Greater governor power debated at convention in Montgomery
The Alabama constitutional convention debated expanding governor powersincluding six extra days to approve bills and power to suggest amendments balanced by veto rules. Section 5 provisions on succession, and Section 16 on determining unsound mind were adopted. Judiciary committee seeks county eligibility limits for new offices, while Senator Morgan advocates white female suffrage and Crale presses his ordinance amid cautious support.
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Montgomery
Ala
Committee On Executive Department
General Assembly
Leutenant Rovernor
Senate
House
Judiciary
Morgan
Crale
Grave Charge Against Tampa Cigar Manager in Embezzlement Case
Jose Fernandez, once general manager of La Pala Havana Cigar Company in Tampa, faces five warrants sworn by company president John B. Creagh. Accused of embezzling eight to nine thousand dollars in deposits paid by workers, with receipts signed by Fernandez.
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Jose Fernandez
Tampa
Fla
John B. Creagh
la Pala Havana Cigar Company
Dope Fernandez
Fernandez
Vanderbilt Alumni Association Elects Officers in Nashville
Washville Tenn June 18 Special The Alumni Association of Vanderbilt university elected officers including President Dr H W Morgan first vice president Rev J T Currey second vice president A H Wilson third vice president C A Dunbar fifth vice president Professor Thomas Carter and Junge William L Moore secretary W N Hollingshead treasurer Robert L Lund historian J T Magill reelected. Trustees referred to completing the 100000 endowment balance from Samuel Cupples of St Louis to add 50000 to the biology department endowment. about half the amount has been secured.
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Association
Washville
Tenn
Alumni Association of
Vanderbilt University
H W. Morgan
J. T.currey
Belle Buckie
A. H. Wilson
Princeton University
C. A. Dunbar
Georgia
Thomas Carter
Tulane University
New Orleans
Junge William L. Moore
Morrslan
Ark
W. N. Hollingshead
Robert L. Lund
J. T. MaGill
Vanderbitt Bord of
Tor
Samuel Cupples
St. Louis
Alabama Educators Meet in Montgomery Session Opens
The Alabama Educational Association convened in Montgomery at the high school building with large attendance. President Roof of Howard College presided as Captain John G Finley welcomed attendees. The major topic is its relation to the constitutional convention and local taxation for senators and other education committee matters. The association will continue sessions through Thursday afternoon.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Educational Association
Bullaing
Roof
Howard College
John G Finley
Committee On Education
Association
Imitating a Turkey's Call Causes Brother's Death
Nashville reports Elijah Abston near Crossville shot and killed his brother John Abston in a street joke gone wrong. Elijah, near-sighted, hid in bushes and called to the turkey, prompting John to approach and be shot through the head. The incident occurred in rural Williamson area, with authorities investigating the accidental shooting.
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John Abston
Nashville
Tenn
Crossville
Elijah Abston
John
Remains of Dothan School President Laid to Rest
The body of Dr. George R. McNeill president of Dothan city schools was buried in Ensley Alabama after his death in Dothan. Rankin an assistant at the school was accused of killing him. The board of trustees upheld McNeill against Rankin with charges of insubordination and failure to teach French and chemistry. Rankin left a suicide note found in his room expressing despair and hostility.
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Dothan
Ala
George R. McNaill
Dothan City School
W. A. Rankin
Ensley
Dr. McNeill
Rankin
Dothen City
George R McNeil
Nhy
Miss Carroll
Board of Trustees
C. P. Green
Mutual Benefit Company
Bell Buckie
Fern
Single Member Takes the Oath at Virginia Convention
Colonel John C. Summers, humorist of the Virginia constitutional convention and one of about a dozen Republicans, has taken the oath of office. The convention, in Richmond, failed on its opening day to adopt the Thom resolution requiring members to be sworn in.
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Richmond
John C. Summers
Narrow Escape From Death in Two Poisoning Cases
Lexington June 18 Special Two remarkable escapes from poisoning are recorded. Oscar G Hauter, Delicatessen proprietor, took five tablets after a warning on the box said more than two were dangerous. He collapsed, then was revived after doctors treated him from 1 to 4. Hauter has nearly recovered and plans to return to Europe to visit Paris.
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Lexington
Oscar G. Hautes
Europe
Hautier
John Cramer
Haydler
Pr. Wiley
Drs. Whitney
Wheeler
Haytler
Hautler
Paris
Summers Adopts Independent Line In Richmond Convention
Summers swore in as an officer before Judge Witt and sought to enter his qualification. the convention resumed after a recess, with the oath issue likely to reopen. The body debated allegiance to the federal constitution and the Underwood oath, producing minimal progress and postponing major decisions.
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Summers
Judge Witt
Richmond Hustings Court
Summers Towe
Privilege and Elections Committee
Thom
Convention
Alabama
Goode
Committee of Suffrage
William A. Anderson
Daniel
Fessenden Reports To Moore On Coastal Wireless Work
Norfolk June 18 Special Professor Fessenden weather bureau wireless telegraphy expert on the Virginia coast reports the system installation satisfactory. He has visited Norfolk on route to Washington to brief Professor Willa Lefoore and says experiments at Hute ferns Hoanoxe Island and nearby areas show great progress in wireless work.
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Virginia Coast
Norfolk
Fessenden
Weather
Washington
Willa Lefoore
Weather Bureau
Fescenden
Hute Ferns
Hoanoxe Island
Steamer Hackney Sets Sail for East Lordep with Large Cargo
Norfolk June 18 Special The British steamer Hackney Caninin Storm is expected to sail from Lambert's Point for East Lordep South Africa with a vast cargo of stores for the British. The manifest describes goods taken in at New York including fashion items cigarettes and other necessities. The cargo totals 2800 sacks of flour and 2000 reels of barbed wire.
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Norfolk
Lambert's Point
East Lordep
South Africa
New York
Mres
Augusta Brick Output Wanted by City Leader
Augusta Za June 1 Special A 8 Dunbar paid 10600 today to J Th Fleming for a tract of land below the city on the belt line where he will establish a brick market plant An agent for Jacksonville has been here today trying to buy the entire brick output of the Augusta yards for a year His proposition was declined.
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Augusta
Dunbar
J. Th. Fleming
Beline
Jacksonville
Avalanche Wipes Out Hopeville Home In Grant County
Keyser West Virginia June 13 an unprecedented avalanche roared down from the mountains into Hopeville Grant county wiping out the home of widow Mrs Andrew Ours. Her twenty year old daughter died and Mrs Ours lies dying. A grandchild was saved by the grandmother who was buried waist deep in debris holding the child. Miss Ours’s body was recovered. Hundreds visited the scene as news spread about the most remarkable mountain event in the state.
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Keyser
W. Va
West Virginia
Hopeville
Grant County
Potomac River
Andrew Ours
Miss Ours
Wreck reports unfounded for Gate City and Big Stone Gap
Telegraphic dispatches from Richmond Virginia state that Gate City and Big Stone Gap in Scott County were not wrecked by a cyclone. A heavy windstorm knocked down timber and damaged wires but caused no loss of life.
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Gate Cty
Big Stone Gap
Richmond
Gate City
Bi Stone Gap
Scott County
Tnie
Gold Brick Swindlers Seek Bail Reduction in Statesville
Greensboro men Howard Hawley and Daley were moved to Statesville under habeas corpus to pursue bail reduction for a cash deposit and swift departure. Writs returned before Chief Justice Furbes. two attempts failed.
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Raleigh
N. C
Howard, Hawley and Daley
Greensboro
Statesville
Furbes
Youth injured in improvised torpedo explosion
Special Bryan Blackshear, son of Charles Blackshear, in Thomasville Georgia, set a torpedo in a vise and tightened it until it exploded. He suffered severe eye injuries and possible loss of sight as a result of the blast.
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Thomasville
Bryan Blackshear
Charles Blackshear
Remarkable Care With Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
Dr Rodwell reports a striking case of chronic dyspepsia and indigestion relieved by Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. A man with years of souring food, back pains, fullness after meals, and weight loss gained rapid relief after four boxes, gaining 10 to 19 pounds. The tablets are praised as harmless, fruit and vegetable based, suitable for children and invalids, and effective for various gastric complaints.
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Rodwell
Stuart
Thz
Jean
Althoust Stuart
Cruz
Greenville's Disastrous Fire Destroys Main Street Block
A midnight blaze in Greenville South Carolina leveled prominent stores on North Main Street. Firefighters fought the flames for hours as police and soldiers guarded the ash strewn streets. The Beattie building and Bruns jewelry shop were among the worst hit, with losses mounting into tens of thousands and many insured.
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Greenville
3. C. Funy
Main Street
Deal's
Washington
Main Streets
Bruna Jewelry Store
Brung
Washington Street
Cauble
Electric Grit Company
Beattie
Western Union Telegraph Office
Bell Telephone Exchange
Bristow
Avery Fatton
W. Re Hale
Patton
W. R. Hale
Hames
A. MacPherson
J. S Deal
J. F.brong & Bro
Reynalds ”& Earle
F. Bruns & Bro. Jeweler
South
Axtures
Reynolds & Barne
Jr. Payne
Bert Gaumann
Sacred Heart Seminary Closing Exercises in Sharon
Sacred Heart seminary in Sharon Georgia held unusually good closing exercises witnessed by a large audience. The 47 pupils were awarded medals and premiums by Father Bazin of Atlanta. Notable honors went to Joseph Snealer, Tom Daly, Mettaur Irenhidy, and Eddie Sheehan among others for good conduct, scholarship, catechism, arithmetic, and music.
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Sharon
Specias
Sacred Heart Seminary
Albert Quint
Jake Venturet
Charles White
Mettauer Kennidy
Father Bazin
Atlanta
Joseph Snealer
Bayvannah
Tom Daly
Macon
Carl Ridley
At Tanta
Mettaur Irenhidy
Oscar Meundorter
Albany
James Deenan
Turley dismisses plan to be southern Democratic nominee
Memphis June 13 special dispatch says Thomas B. Turley laughed at the idea of running as a southern Democratic candidate for president. Local politicians see the push as benefiting Congressman John Wesley Gaines of Nashville, who started the scheme.
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Memphis
Tenn
Thomas B. Turley
Washington
John Wesley Gaines
Nashville
Ballinger Sues for Five Thousand Dollars in Damages
John Ballinger through attorney J H Eyeritt files a suit against G G Hannah and Mitchell Street Goal Company for 5000 damages. Bal Hoger reports being assaulted in a coal yard and alleges a vision attack. The notice contains fragmented legal wording and unclear details.
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John Ballinger
J. H. Eyeritt
G. G. Hannah
Ahs Mitchell” Street Goal Company
Hoger
Treatment for Consumption Promises Systemic Cure
The ad touts Slocum System of treatment for consumption and lung ailments as an exact science by a leading specialist. It claims four preparations, including cod liver oil emulsion and tonics, work together to cure and prevent disease, urging readers to test the remedy and follow illustrated instructions.
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Atlanta
Rifles Grace on Border in Pursuit of Mexican Suspects
News from Laredo Texas reports Captain Brooks's state ranger unit clashing with Mexicans accused in the murders of Karnes county Sheriff Morris and Gonzales county officials. Four Mexicans pursued after stolen Campbellton horses were spotted. One killed, one wounded, one captured, one escaped in a running fight near the Bordaa ranch. A coroner was sent from Benavides to investigate. Capt Rogers's party reportedly captured three Mexicans. a second man remains at large. Karnes county officials are arranging identification of the slain suspect.
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Laredo
Texas
Captain Brook
State Rangers
Sheri Morris
Karnes County
Glover
Schnabel
Gonzales County
Campbellton
Atascasca County
Rio Grande
Brooks
Runaway Boy in Savannah Awaits Return to Atlanta
Warren Kennon, a white runaway held at a Savannah barracks, says his home is 20 Hayney Street, Atlanta, and that his father works at Franklin Printing House. He admits taking $19 from his mother to visit Tybee, wants to return to Atlanta, and awaits his father’s reply or funds for passage home.
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Savannah
Atlanta
Warren Kennon
He Barracks
Kermon
Hayney Street
Franklin Printing Nouse
Ravanna
Tybee
Waterworks Tien Meet Opens in Buffalo
The twenty first annual convention of the American Waterworks Association opened in Buffalo on June 18. Charles E Boiling of Richmond Va presided. Several hundred delegates from across the nation attended as papers were prepared for presentation.
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Waterworks
Buffalo
N. Y
American Waterworks Association
Charles E Boiling
Richmond Va
The Doctor Promises Cure With Four Free Preparations
A printed notice urges readers to send name and address to DR aL SLOTS at 98 Finestreet New Fork for four free preparations claimed to cure consumption and related ailments. The ad touts a positive cure for coughs catarrh bronchitis and general weakness, promising readers will become fat and hearty after trying the system.
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Finestreet
New Fork
Tha Atlana Constinion
Bee Ag
Life Demanded by Hill and Jealousy Prompted Kill Plot
Buffalo on June 19 the court of appeals heard the first half of the People v Molineux case. John G Milburn for Molineux and ex Senator David B Hil argued to show guilt while defending Recorder Golf and Osborne. Hill portrayed Barnet as motive for revenge, linking letters and alleged guile to prove the state's case beyond doubt.
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Buffalo
Roland B Molineux
Katherine J. Adams
Henry C Barnet
Court of Apeals
John G Milburn
Molineux
United States
David B Hil
Milburn
Recorder Golf
Osborne
Bartow
Meens
Hii
Coll
Ila
Barnet
Neople
Hill
Cornish
Harry Cornish
Knlexer Hocker Club
No successor to Wilson at Washington and Lee
Lexington Virginia June 18 no successor was elected to succeed Hon William La Wilson as president of Washington and Lee university by the trustees in session today the latter being postponed to a future date
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Wilson
Lexington
William la Wilson
Washington and
Lee U Yergity
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