Alabama Constitutional Convention Focuses on Banks and Court House Move
Montgomery reports from July 15 describe the constitutional convention reviewing the last legislature. Debates centered on the Columbiana to Calera courthouse removal, described as a "damnable fraud" while legislators voted to void the act. An article on banks and banking passed, with Governor Cates proposing an amendment allowing state banks to issue money up to bonds on deposit. A committee was named to cut expenses as pages threaten recapitation, and a powerful private banking lobby faces stiff opposition.
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Montgomery
Ala
Shelby County
Columbiana
Calera
Senate
Cates
Alabama
United States
Congress
Democratic Caucus Debates Suffrage as Tuesday Special
In Montgomery Alabama on July 15 the Democratic caucus decided suffrage ordinance will be the special order for Tuesday July 23. Debate split between open convention advocates and calls for secrecy led by Myr Lowe who warned the registrar clause cements control by a few in each county.
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Montgomery
Ala
Heflin
Chambers
Lowe
Jefferson
Davis
DeKalb
Long
Walker
Jones
Pettus
Colereran
Knox
Coleman
Myr Lowe
Democratic State Committee
Juries drawn for October term of U.S. Court in Huntsville
Charles J. Allison clerk of the northern district United States court deputies H. C Ashley of Birmingham and Standifer of Gadsden arrived in Huntsville to draw juries and arrange for the October term of the U S Court in Alabama indicating ongoing court preparations in the northern district.
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Huntsville
Ala
Charles J. Allison
Northern District United States Court
Marshall H. C Ashley
Birmingham
Standifer
Gadsden
United States Cou
Congregation Sparks feud near governor’s home in Kentucky
In Frankfort Kentucky opponents of Governor Beckham clash with a large noisy Negro Baptist congregation near the executive mansion. White residents tried persuasion and court injunctions to move the church site but failed. Next legislature may condemn the lot for a state park.
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Frankfort
Beckham
Virginia convention in committee work continues
Richmond July 15. Seventy nine members attended as President Goade opened the constitutional convention and adjourned after fifteen minutes. Committees now handle business and a lynching suppression resolution was read. Delegate Pedigo of Henry county sponsored the measure, with referral to legislative development.
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Virginia
Richmond
Goade
Pedigo
Henry County
Committee On Legislative Development
Barber
Culpepper
Committee On Finance and Taxation
Chapman
Quarles
Augusta
General Assembly
Beer Wagon Driver Kills Carpenter in Birmingham
July 15 report from Birmingham describes Leo McGimpsey driver of a beer wagon shooting and killing Joe Raquette, a carpenter. Both men were armed and had a four month feud. McGimpsey surrendered to the sheriff after the fatal shot to Raquette’s brain.
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Carpenter
Birmingham
Ala
Leo McGimpsey
Joe Raquette
McGimpsey
Bulet
Raquette
New Orleans Factory Destroyed by Lightning
The Gardner Motorworks on Dumaine Street in New Orleans was struck by lightning and burned completely. It was one of the area's largest plants of its kind with a loss estimated at $200,000.
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New Orleans
Gardner Motorworks
Dumaine Street
Fully Able and Well Ent entrenched in murder chase
Johnny Martin, charged with murdering Martha White and Maggie Russell, holed up in the Tennessee mountains near Claiborne county as a large posse closes in. Pleas Carmichael and Gillis Parker have been captured. two others linked to the case remain at large. Martin fled after the killings and had long run with a half way house in the area. Bev Tolliver was killed two months earlier.
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Middlesboro
Claiborne County
Tennessee Line
Johnny Martin
Martha White
Magele Russel
Martin
Carmichael
Gillis Parker
Half Way House
Maggie Bussell
Bev Tolliver
Carrried His Money With Him Ellott Sumner Missing Man
Jacksonville residents search for Ellott Sumner who arrived after a fire to sell plans for homes to fire victims promising monthly payments. He charged about 3750 for each set of plans, collected over 6000 total, then disappeared after a bank attachment was placed and his offices drew crowds.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Ellott Sumner
W. J. Mc Timmons
Flood Relief Baseball Game In North Carolina
Raleigh and Wilmington host a benefit baseball game this week to aid flood victims from Mitchell County. Over 1,500 tickets have been sold and about $4,000 has already been sent to those who lost everything in the May disaster.
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Raleigh, N. Vc
Wilmington
Mitchell County
Escaped Murderer Arrested in Raleigh Minnesota
A colored man named J Jarvis Lindsay, once in Catawba County under an assumed name, is held to be taken to South Carolina for the murder of William Jackson in York County. He fled to this state and was captured after hiding in Raleigh Minnesota. The report notes the pursuit and arrest details.
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Raleigh
MN. C
Jarvis Lindsay
New
South Carolina
William Jackson
York County
Catawba County
An Encouraging Set-Back in Chicago Romance
A Chicago Record-Herald item portrays Mr Perkins and Miss Simpson in a shy exchange about a hidden confession. Miss Simpson resists being led on and asserts the proposer cannot claim she encouraged him, signaling a destined but cautious course in their budding interaction.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Mr. Perkins
Miss Simpson
Miss Sihmpson
Governor Aycock Offers Rewards to Stop Lynching in North Carolina
Governor Aycock announced that a Seattle association formed in Washington state offers $500 rewards for each participant in lynchings and for every person involved this year in LaGrange and Smithfield. He urged press and clergy to curb mob violence, insisting criminals be punished by law. He noted two prior lynchings in North Carolina and described one Cumberland county case as potentially cold blooded.
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Raleigh
N. C
Aycock
Tfeatile
LaGrange
Smithfield
North Carolina
Cumberland County
Matthews
Rain Prayer Rally Moves Statewide Day Request
Several hundred Mississippians gathered at a Baldwyn meeting to pray for rain and a delegation asked Governor Longino to name a statewide day of prayer as crop conditions deteriorate across the state.
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Mississippi
Baldwyn
Miss
Longino
Water-Sogged Raleigh Sees Ongoing Rains Since Friday
Rain bands drenched Raleigh beginning last Friday with unseasonably cool skies. Small streams remained high and larger waterways rose, signaling likely unfavorable crop prospects when the next report is issued Tuesday.
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Raleigh
Aycock Not in the Race for Senatorship
In Raleigh on July 15 special wires report rumors that Governor Aycock seeks the United States senatorship to succeed Senator Pritchard, but there is no basis for the claim. The seat is expected to go to a Democrat from the west, keeping an unwritten east west balance. A Funeral remark follows a separate dispatch about a Saxony clergyman's provocative funeral address mocking older relatives in attendance.
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Raleigh
J— Bome
Aycock
United States
Pritchard
Greensboro
Chicago Record-Herald
Pulsnitz
Saxony
Pyramid Pile Cure Promises Quick Relief From Piles
Mrs. Hinkley of Indianapolis recounts choosing Pyramid Pile Cure over an $800 operation with slim survival odds. A 60 cent box supposedly cured her piles, and she claims all druggists sell it. A free mail order booklet on piles is offered by Pyramid Drug Co. Marebal, Mich.
Nashville Street Railway Intervene Motion Seeks Bond Scheme Details
E R Richardson of Nashville seeks to intervene in Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Co vs Nashville railway. He alleges a Baltimore syndicate bought three Nashville lines, sold $4,875,000 of bonds, reimbursed $1,792,000 paid for the bonds, and pocketed the balance. He claims only eleven shares of $6,500,000 capital stock were paid, with the rest distributed to syndicate members. He seeks judgment for bond sale proceeds and unpaid capital stock totaling over $9,000,000 and accuses a plan to depreciate bond value to dodge liability.
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Nashville, Tenn
E.R. Richardson
Nashville
Nashville Railway
Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Company
Baltimore
Mr. Richardson
Onethird
Hambleton & Co
Kuntz Bros
Nat Baxter Jr
Onetwelfth
Charles M. McGee
Wants to Intervene in Nashville Foreclosure Case
A minority bondholder seeks permission to intervene in foreclosure proceedings against the Nashville Railway, filed by a Baltimore trust company. The petitioner asserts the syndicate members shared the stock and $13,500,000 in bonds without full payment, urging court relief.
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Nashville
United States District Court
Nashville Railway
Baltimore Trust
Mr. Lees Alligator Team Tows Boat in Florida River
Chicago Tribune reports Jefferson Lee of Putnam County Florida trains alligators to tow his boat along the St Johns River. He teaches them to turn and pull using ropes, harnesses, and rewards, claiming reliable performance and interest from neighbors in this unusual water work scheme.
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Mr. Lee
Chicago Tribune
Jefferson Lee
St Johns River
Putnam County
Florida
Lee
St Johne
Mr. Lea
Mr Lee
The Ruling Passion and a Church Pew Tale
A suburban church rector offers free seats to an elderly woman who insists on sitting near the door. She explains she cannot bear anyone behind her due to a small hair tuft at the back of her head, fearing distraction during devotions. The rector jokes that she will still sit behind others.
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New York
Coming of the Shirtwaist Man in Heat
The New York Press notes the shirtwaist man embodies comfort in extreme heat as temperatures reach 100 degrees. Jersey judges are praised for suspending attire rules on Monday and Tuesday, allowing lawyers and others to remove coats in the swelter, with hints of self restraint in the high heat.
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New York
Jersey
Bryan's Turn Down in Ohio Fails to Excite Dems
Washington July 16 Special conservative political leaders say the Ohio Democratic convention failed to excite. The piece notes Democratic hopes hinge on party unity and new leadership, while Republicans face internal friction and the appeal of disciplined organization. It discusses cabinet changes, potential vacancies in the treasury and navy, and Dawes and Hackett as likely successors or targets for top posts.
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Washington
Ohio
Buckeye
Bryan
Gert
Kinley
McKintey
Republican Trust
Sugar Trust
Oil Trust
Great
National Republican Trust
Treasury
Navy
Charley Dawes
Comptroller of the Currency
Hackett
Navy Department
McKinley
New York
Chigago
Boston
Knox
Willam IL Trenholm
Eckles
Treasury Department
Chicago
Dawes
United States Senate
Charles Allen
Porto Rico
Prackett
Naval
Secretary Long
Crowninshield
Bureau of Navigation
Corbin
War Department
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George H. Farr
Cullman
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D. C. Almon
Lawrence, Ala
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Executive Mansion
Kentucky
Ession
Carter
Colorado Springs
Daily Bugle
Washington State
Hashville Courts
Nashville Street Railway
Colfax Whiskey
Maryland
Ray Bank Pattimore
Lane Mat New
Meze
Utah
Wash
Dept. i
Colfax Distilling Company
Baltimore, Maryland
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