Build Nicaragua Canal Dominates Southern Industrial Meet
Delegates at the Southern Industrial convention backed a Nicaragua canal as the best trade link between Atlantic and Pacific shores. Sewall Cobo led the debate while Gibson outlined Alabama iron and coal growth and wage impacts. The discussion also covered river systems, wage conditions, and a demand to advance waterway development despite the Clayton Bulwer treaty.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic
Pacific
Sewall C. Cobo
Pensacola
South
J. B. Gibson
Birmingham
William 4. Tolman
W. H. Couneil
Southern Industrial Convention
Gibson
Alabama Tron
Commercial Club
Ala
Jefferson County
Jairgingham
Sid Mr. Gibson
Pes Gan
United States
Nica Qa
Sewall Cobb
Fla
Far East
America
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
United States of America
George H. Anderson
Pittsburg
England
Sues
St. Lewin
Jelks Sworn In as Alabama Governor in 1901
Governor William D Jelks arrived in Montgomery and took the oath in private after being formally notified of Governor Samford's death. Proclamations ordered Capitol draped and state offices closed for funeral observances. Jelks begins a term with broad support, facing a four year term under the new constitution.
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Jelks
Alabama
Montgomery
Exchange Hotel
Capitol
Long Hill
Samford
McDavit
William J. Samford
William D. Jelks
Suares
Sion
William D. Jrles
Senate
Tolks
Exposition delegates engage in lectures and ceremonies
Walter FR Stevens of St Louis closes the session as delegates from multiple states attend lectures on industrial education and employment. A YMCA rail initiative is praised. Dr William H Tolman presents on improving worker conditions. President Council ICAL discusses race uplift and education. A captured Confederate flag is presented to the South Carolina delegation during the visit. John Hay delivers remarks at Bratler's hotel dinner with other speakers including Colonel Henry and Senator Landon.
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Walter FR. Stevens
St. Louis
Mississippi River
A. Thompson
Wheeling
Webb M Samuels
James M. Greer
Memphis
H. Clay Evans
Commercial Museum
United States Mint
Tolman
William H. Tolman
League For Social Survive
Telmat
Young Men's Christian Association
W. H. Couneil
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Nor- Tanl
Ala
W. WW. H. Davis
Doylestown
South Carolina
Ince
Lynch Perry
Columbia
Bratler's Hotel
John Hay
Hay
Arctic
Antarctic
Inbor
Antellicece
Os New World
Henry
Miwalsaippi
Landon
North Carolina
Editors Meet at Buffalo Exposition Directors Dine
The National Editorial Association gathered in Buffalo on June 13 with President Bart Hocailal presiding. Judge W. W. Grubbs of Greenville Kentucky spoke on Industrial Education, while Tetavette Young of Des Moines discussed postage and bulletin circulation through the mafia as newspapers.
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Buffalo
Jegistathus
China Relief Expedition Dissolves Under General Chaffee Order
An order from General Chaffee dated Pekin May 3 dissolves the China relief expedition at midnight May 12. It relieves all troops except the legation guard from China service and orders their return to Manila via Longhu. Units affected include Ninth Infantry Third Squadron Sixth Cavalry Tenth Field Battery with detachments from signal hospital and engineer corps.
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General Chaffee
Washington
China
Pekin
Legation Guard
Manila
Long Hu
Cavarry
United States Field Battery
Signal, Hospital and Engineer Corps
Three Brothers Drowned in Cantina Creek at Cloud Burg
Three sons of Lawrence Mellot, Arthur eleven, Wilbur nine, and Reyalx, were swept away by Cantina creek floodwater. The bodies have not been recovered. The Bellaire Ohio incident underscores a fatal boating or drowning accident during a high water event near Cloud Burg.
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Bellaire
Lawrence
Mellot
Cantina Creek
Cloud
Arthur
Mircenr Wilbur
Rey
Alx
Negro Shooting Sparks Lynch Fear in Shreveport Area
Shreveport La June 13 A negro named Prince Edwards shot Foster a white overseer on the Foster plantation and a posse hunted him as white citizens captured many negroes in Hinnebrew store. Governor McMillin of Tennessee and local officials moved to protect prisoners amid rumors of lynching and calls for military aid.
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Shreveport
John, Gray’ Foster
Prince Edwards
Foster
Howards
Hinnebrew
McMilin
Tennessee
Foster Plantation
Nesral
Winchester
Edwards
Kinnebrew’s
Heaton
Heard
Tought
Sherie Ward
Caddo Parish
Thompson
Bosater
Prince
Iynering
Tal
Bentan
McMiingala
McMuin
Svhite
University of Vingina
Fils Ayes
Million Offered for City Streets Scandal Fallout
Baltimore reports heavy losses from speculation tied to the embalmed beef scandal. Dr. William Hudson Daly, a former U S Army surgeon and ally of General Miles, is said to have lost about $75,000 on local securities. A voucher dated the day before his death suggests a portion of the funds involved.
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Baltimore
Pittsburg
William Hudson Daly
United States Army
Miles
Wanamaker bids $2.5 million for Philadelphia street railway franchises
Former Postmaster General John Wanamaker offered to pay the city $2.5 million for the rights and franchises granted by fourteen ordinances. He urged veto of the measures until new ordinances could be drafted to confer franchises only upon payment to the public treasury. He stated he would pay $2,500,000 if sold at auction would bring far more, and deposited 19 percent of the amount with the Real Estate Trust Company as a guarantee of good faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Tonn Wanamaker
Ashbridge
Corwell
Republican Party
Union Traction
Albert Johnson
Wanamaker
Queston
Ashtidge
Eft
Yestenta
Mr. Wanamaker
30N Is Slain By His Mother in Montreal Tragedy
Montreal reports Mrs J J Redpath a society leader dead at her Sherbrooke street home after two gunshots. Her son Clifford Redpath was found unconscious with a bullet in his brain and died later at Royal Victoria Hospital. Police believe the mother attempted suicide amid illness and insomnia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montréal
J. J. Redpath
Montreal
Sherbrooke Street
Clifford Redpath
Royal Victoria, Hospital
Death before blindiness. Tattle killed himself
Hutchinson Kansas June 15. Believing he was going blind J A Tuttle traveling freight agent of the Rock Island railroad for years and later traveling auditor of the Memphis road shot himself in an undertaker shop. He left letters to his wife in Kansas City and to R O C Fisher aunt of the Rock Island here. A check for $20 accompanied the note to defray casket and burial costs.
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Tattle
Hutchinson
Kans
J. A. Tottle
Back Island Railroad
Memphis Road
Kansas City
R. O C. Fisher
Rock Island
Ltter
Tuttle
Gcullat
Kell
Love Leads Women to Death in Tragic Double Suicide
In Pana Illinois on June 1, two sisters in law, Mrs Otis Price and Mrs Charles Price, killed themselves by self harm after mutual love sparked despair. Ten days earlier Otis Price survived a lye suicide attempt. neighbors say the women were deeply in love and wished to leave their families to live together.
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Pana
Sil
Otis Price
Charles Price
Frederick Roelker a Leading Cincinnati Lawyer Found Dead
Cincinnati June 13 The bar of Cincinnati is shocked as Frederick G Roelker a leading lawyer is found in his bedroom with a bullet in his brain The unmarried man lived with his brother and sister at 189 Madison Road east Walnut Hills The family physician says the shooting was accidental though Roelker had winter illness keeping him at home The story recalls a former partner Charles Kibler who once caused a community shock decades ago
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Frederick Roelker
Cincinnati
Bar of
Frederick G. Roelker
Herre Roelker
Mad-isor Road
East Walnut Hills
Roelker
Iaw
Roeiker
Charles Kibler
Eliab the Prophet
Louisiana
Houston
Smith
Swore Away Negro’s Life But Woman Confesses
Governor Davis grants a thirty day respite for Will Bussey colored to allow review after the alleged victim swore she testified under duress. She claims her husband forced her to convict Bussey because he refused to work for him at Camden. Bryan elected a Trustee in Illinois.
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Bussey
Little Rock
Ark
Davis
Will Bussey
Camden
HAPIP.UE ON TRIAL FOR FRAUD
In Manila on June 13 H W Happle port steward in the commissary department goes on trial for allegedly receiving monthly installments from a stevedoring company. The defense says the funds were salary for extra services. The case notes the company books and possible use of an assumed name. D M Carman, formerly of California, faces related charges but prosecution was abandoned last month. General MacArthur declines to order the return of security money and may return it after the insurrection ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carman's
Moncey
Manila
H.W. Happle
Commissary Department
Happle
D. M. Carman
United States
MacArthur
Callies Refuses to Yield in Laguna Despair a Holdout
June 13 General Sumner reported to General Wade the failure of surrender negotiations with Callies the insurgent bearer in Laguna province. The Filipino believes he can resist as the rainy season begins. Disappointment mounts over poor conditions in southern Luzon. Some insurgent camps are found and destroyed. Lieutenant Cowen with fifty men killed five insurgents near Jovelar.
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Manila
Sumner
Geral Wade
Callies
Laguna
Luzon
Cowen
Jovelar
Union Lead and Oil Company to Cooperate With Rockefeller
Today President Wee of the Union Lead and Oil Company announced that J. D. Rockefeller and associates have secured control of the American Linseed Co. A merger agreement with the American Linseed Company is stated as non operative. The Union Lead and Oil Company will cooperate with Rockefeller.
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Rockefeller
Chicago
Wee
Union Lead and of
J. D. Rockefeller
American Linseed of
Tie
American Linseed Company
Union Lead
Wepany
Rockefelter
Headless Corpse Identified by Sister in Boston Case
Boston June 12 The mystery of Margaret Blondin wife of W. Blondin who vanished from the city is unresolved her headless body was found near Chelmsford identified by her sister The head was nearby Police say jealousy motive centered at the Green Street boarding house and a trunk shipment. landlady Mary Hannigan recalls a tense scene on April 27 and Blondin later left for Canada Montreal search continues for Blondin believed in Montreal
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Boston
Mass
Margaret Brondin
W. 3
Blondin
Chelmsford
Ailden
Green-street
Mary Hannigan
Satinriks
Montreal
Corn King Phillips Proposes Government Corn Scheme
In Minneapolis a speech by Chicago figure Corn King Phillips urged the government to tax corn by a bushel to fund national elevators with capacity for 100 million bushels. He proposed paying 40 cents to store surplus and argued the world would absorb the price, enabling farmers to borrow against the stored corn.
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Phillips
Minneansila
Jane
National Farmers
al- Manes
Chicago
West Hotel
Prinapay
Seven Deaths From Heat Strain Chicago Heat Wave
Seven people died in Chicago as heat and humidity pushed the city to its limit. The victims include Patrick Buckley John Carlean John Curla Otto Hecker Fritz Stabler W White and Mrs Josephine Wolocloski. Arthur Pearson, New York publisher of about thirty papers in England, arrived here and outlined plans for a chain of newspapers across the British Empire including British India Australia Canada and South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Patrick Buckley
John Carleon
Thomas Curla
Otto Hecker
Fritz Stabler
W. White
Josephine Wolocoski
Arthur Pearson
New York
Three Boys Drown In Leonard Quarry Water Hole
In Baltimore on June 13 Arthur Barkman nineteen and two thirteen year olds Arthur ialbieisch and Edward Sheets perished in a water hole at Leonard's quarry. The trio left home with two dogs yesterday, the dogs returning alone prompted a search that found the boys in the water.
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Baltimore
Arthur Barkman
Arthur Ialbieisch
Edward Sheets
Leonard's
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Hirmingham
Alabama Iron and Coal—Council
Bece
William
Dorsey Jeles
Posae
Sergorate
Br. Daly
Financelal
Securi
Daly
John Wanamaker
30N
Bryan
Springfield
William J. Bryan
Manly College
Jacksonville
Hapip.ue
Cailles
Headhunter
Blondia
Head
Treasury
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