Local Legislation Debate Opens in Constitutional Convention
Montgomery Alabama July 9 Special. An off day in the constitutional convention unfolds as Mr Beddow introduces an ordinance to stop hiring out convicts after January 1 1904. Mr O Neal chairs a thirty minute talk while members argue the article lists forbidden subjects for special laws and the dispensary faction attacks certain subdivisions. The body adjourns with the catalog of prohibited topics unfinished and records include prohibitions on divorce acts child adoption corporate changes and tax rules among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Als
Beddow
Jefferson
O'Neal
Alabama State Fair to Be Held in Birmingham
The Alabama State Fair Association board decided to move the annual fair to Birmingham in September or October. Officers from last year were re elected: Captain J M Falkner president Mayor W Melville Drennen vice president and GM John W O Neill secretary and Henry B Gray treasurer. Efforts will be made to coordinate with the Atlante fair. Dates will be set Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama State Fair Association
J. M. Falkner
W. Melville Drennen
Wigg
John W. O'Neill
Henry B. Gray
Jelks Offers Record Rewards in Elmore County Lynching
Governor Jelks doubles rewards for mob members involved in the Elmore county lynching of Robert White. The offer stands at 400 dollars for evidence leading to each conviction, with potential total awards reaching into the thousands as the mob’s size remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jelks
Elmore County
Montgomery
Ala
Robert White
Girl Set Upon by Wildcats in Tennessee Hills
Middlesboro July 9 Special A Kentucky woman Mary Sumter was attacked by two wildcats while horseback riding on Taggett creek in the Tennessee mountains twenty miles from Middlesboro. The beasts mauled her side breast and arm with claws and teeth leaving her condition dangerous and her rescue uncertain.
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Kentucky
Middlesboro
Taggett Creek
Tennessee Mountains
Mary Sumter
Shot Through Body Ends Carroll County Farmer Life
Huntingdon Tenn July 3 Jack Lay cock a prominent Carroll county farmer was mortally wounded by an unknown assailant while working in his field. A charge of shot and slugs entered his back and passed through his body as floodhounds pursue clues and track.
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Huntingdon
Tenn
Jack Laycock
Carroll County
Tennessee Railroad Plan Extends From Elizabethton To Mountain City
Directors of the Virginia and Southwestern railroad decide to immediately construct a thirty mile extension from Elizabethton in Carter county to Mountain City, the Johnson county seat, passing through a timbered region rich in iron and coal deposits.
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New Tennessee Railroad
Knoxville
Tenn
The
Virginia and Southwestern Railroad
Elizabethton
Carter County
Mountain City
Johnson County
Ex-President’s Daughter Dying in Greenville
Mrs Patter son of Greenville and daughter of ex President Andrew Johnson is dying at her home after a lengthy illness. The report from Greenville Tenn notes she has been ill for some time.
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Greenville
Tenn
Patterson
Andrew Johnson
Narrows of the Yadkin Power Site Sold for Whitney
In Raleigh on July 9 a large water power site known as the Narrows of the Yadkin along with several thousand acres was sold by Dr. Dillon Brown of New York to George J. Whitney of Pittsburgh, president of the Whitney Reduction Company for 93002. The North Carolina Power Company previously owned the property. Whitney plans immediate development and erection of large mill plants to utilize the power, with state geologist Holmes and others confirming its potential.
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Raleigh
N. C
Yadkin
Dillon Brown
New York
George 3. Whitney
Pittsburg
Whitney Reduction Company
North Carolina Power Company
Whitney Company
Holmes
TARHEEL MILITIA IN CAMP AT WRIGHTSVILLE encampment begins for Third Regiment
Tents for Wrightsville encampment are set up in Raleigh with 377 tents for three infantry regiments totaling 1920 troops. The Third Regiment under Colonel Henry Perry starts camp tomorrow, followed by the Second under Colonel William B. Rodman and the First under Colonel Joseph F. Armfield in August. The Charlotte artillery battery camps with the regiments. each unit includes a 32-man band. Governor and state officers plan to visit around July 18.
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Raleigh
N. C
State Guard
Wrightsville
Henry Perry
Henderson
Tobacco Towns
William B. Rodman
Joseph F. Armfield
Charlotte
Professor of Botany Resigns at North Carolina Station
Massey will take active charge of the Practical Farmer. He resigns his botany and biology professorship effective September 1, remaining as horticulturist. He becomes sole editor of The Practical Farmer, with Philadelphia publication and a 40,000 circulation, aiming to increase it.
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Massey
Practical Farmer
Raleigh
N. C
F. Massey
Philadelphia
Professor Massey
Sreathy
Woman Swears She Married Three Confederate Soldiers
An Alexander county widow files a pension claim with the board asserting she married three Confederate soldiers between May 20, 1861, and April 1, 1865. She seeks pension benefits based on these marriages and the service of her spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth Carolina
Raleigh
Alexander County
Good Samaritans Hold Annual North Carolina Session
The grand lodge of Good Samaritans the largest Negro order in North Carolina opened its annual session in Raleigh on July 9. The organization includes over 650 subordinate lodges and about 40 030 members in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritans
Raleigh
Grand Lodge of Good Samaritans
North Carolina
Democrats Deadlocked as Sixth Texas Nominates Gold Democrat
In Dallas on July 9 the Democratic congressional convention to choose a Burke successor remained deadlocked among four candidates. C. Weare of Hill County withdrew, sending his votes to D. W. Odell who led with thirty four of the needed fifty six to nominate. In Corsicana the Sixth District Republicans nominated Judge Philip D. Lindsley of Dallas, a Gold Democrat who backed McKinley in both campaigns, with the party citing the Democratic reaffirmation of the Kansas City platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Dallas
Tex
J. R Burke
C. Weare
Hill County
D. W. Odell
Corsicana
Philip D. Lindsley
Congress
Lindsley
McKinley
Kansas City
Too Dry For Texas Cotton Crop Needs Rain Now
Houston July 9 Texas weather bureau warns drought will shorten the cotton crop if rain does not come soon. Plant growth is stunted and picking will be late. The drought has ruined corn gardens and vegetables. watermelons and cantaloupes are scarce and of poor quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Texas
Government Weather Bureau
Coal Combine in Kentucky Set to Form Soon
Karl Beirach in Louisville announces the consolidation of Kentucky coal mines is assured with a forthcoming combine. Asked about J Pierpont Morgan’s interest he declined to comment but hinted a statement with significance would follow shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Beirach
Louisville
Kentucky
J. Pierpont Morgan
Indiana
Dilnois Mir
Belrach
Mr. Morgan
Suffrage debate as Daniel leads Virginia convention
Richmond July 9 The constitutional convention met after a two week recess with small attendance. The suffrage committee chaired by United States Senator John W. Daniel heard several negro representatives presenting views on voting qualifications. Proposals include two and six month residency, poll taxes for two or three years, and funds for school purposes. Other measures address state charities, franchise voting rules, franchise taxation, and limits on trusts.
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Richmond
United States
John W. Daniel
Daniel
D. B. Lewis
Virginia
Lewis
F. C. Henders
Goode
Auditor of Public Accounts
Waddell
Board of Charities
Wise
Pettit
Fluvana
Turnbull
Brunswick
Braxton
Augusta
Miners Refuse to Return Over Driver Wages
In Birmingham Alabama five hundred miners have refused to return to work due to a dispute over drivers wages. President Ed Flynn of the Alabama United Mine Workers heads to Blue Creek after workers failed to resume yesterday as the local grievance remains unsettled and the district president is summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Ed Flynn
Alabama United Mine Workers
Blue Creek
Death in Hotel Room Reports Morphine Overdose
A unidentified man who checked into the Con garee hotel in Columbia South Carolina was found dead at 4 a.m. Today. A vial half full of morphine and three new five dollar bills were found on him. He had taken enough morphine to kill twelve men.
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Ian
Columbia
S C
Congaree Hotel
Freight tariff for south to be discussed in Asheville
Southern Commissions Association will meet in Asheville North Carolina in September with J D McInnis presiding. The group formed last year at Lookout Mountain to draft a general freight tariff for southern states to secure uniform rates. Dabney Marshall, formerly an ex convict, was pardoned by Gov Longino and headed from Jackson to Vicksburg toward his parents home.
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Southern Commissions Assication
Asheville
Jackson
Miss
J. D McInnis
Southern Commissions Association
N. c
Association of Commissionere
Lookout Mountain
Dabney Marshall
Longino
Vicksburg
Sensational Testimony in Ellis Glenn Trial
Parkersburg West Virginia July 9 The trial of Ellis Glenn opened with dramatic testimony. E J Byers of Willamatown identified the defendant Bert Glenn as the person he sheltered in 1896 and described shared living arrangements. Byers said Glenn treated a woman as a man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Glenn
Parkersburg
W Va
E. J. Byers
Willamatown
Bert Glenn
Miss Glenn
Aged Seventy Two, He Takes a Bride at Lapel
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Will Cumback, aged seventy two, wed Misa Laura Wachstatter in Lapel Indiana. Cumback, a founder of the Republican Party and noted Lincoln elector, has long been a prominent Indiana figure.
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Indianapolis
Will Cumback
Lapel
Ind
Misa Laura Wachstatter
Cumback
Republican Party
Indiana
Mobile Schooner Founders Near Tortugas
Key West July 9 The brig L F Munzon capt Watts, from Mobile bound for Sagua La Grande, foundered in a gale July 9 about two hundred miles northwest of Tortugas. Captain and crew rescued by the steamer Rio and ashore by the pilot boat Jewet Seet.
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Mobile
Key West
Mia
LF. Munzon
Watts
Sagua la Grande
Tortugas
Hi Rio
Jewet
Conservatives Reject Cuban Electoral Law Fear Free Elections
The Cuban constitutional convention rejected the commission’s electoral law 13 to 12. Conservatives warned a radical plan would remove necessary safeguards, urge elections under military supervision or under the existing law, and call for clearer party lines on election boards. A new commission is to be appointed next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Commission
Hacker
Emerrow
Train Robbers Cornered in Deep Canyon Near Great Falls
Sheriff Griffith has cornered the Great Northern train robbers in a fortress like canyon about thirty miles south of Malta, fifteen miles east of Rocky Point, and five miles north of the Missouri River. The canyon is full of caves that could shelter a large force if needed.
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Broughto Bay
Great Falls
Mont
Malta
Rocky Point
Missouri River
Griffith
Great Northern
Hayti Storm Ravages Banana and Corn Crops
Hayti reports four day hurricane sweeping Hayti and Santo Domingo with no full details yet due to late French mail steamer. Entire banana and corn crop losses feared in the southern Hayti region.
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Port Au Prince
Hayti
Inty
Hayden
Jaemel
Les Cayes
Santo Domingo
San Domingo
Woman Ends Life By Gas In Chicago Flat
Mrs Ethel Fleming twenty five from Kansas City ended her life in her State street apartment by turning on gas A janitor found the body after smelling gas A note read I am so tired I would find rest and another sheet said She loved not wisely but but too well The case is handled as a suicide with no further details released
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Caicago
Ethel Fleming
Kansas City
State Street
Stolen Watches From Eufaula Hardware Store
In Eufaula Alabama Shelly and Co hardware and jewelry store was burglarized last night with several hundred dollars in watches and other valuables taken. Entry was gained by prying shutters from a back window and removing iron guards. No suspects yet.
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Eufaula
Ala
Shelly & Co
Kansas Farms Suffer Record Crop Losses in Heat
Heat waves blanket Kansas and Nebraska driving crop damage across regions. Kansas faces estimated losses around 10.6 million dollars as corn withers and hay wanes. Topeka hits 108 while Lincoln records 103 and Kansas City notes 1034 degrees as the hottest day since weather records began.
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Fopeka
Kas
Kansas
Topeka
Salina
Abilene
Osage City
Lawrence
Wart Scott
Sedan
Hays City
Manhattan
Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Steel Trust and Strikers in Amicable Conference
A preliminary talk between Amalgamated Association president Sheffer and Warner Arms of steel interests eased tensions at Wellsville. The hoped for peaceable settlement now centers on a general conference next Thursday at Hotel Lincoln, where the scale for the mills will be signed.
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Aldtsburg
Steel Combine
Amalgamated Association
Sheffer
Warner Arms
Combines
Wellsville
Shifter
Combine
Lincoln
Long for veldt and Xopije Boer Exiles in Bermuda
Proud Boer prisoners on Darrell’s and Surtt’s islands face homesickness and confinement in Bermuda. Free Staters about 800 on Darrell’s island, Transvaalers 132 on Surtt’s or Mose’s island yearn to return home. Guards, gunboats, and buoys block civilian contact as they await fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
Hamilton
Darrell's Island
Surtt’s
Mose’s
Lean Wins Johnson Bellicose Fight in Ohio Convention
In Cleveland and Brooklyn, Johnson pressed for a Cuyahoga taxation plank opposing railroad and corporate burdens. Salen reported Kilbourne allies control resolutions as negotiators, while Salen urged sticking to the Cuyahoga platform. no county candidate represented.
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Ohio
United States
Johnson
Tom L. Johnson
Brooklyn
Charles P. Salen
Salen
McLean- Kilbourne
Cuyahoga
Colonel Kilbourne
Daugherty
Lancaster
E M. Helstey
Cleveland
Cuya~hoga
Cuyahoga County
Congress Concocted Assault Tale Ended in Arrest
Miss O Haire daughter of a wealthy farmer near Charleston married yesterday to Edward Elliott confessed she and Elliott concocted the plot that led to farm hand Edward Butler nearly being lynched. On June 8 she lay unconscious on her doorstep with bloodstains. she said the tale was to remove Butler from her suitors and a chicken’s blood created the appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss O’hair
Butler
Springfield
Misag
Reba O'Hair
Elsberry O’hair
Charleston
Edward Elliott
Eliott
Edward Butler
Miss O'Heir
Miss O'Hair
Imported machinists refuse work amid guards at Knoxville shops
Two machinists from Liverpool, Robert Palestine and Bam Sacco, arrived in Knoxville yesterday and refuse to work while guards are posted. They claim Washington offered 29 cents hourly, later raised to 30 cents by Master Mechanic Michael. They allege strikers earned 27 1/4 cents. Despite reports, President Henry denies ongoing union backing, while Atlanta talks hint at a committee visit to Mr Gannon.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Robert Palestine
Bam Sacco
Southern Railway
Baltimore
Liverpool
W H. Thomas
Washington
Michael
B. F Henry
Atlanta
Gannon
Grainger Wins Louisville Democratic Mayoral Nomination
Charles F. Grainger defeated Thomas and Jefferson in a legalized primary to claim the Democratic nomination for Louisville mayor. The contest was conducted in Louisville, Kentucky, today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grainger
Louisville
Charles F. Grainger
Thomas & Jefferson
Old Reliable Botanic Blood Balm Ad Cures Blood Poison
An old advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for blood poison eczema and deadly cancer. It claims to kill the parasite in the blood, heal sores and eruptions, relieve pain, and purify blood. A trial offer and doctors’ contact are noted with Atlanta Georgia mailing details.
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Gillem
Fersyth
Atlanta
Gillam Crigszc
Khrdad
Buying Up Zinc Properties Near Knoxville
A large eastern syndicate plans to purchase all zinc properties in the Knoxville region, aiming to erect concentrating plants and create a major zinc producing area. Joplin, Missouri participants are said to be involved, with the deal pending as of July 9 in Knoxville Tennessee. Rev. George W. Newell dies at sixty in Raleigh after a buggy ride with his son to Louisburg. he was a former state senator from Franklin County in 1893.
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Big
Knoxville
Tenn
Joplin
George W. Newell
Raleigh
N. C
Franklin County
Louisburg
Judge Ferdinand Earhart Dead in New Orleans Career Milestones
Judge Ferdinand B. Earhart longtime New Orleans official and former United States district attorney, deputy port collector, and civil judge. born 1840 in the Indian Territory, served under Harrison and held posts as postmaster and related offices before his death.
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Earhart
New Orleans
Ferdinand B. Earhart
Indian Territory
Harrison
Millions for Fair Building in St Louis 1903 Exposition
The World’s Fair directors in St Louis on July 9 appropriated 5 100 000 dollars for the construction of the fair buildings. The action positions the exposition company to receive an official government announcement that the fair will be held in St Louis in 1903.
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Bt Louis
Exposition Company
St Louis
Witness Held For Perjury In Whisky Theft Case
Henry Hart a witness and cousin of a suspect swore he bought whisky at a saloon, leading to perjury charges. Gresham and Clark faced larceny counts after whisky was tapped at Central freight depot. Hart failed to prove the purchase, was jailed in default of $300 bond, and Clark bound over for larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hart
Newt Heard
Manier
Tibbs
Henry Gresham
Elijah Clark
Central
Clark
Gresham
Hart
Manfer
Made Confederate Cannon Aged Furnace Man Seriously Injured
James Webster, eighty three, builder of Chattanooga’s first furnace now known as the Chattanooga furnace, was seriously injured by a fall at White Sulphur Springs Alabama. His age and fragile health prompted grave concerns. Webster worked for the Confederate government during the Civil War and played a long role in local manufacturing for over forty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
James Webster
White Sulphur Springs
Ala
Webster
CHATTANOOGA AS RIVER POINT Banquet Honors Avalon Captain Cramer
Citizens of Chattanooga gathered for a banquet honoring Captain L. Cramer of the steamer Avalon which has operated between Chattanooga and Paducah under local charter. Officials announced the Avalon and two other heavy tonnage boats will be rechartered to run regularly between Chattanooga and Paducah to press railroads to grant river port rates matching Nashville and Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
L. Cramer
Avalon
Tennessee River
Paducah
Chattancoga Business
Lucas Investigating Near Mobil Alabama Oil Indications
Captain A F Lucas from Beaumont Texas arrived in Mobile to verify reports of oil indications in Choctaw and Washington counties Alabama. Geological experts led by State Geologist Dugene A Smith report favorable results. Lucas will not speak tonight but an important announcement may come tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas
Mobil
Mobile
Ala
A. F. Lucas
Beaumont
Tex
Choctaw
Washington Counties
Alabama
Dugene A. Smith
Thomes Elected President of Independent Telephone Assn
James N. Thomes of Cleveland Ohio was elected president at a meeting of directors of the telephone telegraph and cable companies of America. The post had been vacant since W J Latta resigned earlier this year.
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Thomas Chasen
New York
Telephone, Telegraph and Cable Companies of America
James N. Thomes
Cleveland
Ohio
Independent Telephone Association of America
W. J Latta
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Sgub
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Tarheel
McKnight
High Point
N. U
Harry P McKnight
Hiram P. McKnight
Coal Combine
Man
Wicaswe
Jornered
Victoria
B. C
Guernsey
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Neb
Towa
Oskaloosa
Steel Trust and Strikers
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Xopije
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Lean
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Poe
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Nyav
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