with a diamond stud by the association.
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Press Association
San Francisco
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Press Association
California
the Press Club
California Press Association
Alabamans
J. Asa Rountree
Dixie Manufacturer
Baptist Minister Resigns to Lead Richmond Church
Dr. Charles B. Gardner, a prominent Baptist minister based in Greenville, resigns his Greenville church to accept a call from a church in Richmond Virginia. He is noted as a leading figure among southern Baptist ministers.
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Richmond, Columbia, & C
Charles 8. Gardner
South
Greenville
Richmond
Virginia
Vanderbilt Leaves Farm for Bar Harbor Amid Costs
George W. Vanderbilt and family depart Biltmore estate for Bar Harbor in his private car. He leaves behind horses and plans boating on his private yacht anchored there. He complains the new stables and dairy at Biltmore have grown enormously expensive.
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N. C
Biltmore Estate
Bar Harbor
Mr. Vanderbilt
Oil Lands Show Promise in Alabama and Tennessee
An oil company with $100,000 capital, backed by New York capitalists, plans to file incorporation papers Monday in Madison County Alabama Lincoln County Tennessee and two nearby counties. Agents have been taking options on property with indications of oil and have secured rights on between 10 000 and 20 000 acres. The company intends to sink several wells.
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Alabama
Tennessee
Huntsville
Ala
Madison County
Lincoln County
Tenn
New York
Presbyterians in Mexico Meet to Organize Independent Mexican Synod
The Presbyterian synod gathering in City of Mexico includes Rev. Dr. Halsey and Rev. J. H. McNeilly among U S visitors. Directors aim to establish an independent Mexican synod to directly oversee work in Mexico, with about 100 missions and 5 000 communicants. North church boards may withdraw supervision while continuing support to weaker missions. Presbyterians have grown rapidly across Mexico.
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Mexico
Presbyterian Synod
United States
Dr. Halsey
New York
Board of Missions of
The
Presbyterian Church
J. H. McNeilly
Tennessee
Foreign Missions of
Foreign Missionary Boards
Northern
Southern Presbyterian Church
Church of the United
Church In the
North
American Yachts Contemplate After Race Feelings
Newport July 7 The crew of the Constitution felt happy and resigned while the Independence faced disappointment after yesterday’s race. Tomorrow the Independence aims to showcase its reaching powers on a triangular course if favorable breeze holds. Butler Duncan of the Constitution deemed the contest effectively settled, giving the Independence no chance as a future cup defender.
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Newport
Constitution
Boston
Independence
Vertervay
Kat Ey Oeets
Butler Duncan
Blades Lumber Co Buys Oriental and Conduino Holdings
The Blades Lumber Company of New Bern has acquired Oriental Lumber Company of Pamlico County and its 20,000 acres of timber in Pamlico, Craven, and Carteret counties, along with the Concordia Lumber Company of New Bern and its 9,000 acres in Jones and Pamlico counties. The combined holdings exceed 100,000 acres, with plants previously operated by Oriental and Concordia.
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Dumber Lands
North Carolina
Reteighem. C
Tul
Blades Tumber Company
Newbern
Oriental Lumber Company
Pamlico County
Pamlico
Crane
Casteret
Con@ion Lumber Company
Jones and
Oriental
Congdon
Blades Company
Memorial Services Held by Knights of Pythias in Birmingham
Memorial services conducted by Knights of Pythias Birmingham division at Central Presbyterian church after processions from the Fox building. Speakers included Grand Chancellor W H Wilder of Birmingham Hon Tennant Lomax of Montgomery Dr S Handley and Hon J B Wadsworth past grand chancellor Alabama Knights of Pythias.
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Knights of Eythias
Birmingham
Ala
Knights of Fythias
Central Presbyterian Church
Fox Building
Central Presbyterian ‘Church
Tennant Lomax
Montgomery
8. Handley
Alabama
Knights of Pythias
Inspecting Dairy Products to Export Certification
Secretary Wilson moves to establish a system of dairy product inspection and branding under the agricultural appropriation act. Districts in Boston New York Chicago and San Francisco will pilot data gathering to craft regulations for a government backed purity and quality certification for exports.
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Wilson
Washington
United States
Boston
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Textile school work to begin at A and M College
Work will start tomorrow on the textile school at the Agricultural and Mechanical College Raleigh. Prof. Henry M Wilson of Charlotte named textile industry professor and H C Davidson of Hope Mills as weaving and designing instructor. North Carolina charters include Manchester Lumber Company Cumberland County capital 100000 with W J Johnson Red Springs and others as stockholders and Carolina Marble Company Statesville capital 25000 with C F Webb and others as stockholders.
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Raleigh
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Henry M. Wilson
Charlotte
N. C
H. C. Davidson
Hope Mills
North Carolina
Manchester Lumber Company
Cumberland County
W.J. Johnson
Red Springs
Carolina Marble Company
Statesville
Capital
Webb
Tablet for His Name and a Home for Aged Poor
In Mobile on July 7 a new home for the aged poor was dedicated by Jesuits from Spring Hill college and bishops. The Little Sisters of the Poor will run the home, donated and completed by Major P. B. C. Hannan, a local Irish philanthropist.
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Trish
Philantigrapist
Mobile
Ale
Bishon Allen
Jana
Spring Hill College
Little Sisters of the Poor
Cool Day in Chicago Sees 66 56 Temperatures
Chicago records a cool day with a maximum of 66 and a minimum of 56, a drop of 26 degrees since Saturday night when 82 was reported. Franze Benz dies in Germany at his villa near Hamburg.
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Chicago
Franz Benz
Berlin
Principeceivous
Germany
Hamburg
Death of James E Yeatman of St Louis Philanthropist
James E Yeatman a leading St Louis philanthropist and early banker died at 34 from uraemia after an operation. Born 1818 in Bedford Tennessee he founded Merchants Bank which became Merchants National Bank. He aided Western Sanitary Commission during Civil War and helped organize Freedmen Bureau advising leasing abandoned cotton plantations to freedmen.
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James E. Yeatman
St. Louis
James BE. Yeatman
Bedford
County
Tennessee
Merchants’ Bank
Merchants’ National Bank
Mr. Yeatman
Mr. Brindze
Winston Churchill
the Crisia
No Scare in Rio Janeiro Rumor Dismissed
July 7 Rio de Janeiro reports no bubonic plague scare. Four cases cited were traced to Oporto and all cases were not founded. General sanitary conditions in Rio de Janeiro are excellent.
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Rio Janeiro
Rito Janeiro
United States
Oporto
Rio
Janeiro
Lands to Be Opened for Homestead and Town Sites in Indian Lands
The Kiowa and Wichita reservations will be opened with 10 351 and 3 192 tracts of 160 acres respectively after required registrations for homesteads and town sites. Applicants must present registration certificates and proofs, with fees. soldiers may file via an agent. Town site petitions go to the general land office for possible withdrawals and later entry under town site laws. Sixty day opening restrictions apply. after that, remaining lands may be settled under general laws.
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Lawa
General Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Ward
United States
Wichita
Will Plead for Injunction On Land Office Action
A legal action will seek an injunction to stop the opening of the land office in El Reno Oklahoma Territory. Judge Irwin to hear the case in a few days and restrain the register, the receiver, the surveyor and others from proceeding with the opening.
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Kansas City
the Times
Oklahoma City
O. T
Irwin
el Reno
Register of the Land Office
Indians Fight Opening Lands in Oklahoma Suit
Porter Johnson to sue on behalf of Itowa Comanche and Apache tribes, aided by Judge Springer, asserting the president's proclamation and congressional act open lands to Kiowa home seekers. The bill seeks an injunction to block registration, arguing Lone Wolf and others are being deprived of property without due process under the organic act and U S Constitution.
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Congress
Porter Johnson
William M. Springer
Lawton
Territory
Oklahoma
United States
Lone Wolf
Fayette Stewart Kills Wife’s Cousin in Texas Yard
In Waco Texas on a July day a man aged twenty named Sam Smith was shot and killed by Fayette Stewart. Stewart awakened by a touch, found Smith concealed in the yard and fired twice as Smith did not respond. Both bullets pierced Smith’s heart. Smith was a cousin of Stewart’s wife.
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Fayette Stewart
Sam Smith
Waco
Tex
Roan Will Be Hanged In Texas Assault Verdict
Marlin Texas July 7 The case of John Roan charged with assaulting a six year old white girl last December ended with a jury verdict imposing the death penalty.
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Roan
Marlin
Texas
John Roan
Soldier Killed in California Identified as Local Negro Soldier
Huntaville Ala July 7 Specially Frank Shepherd the soldier killed in California en route to this city was not the Frank Shepherd of the Eighteenth infantry. The deceased belonged to Company I Forty-ninth colored infantry and was the husband of Ella Shepherd a domestic of this city.
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Huntaville
Ala
Frank Shepherd
California
Eighteenth Infantry
Forty-ninth Colored Infantry
Ella Shepherd
Baptist Church Movement Grows in Merrimack Alabama
In Huntsville July movement favors organizing a Baptist congregation in Merrimack. Local Baptists numbered among those seeking a place of worship, with several members already active toward establishing a church.
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Baptist Church
Huntsville
Ala
Baptista of Merrimack
Will Stop Cruelty to Animals Organizes SPCA in Huntsville
Will Stop Cruelty to Animals in Huntsville reports a new SPCA-like society to prosecute abuse of animals with an appointed agent. The Gurley-Hante Company will resume operations Monday after two months idle, with plant capacity doubled.
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Huntsville
Ala
Society For the Prevention
Gurley Han@te Company
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