Oil Well Fire Rages Near New Orleans With Loss Near Ten Thousand
The Picayune reports a massive oil field fire near New Orleans where flames threaten a well and progress is limited after 36 hours. Firefighting efforts include a chemical engine from Beaumont, steam flooding, and plans to build a high wall and divert oil to a ditch. Twenty five workers remain on scene as Pelican company stays out of danger and losses approach ten thousand dollars.
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New Orleans
The
Picayune
Jennings
Beaumont
Beaumontre
Pelican Company
Orth
Carolina League collapses as players scatter south and east
The Carolina baseball league has collapsed. Raleigh and Greensboro played poorly with about thirty errors in yesterday’s game. Raleigh sold players Childs Soffel and Pastor to Shreveport, while Greensboro captain Kelley reports Rollins Courteen and McKernan will join Fall River and Fox heads to Shreveport.
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Raleigh
N. C
Carolina Baseball League
Greensboro
Raleightas
Childs
Soffel
Pastor
Shreveport
Kelley
Rollins
Courteen
McKernan
Fall River
Fox
Shraveport
A Boy Kills His Father in Tennessee Shooting
In Greene county Tennessee near Marion a 14 year old boy William Fair shot and killed his father William Fair with a shotgun loaded with small shot after the father objected to his hunting plan. The youth entered the home and obtained the gun to go hunting and was later arrested.
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Knoxville
Tenn
William Fair
Marion
Greene County
Hampton Negro Conference Opens at Hampton Institute
The Hampton Negro Conference began its annual session at the Hampton Normal Agricultural Institute in Newport News Virginia with Major Henry Morton presiding. Prominent educators delivered addresses during the gathering.
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Newport News
Hampton
Hampton Normal Agricultural Institute
Henry Morton
Alabama Democrats Nominate Johnston for Governor and Waller for Lieutenant Governor
The Birmingham convention of anti administration Democrats announced Joseph F. Johnston of Jefferson as governor and Charles E. Waller of Hale as lieutenant governor. Johnston, a former Alabama governor, accepted amid applause and pledged to run if the people demand it, while Waller later accepted the nomination. Stallings and Crook led the proceedings as the gathering, with about seventy five non resident leaders present, adjourned and reconvened to nominate Waller.
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Birmingham
Ala
Joseph F. Johnston
Jefferson
Charles E. Waller
Hale
Alabama
James Crook
Jacksonvile
Jesse Stallings
Butler
Johnston
Charles Waller
Waller
Stallings
Forced to shoot his son in Kentucky incident
Special report from Fullen Kentucky describes Tohn McDowell son of Iron J H McDowell of Union City Tennessee going berserk over cigarette smoking and attempting to kill his father The father fired to disarm him hitting the son in the lower leg and ankle after which the son was placed in an asylum Judge officer details note the abnormal state and threat preceding the shooting
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Fullen
Tohn McDowell
Iron
J. H. McDowell
Union City
Tenn
McDowell
Peeping Tom Chased Through Columbus Streets
A man described as a negro caused a disturbance on lower Broad street by peeping into a young woman’s room. She screamed, the crowd pursued him firing shots that had no known effect, and he escaped.
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Columbus
Lower Broad Street
Negro Evangelist Insane In South Carolina
Columbia July 16 Special George Woodruff a colored train porter of Spartanburg has lost his reason after days of preaching on a public platform police tore down his platform and locked him up an ex amination will be held tomorrow. The crops bulletin notes cotton setbacks corn damage from weather and some improvement in mature areas with tobacco curing and marketing underway.
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Columbia
S. C
George Woodruff
Spartanburg
Woodruff
South Carolina
Richmond Street Railway Strike Ties Up Car Lines
Richmond Virginia faced a major streetcar strike as workers and Virginia Power Company crews halted all main and branch lines including Manchester areas. After two talks with President Sitterding, union demands peaked at 20 cents an hour for nine hours with 19 cents for conductors. Arbitration was tentatively agreed with a 6 PM deadline to resolve. if not, a full return to work stoppage was set.
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Richmond
Sttcke
Sitterding
Virginia Passenger and Power Company
Barra
Passenger ‘and’ Power Company
Mannchester
Hampton
Lake Side
Forest
Fair Mount
Seven Pines
Petersburg
Chamber of Commerce
Texas Wonder Cure All Kidney and Bladder Ailments
Evidence from Covington Georgia in 1898 cites Dr H W Hall Hat's Great Discovery as a universal remedy for rheumatism kidney and bladder troubles diabetes and related disorders. The testimonial from H I Horton endorses the product as superior to previous treatments. The notice lists mail order availability and drugstore sales through Hat Sole Manufacturer P Box 629 St Louis Missouri.
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H. W. Hall
St. Louis
Covington, Ga
Dr. Hall
H. I. Horton
Marahal
Pitcher Shot by Umpire in Indiana Ball Game
In Cannelton Indiana during a July ball game between Owengboro and Cannelton teams, pitcher William Whalen was shot twice in the back by umpire Arthur Kerritt after disputing a ruling. Whalen died. Kerritt was jailed as crowds demanded lynching though officials fear mob violence.
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Indiana
Cannelton
Ind
Arthur
Kerritt
Wiliam Whatlen
Owengbero
Whalien
Derritt
Whalen
Cennelton Jair
Nio
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Mary
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